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Co bined Arts
Alsplay Opens
The Combined Arts Exhibit, part of the Combined Arts festival
planned by student representatives - from the various arts depart
ments, opened yesterday on the second floor lounge of Old Main'.
The display, planned and set
up, by a student committee, fea
tures a wide variety of art and
design in water colors, sculpture,
ceramics, textiles, etchings, en
gravings, architecture, landscap
ing, and oils.
Open Houses Planned
Displays illustrate the com
bined efforts of art students,
showing the relation of one type
art with other arts.
Program for the coming week
includes open houses by the Art
Education and Architecture de
partments. The Art Education de
partment will open its program
at 2 p.m. today with a coffee hour
sponsored by the Art Education
Forum.
-Exhibits will continue May 9
with paintings, sculpture, gra
phics, ceramics, and - a puppet
show on display at the Art Edu
cation department in the Tem
porary Classroom Building.
Architecture Open House will be
held today through May 9.
Five O'Clock Theater
Push-Up Skill
Is Requirement
For He-Man
Mastery of the art of doing
push-ups, as well as an Atlas-like
build and sheer strength, is desir
able in men competing for the
title of All-College He-Man, ac
cording to Joseph. Barnett, chair
man of the contest.
Approximately 30 entries in the
He-Man preliminaries will remain
after the first event, Barnett said.
The preliminaries will touch
off Spring Week activities at 5
p.m. May 11 on the large field
east of Nittany Dormitories.
A standing broadjiimp, 100-yard
dash, shot put, and soccer kick
judged on a point basis will de
termine the eight finalists.
In the finals, following the car
nival parade May 12, contestants
will. be entered under special
titles of their choosing, with cos
tumes to match. The All-College
He-Man will be chosen for ap
propriate dress, weight lifting, a
specialty skill test, - and physical
build in the bathing suit he must
wear beneath his costume.
He-Man entries are due at 5
p.m. Thursday at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main.
WD to Elect
New President
Monday Night
West Dorm Council will hold its
spring presidential election at 7
p.m. Monday in the main lounge
of McKee Hall. Independent men
who intend to live in the West
Dorm area next year are eligible
for nomination.
This is the first year that nom
inations and the election have
been held in the spring. The re
vision is the result of a recent
amendment to the council consti
tution. The new amendment
states: "West Dorm Council shall•
elect a president for the following
year within the week following
the Association of Independent
Men's spring elections."
The amendment was officially
approved in living units by the
necessary two-thirds majority re
quired for a constitutidnal amend
ment.
Nominations will be considered
and seconded by the council.
Nominees will be permitted to
give a brief review of their quali
fications before the president is
elected by the 18-member council.
Cutler to Head
Physics Group
Members of Sigma Pi Sigma,
national physics honor society,
recently elected Warren Cutler,
graduate student in physics, pres
ident for 1953-54.
Other officers are Ernest Yost,
vice president; Jean Bennett, sec
retary; and Robert Read, treas
urer. Dr. F. Raymond Smith, asso
ciate professor of physics, was
elected adviser.
The chapter initiated Robert
Newnham, Arthur Pavlovic, Ed
ward Scicchitano, Howard
Shields, Charles Rockman and
Howard Weisberger Tuesday in
Osmd Laboratory.
A chapter banquet was held in
the Cadillac Room at the Auto
port following the ceremony. Dr.
Henry L. Yeagley, associate pro
fessor of physics, spoke on the
"Physical Basis of Bird Naviga
tion."
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Cooperating with the Depart
ment of Architecture in setting
up exhibits - are Fine Arts, Land
scape Architecture, Drama, and
Dance.
General exhibit director is
Charles Hall, tenth semester
architecture major. This is the
first year students have been in
charge of the festival. Previously
a committee of faculty members
planned the exhibits.
An original script-in-hand pro
duction will be given by the Five
O'Clock Theater at 5 p.m: Tues
day in the Little Theater, base
ment of Old Main, and a modern
dance recital will be given at
8 p.m. Wednesday in White Hall.
AF 'lnaugurates
Officer Program
Two programs inaugurated by
the Air Force Tor direct commis
sions and a Marine. Corps officer
candidate course are currently
open to graduating seniors.
Male seniors majoring in chem
istry, physics, engineering, or
mathematics may apply
. for direct
commission in the A r Force.
Minimum active du t y require
ment for -the progr a m is two
years.
Graduating students who have
completed mathematics through
integral calculus and one year of
college physics may qualify for
commission under the Air Force
meterology training program. Un
der this program applicants will
go into active service, and be as
signed to one of seven colleges
and universities affiliated with
the Air Force.
Applications for the two pro
grams may be obtained from the
Commanding General, First Air
Force, Mitchel Air Force Base,
New York, attention of the di
rector of Military Personnel Pro
curement.
- -
The Marine Corps officer can
didate course will convene July 9
for a ten-week training course
leading to second lieutenant's
commissions.
Young GOPs Picnic
The Penn State chapter of , the,
Young Republican Club will hold
a picnic at noon tomorrow at
Whipple Dam, according to Ben
jamin Sinclair, president.
LEMAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Ntiis''PEolin State
Fee Deadline Today
The deadline 'for organiza
tions to submit $1 checks for
entries in the Miss Penn State
contest is noon today, accord
ing to Nancy D. White, Spring
Week coronation chairman.
Parade applications will be
accepted until noon Monday,
George Richards, parade direc
tor, has announced.
Both checks and applications
may be handed in at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main.
Ugly Man Parade
Set For Tuesday
Costumed Caravan
To Include Band
A parade of ugly Man contest
ants will be held at 7 . p.m. Tues
day to start off campaigns for the
three-day contest.
