■sg- .1 &nmm?r @ (EoU?gtatt | ’-Hr ■ -* PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE VOL. 26—No. 3 Town and Nine Second Play Opens Tonight “The Night of January 16," Town and Nine Players’ second dramatic production of the sea son, will begin at Center Stage at 8 rfclock tonight. The play, written by Ayn Rand, is a courtroom melodrama based on a murder trial in which the entire audence takes part. Jury members will be chosen from the audience each night the show runs, and at the end of the trial will becide on their own verdict. The rest of the audience will act as courtroom spectators. Includ ed. in the cast are several State College townspeople. Members of the cast are Anna Hartswick, prison matron; Colo nel Mills, Judge Heath; James Ambandos, District Attorney Flint; Ed McCoy, Defense Attor ney Stevens; Jane Stauss, Karen Andre; Dr. Alexander, Dr. Kirk land; Ann Wahl, Mrs. John Hut chins; Ed Fisher, Homer Van Fleet; Omar Lerman, Elmer Sweeney; Jo Peoples Fisher; Nancy Lee Faulkner; Jean W. Francis, Magda Swenson; Harry Natschke, John G. Whitfield; Janet Denithorne, Jane Chandler; Bill Preston, Sigurd Jungquist; Portman Paget, Larry Regan; Francine Toll, Roberta Van Rensselaer. First Group Town and Nine Players is the first summer theatre group ever to appear in State College and one of the few summer stock companies in the country using central staging techniques. The group was originally formed of nine players and has already, in its initial season, expanded to eleven. James Ambandos, a grad uate of the College, is the direc tor. Center Stage is located on West Hamilton avenue, just off Allen street. Tickets are available at the box office, telephone 4236, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Performances are given daily except Sundays (Continued on page eight ) Mrs. Hetzel Better Mrs. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, wife of the late president of the Col lege has heen discharged from the hosnital in Bellefonte. She has arrived at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Harriet Williams of Slatington, where she is re cuperating. LATE AP NEWS—Courtesy WMAJ f'epoer Uraes o Reconsider Presidency WASHINGTON— FIorida Sena tor Claude Pepper has sent a tele gram to General Dwight Eisen hower urging the General to re consider the presidential draft. In his wire. Pepper states his “deep convinction as a senator and a citizen that the national interest in this crucial time re quires you to assume national non-partisan leadership.” Proper also wired James Roosevelt sun norting a pre-convention anti- Truman caucus in Philadelphia this week-end. Truman Confident WASHINGTON Members of the presidential staff say Mr Truman is confident that he will be named the Democratic presi dential nominee on the first bal lot. The President himself has re fused to comment on General Eisenhower’s statement declining any partisan political nomination. Navy on Maneuvers WASHINGTON The Navy has denied that there is any sig nificance in the movement of American warships from Naples and Istanbul. The Naples contingent, headed by the carrier Kearsarge. is said by the Navy to be heading for routine maneuvers. The ships WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Team to Present Modern Dance A program of modem theater dance, presented by Jay Veen and Adele Hooper, is listed as the second number of the Summer Artists Series in Schwab Audi torium at 8:30 p.m. July 15. Jay Veen, a native of Vienna, has danced in Europe, Asia and North America. Miss Hooper graduated with honors from his school. She became a member of his troupe, a soloist and finally his partner. Tickets for the series are on sale in 104 Burrowes at $2 plus tax. Sleep Teacher Joins College Charles R. Elliot of the Uni versity of North Carolina has been appointed assistant profes sor of clinical speech, James Mill holland, acting president of the College, said today. Professor Elliot, who has been conducting research on sleep teaching for the past two years, will continue his work at Penn State. The machine used for teaching sleeping students such things as foreign language vocabularies, Morse code, multiplication tables, and chemical formulas is called a cerbroeraph or “mind writer.” It consists of a record player, a special clock which turns on the (Continued on page eight) from Istanbul, led by the escort carrier Palau, will go to Cyprus for the bodies of two Americans killed during the Holy Land fighting. The Navy says neither move ment has any connection with current developments in Pales tine. Cantive Miners Strike PITTSBURGH Most of the soft coal industry operated yes terday under a new labor con tract, but fortv-thousand miners staved away from work in io called “captive” nits. These miners followed the United Mine Workers rule: “no contract, no work.” The steel companies own ing the cantive mines have re fused to sign the new soft coal contract, claiming that a provi sion for a union shop violates the Taft-Hartley Law. Bernadotte Charged LAKE SUCCESS Russia has charged Count Folke Bernadotte with trying to revoke the United Nation’s Holy Land partition de cision. Soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko called for a Security Council discussion of the Berna dotte Peace Plan presented this weekend to Arabs and Jews. College Gets Housing Units College Plans Radio Program Feature of the seven-day recre ation schedule just released is an audience participation show to be broadcast over WMAJ from Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Monday. The show was arranged through the cooperation of radio station WMAJ and the Recreation Office. A half hour warm up program will precede the broadcast. Everyone is welcome to attend. There will be no charge for ad mission. A dance at the TUB Friday is the big week-end event. Music will be furnished by the Pied Pipers. Dancing will be from 9 to 12 p.m. The price of admission is 50c per person. Saturday night the spotlight swings to Rec Hall, where an evening of entertainment has been planned. Dancing, volleyball, bad minton, cards, table tennis and other forms of amusement will be available. The fun starts at 8 p.m. No admission will be charged. Health Group Holds Banquet Dr. Claire E. Turner, assistant to the president. National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, will be the principal speaker at a ban quet for the Health Education Workshop at the Nittany Lion Inn at 6:15 o’clock tonight. The workshop, planned for rural teachers, school nurses, and others who are engaged in health work in rural areas, will be in session in White Hall until July 17 under the direction of Dr. Ar thur F. Davis, professor of Physi cal Education. The workshop is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Edna M. Kech, who died February 28. As Chief of Public Health Education, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Mrs. Kech was a pioneer in the inauguration of health training for rural school teachers at the College. This is her second workshop. Discuss Problems To cooperate with agencies in state, county and community in the field of health is the theme of the workshop. The morning ses sions present outstanding leaders in education and health who dis cuss selected problems emphasiz ing the scientific bases for health and their practical applications to rural schools. The afternoon session is devoted to group discussion about the needs of certain communities, and to laboratory and clinical dem onstrations. There are exhibits on disnlay in 1 White Hall. There are 95 persons registered in the course, 72 rural teachers and 23 school nurses. It is the first time nurses have attended the workshop. Mhv Earn Three Credits Each student may earn three graduate or undergraduate credits (Continued on page eight) Employment Office Moves into TUB The Student Employment Of fice has been moved to the TUB and has changed its closing hour from 5 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any stu dent interested in employment should visit the office or call Ex tension 231. Although job supply and de mand fluctuate, the turnover is high, so applicants are advised to contact Mr. Reece periodically. His telephone number remains 231. Baby sitting, house-work, and garden and lawn care offer the most opportunity to workers. Farm tasks, and various other types of work requiring technical training are sometimes available. Busses to Whipple's Inauguration of a bus serv ice to and from Whipple's Dam on Saturday and Sunday after noon has been announced by the Recreation office. The bus ses leave Rec Hall at 1:30 o'clock on both days and leave Whipple's at 5 o'clock in the evening, unless other arrange ments have been made with the bus driver. Round trip tickets may be purchased for a dollar from the bus driver. Radio Institute Features Video A Radio Institute, first of its kind at the College, will be con ducted by the department of speech on July 14 and 15 for the benefit of students and teachers interested in radio. The institute features Noran E. Kersta, manager of television for the National Broadcasting Co., as the principal speaker. Mr. Kersta will lead a lecture-forum on “Television Today” in 121 Sparks at 10 a.m. July 14. The program covers all phases of radio, including television, edu cation, management and opera tion, and script reading. The de partments of dramatics, journal ism, education, and speech are co operating in the institute. Mr. Kersta was a pioneer m