TODAY'S WEATHER:
FAIR AND COLD
VOL. 51— No. 69
Audience Applauds
Antigone And Star
By ROSEMARY DELAHANTY
• As the audience in Schwab auditorium last night gave its whole
hearted approval to “Antigone,” few of them realized that the star
of the play, Anne Wahl Grant, is appearing in her last Players’ pro
duction.
After the play, Mrs. Grant, married recently, commented, “I’m
grateful for the privilege of being
able to work in Greek tragedy
and I’m certainly sorry this is my
last show.”
" Campus theater-goers aren’t
exactly glad either, because the
applause for “Antigone” was loud
enough and long enough to indi
cate that the clearly - outlined
tragedy, presented on a bare
stage, is as timely and emotion
ally satisfying now as it was
2300 years ago.
Each line is essential to the de
velopment of the plot, and there
are no sub-plots to detract from
the “oneness” of the theme.
• Conveys Sincerity
Mrs. Grant manages to convey
to the audience the sincerity of
the Greek girl who accepts death
as the penalty for obeying her
conscience, yet her “Antigone”
is never permitted to degenerate
into a whining martyr.
In our opinion, Mrs. Grant’s
performance last night plus her
previous ones in “Yes, My Darl
ing Daughter" and “Private
Lives” prove she’s the most com
petent actress on the Players’ ros
ter.
“Creon,” the king of Thebes, is
played by Newell Stark. Occa
sionally he runs through his lines
so quickly that the endings of the
words are jumbled and lost, but
Otherwise his- interpretation*of
the stern old ruler is one of the
best characterizations of the sea
son.
Actually, the play might be
called a psychological study of
“Creon.” “Antigone’s” fate, for
which he is responsible, starts the
chain of events which bring about
his eventual remorse.
Tens# A Few Minutes
In the supporting roles, Joada
Oswalt as “Ismene” is tense and
over-dramatic for a few minutes,
but soon becomes convincing as
the sister who wants to die with
“Antigone.” ,
Donald Colbert as “Haemon,”
after an uninspired half dozen
lines, does some eloquent plead
ing for “Antigone,” while Helen
Jaskol as the queen, “Eurydice,”
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Publications Make
2nd Term Move-ups
Promotions for the second semester have been announced by
La Vie, Penn State Farmer, the Ag Hill Breeze, and the Independent.
Forty-four students have been promoted to the La Vie junior
board, William Zakor, editor, announced. They are Patricia Acosta,
Robert Amole, Lila Louise Barnes, Jean nine Bell, Janet Bleutge,
Lois Blum, Ronald 'Bonn, Jean Brossman, David Colton, Isabella
Cooper, Maxine Cornell, Margaret
Doggett, David Fix, Robert Fra
ser, James Geffert, Martha Grim
shaw, Joan Grossman. Margaret
Guthrie, Vivian Hartenbach,
Elizabeth Hill, Nancy Hood, and
Lewis Hoover..
La Vie Junior Board
Also promoted to La Vie Jun
ior board are Marc Kimilman,
Lizabeth Knerr, Emily Kostas,
Virginia Laudano, Virginia
Mayes, Harry McFefran, Moylan
Mills, Jane Musgrave, Judith Nor
ton, John Pakkanen, Grace Por
rello, Betty Robb, Margaret Rob
erts, Timoleon Rodriguez, Bar
bara Rogers, Jerome Rosenberg,
Eleanor Tetley, Robert Vosburg,
Greta Weaver, Donald Williams.
Marilyn Wilson, and Stanley Zim
merman.
Receiving promotions on the
Penn State Farmer are: Thomas
Jurchak, editor-in-chief; David
Stabler, managing editor; Joseph
Ondrejko, feature editor; Lowell
Lewis, assistant feature editor;
<Hlj? lattg 0 Collegian | -=•
Time For Convocation
Changed To 7:30 p.m.
The convocation at which
President Eisehhower will
speak to the students and fac
ulty on the national emergen
cy next Wednesday in Recrea
tion hall has been moved from
4 p.m. to 7:30 pan.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, direc
tor of student affairs, said the
change was “due to unforeseen
difficulties.” Four o’clock clas
ses, originally canc'elled for the
convocation, will be held, he
said.
Bids For New
Library Unit
Will Be Taken
Bids for a new unit of the Pat
tee library, with reading rooms
for 1000 students, will be sub
mitted to the General State au
thority by Jan. 31.
The new unit will double avail
able library facilities. The present
library provides room for only
five per cent of the student body.
Designed by the Pittsburgh
firm of Kuhn and Newcomer, the
new building will be of masonry
and steel construction. It’s exter
ior will be faced .brick and lime
stone trim, similar to that of the
present building.
