The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 19, 1952, Image 2

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'Greatest Shows of Century
Collection Given to Library .
"The Greatest Shows of th e
Century," a collection of 28 rec
ord albums bought by the junior
class ,was presented to the Pat
tee Library yesterday at a short
dedication ceremony.
The collection was purchased
with a $lOO fund set aside each
year for the class project. Robert
Sherman, committee chairman,
said his group hoped to interest
the present sophomore class in.
the project with a view toward
building up the collection next
year.
The albums, all of the 33 1/3
rpm speed, will circulate from the
reserve book room of the library
for a three-day period. A matric
ulation card must be presented to
obtain an album and, for the
present, only one album at a time
will be signed out to a person.
Fines similar to those on re
serve room books will be applied
to any album kept over the three
day period. Breakage charges will
be assessed at the list price of an
album and will be paid if an al
bum is lost or damaged.
Included in the collection are
"Anything Goes," "P or g y and
Bess," "Vagabond King," "Annie
Get Your Gun," "An American
in Paris," "Show Boat," "Babes
in Toyland," ''l'll See You in My
Dreams," "Songs by Jane Fro
man," "The New Moon," "Rober
ta," "Blossom Time," "Call Me
Madam."
"Desert Song," "G uy s and
Dolls," "The King and I," "Okla
homa," "Song of Norway," "Gen
tlemen Prefer Blonde s," "Ex
cerpts from 'The Student Prince'
and 'The Chocolate Soldie r',"
"Brigadoon," "Sweet hear t s,"
"Naughty Marietta," "Rose Ma
rie," "Night and Day," "South Pa
cific," "Carousel," and "Kiss Me
Kate."
School Plans
Open House
Agriculture school students are
planning an open house to be
held on May 22 primarily for high
school seniors and their parents.
The event, a new feature for
the school, will coincide with the
school's visiting day of the sum
mer series.
David Stabler, Agriculture Stu
dent Council president, has nam
ed William Griffith and Theodore
Kimmel as co-chairmen of a com
mittee working with the faculty
to plan for the occasion. Tenta
tive plans call for students to
serve as hosts to visitors to guide
them to points of interest on
campus and answer questions
concerning courses, classes, and
college life.
J. Keith Thornton, superin
tendent of the college farms and
head of the Sch o o l of Agri
culture's public relations commit
tee is arranging the student pro
gram as part of the visiting tours.
Clements Publishes
Scholarship Article
Dr. Robert J. Clements, profes
sor and head of the Romance
language department at the Col
lege, has contributed an article
entitled "A Cecennium of Ameri
can Scholarship in the Romance
Languages and Literatures" to the
1952 volume of the "Romanistis
ches Jahrbuch," published by the
University of Hamburg .
The article reviews the entire
field of scholarship in the Ro
mance philology during the period
when European scholars were out
of contact with America due to
the war and postwar conditions:
Riding Club to Show
Two Movies Tonight
Two movie shorts will be
shown at a meeting of the Riding
Club at 7 tonight in 217 Willard
Hall.
"Bluebloods," a 12 minute
sound film, is about the training
of horses. The other, "Swinging
Mallets," pertains to polo horses.
A short business meeting con
cerning the forthcoming • horse
show will be held prior to the
movies.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENIstgYLVkisTIA
Junior Project
MICHAEL HANEIC, (ce
plaque to Ralph W. McComb,
ceremony for the junior class pro:
The project is a collection of 28 re'
Robert Sherman, committee chair
Woodward Concert
To Be Postponed
Until May 12
The concert to be presented by
the Philadelphia Woodwind Quin
tet, sponsored by the State Col
lege Choral Society and originally
scheduled• for March 31, has been
postponed to May 12, Dr. John
De Novo, chairman of the society,
has announced.
The postponement is due to the
illness of John De Lancie, as
sociate solo oboist with the Phila
delphia Orchestra and one of the
five members of the quintet.
Other members of the group are
William Kincaid, solo flutist with
the Philadelphia Orchestra; An
thonY Gigliotti, associate solo
clarinetist; Mason Jon e s, solo
horn; and Sol Schoenbach, prin
cipal bassoonist.
