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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
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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.