c shmanacemagg • Subscribe Subscrib e To Summer utuntrr Tottrgtatt To Summer Coll‘gian Collegian 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE VOL. 26--..N0. 2 Coach Edwards Renamed Head Of Recreation Earle Edwards, football end coach, has been renamed recrea tion director for the summer ses sions, and has planned recrea tional. events such a tournaments, fun nights, excursions, picnics and dances. A centralized recreation office has been set up in the Tempor ary Union Building. In addition to a dance floor, where weekly dances will be held, the TUB is equipped with a stage, a lounge, a ping pong room, two reading rooms and a soda fountain. TUB will be open for all regu lar students from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays. Summer students are encour aged to make full use of the ten nic courts, golf course, baseball field and soccer field. Indoor and outdoor swimming parties have been planned. Recreation Hall will be the site of planned fun nights and of men's sports activities. White Hall women's recreation building, is equipped with gymnasium, bowl ing alley, swimming pool and rifle range. Fraternity dating privileges were not granted for the 1948 summer sessions. Properly chap eroned women may be entertained in fraternity houses Friday and Saturday nights only. Former Players Initiate Season Town and Nine Players is pre senting "The Late Christopher Bean" as its first play of the sum mer arena theater season at Center Stage, Allen st. and Ham ilton ave., at 8 o'clock every week night until July 5. Leading roles in the three act comedy by Sidney Howard are played by Lois Hartswick Mc- Coy and Portman Paget. James Amabandos is the director, as sisted by Jane Staus. Other members of the cast are Fanna Brown, Jo Peoples Fisher, Omar Lerman, Ed McCoy, How ard Natschke, Francine Toll and Fred Vogel, all former members of Penn State Players and well known for their performances be fore graduation. Arena plays, with the stage merely a clearing on the floor, surrounded by the small aud ience, were begun at the College in the Spring of 1947. Town, Nine Players Polish 'Chris Bean' Performance The Town and Nine Players cast of "The Late Christopher Bean," directed by James Ambandos, gave a performance remark able for deft characterization and polish, in their first production of the season presented to a capacity audience at Center Stage. Mr. Ambandos, assistant director of last season's arena play, "Hotel Universe," has proved to be an extremely adequate direc tor, as evidenced by the ease of delivery and timing with which "The Late Christopher Bean" moved to its climaxing third act. St ell a r performances were given by Lois Hartswick McCoy and Portman Paget in the lead roles of Abby and Dr. Haggett. "Abby," maid in the home of a New England country doctor, was portrayed by the Players' ackress with natural expression and sympathy for the character. Her voice portrayal of the maid's bewilderment and indignation at the development of events in the third act was convincing. Portman Paget, the country doctor, gave an outstanding in terpretation of Dr. Haggett. Lead ing a simple, uncomplicated fam ily life, the character falls in with New York art shysters, and becomes obsessed with greed for money. Paget showed skillful Sleepy Students May Be Right In New Era Students who sleep in class might have the right idea, ac cording to research into teaching during sleep as conducted for the past two years by Charles R. El lot, psychologist at the Univer sity of North Carolina. Penn State will be the scene of a new and more exhaustive sur vey when Dr. Elliott comes here this fall. Ha thinks that some day, or night, foreign language vocab ularies, chemical equations, mul tiplication tables and Morse code may be planted gently in the minds of sleepers. His method of sleep teaching involves a machine called a 'mind writer." It consists of a record player, a special clock to start it when the "student" falls asleep, and a whispering speaker in a sponge rubber pillow. Dr. Elliott's theory, as reported in the July issue of Science Il lustrated, is that learning occurs easily during sleep because out side distractions do not inter fere. Facts are memorized on wakening as if they were tem porarily forgotten. PRUSNSA Names Brown Head; Burns, Schwing Get Posts Harold E. Brown, tribunal chairman, was elected president of the Pennsylvania Region of the National Student Association, during its second regional assembly at the College June 10 to 13. Lee Burns will serve as chairman of the Central sub-region, and .city director. Joan McDonald, of ge, will be vice-chairman. The assembly keynote speaker, A. Blair Knapp, Temple Univer sity Dean of Students, frankly discussed questions and doubts prevalent in the minds of most college administrators concerning NSA. He suggested that its na ture be more clearly stated. The effect of Dr. Knapp's dis cussion of the student govern ment problem was noticeable in many of the later workshops and plenary sessions. He claimed that selecting talented leaders, train ing and experience are the big gest problems in