Wearin' o' 4., the Green , G P I/Ae F Z I attg ),° Today's Weather Tottrgtatt Cloudy, continued nos • cold, light snow 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE' VOL. 50 - NO. 102 Fio4h .U:'Pcitri-Ponte Set Tonight Cabinet Vetoes Move To Block Granting of Charter to AKPsi Several Attack Motion, Vote Recorded 8 to 7 • By John Ashbrook A motion that All-College Cabinet go on record as posing the chartering of Alpha Kappa Psi was voted down eight to seven,' with six abstaining, at a meeting of the gov ernment body list night. Presented by Wilbert ,Roth,.representing the , board of publications, the motion was criticised by several Cabinet members. Robert Davis, president of the Association of Indepen dent Men, expressed the be lief that AKPsi should be given the opportunity to change the clause before some, future, date. George Oehmler, president of engineering student counci 1, claimed that such a move would require similar action against other chartered campus organi zations operating with member ship ,restrictions. Earlier in the session, Ted Allen proposed to Cabinet that a recom mendation for amendment of the recently approved policy on dis crimination within campus or ganizations. be- submitted• to the Senate Committee on Strident Welfare. Allen, all-college president, pre sented an amendment which would require all student or ganizations which restrict mem bership to "put into action 'a ,di rect effort through their respec tive organizational channels to eliminate restrictive member ship clauses." The 'proposed amendment. as presented by Allen: . and that all student or ganizations operating at the Penn sylvania State College with re strictive membership clauses shall put into. action a direct effort through their respective organi zational channels to eliminate re strictive membership - .clauses per taining to race, color or creed; and Organist To Give Schwab Recital Dorothy Cornell, graduate\ stu dent in music, will appear in an organ recital Sunday with Prof. Theodore K. Kaihan i . violinist, and Prof. Barry S. Brinsmaid, pianist. The recital will ..:take place in Schwab at 4 p.m.: Miss Cornell will present two chorale preludes, "In Thee ,Is Joy" and "0 Man Bewail Thy Grievous Sins," and'. Toccatta and Fugue in 13 minor, 'all by Bach. Other selections on her program are "In Summer" by Stebbins, "Chinoiserie" by Swin nen, and Mendelssohn's Sixth Sonata. Profs. Karhan and Brinsmaid will present Grieg's Sonata 111 in C minor for Violin and Piano. once each semester these organi zations shall submit a report of fare Committee. (And, that the organizations retaining such re strictive membership clauses on their efforts to the Student Wel- Nov. 1, 1954 shall have their.char ters revoked)." The discrimination issue was :exploded -- •ly this - -th vhe- Ted Allen the Senate Committee on Stu dent Welfare passed a motion to refuse a .charter to any new campus organization having re (Continued on page six) 'Father: Pleases. Theater Goers By L. D. GLADFELTER Players gave the red-headed Day family. of "Life• with Father" fame a sparkling going-O - Vai.list night before a: medium-sig . & bid appreciative. Schwab auditorium audience. , . It, was the first of three per fciiiiYances of, the Lindsay-Crouse comedy, and Players put it across with few snags although a few of the, plethora of gag lines got lost in•the rush.' '"—'' • Althotig;ll the audience was not literally "kept in• stiches,"` it was entertained pleasantly by the dizzy antics, of the family in its attempt to get the domineering father baptized - and into 'heaven. The cast uniformly was' of good quality and was handled, ably by Director Kelly Yeaton, running at a snappy pace through the sure fire hit— Ralph Johnson,• playing "Fath er" in his first role with Players, kept the show moving at all times and showed a decided improve ment over his adequate perform-. ance at the dress rehearsal. Giv ing an authentic physical impres sion of the head of the screwball household, he was in good voice for the task, a resonant twang in his voice adding power to his ex plosive expletives. Although he did not quite accomplish it, he was sufficiently convincing as a middle-aged man; he ' shifted STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1950 IFC Conducts Realistic Drive Against Theft Approximately twenty • frater ternity houses were entered and "robbed" in the small hours of the morning Wednesday night by well-coordinated teams whose plans went without a hitch. The project was instigated by the Interfraternity Council and conducted by IFC and student council representatives. Cards warning of inadequate theft pro tection were left in rooms and on bulletin boards, in a drive to make fraternities conscious of theft possibilities and to take steps to provide, adequate protec tion. Warnings The cards, which were slipped inside wallets, inserted in draw ers, atop tropheys, and on desks, read. • "You could have been fobbed last night. Let this be a warning that your .house does not have pro tection- against entrance and theft. Consider • -this -- fact for your own good." „ IFC representatives were ac companied by State College police officers who were called in on the plan to protect both the entering grciup and the houses: According to Jack Senior, nrFc. vice-presi dent„ no member of the group. was ever questioned although they were seen, wandering from room to room in several houses. According