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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
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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.
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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.