Musk Concerts
August 7, 8
No. 5-5751
leollock.Road.Traffic
changes Announced
Two-way traffic will .be restored on Pollack and Shortlidge
Roads sometime during August, President Milton S. Eisenhower an
nOunced Monday after action taken at the weekend meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the College.
The affected areas will be Pollock Road through campus and
Sportlidge Road between Pollock
Road and West College Avenue.
Roadside pail will be elimi
nated at these places as part of
the new traffic plan, the president
said.
AF tvien,
To Present
Program
Airmen enrolled in the U. S.
Air Force clerical training pro
gram at the College will turn their
attention from their typewriters
Friday night to present a musical
program, -,!lCeyboard Review."
CoMbining the talents- of pro
fessional - and non-professional en
tertainers, the program will be
presented at 8:30 p.m. Friday in
Schwab 'Auditorium and will be
open, without charge, to the pub
lic.
PFC Sam Saget, of Philadel
phia, who prior td his entry in
the Air Force -had his own net
television show -originating
with WCAU-TY in Philadelphia,
will direct the "Keyboard Re
view," which includes both music
and comedy acts.
Continuity of the show will be
carried by PFC Fred Hautau, of
Bergenfield, N.J., a former radio
announcer, who will serve as the
master of ceremonies. Lighting
will be • done' by PFC Charles
Schenkenberg, of Trenton, N.J.,
who also has had professional ex
perience in that field. •
' Private First Class Hautau
ex
plained that the show was plan-.
ned as an activity for the more
than 50 airmen who will have a
part in it and also as an entertain
ment feature for students and fac
ulty at the College and residents
of the community . to help them
become better acquainted . with
the 3455th School Squadron on
the campus and with "their U. S.
Air Force."
Rankin Is New
AROTC Prof
'Capt. John G. Rankin' of Belle
Vernon; Pa., has been. appointed
assistant .professor of air science
and tactics at the College, it was.
announced recently at the First
Air Force headquarters, Mitchel
Air Force Base, N. Y.
A veteran of 24 combat missions
flown by the Bth Air Force in.
England, Capt. Rankin has par
ticipated in the Rhineland, Ar
dennes, Northern France cam
paigns. He received the Air Medal
with two oak leaf clusters.
Captain - Rankin- graduated in
education at State Teachers Col
lege, California, Pa., and later
returned to that institution as an
instructor in the reserve officers
training corps.
He is married to the.former
Lois Kohnfelder of Belle ernon,
Pa., and has three children. He
is a member of the Air Force As
sociation
Two College Graduates
Enroll In Navy ®CS
Bruce Edwin Gerwig /of North
Hills, Pa. and John Neal Walker
of RD 2, Waterford, • Pa., have
been, selected by. the. Navy De-
Partnient as two of approximately
300 aspirants to Naval Reserve
Commissions who will begin the
second class of a new Officer
Candidate School' at Newport,
',Rhode Island.
,Tjpon completion of 120 days' of
training at Newport they. will be
commissioned as Ensign in the
'Naval Reserve and ordered to 'ac
ftive duty. .
Both are. recent' ' graduates of
the-College•with 8.-8. degrees.
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August 8
Fuur new parking areas will be
established to make up for the
previous ones along the roads.
One will be constructed north of
the Service building along Pollock
Road. This is back of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity.
•Another will be arranged south
of the Engineering units atop the
bank along College Avenue. The
third. will be located south of
Grange Dormitory in the field be
tween the dormitory and Tempor
al— Buildings.
The last will be located north
of the Jordan Fertility Plots on
East Campus, near the TUB.
One way traffic was established
on Pollock road in 1948 as a
temporary measure when the
rapidly increasing student body
and faculty, coupled with con
struction projects; necessitated the
action to provide additional park
ing space along Pollock Road.
Construction of women's resi
dence halls and later the -West
Dormitory, eliminated these loca
tions as parking areas. New areas,
however, were later opened north
of the Horticulture building, west
of. Horticulture building, and
south of Frear Laboratory. -
Dan Wargo's Recital_
To Be Given Tuesday
"Beyond The Horizon," a grad
uate recital by Dan Wargo, will be
given Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
in the Home• Economics living
center. The reading, written by
Eugene O'Neill, is directed by
Harriet D. Nesbitt of the speech
department.
The reading, which will last
about an hour, is open to the pub
lic.
'Arsenic And Old Lace Showing
This Week At Center Stage
The Center Stage stock com
pany began a two-week run of
"Arsenic and Old Lace" last
night, offering State College one
of the most consistent audience
pleasers in the theater.
The production of Joseph Kes
selring's 'comedy is the final play
of the season which included
"Light Up The Sky" and "Anna
Christie."
MesrOp Kesdekian is the di
rector of "Arsenic," entrusted
with keeping dead bodies; plas
tic surgery, and psuedo-Teddy
Roosevelts well and
amusing.
The summer company ha s
placed its best talent in the key
parts of the Brewster ' family.
Joyce Rexford as Abby, and
Francine ; Toll -as Martha, portray
Brewiter sisters 'whose main
interest• is dead bodies.
Brewster Brothers
•
The parts of the Brewster
brothers, Teddy and Mortimer
are filled . by George Miller and
Joe Bird. Jay Broad is cast as
Jonathan Brewster.
• The 'Reverend Dr. -Harper is
played by Fred Leuschner and
Bill Coleman fills the Mr. Gibbs
role.
Ed Rolf and,•Carl Wagner up
hold the law such as it can be in
such surroundings as Officers
Klein and Brophy.
• .Dr. - Einstein is played by Fred
de Wit. Co-producer Warren
Smith-break4.into_theactingix)r-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1951
Producer Acts
No Action Taken
On SU_Building
No action on the proposed new
Student Union Building was
taken at the weekend meeting
of the College Board of Trus
tees.
