PAGE TWO Thomas to Give Reading Program Dylan Thomas, poet and reader of poetry, will present a program of readings at 8 p.m. Monday in 121 Sparks., he program, which will include poems by Thomas and other con . ffmporary English poets, is the first of the sixth annual Sim mons Series and is sponsored jointly with the Liberal Arts lecture Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales, in 1914 and has - lived in Wales most of his life. His early works, published before he was 20, established him as a signifi cant poet of his generation. Among his published works are 18 poems and volumes entitled "The Map of Love," "Deaths and Entrances," "The World I Breathe," and "Por trait of an Artist as a Young Dog." In recent years Thomas has made his home in the ancient fishing village of Laugharne, Wales. During frequent trips to London he has been active in making documentary motion pic tures, in acting and lecturing for the British Broadcasting Corp., and in journalism. This will be the second visit to Amer i c a for Thomas. Two years ago he made a nationwide tour of American colleges and universities: Thomas' work has appeared frequently in publications in this country and his "Poem on His Birthday" appears in the current issue of the Atlantic. Record Album Dedication Set For Tuesday "The Greatest Shows of the Century," a collection of 28 rec ord albums bought for the Pattee library as the junior class project, will be dedicated Tuesday, Robert Sherman, committee chairman, said yesterday. The dedication ceremony had been scheduled for this week, but a delay in the receipt of folders for the albums necessitated the change, Sherman said. The records, which are all at the 33 1/3 rpm speed, will be available for student use at the reserve book room of the library immediately following the dedi cation. They will circulate on a three-day basis, with fines being assessed for overdue albums. Breakage charges will be made if any part of the album is lost or damaged. Among the albums in the col lection are "Anything Goes," "An nie Get Your Gun," "Babes in Toyland," "Oklahoma," "N e w Moon," "Roberta," "N ig h t and Day," and "Carousel." Prexy Speaks On Farm Parity A large share of the blame for today's high cost of living must fall upon farmers who insist that prices be controlled at not less than parity. President Milton S. Eisenhower told a group of farm ers and businessmen at Lewis burg Wednesday night. The consequences of ris i n g prices and higher taxes are being felt by white collar workers with fixed salaries, President Eisen hower said. "These persons must use their savings to make up the difference," he said. The President spoke at the sixth annual banquet of the Union County Farmers - Businessmen's Association. 4 Fail to Pick Up Fire Fund Checks Four of the eight students who were to receive money from the Gentzel fire fund collections have not yet picked up their checks, George Donovan, manager of as sociated student activities, said yesterday. The four, John Swanchak, Her bert Segall, James Lawlor, and Paul O'Brien, may pick their checks up at the Student Union office in Old Main. A man's hat size - can be com puted by measuring length and width of the crown, adding these figures and dividing by two. TRE DAILY COLTIGIAN. ST4PE COLLEGE. PENNSVLVANIA To Give Readings Dylan Thomas 23 to Rise Early To Attend Chorus Twenty - three students repre senting Penn State choral organ izations will leave State College at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow so that they may arrive at Indiana State Teachers College in time for the first rehearsal of the Pennsyl vania Collegiate Chorus. The students, selected from the Chapel Choir. Glee Club, and Treble Singers, will rehearse to morrow, Sunday and Monday un der the guest conductor, Dr. Igor Jones of the Bethlehem Bach choir. Monday evening they Will present a concert for the public at ISTC's Fisher Auditorium. 