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VOL,. 52, No. 95
NCAA Tourney Bid
Strengthened by Win
Penn State's 84-65 win over
tenth-ranked West Virginia Wed
nesday night greatly strengthened
the Lions' hopes for an "at large"
invitation to the NCAA basket
ball tourney, the Associated Press
reported yesterday.
State is one of many
.cage inde
pendents vying for the four "at
large" • invitations. Th e NCAA
tournament includes a 12 team
field with eight conference cham
pions and four independents.
The Lions now have an 18-4 rec
ord after ending their three game
losing streak. West Virginia,
Southern ConferenCe leader, has
a 23-3 chart. Two of their defeats
were at the hands of the Lions.
State scored a major • upset last
month by dumping the Moun
taineers • 61-60 at Morgantown.
The College earlier this month
turned down a National Invita
tion Tournament feeler, but school
officials said Coach Elmer Gross'
squad would accept an NCAA
"at large" bid.
The last time State participated
in a post season tourney was in
1941-42. That season the Lions
finished with a 17-2 record and
won one and dropped one in tour
ney play. Gross was co-captain
of that team.
Plans for
Loyalty Day
Under Way
Plans were under way yester
day for Centre County's "Loyalty
Day" observance at 8 p.m. Mon
day in the Bellefonte High School
auditorium,
Judge Ivan Walker, president
judge of the Centre County court,
at that time will administer the
loyalty oath to all non-elected
State employees of the county.
The-observance in Centre Coun
ty will -be- duplicated in every
county in the State - as thousands
of public employees affected by
the law join in swearing they do
not belong to an organization
aimed at the violent overthrow of
the -United States or state goV
ernments.
Dr. J. W. Claudy, warden of
the West. State Penitentiary,
Pittsburgh, will be the principal
speaker at the Centre County ob
servance.
, Rev. Clarence Rimer and Rev.
Donald Miller, both of Bellefonte,
will give the invocation and bene
diction respectively.
Employees of the. College, al
though on a State payroll are not
requited to take the oath under
the law, bid are free to do. so if
, they wish. To meet the require
ments of the law President Milton
S. Eisenhower must file a declar
ation in Harrisburg by next Sep
t • tember stating that there are no
disloyal persons employed by the
College.
. State highway officials, wh o
are in charge of the program, in
vited all citizens of the county
who desire to take the oath to at
tend' the meeting Monday night.
los. , Members of veterans organiza
tions •were asked to appear in uni
form.
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Work Party Tonight
• A work party be held 7 to
night- in the social room of the
11 'Faith Reformed Church. The work
will include washing and waxing.
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Luccock to
Be Speaker
At Chapel
Dr. Halford E. Luccock, pro
fessor of preaching at the Yale
University._ Divinity School for
the past twenty-four years, will
speak at the Chapel services at
11 a.m. Sunday. His topic will be
"On Being the Right Size."
The Chapel Choir will sing
'"Herzliebster Jesu" by Cruger,
"Ye . Watchers and Ye Holy Ones"
arranged by Fischer, and "Cast
Thy Burden Upon the Lord" by
Mendelssohn. •
George Ceiga, organist, will
play as Prelude, "Fugue in A
Minor" by Handel; as Offertory,
"Abide, 0 Dearest Jesus" by - Flor
Peeters; and as .Postlude, "Fan
tasia" by William Byrd.
Dr. Luccock will also speak at
the International tea, sponsored
by the Penn State Christian As
sociation, at 2:30 Sunday after
noon in AthertOn Hall; and will
preach at St. Paul's Methodist
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Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' Opens
At 8 Tonight at Center Stage
A neurotic, self-centered wom
an who wants, .for once in bier
life, "to have power to mold a
human destiny," takes over at
Center Stage tonight as Players
present Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda
Gabler."
Scheduled to run for six weeks
at the downtown arena stage, the
play is directed by Robert D.
