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last week, as police
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coffeehouses, strongh'
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Saxopho
To Appe
At Conc
Sigurd Rascher, lea. ing saxo
phonist, will appear as . uest solo
ist with the Concert :lue Band
at 3 p.m. Sunday in S .hwab.
Rascher will conduEt a clinic
for those interested in the saxo
phone at 1 p.m. Saturday in 117
Cornegie.
Rascher was born and educated
in Europe. He studied the clari
net for two years at the Academy
of Music in Stuggart, Germany.
When his funds ran out he began
SIGURD RASCHER
to play the saxophone, which he
considers the "easiest instrument."
Now an American citizen,
Rascher has toured the United
States, Europe, Australia, Cen
tral America and Cuba, appearing
as soloist with some of the prin
cipal symphony orchestras of the
world. .
Recently Rascher, working with
the Oklahoma City University
Concert Band, aided in the ,film
ing of "The Saxophone," an edu
cational motion picture.
Ogontz Campus to Offer
Industrial Safety Course
A 10-session Occupational Safe
ty Course will start at the Ogontz
Campus in Abington on March 31.
The program, designed to teach
the basic essentials for establish
ing and maintaining an effective
industrial safety program for any
type of business, will include lec
tures by qualified experts in in
dustry and government.
Sing along with r
the Folk Song Club
Tonight at 7:00 - p.m.
111 Home Ec
Live Accompaniment
Refreshments
Everyone Welcome
For Expert Tailoring
See C• W. HARDY, Tailor
222 W. Beaver Avenue
25, 1959
used
Is Rebel
zo Raids
By JIM MORAN
of Philadelphia's beatniks this and
apt. Frank Rizzo risked his (intellec
'ng a series of raids on Philadelphia
olds of the avant-garde.
a week ago when a group of 35 "beats"
were assembled in The Humor
esque Coffeeshop, a Philly beat
grotto. They were a pretty sus
picious looking bunch, with their
leotards, beards and turtle-neck
sweaters. And they were engaged
in the shadiest of activities
chess-playing, book-reading, es
presso drinking, talking, and there
was even the audacious listening
to classical music being played
over a very sinister-looking hi-fi
set.
One beatnik occasionally
would rush outside and shout
something at the night sky, and
that was when Rizzo's Raiders
Went into action.
Storming the Humoresque, they
rounded up all 35 and hustled
them off to the police station
where they were finger-printed,
photographed and fined $lO each
for disturbing the peace. The
beatniks didn't dig this, to say the
least,
And many of Philadelphia's,
populace didn't dig it either. Let
ters poured in to the newspapers
denouncing Rizzo's antics. One
letterwriter, named Les Conform,
wondered if the police were going
to raid the Art Museum next.
The Dajly News pointed out that
there were many noisy bars that
should be raided instead of the
coffeehouses.
Things were relatively quiet
until last Tuesday night when
Rizzo struck again.
Backed up by 12 men and a de
tective, he visited the Artist's
Hut, where he checked the ages
of all assembled Bohemians, in
an effort to find curfew violators.'
When the owner of the Artist's
Hut complained, Rizzo said, "I'm
going to come in every night and
bring the fire and health inspec
tors with me."
He then went to the Proscenium
Coffeehouse and to the Experi
mental Theater, where he found
a curfew violator. The last ob
jective of Rizzo's Raiders was the
Gilded Cage, where he repeated
his previous action. He then
called it a night.
The beats were far from
beaten, however, as Melvin
Mikis. owner of the Humor
esque. filed suit against Him
in U.S. District Court for $25,-
000 damages. A Humoresque
beatnik also sued for $15,000
reputation damages.
Rizzo shot back with his an
nouncement that he would bring
two city departments and one
state agency into the story to
check for health and fire hazards
and to seek out possible dope
peddlers.
It seemed however, that the local
gentry favored the beatniks, as
evidence'd by the 16 letters in
Thursday's Evening Bulletin, 14
of which denounced Rizzo's raids.
Some were shocked, some dis
gusted and, as one put it: "I just
chuckled in my beard."
- Three hours of manual labor
daily was required of students of
the University one hundred years
ago.
From Spain
it's . .
WINE SKINS
"the flask for people
with" Big Smiles"
size one liter $5.65 ppd.
"Gratification Guaranteed"
THE DAILY -COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Chaplain Studies In Free Time
Relates Stories
Of War Years
Story By
LIANNE CORDERO
Photos By
MARTY SCHERR
Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger,
University- Chaplain, often
spends "the best hours of the
day—midnight to 3 a.m." at a
cluttered 20-foot-long desk.
Although his teenage son, Scott,
reports that Harshbarger's favorite
pasttime is "bossing," much of
what free time he has is devoted
to study and writing.
One wall of the chaplain's
private study is covered by a
floor-to•ceiling bookcase mostly
filled with volumes of history
and theology ' , my current
major interest." Harshbarger
explained.
"In the attic:" he. added, "are
two crates filled with German
books. One of these days I'd like
to make a study of German
literature."
Harshbarger, who understands
both German and French, first
went to Europe two years after
graduating from Yale Divinity
School in 1942.
There he served for five years
as a member of an international
team for the Young Men's Chris
tian Association whose job was
to bring "spiritual and cultural
relief" to inmates of enemy pris
oner-of-war camps.
In the living room Harshbarger
pointed out a small oil painting.
"This was given me by a pris
oner whom I had provided with
paints and brushes. Later I was
able to arrange an art show for
him which critics praised highly.
He had never had time to paint
before he *as captured."
The ship which carried Harsh
barger to Europe was torpedoed
off the coast of Ireland. "I was
never so scared in my life,"
Harshbarger said.
But luckily, the ship which was
filed with wheat, stayed afloat
for 16 hours until it was towed
into port at Liverpool, Eng.
After the war Harshbarger's
family joined him in Germany.
It has been 10 years since the
chaplain joined the University
staff. Mrs. Harshbarger, who
teaches third grade in a State
College elementary school, plays
an active part in community
drives' and projects.
The oldest son, Scott, bears a
husky resemblance to his father
and is a star quarterback of the
football team. Scott, a State Col
lege High School senior, is presi
dent of the student body.
Neither Scott nor his brother,
Don, a ninth grader, is plan
ning a career in the ministry.
Harshbarger, who was ordained
by the Church of the Brethern,
believes that the boys should
"make their own decisions
regarding both religion and
careers.'
Harshbarger calls Don "a
theorist." Don's particular inter
est is the theatre, although the
12 athletic letters hung on the
wall in the boys' room have been
won by both Don and Scott.
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarships
Two Awards of $5O Each
For SECOND semester freshman students
selections made by the Senate Committee
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THE WHOLE FAMlLY•pitches in to aid Scott and Don in pasting
up their scrapbook,
"MY CURRENT MAJOR interests are history and theology."
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