Each contestant, outfitted in a
costume similar to the one his
picture was 'taken in, will ride
along the parade route in a decor
ated car. •
A band composed of members
of. Phi Mu Alpha, music honorary,
will lead the parade.
Starting at the corner of E.
Prospect and Locust Lane,
the
parade will proceed down Locust
Lane to E. College avenue. From
there the group will turn right
on Shortlidge road and then left
on Pollock road. From Pollock
road the group will move to Bur
rowei road. From there they will
turn right to the parking lot in
front of Recreation Hall,. where
the group will disband.
Eight additional Ugly Man con
testants entered the contest Thurs
day night.
The names of the contestants
and their sponsoring organiza
tions are Norman Alpert, Tri Vi;
James Bloxham, Phi Kappa Tau;
Richard Brugger, Alpha Sigma
Phi; Robert Frame, first floor
Thompson; David Pellnitz, Kappa
Delta; Bruce Schroeder, Phi Delta
Theta; Robert Sherman, Beta Sig
ma Rho; and Ronald Thorpe, Del
ta Upsilon.
Students may enter the Ugly
Man identification contest until
Tuesday. Pictures of contestants
are now on display down town in
the Western Union office window.
4 Students
Senior Ball
Four students will have a chance to lead Sammy Kaye's band
when 'he 'brings his famous radio-television feature, "So You Want
to Lead a Band," to the Senior Ball, May 15.
All students'are eligible to submit letters to the Student Union
desk saying (in 25 words or less) why they like to dance to Sammy
. •
Kaye.
The Senior Ball committee,
headed by William O'Malley, will
choose a number of the best let
ters and submit them to judges
for final selection. Judges will
be announced later.
Four winning contestants, two
men and two women, will be an
nounced at the dance. They will
be offered the "Swing and sway"
baton for one dance number and
will be awarded prizes from lo
cal merchants. Arrangements are
being made to award an auto
graphed baton to the best band
leader, O'Malley said.
Now in its ninth year, "So You
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' In the spring some men's fancies turn to thoughts of love but
other men, like Samuel Bayard,
,associate professor of English
composition, go off into the mountains in Search of folk ballads.
Bayard, one of the foremost collectors of American ,folk music
in the United States, has, in the past 25 years • deserted civilization
often enough to gather a book
full of fife tunes and drawers full
of other unpublished folk ballads.
Equipped with a 10-cent music
tablet on which •he records the
words and music sung to him by
mountaineers, the professor sets
out to visit the families living in
the hills of Green County in west
ern Pennsylvania. He goes by bus
and mail hack, and when the grass
gets too high, he walks.
Native West Virginian
What kind of people does he
visit? "They're just the people
who remember the folk songs,"
said 'Mr. Bayard. "Some are decor
ous and some are rude; some are
good solid citizens, and others so
cial outcasts."
Bayard told of - one old native
West Virginian he visited—a grim
little man whose talk was dismal.
It seems the man's wife was crip
pled with rheumatism and his
neighbors were trying to steal his
money and property from him.
"All the fellow would sing was
a string of comic songs. He said
he could have remembered more
songs for me if I'd only brought
along. a little snort," Bayard said.
"Those were prohibition days, you
remember." , .
Natives Heiitant to . Sing
-Bayard, who teaches'' a course
in American folk song in English,
has made recordings of some of
the natives singing the folk tunes.
Natives are sometimes hesitant
about singing
.for him, but Bay
ard said, just go in and explain
what I want to do. I ask them to
sing, and soon as they see I like
the songs as well as they do,
everything's fine.
Folk tunes he has heard in west
ern Pennsylvania are representa
tive of all Anglo-American folk
I music, Bayard said. The ballad is
traditionally reserved, staid, sober
and plain; the music is austere
and undemonstrative.
- - -
The origin of the American folk
song lies in the religious revival
which occured in the United
States in the period between 1800
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Want to Lead a Band" has been
presented on three television
channels_ and numerous radio net
works. It was recently spotlighted
on the "Samrny Kaye Show"
over CBS-TV.
Over 10,000 amateur conductors
have already tried their prowess
with Kaye's baton. After individ
ual interviews, contestants will
be given the baton. Musicians
will follow every motion by the
leader, and the winner will be
judged by audience reaction.
Assisting O'Malley on the Sen
ior,Ball committee are Lucy Barr,
Howard Wright, Lester Hallman,
Edna Grabiak and Boyd Wolfe.
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SATURDAY; MAY 2, 1953
Speech Contest
Entrants to Vie
In Semi-finals
Semi-finals for the John Henry
Frizzell extempore speaking. con
test; sponsored annually by the
Department of Speech, will be
gin at 8 p.m. Monday in 312
Sparks.
Entrants in the semi-final
rounds will speak for five min
utes, without notes, on topics
chosen by themselves. Six win
ners will compete in the final
round, set for 7 p.m. Thursday
in 121 Sparks.
Finalists will speak from eight
to ten minutes, without notes, on
a topic other than the one used
in the semi-finals. First and sec
ond prizes will be awarded.
First prize will consist of the
John Henry Frizzell award of
merit in extempore speaking and
the Pennsylvania State College
prize of $5O. The Forensic Coun
cil prize of $25 and the Frizzell
award is the second prize.
The contest is named in honor
of John Henry Frizzell, first head
of •the Department of Speech.
Frizzell now holds the rank of
professor of speech emeritus and
College chaplain emeritus.
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"SO YOU WANT
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BE A
CONTESTANT
Write a letter of 25
words or less telling
why you like to dance
to Sammy Kaye
PRIZES
11111111MIE
Send letters to
Student Union
Senior Ball
Friday, May 15
Semi-Formal
Rec Hall
9 to 1 s4_ per couple
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