this difficult and' important student activity. On the question of the military draft, the assembly decided to be objective, with member colleges presenting both sides of the issue. The Taft education bill, the President's report on higher edu cation and the Mundt-Nixon Bill were tabled for additional study until the regional caucus at the Student Congress in Madison in August. Several projects were accepted by delegates of the College in the six workshops on domestic and foreign affairs. In the fall semes ter, NSA committee members will conduct studies, make plans and put them into action. Jane Schwing was elected publ Bloomsburg State Teachers Colle Mixer Highlight Of Social Events Main session students will be the guests of the College at a faculty-student reception and dance in White Hall from 8 to 12 p.m. Thursday night. All stu ents, faculty and staff members are invited. Refreshments, games and dancing will highlight the eve ning. Don Peeble's orchestra will provide music. Miss Pearl 0. Weston, dean of women and chhairman of the re ception committee, said doors of the women's dormitories will be left open until 12:30 on Thurs day night to accommodate those who attend the reception. Committee members include Earle Edwards, Miss Marie Haidt, Miss Gilnag Olson and Miss Elizabeth Wbbber. By Lois Bloomquist acting technique, gradually shad ing and changing facial and pos tural expression to depict the growing obsession. Comic high-spot of the show was "Rosen," New York art dealer whose dealings are a bit shady. played by Ed McCoy, with a hilarious accent. "Tallant," forger and art deal er, by Fred Vogel, was a bit forced, particularly in the first act. Farina Brown, as the doc tor's acid-tongued wife, was no table for skillful handling of dia logue and make-up. Contributing to her husband's obsession, Mrs. Haggett in the first act is the foil for the doctor's easy-going char acter. The two Haggett daughters, Ada and Susan, were played by Jo Peoples Fisher and Francine Toll. As the obnoxious counter part of her mother. Ada was par (Continued on page seven) MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1946-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Group Visits Student Unions After a week's tour of five stu dent union buildings in mid-west colleges, members of a seven man committee were unanimous ly impressed with facilities, ac cording to George Donvan, stu dent union manager. Others on the trip were George W. Ebert, . director of physical plant; James McCollum, chairman of the All-College Stu dent union committee; Frank Morris, administrative assistant to the treasurer; William K. Reed, assistant manager of TUB; Ridge Riley, Alumni Association execu tive secretary; and Charles Ward, consulting architect. Hospitality and cooperation were enjoyed by the group at the Universities of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, Michigan State College and Purdue University. Complete tours were made of each building, with the counter part of each committee member accompanying him, Donovan said. The group will continue perfecting plans for Penn State's proposed student union building, and expects to profit by avoiding the mistakes of others. Board Okays Building Names Names for one of the oldest buildings on the campus and four under construction have been ap proved by the Board of Trustees. Chemical Engineering has been designated Walker Laboratory, honoring Prof. W. H. Walker '9O, generally regarded as the "fath er of chemical engineering." The new addition to the School of Mineral Industries will be call_ ed Mineral Sciences; the plant in dustries building will be known as Plant Industries; and the new classroom building was named Willard Hall, commemorating the late J. M. Willard, head of math ematics from 1894 to 1923. The water tunnel for the Ord nance Research Laboratory will honor the late Lt. (j.g.) W. Gar field Thomas '3B, one of the first alumni to lose his life in World War 11. The actual name will be designated after consultation with Navy officials. College Expects Record 5000 Summer Students More than 5000 students, estimated on the basis of 3600 pre registrants, will register in Central Library and Recreation Hail between 8 o'clock this morning and 5 o'clock this afternoon, accord ing to John E. Miller, Jr., assistant director of Summer Sessions. Main Session classes begin at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Those regularly scheduled for today wil Chorus Opens Artists Series Variety in entertainment will be presented in the four numbers of the Summer Artists Series in Schwab Auditorium during Main Session. American Male Chorus begins the series at 8:30 p.m. July 6. The other numbers are Jan Veen and Adele Hooper, dance team, July 15: Margaret Daum, vocal soloist, July 22; and Henry L. Scott, con cert pianist, July 29. All perform ances begin' at 8:30 p.m. Series tickets for reserved seats will cost $2.40, including tax. They will be sold in Recreation Hall today, and in 104 Burrowes until 5 p.m. on the day of the performance. Composed of 26 soldier veter ans, 5 ex-sailors and a former