PA GF, TWO Sevitsky To Conduct Symphony Orchestra The Indianapolis symphony orchestra with. Fabien Sevitsky c-anclucting will bring its new concertmeister, 25-year-old Stanley Welner, to Schwab auditorium Friday night when it presents the fourth in the Community Concert series. Scheduled for 8:30 p.m., the' program will be open only to members of the Community Con cert association. Weiner made his first appear ance as a violinist when he play ed "Yankee Doodle" at the age of 16 months. As soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under Hans Kindler, he was hail ed as a child prodigy. Your. ?st Musician When he was concertmeister of Leonard Bernstein's New York City symphony orchestra in 1947- 48 he was the youngest musician holding such a position with a major symphony orchestra in this country. Another newcomer to the 85- piece Indianapolis symphony is Henry Kulik, bass trombone play er. Twenty-six years old, he has played in the Boston civic sym phony, the New England philhar monic with Arthur Fiedler and Paul Hindemith, the Handel and Haydn society, and the New Eng land conservatory orchestra. Ku lik also has had dance band ex perience with Gene Autry's ro deo show. Director Since 1937 Dr. Sevitsky has been music director and conductor of the Or chestra since 1937. Born in Rus sia, he won the Cesar Cui music s2liclarship at the age of ten y ears, and graduated from the imperial conservatory of music at Petrograd with the Gold Med al for double bass. In 1923 he came to the Untied States and became a citizen five years later. Dr. Scvitsky organized the first permanent string orchestra in this country, and has made European tours as the head of many of the country's leading orchestras. In 1937 he founded the Indianapolis symphonic choir. Gift Of $4700 Given College A gift of 50 shares of stock valued at approximately $4,700 has been given the College by I.l:.yard D. Kunkle of the Class cf 1907. 'she gift, accepted by the Board rj: Trustees at their Saturday - I—;,ing, will be added to the :ncipal of the Ethel and Bay Kunkle Loan fund. I.lr. Kunkle is a member of the .::rd of Directors of General and is also vice-president in charge of overseas and Can- L:cian affairs for the corporation. In subsequent donations the loan fund increased until it was 3t - 1,000 prior to this latest gift of 50 shares of Class B stock. For Veterans Loans from this fund are made to married veterans in full-time attendance at the College. They are intended for emergencies, or to supplement incomes to meet cur rent expenditures. Business Group Elects Officers John Beiter, junior in the School of Education, was installed as president of the College chap ter of Future Business Leaders of A merica at an organizational meeting last Saturday. The organization was newly chartered by Dr. Dorothy H. Veon, state sponsor. The chapter was formed to train prospective instructors of business education and to sponsor chapters in high schools and colleges throughout Pennsylvania. Other student ot'ficers installed were: John Barrons, first vice president; Sally Dixon, substitut ing for Dorothy Green, second vice-president; Roselyn Beard, secretary; Joseph Gronick, treas urer and Ina Epstein, reporter. Dr. James Gemmell, head of the Department of Business Edu cation. Mrs. Frances Chapman, miss Margaret Swartz, Mlzs Mary Cella and Lowell Chaoman, all faculty members, participated in the installation. Deike Names Fund For Son George H. Deike, vice-presi dent of the College board of trus tees, re cent ly established a scholarship fund at the College in memory of his son, Kenneth. Kenneth Deike was graduated by the College in 1930. While on campus, he played freshman foot , ball, was assistant manager of the baseball team, and was a mem ber of Phi Kappa Sigma frater nity. He died Nov. 21, 1939. The fund, named the Kenneth T. Deike Memorial Scholarship fund, was established with 100 shares of common stock of the Phillips Petroleum company. The shares are valued at approximate ly $7,700. This amount and further gifts that may be added will provide for scholarships based on need, character, qualities of leadership, scholastic ability, and athletic ability. A committee composed of the dean of the School of Physi cal Education and Athletics, the treasurer of the College, and the director of student affairs will recommend the awarding of the scholarships. Both the principal and the in come of the fund may be used as the committee deems advis able. The` elder Deike has served more than 25 years