I SHj* Satttj @ (Mlegurn —' “FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOLUME 49—NUMBER 60 'Mary' Pleases Critic The audience was sweating right along with John as he attempted valiantly to wiggle his way out of the very tedious circumstances of his love affair in “John Loves Mary,” Norma Krasna’s romantic comedy staged by Players in Schwab Auditorium last night. The humidity rather than the hot situation proved to be probably the greater cause. One of the most impressive as pects of the show, it must be con ceited, was the Georgian setting irt which the activity took place. Oren Stein proved himself more than worthy of the title" techni cal advisor by his conception and execution of the background. Basically Virginian furniture set the scene for what proved to be, for the most part, a good show. One would encounter some dif- Education Official To Speak At Faculty-Trustee Dinner The first of what is hoped to be an annual faculty - trustee dinner will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn at 5:30 p.m. May 13. Members of the Board of Trustees and College Administration will be guests, and faculty and administration members are eligible to attend, according to . Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter chairman Of the dinner committee. Dr. John Dale Russell of the United States Office of Education will speak on “Problems of Ad ministering a Modern University.” Dr. Russell is a graduate of the University of Indiana and has been on the faculties of the Uni versity of Kentucky and the Uni versity of Chicago. Tickets will be sold for $2.85 at a time and place to be announced, according to Prof. David H. Mc- Kinley, chairman of the commit tee on invitations, tickets and fi nances. In addition to Dr. Car penter, members of the general committee are R. Wallace Brew ster and Roy D. Anthony. The committee on invitations, tickets and finances includes Prof. McKinley, Professor Brewster, Evan Johnson, William E. Ken worthy and Charles S. Wyand. Foods, supplies and service com mittee is headed by Helen R. Lebaron, arid other members are Professor Anthony, Robert P. Meahl, G. Alma McDougall, Amy G. Gardner, Grace M. Henderson and John D. Lee. Dr. Carpenter is in charge of the committee on speakers and and is assisted by Corliss nney, Professor Anthony and Professor Kan worthy. Entertain ment comnsttee is headed by Frank F. MOrris, and assistants are Kenneth Holderman and Hummel Fishbum. Laic AP Rem Courtesy WMAJ Truman Pleased About End Of Blockade WASHINGTON President Truman expressed great pleasure over the four-power agreement to end the Berlin blockade, in a news conference yesterday. The Russian blackade and the allied counter-blockade will be lifted one week from today. The foreign ministers will meet in Paris on May 23. Taft-Hartley BiH WASHINGTON President Truman still hopes to see Con gress repeal the Taft-Hartley law. He still belives that acceptable legislation can be passed, accord ing to a late news conference. The House has rejected a labor hill backed by administration supporters. It sent back to com mittee another bill with many features of the Taft-Hartley Law. Auto Workers Strike DETROIT— Sixty-five thous and Ford auto workers went on strike today in a speedup dis pute. They walked off their jobs at the big Rouge plant and the Lincoin-Mereury factory. As the CmtUmted am page fourtaem STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1949 By Jack Boddingion Acuity in naming any one of the members of the cast as being out standing, although Bud . Bern stein, as. “SenatoF James- McKin ley,” was well worthy of the part. His staunch self-confidence arid verbose (not overly done for a change) manner, plus fitting physical attributes, made him one of the leading personalities in the portrayal. “Mary McKinley” - was well characterized by Cynthia Moore, LaVie Seniors in the Schools of Education and Home Econo mics pick up their copy of the 1949 LaVie at Student Un ion from 2 to 4:30 p. m. to day. Today is the last day for juniors in the School of En gineering to have their pic tures taken for the 1950 La- Vie at the Penn State Photo Shop. Froth Names Editor, Staff Philip Yedinsky will be the editor of Froth for the 1949-50 school year. Senior board mem bers are Elliot Krarie, managing editor; Jesse Miller, editorial director; and Carol Jungman, woman’s editor. Others on the editorial staff include Ralph Meier, art editor; Charles Billman, photo editor; Anthony Bowman, Walter Cowan, Francis Fatsie, and Louise In serra, editorial associates. Members of the board of editors are Ruth Forney, Arthur Keen, Joy Stewart, George