Reifsneider, assistant professor
of dramatics. It will be presented
in Una Ellis-Fermor's new trans
lation into modern English.
Center Stage is located at Al
len street and Hamilton avenue.
Curtain time is \ 8 p.m.
Jo 1 y Oswalt, as Hedda, will
portray a woman who is irrita
ted by her pedantic husband,
apprehensive of motherhood,
an d trapped by circumstances
that are repugnant to her, but
which she does hot have the will
to face.
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She can .forget her boredom
only by the prospect of van
quishing her rival, Mrs: Elvsted,
played by Mary KozelniCky; and
dominating her :husband's rival
Eilert Lovborg. Donald Colbert
will.be seen as.Lovboyg. •
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, 1952
Dr. Hartford E. Luccock
By BETTIE LOUX
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Seating Proposal
Tabled by G• binet
By DAVE PELLNITZ
A proposal to set- aside section EH of the Beaver Field stands for a special cheering
section at football games was made before All-College Cabinet last night by James
Wharton, chairman of the preferential seating committee.
The move, which has been tabled until the next cab,
the moving of pait of the senior .class and all other classes
Section EH, which is between the
140 and the 30 yard lines-on the
east end of the field, would con
tinue to seat the Blue Band under
the new proposal.
Wharton said his committee
had worked with the Athletic
Advisory Board in planning the
seating arrangements. He said
section EF was considered by the
group,' but since that is the sec
tion reserved for the vis it in g
schools, the area could not be
used. The 9ommittee feels, Whar
ton, added, the reserved section,
must be as near to • the 50 yard`
line as possible to be really effec
tive.
No 'definite plan for distribut
ing seats in the special section
has been• decided. on, Wharton
said, but seniors would probably
be given first chance at the seats
dur in g the registration period
each fall.
The purpose of the section,
Wharton explained, is to• develop
a concentrated cheering group in
the midst of the students - with'
the hope of stirring up the enthu
siasm of other- students. It would
also provide a good performance
for the oppdsite side of the field
and would make possible a flash
card system, he added.
• Cabinet permanently dissolved
the drinking colloquy committee
after a report by its chairman,
John Stoudt, in which he re
quested such• action. Stoudt said
that the $3OO allocated 'by cabi
net for the colloquy was not suf
ficient to obtain good speakers
and to pay their transportation
costs.
The committee had approached,
without success, both the presi•
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Cabinet
Defeats Poll
Change
By CHUCK HENDERSON
All-College Cabinet defeated a
proposal by Michael Hanek, jun
ior class president, to make bind
ing on cabinet the statistical poll
provided for in
,the proposed
amendment on student .fees to
the All-College Constitution.
Thomas Jurchak, All-College
secretary treasurer, said that such
a proposal if passed would take
away the voting power the stu
dents have entrusted in cabinet.
David Olmsted, senior •cl a s s
president, agreed with Jurchak
and said that he didn't feel that
a statistical poll which would be
binding on cabinet would pass.
It would, he said, destroy the pur
pose of cabinet.
Final vote on the amendment
will be taken at next week's cab:.
inet meeting after the third read
ing.
It was asked what would be
done if the statistical poll proved
to, be indeterminate. Donald Her
bine, sophomore class president,
said if the Psychology depart
ment couldn't reach a decision
that the verdict would rest with
cabinet.
Hanek said that with approxi
mately three hours preparation
such a poll could be adequately
prepared. He also said that con
ditional answers . would be con
sidered in such a poll.
John Laubach, Association of
Independent Men president, re
ported that 500 copies of the stu
dent directory supplement had
been printed, with 75 of these
going to College offices. Of the
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In Title Role
Jolly Oswalt
William Sample will portray
George Tesman, Hedda's schol
arly husband, and Peggy Mulli-
rgtott LetLii .id apelMoney
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-'Hedda Gabler' Tickets
Tickets for• this weekend's
performances Of '"Hedda Gab
ler" are, on sale at the Student
Union desk in Old Main. They
are priced at •90 cents for 'to
night's performance' and $1.25
for tomorrow night. •
gan has the role of Juliana Tes
man, George's' aunt.
