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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.