RAPE FOUR Annual PNPA Conference To Study Local Papers Local newspapers and their responsibilities will come in for special attention May 20 and 21. when the yearly editorial con ference of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association (PNPA) convenes at the Nittany Lion Inn. Saturday morning's session w; Relations with Public Officials.” fisher. Titusville Herald, and John J. Mead. Jr., editor-publisher. Krie Daily Times, will be in charge. Among the topics to be dis cussed at this session are the hid ing or restricting of news, the “drying-up” of news sources, and the steps taken by local news papers to meet the challenge of public officials seeking to suppress news. Questions will also be in vited from the floor. Labor News Labor news coverage will also come under expert scrutiny at the Saturday sessions when a labor newspaper panel discusses “The Newspaper and Labor News.” This discussion was added to the program because James L. McDevitt, president of the Penn sylvania Federation of Labor, AFL, criticized the press in a re cent speech. He charged that newspapers overplayed labor strife and underplayed labor har mony. • Mr. McDevitt will debate this topic with John F. James, editor. Johnstown Democrat, and Joseph Agor, managing editor, Shamo kin News-Dispatch. Journalism Department The two-day conference, held annually by the PNPA in cooper ation with the journalism depart ment of the College, will be in charge of Dale H. Gramley, edi tor of the Bethlehem Globe- Times. Mr. Gramley will also con duct a session at which editorial page subjects will be discussed. Arthur R. Warnock. dean of men and newspaper columnist, will participate in this discussion. Sessions will be held Friday afternoon and evening, and ail day Saturday. Contest awards will be made at Friday night's in formal dinner, and the annual dinner at which awards are made to two Pennsylvania will be held Saturday. “Pennsylvania’s Plan for Se lecting Judges,” and “Develop ment of School News as. a Daily Feature,” are still other topics which will come under close scrutiny during the conference. Dr. Luther Guhck, president, In stitute of Public Administration, will speak on “The Community and the Newspaper” at the Fri day night dinner. Outstanding Senior After installing the new All-College president at Wednesday's inaugural ceremonies. William Lawless stepped out of the highest student office offered b.v the College. He took off his suit coat and tie for the first time in a long while and explained this action by saying, "When one is in a position where he might be called into the president's office at a mo- \ ■ meat's notice, he has to be care- President’s Committee on Re ful of his appearance.” 1 ■ , , , . As 1948-49 All-College presi- C ‘! l ‘° n untl belon BS to the dent, Lawless served as president j Sociology club, Skull and Bones of All-College Cabinet. He was land Lion’s Paw. a member of the Alumni Associu-j Harrisburg is Lawless's home lion Executive Board and tliei. ~ ~ ~ , Athletic Advisory Board. He also n aml wbll . L at the College he served on the Student Union bas majored in sociology. Law- Board and the Student Union less stated that he plans on doing Building committee. ! personnel or staff work in man- Alumni Interest agement after graduation. He was "Alumni can be quite a help; an Army pilot for two and one to the College , Lawless said,'half years and made several trips "and I would like to see them io South America. and everyone else who is a graduate of (lie College keep in Favorite Hobby closer contact with (heir school His favorite hobby is bowling and consequently derive its bene and he is very interested in crime fits.” and juvenile delinquency because Lawless aas chairman of the ol his training in sociology. He Cabinet Sophomore Orientation feels lliat people need a better committee ' a-,, imder.-itaniiing ol' eacli oilier and the Cabi n : t should work iogetlier I'or common llis name ap- ‘ Lawless has a great respect for jears in Who s ~ student government at the Col- VVlio in Ameii'SMb&»V ‘ego and explained this by say can L'ni\crsiti s UR ing, "Penn State has one nt the and Colleges and |fc* IEL *- best .-tudent governments in the Who'.; Who at M tMe tOum United States ami I think we Pi nn State. IbjflMA sliuulil be proud of this fact and scre ed on theßS diinv it by more participation m Senate htudeot governing policies and functions. \v,dmre • ■ ,-> m Many things can be accomplished 1 • the betterment of Penn State '-William Lawless lf we :,n work together as one oil and don’t break up into dubei ol the .-mall groups.’’ rr:iK'• \ ' M liJ IiHJ u. ii. * ; .