The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 03, 1953, Image 8

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    PAGE EIGHT
Junior Prom Queen
Voting Starts Today
Juniors may vote for Junior Prom Queen from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
today and tomorrow at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Ma
triculation cards must be presented at the voting station, Patricia
Ellis, coronation chairman, has announced.
Faith Gallagher, Katherine Reynolds, Gail Smith, Suzanne Strom
and Nancy Van Tries are finalists
for the title. They were chosen
from 50 applicants after personal
interviews with a selections board
of 15 outstanding juniors.
Miss Gallagher, sponsored by
Delta Gamma, appeared in the
Thespian shows, “Roberta” and
“Let’s Face It.” She has worked
on the publicity staffs of Inkling,
Sophomore Week and' Junior
Week. During her freshman year
she was president of her dormi
tory unit and a member of Play
ers’ advertising crew. A sociology
major from Athens, Miss Galla
gher reigned as “Miss Athens of
1951.”
500 Entertained
At Fraternity
Open Houses
Over 500 men visited fraternity
houses Sunday during fall semes
ter open house, according to
Bruce .Coble, chairman of the In
terfraternity Council rushing corti
mittee.
The open house program was
sponsored by IFC as part of its
fall rushing program.
During the afternoon indepen
dent men were given an oppor
tunity to observe facilities for
study and recreation available in
various fraternities. Members of
each fraternity were on hand to
anwser questions and guide visi
tors through the houses.
The final phase of the IFC fall
rushing program will get under
way sometime within the next
two weeks with the distribution
of the “Penn State Fraternity
Magazine.” The magazine ex
plains fraternity life and includes
pictures and information on each
fraternity.
Procedures for rushing and a
copy of the IFC rushing and
pledging code are included in the
magazine.
2 Eng Students
Given Awards
Two fifth semester students
were presented with $75 scholar
ships in architectural engineering
at the recent annual meeting of
the central Pennsylvania chapter
of the American Institute of Arch
itects.
Robert Passmore and David
Shoop won the scholarships for
having the highest composite
grades at the end of their sopho
more years.
Usually the chapter presents a
$lOO award each year to the stu
dent having the highest composite
grades. Milton S. Osborne, head
of the Department of Architecture
and president of the central Penn
sylvania chapter, said Passmore
and Shoop’s grades were such
that it was decided the award
should be divided this year.
Mrs. Osborne contributed $5O
to the fund, making it possible
for each of the students to receive
a $75 scholarship.
Dr. Eric A. Walker, dean of
the School of Engineering, dis
cussed “The Engineer Looks at
the Architect,” at the meeting.
Criminologist to Speak
Dr. Mary L. Willard, professor
of chemistry, will discuss “Scien
tific Criminology” at the Clover
Club at 7 tonight in 111 Plant In
dustries.
"Hay Fever” Audience Will See
’Typical! No<el Coward Comedy
By EDMUND REISS
When Players present “H a y
Fever” at 8 p.m. Thursday in
Schwab Auditorium; theater-go
ers will see one of Noel Coward’s
most typical plays.
Coward has delighted audiences
in both hemispheres as an actor,
playwright, musical composer and
theatrical producer. He was. born
in 1899 in Teddington, England,
and made his first appearance on
the stage at the age of .12. Since
then he has appeared in many
shows both in England and
abroad.
He wrote his first play when he
was 21, “I’ll Leave It to You,” pro
duced in 1920. This was soon fol
lowed by “The Young Idea” in
1921 and “London Calling” in
1923.
Coward has written over 30
plays of which probably the most
Miss Reynolds, secretary-treas
urer of the junior class, was spon
sored by Kappa Kappa Gamma.
She is a member of the Liberal
Arts Student Council and Chimes,
junior women’s hat society. She
is also treasurer of Kappa Kappa
Gamma and a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman women’s
scholastic society. Miss Reynolds
is a fine arts major from' Media.
Miss Smith, a journalism ma
jor from Pittsburgh, is a member
of the advertising staff of the
Daily Collegian. She served as
pledge mistress of Chi Omega, her
sponsoring group. A member of
the Riding Club, Miss Smith is
also on the College riding team.
Miss Strom is activities chair
man for Kappa Alpha Theta. She
worked on the makeup crew for
the Thespian show, “Let’s Face
It.” As a freshman she was a fin
alist for the Harvest Ball and last
year for the Dairy Queen title.
A home economics major from
Wilmington, Del., Miss Strom was
sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta.
Miss Van Tries, a journalism
major from State College, is a
member of the Froth advertising
staff, the LaVie art staff and is
on the Daily Collegian’s adver
tising staff. Froth girl-of-the
month last year, she is also a
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Miss Van Tries, sponsored by
Delta Tau Delta, was a Campus
Chest solicitor and works in the
reserve book room of Pattee Li
brary.
