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VOL. 52, N0..148
Chapel Choir Gives
Ist Concert Tonight
The Chapel Choir will present its' fifth annual spring concert
at 8 tonight and tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium. Doors will open
at 7 p.m.
More than 120 students, direc
elate professor of music education,
Council Starts .
Action Tovtrard
Fire House
The State College B o r'nu g h
Council has approved an agree
ment which,is the first major step
toward the construction of a
three-purpose community build
ing;
The council Monday night
unanimously approved the Alpha
Fire Co.'s offer to sell -its present
building and 'the adjoining lot tb
the borough for $35,000, provid
ing. that a new structure is erected
on the lot.
Under .tentative plans, the first
floor of the proposed building
would be used for fire equipment,
while the second floor would pro
vide meeting space for the fire
company as well as an area for
community use.
The old building, according to
plans, would be renovated to in
clude office space on the first
floor.
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The new plans would make-pos
sible the housing of the aerial
ladder truck to be used for the
College. and the borough as well.
The council is expected to form
a Building Authority to investi
gate costs and obtain plans for
the building.
Collegian Picnic Signup
Ends at Noon Today
Noon today is the last time that
members of the editorial an d
business staffs of the Daily Col
legian may sign' up for the an
nual Collegian picnic to be held
Saturday at Greenwood Furnace.
Busses will leave at 1:30 p.m.
frOm the Collegian office. Each
staff member will be asked to pay
75 cents to help offset cost of
transportation and. food. Staff
members may bring guests.
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY •
WITH
OCCASIONAL
RAIN
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
ed by Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, asso
will present "A German Requiem"
by Johannes Brahms.
Barbara Troxell, soprano, and
Chester Watson,' bass- baritone,
concert artists who have assisted
in the presentation of. previous
Spring concerts, also be in
.eluded in-this year's program.: -
Miss Trdxell is a graduate of
the College and of the Curtis In
stitute of Music where she was a
student of the late Madame Eliza
beth Schumann.
Troxell Record Cited
She is recognized as a promi
nent artist in the field of oratorio
and recital, an d • recently com
pleted an extensive tour of the
west with the Mozart Trio.
' Miss Troxell, who has partici
pated in all five 'of the spring
concerts presented by the . choir,
made a recording of Exultate Jub
ilate which has been listed among
the 11 best vocal recordings in
1951. • ,
Watson was a soloist in the
choir's presentation of Mendels
sohn's "Elijah"- in 1948 and 1950
and Verdi's "Requiem" last year.
Appears on Broadway
He is presently engaged by the
Central City Opera Association,
Central City, Colo. ; for the 1952
summer opera season.
Eia*.o,a-diwi , ,a..y productions that
Watson has appeared , in include
"The Consul" - and Kurt Weill's
"Down, in the Valley" at the Chat
tanobga Festival.
Watson has. also appeared as
soloist with the Handel and Haydn
Society of Boston, the Robert
Shaw Chorale, the Norfolk Sym
phony Orchestra, and the Ora
torio Society of New York.
Plans Complete
For Radio Day
Radio Day will begin tomorrow
when the Radio Guild's WSTC, a
mock 250-watt station, begins. a
full day's broadcast schedule from
studios in 304 Sparks.
The public may hear the pro
grams through special speakers
installed in 304, , 305, and 307
Sparks.
The student-run station will
present a schedule that includes
drama, music, soap operas, var
iety, shows, .and news from 7 a.m.
to midnight.
T'h e Departments of Speech,
Drama, and Journalism have co
operated in the formation of Ra
dio Day. \
The project offers experience
in all phases of station operation
to students in radio, drama, journ
alism, engineering, or anyone in,
terested in radio.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1952
Parking Lot
Operation
Will Begin
Work on the proposed Ho r t
Woods parking lot will begin on
the Park avenue approach as soon
as the Inclement weather lifts,
Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of
landscape construction, said yes
terday.
