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Fishbum
Caroling
Professor Hummel Fishburn, who has participated in each of
the traditional Christmas Carol Sings held in front of Old Main
for the past 27 years, will again direct the singing tomorrow night.
Although it wasn't held last year, the sing, reinaugurated this
year under the sponsorship of the Department of Music, the College
Chapel, and the Penn State Christ
ian Association, will be held at
8:30 p.m. tomorrow,
The Chapel Choir, directed by
Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, will sing
"Two English Carols," "Herrik's
Carol," "Sussex Carol," and "In.
Dulci Jubilo."
Kenworthy to Speak
A brass quartet, made up of
members of the Blue Band, will
participate in the program under
Fishburn's direction.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of student affairs, will speak.
Traditional carols on the pro
gram include "Joy to the World,"
"Adeste Fidelis," "Hark, the Her
ald Angels Sing," "First Noel,"
"Silent Night," and "Good Christ
ian Men Rejoice."
Traditional Service
Words of the carols will be pro
jected on a screen by Philip Man
nino and Paul V. Myers of the
Audio-Visual Aids Library.
The service will be about 30
minutes in length. It is a tradition
of long standing that fraternities,
sororities, and other organizations
come to the Carol Sing following
Christmas parties and dinners
held before the vacation. The pub
lic is invited to participate.
Woman Marine
Forms Ready
January women graduates who
wish to file applications for the
next Marine women officers'
training class must do so by Sat
urday, the Marine Corps has an
nounced.
The class will begin at Quantico,
Va., Jan. , l2. Candidates who com
plete the 12-week training pro
gram will receive commissions as
Marine second lieutenants.
Pay for an officer of this grade
is $270.18 monthly if quarters are
furnished and $338.58 without
quarters.
Graduates who are less than 27
years old may apply at the office
of Marine Officer Procurement,
Room 605 New Custom House, 2d
and Chestnut streets, Philadel
phia.
Exam Conflicts
Due Saturday Noon
Fall semester final examination
conflicts must be filed at the
Scheduling office in the basement
of Willard Hall before noon Satur
day, Ray V. Watkins, scheduling
officer, has announced.
Graduating - seniors with final
examinations after 7 p.m., Jan. 21
must file a conflict. Grades of
graduating seniors must be in the
Office of the Recorder by 9 a.m.
Jan. 22.
Students with three tests on the
same day may file a conflict if
they wish.
Rod and Coccus Club
To Hold Party at TUB
The Rod and Coccus Club will
hold its Christmas party 7:30 to
10 tonight at the Temporary Union
Building.
There will be refreshments and
entertainment, and members will
exchange .25 cent gifts. Admission
charge is 35 cents.
The
TAVERN
ENJOY OUR
' DELICIOUS PIZZA PIE.
SERVED, OR TO
TAKE OUT
from 9 to 11:30
to Direct
Tomorrow
Hummel Fishburn
Directs Carol Sing
Organizations
Get Charters
Four old campus organizations
and one new group received char
ters recently from the Senate
committee on student affairs.
As a result of a new policy set
up by the committee, to be ap
proved' by the College, campus
organizations must receive a char
ter from thd committee after sub
mitting information pertaining to
the group.
The New Bavarian Schuhplat
ters, a folk dancing group, was
the new organization receiving a
charter.
_ Old organizations r ec eiv in g
charters were the Education Stu
dent Council; Parmi Nous, senior
men's hat society; Penn State
chapter of the American Society
for Metals; and the student branch
of the American Society of Agri
cultural Engineers.
5 Attend Meeting
Of Ag Engineers
Three students and two faculty
members are representing the
Penn State chapter of the Ameri
can Society of Agricultural En
gineers this week at a national
convention in Chicago.
Students attending are Morris
Schroeder, Joseph Campbell, and
Gerald Birth. Faculty members
include Arthur Clyde, professor
of agricultural engineering, and
Elwood F. Oliver, associate pro
fessor of agricultural engineer
ing.
The local ASAE branch has
been selected to publish the 1953
annual student journal of ASAE.
More than 99 per cent of the
air at sea level is composed of
oxygen and nitrogen.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
NOW ON SALE!
Elattg Totirgiatt
o . llr
The Daily Collegian offers to you for
only $2.00 a semester's subscription for
those on your Christmas gift list.
