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WEST CH.
University
the 24 girls
Miss Penns;
weekend.
They are _ y, a June
graduate from Springfield, as'
Miss Centre Cou 'ty; Margaret
McPherson, junior in home eco
nomics from New ark, as Miss
Greater York, an Judith Ann
Criste, junior in en ineering from
Cresson, as Miss entral Penn
sylvania,
The present Miss
Rosalie Sainley, a so,
Bethlehem, was croN,
in West Chester. SU
the state in the
Pennsylvania,
homore from
I ned last June
e represented
iss America
Today's Fore
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VOL. 1. No. 3
Lion
Beat
Lose
Boseballers
Eastern Teams,
to Oklahoma
Penn State conquerors of the Eastern teams in the
NCAA baseball tourney but a team that fell twice to power
ful Oklahoma State—will return home today.
The Nittany Lions surprised many baseball fans when they
upset Connecticut in the open
Prexy Talks
To Grads
In Illinois
President -Eric A. Walker
last night told 940 graduates
of Southern Illinois University
that to preserve equal oppor
tunity for all, each has "an
equal responsibility to serve
mankind to the limit of his
ability."
"A free society can exist only
imperfectly unless men of good
will and unusual talents take the
greatest possible advantage of
their opportunities, for self-de
velopment and then fully accept
the social, politicalnd moral re
sponsibilities that o along with
i i r
that development," Walker said.
Walker told the raduates that
America entrusts it future to its
university and coil ge graduates.
"Your degree p aces you in
the top five to en per cent
of the populatio in intelli
gence, ability and aining. It is
only fitting and pro er that, with
these talents and with this train
ing, you should b= granted the
responsibility for eadership in
the society of whi h you are a
member.
"Because leader
expected of you, y •
honored
. and privil:
your opinions will
and you will have
tunities to help fa
life for all of us.
you will have such'
broadly measures
bilities," Walker sal
BusAd College
I App9ints
ng, professor
• director of
ess Research,
[stant dean of
ess Adminis
gitle of Berry
Dr. Earl P. Stu
of management an
the Bureau of Busi
has been named ass
the College of Busi
tration while the
B. Lethbridge, Jr.
changed from
_dire
sion to assistant
tinuing education i
of Business Admi
pageant last September 511 Atlan
tic City.
The three University coeds
arrived here Tuesday as guests
of the West Chester Exchange
Club, sponsors of the four-day
pageant.
.. Three
t among
ig for the
Title this
The contestants spent last night
being chauffered around West
Chester in antique cars during a
The University is represent
ed in the Miss Pennsylvania
pageant in another manner. One
of the seven judges is Walter
It Walters, professor of theater
arts.
The other six judges include
members of the musical. art.
education and business world.
two ,and one-half hour parade.
The parade, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, featured
string bands, bagpipe bands, vet
erans groups, floats and military
#utintirr
ng game, 5-3, and then moved
into the losers bracket and top
pled Clemson, 7-0, Monday
night.
But it was the "other" two
games with the Cowpokes of
Oklahoma State that sent the
Lions on their way. home. Sun
day the Cowpokes defeated the
Lions 8-6 on a seventh inning
rally, and then Tuesday night the
Westerns pusifed across an un
earned run in the bottom of the
ninth to down the. Lions, 4-3., '
Coach , Joe Bedenk's Lions
had to depend on the strong
arm pitching of veteran senior
Ron Riese in three of the•four
games. Riese saved the Con
necticut victory for sophomore
Ed Kikla when he snuffed out
a rally in the ninth; threw a
nifty 4-hitter at Clemson Mon
day; but suffered the loss in
Sunday's game with Oklahoma
State.
Kikla was charged with his
first loss of the year in the second
Cowpoke-Lion contest but he
won his ninth contest of the sea
son in the opening game against
Connecticut.
The Lion batting star was
shortstop Bob Hoover, the Nit
tany captain. He went 3-for-4 in
Sunday's contest against Okla
homa State including a triple and
home run. Hoover garnered six
hits in 15 trips to the plate dur
ing the four games for a .400
batting average---a far cry from
the .142 he posted in the 1957
series.
Bill Benton, Lion first base
man, hit safely 5 out of 11 trips
to the plate in three games for
a .454 average.
Oklahoma State met Fresno
State in a loser-go-home game
last night and the winner will
face once-beaten Arizona, the
tourney favorite, today. Fresno
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!hip will . be
u will occupy
ged positions,
be respected
many opporz
, hion a better
e fact that
opportunities
our responsi
d.
Get Acquainted Program
Will Be Held in HUB
The Summer Sessions "Get Ac
quainted" reception will be' held
from 7 to 9 p.m., June 28, in the
Hetzel Union ballroom. Reserva
tions for the event must be sent
to the Summer Sessions Office,
101 Willard Hall, by Monday.
-All members of the resident
and visiting Summer Sessions
faculty, the administration staff
members and their wives or hus
bands are invited.
has been
;tor of exten
-ean for con
the College
,stration.
units. Originally scheduled for
Tuesday night, the parade was
postponed until last night be
cause of rain.
The girls will begin competition
tonight leading to the crowning
of a new queen on Saturday
night at West Chester State
Teachers College.
She will be - crowned by Miss
Saniley and Mary Ann Mobley,
this year's reigning Miss Amer
ica.
