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VOL 55, No. 70
State Farm Show
fraised -by . Prexy,
President Milton S. Eisenhower said of the State Farm
Show yesterday, "It's the greatest show on earth and this
year it's the best ever."
"Everywhere I go I see Penn State and I like that," he
added.
Also commenting on the farm show was the present Sec-
Aide Says
Dag. Made
Progress
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan.
11 (2?) One of Dag Hammar
skjold's top aides declared today
the UN secretary general ha s
made progress toward freeing 11
American airmen imprisoned as
spies in Red China.
"Give it a little time," he ad
vised.
Meanwhile, an 1r o n Curtain
country diplomat was reported• to
be telling other UN delegates he
had information that the fliers
would be •released soon. He said to
have told one colleague that the
men probably would be released
in two groups, 'first those consid
ered to be secondary figures in
the alleged espionage, and later
those regarded as the leaders.
Commenting on reports that
Hammarskjold's carefully planned
mission had failed, the UN. offi
cial, a spokesman for Hammar
skjold, said•
"The secretary general has not
failed. He has made progress to
ward the goal set for him by the
General Assembly. He was asked
by the General Assembly to make,
by the means most appropriate
in his, judgment, continuing and
unremitting effor'3, for the re
lease of the 11 fliers and other
United Nations Command person
nel -still detained.
"The talks in Peiping we r e
`useful' toward this end. They
established a basis upon which
further progress can be made."
The spokesman made the state
ment with the understanding his
name would not be used. He said
his statement was based upon the
communique issued yesterday by
Hammarskjold and Red China's
Chou. En-lai, at the end of their
talks, and upon additional con
fidential information received
from the secretary-general.
Atom Reactor
Dedication Set
For February
Plans are being made to dedi
cate the nuclear reactor on Feb.
22, Eric A. Walker, dean of the
College of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, said yesterday.
Plans for the ceremony are in
complete, but Walker said the
main speaker will be "one of the
tope men in the field of atomic
energy in Washington."
Groundbreaking for the All-
Faith Chapel will also be held
Feb. 22. In line with the two cere
monies, Walker and the Rev.
Luther H. Harshbarger, Univer
sity chaplain, are planning a dis
cussion between a religious lead
er and a scientist on the signifi
cance of dedicating a chapel and
a nuclear reactor.
The discussion will be held the
evening of Feb. 21. Speaking for
science will be Hugh Dryers, head
of the national advisory commit
tee on aviation.
The name of the speaker from
the field of religion was not avail
able yesterday.
Walter H. Wiegand, head of the
physiCal plant, said yesterday
thatwork on the reactor was pro
gressing.. said workmen are
completing all. the jobs which
must be done prior to opening a
building.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1955
retary of Agriculture, W. S. Ha
gar, who said, "Without doubt this
is the best we have ever held."
The exposition was formally
dedicated Monday evening by
Governor John S. Fine, to a stand
ing crowd of more than 10,000.
From - the University's founding
in 1855, then known as the Farm
ers' High School, was portrayed
up until the present time with
music and costumes. Governor
Fine cited the University for help
ing to make Pennsylvania,"first in
agriculture, first in industry, first
in turnpike sys r tems and first in
promotion of our farmers."
Century, of Progress
The University featured a dis
play showing the ways it has con
tributed to the Commonwealth in
its, century of progress.
Old methods of dairying were
contrasted with the present-day
practices. The exposition contrasts
life on Pennsylvania farms a,cen
tury ago with the modern $2.5 bil
lion extravaganza it is today.
The exhibit is manned by spe
cialists from the University, who
are available to explain the state's
vast farm empire.
Sixteen foreign students from
the University are taking in the
farm show as guests of the Penn
sylvania Farmer, an agriculture
magazine.
University faculty members who
are speaking at the farm show
include; E. J. Anderson, professor
of apiculture; Dr. L. L. Huber.
professor of agronomy; Howard
W. Higbee, professor of agron
omy; Paul L. Edinger, assistant
director of agriculture and exten
sion; and Dr. Howard B. Sprague;
head of the agronomy department.
