PAGE TWO' 6 Speakers to In Extempore First and second prize winners in the John Henry Frizzell Extempore Speaking Contest, sponsored annually by the Depart ment of Speech, will be chosen from a' field of six finalists in the final rounds of the contest at 7 p.m. Monday in 10 Sparks. Contestants will speak from eight to ten minutes without notes, according to Clayton H. Schug, chairman of the contest commit tee. Navy Air Program Announced A new policy permitting third and fourth year college men in aviation to complete their current semester's work before receiving orders for active duty training at Pennsacola, Fla., the Navy's Annapolis of the air, has been announced by the Navy depart ment. Willow Grove Air Station is now ready to process applicants through their physical and men tal examinations, according to Capt. J. G. Howell, commanding officer of 'the station. Requirements Set The applicants' enlistments will be completed at this time if they are found qualified. They will then be placed on inactive duty to complete their school year. Men expecting to possess the minimum requirements of 60 sem ester hours or 90 quarter hours at the end .of their current school year may also be processed. How ever, they cannot be enlisted un til they have obtained their min imum requirements. Need Bachelor's Degree Direct commissions are being offered by the Air Force to fill openings for 1500 critically-need ed specialists, Lt. Col. Jack W, Dieterle, professor of air science and tactics at the College, said. Each applicant for the various officer specialist openings is re quired to possess at least a bache lor's degree along' with further qualifying experience in his par ticular field, according to Col. Dieterle. Former military personnel who have served a minimum of six months as an officer, or in the three top enlisted grades, will not have to attend the basic military course. Persons interested in more de tailed information about require ments for the various specialties should write to the Director of Military Personnel Procurement, Headquarters, First Air Force Base, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York, N.Y. Military Radio Men to Meet The Pennsylvania district Mili tary Amateur Radio System con ference will meet tomorrow at the College. Fifty amateur radio oper ators and guests will attend. Better known as MARS, the system is a joint Army-Air Force operation under the jurisdiction of the chief signal officer, De partment of the Army, and the director of communications, De partment of the Air Force. Mem bers, who serve as stand-by radio operators for use in time of mili tary emergency, are am at eu r radio operators who have had military experience previously or who now are serving in the armed forces. At the civil defense meeting at 11:30 a.m. in 110 Electrical En gineering, Capt. David P. Tollis of the Army Corps of Engineers in the Susquehanna River Basin and Dr. Richard Gerstell, director, State Council of Civil Defense, will speak on "Comments on Re cent Tests in Nevada." Registrants will be welcomed by Earl B. Stavely, assistant dean of the School of Engineering at 9 a.m. The afternoon program will in clude campus tours and a busi ness meeting. Newman Club to Meet Newman club committee chair men will meet with members of the board of governors at 6:45 p.m. Monday in 409 Old Main to discuss next year's program at a meeting open to all members. DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE qrs;,Y4Ep:E. FETTsyty:Aom Compete Contest The six finalists are Sally Low ry, Mary Yandow, Susan Holt zinger, Shirley Gallagher,. Eugene Kolber, and David Lewis. , They will speak on the topics "The Army Life of an Army Wife," "The Importance of the Insignifi cant," "David or Goliath?" "Are You a Dependant?" "A Living Lie," and "The Terrible Burden of Destiny," respectively. Six Chosen From 48 The Pennsylvania State College prize of $5O and the John Henry Frizzell award of merit in ex tempore speking will go to the first place winner. Second prize is the Forensic Council prize of $25 and. the John Henry Frizzell award of merit. Finalists were chosen from 48 undergraduates who registered to participate in the contest. Prelim inary and semi-final rounds were held Monday. Members of the Speech depart ment will act as judges for the contest finals. Begins As Junior Contest Last year's contest winner was Lois Pulver, who graduated in January, while second prize went to Marian Ungar, sophomore. For the first time in the history of the contest, last y ear the six finalists were all women. The contest was begun over l half a century ago as the Junior Oratorical Contes t. Later the name was changed to the Sopho more Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. , It is now officially a college wide speaking contest, open to all undergraduates, an d honoring John Henry Frizzell, first head of the Department of Speech. Frizzell ended 45 years of teaching at the College June 30, 1946, re tiring with emeritus rank. Westminster Group Slates Cabin Party Th e Westminster Foundation student group will hold a cabin party at the PSCA cabin from 2 p.m. today until tomorrow af ternoon, Nancy Morris, plblicity chairman, announced yesterday. The Rev. Ralph Ilingworth, ex executive of the Huntingdon Presbytery, will conduct a fire side chat at the cabin tonight. Robert Murray, history instruc tor, will speak to the group at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the founda tion. The election of officers for the fall semester will begin to morrow