television research _ and develop ment when he joined NBC in 1933. In 1941 he was appointed manager of the NBC Television Department. During the war he was a radar and operations officer in the Marine Corps, serving overseas. In May of this year, Mr. Kersta was appointed executive assistant to the administrative vice-president in charge of tele vision. . . , , The program will also include sessions with Lionel Poulton, pro duction-director for Radio Station KDKA. Pittsburgh; James F. Macandrew. coordinator of broad casting for Radio Station WNYE. Board of Education of the Citv of New York; and Robert Wilson, manager of Radio Station WMAJ, State College. Registration for the Radio In stitute will be July 14 at 9 a.m. in 121 Sparks. There is no charge for registration. Young Speaks To Workshop Dr. Herrick Young, secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, will speak at 3 Carnegie, at 11 o’clock this morning. The talk is the fourth of a series sponsored by the Pennsylvania Workshop, and will be open to the public. Dr. Young is widely known in the missionary field. He has trav eled in the Far East, visiting Korea, Japan, Chinn and the Phil ippines and South America and Africa. He was a member of the faculty of Alhorz College, Tehe ran, Tran. Dr. Young is a regular con tributor to the religious and secu lar press and is the author of “Hemisnhere Neighbors,’’ “One Orpat Fellowship,” and “Moslem Fditnrs Say.” Dr. Young is treasurer of the United Student Christian Council of America, a trustee of Hang chow College and Killing Ameri can School in China, a trustee of the International House. New York, and the Presbyterian Col lege of Christian Education in Chicago. He is a member of the Asiatic Institute and the Lisle Fellowship. PRICE SEVEN CENTS No Decrease In Rent Seen The College has acquired pos session of Windcrest and Pollock Circle housing units under fce provisions of the McGregor Bill, recently signed by President Truman. The bill provides that upon request of the college concerned, the Public Housing Administra tion shall release contract rights on temporary housing located on land owned or controlled by edu cational institutions. Windcrest started in the fall at 1945 when 93 trailers were in stalled on the campus. The com munity now consists of 253 trail ers which the government is turning over to the College, and 64 privately owned trailers. The 14 Pollock Circle Dormi tories were moved to the campus in 1946 and house 840 veterans. Nittany Dormitories were con structed by the College, so of course ate not affected by the bill. Under terms of the PHA. con tract, all profits realized in opera tion of the housing projects be longed to the government, while any deficits were borne by the College. In stating that College acquisi tion of the units will not result in a rent decrease, Samuel K. Hos tetter, assistant to the president, in charge of business and finance, explained that the first two years of profitable operation have been followed by a time of increasing depreciation. Constant maintenance, repairs and painting, he said, will con sume most of the profits. Furth ermore, the cost of removal may exceed the value of the materials, he concluded. VA Explains June Payments Veterans who are regular stu dents and who attended the in ter session will receive their June subsistence checks in two pay ments, according to the Veterans Administration office on campus. Each time a veteran under Public Law 346 enrolls for a se mester or summer term, he is automatically granted an addi tional 15 days subsistence allow ance or leave, which uses 15 days eligibility unless he waives the additional grant. . If he re-enters training prior to expiration of the 15-day leave extension, his re-registering will cancel any unused portion of the 15-day leave extension and he will be granted subsistence al lowance between sessions until 15 days have been accumulated. Veterans who attended the spring semester and the inter session are receiving checks for the first 18 days of June, since they were carried 15 days beyond the ending date of June ?•. When their registration for inter session is processed, they will receive a check for the remainder of the month. In the ease of single vet erans these amounts are $45 and $3O, respectively. Home Ec Cafeteria Opens for Summer Food service in the Home Eco nomics building has been resum ed for the Summer Session, Esther Atkinron. associate profes sor of home economics, said to day. The cafeteria will serve lunch eons. Monday through Thursday, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Maple Room will he open for table service cv»lv from 6 to 7:30 n m. on Tuesday Wednesday, and Thursday.
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