TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1948 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Debate Team
Wins Tourney
Tile men’s debate team
brought top honors to the col
lege this Weekend by receiving
the highest total school record
in the Old Dominion Tourna
ment held at the University of
Richmond, Virginia.
The Penn State teams in the
dominion tournament placed sec
ond among the affirmative and
negative teams. The affirmative
won five rounds and the nega
tive seven. Combined totals for
all rounds gave the college de
baters the highest tournament
score with 12 victories and 4
losses. George Washington Uni
versity and Wake Forest tied for
second place, both winning 11
and dropping five.
Barron Honored
David Barron, negative debat
er, was selected as one of the
three outstanding speakers at
the event. Henry Krebs, of
George Washington University,
and Richard Gordon, of George
town University, were also hon
ored.
Defending the negative side of
the question for Penn State was
David Barron and Richard Hill.
The affirmative was upheld by
Herman Latt and Richard Seh
weiker. Nine colleges took part
in the tournament and 18 teams
were entered in the contest.
Pitt Tournament
Four other members of the
squad participated in an inter
collegiate tournament at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh where 12
college teams were entered. The
campus negative team placed
second and the affirmative was
third. The University of Pitts
burgh and St. Vincent’s tied for
first place among affirmative
teams. Pitt and Geneva tied for
first position among the nega
tives.
Affirmative debaters were
Peter M. Geisey and John H.
Kelly. ‘ Defending the negative
were Edwin J. Abernethy and
John Fedako.
Lion Coats
To Go on Sale
Lion coate, described as “casu
al jackets" .worn by seniors ac
cording to a time-honored tradi
tion, will go on at Student
tinibn desk at 2 p.m. January 3,
Thomas Yemm, chairman of the
committee in charge, said yester
day.
The sale wiH continue between
2 and 4: 30 p.m. during the week
ending January 8. Price of the
coat is $1.95. This year’s wearers
will have the option of having the
figure of the “Nittany Lion" sten
cilled on the back, Yemm said.
“Possession of this coat,’’ Yemm
said, "will revive pleasant camp
us memories in later years.”
NoMy Bees
No matter whether it’s light
ning or honey bees, Paul E. Ste
phens, of the Pennsylvania State
College extension staff, knows the
answer.
As an electrical engineer, Ste
phens has measured the effects
of lightning striking a 220,000-
vott transmission line. As a farm
er at nearby Pine Grove Mills
he has made a detailed study o
honey bees, their production, and
their habits.
Bad Driving,
Not Bad Luck.
Causes Accidents
PRE-CHRISTMAS
YOUNG MEN'S SHOP
Fog, Strike Make Possible
English Dramatist's Visit
The London fog and New York
dock strike made possible re
cently an unscheduled visit to
the College by English dramatist
Kay Poulton.
Planning to return to England
last week, Miss Poulton added
State College to her seven-week,
17-city, American vacation tour
at the request of Professor Ar
thur C. Cloetingh when trans-
Atlantic ocean travel was inter
rupted.
Miss Poulton displayed en
thusiasm for collegiate dramatic
work as she witnessed the Penn
State Players production, “Ten
Nights in a Barroom,” Saturday
night. She described the stu
dent production as of a type
“good for the audience, and good
for dramatics.”
Praises American Education
Associated with the British
theatre few more than 30 years,
Miss ■ Poulton praised American
education where “academic work
is combined with practical ex
perience.” She said she could as
semble an outstanding theatre
company from American college
students.
The British dramatist was im
pressed with physical plants for
dramatics at the College and oth
er American colleges and univer
sities. She felt, however, that
progress beyond college, was be
ing “strangled by labor unions.
Miss Poulton at present is as
sistant to the drama director of
the Arte Council of Gredt Bri
tain, a government subsidized
agency for promoting the arts.
County Supervisors
Meet Ag Ed Profs
Starting Monday, and continu
ing through most erf the week,
thirty three couniy supervisors of
vocational agriculture for Penn
sylvania schools, will meet with
the faculty of the agricultural
education department.
This will be the annual winter
meeting, and the group will
evaluate their project record
books to determine winners of
general educational work done
throughout the state. The win
ners will be announced at the
farm show.