morning. Players Schedule 6 Comedies By SALLY SAPPER Penn State playgoers will be exposed to plenty of comedy in Players' productions next year. Six of the eight plays to be pre sented by the group will fall into this category. The comedy will have considerable range, how ever, from high comedy and the familiar Shakespearian variety, to modern farce. Opening the Players' season will be "The Importance of B e i n g Earnest" which will open a seven week run at Center Stage the weekend of Oct. 10 and 11. Rob ert D. Reifsneider, assistant pro fessor of dramatics, will direct the high comedy by Oscar Wilde which is considered Wilde's most popular work and possibly one of the best examples of high com edy to be found. "Twentieth Century," by Ben Hecht and Charles Gordon Mac- Arthur, will be the first offering at Schwab Auditorium. The mod ern farce will be directed by Kelly Yeaton, assistant professor of dramatics, and will begin a three-night run Nov. 6. George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara," a c o - m e d y with an underlying philosophy concerning charity, will be the next Center Stage production. Beginning Dec. 12 and 13, the ; play will run for six weekends and be directed by Theater Director To Talk Monday At Art Festival Harold Clurman, New York theatrical director, will speak, at 8 p.m. Monday in 121 Sparks ip conjunction with the Combined Arts Festival. Clurman, who has directed the recent Broadway plays "The Member of the Wedding," "The Autumn Garden," and the revival of .Eugene O'Neill's "De sire Under the Elms,' will talk on "Directing for the Theater as Re lated to the Other Arts." The Dramatics department will present a life mask demonstra tion at 10 a,m. today in the TUB. Combined Arts exhibits i n painting, sculpture, textiles, architecture, and ceramics will remain on display from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through , Monday in the TUB, Pattee Library, Temporary Classroom building, and th e third floor of Main Engineering building. Cutler Shows 16 Oil Paintings In Exhibition A one-man exhibit of 16 oil paintings is being shown in the Home Economics living center by Mrs. Enid Cutler, wife of Dr. Howard Cutler of the Economics department. The exhibit is being sponsored by the diviSion of home art, School of Home Economics, and the division of art educaton, School of Education. At a recep tion in the living center Thursday night, Mrs. Cutler spoke briefly about her paintings. The paintings range from the detailed to the abstract and in clude examples of naturalism, impressionism, and expression ism. Mrs. Cutler, who comes from a family of artists, holds .three degrees from the University of lowa, where she has taught in the Art department. Mrs. Cutler has exhibited in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Los Angeles. Within the last three years she has had two . other shows, one in Urbana, 111., the other at . Bradley University. Money Loss Reported In Dormitory Areas Captain Philip Mark of the Campus Patrol said yesterday that money has been reported missing in College dormitories. A $5 loss in Thompson Hall and a $lO loss in the Nittany area have been re ported. - Mark urged students to be more careful with their valuables dur ing the spring, when more losses are reported. Dr. Walter H. Walters, assistant I professor of dramatics. "Amphitryon 38," a sophisti cated farce by S. N. Behrman, will follow at Schwab on Jan. 15, 16, 17. An adaptation of an Eng lish comedy written in 1690 by John Dryden, the play will be directed by Warren S. Smith, as sistant professor of dramatics. A modern treatment of Eliza bethan comedy will be seen in "Children of Darkness," which opens a five-weekend run at Cen ter Stage Feb. 27 and 28. "Lute Song," a Chinese musical fantasy, will be presented at Schwab in March. "Right You Are If You Think So," another fantasy, will end the Center Stage offerings. This play is a meta-physical study Luigi Pir andello. Finally, William Shakespear's "Merry Wives .of Windsor" will open at Schwab in May. Accord ing to tradition, this familiar com edy was written to please Queen Elizabeth. Only two of - these plays have been produced before at Penn State.' "The' Importance of Being Earnest" was done 32 years ago in 1920 as one of the first plays •to be presented by the Dramatics department. The other, "Amphi.- Description Give,n,,,i,ii,., For Chapel Fun.4'l,''' Brief descriptions of the subjects proposed for the useof Chapel funds collected for Lingnan University in China were released yes terday by Wilmer E. Xenworthy, director of student affairs and member of the committee studying future use of the ' Chapel funds. is of these proposals will be• re- Stories containing more deta eased later in the Daily Col egian. Those attending Chapel May 25 will be asked to express a prefer ence for the future use of, these funds. The results of this inquiry will be used as a guide to those who make the final decision, and who will have the responsibility of weighing the many factors in volved in making a choice, Ken worthy said. Possible Projects Listed Proposals have been made to use the funds' for foreign educa tional projects, campus projects, or combinations of campus and foreign projects. The foreign educational projects include the Allahabad Agricul tural 'lnstitute, Silliman Univer sity, Punjab. Camp College, or• the World ; Student Service Fun d. Canopus projects include an inter national house or center at , the College, a campus chapel, or -a scholarship for a foreign student: