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Alumni
Totals $189,795
More than 20 per cent of Penn State's alurnrki cOntribUted
$189,795.59 to the first annual Penn State Alumni Fund . drive, Ross
Lehman, assistant executive secretary of the Alwttti. Association
revealed yesterday.
A total of 7909 graduates contributed an 'average of $23.99.
Their names appeared in yesterday's issue of Aluinhi - Neil's. Addi
tional gifts from faculty members, alumni clubs and friends of the
College totaled $818.50.
Four classes achieved 100 per
cent participation in the
They are 1892, 1895, 1903 and the
School of Mineral Industries Class
of 1911.
College Plans
To Eliminate
Windcrest Area
The eventual evacuation of the
Windcrest trailer development
will become a reality as soon as
the present tenants in the remain
ing trailers terminate their leases,
Otto E. Mueller, new director of
housing, said Wednesday.
To date, over 300 trailers of an
original 350 have been evacuated
and removed. The development
was started in 1946 by the Col
lege to house the returning mar
ried war veterans. The trailers
were purchased as government
surplus and erected at Shortlidge
road and College avenue.
The general evacuation project
was started three years ago. Over
50 trailers and utility buildings
have been removed since Sept. 1.
No new reassignments will be
made to veterans, Mueller said,
and the trailers will be removed
as present tenants move out.
Chief reason, Mueller said, for
the evacuation and removal of
the trailers is their condition. The
trailers were purchased as gov
ernment surplus after the war, he
said, and some of them "had al
ready outlived their normal lives."
6 Chem Faculty
Attend Meeting
Six faculty members of the De
partment of Chemistry read pa
pers at the recent meeting of the
American Chemical Society in
Chicago.
They are Dr. B. Peter Block,
Dr. Norman C. Deno, Dr. Norman
C. Fernelius, Dr. George H. Flem
ing, Dr. E. L. Purlee, and Dr. Rob
ert W. Taft Jr.
Dr. Fernelius serves on the
board of directors of the society
and on the editorial board of
Chemical and Engineering News.
Dr. Grant W. Smith is secretary
of the Division of Chemical Ed
ucation.
Van Fleet
Gen. James Van Fleet, former
commander of the Eighth Army
in Korea, will address Commun
ity Forum in October.
A dramatist, an editor, and a
diplomat will also appear on the
forum stage this season.
Van 'Fleet, who recently retired
from his military position, will
lead off the program Oct. 14 with
a discussion of the Korean war
and Far-Eastern problems.
Charles Laughton, English-born
actor will present dramatic read
ings from the Bible and English
classics Nov. 19.
Irwin Canham, editor of the
Christian Science • Monitor, has
been contracted to appear Feb. 11.
Former Ambassador to' India
Chester Bowles, ex-governor of
Connecticut, is the last scheduled
speaker. Exact date of his appear
ance has not been set.
Ticket sales will probably be-
Fund
Chapel Gift Given
Special class gifts during the
fund drive totaled close to $25,000.
The Class of 1911 gave $1474 to
purchase a bust of Fred Lewis
Patte, composer of the alma mat
er; the Class of 1916 gave $3490
toward its scholarship fund, and
the Class of 1927 gave $1077
toward the all-faith chapel.
' The Class of 1953 contributed
$9150 towards the chapel as its
class gift and the, class of- 1903
contributed $BO5O for the Memor
ial Gateway at the cornet Of Ath
erton street and Pollock road.
Highlight of the Alinmii Insti
tute in June was the presentation
of a check for $164,885.50 -to the
College by John M. Spangler, gen
eral chairman of the dri v e.
Spangler, Class of 1911, has been
re-elected chairman of the 1954
campaign.
Pledges Remain
Th e pioneer classes, 1885
through 1904, had the heaViest
percentage of contributors 59.3
per cent of those solicited. By
schools, classes from 1005 through
1952 Contributed as follows:
School.of Engineering, 27.5 per
cent; Cemistry and Physids, 25.8;
Mineral Industries, 24.3; Phy§ical
Education, 21.7; Home Economics,
20.2;. Agriculture, 20.1; the Lib
eral Arts, 19.1, and Education,
13.4 per cent.
To date, $172,894.25 has been
paid toward the fund. Remaining
pledges totaling $15,901.34 are
payable before Dec. 31.
During the drive, a total of
39,511 alumni were contacted.
In a letter to Spangler, Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower said
the Alumni Fund has. proved to
be a tangible expression Of a tra
dtional devotion at Penn State.
"It is a source of added satisfac
tion to me that our initial Alumni
Fund ranks with the leading
funds in the country."
Ag Hill Breexe
Students interested it work
ing on the Ag Hill Eireeze may
join the staff as reporters Or
typists between. 7 and 9 p.m.
Monday in. 10 Agriculture..
Will Forum
gin the first week in October, Dr. Begum Ikramullah, Pakistan
Gerald Stein, chairman of the : stateswoman.
ticket committee, said recently.' Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of
Approximately 1230 tickets will the late President Franklin a
be available. Roosevelt, was originally con-
Season tickets will ,sell for
$4.80. They will be on sale at the
Student Union desk in Old. Main.
Last year's speakers were Mar
quis Childs, syndicated Washing- -
ton news columnist; Elsa Lan
chester, character actress and
night club entertainer; Walter
Judd ; Republican congressman
from Minnesota; Hodding J. Car
ter, southern newspaper editor
and author of several books; and
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Penn Game
Tickets Still
Available
"Plenty" of tickets to the Oct.
