S&tUj °45 on VOLUME 48—NUMBER 2 AA Distributes Away Game Applications Application blanks for student tickets to the Penn-Penn State and Pitt-Penn State football games away from home will be distributed at Recreation Build ing during registration today through Saturday, Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager of athletics, announced today. Under the regulations set down by the Athletic Association, each student may apply for no more than two tickets to each game, and the applications ac companied by cash, check, or money order must be returned October 4-5 for the Penn game, and October 28-29 for the Pitt game. The regulations point out that orders will be filled in numeri cal order, as received, and that if the student demand exceeds the allotment, the Athletic As sociation reserves the right to determine the manner of distri bution of the Student quota. For both games, reserved seats are priced at $3.90 each, tax in cluded. Dunaway Announces Tryouts For Thespian Alumni Show Thespian try-outs for actor®, singers and dancers for the annual Alumni Homecoming Weekend production will be held in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m. tomorrow, Jim Dunaway, Thespian public relations* director, announced. Most parts for the show were cast this slimmer in order to be gin rehearsals during Orientation Week. A few parts remain open, however, and must be cast* as soon as possible. Because only one month re mains before the production of the show on October 22 and 23, it is necessary that tomorrow’s try-outs be considered as almost final, Dunaway stressed. He fur ther mentioned that those persons not trying out at this scheduled time may not have the oportu nity to do so again. Rehearsal time is so limited that full prac tices must start immediately. Singers who wish to use their own music may’ bring it to try outs. Accompanists will be on hand to play for them. Students desiring to become members of any of the backstage crews for the production should leave their names with officials at the try-outs, Dunaway said. NSA Promotes Students Rights By Jane Fonracre Oite of the major national or ganizations on the Penn State campus is the National Student Association. American student leaders who attended the Prague meeting of the World Student Congress.returned convinced that a national organization of Amer ican students was needed to pro mote greater cooperation among our student bodies. After a preliminary conference at the University of Chicago in December," 1946, a Constitutional Convention was held at the Uni versity of Wisconsin in August, 1947. NSA became officially constituted July 1, 1948, and be gan to assume its responsibility in making a constructive contri bution to the educational com munity- of the United States and of the world. There are now 225 member colleges and uni versities with a total enrollment of nearly a million students. Some of the aims of the organ ization as expressed in the pre amble, to the constitution are “. . . to maintain academic free dom and student rights, to stim ulate and improve democratic student governments, to develop better educational standards . . . to guarantee to all people . . . equal rights and possibilities for primary, secondary, and higher education regardless of sex, race, religion, political belief or eco nomic circumstances . . .” The work of NSA is carried out on the regional and local cam pus level through a series of pro jects covering, student co-ops, credit cards, guidance work, orientation, student government, cultural activities, and the inter national exchange of students and student information. NSA, working through Penn State’s Student Government, can achieve its aims and purposes only when individual students actively assume their responsi bility in Working for the rights they seek. Daily Collegian The Daily Collegian's third Orientation Week edition will be published Friday morning and may be obtained by all students at Recreation Hall. Carbon Duplicates Bid Farewell To Blues Streamlined registration is be ing introduced at the College this Fall. Two simple forms will now take the place of the usual stack of cards and blanket forms used in previous years. No longer will it be necessary to copy and recopy identical in formation on the blanket regis tration form. The new system employs carbon paper to make duplicate records where neces sary. There are only two forms be ing used this fall. One is the personnel form which will only be filled out once in a student’s college career. The other form is the schedule form which must be filled out each semester. The simplification of forms was made possible in great meas ure by the change of the statisti cal offices of the college to a dif ferent type of business machine. Leaving nothing to chance, the office of the scheduling officer has even provided smooth writ ing surfaces with each form, so that every carbon will be perfect. Minors in Bars Liable to Fine Minors who misrepresent their age in order to secure alcoholic beverages will be subject to a fine of $lOO or 30 days in jail ac cording to a Pennsylvania law, the Dean of Men’s office remind ed students. Any student attempting to purchase intoxicating beverages whose age is doubted by the proprietor will be asked to fill out and sign a card swearing that he is at least 21 years old. The student’s voting registration number or matriculation num ber must also be given. A wit ness must also sign that card. The cards will be kept on file in the establishment and checked with the proper authorities from time to time. Even students with identification showing them to be of age may be asked to sign the cards. The law was invoked last Spring against a student of the College. Vet Registration Veterans Administration of ficials remind all veterans that they must report to the base ment of Carnegie Hall after they complete the College registration to fill out VA forms necessary for subsistence pay ments. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1948 Sophomores to Select Officers In Early November Class Elections Sophs Pioneer Card Cheering A special “animated card” cheering section, an innovation at Penn State this year, will be organized and directed by the cheerleading squad, according to William Bonsall, head cheerlead er. Sophomores will be given the opportunity to pioneer the ven ture during its first and most difficult year. Announcements of the time and place for volun teering will be made in the Col legian next week. Brilliant blue and white cards have been ordered by the Men’s Athletic Association. The best sophomore section, section L in the east stands, will be reserved for the rooters. Similar card rooting sections in the West and South-West have been particularly successful, and are considered among the uni versities’ most-honored activities and cherished traditions. Bonsall will also call for vol unteers to assist with the large amount of necessary preparatory work, gluing cards together and typing instructions. It is doubt ful whether the cards will arrive in time for the Bucknell game, according to Harold R. “Ike” Gil bert, graduate manager