The new -parking lot will be
ready for use in the fall, he said.
Trainer said that the crew in
tended to start preliminary con
struction last week with the re
moval of several trees, but it
was halted by' rain.' Actual oper
ation will not begin until the end
of the semester.
. Work will begin on the Park
avenue approach, Trainer said,
because it is the only spot where
the crew can s t art to operate
without interfering or creating a
bigger parking problem for the
students.
"The students can't be chased
from the parking area now be
cause they have nowhere else to
go," he explained. •
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Plans call for construction of a
181-car' lot along the fringe of
the woods by Beaver Field be
tween Park avenue and Curtin
road.
The lot's construction would
necessitate removal •of 79 trees
in the woods, the Forestry depart
ment reported in ,January. The
department classified only 13 of
those as "good risk" trees.
Parmi Nous
To Initiate 36
Parmi Nous, senior men's hat
society, yesterday tapped 36 • can
didates, James • Wharton, presi
dent of the group, announced. In
cluded in the 36 were 32 juniors
and four seniors.
Seniors • tapped were Francis
Bria, Donald Cook, Harold Wol
fram, and Stewart Scheetz. Jun
iors tapped were Robert Bowers,
Silvio Cerchie, - Donald Colbert,
David Douglass, Thomas Fleming,
Frank Follmer, Donald Frey, Wil
liam. Griffith, James Gromiller,
Joseph Haines, James Haze n,
Wayne Hockersmith, John Hoerr,
George Jason, Theodore Kimmel,
Jay Lavin, William Leonard, Sam
uel Marino, Allen Marshall, Allen
McChesney, David Pellnitz, Carl
Pfirman, James Plyler; HudsOn
Samson, James Schulte, Herman
Sledzik, William Slepin, Robert
Smith, Richard Stanley, Clifford
Stewart; William Walters, and
William Winterburn.
Three to Attend
NSA Congress
Three students from the College will attend the fifth. annual
National Student Congress 'of the National Student Association to
be held from Aug. 18 to 27 . at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
John Laubach i 'All-College president; James Plyler, chairman
of the local NSA chapter; and William Klisanin, retiring regional
director of NSA, will meet with students from approximately 300
colleges to discuss student affairi
on the campus, national, and
international levels.
• The theme of the congress is
"The Student and the Crisis in
Education." Student government
leaderS from every section of the
country, along with leading edu
cators and student leaders in other
countries, will examine the role
which effective student
.govern
ment can play as a significant
part of the educational com
munity.
• The conference will diaw upon
outstanding recent events in the
educational world to point up
"the crisis in education." Time
magazine's article on "The Young
er Generation" will be the center
of much discussion. Attempts are
being made to bring to the con
gress William Buckley Jr., who
criticized NSA in his book God
and Man at Yale,. and 'Mortimer
To Conduct Debates
ggiatt
Alumni
Offers Special Rate
To June Graduates
A+ special membership rate of $2 per yer is now being offered
by the Penn State Alumni Association to graduating seniors, Ross
B. Lehman, assistant executive secretary, said yesterday.
The special rate will be in effect until after Commencement Day,
he said, when the usual rate of $3 Will go back into effect.
Lehman called the Alumni Assodiation "the link between the
alumni and the College," adding
that Alumni Association members
stand to gain many advantages.
Includes Many Services
Among the most important
services to members, Lehman ex
plained, are the first priority on
reserved football tickets and a
subscription to the Football Let
ter, a personalized review of each
week's game written by Ridge
Riley, executive secretary.
Other services include a sub
scription to the Penn Stater, a
quarterly newspaper; mainten
ance of. biographical and occupa
tional records of the 50,000 alumni
and the only active alumni mail
ing list; conducting class reunions
and the Alumni Institute in June
and Homecoming in the f all:' sub
scription to the Alumni News,
issued seven times a year; and
sponsorship of 65 alumni clubs,
including 39 in Pennsylvania and
one in Puerto Rico.
