Jazz Concert No. 50 Gimbel Art Exhibit Opens At MI Gallery Tomorrow The Gimbel Pennsylvania. Art Exhibit, a collection of 118 paint ipgs depicting contemporary Pennsylvania, will be open for public exhibition in the Mineral Industries Gallery, starting at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. There is no admission charge. , A private showing for a select group of art lovers, members of the sponsoring committee, and artists participating in the show, will be held from 3 to 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Fourteen artists, five of them native Pennsylvanians, wert commissioned to, do the series byi the Gimbel Company. The collection has won wide ac claim from critics and art lovers alike in the three cities, Phila delphia, Pittsburgh and Harris burg, which have seen the paint ings prior to the current show ing. Miss Alice Merriam, a repre sentative from the Gimbel Com pany, will be prepared to give special gallery talks to interested groups of students or towns people. Arrangements for the talks may be made by contacting Prof. Milton S. Osborne, head of the department of architecture, in 302 Main Engineering, or by call ing extension 45. "The current collection of paintings now on exhibit is one of the finest examples of present day art in existence, and cer tainly the finest ever to be shown at the College," Professor Os borne said. Ensemble Offers Siring Quartets Stria quartets by Beethoven, Mozart, and Hadyn will be per formed by the Philadelphia String Quartet in the Hotel State College banquet room, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1. The concert is under the auspices of the Com mon Sense Club. Tickets are available for $1.20 tax included, at Student Union, the music department office, and the Book and Record Shop. The four string players include Gott fried Wilfinger, violinist; Irving Ludkig, violinist; Jules Eskin, cellist; and David Klebanoff, vio list. A teacher at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, Mr. Wilfinger has soloed with the Pennsylvania All-State or chestra. At present he is compet ing with the ensemble's other violinist in the Philadelphia Or chestra Youth Concert solo con tests. Mr. Ludwig, the other finalist in the Youth Concert Series, has played with the National Sym phony Orchestra and was con certmaster of the Pennsylvania All-State orchestra. The cellist, Mr. Eskin, is now studying at the Julliard School. He served as first cellist with the Pennsylvania All-state orchestra. Mr. Klebanoff, the violist, is a former member of the Manila Symphony. The string ensemble has ap peared in concerts for the oast year. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Coal Strike Causes GM Lay-Oils DETROIT—The coal -steel shortage has led to the 0n..-week lay-off of 'about 100,000 General Motors production workers. Some 100.000 more are due to be sent home for one week during . the next two weeks. KANSAS CITY Police have sent ten persons to hospital in a ten-minute skull-cracking attack on a CIO hall. The police had been ordered to stop mass o cket- Dig in the Kansas City oa:king house strike CIO Plugs Wage Hikes !Marshall Returns PITTSBURGH—The CIO Steel Workers Un.on stated that it will keep plugging for wage hikes de spite U. S Steel Corporation's stand against any more Pay Waists LW WEATHER 4, Cloudy and E li ttitH -;*, k 1 11,10 0 1; '? Gatintatt 4 Warmer, Showors Congressman Speaks in Chapel Dr. Walter H. Judd. Republica:, Congressman from Minnesota since 1940, and former medical missionary to China. will speak cr. "How Ca n We Establish Peace?" at Chapel service in Schwab Auditorium 11 o'clock to morrow morning. Special music will include "None Other Lamb" sung by the Chapel Chon directed by Mrs. Willa Taylr,r. and several organ selections. After receiving his MD degree from the University of Nebraska and serving his internship at Omaha. Dl. Judd began his mis sionary career in China in 1925 under the Congregational Forel= Mission Board. He served as a physician in Nanking anc Fukien for six years, and after a two-year interval of study at the Mayo Foundation, returned to Fenchow. China, until 1938, when war forced curtail ment of his work. As a member of the House For c,gn Affairs Committee, Dr. Judd vigorously backed the recently enacted China aid bill. IFC Elections Set for Tuesday Election of next year's Inter fraternity Council officers will take place in 405 Old Main at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday Joseph Suc cop, publicity chairman, said yes terday. Delegates will vote for 1948-'49 president, vice-president and sec retary-treasurer from a tentative nomination slate which has not yet been approved by the elec tions committee. Nominated