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VOL. 54, No. 54 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 5, 1953 FIVE CENTS
Students
On First
Hopes brightened today that some 5000 students, who will make an effort to reach
FM sets, will be able to hear the first broadcast of station WDFM tomorrow night.
From a phone call to Erie late yesterday afternoon, David R. Mackey, faculty man
ager of the station, learned equipment that is needed was there, and every attempt was be
ing made to ship it immediately. Mackey said if it were shipped then, it would arrive in
ample time to have it installed for the broadcast.
The parts for which the station is waiting for are a set of couplings which connect
the coaxial cable to the antenna mounted on the roof of Sparks Building.
Tomorrow’s presentation will
be the first test of the FM por
tion of the equipment that the
station has made. The tests will
continue until the station receives
its license from the Federal Com
munications Commissipn and un
til the transponders, which con
vert the FM waves into AM sig
nals, are built and installed in
the dormitories.
The schedule for tomorrow’s
broadcast will get underway at
7:30 p.m., according to the WDFM
program poll, differing from the
students’ opinion with the BBC
World Theatre’s production of
“Happy and Glorious,” a story
about Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert. Immediately following at
8:55 p.m. will be a five minute
news broadcast, including world,
campus and sports headlines.
“Tales of Hoffman,” an opera
taken directly from the movie
score and sung in English, will
conclude the station’s program
ming.
The station will resume broad
casting at 7:30 p.m. Monday and
continue until 10:30 p.m. Start
ing the proceedings will be “Ser
enade In Blue” followed at 7:45
p.m. by “Lest We Forget,” a pro
gram on religious and racial anti-
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Concert Group
To Feature
Cello Soloist
Leonard Rose, cellist, will pre
sent the second Community Con
cert program at 8:30 p.m. Wednes
day in Schwab Auditorium.
Auditorium doors will open at
8 p.m. for the concert. Community
Concert Assocation • membership
cards, rather than receipts, must
be presented for admission.
Rose, who was born 35 years
ago in Washington, D.C., studied
cello wth Walter Grossman in
Florida and won a high school
competit'on as the most outstand
ing cellist.
At 14 Rose gave recitals
throughout Florida and at 16 won
a scholarship to the Curtis Insti
tute of Philadelphia, where he
studied for four years under Felix
Salmond.
Arturo Toscanini engaged Rose
as a cellist with the NBC Sym
phony in 1938. When he had been
with the symphony only three
weeks he was appointed assistant
first cellist. '
Rose joined the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony after four
seasons with the Cleveland Or
chestra. He was appeared wth the
orchestra as a soloist in a concert
at the Edinburgh Festival in 1951.
Rose is a member of the faculty
at the Julliard School of Music in
New York and is head of the cello
department at the Curtis Institute.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
May Hear WDFM
Broadcast Tomorrow
Basketball Tonight
Lions Meet W and J
In Season Opener
The 1953-54 basketball season gets underway at Recreation Hall
tonight when the Lions meet Washington and Jefferson in the first
of 19 scheduled contests.
The opening tip-off is set for 8 p.m. following a preliminary
contest between the junior varsity squad and the freshman quintet,
The first game will begin at
at 6:30 p.m.
Head Coach Elmer Gross, be
ginning his fifth season at the
helm, sends his cagers against a
team which has been a tradition
ally tough opponent for the Lions.
State holds a commanding 18-8
lead in series records, but the
Washington, Pa., team has been a
thorn in the side for the Nittanies
on many occasions,
Will be Test
Gross termed the Presidents as
“one of the best small college
teams in the country.” “They play
a deliberate type game,” he said,
“and are very well coached.
They’ll be a test for us.”
The Presidents won their open
ing contest Wednesday, beating
St. Vincent, 81-56.
Gross will open with four letter
men in the starting lineup and
possibly a fifth. Veterans Ron
Weidenhammer, and Jack Sherry
will be at the guards with Jesse
Arnelle in the pivot position. Ed
Haag and either Jim Blocker or
Rudy Marisa will round out the
first five. Blocker was a reserve
last year while Marisa played on
the freshman team.
Faster Squad
Gross said yesterday that this
year’s team is faster than last
season’s quintet which won 15
games and lost nine. “However,”
he added, “we need - that extra
speed to make up for height we
lost.” He was referring to Herm
Sledzik and Joe Piorkowski, both
of whom graduated.
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Jayn Frank Is Harvest
By AL MUNN
Jayn Frank was chosen Har
vest Ball queen during inter
mission last night in Recrea
tion Hall.
Miss Frank, a fifth semester
medical technology major
from New Castle, was chosen
over Sylvia Crum and Caroline
Manbeck by applause. The three
finalists were introduced by em
cee Robert Sutter, fifth semester
agricultural engineering major.
The queen, sponsored by Alpha
Chi Omega, was presented a large
trophy engraved with her name
and the title Harvest Ball queen.
