WXDNESDAY,
Festival Reiptesentatives
Among.-the representatives from the _ College ' taking part - n the•
PemiSylvania Interpretative Reading Festival to be held here
tomorrow and Friday are (left _to right;: Margaret Roberts, reading
in the long poem division; Margaret Troutman, taking part in the
;reading hour; Mary Jane Kelley, serving as . mistress of ceremonies
':.11 the banquet; and Constance Melvin, read!ng in the drama divi;
sion.
t.;.pY . Co lle ges to • Enter
sth Reading - Festival:
The College will be represented in the fifth annual Pennsylvania
Interpretative Reading Festival tomorrow and Friday by Margaret
Roberts, Margaret Troutman. Nancy D. White, and Constance Melvin.
The festival, under the direction o
of Mrs. Harriett D. Nesbitt and
William' W. Hamilton, assistant
professors of speech, will ,begin at
1:45 p.m. tomorrow 'in' 304 Old
Main with a session of . short Poem
readings. Miss White will read in
this event.
At C p.m. tomorrow. the read
ings will be held- in the drania
category. Miss' Melvin- will read
from "The Winslow Boy."
.
'Portrad of Jenny'
Miss Roberts has chosen to read
the "Pied Piper of Hamelin" by
Robert Browning hi the.long,poem
division at. 9:30 a.m. Friday:.......,,
The College will not be .repre
sented in the short tstory c ,eVent at
10i30 a.m. Friday . . Miss, Troutman,.
however, will read excerpti. from.
Robert Nathan's short Story 'Por
trait of Jenny" in theyeading hour
at 1 . :30 p.m. Friday. The- reading
event will not be judged, -
Thirteen colleges will,be repie
sented in the festival. Some of
,the
ll
coeges attending will be Pennsyl
vania College for Women, Slip-
pery. Rock State Teachers College,
Duquesne University., Cedar:Crest
College, Geneva College , , and
Ogontz Center, •
.
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Mary Jane ltellef Will serve
as mistress of ceremonies ' at: the
festival banquet at'',s:3,o pan: to=
morrow at the -- ,NittiUx:Lioti Inn.
Dr. Lois Hyslop, lecturer in the
Romance Languages department,
will be guest speaker 'at the ban
quet. Dr. Hyslop :will--:speak on
"Two Poetic Worlds," the story of
the French author Baudelaire and
America's Poe.': • .."
Following the readings tomor-:
row night, the delegates
entertained 'at ' a 'coffee hour at
Hamilton's home. • . - .. .
The public is invited to attend
any part of the ereading festival.
However, they are- asked to come
into the. reading • room. only. be
tween readings so as not to' inter
rupt the readers' performance, ac'
cording to Mrs. Nesbitt.
. All reading sessions .will be held
in room .304 Old Main.
Phi lotes - Initiates, 3
,
Philotes, independent 'women's .
organization,'' initiated Helen
Clare, Beverly Burkhardt, W and
'Martha Petrus last •Week. •Re-
Ireshinents were served following
•
- the initiation.
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PSCA Will Hear
Columbia Prof
IDr." John Dillenberger, acting
head of the Department of Re
ligion at Columbia University, will
speak at "6 p.m. Saturday at the
Penn State. Christian Association
annual dinner at the Autoport.
The meeting, open to members
and trustees of PSCA, will also
include annual reports and instal
lation of the new cabinet. •
Students wishing to• attend the
meeting should sign . up by 5 p.m.
Friday in 304 Old Main. Cost of
the dinner will be $1.50.
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Myers-Nast
Mr: and Mrs. Nast of Butler an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Shirley, to Norman
Myers
.of Wilkes-Barre.
Miss Nast, who was' graduated
from the College in 1952, was a
member of Phi Sigma Sigma.
Mr. - Myers was also graduated
from the College. -
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda, Chi Alpha recently
pledged William Monko and Don
ald Brown.
Trim; 4JArLY COLLEGIAN •STATE•COLLEGE. •PENNSYLVANIA
Triangle
The local chapter of Triangle
recently climaxed its silver an
niversarY • with Founda-P,' Day.
Albert P. Powell received several
gifts in recognition of his 24 years
as fraternity adviser.
