Siturdey, June 24, 1972
B.S.U. choir To Perform May
by Debra Young
The Black Student Union
Choir will perform at today's
graduation ceremonies. The
Choir will present a program of
contemporary songs.
The B.S.U. Choir was formed
in the past year and is directed
by Miss Carol Sims, a senior at
Capitol Campus. Miss Sims
usually conducts the group while
simultaneously accompanying
on the piano. Under the
advisorship of Dr. Winston
Richards, the Choir has
performed at many festivities in
Harrisburg and surrounding
areas.
The purpose of the Choir is to
promote harmony, peace and
understanding through song. The
songs it sings are expressions of
identity, brotherhood and love.
The Choir has carried with them
on concert tours to Millersville
State, Mansfield State, Lebanon
Valley College and University
Park.
Theater class Presents PEER GM
by R. W. Bonaker
On June 7th and Bth,
Capitol's Humanities Class
499-H presented Henrik Ibsen's
PEER GYNT. The drama was
adapted from the original script
by the play's director, Anthony
Arms.
Tom Ogden portrayed Peer, in
the lead role. Other standout
performers included Mary K.
Fager as Ase, Peer's mother.
Mark Chanin adequately
portrayed the Troll King and
Carl Judy played Prof.
Begriffenfeldt, a man who
headed a lunatic asylum in Paris.
The play began on a country
road in Norway on a spring
morning in the nineteenth
century. Ogden, as Peer,
displayed excellent acting ability
in displaying the many moods of
Peer. The moods ranged from
frenzy to melancholy. Miss
Fager was the very essence of
the old hag Mrs. Gynt. As it
happens, Peer is a bit of a
dreamer and a story-teller, and is
the laughing stock of the valley.
He further proves his
foolishness during a wedding at
Hegstad Farm. Thoroughly
embarrassed, he runs off, vowing
to return a famous man. That
night, he goes into the
mountains where he encounters
the Troll King's daughter,
portrayed by Janis June. The
ensuing scene, not just a mere
figment of Peer's imagination,
finds him nearly beaten to death
by the frenzied trolls.
Peer returns home after his
narrow escape and finds his
mother on her deathbed. Ase
Gynt dies after a tearful
goodbye scene. Peer is really
crushed by his mother's death.
He then leaves home to seek his
fortune.
Scholarship Awardee
The ET Scholarship
Committee recently met and
screened applications for the
above mentioned grant.
This stipend is awarded to a
junior in the EDET or MDET
programs who has exhibited
both excellence and need.
Although ALCOA has not
indicated that this is a
continuing grant we have now
received it for two consecutive
years and are hopeful that it
may become traditional.
The Committee's selection for
1972-73 is Gregory Lese, a
junior in EDET from Allegheny.
He has a 3.78 GPA here at
Capitol and is a member of the
student chapter of PSPE in
addition to other activities.
The B.S.U. Choir recently
gave a concert on campus
June 9th. Earlier this term,
members of the choir performed
in a talent show which played
before packed houses in the
auditorium for two consecutive
nights. The groups repertoire
includes such popular songs as
"People Make the World Go
Round", "Together, Let's Find
Love", and many more.
The members of the Choir
who will perform today include:
Joyce Akins, Terrie Aycox,
Steve Berry, James Blue, Lois
Brockington, Helen Brown,
Brenda Colston, Jocelyn Combs,
LaVerne Conley, Joyce Cooper,
Ron Edwards, Delores Garrison,
Gregory Garth, Evon Golphin,
Donald Hilliard, Leroy Howe,
Debbie Johnson, Michael Jones,
Nadine Palmer, Jarian Reed,
Valerie Sims, Elaine Teasel,
Kenneth Williams, Patrica
Williams, Richard Willis, Debra
Young and the leader, Carol
Sims.
After the intermission, we
discover that 20 years
have passed. The scene is a cafe
in Morocco where the audience
is treated to a tantilizing dance
by Susan Dako. It seems as
though Peer has indeed become
a wealthy man one who exerts
power and influence.
The scene shifts to a lunatic
asylum in Paris. The rowdy
actions of the lunatics threw the
audience into an uproar.
Unfortunately, the antics of the
performers upstaged the main
actors, and it was hard to hear
the dialogue. The same
unfortunate circumstance
occurred in the troll scene where
the trolls upstaged the central
figures.
