PAGE TWO SU Course Teaches Staters To Dance In the background, "Goodnight Irene." Over the music, two human metronomes going "one, two three; one two three." On the dance floor some 20 couples, faces stiff with' concentra tion, circling inexpertly through the" steps of the waltz. Then the record ending, the timekeepers threading through the crowd with, "_Vot cheek-to-cheek; you're not that good yet," "Don't watch your feet," "Let him lead; it helps his ego," and all the other old, old injunctions of the dance instruc tor to the dance instructee. First Of Kind This is the Student Union's ad vanced dancing course, first in the history of the organization. Through it, SU, the resident ad visers, and instructors Jane Strom and Paul Kritsky hope to remedy the unhappy plight of the many Penn Staters who don't know their left feet from their right, musically speaking. For, contrary to popular notions, not all, not even a large majority of students, are at home on the dance floor, Kritsky says, "Not knowing how to dance is a sign of social undevelopment," and in this day of the dance band, no one can disagree. Yet the course in be ginner's dancing last semester brought out almost 300 students suffering from this "social unde velopment." The instructors are pretty sure many more students needed the course, but are held back by shyness. The advanced course is pretty much a continuation of last se mester's basic class, and, like the first, is under the joint SU-resi dent adviser sponsorship. After the advanced group gets the waltz under its collective belt, it will push on to rhumba, tango, polka, and jitterbug. Right now they're still on fundamentals. Phys Ed Major As to the two people who hope to bring order out of this chaos, Miss Strom is at home in the -work for two reasons. First, she's a physical education senior, and her work is certainly a kind of physical education. Second, .she plans to go into social service work upon graduation. No one can deny that training Penn State dancers to keep on their toes and off each others is a so cial service in every sense. Miss StroM is interested in the "modern dance," as well as the ballroom variety. You may re member her portrayal of Solo mon in the Religion in Life week performance of "King Solomon at the Altar." Kritsky is a grad student, seek ing an M.A. in political science —of all unlikely subjects for a dance instructor. A lot of his background has been with Uk ranian folk dancing. SU took him on as an instructor, however, with the strict understanding that no Ukranian fox trcits or tangos were to be included in the course. So, between modern dance on the distaff side, and Russian reels on the male, the two pretty well clean the platter. To gether, they're doing a good job, physically and psychologically, to help make Penn Staters more at ease socially—both on the dance floor and off. Reading Festival Tryouts Today Preliminary tryouts for the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate poetry reading festival will be held from 1 to 4 this afternoon in 234 Sparks. From the 35 candidates who will read • five-minute poetry, prose, or drama selections, ten will be selected as the semi-final ists. The Speech department will choose the five finalists to repre sent the school next Tuesday. Harriet D. Nesbitt and William W. Hamilton, assistant professors in the Speech department, are in charge of the tryouts. MI Council To Meet Reports on the Newsletter and the course evaluation program will be made and committees ap pointed at the meeting of the Mineral Industries student coun cil at 7 o'clock tonight in 107 Willard hall, according to David Ludwig, council president. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA PAUL KRITSKY, right, in strutor in the student-union ad vanced dancing class, points out the proper foot positions in a waltz to students Irene Wurst and David Alen. Russian DP's Speak Tonight Conditions behind the Iron Cur tain will be discussed at 7:30 o'clock tonight in 121 Sparks by four Russian, displaced persons. Recently-arrived in this coun try, the four are an electrical en gineer, a teacher and two factory workers. Translating for thp Rus sians will be Father Constantin Auroroff, instructor in Russian; William B. Edgerton, assistant professor of Russian, and Capt. Gregory Gagarin, assistant profes sor of physical education. Greek Catholic Orthodox stu dents club is sponsoring the forum. Seth W. Russell, assistant dean of the Liberal Arts school, will preside. Questions 'and answers will be translated by the three. interpre ters who will also add their own comments. Penn State Club Seeks Members The Penn State club will ac cept new members at its meet ing at 7 o'clock tonight in 405 Old Main, Joseph Lipsky, club president, announced yesterday. Applicants must be upper class men, he said. Initiation will be held next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 405 Old Main. Applicants do not have to attend tonight's meeting to be initiated, but must be pres ent next Tuesday. The club's theater party at Center stage has been tentatively rescheduled for March 16; vice president Moylan Mills said. Members will see the current Players' production, "The