on the board of trustees and is a 1903 graduate of Penn State. He is living in Pittsburgh. Rodriguez To Head Chemistry Society Timoleon Rodriguez was elected president of the Leibeg Chemis try society last Tuesday night at the first meeting of the spring semester. Other newly elected officers are: William Fried Jr., vice-presi dent; Anne Greene, secretary; John Cranston, treasurer; and Guy Kreiser and Donald Lutz, -Ag riculture student council repre sentatives. Dr. J. W. Shigley is faculty adviser for the society. Embargo On Bulk Mail Relaxed By Post Office WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—M—The Post Office department late today partially relaxed" its tight embargo on handling bulk mail. In a new order, immediately effective, the department announced a resumption of normal postal services over wide. areas as a result of partial restoration of train sery service within the eastern and w PO To Accept Laundry Cases The local post office will now accept laundry cases of students and townspeople within the areas of State College to Altoona, and State College to Williamsport. Restrictions on all second class mail, excepting newspapers; all third and fourth class mail; first class mail exceeding eight ounces; and air mail exceeding two pounds are still in effect. There is still, however, no restrictions on medi cine, drugs, serums, laboratory specimens, ey e glasses, surgical equipment or dressings. This nation - wide embargo on certain types of mail transporta tion is the result of the strike of train switchmen pressing for hour and wage edjustments. The strike has involved 50 railroads and has effected 100 cities. Robert J. Miller, local postmas ter, said, "My belief is that when the embargo does open, it will only open partially, as- the East will undoubtedly be cleaned up before the West." TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Student Life Panel Planned A panel discussion on student life in other countries will high light the meeting of the State Col lege branch of the American As sociation of University Women in Simmons Lounge at . 7:30 o'clock tonight. The panel members will also trace the differences in general education with emphasis on con trasting credit systems, the com parative interest on men and women in educational opportuni ties, student attitudes and extra curricular activities. , Aaron Druckman, assistant pro fessor of philosophy, will moder ate the program. Foreign students participating will include Ilia M. Saldarriaga, Lima, Peru; Yohan Louis De- Vries, Netherlands; Samir David Ajay, Syria; Elsa Gunvor Hag lund, Stockholm, Sweden; Mino cher Dadabhoy Karkhanavala, Bombay, India; John Robertson, Scotland. Ship Named For Alum Transferred To Hellenic Navy Th e United States Navy de stroyer escort, the Garfield Thom as, named for an alumnus of the College, who was killed in World War 11, has been transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy under terms of the Mutual Assistance Pact. It will be renamed The Pan ther. Lt. W. Garfield Thomas, Jr., was graduated from Penn State in the journalism curriculum in 1938. At the College he was class historian,' a member of the Blue Key, Skull and Bones, and Kappa sigma fraternity. Lt. Thomas, who entered the Navy in 1940, was killed in ac: tion on October 11-12, 1942, when the U.S.S. Boise was hit by a Japanese torpedo. Because he succeeded in saving the lives of eleven men, the Navy named the Garfield Thomas in his honor. He was also awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart in recogni tion of his heroic action. Sun Oil Co. Executive To Speak In Sparks The Penn State Accounting club will present a lecture by Donald P. Jones today at 8 p.m. in 316 Sparks. Jones is a comp troller with the Sun Oil company and will speak on "Controller ship As A Career." The lecture is open to the pub lic. cc.. The new order permits normal stern halves of the nation but not beween them. However, the city of St. Louis and its nearby surburban post of fices and the states of Illinois, In diana, Ohio and Michigan (except for the northern peninsula) were continued under a full embargo applying against everything ex cept first class mail under eight ounces, daily newspapers, medical and surgical supplies and money shipments by banks. Railway Express Modification The two pound limit on air parcel post mailings was set aside for all sections of the country. The Railway Express agency also announced a second modifi cation of its embargo, effective at midnight. This