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VOL. 51 —No. 54
AIM Postpones
On Assessment
The AIM board of governors voted last night to postpone con
sideration of the proposed increase in the Daily Collegian assess
ment until next week. The vote was ten to four.
The assessment will be discussed next Wednesday. .
The motion to postpone consideration was made by Paul Kulp,
an alternate representative of the West dorm council. Kulp pointed
out that Nittany dorm council
had taken no action on the mat
ter and that the West dorm coun
cil had voted to instruct the
AIM all-College cabinet repre
sentative to vote against the as
sessment unl.ess a student refer
endum is held.
Before this, Thomas Durek,
president of the West dorm coun
cil, reported the action of his
group to the board. Durek added
that the action of the West dorm
council had been prompted by
the question: “What right does
Cabinet have to levy an assess
ment?”
NS A Arranges
Holiday Busses
For Students
The National Student associa
tion has arranged with the Grey
hound bus lines for 16 express
busses which will leave State
College for various points in the
state on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Ed
ward Shanken, chairman of the
transportation committee, . an
nounced yesterday.
Four busses will go to Pitts
burgh stopping only for a fifteen
minute rest period. Three busses
will be express as far as Altoona,
and then will continue on to
Pittsburgh making- all scheduled
stops.
Three busses will leave for
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and
another three will make a non
stop trip to Philadelphia. The
final three busses will stop in
Harrisburg and then travel non
stop to New York City.
All reservations must be made
for these busses by 10 p.m. Dec.
18. The. tickets will be sold at
list price and may be used at
any time within sixty days in
case you cancel your reservation.
They can also be turned in at
any time for full refund of pur
chase price. Greyhound asks that
-you buy tickets as soon as pos
siWe.
Seats are reserved .on these
busses, but they are not assigned.
This means that there is a seat
for each- reservation made, but
that you may sit anywhere you
choose.- \
The National Student, associa
tion is trying to arrange for
special busses for all vacations,
away games, ■ and big weekends.
Might Get Lab,
Hammond Says
. Harry P. Hammond, dean of the
School of Engineering, yesterday
denied a story in this week’s Cen
tre. Democrat that the College has
been ruled out- as a possible site
for an $ll million, quartermaster
research laboratory.
The Democrat, a weekly paper
in Bellefonte, quotes an unnamed
“official of the Defense depart
ment’s research and development
board” as saying , the Campus site
had been eliminated because it
did not meet housing and water
supply requirements.
Dean Hammond, in refuting the
story, said, “While the College is
not among the. leading sites in
consideration because of the
transportation; problem, no deci
sion has yet been reached by the
research and development board.”
The possibility that the College
might get the lab was revealed
last April 28, in a statement from
James Van Zandt, Congressional
representative from this district.
At. that time Van Zandt said t.he
College was “a front runner” for
the site because of its location in
a mountain area. He said it was
important to place the lab away
from large population centers be
cause of th e danger of atomic
bomb attack.
Frosh Permissions
Freshmen women have been
granted a 12 and a 1 o’clock
permission to. be used either
night this weekend, according
to Barbara Sprenkle, W S G A
president
By MAHV KRASNANSKY
Stanley Degler, an ex-officio
member of the board, pointed
out that cabinet does not have
the power to levy an assessment.
It only has the authority to
recommend one, he said. Final
approval rests with the board of
trustees., ,
In the view of the misinforma
tion presented to the West dorm
council as well as other, circum
stances, Kulp moved that con
sideration be postponed one
week.
A project committee report
recommending, among other
things, a dating code for the
West dorms was approved, as
was an AIM-sponsored Christmas
carol sing on Dec. 17.
An informational reading of
the budget was held. The budget,
calling for expenditure of $2500
by AIM during the current year,
will come up for a final vote
next week.
Richard Mills, chairman of the
social committee, reported that
the recent AIM-Phi Sigma -Sig
ma dance had netted $3OO for
the rheumatic fever fund.
