Beat Rutgers! 1 • • - ICI Battg TTER PENN STATE VOL. 53, No. 47 Coed Play Program To Begin Tomorrow Men and women students have been invited to take part in a coeducational .recreation program in Recreation Hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. tomorrow. The invitation comes from the School of Physical Education and Athletics which is sponsoring the event. The program, designed to fill the need for dating activities on Sunday nights, is planned as a combined play-period for men and Thurman To Speak At Chapel Dr. Howard Thurman, minister of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, will speak on "The Crucial Alter native" at the Chapel service 11 a.m. tomorrow in Schwab Aud itorium. As part of Junior Class Week activities, class officers Richard Lemyre, Robert Carruthers, and Margaret Crooks, and Junior Week Chairman Thomas Farrell will participate in the service. To Play Brahms, Bach The Chapel choir will sing "To Thee Jehovah Will I Sing Praises" (Bach), "Call to Remembrance" (Sarrant), and "Truly My Soul" (Beattie). George Ceiga, Chapel organist, will play "0 Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen" (Brahms), and "Wachet Auf! Rust Uns Die Stimme" and "Fugue in G Minor" (both by Bach). A graduate of Morehouse Col lege and Colgate Rochester Di vinity School, Dr. Thurman has taken graduate courses at the Di vinity School of Oberlin College and has studied under Rufus Jones at Haverford College. He holds honorary doctor's degrees from Morehouse College and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Travels in India Dr. Thurman has been minister of The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples since its organiza tion in 1944 as an interracial and non-sectarian place of worship. Under Dr. Thurman's leadership it has a membership of over 300 including Caucasians, Negr o e s, Japanese. Chines e, and Latin- Americans. There are also more than 1000 members-at-large in more than a half-dozen countries and the United States. Before assuming his present po sition, Dr. Thurman taught sys tematic theology and was dean of the chapel at Howard University in Washington, D.C. As a Fellow of the National Council on Reli gion in Higher Education, he led a student delegation to India, Burma, and Ceylon in 1935-6. Works for Civil Liberties Dr. Thurman has been college preacher or lecturer in more than 200 American and Canadian uni versities. He was appointed In gersoll lecturer on the "Immor tality of Man" at Harvard Uni versity in 1947 and was the Amer ican lecturer for the biennial con vocation of the United States and Canada in 1948. In San Francisco, Dr. Thurman serves the American Civil Lib erties Union, the International In stitute, the Urban League, and the Council of Churches. He is al so vice-president of the Commit tee of 13, organized to combat pre judice through psychology. Dr. Thurman's books include "The Greatest of These," "Deep River," "The Negr o Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death," and "Deep Is the Hunger." I P. TODAY'S WEATHER • is 110 f h;:„ : I . 4 4 - CLOUDY MILD STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1952 women students. Activities. which will be under the supervision of niembers of the Physical Education ,school ad ministration and students, will in clude ping-pong, badminton, min iature soccer, shuffleboard, table games, and volleyball. Students attending the play-period are asked to wear shoes suitable to a gymnasium floor surface. A special feature, fly-casting demonstrations, will be presented at 8:15 p.m. by George W. Har vey, associate professor of physi cal education. There will be no charge for ad mittance. Rec Hall will also be open from 1 to 6 p.m. for men students only. The opening of the gymnasium fo r coeducational recreation is part of a long-range recreation plan developed by the school and its new dean, Ernest B. McCoy. The long-range plan includes the expansion of Nittany-Pollock rec reation facilities, the improvement of recreation areas around the Rec Hall area, and the holding of free dances after basketball games and other Saturday night events in Rec Hall. The plans for post-game dances call for possible hiring of bands and use of records. McCoy said these dances should give students the chance to use the' time be tween games and the time women must return to the dorms more advantageously. Frequently this hour or _so: does. not allow time for students to go to