The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 21, 1952, Image 1
Alumni Association Beneficial, to Grads— 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. - • 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 • • d • 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. i lo 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. • _ 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