THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1955
Committees Announced
ROBERT BAHRENBERG, junior clast president, announces com
mittee positions at the junior class meeting last night. Approxi
mately 100 juniors were present to apply for the junior class
advisory committee.
100 Attend Meeting
Of Junior Class
Approximately 100 juniors were present at the junior
class meeting last night, according to Robert Bahrenburg,
junior class president.
Applications for the junior advisory committee were ac
cepted and committees already appointed were announced.
The advisory committee is expected to serve as a public
opinion sounding board for the
junior class. Members will be
chosen to represent the individ
ual dormitories, the fraternities,
sororities, and activities.
Daniel Land, .junior class vice
president, announced at the meet
ing that Claude Thornhill and
his orchestra would play for the
Junior Prom to be held Novem
ber 4 at Recreation Hall.
Next Meeting to Be Mixor
Bearenburg announced that the
next class meeting would be in
the form of a mixer. He said this
would enable students to discuss
plans and problems among them
selves.
Bahrenburg requested that
juniors who wish to apply for
the advisory committee and were
not present at the meeting leave
their name, address, telephone
number, and activities at the
Hetzel Union Desk in care of him.
Junior Week Motorcade
Drama
Rainmaker 1
Crew Heads,
Cast Named
The • cast, and crew heads for
the Penn State Players’ produc
tion of "The Rainmaker” have
been announced. The play, a ro
mantic comedy by N. Richard
Nash, will open Oct. 14, Home
coming Weekend, at the Exten
sion Conference Center (formerly
the Temporary Union Building).
Those in the cast are: Patricia
Doll, fifth semester arts and let
ters major, as Li?zie Curry ;Ger
ald Denisof, fifth semester arts
and letters major, as Noah Curry;
Ribhard Swire, first semester arts
and letters major, who will por
tray Jim Curry; William Sample,
graduate student in liberal arts,
playing H. C. Curry; William Tay
lor, eighth semester arts and let
ters major, as File; Emil Haas,
fifth semester journalism major,
as Starbuck; Henry Minsker, third
semester journalism major, as
Sheriff.
Crew heads are: Olivia
and Ray Vanderbilt, advertising;
Jean McVicker, construction;
Carol Keplinger, costumes; Bar
bara Dickerman, lights; Mary
Shower, make-up; Nancy Mar
shall and Barbara Dietrich, props;
John Henderson, sound; Bob Ko
kat, house.
Students interested in working
on any of the crews should con
tact the crew head through the
department of dramatics. '
Engineers Study
Metal Behavior
The behavior of metals under
complex stresses is being studied
by, the department of engineer
ing mechanics under a project
sponsored by the Office of Ord
nance Research of the U.S. Army.
According to Dr. Ding-Wen Hu,
assistant professor of engineer
ing research, and Dr. Joseph Mar
in, professor and head of the de
partment of engineering mechan
ics, the results of the study will
have practical value in the de
sign of various mechanical and
aeronautical applications.
Of the languages and dialeots
now spoken, of which there are
about 300, the Bible has been
translated into -about 200 of -them.,
THE* DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Land explained the possibilities
of a motorcade for junior week
end. He said plans are • still in
progress! He also announced that
the center section* of Schwab
Auditorium will be reserved for
juniors at Chapel Service Novem
ber & .He said that three men’s
hat societies, Androcles, Blue
Key, and Druids, would be ushers
for this service. Flowers will be
on the altar in honor of the junior
class.
Land said programs have been
Selected for the Junior Prom and
that* the prom committee is wait
ing for the sketches on the deco
rations so that they can be or
dered shortly.
Prom CommittM
Members of the Junior Prom
Committee are Land, chairman;
Suzanne Loux, secretary; Bar
bara Hendel, publicity chairman;
Martha Michener, refreshments
and requesition; Samiiel Wolcott,
coronation and queen, and Robert
Gellman, business manager.