merchant mariner, the American Male Chorus is now touring America, singing favorite Ameri can songs in 90 cities. Granted a group discharge and permission to wear their uni forms, the singers pooled mus tering-out pay to hire the San Francisco Civic Auditorium for their first Stateside concert. After hearing the Ch or us, which includes three races and various religions, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "If all of you be lieve what you have just sung, and will go home and live the message of your music, then this world . . . . is not lost." Behrend Center Opens in Erie Behrend Undergraduate Center will open near Erie in the fall with between 100 and 200 fresh men. Donation to the College of a 400-acre estate, Glenhill, worth more than a half-million dollars makes the center possible. Mrs. Mary P. Behrend, widow of Ernst R. Behrend, philanthropist found er of Hammermill Paper Co., was the donor. Homes and buildings will be converted into nine classrooms three laboratories, a library, cafe teria, dispensary, student lounge and 11 faculty apartments at a cost of $50,000. The new campus will offer all of Penn State's courses of study except forestry, architecture and architecture engineering. An In stitute of Modern Languages and a Day Technical Institute will also be established at the center. The cooperative arrangement iwith Gannon College in Erie will 'be continued, said William S. Hoffman, dean of admissions. Stu dents from that area will be ad mitted there if they prefer. Suc cessful completion of the first year at either place will guaran tee admission to the College as a sophomore. Summer Collegian Sale Begins Today Summer Collegian will be pub lished every Wednesday, begin ning July 7, during the Main Summer Session. Mail subscrip tions are on sale today in Recrea tion Hall and at the Student Union desk in Old Main for 35 cents. Single copies may be obtained at Student Union on Wednesdays for 7 cents. All students attending Main Session are eligible to work on Summer Collegian. interested per sons should come to the Collegian office in Carnegie Hall between I and 5 o'clock any afternoon. pwomos, 4,31..a.40.4,1•0 meet July 10. Next Monday wilt be a holiday. First phase registration is re quired of all who have not re ceived cards of acceptance. It takes place in Central Library, where faculty advisers will be stationed. Advance registrants and all others after completing the first phase will report to Rec Hall for second phase registration. Regis tration forms will be filled out in pencil and checked. Class admission cards must be retained by the student until his first class period, when the in structor will collect them. Fees will be assessed and paid by those not under the G. L Bill of Rights. Veterans Administra tion paper work will be handled in the Armory. Vets who regis tered for Inter Session are re quired to register with the VA again. Schedule changes made before registration will be adjusted in Central Library. After registra tion and payment of fees, such changes will be made in the scheduling office, in the Armory. All changes must be approved by the student's adviser. Dean Tells Men Where Girls Are Women's living units on the campus are filled to capacity, ac cording to Mrs. Cordelia M. Hibbs, in charge of housing and assistant to the dean of women. Grange and Mac Allister Halls are housing most of the under graduate women, while Atherton and Watts are taking care of the remainder. Graduate women and teachers are living in Atherton. In addi tion, Nittany Dorms 30 and 31, Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Nu fraternities, and Theta Phi Alpha sorority have been opened to ac commodate the overflow from the women's dormitories. Six sorority houses are being used to house about 25 married couples with children. Other married couples are living in Jordan Hall. Workshop students are living in Women's Building. Irvin will accommodate delegates to a health education conference dur ing three weeks of Main Session, while Jordan will house a Red Cross nutrition group from July 11 to 26. Due to the increased enroll ment," Miss Hibbs said, "it has not been possible to fulfill each request concerning housing, but an effort has been made to pro cure comfortable living accom modations for this session." Trustees Hold Gift in Custody Custody of the $7OOO senior class gift has been accepted by the Board of Trustees; $6500 has been earmarked toward a press for stu dent publications and other stu dent printing. No organization will be approved until sufficient funds are obtained. The remaining $5OO was se•t aside by the class to maintain an up-to-date address file and to in form its members about the quali fications of alumni nominees to the Board. A School of Home Economic: , has been established. begmnine January 1. An appropriate organi zation of the School will be rec ommended by administrative of ficials. A building for highway re search, to be constructed by the State Department of Highways near the Nittany Dormitorief power plant, was a4so approved.
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