Meeting with the group, will be
H. C. Fetterolf, chief of agricul
tural education of the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
Pajama SALE
Regularly $4.95 to $5.&5
PLEETWAY
PAJAMAS
now $4*25
• Balloon Seat
• Sanforized
• Dan River Fabric
• Fancy Pattern*
• Size* A to D
127 S. Allen
The work of the group, she said,
makes it possible to offer high
quality production in outlying
areas not able to financially sup
port them.
PSC Initiates
New Members
The first informal initiation of
the semester for new members
of the Penn State Club will be
held in 321 Old Main at 7 p.m.
tonight.
All new members are urged to
be present and are required to
bring any one of the following:
a complete set of blue-book ex
aminations for any course, a new
phonograph record, or a new
member.
According to Ernest Sladies,
club president, new members
must undergo initiation, but in
the event that some cannot at
tend tonight’s meeting, they will
be excused and initiated next se
mester. Heading a committee
for the initiation ceremonies is
Richard Howe, who will be as
sisted by George Armstrong,
Robert Betising, and James Rich
ards.
The Penn State campus hi the
delight of us aB;
Let’s save our “pampas" by using
the mall.
Independents Fete Windcrest
Children at Xmas Party
About 250 children from Windcrest were guests at a Christmas
party given for them by the independent men and women at the
TUB at 2 p.m. Sunday. The children attended with their parents.
Each of the children was given a toy and candy by Santa Claus.
The boys were given a plastic automobile, and the girls received
‘Sparkle Plenty” dolls. Two youngsters, a boy and a girl, picked at
random, were presented with large
dolls. Refreshments were served.
The idea for the party was orig
inated by Jerry McCormick, presi
dent of Pollock Circle Council;
Don Paul, social chairman of Nit
tany Dorms; and Joe Errigo, resi
dent counselor of Pollock Circle.
Paul also played Santa at the par-
ASM to Hear
Steel Expert
J. P. Gill, chief metallurgist,
Vanadium-Steel Company of La
trobe, Pa., will address the Penn
State Chapter of the American
Society for Metals in the MI Art
Gallery at 8 p.m. today. Mr.
Gill’s topic will be “Tool Steels.'’
A graduate of the School of
Mines and. Metallurgy at the Uni
versity of Missouri, and Colum
bia University, Mr. Gill is also a
member of ASM, AIME, ASTM,
and the Iron and Steel Institute
(Great Britain). He has been ac
tively engaged in the affairs of
the ASM since 1926, concluding
his service as president in 1940.
He has delivered over 150 lec
tures, mainly to the ASM, on
tool and special steels. Also, he
has been author or co-author of
about 40 technical papers on the
same subject. In 1936 he present
ed the Campbell Memorial Lec
ture before the ASM.
All who are interested are in
vited to attend the meeting and
to participate in the open discus
sion following Mr. Gill’s lecture.
Dramatics Class
To Stage 'Carol'
Prof. Robert E. Kendall’s dra
matics 101 class will present “A
Christmas Carol,” adapted from
Charles Dickens’ immortal clas
sic by Enez Whipple ,tonight, to
morrow and Thursday in the
Little Theater in Old Main.
George Miller plays the part
of Scrooge in the student pro
duction.
Only the final performance
Thursday night will be open to
the public. Curtain time for the
play’s closing show is 8 p.m.
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The party was opened by Wil
liam Schott who extended wel
come greetings to all present. The
audience then sang “Jingle Bells”
and Santa Claus came on the
stage. He listened to the Christ
mas wishes of the children and
then presented each with a toy.
All the left-over toys and candy
are being donated to a charitable
organization in town.
Money for the party was raised
by collections in jars located in
the dining commons for men, and
in Simmons Hall, Atherton Hall,
and McAllister Hall. In all, $93.47
was collected.
'Engineer Hits
Stands Today
“The Dean’s Page,” an articH
written especially for senior en
gineers, is one of the features of
the December issue of the Penn
State Engineer which went on
sale this morning at Student Un
ion and at the Corner.
Technical articles in thin
month’s Engineer are “Electron
Microscope,’’ a description of the
uses and mechanism of the instru
ment, and “Twenty Million Elec
tron Volt X-Ray,” concerning the
betatron, an instrument which can
produce X-rays powerful enough
to penetrate 20 inches of steel in
20 minutes.
Other features included are
“Professional Registration Laws,”
the reasons why engineers are li
censed and a photo page.
It takes a Team
To save the green.