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Lemyre Names
18 to Offices
Eighteen appointments were announced by All-University Presi
dent Richard Lemyre Thursday night at his last meeting of All-Uni
versity Cabinet.
The winner in Wednesday and Thursday's All-University elec
tions will preside at the next meeting of cabinet. New officers will
be installed at the cabinet ban
quet at 6:30 p.m. April 'l2 at the
Allencrest Tea Room.
Campus Chest appointments are
Ellisworth Smith, chairman; John
Robinson, solicitations chairman;
and John Brunner, tabulations
chairman.
On the recommendation of
Charles Obertance, Penn State
Book Exchange chairman, Lemyre
named next year's BX Board of
Control. Members are Benjamen
Lowenstein, chairman; Rob e r t
Smoot, store manager; Patricia
Ellis, secretary; Paul Hood, Used
Book Agency manager; Robert
Franks, purchasing agent; Lynn
Markle, personnel manager; El
liot Fox, treasurer;and Barbara
Mensinger, advertising manager.
Central Promotion Agency ap
pointments are Otto Hetzel; sen
ior director; Hubert Ream, design
director; Alexander Ayers, pro
duction director; Nancy Ward,
news director; Joseph Cutler, dis
tribution director; and Ronald
Safier, .business manager.
On . the recommendation of
James Dunlap, chairman of the
Community Forum. committee,
John Garber was appointed vice
president and James Lessig was
named assistant vice president of
the 1954-55 forum.
Smoot, retiring National Stu
dents Association campus coordi
nator, and Terry Stuver, the new
coordinator, will be delegates to
the National Students Association
summer congress, Lernyre an-
nounced.
Lemyre also named the Student
Handbook staff. - Members are
Tamsin Bloom, editor;' George
Bairey, managing editor; Mary
Bolich, copy editor; Carl Nurick,
business manager; Lowenstein,
advertising director; and Louis
Fryman, assistant business mana
ger.
Lemyre appointed James Mus
ser chairman of a campus politics
committee created on the recom
mendation of Thomas Kidd at a
prior cabinet meeting. The com
mittee will look into suggestions
aimed at revising the organization
of the elections committee, char
tering campus political parties,
and drawing up a permanent elec
tions code.
WDFM Orders
Crystal Unit
For Testing
An order for a crystal unit to
be used in testing Station WDFM's
transponder was mailed Thurs
day, Philip Scott, chief engineer
for the station, has announced.
Scott said reception trouble has
been caused by a' high pitched
squeal resulting from background
stations operating on the same
frequency.
The Crystal unit will be used
to stabilize transmission, which
can now be affected by changes
in temperature or in the voltage
of the power supply, he explained.
These factors, he said, may cause
the station to shift place on the
dial slightly, and interference
from outside stations results.
Three-week delivery has been
promised by the company supply
ing the crystal unit, Scott said.
When the unit arrives it will be
used to test the transponder now
operating in the West Dorm area.
If the tests prove satisfactory
the transponder will be removed
and others with the same specifi
cations will be ordered for in
stallation in other dormitories.
Lerner to Speak
At Hill9l Forum
A lecture by Max Lerner, New
York Post columnist, will be co
sponsored by the Hillel Forum
and Political Science department
at 8 11. m. Monday in Hillel audi
torium.
Lerner, who is dean of the
Graduate Arts and Sciences
school at Brandeis University,
will discuss "America as a Civi
lization."
A Yale graduate, Lerner haS
taught at Sarah Lawrence, Har
vard, and, Williams and now is
professor of American civilization
at Brandeis. He also teaches at
the New School for Social Re
search in New York.
Piano Player. Faced
Hazards at 'Flickers'
Accompanying the old silent flickers of a bygone era on the piano
was a lot of fun, but it wasn't the most appreciated job in the world,
remembers Mrs. Mary B. Taylor, secretary to the Dean of Women.
Mrs. Taylor knows from first hand experience, because she used
to play the piano around 1910 at a few of the old flicker palaces in
Bellefonte, all of which have long
since disappeared.
Whenever the film broke, which
in those days semed like every
five minutes, Mrs. Taylor said, a
sign flashed on the screen with
the announcement, "Please be pa
tient. The film will resume in a
moment."
The audience, always contain
ing several young men from Penn
State and the old Bellefonte Aca
demy, was anything but patient,
she said. They would immediately
begin stamping their feet, shout
ing and calling for the film to be
gin
It was her unpleasant duty to
play piano selections until the
film was repaired. Seated up
front, she made an excellent tar
get for popcorn, rolled up paper,
and various other items. So, dodg
ing pieces of popcorn and trying
to ignore the hoots and stamping
of feet, she played the piano un
til the projectionist mercifully re
paired the damage to the film.
She began her career at the ripe
old age of 13 at the old Bishop
Theater at Allegheny and Bishop
streets in Bellefonte where a
hardware store now stands. There
she earned the magnificent sal
ary of 25 cents a night. Later she
shifted to the Lyric Theater on
Allegheny street, just below Res
ervoir hill, and then to the Scenic
Theater, on High street, where
she eventually worked her salary
By BILL SNYDER
up to $2.50 a night.
In those days people paid 5 cents
admission to sit in foldaway chairs
on a sawdust floor. The program
usually consisted of the main fea
ture, the serial "The Perils of
Pauline," and a c om e d y.
She had three main headings
for her background music: west
ern, action, and "sobstuff." The
music had to be memorized since
she had no 'time to watch the
screen and read music, too.
It was always toughest at the
first night of a new picture, Mrs.
Taylor recalled, because she was
never sure of what was coming
up next till she saw it flash on
the screen. One minute the cruel
villian might have the heroine in
a terrible fix, and Mrs. Taylor
would be playing "hearts and
flowers" or some other "sob
stuff." Then all of a sudden the
hero might dash in, and the situa
tion would all for a quick change
to action music.
Mrs. Taylor had to be on her
toes and play the right music at
the right time. There was always
the danger the audience might
start throwing things again.
Films were pretty standard in
those early days, Mrs. Taylor re
members. The direst, blackest,
most miserable things imaginable
were always happening to the
heroine., she said, but in the end
everything tur n e d out well,
THE DAILY OMLEGIAN. STATE COttEGE, PENNSAVANIA
Inkling to Publish
3 Stories, Play
Three stories, a one -act play,
a review of "The Penn State Yan
kee," and reproductions of four
paintings by President Dwight D.
Eisenhower are included in Ink
ling, campus literary magazine,
which goes on sale at noon Mon
day.
Stories are "Worried Man, Wor
ried Song" by David Eskey, "The
Yellow Dress" by Helen Luyben,
and "Vesper Service" by Robert
Thompson. William L. Werner,
professor of English literature,
wrote the review of the Fred Lew
is Pattee autobiography.
"Artist in the White House," the
section on Eisenhower's paint
ings, includes two Colorado land
scapes and portraits of Bobby
Jones, golf champion, and Gen.
Howard Snyder, physician to the
President.
Chapel Petition
To Circulate
In West Dorms
Petitions for the architectural
change of the All-University
Chapel will be circulated in the
West Dorm dining halls Monday
night.
Eugene Gladys, president of
Vitruvius Society, one of four
student organizations sponsoring
a petition, said petitions would be
distributed in other dormitories
and fraternities.
Two hundred petitions are in
circulation at present. Interested
students may sign a petition at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main.
Petitions are being sponsored
by Scarab, architecture honor
ary; Pi Gamma Alpha, fine arts
honorary; American Institute of
Architects, student chapter; and
Vitruvius Society, colony of Al
pha Rho Chi, social fraternity for
architects. Gladys said the organ
izations will write letters to alum
ni to seek support for a contem
porary design to replace the
Georgian design of the present
plans.
Chorus to Hold
Spring Concert
, The Penn State Women's Chorus
will present its annual spring
concert at 3 p.m. tomorrow in
Schwab Auditorium.
The 60-voice chorus will be
directed by Raymond H. Brown,
assistant professor of music. The
accompanist will be Janet Rice,
eighth semester music education
major. Janet Stevenson, sixth se
mester education major, will be
featured soloist in "To a Madon
na" (Repper).
The program is open to the
public. No admission will be
charged. Station WDFM will
broadcast the concert.
