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VOL. 2. No. 6 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 1. 1960
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE—Merwick J. Black, junior in aero
nautical engineering, interprets campus map for Mr. and Mrs.
John Mergel and daughter Lanie. Lanie was one of 6,000 new
freshman going through counseling before starting college this fall.
Soon Time for ®inks
New Frosh Traced
Through Counseling
The Mergel family arrived on campus bright and early
on a warm summer morning. Margaret "Lanie" Mergel will
be a freshman this fall. She and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Mergel, had come for the freshman pre-registration
counseling program. Merwick J. Black, a friend of Lanie's and
Memberships Open
For Tennis Club
Memberships are still being ac
cepted in the newly-formed Ten
nis Club at the University. The
Club enrolls faculty and staff
members, graduate student s,
townspeople, and their families.
Varsity courts on east campus
are reserved for Club members
from 10 a.m. to dark, daily. Lock
er facilities are available for men
in the Nittany area.
Tennis instruction is now being
offered, according to John Egli,
manager of the courts. Private
instruction for adults and group
Instruction for children will be
arranged.
Summer session students, it is
explained, may join the Club on
a monthly basis. Other member
ships are available for the entire
season. Further information con
cerning membership, dues, and
instruction can be obtained from
Egli, UN 5-4102.
Public Schools Need. Course
In Family Finance—Gemmel)
The need for family finance the individual, economic, social
education in the public schools and cultural implications of the
was emphasized last night by Dr. increased emphasis upon security.
James Gemmel!, speaking at a
banquet closing the. three-week They should consider the efforts
Family Finance Workshop at the of individuals, business and gov-
University. ernment to maintain security as
"Instruction in family finance complementary efforts in our so
should be integrated across the!
cie!Y, with the individual bear
curriculum from elementary toling the primary responsibility,"
high school level," Gemmell told Gemmell said.
the assembled educators at the "And. opportunities to study
Hetzel Union dining room. He these problems may be provid
did not advocate separate courses ed in the regular school carri
on family finance. culum," he said.
The educators had just corn- Gemmel], himself has written a
pleted an intensive study pro- i teaching guide to show how fam
gram to see how family finance ily finance instruction can be in
instruction can be integrated eluded in English literature
into various courses on the ele- courses, according to the books
mentary, junior high and secon- selected to be read.
dary level.
Gemmel' drew on historical
background to show how econom
ic security is an ingredient of the
"greater well-being" of the people
and why awareness of the fam
ily security problem is keener
now than a half century ago.
"Our youth should be aware of
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
a junior in aeronautical engineer
ing at the University, accom
panied the family.
Upon arrival Lanie, her par
ents and Merwick were ushered
into the Hetzel Union auditorium
along with all other future fresh
,men who were to be counseled on
that day.
Dr. Donald Ford, head of the
Division of Counseling, con
gratulated the freshmen, saying
that they were a part of the
"best freshman class ever ad
mitted." They had been chosen
from 17,000 applications.
Ford said the purpose of the
freshman pre-registration coun
seling program was to get them
off to a good start. Research had
shown, he - said, if a student got;
through his freshman year with'
good grades he would probably
graduate.
After Ford's welcome and gen
eral orientation to the day's pro-i
gram, Lanie left for the interpre-i
tation of her test results in 401
Old Main.
She listened carefully while
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A year-long study to evaluate
the workshop experience and its
eventual impact will be directed
by Dr. Andrew V. Kozak, associate
professor of education. Graduate
assistants will visit the classroom
of each workshop participant to
see how he incorporates family
finance into his teaching,
Tottrgiati
'TheGaze6'
Will Open
At Mateer
Current summer produc
tions offer theatre goers "The
Gazebo", which opens at Ma
teer playhouse Monday and
the "Hasty Heart" being pre
sented tonight and tomorrow
at the Boal Barn Playhouse.
