PAGE TWO Old Collegian Editors Continue Working for Their Alma Mater By HELEN LUYBEN ' Old Collegian editors never die. They just come back to work for their alma mater. As a matter of fact, five former editors can be found in offices on campus. Louis Bell, editor 1928-29, is now director of public informa tion. Before that he did newspaper reporting and then taught journ alism here until 1941. Bell recalls that an editorial he wrote asking for recognition of the lowly substitute at the end of a football season took first prize in a national editorial writing con test. • Dormitory Smoking Petitioned He believes every editor likes to think he did a better job than the others, but says Bell, "Col legian is doing a much better job today." James Coogan, editor 1929-30, is Bell's assistant in the public information office. Coogan remembers it was the year he was editor that women petitioned to smoke in the dormi tories—there was a hub-bub over that! Coogan also did newspaper work before returning to the Col lege. Song Contest Conducted Ridge Riley, editor 1931-32, and now Alumni executive secretary, tells this one on Coogan. When Coogan was editor, and Riley just a sophomore on the paper, Coogan conducted a con test to gather new songs and cheers. Riley and the staff soon got bored with the idea, started sticking entries down a slot they'd hacked in the wall, and ended the contest abruptly. " As far as I know they're still down in that slot," Riley laughed. "This will be the first time for Coogan to hear about it!" Riley says he "made the mis take of liking everybody." "You can call me a mild paci fist," he grins. "We even liked the football team and they had a terrible record." Robert Tschan was Riley's suc cessor in 1932-33. Back at ' the College since 1946, Tschan is col lege examiner in the admissions office. Tschan did graduate work and later taught history at Columbia College, Georgetown, and Notre Dame. 'Crusade Era' Begins Tschan says Collegian in his day "reflected the pre-Pearl Har bor atmosphere of this little far removed college," and wasn't 'the least interested in the rest of the world. "The crusade era" began, ac cording to Riley, with his assist ant in the Alumni office. Ross Lehman, editor 1941-42. Lehman first war editor, had the job of making students aware of the war going on so far away. Lehman rates Collegian today a "very good" paper "excellently edited." He returned in 1948 after serv ice in the Air Force and news paper work in Lancaster. Caps and Gowns To Be Ordered January graduates who plan to wear caps and gowns for grad uation and who have not regis tered. for them have until - the first week in January to do so at the Athletic Store. A $5 deposit is necessary to place an order. Half of this will be refunded when the gowns are returned. Anyone placing an or der after the deadline will be assessed an extra $l. Seniors should know their hat size when ordering. Those who plan to graduate in military uni form should not sign up for caps and gowns. Penn State Club Plans Party for Tomorrow , The Penn State Club Christ mas party will be at 8 tomorrow night in the Hamilton Hall rec reation room. Dancing will last until midnight. Special guests will • include Russell Clark and George Donovon. Refreshments will be served during the evening, and a choral fest' has been planned. Old Editors Never Di FIVE FORMER Collegian editors shown above as they look over a present-day edition. Seated (left to right): Ridge Riley; LoWs Bell, Ross Lehman. In the back row (left to right): Robert Tschan, James Coogan. Cast Named For Players' 'The Heiress' Nine persons compose the cast for Players' next Schwab Audi torium production, "The Heiress," to be presented Jan. 17, 18, and 19. Lead roles will be played by Kathryn Sc h e et z and Charles Schulte. Miss Scheetz is the heir ess, Catherine Sloper, and Schul te plays her father, Dr. Austin Sloper. Carl Wagner plays the lover, Morris Townsend, an d Fran Stridinger will perform as the aunt, Lavinia Penniman. Isabella Cooper will play Ma ria; Yvonne Voigt has the part of Elizabeth Almond; Arthur Chadwick plays Arthur Town send; and Betty Lou Morgan en acts Mrs. Montgomery: Dramatics instructor Walt e r Walters is directing the play. "The Heiress" was written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz and first produced on Broadway in September 1947. The play is•based on the Hen r y James' , novel "Washington Square." Silva to Address Women's Group Dr. Ruth C. Silva, associate pro fessor of political science, will discuss "Presidential -Possibilities for 1952" at the regular meeting of the State College branch of the American Association of Univer sity Women at 8 tonight in the high school library. Dr. Silva has made a study of the effect of the presidential elec tion system on party alignment an d popular participation, and the University of Michigan Press has just published her book, "Presidential Succession!' Recently, Dr. Silva gave testi mony in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee con sidering a number of resolutions for amendment of the electoral college system. Language Gibup To Meet Tonight Phi Sigma lota, Romance Lan guages honorary, will meet at 8 tonight at Phi Kappa fraternity. The meeting is open to the public. In cooperation with the Depart ment of Romance Languages the group will present Dr. Alceu Amoroso Lima, who will speak on the evolution of literary criticism in Brazil. Dr. Lima is one of the leading literary historians of that country. The honorary will initiate 12 undergraduates and three gradu ate students at the meeting. THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN; STATE, pOLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Yelling Salesmen Sure Indication 'Froth Is Out' There's one sure way to tell when Froth is out. People stand on corners and grab you as you go past. They beg you to buy a Froth because "the editor will starve if we don't sell one this year." They may even pay you to take the so called humor magazine away. For the past week, signs in the dormitories have been proclaim ing December 11, Tuesday, as Froth Day. Not only that, but the signs- also, hinted that this one might be worth glancing at, since it was a Christmas exchange issue (that's where they give other hu mor magazines the credit for their jokes). So Tuesday morning skeptical students borrowed quarters and hurried to the usual Froth stands. But no one was there. Neither were any Froths. There was no comment from the staff. Nevertheless, the editor informs us, tomorrow is Froth Day, so save a quarter of this week's allowance. tame Club Gives One 'Pleasantly' Tired Feeling People have said