Iyan Ladizinsky will play
Judge Branch, and Joan Jewells
will appear as Berta, the servant.
"Hedda. Gabler" is being given
as Players'. observance of Inter
natimial Theater Month, a world
wide 'movement to acquaint- the
public with the .works of fdreign
playwrights and to promote in
ternational understanding.
"A Doll's House", a 1947 pro
duction, was the last Ibsen play
to be given by PlayerS.
Donald Barton is assistant di
rector, and Mesrop Kesdekian is
directing the technical side of
production.
• Crew heads include Donald
Lauck, costumes; Patricia
Jenkins, costumes; John - Bude
sky, lights; Jo Palmer, sound;
Ruth McSparran, advertising;
John Pakkanen, make-up; Yvonne
Voight, house, and 'Arthur Chad
wick, properties.
"Hedda Gabler" was first pro
duced at Munich, 'Gerniany, in
1891. It has been interpreted by
some of the greatest modern ac
tresses,• including Eleanora Duse,
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, . and Alla
Nazimova.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
net meeting, would result in
farther from the 50 yard line.
China Group
Did Not
'Halt' Funds
The Penn State-in-China com
mittee did not have the authority
to "halt" the allocation ,of Chapel
donations to Lingnan University,
Dr. Henry Brunner, chairman,
told the Daily Collegian yesterday.
In a lengthy written statement
issued yesterday, Dr. - Brunner
said, "The Penn State-in-China
committee in session yesterday
(Wednesday) had no authority" to
`halt' the traditional procedures
of the Penn State-in-China pro
ject. The authority rests in the
student and faculty bodies which
originally voted the project in
effeclt."
Prepare for Meeting
• The Daily Collegian had report
ed that the committee had voted
to halt the allocation of the pro
ceeds of Chapel collections to
Penn State-in-China.
The discussions conducted by
the committee, Dr. Brunner went
on to point out, were in prepa
ration for ,a meeting with a com
mittee to be appointed by the
President's office to discuss pos
sibilities for new uses for the
Chapel collections, "if and when
the going project appears to serve
our purpose no longer?'
Reach $4500 a Year
Dr Brunner also reported that
no funds from the College Chapel
have been going to China for the
past three years. The funds, he
said, have been going to the
American Board of Trustees for
Lingnan University "with the
understanding that they would
be used to support the - work of
Prof. G. Weidman 'Daddy' Groff
and R. E. 'Dick' Pride who are
collaborating in the development
of an international plant exchange
and the preparation of an hand
book or manual of subtropical
plants" in Florida.
Chapel collections have 'reached
$4500 a year only over the past
5 years, Dr. Brunner said, not
over the past 40 years as was
reported in the Daily Collegian.
Chapel offerings were once only
$lOOO a year and have grown to
a high of, $4500 a year, he said.
Italian Music on WMAJ
"Music of the Nations," the Ro
mance Languages radio program,
will• feature Italian music at 9
p.m. - Monday. Mrs. Antonietta
Pundt, instructor of Italian, will
comment on the selections.
BX to Give' Dividend
For Sales Receipts
The Book Exchange will re
turn a 20 per cent dividend on
all receipts up to and including
Jan. 20; ilton Bernstein,
chairrnan; ' announced yester
day.
, The refunds will be made
next • Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday at the BX in -the
TUB. The BX will be open
from 8:30 a.m. to noon and
'12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on ' Monday
'and Tuesday, and from 8 to
11 a.m.- and from 12:30 p.m. 'to
4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Bernstein also reported -that
the BX needs two juniors, one
male and one female, to work
in the BX at '75 cents an hour:
Applicants should call 4409, he
'said.