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University Among 300
NSA Member Schools
The University last year joined the National Student Association, a confederation of
300 American colleges and universities representing 600,000 students.
One of NSA's purposes is facilitating the exchange of ideas, operations, and programs
through conferences, clinics. workshops, periodicals, special publications, and the Student
Government Information Service.
NSA representatives, with the aid of student government, bring appropriate ideas
and plans from NSA into the
school system.
The NSA committee at the
University is organized into four
divisions—education affairs, na
tional affairs, student affairs and
student government affairs.
Once a year voting student
representatives of member col
leges atend the National Student
Congress where they work on
specific issues such as plans, pro
grams, arid policies for NSA to
follow during the coming year.
They also discuss national and
international issues concerning
education
Training Sessions Included
In addition to the committee
work at the Congress, training
sessions for student government.
leaders are carried out to help
representatives gain a working
knowledge • of leadership pro
grams.
Another part of NSA is a Na
tional Advisory Council, corn
posed of educators and leading
public figures.
In addition to its national and
international scope, NSA works
on a regional level. There are 19
geographic regions in the na
tional organization. Regional
meetings are held twice a year to
establish programs and policies
representative of the area opinion
and individual member schools.
Hendel. McCabe Elected
Two University students will
assume regional positions this
year. Barbara Hendel was elected
chairman, and Lawrence McCabe
was chosen vice president of in
ternational affairs. McCabe has
since resigned his position.
Regional organizations, th e
main link • between the member
schools and the National Con
gress. plan specific projects for
the benefit of its region.
As another purpose NSA states
that it provides - a voice for stu
dents nationally and internation
ally through NSA's membership
in the American Council on Edu
cation, the U.S. National Commis
sion for UNESCO, Worla Univer
sity Service, National Scholarship
Service Fund for Negro Students,
and other educational and civic
groups."
Promotes Intercollegiate Projects
NSA also includes in its pur
poses the promotion of intercol
legiate projects. Much of their
work on Foreign Students pro
grams and the NSA Travel pro
gram is in line with this purpose.
The -last of its purposes, as
stated by NSA. is "serving the
general welfare of the nation, by
emphasizing throughout its pro
gram student responsibility be
yond the College community."
Jazz C'ub Brings
Top Entertainers
To Nittany Valley
The Jazz Club is one of the
newest musical organizations on
campus. This year the group plans
to bring Gene Krupa. the Austral
ian Jazz Quintet. and Louis Arm
strong to campus.
Jazz groups previously heard at
the University have included Dave
Brubeck and his Quartet, Stan
Kenton, Charlie Mingus and
Jimmy McPartland and his All
Stars.
The club was started less than!
two years ago when Theodore:
Richards, assistant professor of
agricultural extension and adviser.
to the Cornell Rhythm Club be-;
fore he came to the University,l
decided to form a jazz club.
Much to Richards' surprise, over!
150 students showed up at the
first meeting to hear tape record
ings of a Stan Kenton concert
held at Cornell University.
From this start the group elect
ed officers and drew up a consti-,
tution. Richards was elected ad-1
viser and has remained in this,
position ever since.
Today the Jazz Club has, over
600 members. They donate rec-'
ords to the Hetzel Union desk and,
place records in juke boxes in the;
HUB ballroom and Lion's den.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Drama
Players, Thespians
Oiler Fun, Practice
' The Penn State Players and Thespians, the two main dramatic
organizations at the University, provide experience for students in
theater arts and fun for those not interested in stage careers.
Thespians, the musical-comedy group, each year presents one
Broadway musical comedy and one original show, written by mem
bers and other interested persons.
Players presents a varied sell
tragedies, classics and drama s.
Each year three plays are given
in Schwab Auditorium and four
at Center Stage, an arena type
theater in the Extension Confer
ence Center.
Will Present 'Ruddigore'
The first Players production
this semester will be 'Ruddigore,'
a satire on 19th century melodra
ma by Gilbert and Sullivan. This
will be the second combined pro
duction of the theater arts and the
music departments. Last year they
presented Gilbert and Sullivan's
operetta, "Mikado."
Other Player presentations this
year will include: "My Three An
gels," by Albert Husson: "Idiots
Delights," by Robert Sherwood.
"Heartbreak House," by George
Bernard Shaw; "Jim Dandy," by
William Saroyan; and "Tea House
of the August Moon," by John Pat
rick.
Tryouts are held before each
production. All students, except
first semester wornen, are eligible
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edule of comedies, modern plays,
to tryout for acting parts and
membership on technical crews.
Based on Points
Membership in Play ers is award
ed on the basis of points given
for acting, crew work, and adver
tising.
Thespians, composed of students
from many curriculums, presented
"Sobth Pacific" last year. An ori
ginal play, "Take Ten," based on
the University's centennial, was al
so presented.
Membership in Thespians is also
based on a point system for parti
cipation in productions. Tryouts are
held during the first week of each
semester for both acting parts and
crew work. The crews provide ex
perience for students in all aspects
of backstage work.
Thespian officers elected last
spring are Robert Martz, presi
dent: Mary Tassia, vice president;
Barbara Kinnier, secretary; Tru
man Burch, treasurer; and Robert
J. Bishop. member-at-large.
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Dr. A. Witt Hutchison, profes
sor of chemistry, will serve dur
ing this academic year as acting
head of the department of chemis
try at the University.
Dr. W. Conard Fernelius, pro
fessor and head of the department
of chemistry, has been granted a
leave of absence until June 30,
1957 to study Oxford Univer
sity, Oxford, England, under a
Guggenheim Fellowship.
Dr. Hutchison is a graduate of
Dickinson College and received
his master of science and doctor
of philosophy degrees from the
University. He has served on the
faculty since 1931.
The pioneer schoolhouse of Brush
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proximately two and one-half miles
east of the present town of Rebers
burg. It was built of logs and
furnished with slab benches. The
first teachers were Fred Gettig t
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Study in 'Arts'
Will Be Offered
A now curriculum, designated
I "the arts", has been established at
the University.
The program will be adminis
tered by the School of the Arts, of
which Dr. Albert Christ-Janer is
director.
Included in the curriculum will
be majors in art, music, and
theatre arts. These three majors,
with the major in theatre arts for
merly designated as a major in
dramatics, were offered prior to
this time as majors in the arts and
letters curriculum of the College
of the Liberal Arts.
The Board of Trustees, in ap
proving recommendations of the
Senate to establish the curriculum
of "the arts," also approved the
transfer of the curriculum in ap
plied arts from the College of En
gineering and Architecture to the
School of the Arts, which is a unit
of the College of the Liberal Arts.
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