Silliman University The Allahabad Agricultural In stitute is an American and Brit ish project attended by 325 stu dents. It is the Christian college of rural life in India, specializing in dairying and agricultural en gineering'. H a n, dling extension work with the people of India, the institute needs an instructor in agriculture, financial support, advice, and cooperation of an American university. . Silliman University is a 50-year old Philippine institution founded by Presbyterians. It now includes Congregational support and the support of the United Evangelical Church of the islands.. The presi dent and head of the Agriculture department are graduates of the College. Of the 3500 students, 1750 are of college level. It is believed that the College could be helpful in agriculture work. 4 Groups Sponsor WSSF The Punjab Camp College is one of three colleges formed by the Indian government. It has been set up for refugees from Pak istan since the partition of India in 1947. Facilitating 3000 stu dents, it is in need of much as sistance. ''The fourth foreign educational project proposed is the World Student Service Fund. It is an agency devoted to the aid of needy and worthy students all over the world. The Hillel Foun dation, Newman Club Federation, National Student Association, and the United Student Christian Council in the United States spon sor the -fund. Funds Can Build Chapel An international house or cen (Continued on, page eight) tryon 38," was done several•years ago as a thesis production in the Little Theater. Players carefully screen each play. Anyone may suggest a play which he thinks would be suitable and many suggestion are re ceived each year from students, faculty, and townspeople. Sug gested plays are then read by a play reading committee, consist ing of faculty and student mem bers, appointed by Players. - Final choice is made by a board of control made up of one-half students and one-half faculty. The 25 members include officers of Players, members of the dramatics staff, and senior production' man agers. Final selection of directors is made by Professor Cloetingh, who bases his choices on the prefer ences of the -directors, the time element, and directors' specialties. It is difficult to tell juit what makes one play more popular than another, but the season seems to make a - good deal of difference, Professor Cloetingh added. The . only play which fell below the rest in audience 're sponse was "The Heiress," which was presented during fall semes ter finals, he said. sA. 7 .'7PAY! VAY 1 7 , PP Ag School Transcribes' Radio Show' A project under which students in the School' of Agriculture are conducting their own agricultuial a I'd program to underdeveloped areas in the Philippine Islands recently became the topic of a special program requested by of ficials in charge of the Voice of America. Details of the project, in which several agriculture clubs are send ing seeds, fertilizer, tools, and poultry. accessories to Negros Is land'. in the Philippines, are re viewed in the s pe ci ally- tran scribed show. Paul Krause, pres ident of the Clover Club; Paul H. Margolf, instructor in poul tr y husbandry and adviser to the Ag riculture Student' Council and the Poultry Club; and Elton Tait, ex tension radio editor, voiced the tape recording. The program was requested by Henry Miller of the world-wide English section of the Voice of America when he learned of the project. The p ro j e c t developed after 'Boyd Bell, a graduate of the School of Agriculture, became an agricultural missionary on Negros Island, attached to Silliman Uni versity. When Bell explained the primitive agricultural methods employed on the island and the need for items to improve the production of the area, the agri culture clubs began collecting ma terials for . shipment. The Poultry Club obtained a kerosene type incubator and is preparing to p r o vide hatching I eggs and chicks. • The Clover Club sent seeds of corn, grains, forage crops -and soybeans. Other clubs are preparing sim• liar aids. Proceeds of last year's Ag Hill party were donated to pay .ship ping costs of the materials pre pared by participating clubs. Eng Professor Will Receive Fellowship Dr. Joseph Marin,. professor of engineering mechanics an d re search professor of 'engineering materials, has been chosen to re ceive a Fulbright Award to lec ture on en g i neering mechanics and conduct research at the In stitute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway. A leave of absence.- for . Dr. Marin from Oct. 5 to June 1, 1953, has been approved by the College Board of Trustees. Leaves of absence • were also approved by the Board of TrUs tees for Dr. Wilford R. Mills, as sociate professor of plant path ology from. July 1 to Oct. 31,; and Dr. Clifford' R. Adams, professor of psychology, July 1 to - June 30, 1953. Dr.- Mills will develop disease resistent potatoes for the -Mexi can Department of Agriculture. Thy project, sponsored by th e Rockefeller Foundation, is simi lar to a prograrri now being un dertaken to develop disease-resis tant cereals. Dr. Adams will spend his sab batical leave' in writing report's on follow-up studies of pre-mar riage tests - he has administered to couples during the past 11 years'. He will also prepare a college textbook, "Preparing fo r Mar riage." Social Science Center The annual spring election meeting of the constituent body of the Social Science Research Center 'will be held at 4 p.m. Menday,in 105 Forestry.
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