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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. "
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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.
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