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VOL. 47—No. 58
Schools Entertain
At Open House;
Renew Custom
"Open houses" will be held by
the School of Chemistry and
Physics and the School of Engi
neering Saturday.
Both programs will begin at 2
p.m. The chemistry and physics
open house will close at 5:30 p.ni.
and the engineering open house
will close at 10 p.m.
The Engineering open house,
according to George Bearer, stu
dent chairman, is a renewal of a
custom started prior to the war,
but discontinued during the war
because of military security. The
Chemistry and Physics open
house will be the first of its kind,
Douglas Brace, student chairman,
explained.
Demonstrations, teaching s,
training devices and operations
used for the various curricula, and
a visit to the Army hd Navy
ROTC departments will be cov
ered by the Engineering open
house.
Visitors to the Electrical Engi
neering building will have an op
portunity to witness an amateur
radio station in operation. Under
the guidance of Gilbert Crossley,
assistant professor of electrical
engineering, student operators
will transmit messages of the vis
itors to all parts of the world.
The buildings to be open for
the Chemistry and Physics open
house include Osmond and Pond
Laboratories and the Chemical
Engineering and Textile Chemis
try buildings.
The chemistry department will
have equipment in operation and
on display in all the laboratories,
particularly in quantitative anal
ysis, microscopy, physical chemis
try, unit processes, and nutrition,
laundry and dry cleaning.
The physics department will
have the undergraduate as well
as the graduate laboratories open.
Men Take Over
Cheering Squad
A return to the pre-war sys
tem of using all men cheerlead
ers for athletic events has been
voted upon by a six-man com
mittee and will be put into effect
immediately, said Stanley Eis
man, head cheerleader.
In fairness to ,present members
three women will remain on the
squad as . senior cheerleaders,
Eisman added.
The committee composed of
the head cheerleader, the gradu
ate manager of athletics, the head
of the music department, the
president of the Athletic Asso
ciation, the dean of the Physical
Education School, and the foot
ball coach, made this decision to
comply with the original Consti
tution, said Eisman.
The constitution calls for a 10-
man squad consisting of three
seniors, three juniors, and four
sophomores, but during the war
this rule was suspended. In the
future the class quota will be ad
hered to and members of each
board will move up to a higher
rank at the end of the year.
Practice sessions for candidates
who will be juniors in the fall
are now being held on the lawn
behind the Armory at 7 p.m.
Mondays thro u g h Thursdays.
Those who were unable to attend
tlle first meeting are urged to re
port for practice. At the end of
a three week period junior final
ists will be selected. Tryouts for
sophomore squad members will
be held next year.
Windcrest Residents
Winderest residents who have
not advised the Faculty Coun
selor of Veterans that they are
vacating upon graduation, or in
terrupting their occupancy for
any period this summer are re
quested by that offic. .0 do so
before May IA
Arts Festival Programs
Swing to Music and Drama
Dr. Paul Popenoe
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Popenoe Leads
Marital Institute
Dr. Paul Popenoe, nationally
known marriage counselor and
lecturer, will head the staff of
specialists contributing to the
PSCA "Marriage Institute" Mon
day and Tuesday. Dr. Popenoe is
director of the American Institute
of Family Relations.
College Staff To Contribute
The Institute culminates the
series of weekly Courtship and
Marriage Seminars that have
been conducted every Wednesday
by the Rev. Bruce Gideon, stu
dent pasto r of the Wesley Foun
dation. These seaninar s have cov
ered the various phases of dating.
courtship and marriage.
Staff members of the College
who will contribute in their
fields are Dr. Jessie Bernard,
family sbciology; Dr. C. R. Car
penter, physiology of reproduc
tion; the Rev. Robert Eads and
the Rev. Bruce Gideon, the spir
itual side of marriage; Prof. Mar
ion S. McDowell„ marriage and
the family; Dr. Winona Morgan,
child development; Dr. WW I
Smith, early marital adjustment;
and Dr, W. U. Snyder, emoti9ns
and marital adjustment.
Dr. Popenoe will lead 'two
classes in the department of
home economics Monday at 1 1 0
and 111 a.m., and will be guest
speaker at a faculty luncheon
Monday. "Helping Youth Prepare
for Marriage" will be his topic
at a mass meeting lel Sparks,
7:30 p.m. Monday.
