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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
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"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
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By DEXTER H TCHINS
"The Barretts f Wimpole
Street," by Rud ph Besier,
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complete with a 19th cen
tury b e d r oom Victorian
costumes and a t oup of me
ticulous, hard wo. king actors
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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
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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