The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, August 06, 1959, Image 1
Today's Forams Humid, Showers VOL. 1, No. 10 HAMMOND ENGINEERING BUILDING receives an attractive stone facing as the structure nears the hall-way point in construction, Construction Roundu North Others The men's North residence hall buildings, located at Park Ave. and Shortlidge Rd., have been completed and the dining hall that will serve the area is about 98 per cent complete, Walter H. Wiegand, director of planning and construction, said in a construction-progress report. He also reported excellent ,idence halls, which will open Rainbow Girls To Draw 2500 At Convention More than 2500 members of the Pennsylvania Order of the Rain- I bow will be on campus next week' for their annual convention. The convention will be divided into two parts' with 350 leaders of the various orders arriving Monday to begin a 3-day course of studies. The subjects offered to the girls include: parliamen tary proedure, family relations, music appreciation, art apprecia tion, foods and nutrition, oral interpretation, extemporaneous speaking and adult education. Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. At noon Wednkday 2400 addi tional members will arrive to par ticipate in an annual Assembly.' The Assembly consists of a mass meeting of the girls at which various problems and projects are discussed. Wednesday afternoon the group of 350 leaders will present a pro gram in Schwab Auditorium for the incoming participants. Activities planned for the en tire group include a picnic in Hort -Woods and a dance. The Summer Collegian pre sents two photo-feature pages in today's edition. "Prexy at Play" is the in. teresting story of Dr. Eric A. Walker's leisure Hoe activi ties—activities which would put most adults to bed with exhaustion. See page 7. "Teacher Training by TV" is the story of the University's experimental element ar y school which uses elevision as a means of observi g children's reactions to cies oom situa tions. Soo page 4. " fi "4" . ..„:....., Halls Near progress on Pollock Circle res in the Fall of 1960 to more than 2000 students. On the most ad- 1 vanced buildings of the project, roof slabs have been poured and on one unit, exterior brick and stone work is nearly completed. On thehousing project for married graduate students, foun dation walls on two units are completed and footers for ten other units have been poured. Site excavation and rough grading on the, new football field is nearing completion and some steel has been erected while on the roof to be placed for the skating rink, footers have been poured and the work of placing the structural steel will be started within the next few days. The first unit of the Research Center has been occupied and structural steel has been erected on the two other units. The Petroleum Laboratory, one of several General State Author , ity projects under construction at the University, is nearing comple tion and it is expected that this building as well as the north wing to Sackett Building will be completed by November. Work is proceeding on the first floor struc ture of Hammond Building along West College Ave., which will be completed early next summer. Exterior masonry work is progressing on the addition to the Home Economics Building, scheduled for completion In April. and exterior masonry is completed and some interior partitions have been completed on Wagner Building. This prd ject is also scheduled for com pletion in April. Architects are working on final revisions to plans for the Special Education Building on which con struction should be star te d this summer While final checking is under way on the Education and Psychology Building and also the Horticulture Research Facili ties and it is expected that con struction on these projects can be started in the late Fall. Work on the construction - of new residence and dining hall fa cilities -for 1046 students will be gin later this month. The 'project received appro (Continued on page twelve), FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1959 Finished; Completion Mid-Session Will End, Post-Session Will Open The Mid-Session at the Univer sity will close at 6:20 p.m. tomor row and registration for the Post-Session, the final summer program, will be held from 8 a.m, to noon Monday in Recreation Building. The Second Six Weeks Session, which opened July 20, will con tinue through Aug. 28 at which time the Post-Session will also terminate. Quartet Will Present Final Concert in HUB The Claremont String Quartet will present its final concert of the season at 8:30 p.m. today in the Hetzel Union Building Ball room. The program will include Quar tet in C minor, Opus 18, No. 4 by Beethoven Quartet No. 2 in D ma jor by Borodin; and Quartet in A minor, Opus 41, No. 1 by Schumann. Review Poor Casting Almost Ruins 'Diary' By DEXTER HUTCHINS Overacting,. miscasting and a lengthy first act almost killed "The Diary of Anne Frank" before the Germans could arrive at Mateer Play house Monday night. The superb acting ability of Ronald Bishop and Esther Ben son, however, supplied the neces, sary "transfusions" to keep the play moving to its exciting cli max. The play will continue at Standing Stone until next Sat urday. Miss Peggy Lang. as Anne. was evidently trying too hard in many of the scenes, forcing her lines upon the audience