--Collegian Photo by Marty Schen , GEE, DAD, it's a new playground—Mr. R. J. Weber, professor of physics, puts his daughter on a new piece of playground equipment in the recreation display set up near the Temporary Union Building. `Sneakerless' Choir Will Sing in Europe No sneakers . . . and plenty of rest These regulations may sound strange to the average Uni versity student, but to the 64 members of the University's Chapel Choir they are only a small part of the things they must begin to put into practice for their tour this summer. The choir will leave for its six 'week European tour on July 15. They will fly to London via BOAC DC-7 jet airliner. Plans and study for the trip have been underway since the beginning of the school year. This semester the choir mem bers have spent six-and-a-half hours a week in actual concert rehearsal and an additional two hours every other week in brief ing sessions. It's in the briefing sessions that they learn about sneakers being taboo and rest being 'a necessity among other things. The choir members have heard lectures by representa tives of the countries they will visit during the tour. These lec tures include outlines of the . countries' geography, education and government. They also re ceive a brief sketch of the gen eral customs they sbould look for and be able to adopt in or der to seem more like friends than gawking tourists! Mrs. Willa Taylor, choir direc tor, is the chief mentor at these sessions. Here are s me of the more important do's and dont's listed by Mrs. Taylor or the tour. *Get to know the ackground on international affa rs between the United States and he particu lar countries you will be visiting. • Get eight hours si ep. •Guard your pa..sport with your life. •Don't wear socks, lats, sneak ers, Bermuda shorti or sport shirts. *Don't sing between concerts. Be careful of the drinking water. •Don't overeat. *Keep uproariousness down to a minimum. ONo cuddling in public at any time. In addition to the concert en- Butlers Je elry DIAMONDS . W . TCHES iWatch an. Jewelry Rep. iring 111 E. Beaye Ave. . By ALICE O'DONNELL Outdoor Classes Prove gagements the choir has been in vited to sing at the Bagpipe Festi- Arrival of Summertime val in Edinborough, Scotland. Although frisbys, sunbathing Members will also be privileged coed s , and bermudas mark the to see Sir Thomas Beecham con- coming of spring, a sure sign of ducting the opera symphony at approaching summertime is the the formal festival at Einsbrook, sight of outdoor classes. Scotland. Robert Pockrass, professor of The choir's concert program journalism, conducted classes on is composed chiefly of religious the lawn in front of Carnegie. selections but it will 'also in- Pockrass had to compete with dude some contemporary secu- cars, lawnmowers, staring passers ler woiks. One of the selections by, and piano renditions of Christ is "Hallowed Be Thy House mas carols for the attention .of Which Thou Hest Built." This his students. But he says outdoor (Continued on page eight) classes have more informality. l lilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiillinillifillninnilifilllifillinfillllllllllllllllllMOMlllllllMlNlllllllllllMlMMlllllE CIRCULATIONSTAFF - FL.; .a = = of .= s.= COLLEGIAN .= F.- zi 'MEETING 6:30 Thursday = i Busness Office = = - Short But Compulsory = = BliMillifilliliffillliffiliilliiiilliiiilllllllllllllllllllMMlllllllllllllllllllllinilliiillifilinliilililliiiiiiiiiiitillifillfilla B. P. MOYER, Jeweler will give some lucky mother FREE... A Complete Set of COMMUNITY BAL SILVERWARE! Stop in and nominate your moths she-may win this set of fine Corn ot' 't Oa .„011 I 234 I. College Ave., State College I I ...mare Mother's Day Celebration Awards At Banquet' Philip Haines, sophomore in electrical engineering fr o m Reading, and Charles Garman,! senior in business administra tion from Morrisville, were co recipients of the Lion Trophy given by the Town Independent. Men Council at its annual banquet last night at the Eutaw House. The recipients of the award, which is presented annually to 'the outstanding member of the council, were chosen by the coun cil. Wilbur Wise, assistant to the dean of men and council advisor, was made an honorary member and presented with a pin. He will retire at the end of the year to take over as fraternity advisor next semester. Pins were presented to Richard Wilt, senior in business adminis tration from Parkland; Jay Bur kert, senior in electrical engineer ing from Elizabethville; Jacob Evans, senior in business admin istration from Altoona; Donald Orrell, junior in industrial engi neering from Worcester, Mass.; Frank Pearson, junior in arts and letters from Ridley Park; Harald Sandstrom, junior in arts and let ters from Bryn Athyn; Douglas Pollak, junior in psychology from Cressona; and Richard Babcock, senior in business administration from Ambler. Stafford