3 University of Pennsylvania-
Penn State football g athe at
Franklin Field are still available
at the ticket windows in the east
wing of Old Main, Harold R. Gil
bert, assistant director Of athlet
icS, said last night.
About 4000 tickets will contin
tie on sale today, Gilbert said.
, No football half-day holiday
has been declared this year. In
the past, it was College policy to
allow one half holiday •so that
students with Saturday classes
could attend the game.
ReserYed Seats, in the first ten
rows of the north Stands from
goal line to goal line, Sell for $3,00.
Enci-ione seats sell for $2.00..
Over 2660 tickets were sold to
students yesterday. Several httri
cLred sttiderits waited in line yeS - -
terclay before the ticket windoWS
opened at 8:30 a:rn., Gilbert re
ported. The first Student in line
reportedly waited since 10 p.rn
Wednesday.
0 - he thousand eight tickets had
previously been sold to students
by mailed applications. Students
who ordered. tickets by applica
tion may continue to pick them
up at the ticket windows today.
Sale of tickets yAll continue to
Thtitsday, unless the supply ttuls
out befote then, Gilbeft said.
Foresters Plan
Foll Meetings
A series of forestry convoca
tions, feattiring addresseS by
leaders in the forestry profession,
has been planned for the fall
semester, according to Maurice
K. Goddard, professor and For
estry department head.
Getitgre H. Wirt, Camp Hill, will
be guest speaker at the first con
vocation at 11 a.m. Oct. 30, in 121
Sparks. Wirt was the first direc
tor of the Pennsylvania Forestry
School at Mont Alto, founded in
1903.
Forestry students and faculty
members may attend.
Players to Hold
Tryouts Tonight
Tryouts for "Hay Fever" Will
begin at 7 tonight in Little Thea
ter, basement of Old Main for
students without previous Play
ers experience. --
• The Noel Coward comedy op
ens, Nov. 5 in Schwab Auditorium
[for a three-day run. ,
sidered as a speaker.
The committee chose Van Fleet
instead, as. Mrs. Roosevelt is al-
ready scheduled to app e a r on
campus during the school year,
according to Kent Forster, forum
committee chairman.
State College Community For-
Lim committee, an organization
of students, faculty and towns
people,. supervises the program,
business and publicity.
Gals Bow; Guys Grin
IF rfiESI4IvIAN WOMEN'S knee-joints are tired today, there's a
good rtiaSeth is OUStOrtig . etifertethent day. OalS were dipping to
the detnand all Bair, guy s Etif, and fresh then found thetnselves
doffing their dinkS at the *hint of *when, •
Fros . 4 Use Nature
1 - 6 - Outwit. Customs
Three freshman their made special effOrt yesterday to point out
loopholes to irdsh advantage in the customs regulations as listed
in the Student Handbook.
Ted ghnon, William Mullen and a third freshman - who Wished
to remain aiionyitiOUS said the ldopholes were being called to upper
classtnen's attention "just for the fun of it," and they themselves
had no intention of disobeying
customs regulations.
The most .astounding interpre
tation of customs rules they made
was that frosh traveling from east
to west along the Mall need not
doff their dinks when passing
the Old Willow as is required by
customs regulations.
According to revolutions of the
earth, the men calculated, the
speed with which frosh travel
from west to east along the Mall
exceeds that with which the wil
low tree• is moving. Fresh are
therefore passing the tree and
must doff their clinks.
However, the three men pointed
out, frosh walking from east to
west are traveling slower than
the tree, and are therefore passed
by the tree. This is not the con
dition set forth by Customs regu
lations for the doffing of ditiks,
they said. '
The board has extended hours
of freshman women wishing, to at
tend church mixers Saturday to
10:30 p.m. Name tags will be giv
en freshman women at t heSe
events, and must be shown to
dormitory hostesses upon signing
into the dorms.
Four customs violations charges
were made yesterday. No definite
'date has been set by customs
board for trials.
Joyce Shusman, co-chairman of
customs board, commended on be
half of the board the success of
joint customs day and the spirit
s u h p o p v er n cla b s y sm b en o . th fr ' eshmen and
The First . r
National Bank •
of State College
Member of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserye System
FR/DAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1153
Rally Causes
'Shindig' --belay
Players' ' Shindig, originally
scheduled for Thursday; has been
postponed to 7 p.m. Monday in
Schwab Auditorium because of
the Wisconsin Pep Rally.
Those interested in the theater
may attend this get-acquainted
night. New students will have a
chance to find out about the audi
torium's facilities and get full in
formation concerning member
ship in Players.
Members of the group will pre
sent skits. Tryout procedure and
details of "Hay. Fever,',' the first
Schwab show this semester, will
be explained.
Juniors, Seniors
Eligible for Grant
A $lOO scholarship available to
juniors or seniors in agronomy
and horticulture has been estab
lished by the Pennsylvania seed
men's Association.
President Milton S. Eisenhower
explained the scholarship was pro
vided to encourage leadership and
advancement of agricultural pur
suits related to the seed industry.
H i g h scholarship, leadership,
character and demonstration of
outstanding ability in agriculture
will be considered in selecting the
sch6larship winner.