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VOL. 55. No. 68
Whiskers Off!
ROTC Groups Nix
Centennial Beards
By 'JACKIE HUDGINS
Editorial on Page Four
Growing beards will not be a Centennial activity spon
sored by the University Centennial Committee, C. S. Wyand,
chairman of the committee, said yesterday. The three Re
serve Officer Training' Corps units have indicated that ROTC
students will not be allowed to . have beards while they are
- in uniform.
However, Diehl McKalip, chair
man of the student centennial
committee, said beard - growing
would be discussed at his -first
committee meeting and considered
as a student activity because of
the apparent student interest.
Capt. R. H. Groff, professor of
naval science, said the Navy
ROTC department is in favor of
Centennial celebration, but not in
favor of whiskers on the faces of
• the midshipmen.
With reference to "Female
; Viewpoint" on the editorial page
of Thursday's issue of the Daily
Collegian, Groff said he wanted
the "Navy boys to remain kiss
able.", (An anonymous writer said,
"I get dizzy when I think of try
ing to extract a kiss from under
one.")
Groff also said that Navy regu
lations do . not allow "fanciful
forms of whiskers" on the faces
of officers or enlisted men. Mid
shipmen will be expected to be
clean shaven at all times while
wearing their unforms, he added.
Col. D. F. Riva, professor of
air science,. said that beards de
tract from the orderly appearance
of 'the uniformed air cadet and
that both basic and advanced Air
Force ROTC students will be re
quired to be clean shaven while
in uniform.
Col. Lucien E. Bolduc, professor
of military science and tactics,
could not be reached for comment.
However, his executive officer, Lt.
Col. E. H. Lang, said that in all
probability Army ROTC students
would not be allowed to wear
beards while they were in uni
form.
Nittany Council last night voted
unanimously to endorse beard
growing, William Johnson; presi
dent, said. He said the council felt
that beard growing was tradition
al ;with 'centennials and would
further the spirit of the celebra
tion,
Fog Makes
Pilot Break
Air Record
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 7 (.4")—
Col. David A. I Burchinal said to
day that bad weather caused hini
to fly a 847 more than 21,000 miles
non-stop and 'shatter all existing
records.
Burchinal is commander of the
Strategic Air Command's 43rd
Bomb Group at Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base. He and a crew
of three spent two days in a
Stratojet shuttling back and forth
between England and Africa.
The record-breaking light was
revealed last night by. Secretary
of the Air Force Harold E. Tal
bott in a speech at Buffalo, N.Y.,
honoring Dr. Clifford C. Furnas,
new chancellor of the University
of Buffalo.
The Air Force in Washington
said the flight,' .nade last month,
was one of a series designed to
determine the combat range of jet
bombers and to study crew fatigue
over long periods.
In an interview today Burchi
nal •said, "We weren't out to break
any, records. It was just a -routine
flight extended because of weath
er.'
He said the 847 stayed up long
enough to fly four-fifths .3f the
way around the world simply be
cause Great Britain was fogged in.
He had to fly to Africa and back
once more -before he could land
in England. •
Asked why he didn't land in
Africa where the weather was
good, Burchinal replied, "t ha t
wouldn't have got us home."
Burchinal continued, 'I wanted
to do some experimenting on what
would• happen - on a long-range
flight lasting about 22 hours. I
picked a standardization board
crew and a plane off the line just
two days before we took off on
Wednesday, Nov. 17, at noon. We
had a coffee-maker on the plane.
and a jug of 'water since we knew
that you get dehydrated on a 8'47
'47 before you get hungry."
Driver Training Chiss
Will Begin Monday
The first meeting of driver edu-
Cation classes will be held from
7 to 9 p.m. Monday in room 12
of the State College High School.
The five-week driving course
sponsored by the high school is
open to students. The registration
fee is $2O. A driver's learner's per
mit is not required for registration
but must be obtained before be
ginninglessons.
The course will be offered four
days a week at four different
hours a day• to, accommodate stu
dents. -
University to Offer ,
Co-ed Sports Sundays
Co-ed recreation will be spon
sored by: the College of Physical
Education and Athletics and the
Physical Education Student Coun
cil from 7 to 9 p.m. every Sun
day, starting tomorrow..
Volleyball, basketball, table
tennis and badminton w I. be
available -to all • studentS free of
charge
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The Finishing Touches
CARPENTERS PUT THE finishing touches on
a hallway in
,the Hetzel Union . Building which
two years ago was not even a hole in the
ground t It was exactly two years ago today
that President Milton S. Eisenhower.turned the
first shovel of . dirt during the ground-breaking
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8. 1955
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The new University post office may be located in the basement of the new Hetzel
Union Building, Louis H. Bell, director of public inforination, said last night.
The location in the basernent of the HUB was proposed by a committee appointed by
President Milton S. Eisenhower, Bell stated. .
He said that officials from the postmaSter general's office in Washington will be at
the University Jan. 28 to look over the proposed quarters.
In further action on the post office, efforts to obtain suggestions for a name for it
were made at a luncheon meeting yesterday .A sampling of opinion was obtained from rep
resentative townspeople to aid the Board of Trustees in the selection of a name.