The concert will be presented
at 8 p.m., May 12, in the State
College High School auditorium.
The program will consist of or
iginal works for woodwinds by
Haydn, Beethoven, Hindemith,
Milhaud, Persichetti, Wailly, and
Ibert.
Gilmore to Speak
To Dairy Group
The dairy cattle draWing for
the Dairy Exposition will be con
ducted 7 p.m. tomorrow in 117
Dairy building, according to Wil
liam Griffith, publicity manager
of the Dairy Science' Club.
Herbert C. Gilmore, assistant
professor of Dairy Husbandry ex
tension, will address the club
Thursday•night on "The Value of
Dairy Herd Improvement Asso
ciation Records."
Charles Brosius has been
named production manager of the
Dairy Exposition scheduled for
May 10. Any student may select
a cow to show in the exposition,
Griffith added.
Ag Engineers to Hear
Two Students Tonight
Two agricultural engineering
students will speak at a meeting
of the American Society of Ag-•
ricultutal Engineers at 7 tonight
in 105 Agricultural Engineering.
The Penn State Grange will be
the guests_ of the ASAE.
Shunil Roy, graduate student
from India, will talk on agricul
ture in India. Mark Shaw, agri
cultural engineering student at
the College, will tell of his ex
periences in China.
The first poster, or placard, was
made by Jules Charet, a French
man, in 1867.
_ prt..
ead librarian, at the dedication
ject held in the library yesterday.
:ord albums of top musical shows.
!man, looks on.
Council Makes
$l5 Allotment
Fifteen dollars was appropri
ated by 'P o 11 o c k Council at a
meeting last night •to provide
sheepskins for the council. The
proposal was made by Fr an k
Schrey, ' chairman of the sheep
skins committee.
It was announced at the meet
ing that an exchange dinner and
dance will be held March 28.
Dorms 1,2, 21, and 22, will have
an exchange dinner with Mc-
Allister Hall. Everyone is invited
to the dance, according to Rich
ard Morman, secretary.
William Hain e s, president,
named Morman to represent the
council at the All-College commit
tee meeting that will plan Penn
State's 10th Annual Pan-Ameri
can Day celebration.
Students to Show
Horticulture Booth
Living flowers, grass shrubbery
and trees grown in' greenhouses
will be used by students in horti
culture who will sponsor a large
educational booth at the Phila
delphia Flower Show, which
opens Monday.
Dr. John G. Seely, professor of
floriculture, and Milton T. Lewis,
professor of plant breeding, are
supervising' the exhibit, in which
students are putting to work les
sons learned in classrooms.
The show will last until March
29.
Several varieties of tuberous
begonia, vinca, and crocus have
been specially grown for the ex
hibit which was designed, painted,
and built by the' students. Text
books used by the horticulture
students will also be featured at
the educational display.
Students May Join
Enrollment Group
Application blanks for those
students interested in joining, the
All-College enrollment commit-
tee will• be available all day to
day in the second floor lounge of
Old Main.
John Allison, co-chairman of
the committee, said that advance
notice will be
_sent to • the high
school principal but that the stu
dent will arrange his own time
for the speech which is intended
to increase enrollment •at the Col
lege.
Brochures, pamphlets, and cata
logs will be provided by the com
mittee and sent to the high schools
of the committee members as well
as outside schools.
'Students who apply will be con
tacted later by committee mem
bers, Allison said.
Pivot Will Accept
Contributions -.
Contributions for Pivot, cam
pus literary publication for poe-,.
try, may now be submitted for
the spring issue, whin will ap
pear the - last of April. The Fred
Lewis Pattee annual award of
$25 will be given to the author
of the best poem or group of
poems which appeared in the fall
issue or will be published in the
forthcbming mapzine.
Contributions may be turned in
at the English Composition office,
243 Sparks, or to one of the stu
dent staff member s. Patricia
Chandler is. editor of the spring
Pivot. Her 'associates are Margot
Grossman and Sally Johnson.