Friday, senior in zo ology and entomolgy from Pen field; Walter Shepps, junior in business administration fr o m State College; and Haines will re ceive their pins at a later date. Guests of honor at the banquet were Carol Frank, president of Leonides; Charles Bartholomew, past president of TIM; Sandstrom, president of AIM, and Wise. dazleton Grads Form i Indiana University Mew Alumni ' O Association pposes ROTC The 2-year graduates of Illighacres, the Hazleton Campus) Students at Indiana University of the University, have formedlhave voted against compulsory an alumni association to serve:ROTC in a recent referendum. graduates of the associate degree{ A total of 2312 voted against program there. i the existing compulsory program, The association was formed af-.2128 voted for it and 810 had no ter considerable interest of gradi opinion, according to the Indiana uates to keep in touch with theiriDaily Student newspaper. former classmates and the pro-) The percentages of the vote: ,gross at Highacres, their only 37 for, 49 against and 14 no opin- I college campus. ion. The vote against compulsory The association hopes to ini-i ROTC was higher among men, Mate a newsletter which wil ld lower among women. be published periodically to keep! The Student Senate is consider iup with developments at the cam-ling a bill to establish a commit ipus. itee to study the ROTC program. ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE: NO. 3 Today, ranging again into the fascinating world of social science, let'us take up the subject of anthropology—the study of man and his origins. The origin of man was indeed a puzzle until the Frenchman, Jean-Louis Sigafoos, discovered the skull and shinbone of Pithecanthropus Erectus in Java in 1891. What Sigafoos was doing in Java is, incidentally, quite an odd little story. Sigafoos was a Parisian born and bred. By day one could always find him at a sidewalk cafe, sipping barley water and ogling the girls; each night he went to a fashionable casino where he gambled heavily at roulette and go-fish; in between times he worked on his stamp collection, which was one of the largest in Paris. Well sir, one summer Sigafoos lost his entire fortune gambling at the casino. He was seriously contemplating suicide when, quite unexpectedly, a letter arrived from one Lotus Petal McGinnis, a Javanese girl and , an avid stamp .collector, with whom Sigafoos had been corresponding from time to time through the international stamp collectors journal. Until now the nature of their correspondence, though friendly, had been strictly philatelic, but in this new letter Lotus Petal declared that although she had never laid eyes -on Sigafoos, she loved him and wanted to marry him. She said she was eighteen years old, beautiful and docile, and her father, the richest man in the tribe, had agreed to give half his fortune to the husband of her choice. Sigafoos, penniless and desperate, immediately booked passage for Java. - The first sight of his prospective bride failed to delight Siga foos. She was, as she said, beautiful—but only by local stand ards. SigaMos had serious doubts that her pointed scarlet teeth and the chicken bones hanging from her ears would be con sidered chic along the Champs Elysees. But sobering as was the sight of Lotus Petal, Sigafoos had an even greater disappointment coming when he met her father. The old gentleman was, as Lotus Petal claimed, the richest man in the tribe, but, unfortunately, the medium of exchange in his tribe was prune pits. Sigafoos took one look at the mound of prune pits which was his dowry, gnashed his teeth, and stomped off into the jungle, swearing vilely and kicking at whatever lay in his-path. Stomp ing thus, swearing thus, kicking thus, Sigafoos kicked over a heap of old bones which—what do you know I—turned out to be Pithecanthropus Erectus! But I disgress. From the brutish Pithecanthropus, man evolved slowly upward in intellect. By the Middle Paleolithic period man:had invented the leash,_ which was a remarkable technical achievement, but frankly not particularly useful until the Mesolithic period when man invented the dog. In the Neolithic period came the most important discovery in the history of man—the discovery of agriculture. Why is this so important? Because, good friends, without agriculture there would be no tobacco, and without tobacco there would he no Marlboro, and without Marlboro you would be without the finest filter cigarette that money can buy, and I would be with out a job. That's why. Without tobacco you would also be without Marlboro's sister cigarette, Philip Morris,_ a non-filter smoke that can't be beat. Philip Morris or Marlboro—pick your pleasure. On Norio ica, (By the Author of "Rally Round the Flag,Boysl" and, "Barefoot Boy with Cheek.") 1:M=1 E FIVE 0 1954 Mar fibulmse
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