Miss Piercy and TVliss Criste
will appear in the talent portion
of the program tonight. Miss Mc-
Pherson competes in the talent
,portion tomorrow.
Miss McPherson will compete
in the bathing suit section of the
pageant today. Miss Piercy and
Miss Criste compete in bathing
suits tomorrow.
On Saturday. all of the girls
will appear in the evening gown_
competition. Ten semi-finalists
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1959
'Desire to Open
At Standing Stone
Final rehearsals for Eugene' O'Neill's Nob - el prize-winning play, "Desire Under the
Elms" are coming to a close in the rusticplayhouse at Standing Stone.
"Desire Under the Elms" is an American classic, telling of an old and hardened New
England farmer who takes a young wife . . . and brings new conflict to his three sons.
The youngest son develops a deep affection for his young stepmother, who wants to bear
a son so her husband will leave
her the farm property.
The Mateer Playhouse, under
the direction of Max Fischer,
casts Leon B. -Stevens, Lydia
Bruce and Don Petersen in the
leading 'roles in the opening
show. These performers are com
plemented by students from the
theatre arts department at the
University.
Leon B. Stevens, who ,por
trays the father-farmer, Eph
raim Cabot, is a favorite of
Mateer Theatre-goers. This is
the character actor's second
season at Standing Stone. Ste
vens came to Mateer Play
'bouse from the cast of the re
cent success on Broadway, "The
Geranium Hat." He has also
been seen in several national
television productions.
Stevens v-ill appear later in
the season in "Cat On A Hot Tin
Roof," the Pulitzer Prize play by
Tennessee Williams. In this pi°.
duction he will play "Big Dad
dy." the cancer-ridden egomaniac.
Ticket sales for the initial show
are moving well according to
Walter H. Walters, head of the
department of theatre arts at the
University. The house is already
sold out for the Tuesday evening
performance.
"Desire Under the Elms" will
run for one week and will be
followed by "Three Men on a
Horse," an American comedy
written by John Cecil Holm and
George Abbott On July 6 the
playhouse presents Agatha
Christie's classic suspens e
thriller "The Spider's Web."
The immortal romantic love af
fair of the poets Elizabeth Bar
rett and Robert Browning is
brought to the stage in Rudolph
Beiser's "The Barretts of Wimpole
Street," on July 13.
"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" will
enjpy a two-week run beginning
July 20. This award-winning play
enjoyed a long stand recently en
the screen.
. --Collegian Photo by Wayne Schlegel
THE MATEER PLAYHOUSE at Standing Stone is set pictur
esquely in the mountains near Neff's Mills. .The theatre opens
Monday night with O'Neill's prize-winning "Desire Under The
Elms."
Acting, Directing
In Fischer's Experiences
Max Fischer, director of the
University's Mateer Playhouse at
Standing Stone for the 1959 sea
son; has had a wide and varied
experience in the theater.
Fischer, who was born in Ger
many, received much of his early
training frbm the famous direc
tor-actor Max Reinhardt. Fischer
acted in Munich, Leipsig, Berlin
and Paris as well as appearing
in four foreign films.
Since World War II Fischer has
taken time from his theater work
to do broadcasts for the Voice of
America radio network.
According to Warren S. Smith,
associate professor of theater arts,
iFischer came to the United States
in 1946 and began,to direct plays
as well as act. He directed at
numerous playhouses in the east
including The Quarterback Deck
will be named at that time. luncheon, the aspirants were
These girls will reappear in }guests of honor at a press con
both talent and bathing suit I ference, where they not only an
competition. I swered questions, but posed in
From these ten girls, five will bathing suits and Evening gowns
be chosen as finalists. These final-: for photographers.
ists will be asked three questions' After dinner Tuesday night,
by the master of ceremonies. toe contestants were given the
From this point on, competition, "night off." 'Yesterday a rehears
is based entirely on intelligence,'al, another luncheon and dinner
personality, and poise. :was held. Last night they par-
For her talent, Miss Fiercy will ticipated in a parade NOtnessed
present an original flute compo-: by more than 25,000.
sition entitled "Night Rain on Each of the girls rode in an
the City." She will also display a' antique car provided by a local
painting she did to complement antique auto club. Also in the
her flute composition. ' I parade was the reigning Miss
Miss Criste plans to offer a Pennsylvania, sitting atop a
song and piano. routine from giant self-propelled float.
"Kiss Me Kate for her talent. I Miss Piercy and the present
Miss McPherson will present 'Miss Pennsylvania have at least
a dramatic reading. lone thing in common—both are
All three coeds, - as well as the members of Delta Gamma soror
-21 other contestants, have been:it. , .• at the University. Miss Mc
kept busy from the minute they Pherson is a member of Delta
arrived. Following a welcoming Delta Delta sorority.
Included
at Atlantic City and the Ocean
City Playhouse at Ocean City,
Maryland.
Max Fischer's television ex
perience includes appearances on
"Studio One," "The Alcoa Hour,"
"Philco Playhouse," "Goodyear
Playhouse," "Robert Montgomery
Presents," and "Star Stage."
Commerce Department
To Assume New Title
The Department of Commerce,
at the University has been re
designated as the "Department of
Commerce and Management."
The change, approved by the
Board of Trustees, will become
effective July 1.
Ralph H. Wherry is head of the
department.
Politics,
Politics
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