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"TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOL. 50 - NO. 54
Doe Day Hunters Bag Two
Hamm. (right), ..
morning out on the barrens.
Approximate weight of Messner's doe was estimated to be 130
pounds and Hammaker's, 120.
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
US, China Must
Decide on . Plan
For Formosa
The United States and China
must decide soon on a policy to
ward Chiang Kai-Shek and the
defense of Formosa. A report
reached Manila that the United
States might support Chiang with
arms, but Washington later dis
counted the report, indicating cau
tion on ,Chinese policy.
• Chiang meanwhile is setting up
his island defenses in anticipation
of a communist attack from the
mainland. The chief threat, how
ever, seems to be from the For
mosans who have a dislike for the
Nationalists.
Hard Coal Talks Resumed
The United Mine Workers Union
has resumed hard coal negotia
tions in New York. The 78,000
union miners in the Pennsylvania
anthracite fields have been work
ing a three-day week like their'
brothers in the soft coal regi6n.
Sophomores!
•
There will be an important meet
ing of all sophomores in Room 3
of White Hall at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
This is an important meeting so
all are urged to attend. The class
ring will, be discussed along with
other issues.
Kesdekian Produces
Saroyan for' T hesis
Would you consider producing a play if everything, including the
design and most of the construction work, were left up to you? Then
you're no exceptign. But Mike Kesdekian is.
- Mike, a graduate assistant in the dramatics departmen, is pre
. .
senting his ,thesis production, "The Beautiful People," tonight and
tomorrow night at Centre Stage; and other than a little of the con
struction work and the acting, all
the work that has gone into the
' production hag been done by Mike.
•Decides on Saroyan
Mike decided to use Saroyan's
"The Beautiful People" last spring
and rr.7.de some of the plans for
the production during the sum
mer, but Mike began actual work
on the production six • weeks ago
and since then it has been a night
and day job.
He has had more than a little
• experience in theatre work. Last
year he appeared in two Players
shows. He was the Conjure Man
in "Dark of the Moon" and Gen
eral Biddle in "John Loves Mary."
He also worked with the Players
I in connection with "Glass Mena
gerie" this fall
•
During the past summer Mike
wab design technician at the Moun
tain Playhouse, Jennerstown, Pa.;
and he has done part-time work
with the Hedgerow Theptre, Moy
lan. Pa.
Little Theatre Actor
While an undergraduate at West
ChOster State Teachers College,
I Mike * was active in the Little Thei
tre. Another group ,with which he
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1949
Riley Selected
Mil Ball Queen
Margaret Riley, junior in jour
ni
nalis at the College, was selected
queen of the Military Ball rriday
night by the respective heads of
the three ROTC units.
Capt. J. H. Jacoby, master of
ceremonies, presented Miss Riley
with a silvel' crown inscribed with
her newly won title. Other con
tenders for the crown were: Lois
Kenyon, Marjorie Kepler, Eleanor
Morisuye and Ruth Schultz.
Each of the finalists was given
a bouquet . . of• roses and a compact
set.
Judges for the contest were Col.
Ben H. Chastaine, USA; Cap t.
John L. Woodbury, USN; and Lt.
Col. John E: Stewart, USAF. Fin
alists had been chosen by neutral
members of the ROTC at Lehigh
University.
An honor guard from the Quar
terdeck Society, Pershing Rifles,
and Scabbard and Blade, formed a
sabered arch through which the
five finalists paraded to the band
stand.
Additional Directories
. Additional copies of the Stu
dent Directory were placed on
sale today at the Recorder's Of
fice in Willard Hall, at the Col
lege. A. W. Stewart, chief re
corder, said a reprint had pro
vided an additional 100 copies,
which will go on sale this mor
ning at 25 cents per copy.
has been associated is the Wil
mington, Del.
Mike has written several one
act plays. One of these, "Losers
Weepers," was a Five O'Clock
T h.e at r e presentation about a
month ago.
While in the service Mike did
some radio work in Reno, Nevada.
