.. . . , • , - • . . . ~ . . , „ . . . -- . • „-.. . . „ . ~ • , , .., 5j .z..x1r4,. 4, . . • -411' • 4r ' aCISSeS Need . . W c ear i . her: odyr . , . ~. . - . r .. 4 . Showers • 4 %.,....-q• . attg ~.Ailt:::-''';') Tattrgtan ...„,._,,, . • More Functions— See Page 4 It , PENN STATE . . . ' . VOL. 53, No. 135 Retu rti . :(if 'Cloaked TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.; May 1 (R)—A planeload of repatriated American prisoners of war from Korea, designated by the Air Force as "victims of Communist propaganda," arrived here today under a cloak of military secrecy. _ _ . Dillenberger To Speak At Chapel Dr. John Dillenberger, acting head of the Department of Re ligion at Columbia University, will speak on "Certainty and Un certainty," 11 a.m. tomorrow at Chapel services in Schwab Audi:- torium. A graduate of Elmhurst College, br: Dillenberger received his B.D. degree from the Union Theologi cal Seminary and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. Member of Committees During the war, he served as a chaplain in the United States Navy. He was named tutor as sistant in theology at the Union Theological Seminary after the war. Dr. Dillenberger has served as instructor in religion at Prince ton University,-assistant professor of religion at Columbia Univer sity, and associate professor at Columbia since 1952. Besides being secretary of the committee on the M.A. in the field of religion, he is also a member of the committee on the Ph.D. in the field •of religion, and at - member .of the National Coun cil on Religion in Higher Educa tion and the Society for Theo logical Discussion under the Ha zen Foundation. Chapel Choir Anthem Dr. Dillenberger is the author of "God Hidden and Revealed," published recently by Mulllen berg Press. He is also the co author of a book on Pmtestantism, sponsored by the National Coun cil on Religion in Higher Educa tion. The book will be published in November. The Chapel Choir will sing as anthem "Praise" (Rowley). George E. Ceiga, organist, will play as prelude "Canzon Terza" (Fresco baldi), offertory "Andante" (Men delssohn) ' and postlude "Verset de Procession" (Boellman). Annual Horse Show To Begin Today The• fOurth annual Horse Show of the. Penn State Riding Club will begin. at 9 a.m. today and continue until tomorrow at the Col lege riding .stables. Teams of - four riders from Grier School, Penn Hall Junior College and the College will compete for honors in the modified Olympic three phase event. Riding for the College are Patricia Gilbert, Gail Smith, Nancy Wild, and Edward Campbell. Margaret Warner, graduate in the class' :of '5l, will be instructor and coach of the Penn Hall team.. Parade to Open Classes Morning classes today include novice horsemanship, horseman ship jumping, children's horse manship, and the first or school ing phase of the modified Olympic event A parade of riding teams will waters Reported Clean At W h ipp le Dam Park Water at Whipple Darn State Park is , not contaminated, Wil liam 'Caesar, assistant director of foresti in the State Depart ment of Forests and Waters in Huntington, reported - yester day. , Rumors have been circulat ing on, campus that the water is contaminated and the .lake will be drained: The lake. can al= ' pure mountain Water, Keeler said. POWs in -secrOy The Air Force did not announce the arrival and it. didn't become known until one of the POWs, Cpl. Paul Schnur Jr. of San Fran cisco, was taken to Letterman Hospital in that city 40 miles southwest of here. Then, the Travis public infor mation officer, Maj. Thomas Bar bour, said he had been given per mission to disclose simply that a plane had arrived. The number of men aboard was not disclosed. The cloak of secrecy was clamped down Thursday when the plane left Tokyo. The Air H 0 N 0 LULU, May 1 (A')— Forty U.S. servicemen take off tonight on the final leg of their joyous journey from North Ko rean prison stockades to the American continent. Force said it was ordered by the Pentagon and issued this state ment: "We are cooperating with the other military services in main taining security over this partic ular operation, because of the po sition taken by the Army and others that these men may have been misled under conditions of duress and hardship during the period of 'their captivity." Y.lt is our position they are victims of Communist propagan da." The first group' of five returned. .prisoners' ••• arrtved - Wednesday with a fanfare of publicity. AT® to Continue CanCer Collections _ Members of Alpha Tau Omega will continue to solicit funds for the Centre County Cancer Socie ty next week in an effort to reach the $12,000 goal set by the soci ety. - Fraternity members will call on more than 200 State College merchants before the drive ends Thursday. Kaye Vinson, general chairman of business solicitations, has ask ed that business owners have their contributions ready when students call. start afternoon 'classes at 1 p.m. Clathes •to be judged are inter mediate-open, warm up jumpers, ponies, second or cross country phase of • the Olympic event, ad vanced horsemanship, lead line, knock down and out, Morgan ex hibition, pairs of jumpers, hunter hack, and children's horseman ship jumping. / Zerbe to .be Ringmaster Beginning ',at 1, p.m. tomorrow, sessions will include advanced horsemanship jumping, western parade hore, third or ring jump ing phase of the Oympic event, open pleasure horse, open hunter, Morgan under saddle, hunt teams, open stock horse, open three gaited; riding club trophy, and Centre County pleasure horse. Judges for the show will be Mr. and Mrs. Alden McKim Crane of Washington, D.C. Thomas Zer be will serve as ringmaster. The College team took second place in. March at the Cornell Invitational Meet , and has ,won first place - for the ast two years in the modified . O ►sgic events. FOR A 'BETTE STATE COLLEGE; PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1953 Nine M: __.,,.be by metallurgy major. Open House programs are being sponsored by