PAGE TWO President Continues Tradition By Accepting Title Of 'Prexy' When Robert Davis, retiring All-College president, bestowed the title of "Prexy" on President Milton S. Eisenhower during yes terday's Honors Day ceremonies, he revived a Penn State tradition. That title had been officially held by the late Ralph Dorn Hetzel, tenth president of the College. More than 20 years ago, shor College, a student delegation went to him at his office and escorted him to the auditorium where he ivas officially dubbed Prexy in a formal ceremony. Prexy Hetzel revered that honor until his untimely death on Oct. 3, 1947. Many maintained he liked the name better than any honor ary degree he had ever received. Prexy To Students To members of the administra tion and faculty, he was the pres ident, but to the students he was Prexy. A Collegian editorial ap pearing on July 1, 1950, the day that Dr. Eisenhower was named president, stated that: "Bec'ause Dr. Hetzel . . . regarded students as something more than just pupils going through a four-year production mill, the title of Prexy was bestowed upon him by the students." While Prexy Hetzel was at the College, he maintained an open door policy, never refusing ad mission to those who wished to see him. The title indicated the high regard in which students at Penn State held the Prexy, as he sat behind his desk, sleeves rolled up, wearing a green visor. Dr. John Henry Frizzell, chap lain emeritukof the College, said Hill6l Collects Old Textbooks A campaign for the collection of books for the Hebrew univer sity is being initiated by the Zionist education committee of the Hillel Foundation. The committee consists of Mar tin Primack, chairman, Kay Lin er, and Arlene Teitelbaum. The Hebrew University in Jer usalem is urgently in need of texts in all fields of the sciences and humanities, Rabbi Benjamin Kahn explained. The student population has tremendously• in creased, and a report was made to the effect that in some courses there is only one copy of a text for 200 students. All students or faculty mem bers who have texts which they would• like to contribute to this project may call 2408, and the books will be picked up, or they may leave them at th e Hillel Foundation. Cabinet To Meet For First Time The new All-College Cabinet will meet for the first time at 8 tonight under the new All-College officers. The recommendation to lower the student interclass finance fee ,from 75 to 50 cents a semester will be given a second vote. If approved it goes to the College Board of Trustees. All-College President James Worth, who was installed at Honors Day ceremonies yester day, will preside and install the new class officers. The proposed amendment add ing business managers to the Board of Publications win be voted on for the third time. Worth will also appoint a com mittee for the drink colloquy next fall, a public occasion com mittee, and . a coordinator for the orientation committee now func tioning. Inkling's First Issue Will Appear May 14 The first issue of Inkling, Penn State literary magazine, is expected to go on sale the week of May 14, Florenz Fen ton, managing editor, said yesterday. The entire book has been put together and is now at the printer's being photographed as part of the offset process which will be used in its pub lication. The issue will contain 48 pages. TEE DAILY . COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ly after Dr. Hetzel arrived at the of the Prexy, "He was a humble man, a shy man, and from the exigencies of his office, a lonely man. But he had a mission which he saw sharply and clearly, and to the carrying out of that mis sion he gave himself with single ness of purpose." Room Dedicated Dr. Hetzel was 'most widely known to the student body as a champion of student government. The College student government room, 204 Old Main, is a memorial to Prexy, who defined college spirit as "absolute and complete loyalty to the highest objectives and ideals of the College." Now Penn State has a new Prexy. Dr. Eisenhower has kept Dr. Hetzel's open door policy. • He once said that as long as he had the time and the strength to con tinue he wouldn't refuse anyone who wanted to see him. By not remaining aloof behind closed doors, Dr. Eisenhower has made for better understanding between the student body and the .adminis. tration . At Kansas State College, where• the students called him "Prexy Miltori i " there were regrets when Cheer leading Tryouts All second semester fresh men men and women interest ed in trying out for the cheer leading squad are asked to re port at 6:30 tonight on the steps of Old Main. Fuel Tech Prof Goes To Peru A. W. Gauger, professor of fuel technology, will represent the American Chemical Society at the fifth South American Con greSs on Chemistry in Lima, Peru, starting tomorrow. Following the congress, Gaug er, who also represented the so ciety at the fourth congress in Santiago, Chile, in 1948, will at tend the fourth centennial cele br at ion commemorating the National University of San Mar cos as a guest of the university and of Peru. The University of San Marcos is the oldest university in con tinued existence in the Americas, having been founded in May, 1551, by Friar Tomas de San Martin. It has faculties of law and political science, medicine, biolo gy, physical and mathematical sciences, arts, history and phil osophy, and the economic sci ences. In addition, it