"The clubs help the member
become • acquainted in his new
community and give him impor
tant business and social contacts,"
Lehman said.'
Information on Sports
District club meetings, he add
ed, feature campus speakers, •ad
vance scholarships, and aid the
College with various projects and
programs, - including the 'annual
Men's Glee Club concerts held
in Pennsylvania.
The Alumni Association: also
keeps its members informed as
to sports, what the undergraduate
is doing, and the whereabouts of
other key alumni, Lehman said.
"The, Alumni Association is es
sential to the continued welfare
and growth of Penn State and the
member must maintain this bond,"
Lehman asserted.
SU Directory
- The names of new officers of
.a_ll organizations including fra
ternities, sororities, and honor so
cieties should be submitted to.the
Student Union desk in Old Main
before May 28, at which time the
Student Union Directory will be
printed.
Adler, the object of a recent fea
ture in Time.
Leading national figures will
address the nine-day congress.
Debates will be conducted on
such questions as Universal Mili
tary Training, selective service
Policy, intercollegiate athletlCS,
the 18-year-old vote, and inter
national student relations, along
with the many workshops on all
phases of student activity on cam
pus:
Editors to Confer
The congress will be preceded
by a four day college newspaper
editors conference and - a. student
body president's conference. John
Laubach will attend the Student
Body President's Conference. Lau
bach, Plyler, and Klisanin are
automatic delegates to the confer
ence as the'result of a resolution
passed by All-College.Cabinet.
Association
Army, Navy
To Honor
ROTC Men
Awards for outstanding students
in the Army and Navy Reserve
Officers Training Program will be
made at' 4:10 p.m. tomorrow in
front of Old Main and on the
golf course.
President Milton S. Eisenhower
will present the Reserve •Officers
Association medal to John A. Don
nal, a junior in industrial engin
eering, in front of Old Main.
Other awards to Army cadets
will be presented by Dr. Eric A.
Walker, dean of the School of
Engineering; Dr. George L. Haller,
dean of the School of Chemistry
and. Physics; and Col. Lucien E.
Bolduc, professor of military sci
ence and tactics.
Nine awards will be presented
to the naval cadets during the
parade and ceremony to be held
on the College golf course at 4:10
p.m. tomorrow. The presentations
will be made by Capt. John L.
Woodbury, professor of naval
science.
The Air Force ROTC awards
which were scheduled to take
place yesterday were canceled due
to inclement weather. The public
is invited to attend the presen
tation of awards at either of to
morrow's ceremonies.
2 Hat Societies
Set Initiations
For This Week
Blue Key,' junior men's hat so
ciety, will hold initiations at . 10
tonight, according to Arthur Ros
feld, president. . The group will
meet on the steps in front of Old
Main.
Following the initiations the or
ganization will hold a party at
which Rosfeld hopes the new
members will become acquainted
with each other and with the
old members.
•Androcles, also a junior men's
hat group, will initiate tappees
Thursday night, Richard Ros t
meyer, president, stated.
Rostmeyer lauded the society's
tappees for their "excellent work"
at the refreshment stands at the
Spring Week carnival. He termed
it a very successful pledge project.
He also said that the organization
planned to holdoa party either this
spring or early, next fall.
He also announced the drop
ping of two tappees from the list
of pledges. One failed to meet
the scholastic requirem - ents and
the other was>in the wrong sem
ester.
BX to_Make Cash
Refunds on Receipts
The Book Exchange will
,make 20 percent cash refunds
today and tomorrow on all re
ceipts fo r articles purchased
through that agency after Feb.
4, Milton Bernstein, chairman
of the BX board of control,
has announced.
Persons ma y collept their
refunds by taking their receipts
to the BX in the Temporary
Union Building. The BX will
be open from 8:30 a.m. to noon
and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. daily.
Gift Choice
Should Be
Revealed—
FIVE CENTS