It will be on sale in the Collegian of
fice in Carnegie Hall. Stop in and have
a GIFT CERTIFICATE sent to that friend
and solve your Christmas gift problem ,
Chest Drive
To Continue
January 8
A final "clean up" drive for the
Campus Chest will be held Jan.
8, according to Joseph Haines,
acting drive chairman.
The short drive will be an at
tempt to make up some of the
difference between the contribu
tions received_ and the goal set.
Latest available figures indicate
the drive netted only $7804.14 of
the $12,000 goal.
The drive which ended Nov. 22
was originally scheduled 'to end
Nov. 18. From its start the drive
was- hampered by a shortage of
solicitors, officials said.
Compare Drives
Student contributions to the
drive reached $5971.88. Contribu
tions from:the faculty-administra
tion drive which started N0v."17
and ended Nov. 22 reached
$1832:26.
Indications that the drive was
not going well were expressed by
Campus Chest officials when they
compared it with last year's drive.
At - one point in the drive this
year $2BOO had been collected,
while at the same time last year
$6OOO had been collected. Last
year's driye came within 99, per
cent of its $12,000 goal.
Nine Groups Benefit
Recipients of drive funds this
year include nine charity and
service groups: the Penn State
Christian Association, the World
Student Service Fund, the Wom
en's Student Government Asso
ciation Christmas Fund, the State
College Welfare Fund, the Sal
vation Army, the Heart Fund,
the American Cancer Society, the
Penn State Scholarship Fund, and
the National Student Se r vice
Fund for Negro Students.
100 to Attend
Coffee Hour
One hundred county agents and
extension personnel are expected
to attend the annual Ag Hill Ca:.
fee Hour to be held 3 to 5 p.m. to
day in the Stock Pavilion.
The coffee hour is being held
in conjunction with the County
Agents Association to give agri
culture students a chance to be
come better acquainted with their
own agricultural extension repre
sentatives, Temple Reynolds, cof
fee hour chairman, explained.
A public address system will be
set up in the pavilion so Christ
mas carols may be sung. Coffee
and doughnuts will be s er v e d
throughout the afternoon.
Harshbarger to Lead
Christmas Meditation
A Christmas meditation will be
led by Luther Harshbarger, Col
lege chaplain, at 7 tonight in 304
Old Main.
A Christmas social at 8 p.m
will follow.
Vet Certifications Due
. Veterans training under public
law 550 must turn in their com
pleted monthly certifications at
6 Old Main by Saturday.
Prexy Gets Another
pos}tion, that of honorary chairman for, Religion-In-Life W ; ee arY k,
Feb. 15-22. He and William Griffith, chairman for the week,
discuss plans for the program, with members of the executive
committee looking on. Left to right are Richard Altman, John
Hoerr, Geraldine Lalli, Philip Kline , and Carolyn Morris.
Dickens Popularized
Reading of 'carol'
Perhaps it was Dickens who made the reading aloud of his "A
Christmas Carol" a Christmas tradition, for at the height of his
career as England's greatest novelist, he read before large audiences
and was acclaimed a brilliant reader.
His success at public readings of his works might well be ex
plained in his own words—" They
were seated about me on the plat
form, put into • the doorway of
the waiting-room, squeezed into
every conceivable place, and a
multitude turned away."
The 'Carol' will be read at
a free public performance by
James Ambandos, writer-direc
tor for the College Motion Pic
ture Studio, at 7 p.m. tomorrow
in 121 Sparks.
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
is probably his one work that is
read aloud most frequently. Dick
ens began the tradition which has
been carried through to modern
times.
Dickens gave his first paid pub
lic reading at the age of 46. How
ever, this was not his first public
appearance. He would often read
NvEriNgppAy t D4PV.W.m.3,. 17, !at
portions of his writings to friends.
His audiences gradually increased
in size until he was giving benefit
readings throughout the country.
Tickets were always in demand
for Dickens' readings, and it is
said that scalpers were able to
get as much as $26 for a seat. His
readings were given in Eng4nd,
Scotland, I r eland, Paris; and
America.
Although Victorian friends once
questioned the taste of Dickens'
reading for money, it is now un
derstood that the readings were
an essential outlet for Dickens'
intense restlessness, distrust, and
emotionhl strain. He had a secret
love affair with Ellen Ternan and
needed the assurance of face to
face contact with his public.
But running away from his
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