40 Welcome WEATHER Penn State Tilt Batty' C ooler Tottrgta Fair and Mothers 14111FIII, VOL. 41—No. 60 Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Altempt Further Rail Conciliations Washington John Steelman, special White House advisor on labor matters, will meet with rail management representatives to day. The parley may lead to still another conference with leaders of three railroad -brotherhoods now threatening a 'nationwide railroad strike. Yesterday's two sessions with the union men were described as "without definite re sults." One rumor around the White House is that the govern ment may ask a 20-day postpone ment of the strike, should nego tiations fail to produce a settle ment before the Tuesday dead line. TVA Funds Cut Washington—The House Ap , propriations Committee has swung a heavy axe at one of the oldest and hardiest New Deal projects—the TVA. By slashing $4,000,000 from the TVA appro priation, the Committee passed a death sentence on a $54,000,000 steam , power project at New Johnsonville in West Tennessee. The action—if not reversed by Congress—would cause TVA to discard or revise its $84,000,000 expansion program planned for the next five years. Technical Schools Welcome Public Both the Engineering School and the School of Chemistry and Physics will throw open their doors to the public this afternoon as the 1948 version of the annual open houses of the two schools begins. The Engineer Open House will run from 2 o'clock unit! 10 o'clock tonight. while the Chem-Physics affair will be LNperl from 2 until 5:90 this afternoon. A new planetarium, located in Osmond Laboratory, will remain an added feature of the Chem- Physics Open House. Members of Alpha Nu, astron omy honorary will assist in planetarium demonstrations, pro jecting all constellations and planets normally seen in the sky onto a hemispherical dome 18 feet in diameter. Both exhibitions will feature displays and demonstrations of each of the various curricula. Stu dents will be on hand to answer' questions and explain each of the exhibits. With good weather a large Mother's Day crowd is expected to attend each of the affairs. To assist visitors in finding their way from place to place a series of red arrows leading to each of the engineering display rooms has been painted. No guided tours of the displays will be conducted. Strong Cast, Weak Plot Mark Players' 'Years Ago' flow much like a Horatio Alger story can a play get? The current Players' production, "Years Ago," is the story of Ruth Gordon Jones' exit from the world of the ordinary 16-year-old girl and her entrance to a world of satin, blue eye-shadow, and beautymarks--the stage. The Joneses are hard pressed, and the audience felt their seats were a little hard pressing during PaPa Jones' lengthy financial wailing in the first act. But the scene proved to be just one of the dragging moments in the play. PaPa is played by Winfield Clearwater and his per formance carries the crippled plot in many spots. As a retired sailor, PaPa displays a nautical vocabulary, in flammable temper, and a thunderous manner. But as in all "happy ending" stories, he turns up with a 20 carat heart. Clearwater's portrayal gleams with a fine finish. Veterans who plan to attend summer camps must register with the Veterans Affairs, 112 Old Main in accordance with the following schedule: For estry camp, week of May 10; Geology camp, week of May 17; Mining Engineering field work, week of May 17. . Nesbitt Receives While Fellowship Award for 1948 John B. Nesbitt, senior in civil engineering, has been awarded the John W. White Fellowship, according to Clarence 0. Wil liams, chairman of the Senate Committee on Scholarships and Awards. The fellowship is awarded to a member of the Class of '4B who has attained a high standing and who possesses, in the opinion of the committee, the ability and personality that will enable him to profit best by graduate study. The fellowship pays $6OO and the recipient must spend the year in advanced study either at the College or another school under the direction of the president of the College. To qualify, the stu dent must have an average of 2.5 or better. Joan L. Bissey, senior in psy chology, was awarded the John W. White Medal. Two John W. White scholarships of $5O each in Spanish were given to Evelyn Armstrong and Glo'ria J. Moulton. both juniors in Arts and Letters. Three seniors and three jun iors will receive Evan Pugh Medals. The seniors are Freder ick T. Andrews and George H. Fry, both electrical engineers, and Lois R. Wolfe, home econom ics. Juniors are Clinton H. Grace electrical engineer; Richard K Hill, chemistry; and William