THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1953
40 Student Groups
Play Santa Claus
Forty student groups are making Christmas a little more excit
ing this year by sponsoring 22 parties for approximately 500 children
in State College.
The University organizations
Whispering
Gallery
(Continued from page four)
branches out to an underwater
wildlife study as fresh as-*. sum
mer hike through the "A'diron
dacks, .completely lacking the
stifling didactics, of a classroom
film. This is the story of the
sea and the life within its bowels
from the microscopic snowflake
patterns of the diatom to’/the
massive hulks of spermaceti
whales..
For 75 exasperating minutes
we travel the watery Oz-like
technicolor world 6000 feet under
the sea. We gather sponges with
divers equipped with short
pronged rakes off the coast of
Tarpon Springs, Fla., - haul in
devil crabs aboard a boat in the
.Pacific, harpoon whales with a
modern gun in the Arctic, and
descend in' a $15,000 diving bell
to a depth of 3Vz times the height
of the Empire • State Building to
witness phosphorescent fish and
weird habituees of the depths.
With the snorkel and frogman’s
rubber flappers sportsmen have
found new hunting fields. We
dive under the surface to explore
the marine jungles off the coast
of Mexico, spear a barracuda, nar
rowly escape the wrath of the
deadly Devil fish and Portuguese-
Man-of-War . . .
The camera catches a vicious
struggle to the death between an
octopus and a shark. The octopus
strikes with eight menacing ten
tacles, fighting for survival, but
the ripping jaws of the shark
carry it to death at the bottom
of the sea.
Wildlife in and out of water is
shown in its natural habitat. In
various sequences a Gannet chick
is hatched in a nest on the shore;
an Arctic seal is given a bath at
the Pribilof Island breeding
grounds near Alaska; a female
turtle drops her eggs into a care
fully, dug nest in the sand and
crawls , away to let the sun and
Miss Sandra Booth, Theta Phi Alpha
Surely, one of the prettiest girls we’ve seen in Theta
Phi Alpha for quite some time.
Check Marilyn Schadt at Alpha Gamma Delta party
held at Delta Chi.-
Best punch was sampled at Alpha Phi Delta.
Did you see the girl John Landis had at Sigma Pi
party?
Merry Christmas and deep thanks to all you students
for keeping our little studio a busy place! Too bad the
spirit of Christmas is so commercialized.
THE LION STUDIO
are giving the parties not only to
play Santa Claus, but also to
create better University and town
relations.
Donald Reidenbaugh, student
co-chairman, termed this year’s
project a success. Fourteen more
parties are being given this year
than last.
Organizations giving parties this
Week are the Women’s Recreation
Association, tomorrow; Sigma Al
pha Epsilon with Pi Beta Phi and
Phi Gamma Delta with Chi
Omega, Saturday.
Parties will be given Sunday
by Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Al
pha Theta; Alpha Zeta and Phi
Upsilon Omicron, home economics
honorary; Alpha Tau Omega and
Kappa Kappa Gamma; and Sig
ma Nu.
Tuesday’s groups include Acacia
and Zeta Tau Alpha; Sigma Pi;
Delta Zeta and Phi Kappa.
Parties on Wednesday by Phi
Delta Theta and Alpha Chi Ome
ga; Phj.Sigrna Kappa and Kappa
Delta; Kappa Delta Rho' and Al
pha Omicron Pi; Delta Sigma Phi;
Alpha Gamma Rho and Gamma
Phi Beta; Beta Sigma Rho and
Alpha Epsilon Phi; Chi Phi and
Phi Mu; Sigma Chi and Tri Vi
will conclude the project.
Delta Tau Delta and Delta Del
ta Delta; Pi Kappa Phi and Delta
Gamma; Alpha Xi Delta and Del
ta Upsilon; Theta Kappa Phi and
Theta Phi Alpha gave parties last
week.
Groups will be notified when
and where to pick up children
for the parties.
sand finish her- job; salmon leap
up deep waterfalls in their jour
ney upstream to spawn.
The film ends with the crumb
ling of icebergs crashing into the
icy waters of the North. Since
1940, the narrator informs us,
high temperatures _ have been
causing the icebergs'to melt grad
ually. And we are left with the
cheerful thought that if all the
ice and snow on earth melted,
man’s steel cities would be hope
lessly inundated. This,'combined
with upheavals within the earth,
could spell finis to this tired old
planet!
Okay Joe?
Sincerely,
be
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Nine to Receive
At Junior-Senior
Tea Tonight
Four students and five mem
bers of the administration will be
in the receiving line at the an
nual junior-senior, faculty tea
from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight in Sim
mons lounge.
