Today's Foreoish Warm, Showers VOL. 1, No. 7 750 Administrators Expectpd to Attend School Conference Continued adult colleges will be the Administrators Conf Over 750 school trators are expected Playhou To Pres, New 'CI "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," by Tennessee Williams, will be the Mateer Playhouse's next production at Standing Stone. The popular play, under the , direction of Max Fischer, will be presented, beginning Monday for two weeks, in a version not us ually seen by theater audiences. According to Harvey Whitten, publicity director for the play house, the script to be used is Williams' favorite version. The main difference between it, and the better known Broadway and motion picture plays, is the hand ling of "Big Daddy's" part in the third act. The importance of "Big Daddy" concerning the conclusion of the play will be lessened in the Ma teer version, Whitten said. Members of the cast include Don Petersen as "Brick," Esther Benson as "Mae," Lydia Bruce as "Margaret," Leon B. Stevens as "Big Daddy," and Charlotte Jones as "Big Mamma." Don Petersen, a University stu dent now working on his master's thesis in theater arts, has become a well known actor to Mateer theater-goers. Besides acting, Petersen has had experience in many other fields. He has been a soldier and sailor, a professional violinist and a Chicago private detective. His varied past has enabled him to become a highly versatile ac tor with experience in all types of plays and parts, from "Oedi pus the King" to Tom in "The Glass Menagerie." 9th Drilling Symposium To Be Held in October The ninth annual Drilling Sym posium will be held Oct. 8 to 10 at the University. Exploration drilling will be the topic of the 3-day institute which is sponsored jointly by the de partments of mining engineering at the University of Minnesota, Colorado School of Mines, and the University. Review 'Barrens' Rated Success at Mateer 1 I By DEXTER H TCHINS "The Barretts f Wimpole Street," by Rud ph Besier, 1 1 , complete with a 19th cen tury b e d r oom Victorian costumes and a t oup of me ticulous, hard wo. king actors i gives the Mateer P ayhouse one of its best and m st successful shows of the seaso this week. The set, effective) designed by Richard G. Mason, nd authentic costumes, supervise by Floyd E. Santoro, were pe ect comple ments for the pop ar story of a family struggling to live a normal life while under t ie tyrannical rule of their mental y twisted fa-' ther. Elizabeth Barret , played by ,-- ix , 0,7 # . ' - ei: tintittrr (7. i.' .--„..,,::-.,7(., , , ~.. - • /a aa„.:- education and the need of community eneral theme of the 37th annual School • rence which begins Tuesday on campus. Irincipals, superintendents and adminis to attend the 3-day session. Prior to the opening of the conference, there will be two supplementary meet ings held for elementary princi pals and local directors of adult education. Among the speakers to address the conference are J. Gordon Crowe, executive secretary, Penn sylvania Welfare Forum; Paul Essert, Teachers College, Colum bia University; Paul Hoffman, director of special fund for the United Nations; Elbert K. Fret well, Jr., assistant commissioner for higher education of the state of New York; President Eric A. Walker; and Sen. Jo Hays (Dem.- Cent e). Among the activities planned for the conference are five panel discussions, a barbecue, group sing and educational exhibit. The panel discussions will deal with the operation and financing of community colleges. At the opening session Tuesday, Essert will be the guest speaker and a conference barbecue will be held in Hort Woods. At 8 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium, Hoffman will address the group on inter national tension. Fretwell will address the con ference Wednesday. The after noon session will be devoted to panel discussions. Walker will speak at the con ference banquet Wednesday night. His subject will be "Penn sylvania's Need for Community Colleges." The conference will close Thurs day with a panel discussion on problems facing school adminis trators in establishing community colleges. Hays and Ralph Swan of the Department of Public In struction, will discuss legislation affecting schools at the closing session. E7ducators Seminar To Begin Monday "The Changing High School and Business Education" will be the theme of the 11th annual Business Education Conference to begin Monday at the Univer sity. The confernce will be sponsored jointly by the College of Educa tion and the Chi Chapter of Delta Pi Epsilon. Dorothy Ferencz, Allegheny College, will preside at the con ference, with Dr. John Rackley, dean of the College of Education, welcoming educators with the topic, "Impact on Vocational Business Subjects of New Educa tional Goals." Esther Benson, was a particular object of her father's hate. Broken in spirit and body, she gradually began to realize the necessity of her escape, finding the strength to do so in the un selfish love of the poet Robert Browning, played by Ronald Bishop. Bishop-gave the best perform ance of the show, Having played only gruff and broadly comical characters in previous' plays, he now became a sensitive and ro mantic poet-lover and he did it to perfection. Portraying a man of boundless energy and complete self-confi dence, he commanded the atten tion of the audience with every movement of his body, and every inflection of his voice. Thet tyrannical father Bar rett, played by Leoa B. Ste- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. T4-lURSDAY MORNING. JULY 16. 