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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
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