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Amoandos to
'A Christmas
Someone once said that the child who has been permitted to
;row up . without being read Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" should
'lring a suit-of equity against his parents.
This month that story, one of the most .popular of all Christ
mas lore, will be read aloud far and- wide for the 190th year. And
the College will not be an exception to -this pattern that has come
Idown through the years. Under the
sponsorship of the Speech depart
ment, James Ambandos, writer
director at the College Motion Pic
ture Studio, will read the memor
able classic at 7 p.m. Thursday
n 121 Sparks.
Charles A. Dickens wrote the
'Carol' within a space of two
months while preoccupied with the
publication of Martin Chuzzlewit.
The idea for the story, with the
well-remembered Scrooge and Tiny
Tim, came to Dickens while at a
great public meeting in Manchest
er. He developed the story while
walking the back streets of Lon
don, 18 or 20 miles a night.
Called a National Benefit
The story is about 30,000 words
in length, five to six times longer
than the ordinary short story. That
the bopk was a success from the
start is exemplified in the fact
that on the first day of sales 6000
copies were sold. It is said that this
success brought as much delight
to the author for having written
it as the purchaser had in reading
lonoraries
Aold Formal
]nitiatioris
Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engin
eering honorary; Pi Tau Sigma,
mechanical engineering honorary;
and Sigma Eta Alpha, hotel honor
society, recently initiated new
members.
Eta Kappa Nu held its annual
formal initiation and b anq u e t
Tuesday at the Allencrest Tea
Room. Eugene Wettstone, assistant
professor of physical education,
showed films and discussed the
Olympics.
Initiates included Anthony Fer
raro, Milton Poulos, Philip SheFi
dan, Richard Oswald, Paul Brobst,
Gervydas Simaltis, Willard Lewis,
Harold Wells, Robert Gill, George
Romaine, and Richard Denton.
Pi Tau Sigma held its semi
annual banquet and initiation
Thursday at the Autoport. Dr. F.
R. Matson, professor of ceramics,
spoke on "Pottery in Archeology."
Paul B ic k e 1, Arthur Jacobo
witz, Richard Reich, Ronald Dar
by, Benjamin Kreider, William
Shjnkel, John R. Smith, Gerald
White, Joseph Williams Jr.. Roder
ick Wiseman Jr., and Thomas ,
Younkins were initiated.
Sigma Eta Alpha. initiated 17;
members and made Edm u n d
Flynn, president of the Pennsyl
vania Hotel Association, an hone
orary member during a banquet
at the Eutaw House last week. •
Initiates are Carl Bovard, Rich
ard Erb, Anthony Konstant, Reu
ben Moose, Charles Pitetti, Walter
Redel, John 'S chiller, Alfred
Strickler, Ronald Thorpe, James
Brunsgaard, Guy Gerhart, Thomas
Long, Frank Nikischer, Thomas
Quigley, Robert Scherer, Gustave
Wescott, and William Shifflett.
Joint Plan Set
For Engineers
A joint five-year engineering
program is being established by
Penn State and Gettysburg Col
lege.
Under the plan, students will
enroll for a three-year liberal and
scientific program at Gettysburg
and take the final two years in
engineering at Penn State. The
student would then qualify for a
B.S. degree from Penn State and
a B.A. degree from Gettysburg.,
This program will shorten the
course from six years or more to
five years.
Similar programs have been es
tablished by Penn State with
Westminster College and Lycom
ing College.
Phi Kappa Sig Pledges
Work at County Home-
The pledge class of Phi Kappa
Sigma worked at the Cen t r e
County Home for the Indigent ,in
Bellefonte in a voluntary group
project last wczs,t.
The twenty p'.e.dles of the fra
ternity - redecorated the home's
recreation room and cleaned the
kitchen. laundry. and elevators.
The Rev. A. G. Herr, supervisor
of the county hotne, helped in or
gan:zing the work for the volun
teers.
Thesp.laris Pick 'Roberta'
•Thespians Sunday night chose
Jerome Kern's "Roberta" for its
April production, according to
Richard Brugger, president.
Songs in the musical comedy in
clude "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
and "Yesterdays." Tryouts will be
held in February. •
Veterinaran to Speak
Dr. n.";. 7 .1'.1 . ... will speak
to the Pr- C - 'l l 3 at 7 tonight
at Alpha Gamma Rho.
By MIMI UNGAR
Thackeray, a rival of Dickens,
called the narrative a national
benefit. The effects were wide
spread. A Scotch philosopher who
did not keep Christmas sent out
for a turkey and asked two friends
to dinner. Robert Louis Stevenson
said, "I feel so good after it, I
would do anything—yes, • and I
shall do everything to make the
world a little better." Other com
ments on the classic include:
,
"Dickens' compassion for human
ity was poured into words that
stung and exalted," "The 'Carol'
makes everyone .want to make the.
world a little better—Dickens made
Christmas a universal holiday with
out derogating from its sound char
acter. What an achievement!"
"Queen Victoria was so impressed
by the story that when Thackeray
died, she purchased the signed copy
Dickens had given to Thackeray.
Read Five Years Ago
Mrs. Harriet Nesbitt, assistant
professor of speech at the College,
has' said, "This classic ,is enjoyed
in the fullest measure only when
read aloud. As long as Dickens
lived, people gathered tradition
ally in audiences of thousands to
hear him read his 'Carol' during
the Christmas season."