Members of the Pep Rally
Committee are Marilyn Seltzer,
chairman; William Johnson and
Margkret Pearce.
Members of the Publicity Com
mittee are Miss Hendel, chair
man; Sandra Cunningham; Di
anne Lee; Thomas Hollenbach;
and William Stoddart.
Queen Committee
Members of the Coronation and
Queen Committee are Wolcott,
chairman; Loita Laube; Charles
Fegley; Frank Ulrich; Dorothy
Glading; and Barbara Kimble.
Members of the Chapel Service
Committee are Harry Fuehrer;
Claire Ganim; Patricia Jones;
Nancy Scholl; Joyce Koch; and
John TunelL
Columbia Drops
Freshman Hazing
Columbia University has swept
freshman hazing from the cur
riculum this year and in its place
I has substituted “Community Help
Day,” according to the New York
Times.
One hundred eighty-five fresh
men, divided into 15 groups, went
to public schools and community
centers this week to perform tasks
such as painting, window wash
ing, basement cleaning and brass
polishing.
The project is an adjunct to
Freshman Week orientation. Ac
cording to upperclassmen in
charge of the project, if the first
"Community Help Day” is suc
cessful, it may become a tra
dition.
Music
Concert Group
Names Leaders
For New Drive
Six students have been named
leaders for the Community Con
cert’s membership campaign
which -\Vill open with a meeting
of all solicitors at 7 p.m. Monday
in the Hetzel Union Building.
Stanley Miahalski is director
of the campam The student
leaders are: Wbliam Mills, Phi
Mu Delta, assistant chairman:
Jeanne Maxwell, 30 Simmons,
sororities and women’s residence
halls; James Valone, 276 Hamil
ton, men’s residence halls; Fran
cis Taylor, Tau Kappa Epsilon,
fraternities; Mona Jean Sweet,
Boalsburg, town womdn; and
George Black, 626 S. Pugh street,
town men.
The membership campaign will
continue until all memberships
available are.sold, but not longer
than noon Oct. 8. Members last
year may renew their member
ships this week.
A membership entitles the
holder to attend the series of con
certs, which will be scheduled af
ter the close of the campaign.
The number of memberships is
limited to the seating capacity
of Schwab Auditorium where the
concerts are held. None of the
seats are reserved, so that all
members have an equal oppor
tunity to choose their seats at
the time of each concert.
Dutch Elm
Disease Misses
Campus Trees
The attack of Dutch Elm dis
ease on camps trees last fall has
not-repeated itself, but precau
tionary measures are being con
tinued because a small near
the University was killed by the
disease this spring.
Three trees owned by the Uni
versity had to be destroyed last
fall after the attack. The largest
was a 26-inch American elm near
the west corner of Old Main. An
other was on farm five, and the
third was a small elm near Wind
crest cottage.
Walter Trainer, supervisor of
landscape construction and main
tenance, said there have been no
new symptoms of the disease on
campus. However, he said, a six
inch elm about 500 feet off cam
pus had to be destroyed this
spring.
Campus elm trees were sprayed
last March ana again immediate
ly after commencement in June.
The second spray should have
been effective against the last
beetles to come out this summer.
The trees will be sprayed again
next year.
May Presented Award
By Theta Alpha Phi
Nancy E. May, graduate student
in dramatics, has been awarded
the annual dramatics award by
Theta Alpha Phi, national dra
matics honorary society. The
award is presented on the basis
of outstanding contribution to the
work of the Penn State Players.
Miss May was graduated from
the University in February and
is working toward her master's
degree' in dramatics.
LA College to Open
New School of Art
A School of Fine and Applied Arts in the College of Lib
eral Arts, designed to aid curriculum planning and strengthen
the position of the arts at the University, will open Feb. 1.