that it is possible to get tired doing home work and enjoy it at the same time, but it's more fun to get that ',pleas antly exhausted feeling" at a meeting of the Circle and Square folk dance club. Two years ago there was no semblance of a club like this on campus, but there were two students, Lenore Staats and Robert James, who had the idea they would like to start one. Neither knew exactly how to get the ball rolling so nothing was done until they met at a Penn State Christ ian Association cabin party. Moved to Armory Working through the PSCA, they put a notice in the Daily Collegian that all persons in terested in such a club should meet in 405 Old Main where Miss Staats would teach folk darices and James would be caller for the square dances. Gradually more and more stu dents heard of the club and came to the meetings so that finally it was necessary to move into the Armory for more room. Looking into the Armory at 7 p.m. on a Thursday night gives no indication of the "wild and wooly" time that is to come. Stu dents are standing near the stage Office Discourages Yelling, Late Caroling The Dean of Men's office said • yesterday that boisterous yelling and caroling that drags on into the night should be discouraged. The announcement encour aged campus clubs, fraterni ties, sororities and other groups to plan organized caroling. Students should refrain from shouting at groups which carol near their dormitories, the dean's office said. Dr. Tartakower To Speak on The Near East Dr. Arieh Tartakower, profes sor of sociology at Hebrew Uni versity in Jerusalem, will speak on "East and West in Israel and the Near East" at 8 tonight' in 121 Sparks. Th e lecture, compulsory for Sociology 1 students, is open to students, faculty, and townspeo ple. Dr. Tartakower, who is also chaifman of the Israel Associa tion for the United States, has published several books and a number of articles in various sci entific magazines. He is the au thor of many volumes in the fields of labor and refugee and immigration policies. A two-vol ume work on sociology of the Jews will be published shortly in Hebrew and English. Dr. Tartakower holds a doctor of laws • degree from the Univer sity of Krakow and a doctorate in political science from the Uni versity of Vienna. Before the war he was a lecturer in Jewish so ciology and social work in the Warsaw Institute of Sciences. From 1940 to 1946 he served as deputy director of the Insti tute of Jewish Affairs of th e American and the World Jewish Congress •in New York. His appearance is sponsored by Hill el Foundation and Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary. Students to Tell Of Christmas Five foreign students will ex plain how Christmas is celebrated in their countries at the Penn State Poultry Club Christmas party at 7 tonight in the Alpha Zeta fraternity house. The five students are Augistin Bartik, Czechoslovakia; Farlang Rad, Iran; Hans Meirhoffer, Ger many; Ped r o Vonauchenbach, Uraguay; and Kalle Sipelle, Fin land. There will be an informl b.usi ness meeting preceding the party, William Haensly, president of the club, said. By LIX NEWELL talking quietly while James, who is now president of the club, chooses the records and dances that he will use. Anyone Can Learn • But about a half an hour after the meeting gets under way, - a passerby will hear strains of music accompanied by Western catcalls and the sound of shuf fling feet. Entering the Armory our passerby •will see what looks like a mass of • humanity doing nothing in particular other than jumping around the floor and not cooperating with any other per son on the floor. "This," says, James, "is the fun of the meet ing." ' James practically preaches that "the three basic dance steps are the polka, waltz, and schottische."! He says anyone who can lean n (Continued on page eight) THURPAY. DECEMBER 13 . 105/ AIM Committee To Draw Up Referendum- The Association of Independent Men last night agreed to form a' special committee to draw up a suitable referendum on the Stu dent 'Union assessment. The committee• will make a study of the assessment, decide who shall vote on the referen dum, and draw up an unbiased wording on the referendum. AIM also decided to postpone the is suing of the referendum to the student body until a more suit able time. In an effort to have stricter control . on .spendirig a mo tion was passed which automati cally makes the treasurer of AIIYI an - ex-officio member of an y committee in, th e organiiation which 'spends money. In this way, all spending of any committee Must first be approved by the treasurer. AIM also discussed the possi bility of securing insurance cov erage for students living down town in houses that are consid ered ;to be fire' hazards. _lt was suggested that th e "fire-traps" be inspected and condemned if unfit for student living. The next meeting of AIM will be held Jan. 9. prof to Speak To Engineers Professor William B. Shepperd will speak before a meeting al the Centre County subsection of the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers on "The Design and Development of an Unusual B-29 Fuel Guage" •at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 219' Electrical En gineering Building. - Professor Shepperd has been associated with the Department of Electrical Engineering since the spring of 1948. During World War 11, he was connected with the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company, where he was a mem ber of a team working on the project covered by the speech to be given at the meeting. Professor Shepperd received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the Uni versity of Texas and Master of Science degree in electrical eh gineering and physics at Wash ington University. Players to Go Caroling At 9 p.m. Tomorrow • Players will go Christmas carol ing at 9 p.m. tomorrow. The sing ers will start from Schwab Audi torium. . At 10 p.m. the carolers will pick up the "Tartuffe" crews and cast at Center Stage and continue their singing tour. The group will wind up at Center Stage for re freshments. Latin American Club Centr o Cultural Latinameri cano, the Latin American culture club, will hold a Christmas party from 8 to 12 p.m. - Saturday in 364 Old Main. Latin American Christmas car ols and practices will be featured at the party. An INEXPENSIVE Gift Suggestion— P9pu la r Records! Everyone loves music—and and these are some of the many - popular records that make welcome ChristmaS gifts . . . 1.) "Tell Me Why" "Garden. in the Rain" Four Aces 2.) "Any Time" "Never Before" Eddie Fisher 3.) "Blues in Burlesque" Stan Kenton 203 E. BEAVER PHONE 2311
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