and,appearing to dominate the stage. Perhaps hampered by her previous • appearances in boisterous child soles she pre Evian 555 Students To Graduate A total of 555 students will receive degrees at commence ment exercises at 7 p.m. tomorrow in front of the Pattee Library. In case of rain the exercises will be held in Recrea tion Hall. Advanced degrees will be awarded to 337 students, Art Awards Presented To Students Recipients of awards for the 1 1959 annual summer art exhi bition appearing in the Hetzel l Union Building, Temporary Classroom Building and Min eral Industries Building have been announced by the juries. Walter Geisler of Laureldale was awarded first honorable men tion prize of the professional juror for his oil painting, "Fruit and Wine." Winner of the first honorable mention in the lay jury classifica tion was Betty F. Griggs of Johns town for her painting, "Reflec tion." Other awards for the exhibit went to Mrs. Jean Osborn of State College, second honor able mention, for "Reclining Nude II"; Eva White, Lewis town, third honorable men tion, for "I Saw the Garden Sunlit"; and John B. Johnson, Pittsburgh, fourth honorable mention for " Portrait of an Art -1 ist." Lay jury awards went to Rob ert Boyer, Gettysburg, second honorable mention, for "Land iscape"; Geisler, third honorable 'mention, for "And then the Table Moved"; and Frederick W. Loch ner, Harmony, fourth honorable !mention, for "Meadows." The Schlow Purchase Prize award for water color went to Glen Ruby for his "Red and White." The first prize in sculp ture went to Henry Katzwinkel for "Peerless." - Kent Swanson won a special mention in the jewelry judging with a crucifix and Clarence Kin caid won first prize with a pend ant. The Tavern Purchase , Prize for Graphics went to Don Uhlein for "Apathy." First award was given to Sarah Pavlov for "Life Drawing." The exhibits close today. tented more the character of a "no•neck monster," than a com passionate young girl facing maturity under the shadow of death. Ken Evans, as Peter Van Dann, was miscast in his role. He seemed unable to extract any subtle feel ing or emotion from his part as he flung himself around the stage like a "short-circuited" robot. The center of the play, artis tically speaking, was Ronald Bi shop as Mr. Frank. He provided a mature and sensible force which held the other actors in their correct orbits. His characteriza tion as a father and head of the refugees' little world was an im portant factor in giving credibil ity to the other roles. - Esther Benson, as Mrs. Frank, gave her best performance of the season, Her moving por trayal of a tortured mother, faced not only with the pros pect of immediate death for Time For Action See Page 6 baccalaureate degrees to 213 stu dents, and associate degrees m engineering to five students, Nearly half of the 555 receiv ing degrees will be Pennsyl vania teachers completing work for the master of education or doctor of education degree. There are 27 candidates for the degree of doctor of philosophy, 22 for doctor of education; 221 for master of educaiton; 56 for master of science; and 12 for master of arts. Degrees will be conferred by President Eric A. Walker and Lawrence E. Dennis, vice presi dent for academic affairs, will give the welcome. The Summer Sessions Band, under the direction of James W. Dunlop, will play selections before the program. The chorus of the Band, Orchestra and Chorus School, directed by Dr. W. Paul Campbell, will sing. There will be no formal com mencement address. Nine students will be grad uated with honors. They - are! Joan Freeman. arts and letters major from Pills burgh; Marian D. Warner, home economics major from Pittsburgh; George Kelly, bus ingss administration major from Johnstown; David Schleicher, geology and mineralogy major from Bloomsburg; Lawrence Hutchinson, pre-veterinary ma jor from Thornton; Ruth John son, education major from Mt. Jewett; George Sellers, geo physics and geochemistry major from Philadelphia; and Marilyn Claypool, arts and letters ma jor from Brooklyn, N.Y. Honor graduates are those can didates for baccalaureate degrees who have obtained a 3.49 All- University average or higher. A dinner will be served at n in. tomorrow in Waring Hall for graduates and their families and friends who have made res ervations. ORL Obtains 9 Patents Nine inventions by personnel of the Ordnance Research Lab oratory were patented during 1958, Thomas E. Sterling, patent attorney with the Laboratory, re ported today. He also reported that 14 inven tions by Laboratory personnel had been patented previously. herself and family, but the problem of adjusting herself to her young daughter's confused emergence into womanhood, demon strafed Miss Benson's ability to fully develop a sen- sitive role. Janice Champagne, as Margot Frank, gave an outstanding per formance although ina minor role. She has proved her ability to develop a characterization even though it is one of relatively little importance in the story line and she is given only a few lines to speak. Frank Browning, as , Mr. Dus sel, gave his most dramatic performance of the season in a role which captured the sym pathy and understanding of the audience. Richard G. Mason created his most effective set this season for the "Diary." It seems that no lack of materials or space can limit his skill and ingenuity in set de signing. FIVE CENTS