PAGE TWO ,lui :A Gifts Literary Figures 1 each Over Address Conference 010 which' Prize winning biographer are will The 1961 Alumni Fund, has passed among the lecturers at the fifth close tomorrow, the $200,000 mark. ,annual Pennsylvania Contempo rary Literature Conference which J. E. iloltzinger, Altoona pub , : began Monday and will continue liAter who heads the 1961 Fund, 21, reported that 11,014 alumni and until July friends have contributed $207,938 Dr. L. S. Lingenfelter, chairman to the 1961 Fund thus far. of the Department of English at The figure for the current fund Millersville State College, is is the third highest since the. founder and director of the con- Alumni Fund program was ini-' ference. The conference was held tinted in 1953. at Millersville last year. Robert E. Beam, executive di: The conference is sponsored rector of the fund, said that the l by the Department of English record figure was achieved last and was brought to the campus year when a total of $212,797.43' through the efforts of Dr. Henry was contributed while the Cen-' W. Sams, chairman of the de tennial Fund of 1955 was second partment, Lingenfelter said. with a total of $234.196.79. Lingenfelter mentioned that Funds received in this manner some people had expressed sur are used by the University for prise at the large number of aca si..!cial programs, ranging from demic people lecturing at this con seholarships to recreational fa- i Terence. Nine out of fifteen lec cilities, for which the State and turers are also instructors. This is an experiment that other funds are not available,: fascinates me," Lingenfelter said. Beam said. "For example approxi-' I want to see how the academic mately $61,000 will be used for' ' the Stone Valley Recreational area and professional people synchro this year," Beam said. , nize in this situation. There is a these !world of difference between the tie added that possibly :professional writer who comes to funds will be used for the con- campus and the college professor strueting of a swimming area. The who writes a book." Levi Lamb Athletic Fund will re- ceive approximately $140,000. He said that the academic : He is often only interested The Alumni Memorial Scholar; in proving to the professional ship Fund which gives 15 scholar- how much he knows while the ships every fall to deserving fresh; men will receive approxim _,_ e _ . , professional is interested in '"u" such things as playing poker, $130,000. The Alumni Fund is adminis 1 tercd by the Penn State Founda- 'Latest Coit Book lion Board of Directors which is c"miw;edof five representatives Deals With Politics of the Alumni Association, five representatives of the Board of; Margaret Colt, on campus this Trustees and a Chairman of Gifts.',week lecturing at the Pennsyl vania Contemporary Literature Syracuse Raises Tuition !Conference, announced that she Tuition has been raised $7O a'is currently working on a novel. semester at Syracuse University,'; It will deal with politics in a according to a story in the Syra- small New England town. She cuse Orange Daily, the student,said that this is in keeping with newspaper. her background since her grand- This increases the tuition at father was active in Connecticut Syracuse to SGBS a semester. ;politics and she has had experi- The purpose of the tuition in-ience in politics. crease, the paper reported, was; This is a new field to her since made "to make Syracuse the best all her previous books have been educational. institution possible." biographies. America's favorite family comedy CONSTANCE DIX and GERALD RICHARDS Directed by MAX FISCHER For Reservations Call THE STATE COLLEGE HOTEL AD 8-6733 You'll find your favorite sandwich at . .. Ye Olde HAMBURGERS 25( 10-oz. 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