Faculty members from the Col
leges of Education, Home Eco
nomics, the Liberal Arts, and
Physical Education and Athletics
have been ‘ invited. Junior, and
senior women may attend. '
Receiving Line
.. Members of the receiving line
will be Marilyn Buzby, chairman;
Barbara Werts, vice president of
the Women’s Student Govern
ment Association; Barbara Wal
lace. president -f the Women’s
Recreation Association; Patricia
Pritchard, acting chairman of Ju
dicial.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of student affairs, and his wife;
Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston;
Mrs. Cordelia Hibbs, assistant to
the dean of women in charge of
housing; and Miss Mary E.. Brew
er and Miss Patricia J. Thompson,
assistants to the dean of women.
Floaters
Members of Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshman women’s honor
society, will act as floaters.
Committee chairmen include
Elizabeth George, decorations;
Betsy Siegler and Carole Avery,
refreshments; Dorothy Osterhout,
publicity; Joyce Shusman, receiv
ing line and floaters; Louise Mor
man, music; and Maud Strawh,
invitations.
The tea is held to acquaint stu
dents arid faculty members. It is
sponsored by. the coed coordinat
ing committee of WSGA, made up
of vice presidents of the women’s
groups. „
'Who's in the News'
Approximately 12 0 question
naires have been returned by
candidates for “Who’s in the
News at-Penn State,” Richard
Rau, editor, has announced. The
deadline for returning the ques
tionnaires is Saturday.
Ed Student Council
Holds Mixer Tonight
Education Student Council will sponsor the Mistletoe Mixer,
Christmas party, at 7:30 tonight in the Temporary Union Building.
The paixer is open to students and professors in the College of Educa
tion.
The council completed arrangements for the mixer at its Tues
day night meeting. Tags were
given out to council members for
distribution throughou' the Col
lege,
Marstellar to Emcee
Patricia Marstellar, seventh se
mester education major, will be
j emcee and Lynn Christy’s orches
tra will play.
The council voted to report to
Dr. Florence Taylor, professor of
elementary education, that the
poll conducted to see how many
students would use the Education
library if late hours were invoked
revealed a negative attitude
among the students. The students
believed' there was no need for
the late hours.
Further progress was made
towards the establishment of a
College of Education newspaper.
Committees were set-up to in
quire into business costs and edi
torial policy of other College pap
ers. President Harry Shank re
ported that the council will back
the new paper, but other students
in the College of Education are
desired for its publication.
Paper in February
It is hoped to have the first is
sue published in the latter part
of February. The paper will be
distributed to education students
free of charge and will consist of
four pages. A name will be chosen
at a later date.
Secretary Mary Glading an
nounced that students interested
in writing for the paper may at
tend the council’s next meeting
at , 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 in the second
floor of Burrowes Building.
A special committee will meet
tomorrow to discuss further ar
rangements for the proposed cof
fee hour. It is hoped to conduct
the first hour from 3 to 4 p.m.
on a day before finals.
Three to Discuss
'Freedom' Sunday
Three faculty members will dis
cuss “Our American Freedoms:
Are They Being Endangered in
the Fight Against UnAmerican
ism?” at the final session of a
series of Hillel Town Meetings at
8 p.m. Sunday at the Hillel Aud
itorium.
The faculty members are Ar
thur O. Lewis Jr., assistant pro
fessor of English literature; Dav
id H. McKinley, assistant dean ol
the College of Business Adminis
tration; and Neal Riemer, asso
ciate professor of political science.
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn will
moderate the program.
Iliru file
Looking Glass
with Gabbi
And what do you want for
Christmas little girl . . .
and you little boy? If it’s
something unusual and inter
esting, tell Santa to stop in
at ETHEL’S on his way to
your chimney. (By the way,
better put red flags on those
TV antennae; let’s not stick
St'. Nick). ETHEL and Santa
have put their heads together
and come up with some whop
ping ideas to fill those stock
ings (I knew those knee-socks
would be good for something
besides boys’ disapproval).
Holiday hits for the home . . .
are lovely sets of copper coas
ters monogrammed with the
family initial, alumnium or
glass cocktail shakers and
glasses to stir up some holi
day spirits. How about a sal
ad bowl, serving platter or
coffee keep-warm to make
more work for the dishwash
er? May we suggest Kem
cards, always an attractive
addition for any table (or
fraternity house). Wash ’em,
wipe ’em and they’re weady
—oops, we mean ready for
use.
Gifts the lady of the house
will enjoy.
You may, think they’re dust
collectors but mothers will
appreciate the forethought
you’ve used in choosing dain
ty feather-like demitasse cups
and saucers to add to her col
lection. ETHEL’S has discrim
inating salt and pepper shak
ers in sterling silver, pretty
porcelain or delicate crystal.
And for a touch of gayety,
paper napkins and matches
chuckful of yuletide cheer.
Why don’t you make ETH
EL’S your first stop when
you shop-browse, as long as
you wish, and if you need
help in choosing, Gabbi will
be there all this week to help
you determine your decisions.
Why don’t you drop in and
say hi; sure would like to
meet you . . .
112 E . COLLEGE *v £ .
STATE COLLEGE, EL.
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