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Blue Band
University
High on the list of Penn State traditions is a group of 96 men
whose fame has gone far beyond the campus.. This is the Penn State
Blue Band.
No home football game would be complete without their intri
cate formations and peppy music that add so much to both school
Registration
For Rushing
Will Begin
Registration for formal fall
sorority rushing will take place
from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday in the, lobby
of Atherton Hall.
Prospective rushees will receive
the Panhellenic rushing booklet
when they register for rushing.
Women students with third se
mester standing or higher and at
least a 1.0 All-University average
are eligible to participate in rushr
ing. Rushees will be charged a $1
registration fee.
Open houses will be held from
I to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
in sorority suites and in several
dormitory lounges. Rushees will
be divided alphabetically into two
groups and each group will visit
half the sororities each afternoon.
Sororities will issue invitations
through the Panhellenic Post
Office in Atherton Hall for coke
dates to be held from 1 to 5 p.m.
and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday
through Sept. 24. At Homes will
be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 26.
Sororities will entertain at parties
from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. and 8:30 to
9:45. p.m. Sept. 27 and 28. Coffee
hours will take place from d:3O
to 8 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Sept. 30.
Rushees may sign preferential
cards from 10 to 11 p.m! Sept: 30
in Atherton Hall and from 8 to
II a.m. Oct. 1. Ribboning will take
place at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 in sorority
suites.
According •to the Panhellenic
rushing code, “No communication
shall be - permitted between a
sorority member and a rushee
either directly or indirectly
through a third party, except
when members of three sororities
are present within, the conver
sational group.”
MI College 1
Offers Courses
New to FrosSi
. Mineral Industries is a field rel
atively new to high school students,
for many of its courses such as
geology or meteorology are not of
fered in high schools.
The redbrick Mineral Industries
Building on Pollock road has be
come a familiar sight to the 450
students who are enrolled in min
eral industries. About 180 gradu
ate students are now working to
ward masters (or doctors) degrees
in this field.
The MI College offers the fol
lowing curriculums for the degree
of Bachelor of Science: geology
and mineralogy, geophysics and
geochemistry, meteorology, geo
graphy, mineral economics, mining
engineering, mineral preparation
engineering, petroleum and natural
gas engineering, fuel technology,
metallurgy, and ceramics.
Nearly every graduating MI sen
ior has at least two or three offers
for positions after graduation,.
Many companies send representa
tives to the University to interview
seniors. The average starting sal
ary for a MI graduate is $350 to
$375 a month.
Every curriculum in the college
publishes a pamphlet describing its
work. There are also three general
pamphlets published by the col
lege which give information about
the MI field. These booklets may
be obtained at the Mineral Indus
tries building.
Every MI student can find a
group or society to interest him.
Most of the curriculums have or
ganized °t"dents may al
so scr.k .'n Sigma Gam
ma E ' honor society,
Is Famed
Tradition.
spirit and team morale.
Conducted by James W. Dun
lop, associate professor of music
education, these men spend long
sessions working out new forma
tions and practicing. It is hoped
that the size of the band will be
increased to 120 members, making
an even more impressive display.
Band Practices Daily
A week in the life of a member
of the band is one of hard work
and .grueling practices, for the
half-time shows must be perfect
ly executed. During football sea
son rehearsals are held daily on
a practice field similar to Beaver
Field.
On Monday nights the men at
tend a “skull session” in Car
negie Hall. At this session they
make a copy of a diagram of the
routine they will follow Satur
day. Each member copies the part
of the people on each side of him
as well as his own so he will
know who is wrong if an error
is made. They also receive their
music at this session.
On Tuesday the band walks
through the routine and on Wed
nesday the music is added. Thurs
day and Friday the band adds the
finishing touches to its- routine,
and then has the final practice
just before game time on Satur
day.
Dunlop Directs l Band
Hummel Fishburn, professor of
music and music education, is
the “mastermind” behind the
unique formations. He maps out
each performance in different
.stages of the formation. Dunlop
works the musical accompani
ment in with the drill and directs
all rehearsals, plus the final per
formance.
Francis 'Taylor, drum ' major,
is about the most important man
in the band. He leads the men
onto the field and gives the di
rection signals for the start of
each formation.
The band is also the hub of the
pre-game pep rallies. The band
congregates in front of Carnegie
Hall before each rally and leads
the students to the place of the
rally. : Its spirit provides the
background for the cheers and
songs of the cheerleaders and
students.
Another side of this organiza
tion is the concert Blue Band, al
so conducted by Dunlop.' This
group presents several concerts
on campus each year, then goes
on a tour in a series of out-of
town concerts.
Primaries—
(Continued -from page six)
Francis E. Kelly, Boston attorney,
were seeking Democratic nomin
ation.
A three-way race for the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination to
oppose Saltonstall was waged
among Foster Furcolo, state treas
urer and former U.S. House mem
ber; John I. Fitzgerald, former
president of the Boston City
Council, and Joseph L. Murphy
of Boston, a former state senator.
Candidates for governor were
chosen also in Minnesota, New
Hampshire and Vermont. House
candidates only were picked in
New York, Utah and Washington.
