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VOL. 47—No. 71
PSCA Secretary
Accepts Local
Insurance Post
James Smith, general secretary
of the PSCA, will take a position
with the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, following
his resignation, effective July 1,
the Personnel Committee of the
Board of Directors has announced.
Mr. Smith will be the Com
pany's representative in the State
College area, after finishing a six
months training course necessary
for the insurance field.
At the same time, the Commit
tee gave official notice that Alice
Byers and Alex Atty, associate
program secretaries, would not be
with• the Association because of
other plans.
Mrs. Byers notified the board
last February of her decision not
to renew her contract with the
PSCA because she wished to join
her husband at Yale University
next year.
Mr. Atty, part-time Associate.
notified the board in March that
he would teach next year at
Windber High School and there
fore would not return to Penn
State.
Summer Troupe
Sells Tickets
Season ticket sales for the sum
mer stock program to be offered
by the Town and Nine Players.
recently - organized professional
theatre group, producing shows
bi-weekly at Center Stage will
begin tomorrow, with the block
ticket priced at $3.60. Season
tickets will admit the purchaser
to each of the three shows in the
initial season, according to James
Ambandos, director.
Town and Nine Players will
open their basic six-weeks' sea
son on June 23. with a two
weeks' run of "The Night of Jan
uary 16th." he announced yes
terday. Plans are also being laid
for an extended program beyond
the initial six weeks.
Ticket sales will feature a "pick
your theatre night" system. ac
cording to Edward McCoy. tick
et committee chairman, with ea.-h
purchaser's season nass earmark
ed for a given week-night. Gen
eral admission tickets for indi
vidual performances will be avail
able at $1.50 each during the sea
son depending on availability, he
said.
Limited seating facilities at
Center Stage make season tick
ets the only assurance of seats
for every performance. McCoy
pointed out. They may be onr
chased at Don Kenler's. and The
College Book Store, or from any
member of the Town and Nine
troupe.
Comprised, chiefly of gradua
ting members of Penn State Play
ers, the professional comnarpr
includes Ambando s, Fanna
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Late AP News—Courtesy WMAJ
Czech Investigation
Vetoed by Russia
Russia used her vetoes in the
UN against a Chilean proposal
to investigate the seizure of pow
er in Czechoslovakia.
NLRB Accuses Lewis
The National Labor Relations
Board accused John L. Lewis of
an "unfair labor practice" in his
refusal to bargain with southern
coal producers.
Demands Expansions
President Truman deman(L!il
that Congress expand the social
security and old age pension pro
grams.
Arabs Ignore Deadline
Israel told the UN that the
Arabs have ignored the Security
Council's ceaie-fire deadline ani
fired across the border of Pales
tine.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, W4B-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Andrew A. Borland
Department Head
To Retire in June
Prof. Andrew A. Borland, head
of the College dairy department,
who has served ar head, of the
faculty and research staff for the
last 30 years, will retire on June
30.
Professor Borland came to
Penn State in 1905, as a student,
after teaching in a Mercer County
school. He graduated from the
College in 1909 and went to the
University of Wisconsin where he
received his master's degree in
1910.
He returned to tht. College as a
dairy research assistant for a
year. Then he spent four years
teaching at the University of Ver
mont.
In 1915 he returned to the Col
lege to become a dairy specialist
in the newly organized Agricul
tural Extension Service, serving
in that capacity. until 1919, when
he was named to his present post-;
tion as head of the dairy depart
ment.
In 1928 he was elected United
States delegate to the Eighth
World's Dairy Congress held in
London, England. From 1922 to
1924 he served as president of the
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Baccalaureate Service, Commencement
Conclude College Year's Activities
. . .
Drew Theologian
Addresses Seniors
Baccalaureate services for grad.
uating seniors, their parents, and
friends, will be held in Rec Hall
at 11 a,m., Sunday.
Academic dress is not required
of the seniors, and there will not
be an academic procession.
James Milholland, acting pres
ident, will preside and will pre
sent the guest speaker, Dr. Stan
ley R. Hopper, professor of Chri.i
tian ethics at Drew Theological
Seminary. Madison. N.J. The re
mainder of the service will be
in charge of James Smith, col
lege chaplain.