to Ted Allen, All-Col lege president, who accompanied the group, the idea. resulted from a like drive at the University of Colorado. At that time, however, articles were actually taken from houses. Owners were then re quested to pick them up at the police department. Allen suggested that fraterni ties might issue house keys to their members and lock the doors after a certain hour. moods easily enough and made "Father" seem fairly human after all. Bickerton Animated Giving an animated perform ance as ,"Vinnie," the mother; Jean. Bickerton epitomized Ralph Johnson cal, scatter-brained, but lovable femininity as contrasted with her hard-headed husband. Despite a tendency. to recite with her head in-the clouds occasionally, she re- WSGA Grants Frosh Extra One O'Clock Permission Today, besides being March 17 and St. Patrick's Day, is the day for the St. Patrick's Ball sponsored by the freshman class. Rec Hall is the place and 9 to 12 the time for this gal-bring-boy affair. The Statesmen will provide the music for the dance, proceeds of which go to the World StUdent Service Marion Whitely Five Day Week Still Undecided Returns from a recent study in dicate that the College faculty does not want Saturday, classes during the Fall semester, but neither does it want 'the disrupted schedules that would make a five day class week possible. Due to the indecision'of faculty members, the Scheduling Office has not yet decided the sequence of class hours which will go into effect in the fall. Present plans indicate that it will be the same as that used during the Spring semester. Ray V. Watkins, Scheduling Of ficer, said that the study will be continued to ascertain whether it will be possible to arrange the schedule in some way so that Saturday classes can be abandon ed. vealed her long experience with Players in the key spots, and maintained a sustained drive throughout. In the crucial scene at the end of act two, in which "Father" promises to be baptized in order to cheer her up during a serious illness, she brought to the play a rare moment of pathos. Both combined to make the family spat at the beginning of act three one of the most lively— and most life-like—of the entire play. The principles also displayed hair-trigger timing in a good many places, and Johnson played well to all members of the cast. As "Clarence," the oldest son, Sheldon Odland was well cast, fitting nicely into the role of a youngster who had just discover ed there really is some difference between boys and girls. He was slightly hampered by stiffness, but put his personality across em phatically with mobile expression and voice. Child Actor Engaging Of the four sons, young mas ter Louis Bell, a high-school pu pil, who played the youngest, was the most engaging, even though he had little to say; he brought an easy confidence and a true expression of childishness to the slim role. (Continued on page three) PRICE FIVE CENTS Fund. Tickets are now on sale at the Student Union at $1.20 a couple: WSGA authorized an extra 1 o'clock freshman permission for the dance, Marion Whitely, class president, announced last night. Granting of the extra late per mission is expected to give a tre mendous boost to ticket sales. These were lagging as the girls feared they would lose their Sat urday 1 o'clocks if they attended tonight's affair. Customs Theme In addition to the St. Patrick's Day theme, the girls are planning to carry through with a freshman customs theme. The color scheme of green and white will symbolize both the Irish day and freshman class color. This will be the first freshman class dance since 1946 when the farm system was inaugurated. Upperclassmen as well as fresh men may attend. Committees. Chairman Joan Yerger has an nounced the following commit tees: , Ways and Means: Sally Lowry and Elinor Forman; decorations: Prim Diefenderfer and Joyce Baer; co-chairmen, Elizabeth Ag new, Carla Christine, Ann Col lins, Dbnna Estabrook, Marjorie Fries, Marylee Goodman, Margar et Hepler, Betty Ann Healey, Jo Ann Hickey. Barbara Homan, Jo Hutchon, Jane Ifft, Betty Johnson, Sally Lou Jones, Joyce Kappes, Claire Knisely, Joanne Luyben, Joan Marolin, Barbara Marshall, Sally McMillian, Eloise Marshall, Mari lyn McComb, Ellen Milheim, Doris Miller, Terese Moslak, Sally Miller, Virginia Opoczenski, Joan O'Neill. Elsa Pasline, Kennetta Peters, Mary Reinoehl, Patricia Shaffer, Marnie Stanford, Marcy Taylor, Patricia Thompson, Ruth Tubbs, Nancy Thomas, Nancy White, and Barbara Wynn. Publicity: Sherry Sherman, chairman, Alma Miller, Marion Morgan, Margie See, Lucy Barr, and Doris Sher. Today . j ' - ,' , `, .;14.'n4 , r• , ;,,,....<§-:•• ' ‘•-, , mz A ~.,,: z* ,7 , .. • ......;..... ~ >..1 ~. • p • *, \2 .:, ; ,. t .....,...::, •*t.,\:, • , ''' :... • k re % • , . • '.*, , . , " . r ' , ‘'',.,•' ..Ati, 541,%.... ,. 5.,, , ,Z,\.,."‘, 1157 e, k ~. ' l ' L.,t Z i ' ,diea The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Madeline Gardner and Phyllis Vorsheim, finalists in the sweater girl contest. Felis leo nittanius throws out his chest with pride and emits auditory proof of his predatory might for the curvaceous cuties. Pert Miss Gardner, a viva cious brunette from Harrisburg. and also-brunette Miss Vor sheim from Philadelphia way are in the final-stretch compe tition for the Sweater Queen title, to be determined by popu lar vote in the next few days.
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