of athle tics. All-College Cabinet Directs Student, College Relations Student government at the College, directed by All-College Cabinet, coordinates all activities between the student body and the administration. Membership of Cabinet consists of the All-College president. William Lawless; Donald Little, vice-president; and Edmund Wal acacage, secretary-treasurer. In cluded in class officers serving in the cabinet are Terry Ruhlman. senior class president, and Rob ert Wine, junior class president. O t her mera an d Fmxnsics, presidents of In terfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and Independent Student Council. Deans of Men and Women, Alumni Association Secretary, Student Union manager are ex officio members of cabinet. Al though not entitled to vote, these members may participate in cabi net discussions. All-College Cabinet meets bi weekly in 201-Old Main, and whenever important items need immediate attention. Matters of student interest are handled at the meetings according to parlia mentary rule. Motions fee made and seconded bv cabinet mem-'f - ... b e r s , discussed, -Jt by anyone pres-* W' t . ,1 ent and then re-f ferred to com-i m mittees for special rep o r t.HL-r f hR After being '*4l led for later JBjt cussion, the mo-' tions are votedv upon, with a majority vote Little necessary to car ry or defeat a motion. All-College president sends the motion to the College authorities to get action on cabinet legisla tion. If the administration is sole ly interested, a letter of resolu- McLain Urges Careful Choice In Campus Parly Affiliation Sophomore elections are tentatively scheduled fo r the first week m November, according to William McLain t All-College elections committee chairman, although no definite dates have yet been an- Players Plan Arena r Auditorium Plays Players, College dramatic so ciety, has plans for an extremely busy year in presenting three arena productions and five audi torium productions, according to Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the Dramatics department. Tickets to arena productions were in such demand last year that the shows will be presented on both Friday and Saturday nights, instead of only Saturday as carried out last year. Players plan to begin the first arena production, an old-fashion ed melodrama, November 5. In cidental songs and dances of the period will be presented through out the show. “Skin of Our Teeth", a comedy by Thorton Wilder, will be the; first of the auditorium plays and is scheduled to be given in Schwab Auditorium on Novem ber 11, 12, and 13. Two other (Continued on page three l 1 1ion is prepared or All-College I president takes the problem di- Irectly to the President’s office. A committee is usually selected to handle affairs of purely stu dent interest. A cabinet member is in charge of the committee. Among the committees or cab inet are Co-op committee, which is urging student body buy school su plies through student run and open ed by the s ( dents; Sludei Union Commi tee, attempt] to set up a n< student building in tl near future, , CORE, an or- Walacavage ganization set up to improve re lationships among the students, regardless of race; Student Em ployment committee, which is helping needy students get part time work; Hetzel Memorial com mittee, which is planning to honor the late President of the College through a student me morial; Sunday Entertainment committee, which is attempting additional student activities ori Sundays; and the Student Safety committee, which is checking on student hazards about the cam pus. In the past cabinet has super vised All-College dances, the vot ing of surplus funds to Student Union and similar activities Business Candidates Sophomore and transfer stu dents interested in membership on the business staff of the Daily Collegian should'atlend a meeting in 8 Carnegie Hall at 7:00 p.m. October 4, Vance Klepper, business manager, has announced. "A college education is not complete with book study alone," he pointed out. The business staff of the Daily Col legian will train you for circu lation, advertising. lay out, copywriting, selling, promotion, and general office procedure. "The Daily Collegian is the biggest busings run entirely by students of the College," PRICE FIVE CENTS flounced The newcomers will elect a pre sident, vice-president, and secre tary-treasurer for their class at that time, with the successful presidential candidate becoming the class representative on All- College Cabinet. McLain advised that sopho mores should look around and choose carefully before becoming affiliated with one of the campus political cliques. At the present time there are two factions vying for campus power—the State party and the Lion party. Both fraternity and independ ent students are represented in both parties. Occasionally an other clique is started but rarely do more than two parties survive the contest for election. Elections in November are for students registered in the third or fourth semester only, while All-College elections are held each spring. All sophomores and transfer students may become active in campus politics by becoming af filiated with a political party, at tending clique meetings and working on the various publicity and campaign committees. All Sophs Eligible Any sophomore student is eli gible to be a candidate in the forthcoming election providing he has an All-College average of “1” and is a candidate of a cam pus clique which is officially recognized by the All-College elections committee. The All-College elections com mittee, appointed by the All- College president, has complete jurisdiction over the campaigns and elections. Voting rules and penalties are contained in an elections code. At present the State party is in power, holding 11 of the 12 elect ed offices. The Lion party, organ ized early last spring, will be en tering its second contest. Power Station Adds Machines Two 1500 KVA three-phase transformers were placed in ser vice this week at the College power plant, as part of a $679,- 728.39 improvement program un dertaken to meet the increased demand for electricity brought about by the current expansion of the College. The transformers, housed in a 20x35 foot addition to the plant, are connected by underground cable with the West Penn Power Co. station at E. College avenue and Pine street. This connection will increase the capacity for ex changing electricity between the College and West Penn. Plans for installing a condenser with a 5000 kilo-volt-ampere (KVA) turbo-generator necessi tated the drilling of two wells in the power plant area. A 360-foot well on the east side of the power plant and another well on its south lawn have been completed. Water from these wells will be used with the new condenser, which should be in stalled in December or January, Mr. Sigworth said. Among other recent purchases (Continued on page eight) Student Employment Students desiring part-time employment should register in the student employment office at the TUB (Temporary Union Building), according to Allan W, Reese, in charge of student employment.
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