has insti tutes of biology and geography, a library, department of physical education, and two museums with outstanding collections. Saturday Deadline For Application To Advanced ROTC Saturday will be the deadline for entrance applications into the advanced course, Air Force ROTC at the College for the year 1951- 52, Lt. Col. Jack W. Dieterle, pro fessor of air science and tactics, said yesterday. Specific information on re quirements is available in 8 Ar mory. General requirements in clude the following: Applicant must have four or more semesters remaining before graduation, must meet physical standards, must have completed two years of basic ROTC, or must have served honorably one year or more on active duty with the armed forces of the United States: and must have a satis factory academic record. Applicants who will be ac cepted will be deferred from in duction under selective service, be said. Dr. Eisenhower left. The Kansas City Star commented editorially, "Eisenhower has gained the ' af fection and admiration of alumni and friends throughout the state." The Topeka Capital said he was a popular president and had been held in high regard both person ally and professionally by Kansas educators and citizens. Students Pay Tribute When Dr. Eisenhower departed from Kansas, the students gave him a final tribute. An all-college assembly was held, the college was presented by the students with an Eisenhower portrait, and the President was presented with a carved leather desk set by the student body. He canceled . all 'appointments that day to devote what hours were left to office visits from students. In replying to an amateur radio message sent to him by students shortly after his selection at Penn State, President Eisenhower said in part, "You are proud of Penn State history and accomplish ments. I am immensely proud to have been elected to the presi dency of your institution. Our task together is going to be an exciting one . . . Together we shall reach for the stars . . . .Very shortly I shall visit the campus . . . . We might have a milkshake to gether." • Dr. Eisenhower has kept the same student relations flourish ing that Prexy Hetzel instituted. Twenty More To Give Blood Twenty more students have been added to the 165 who will donate blood to the Red Cross today. Among the donors giving blood are Assistant Dean of Women Mary E. Brewer and William Raymond, candidate for AIM presidency. • The blood unit will be open at 10 a.m. and close at 4 paw, - Alan Reece chairman of the blood drive, announced yester day. The blood mobile is located at the Methodist Church on E. College avenue. Fifty people will be engaged in operating the bloodmobile, Reece said. They include doctors, nurses, hostesses, refreshment and recruiting personnel. indi viduals to take down medical his tories, and staff aids. Reece requests that the donors arrive early for their appoint ments to prevent a lag. He also reminds the students to get ex cuse slips from their respective deans. All "0" type blood will be sent to Korea within 72 hours, he said. The remainder will be sent to veterans hospitals. Educators Study Ed Co-op Projects Two educators, representing the CooperatiVe Project in Edu cational Administration, are at the College this week to study Penn State's offering in this field. The men, who will remain on campus until tomorrow are Dr. John K. Norton, director of the Department of School Adminis tration at Teachers College, Co lumbia University, and chairman of the educational policies com mission, and J. Arthur Jarmon, professor of educational adminis tration at the University of Vir ginia. The project, sponsored by the Kellog Foundation, is nationwide and operates through seven col lege centers in various parts of the country. Penn State is one of the cooperating schools as s)ciated with Columbia University in the work and a five-year pro gram of improvement is contem plated. PICTURE CORRECTION The picture of Mrs. Edgar Lee Masters in yesterday's Daily Col legian was incorrectly identified as being Mrs. Harriett Nesbitt. Plans Underway For Horse Show Final preparations are being made for the second annual horse show which will be pre‘sented by the Penn State Riding Club Sat urday and Sunday at the campus riding stables. The main attraction of the show is the Intercollegiate Modified Olympic, a three phase event open to teams of four horses from 4 Students Take Part In Festival Four students will participate in the Third Pennsylvania Inter collegiate Reading Festival to be held today and tomorrow on campus. Approximately 45 student s from 11 Pennsylvania colleges and universities will interpret se lections in the various fields of literature, including drama, poe try, and short stories. Represent ing the College will be Jim Bea ver, Phyllis Brenckman, Regina- Friedman, and Ruth Johnson, who were selected on a competi tive basis by members of the De partment of Speech. Shirley Gal lagher will be toastmistress at the informal banquet to be held at the Nittany Lion Inn at 5:30 p.m. today. Cottages Opened Accommodations in the cot tages on campus have been of fered to house the representa tives, who are expected to arrive this morning for registration, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the second floor lounge of Old Main. Dan Wargo, graduate speech student, will have charge of registration. At 1:45 p.m. today Dr. Robert T. Oliver, head of the