Vadasz, and Samuel Vaughan. Assistants are Lane Dorsett, Eileen Drennan, John Erickson, Gladys Gemannt, Barbara Lock, Janet Rosen, Joyce Trigiano, Marilyn Wall, and Muriel Wisoker. Bernard Gutterman and Or ville Schwanger are cm the pho tography staff, and the art staff includes Norma Fehr, Bemie Miller, and Samuel Vaughan. Henry Proger is an assistant on the art staff. Music Tickets Get New Look A new system of ticket distri bution for two outstanding musi cal programs in Schwab auditor ium on the College campus has been devised to assure music lovers of seats on the nights of the performances. This system will be followed, both for the “Goethe in Song” program May 16 and the Chapel Choir’s spring concert on May 18. Tickets for both programs will be available at the Student Union desk in Old Main starting at 1:30 p.m. May 11. In both cases tickets will be of two colors, one for stu dents, the other for general ad mission. While no seats will be reserved, the number of tickets available will be the same as the seating capacity of Schwab audi torium, assuring all ticket-holders of seats. For the ‘Goethe in song pro gram commemorating the bi-cen Continued-<m pageaiaama who put nearly all the emotion that could have been expected in sfich a situation into the part. The greeting she had for her homeCdmirig soldier might have been ‘ a bit more realistic, how ever. Her concern over subse quent twists in the plot was rather well indicated, and she seemed to have little difficulty in “living” the part. Don- Bryant, in his role as Continued, on page fourteen / Varnum / Offers Five Original Dance Routines Five special dance routines, originated and directed by Harry Woolever, will be featured in the new Thespian production “Poor Mr. Varnum” in Schwab Audi torium next Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Woolever, a fourth semester student in liberal arts, is minoring in dramatics and was seen in a dancing role in “Ten Nights in a Bar. Room” and had a speaking part in “Dark of the Moon.’’ Dances The first of the dance routines is entitled “Going to the Ball” and features costumes in the styles, of various nationalities. Nancy Autland, Roslyne Bugen, Ruth Fetterman, Shirley Gahuse, Nancy Haines, Sara Belle Mazer, Laura Rose, and Phyllis Sones are participating in this routine. “Pm Thinkin’ I’m Lincoln,” de scribed as an “eccentric dance number,” will feature Robert Brooks, Mackey Emmert, Nicho las Morkides, Burton Rothstein, Fredrick Silverman, and Gordon Wolfkiel. Another, entitled “Bal let Waltz, 1 ’ will be “strictly bal let” with five girls: Elizabeth Griffiths, Jane Reeser, Elizabeth Renton, Hanna Sinoway, Jacque line Warner, Herbert Arnold, Marckay Emmert, Harry Kond ourajian, John Shelly, and Lewis M. Stone. Costumes “Night of the Ball,” a number done in ballroom style, will in clude a variety of colorful, match ing costumes and a changing musical tempo. The final routine, “Agriculture,” wil be done in a maner similar to that of the famed “Rockettes” at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. Mystifying Polylith. Has Practical and Artistic Purpose What is the real reason for the stone monument on the mall? Thousands of students see it every day, but how many know why and when all those blocks were piled on top of each' other? Many legends have grown up con cerning the purpose of this Polylith. One of these states that if the right type of girl walks by the monument will topple over. But, according to an article by Dr. John Eliot Allen, associate professor of geology, these stones that comprise the Polylith were put there for a reason. The 281 samples gathered from 139 local ities represent the building stones of Pennsylvania. They were ar ranged according to their position in the geologic column of the State, with tne oldest rocks at the bottom and the newest at the top. Dr. Allen states in his article that the idea for the Polylith Was originated in 1894 by Dr. Magnus C. Ihlseng, first profes sor of mining engineering and geology at the College. Under his supervision the 32 and seven tenths foot column was erected m MO6 at a coat of $708.09. College Orchestra Plans Varied Sunday Concert College Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Mother** Day concert in Schwab Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. this Sunday. “It will be.a varied program,” said Conductor James W. Dunlop, “with everything from ‘Jazz Pizzicato’ to Beethoven.” For their first number the orchestra will play “Finlandia” by the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius, to be followed by Beethoven’s James W. Dunlop Outome Vague In