The interior of the new build
ing will have seven stack levels,
with reading, reference, and cat
alogue rooms.
College Librarian Ralph W. E.
McComb estimated that, according
to present specifications, the new
building will hold between 300,-
000 to 400,000 volumes. The pre
sent structure contains some
200,000 volumes.
Construction of the addition
should take about a year.
Louis Laffoon, layout editor; Rus
sell Kaniuka, ad layout editor;
Richard Witmer, business man
ager; James Pasike, circulation
manager; Murry Frank, advertis
ing manager; Donald Snyder,
state advertising manager; James
Graef, local advertising mana"< s ’’
Signa Grimes, promotion man
ager; Charles Zellner, student
counselor. Zellner is the retiring
editor-in-chief.
Mills Ind. Editor
Moylan Mills has been named
editor of the Independent,, bi
weekly publication of AIM and
Leonides.
Mills replaces Stanley Degler,
retiring editor, who will be grad
uated later this month. He is a
former editor of the Lionews.
Ag Hill Breeze promotions for
the second semester are John
Berkebile, editor-in-chief; Wil
liam Griffith, managing editor:
John Mourar, circulation man
ager: Charles Criste, production
manager.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1950
Cabinet Approves
Collegian Increase
60 Students
Must Report
For Physicals
Sixty Penn State students have
been ordered to report for pre
induction physical examinations
Monday.
The 60 students are Levis T.
Baldwin, Bruce N. Becker’ John
A. Bosch, John C. Bristor, Charles
A. Brockmiller, Enos H. Bru
baker, Lewis M. Cohen, Richard
E. Cover, William D. Curtin, Peter
G. Fairchok, Stanford I. Feigel
han, David F. Feuerfile, Carl T.
Gerhart
Allen Goldenberg, Otto Grupp,
Albert C. Hand, Albert F. Hap
pel, Kurt Herman, Charles S.
Jarvis, Robert W. Johnson, Johns
J. Jones, William L. Kadoich,
Robert C. Kelley, Richaird F.
Kowal, Ronald E. Krape, Paul R.
Kulp, Herbert G. Kurtz, Walter
F. Lee.
Morton Levine, William B.
Margerum, Glenn E. Martin,
Charles F. Mason, Robert C. Ma
zer, Robert D. Miller, Harry W.
O’Neill, Donald D. Phelps, Wil
liam G. Phillips, John J. Pisano,
Joseph A. Queeney, Nathan H.
Rambo, James L. Randall, Daniel
H. Rauscher, Rudolph P. Reid,
Philip Rodgers. , .
Michael J. Rubino, Joseph F.
Rynewicz, Elbert Scouten, Morris
Shanken, Eugene P. Shelly, Rob
ert J. Simpson, Merrill A. Spork
in, James B. Steen, Bruce C.
Stephens, Leonard P. Suffredini,
Herbert G. Thumbore, William
L. Weiss, Edward B. Woodward,
Wee H. Yee, Richard G. Zahner,
and Charles E. Zellner.
Gross Defends
Lions / 'Freeze'
Against Bisons
Coach Elmer Gross yesterday
answered a charge that the Lions’
performance against Bucknell
Wednesday night was “a dis
grace to basketball.”
Jack Guy, Bucknell coach, was
quoted by the Associated Press
as saying that the Lions “freeze”
was a “disgrace to basketball.”
Gross said he used the “freeze”
because his scouting revealed the
Lions could not play Bucknell’s
type of basketball and win.
He said he did not intend the
Lions to freeze the ball as long
as they did, but that failure of
the Bisons to come out and close
guard prolonged the “freeze”.
“They could have broken it up
had they come out. If a defend
ing player comes within guarding
distance, the offensive player
cannot hold the ball over five
seconds,” Gross pointed out.
The AP story said that Joe
Piorokowski held the ball for
two and three minutes at a time.
Gross said he had not' intended
that to happen, but that the Bi
sons would not come out to
challenge Piorokowski.
The Lions played a faster
game in the second half, employ
ing a possession game and beat
the Bisons, 25-15.
Seniors' Announcements
Now Available At SU
The invitations and announce
ments for graduating seniors have
arrived at Student Union, George
Donovan announced yesterday.
Seniors should present their re
ceipts to obtain their invitations
and announcements. They may be
picked up at the Student Union
starting toder.
35-Cent Rise Passes
First Of 2 Votes, 18-4
All-College cabinet last night approved a 35-eent in*
crease in the Daily Collegian student assessment by as
18-4 vote.
The assessment must be brought up for final approval
at the next meeting of cabinet; A two-thirds majority is re*
Chapel Speech
To Commence
Religion Week
A speech by President Eisen
hower in Schwab auditorium Feb.
