The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 12, 1955, Image 2

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I ickets Now on Sale
For Hepbron Talk
Single tickets priced at $1 on the fourth community forum,
an address by Dr. James M. Hepbron, noted criminologist,
are now on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main
and at Griegg's Pharmacy.
Tickets will also be sold at the
door.
Dr. Hepbron will speak at 8
p.m. Tuesday in Schwab Auditor
ium.
Community vs. Crime
His topic' will be "Hail Felon
Well Met or Organized Commun
ity versus Organized Crime." The
topic deals with the picture of or
•lanized crime in America.
Dr. Hepbron's appearance will
be the next to the last in the cur
rent forum series. A bonus speak
er for next month has yet to be
announced.
Oa Kefauver Staff
Dr. Hepbron was formerly an
instructor in criminology at Johns
Hopkins University and is at pre
sent a lecturer to the Baltimore
Police School. He is also special
consultant and administrative as
sistant to the Senate Crime Inves
tigation Committee, commonly
known as the Kefauver Commit
tee.
He has headed the Baltimore
Criminal Justice Commission for
the last 30 years and is a past
president of the National Associa
tion of Crime Commission Execu
tives.
Crime Consultant
He has served as consultant to
the Pennsylvania State Crime
Commission, member of the At
torney General's Conference on
Crime, the Maryland Commission
of Interstate Compacts and the
Maryland Prison Conference.
During World War II he served
with the War and Navy Depart
ments.
Dr. Hepbron has studied penal
and police procedure in the
United States and 17 foreign
countries.
Dr. Hepbron will be introduced
by Justic of the Peace Guy G.
Mills.
2 Resignations,
5 Retirements
Are Approved
Resignations of two faculty
members have been accepted and
five retirements have been ap
proved by the Board of Trustees.
Richard B. Fox, associate pro
fessor of architectural engineer
ing, resigned effective Jan. 31 to
engage in private practice and
Louise M. Rohrbach, extension
home economist in Northumber
land county, resigned effective
Jan. 15 to devote her time to
homemaking.
The five faculty members re
tiring are all men with long terms
of service. They include:
Dana K. Merrill, professor of
American literature, effective
June 30 as professor emeritus of
American literature.
Dr. Robert E. Dengler, professor
of Greek and head of the depart
ment of classical languages, ef
fective June 30 as professor emer
itus of Greek.
Dr. Harrison H. Arnold, profes
sor of romance languages, effec
tive June 30 with the rank of pro
fessor emeritus of romance lan
guages.
Paul R. Daugherty, professor
of Spanish, effective Aug. 31 with
the rank of professor emeritus, of
Spanish.
W. Irmin Galt, county agricul
tural agent in Cumberland county,
effective Feb. 1.
AFROTC Rifle Team
Sixth in Competition
The Air Force Reserve 'Officer
Training Corps Rifle Team placed
sixth among the 235 teams com
peting for the William Randolph
Hearst trophy.
Shooting a target score of 935,
11- University team was five
below the top score of 940
!_y the University of Mary-
University students who fired
in the competition were David
Rupert, Dean Presnall, George
Erb, Stanley Schaffer, and Charles
Miller.
2 Students
Involved in
Accidents
Two students were involved in
auto accidents yesterday morn
ing. Joseph Krufka, fifth semester
industrial arts major and a mem
ber of the varsity wrestling team,
received a cut nose in an auto
accident about 9:45 a.m. yester
day shortly before leaving for ,the
Penn State-Syracuse wrestling
meet at Syracuse University
scheduled for tonight.
Hits Bread Truck
In another accident, a car oper
ated by Arthur Aumiller, grad
uate student in education, collided
with a bread truck driven by
George C. Burwell, Pine Grove
Mills, at 1p:05 a.m. yesterday at
the intersection of Nittany avenue
and Pugh street. Burwell received
injuries to his left knee.
Although Krufka received a few
stitches for his cut, a spokesman
for the University Dispensary
said that he would be able to par
ticipate in the wrestling meet.
Also involved in the accident
was Joseph Droege, an employee
of the agricultural engineering de
partment, who was driving a Col
lege of Agriculture ear. Krufka
was driving west on Curtin road
when his car skidded opposite Ir
vin Hall and hit the side of Droe
ge's car.
Damage EitiMated
Damage was estimated at $3OO
to. Krufka's car and $2OO to the
car Droege was driving.
Borough police officer 0. F.
Brown said the Aumiller accident
occurred as Aumiller, traveling
east on Nittany avenue, failed to
stop at the Pugh street intersec
tion and crashed into Burwell's
bread truck which was traveling
south on Pugh Street.
Burwell was treated at the of
fice of Dr. Harriet M. Harry, lo
cated ,on the corner adjacent to
the scene of the accident.
Estimated total damage was
.575.
Airmen Devise System
To Aid Polio Campaign
Airmen in the department of
air science and tactics at the Uni
versity , have devised their - own
system for supporting the March
of Dimes.