New officers installed by the
fraternity are Donald Plasterer,
president; Robert Brooks, vice
president: 'Robert P. Jones, treas
urer and IFC representative; Paul
Whipkey, recording secretary; Da
vid Shoop, assistant treasure: and
houseman- Donald Schlegel. cor
responding secretary; Joseph Bit
ner, librarian; Paul Brobst, cater
er; and Jol"i Cl7anter editor. I
Phi Kappa Sigma
Phi
_Kappa Sigma has' elected
(Thomas Woolaway, president;
Carl Evankovich, social chairinan;
Thomas Davies, scholastic chair
man; Dean Porterfield, secretary;
Alan McChesney, treasurer;
Thomas Brasher, rushing chair
man; Richard Tussey, correspond
..ng -secretary; Robert Wuesthoff,
pledge master; Donald Martin,
_louse manager; Richard Vogel,
caterer; and Richard Limiters,
kitchen helper. .
Dale Vuncanon was appointed
athletict chairman; Ralph Lauden-
slayer, publicity chairman; and
Charles Stone, IFC representative.
Chi Omega'
Chi OMega recently held their
annual Sweetheart dinner-dance
in honor of graduating seniors.
The formal dinner was held at the
Nittany Lion Inn Saturday. The
dance was held later that night
at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.
Decorations, were cent er ed
around rose covered trellises,- and
an additional feature was the in
dividual ink portraits of the sen
iors. 'Dick Dennis provided music
for the dance held from 9 to 12
p.m., and refreshments we r e
served during the • evening.
Delta-Delta Delta •
' Members - of Delta Delta Delta
were entertained last Thursday
by Sigma Chi at the chapter
house. Brothers and pledges put
on a play`and a quartet from the
fraternity sang.
Sigma 'Alpha Mu
Sigma Alpha Mu recently -en
tertained Josephine Brenner and
Beverly Marcus of Alpha Epsilon
Phi for dinner. They participated
in the lighting of the Sabbath
candles.
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi recently in
itiated Charles Sowers and Stan
ley Deßisio. Recently pledged to
the fraternity were Daniel P!ar
ber, David Murphy, and Jairies
Lambert.
Aye Sees
The Aye See Colony of Pi Beta
Phi held an overnight party last
Friday. at the PSCA 'cabin.
Members of Delta Gamma were
recently entertained by the Aye
Sees at a social in McElwain Hall.
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Retreat
WSGA
, The Women's Student Government Association will — hold a re
treat from 6:30 to 10 tonight in Grange basement. Theme for the
1 - etre".t is "The Relation of WSGA to. Campus Activities."
After group singing the members will separate at 7:45 p.m.
into meetings of the five divisions of WSGA. Senate, Judicial and
Freshman Regulations Board. Will
include both old and new mem
bers.: Present members will ex
plain duties and give information
to incoming members.
The Houses of Representatives
and Freshman Council will be
composed of only their present
members. They will evaluate past
accomplishments and make sug
gestions for future activity.
At 7:15 p.m. the groups will
Come together for assignment' of
individuals to • five workshops,
each with a chairman and secre
tary. Discussions will include: 1.
Faculty-student relationships; 2.
Leaderships; 3. New' suggestions
for next year; 4. How to more 'ef
fectively explain WSGA to the
student body; and 5. How. WSGA
fits into_ the campus program as
a whole.
From 8:15 to 9 p.m. the work
shop secretaries will present their
minutes to members of the re
treat. DisCussion will ,follow each
reading. Refreshments will be
served. •
Maud Strawn will make a finan
cial report and Nancy D. White
and Joan Hutchon will present
information on the Intercollegiate
Association of .Women Students.
The lA,WS is the national organ
ization of WSGA. Jane Reber will
be secretary of , the retreat.
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WSGA Selects
May Day Arch
Twenty-two senior women have
been selected, for the May Queen's
honor arch May Day committee of
the Women's Student Govern
ment HouSe of Representatives.
The women will participate Viii
May Day ceremonies May 9.
They are Elizabeth Agnew, Jean
Berg, ' Joyce Buchanan, 'Yvonne
Carter, Eloise Grimm, Martha
Heckman, Janet Herd, Julia Ibr
botson, Elizabeth Johnson, Joan
Lee, Margaret Lamaster; Marilyn
Minor, Terese Moslak, Nancy Nelms
ton,' Vivian Peterson, Betty Rich
ardson, Irene Taylor, Marian Un
clar, Mary Wertman, Marian
Whiteley, Rachael Witherow, and
Guyla Woodward.
Senior women who have not
signed up and are interested in
participating in the hemlock chain
for May Day may sign up in Mc-
Elwain lounge today, acording to
Betsy Siegler, co-chairman oLMay
Day elections.
Grad Gets New -Office
J. T. Ryan Jr., a graduate-of the
class of 1934, was recently elected
president of 'the Mine Safety Ap
pliances Co., yittsburgh,.world's
largest safety equipment manu
facturing firm.
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