.. (&t}£ Olull VOL. 53, No. 103 Hosterman Quits Post In Athletics Walter R.'Hosterman, assistant graduate manager of athletics, re signed yesterday, effective April 30. Hosterman will accept a posi tion as purchasing agent and pro duction 1 control at the Sylvania Corporation’s new plant in Win chester, ; following a two-month indoctrination period at the com pany’s Montoursville plant. A 1937 graduate and former athlete, of State, College High School, Hosterman graduated from the College in 1941 after winning all-American soccer honors in 1939 and 1940 and captaining the team in his senior year. He was one of four brothers to gain dis tinction" in soccer at the College. Hosterman was named assistant to H. R. Gilbert in November 1947, after having been associated with the department of grounds and buildings the preceding year. From 1942 to 1946 he served as a meteorologist in the Army Air Force. Christoff Enters State Hospital The Cambria .County Court Tuesday ordered Jean Christoff, brother of cloth belt strangulation victim June, to undergo a 90-day period of observation at the Tor rance State Hospital. The 28-year-old-former student of Carnegie Institute of Tech nology, in Pittsburgh will prob ably be committed to the hospital today. He was ordered to undergo treatment at the request of Dis trict Attorney Frederick J. Fees. The order followed a report of an examination of Christoff that re vealed he is mentally ill and in heed of treatment. Results of the examination by a Johnstown 'physician showed that Christoff is suffering from a mental disorder known as schizo phrenia. Christoff plead guilty Tuesday to two counts of burglary. He ap peared in the county court in Ebensberg. He denied knowledge of his sister’s death last Feb. 17. in their home near Frugality in northern Cambria County. . Radio Permit Request Sent The College’s/application for a construction permit for the plan ned FM campus radio station was mailed yesterday, Wilmer E. Ken worthy, chairman of the Pres ident’s radio committee, has an nounced. Permission to build the station must be received from the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. before construc tion may proceed. The' College plans to have_ plans and material ready to begin work as soon as the permit is received, Kenworthy said;- - * No estimate is available on the tength of time it will take the F £ c *° Process the College’s ap plication, but it is expected that tests on the station will be held before the end of the semester. These tests must be run before the. broadcasting license is granted. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY WITH ; RAIN NSA National President To Speak Before Cabinet 300 Cheer Teams at Pep Rally A small but enthusiastic crowd of 300 students braved the cold March weather last, night to cheer members, of the wrestling, boxing, and gymnastics teams at a pre championships pep, rally held in front of Recreation Hall. Androcles, junior men’s , hat so ciety, sponsored the rally as a sendoff for the three teams, which are participating in inter collegiate competitions this week end. The rally was opened with music by the Air Force ROTC Pep Band. After several cheers McChesney introduced 'emcee Richard ■ Neuweiler. Wrestling coach [Charlie Spei del, -introduced by Neuweiler, said the wrestling team win. be in the big leagues at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling', Cham pionships. “It will be State against the east this weekend and State against the world at the nation als,” Speidel' commented. “I’m sure the boys will give us some thing to cheer about,” he con cluded. . Neuweiler next introduced Nit tany Boxing Coach Eddie Sulkow ski who told 1 the crowd, “We might surprise you and come back with the championship. Under the new scoring system, each indi vidual winner gets nine points toward his team’s score. If Kois, Marino, and Flore win, and if they get some help from the rest of the boys, we might walk off with the team title.” After more 'cheers and music, Neuweiler introduced Gene Wett- coach of the eastern cham pionship and undefeated Nittany gymnastics team. Wettstone told the crowd that although the team had already won the eastern title, they -are going to make a real effort to bring back some in dividual championship's. 'Lute Song' Opens In Schwab Ton ight are. in. for a Chinese holiday complete with Oriental silk, lace, and song, when Players’ “Lute Song” opens a weekend run at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium. . . Tickets for the musical fantasy, priced at 60 cents for tonight and.sl for tomorrow and Saturday, nights’ performances, are on sale at the Student Union desk iti Oldp — Main. “Lute Song” or Pi-Pg-Ki is the simple story of a wife’s filial de votion and -fidelity to her hus band. As Tsai Yong, the wander ing husband, Howard Salus will play the scholar who goes ,to seek his fortune at the royal court. Velma Kaiser -will portray the faithful wife, Tchao-Ou-Niang, wh'o endures famine, starvation, pilgrimage, soul torture, and big amy in her search to join her husband. As the royal princess, Betty Rice is the final link that unites them. Players Rent Costumes Included, in the cast of 35 are three townchildren. Karen and Christine Owen, daughters of for mer Player David Owen, and Paula Smith, whose father is War ren. S. Smith, associate. professor of dramatics, will join Miss Kai ser in singing “The Monkey Song.” Players will cloak their pro duction of the Chinese classic in 96 gaudy costumes rented from Allegheny College where the show was produced three years ago. Muriel Stein/ graduate assistant in dramatics, also made several new costumes to add to the ward robe. Members of the imperial court will be arrayed in bright orchid, red, and black satins and taffetas slashed with gold glitter and silver braid. ’ Peasants and FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1953 i.' V „ W y —Photo by Freeburn WRESTLING COACH Charlie Speidel addresses a crowd of 300 