28 Entered As 'Ugly Men' Twenty-eight studen is have been entered in the Ugly Man contest, yesterday's final tabula tions showed. Th e application deadline was 12 noon. The contest, sponsored by Al pha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, wil be held, March 26 to 28 on the Mall at Pollock road. Proceeds will go to the Campus Chest. Votes may be cast by placing money in any container desig nated for a contestant. The con testant wit h the most money votes will be "Ugly Man of 1952." The title winner will be crowned at the IFC-Panhel Ball on April 4 in Recreation Hall. Penn 'Kidnapers' eleased from Jail MT. HOLLY, N, 3., March 13-I.M—rive sheepish Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity boys from the University of Pennsylvania, who "kidnaped" another student last night as an initiation prank, were released from jail today after a severe tongue-lashing from authorities The five students grabbed Jack Shanafelt, Penn varsity football player, on the campus at Phila delphia. They blindfolded him, gagged him, tied him hand and foot arid drove him to New Jer sey, When they stopped for gas, Shanafelt worked the gag out of his mouth and yelled for help. The car sped off and , the service station attendant gave the alarrh. State police, in deadly serious. ness, began the search for the kidnapers. They found Shanfelt stumbling along a lonely road. He had been left in the woods near here, but managed to get the ropes off his feet. The police network spread across the state and the five 'boys, in two different cars, were picked up. They were slapped in Burl- Gridiron Invitations Out Today Approximately 350 invitations to the annual Gridirdin Banquet Will be mailed today to prominent student, faculty, administrative, and town personalities, Moylan Mills, president of Sigma Delta Chi, the sponsoring organization, announced yesterday. The banquet will. be held at 6:30 p.m. March 26 at the Nit tany Lion Inn. Mills said that persons who re ceive invitations can pick up their reserved tickets Monday at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Tickets are priced at $3. The invitations this year are in the form of a newspaper mast head, Mills said. mach year• the invitations are printed in a dif ferent format. The banquet is patterned after the Washington Gridiron Baniquet sponsored by the National Press Club. The club includes the top newspapermen in Washington. The banquet lainpoons national personalities and events and is attended by prominent national figures, including President Harry S. Truman. The campus skit is written and acted by members of Sigma Del ta Chi, national professional journalistic fraternity. It parodies student, faculty, fraternity, and town events and personalities. The theme for this year's' bah quet is "The South Shall Rise Again." Guests of honor are Presi dent Milton S. Eisenhower and Louis H. Bell, director of public information. Bell will defend the administra tion in the rebuttal speech which is presented after the satirical skits and the dinner are finished. Greek Week Deadline Set For Tomorrow The deadline for submitting lists of persons participating in Greek Week has been set for tomorrow noon. The exact number of persons who will participate in the com munity work project, March 29 are to.be given to Michael Kirsh ner of Sigma 'Nu; lists of persons whom fraternities wish to invite to open house will be submitted to William O'Malley of Phi Kap pa; and the names of the five persons who will attend the ex change dinner to William Tritsch of Alpha Sigma Phi. Sorority women and fraternity men interested in taking part in the radio program to be presented by the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic C o u.n ci 1 March .35 will contact either Pa tricia Acosta, 253 McElwain Hall, or Jerome Gibson, Alpha Sigma Phi, by Monday. ington County jail overnight. No chaiges were made against them after their story was checked. They were lectured and released in their own custody about 1 p.m. today. William Bowlus, 21, of Canton, 0., spoke for the boys. He said they realized . the seriousness of the prank now. They held no ani mosity against Shandfelt, he said, and added the football player was to be sworn into the fraternity on Saturday. Shanafelt, 20, of Akrcsn, 0., was taken back to the university last night. Besides Bowlus, the boys who spent the night in, jail were Cur tis Feldt, 20,. Corry, Pa.; Raymond Lewis, 22, Bathsheba, W.; Rich ard Searles, 20, Bangor, Me., and 'Mark C. Broker, 20, Wexford, Pa. Rochester • , , , , . , •t , ,44 1 . ,13••• "••:, Bocistt Lorii:;(-greer • Erich Leinsdorf, who will conduct 'the'' Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra whe nit appears at BehWeb,Atiditoritirii Wednesday night, has had a long musical career, though he is but 39 years old. Leinsdorf, Was born in Vienna; and began his music education at the Vienna State Academy, where he was graduated with honors in 1933. In the - years immediately following his graduation,_ he be came the sole assistant to Arturo Toscanini for all of the maestro's work in Salzburg and Vienna. After leaving Austria, Leins dorf worked with several opera organizations in Italy, and then accepted an offer of a position on the musical staff, of 'the