„zrL I Batig ® (Eollggxan I-Sir 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 NO. 45 AP NEWS—Couriesy WMAJ DC-6 Crashes Chemical Plant; 28 Are Killed Plane Crash Comes As Engines Fail DALLAS Twenty-eight per sons lost their " lives when an American Airlines D-C 6 plane crashed into a hanger and a chemical plant at Love Field yes terday. Eighteen persons survived the accident. The pilot, ope of the survivors, said that he was unable to gain altitude after he had been forced to shut off one engine in flight because of carburator trouble. Another engine failed as he was coming in for a landing. Plane Crashes in France LYON/ ’ France—At least five persons are believed' to have been killed yesterday in an airliner crash about 15 miles north west of Lyon, France. Thirty-seven persons ■ were aboard the' plane which was enroute from Paris to •North Africa;. Lewis Postpones Meeting NEW YORK —For the second time in the last two days, John L.' Lewis yesterday postponed for 24 hours' a meeting with the mine workers strategy group. The con ference was supposed to discuss the action to be taken when the coal strike truce ends at midnight tonight. New Calendar Issued for Sale A calendar with 55 new scenes .depicting Penn State campus life has been issued for sale, Ross B. Lehman, assistant executive sec retary of the Alumni Association, recently announced. . This third annual calendar booklet is the only one of its kind that acquaints students and alumni with familiar College scenes. On the . cover is a picture of the Mall with, the. main library in the background. Inside are scenes of campus landmarks, buildings, student activities, laboratories and classrooms. ' ' "Excellent Gifts" ‘.‘These calendars make excell ent Christmas gifts,” Mr. Lehman stated. “Many students like to take these home as gifts because parents .arid friends can then be come ' , better' acquainted with Penn State.” The price of the’ calendar is $l. They are on sale at the Student Union, TUB, Alumni Association office, and at several stores down town. The Alumni Association will mail them anywhere in the United States free of charge. Today . . . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Philip Barker and Wil bert. Lancaster, newly-elected president and vice-president of Alpha Phi Omega. Baker and Lancaster will head the local chapter of the national service fraternity for fhe remainder of the school year. To these men who now head an organization whose motto is one of service, and whose act-, ions in recent semesters have lived up to that motto, the Lion today offers his verbal bouquet. State college, pa., Wednesday morning, November 30, 1949 Larry Buchart, as Henry Abbott, is trying to convince Joyce Rex ford, as. Mary Herries, to sign her will over to him in a scene from the Players' production of "Kind Lady." ' 1 Rexford, Buchart Cast As 'Kind Lady' Leads If the frendly nature of the actors who play the lead parts in a play mean anything, to its success, the good fortunes of “Kind Lady,” Penn State Players’ newest Center Stage production, should be assured. The basis for such a statement lies in an interview last week with Larry Buchart and Joyce Rexford who have the leading roles in “Kind Lady.” ——; — : —» : "Aunt Lily" Joyce, a junior majoring in dra matics, played the part of “Aunt Lily” in' the recent showing of “Ah, Wilderness.” Before coming to State, she was active in dra matics at the Altoona High School and also belonged to the Com munity Theater in Altoona, where she. had parts in “Arsenic and Old Lace” and “Barretts of Wimpole Street.” At, the Altoona Undergraduate Center, she played in “The Late Christopher Bean” and “Love Rides the Rails.” In the latter, she portrayed a female villain, a direct reversal from- the' gentle old woman she is in “Kind Lady.” In the current production, the slim brunette enacts the part of a 55-year-old woman who is vic timized by the man she endeavors to help. And who' plays the un-. grateful young man but our sec ond subject, Larry Buchart. Larry makes his first appear ance in a Players production as Mat Societies Council Probes Revival of Freshman Customs “Button frosh!” may again echo in the Nittany valley come September, after a four-year lapse. Hat Societies Council is investigating. past freshman customs at the College to draw up a tentative customs program that would go into effect next fall, should “a sufficient number” of freshman men be admitted on campus. Thomas Morgan, president of the group of representatives from campus hat societies, said yester day that although the College has not yet . announced officially whether it will have many frosh on campus, “we want to be ready to greet the frosh with good, con structive customs, should they be here in sufficient number.” Customs Plan At a recent Council meeting, Morgan appointed Robert Gab riel, Hat Council vice-president, to head a committee now drawing up a tentative customs plan. Gab riel yesterday explained: “The committee intends to check all available files for pre war and war.years when fresh man customs were in effect at the College. We expect to take a representative sampling from all of these customs —the. best fea tures frommll of -them—and-make up a tenative customs program for next year By PAUL POORMAN “Henry Abbot” in “Kind Lady” but it. is., by. no means his first role. Like Joyce, he acted in “The Late Christopher Bean” which for him was a high school class play. At the Harrisburg Center, there was no regular acting group, but he became affiliated with the Harrisburg Community Theater and had the lead in’ “Boy Meets Girl” when it was staged by that group. . A dramatics major, he enjoys acting and also likes to write short stories. And just a word to any young girls who are likely to go for the good-looking actor when they see him in “Kind Lady.” He’s a veteran of five years in the Navy—and married! So there you have the high lights of the. background of the two actors. Get out and see “Kind Lady,” opening Dec. 2 at Centre