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'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
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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.
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