Chapel Choir
Special music for the services
will be presented by the Chapel
Choir, directed by Miss Willa
Taylor, with George Ceiga at the
Hammond organ.
Dr. Hopper did his undergrad
uate work at the University of
Southern California and has done
graduate study at Boston Univer
sity School of Theology. 'Drew
University. Harvard University.
the University of Zurich, and
Mansfield College at Oxford.
Served as Lecturer
He has served as a lecturer and
instructor in Biblical literature in
Brothers College of Liberal Arts,
Drew University, and joined the
Seminary faculty in 1935 as an
instructor in homiletics.
Dr. Hopper was appointed as
sistant professor in 1937 and be
came associate professor in 1946.
He was named to his present pro
fest=orship in 1946. lle is the au
thor of the book, `The Crisis of
Faith," published in 1944.
Coeds Roused
From Sleep
By Intruder
Coeds quartered in the west
wing of Atherton Hall were
awakened at 4 a.m. yesterday
when one of them observed a
man groping about in the dark
ness while attempting to open a
window screen and enter one of
tht ground floor bedrooms.
The intruder was frightened
away by the scream:. of Barbara
Atkins, senior, who was awaken
ed by the sound of scratching on
the window. Miss Atkins' room,
shared by Sally Schleyer, is sit
uated on the veranda of a court
yard.
Marguerite Desaulniers, who
lives in the same suite, said that
she saw a man run down the
steps into the courtyard shortly
before the coeds it that section
were aroused when the alarm was
given.
A suspect was taken into cus
ody near the dormitory by
he Campus Patrol at 5 a.m.
Final Daily Collegian
With today's issue, the Daily
Collegian concludes publica
tion for the spring semester.
Three special issues during
Orientation Week will inaug
urate the fall program.
Six regular weekly issues of
Summer Collegian will appear
during main session. with Ro
bert Templeton as business
manager and Lewis Stone, ed
.itor. An extra will be publish
ed for the Pennsylvania NSA
convention taking place at the
College June 10 to 13.
Belles Lettres
At the last meeting of the
Belles Lettres Club, John Low
ry was elected president, Paul
Andrews, vice-president, and
Ann Garman, secretary-treasurer.
Ifl3
Dr. David Dodds Henry'
Alumnus Addresses
Graduation Class
Dr. David Dodos Henry. who
will give the commencement ad
dress June 7, graduated from the
College department of arts and
letters in 1926.
Blow president of Wayne Uni
vcr::ity in Detroit, Dr. Henry earn
ed his master's and doctor's de
grees while teaching English here.
its an undergraduate, he reaped a
lull crop of scholastic and activity
laurels. The doctor, called "Dave"
by his classmates, was editor of
the 1926 La Vie, president of the
senior class, and president of the
stuient council.
A cnettther ul 0int.4,;.,
(Continued, os page eight)
Books for Lingnan Drive
Continues Through Finals
Books, books and more books are the objects of the Daily Col
leg i an-sponsored drive to help Lingnan University. All kinds of
texts, dealing with any subject are needed, particularly agriculture
and engineering.
Three town bookstores have offered assistance to the drive by
placing boxes in their shops. They are Metzger's, Keeler's and the
Athletic Store. In addition, boxes will be placed in Graham's and
Tribunal Hears
Traffic Cases
Twenty-nine student traffic
violators are listed for hearings
before Tribunal at its final meet
ing of the year tonight, according
to Harold E. Brown. chairman.
Violators must appear in 201 Old
Main at the time indicated,
Brown emphasized. Failure to ap
pear constitutes a second viola
tion under Tribunal procedure.
Violators and scheduled hearing
times are listed below.
8 d'clock
Mitchel AnderSon, Richard Cro
well, Joseph Daniels, George H.
Fry, Lawrence Goldberg, Marcel
Flughes, Joseph McGowan, Paul
Orner, Albert Sakavich, Law
rence White. and Robert Saxe.
8:30 o'clock
Joseph Borland, John Chuck
ran, John Gearhart, Lawrence
Luhrs, Harry Magee, Henry Mat
tern, Ford W. Moody, and Ver
non Wingenroth.