Twenty years after the scene
in Paris, Peer is on board a ship
in the North Sea, bound home
for Norway. His fortune has all
but vanished and he is a broken
down old man. An eerie figure
from the past haunts him
continually on the voyage,
reminding of past failures and
the uncertainity of the future.
Peer returns home to find that
nothing is the same. He is again
followed by the spirit as well as
background voices. But he meets
his long lost love Solveig, who is
played by Cheryl Boyes. The
presentation ends with the
weeping Peer, safely in his
lover's arms.
The production was well
worth seeing, a tremendous
tribute to the cast and everyone
affiliated in any manner with the
play. Mr. Arms and Tom Ogden
should be singled out for a job
well done and a tremendous
effort.
Anderson
Receives
Grant
Prof. Jay A. Anderson has
received a research initiation
grant to study the ethnography
of yeoman foodways in
Sixteenth Century England.
Twenty-four other University
faculty members received similar
grants from a fund approved by
President John W. Oswald for
"the encouragement and support
of research and other creative
work."
An ad hoc committee
appointed R.G. Cunningham,
Vice President for Research and
Graduate Studies, received and
reviewed 144 proposals,
rejecting all but 25. The grant
provides between $2,000 and
$5,000.
THE CAPITOLIST
McDermott Talks With Students
by R. W. Bonaker
On Tuesday, June 6, Provost
Robert E. McDermott met with
students in the Gallery Lounge
to give his impressions of his
fast few months at the helm of
Capitol Campus.
Before fielding questions from
those in attendance, Dr.
McDermott talked about a
recent poll concerning public
trust of decision makers. "In the
last few years, the parameters of
professionals in higher education
have been questioned. We have
entered a new period; one which
members of my generation don't
fully understand. When I was an
undergraduate, if the skies
weren't grimy, it meant that the
men weren't working. It took
your generation to see the
light," he stressed.
Yet he sees contradictions in
today's students. He attributes
such fallacies to the lack of
alternatives available to young
people in today's complex
society. McDermott is also of
the opinion that much of
today's classroom teaching
dwells too much on theory; that
it is abstract and is limited in
outside experience.
He commends the faculty and
administration at Capitol for
keeping the educational process
open-ended. He spoke of the
ssibility of establishing
Capitol as a modular institution,
perhaps eventually going to
course loads of six week
subjects, 10 weeks, some 14
weeks. He would also like to see
easier procedures for withdrawal
and re-admission. Though the
proposals are "hypothetical,
they are examples on how we
can relax the structure of higher
education," he says. It is all part
of his plan to have more
part-time undergraduates, more
XGl's and more women
admissions, especially ladies who
are over 35.
The provost wants to see
more research done here. "I also
want to see more student action
in decision making in all fields,"
he emphasizes.
Of particular interest to all
students is the issue of degree
nomenclature changes. Many
students would like to see the
degree read 'bachelor of arts'
instead of 'bachelor of social
science', etc. McDermott
believes that such changes can be
made by the winter term in
time for next year's graduating
class. At the same time, he may
push for a name change of this
school. "A possibility could be
Penn State at Harrisburg," but
he stresses that such a move is
only a tentative consideration.
He is pushing for the
establishment of a Board of
Visitors, an organization which
will push for Capitol's interests
in decisions at University Park.
He hopes that it will be set up
by September.
When quizzed about the
quality of the grading system at
Capitol, he responded,
"Universities have tended to
gxade easier in the past few
years," but he didn't see
anything particularly wrong with
that. He did, however, propose
that at the conclusion of an
academic career, all students
take the Graduate Record
Exams as a true test of scholastic
achievement. He also pointed
out that college grades "usually
are not a true indication of a
person's ability. Studies in the
last 20 years have shown that
there is little correlation
between grades and corporate
levels of achievement."
McDermott sees more
independence for Capitol now
that it has achieved
"autonomy." But until "we can
generate our own steam," the
campus cannot be truly
independent. Capitol must
display an ability to procure its
own revenue to achieve such an
independence. "But this state is
broken, I kid you not," the
provost replied.
