'All My Sons ElatigTotirgtatt Take OA Tonight W :O "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE " VOLUME 48-NUMBER 67 Players Open Broadway Hit, 'All My Sons' Players will inaugurate the 1949 drama season with the open ing performance of "All My Sons" in Schwab auditorium at 8 p.m. today. Tickets for tonight's show, priced at 60 cents, tax inchided, are still available at Student Union. Admission tickets may al so be purchased at the door im mediately prior to curtain time. "All My Sons," written by Ar thur Miller and directed by War ren Smith boasts a distinguished record prior to its first College showing tonight. The show ran on Broadway for over a year, and Hollywood made it into a film starring Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster. It also received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1946-47 as the ,best play of the season of American authorship. Guilt Central Theme Central theme of the play is the guilt hanging'over Joe Keller, wealthy manufacturer, who has been indicted and acquitted on the charge of selling defective cylinders to the Army Air Force, causing the death of 21 pilots. Miller has attempted to show how this guilt blights the lives of Joe's family, his wife and son, as well as his son's sweetheart, her birother, and father. Portman Paget, veteran Schwab performer, is cast in the starring role of Joe. Another experienced player, Francine Toll, plays Kate, Joe's faithful wife. Only other cast members who have had prior experience in Players' shows are Annette Cher noff, who portrays Ann, sweet heart of Joe's son; Max McMillen, cast as an amateur horologist who lives next door; and Richard Campbell, 10 year old boy, who Businessman Denies Intention To Set Up Men's Parcel Service A State College businessman denied recently that he had in tended to set up a parcel post service for the men's dormitories. He had hoped to establish a similar service for the women's dormitories. The men's service was temporarily disrupted last week, after the businessman had reportedly stated his desire to establish a parcel service for the men's dorms. Service was reinstalled quickly and an investigation was launched into means of continuing it William Gross, supervisor of men's dormitories, said yesterday that the investigation into con tinuance of the service was still in progress , Women mailing laundry cases and other parcels must carry them to the State College post office, while men living in the Nittany and Pollock Circle dorm itories have their parcels taken to the post office from Dorm 20. Jay Shows Film On Olympic Skiing John Jay, official photographer for the Winter Olympic games in Europe, presented and comment ed upon his film, 'Skis Over Eur ope,' in the high school auditor ium Tuesday evening. The first reel of the color film was a dramatic presentation of the events at the Winter Olympic Games at St. Moritz. In the sec ond reel, John Jay took the audi ence on a touring trip through th e Swiss Alps into Italy. The complete attention of the audience of 400 during the film was distracted only when John Jay, with his dry humor, had the audience laughing. Only disappointment expressed occurred at the end of the film when the audience was trans ferred from Alpian snow fields to the reality of the bare concrete of State Collage. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1949 Annette Chernoff, Richard Campbell, Eleanor Williamson and Francine Toll, principals . of "All My Sons," pictured in a rehearsal scene fills the role of the kid across the street. The remainder of the cast will be making their debut before the Schwab footlights. One of the outstanding new comers is Charles Williams, who, in the part of Chris, Joe's 'son, will be playing one of the leads in this, his first Players' role. Another new face to College dramagoers will be Maurice Deitch, a young man for whom Director Smith predicts a great LA Council Plans Faculty Rating The Liberal Arts Student Coun cil has initiated a new teacher rating system according to Rob ert Keller, chairman of the LA Student-Faculty Relations Com mittee• Under this new system all LA students are asked to turn any recommendations or complaints concerning LA professors over to council or any council member. The name of the professor will be noted and students in his classes will be contacted. If the recom mendation is supported by a jus tifiable group it will be consid ered valid. All valid recommendations will be considered by the LA Student Council, sitting as a committee of the whole. The professor con cerned will be notified by a small delegated committee from the council. If it appears necessary the recommendation will be present ed to the Dean of the Liberal Arts School. Keller stressed the fact that the committee is designed to be an aid to the professors, not a wea pon to be used against them. Not at any step is the action intended to be immediate or drastic. The purpose i s not that of revenge but to rectify a misunderstanding between students and their pro fessors. All students' names will be kept anonymous and no results of the investigation will b e pub lished- Colleg e dramatic future. Deitch will be seen as George, Ann's em bittered brother. Madeline Gardner, Steve Peri alas and Eleanor Williamson will also make their dramatic debut when the curtain goes up on "Sons" at 8 o'clock. Tickets for tomorrow's and Saturday's performances of the play are still available at Student Union for $1 including tax. Only 800 seats are available for each showing. News Briefs Graduate Record Exam Graduate Record Examinations will next be given February 7 and 8, according to Dr. A. R. Grove. Applicants should regis ter in 210 Buckhout Laboratory before January 20. Phys Ed Swim Physical Education students, faculty and wives are invited to a swim at the Glennland pool from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.today by Lakonides and Phi Epsilon Kap pa, Physical Education honorar ies. Games and refreshments will feature the affair. Liebig Chemical Society Election of officers, discussion of graduate work, and refresh ments will form the program of the Liebig Chemical Society at its meeting in 105 Frear Lat. at 7:30 p.m• today. ASME Two sound films related to manufacturing methods will be presented at the semester's last meeting of the student branch of the American Society of Mechan ical Engineers in 219 Electrical Engineering at 7 p.m. today. Graduating seniors will receive information on transferring to Junior Membership. Collegiate Zionists The local chapter