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New East Halls Will House
1052 Men and Women—Mueller
If the enrollment and admissions next fall continue at the present trend, the new
East Halls will be occupied half by women and half by men, Otto E. Mueller, director of
housing, said recently.
It is impossible to say now exactly how the area will be divided with respect to occu
pants, but will be based on the final enrollment for the fal
Dining Hall
To Be Used
As Studio
The old Nittany Dining
Hall, this year abandoned by
the hungry men, has not yet
seen its day.
The Department of Theatre
Arts in conjunction with the
Penn State Players is in the proc
ess of converting the well-used
building into their new Theatre
Arts Production Studio.
Plans for the renovation of this
structure have already begun and
will continue through the regis
tration period.
The new studio will allow space
for classroom work and the study
of more than seven technical
theater courses which the Theatre
Arts department offers, Dr. H.
Walters, professor and head of the
Department of Theatre Arts, said.
It will also provide space for
the Penn State Players to build
and store scenery for their pro
ductions.
' Beginning Feb. 7, all the pro
duction material and equipment
now stored in Schwab, will be
moved to the new site and the
department encourages any stu
dent interested in the theater to
participate in the move and de
velopment of the building.
The theatre arts department
sees the completion ot this studio
as a definite advancement in sev
eral respects, Walters said.
It will aid the department in
its job of teaching theater students
about all phases of the theater
such as design, costuming, use of
sound and light, scenery construc
tion and the creation and use of
stage properties.
Choirs to Hold
Try outs in Feb.
Tryouts for the Chapel Choirs
will continue today from 10 to 12
a.m. and 2to 5 p.m. in 212 Eisen
hower Chapel.
Basses and tenors interested in
the Europe tour are especially
needed, according to Willa Tay
lor, Chapel Choir director.
During the semester, the Chap
el Choir will sing for Sun
day morning services in Schwab
and prepare music for the sum
mer European tour and spring
concert. Part of the tour repetoire
will be presented at the concert
on May 20.
The two Meditation Choirs di
rected by James W. Beach sing
for services in the Eisenhower
Chapel and for programs in
Schwab. Concerts on March 16, 21
and May 9 and 11 are planned
for these groups.
Ooeninqs Remain
On SGA Fliaht
Between 20 and 26 unfilled
places remain on the SGA flight
to Europe, which will leave New
York for London on June 11 and
return from Paris on July 23.
Now in its second year, the
flight itself cos's $2(50 with an op
tional tour of 42 days available for
another $599.
Allison Woodall, chairman of
the SGA flight committee, said
last night that applications will
be accepted on a first come, first
served basis until the 79 person
capacity of the plane is filled.
Further information can be ob
tained at the SGA office, 202
Hetz.ei Union.
—The Pennsylvania State Col
lege became the Pennsylvania
State University in 1953.
have been built to accommodate
either men or women, Mueller
added.
The East Halls area will be
composed of four residence halls
and a dining hall which will be
connected by covered, but not en
closed, walkways.
The dining hall has been de
signed to accommodate 500 ad
ditional students besides the
number who will be living in
the fouT halls, he said. This
was done to serve the students
who will be living in the two
buildings to be built at a later
date on the east side of the site,
Mueller explained.
Three of the four residence halls
will have seven floors for resi
dence units and will hold 276
istudents. The other hall, having
| only four floors for residence,
will have a capacity of 224 stu
dents, he said.
■ The smaller building will have
two sorority chapter rooms, ac
cording to Mueller. Rooms will be
|reserved for the sorority mem
bers. he added.
The buildings have been built
on a center core plan, he said.
The "core" plan was first used
on campus in the Pollock Halls.
The student rooms will be ar
ranged around the perimeter of
the building with the lavatory
and laundry facilities in the
center. Mueller explained.
A locker room with compart
ments for each resident and a
small study lounge will also be on
each floor, he said.
On the first floor of each resi
dence hall there will be a recre
ation room, a lounge and an
apartment for the hostess. All the
rooms in the new buildings will
be double rooms, he said.
The dining hall will have a sim
ilar arrangement to Pollock Din
ing Hall with a snack bar. recre
ation room, post office and lounge,
Mueller said.