for IFC president are Dean Altemus, Chi Phi, and George Chapman, Theta Chi. Six candidates named for the vice presidency are John Fast, Alpha Chi Sigma; Thomas Giles, Alpha Phi Alpha; Dennie Hoggard, Al pha Phi Alpha; Richard McAd ams, Alpha Tau Omega; Ross Pillsbury, Phi. Gamma Delta; David Sims,,Acacia. Huston, Broscious, Phi Kappa Psi; Morton Green, Pi Lambda Phi, and Ross Pillsbury, Phi gamma Delta, have been nomi nated for IFC secretary-treasur er. Elections committee members who will check qualifications of nominees before Tuesday are Willard Agnew, Richard Charles. Robert Engle and Robert Koser. Police Halt Pickets WASHINGTON Secretary o 4: State George Marshall is headed back for Washington. He ar ranged to tl.; home last niglat from the Inter-Arrerican Conference' at Bogota.. CoiaurbSa., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA SO Coeds Attend WSGA Meeting On Meal Attire Approximately fifty coeds at tended the WSGA meeting Thurs day night to discuss the question of dress in the dining commons. Olariflcat.on of the regulations and discussion concerning the way of meeting the problem led the decision of Dean of Women Pear! 0. Weston to dismiss the student ,checkers who had been employed to take names of the offenders as they entered the commons. Miss Weston agreed with Sen ate and those attending the meet ing that the women students should be given the opportunity to show theer own cooperativeness ;n regard to the dress regulations She stated "The Penn State women—without checkers at the riming room doors—will be given the opportunity to indicate their free desire to cooperate with standards founded on the high ideals worthy of College women." In the discussion that followed, Miss Weston said that the undis closed sources who brought pres sure to bear for a "clean-up" of coed dress were invited to attend the meeting but declined, and that funds for payments of the check ers were being donated to the Dean's Office as a personal gift. Art the end of the discussion Senate decided to refer the.sub feet back to the House of Repre sentatives. There. members of the _`louse would work out a plan in cooperation with the Senate, the House. and the Deah of Women's office. Suzanne Romig, president of WSGA, announced that CORE has sold $833 worth of $1 ticker for a non-discriminatory barber shop. but they are extending the drive until May .5 $lO will be sent to the Amer ican Cancer. Society by WSGA. Cousins Speaks At Final Forum Editor of the Saturday Review of Literature, Norman Cousins, will appear in Schwab Audi torium Thursday night as the final event of the Community Forum Lecture series. Mr. Cousins' lecture title is "Don't Resign From th e Human Race." Originally scheduled to appear in March. he has been con valescing from illness. The lecturer served as special consultant on publications to the Office of War Information and was accredited to the joint task force of the atomic bomb test at Bikini. He special consultart world affairs for the American Broadcasting Company. The faculty has its Talent Show. )ther organizations may have their dances or bazaars, but Chimes. national lunior wo , ten's honorary. hos chosen the most unique way of all to raise riconey. They are washing windows f': the town Imi-chants this morn- This oroieet was chosen when the organizrtion was asked to .ric.ke a donation to the World Student Service Fund. The mem bers felt they couldn't atfo:ci to take any funds from the treas- Iry and they arrived at tnis in .ienious money-making stunt. The merchants and local Cham ber of Commerce readily ae!eptect the idea, so when jean-clad, turban - wearing coeds 'ire see:, .scrubbing windows on Suit?. Col lege streets this morning, don't laugh— they're working ~r a worthy cause. WSW. Jean-Clad Coeds Wash Windows For WS S F 'He's Real Gone' Living with a $lO Piano A piano is considered a musical instrument, more bulky than the usual "portable" music makers, but what to prevent a man from carrying it wherever he aces or having it with him where he lives? Maybe Edgar Corbin, of Dorm 11 Pollock Circle. felt the need of having musical education mixed hi with his other studies, and that may be the reason for his obtaining an upright piano for $lO. giving it a little working over, and playing it to his heart's content. The rooms in the dormitories aren't what may be called extra iarge. but Corbin moved his Immo into the room with him.... Now he's cramped, but living lux. tiriously. The Pollock Circle Council wondered if this was a violation of rules and even the Dean of Men's office was at a loss in de ciding whether it was right or wrong. It's unusual at any rate. At a recent Council meting, it was deckled that as long as Corbin