TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11. $955
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in Schwab hwab Auditorium. Approximately 900 jazz enthusiasts at
tended. The quartet improvised on classical themes—the current
rage in modern jam Giving the listeners a sample are Connie
Kay on the drums, Percy Heath at the string bass, and Milt
Jackson on the vibraphone.
Modern Jazz Club Concert
Attended by 900 Persons
Approximately 900 persons at
tended the Modern Jazz Quartet
concert Saturday night in Sch
wab Auditorium.
The Jazz Club, sponsors of the
concert, broke even on the per
formance, Frank Munz, publicity
chairman of the club, 'announced.
One hundred twenty member
ships were sold at the door, bring
ing the total membership of the
Jazz Club 'to about 500. Approxi
mately $640 was received at the
door. The cost of the Quartet was
$6OO, with $4O remaining to pay
other expenses.
Members of the Quartet com
plimented Saturday night's audi
ence as being receptive and court
eous, according to Munz. The
audience appeared to enjoy the
concert, Munz added. The music
was quiet and subdued. and the
group seemed to be well re
hearsed and polished, he said.
John Lewis, pianist, presented
an • explanation of the type of
music the group played.
The Quartet opened the con
cert with an illustration of the
canon, a composition in two or
more parts employing imitation
in its strictest form. The group
then progressed to more compli
cated counter-pointed forms and
built the • rest of the concert on
the modern jazz basis.
Dairy Team 11th
In Inter-Collegiate
Judging Contest
The Dairy Judging team placed
11th in a field of 34 in the Na
tional Dairy Cattle Inter-Colleg
iate Judging contest last week in
Waterloo, lowa.
The team, which was first in the
-Ayrshire breeds, third in the
Holsteins and Bfown Swiss, and
seventh in the Guernseys, was
leading the contest until it placed
thirty-second in the Jerseys. Cor
nell won the contest, which was
entered by colleges from the Unit
ed States and Canada.
Fred Seipt, senior from Lans
dale, was the third highest in the
nation in individual Ayrshire
judging.
Other members of the team are
David Morrow, senior from Ty
rone; Darwin Braund, senior from
Sayre; and James Hutchinson,
hunior from Cecil. All 'are animal
usbandry majors.
Monday the team will enter the
Inter-Collegiate contests of the
International Dairy . Show in Chi
cago. The squad is coached by
Gilbert H. Porter, instructor in
dairy husbandry.
Hotel Greeters to Meet
The Penn State Hotel Greeters
will meet at 8:30 tonight in the
Home Economics Cafeteria.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Foreign Service
Exam Date Set
The second written examina
tion under revised procedures
will be given for students inter
ested in Foreign Service 'careers
on pee. 9. Candid,,ates must file
their yegyests . before Oct: 21.
Forms are available at the depart
ment of political science in 110
Sparks.
Applicants should be at least 20
and under 31 years of age, a
United .States citizen for at least
ten years, and, if Married, mar
ried to an American citizen.
Rufas Z. Smith, Foreign Ser
vice Officer, will be at the Uni
versity on Oct. 12 in the Green
Lounge of Atherton Hall at 7 p.m.
He will be available for inter
views in 213 Willard from 3-5
p.m. of the same day. Smith has
recently returned from Thailand
where he was the American Con
sul.
Coaly Society Meeting
The Coaly Society will hold its
first meeting of the year tonight
in 209 Hetzel Union, following the
Agriculture Student Council
meeting.
AU' YOU
Symposium
Opens Art
Exhibition
Approximately 200 persons at
tended the sessions of the sym
posium held Saturday, for the
opening of the Centennial major
loan exhibition on "Pennsylvania
Painters."
Four authorities in the field of
American art participated. Edgar
P. Richardson, director of the
Detroit Art Institute, described
the arts that took place in Phila
delphia during the half century
following the American Revolu
tion.
Sculpture and sculptors were
discussed by Dorothy Grafl y,
Philadelphia art editor and critic.
In a talk "Sculpture Then and
Now," she drew parallels between
the old and new' traditions in the
field.
The work of Thomas Eakins,
outstanding Philadelphia painter,
and its relationship to the late
19th-early 20th century realistic
movement in American art was
discussed by Lloyd Goodrich, as
sociate director of the Whitney
Museum of American Art.
Benton Spruance, Philadelphia
artist, spoke on Pennsylvania
print makers. Thirty-three of
Spruance's lithographs are now
on display in the Hetzel Union
Building.
The, Centennial exhibition,
which will continue through Nov.
6 in the Mineral Industries art
gallery, will remain open from
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and
Saturdays, and from 2 to 9 p.m.
Sundays.
F. Cuthbert Salmon,- associate
professor of architecture, and Yar
G. Chomicky, assistant professor
of art education, were in charge
of the installation of the paint
ings.
Players, Thespians
Tickets on Sale
Tickets for "Take Ten," original
Thespian musical-comedy, an d
"The. Rainmaker," romantic com
edy produced by the Penn State
Players, went on sale yesterday
at the Hetzel Union desk.
"The Rainmaker" tickets cost
$l. The show will open Friday
and Saturday at the Extension
Conference Center and will run
on successive Friday and Satur
day evenings throughout th e
weekend of Nov. 19.
"Take Ten" tickets cost $1 for
Thursday night and $1.25 for Fri
day and Saturday night produc
tions.
LA Coffee Hour Postponed
The first Liberal Arts Student
Council coffee hour has been
postponed. from Oct. 11 until Oct.
18. It will be held at 4 p.m. at
Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
SET TO
go where?
Why party-hopping
of course!! It's
HOMECOMING . . .
Look your best with
your clothes washed
and pressed at the
LAUNDERETTE
210 West College Ave.
Phone AD 7-4785
Open Daily 8 A.M.
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Convocation
Furnas to Address
Convocation Session
Dr. Clifford C. Furnas, chancellor of the University of
Buffalo, will speak in the closing plenary session of the Cen
tennial Convocation at 10:45 a.m. Oct. 22 in 'l2l Sparks.
Dr. Furnas will summarize the round table discussions
on research.
President Milton S. Eisenhower Will give the opening
plenary session address. Other
speakers will be John Cowles,
president of •the Minneapolis Star
and Tribune Co.; Dr. Carroll V.
Newsom, executive vice chancel
lor of New York University; and
Dr. Francis H. Squire, dean of
the University of Delaware, who
will replace Dr. Colgate W. Dar
den, president of the University
of Virginia. Dr. Darden, a mem
ber of the United States mission
to the United Nations, was forced
to cancel because of a UN meet
ii_g in New York.
MacKenzie is Chairman
Ossian R. MacKenzie, . dean of
the College of Business Admin
istration, is chairman of the con
vocation general planning corn
mittee.
Dr. Furnas, a leading man in
research himself, will work with
the round-table discussions on
research axed summarize them at
the closing plehary session.
He has personally conducted a
great deal of research in the fields
of process metallurgy and physi
cal chemistry. He has also special.
ized in and written many techni
cal articles on fluid flow, heat
transfer combustion and other
phases of research related to the
aviation field.
Dr. Furnas received his B.S. de
gree from Purdue University and
his Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan. Purdue awarded him
the honorary Doctor of Engineer.
ing degree in 1946.
In 1931 he joined the Yale Uni
versity staff as associate profes
sor in chemical engineering after
doing research on metallurgical
processes with the United States
Bureau of Mines.
In 1943 Dr. Furnas joined Cur
tiss-Wright as director of its re
search laboratory in Buffalo.
When this lab was given to Cor
nell University in 1946, he be
came director of the Cornell Aer
onautical Laboratory.
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