Other Representatives
Also representing the University
was Nancy Van Tried Miss Penn
State, who marked the Univer
sity's century by pitching some
hay with an old fashioned pitch
fork. In reference to pitching the
hay, Miss Van Tries said, "This is
fun, but give me the modern
methods."
It was estimated by officials of
the farm show that more than
140,000 visitors toured the 13 acres
of buildings yesterday to see the
displays depicting the University.
This crowd tied the number of
people attending opening days in
1952 and 1953.
More than 1000 men and women
from rural and churcn organiza
tions all over the state honored
Penn State in a pageant entitled
"Song of a Century."
Proving that people who attend
ed the" farm show like to eat was
the fact that they devoured more
than 10,000 baked Dototoes, the
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3c Centennial .Stamp Gets 4.-',R!!:rtir,l
The threezcent postage stamp celebrating the
100th birthday of the University and Michigan
State College has been _ approved by Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summerfield.
The stamp, which honors the first land grant
institutions established in the United States, will
be placed on sale at the State College post office
Feb. 22. This marks the 100th birthday of the
University.
The stamp will first be placed on sale at Michi
gan State in the East Lansing post office Feb. 12,
the birthday of Michigan State. President Milton
S. Eisenhower will be the main speaker at services
honoring the birthday of that school.
The central subject of the stamp is an • open
book with an arrangement of super-imposed sym
bols representing agriculture, mining, chemistry
and engineering, depicting several of the leading
subjects taught at the two schools. The stamp' was
designed by the federal post office department in
cooperation with representatives from both in
stitutions. The main color of the stamp is green.
The stamp will be printed in sheets of 50 and
the printing of. 110 million has been authorized.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Carol Smith
To Sing Tonight
Contralto
To Perform
At Concert
Contralto Carol Smith will open
the Community Concert program
at 8:30 tonight in Schwab Audi
torium with "Strike the Viol" and
"Man Is for the Woman Made"
by li`dnry Purcell. She will also
sing "Let Me Wander Not Un
seen" (Handel) and "You Who
Know" from "Marriage of Figaro,"
(Mozart) in her first group.
Opening the second part of the
program will be "Serenade"• and
"Whither," (Schubert) followed
by "The Gardener," "Night's Glo
ry," and "I Have One Lover in
Penna," all by Hugo Wolf.
Miss Smith will also sing in
aria, "Love Come Aid My Weak
ness" from - "Samson et Dalila,"
(Camille Saint-Saens).
Brahms, Chopin
Rhapsody, Opus 79, No. 2 and
Intermezzo, Opus 116, No. 4 by.
Brahms and Waltz in E minor by
Chopin are included in Miss
Smith's program.
Concluding the concert, she will
sing "When I Bring to You Col
ored Toys" (Carpenter); "The
Bird and the Beast" (Dougherty);
"By a Lonely Forest Pathway"
(Griffes); and "The Hawk" (Gu
ion).
Miss Smith appeared last season
with the Pittsburgh Symphony
which will play here on Feb. 6.
On a sold-out concert tour of
71 engagements during the 1952-
53 season, Miss Smith made three
New York appearances, gave 12
solo performances with eight ma
jor symphony orchestras, and ap
peared in opera and on television.
RCA-Victor Recording Artist
She sang the role of Lola in
RCA-Victor's recording of "Caval
leria Rusticana," with Metropoli
tan Opera stars Zinka Milanov
and Jussi Bjoerling.
Following her high school grad
uation, Miss Smith studied at the
American Conservatory of Music
and the Goodman Theatre of Dra-
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The first request for a Centennial stamp was
made by Sen. Edward Martin (R-Pa.) at the re
quest of the Board of Trustees but was turned
Sown by the post office department. A second
request was made and was granted by the depart
ment in October.
rAiatt
Tickets Available
or Gym Show
Five hundred additional standing-room-only tickets for
the Swedish gymnastic exhibition at Recreation Hall Satur
day night will go on sale at the Rec Hall ticket office at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
The exhibition will get underway at 7:00 p.m.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. to accommodate early arrivals
who have already purchased tick
ets for the event. Music, provided
by George E. Ceiga, University
organist, and the Penn State Blue
Band, will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The 500 tickets to be purchased
Saturday are for the track encirc
ling the balcony only.
