TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1955 Photo Finish —Jo* Patton Photo DONALD VEATER, right, freshman in ceramic technology from Uniontown. takes the inside lane to win Town Inde pendent Men's pushcar race Saturday afternoon. The mid dle student's cart brqke soon after the picture was snapped. Switzerland 'Rocks' Choralist on Tour By MARNIE SCHENCK (The third in a series of articles on the Chapel Choir’s six-week . European tour this past summer.) I’m not easily reached, but truly, this has rocked me.” This was the impression of one of the chapel choir members upon his arrival in Saas-Fee Switzerland. The choir went to Saas-Fee after two weeks in Europe for a three-day rest period. They boarded the train in the early morning and rode down along the Rhine River. In Basil, Switzerland, they changed trains for their trip of almost the length of the country. One of the things which im pressed the members most was the cleanliness of the country side with its compact houses and barns all under one roof. Changed at Brig At Brig they again unloaded from the train and changed to a bus which took them high up into the Alps to their hotel in' Saas- Fee. It had been raining, but as the busses almost raced up the moun tains the moon came out from behind the clouds to reveal the high Alpine peaks—some of them capped with snow—and deep ra vines and chasms with rushing, cascading streams. One member termed the trip “exotic.” Saas-Fee is Resort Town Saas-Fee is a little resort town high in the mountains. When the choir arrived there the skiing sea son hgd. not opened and would not for about two weeks so they had the hotel virtually to them selves. The weather was warm in daytime, but at night it was quite chilly. During the day the more rug ged members took packed lunches and “went walking up and down the mountains.” There were paths Earn Your Master’s Degree Plan Now for an Executive Career in Retailing A one-pear executive development ptocram open to all A.B. and B.S. degree graduate* with good undergraduate record*. Curricu lum Include* executive direction In outatandlng department atore* In «lx major Bait and Mldweat cttle* (with pap. minimum MSO). You earn pour Maater'a Degree at the aame time. Co-ed. Schol anhlpe. 0.1. approved. Qradu 'lectlvelp ire grad ixt clam . 4, issa. . Write ’IN "C.” to follow on the mountain trips, but many of them were quite steep. In some places the climbers found snow. People Were Friendly . The less rugged individuals spent their days roaming around the . lower slopes and exploring the villages. They found the peo ple very friendly and said they didn’t treat them like tourists al though that was how many of them earned their livings. On one of the nights there the choir had a party with different choir members giving skits. On Friday, July 8, the choir was once more on the road, this time by overnight train to Rome for five days in Italy. >L OF LING try of ,URGH ItMwakll.Ph THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Social Ethics Topic of AIM Coed Fireside The Association of Independent Men will hold a coed fireside on "Social Ethics” from 7 to 9 to night in the lounge of McKee Hall. Richard Ruder, program as sociate of the Westminster Foun dation, will be the speaker. Norman Hedding, AIM Fire sides chairman, has announced that three firesides will be held tomorrow night. Clifford Adams, professor of psychology, will speak on “Sex and Marriage” at 8:30 pjm.. tomorrow at the Penn Haven Club. A coed fireside on the "Dating Basis in the United States and Foreign Countries” will be held at 6:15- tomorrow at the Nittany Cooperative. Two men and two women will represent the United States, the Philippines, and Indo nesia in a panel discussion. The third fireside will also be on “Sex and Marriage" and will be conducted by the Reverend John Whitney at 9 p.m. in the lounge of Hamilton Hall. Hedding also said that Arthur Davis, professor of physical educa tion, will hold a fireside on “Sex and the College Student” at 8:30 p.m. in Nittany 26. HA Students Plan Christmas Dinner Plans for the annual holiday dinners in the Home Economics dining room are being formulated by students in hotel and institu tion administration. The dinners, which will feature roast turkey or baked ham com plete with all of the holiday trim mings, are to be held from 5:30 to 6:30p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 14 and 15, at the Maple Room in the Home Eco nomics Building. Reservations for the dinners must be made through the depart ment of hotel and institution ad ministration. Food Service Staff Plans Christmas Party The Food Service Department will hold its annual Christmas party for staff members and their families at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Hetzel Union Building. Supper will be served and “Santa Claus” will distribute gifts to the children present. Eighty persons are expected to attend the event.. William N. Curley, supervisor of men’s dining halls, is general chairman. Men's Takes Members of the Men’s Debate team placed second in the Allegheny College tournament at Meadville with a record of five wins and one loss. The squad members attending the Temple University No vice tournament in Philadelphia had a record of four wins and four losses. The Women’s Debate team was also represented at the Temple University tournament, but the re sults have not been released. The University representatives at the Allegheny tournament tied Case. Institute of Ohio and the men of the University of Pitts burgh, but were given second place after the speaker ratings were tallied. Case Institute won the tournament; the University of Pittsburgh men placed third. All three had a record of five wins and one loss. The affirmative team at the Al legheny tournament was composed of George Haines, junior in edu cation from Nottingham, and Da vid Scott, junior in agricultural economics from Chatham, N.J. The team defeated Westminster College, Slippery Rock State Teachers College, and Grove City College for a record of three wins and no losses. Jonathan Plaut, junior in indus trial engineering from Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Edward Kie vans, junior in electrical engineer ing from Roaring Spring, com prised the negative team. They obtained a record of two wins and one loss by defeating the wo men of the University of Pitts burgh and Allegheny College. The negative team lost to Case Institute. The affirmative and the nega tive teams at the Temple Univer- MISS MARGARET NICHOLS Beautiful—isn’t she? Just a few openings left for Christ mas portraits. Remember that pile of extra party pix—of last year's parties we had in our waiting room? We're going to clean house, so come and get them free ... 2 to a person. However we now have 2 extra copies of each party we took this semester. First come, first serve ... 75 cents each. Why doesn’t the board of health do something about coal gas escaping in a local theatre? Sally Williams, resplendent in gown at ChiO formal Sat. nite. Debate Squad Second Place sity tournament each had a rec ord of two wins and two loses. Members of the affirmative team were Jay Feldstein, fresh man in arts and letters from Eli zabeth, and Donald Hershkowitz, sophomore in arts and letters from Farrell. They defeated the Univer sity of Virginia and LaSalle Col lege. The affirmative team lost to Delaware University and Brook lyn College. Gerald Bogus, freshman in arts and letters from Brownsville, and Robert Neff, sophomore in agri cultural education, from Potts town, composed the negative team. They defeated Columbia University and Morgan State Col lege while losing to Dartmouth College and Georgetown Univer sity. 4 Collegian Staffs To Meet Tonight Four Daily Collegian staffs will meet today. An all-editorial staff meeting will be held at 7:30 to night in 217 Willard. Classified candidates will meet at 6:30 p.m., in the Collegian office. The business staff will meet at 7 tonight in 218 Willard. The advertising staff will meet at 6:45 p.m. in 9 Carnegie. The promotion staff will meet at 6:30 tonight in 103 Willard. PAGE FIVB
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