FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1962
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By DONNAN BEESON l i these. .people were not the ones
Aside from the religious aspect',who had a cake on their table in
of the! Easter season. a , hare and;the shape of a rabbit laying an
a would-be chick have played a; e gg
promiOnt role in the celebration
ot.this holiday
• The!hare, or the Easter Rabbit,
Was originally a Pennsylvania
phenoMenon. Credit: for this is
taken! by' the millions of 19th
century , German immigrants who
settlo primarily in the southeast
:ern. region! of the state ;more corn
monlyi ktiown as Pennsylvania
Dutchi country. Thus, — wherever
the Pennsylvania Dutchman mi
grated after his arrival, he took
the custom 'of the Oschter_liaws
With him.'
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THE CUSTOM of the rabbit and
thg bt'ightly , colored eggs did not
spread I from the Dutch culture
until some time • after thel Civil
War because the Quaker, Scotch=
Irish and Episcopalian neighbors
of 'the Dutch did not approve of
the ce,febration.
Acceordifig. to tradition, the rab
bit. isi the ; one:who left the egg
in children's baskets on Easter
morning. .There were, however,
some tfamilies who stuck to the
"rationalisft view and refused to,
tell, their' 'offspring this myth)
aloigjwith the similar belief abnuti
Santa! Claus. It is supposed that]
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- Trustees Hear ar Walk l ees Summary
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'.Of ;New Gifts, Contracts, Agreements
. A total of $4;003,591.54 in gifts! with , the, Naval. Weapons Bureau' Two Students injured
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contracts, and agrements was was the largest. The sum is to; 'n Route 322 Accident '
received by the University durH provide for the continuing opera- 1 1
ing the period 'Dec.: 11. 1961, to, tion ,of the Ordnance Research!. Two .y.tudehts wqre injured'
Mardi 9, President Eric A. Walker ; Laboratory. !slightly In a collision on Route
reported to,the Board of Trustees, The value of the renewed con- 322 in the Seven Mountains area
last, weekend. - ' 'I tracts is $3,020,873.72. 'yesterday afternoon, state police
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- Neiiv contracts and gifti amount-1 . . .
ed to: $983,117.82: The two largest: Sor ty Housin g Forms Jeffrey Rosenblum. spphomore
agreements were from the Na-i OH in business administration from
tional Science Foundation and the: Soiority housing chairmen . nwit East Meadows, N.Y. suffered an
American Chemical Society. lsubmit their room. assignment!injury to his left knee and a cut
' 1 .‘s urn _ j applications for ihe' 1962-63 year l liP and, Jerome Deener,. freshman
" ! The NSF is sponsoring a
anoi to the Department of Housing by, 91 business administration from
mar i'lnstitute in • Science
' 'South Orange, N.J. suffered a
Mathematics for Secondary School ,M , aY 1 15 .
laceration of the left leg and a
Teachers" with a $107,000 con-i ! Before that date each sorerity ! forehod bruise. They were treat
tract , . * member should talk with her
t ; !housing chairman and• plan for ed at Centre,County Hospital and
' Unrestricted re_ earch in the!her room request, Terry Shaffer,' released.
petroleum field wild be carried on;Panhel housing chairmen, said.' j The accident occurred when the
$BO,OOO ant from the •
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Each girl must sign and date car driven by Rosenblum ran into
.American_ Chemicl , Society. iher individual application before`the left rear end of a truck driven
. Gt . ' 54 contracts or. a reements'subMitting it to the sorority hous-!by George M. Huffman of Grand
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:renewed, the $2,298,435, contracting chairman, Miss Shaffer_ said. ville. Huffman was uninjured. j
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THE. EGG itself, is steeped in
traditions which include not only
, decorations. but egg-eating cdn-.
;tests,, easter egg trees and eggs
given l as gifts.
The art of decorating an egg
has. been preserved. !throughout
the years, but it hag lost a great
deal of the prestige originally ac
corded to it. Whereas the modern
I child's ; temptation is - to eat the
colored egg, collecting the eggs
over the'years used to be a hobby,
Some of these collectors persist;
and they pride themselves on
owning .3 . 6-year-old egg:
A NEWSPAPER article in 1874
reported an egg-eating contest in
which the winner was said to have
eaten 56 eggs. The editor reported'
at the same time that he was'
doubtful about The truth of this'
feat.
Another widely-held bit of holi
day lore concerns weather. There
is a saying. "A white Christmas--;
a green Easter, or a white Easter.
a green Christmas." the white
Christmas this year, augmented.
by a' favorable weather report,
now circulating, encourages hope'
for' a; green Easter, according to'
believers Of this tale.
TWISTERS:
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REALIZE the strain
lead? Our
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK: PENNSYLVANIA
Preliminary plans for the , con
struction of five buildings on cam
pus by the General State Author-;
ity were approved by the Board of,
Trustees last weekend.