J Pade, journalism. John N. Rosenberg, pre-medi cal, will be given the Louise Car negie Scholarship amounting to $75. Mrs. Milholland Judges Calf Sfyle Show Today Mrs. James Milholland. wife of the acting president of the Col lege, willjudge the calf style show during the Ag Hill Dairy Exposition at 1 o'clock today. Nearly 3000 visitors are ex pected to visit the dairy show which includes, among its varied events, a cow milking contest. judged by Dean Lyman E. Jack son and Dr. Andrew A. Borland. The feature attraction of the show, the dairy cow judging. will be held in the cattle pavilion. Students who have been groom ing their prize cows for over a month will vie for cash awards and cups. Dairy day will be concluded with a banquet during which the cups and awards will be pre sented to the winning contestants. State Secretary of Agriculture. Miles Horst, will be the guest speaker for this event. By Jo L. Fox SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1948-STATE COLTMGE, PENNA. Veterans Camp on a dull backdrop of the plot. He creeps into the col lective heart of the audience with his nostalgic remi niscences of his life on the Main. Ruthye Cohen, who plays the title character, fills her performance with enthusiasm and sparkle. But she de feated her purpose occasionally with a rapid stream of verbiage which was unintelligible from the third row back. MaMa, played by Ann Balmer, is sympathetic to Ruth's stage leanings. But her sweet sincerity at times becomes so dulcet that it borders on dullness. Fred Leuschner turns in a lukewarm performance as Fred Whitrnarsh, the boyfriend from Harvard. The minor part players made an ambitious attempt to counteract the inherent dullness of the plot. Mary Alice Hodgson and Jean Bickerton are excellent in their portrayal of the two flighty high school chums. Anna Triple-Threat Man Brings Talents to Rec Hall Composer-arranger and pianist par ,excellence—that's Claude Thornhill, the great bandleader who will bring his fine musical aggregation to Rec Hall for the traditional Senior Ball on May 21. Claude is a triple-threat man and introduces his three talents simultaneously in the playing of his lovely theme song, "Snow fall," for Claude is the composer, arranger and featured pianist of this hauntingly beautiful melody. Thornhill has a big advantage over most of the current band leaders in being able to combine a classical backgroUnd with the current trend of popular music. The result is music that bears a distinctive Claude Thornhill, stamp. His training at both the Cin cinnati Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music are prime factors in making Thornhill's band what it is today. CORE To Devise Use of $llOO Fund Plans will be devised for effec tive use of the $1741 collected during CORE Days and preceding the drive at a meeting of the group Monday night. A goal of $2500 was originally set by CORE for solicitation of funds. Prior to the drive, close to $950 was obtained by campus and town'representatives of CORE. "At the meeting of CORE Mon daythe results of CORE Days will be evaluated," said Prof. Ar thur H. Reede, chairman. "Future action to be taken by CORE also will be discussed at the meeting." The response to CORE Days I was equally heartening on cam pus and in town, pointed out Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, chairman Df CORE Days campaign. In the three CORE Days $791 wa.. added to the fund originally Dbtained. Both students and mem bers of the faculty conducted the campus sale of $1 tickets of ad vanced credit for haircuts in any non-discriminatory State College barber shop. Members of State College churches sold the tickets to townsmen. Ad Contest Over the $2OO mark goes to day's value of the ptizes in the "It's in the Ads" contest. To day's prize, $lO credit on seat covers from the State Motor Sales and Service Company, brings the total to $210.50. Other contributing mer chants are: Schlow's, Mary Leitzinger, Charles Shop, Clark Motor Co., College Book Store, Penn State Photo Shop, Glick Shoe Store, Smart Shop, Book and Record Shop, Young Men's Shop, Candy Cane, Mitchell's Dress Shop, McLan ahan's Drug Store, Don Kep ler's, Margaret Shop, Harmony Shop, Music Room, Wolf Fur niture Co., and Keeler's Book Store. May Over Queen Reigns Festival Today The annual May Day ceremony, one of the most colorful events of the college year, will be held on the front lawn of Old Main at 4:30 o'clock today. Crowning of attractive Algie Ann Moser, the May Queen, will be the main event of the festivities. Maid of Honor is Lorraine Stotler, a sophomore in Education. Senior attendants are Lois Maloy and Eve