permits express shipments between New York City and Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and the cities of Baltimore and Washing ton. The agency's Chicago office later announced that it was lifting its embargo on rail express ship ments to all states west of the Mississippi river and to Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin and Tennessee. The announce ment added, however, that such express may be "subject to de y," Dolls In ‘West D dolls of Carol Charming and Cardinal Mindzenty, pictured above. are part of the doll show currently being exhibited in the West dorm lounge. West Dorm Lounge Shows Guys 'n' Dolls Mary Martin, Thomas Dewey, Carol Channing, Albert Einstein, Cardinal Mindzenty, and Mahatma Gandhi are cur rently appearing daily in the main lounge of the recently opened West dorm dining ha Not in person, however, but i Trustees Will Honor Alumni I . Five distinguished alumni will be honored annually under a plan adopted by the board of trustees, President Eisenhower has an nounced. The trustees will recognize for mer students who have best ex emplified the objectives of their alma mater in their personal lives, prigessional 'achievements, and community service. The purpose of, the plan is not only to recognize and salute out standing alumni, but also to in still in the undergraduates a goal of achievement which they may aspire to reach, the President said. The achievement awards will be presented at spring honors day exercises held each year by the student body. EaCh of%' the five will receive an inscribed illuminated parch ment scroll and a bronze medal lion. The College intends to publish a commemorative booklet yearly with photographs and biographi cal sketches of the five winners, who will be chosen by the execu tive committee of the board of trustees. Members of the board and College staff members are not eligible. No date has been set for honors day yet, and a speaker has not been chosen. The date will be chosen in con sultation with All-College cabi net. The day is a scholarship and move-up day for undergraduates. WMAJ To Prelent ' South American Songs South Amerit.an folk songs will be presented tonight at 8:30 over WMAJ on the Romance Language department program "The Music of the Nations". Prof. Gerald Moser will com ment on these folk songs. This series of programs features rec ords of foreign: music from the private collections of both staff members and students working in Romance languages. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1951 By MOYLAN MILLS the' form of a unique doll col lection lent by the well-known doll-maker Mrs. Frank Zimmer man to Student Union for an ex hibit in the lounge display case. Stanley Zimmerman, a junior at the College, arranged for the ex hibit of his aunt's dolls. Other dolls in the collection in clude Pope Pius XII; "The Post Girl," fashioned after a girl drawn by Norman Rockwell for a Saturday 'Evening Post cover; "The Artist," a girl art fancier made for a private ,doll collec tion; and "Murph," a typical teen ager complete with blue jeans and plaid shirt. Mrs. Zimmerman began mak ing her dolls about 15 years ago. She first used them as party fav ors and eventually became so successful at• creating life-like miniatures of famous -personali ties that she soon had a profes sional business on her hands. The dolls are approximately ten inches high and made of pressed bapef over a pipe cleaner base. The faces are tiny masks made over a carved head so that they may be easily duplicated. Cos tumes are exact replicas 'of clothes worn by the persons whom the dolls represent. Each one is au thentic and detailed to scale. The versatility of the creator is evidenced by the variety of the collection. Mary Martin is shown doing her "Honey Bun" number from "South Pacific," Einstein appears in rumpled sweater and baggy trousers, and Carol Olean fling is shown dripping with jewels in 'the midst of her rendi tion of "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Mrs. Zimmerman has used her dolls many times for charitable purposes and is in constant de mand for lectures on her dolls and doll-making before clubs and organliations. She has also fash ioned portrait dolls for Bernard Ravca, nationally-famous doll creator. Cardinal Mindzenty and the Pop 6 are dressed in the - formal attire of their church offices. Gandhi appears in the scanty sheets and carries the walking stick always associated with him. (Continued on page eight)
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