JP . Temple Results 4. cp r Ell tit t g Totirgtatt Weather: Page 3 Cloudy and Warmer - FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOLUME 49-NUMBER 19 Fishburn Beats Time For Music Conference Prof. Hummel Fishburn, head of the music department, will have charge of a four-day music program at the Eastern Music Educator's Conference which meets this year in Baltimore. Prof. Fishburn was elected president of the organization at a similar con ference two years ago in Scranton. Nine other members of the music staff and about 20 students will accompany Prof. Fishburn to the conference which opens on Sunday and continues through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week Prof. James. Dunlop will be one of the clinic band conductors, and Prof. Frank Gullo will direct one of the group singing sessions of the conference. A demonstration in the sectional meeting on piano instruction will be given by Prof. Barry Brinsmaid. Other Members Other members of the music department attending are Dr. Frances Andrews, Prof. Willa Taylor, Prof. G. William Hen ninger,' Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, and Pat Lamade, department sec retary. The conference, which is a pro fessional organization of music teachers, has a membership of over 3,000 school and college mu sic teachers. The convention will have gen eral sessions and sectional meet ings devoted to various levels and fields in music teaching. Concert groups from public schools and colleges from all over the East are attending. 119 Events "I have scheduled 119 separate events over the 4 day , period so that there will be something of interest to everyone in the music teaching field," Professor Fish burn said. At noon on Monday a Penn State luncheon has ,been planned for all alumni of the College who are in attendance in Baltimore. Between 40 and 50 people are expected at the luncheon. Centers Name Beauty Entries Ballyhooing their candidates qualifications for the title of "Miss Penn State Freshman Coed," the editors of four off-campus center newspapers have contested the claims of Marjorie Alsberg, main campus finalist for the honor, and the attendant $lOO award. Rosemary Larsen, Erie band majorette; Shirley Long, Harris burg cheerleader; Mary Lou Pol lock, Hazleton pianist; and Pat ricia Bowles, Swarthmore col lumnist, will trek to the campus next Thursday to vie with Miss Alsberg for the right to reign over the world premiere of the collegiate film comedy, "Mother Was a Freshman." Ballots will be included in to morrow's Collegian to give all students a chance to aid in the final selection. Contestants could not be entered from the Altoona, Dußois and Pottsville centers. Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ B-50 Makes Record Flight WASHINGTON—Lucky Lady the Second, a B-50, has completed the first non-stop flight around the world. The airforce bomber took off from Carswell airforce base in Texas and followed a route of 23,000 miles. House Downs Bill WASHlNGTON—Republicans and Southern Democrats in the House joined to vote down the proposal which would have end ed racial segregation at schools in the District of Columbia. The measure would have with held federal funds from any municipal agency practicing dis crimination because of race, creed ga' notional origin. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1949 Readers Sign For Festival Registration for the Pennsyl vania Intercollegiate Reading Festival will be held in 121 Sparks at 6:45 p.m. today. Students may sign for a long poem of eight to ten minutes; a lyric poem, five minutes long; a Shakespearean sonnet, five min utes; a scene from a play, eight to ten minutes; or a short story reading of eight to ten minutes. Entries may register for any two of the above events. The Pennsylvania Intercollegi ate Reading Festival to be held at the College will be the first state-wide Festival to be held. This festival includes poetry reading, prose and drama. Invitations have been sent from the speech department, sponsor ing the event, to 75 colleges and universities, according to Mrs. Tiarriet Nesbitt, chairman of the estival. Tryouts for the six representa tives to be selected from the College will be held March 22, and the Festival will be held the 4th and sth of May. Meal Exchange To Continue The exchange dinner program, for men in the Nittany dining hall and women in Simmons ad Ath erton halls, will be continued this week under the sponsorship of AIM and Leonides. Notices wll be posted in the men's dining commons today for men to sign up to entertain wo men