Pest Control Association
Donates $2OO to Fund
The Pennsylvania Pest Control
Association has donated $2OO to
the Dr. John G. Vogel Memorial
Research Fund which w.as estab
lished several years ago by the
Association to help support re
search in the departments of zo
ology and entomology.
The fund is administered by Dr.
Hubert Frings, professor of zool
ogy, who is in charge of arrange
ments for the Pennsylvania Pest
Control Association’s annual two
day conference held in March onj
the University campus. '
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AT
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(Name Brands) Vi Price
Table of Merchandise—Values
To $4.00-$l.OO
Watch Straps from $l.OO
(Savings of 50%)
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
semester, he said. The dorms
STUDENTS BUYING SUPPLIES for the spring semester fill the
Book Exchange in the HUB. The Used Book Agency will start
selling books this morning and will accept books for sale until
next Wednesday.
3 Religion Courses
Offered This Spring
Three courses will he of
fered this spring under the re
cently instituted r e li g i o u s
studies program. These
courses are acceptable to
wards the fulfillment of re
quirements in the Humanities in
the College of the Liberal Arts,
and may qualify as electives in
other departments and colleges.
Religious Studies 2, Religious
|Classics of the West, is being!
jtaught by Dr. W. Taylor Steven
ison at 10 a.m. Monday, Wednes-j
day and Friday. This course will j
introduce students to some of the
basic classical writings of the
Jewish and Christian traditions
from the post-biblical period to
| the present day.
i Religious Studies 402, Con-
I temporary Religious Thought,
570 Students Participate
In Orientation Program
The 570 students who are new to the University Park
campus this semester have been participating in an active
orientation program which began Monday and will end on
Sunday.
The new students include 103 freshmen, 228 transfers
from Penn State campuses and
centers, 197 students readmitted
to the University and 42 students
admitted with advanced standing.
President Eric A. Walker wel
comed the group at a convocation
Tuesday in Schwab Auditorium.
He told them that education is
a seven-day-a-week job. and
that most of them would have to
work harder now than they
have ever done before. Walker
also reminded the students they
must recognize the responsibili
ties which come with the new
freedom that they will find here.
Following the convocation, stu
dents met with the deans of their
respective colleges, who explained
the requirements they must meet
in order to graduate.
Social activities for new stu
dents are being handled by the
Independent Student Association,
Interfraternity Council, Panhel
lenic Council and campus relig
ious organizations.
Among the many scheduled
! aciiviiies is a dance sponsored
by ISA for new students from
9 lo 12 tonight in the Hetzel
Union ballroom. Last night IFC
and Panhellenic Council ar
ranged open houses in fraterni
ties for upperclass men and
women.
A faculty lecture, “Modern Art?
Why?”, by George S. Zoretich,
professor of art, at 2 p.m, today
in the HUB assembly room, con
cludes a series which started on
Monday.
Other lectures included, “The
Collegiate Crisis: Needed —a Revo
lution,” by Robert K. Murray,
head of the Department of His
tory; "A Geologist Looks at Penn
sylvania’s Scenery,” by Laurence
H. Lattman, associate professor of
geomorphology; and “So You
Think You’re Hungry?” by Miriam
E. Lowenberg, head of the De
partment of Foods and Nutrition.
Student chairmen of the orien
tation program are Marianne El
lis, junior in arts and letters from
Washington, D.C.; Barbara Hack
man, junior in political science
from Landisville; Earl Gershe
now, junior in arts and letters
from Fort Monroe, Va.; and John
Witmer, junior in business ad
ministration from Harrisburg.
by Stevenson Monday. Wednes
day and Friday at 1 p.m. is a
more advanced course consist
ing of a limited number of out
standing Jewish and Christian
theological writings. The read
ings will be drawn from the
works of such theologians as
Tillich. Barth, Buber, Heschel,
Niebuhr and Maritain.
Religion and Morality, Reli
gious Studies 430, is to be taught
by Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 11 a.m. The content of the
course includes an exam
ination of the religious
sources of moral and ethical
values.
State College
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1961
Miller Gets Council Office
Dr. E. Willard Miller, professor
and head of the Department of
Geography, has been elected
vice-president of the Pennsylva
nia Council of Geography Teach
ers.