■ a in'. ill be devoted to “The James B. Stevenson Ml Building Exhibits Gold Rush Display Gold and love are where you find them. In State College the best place to find gold is in the Mineral Industries building. However this statement is not meant to arouse the aspiring pros pectors of the College as a simi lar anouncenient stirred adven ture seekers in 1849. The gold in the Mineral Indus tries building is in an exhibit commemorating the 100th anni versary of the California Gold Rush. The gold in ‘that thar’ showcase is in the form of gold leaf on quartz, cyrstals, nuggets, ore .gravel, handmade jewelry, and the gold coins issued by the United States Government and California. These coins range in value from the $2O ‘double eagle,’ which is now worth $BO among collectors, to a quarter dollar California special issue. This exhibit recalls the history of the Gold Rush as taught in grade school. However the event that led to it didn’t take place in 1849. On January 24. 1849, James W. Marshall accidentally discov ered a few flakes of the metal at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. No particular excitement was aroused at this time: it wasn’t until December sth that Presi dent Taylor stated, “The recent discoveries render it probable that these mines are more exten sive and valuable than antici pated.” His message was a bugle call to the wealth seekers from every land. By the end of 1849 the to tal yield was 45 million dollars, which is three times the amount paid to Mexico for California, Ne vada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Continued on page eleven William Lanless By Myrna Tex THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATU COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Newspaper's editor-pub- By Janet Rosen Total Yield Men Oren Stein Players 1 Stein Adds Triumph The production of “John Loves Mary” by the Penn State Play ers in Schwab Auditorium adds another triumph to a long list of accomplishments made for the Players by Oren Stein since as suming his position as technical director for that group. Though he has often participat ed in the building of sets for Players’ productions, he is doing his first job of designing for “John Loves Mary.” Many Contributions Among his many contributions to the dramatic group have been the remodelling of the loft, the building of sets for Players and classroom productions, and aid ing in the handling of props for the group. Action in “John Loves Mary” takes place in a hotel apartment furnished and decorated, accord ing to Stein’s plans, in a Georgian mode. That decor is carried out right down to the staircase and doorways. In conjunction with his plans, Stein appealed to stud ents and townspeople to help him in obtaining the needed styles of furniture. Technical Director Stein, who majored in fine arts at the University of New Mexico, was graduated in 1947 and serv ed as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps as a communications inspector. He has been at Penn State for two years and now ser ves as technical director for the drama department as well as for Players. “John Loves Mary” features Cynthia Moore and Dan Bryant in the title roles and is present ed under the direction of Robert Everett Kendall. Church Calendar University Baptist Church Church school college class will be taught by Rev. Eads Sunday, 9:40 a. m. Morning worship ser vice follows at 10:45 a. m. with Mother’s Day program and com munion. Roger William’s Fellow ship, 5 to 7:30 p. m.. with picnic supper and outdoor chapel meet ing. The Senior Banquet will be held on Sunday. May 15, at 6 o. m. Sunday school with a special Evangelical and Reformed student class will be led by Rev. Asendorf Sunday 9:30 a. m. At 10:45 a. ni., morning worship ser vice will be held. A USF meet ing is planned for 6:30 p. m. with Rev. Scheifeler speaking on the topic “Religion in Life Work.” Orthodox Services The monthly Divine Liture'' conducted by Rev. C. A. Auroruif will be held this coining Sun day at 9 a. m., in the St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Assisting Rev. Auroroff as sub-deacon will bq John Hutnyan, pretheologics.l student at the College. i St. Andrew's Episcopal Sunday services are scheduled at 7:45 and 10:45 a. in. A supper, at which Rabbi Benjamin Kahn will speak, will be held Sunday at 5.15 p. m. All are welcome. Canterbury Club All Episcopal students and their friends are invited to the Canter bury Club cabin party Saturday and Sunday. Transportation will leave at 2 p. m. and 6 p. m. Sat urday and return at 10 a. m. Sunday. Call 3455 for reserva tions. Poultry Club Exhibition Features Chick Project The large tent to be erected between the Ag library and the A;,; Hill pavilion is not for the “greatest show on earth” but for the educational displays of the Penn State poultry club. Highlighting the show will be features of the “Mission to Mex ico” project of the-poultry club. Students of the club have shipped more than 3.000 day-old chicks to Mexico under their own foreign- Josie to Star With Offspring In Dairy Show By Jean lirael Josie had her picture taken thi week. With her were her 3 children, 11 grandchildren. 