Congratulations, Band and Chorus Concert Tonight ummrr r tan Grads - - - ,GE VOLUME 27-NUMBER 7 400 Students Receive Degrees Summer Sessions Band, Chorus Present. Joint Concert Today Under the direction of James W. Dunlop and Frank Gullo, assistant professors of music, the Summer Sessions Band and Chorus will present a joint concert in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. today. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. Prof. Dunlop and the band will present the first part of the program, opening with "T*3 Trumpeters," by Leidzen, and "Stra della" Overture, by von Flotow. A brass sextet composed of Rich ard Criswell, baritone; Nelson Gable, tuba; Sam Kurtz, trom bone; Rob e r t Manning, horn; Cecil Oyler, second trumpet; and Harold Yeagley, first trumpet, will continue with "Castillia," by Holmes Selections to be played by the band also include "Carnival Day in New Orleans," by Morrissey, "League of Composers March," by Goldman, and "Bobby-Sox Suite" (a. Sox on Parade, b. Browsin"Round, c. Bobbie Boo gie), by Walters. The first part of the concert will conclude with "New Moon," by Romberg, and "Americans We," by Fillmore. Following an intermission, the Continued on page seven Home Arts Classes Display Handwork Work of students in home arts classes will be displayed from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow in 220, Home Economics. The display wil be open to the public. Included in the work exhibited will be items of metalcraft, in cluding trays and boxes. Lamps, trays and pieces of furniture made from wood and arranged in sug gested settings, also will be dis played. In textile work, draperies, table cloths and other items made by the silk screen and the block print processes, will be exhited. The exhibit includes the work of 40 student who were enrolled in seven classes taugh by Amy L. Gardner, professor of home art, and Beth K. Wham ,instructor in home art. LATE AP NEWS COURTESY RADIO STATION WMAJ New Transport Agency Speeds Unification of Armed Forces WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Johnson has taken another step in unifying the armed forces. He has ordeied that all ocean-going military transport should be turned over to' navy agency starting October 1. The new agency is called the Military Sea Transport Service and it wilt be under navy command. The agency is similar to the Military Air Transport Service set up last Year under the air force for all the armed forces. Rejects Soviet Note WASHINGTON—T he United States has formally rejected a Soviet note of protest against Italy's joining the Atlantic Pact. Russia claimed this was against the terms of the Italian armistice. The Palled Wee has bees se- PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY STUDENTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLE Dunlop 2200 Students To Register With the first th r e e-w ee k period of Post Session beginning Monday afternoon, over 2200 stu dents are expected to register in Recreation Building from 8 a. m. to noon that day. The anticipated number is the same as that which was predicted last year. Roughly 300 of the group will leave the campus after the first three weeks, according to John E. Miller, administrative assistant to the director of Sum mer Sessions. Proceed To nee Hall Students who have pre-regis tered for the session will proceed to the balcony in Recreation Building to present notice of ac ceptance. At Section 6, they will fill out all forms in pencil, and have them checked at Section 7. At this point, veterans receiv ing educational benefits will go to the first floor of the Armory, where they will complete all reg istration matters at Section 7V. Other Students Other students will proceed to Section 8 for assessment of fees. The final step will be completed at Section 9, where fees will be paid, class admission cards will be obtained, and statement of account. Students who have not pre registered will report to faculty advisers on the first floor, and receive class cards upon approval of the scheduling officer. Regular registration procedure will be fol lowed from that step. jected by Britain and France ==E:=l WASHINGTON—An East-West battle is shaping up over who should be chairman of the GOP National Committee, which meets tomorrow. Representative Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania is resign ing. New Jersey committeeman, Csestiatied as Per eifig STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1949 College Plans New Air ROTC Department A department of air science and tactics, with Lt. Col. John E. Stewart in charge, has been es tablished here, James Milholland, acting president, said Saturday. Work in air science and tactics sinc e 1946 had been of fer e d through the department of mili tary science and tactics. The change, which became effective July 1, is in keeping with the re organization of the armed forces. establishing the Air Force as a unit separate from the Army. Colonel Stewart explained to day that the Air ROTC program will include basic courses so that students electing the air training will take air courses beginning their freshman year. Students completing the basic courses may apply for admission to advanced c ourses. Quotas will determine the number of students that will be admitted to advanced training. Upon completion of the four years of work, including six weeks of summer camp between the junior and senior years, stu dents will qualify for reserve commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Force. Those men de signated as distinguished military graduates will be eligible for re gular commissions. Offered at Centers Colonel Stewart explained that Air ROTC training would be of fered this Fall at 10 centers and State Teachers Colleges where Continued on page seven Students Give Fashion Show "Midsummer.lnterlude," a fash ion show by students in home economics classes at the College, will be presented tomorrow, in 117 Home Economics at 4:30 p.m. Students in classes conducted by Anormalee Way, visiting as sistant professor of home econo mics, will model dresses and suits designed and made in tailoring class. A wardrobe of clothes from the Cotton Textile Institute will be shown. This wardrobe includes both costumes made from com mercial patterns and ensembles from leading designers. New tex tures in metallic yarns with cot ton and new colors will