disturbed no one he could keep his nano. So. until some directive comes out about musi cal instruments. he may continue tickling a We s Art Groups Work On May Festival All artistic groups of the Col lege ' -, ave joined efforts to present the Jmbined Arts Festival, May 2 to 15. Coinciding with the celebra tion are the Players' productions of "Years Ago," a comedy at Schwab Auditorium, May 6,7, and 8, and "Hotel Universe," a psychological drama at Center Stage May 8. During the entire period, which runs through to Mother's Day weekend, paintings of es tablished PennsylvanDan artists will be displayed in the Mineral Arts Gallery, and 50 drawings by George Biddle, well-known Phil adelphia-born artist, will be shown in the first floor of the library. Also exhibited during the festival will be student works in architecture, paintings, murals, scen e design, etc. in White Hall. Music Program Varied A concert by the symphony or chestra will be given in Schwab Auditorium at 3 p.m., May 9. Completing, the musical angle are two organ recitals in Schwab at 4 p.m. May 6 and 13, and a dance recital in White Hall, 8 p.m. May 11. Starring in the field of ama teur dramatics are three pro grams, students original one-act plays in the Little Theatre, at 7:30 p.m., May 10; interpretive readings in 121 Sparks at 8 p.m. May 12, and a radio dramatic reading gat 9:30 over WMAJ, May 13. The steering committee con sists of Harold E. Dickson, pro fesor or fine arts, Viktor Lowen feld, professor of dramatics. Newman Club Recently elected officers of Newman Club are president, John Navatny, vice-president; Joseph Shearan, and secretary Dianne Scuderi. Block and Bridle Th e club will hold its annual banquet at the Allencrest at 8 p.m. Saturday night. following the "Little International." Choral Society A meeting will hie held at the Chi Phi house at 9:30 p.m. Mon . •y. Critique Sponsors Dixieland, Be-bop In Music Baffle Sextet Combo Feature Jaz2 Styles in Schwab Jazz in the 13e-bop and Dixie land style will echo in Schwab Auditorium from 2 to 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Admission to the concert em• phasized James Dunaway, master of ceremonies, is free. Critique is sponsoring the con test, he said, to stimulate interest in jazz an dto give a clearer picture of the difference in jazz styles. The combinations will empha size the difference between the two styles by alternately playing the same numbers at the start of the concert. After this, each group will Piny three-inumber sets with Be-bop alternating with Dixieland. The Be-bop group is made up of trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, and drums. The Tru- Blu sextet plays the traditional Dixieland trumpet, piano. clari net ,trombone, bass and drums. Dixieland jazz represents a slight variation from the original New Orleans. type jazz. Sidney Bechet and Bunk Johnson are among the leading protagonists of Dixieland. Be-bop is the newest develop ment of jazz. It strives to escape from traditional jazz patterns, Dizzie Gillespie an d Charlie Parker are outstanding examples of Be-bop specialists. Speech Students Give Programs Advanced interpretative speech students wilt star in three pro grams this week. The first of this series will be given for the youth groups of all churches at the Methodist Church, 256 W. College avenue, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Included in this performance is Phyllis Ginsberg's reading of a group of poems on an anti-racial prejudice theme, including works of Langston Hughes. Frank Mar shall Davis and Countee Cullen. Lois Hyde will interpret "Little White Girl" by Mrs. Henry Men chen, and Martha Ann Koons, "The Test" by Angela Gibbs, both selections also following the prejudice pattern. There will be no admission for the program. Jerome Sitkin, eighth semester arts and letters student and far ther varsity heavyweight boxer, will read a half-hour cutting of "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet over WMAJ at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday. Lois Hartswick, Martha Ann Koons, Martha Shell and Jane Weigle will entertain with select ed readings for the Centre Hall Women' s Club. Tuesday. News Briefs TUB Tournaments Students planning to enter pin ochle, table tennis, or chess tournaments starting at the TUE Monday must register at Student Union before noon today. Pin ochle entries must sign up with partners. Anentrance fee of 26 cents is required. Bridge Tourney Fourteen pairs of duplicate bridge players will vie for the All-College bridge championship at an extended session in 206 glgttrical Engineering at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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