College -Chats
Meet Entrants
To Sign up
Students interested in entering
a College chess tournament may
submit their names and 25 cent
entrance fees at the Penn State
Chess Club meeting at 7 tonight
in 3 Sparks,' David Keller, club
president, - has announced.
The tournament, an annual af
fair, will be played on Wednesday
nights starting -next week. Stu
dents interested in entering• the
competition and unable to attend
tonight's meeting may contact
Keller before March 26.
The winner will be awarded a
medal purchased with the 25 cent
entrance fees. Second and third
place winners will also receive
Imedals.
This tournament will also help
to determine which players will
represent Penn State in a meet
against St. Francis College and
Gettysburg next month. The
team winning this match will go
to Harrisburg and participate in
a match to decide the state chess
championship.
Penn State's chess team won
the state championship last year.
WD Exhibits
LaVie Display
An exhibit on the production of
the 1952 La Vie is on display at
the West Dormitories foyer.
The display shows the original
page plans for the 1952 book and
continues through the Printed
pages of sections which now are
completed and awaiting binding.
The exhibit, arranged by the .
La Vie staff and Student Union,
also includes copies of the-, six
Penn State yearbooks - that have
won All-American honors in na
tional competition.
James Geffert, editor of the
La Vie, said that the books are
expected for distribution by the
middle of May.
Slavonic Society -
To Meet Tonight
The Slavonic Honorary Society,
a new club representing all the
Slavonic cultures, will hold its
first meeting at 7:30 tonight in
105 Willard. The society is a re
organization of Alpha Rho Orrie
ga, Russian honorary.
Officers will be elected and
plans for further organization will
be discussed. Joseph-Mazurkie-
Viicz will conduct the meeting
which -is open to the public.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19:19,52
Council Asks
Detailed Report
On Air Depot
Centre County's airport author
ity was asked Monday night by
State College borough council to
prepare a coinplete report on the
airport situation for a special
meeting of council March 31.
The requeSt for the detailed re-,
port came after nearly two hours
of discussion on the airport situ
ation at council's monthly meet
ing, , (luring which • an organized
group protested the air depot site
and the use of tax funds for 'air
port improvements.
Meantime, council asked Bor
ough Manager R. Y. Edwards -to
learn from' the county commis
sioners the last possible . date a
ballot may be prepared on the
airport problem for the April 22
primaries.
The proposed site • for the air
port at the present air depot has
met with considerable. opposition
froth some county residents ,who
would rather see the airport con
structed at the-present Black Mo.
sharmon Airport.
ADS to Show
Joum Mov ies
Two movies, ,`The Story of
Printing," and "Do You Beking
in Advertising?" - will be shown
at 3:10 p.m. tomorrow in 'll9 Os
mond laboratory. The films will
be sponsored by Alpha Delta Sig
ma, national advertising frater
nity.
"Do You Belong in Advertis
ing?" is a 30-minute, color and
sound film, the only vocational
advertising film ever produced.
It is bein g distributed by the Ad
vertising Federation of America
to colleges throughout the United
States.
•
James Dunmire, head of `the
ADS committee for the films, an
nounced that the showing will
be open to all students and
faculty.
Leonides Approwes
10 Cent Fee Raise
Leonides Council Monday night
unanimously approved the - School
of Agriculture Student Council's
proposal -to assess each student
ten cents to pay 'judging _teams'
expenses:.
The council gave the executive
committee the power to choose
the delegates for the • National
Independent Student Association
convention April- 10'to 12 at the
University of Oklahoma.
Susan Crumley was appointed
Leonides representative for the
Pah-American week committee.
Chem Group to Sponsor
Talk on Art Materials
Dr. Robert L. Feller, of the
Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, will
describe research work conducted'
on materials used by the painter
and the sculptor in a ,lecture at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 119 Os.
mond.
Cosmopolitan Club
The Cosmopolitan Club will
meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow •at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Mar
quardt, 343 E. Hamilton street.
Plans will be made for the com
ing election of officers.