be in cluded. The fashion world class is con ducted by Bernice Chambers, of New York University, who is on the visiting faculty at the Col lege for the summer. Doan To Receive Degree Despite Glider Crash A fractured cheek bone and a black eye received in a glider crash won't prevent David Doan of 711 N. Holmes street from re ceiving his master's degree in science Saturday. Doan is improving rapidly and is expected to leave the hospital today, according to his mother, Mrs. F. J. Doan. Doan, a graduate assistant in mineralogy at the College, bought the glider Saturday. He was soaring at Elmira when his glider hit a down draft and dropped 500 feet into a field. A pilotless glider, launched by a tow car, crashed shortly after Doan's at nearby Harris Hill, scene of many national soaring meets. Troopers said Howard Burr, the pilot, had leaped out of the cockpit to get news of Boma mishap. Basic Courses Largest Summer Group In History To Graduate An estimated total of 400 students will receive degrees at the 26th Summer Sessions Commencement in Recreation Building Sat• urday morning, the largest summer group to be so honored in the history of the College. Acting President James Milholland will pre- sent the diplomas at the exercises which begin at 10:30 a.m. After an organ prelude played by Prof. George E. Ceiga, chapel Book Drive Pi Gamma Mu, national so cial science honorary, will continue its drive for books throughout Post Session, offi cers of the society said today. Text books are especially desired by the organization, which sends them to Villamor College, Philippine Islands, for use the r e by students. Boxes for donations are placed at various points on campus. Board Accepts 4 Resignations Dr. George L. I'Zundell, profes sor of plant pathology will retire on September 15, James Milhol land, acting president of the Col lege, said today. Dr. Zundel, who is widely rec ognized for his work on smut fungi, has been teaching bontany since 1909 and has been here since 1928. Prior to joining the staff, he served at Utah State Agricul tural College, Brigham Young College, Washington State Col lege, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, and with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Resignations The executive committee of the Board of Trustees on Friday night als o accepted three resignations- They were: Samuel K. Hoff man, professor of aeronautical en gineering, effective June 30; Charles W. Stickler, associate professor of mining engineering, effective July 31; and Dr. Ernest A. Lechner, associate professor of fisheries biology, effective June 30. Hoffma n accepted a position with North American Aviation; Stickler has joined Robinson and Robinson, consulting engineers in Charleston, W. Va.; and Dr. Lath ner accepted a position with the division of fishes, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. Leave of Absence The trustees also approved a leave of absence for Lawrence C. Madison, professor of animal hus bandry extension, from October 1 to March 31, 1950. He will travel through the south and southwest and return through the corn belt, Continued on page seven 'Blithe 'Spirit,' Coward Comedy, Ends Town and Nine Season "Blithe Spirit," Noel Coward's equally blithe and sophisticated comedy, opened a two-week stay at Centre Stage, E. Hamilton avenue, Monday night. Produced as the final offering of the season by Town and Nine Theatre. it is directed by James Ambandos. The action taking place in the living room of the English home of Charles and Ruth Condomine, the play begins with a seance in the offing. Charles, it seems, is an author planning a book cen tering around a homicidal med ium, and wants first-hand infor mation about the dubious work ings of the occult. The medium at hand, the bicy cle-riding Madame Arcati, suc ceeds in cooperating all too well, materializing the first Mrs. Con domine, whom only Charles can see and hear. Charles is upset, and rightly so. For Wife No. 1, Elvira, is no mere temporary manifestation: site intends staying around. And PRICE FIVE CENTS organist, the academic procession will take place, the audience standing. The invocation will then be made by the Rev. John N. Peabody, rector of St. An• drew's Episcopal Church, State College. Eliot To Speak An address by Major George Fielding Eliot, "The World h Your Frontier,' will be followed by the presentation of degree' and commissions. After those is attendance sing "B 1u e an a White," traditional College song the benediction will be said ana the recessional will take place Eleven seniors will be grad• uated with honors. They are Jack Fonney, Wattsburg, Education' ranklin G. Brosius, Frackville Liberal Arts; Mrs. Beatrice A Cleveland, State College, Liberal Arts; George A. Etzweiler, Lewis. town, Engineering; Catherine Z McAllister, Altoona, Educatiom Continued on page six Cancel Poultry Conference Cancellation of the Pb Products Conference, scheduled at the College for August 30 and 31, was announced recently by Prof. Paul H. Margolf, general chairman. Various factors contribinal in dropping plans for the confer ence, Prof. Margolf explained, but one of the main reasons was difficulty in obtaining guest speakers of the calibre desired for this program. Even though no onaletence will be held this year, plans al ready have been begun for a poultry products conference ca the Penn State campus in lOW This event will either be in the late summer or early fan, mem bers of the poultry staff an nounced. An unusually outstanding pro gram, covering all kinds of poul try products, had been ptanned for this year, primarily for the larger producers of the poultry industry. Rather than lower the standards of the conference when national leaders could not. be ob tained for the announced dates, the entire program was called odf this year, Prof. Margolf said. Wife No. 2, Ruth, is understand ably thrown by her husband's wild and often shocking outbursts aimed toward no visible being. Finally, through sheer per severance on Charles' part, Ruth accedes the presence of her mar ital predecessor. With the poor man in the middle, the two wives dispute ownership. As a result of Elvira's tinkering with the workings of the Condomine car in the hope of making Charles a fellow-ghost. Ruth meets with 10 natal ae;:ident. . and Elvira. Coutiuued au page two
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