Barber Plan Outcome of the proposal to place a non-discriminatory barber shop in the : PUB was up in the air yesterday pending a possible investigation into the matter by College authorities. Prof. Harold Graves, faculty co-chairman of the Council on Racial Equality, stated yesterday that he had not yet been officially notified of the action taken Tues day by Pollock Circle and Nittany Dormitory Councils in offering to make a room in the PUB avail able for such a shop. Must Investigate Meanwhile, George L. Dono van, manager of Associated Stu dent Activities, said that a deci sion on the councils’ offer would have to await an investigation into CORE proposals for operation of the shop. He said that decision on the matter would not be up to him, as previously stated by council of ficials. It might even be necessary to send the matter before the Col lege Board of Trustees, as was done with the decision to place the Co-op Book store in the TUB, he said. Prof. Graves intimated that de tails of operation had not yet been worked out and he said that what action CORE would take on the proposal was indefinite. H e said acceptance of the plan would depend on the attitude of the College administration. "Lot Of Angles" Donovan said that there were “a lot of angles” to the plan and that it would be impossible to Continued on page eleven News and Features Students answer Mr. Bepuji's letter on pie • throwing— page 2. LIONeI. Progar's hilarious car toon character—page 3. Full page of pictures on last week's Spring Carnival— page 5. How to entertain mother over the weekend? A feature— page 7. Navy swamps Lion tennis team. 8-I—story on page 8. EIGA golf tourney starts to day on golf course—story on page 8. Mortar .Board tapping—page May Day celebration slated for tomo r r o w—story on page 13. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Symphony No. 5” which served as a musical symbol of victory during the last war. Jazz Pizzicato The third work on the program is the “Concerto Grosso in G Minor” by Geminiani. The first half of the program will be con cluded by “Jazz Pizzicato” by the modem composer, Anderson. The first selection after the in termission is “Three Seventeenth Century Dutch Tunes” by Valer ius. ‘Praeludium” by Jarnfek and another contemporary piece “Re vival” by Morton Gould will fol low. Final Number C. F. Nagro, violinist, will be soloist in the “Concerto Opus 3, No. 6” by Vivaldi-Machez. The final number is “Elsa’s Pro. cession to the Cathedral” from Richard Wagner’s opera “Lohen grin.” This is the first year Mr. Dun lop has directed the Orchestra Previously Prof. Hummel Fish burn was director of this 70-piece group. Sponsored by the Music De partment the concert is free. Doors will open at 3 p.m. School Shows Research Work Some of the highly secretive research work conducted at the College during recent years wiK be shown to the public tomorrow at an open house by the School of Chemistry and Physics. Central Pennsylvania high, school students, townspeople, students and faculty of the Col lege, and all visitors to the cam - pus will have an opportunity to see in action the nationally fa mous experimentation program being conducted at the College. As a feature of Mother’s Day weekend, the open house will be gin at 2 p. m. Saturday and con tinue until 5:30. Guided tours will start from the lobby of Os mond Laboratory, where numer ous exhibits and collections of special apparatus will be on dis play under the supervision dt the Chemical Engineering So ciety. A few of the more spectacular demonstrations to be shown i« Frear, Osmond, Pond and Walk er Laboratories are the displays of electron microscopes, high frequency sound research, and a miniature planetarium show ing the planets, their motion around the sun, and their re lative size and distance from the earth. The Chemistry-Physics Stud ent Council, in cooperation with Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical honorary; Sigma Pi Sigma, physics honorary: and the Chemi cal Engineering Society, will sup ervise the open house program, which includes exhibits in phya icS, chemistry and biology. Chem-Phys Council Elects Officers George Herold, chemical engi neering, was elected president of the Chemistry-Physics Student Council at the last council meet ing. Hans Schneider, chemistry, was elected vice-president, and Har old Stetson, chemical engineering, secretary-treasurer. The new of ficers were elected by secret bal lot of the council members. The recently elected junior and senior councilmen were welcomed and introduced to the other members.
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