'Pillars Tryouts
Set for Tonight
Tryouts for 19 male speaking
parts in “Pillars in the Night,” a
war play, by William Coleman,
will be open to men students,
staff members and townspeople
from 7 to 9 p.m. today and to
morrow in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main.
The play, never, before pro
dufced, will be presented Dec. 16,
17, and 18 under the direction of
Warren Smith.
Eng LaVie Photos
Engineering students may re
port until Thursday to the Penn
State Photo Shop to have La-
Vie pictures taken.
outstanding was Blithe Spirit,”
produced in 1941. This show play
ed almost 2000 consecutive per
formances to make it unique in
having the longest run for a non
musical play on record in Eng
land.
Other superior productions in
cluded “The Vortex,” 1924; “Hay
Fever,” 1925; “Sirocco,” 1 92 7;
“Privates Lives,” 1930, and “This
Happy Breed,” 1942.
Coward has also,written several
one-act plays and films. In 1937
“Present Indicative,” his autobi
ography, was published, and in
1939 he wrote his first novel, “To
Step Aside.”
Coward’s name has- long been
associated with aristocratic "draw
ing-room comedy. He has become
famed as the man who continual
ly places his characters in seem
ingly dead-end situations and
then amazes everyone by having
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
FLAGS SHOWING the predominant characteristics of a 12-hour
weather forecast will be flown from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day
until June on the south roof of the Mineral Industries Building
by the Penn Slate student branch of the American Meteorological
Society. Drafts for the flags were drawn by David Jones, graduate
assistant in the Meteorology department. /" • .
Memorial Fund
Scholarship
Established
An Alumni Memorial Scholar
ship fund has been established' at
the College in honor of Penn State
alumni who gave their lives de
fending their country, President
Milton S. Eisenhower has an
nounced.
President Eisenhower explained
this would provide a means
whereby annual Alumni Fund
gifts of all sizes for scholarships
may be properly administered.
The fund will provide academic
scholarships without restriction as
to class of school, except in cases
where the school has been desig
nated by the donor. The awards
will also be available to high
school seniors accepted for ad
mission to the College.
A committee composed of the
director of student affairs, dean
of admissions, dean of men, dean
of women, and the executive sec
retary of the Alumni Association
will administer the fund.
Scholarship, need, qualities of
leadership, activities and citizen
ship will be considered for award
ing of scholarships to students.
them escape with the greatest of
ease. His figures are not super
natural beings or even “typical”
Englishmen. Rather each is a de
lightful blend' of several character
traits with humorous ones almost
always prevailing.
One of Coward’s technical ex
cellences is his . employment of
props. Everything he mentions has
a definite bearing on the relation
ships between the various, scenes,
even in the case of. drinking, a cup
of coffee.
Coward is also the author of
several musicals, including “The
Year of Grace,” 1928; “Words and
Music,” 1932;“ Conversation
Piece,” 1934; “Operette,” 1938, and
“Set to Music,” 1938.
Tickets for “Hay Fever” cost
$.60 for Thursday and $1 for Fri
day and Satmday. They are on
sale at the Student Union desk
in Old Main.
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Science Group
Lists Awards
The National Science Founda
tion has announced 750 fellow
ship awards for seniors and grad
uate and post-doctoral students in
the sciences for 1954-1955.
The awards, ranging, from an
nual stipends of $l4OO to $3,400,
will be based on academic rec
ords, recommendations and an
examination designed to test sci
entific aptitude and achievement.
The examination will be admin
istered at centers throughout the
United States on Jan. 30, 1954.
Chest Drive -
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lected f r.o m the Powder Bowl,
touch football game Saturday be
tween Kappa Kappa Gamma and
the Aye Sees colony of Pi Beta
Phi.
Proceeds will go to Campus
Chest. Hie total will be announced
after bills are paid.
Fifty per cent of the students
contributed $5300 in the solicita
tion drive conducted last week,
Myron Enelow, solicitations chair
man, announced.
He said this was not the com
plete total as 33 solicitors have
not yet returned their money.
Enelow asked that the money be
returned immediately so final
tabulations can made.
Money may be returned from
2 to 5 p.m. today through Friday
in 204 Old Main and from 7 to
10 p.m. today and tomorrow at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main and Thursday in 204 Old
Main.
Panel of 5 to Discuss
Aims of Ag Economics
A panel discussion “What Are.
the Aims and Objectives of the
Agriculture Economics Curricu
lum” will be presented tonight
at Alpha Zeta.
. The undergraduate viewpoint
will be discussed by Philip Bohr
and Ted Dußois. Wendell Mc-
Millan will present the graduate
side, and Dr. Clare W. Pierce and
Dr. Ralph Baker will speak for
the faculty.