The meeting of the Committee
on Architecture, which was to
consider the, proposal, was not
fully attended and members
hesitated to vote on it until the
next meeting of the board in
late September.
Members of the committee are
J. L. Mauthe, chairman, J. B
Long, Milton Fritsche, W. K
Ulerich, and Fred Waring.
Opera Star
Featured In
Artist Series
The fourth and last program in
the Summer Artists Series at the
College will feature Helen Jep
son, Metropolitan Opera Star, in
a new type of musical program
entitled "Opera Night."
The presentation is scheduled
for tomorrow night in Schwab
AuditoriUm. It will begin at 8:30
o'clock.
Miss Jepson will portray three
characters from well-known op
eras in the costume used in each.
The first will be "Thais," the sec
ond, "Marguerite," from "Faust;"
- and the third, "Manon." She will
sing a group of arias in the cos
tume of each character.
Each group will be preceded
by a brief piano overture by her
accompanist. Miss Jepson will in
troduce each opera with a short
outline of the plot, verbally set
ting the stage for the scenes in
which the arias occur.
The idea •behind the wearing
of the costumes for the arias is
that many opera fans have heard
the voices of the stars, but have
not seen these\ stars in costume.
Miss Jepson will attempt to rem
dy this situation.
Tickets for 'the program are
available at Room 104 Burrowes
Building.
"ARSENIC AND OLD LACE" begin ifs tiro-week run last night
with (left to right) George Miller acting •as Teddy Roosevelt,
Francine Toll as Martha, Joyce Rexford as Abby, and Joe Bird
as Mortimer.
tion of the company in the guise
of Mr. Witherspoon.
The Elaine Harper part is fill
ed by ;aura Johnston while Den
nis 'Sherk plays. Officer O'Hara
and Philip Harbach is cast as
Lieutenant Rooney.
The, ,cast far !,,.Areenic"..includes
Prexy
Subversive Charges;
Says 'No Evidence'
President Milton S. Eisenhower denied recently that aril
subversive activity existed on the campus in a reply to the
request for an investigation of the College.
The request, made by the 23rd District of the American
Legion charged "un-American influences and activities"
and was to be forwarded to
Governor Fine.
No statement has been made
from Harrisburg.
In his statement, the President
said that the Legion has not pre
sented hirn with any evidence
that indicates there is subversive
activity on the campus.
President's Statement _
Rank Named
Acting Head
4f Temp Lab
Dr. David H T Rank, research
professor of physics at the Col
lege, has been named acting di
rector of the Low Temperature
Laboratory of the School of
Chemistry and Physics at the Col
lege for the period July 1, 1951 to
June 30, 1952.
The appointment, approved at
the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees, was announced today
by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, pres
ident of the College. -
Dr. Rank, who has been on the
faculty at the College since 1935,
will serve in the absence of Dr.
John G. Aston, who has been
awarded a Fulbright Fellowship
to the University of Leiden.
Dr. Eisenhower also announced
the appointment of George D. L.
Schreiner, supervisor of physical
chemistry at Trinity ' College,
Cambridge
,University. as visiting
associate professor" of chemistry,
effective September 1.
Born in South Africa, Schreiner
received his bachelor of science
degree .at the University of Wit
watersrand and his bachelor of
arts - degree at Cambridge. He
served on the faculty at the Uni
versity of Witwatersrand before
his appointment at Cambridge.
nine who are attending classes at
the College and Smith, who is an
Assistant Professor of Dramatics.
Most. of the remaining members
rehearsed' for this_ play at the
same time that they were appear
ing in the last one, "Anna
Christie."
Denies Legion
"I regret that a branch of the
American Legion should have
launched a public attack upon
the integrity and loyalty of The
Pennsylvania State College.
"I have been at Penn State for
a little more than a year. During
this period, neither the Legion
nor any of its members has pre
sented to me or my associates
any evidence which allegedly in
dicates there
. is subversive acti
vity on this campus. If evidence
were presented to me in good
faith, I would make an immedi
ate investigation and would
Denies Connection
Representative James Van
Zandt has denied having any
thing to do with the resolution
passed by the American Legion
last week.
Previous reports had con
nected the Congressman with
the resolution as an active par
ticipant.
recommend to the Trustees what
ever action seemed appropriate
in the light of the facts.
"An, inquiry regarding one
faculty member came to me re
cently from a member of the
State legislature. The facts were
quickly assembled, here and from
governmental sources; I believe
everyone was satisfied that the
individual concerned is complete
ly loyal. No one in this instance
suffered an unwarranted public
attack.
"During the past year, I haVe
come to know a high percentage
of the College faculty. It is my
considered judgment that they
are loyal Americans, devoted to
the principles of democracy, ab
horrent of totalitarian practice
and philosophy, and highly com
petent teachers and research
workers. They deserve - the ap
preciation and support. of all
good citizens of the Common
wealth.
"I have great respect for the
American Legion as a patriotic
organization and believe that its
Membership does not wish to in
jure the College by hasty or in
temperate action. Such an attack
threatens the basic freedoms of
the American system just as
surely as does subversion -by
Communism. For these reasons,
I am confident the resolution' in
question• will not be approved by
the membership of the Pennsyl
vania Department of the Legion
if it' comes up for further con
sideration. -
521 More Students'
Register At College
A total of 521 additional
students registered at the Col
lege last Monday.
. The majority of the stu
dents are enrolled for the sec
ond Six Weeks Science Ses
sion which will / continue until
August 31, although the figure
also included students register
ing for special programs of the
Main Summer Session, which
will end on Saturday, August
11.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Faculty Is Loyal