Hillel To Celebrate
Chanukah At Party
Hillel will sponsor a party to
celebrate Chanukah this Satur
day evening after the basket
ball game at the Hillel foun
dation. The' party, open to all,
will feature games, . songs, re
freshments, and dancing. Natalie
Adler and Stanley Myers, social
co-chairmen, are managing the
affair.
Players Cautious
Before Production.
Nick Morkides, an old-timer on the Schwab-Center stage cir
cuit who plays “Harry” in “Time of Your Life,” uses his national
ity to ward off stage fright.
As Nick is about to go on he looks in a mirror, throws out his
chest, grits his teeth, and shouts, “Oh, you Greek, you!”
Hence no stage fright.
Whether or not an actor 15 a
slave to superstition on opening
nights is a question brought up
occasionally, and one for which
the cast of “Time of Your Life”
has an answer —it all depends.
With “Time” beginning its be
lated run at Center stage Friday
night, cast members with pet ec
centricities are shining them up
for the event, while others stat&
they have no temperamental
quirks at all.
Take Howard Mason and
Charles Schulte for example, both
of whom have important roles.
Mason always wears the same
shirt in every play, usually un
der his costume, although this
may not be necessary in “Time”
since the play takes place in 1939-1
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1950
Vote
Rise
Degler Replies
Russell E. Clark
Two Students
Barred From
Thompson Hall
Two residents of Thompson
hall were locked out of their
room yesterday pending expla
nation of destruction of property
in their room.
Russell E. Clark, director of
housing, locked the two men,
Paul Kichline and Carl Reynolds,
both freshmen, out of their room,
229 Thompson, on charges of des
troying College property.
Clark and F. E. Robinson, key
supervisor of the physical plant
department, were told by house
keepers in Thompson, that the
bedding in room 229 was found
hanging out of the window. The
housekeepers also reported that
one bed frame was found in the
wardrobe closet of the room, and
the spring and mattress were tied
together and stood upright, with
a chair on top.
The screen in one of the win
dows of the room was ripped in
the lower corner. Both men said
that it had been damaged by a
snowball from outside.
Clark pointed out that the
screen was pushed out from the
inside, and that a sliver of wood
had been chipped from the frame
inside the room.
Clark said that he felt he
was within his rights in lock
ing the boys from their room so
that he could, “keep my house
clean.”
Also in Thompson hall yester
day, a bed was removed from
Room 109 and was placed in
the bathroom across the hall, and
the bedclothes were hung out of
the window. One of the occupants,
John Dillon, said that when, he
returned to his room about 5:30
yesterday morning, he found
the bed gone. Dillon said that he
had lost the key to his room, and
apparently someone had found it
and entered his room while he
was out. Clark took no action.
and thus contemporary apparel is
permissible.
Schulte, on the other hand,
claims he has no idiosyncrasies
whatsoever. “It may sound
strange,” he says, “but it’s just
part of the business to me.”
Joseph Bird places himself in
the no-superstitious group, but
adds, “I never let anyone wish me
good luck before a performance.” -
According to Bird, those who get
good luck salutations usually
break a leg while walking on to
the stage.
Charles Williams and Sonya
Tilles don’t associate themselves
with theatrical superstitions zith
er. Williams says he doesn’t be
lieve in them, while Miss Tilles
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President's
Given New
Because of the broadened responsibility of their offices,
the titles of the four assistants to the President have been
changed by the Executive committee of the board of trustees,
President Milton S. Eisenhower announced yesterday.
Other major action taken by the committee in its week
end session includes approval of two new $250 scholarships in
agricultural engineering or farm
mechanics and approval of agree
ments with private industry for
$44,000 in research grants.
Under the new titles, A. O.
Morse, assistant to the President
in charge of resident instruction
becomes provost of the College,
and is in charge of the College’s
educational program. S. K. Hos
tetter, assistant in charge of busi
ness and finance becomes comp
troller. He continues as treasurer
of the College corporation.
New Titles
J. O. Keller, assistant in charge
of extension, becomes director of
general extension, and Wilmer E.
Kenworthy, assistant in charge of
student affairs, becomes director
of student affairs. G. S. Wyand,
administrative assistant to the
President becomes assistant to the
President, and Richard C. Ma
loney, executive secretary, office
of the President, becomes admin
istrative assistant, office of th e
President.