Belies Leffres Club
Will Hear Daugherty
Belles-Lettres Club will hear
Paul R. Daugherty, professor of
romance languages, at 7 tonight
in the northeast lounge of Ath
erton Hall.
Daugherty will speak on “The
Mexican Folk Tale in Transla
tion.” The meeting will be open
to the public.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953
Raiders Hit
Landmarks
With Paint
Three Penn State landmarks
received unscheduled paintings
over the weekend. .
• * The Nittany Lion Shrine was
hardest hit: The lion was un
ceremoniously doused with, paint
twice, once on Saturday and again
Sunday morning.
Other landmarks painted are
the Old Willow and the main
campus gateway. The Willow was
painted ■ with, blue water-base
paint. .The Campus Patrol dis
covered the vandalism -Sunday
morning. . '
Both bases of the campus gate
way received almost identical
blue “WVUs.” The gateway was
found painted Saturday morning.
The last swing shift of 60 fresh
man men assigned to guard the
Lion Saturday morning had been
reduced to a handful of men when
the first painting occurred. Two
men, in a car with West Virginia
license plates, swung by and
threw out a can of yellow paint.
A West Virginia license num
ber was reported to the Campus
Patrol Saturday as being that of
the car that carried the paint.
The number is being checked
through West Virginia state auth
orities, Capt. Philip A. Mark of,
the Campus Patrol said yesterday.
The Lion’s blue dabbing was
about 8:15 a.m. Sun
day by the Campus Patrol.
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36 Initiated
By Ag Group
The Block and Bridle Club ini
tiated 36 members Thursday at
Alpha Gamma Rho.
Initiates are Lewis Shoemaker,
Clark Nicklow, William Bothwell,
Jody Bygate, Peter Krall, Lee Ev
erist, Clara Harvey, James Bow
ers,. Henry Berger, Franklin
White, Robert Kline,, Norman Van
Orr, Harry Fague, . John Reid,
Vernon Hazlett, . Donald - Mc-
Creight, Thomas Armstrong, Ho
ward Marick, Joel Calvin.
William S.tappenbeck, Toni
Macri, Manley Case, Alan McGof
fick, Harold Melchor, Elizabeth
Webster, Dorothy Hancock, Ray
mond Morgan, Richard ' Hook,
John Fleming, Richard Wolford,
William Barkley, John Berry,
Lou Barr, Charles Stanislaw, Eli
zabeth Swank and Dorothy Ben
ninger. *
CORSAGES FOR Junior Prom ■will be
sold by. Student Floral Agency in. West
Dorms and Nittany Mon.-Thurs. 5-7. Watch
for further advertising.
FRESH MADE cider for sale, five gallons
or more 70c gallon. Deliver Wed., Thurs.
evenings on campus and fraternities. Call
Atherton 336. v
CAR FOR sale—l 937 Oldsmobile business
coupe. $l5O. Call 3144. , .
SLIDE RULE Log Log Deci-Trig. Good
condition. $l5. Call 8-9035, Charles
RIDE. WANTED to vicinity of Cincinnati,
Ohio Wednesday, Nov. 25. Can leave any
time after 12 noon. Call Claire Gamin
ext. 1099. :
WHEN YOUR typewriter needs attention
just dial 2492 or bring machine to 63S
W. College Avenue
GIRL TO share six room apt. in College
Heights section with faculty member
and grad student. Call ext. - 702 before 5
or 88741 after.
DEMOLAYS TO attend the Penn State
DeMolay club meeting tonight at 6 :30 p.m.
in 104 Willard. ,
PLEASANT DOUBLE room near campus.
Call 8-4626.
30-30 CAL. CARBINE Marline or Win
chester rifle. Contact Tom Kostenbader (
Nittany 29 Rm. 10. Phone ‘ ext. - 289.
GIRL STUDENT to do part-time house
work in exchange for room. Modern
home located at 232 E. Foster ,Ave. Call
3476 before 4:30 p.m.
STUDENTS EARN up to $1.50 per hour.,
on a steady part-time job. See “Perry"
at Dux Club, 128 S. Pugh.
PARTY SPECIALTIES: Canapes, sand
wiches, hors d’oeuvres, cookies, cakes,
and excellent fruit punch. Call Frieda
Stern, 122 E. Irvin Ave. Phone 4818.
ARLENE MILES from Shamokin is now
with the Babbs Beauty Salon. She is
experienced with, the latest hair styles.
Call 7793, 128%’ S. Allen over Kalin’s
Men’s Shop. , .
DON’T FORGET to vote for your Prom
i Queen afr Student Union.
CLASSIFIEDS
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
RIDE WANTED
WORK WANTED
WANTED
HELP WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS