FRIDAY:: APRIL • 23;1954
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Deleg:Qtoifo'Readihig Fete.
Thirteen . of the 80 colleges receiving invitations will send delegates to the Sixth Anrival Penn
sylvania Intercollegiate Reading Festival to be held at the University on Thursday and Friday. •
The festival is under the direction of Harriet Nesbitt and William Hamilton, assistant
professors 'of speech, •who originated the r•.eading festival idea six *ears ago.
The readings will not be judged. ,Participants may read from one or all of four categories. The
categories are narrative prose,
group of short poems, and drama.
A time limit of 10 to 12 minutes
is set for each reading with the
entire reading section , running
approximately two hours. The fes
tival will be held in tie new Min
eral Science autditormm.
Three Represent University
Three students • from each. col
lege may participate in the two
day series. Penn State will be
represented by Ann Good,. eighth
semester arts and. letters major;
Margaret Troutman, eighth se
mester' education major; and-Mor
ton Slakoff, fifth semester speech
major. Miss Troutman and Miss
Good will execute short story And
poetry respectively, and Slakoff
will perform in drama.
Thursday night, after registra
tion and between reading sections,
a banquet will be held at the Nit
tany Lion Inn. Miss Jane Mont
gomery,. eighth semester journal
ism major and 1954 May Queen
elect, - will preside as the mistress
of ceremonies. Helen Irwin, head
of the speech department at Seton
Hill College and distinguished in
terpretative reader, will be fea
tured as speaker-reader of the
banquet.
Thirteen Accept -Invitation
Thirteen of the 80 colleges in
vited were able to accept the
invitation, the others having to
decline due to complicated . sched
ules or inadequate finances' . to
sponsor the trip. The colleges who
will attend are Geneva College,
Indiana State Teachers College,
Westminster College, Saint Fran
ces College, Dickinson College,
Juniata College, Pennsylvania
College for Women, Scranton ;kink
versity, the University - ea Pigs"-
burgh, Seton Hill College; Tem
ple University, Penn State's
Ogontz Center, and,Kings College,
Faculty members will accom
pany each group not only as chap
erones, but , also to study the
various methods of speech. in-.
struction as exhibited by the stu
dents through their execution of
the materials. •
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Snyder-Stuter
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Stuter
of. Bellefonte .announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Eliza
beth, to. Robert J. Snyder, son of
'Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Snyder of
Reading.
Miss Stuter is an eighth semes
ter music education major and a
member of Pi Lambda Theta,
women's education .h.onorar y,
LoUise Homer Club, and Chapel
Choir. • .
Mr. Snyder is a sixth semester
civil engineering major.
Geobef-Israei
Dr. and Mrs., George Israel of
Philadelphia announce th e en
gagement of their , daughter, Ruth,
to - Ivan Gabel, son of. Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gabel of Overbrook.
Miss Israel is an eighth semes
ter psychology major. She is pro
motion manager of the Daily Col
legion,' vice president of
des, secretary of Mortar Board,
senior women's hat 'society, and
a meinber of Chimes, junior wom
en's hat society.
Mr. Gabel graduated from
Swarthmore College in . the class
of 1953. He is a member of Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity. At present
he is serving with the United
States Army at Aberdeen, Md.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
'Bloomer Girl' Cost
To. Hold. Get-Together
The cast and crews of "Bloom
er Girl" and members of 'Thes
pians will, hold an informal get
together at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at
Phi Epsilon Pi
New Thespian initiates will en
tertain. An orchestra will provide
music for dancing. •
Panhellenic. Choir
Winnen selected for the Panhel
lenic Choir scheduled to sing May
Day : will meet- at 12:3+3 p.m. to
morrow in 117 • Carnegie.
By JOAN HICKEBSON
4 Church Groups
To Hold Worship,
Social Programs
Four student church groups will
hold meetings tonight.
The Rev. J. W. McGlathpr, of
the First United Presbyterian
Church, Pittsburgh, will speak to
the Penn Stale Bible Fellowship
at 7:30 tonight in 405 Old Main.
The Lutheran Student -Associa
tion tonight' will hold a moonlight
hike to Sunset Park, followed by
a wiener roast. The group will
meet at 7:30 at the student center,
412 W. College avenue.
Students at Wesley Foundation
of the Methodist Church will at
tend a reception for social worker
Ruth Isabelle Seabury at 6:30 to
night at the parish house of St.
AndrewS Episcopal Church, 300
S. Frazier street. The foundation
will hold open house tonight.
Sabbath and Festival Eve ser
vices will be held at 5:30 tonight
at the Hillel Foundation. 224 Lo
cust Lane, followed by Yontov
dinner at 6:15. Only those with
reservations for Passover meals
may attend the dinner. Hebrew
classes will be resumed on Mon
day. Beginners' Hebrew class will
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Summer Camp
Jobs Available
Approximately 500 positions in
Pr ot e st ant and non-sectarian
camps are available this summer
for men and women students, the
Federation of Protestant Welfare
Agencies has announced.
• Of the available jobs, about 60
per cent are for general counse
lors, 20 per cent for specialty or
head counselors, and 20 per cent
for directors, nurses, dieticians,
cooks, and maintenance workers.
Salaries for a nine-weeks sea
son range from $lOO for those stu
dents having no experience to $5OO
for those with experience.
Camp directors and assistants
receive from $5OO to $BOO for the.
season, Salaries for nurses, dieti
cians, cooks, and maintenance per
sonnel range from $250 to $5OO a
season.
Students interested in applying
for camp positions may write to
the Federation of Protestant Wel
fare Agencies, 207 Fourth avenue,
New York 3.
meet at 6:45 p.m. Monday and the
Intermediate Hebrew class at
7:45 p.m.'
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Alpha Chi Rho
New officers of Alpha Chi Rho
are John Sherry, president; James
Brownlee, vice president; Marvin
Leach, treasurer: James Williams,
ritual officer: George Hughes,
recording secretary; Samuel Mc-
Laughlin. corresponding , secre
tary; Stephen Horlacher, chap
lain; and Milton Nees, sergeant
at arms.
Sigma Pi
New officers, of Sigma Pi are
William Benfield, sage; Edward
Holt, alumni-contacter; Neal Rob
inson, vice president; John Basis
ta, treasurer; Brent Curtis, secre
tary; and Rolfe Ross, herald.
Delta Chi
Newly elected officers of Delta
Chi are William Metz, president;
Thomas Ceraso, vice president,
John Carey, rushing chairman;
Charles Stachel, sergeant-at-arms;
Ronald Spangenberg, public rela
tions chairman and librarian; John
Maher, fireman; and Wesley
Wood, "Nittany Delt" editor.
Sigma Alpha Mu
New officers of Signia Alpha
Mu are Theodore Blum, prior;
Alan Ettinger, exchequer; Sidney
Goldberg,-recorder; Harold Fried
man, assistant exchequer; Arthur
Getis, alumni recorder; Allan Ce
tron, parliamentarian; and Marvin
Goldberg, historian.
Betp Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron recently
entertained members of Theta Phi
Alpha at a pajama party in the
chapter room. Refreshments were
served and skits were presented
by members of both groups.
Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi recently enter
tained members pf Kappa Delta
with a skit and refreshments.
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22 Freshmen
Tapped Today
For Cwens
Twenty-two freshman women,
were tapped for Cwens, women's
sophomore hat society, at 6 a.m.
today. Tapping was followed by
breakfast at 6:30 in McAllister
Hall.
Tapped were Rheda. Berger,
Marjorie Blank, Dorothy DeMay,
Ann Farrell, Gail Forney, Dorothy
'Glading, Judith Gropper, Barbara
Hendel, Sue Hill, Elizabeth Ives,
Miriam Jones.
Patricia Korns, Suzanne Loux,
Lee Ann Leaphart, Martha Mich
ener, Helena Moraio, Natalie Mo
skowitz, Audrey Neff, Janet Reid,
Suzanne Scholl, Martha Patter
son, and Roberta Weinberg.
Women are tapped on the basis
of leadership and extra-curricular
activities. An All-University aver
age of 1.5 is required.
The new members of Covens
will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the WSGA room, White Hall.
Matson Will Speak
At Fraternity Banquet
Frederick R. Matson, professor
of archeology, will speak at, a
banquet sponsored by Phi Kappa
Phi, scholastic fraternity, at 6 pan.
May •13 at the Presbyterian
Church.
Matson's subject will be "Inter
relation of the Arts and Sciences
in Archeology." Colored slides
will be shown.
Chi Omega
Chi Omega and Kappa Sigma
recently held an Easter egg hunt
for town 'children at the frater
nity house. Refreshments wet
served.
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