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Schools To Hold
Open House Sat.
Chem-Phys School
To Conduct Tours
The School of Chemistry and
Physics will hold an open house
on Saturday to provide an op
portunity for parents and pros
pective students to view its many
facilities.
Demon strations, techniques,
and apparatus of all fields of
chemistry and physics will be
shown in Pond, Osmond, Walker,
Textile Chemistry, and Frear lab
oratories,
The evening program will fea
ture a reception for parents in
the lobby of Osmond to - give
them an opportunity to meet the
faculty. Refreshments • will be
served.
Phi Eta Sigma .
Initiates Frosh,
19 Sophomores
Phi, Eta Sigma, national fresh
man fraternity, initiated 26 fresh
men last night at the State Col
lege hotel.
'Those initiated were Ned
Clark, Wiinam uoilins, Robert F.
onur, Wilson Cramer, William
Craven, Itichard. Denrus, David
ishburn, Sidney Class, Lawrence
uregor, Harry Hazlehurst 111,
J.kobert Hess, Arthur Hussey, Wal
ter jaworek, William Johnson,
Albert Kalson, Jackson K eim,
William Kilmer, Charles Mathias,
Richard Oswald, Wayne Otto,
Donald Plasterer, Robert Rapp,
Charles Rockman, Charles Rohr
beck, Philip Sheridan, and Thorn
as Younkins.
In the same ceremony, 19 soph
omores were initiated. They are
t.areorge Alleman, Robert Bealer,
aul Bourdeau, Leon Davidheis
er, Willard Dye, Jr., John Goet
tel, Earl Grissinger, Richard Hall
gren, John Kline, Robert Leight
ner, Joseph Leitinger, Jr., Thad
deus Matylewich, William Mike
sell, Jr., Lowell Minor, John Oy
ler, Renato Rodriguez, Jr., Wil
liam Slepin, Richard Wright, and
William Young.
At a banquet following the ex
ercises, the Senior Award of ' the
chapter was. presented to Russell'
Herman, Jr., a Phi Eta Sigma in
tne, curriculum of chemical engi
neering.
The initiation and the banquet
were conducted by the officers of
the chapter including David
Alutchler, president; Dean Un
ger, vice-president; John Blau
ser, secretary-treasurer; John
Harrison, historian; Franklin
Krauss, faculty' advisor; and
Francis Tschan, faculty advisor
emeritus.
Engineering Group
To Elect Officers
The Student branch of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers will elect officers for
the coming year at their meeting
tonight in 219 Electrical Engi
neering at 7:30 o'clock.
Plans for the annual student
branch dinner to be held May 23
and a report of the regional con
ference at the University of Pitts
burgh will be given at the meet
in e.
ASME also will make available
applications for transfer to jun
ior membership. All members are
asked to attend.
Women's Debate Team
Journeys To Juniata
Four members of the women's
debate team will travel to Jun
iata College tonight to participate
in a no-decision debate on the
question, "Resolved: That the
non-Communist nations should
form a new international organi
zation."
Ethel Brown and Alice Murray
will take the affirmative side,
and Shirley Gallagher and Mari
lyn DuPont will argue the nega
tive.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Engineers To Have
Exhibits, Displays
Engineering Open House, spon
sored by the Engineering Stu
dent Council, will be held Sat
urday from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m
All departments of the school wil
have working exhibits and num
erous displays.
Invitations have been sent to
students from many Pennsyl
vania high schools. Parents
spending Mother's Day weekend
at the college may attend.
Junior architect students com
peted in a poster contest to ad
vertise the open house. The win
ning posters will be shown in the
Athletic Store windows today, to
morrow, and Saturday.
Caboose Becomes
New Classroom
A caboose is the last word
in classrooms for students at
Penn State.
In studying traffic manage
ment, the students boarded the
caboose at Bellefonte and rode
the 18 miles from the Belle
fonte Central Railroad into
State College.
The expedition included a
visits the offices of the Short
Line Railroad in Bellefonte,
where George E. McClelland,
vice-president an d general
manager of the line, explained
problems in handling freight.
Negro Choir
Sings Tonight
"Wings Over Jordan," a famous
Vegro choir, will present a pro
gram at 8 tonight in the First
Presbyterian Church sponsored
by the Penn State Christian As
sociation.
This choir sang for a time over
the National Broadcasting Corn
' pany network. They entertained
soldiers during World War II and
have made a tour of Europe.