Among House incumbents seek
ing renomination in the nine
states, 46 Republicans and 24
Democrats were unopposed.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. rEr
WRA program, 6:45. tonight,
Schwab Auditorium
Starlight Dance, 8:30 tonight,
front of Old Main
Residence Hall Consultation, 10
tonight, hall unit meeting
rooms
Panhellenic and Leonides pro
gram, 6:45p.m. tomorrow,
Schwab. Auditorium
Residence Hall Consultation,
10 p.m. tomorrow, hall unit
meeting rooms
Zinn Takes
Former Job
With Dean
. Edith Zinn, who served' as as
sistant to the dean of women in
charge of new students in 1947,
has returned to the position at
the .University, replacing Patricia
Thompson, Dean of Women Pearl
O. Weston said Monday..
Miss Zinn, who served in the
Dean of Women’s office from 1944
through 1946, entered the posi
tion the second time August 1.
A graduate of the University,
Miss Zinn received her degree in
art education here and a master’s
degree in dean’s counseling from
Syracuse University.
Miss Thompson left the Uni
versity in August to serve as
dean of sophomore women in a
high school near Akron, Ohio.
Miss Thompson served as assist
ant to the dean of women in
charge of new students at the
University, from ' 1951 through
1954. She is a graduate of Akron
University and received a mas
ter’s degree in dean’s counseling
from Ohio State University.
The position of assistant to the
dean of women in charge of ac
tivities and Panhellenic Council
was vacated this fall when Mary
E. Brewer, who filled the posi
tion at the University from 1951
through 1954, accepted the posi
tion of dean of women at Coe
College in Cedar . Rapids, lowa.
The college is coeducational with
a student enrollment of 700.
Miss Brewer is a graduate' of
Milliken College, 111. and received
a master’s degree in dean’s coun
seling from the University of
Columbia.
Miss Brewer’s former position
at the University has not yet been
filled, Dean Weston said Monday.
Censure—
(Continued from page seven )
ruling.
“I think it is impossible for any
lawyer to serve as a prosecutor
before a tribunal, and then be
completely objective as a parti
cipant in handing down its deci
sion,” he said.
There was no comment from
McCarthy.
Watkins, in the statement said
“members of the committee will
make all of the decisions and that
they do not need to rely on coun
sel in the making of those deci
sions.
“The committee has absolute
confidence in the fairness of Mf.
Chadwick, Mr. DeFuria and all
other members of the legal staff.
They will act under committee
direction and will satisfy the com
mittee requirements in the matter
of the information required by the
committee.”
Social
gazette
iNSYLVANIA
Stars Are Born
Two Drama Groups
Handle Productions
“There’s no business like show business” is a familiar saying,
for most of us are interested in the theater from ohe sidb of. the
lights or another.' Newcomers to the campus will find many oppor
tunities for dramatic activity at the University.
Two organizations—Players and Thespians—offer a wide range
of dramatic productions during
the academic year. Experience
may be gained, not only in acting,
but on the technical side as well,
through makeup, lighting, adver
tising, costuming, construction,
properties, and production crews
Mixer Planned
A get-acquainted . night will
soon be held in Schwab Audi
torium where new students may
talk with senior managers, ex
plore the auditorium’s facilities,
and get full information concern
ing membership in the organ
izations.
Anyone may audition for act
ing parts by attending tryout
periods. Calls for crew members
are made well in advance of a
show with the size of the crews
varying with each production.
The members of each crew are
selected from volunteers by senior
managers of each division.
Players is governed by a repre
sentative group of elected offi
cers, senior managers and faculty
advisers who make up the board
of control. Officers are elected
from candidates posted by a nom
inating committee with additional
nominations made from the floor.
'Mr. Roberts'
. Major plays performed vary
from standard stage productions
to those done in an arena-type
theater. This year’s offerings in
clude Thomas Heggen’s “Mr. Rob
erts,” John Van Druten’s “Bell,
Book and Candle,” Emlyn Wil
liams’ “The Corn Is Green,” Euri
pedes’ “Medea,” Edwin Justice
Mayer’s /‘Children of Darkness,”
William Shakespeare’s “Taming
of the Shrew,” and Philip Barry’s
“Philadelphia Story.”
Besides these productions, the
Dramatics department offers an
extensive experimental program
in which many plays written by
students are performed.
Original Review
Musicals are produced by Thes
pians, musical comedy group.
Each year it presents a former
Broadway show in the spring and
an original student-written re
view-in the fall. Last year’s pro
ductions were “Bloomer Girl” and
the original “Let’s Face It.”
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1954
Sophomore
Man Heads
Frosh Class
Most freshmen are completely
amazed early each fall when they
read the' freshman class president
has called a class meeting.
Since when do we have a presi
dent? Who elected him, and
when,? they ask.
Each year the man who was
named president by the previous
freshman class serves as fresh
man president until the new class
has a chance to elect its officers.
This year James Musser, last
year’s president, will hold this
office for a few weeks.
Freshmen and sophomores will
elect their officers early in Oc
tober and Musser, now a sopho
more, and Hugh Cline, a junior,
who was last year’s president,
will retire.
The candidates for these offices
will be nominated by‘.the State
and Lion party cliques after
clique meetings. Students must
register as a member of one of
these cliques and must attend a
certain number of- clique meet
ings before they are eligible to
vote for the nominees. All stu
dents, regardless of clique affili
ation, vote in the actual elections.
Students interested in campus
politics will be given an oppor
tunity to sign up for party com
mittees. They may consult dormi
tory counselors or watch for
notices in the Daily Collegian to
see when the cliques will begin
organizing.
In addition to having the op
portunity to run for class offices,
students may also becotae officers
of the party class cliques. In ad
dition to having; clique officers,
each of the party cliques also
names officers to head the clique
representing each class.
three Thespian shows, students
may become members of the or
ganization. Tryouts are held' for
cast and production personnel at
which time anyone may try out.