10 great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and so on for six generations, a total of 35 purebred female Holsteins. The fact that Josie—Penstate Veeman Josie—is the outstanding producing cow in the entire na tion, gives her prestige individu ally. That her progeny are all outstanding producers gives her added glory as head of a glorious family of milk producers. Josie will make her appearance, personally. Saturday to reign over the annual student Dairy Show at the College. Thus she will be able to watch some of her offsprings behave in the shoyr ring, where students from virtually every school on campus will vie for rib bons, cash, trophies, and mer chandise prizes m many divisions and classes of the show. Josie will take some of the jpotlight held last year by Penn State’s own glamorous Elsie, a Jersey cow, although Elsie will again be on hand, with her hand made straw bonnet with flowers, her garland of paper flowers and her personalized blanket. Gray Mattern is grooming Elsie (whose real name is Penstate Draconis Betty) for what may be her last appearance at a Dairy Exposi tion. Josie, together with a daughter and a granddaughter, constitute the outstanding three-generation trio of the nation, an honor cap tured several years ago, and these three will also claim attention of the crowds attending the annual show on Saturday afternoon. Faculty Prestige at Stake In Show's Milking Contest Departmental prestige will be at stake tomorrow when faculty members of the School of Agriculture really put on the squeeze for the faculty milking contest, a new event on the annual Dairy Ex position roster. Each department will be represented in the contest, and sev eral departments have held run-off contests to choose their best One of the bovine cuiies which faculty members will attempt to deprive of her precious supply of Golden Guernsey milk. The faculty milking contest will be one of the feature attractions of the 24th Annual Dairy Exposition, scheduled for the Ag Hill live stock pavilion. Saturday. Largest LaVie Reflecting the growth of the College, seniors at the Penn State this year received the largest yearbook ever published here. The 1949 LaVie carries the pic tures and activities of nearly 2700 seniors. FRIDAY, -•'AY S, IVfl aid program. The fetatures include photo graphs received a week ago from agricultural missionaries in Mex ico, showing the chicks and pens on Mexican farms. There will al so be photographs taken as the various shipments were made from Pennsylvania airports. Live chicks of each breed shipped, will also be on display. Anthony Stem berger is chairman of tliis dis play. Other exhibits, stressing quality in eggs and another on dressed poultry, are being prepared. In addition, a rooster and hen, typi cal of each of the four breeds of chickens maintained on the Col lege farms will be shown. This show with W. C. Spence as manager and Robert 'Vorp assist ant manager, will be non-com petitive, but will be open to the general public. YMCA VBall Teams Slated for Tourney Top volleyball teams from all points in the state will converge on Rec Hall tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the Class A Pennsylvania YMCA Volleyball Tournament. Seven of the best YMCA squads in the state are scheduled to vie for the championship. The teams slated for the elimination playoffs are Lancaster YMCA, Harrisburg YMCA. Oil City YMCA, Philadelphia Central YMCA, Pittsburgh YMCA, Titus ville YMCA and the Tarentum YMCA. The contests will be under the direction of Walter Kirker, Physi cal Education Director of the Harrisburg YMCA and the Penn State Physical Education Exten sion School. performers for the event. In contrast to the experienced faculty members, coeds from sev eral schools will vie in a similar; event during the afternoon uro gram in the Ag Hill pavilion, John Crummy, publicity manager announced. Prizes have been of fered in both events. Fitting, Showing Chief interest, however, will be hi the series of fitting and show ing contests in which five breeds of the College herds will be pa raded before the judges. Nearly 60 animals are being fitted for the show. At the same time, students m dairy manufacturing have been competing in a separate series, judging milk, ice cream molds and other dairy products. Vernon Smith is manager of the dairy manufacturing section, while Bob Bodine is show manager. More than 100 dollars in cash, dozens of cups, trophies, and plaques, a score of merchandise awards and other presentations will all be a feature of the an nual Dairy Science banquet to be held in the Presbyterian Church basement tomorrow night. Russell Darling is chairman of the ban quet arrangements committee. Souvenir Booklet As in previous years, visitors will be welcome at the show. As an added attraction this year, a souvenir booklet, reviewing the Dairy Science Club’s activities, has been prepared. The booklet includes a memorial tribute to Dr. Samuel I. Bechdel, who died recently after serving on the dairy faculty and research staff for 32 years. Herman Auker was in charge of preparing the publi cation. •
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