nine campus groups including six schools. ndustries, To Honor Dr. Edward Steidle, who will retire June 30 after 25 years as dean of the School of Mineral Industries, - will be honored at 6 tonight by Pennsylvania industrial leaders and students, alumni, and faculty of the College at a dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn. More than 245 per - sons will at tend the dinner. George H. Deike, vice president of the College Board of Trustees and chairman of the board of the Mine Safety Appliance co., Pittsburgh, will present the College with a- full length oil portrait of Dean Stei dle by Malcolm S. Parcell of Washington, Pa. To Present Watch The portrait will be presented lin behalf of alumni and faculty of ,the School of Mineral Indus tries and will•be accepted for the College by Edgar C. Weichel, member of the board of trustees and vice president of Hudson Coal Co., Scranton: David Fleming, past president of the MI Student Council, will present Dean Steidle with a gold watch and a scroll of acknow ledgment from students in the school. Speakers for the dinner will include Dr. Elbert F. Osborn, as sociate dean of the school, who will' succeed Dean Steidle, and Dr. Lewis E. Young, consulting engineer of Pittsburgh. ,Native of Williamsport John H. Frizzell, professor em eritus .of public speaking and College chaplain emeritus, will give the invocation at the dinner. Deike will serve as . toastmaster. A native of Williamsport, Dean Steidle received his B.S. degree from the College in 1911 and his doctor of science degree from Al fred University in 1943. In 1928 he returned to the Col lege as dean of the School of Mining and Metallurgy, which, under his supervision, became the School of Mineral Industries in 1930. Dean Steidle is past president of the National Mine Rescue As sociation and - the Mine - Rescue Veterans of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of "Mineral Industries Education," published in 1950, and. "Mineral. Forecast, 2000 A.D." published in 1952. . Jam Session Tomorrow West Dorni. Council will spon sor a jam session from 2 to 4:30 p.m. 'tomorrow in the main lounge of Hamilton Hall. Mike Rosenfeld and his orchestra will, play for the session. . Open Houses College Steidle Lawley Installed , As Choir Head Kenneth Lawley was installed last night as new president of the Chapel Choir at the annual . choir banquet 'at the Allencrest Tea Room. Four graduating seniors wh o have been choir members for eight semesters were honored. They are Doris •Ann Cook, Carolyn Morris, Molly North, and Ann Stuck. Keys were awarded to sixth semester members. Other officers installed are Al lan Forbes and Elizabeth Stuter, first and second vice presidents; Barbara Patton, secretary; Alex ander Zerban, treasurer; Rita Case, historian; James' Holtan, li brarian;.arid David Cassady, Aner Carlstrom, and Gerald Hodge, as sistant librarians. Newspaperman to Speak John H. Biddle, one of th e newspapermen who visited Mos-: cow last month, will speak on his trip to Europe and the Near East at 11 a.m. Monday. in 10 Sparks. Biddle is publisher of the Hunt ingdon Daily News. The talk is open to the public. Talks Anti-Aircraft Training Aid To 'Be Shown Nine open houses featuring exhibits, speeches and tours, will be held on campus today for visitors from all parts of the state. The Naval Reserve Offi cers' Training Corps, in conjunc tion with the School of Engineer ing and the Air Force' ROTC, will feature an anti-aircraft gunnery trainer with a three dimension film attachment of airplanes. Exhibits of guns, torpedoes, and mines will be on display in the Armory. The naval ward room, on second floor Engineering E, will have a picture display of a mid shipman's progress from high school through college. Emphasis will be placed on seamanship, gunnery, navigation, and marine engineering. Members of the Quarterdeck Society will staff exhibitions.. Of ficers will explain changes in the program for next year and an swer visitors' questions. Faculty members and student teachers will discuss the,,problems in education during the Education Open House. Departments will be open to visitors. Registration and information headquarters will be located in Burrowes. Mineral Indtistries . Open House is being held in conjunction with the Petroleum and ' Natural Gas Laboratory. It will include tours through the Mineral Science and Mineral Industries Buildings. Ar rows will direct the tours, and students and faculty members will be stationed on each floor to direct guests and answer ques tions. Included among the displays are a relief of an anthracite coal mine, an oil pump, ceramics, and metal pouring. An information booth has been (Continued on page eight) X-Ray Service To Be Given By Mobile Unit A mobile Red Cross X-ray unit will be at the College Tuesday through Thursday to give free chest. X-ray service to students, College employees, • and towns people. The unit will be located in the driVeway directly behind Willard Hall and will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. daily. This is the first time the unit has come to the College. College Health Service officials are anx ious to have a large response, Mrs. Mary K. Royer, Health Ser vice secretary said. She pointed out that many graduating seniors will be required to have chest X-rays when they seek jobs after graduation and that this will be an opportunity to get one free of charge. Dr. Anna 0. Stephens, physi cian on the Health Service staff, said if the response is good, every effort will be made to have the unit come' to the = College each year. College Alumni Fund Passes $lOO,OOO Mark Penn State's Alumni Fund passed •the $lOO,OOO mark Thurs day. Bernard P. Taylor, executive director of the newly-established Penn State Foundation, set the number of individual contributors at 3600. Purpose of the foundation is to support projects for which state appropriated funds and income are not avei.lable. FIVE CENTS
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