9 o'clock
Robert Gildea, Richard Knepp,
Roy McClenaghan, Richard Me
ier, Edwin Schwartz, William
Shoemaker, William W. Sunday,
Paul Waterman, and Franklin
Yeaple.
Late Permissions
All coeds will receive 11 o'-
clock permissions beginning to
day, said Pearl 0. Weston, dean
of women.
1600 Get Degrees
In June 7 Exercises
Approximately 14 5 0 under
graduate students will receive
degrees at commencement exer
cises at New Beaver Field, 2 p.m.
June 7. Those receiving advanced
and technical degrees numbers
134 tentatively.
In case of bad weather the
ceremony will take place in Rec
Hall. Schwab Auditorium will be
wired to take care of the over
flow crowd. Two tickets will be
given each senior when they re
ceive caps and gowns at the Ath
letic Store June 4, 5 and 7. Sen
iors are asked to obtain com
mencement instructions from the
heads of their departments.
Cornerstone Cerornony
Another event scheduled for
commencement weekend is the
laying of cornerstones for the
new women's dormitories on Sat
urday. June 5. The ceremony
will take place between White
llall and the temporary buildings
n Shortlidge Road.
A Baccalaureate service will
take place at 11 a.m.. June ti in
Rec Ball. Seniors will not wear
academic costume for the service.
Blue Band Entertains
The Blue Band will present its
last concert on the steps of the
central library at 3 p.m. Sunday
June 6. Class Day exercises are
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tlw same
day.
An innovation at the coin
mencement exercises will be the
presentation of scholarship
awards. Among these will be the
John W. White Fellowships and
the Evan Pugh medals fur sen
iors.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
the Corner Room
Other central collection spots
include the Collegian office, Chris
tian Association, Hillel Founda
tion, TUB and Old Main lobby.
Fraternities have been contacted,
as well as Nittany Dormitories,
Pollock Circle, sororities, women's
dormitories and other indepen
dent living units.
Any unit which has not re
ceived a box for collecting the
books may obtain one in the
Collegian office.
Deans Ben Euwema, Liberal
Arts; Harry Hammond, Engineer
ing; Lyman Jackson, Agriculture;
and Edward Steidle, Mineral In
dustries, have offered their as
sistance in obtaining texts from
faculty members. Dean Hammond
and W. B. Keeler have both made
personal contributions to the
campaign.
The campaign will continue
through June 3, final collection
taking place the following day.
William Niering, William Reed
and William Renshaw are assist
ing Elliot Rosengarten and Selma
Zasofsky, Collegian coproduc
tion managers, in the drive.
Book Exchange
Opens at TUB
Student Book 'Exchange will
open at the TUB 9 a.m. Thursday
to accept books. and will continue
through June 1. Receipts will be
given, Joanne Hobbs, chairman
of the committee, said.
No money 'will be returned to
students at the time of submitting
hooks, but will be collected at the
Student Union window upon pre•
sentation of receipts when books
are sold next fall.
Books submitted during pre
vious semesters, but not as yet
sold, will be retained until next
fall when all books will go on
sale a few days before the semes
ter opens.
The exchange committee may
hold sales a few days prior to the
main summer session. Miss Hobbs
stated. This policy, however, will
not be definitely determined be
fore the present semester ends.
Weekday hours for turning in
books are 9 a.m. to 12 noon and
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Hours for Sat
urday are 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
News Briefs
Delta Sigma Rho
Richard Hill was elected presi
dent of Delta Sigma Rho, nation
al debate honorary recently. Har
old Brown was elected vice-pres
ident and Helen Dickerson, sec
retary-treasurer.
Following the banquet Sunday
the honorary initiated David
Barron. Harold Brown. Mary
Louise Coleman. Helen Dickerson,
Jane Fourac•re. llarriet Morgan,
ichn rd 11i11, 'Robert Ka gan,
R o y c e Nix. ,t, , hn Sigler, and Rose
Marie Wagner.
Senior Class
The senior class will meet in
121 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight.
Class Day exercises will be held
in Rec Hall at 7:30 p.m. June 6.
Pre-legal Honorary
Frances Welker has been elect
ed president of Pi Lambda Sig
ma, pre-legal honorary. Other of
ii(crs include William Better,
vice-president, and Joan Hestia,
secretary-treasurer.