They are now on a good-will
tour, booked by the Religious Ar
tists Service, to promote inter
racial brotherhood. While in State
College they will live in the
homes of townspeople.
The program is open to the
public. A free-will offering will
be taken, part of which will go
into the choir's scholarship fund.
From this fund, a scholarship of
$250 is given a qualifying Negro
student each year for four years
to attend the college of his choice.
Forty students are now receiv
ing these scholarships.
State To Replace
Sewage Pipe Line
The General State Authority is
replacing the sewage and sani
tation pipe line along College
avenue.
• A local contractor is in charge
of laying the new 12 and 14 inch
transite pipe which replaces the
old, smaller line.
The complete length of the line
begins at the sewage disposal
plant, near the college pond, runs
parallel to College avenue, then
crosses Allen street where it
stops.
Several•weeks work is still nec
essary for completion of the new
line.
Fa lzone President
Of Eng. Council
Election of officers was com
pleted at the Engineering Stu
dent Council meeting Tuesday.
Charles Falzone was elected
president at last week's meeting.
Other new office holders are Da
vid Margolf, vice-president; Rob
ert Watson, secretary; and Lawr
ence Schniepp, treasurer.
It was announced that the last
issue of the engineering News
letter would be available today
and that a council-faculty mixer
would be held following next
week's meeting. •
In Dance Festival
MARGARET BARTH and Warren Homas as they will appear with
five other couples in the Edelweiss Schuhipatters folk dance group
at the Folk Dance Festival tonight in Recreation Hall. The group
from Reading will demonstrate the German dance "Heitauer," or
"Dance of Courtship." This is the first time Miss Barth has appear
ed with the Edelweiss Schuhipatters. Homes has been with the
group since it was organized two years ago. Both Miss Barth and
Homes are freshmen at the College.
7 Cadets Awarded
Air ROTC Medals
Seven Air Force ROTC cadets, who have exhibited outstanding
qualities of leadership or academic and scholastic ability during the
school year were awarded medals yesterday afternoon at an impres
sive ceremony on the golf course.
Lt. Col. Jack W. Dieterle, professor of air science and tactics,
Lt. Col. David H. McKinley, USAFR, commanding officer of
"Nittany Squadron," f were the
officers who presented the medals
preceeding a military review.
Wolfe Gets Award
The awards and decorations
won by the cadets were as
follows:
The Reserve Officers Associa
tion Medal, donated by the Penn
sylvania State College and Centre
County Chapters of the Reserve
Officers Association which is
awarded to an outstanding second
year Advanced Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps cadet,
was presented to Cadet Colonel
Alan E. Wolfe.
Ariz Outstanding Cadet
Cadet Maj. Robert B. Artz re
ceived the Outstanding Second
Year AdVanced Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps Medal.
The Air Force Association Med_
al for outstanding scholastic abili
ty and leadership was presented
to Cadet T/Sgt. William J. Frech.
Enterline Wins Award
Cadet S/Sgt. Jack W. Enter
line was decorated with the Out
standing First Year Advanced Air
Force Reserve Officers Training
Corps Cadet Medal.
Cadet Norman P. Wolff and
Cadet M/Sgt. Alan C. May were
awarded the Outstanding Sec
ond Year Basic Cadet Medal and
the Outstanding First Year Basic
Cadet Medal, respectively.
The medal for Military Drill,
Air Force Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps, was received- by Cadet
Lt. Col. William F. Hoyer.
Mills Elected President
Of Sigma Delta Chi
Moylan Mills was elected pres- ,
ident of Sigma Delta Chi,' na
tional professional journalism
honorary, at its meeting last
night.
Other officers elected are Paul
Poorman, vice-president; Robert
Vosburg, secretary; and David
Colton, treasurer.
Seven new members were also
initiated. They are Dean Glad
felter, George 'Glazer, Robert
Fraser, John Pakkanen, Ernest
Moore, Leonard Kolasinski, and
Florenz Fenton..
Calahan Talks
To Employees
Robert Calahan of Harrisburg,
state representative, told the Col
lege Employes Union :Wednesday
night that Pennsylvania ranks
thirty-second in wages of state
workers.
Calahan, who is presently tour
ing the state investigating wage
and working conditions among
state employes spoke on "Needs
of Unionization" urged all , state
employes to study the 1951 legis
lative program signed by the
Pennsylvania State Employes
Council and the Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor.