Student Art
(en Display
In *id Main
An. exhibition of student art
we in the fields of watercolors,
linoleum blocks, and graphics has
been placed in the hall outside
President Milton S. Eisenhower's
office on the second floor of Old
Main.
The 25-piece collection was
chosen by the University Art Com
mittee to decorate the space which
is to be furnished as a waiting
room for the president's office.
Not all of the artists are now
attending the University. Among
the alumni are Kathryn Berger,
Charlotte "Hanten, Douglas Lock
wood and Richard. Stanley.
Students who have contributed
to the exhibition are Walter Bock,
Thomas Dolan, Robert Kear, Ber
nard Kuchta, Donald Lenker, Ho
ward Link, Eric Proudfoot, Mari
lyn Schadt, and Thomas Slettl
haugh. •
Antonieta Terrazas, a graduate
student in art education , from
Traiguen, Chile, also has a paint
ing on display.
Miss Sybil Emerson, associate
professor of art education, who is
a member of the University art
committee, said that the exhibit
will probably -be changed each se
mester.
-kiys to Address Club
State College's state senator, Jo
Hays, will address the Faculty
Luncheon Club - at noon on Mon
day at the State College Hotel.
His subject will be "T hir t y'
Minutes with the Pennsylvania
General Assembly."
President Eisenhower was host
to some 30 State College residents
who spoke as individuals although
they 'were selected from various
community organizations, service
and other clubs, • churches, and
business organizations.
Approximately 20 names, gath
ered in a poll conducted by the
University about two months ago,
were considered. Opinion as to the
best was evenly divided.
While no vote was taken, it was
indicated in the informal expres
sions that five persons favored a
name including "University," and
five definitely opposed this, pre
ferring a name disassociated from
the institution. Three were for
simply "Penn State" and four had
other suggestions.
Planning Emphasized
President Eisenhower empha
sized that the University, in plan
ning for its own post office, was
attempting to solve its own prob
lems in eliminating confusion and
gaining more rapid and wide
spread acceptance of its status.
This point was made when it
was suggested by one of ..the
guests what the name of the new
post office be selected with the
thought in mind that sometime in
the future the town might desire
to adopt the same name.
Residents Cooperative
One important result of the
two-hour session was the appar
ent willingness -of borough resi
dents to participate in the discus
sion and to lend their complete
cooperation in attempting to help
the University make an important
decision.
From the meeting; six facts
were acertained:
1. The Trustees, having voted
definitely to establish a Univer
sity post office, will make a final
decision on the name at their Jan.
21 meeting in Harrisburg.
2. The postmaster general's of
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—Photo by Walker
ceremonies for the now nearly completed HUB.
That day is wall remembered by many people
because the weather was the type that is typical
for a big event at the University. A freezing
rain fell throughout the ceremony. The $2.9
million HUB, which will be open in time for
February 22, was built from student. funds.
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Symthony
•Tchestra -
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. Six of the 59 Symphony Or=
chestra members performing in
the annual mid-winter• concert at
3 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab Audi
torium have played professional
ly, Theodore Karhan; conductor,
said.
They are James Hartz, second
violin; Leonore Babione, viola;
Marian Berry, flute; Patricia Olk
konen, piccolo; Frances . O'Con
nell, oboe; and Thomas Mentzer,
clarinet.
Karhan said that 11 of the mu
sicians have played with the Col
legiate Orchestra, an a nnu al
statewide group chosen by each
college and university orchestra
leader as outstanding players. A
well-known leader is invited each
year to direct the student group.
The 11 Collegiate Orchestra mem
bers are Joan Fishburn, concert
meister; Stanley -Green, first vi
olin; Jeanne Maxwell, second vi
olin; Hartz; Miss Babione; Luel
la Cook and John-Swartz, cello;
James Davis, bass violin; Miss
O'Connell; Charles Biechler, ba
soon; and Robert Jones, trumpet.
Robert Klug, fifth semester pre
medical major, will be featured
as piano soloist in "Concerto No.
Four for Piano and Orchestra,"
by Anton Rubenstein.
The. orchestra will also play
"There is a Rose in Flower," Jo
hannes Brahms; "Symphony No.
One," Basile Kalinnikov;"Good
Friday Spell" from "Parsifal,"
Richard Wagner; and "Midsom
marvaka" or "Swedish Rhapso
dy," Hugo Alfven.
Karhan, who has been conduct
ing the orchestra since he came
to the University six years ago,
received his musical training, at
Peabody Conservatory of Music
in Baltimore, Curtis Institute in
Philadelphia, and the Juilliard
Craduate School of Music in New
York City.
Karhan formerly played with
the National Symphony in Wash
ington and the Baltimore Sym
phony. He was concertmaster and
assistant conductor of the Harris
burg Symphony.
IFC Will Consider
Beaver House Petition
The Interfraternity Council
Monday will consider the pe
tition of Beaver House for
membership, John Carpenter,
IFC president, announced yes
terday.
Carpenter said he has re
ceived a copy of the group's
constitution along with the
petition. These will be reviewed
by the IFC executive commit
tee before the meeting.
IFC will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in 219 Electrical En
gineering.
Curtis Hare. the president of
Beaver
,klouse, will be present
at the meeting for interroga
tion by the representatives. A
two-thirds vote is necessary to
admit a new member to IFC.
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