"The Gazebo," a comedy-mys
tery by Alec Coppel, is being di
rected by Max Fischer and will
feature Ronald Bishop and Patri
cia Thompson in the leading roles.
The play tells the story of a
harassed TV mystery writer who
is beset by many problems: a
diet he doesn't want, a country
house doesn't like, a gazebo he
doesn't need and a blackmailer
he cannot allow to live.
Being a writer of detective
plays and the friend of the dis.
trict attorney, he decides to do
away with the criminal so that
he can protect the "guilty" se
cret of his actress-wife. He suc
ceeds in his plan, only to see
complication build upon com
plication.
Ronald Bishop, director of this
week's play "Middle of the
Night," will be seen as the TV'
writer and Patricia Thompson
will play his actress-wife.
Others in the cast include Frank
Browning as the district attorney;
David Frank as the hard-boiled.
detective; William Mooney, last
sen as Kreton in "Visit to a Small
Planet," as the Dook; Ann Dris
coll as the persistent real estate
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Firemen's Carnival
To Open Tonight
The Alpha Fire Company's annual carnival will begin
tonight at 6 p.m. on S. Allen St. and continue through July 4
with the exception of Sunday.
The carnival, which fills the street from College Ave. to
Beaver Ave., will be open from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. tonight and
Saturday. Monday the carnival
will be open all day.
The program Monday will in
clude a doll contest in the morn
ing and a pet show in the after
noon. In both contests, 25c will be
given to each child entering with
other prizes given for winning
dolls and pets.
At 6 p.m., a parade of fire
equipment and several bands
will pass on College Avenue.
The climax will be midnight
when the Ford Thunderbird is
given away.
Members of the Alpha Fire
Company began construction ac
tivities yesterday afternoon to
erect the tent canopy over S. Allen
St. The amusements and conces
sions, owned and operated by the
Alpha Fire Company will be
located under the canopy. The
Vern Garbrick Rides Company
will provide the rides for the car
nival.
The 125 volunteer firement are
participating in this project. The
money earned from the carnival
will be used to support com
munity projects, drives and or
ganizations.
Williams To Speak
The Rev. Preston N. Williams.
acting University chaplain, will
speak on "A Christian's Responsi
blity to the Nation" at the Univer
sity Chapel service 'at 9 a.m. Sun
day in the Helen Eakin Eisenhow
er ChapeL
Cuba Uses
U.S. Plant
FIVE CENTS
HAVANA (IP) The confiscated Texaco Oil Co. refinery
in Santiago began processing Soviet crude Oil yesterday. The
semi-official newspaper Revolucion hailed the action as a
sign the 25-million-dollar p ant is no longer foreign-owned.
Probable next tartlets I—Priine Minister Fidel Castro's
Walker Warned
To Foundation
By Eisenhower
Presidennt Eric . A. Walker has
been named to the National Sci
ence Foundation Board• by Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Walker succeeds former Dean
M. P. O'Brien of the University
of California at Los Angeles. He
will serve on the board for six
years.
Walker was one of three presi
dents from land grant universi
ties named to the board. Presi
dent Conrad A. Elvehjem of the
University of Wisconsin and Chan
cellor Glenn T. Seaborg of the
University of California at Berke-
I ley were also named to the board.
Six others named to the board
include President T. M. Hesburgh
of Notre Dame, President W. V.
Houston of Rice Institute, Joseph
C. Morris of Tulane. William W.
Rubbcy - of the U.S. Geological
Survey, William 0. Baker of the
Bell Telephone Laboratories and
Rufus E. Clement, preSident of
j Atlanta University.
Walker is also a member of the
Board of Visitors, U.S. Naval Aca
demy, Naval Research Advisory
Committee and a trustee of the
Institute for Defense Analysis. He
was chairman of the National Sci
ence Foundation's Committee for
Engineering, 1951-53.
