WEDNESDAY..DECEMBER 1, 1954
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Newcomers to campus dramatic circles* can take hope
from Elizabeth Ives, third semester -arts and letters major,
that they -, may not be buried forever in the chorus or in
walk-on' roles. Miss Ives has the leading role in Players'
presentation of Emlyn Williams' `.`The Corn Is Green."
25. Are Given
ROTC Awards
Twenty-five seniors enrolled in
the advance Army Reserve Offi
cers' Training Corps at the: Uni
versity have been designated'Dis c
tinguished Military Students.
The honor is bestowed on-stii
dents demonstrating leadershipin
the classroom and "in - the , field.
High scholastic standards., in rriiti
tary as well as other subjects also
are required for the honor.
'Seniors who hold the rating of
Distinguishee. Military Students
at the time of their graduation
may qualify for tibinination for
Regular. Army commissions.
Students honfired are: - -
Howard Guenther and Donald Clark, in
dustrial education majors ; James Simpson•,'
Richard Feicht, and Bruce Lutton, electri
cal engineering majors; John. Hawk, ,La
verne Frederick, William Wismer, James'
Ferrier,. and James J. .Anderson, forestry
majors; Robert Moyer, education major;
Fred Wilder, mechanical engineering ma
jor; Jerry Donovan, labor management
relations major.
Curtis Hare, chemistry major ; Belford
Thompson and George' gnyder,poultry bus-,
bandry majors ; John Collett,' John Car
penter, and Michael Durkin, arts and let.
ters majors ; Robert Rohland, recreation
education major ; Jacob Maizel, .agricul
tural and biological chemistry major ;.•Gark
Gehrig, architectual ,engin;eering Major ;
John Gable, civil engineering major ;...Tohn
Chillrud, science.major ; and . Walter Wur
ster, dairy science major:
NV`hois in News
To Honor 470
Approximately 470 students
have been selected for "Who's in
the News at Penn State," the Uni
versitY's "Who's Who" which
honbrs outstanding student lead
ers. •
The •publication, sponsored by
Sigma Delta Chi, men's profes
sional journalism fraternity; and
Theta Sigma Phi, women's pro
fessional journalism fraternity,
will- be distributed to University
,offices, fraternities, sororities, and
independent .g ro u D - s . • Students
named in the publication are en
titled to two copies of the book.
-The. selections committee was
composed of the All-University
president, the Women's Student
Government Association presi
dent, the nine presidents of col
lege councils, the editor of the
Daily CollegiAn, and the editor
and - associate editor of "Who's
in the News at Penn State."
ACE! to Hold
Holiday Discussion
The "'Association for Childhood
Education International will meet
at 7 tonight in Atherton Lounge.
The topic of discussion will be
the 'Holiday customs ,of Protes
tants, Catholics and Jews. The
talk will be led by representatives
of the three denominations.
The traditional Mitten Tree will
be decorated with mittens from
anyone who wishes to contribute.
The mittens• will go to needy chil
dren of• Centre County and' other•
parts of -the country. • •
~Eeports will: be made on the
CFiildrens World Theater, the book
exhibit, the care package, and
the ACEI Pennsylvania Conven
tion, which was held in State, Col
lege. • . 2
Anyone interested, in . securing.
membership in the ACEI may do
so by bringing , $l.OO to this meet-
egg Griatip Initiaiies 4
Alpha Tau Alpha, agricultural
education honorary society, has
initiated six new members: They
are Lester Beck,, Wilmer HarriS,
Daryl Heasley, Robert Korona,
William E. McLaughlin ; and Wit-
. , .
By JOE-BEAU-SEIGNEUR
Miss Ives, better known around
campus, is Betsy, has the role
originated by Ethel Barrymore in
the drama of Welsh mining life,
her second Players show. She,
made her campus drainatics debut
last semester as Linda Loman,
the female lead in Arthur Miller's
Pulitzer Prize winning drama,
,"Death of a Salesman."
In - "The . Corn Is Green" Miss
Ives portrays Miss Moffat, a domi
neering, strong woman, whose
warmth of personality which
comes out .at odd moments is the
only thing which saves her from
complete destruction. She comes
to the Welsh mining town to teach
school, and it is there she finds
Morgan, a gifted boy whose mind
is undeveloped from years in :the
mines.
• Morgan's idea of a holiday is to
walk above ground. In two years
Miss Moffat prepared him and
gets a scholarship- to Oxford for
him. He is half-afraid , of her until
he realizes that she has suppressed
her affection towards him and
really loves him as her own son.
Miss Ives, a native of Scranton,
appeared with the Scranton Com
munity Theater before entering
the University, and has also
worked for radio station WARM
in Scranton doing children's'
shows.
"The Corn Is Green" opens at
8 p.m. Friday at Center Stage in
the Temporary Union Building.
Four other performances are set
for December 10 and 17 and for
January 7 and 14.