Winter; junior attendants, MYrfla Hinkle and June Snyder, and sophomore attendants, Joyce Shucy and Tori Williams. The ceremony will begin w heralds, Gertrude Fetzer and Juli anne Seashore. The jesters, who will be next in the procession, are Algeie Anne Moser Popenoe Opens Lecture Series Dr. Paul Popenoe, director of the American Institute of Family Relations, will open the Penn State Christian Association spon sored "Marriage Institute" in the department of home economics from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday. The session will consist of classroom appointments. The opening sessions of the in stitute will include the following topics and speakers: "Spiritual Side of Marriage," Rev. Bruce Gideon, Hugh Beaver Room, 304 Old Main; "Petting, Wise or Oth erwise," will be discussed by Pro fessors Marion S. McDowell and Jessie Bernard, 316 Sparks. Dr. Popenoe will be available for private consultation with Windcrest students in the Wind crest Community Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Three seminars will be conduct ed at 4 p.m. "Undergraduate Mar riage," Dr. Popenoe, and "Child Development," Dr. Winona Mor gan, will be the topics discussed in the Windcrest Community Hall. In 316 Sparks, Dr. W. U. Snyder will speak on "Emotional Factors and Marital Adjustment." The final program of Monday's session will be a mass meeting in 121 Sparks, led by Dr. Popenoe, who will discuss "Helping Youth Prepare for Marriage." Appointments for private con sultation with Dr. Popenoe must be cleared through the Christian Association office, 304 Old Main. and Katherine. Joseph Bird, in his first Players appear ance, gives one of the best performances of the evening as Mr. Bagley, the physical culture teacher. He reaps one of the best laughs of the production when he intro duces his co-worker, Miss Glavin, played by Joy Poli koff, as "the ladies' state standing broadjump champion." "Years Ago," directed by Robert D. Reifsneider, is blessed with excellent technical execution. Props, cos tumes, lights, and scenery, are authentic and highly pro fessional. But even in such a fine frame, the plot was born to die a lingering death. The theme of small town girl setting out to make the big time despite the hurdle of an objecting father, and later ,with the help of said father, is trite to the point that even the injection of the humor vitamin cannot rejuvenate it. It seems a shame to waste fine player talent and ex cellent direction on such a weak, pointless story as "Years Ago." PRICE FIVE CENTS th the sounding of trumpets to Josephine Bihl and Margaret Chick. During the coronation Suzanne Romig, president of WSGA, will present the crown to the queen. The sceptre and world will be presented by Lee Ann Wagner, president of WRA and Patricia Woods, president of PSCA. Others participating in the event will be the Hemlock Chain, Senior Honor Women, Phi Mu Al pha, national men's music honor ary, Modern Dance Group with Gladdy Lou Miller, soloist, the Treble Singers and the May Pole Dancers. The Queen will be attended by her trainbearers, William Hen ning and Paul Rogers, and two flower girls, Judith Alexander and Katherine Gemmell, from State College. Symphony Plays New Composition "Portrait of a Frontier Town." a new American composition, will t'eceive its second performance at the Symphony Orchestra concert in Schwab Auditorium at 3 o'- clock tomorrow afternoon. The composition, written by Don Gillis, program director at NBC, was first performed by the Cincinnati Orchestra last month. It consists of five parts: "Cham ber of Commerce," "Where the West Begins," "Ranch House Par ty," 'Prairie Sunset," and "Main Street—Saturday Night." Jther selections on the program are "Academic Festival Over ture," Brahms, a work based on European un i versity student songs; "P r elude, Choral, and Fugue," Bach, a synthetic compo sition arranged by Abert; "An gelus," from "Scenes Pittoresque," Massenet; "Fantasie P as tor ale Hongroise," Doppler, with Conrad Hilpert, flautist; "Espana Rhap sody," Chabrier; "Danse Maca bre," Saint-Saens; and "Waltz," from "Eugen Onegin," Tschaikow sky. Officers of the Symphony Or 2hestra are Hummel Fishburn, di rector; Creston Ottemiller, presi 'lent; Fred Swingle, manager; Robert Manning, librarian; Joan Bissey, secretary; and Susan Bis sey, treasurer. Cushman Lecture Dr. Robert Cushman, fourth lecturer in the current Liberal Arts lectures, will speak on "Na tional Security and Civil Liberty" in 119 Osmond Laboratory next Monday night at 8. A recent fac ulty bulletin ommitted the place of Dr. Osmond's speech.
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