Following Calahan on the pro
gram was Mrs. E. M. Grove of
State College who showed colored
films of Korea and told of her ex
periences there..
Mrs. Grove, who is the wife of
Maj. Gen. E. M. Grove presently
on duty in Korea and Okinawa,
spent 1947-1948 in Korea.
Arnold Air Society
Names Commander
The Arnold Air Society, a na
tional Air ROTC honorary, has
named John J. Frantz new squad
ron commander.
A list of other officers elected
were William J. Frech, squadron
executive officer; Edward J.
Chesla, squadron operations offi
cer; Jack W. Enterline, squadron
adjutant; John W. Cable, squad
ron finance officer; 'and Paul S.
Beighley, squadron public infor
mation officer.
The organization is made up
of Air Force ROTC cadets , who
have higher than average aca
demic standings and leadership -
ability. Its membership is about
60.
NSA TO MEET, TONIGHT
The National Student Associa
tion will meet in 233 Sparks at 7
tonight to discuss the June con
vention and picnic.
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1951
Recreation
Conference
Underway
More 'than 300 state and na
tional recreation leaders arrived
in State College yesterday to be
gin the fourth annual Pennsyl
vania Recreation Conference on
campus.
The . Pennsylvania Recreation
Society, the College's School of
Physical Education and Athletics,
and the General Extension Serv
ices are sponsoring the three-day
event.
The program is to continue
through
.Friday. The • conference
theme is "Mobilizing Resources
for Pennsylvania's Recreation."
Speakers Named
The speakers scheduled to par
ticipate in the program are: Hugh
Masters, director, division of ed
ucation, W. K. Kellogg Founda
tion of Battle Creek, Mich.; Dr.
Harold D. Meyer, recreation con
sultant, North Carolina Recrea
tion ' Commission; William C.
Brown, secretary, Pennsylvania
Department of Welfare; Richard
Gerstell, director, Pennsylvania
Civil Defense Council; and Con
rad L. Wirth, assistant director,
National Park Service, Depart
ment of Interior, Washington,
D.C.
According to Fred M. Coombs,
conference chairman, the event is
to assist recreation leaders in
keeping pace: with the social
needs of communities by provid
ing current information to plan,
establish, and improve recreation
facilities and programs.
Folk Festival Planned
A folk dance festival is plan
ed for Recreation Hall at 8:45 to
night. The public is invited to
participate in the evening of
dancing exhibitions. A number of
folk dance groups will present
special numbers.
No Admission
There will be no admission
charged for the dance festival,
Dr. Bertram Kessel, who is in
charge of arrangements for the
exhibitions, announced. Lawrence
Loy, noted square dance caller,
will call- the dancing.
Workshops in crafts, social rec
reation, and camping will be
other features of the conference.
Fellowship Plans
May 30 Picnic
At Ka nasata ke
Plans were completed for a
joint Memorial Day picnic among
all local student foundations who
are members of Inter-Church Stu
dent Fellowship at a meeting of
that group Sunday afternoon.
Students wishing to go on this
picnic, which will be held at
Camp Kanasatake aga i n this
year, will sign up for it at their
own student foundations.
The outing will begin at 10 a.m.
May 30 and will climax with a
joint worship service at 6:30 p.m.
The committee for the picnic in
cludes the Rev. Richard Goodling,
John Wood and Howard . Kerstet
ter.
Dates for ICSF parties neat
year were set for Oct. 12, Dec. 7
and April 12. Plans were made to
hold a World Student Day, of
Prayer meeting sometime in E'eh
ruary.
Officers for next year include
Howard Kerstetter, , president;
Robert Buchanan, vice-president;
Joanna Bucknell, secretary; Ed
gar Shelly, treasurer, and the Rev.
Edwerth E. Korte, adviser.
College Symphony
To Hold Concert
The College Symphony Orches
tra will present its annual
Mother's Day concert at 3 p.m.
Sunday in Schwab Auditorium,
Theodore Karhan, assistant pro
fessor of music, announced yes
terday.
The program will consist of the
"Overture to Ruslan and Lud
milla" by Glinka, "Water Music
Suite" by Handel, eight Russian
folk songs by Liadov, "Lieutenant
Kije" by Prokofieff, and three
dances from "The Bartered Bride"
by Smetana. •
The doors will open at 2:30 p.m.
Admission is free.