students , who turned out for last night's pep rally' honoring the'- wrestling, boxing and- gymnastics teams. The three squads will participate in Eastern intercollegiate championship competition this weekend. Liberal Arts Student Suspended for Forgery An eighth semester student N in the School of Liberal Arts has been suspended by Dean of Men Frank J. Simes for forgery dur ing registration. * . The student had forged his ad viser’s signature to two drop-add slips and to a note to another instructor requesting to take a course by. examination. . coolies will be' decked in plain cottons. According to Miss Stein, the first rehearsals were embar rassing. Men wear skirts, and wo men wear trousers in the show. They "had a lot of trouble learn ing to kneel and sit, Miss Stein said. An eight piece ensemble orches tra will provide music for “Lute Song.” In the ensfemble are Bill Rhodes, flute; Francis O’Connell, oboe; Edward Umberger, clarinet; Charles Beker, bassoon; Mary Al bers, cello; Joseph Stefan, percus sion, and Ray Barr, piano. According to Juanita Sherk, music director, the ensemble will use a five tone pentatonic scale worked into a series of quick in tervals for an exotic Oriental ef fect. Fourteen numbers are played in the musical score including the vocals, “Where You Are,” “Moun tain High, Valley Low,” “Bitter Harvest,” and “Vision Song.” Music from the New York pro duction was sent in photostatic form and had to be ' rephoto graphed before the music could be copied, Mrs. Sherk said. Don Rentschler and Alden Shope re arranged the music from full or chestra to ensemble. They also composed strains of original back ground music. An autoharp will be used to simulate the" tones of ; the Lute in the play. Includes 14 Numbers •• „ s **- ' v ''' Sidewalk Chasm May Pat Local Bank 7 n Hole A yawning chasm that threat ens to' engulf the People’s Nation al Bank in the borough reminds us of an old question, “How much dirt is there in a hole 15 by 15 feet deep?” However, this time it will prob ably read, “How much bank is there in said hole?” The People’s bank could become the first bank to go in the hole without a run on it. • To stop this occurrence the bor ough government will more than likely have to throw some sup ports under the bank, or the street, or something. Somebody suggested that the whole town might be over a stray tunnel from the Philadelphia sub ways. But this must be discount ed. The only people around here who . would build a tunnel into town would be some West Norm residents' that overshot Thomp son Hall. Lion Clique Heads To Be Nominated Nominations of junior and sen ior clique officers and vice clique chairman in the Lion Party will be held at a party meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday in 10 Sparks, party chairrrihn Richard Kirschner, has announced'. At a clique meeting Monday, Rosearin Monack, Virginia Moore, and Katharine Reynolds were ap pointed to 'head party organiza tion in the girl’s dormitories. In the men’s dormitories, Richard Fabro, Albert Jordon, and Donald Harriz were appointed organizers. Thomas Kidd was appointed chairman. of the platform com mittee. ' F/osh Revue Tryouts Set for March 14-15 Tryouts for the freshman class musical revue will be held Satur day and Sunday. Singers, dancers, and novelty, acts are requested to sign up for tryouts at the Student Union desk in Old Main,this week. pgtan Politics Open to All — See Page 4 Health Service Head to Answer CabinefQueries Richard J. Murphy, national president of the National Student Association, will dis cuss NSA before All-College Cabinet tonight, according to John Laubach, president.' Laubach said that Murphy, in addition to his discussion, Will answer questions from cabinet concerning NSA. ■He said that questions which have been raised before and which will probably be raised again are whether or not the College should belong to NSA and whether the benefits derived from membership are worth the cost. AGENDA Roll call Minutes of the previous meeting Reports of officers Adoption of agenda Reports of committees Old Business: 1. Health facilities questions New Business Special guest: National Student Association President Announcements Adjournment The association with offices in Philadelphia represents students in such organizations as the American University Council- of Education, the American Associ ation of University Professors, and the United States National Committee for United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul tural Organizations. Laubach said that the associ ation is instrumental in the ex change of methods and ideas for student government among schools. In addition to the NSA discus sion, Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, direc tor of the College Health Service, will answer questions submitted to him Feb. 12 by cabinet. Cabinet wanted to know: What specific requests have been made by the College for funds to expand the health serv ice? What are the possible sources of these funds? When will funds b'e available? What improvements would the funds provide? How much emergency bed space could be made available, in case of epidemics? Why can’t students get official excuses when directed to go to bed in their own quarters bv health officials? y Article Outlines Prexy's Influence President MiltonS. Eisen hower's influence in the na tional government is outlined m a recent issue of the Allen town Sunday Call-Chronicle; The newspaper's article in cludes sketches of the College president's government service, past and present, and a general background of his activities. The article quotes President Dwight D. Eisenhower as say ing, several years ago, "Milton has the brains in the family.** Dr. Eisenhower is presently serving the government as one of a three-member commission studying government economy 3 j methods of improving it, and member of a larger group studying efficiency in the De fense Department. FIVE CENTS
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