Gentle People." The club will pay half of the members' admission, but guests must pay the full price, Mills said. Ist Year Program Ends At Harrisburg The return of freshman men to the campus and the drop in vet eran enrollment have brought about the discontinuance of a sec ond freshman extension program, that at th e Harrisburg center. The order is effective in June. Earlier, the Extension service had announced that the Swarth more freshman program would be moved to the ne w Ogontz center at Rydall, near Jenkin town, and that no freshman clas ses would be..held at Swarthmore after June. Both centers are staying open for all other extension services. The board of trustees, meeting at Harrisburg Saturday, approved the termination of the -two fresh man programs. India Movies To Be Shown By PSCA Movies on India will be shown at 7:30 tonight in 119 Osmond as part of the program for India week, currently being sponsored by the Penn State Christian asso ciation: Movies will also be shown at 8 o'clock Saturday night in Sch wab auditorium. Mme. Vijayalakshmi , Pandit, former chairman of the Indian delegation to the United'' Nations and present Indian ambassador to the United States, who was tentatively scheduled to speak Saturday, will be unable to attend because of official duties. Dr. Amiyra Chakravarty, of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J., also will be un able to speak during India week, Miss Allen said. Dr. Chakravarty spoke at the College last Decem ber on the .role of India in the East-West conflict. He expressed regret at being unable to make a return engagement. Minocher itaikhanavala, a grad uate assistant in ceramics from India, will play Indian records over WMAJ Friday night as an added feature of the Indian week program. An exhibit in the Pattee library is currently showing examples of Indian art, jewelry, pottery, pho tographs, textiles, paintings, and books. ' The movies to be shown are "Faga In Stone," "Our Heritage" (series II), "Musical Instruments of India," "Bharatnatyam," and "Palmyra." Clothing Drive Is Conducted For Korea A "Korean Klothing Kam paign" is being sponsored this week by the Inter-church fellow ship. The group will also hold a Palm Sunday service and a spring party. The clothing drive is a joint campus-town undertaking. Col lection boxes will be placed in campus dormitories and in..chur ches in town. A truck will pick up clothes Saturday. Persons wishing to donate clothes can have them picked up by calling the Westminster foun dation, 2942. The official closing date has not been set for the drive. The inter-church group will also sponsor a Palm Sunday sun rise service on the lawn in front Of Old Main March 18. A spring p arty, featuring square dancing and other enter tainment, will be held at the Lutheran Student association gymnasium on April 14. Howard Kerstetter, form e r vice-president of the Inter-church fellowship, took over as president Sunday night's meeting. He re places Ernest Mackey, president for three semesters, who will be leaving campus for student teach ing. Edward Shelly was named treasurer to replace Thomas Kline who will also be student teaching. Skull And Bones • Initiates Engle Rip Engle was initiated as an honorary member of Skull and Bones, senior men's at society, last night in the student govern ment room in Old' Main. It was the first time in several years that an honorary member has been taken into the organiza tion, according to president Harry Kondourajian. A clause in the constitution provides for the admission of one honorary member, not necessar ily a graduate of the College, a year, Kondourajian said. A faculty member of the College is usually chosen. Werner Elected Head - W. L. Werner, professor of American literature, has been elected president of the Centre County Library and Historical corporation:- Werner succeeds E. K. Ander son of Bellefonte. Matgaret Ekstrom To Be PSCA Guest Margaret H.. Ekstrom; of 'the Student Volunteer Movement for Christian Missions, arrived in State College last night as the guest of the Penn .State Christian association. Mrs. Ekstrom will speak at noon today at a luncheon being sponsored by the Wesley foundation. The luncheon will be held at the Methodist .church, and is open to all interested students: Those Stock Show Drawings Set For Tonight Drawings for animals to show in the College's 1951 Little Inter national Livestock show will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in 206 Agriculture, co - managers William King and James Gallag her said yesterday. Students desiring to show an animal should be present at the meeting to get details on what is required to prepare an animal for ring competition, th - ey said. A 50 cent showing fee will be charged each contestant to cover fitting expenses. The show will be held April 28. King urged students having in terest in animals to enter the show, explaining that the exper ience gained is invaluable. _The knowledge a student can gain from the expert livestock men assisting in the show will be worthwhile, Gallagher said. Contestants showing sheep in this year's show will be guided* by Carroll Shaffner, who came to the College from Ohio 'State