O'Leary to Open
Religious. Talks
The first in a series of three
religious discusions .will be held
at 8 p.m. tonight at Theta Kappa
IPhi by the Interfraternity Coun
cil of Chaplains, James Parmiter,
chief of chaplains, has announced.
The . discussion will be intro=
duced by the Bev. John J. O'Leary,
who will, speak on "Catholicism.'
In following weeks, the Coun-'
cil• of Chaplains will conduct dis
cussions on Judaism and Protes
tantism, in an effort to promote
interfraternity welfare through a
better ,knoWledge •,of personal re
ligion 'and place in the frat
ernity. •
Ponhel 'Meeets Tonight
A special meeting of Panhel
lenic,Council will be held at 6:30
tonight in the Delta Zeta Suite,
129. Simmons,. Louise Moreznan,
council president, has announced:
Sorority representatives who
have•. not . turned in their rushing.
recommendation heetS should
bring them to, the. meeting. .
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. ' STATE .COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Portrays Miss Moffat
abeth Ives
Stars in 'Corn'
Scranton Native
Air Force ROTC
Schedules Flights
The Air Force Reserve Offi
cer Training Corps, in acquaint
ing its cadets with planes and
flying, has scheduled a series
of flight trips. The trips, which
Will be made in • a C-47, will
originate from the Fiate. Col
lege airport.
Each cadet is given an_ op
portunity to steer the•plane for
approximately, ten minutes:
Previously, students were
taken to the - Olmstead Air
Force Base at Middletown but
this system has proved imprac
tical. However, some groups of
cadets will still be- taken to
Olmstead in order to observe
first hand the workings 'of a
large air base.
Trustees Approve
$10,320 Allocation
For Scholarships
The allocation of $10,320.03 to
the Alumni Memorial Scholar
ships fund has been approved by
the Board of Trustees' of the Uni
versity. The money was contrib
uted. by the 1954 . Alumni. Fund.
The Alumni Memorial Scholar
ships are awarded to high school
seniors selected by a committee
at the University on the basis of
high scholarship and .outstanding
qualities of citizenship and lead
ership. District alumni clubs nom
inate candidates for the awards.
Ray Tannehill, general , chair
man• of the Alumni Fund, reported
that 7922 alumni have contributed
this year to the 1954 Alumni Fund,
The fund, which will continue-un
til Dec. 31, has received 4135,000
to date.
Party to Be Held
By Housemothers
The Fraternity HousemOther's
Club will -hold a Christmas card
party at 8 tonight at the Allen
crest Tea Room. Dessert will be
served and sniall gifts exchanged.
0. Edward Pollock, dean of men,
and Mrs. Pollock will be guests.
The Housemother's Club was
organized last month at Sigma Nu.
Mrs. Gertrude Steelman, house
mother at Sigma Nu, was elected
president. The club will meet the
first Wednesday evening of each
month at either a fraternity house
or a tea room in State College. '
Ruths to Lead UCA
Fireside Discussion
The Rev. Arthur Ruths, Luth
eran campus pastor, will lead the
first of a series of fireside dis
cussions for the Christmas season
at the University Christian As
sociation assembly at 7 tonight in
304 Old Main.
His topic will be "The Place of
Advent in the Church Year." A
devotional service will precede the
discussion at 6:45 p.m.
E{ NOW
Maureen MacDoriald
O'Hara Carey
"FIRE OVER AFRICA"
Doors •
Open
6 p.m.
Alec Guinness •
"THE MALTA STORY"!
Class Presidents
To Be Iristalled
Presidents-elect Samuel Wolcott,
sophomore _class, and Arthur
Schravesende, •freshman class, will
be installed at All-University
Cabinet tomorrow night.
Wolcott will replace Hugh Cline
and Schravesande will replace
James Musser. on Cabinet.
Wolcott was . Lion party's nomi
nee fcir sophomore class president,
and Schravesancie was State par
ty's nominee for freshman class
president:
Young Demos Elect Fox
The Penn State Young Demo
crats Club has elected James Fox,
president. Other officers elected
were: •Thurman Lorick, vice pres
ident; Vanessa Johnson, secretary;
William Appleton, corresponding
secretary; and Susan Street, treas
urer.
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HOME, SWEET HOMECOMING
A great number of people. have been asking me lately, "What is
Homecoming?" Yesterday, for example, as I walked from my house
to the establishment of Mr. Sigafoos, the local lepidopterist where
I had left a half dozen luna moths to be mounted a distance of no
more than three blocks I'll wager that well over a thousand people
stopped me and said, "What is Homecoming?"'
Well, what with company coming for dinner and the cook down
with a recurrence of breakbone .fever, I could not tarry to answer
their questions. "Read my column next week," I cried to them.
"I'll ..tell all about Homecoming." With that I brushed past and
raced home to baste the mallard .and apply poultices to the cook,
who, despite my unending ministrations, expired quietly during the
night, a woman in her prime, scarcely 108 years old. Though her
_passing grieved me, -it was some satisfaction to be able to grant her
last wish to be buried at sea which is no small task when you
live'in Pierre, South Dakota.