Dr. Eisenhower said the new
titles were necessitated , both by
the greater responsibilities of the
assistants and the fact that in the
future each will work more ex
clusively in his own field.
Scholarships Given
Yhe agricultural scholarships
have been set up by the James
F. Lincoln Arc Welding founda
tion, of Cleveland, and will be
known as the Albert S. Mowery
and David R. McClay scholarship
and the Joseph E. Simon scholar
ship.
Mowery, assistant professor of
agricultural engineering, and Mc-
Clay, assistant professor of agri
cultural education won a $1775
first award in the foundation’s
$25,000 Agricultural Award and
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Home Ec Sfudenfs
Given Scholarships
Marie T. Stankewitz and Nancy
Ferguson, juniors in home eco
nomics at the College, were re
cently awarded scholarships from
the State Federation of Women’s
clubs.
These scholarships, worth ap
proximately $5O each, are award
ed annually to upper class women
selected by the faculty of the
School of' Home Economics in
consultation with the dean of
women. Miss Stankewicz is a
member of Omicron Nu and Phi
Upsilon Omicron, home eco
nomics honor societies, and presi
dent of the Home Economics club.
Her all-College average is 2.37.
Miss Ferguson’s all-College aver
age is 2.27.
Jane If ft and Jeanette Ibbot
son, sophomores .in the school,
were awarded the Kroger scholar
ships, worth $2OO each. Miss Ib
botson’s average is 2.83, and Miss
Ifft’s is 2.76.
Nittany, Pollock
To Give Revue
The Nittany and Pollock dorm
councils will sponsor the “Splinter
ville Revue,” a free talent show,
at the TUB, Dec. 13.
. The affair will begin with danc
ing at 7:30p.m. The talent show
will begin with acts contributed
by the men of Nittany and Pol
lok dorms at 8 p.m. After the re
vue, there will be more dancing.
The councils have scheduled a
Christmas party for the Wind
crest children at the TUB from
1:30 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 15. This af
fair is annually sponsored by the
councils.
PRICE FIVE CENT
Aides
Titles
Councils Hits
Collegian Fee,
Rebuffs Clark
West dorm council Monday
night opposed the proposal to
increase the student assessment
for the Daily Collegian and an
nounced it would sever relations
with Russell E. Clark, director
of housing.
The 18 representatives present
voted 17 to 1 for a motion in
structing Richard Bard, chairman
of the AIM board of governors,
to oppose the assessment unless
a student referendum is held.
A letter severing connections
between the council and Clairk
was voted unanimously.. It states
that because of lack of co
operation on the part of Clark,
there will be no further busi
ness between that office and the
West Dorm council, and until
cooperation between the two is
resumed, the council will do its
business with other administra
tion offices.
Ping Pong Tables
This letter is the result of a
dispute between the housing di
rector’s office and the council
over the returning of ping pong
tables to the West Dorms. These
tables were taken from the
dorms because of damage to the
floors.
John Clark, representative
from Hamilton hall, presented
the resolution on the Collegian
assessment and called for a ref
erendum. He said he thought
All-College cabinet, asked by the
Collegian to recommend the as
sessment, has “no authority from
the constitution for making stu
dent assessments.”
Referendum Vote
Clark said that any assessment
of the students should be done
only by a referendum,vote of the
whole student body. He said tha,t
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IFC To Discuss
Christmas Party
The Interfratemity council will
hold its weekly meeting in 219
EE at 7:15 tonight. IFC President
Harold Leinbach said the main
topic of the meeting would be
discussion of the annual Christ
mas party to be sponsored jointly
by IFC and Panhel.
The council will also formulate
plans for a banquet to be held
Tuesday. Guests expected to at
tend are President Milton S.
Eisenhower and Arthur R. War
nock, dean of men' emeritus.
Dean Warnock was recently elect
ed president of the National Iriter
fraternity conference in New
York.
Only
16
Student
Shopping
Days
till
Christmas