1959 s7Bo,4ooReceived For Nuclear Study The University has received a total of $780,400 from Westinghouse Electric Co. and the Atomic Energy Commission for development of its nuclear research program, A Westinghouse grant of $209,000 will help pay for a five and one-half million volt Van de Graaf positive ion accelerator, which costs $359,000. The University will pay the rest —Collegian Photo by Bill Felix BULLDOZER BREAKS GROUND for new recreation area on the former Jordan Fertility Plots. This 10-acre area will be used by women students for physical education and as a general recrea tion area. Campus Construction Continues Rapidly Construction on UniVersity buildings and other projects continues at a rapid pace during favorable summer weather. Stones, steel and sweat are prominent in campus construe- tion and work is in progress on —the development of a new 1 students in physical education classes and for recreation. The area is north of McEl wain Hall, at the former site of the Jordan Fertility Plots, • hich were moved last fall to a location of the University farms. Included in the project are three play areas at different lev els, the largest measuring 330 feet by 450 feet. The fields will be graded and turfed and eight new tennis courts will also be added to the east end, adjacent to eight courts built in 1957. Progress continues on the con struction of Shaver Creek Dam at Stone Valley in Huntingdon county, the site of the Univer sity's proposed recreational area. yens, was a true villain, from his pompous walk to his quiv ering jowls. He was a creature who had denied love, and be ing able to manifest only hate, was rushing to his own de struction. Stevens usually had his part well under control; however, in scenes in which he confronted the whole 'family, he would have been more effective using a little less bluster and a little more plain cussedness. Janke Champagne, as Arabel, was perfectly cast as a dignified and compussionate woman who found an escape from her per sonal troubles by aiding others. Miss Champagne played her part as if it was the starring role, whether in the background' or de livering her lines. . rgiau he University's newest project 0-acre plot for use by women The darn is expected to be corn pleted by early fall. Last week the contractor be gan movement of earth to build the core of the dam, a project which will take about three weeks. The foundation of the 240-foot culvert is already com pleted. When completed the dam will back up a lake of about 70 acres, 3000 feet long and 1000 feet wide at the widest point. Both instruc tional and recreational purposes will be served by the lake which is being financed by gifts from alumni, students and friends of the University. Contracts in the amount of $643,000 were let last week for remodeling the engineering units A, B, C, D, and E located adja cent to the Hammond Engineer ing Building now being con structed along W. College Ave. IThe units will be expanded and modernized. 936SiudentsNamed To Spring Dean's List During the Spring Semester, 936 University undergraduates achieved scholastic distinction by qualifying for the Dean's List. In releasing the list. President Eric A. Walker noted that the total represented 7.1 per cent of the 13,128 full-time undergrad uates enrolled on campus and at campuses throughout the State. Walker also pointed out that 124 of these students completed the semester with a perfect 4.00 average. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must complete the semester with an average of 3.50 or better and must have been en rolled for 12 or more credits. Small But Good See Page 4 of the accelerator's cost. The AEC has authorized a 3- year grant of $571,400 for special equipment and support for nu clear physics research. President Eric A. Walker said the Univer sity will seek funds from the General State Authority for a building to house the accelerator. Dr. John A. Hutcheson, West inghouse vice president in charge of engineering, who pre sented the check to Walker, said the accelerator "performs somewhat the same kind of function for the nuclear physi cist that the telescope does for the astronomer or the micro scope does for the bacteriolo gist. "The advancing state of our technology has thrust additional responsibility on our universities as sources of new information and trained scientific talent," he said. "We hope that our contri bution will assist Penn State in 'both its research and academic programs." Walker, in accepting the West inghouse grant, said AEC ap proval of a far-reaching program in nuclear physics research had followed quickly the acquisition of the accelerator. "Westinghouse's gener osit brought the accelerator within our reach," Walker said, "and made it possible for us to pro ject the kind of program the University needed an d the Atomic Commission strongly desired." Walker explained 'that the ac celerator, added to the "swim ming pool" type of reactor in stalled in 1955, will enable the University to strengthen and broaden its program of atomic research and to provide a source of research personnel for the state and the nation. 1200 Expected Next 6 Weeks Six hundred and fifty persons have pre-registered - for the sec ond 6-weeks session, and approx imately 1200 are expected to reg ister Monday, according to Pal mer C. Weaver, dean of summer sessions. The first 6-weeks session ends tomorrow at 6:20 p.m. and regis tration for the second 6-weeks session will begin at 8 a.m. Mon day in Recreation Hall. Classes will begin Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. and continue through August 28 The two 6-week sessions are running concurrently this year with the regular 3-6-3 week ses sions. - Graduation Time Changed to 7 p.m. The time for the Summer Ses sions Commencement Exercises to be held on Friday, Aug. 7, has been changed from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The program will be held on the Mall, south of the Pattee Li brary, or in case of rain, in Rec reation Building. Beginning at 6:45 p.m., music will 'be provided by the Summer Sessions Band, which will join later in the program with the Summer Sessions Chorus. Two selections by the Chorus have also been included on the pro gram. Students who are candidates for degrees must order academic robes not later than Friday at the Athletic Store, FIVE CENTS
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