A bell, used by the cadets to
summon one of the staff to the
information desk, has been re
placed by the March of Dimes
poster and test tube. Instead of
ringing the bell, students drop
their dimes in the tube.
The first summer session at the
University had an enrollment of
146 students.
rte DARY COLLEGIAN. STATV COtifer RINNSYWANIA
Durk!
grumbling yesterday , ipitarerit
y met with no displeasure from
Eleanore Oscilowski, first se
mester business administration
major. The snowfall has made
driving conditions hazardous ac
cording to state police. Today's
forecast: very cold.
State Police
Call Roads
'Very Bad'
Conditions of roads throughout
central and western portions of
the state were reported "extreme
ly bad" by officials of the Penn
sylvania State Police Sub-Sta
tion at Pleasant Gap last night.
Sgt. George W. Finnin, of the
sub-station,
said that as -early as
yesterday afternoon traffic was
being held up in Centre County.
Sgt. Finnin added that the ex
pected drop in temperature for
las. night would probably make
conditions worse for today by
I lfreezing the slush on the high
ways.
He also said that he would rec
ommend canceling all unnecessary
traveling since the roads today
will probably be a sheet of ice.
A cold front, which arrived on
campus early yesterday morning
ended two days of spring-like
weather by ushering in snow and
freezing temperatures.
.Overnight temperatures fe 11
from a pleasant . 58 on Thursday
to a high of 38 yesterday. Temper
atures last night wera forecasted
to drop to 10 degrees.
Today's temperatures are ex
pected to range between 22 and
26 degrees, according to the Uni
versity weather station.
No relief from th e freezing
temperatures is seen for this
weekend.
Players to 'resent
Mayer's Tragedy
How the inhabitants of Newgate Prison in London make
their home in a room in the
theme of Edwin Justin Ma
which Players will present for
six weekends beginning this Fri
day at Center Stage in the Tem
porary Union Building.
The "comi-tragedy" is an adap
tation of the novel "Jonathan
Wild" by Henry Fielding, and was
enacted on Broadway during 1930.
The action takes place in 1725 in
a room of the jailer's house where
the prisoners are voluntarily pay
ing money to live.
Broad, Wylia to Star
James Broad, seventh semester
arts and letters major, and Ann
Wylie, seventh semester education
major, have leading roles in the
production. The cast also includes
Richard Land, Steven Babcock,
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Carl Held, mil Haas, James
Carroll, and William Taylor.
Jo Ann Palmer is stage manager
for the arena-typ e production and
Ruth Fitz is assistant stage man
ager.
Kelly Yeaton, associat
Kelly Yeaton, asociate professor
of dramatics, is directing the play.
Costume Crew
Roberta Knapp is manager of
the costume crew, with• Joan Bi
anchi, Gayle Langhart, Emily
Frank, Elsie Ball and Doris
Scheck.
Millis Mershon is manager of
the makeup, crew, with Nancy
May as assistant manager and
Mary Shower and Cliff Crosby.
John Henderson is house man
ager, and James Simpson • and
Frieda Schenkel are manager and
assistant manager of the lighting
crew.
Malcolm Gable is manager and
Morton Bender is assistant mana
ger of the sound crew.
Ruth Kluger is manager of the
properties crew. Sherry Kofman
is assistant • manager, with Jane
Mort, Ellen Mifflin and Margaret
Fisher.
Suzanne Leib is manager of the
advertising crew with Donald Alt
emus.
Schweitzer Gives Talk
Dr. Paul H. Schweitzer, profes
sor of engineering research : spoke
on "Combustion Problems in Pre
sent Diesel Engines" before the
Williamsport group of the Society
of Automotive Engineers, Inc.,
Monday night in Williamsport.
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2 Appointed
To Faculty
By Trustees
Two temporary faculty appoint
ments have been made by the
University Board of Trustees.
Vacancies were created , when
leaves of .absence were granted
two
.faculty members to serve on
Got George M. Leader's cabinet.
The bard named Glenn R.
Kean, assistant professor of ani
mal husbandry, acting head of the
department of animal husbandry
until .June 30.
It also set up a committee with
Dr. William C. Bramble, profes
sor of forestry and head of the
department of forest manage
ment, as chairman, to direct the
affairs of the 'School of Forestry.
•Both Kean and the committee
will' serve until the end of the
semester.
Dr. William L. Henning, who
served as head of the department
of animal husbandry, became
State Secretary of Agriculture
and Maurice K. Goddard, direc
tor of the School of Forestry, was
named Secretary, of Forests. and
Waters.
• Kean, a native of Franklin, did
his under- and post-graduate work
at the University.
Dr. Bramble also did his under
graduate work at the University.
His post-graduate work was com
pleted at Yale University.
Outing Club Members
To initiate Activities
The Penn State Outing Club
will initiate the semester's activi
ties with iceskating at Beaver
Darn tomorrow. Members and oth
er students wishing to, attend will
meet in back of Old Main at
2 p.m. tomorrow.
Supper will be served in the
evening at the Forestry, Cabin,
followed by dancing, according to
Bruce Lieske, Outing Club presi
dent.
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