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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.