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Fight On State!
SAMUEL WOLCOTT, left foreground, leads students in a cheer at
last night's pep rally in front of Old Main. Harriet Barlow and
Carole Schmiizer acted as co-mistresses of ceremonies at the rally,
attended by about 2500 students who cheered the Lions for today's
game with Virginia.
2500 Cheer Team
At Pre-Game Rally
An estimated crowd of 2500 left the ears of the Virginia football
team ringing with Penn State songs and cheers after the first home
game pep rally in front of Old Main last night.
With the Penn State Blue Band and the cheerleaders leading
the high-spirited students, Don Balthaser, co-captain of the Nittany
Lion squad, gave the crowd more
to cheer about when he said the
team was “out to db a good job.”
“We’ve been given great cour
age to win,” he said.
Jim Garrity, co-captain, and
Chuck Sowers, guard, both
thanked the students for their
fine support. “We’ve got the best
cheering section in the country,”
Sowers told the crowd
The Penn State Nittany Lion,
Alfred Klimke, was given a
“mighty roar” by the students
when he made his first appear
ance in the Lion suit last night.
The Blue Band, under direction
of James Dunlop, introduced .a
new cheer for today’s game which
gets under way at 2 p.m. at Bea
ver Field.
Harriet Barlow, who portrayed
a housemother for the Cavalier
squad, quickly learned about the
toughness of the Penn State ele--
ven from Carol Schmitzer, who
took the part of a Penn State
male.
Members of Scrolls, senior wo
men’s hat society, and Skull and
Bones senior men’s hat society,
began the pep rally movement at
Host Show Theme
To Feature 'Design'
The 41st annual Horticulture Show to be held by the Hort Club
Oct. 16 and 17 in the Livestock Pavilion will have as its theme "To
day’s Garden Design” featuring contemporary gardening for today’s
architecture.
Previous shows have been dedicated to a member of the Horti-
culture department. This year,
however, the show will honor
Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of
landscape construction and main
tenance for the University. Train
er is a graduate of the University
in horticulture.
L. D. Little, instructor of orna
mental horticulture and Hort
Club adviser, and members of the
guiding committee have planned
and organized the show. Members
of the guiding committee are H.
Edwin Angstadt, manager; Mar
garet Fleming, secretary; David
Webber and David Griffith, pro
curement; George Unger and Wil
lard Detwiler, Jr., publicity; Rus
sell Neff and Joseph Nudge, ad
vertisement; Margaret Fleming
and Kathryn Simons, program
editors.
Chairman of special commit
tees are James Park and Gerald
Rupert, landscape horticulture;
James V'l’fcrov.rV rlru’ture;
Glenn M Gross, o’o' '• —Wil-
liam Selby and Douglas Bastian,
By MARY BOLICH
January Grads
To Order Gowns
Seniors who will be graduated
in January and who vfill be prac
tice teaching during the second
eight weeks of this semester may
'order caps and gowns Monday
through Oct. 16 at the Athletic
Store.
A $5 deposit must be made and
seniors must give hat size when
ordering, George Donovan, man
ager of Student Union, has an
nounced. Invitations and an
nouncements may be ordered at
the same time at the Student
Union Desk in Old Main.
Other seniors and graduate stu
dents who will graduate in Janu
ary may order caps and - gowns
Nov. 29 to Dec. 4.
7:15 p.m. with a motorcade around
campus and town. A number of
fraternities joined the motorcade
carrying signs such as “Clobber
dem Cavaliers,” and “Go, State,
Go.”
ornamental horticulture; D. Ger
ald Edwards, pomology; Stephen
Horlacher, plant breeding; and
Margaret Fleming, refreshments.
The show will be open from 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 16, and from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 17. No ad
mission will be charged. A free
booklet of the show will be given
to all visitors,., and refreshments
and potted plants will be on salel
Work on the show began before
classes began. All flowers, vege
tables, and several of the trees
were planted especially for the
show. ■
Plants Tell Story
Each plant must be’ at a cer
tain stage of growth so that it
may tell a particular story for Jhe
two days. Included in prepara
tions were the transplanting of
the plants into the pavilion.
