WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1955 England's Impresses By MARNIE SCHENCK' (The first' in a series of articles dealing with the Chapel Choir's tour of Europe this summer) One thing which struck the 72 members of the Chapel Choir on the first leg of their tour in Europe this summer was the friendliness shown by the English people. As one member expressed it, "We went to England expecting to give our music but in stead we received warmth and an understanding of the English." The Choir flew from Idlewild Airport, Long Island, in a special chartered plane on June 20. At their only stop on the way in Gander, Newfoundland, they made a tape for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. As in all their concerts on the six-week tour, they sang Debaters To Attend 2 Meets Eight members of the men's debate team will represent the University at the University of Vermont tournament at Burling ton, Vt., and the Muhlenburg Col lege tournament at Allentown. George Haines : junior in edu cation from Nottingham, and Da vid Scott, junior in agricultural economics from Chatham, N.J., will debate the affirmative at the Vermont tournament. Debating the negative at this tournament will be Jonathan Plaut, junior in industrial engineering from Rock ville Center, N.Y., •and Edward Klevaris, junior in electrical en gineering from Roaring Spring. The Vermont tournament in cludes about 35 schools, with, the University being the only non- New England school represented. The tournament will include five debates Friday evening and Satur day. A gavel girl will be selected and speaking awards will be given. The affirmative team at the Muhlenburg' tournament will be composed of Carl Saperstein, sen ior in arts and letters from Wash ington, D.C., and Thomas Muller, junior in business administration from Newark, N.J. Comprising the negative team will, be James Cramer, junior in business ad ministration from Freeport, and Edward Fegert, junior in arts and letters from Milwaukee, Wis. Approxim'ately 20 schools from Pennsylvania and the vicinity will attend the tournament, which will include four • debates on Saturday. Members of th e 'University team at the Vermont tournament will return Sunday. Those at tending the Muhlenburg tourna ment will return Saturday ever ning. Friendliness Chapel Choir religious music. The English.press heralded their arrival with pictures of some of the girls and the caption: "These pretty girls arrive from the Penn sylvania State University to give concerts." After settling down in the King's Court Hotel they attended the first of the famed English afternoon teas. The tea was given by Sir Robert Mayer, who is very active in the English music world and was on the committee which arranged their tour. The next day the Choir was taken, to Cambridge, where they sang in the King's College Chapel, at night. During the afternoon they explored the grounds and attended the Evensong service in the .chapel. They Were taken to tea in the dining hall and honored by the fact that women aren't usually allowed into the hall. Saturday, June 25; found the Choir traveling through Oxford and then on to Stratford-on-Avon where they explored Shakes peare's birthplace and saw Law rence Olivier and Vivian Leigh in "Macbeth" at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The next day most of them started to feel at home in Eng land. After singing in the Ports mouth Cathedral, meeting the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, and having a reception given them in the . Royal Naval Club, the peo ple of Pottsmouth who had heard them sing gathered on the steps to see theni off and gave them a rousing' Hip-Hip Hurrah! Before the concert , their bus was boarded by a man they dub bed as the "Man Called Peter." He was 'the curate of the Parish Church of St. Helen's near Hove, and it was to his church that the proceeds of the concert was given. 'Three full eventful days later the' choir left on the second leg of the journey, crossing the North Sea to take a7train for Bonn, Germany. Rod,',Coccus Club to Meet The. Rod and Coccus Club will meet at , 7 tonight in - 208 Patter son. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Military Ball Ticket Sale To Start Today Tickets for the Military Ball to be held Dec. 9 will be sold today to junior and senior Reserve Offi cers' Training Corps cadets. The price is $5 per couple. Basic ROTC cadets may pur chase their tickets tomorrow and Friday. Tickets will be on sale at the three ROTC detachment of fices from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on these days only. Only 1000 will be sold. Entries for the MR Ball queen contest may be submitted until Tuesday at the Hetzel Union desk. The contest is open to all women who are sponsored by a ROTC cadet and who will be present at the ball. The application must include a 5 by 7 unit or larger photograph with the following information: name of contestant, address, tele phone number, and name and ROTC branch of sponsor. Five i finalists will be selected by the judges from Penn Military College, Chester, Pa. A queen will be selected at the ball by the three professors of military sci ence and tactics of the University. Ray Anthony and his orchestra will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Recreation Hall. Dress will be military formal. 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