of the Inter collegiate Zionist Federation of America recently elected Bernard Bezar president. Shirley Feld man was elected vice-president and Renee Lightstone, secretary. The chapter will meet at the Hill el Foundation at 2:30 p.m. Sun day. Medical College Exam Medical Coll e g e Admission tests of the Association of Ameri can Medical Colleges will be giv en February 7. Applicants should register before January 18 in 210 Buckhout Labwitary. Cabinet to Appoint Spring Week Planners The first concrete action on the proposed Penn State "Sprint Week" will blossom forth tonight when All-College Cabinet appoints a committee to make plans for this project. In its first 1949 meeting, in 201 Old Main at 8 p.m., Cabinet will also hear reports from the keep-off-the-grass committee, the Co-op Board of Control and National Student Association. Cabinet discussed various phases of the spring celebration pro. posal at its last session before Christi gas, when George Chap man, president' of Interfraternit3 Council, outlined tentative plans William Lawless, All-College . president, at that time advisec caution in handling publicity fm the affair, tentative dates fen which are March 31 through Ap ril 2. NAACP Holds Rally Tonight The appearance of students from five Pennsylvania colleges and the proprietor of a non-dis criminatory barber shop in Buck nell will spark a rally to be held by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple ix 401 Old Main at 7:30 p.m. today. NAACP's national youth sec retary, Ruby Hurley, will also speak, and a singer of Negro folk music will perform. Student representatives will at tend the rally from the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, Temple UniVersity, Bucknell University, Lafayette College, and a Wil liamsport college. Conducted Picketing Originator of the December boycott of State College barber shops, NAACP conducted picket ing of the shops for one week be fore Christmas vacation. Shortly after the resumption of classes, picketing was suspended to allow new attempts at nego tiation to proceed unhindered. Some 21 organizations on and off campus have endorsed the NAACP stand, including All- College Cabi n e t, Penn State Christian Association, and Nit tany Dorm council. These and the other 18 groups supporting the drive to eliminate racial discrimination from town barber shops signed a statement distributed by NAACP, and read ing: "We, of the , realizing the existence of racial discrimi nation in the practice of State College barber shops, do con demn such discrimination as being undemocratic and op posed to the best interests of America, and do hereby whole heartedly endorse and pledge support to the present program being carried out by the Penn State chapter of the NAACP:* Other signers are Alpha Epsi lon Pi, Alpha Rho Omega, Beta Sigma Rho, Cody Manor Lions Club, College Cooperative Soci ety, Eta Kappa Nu, Friends So ciety, Phi Sigma Sigma, Pi Lambda Sigma, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Delta Tau, students of Simpson College (Iowa). Union- Northumberland Civil Rights Committee, Westminster Founda tion, Young Friends and Young Progressives of America. Vets To Receive Last Book Refund The third and final refund for veterans book checks will be available in the bursar's office on Saturday. Richard H. Baker, coordinator of veteran's affairs, is moving his office from 308 Old Main to the basement, effective today. March of Dimes The Campus March of Dimes campaign will open tomorrow, according to Dr. Arthur L. Harn ett, campaign director. Barbell Club Officers will be elected at the meeting of the Penn State Bar bell Club on the balcony of Rec Hall at 7:30 p.m. today. Ag Ec Club "Meet the Ladies" night, with all married members invited to bring their wives, will be the theme of the meeting of the Ag Ec Club at the Alpha Zeta house at 7:30 p.m. today. Officers will be elected Woothen Cloudy and Snow Flurries PRICE FIVE CENTS The grass committee has placed signs at strategic points urgin4 students to use the walks provid ed, and Tuesday announced plant for additional walks and shrub bery which, when carried out will eliminate three of the worst "grass crossings." The Co-op report is expected to reveal a name for the book ex change store scheduled to oPer in the TUB by early February. An NSA representative will tell of the events at December's con vention in Reading, attended by delegates from 36 colleges and universities. Other items on Cabinet's agen da include appointment of twc members to the All-College El ections committee and one mem ber to Tribunal. Best Lion Coats To Win Prizes Prizes of $5, $4, and $1 will go to the seniors wearing the best decorated Lion coats at a mixer in White .1-lalt Saturday after. noon. Dancing to the musk ad Jack Huber's orchestra will continue from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Refresh ments will be served and no ad mission will be charged. Lion coats may still be pur chased at Student Union for $1.95. President Terry Ruhlman has scheduled a senior class meeting for Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Suggestions for the class gift and the method of sel ecting it top the agenda, he said. Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ Congress Consideis Salary Raise Today WASHINGTON The indica tion was yesterday that the bill to increase top federal salaries would include only those of the president, vice- president, and speaker of the house. The meas ure, scheduled for consideration today, would increase the presi dent's salary by $25,000. Marshall Plan WASHINGTON Europe does not expect Marshall Plan aid to continue after mid-1952, accord ing to an official of the program yesterday. He pointed out that Europe's troubles would not be over by that time, but that the United States was not expected to provide an additional $3 bil lion to help out. Civil Rights Question WASHINGTON—Both the ad ministration and a group of Southern senators considered the question of civil rights legislation yesterday. At the same time that President Truman announp,gd the formulation of bills to carry out his proposals, the senators were mapping strategy for their de feat, with the filibuster cited as the probable weapon. White Supremacy ATLANTA—Georgia's Govern or Herman Talmadge has issued a call for a new white supremacy program in Georgia. His follow ers yesterday introduced a four point program to the Georgia legislature, calling for a reim position of the state poll tax pre viously outlawed..
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