students at dinner Sunday, and all who sign up will be as sured of a chance to participate in the program. An equal number of men students will dine at the Simmons or Atherton dining halls. If enough Interest i s shown, the plan will be expanded to include more students than previously. It also will be possible for single couples to participate in the program through an exchange of meal tickets. AIM and Leonides representa tives are Sally Searight, Simmons Hall; Joyce Moyer, Atherton Hall; and Fred Schulze, Nittany dorm 24. Bride's Course A Bride's Course, sponsored by the Homemaking Department of the State College High School, will meet every Wednesday be tween 7 and 9 p.m. at the High School. The course will include meal preparation, table setting, selection of silver and linens, and the ph/adios of color schemes. Old Main Chimes Go Do Mi Sol— So What? You don't have to be tone deaf to 'know that the Old Main Chimes, play a tune at the quarter-hours and before striking the hour. Recently, Rex Rockwell of the music department discov ered the chimes to be striking in the key of A-flat major. The first four notes that are heard on the hour are A-flat, C, B-flat, and F-flat. Of course you know that the chim es sound sixteen times on the hour, four at quarter after, eight on the half hour, and twelve at quarter of the hour. Unless you are a music major, however, you may not know what tones sound at these times. On the hour, the chimes let go with do, mi, re, sol—do, re, mi, do—mi. do, re, sol—sol, re, mi, do. At a quarter after, mi, re, do, sol is heard. Mi, do, re, sol --do, re mi, do ring out at half past, and at quarter of the hour, the chimes strike a melodious mi, do, re, sol—sol, re, mi, do—mi, re, do, sol. At 6 p.m., fifteen strokes in dicate the hour. These tones are in groups of three, and this is called the Angelus, or call to worship. The quarter hour chimes sound from 7:15 a.m. until 5 p.m., when they stop, com mencing again at 6:15 p.m. and continuing to 10 p.m. Did someone say, "So, what?" Men Debaters Travel to Ohio Harold E. Brown and Richard S. Schweiker will represent the Men's Debate Squad at the Ohio State Conference on Public Af fairs, in Columbus, 0., today, to morrow, and Saturday. The conference is being con ducted in the form of a model student legislature and is con cerned with the United States Foreign Policy. VA Lists Draft Classifications The Veterans Administration has been besieged by calls con cerning the meaning of the clas sification numbers and letters ap plied to those who registered last September under the Selective Service Act of 1948. For the 8,584,963 persons af fected in the general registration the following classes are de scribed: I-A. Available fo r military service. I-A-O. Conscientious objec tor, noncombatant only. I-C. Member of U.S. armed forces. Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service. I-D. Member of reserve or student military training. 11-A. Occupational deferment (not agriculture). 11-C. Agricultural deferment. 111-A. Dependency de f ex.- . ment. IV-A. Veteran who has com pleted service; sole surviv ing son. IV-B. Official deferred by law. IV-C. Alien. IV-D. Minister of religion or divinity student. IV-E. Conscientious objector, opposed to all service. IV-F. Physically, men tally. or morally unfit. V-A. Registrant over age for military service. Mr. Franklyn Fry of the Vet erans Administration suggests that the above classification des ignations be clipped for future reference. Further information is available at the offices of the Veterans Administration. Seniors To Graduate I n Double Ceremon Faced with the probability of more than 1900 June graduates the largest class in the history of the College, the Senate committee on public occasions has agreed upon a plan for two separate but complete commencement exercises. Both will take place on June 6, one at 10:30 a.m. and the other at 2:30 p.m. Graduates of the Schools of Code Revisions Before Cabinet Revisions of All-College Cab inet's constitution will be read at the Cabinet meeting in 201 Old Main at 8 p.m. today. According to parliamentary procedure, the revisions have to be read at three consecutive meetings before any action may be taken on them. The changes include the enforcement of Col lege customs, admitting members from honorary and professional societies to school student coun cils, and changes in the mem bership of the Board of Publi cations. Reports from the Elections Committee and the Student Agency are also on the agenda for tonight's meeting. Chem Engineer Speaks Tonight