PAGE TWO enter Stage to Mark {= pening of sth Season The opening performance of Oscar Wilae's comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest" Friday at Center Stage will not only mark the beginning of Players' 1952 season, but will also initiate the seventh season of Penn State dramatic performances in 4 9‘n arena type theater. Since Players presented "Skylark" in the spring of 1947 in the center of the banquet room of the State College Hotel, arena productions have grown in popular . ty in State College and through- Pollock Council Elects Douglas To Presidency Donald Douglas, seventh semes ter arts and letters student, was elected president of Pollock Coun cil last night. A revote for the vice presidency had to -be called when Joseph Gardecki tied Richard Smith for the position. Gardecki won on the second ballot, eight to seven. Also nominated and elected were Vince Yakowiz as secretary and Schuy ler Conklin, treasurer. John Mour, chief fire marshall for the Pollock Dorm area, told the council there would be a meet ing of dormitory fire marshalls at 7:30 tomorrow night in Pol lock-Dorm 3. He told the mem bers to tell the Pollock residents to expect fire drills. He listed five duties that must be performed during an emergency: 1. Wake everybody in the dorm. 2. See that each person closes the win dow in his room. 3. Pull back blankets and expose sheets on the beds. 4. Leave do ors open. 5. Leave the lights on in the room. Rev. Melvin Whitmire and the Rev. Asendorf, religious coun selors to the area addressed the ' council. Rev. Whitmire outlined their duties to the members and asked for the cooperation of the group. The purpose of religious counselors is to give help to stu dents and hold group discussions on religious and moral problems of any nature, Whitmire said. Radio Group Will Be Formed Interviews for membership in a student radio committee were held last night in 204 Old Main. The committee will be the stu dent representation in the pro posed campus radio station. William Griffith, Ellis Maris, and Frank Hutchinson interview ed students who expressed a de sire to work in coordination with President Milton S. Eisenhower's radio committee. In addition, a representative of student government and one of Radio Guild will be selected' for membership on the President's committee. The student radio committee will replace a three-man group that was appointed by cabinet last year. It will insure proper repre sentation of all segments of the student body, according to Grif fith. 22 Places Open In Dancing Class Ballroom dancing instruction, sponsored by Mortar Board, sen ior women's honorary, will be available for the next 22 persons who register at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The seven week course, which costs $1 and will be taught by a former Arthur Murray dancing in structress, attracted 178 applicants yesterday and Monday. Classes will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Fri day at the TUB starth_ct late this month with students divided into five groups, each reporting one night a week. Debate Squad to Meet, Discuss National Topic Newly - appointed members of the men's debate squad will meet with old members at 7 tonight in 316 Sparks. Debate procedures will be discussed and further an alyzation of the national inter collegiate debate topic will be made. The Dismal Swamp is an area of almost unbroken wilderness in the center of the eastern seaboard THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By TAMMIE BLOOM out the state. This is the fifth year that Players will perform at their present location in Center Stage. Kelly Yeaton, associate profes sor of dramatics, initiated , the arena production at the College after he joined the faculty in the fall of 1946. Previously, Yeaton did graduate work.at the Univer sity of Washington, where the arena theatre was first introduced as an intimate theater medium. Tickets for Oscar Wilde 's comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest," which opens at Center Stage Friday, are being sold at the Student Union desk in Old Main at $l. He also spent several seasons with the Mummers in St. Louis, who gave the first arena performance of that area in 1940; Yeaton direct ed "Skylark," which was followed the next year by two other arena plays presented in Woodland Hall. The second of the two plays was "Hotel Universe." Several mem bers of the cast started a summer company the same year at Center Stage. That fall Players staged a show there, and the downtown theater has been in regular oper ation since then. The number of plays produced at Center Stage increased with each year, and at present four plays open there each year. Arena theaters in Pennsylvania and parts of New York have been (Continued on_ page eight) International Debate To Open Forensic Season The annual international debate scheduled for Nov. 7 in 121 Sparks will open the 1952-53 men's debate season, Jay Headly, men's debate manager announced. For the international debate a two-man team from universities in Great Britain comes to the College to join in debate with two members of the Penn State squad. The topic, chosen from a list submitted by the British team, will be Resolved: That cooperation is a better policy for Western Eu rope than federation. In debating, the two Penn State debaters will oppose the two from Great Brit ain. Last year one visitor and one Penn State man argued each side. Composing the British team will be Kenneth Eibben from South Hampton, England, a student at the University College of South Get the Skis Out— We've Had Snow With football season not even half over and Halloween still a few weeks away, it's a little early to start thinking about that cold, wet, .unpredictable stuff—snow— or is it? According to Dr. Charles Hos ler, meteorologist at the College weather station, snow fell at 4:30 a.m. yesterday.. The flakes melted as last as they hit the ground, i but— What we're trying to say is, be prepared. arey /3eaute Salon For business or formal, have your hair cut and styled by one of Garey's skillful operators. ' • • Glennland Building Phone State College 2071 Prexy, Reports Establishment Of Scholarships ' President Milton S. Eisenhower has announced the establishment of two new scholarships and con tinuation of another. A scholarship of $5OO per year, to be awarded to a mechanical engineering senior annually for five years, has been established by the Carbide and Carbon Chem icals- Co., a division of Union Car bide and Carbon Corporation. A junior or senior in agronomy, chosen on the basis of scholar ship and participation in extra curricular activities, will be awarded $3OO fr o m an annual grant set up by the agricultural limestone