He wrote the scripts for and put
on three 15-minute shows and one
half-hour show a week.
Tickets for "Beautiful People"
are available at the dramatics of
fice and Student Union at $.84.
The play will begin at 8 p.m.
Ag 'Publications
The staffs of the Ag Hill Breeze
and / the Penn State Farmer will
have a meeting in 102 Ag Ed at
8:30 tonight. They will discuss
purposes of the two publications.
Circulo Espanol
Circulo Espanol will hold its
Fiesta de Navidad at Hillel Foun
dation at 7 o'clock tonight,
Pre-Registration Begins
For Spring Semester
Students To Apply
For Vacation Jobs
All students who expect to
remain 'at the College and who
wish to work during the Christ
mas vacation should contact the
Student Employment Office as
soon as possible, said Allan M.
Reece, director of Student Em
ployment.
,Jobs are only potentialities,
however, and therefore the stu
dents should not plan to stay
because of possible employment.
Jobs will probably be on a day
to-day basis.
Contacts both in and out of
the office during the vacation
will be made by phone as the
TUB will close at 5 p.m. on De
cember ,20. It will reopen at 8
a.m. on January 4.
d Paul
turday
2 Students Injured;
Cars Collide on Ice
Two male students of the College were injured, one seriously,
wirn their car skidded on the ice on Route 45, east of the Hous - erville
intersection, and crashed into another car about 4 a.m. Sunday.
Fred W. Meyer, Jr., 21, a sophomore in civil engineering, was
reported as still in an unconscious state 'at Centre County Hospital
late Monday afternoon, suffering a possible skull fracture, lacerations
of the scalp and abrasions about
the face.
Meyer and Edwin Steele, 19, his
roommate in Nittany Dorm 37,
were thrown from Meyer's car
when it skidded and collided with
an auto drivep by Herbert Stiles,
39, of Wilmerding. Steele received
bruises of the body and shock, and
both he and Stiles were treated at
the hospital ,and discharged.
Driver Taken to Hospital
College Plans
Skating 'Rink
The College has appropriated
$4OO to build ice-skating facilities
on the New, Beaver practice field,
according to Robert Fast, one-man
Cabinet committee on ice-skating.
The department of physical
plant will construct the banks dur
ing Christmas vacation if the wea
ther is suitable. The cost involved
is mainly for labor.
It will take a three or four day
cold snap to freeze the ground to
a sufficient depth to hold the water
long enough to freeze, however.
Two or three floodings are neces
sary to obtain a skating surface.
Fast is working out a system of
policing and ,rules for the rink.
When the weather cooperates, ice
skating will be scheduled for the
evening under the lights. No
charge will be made for the facili
ties.
Moderate temperatures last win
ter prevented skating, although
snow banks were constructed dur
ing Christmas vacation. The best
skating in recent years was in 1938
when students enjoyed 31 days of
skating weather.
Frothy Features
Frothy Features
Lovely Polly Potter and Sidn - ey
Simon's prize-winning story, "Sit
This One Out," will feature the
new December Froth which will
go on sale today.
Miss Potter was chosen as
Froth's December co-ed and Si
mon's story was picked for its
originality and plot.
An amazed child watching San
ta quite filled with holiday spirit
is the cover theme. An article on
orchids growing at Penn State,
the revamped basketball team and
a two-page picture of the Junior
Prom are other high points of the
Christmas Issue.
Belles Lettres Club
Belles Lettres Club will hold its
meeting in the Northeast Lounge
of Atherton. Hall at 7 o'clock to
night. Mr. A. 0. Lewis will speak
on emblem books.
Five O'clock Theatre
The Five O'Clocic Theatre will
present a one act play, "Where
The Healthy Die," by Theodore
Mann, a' former Penn State stu
dent. The show will be in the Lit
tle Theatre of Old Main at 5 o'-
clock this afternoon.
Students Urged to Complete
Forms At Specified Hours
First phase registratic(n for the Spring semester got under way
yesterday and will continue until the end of the week.