Depart ment of Speech, will greet the representatives. The first group of long poem readings will fol low. Selections • to be presented by the students are Stephen Vin cent Benet's "John Brown's Body," Robert Browning's "Fra Lippo Lippi," Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man," Mat thew Arnold's "The Forsaken Merman," Edna St. Vincent Mil lay's "R enaiss an c e," Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto," Amy Lowell's "The Day That Was That Day," Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald's version of "The Antigone of Sophocles," Ka hil Gibran's "The Prophet," and Edwin Arlington Robinson's "The Man Against the Sky." William W. Hamilton, assistant and pro fessor of speech, will preside at the afternoon session. Evening Session The evening session of short stories will begin at 8 tonight im mediately following the banquet. Readings to be interpreted are Emily Kimbrough's "T hose Friends of His," Charles Lamb's "Old China," Paul Gallico's "The Snow- Goose," Leo Tolstoi's "The Three Hermits," L. Adams Beck's "The Building of the Taj Mahal," Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat," Fyodor Dostoevski's "The Brothers Karamazov," Irwin Shaw's "The Priest," August Durleigh's "Goodbye Marjorie," James Reynolds' "The Midnight. Spinners," William Saroyan's "A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance," and Ernest Hemingway's "The End of Something." Patricia Hathaway will preside at this group of readings. Coffee HOur Following the short story in terpretations Dr. and Mrs. Oliver will hold an informal coffee hour at their home for the offi cial representatives and their faculty advisors. Friday's pro gram will consist of readings of short stories in, the morning and dramatic scenes from plays for the concluding session. in the afternon. All sessions will be held in 304 Old Main. These readings are not in the form of a contest, and no judging or rating is involved. Each ses sion is open 'to the public. Stu dents who do not have classes during any part of the readings are invited to come and to re main as long as they are able, according to Mrs. Harriett Nes bitt, chairman of the festival committee, but they are request led to wait until a reader has fin- Tritrn - SDAY, MAY 3, 1951 any school or college. The first phase of this event consists of general showmanship of horse and rider. Ring jumping makes up the second phase and cross country the third phase . An added feature of the show will be the Pennsylvania state troopers mounted drill team un der the command of Detective 'riffue. They will display six horses in such feats as dressage and high school movements. Most classes of the show are open to all competition, but a few are open only to intercolle giate. riding competition. Penn Hall To Compete The colleges 'competing in this year's show are Penn Hall, win ner of last year's competition, Grier, and Penn State. Another feature of the compe tition is the secretary's cup, spon sored by Richard M. Bard, first secretary of the riding club. This event consists of open jumping over ten obstacles. There will be 30 classes of com petition in the show, covering no vice, intermediate, and advanced horsemanship, and ' ponies, stock horses, hunters, jumpers, and parade horses. Ages of contes tants range from five, up. In all jumping events points are subtracted from the contes tant's score for any of the fol lowing faults: knocking down a barrier, refusing to go over a barrier, or for the fail of horse or rider, or both. Awards A trophy and six ribbons will be awarded in all classes except the hunters, for which there will be a trophy and four ribbons each. In the Intercollegiate Mod ified Olympic three ribbons will be given in each of the three phases. The judges for the events axe Col. and Mrs. Jacob E. Behney, of Valley Forge. Colonel Behney has been a horse trader for the Army for the past 32 years, and has judged many horse shows in the Midwest. He is the senior recognized judge in, the Ameri can Horse Show Association. Profs To Explain Fall EE Electives Professors of electrical engin eering will explain electrical en gineering elective courses which will be offered next year at a meeting of Eta Kappa Nu and the Electrical Engineering Soci ety at 7:30 tonight in 219 Elec trical Engineering building. Juniors in the curriculum have been asked to attend the meeting because the discussion will di rectly affect them, Harry Schaf fer, president of Eta Kappa Nu, and John Stanzione, president of the society, said in a joint state ment. H. L Tarpley, Electrical Engin:. eering, will- also speak on the graduate school. The, meeting is open to all students in electrical engineering. Dept. Of Highways Fixing Campus Roads The Pennsylvania Department of Highways is in charge of a re surfacing . job on campus roads. The patching, which is usual ly done two or three times a year, should be finished in sev eral weeks. Walter Weigand, head of the physical plant department, said the macadam roads of the campus were exceptionally hard hit this winter. Pollock and Burrowes roads were damaged the most. Heavy construction trucks caused much of the wear. ished his selection before enter ing or leaving the room. The reading festival is spon sored by the Department of Speech as part of the Combined Arts Festival, which will con tinue until May 20.
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