Waiter H. Wiegand, head of the•
,physics plant - said that the build-'
;ings include construction • of an'
Earth Sciences building, to be
located where the present Con
' tinuing education building now,
stands; an extension to the main
unit of. Recreation Hall: a Con
•ference Center, to be located at,
'bid Beaver- Field; the secofid unit;
'of the Education -Psychology unit.
'also to be .located on old Beaver.
:Field. and the Life Sciences Build-,
ing, to be located west of rear
Laboratory. • ;
SUBMISSION OF final plans
for all but the Recreation Hall
addition is expected before .the
erid of the year, with the final
plans for that construction expect
ed by July 1963, Wiegand said. •
Construction on. the Life Sci
ences building is scheduled to
begin in November of this yea,r
with' 'work on the Education-
Psychology unit scheduled to be
gin in December. Construction on
the Conference Center - will begin
in January and on the Earth Sci
ences building and the Recreation
[fall addition in March 1963. The
total anticipated cost for the con
struction of these five buildings
is • slightly over' $8.5 million.
Wiegand,
Look How Inexpensife!
• 10 slipbver SWEATERS
• 4 medium weight Men's
SUITS $2OO
Or
•9 DRESSES forriust
Trustees OK
Plans to Erect
1 .4 1V11 Buildings
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Juniois May Apply
For Graduate Aid
I ;Juniors interested in obtaining ly 2,500 graduate fellowships hi
ifinanCial aid for graduate school.seience for a three-year period;
for the fall of 1963 should begin;The applications for these fellow
talking to their advisors now, Dr. ships must be submitted by the
Edward B. van'Ormer, assistant end! of November, he said.
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dean'of the Graduate School, said ,
approximately 950 fellowship!
recently. ifor : one year of graduate study
Juniors planning to attend the;abroad are available thrOugh the
University graduate school should•Ftilbright Act. Applications -= 4of
contact the department of theirthes' e Cellowslups• must be sub 4,
choice regarding assistantships or milted .by the end of October. F.
special scholarships, he said
THE UNIVERSITY graduate interested in obtaining fellowships
school sponsors 40 non-stipend or any other type of financial aid
schohArships, which exempt Stu-, fc4. - graduate' Atudy can obtain
d e nts' from all major fees and information on' programs offered
are available to qualified stu- by various gradUate schools
dents in any field. The student, throughout the country, in, the
must. carry a full academic load Griiduate School office.
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and need financial - aid. van Or- ' .
, A FILE IS also maintained by
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the Graduate .Schoot, which con-
STUDENTS DESIRING to at- tains information about scholar
tend ,other university graduate ships. , iissistantships and fellow;
schools should apply for fellow-'ships available from industrial
ships, scholarships or assistant- Organizations, foundations- - And
ships before May 1. - 'federal agencies. • ~:
' The Woodrow Wilson Natiimall, ,
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Fellowship Foundation awards,
1.000 fellowships annually for Approved - Fraternities --.:
first-year graduate study at 'an' 'All i
ll fraternities are ~approved
institution :ot the students' choices.
for social event.: today, and to,.
The applications for th , -se fellow -
morrow except 'Delta Sigma Phi
ships must be submitted before and Zeta Psi, which are approved
Oct. 31, van Ormer said. •
for tomorrow only, the Fraternal'
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE A f faVr. Office announced yecter
.Foundation awards apinoximato- day.
Will you leave these freedoms
to your children?
Mon have dial to kayo you thus* 4 symbols of hoidens!
A Holy Illblo—symbol of your right to worship as you wish
(Fir*, Arrouhdrooot, U S. Couttitutiort)
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'A door key—your right to lock your door against illegol gov
ernment force and prying. (Fourth Arnohdrosotr. U. S. Coottittelheithi
A pencil—freedom to speak or write iivhot you think, whether
you ogre* with the government or not. ,
frfst Amondiliont, U. S. Conslitiolool.
And a hue ballot—your right to choose the people who repro.
sent you in government—your protection against government
tyranny. • (A f ticts t , U. S. comithittest
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In half the world today. these symbols and the things
they stand for have been destroyed.
And Khrushchev says it can happen here. He boasts
that our children will live under socialism.
Unthinkable? Yes—but only so tong as America
guards its freedoMs well. Against threats that come from
inside our country, as well as from. the outside.
In these critical times you would think that all of
America's energies and financial resources should be
concentrated on strengthening our country's defense.
But there arc some people who would weaken this
effort through needless" government spending. For ci- k
ample, ;they want to use billions of your tax dollars to
put gol?ernment deeper into the electric power business.
Such spending is unnecessary because the Investor
owned electric light and power companies can supply all
the additional power a growing America will need.
Each time the government moves further into busi
ness—any business—it is another step on the road to
socialism. And socialism is one thing Americans do not
mean Us leave to their children—or grandchildren—desiiite
what Khrushchcv says.
WEST PENN POWER
bvstor-o!vnae, tax-paying---saving wEsrsrn PfHNsylvania
Van Omer. said that student!
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