Stage, and' see if you don’t share our opinion of Players’ two new stats, Joyce Rexford and Larry Buchart. “When the committee arrives at a tentative plan,” Gabriel con tinued, “we’ll present it- to Hat Societies Council, Tribunal, then All-College Cabinet for their , ap proval. As a newcomer to the campus in 1944, Gabriel was a member of one of the last freshman classes to undergo customs before that feature of campus life fell victim to the war and expansion of the College. The last year in which fresh man customs were in effect at the College was 1945, when 1424 freshman men and 666 freshman women were on campus. Since that time, virtually all freshmen have been “farmed out” to cen ters -'■ and - cooperating colleges throughout the. State. (Continued on page jour) Last Frosh Atom Chemist To Speak On 'Atlantic Union' Origin of the Earth To Be Urey's Afternoon Topic Dr. Harold C. Urey, Nobel prize winner in chemistry who did much of the research for the production of heavy water and. U 235 leading to the development of the atomic bomb, will speak on “The Case for Atlantic Union” in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o’clock tomorrow evening. The talk will'be sponsored by the Community Forum and the departmet of physics at the Col lege and there will be no admis sion charge. Dr. eGorge L. Haller, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics at the College, will preside. At 4:15 in the afternoon, Dr. Urey will address the Chemistry- Physics Colloquium in Room 119, Osmond Laboratory, on “Origin of the Earth.” -Native of 'lndiana Dr. Urey, now with the Insti tute of Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago, is a native Of Indiana, received his bachelor of science degree at the Univer sity of Montana, and his doctor of philosophy degree at the Uni versity of California. He was named an American-Scandi navian Fellow to the University of Copenhagen, and holds doctor of science degrees from Univer sity of Montana, Princeton, Co lumbia, Oxford, and University of Newark, After teaching for three years in rural schools', Dr; Urey served as a chemist with a Philadelphia laboratory, then joined the chem istry department at the Univer sity oi; Montana and later at Johns Hopkins University. Won Nobel Prize In 1929, Dr. Urey was named associate professor of chemistry at Columbia University where he remained until 1945 when he ac cepted his present position. Dr. Urey in 1934 won the Nobel prize in chemistry and the Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chi cago section, American Chemical Society. The Royal. Society of London in' 1940 presented him the Davy Medal and in 1943, he received the Franklin Medal of thfe Franklin Institute. Two More Office Sites to Change Two additional office changes will be made in Old Main, accord ing to Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary to the presi dent. The director of housing will occupy 108 Old Main, now the office of the executive ac countant, and the director of food services will move into Room 206, at present the payroll divis ion office. These shifts along with others previously announced will be made as soon as changes are ef fected' to adapt the quarters to the needs of the hew occupants. Mining Lecture John Buchs of the Bureau of Mines will discuss “Economics of Mechanical Mining” at a meeting of mining engineers and mining economics majors in 110 EE at 7:30 tonight. Documentary Films Two documentary films will be show in 119 Osmond at 7 o’clock tonight. They are “The City” and “Target for Tonight." PSCA Roundttable William Renshaw will tell his experiences at an International Service Seminar in the PSCA Roundtable in 304 Old Main at 7:30 tonight. Philote Cabin Party Girls who wish to attend the Philote cabin party should con- Blue Key Taps 21 Prominent Junior Men Blue Key, junior men’s hat so ciety, recently tapped 21 men, ac cording to an announcement by Pelton Whe.eler, Blue Key presi dent. Blue Key is a men’s hat society for juniors who have been promi nent as varsity managers, cheer leaders, \ publications members, and outstanding in other organi zations. Members of hat societies are selected on the basis of scholar ship, leadership, and service to the College. One of the hat so cieties’ traditional customs - is to act as a guard of honor for the football team as it enters the field. The following men were tap ped: William Aiken, Robert Bai ley; Edwin Barnitz, Harold Bayer, Joseph Brower, John Crickson, Howard Decker, William Dick son, Arthur Keen, Raymond Koehler, Carl Lachlichowitz, Joseph Lenchner, Harold Light, Victor Lynch, Charles Mundy, Edwin Prossack, Richard Schoen berger, Harold Shipley, John Skooglund, Gerald Smith, and' Robert Speicher. Copelin, Roth Go To Confab Two students from the College will be among the 125 students' from 52 Eastern colleges and uni versities who will participate in a four-day student conference on United State Affairs at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., which begins today. The Penn State representatives are Donald Copelin, a senior in arts and letters, and Wilbert Roth, a senior in journalism. The students will hear many top men in the fields of econ omics, politics, national security, and, foreign affairs, including Paul Hoffman, ECA administra tor, and Lt. .Gen. l Walter 8.-Smith, former U.S. ambassador to Russia. News Briefs tact social chairman, Mary Ro mash in 256 Simmons before Fri day. A truck will leave Simmons at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Hillel Foundation Rabbi Kahn’s lecture-discuss ion will be “The Conservative Movement in Judaism” at 7:30 tonight. Vet Graduate Work Veterans who plari to graduate in February and who wish to continue study should apply for supplemental letters of eligibility in 3 Willard Hall before Thurs day. Graduating Seniors Seniors graduating in Febru ary must place orders for caps and gowns at the Studen* Union before 4:30 pan. Friday PRICE FIVE CENTS
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