The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 02, 1952, Image 2

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Campus Gateway Now Under Construction
A CAMPUS GATEWAY, now under construc- and south of t
tion at the intersection of Pollock road and stone matchin
U.S. Route 322, is pictured by the designing Old Main. Li
architect. Two 22-foot pylons will be con- along the wal
structed of limestone, and circular walls north
Baton Company Awarded
Campus Gate. Contract
The Henry E. Baton Construction Co. of Philadelphia, has been
let a contract for the construction of a gateway to the campus at
the intersection of Pollock Road and Atherton street.
Work on the project has already been started. The new gateway
2d Players'
Workshop
Set Tonight
The Penn State Players will
conduct their second workshop
this semester for a three-week
period beginning tonight, accord
ing to Frances Stridinger, presi
dent of the group.
Those participating lathe work
shop will work on "Lute Song"
and "Children of Darkness." Miss
Stridinger stressed that students
must participate in a workshop
to be placed on crews for Players'
productions. Ten points obtained
by crevt work on a play are re
quired for eligibility for member
ship in Players. All interested
persons may attend.
George Jason will manage the
lighting division at 7 p.m. Tues
days in the light cage at Schwab
Auditorium. Sound, directed by
Frank Baxter, will meet at 7 p.m.
Wednesdays in the Little Theater
in Old Main. •
Renee Kluger is manager of the
property group, to meet at 7 p.m.
Wednesdays in the basement of
Schwab. The technical crew will
meet at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the
loft of Schwab, with William Nu
dorf in charge.
Prim Diefenderfer will direct
the makeup group at 7 p.m. Wed
nesdays in the makeup room,
Schwab basement. The costume
group, with Pat Jenkins in charge,
will meet at 7 p.m. Thursdays in
the basement of Schwab.
Advertising will be directed by
Fran Dektor at 7 p.m. Tuesdays
in the loft at Schwab.
Cigarette Jingle Wins
$25 Bond for Student
William Everson, ninth semes
ter education major, can tell you
an easy way to win a $25 defense
bond—because he did it!
All he did was write a four
rine jingle for a contest sponsored
by a nationally-known cigarette
manufacturer. His jingle was
awarded the prize, and was used
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is expected to be completed be
fore March, according to Walter
H. Weigand, director, department
of physical plant.
The gateway will consist of two
pylons of limestone to the north
and south of the junction of Pol
lock road with U.S. Route 322
and Atherton street. Each pylon
will be 22 feet high and 3 by 6
feet at the base. Sculptured heads
of the Nittany Lion, facing the
west, will be mounted near the
top of each pylon.
To the north and south of the
pylons. a curved wall of local
stone, designed to match the
stone of the walls of Old Main,
will be built. Simple limestone
benches, facing west, will be
placed inside the curved section
of the walls. Shrubbery will be
planted on the main-campus side
of the walls.
The new campus entranceway
was one of four class gift sug
gestions considered by the Class
of '52. The class presented an
$BOOO fund to be divided between
a student press and a student ra
dio station.
Vets Housing
Changes Asked
The Dean of Men's advisory
committee discussed requests that
veterans be given housing in sep
arate sections of College dormi
tories at its organizational meet
ing yesterday.
At its next meeting Dec. 15, the
committee will continue discus
sion on the subject. Veterans will
be invited to the meeting to give
their views, and a survey on the
problems will be discussed.
The committee, consisting of 14
men students, will meet at 4:10
p.m. every other Monday.
Ray to Speak Tonight
William S. Ray, new member
of the Psychology department,
will speak on "Mental Hospital
Problems" at the Psychology Club
meeting 7 tonight in 204 Bur
rowes.
in one of the company's advertise
ments appearing in coil e giat e
newspapers throughout the coun
try.
SANTA'S ON HIS WAY,
0 LET'S NOT DELAY
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
he pylons will be built from local
g. the stone used for the walls of
mestone benches will be placed
Einstein to Talk
On Marketing
Next Thursday
Arthur W. Einstein, associate
professor of marketing and retail
ing, will speak on the vocation
of marketing at 7 p.m. Dec. 11
in 405 Old Main accordil..,
Philip Greenberg's report to t, e
Liberal Arts Student Council last
night.
Greenberg, chairman of the
cyuncil vocational speech com
mittee, said the speech would be
of special value to freshman who
are undecided to their vocation.
David• H. McKinley, associate pro
fessor of finance will speak Jan. 8
on money and banking in the
second speech of the series.
Greenberg, editor of the LA
Angles, announced three Liberal
Arts Students would be profiled
in the next issue which will be
published before Christmas.
The council will elect a secre
tary at the next meeting to re
place Marion Morgan who will be
married Dec. 27. Jean Marohnic
and Eliza Newell last night were
nominated for the, position.