The next issue of the Sum
mer Collegian will be pub
lished Wednesday, July 6. It
will distributed to the usual
places. •
First Act Weakens
Mateer Production
Paddy Chayefsky's , “Middie ofl While it may be possible — to ar
the Night," the story of a 53-year- I gue that a person in near hys
old widower's love for his '24-t e rics would act this way, it does
year-old receptionist, is the cur - 'not necesasrily make for good
rent attraction at the Mateff dra.ma.
Playhouse at Standing Stone. ,- - -
! Director Bishop has had the
It is an over-sweet play about receptionist (Patricia Thompson)
the troubles and doubts the prin- overplay the scene. Played this
ciples suffer as they attempt to! wa y, the scene, which should be
find the love both need. .touching, is uncomfortable and
The. woman is slightly neurotic,, not very good.
seeking from the manufacturer It is unfortunate Miss Thomp
the understanding she cannot getson should he directed this way,
from her husband. The mantifac-!for she fits her role. In the si..c
turer just wants to grow old grace- and and third acts where she
fully, but in helping-his employee underplays the character, she is
he discovers there is still a great entirely convincing and enjoyable.
deal of life left to be lived. She shows a truthfulness and
sincerity which is pleasing' and
Once past the first act the pro- highly appropriate for the role,
duction is enjoyable and holds especially in a scene where she
nicely. However, Chayefsky with:see the husband she is attempt
director Ronald Bishop's aid has.ing to divorce and in the final
produced a hysteria scene in the scene where she presents the
first act which is simply horrible. sons she can love an older man.
The playwright has written Max Fischer, as the manufac
scene where the unhappy wife, turer, suffers somewhat in the
in near hysteria, tells her woes to : second and third acts from' the
her boss. Like a faucet being` which plagues Miss
turned rapidly on and off, lines) (Continued on page six)
Review
By JAY RAKE
Collegian Reviewer
campaign against the United
States and "foreign monopolies"
are the 26-million-dollar British-
Dutch Shell Oil Co. refinery; the
ESso Standard of New Jersey re
finery; the Cuban Electric Co.,
the largest remaining American
investment in Cuba, and the 125-
million-dollar Cuban Telephone,
Co. in which the. U.S. Interna
tional Telephone & Telegraph Co.
owns 65 per cent of the stock.
Castro officials have been in
charge of Cuban Telephone since
March 1959, but have not offi
cially taken over.
Executives of Esso and Shell,
who followed Texaco's example
in • refusing to refine Soviet
crude, said it appeared a matter
of days perhaps hours
before their plants also would
. be seized by the Cuban Petrol
eum Institute.
Technically, the Cuban govern
ment "intervened" the Texaco
properties" for refusal to refine
"state-owned oil." The govern
ment-controlled press made it
clear intervention in. this case
meant confiscation.
Shell's parent holding com
pany, Shell Oil of Canada, an
nounced that a shipment of
crude oil to Cuba had been sus
pended for non-payment and
that Shell executives here had
been ordered - not to touch the
Soviet oil Cuba obtained in a
sugar -for-oil exchange.
The Canadian firm said the Cu- .
ban government has not paid'
Shell for oil imports since May
of last year and owes more than
17 million dollars. Esso Standard
said it has an even larger back
log of payment claims for oil al
ready processed and sold in Cuba.
Wednesday night's ouster, af
ter a 13-how; Cabinet session, of
Communication Minister Enri
que Oiulski Ozacki and his re
placement by a little-known but
fiery revolutionist, Haul Cur
belo Morales, appeared fo signal
a move against the 300-million
dollar
Cuban Electric Co.
Otulski had threatened Cuban
Electric with intervention for fail
ure to complete an expansion pro
gram. Company officials said the
program had been curbed by a
forced rate cut and poor collec
tions from government agencies
and communities served by the
firm, a subsidiary of the Ameri
can Foreign Power Co. Sources
here said the regime felt 011 ski
was not aggressive enough with
Cuban Electric.
, are alternated with sobs for an
extended period.