19 will keynote Religion-in-Life
week at the College. The week
will officially open with a chapel
speaker, Sunday, Feb. 18, and
continue until Feb. 22.
Joan Hutchon and Emerson
Jones are student co-chairmen of
the executive committee for the
program. Jones said the week will
be different this year since stu
dent government and student
leaders will have more responsi
bility than in previous years.
Jones also announced chairmen
of the seven committees. Luther
Harshbarger, president of the
PSCA, is president of the execu
tive committee; Dr. Philip Elving,
Department of Chemistry, is sec
retary, and Paul E. Benner is
treasurer of the executive com
mittee.
Dr. W. R. Thielke will be chair
man of the program committee;
Marlin Brenner is publicity chair
man; Owen Landon is student
chairman of the finance commit
tee; Robert Fast is chairman of
the hospitality committee; Ralph
Cash is chairman of the religious
culture committee; and Ruth Phil
lips is chairman of the firesides
committee.
“Mature Persons In World Cri
sis,” is the theme for the week.
The program will again include
four phases: mass meetings, class
room sessions, fireside programs,
and a seminar.
Junior Class Votes
For Collegian Fee
Eight members of the junior
class attending a class meeting
last night voted to favor the Col
legian assessment increase but to
ask for a better type coverage
than they believe has been shown
in the past.
This vote followed a brief talk
by Herbert Stein, Collegian rep
resentative, who explained plans
for use of the assessment. Many
questions were put to Stein con
cerning the breakdown of the
budget appearing in yesterday’s
paper.
In a social committee report
given by Sally Shoemaker, de
tails on the square dance being
held in Recreation hall this Sat
urday night were discussed. She
said tickets will be on sale at the
door.
David Mutchler, class president,
appointed a ring committee to
consider a ring for the class. Tim
oleon Rodriguez, William Klisan
in, Becky Beckaras, and Ann Por
ter comprise this committee.
A report on the progress of
plans for a campus radio station
was presented by Mahlon Knott.
He said that when such a station
goes into operation it can operate
only on the campus.
Mutchler announced that th e
total profit for the Junior prom
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By RON BONN
quired at each voting to pass th»
measure.
The increase would bring thi
total assessment to $l.lO per sem
ester. The money is to be used t»
enlarge the paper to eight page
daily.
Other major cabinet action in
eluded hearing of reports on fina
allocations of Campus chest driv
funds and on suggested activitia
cards for all male students.
Four Vote "No"
Voting against the Collegian in
crease were Robert Miller for th<
Chemistry and Physics studeir
council, Curtis Wessner for th<
Interfraternity council, Hubei
Stevens for the Home Economic:
student council, and Raymond
Miller for the Engineering stu<
dent council. All four had beei
instructed by their councils t<
vote “no.”
Robert Davis, as AU-Collegi
president, did not vote, and
Freshman Class president Maria*
Whitely was absent.
Consideration of the assessment
had been postponed at the lag
meeting of cabinet. After th<
matter was brought up again. :
fairly short discussion ensued
with much of the auestionini
coming from non-members o<
cabinet.
Calling for passage, Harry Kon
dourajian, All-College vice pres
ident, said “There is a crying
need for an eight-page daily pa
per. We should regard this meas
ure as a step toward the better
ment of Penn State.”
Query On Enrollment
Owen Landon, Collegian busi
ness manager, was questioned on
the effect of a possible future de
cline in enrollment. He said thal
in the event the College lost 100(1
students, Collegian would return
to its old circulation schedule it
had at the beginning of this se
mester. Present circulation «
higher.
Ella Williams, representing
WSGA in the absence of Presi
dent Barbara Sprenkle, asked
Collegian editor Dean Gladfelter
if women’s page space could be
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Symphony To
Play On Sunday
The student-faculty symphony
orchestra will perform at Schwab
auditorium, Sunday at 3 p.m.,
Theodore Karhan, assistant pro
fessor of music announced yes
terday.
The program consists of five
pieces three classics and tw®
modern compositions. The orches
tra will begin the concert with
Suite No. 1 from “Carmen” by
Bizet. Symphony in A major
(Italian) by Mendelssohn will
follow.
Joseph Rosenthal will play the
piano solo in Beethoven’s Con
certo No. 2 for piano. Rosenthal, a
graduate in the school of Educa
tion, has performed in previous
concerts.
The modern portion of the pro
gram will' consist of Prelude by
Shostakovich arranged by Stol
kowski and Polka and Fugue
from “Shvanda” by Weinderger.
Doors for the concert will open
at 2:30 p.m. There will be no ad
mission charge.
PRICE FIVE CENTS