Small loving cups engraved with
their names and titles of finalists
for Harvest Ball queen were pre-
By dick McDowell
Francis Wallace
Sigma Delta Chi Speaker-
SDX to Hear
Sports Writer
Francis Wallace, former sports
writer for four New York papers
now with Collier’s magazine, will
speak at a smoker sponsored by
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national
professional journalistic frater
nity, at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Pi
Kappa Phi. '
Wallace is the author of “Foot
ball Preview,” a yearly feature of
Collier’s. He was once sports pub
licity director at Notre Dame and
has served on the sports staffs of
the New York News, Mirror,
World-Telegram, and Post, and
the Associated Press.
.Jayn Frank
Harvest Ball Queen
No Changes Made
Sn Department Level
The nine undergraduate schools of the University have
been renamed colleges, but the departments within these
major academic divisions will not be reclassified as, “schools”
at the present time.
Announcement of the new titles was made by President
Milton S. Eisenhower after last night’s meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the Board of Trustees approved the' action.
He said the new names go into effect immediately.
He pointed out, however, that
the Graduate School will continue
to operate under its title of School
at the present time.
In two 'cases, the Trustees not
only granted college status to pre
sent schools but made substantial
changes in the entire names. They
approved the title of College of
Business Administration for the
School of Business and College of
Engineering and Architecture for
the School of Engineering. '
. The names of the other schools
will be: College of Agriculture,
College of Chemistry and Physics,
College of Education, College of
Home Economics, College of the
Liberal Arts, College of Mineral
Industries, and College of Physi
cal Education and Athletics.
Name Called 'Desirable'
Ossian R. MacKenzie, dean of
the College of Business Adminis
tration, points out that the new
name is desirable because person
nel in the world of business as
well as members of the local fac
ulty prefer “business administra
tion.” This is because the ma
jority of colleges use the term, he
said, and because the term is not
so easily confused with commer
cial business schools.
Eric A. Walker, dean of the
College of Engineering and Archi
tecture, explained the new title
will give deserved recognition to
the important work done in arch
itecture at Penn State.. The pre
sent department of Architecture
includes studies in architecture,
architectural engineering, and in
fine and applied arts.
Deans' Titles Changed
The titles of deans, associate
deans, and assistant deans of the
various undergraduate colleges
were also changed by the Trus
tees. They were changed from
deans of the respective schools
to deans of the newly-designated
colleges.
President Eisenhower, in com
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Infer Elected
To NSA Post
Thomas Inter, seventh semes
ter agriculture education student
and president of the Agriculture
Student Council, was elected Ed
ucation Affairs vice president of
the Pennsylvania Region, United
States National Student Associa
tion, yesterday.
The group, which is currently
holding a three-day convention in
Philadelphia, is composed of col
leges and universities in Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia.
Inter will hold the position un
til he graduates in June. He will
be responsible for organizing and
coordinating educational activi
ties of the group within the Penn
sylvania Region.
Ball Queen
sented to Miss Crum and Miss
Manbeck.
Judges of the applause were
John Nicolosi, orchestra director;
Fred Seipt, dance chairman; and
Paul H. Margolf, professor of
poultry husbandry and adviser to
the student council.
A large blue and white banner
spelling “Harvest Ball” was at
the entrance. At the far end of
the hall, a dark blue backdrop
was decorated with silver flow
ers and letters. The bandstand
was surrounded with blue and
white streamers with a blue back
ground and silver musical notes.
Music for the dance, sponsored
annually by the Agricultural Stu
dent Council, was provided by
Johnny Nicolosi and his orches
tra. Refreshments of punch and
cookies were served.
By DIEHL McKALIP
Students
May Pay
Fees Early
Students will again be able to
pay fees by mail before registra
tion for spring semester, David C.
Hogan, University registrar, an
nounced yesterday.
A sheet of estimated expenses
and bill will be sent home to
each student during the Christ
mas vacation. Students may eith
er send bills by mail to the Bur
sar’s office or pay fees in person
sometime in January.
Receipts of fee payments for
students paying their fees by mail
will be returned to their homes,
and students may pick them up
during semesters. Students paying
fees in person will receive re
ceipts upon payment. Receipts
are required for registration.
The new system of. paying fees
which was adopted last semester
proved successful, as more than
7500 students paid fees by mail
before registering on campus. Re
maining students paid fees im
mediately before registering in
Recreation Hall.
Hogan explained the new sys
tem facilitated early payment and
caused less confusion and better
handling of fees in the Bursar’s
office. It also resulted in deereas
ning the number of students re
quiring late registration' due to
tardy payment of fees.
Dean of Admissions C. O. Wil
liams also expressed approval of
the new system, saying that pay-r
ment of fees prior to registration
produceed great improvements
over the old system of paying fees
three weeks afterwords. Both
students and faculty have also
found the plan favorable, he
added.
The system applies to all stu
dents, Hogan said. He has re
quested that students having
problems with fees see him before
Christmas vacation.
Collegian to Begin
Health Service Poll
The Daily Collegian will be
gin in a poll Monday io deter
mine student attitude toward
the University Health Service.
The Collegian will attempt
to find what suggestions stu
derils have for improving the
service and what opinions are
on the purchase of an ambu
lance for the University.