With the dinner guests fed and the cook laid to her watery rest,
I put out the cat and turned to the problem of Homecoming.
First of all, let us define Homecoming. Homecoming is a weekend
when old graduates return to theiralma maters to see a football
game, ingest great quantities of food and drink, and inspect each
other's bald spots. '
This occasion is marked, by the singing of old songs, the slapping
of old backs, and the frequent utterance of such outcries as "Harry,
you old polecat!" or "Harry, you old rooster!" or "Harry, you old
wombat!" or "Harry, you old .mandrill!" All old grads are named
Hairy : •
During Homecoming the members of the faculty behave with
unaccustomed animation. They laugh and smile and pound backs
and keep shouting, "Harry, you old retriever!" These unscholarly
actions are performed in the hope that the old grads, in a transport
of bonhomie, will endow a new geology building.
The old
_grads, however, are seldom seduced. By game time on
Saturday, their backs are so sore, their eyes so bleary, and their
livers so sluggish that it is impossible to get a kind word out of
them, much less a new geology building. "Hmphh!" they snort as
the home team completes a 101 yard march to a touchdown. "Call
that football? Why, back in my day they'd have been over on the
first down. By George, football was football back in those days
not this namby pamby girls game that passes for football today.
Why, look at that bench. Fifty substitutes sitting there! Why, in
_,my day, there were eleven men on a team and that was it. When you
broke a leg, you got taped up and went right back in. Why, I remem
ber the - big game againgt. State. Harry Wallaby, our star quarter
back, was killed in the third quarter. I mean he was pronounced dead.
But did that stop old Harry? Not on your tintype! Back in he went
and kicked' the winning drop-kick in the last four seconds of play,
dead as he was. Back in my day, they played football, by George!"
Everything, say the old grads, was better back in their day
everything except one: Even the most unreconstructed of the old
grads has•to admit that back in his day they never had a smoke like
today's vintage Philip Morris never anything so mild and pleasing,
day in day out, at study or at play, in sunshine or in shower, on
grassy bank or musty taproom, afoot or ahorse, at home or abroad„
any time, any weather, anywhere.
I take: up next another important aspect of. Homecoming the
decorations in front of the fraternity house. Well do . I remember
one Homecoming of my' undergraduate days. The game was against
Princeton. The Homecoming slogan was "Hold That Tiger!" Each
fraternity house built a decoration to reflect that slogan, and on
the morning of the game a group of dignitaries toured Fraternity
-Row to inspect the decorations and award a prize for the best.
The decoration' chairman at our house was an enterprising young
man named Rex Sigafoos, nephew of the famous lepidopterist. Rex
surveyed Fraternity Row, came back to our house and said, "All
the other houses are building cardboard cages with cardboard tigers
inside of them. We need to do something different and I've got it.
We're going to have a real cage with a real tiger inside of it—a
snarling, clawing, slashing, real live tiger!"
"Crikey!".we breathed. 'But where will you get him?"
"I'll borrow him from the zoo," said Rex, and sure enough, he did.
Well sir, you can imagine what a sensation it was on Home..
coming morning. The judges drove along nodding politely at card
board tigers in cardboard cages and suddenly they came to our house.
No sham beast in a sham cage here! No sir! A real tiger in a real
cage a great striped jungle killer who slashed and roared and
snarled and dashed himself against the bars of his cage with mani
acal fury. ,
There can .be no. doubt that we would have easily taken first prize
had not the 'tiger knocked out the bars of the cage and leaped into
the official car and devoured Mr. August Schlemmer, the governor
of the state, Mr. Wilson Ardsley Devereaux, president of the uni
versity, Dr. 0. P. Gransmire, author of A Treasury of the World's
Great
,Southpasos: An Anthology of Left Hand Literature, Mr.
-Harrison J. Teed, commissioner of weights and measures, Mrs. Amy
Dorr 'Nesbitt, inventor of the clarinet, Mr. Jarrett Thrum, world's
135 pound lacrosse champion, Mr. Peter Bennett Hough, editor of the
literary quarterly Spasm, and Mrs. Ora Wells Anthony, first woman
to tunnel under the North Platte River. Oblax Shulman, 1954
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Pressloff-Schleifer
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schleifer a
Princeton, N.J., announce th
marriage of their daughter, Rib
to Franklin Pressloff of New Yorl
" Mrs. Pressloff is a graduate
the University and a member c
Sigma Delta Tau.
Mr. Pressloff attended Hofstz
College and was recently dis
charged from the United State
Army.
Herschenfeld-Goncher
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Goncht
of Wilkes-Barre announce th
marriage of their daughter Sap
dra to Arthur Herschenfeld.
Mrs. Herschenfeld attended tb
University and is a member a
Sigma Delta Tau.
Mr. Herschenfeld is a gradual
of the University of Pennsylvani
and is serving with the Coal
Guard.
(Author of "Barefoot Boy 'With Cheek" ete:P.
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