Douglas Schoerke, council presi
dent, reported that the policy of
scheduling blue books before va
cations was set by the Senate
Committee on Student Affairs to
pr e v e n t excessive pre-vacation
cutting. At the Nov. 18 meeting,
the council had opposed the prac
tice and asked Schoerke to protest
to Ben Euwema, dean of the
school.
In answer to Schoerke's request
for causes of low grades, council
members suggested poor study
habits, transition from high school
to college, and extra-curricular
activities.
Concert Tickets
Available at SU
Free tickets for the fourth an
nual Christmas concert by the
State College Choral Society and
assisting groups, to be held Sun
day at St. Paul's Methodist
Church, are available at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main.
Because. there are two perfor=
mances. 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
persons requesting tickets, should
specify the performance they wish
to attend.
The
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PRIME SIRLOIN STEAKS
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Men Debaters Tie
For 4th in Tourney
Penn State's men's debate squad finished in a four way tie
for fourth place in the University of Vermont Invitational Tourna
ment Nov. 21 and 22 in Burlington, Vt.
The College team won seven of ten debates to tie with Middle
burg, New York University. and Tufts. The Dartmouth "A" team
finished first among the 54 schools
competing with a perfect ten for
ten record.
The affirmative team composed
of Benjamin Sinclair and David
Swanson won four out of five
starts. They defeated Wesleyan,
Barnard, Trinity, and Worcester
while dropping their lone match
to St. Lawrence.
Initiate Season
Representing the negative side,
Thomas
. D ur e k and Richard
Kirschner returned with three out
of five wins. Their wins came
over Utica, Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology, and Geneseo.
They lost to St. Johns and Dart
mouth.
The tournament was the first
major debate event of the current
season for the College squad. The
teams debated the national inter
collegiate topic, Resolved: That
the Ccingress of the United States
should enact a compulsory fair
employment practices' law.
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Next Meet Scheduled
Ja y Headly, manager of the
Penn State team, said he was
"very satisfied with the showing
of the squad." The College squad
was represented by two seniors,
a junior, and a sophomore and,
considering their lack of exper
ience, did well in'comparison to
other teams sent in previous
years, Headly said.
The next meet for the College
team will take place this week
end in the novice tournament at
Temple University.. This is open
only to men with no previous
varsity experience. Dec. 13 the
squad will send members to the
cross-examination debate at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Service Test
Procedure Set
Students taking the Selective
Service college qualification test
Thursday are expected at the test
ing center in 121 Sparks at 8:30
a.m.
An admission card for the test.
and any Selective Service form
with the student's SS number and
legal address must be shown to
gain admission to the room.
Excuses for absence from class
during the examination will be
ready Friday in the Dean of Men's
office.
In order to prevent unauthor
ized students fr o m taking the
test, all persons will be finger
printed.
The qualification test will be
given under the supervision of
Hugh M. Davison, professor of
education research.
Choir to Rehearse
Chapel Choir rehearsal will be
held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday
in 117 Carnegie so members may
attend the Community Concert
program.
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—the Absolutely Uniform
DRAWING PENCIL
*Absolute uniformity means drawings without
"weak spots"— clean, legible detail. Famous
for smooth, long-wearing leads. Easily distin
guished by bull's-eye degree stamping on 3
sides of pencil. At au): campus store!
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TUESDAY, DgCEAMEA 2 , 1952,
West Dorm
Nominations
Extended
Nominations for representative
at large to the Association of In
dependent Men's Board of Gov
ernors from the West Dorm area
have been extended until 5 p.m.
Friday because only two nomina
tions had been made. during the
original nominating period which
ended Nov. 24.
The election was set for next
Tuesday in the Hamilton Hall
lounge by Hugh Cline, new chair
man of the elections committee.
Voters must show their mea I.
tickets or matric card, Cline said.
• Cline was named at a West
Dorm Council meeting last night
by President Robert Hance to re
place John Lyon as elections com
mittee head. Lyon and Richard.
Ringling are the candidates for
the AIM posts. Two representa
tives must be elected to the Board
of Governors.
Self-initiated nominating peti
tions, signed by 50 area residents,
must be turned into the Student
Union desk in the main West
Dorm lounge before 5 p.m. Fri
day, Cline said.
Action was dropped on a pro
posed plan for area students to
sign out when they leave State
College for weekends. Andrew
Jaros, sponsor of the plan, said
students living in his area had
opposed the plan.
A mixed dinner for residents in
the two men's dining halls and
the Thompson dining hall• has
been planned for Dec. 16, the
council was told.
Student injured
In Auto Crash
George S. Wilson, first semester
commerce major, suffered a se
vere cut on his right knee yes
terday morning when his auto
mobile collided with another car
outside of Boalsburg on Route
322.
Wilson was driving to the Col
lege at the time of the accident.
His car skidded on the slippery
highway and struck an on-coming
car driven by Donald G. Drake,
third semester forestry major.
Damage was estimated at $5OO.
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