Well over 5000 tickets, includ
ing 2422 for balcony reserved
seats, were sold during the first
week of December. The additional
500 should bring Saturday's at
tendance to nearly 6000 to equal
last year's record set by the
Swedes on their first American
tour.
Will Arrive Friday
The Swedes, this year including
both male and female teams, will.
arrive in State College Friday af
ternoon after a Thursday night
show at the University of West
Virginia. '
Gene Wettstone, gym coach and
the brains behind the tour, viewed
the Swedes at their Patterson, N.J.
stop Friday, and was quoted as
saying, "The show is much better
than last year."
Ten Events
The two-hour exhibition will in
clude ten individual events, pre
ceded by the entrance march, dur
ing which the Swedish national
anthem (Du Gamla Du Fria) and
the Star Spangled Banner will be
played.
The events include group free
standing exercises, lightning speed
tumbling, balance beam and un
even parallel bar routines, new
synchronized calisthenics, jump
ing and vaulting, apparatus rou
tines, n novelty number, individ
ual free standing exercises, team
ball composition, and high table
jumping.
Presented Ling A*ard
Following last year's exhibition,
Henry Allard, member' of the
Swedish parliament and team
guide, presented Wettstone the
Ling Award, a symbolic medallion
expressing superiority in the field
of gymnastics.
The royal Swedish award has
been given outside of Sweden
only ,three times, and that was
the first time an American ever
received the honor.
The Swedes have been pro
claimed the finest group of ama
teur gymnasts ever to appear in
the United States. The group will
visit clubs, colleges and cities
throughout the nation, comprising
a total of 32 appearances.
STAGE.
What Does
UMT Mean?
See Page 4
rawford
To Resign
AI Post
Forrest Crawford will submit
his resignation as secretary of the
Association of Independent Men
to the AIM Board of Governors
tonight.
The board will meet at 7:30
p.m. in 108 Willard.
Crawford, a third semester phy
sicS major, recently pledged Tau
Kappa Epsilon. At the time he
became affiliated with the frat
ernity he said he would wait until
the last meeting of the semester
to resign.
Nominations for his replace
ment as AIM secretary will be
opened tonight.
Bruce Lieske, chairman of the
AIM freshman handbook commit
tee, will submit a cost estimate for
the booklet to the board tonight.
The board deferred giving ap
proval to the handbook idea at
its last meeting because no esti
mate of expenses was available.
The handbook, as described by
Lieske at that meeting, would be
printed on a glossy or semi-glossy
paper with a large number of pic
tures. It would be sent to all male
students before they arrived on
campus. -
James McDowell, chairman of
the "Farewell Party" for the Tem
porary Union Building, will, bring
up the matter under old business.
Discussion arose at the last meet
ing when it was learned that the
party is planned for Feb. 4, the
same date as an Orientation Mixer
for students who will enter the
University second • semester. It
was suggested at that time that
some method be found to resolve
the conflict between the two
dance dates.
Other matters scheduled to come
up on the agenda include reports
from the constitutional revisions
and elections committees.
Hutted Wins
u\wging Tests
Donald Hutzel, fourth semester
animal husbandry major, won
three first places, one in the pro
fessional student judging class,
and tied for another first in the
individual class placings of the
professional judging division of
the Livestock Judging Contest,
sponsored by the Block and Bridle
Club Saturday.
The first place winners in the
individual class placings of pro
fessionals were Hutzel and Rob
ert Hartley (tie), beef cattle;
Hutzel, horses; John Sink, sheep;
and Hutzel, swine.
The first 10 in the amateur and profes
sional judging divisions were as follows:
Amateur division, Donald McCreight,
eslie Firth, Vernon Hazlett, Richard Mc-
Feely, Roy Romberger, John Fleming,
Thomas Blose, Arthur Tennyson, and Ker
mit Yearick and Hall Kennedy (tie).
Professional division, Hutzel, Karl Hel
lerick and Henry Gruber (tie), Ned Sitler,
Robert Hartley, Ann Howard, Albert Ce
lecki and Franklin Hz - fillet (tie), David
Morrow, :and, Charles Stanislaw.
Weather to Be Fair
The weather today will be good
with nearly clear skies although
they will begin to cloud up by
night, " the University weather
station has reported.
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