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"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..