uni versity last May. Results of his expert handling have already shown, Carl Everett,' - inanager of the sheep division, said. Everett was champion fitter and reserve champion showman in the sheep division of last year's show. He is now working part time in the College's sheep barn. The show is under the sponsor ship of the Block and Bridle club. Council To Hold ' Debate On Finals` , Debate on the elimination of final exams for eighth semester seniors will be held at 7:45 o'clock tonight in 10 Sparks. The debate is sponsored by the Liberal Arts student council. Joseph F. O'Brien, professor of public speaking, will be in charge of the debate. Edward Shanken, student council president, said. Debating the affirmative will be Marlin Brenner, All-College cabinet parliamentarian, and John Erickson, senior class presi dent. The negative will be taken by Harry Kondourajian, All-Col lege vice-president, apd David Lewis, a member of the debate team. , • The debate will be followed by a ,question and discussion period. Wrestling Ticket Sale Is Heavy Harold Gilbert, graduate man ager of• athletics, disclosed yes terday that the sale of tickets to students for the Eastern Inter collegiate wrestling tournament has been heavy. Gilbert urged the students to buy their tickets early to avoid standing in long lines at Rec hall. Gilbert said' that about 250 tickets had been sold •to Lehigh students and that a large crowd was expected to attend the wrest ling matches Friday and Satur day. At the same time, Gilbert an nounced that tickets for the Eastern Intercollegiate boxing tournament could be bought at Charlottesville, Va., the scene of the tournament this weekend. Senior Teachers Asked To Order GoiArns Early Seniors who will be practice teaching the last eight weeks of this semester have been asked by the Student Union to sign up for their cap and gown at the Athletic store from March 12 to 16. The deposit is $5. They may also order invitations and announcements at the Stu dent Union Office on the days noted above. The invitations and announcements are 14 cents each. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1951 plannifig to attend should call the Wesley foundation, 2163, before 10 a.m. today. Marjorie Allen, as sociate secretary of the PSCA, said the luncheon is free. Mrs. Ekstrom is also scheduled to speak at a meetin-• of' the Lutheran Student association to morrow night. • To Interview Mrs. Ekstrom is interested in interviewing —students who are considering summer work in church programs or in missionary service after graduation. She will be available for interviews today and tbmprrow in 304 Old Main, and can be contacted at the PSCA office, extension 541. Mrs. Ekstrom is a field super visor in the ministry to agricul tural migrants, and is a member of the division of home missions of the National Council of Chur ches- working in the eastern states. Mrs. Ekstrom is respon sible for recruiting and training the summer staff for service among the migrants in the east ern states. The migrant ministry serves the American Negro, Puer to Rican, Mexican, an d native white and imported workers from the British West Indies. Mrs. Ekstrom previously served as director of religious education at the government school for In dians at Chemawa, Oregon. She is a graduate of Park college, Mis souri, and received her master's degree in religious education from Biblical seminary, New York, in 1930. Trio Leads Bible Studies In Poconos Three local students, Donald Love, Earl Myers and Ray Shultz, led Bible study groups at the North Atlantic Region confer ence of the Lutheran Student association of Am‘rica last week end. The conference was held at The Inn, BuCk Hill Falls, in the Poconos, last weekend. The Rev. Edweilth E. Korte, pastor to Lutheran students, ser ved as a resource person in the Bible study groups and assisted with the administration of the Holy Communion Sunday morn ing. 19 Attend Nineteen students from the College apd Rev. Korte repre sented the local LSA at the con ference. The theme of the conference was "The Living Word." Bible passages were St. John 1:1-14 and passages from Hebrews and First Peter. The Rev. James Robinson, pas tor of the Church of the Master, New York city, gave the keynote address for the conference at ban quet Saturday night. His topic , was "What Does God Say To a World Such As This?" Other sneakers included the Rev. Wallace Fisher, from the College church at Gettysburg and the Rev. Paido Tuo Sarumpaets, a Sumatran Lutheran pastor. Forty students attended this conference, 15 from foreign coun tries. Harry Emlett, Jr., Princeton university was re-elected presi dent. Air-ROTC To Show Air Corps Action Film Films depicting the United States air forces in Korea and giving an insight to the research program being conducted by the air forces will be shown in Schwab auditorium at 7:30 o'clOck tonight. The films, sponsored by the Ar nold Air society of the Air ROTC students on campus, will last ap proximately an hour, and a half. The program is open to the public. Atomic bombing and the latest developments and methods used in air-sea rescue will also be shown.
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