The new school will.consi
music, and theatre arts and ai
tecture, art education, and mus
A committee appointed to pro
pose a new administratiye organ
ization for the arts states in a
report to President Milton S. Eis
enhower that the arts on this cam
pus lack a forcefulness partly be
cause they have been separated
and isolated among the various
colleges and curriculums. How
ver, according to the committee,
centrally administrated, the sep
arate arts can be of more service
to each other than they are at
present.
Also, the buildings and parts
of buildings now housing these
separate arts are inadequate and
are crippling to the best expres
sions of the respective programs.
The committee recommends
that plans be made for the con
struction of a building suitable
to house the departments con
tained in the school and to supply
a physical center for work.
Under the new organization a
department of art will replace
the present section of fine and
applied arts in the College of En
gineering and Architecture.
The department of music will
continue to share certain joint
faculty appointments with the
department of music education.
The department of theatre arts
will develop programs in the
theatre, dance, motion pictures,
radio and television.
The theatre will replace the
present division of dramatics in
the department of English litera
ture, and the dance will be de
veloped cooperatively with the
department of women’s physical
education.
Motion pictures and radio and
television will be developed co
operatively in conjunction with
other departments in the Univer
sity concerned with these fields.
A permanent director for the
new school will be named at a
later date.
Engagements
Howell-Landberg
Mrs. Meyer K. Landberg of Erie
announces the engagement of her
daughter Eta to Mr. David How
ell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
E. Howell of Trenton, N.J.
Miss Landberg was graduated
from the University in August.
Mr. Howell was graduated from
the University in June.
Wedding plans are indefinite.
Bitzer-Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. A. Dale Hender
son of Linesville announce the en
gagement of their daughter Mary
etta to Mr. John Bitzer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert C. Bitzer of
Pittsburgh.
Miss Henderson is a junior in
home economics.
Mr. Bitzer is a senior in fores
try.
Wedding plans are incomplete.
girls!
"MR. JACK"
formerly df
Philadelphia's
Gary - Elliot
Salons is
now at...
Dsi BBS'
Beauty Salon
my 2 S. Alien
Above Kalins
AD 7-7793
ist of three departments: art,
’filiated departments .of archi
ve education.
Home Ec Club to Hold
Pjenic , Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt will be held
during the annull Big-Little Sis
lei Picnic, sponsored by the
Home Economics Club, to be held
at 5:30 p.nrr. today in Hort Woods.
Members and freshman women
majoring in home economics may
attend. '
Ihru the
Looking Glass
By Gabbl
Been at it again—I goofed.
Went to all my classes (didn’t
fall asleep once) did all my
own note-taking, even bought
a couple books—what’s hap
pening to this generation!!
Still think my best course is
Browsing 112. scheduled at
ETHELS. A real snap—and a
sure 3 in gift choosing.
Doodads for desk decora
tions:
the greatest novel useful gad
get to clear off your desk on
cleaning day is the Pig Pen.
Wrought iron coils atop 4 pig’s
knuckles for holding letters
and notes. A pen for a tail,
they come in pink, black and
brass you can squeal (they
don’t), but they are $1 in iron,
$1.50 in brass! And book rests
—for table (dad’s paper, mo
ther’s bills), for kitchen and
for you, while you play bridge
or knit—book stands upright
—too bad, you just have to flip
the pages!! Decorated most ap
propriately to serve their pur
pose, they’re most fun to give!!
Don't set the world on fire
But great strides are being
made since the invention of
the bulb and cigarette lighter
—it’s called the match! And
ETHELS has them most clev
erly boxed in decorative wood
en boxes that open 4 ways—
confused, aren’t you? These
are tiny stick matches that
really make for great house
warming gifts if you don’t take
me too literally.
Whose that D.P.?
And we do mean displaced per
son! Avoid last minute hunt
for luggage when vacation
time finally arrives—spy your
bu n n y—sak in any storage
room with a plastic or leather
monogrammed luggage tag—
a mere pittance, 85c. And so
much more classic looking than
a train station bag!—gotta go,
takes time to hitch to the Point!
See you at ETHELS!!
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