Gregory Peck
Broderick Crawford
"NIGHT PEOPLE"
Cinew - '
Eleanor Parker
Charlton Heston
"NAKED JUNGLE"
Technicolor
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CARTOONS
Continuous - All Day
Ready, Heave! ...
ship trophy to the speakers' table at the IFC-Panhellenic Council
Banquet Thursday night at the Nittany Lion Inn. The trophy was
presented to Sigma Phi Sigma which rose from 41st to 16th place
in scholarship ranking between the spring and fall semester.
Mrs. Frank J.' Simes, wife of the dean of men, sits at right.
Religion
Churches Will Hold
Services Tomorrow
Regular weekly worship services will be held by student church
groups this weekend.
The Lutheran Student Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomor-
row for a panel discussion and sl
dent Ashram. The program will
W. College avenue.
Henry A. Finch, associate pro
fessor of philosophy, will speak
on "Intellectual Courage" before
the Emerson Society at 6:15 p.m.
tomorrow in 304 Old Main. A dis
cussion will follow.
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Wesley Foundation of the Meth
odist Church will hold a special
Easter service following the fel
lowship supper at 5:15 p.m. to
morrow. The service will begin at
7:30 pin.
The 'Student Fellowship of St.
John's Evangelical United Breth
ren Church will hold a dinner
meeting at 5 p.m. tomorrow, fol
lowed by a discussion centering
around a filmstrip, "I Have Found
a New World." Richard Ault
house, fourth semester student in
the Division of Intermediate Reg
istration, will lead devotions.
The United Student Fellowship
of the Faith Evangelical and Re
formed Church will meet at 6:30
p.m. tomorrow. Elizabeth McCain,
program associator for the Penn
State Christian Association, will
speak on "I Believe in the Holy
SOME PIGEONS ARE
INCLINED TO POUT
R
did Garcia really care
about getting that message?
r his is the Sad Story of a Senior who
was Serious. - About a Girl. In the
straight-forward manner common to
Seniors, he decided to invite her up
for The Big Weekend.
A month ahead, he sat down and
wrote her a Nice Letter. Then he
sat back and Waited. For three weeks,
with no answer. Finally, alarmed, he
Phoned her.
Cost him $4.25 in quarters. When
the bonging of the Coin Box stopped,
all he could hear at the other end of
the wire was a Series of Sniffs.
"Pigeon?" he asked, tentatively. She
,vept. "What's wrong?" he asked.
She sobbed.
"Oh, Harold," she wailed, "You
used to send telegrams to invite me
to Big Weekends. This year, all I get
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des on the annual Lutheran Stu
e held at the student center, 412
Ghost," third talk in a series on
the Apostles' Creed. Presentation
of nominations for the new cabi
net will be made. The student
church school will hold the first
discussion in a series on "The Bi
ble and the Christian Life" at 9:30
a.m. tomorrow at the church.
Lewis Evans, this week's
Chapel speaker and Presbyterian
minister-at-large for college and
university students in the United
States, will speak at 6:20 p.m. to
morrow at Westminster Founda
tion of the Presbyterian Church.
His topic will be "How Christ
Died for Us that We Might Live."
A discussion will follow.
The Roger Williams Fellowship
of the Baptist Church will hold
a discussion on "Legalized Gamb
ling" at worship services follow
ing the fellowship supper at 5 p.m.
ton?orrow.
Valhalla, in Scandinavian myth
ology, was the special paradise to
which the souls of warriors slain
in battle were taken.
is a little old Letter. You don't love
me any more." And hung up.
Harold goes everywhere Stag now.
Says he prefers it that way. But you
should hear him Sigh whenever he
passes a Western Union office.
As your Telegrammar will tell you
—(the Telegrammar being a handy,
pock6t-size guide to telegraph use
that you can get for free by simply
writing to Room 1727, Western
Union, 60 Hudson St., New York
City)—a Telegram takes any message
out of the casual class. It's Subtle .
flatters the Gal or Guy who gets it.
Next time you're sending an Invita
tion, a Howl Home for Cash, birthday
greetingd to Mother—just call Western
Union, or head for your Western
Union office.
Tel. 8-6731