Metro- Politan Opera in New York, start ing in November, 1937. His work- at the Metropolitan was followed by his conducting of several concerts with the Sah Francisco Opera. After returning to the 'Viet for 26. performanctis, he conducted the National Broad casting Company symphony or chestra. A period of Army - service followed his engagement with the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1046, Leinsdorf was guest conductor for the Rochester Philharmonic, and the following year was appointed Permanent conductor of the group. The conductor and his wife, Anne, are the parents of three sons and a daughter. The family resides in Rochester and. Larch mont, N.Y. • His weaknesses, the musician claims, are salathi :and slot-ma chines! Twelve Elected To Committee By State Party Twelve new members of the State Party steering committee were elected las t' night 'at the p arty . workshop , meeting. The elections Were the result of a new plan to enlarge the membership of the committee. Elected were Don Brill, repre senting the fraternity men; Nancy Malloy. sorority women; Robert McKenzie, independent men; Pa tricia Hennessy, independent wo men; William Appleton, engineer ing studentS; Car o 1 Stevenson; physical education students; Low ell Lewis, agricUlture students; Gwen Griffith, education stu dents; Har old Orchow,liberal arts students; John McNeill, R chethistrv-physics, students; and Marian omberger, home econ omics students. Attendance at the State Party mixer to be held from 8:80 tp 10:30 tonight at Beta Sigma Rhp will count toward the necessary two meetings required for clique membership, Thomas Farr e 11, clique chairman, said last night. Refreshments will be served at the . meeting. Far re 11 also announced that clique membership will be closed after Mar c h 30. He said that anyone who is not a clique mem ber at that time will not be able to take port in the picking of candidates fo r the All-College, senior, and junior class officers for the spring elections. Wagenseller to . Speak To Alpha Delta Sigma David Wagenseller, secretary of Foltz-W essinger advertising agency in Lancaster, will speak to Alpha Delta Sigma, profes sional advertising fraternity, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Phi Gamma Delta house. Only 800 People will see , "IIEtDA GABLER".• will YOU be One ? ? Center Stage Tickets at This Weekend Student Union' March 14,15. and at Door MAE E 14, 1952 Conductor Co-op'Week Will' ,Begirt -, Sunday ....,.: The College Co-operative -So: ciety will be one of the 500 co;pps on American college campuses participating - in national "Co-ops on Campus Week" this year. The week begins Sunday and ehds March 23. The College co-op will open the weekhere by attending Chapel in 'a body Sunday and presenting th e Chapel flowers, Kenneth Skinner, chairman of the' arrangements committee, said yesterday. President and Mrs. Milton S. Eisenhower will be ,gtiests of honor at dinner at the co-op Tues day evening: On March 22 ;the co-op will hold open houe from 2 to 4 p.rh. In observance of the = week, the co-op place displays in bgr ough store windows explaining the functions of the organization, Sicinner said. The co-clp is an independent student living unit at 244 E. Nit tany avenue: About 20 coeds room and board In the house, and ap proximately 50 men students board there. The women are un der the jurisdiction of the Col lege. Members of the "do-op on Campus Week" arrangement corn- rnittee are Joanna Bucknell, Rich ard Marsh, Dorothy 'McLain, Dor othy Romanofaky, Skinner, James Smithgall, and . Rose Marie Yanni. Janet Ma gri n i was recently elected co-op alumni secretary. Engle Thanks IFC for Work With Athletes Rip Engle, head football coach, expressed his thanks to Interfrat ernity Council inefnbers Wednes day night, for the fraternities' "Wonderful help and assistance in the entertaining of high school athletes," Commenting on the way the fraternities have entertained some 60 high school players in the past few weekS, Engle said, "it was a great aid and if we get any of these players, a large part of the credit will be due to you, the fraternities." A committee composed of IFC members, was set up to work with Engle on a program to give future aid to athletes. The committee will :present the program at the next IFC meeting. The committee members ar e Julian Cook; Jack Charleton; Bar ton Fields, James Phillip, .Theo dare Frazer, Walter Redel, Thom as . Fleming, Richard Kirschner, David Wille, Howard Giles, John. Condet, Harry Waple,• and Joseph Browne, •
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