Dr. Thomas B. Dorris, chemi cal engineer with the Sprout- Waldron Corp., will speak at a meeting of the Chemical Engi neering Society in 119 Osmond Lab at 7:30 p.m. today. Dr. Dorris will discuss the var ious phases of particle size re duction. Following the meeting mem bers of the society wdl have an opportunity to register for the proposed trip to the Lewistown plant of the American Viscose Corp. on March 22. The $2.50 membership fee will be accepted at tonight's meeting. Refreshment s will be served. Book Exchange The inventory of the Book Exchange has been increased since its opening. Among items listed for sale are leather zippers, binders, pens and pencils, staplers, pencil sharp eners, paints and daily news papers. All receipts should be saved until the end of fhe semester. PSCA To Hold Cabin Party Watts Lodge will be the scene of recreation and activities for 40 PSCA members this weekend. Cars will leave at 2 p.m. Satur day for the cabin, and will re turn Sunday morning in time for dinner. Featured by recreation, the cabin party will also include an informal discussion on the main theme, "Is the World What It's Cracked Up to Be?" led by Ira Brown, history professor. Poultry Club Penn State Poultry Club will meet in 100 Horticulture at 7 p.m. today. The final reading of the new amendment to the club con stitution will be presented. Dr. Paul M. Althouse of the ag bio chem department will be guest speaker. Circulo Espanol Spanish Club will meet in Sim mons Lounge at 7:30 p.m. today. Prof. William Gray, of the history department, will speak on Cen tral America. Liberal Arts, Education, Home Economics„ and Physical Educa tion and Athletics, and any stu dents who will receive advanced degrees in curricula in those schools, will graduate at the morning ceremonies. Students in the Schools of Agriculture, Chemistry - Physics, Engineering and Mineral Industries, and in addition, students who will re ceive advanced degrees in cur ricula in those schools, will re ceive their diplomas at the af ternoon program. Men receiving Army and Navy commissions will be awarded them at the commencement at which they receive their bachel ors degree. At present, the plans are for a different sneak - r to address the separate groups. In every other respect the two ceremonies will be alike and complete, according to Prof. Louis A. Richardson, chairman of the Senate commit tee on public occasions. One com plete program will be prepared for both, showing the complete list of graduates and giving the order of exercises for both com mencements. It is believed that under this plan there will be sufficient room for guests since the ratio of seats in Recreation Hall to the number of graduates will be adequate on the basis of past experience. Tick ets will be issued, not to limit at tendance, but to aid students and guests in distinguishing between the two ceremonies. Regarding the decision not to a tte m p t an out-of-doors com mencement, Richardson sai d, "Experience of the public occa sions committee over the past years has been such that it does not seem wise to have it outdoors. It has been tried many times but has been successful only a small percentage of those times, due to rain, threatened rain, dampness, and fog." PSCA Disusses Social Program Leadership techniques, party games and mixers dramatic skits and ' stunts, group singing, and square dancing will be among the topic s for discussion at the PS CA-sponsored Social Recreation Workshop. The first session will get underway in 405 Old Main, 8 to 9:30 p.m. today. Bert Kessel, instructor in the recreation division of the School of Physical Education and Ath letics, will conduct the works' 1p sessions, which will be held for six consecutive weeks. Enroll ment is limited to 40 students, but there are still vacancies existing. All interested persons are asked to call the PSCA office, extension 194. A registrahon fee of 75 cents will be assessed on all registrants in order to cover the cost of mim eographed materials and inci dental expenses. News Briefs Radio Broadcast London settlement house life w,ll be portrayed in the "Story of Muriel Lester's Life" to be pre sented on the PSCA radio broad cast over WMAJ at 7:45 p.m. to day. Philosophy Club "God in a Freudian Age" will be the topic of a lecture by Dr. Laurence J. Rosan, instructor of philosophy, at a meeting of the Philosophy Club at 3 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. today. A discussion period will follow. PRICE FIVE CENTS Receive Commission
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