Students are urged to register at the particular time assigned by
their department or they may not be adinitted for the Spring semester.
Each student will need a time-table and a fountain pen to make
out his schedule.
Schools are scheduled to register in the following manner:
Agriculture
Students will register at the
limes assigned by their advisers.
Chemistry and Physics
Students will register at the
times pre-arranged by their ad
visers.
Engineering
All students in electrical engi-
Meyer was reportedly thrown 30
feet from his car by the impact
and taken to the hospital by a
passing motorist.
Police said that Meyer was driv
ing toward State College, while
the Stiles car was operating in the
opposite direction. They reported
that the Meyer car skidded so that
the left rear was struck by the
Stiles car.
Aggregate damages to the cars
was estimated at $9OO by police,
about $4OO of it being attributed
to Meyer's vehicle.
Police said that rain had frozen
over ashes which had been scat
tered on the highway.
Meyer is a
,resident of Pitts
burgh.
News Briefs
Sigma Alpha Eta
Sigma. Alpha Eta, national
speech and hearing honorary, will
hold its opening meeting in 316
Sparks at 8 o'clock tonight. George
Reimer, executive director of the
Pennsylvania Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, will present
an illustrated lecture, "Meeting
the Needs of Handicapped Chil
dren,." A coffee hour will follow
the meeting.
Penn. State Club
All members of the Penn State
Club are reminded of the change
of place for the meeting, 109 Ag
Building, at 7 o'clock tonight.
Alpha Tau Alpha •
Alpha Tau Alpha, professional
Agriculture Education fraternity,
will hold a meeting for all Ag Ed
students in 105 White Hall at 8
o'clock tonight. Mr. H. C. Fetterolf,
State Supervisor of Agricultural
Education, will he the guest speak
er.
PSCA
Col. Ben H. Chastaine, profes
sor of military science, will speak
on "Foreign Relations—Love Thy
Neighbor," at the PSCA coffee
forum in 304 Old Main at 4 o'clock
this af ternoor
PRICE FIVE CENTS
veering will pre-register tomor
row evening at 7 o'clock. All other
students in engineering will regis
ter anytime before Saturday.
Liberal Arts
Students in the department of
economics and commerce will pre
register according to the number
of credits they have. Seventy-two
credits and up will register this
evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, 36
credits and up, will register to
morrow from 7 to 9 p.m.
In the journalism department,
all students will register from 7
to 9 p.m. in 8 and 9 Carnegie. Hall
on ;the following days: 7th and
Bth semester students will register
tonight; sth and 6th semester stu
dents will register, tomorrow eve
ning; sophomores and freshmen
Who will - register for the coming
semester as 2nd, 3rd or 4th semes
ter students will register Thurs
day evening.
Students in the department of
German will register this morn
ing from 8 to 9 o'clock and tomor
row morning from 10 to 12 o'clock.
Students in the philosophy de
partment will register all day to
morrow and Friday and Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday morning.
The political science .department
will post registration hours on the
door of the department's office.
Students in the sociology de
partment will register. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday morning.
All other students in the Liberal
Arts school will register' anytime
before Saturday.
Mineral Industries
Students can register anytime
before Saturday.
Physical Education and Athletics
A list of the advisers and the
hours that they will be available
has been posted in Irvin Hall. Stu
dents should check this list and
arrange to report to his or her
adviser.
Ag Ec Club
There will be an Agricultural
Economics Club meeting at the
Alpha Zeta house at 7:30 tonight.
It will be a Christmas party• and
all who attend are asked to bring
a 25-cent gift.
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR Margaret Riley. Queen
of the Military Ball.
Miss Riley, second of the
year's host of campus queens.
won her title • over lop-flight
competition which included
last year's Spring Queen; Lois
Kenyon.
A junior in journalism, Satur
day night's triumph shows the
young lady has beauty as well
as the gift of the pen . . . so.
a pulchritudinous yo w 1 for
Peg