Windcrest Interview s Monday
Private interviews with Wind
crest students are scheduled at
the Windcrest Community Hall
2 t o 4 p.m. Monday, and for all
students Tuesday morning in the
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Tickets Remain for 'Years Ago'
Tickets for Saturday night's performance of "Years Ago" were nearly sold out
late yesterday. Many good seats still remain for the Thursday and Friday show.
Curtain time for "Years Ago," Players' production directed by Robert D. Reifsnei
der, is 8 p.m. in Schwab auditorium. The play, 'written by Ruth Gordon, is based on
the author's recollections of her youthful stage struck days, and is being run in con
junction with the Combined Arts Festival, May 2 to 15.
The lead spotlight is on Ruthye Cohen as Ruth. Ruth, who idolizes Hazel Dawn
ndependenl Clubs Plan
oint Social Activities
Philotes, independent women's
association, and the Penn State
Club, independent men's organiza
tion, decided at a meeting last
Tuesday night to work together
on a social cooperative basis. Fred
Peruzzi, publicity chairman of the
Penn State Club, said yesterday.
He stated that the agreement
was reached in order to bring
about a closer relationship be
tween the two independent organ
izations.
Under the new arrangement.
Philotes will have access to the
Penn State clubroom. 321 Old
Main.
The first joint activity of the
two organizations will be an out
ing on May 16. location of which
has not Yet been designated.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1648-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Programs of the Combined
Arts Festival swing to music and
dramatics the latter part of this
week.
An organ recital by Ray Robin
son in Schwab auditorium at 4
o'clock this afternoon is today's
feature of the festival.
Players Production
Another allied art will be pre
sented in the same auditorium a
8 o'clock tonight, when the cur
tain goes up on the Players pro
duction "Years Ago."
"Years Ago" continues unti
Saturday, when another exhibi
tion of dramatic art is presented
the arena production, "Hote
Universe." Arena shows are pre
sented at Woodman's Hall.
Orchestra Concert
Music again takes the spotlight,
in Schwab Auditorium at 3 p.m.
Sunday when the Symphony Or
chestra presents a concert.
The program for this after
noon's concert includes "Gottes
Sohn First Kommen," by Bach,
"Chanson," by Groton, "Will o'
the Wisp," by Nevin, and "Grand
Choeur," by Spence.
All throughout the two-week
Combined Arts Festival, White
Hall is the scene of an exhibition
of student work in architecture,
painting, sculpture, dance, music,
scene design, and ornamental
and landscape horticulture.
Phi Eta Sigma
To Accept Sophs
All men 'of the sophomore class
whose scholastic average at the
end of the first semester of the
academic year of 1947-1948 was
2.50 or better are eligible for
candidacy to membership in Phi
Eta Sigma, the national freshman
honorary fraternity.
Dr. Franklin D. Krauss, the
faculty advisor of the local chap
ter, announces that these candi
dates are invited to register their
names with the officers of the
chapter and to learn of the objec
tives of Fihi Eta Sigma in 12
Sparks between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
tonight. This registration will not
commit a candidate to any finan
cial obligation.
Initiation into th e orgpiniza
tion here on campus has not been
possible before now, said Dr.
Krauss, owing to the fact that
eligible candidates were attend
ing some one of the cooperating
institutions during their freshman
year.
prominent actress of the day, has
ha s made secret plans for a
stage interview in Boston.. Un
fortunately the date of the Bos
ton interview conflicts with
Ruth's appointment with two
physical culture teachers, Miss
Glavin, played by Joy Polikoff,
and Mr. Bagley, played by Jo
seph Bird. The gymnist s have
come all the way from Sargent's
School of Physical Culture on the
request of Ruth's father, who is
determined that his daughter
shall follow in their footsteps.
The father, a gruff mannered
retirde sailo r with an aversion
for cats, is portrayed by Winfield
Clearwater. Ann Balmer plays
Ruth's mother, while Fred Leu
schner plays Fred, Ruth's boy
friend from Harvard. Other's in
the cast are Mary Alice Hodg
son as Anna. Jean Bickerton as
Katherine and Thomas Monag
han as Mr. Sparrow.