Landscaping will include the
complete fi-ont and back of a mod
ern home which will' be repre
sented by a paneling of fiberglass.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Ag Experts
From Asia
Seek Advice
Three agriculture experts from
two foreign -ountries recently
conferred with University profes
sors of the College of Agriculture.
Zwi Ben Adam, manager of the
animal breeding farm for the Is
raeli Ministry of Agriculture in
Acre, met with professors and
scientists of the poultry husband
ry department this week for ideas
for establishing a new poultry re
search center for the Ministry of
Agriculture in Israel.
Ben Adam also spent the last
part of the week studying poultry
pasture problems. At present he
is attending the 17th annual Ex
position of the Northeastern Poul
try Producers Council, Inc., at
Harrisburg.
Turkish professors Omer Taman
and Veodet Erkun recently con
ferred with scientists of agrono
my and animal nutrition on ad
ministration and research of for
age crops.
Taman is a professor at the Uni
versity of Ankara. Erkun is head
of the Forage unit for the govern
ment of Turkey, at Ankara.
- The two conferred last week
end with professors of the Col
lege of Agriculture and visited
the United States Department of
Agriculture Pasture Research
Laboratory.
They left Tuesday for the Uni
versity of Rhode Island.
Debate Squad
Picks 9 Women
Nine women who tried out Wed
nesday for the women’s varsity
debate squad, have been picked
for the squad by Clayton H.
Schug, debate coach.
The new members of the team
were chosen on the basis of a
five-minute talk on the interna
tional intercollegiate debate topic
for this year: “Resolved: That the
U.S. should extend diplomatic
recognition to the . Communist
government of China.”
Only upperclass women who,
come out for debate must try out.
Freshman women need only show
interest.
Those chosen for the team, now
numbering about 25, are Marjorie
Babb, Maria DeToma, Faith
Jackson, Barbara Kimble, Allison
Munn, Betsy Sharpe, Norma Tal
arico, Jean Yemm, and Rebecca
Zahm. '
Band to Feature
Foster Selections
Routines based on songs of Ste
phen Foster will mark the first
appearance of the Penn State
Marching Blue Band at the Penn
Stafe-Virginia football game to
day.
James W. Dunlop, director of
the band, explained that Foster’s
songs were chosen because of
their- southern character, in keep
ing with the visiting Virginia
team. He also pointed out that
today is the first day of Pennsyl
vania Week, and Foster was one
of the most prominent composers
in the Keystone state.
The band will march onto the
field before the game for the
“National Anthem" and will per
form their routines at halftime.
Foreign Service
Essay Contest Set
Students interested in interna
tional affairs may submit essays
before Dec. 15 in the Foreign
Service Journal prize essay con
test.
The essays, to be written on
“The Organization of American
Representation Abroad,” may win
up to $lOOO or a full fellowship
at the School of Advanced Inter
national Studies of John Hopkins
University.
Full, details of the contest may
be obtained by writing, to the For
eign Service Journal contest com
mittee, 1908 G street, N.W., Wash
ington 6, D.C.
Cosmopolitan Club Tea
The Cosmopolitan Club will
hold a get-acquainted tea at 3 p.m.
tomorrow in the Home Economics
’iving center. Over 70 new foreign
: ■•■’••'is are on campus this se
mester.
Rev. Gay WHS Address
Chapel Services Sunday
The Rev. Ilichard R. Gay; :direetpr of, religious activities .and
instructor of religious education at Ohio Wesleyan University, will
speak at Chapel services at 10:55 a.ni. tomorrow in Schwab Audi
torium. His topic will be “What Difference Could This Make?”
A graduate of Ursinus Col
bachelor of divinity degree from
Drew Theological Seminary in. re
ligious education and counseling.
He also did graduate Work in the
School of Theology at Temple
University.
Awarded Fellowship
He was awarded the Dieffen
dorf Fellowship in Religion and
Mental Health upon his gradu
ation from Drew. As the first re
cipient of this award, Rev. Gay
used the fellowship for a period
.Richard R. Gay
Chapel Speaker
of clinical training in psychi
atric counseling at the state hos
pital in Norristown.
.Before joining ' the Ohio Wes
leyan faculty in 1950, the Rev.
Gay was minister of education
and associate pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Pittsburgh.
While there, he also served as
Methodist Chaplain to students of
the Pennsylvania College for
Women, Carnegie Institute of
Technology, and the University
of Pittsburgh.
Completed Doctorate Studies
The Rev. Gay received his mas
ter of education degree from the
University of Pittsburgh where
he has. continued his graduate
studies in religious education and
sociology. He has completed his
residence requirements for the
doctorate.
The Chapel Ch6ir, under the
direction of'Mrs. Willa C. Taylor,
professor of music education, will
sing the anthem “He That Shall
Endure to -the End” from “Eli
jah” (Mendelssohn). George E.
Ceiga, Chapel organist, will play
“Sixth Sonata (Vater . unser)”
(Mendelssohn), as, prelude; “An
dantino” (Arcardelt-Liszt), as of
fertory; and “Fugue in D Minor”
(Mendelssohn), as postlude.
Thespians Feature
Professional Talent
Thespians’ original fall revue' “Funny Side Up,” presents fine
talent at Penn State in featuring Michael McKay, seventh semester
meterology major and Robert Little,,, seventh semester journalism
major. ....
Little, better known as “Th<
magic hands,” is professional in
performing' sleight-of-hand ' and
card tricks. This summer he pre
sented shows twice weekly with
Fred Waring at Shawnee-on-the-
Delaware.
Little got started on the road
of magic at his home in Upper
Darby where a neighbor, Paul
Rosini, who ran a gambling syn
dicate between Chicago and New
York in the roaring, twenties,
taught him the basic card and
slight-of-hand . tricks. Rosini is
now lecturing on the evils of
gambling.
Little was given the title “the
man with the magic hands,” for
his‘ tricks at last year’s Spring
Carnival. He entertains profes
'l anally at night clubs and at
' ' •'rnity parties and social
'•atherings.
Little re-invests most of his
SATURDAY; OCTOBER 9. 1954
lege, the Rev. Gay received his
HEc Freshmen
Will Nominate
Representatives
Freshman nominations for the.
Home Economics Student Council*
will be held the week of Oct. 18.
'Elections will be held Oct. 26 and
27.
Sue Hill will be in charge of
freshman elections and Dorothy
Giading, Judith Koenig, and Su
zanne Scholl will serve on the
committee. ;
The council also discussed the
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universi;-
ties” recently rejected by Dean: oiC
Men Frank J. Simes. The council
is in favor of backing the publi
cation.
The council voted in 'favor- 1 of'
a proposal for a screening com
ipittee to screen applications for :
All-University appointments, with
the amendment that minor ap
pointments be left to the commit
te chairmen. The, proposal, was
discussed by All-University Cabi
net Sept. 30. -
Margaret Faris was. appointed
chairman for the Home Economics
freshman-faculty tea, with : Joan
Fretz and Anna Saylor on the
committee. . " •
Miss Scholl was appointed
student faculty board alternate
and Richard Packer was' appoint
ed chairman of the Home, Ecp
nomics spring weekend, .
Riding Club to Hold
First Horse Show
The Penn State Riding Club will
present its first “Little Horse
Show” of the season at the Uni
versity riding stables at 2 p.m;
tomorrow. The riders are mem
bers of the club.
Four ribbons will be awarded
in the intermediate and advanced
jumping class; ' beginning; inter
mediate, and advanced horseman
ship class; and the pleasure horse
class..
Students interested in joining
the club may do so on Sunday at
the show or at the next meeting
of the club. Students may attend
the show. '
Biz-Ad Staff to Meet
The staff of the Biz-Ad Bul
letin, Business Administration
Student Council publication, will
meet at 7 p.m. Monday in 11
Sparks. Staff . members and stu
dents 'interested 'in. working oh
the publication may attend, Mi
chael Doyle, editor, said.
By ALICE GRUBB
Wizard” or “the man with the
earnings in equipment and ad
vanced magic lessons. At present
he is being tutored in New. York
by John Scarna, “The King of
Cards,” a leading card trick ar
tist.
. To further insure the success
of his career, Little is majoring
in.advertising so he. will .be able
to publicize and promote his own
show. ’
McKay, a lieutenant in the Air
Force, has already received an
engineering degree from the Uni
versity at Maryland and is study
ing meteorology at the University
under sponsorship of the 'Air
Force.
Although he lacks formal train
ing, Little has more than made
up for it ..with ability and ex
perience. Working for thee year*
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