McDermott related that the
admissions office is having
difficulty in filling its enrollment
quota for the fall term. The
projected total undergraduate
enrollment for that time is
1,800. He gave as a reason
Capitol's lack of a
comprehensive academic
program; Capitol has a limited
number of courses. "We have
reached the end of available
resident housing at any point.
We need more buildings; the
library is a top priority," he said.
"A more effective alumni
association could go a long way
toward promoting a better
campus", he continued.
The provost elaborated on his
extensive trip to Germany,
where he spent the better part of
April on business in Heidleberg.
He went to Europe to lay the
groundwork for a Penn State
extension course program that
will offer advanced degrees to
United States military personnel.
Mathematics and differential
equations, courses in business,
international relations, and the
American impact will be offered.
The program is tentatively
scheduled to begin by Autumn,
1973.,
As was previously stated,
McDermott favors increased
student participation, especially
on joint student-faculty
committees. "But, as it is with
each new administration, it takes
about a year to get something
done. We are now progressing to
take actions on many areas of
student concern," he ventured.
One of the more prominent
areas of student concern are
campus regulations which
prohibit pets and alcoholic
Final SGA M
by R. W. Bonaker
The final Student
Government Association
meeting of the academic year
took place on Monday, June 12.
Mike Dini, newly elected
President of the SGA, presided
over the Senate conference in
the auditorium.
Senators Elyse Paul and Judy
LePere were sworn into office.
Harry Franzreb took the oath as
Chief Justice of the Student
Court. Sam Randazzo, Rick
Jordan and Larry Olexa are the
new senior justices.
The newly appointed Finance
Committee, chaired by Treasurer
Tom Dixon, had a full slate of
business. Among its actions were
final allocations to several
campus organizations. After an
impromptu meeting, the
committee approved a summer
budget for the University
Apartments organization. The
committee report was approved
by the Senate.
Marc Cohen, manager of
WZAP, the campus radio station,
and Dini were approved as
student representatives on the
Campus Faculty Council for the
1972-73 academic year.
Most of the chairmanships of
the SGA standing committees
were also filled. Ron Edwards
was designated Chairman of the
Election Committee. Tom Dixon
heads the Finance Committee.
Others include: Judy LePere,
Charter Review; Mark Israel and
Stan Escher, Public Relations;
beverages in campus residence
areas. He implied that he did not
foresee any change in the
current pet policy when he
stated, "we are governed by a
system comprised of over
48,000 students. What if a dog
bit a mail carrier. The University
would be sued." As for alcohol,
no changes can be made "until
there are changes in any state
regulations."
McDermott continually
stressed the need of money to
make Capitol Campus a truly
effective institution of higher
learning. "If this place is really
going to fly, we are going to
need more money. We need
more classrooms, labs and
library space. We have enough
talent here to justify such a
program to independently gain
revenue," he said.
The provost explained why
"autonomy" is such a vital
factor in establishing courses of
study. "It cuts down the red
tape in starting new courses.
With 'autonomy', we can
institute new degree programs
and can make degree changes.
Separate accredidation is also
included in the package. One
important thing to remember is
that in no way are we financially
independent from main
ca mp u s." However, with
"autonomy", he sees "no
inclination for Capitol to go to
four status."
In conclusion, the provost
believes that our educational
program will now rise or fall on
its merits. The chief executive of
the campus provided an
interesting look into campus
problems and what he is doing
about them.
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Spicher, Teacher/Course
Evaluations; John Sheridan and
Ray Nearhood, Social
Committee; Vice President Max
Brady, Constitutional Revision
Committee. Other positions
remain open. Dini also formed
an ad hoc President's Advisory
board which consists of many
campus organization leaders.
The Senate approved Dini's
recommendation to establish a
communications center in the
SGA office. Mailboxes and other
materials will be set up on a
table in the outer office.
Organizations and SGA
personnel will receive their mail
there instead of the Student
Activities Office as is done now.
The cost of the operation is not
to exceed $35.
The SGA discussed proposals
for fall term orientation week.
Many activities are being
planned and a committee was
formed under the auspices of the
Office of Academic Services.
The Senate passed a motion
which would require the
administration to pay for the
activities.
Dini announced that a
leadership conference for
Capitol students will be held
Sept. 8, 9 and 10. The tentative
site is Stone Valley, a camp near
University Park. Campus
personnel will be notified over
the summer as to the exact
details of the conference.