Mrs. .N:lsbitt recalls with pride
the number of persons Ambandos
MAKE IT A
FLANNEL CHRISTMAS
TH..r, DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Read
Carol'
Come in and see our
large Stock of flannel
suits. You'll be amazed
how we can sell Such
quality at low, low prices
ONLY
$35.00
Food Plan
Presented
To Council
A plan • whereby student sug
gestions for meals in dorms would
be studied by the all-College din
ing ball committee was presented
last night to the Nittany Council
by La Rue Stelene.
Stelene, the council's represen
tative to the committee, said, stu
dents could turn in ideas for
meals to their dorm president.
Suggestions will be brought be
fore the committee in the hope of
trying to provide the students
with a more acceptable menu.
Nittany Council president
Thomas Dennis called attention to
an error in posters advertising the
"Splinterville Review." The "Re
view" will be held at 8 tonight in
the TUB, rather than Thursday
night, as the posters announced.
A reminder that the Blue Key
hat society judging of dorm deco
rations would be conducted Wed
nesday night was made.
A bluebook file is now avail
able from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday
through Friday in the file room
of Dorm 20. Complete details as
to rules governing the use of the
file are not yet known.
It was found that approximately
130 men expect to leave the Nit
tany area next semester. This poll
was conducted in connection with
the Dean of Men's office.
Because a quorum was not pres
ent, the Council was not able to
vote on the proposed amendment
to the AIM constitution establish
ing the AIM . JudiCial Board of
Review. The council's vote would
have had no bearing on the pro
posal anyway, since the required
three of the four AIM councils
have already voted in favor of the
idea.
Teachers' Exam
Application font's for the nc
tional teacher's examination, t.
be held Feb. 14, are available i
8 Burrowes. The applications mu:'
be filed before Jan. 16.
thrilled five 'years ago with hl7
vivid characterizations. When Arn
bandos first read the story he was
a student in an oral interpretation
class.
Ambandos will read for one hour
The reading will be followed by
the All-College sing which begins
at 8 p.m. ..
Just as the child deserves_ the
chance to hear the story, so do
all, for as Mrs. Nesbitt puts it. 1
"Millions would 'hardly consider
Christmas to be Christmas without
hearing Scrooge growl, "Christl
mas!! Humbug!!!" and Tiny Ti;
echo, "God Bless us every on
204 W. College Ave.
Today's Nickel Isn't
Worth Plug Nickel
ii.:, used to buy an ice - cream cone, a sandwich, a 'piece of ,pie,
a ride on a troley, bus, or subway, but the nickel. _Amerida's five
cent piece, seems -doomed to become as obsolete as the - buffalo one
of its models pays tribute to, and as historic as Jefferson, honored
by the newer style nickels.
Latest casualty in Pennsylvania
in the battle for the preservation
of the value of the nickel' is the
five-cent pay station telephone
call. As of. Dec. 7, the slot takes
two nickles or what side show
barkers were once fond of calling
"one thin dime" (until the price
of even the sideshow was in
creased).
Way back when a nickel would
buy a Sunday edition of "The
New York Times," complete with
rotogravure section, the nicke 1,
nick-named the "jitney," was a
coin of distinction. But .it wasn't
long until Thomas Riley Marshall
was making his famed appeal for
a "good five-cent cigar . " (Cigars
can ,still be purchased for five
cents but, as any cigar smoker
will tell you, they're not "good.")
Panhandlers, consumers, an d
economists were bemoaning the
disappearance of the nickel's pur
phasing power even before the
second World War.- •And, even ,
though a cup of coffee and a bottle
of soda' pop can still be purchased
in some places, the moaning
disappearances continue. and
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Even the wooden nickel ,the if
410 For the Fishing Addict:
"TACKLE TINKERING"
perfect gift for a novice fly-tier.
"TROUT FISHING"
beaUtifUlly illustrated to show
how to.catCh' the wily trout.
• For the Would-be Artist:
"HOW TO DRAW"—for the beginner
"ART TREABtIFiERS!'—for the
- interested layman'
"OIL PAINTING"—for the
Old Mdster
*Teach Grandma to Sew:
Give her a book on "EMBROIDERY"
or.
For the Divot-digger:
"GOLF CLINIC"
100 handy hints on hoiiv to
break 100.
BASEBALL
We have books on CHESS
PHOTOGRAPHY
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By MYRON FRINSILBER
thing you're not supposed to take,
is worth more than the metallic
five-cent piece, providing it's the
right kind. Once in America's his
tory wooden nickels were circu
lated. Coin collectors.now provide
a ready market for these rare
pieces, providing they're not
worm-eaten.
The nickel still performs one
duty .which inflation - can hardly
take away from it: it's as good,as
ever for making change.
• What this country needs, ob
viously, is a good five-cent nickel.
AndeOson to Speak •
Dr. John M. Anderson, bead of
the Department of Philosophy,
will speak at a philosophy seminar
at 4 p.m_ today in 129
_Sparks.
His topic will be "The Free Self:
A Metaphysical Study." .
Give Them a Hobby
For Christmas
Keeley's has 100's of Hobby looks
for every one in the family
('and many, many others)
All Gifts will be Christmas-Wrapped
Keelei's
:athaurn Theatre Bldg.
Final Exam Schedule
The Fall semester final exam
schedule is published on pages
14 and 15 in today's Daily Col
legian.
"NEEDLECRAFT"
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