Portman Paget, graduate dra
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Dr. Andrew Borland
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Dairy Students
To Honor Borland
As a tribute to Professor An
drew A. Borland, retiring head
of the dairy department, the
students voted unanimously to
dedicate their 23rd Annual Dairy
Exposition this Saturday to him.
Special recognition will be ex-
tended Professor Borland at the
annual dairy banquet Saturday
night by members of the Dairy
Science Club. Students in charge
of arrangements have invited of
ficers of each of the breed associa
tions of Pennsylvania, as well as
the Pennsylvania Dairymen's As
sociation. They have also added
several contests, exhibitions, and
events to Saturday afternoon's
busy program.
Educator 50 Years
Professor Borland has been an
educator for the past 50 years.
In 1905, he gave up teaching a
Mercer County school, where he
had been for seven years, to be
come a student at the College.
He graduated in 1909, and at
tended the University of Wiscon
sin, where he received his mas
ter's degree in 1910.
He returned to the College
twice, permanently in 1915, when
he became a dairy specialist in
the newly organized Agricultural
Extension Service.
Named Dairy Head
In 1919, he was named head of
the Dairy department, a position
he has held ever since. During
that time, Professor Borland has
always been in demand to talk to
dairy groups in this and other
states.
In 1928, he was elected as the
U. S. delegate to the Eighth
World's Dairy Congress, London
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Carpenter Elected Head
Of Stale College PTA
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, professor
of psychology, was elected presi
dent of the State College Parent-
Teacher Association at its busi
ness meeting Monday night.
Edwin H. Rohrbeck, retiring
president and agricultural editor
of the College, was elected to the
executive committee for a two
year term.
Dr. Henry S. Brunner, head of
the department of agricultural ed
ucation, and Millard T. Bunnell,
of the Central Extension staff, are
holdover members of the execu
tive committee.
Other officers of the association
are public school faculty mem
bers and residents of the bur
gh.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Student Leaders
Installed Before
Audience of 400
Back Your Government,
Urges All-College Head
All-College and class officers
Were installed on the steps of
Old Main yesterday, as about 400
students witnessed the cere
monies in a drizzling rain and
joined in singing the Alma Mater.
Thomas J. Lannen, retiring
All-College president, thanked
the students for their coopera
tion during his term of office,
then expressed the wish that the
new officers will find the same
spirit.
"A Big Job"
After being sworn in by Alan
Hack, Tribunal chairman, the
new All-College president, Wil
liam Lawless, said that student
government has a "b i g job
ahead."
"This is the greatest honor of
my life," Lawless continued.
"We shall try, with the coopera
tion of the students, to see that
the best things are accomplished.
This is our student government
—let's get back of it."
Administers Oaths
Lawless then administered the
oath of office to Terry ituhlman,
senior class president. As the
words were being spoken, the
Old Main chimes rang out the
noon hour.
Robert Wine, president of the
junior class, next received the
oath from Lawless.
Accompanied by a section of
the Blue Band, those present
sang all four verses of the Alma
Mater, concluding the first out
door inaugural in the College's
history.
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
Violence Flares .
In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM—VioIence broke
out briefly in Jerusalem last
night, as efforts to engineer an
Arab-Jewish truce in the Holy
City apparently bogged down.
After a peaceful day through
out the city, the thunder and
flash of explosives erupted in the
Moslem Shiekh Jarrah quarter,
a few blocks north of the old
walled city.
Parliament Halt
ATHENS—The Greek parlia
ment last night was suspended
for one month as the result of a
govei - nment crises caused by a
quarrel between the Liberal and
Populist parties over reshuffling
the cabi n e t. Greek Premier
Sophoulis announced the sus
pension following a conference
with United States officials.
Taft Leads in Ohio
COLUMBUS Returns fr o
the Ohio primary indicate that
Senator Robert Taft has won 14
of that state's 23 contested Re
publican convention seats. Har
old Stassen apparently has won
nine. Senator Taft got 30 without
opposition. Both men interpret
the results as a victory.
Ad Contest
Want to make $185.50 for a
penny investment? Just write
the correct answer to the "It's
in the Ads" contest on a post
card and mail it to "Ad Con
test, Collegian."
Today's prizes are a floor
lamp from the Wolf Furniture
Company and $lO in credit
from Keeler's Book Store.
Sixteen other prizes ranging
from a pair of shoes to a fish
ing rod complete the list oi
awards in the ad contest.