division of the Pennsyl vania Stone Producers' Associa tion. One-half of the amount will be presented in the fall and the other half at the beginning of the spring semester. An award of $250 to worthy students who without financial help could not continue their studies will continue to be made by the Presser 'Foundation. The student must include music in his curriculum and preference is given to those planning to teach. Hampton; and Ronald George Evans from Llangollen, Nor t h Wales, a‘student at the University College at North Wales. Arguing for Penn State will be Jay Headly and David Lewis, a June '52 graduate now doing graduate work at the College and winner of the 1952 John Henry Friz z e 11 Extempore Speaking Contest. Last year both members of the British' team were from Oxford University and the topic was ,Re solved: That the return of Mr. Churchill as Prime Minister would be highly regrettable. The inter national debate is sponsored each year by the Institute for Inter national Education in New York. This debate is one of the, out standing forensic activities 'at Penn State, Headly said. He also noted that the debate would be non-decision with neither team being declared the winner. Begins Friday *********-A* ..., ~•.- ~, 11,,E 'S CI VII BDFV 1 - • .., „ a kar RgAiwikr , oil iy_'_. How .. , Alg• ..... *---, E _ .. :, TECHNICOLOR 4 P aramounl P 'wry *********** Committee to Plan Special Motorcade Final plans for the Pennsylvania Week competitive motorcade, to be held before the .homecoming football game next Saturday, and the• formation of 'a 'special motorcade committee will be made at the meeting of the joint student, faculty, and staff committee for Pennsylvania Week at 4 p.m. today in 201 Old Main 'The committee will work out details of such problems as regu lating the time needed to twice circle the B eav e r Field track, parking facilities for participants, the types of vehicles to be used, and alternatives to the motorcade in case of rain. After 'decisions have been made, the committee will inform participants of the schedule and .plans, Fred M. Coombs, chairman of the Penn sylvania Week committee, said. They will also choose judges for the motorcade, The problem of alternatives in case of rain was discussed in a meeting of Arthur Rosfeld, Inter fraternity qouncil President, Mar lene Hey an, president of the Panhellenic Council, and William Shifflet, president of the Associa tion of Independent Men, . with Coombs ye.sterday afternoon. Rosfeld and Miss Heyman will meet again with Coombs today. Miss Heyman will report on whit part Panhellenic- Council will play in the motorcade. Rosfeld will report to the IFC tomorrow evening on the pro gress of motorcade plans. Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, has given approval to hold the motorcade on the track only in good weather, Coombs said. Otherwise, the track would be damaged by the-vehicles be fore a cross-country meet which will begin and end on the track. In the case of rain it has been proposed to hold the motorcade either downtown or across the campus on Pollock Road. Coombs said he will confer with John R. Juba. State College borough police chief, to determine the feasibility of holding the parade downtown. Rosf el d suggested that the winning float be ex hibited at halftime of the game. The possibility of setting aside either the parking lot across _from Recreation Hall, or the Hort Woods parking lot to accommo date the participants after leav ing Beaver Field, was discussed at the meeting. Rosfeld also said that the parade should end in time for partici pants to park, and return to their seats before game time. McCoy has refused to allow parking at the South end of Beaver Field. Coombs also announced that negotiations for the purchase of a revolving trophy are getting underway. He said he hopes the trophy will be displayed down town before the motorcade. Hort Show Will Be `Parisian Market' "A Parisian Market" has been chosen as the theme of this year's annual Horticulture Show Oct. 18 and 19 in the Stock Pavilion. The Arch of Triumph, outdoor cafes, street markets, and other landmarks of. Paris will be a ma jor part of the Hort Show, spon sored by the Horticulture Club. More than 10,000 visitors are The BX in the TUB Will be open tonight and Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. for your convenience. Get School Supplies for All Courses Special Tonight Kleenex 2 boxes for 35c Open daily 8:30-5. Also 7-9 p.m. on Wed. $5 in Sales - you Get $1 FREE PENN STATE BOOK EXCHANGE Non-Profit Student Operated School Supply' Store WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1.352 Lion Suit Drive To Be -Staged By Androcles Efforts. to provide the Lion with a -new suit will be boosted to morrow when Androcles hatmen sponsor a "Dress the Lion Day" drive, Philip Greenberg, An drocles lion campaign manager, has announced. Hatmen will work at booths set up by the main bulletin board at the Mall and Pollock road and at the Corner Room. The fund now totals $157. The goal 'is approximately $4OO, the price paid for a suit two years ago. The suit now in use by the lion is in a tattered state and •ac cording to George Donovan, man ager of associated student activi ties, it will take about three months to have a new suit ready. Suggestions were made last year fora new costume, but neither All-College Cabinet nor the Athletic Association was able to furnish the necessary funds. The fund-raising campaign is being sponsored by The Daily Collegian. Hat Society Action Delayed Action on a proposed sopho more men's and a senior woman's hat society were postponed at a meeting of the Hat Societies Council last night. The action on the men's group was taken after David Arnold, president of Druids. said his so ciety would be forced to eliminate tapping any members of the pre sent sophomore class if it were to be a sophomore hat society. Although Druids is listed• in its constitution as a sophomore hat society, most members are jun iors, Arnold said. The men are tapped in their third or fourth semester. They are, however, eli gible to be tapped for the regular junior hat societies later in the spring, he said. Thomas Farrell, president of Androcles, junior men's hat so ciety, said he was for a sopho more society, although his own society had voted nearly unani mously against it. Most women attending the meeting said their societies felt that Mortar Board• was a goal, and •no new society should be formed. expected to attend the Hort Show James Boodley, chairman, ' said. Specially grown flowers are being primed for display, and orchard fruit, along with vegetable and breeding material, will be shown.
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