fraternities or recreation areas after the game. Flash Section Moved to NF The football game flashcard section, formerly located in the EH section in the center of the senior seats at Beaver Field, will be moved to section NF in the freshman section for today's game, Alan McChesney, head cheer -lead e r, has announced. This change is on an experimental basis to allow more of the student body to see the designs worked out by the flashcards. Upperclassmen who have spe cial AA books are not requested to move to the freshman section but will sit in the regular senior EH section for today's game. Freshmen may sit in the NF section and operate the flashcards, which will be used only for a limited time during the game. The section will not be guarded by batmen. Chest Will Seek Faculty Donors The drive' for faculty and administration members' contributions to the Campus Chest will start Monday, according to A. H. Imhof, faculty solicitations chairman. Termination of the drive is scheduled for Saturday. . Contributions from the faculty will be used to support two of the chest's recipients, the Penn State Christian Association and the World Student Service Fund. The PSCA receives 46 per cent of the student contributions, an d the WSSF receives 13 per cent. How ever, Imhof explained that since there will be only two recipients of faculty donations, the contribu tions will be divided proportion ately. This will provide the PSCA with 78 per cent and the WSSF with 22 per cent. He said that if a faculty con tributor so wished, he could spe cify one of the groups as the sole recipient of the donation. If a faculty contributor gives $2.50 or more to the PSCA, he will re ceive - a membership - card which FOR A BE Montgomery Wins Junior Queen Title Jane Montgomery was crowned Miss Junior Class by Richard Lemyre, junior class president, at 10:15 last night at the Junior Prom. Miss Montgomery, fifth semester journalism major from State College, will be hon ored at today's football game by a coronation parade with a Cinderella theme at half time. Miss Montgomery, sponsored by Beaver House, was pr of pearls, silver evening slippers, candy,' and gloves by State Col lege merchants, and a bracelet by the junior class. Members of the junior class elected Miss Montgomery from a field of five finalists. Other final ists were Nena Moses, Mary Petit gout, Marilyn Porter, and Caro lyn Pelczar. 6 2iL Jane Montgomery Miss Junior Class Sheep's Clothing Is Latest Style For Shabby Lion It will be a Lion in sheep's clothing that prances down Bea ver Field this afternoon. Feeling sorry for the Lion's sad condition, Clearfield Furriers, Clearfield, gave the Lion an old coat made from an Asiatic sheep fur. The fur has been used to patch the shabby suit, Alex Gre gal, who portrays the Lion, ex plained yesterday. Money for a new Lion suit was, collected this fall during a fund drive initiated by Gregal. Be cause it takes three months to have a suit made, it will be im possible to have a new suit this season. Hatmen to Meet at 1:15 Hatmen will meet at 1:15 p.m. today in front of the east stands at Beaver Field to form the honor guard for the football team, James Plyler, president of Hat Society Council, announced. will be .recognized by most Chris tian associations in the country. Chest contributions rose to $2450 yesterday with an increase of $9OO over the prbvious day's total of $1550, according to Jos eph Haines, student solicitations chairman. He said the thermometer that has been placed at the corner of the Mall and Pollock road has been corrected for this year's cam paign. The thermometer had been marked with results of a drive conducted three years ago. Imhof said that not all faculty solicitors and division solicitation leaders have been appointed. rgiatt Coronation Parade Set Approximately 35 fraternities, l sororities, and independent groups have entered a mummers parade which will circle. Beaver Field at 12:45 p.m. today preceding the Rutgers game. The parade will assemble at noon on Beaver Field with entrants taking positions ac= cording to assigned .numbers. Junior class members who have made reservations will attend a breakfast at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Dutch Pantry. The Mellow- Aires Quartet will entertain at the breakfast. The center section of Schwab Auditorium will be reserved until 10:50 a.m. tomorrow for juniors and their dates attending Chapel. As part of Junior Week, the class is presenting flowers for the serv ice. Concert Tickets Free Members of Blue Key, Andro cies and Druids, junior men's hat societies, will usher at Chapel. Protestant churches will also re serve sections for juniors. Free tickets for the jazz con cert to be presented by the jazz band of Phi Mu Alpha, music honorary, are available at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Tickets will also be distributed at today's game. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab. Phi Mu Alpha members who will participate in the concert in clude the following: trump e t, James Longo, Edward Reider, Fredrick Orkiseski, and Samuel Moldovan; trombones, Ric hard Brady, James Bortolotto, William Mitchell, and George Black; Saxo phone, Richard Potter, John Jen kins, James Elliott, John Creigh, and Richard Kartlick; drums, Dale Clemens; piano, Riley Shoup; ,and bass,_ Garland Gingrich. Patricia Lisle will be vocalist. Guild to Air 2d Greek Play The second in a series of Greek plays sponsored by the Radio Guild will be presented at 9:30 p.m. Monday over station WMAJ. This week's production will be SophoPles' "Oedipus Rex." Euri pides' "Trojan Women" will be next week's production with Aris tophanes' "Frogs" concluding the series the following week. The cast for "Oedipus Rex" will include John Citron, Don Barry, Al Beliasov, Craig Saunders, Mike Kesdekian, Ira Apple, and Midge Stein. The men's chorus, or Elders, will have Charles Folker, Mark Wallace, Ralph Sirota, and Don Colbert. The women's chorus will have Ruth Lyne, Connie Melvin. Joanne Church, Pam Mullin, and Nell Whaley. Hillel Radio Tryouts To Be Held Tomorrow Tryouts for the Hillel , Hour, a dramatic radio show sponsored by Hillel Foundation, will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Hillel Foun dation, 224 South Miles . street. The Hillel Hour will be pre3entecl over WMAT at 7:45 p.m. Thurs day. - Beat Rutgers! esented a loving cup,. a string Hat Society To Initiate Prexy Today President Milton S. Eisenhower will become an honorary member of Skull and Bones, senior men's hat society, at a special initiation ceremony at 10:30 a.m. today in the President's office in Old Main. Preceding today's football game with Rutgers, the Prexy will be summoned from the stands to Beaver Field to receive the sym bols of the hat society. Lincoln Worrell, president, will present a Skull and Bones hat. Vice president Douglas Schoerke will present a key, and Robert Wat son, secretary-treasurer, will give him a shingle. As his first duty as a batman, the Prexy will head the honor guard of hatmen which will usher the football team onto the field. According to the constitution, Skull and Bones was founded to distinguish outstanding senior men on campus and to foster the advancement of academic and athletic interests, the perpetu ation of honored traditions, and the maintenance of the general spirit of Penn State. Warrell said President Eisen hower was chosen for honorary membership because of the man ner in which he has supported these ideals and for his interest in the general welfare of students. Foods Group Will Discuss Dorm Meals Organization of a student foods committee to discuss dormitory meals once a week with dieticians from the women's and West Dorm dining halls was inaugurated Thursday by the Women's Stu dent Go v ern ment Association House of Representatives. One student from each of the women's dining halls will serve on the foods committee. A letter from Judicial concern ing coed drinking was read to Hou s e members by Barbara Werts, chairman of the House. Miss Werts asked representatives to post copies of the letter in their dormitory units. The problem of enforcement of dormitory quiet hours was brought before the House by Mary E. Brewer, assistant to the dean of women. Miss Brewer said students have been complaining to her about noise in dormitories during qUiet hours. Miss Werts asked the house members to discuss th e matter with students at dormitory house meetings. Engineers Set Date for Dinner The Institute of Radio Engin eers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will hold a "get-acquainted" dinner Nov. 25 at the Autoport Restaurant. Tickets, priced at $1.25, may be bought until Thursday from Saul Glasser at the Ordnance Research Laboratory, Jack Walker at Hal ler, Raymond and Brown Inc., and John Warfield and Robert Riddle in the Electrical Engineer• ing department. FIVE CENTS
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