"SST■!, ®ltr iailtt @ €nU , ■' FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 52; No. 22 Cabinet Tables CPA Proposal A recommendation to establish the Central Promotion Agency as a standing committee of All-Col lege Cabinet was tabled for one week for further consideration last night. - The’ recommendation, presented by the cabinet committee for in vestigation of a CPA, was, tabled with only three abstentions.. - Walter Sachs, committee chair man, gave two reasons for the CPA to be under the direction of cabinet. 1. A CPA as an associated stu dent activity would be too pre sumptous an undertaking at the present time. 2. A CPA, since it is being pro posed to aid cabinet committees which do hot have the benefit of an • organized - promotion staff, should therefore be a part of the body which it- is serving. The committee report listed the organization of the agency as being under a director appointed by cabinet. The director would in turn choose a staff to work under him for the first year. After that time the staff of the agency would be filled by students who have worked their way up in the or ganization. The report stated that the CPA would serve all standing or special committees winch feel the need for promotion, organizations represented on cabinet, and out side grodps with the approval of cabinet.- .. ----- Under the original proposal the agency would operate on a non profit basis. Cabinet would set aside a $5O floating fund to be used for necessary materials. The entire proposal was tabled so that cabinet members could consider the agency as set up by the committee. The' orientation week commit tee report, submitted by Lewis Hoover in the absence of Carl Peterson, recommended several changes in the present plan, al though they termed the' past year’s program “quite successful.” Weak points enumerated in the report were: 1. Confusion of rooms assigned by the scheduling office. 2. Women appearing at meet ings Which were intended for men only. 3. Registration and counseling schedules conflicted. - .4. The last minute change' in the system of assigning advisers which confused new students and counselors. Community Concert Board to Choose Season's Artists Artists for this season’s com munity concerts will be chosen by the Community Concerts As sociation Board at 2 p.m. tomor row in 201 Old Main. The basis for choosing the ar tists will be the number of mem berships sold by noon tomorrow. None will be available after that time. In his report, Dr. F. R. Matson, president of the association, pre dicted that the goal of 1230 mem berships would be met prior to •the close of the campaign, which began Monday. 1 In order not to oversell Schwab Auditorium where the concerts will be held, volunteer .workers are asked to report ticket sales promptly. TODAY'S WEATHER. FAIR N<\\- / A AND i * SOMEWHAT -MMAJ WARMER f/P/ 'SATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1951 Construction Station Will Family on 'Doorstep l THE CROCHET FAMILY crowds around the "Great Big Door step," in a scene from the Players' production of thal*name which opens at Center Stage tonight. Seated from left.to right are Connie Melvin, Carl Wagner, Beclee - Newcomer, - Ruth Devlin, Joseph Brown, and Marcia Yoffe. The newest arrival to the family is m the basket. Players to Present First Show Tonight The Penn State Players’ initial production of the current sea son will begin at 8 tonight when the Frances' Goodrich-Albert Hackett folk comedy, “The Great Big Doorstep, begins a six weekend run at Center Stage. Tickets for the play, directed bj>- Mesrop Kesdekian, are on sale at . the Student Union desk in Old Main. Prices are 90 cents for Friday nights and $1.25 for Saturday performances. Refresh ments are served Saturday nights. „ „ - Center Stage, the College arena theater, is located near, the corner of Hamilton and Allen streets. The play deals with the Cro chet (kro-Shay) family, a group of Southern Cajun farmers who sud denly acquire a large and magni ficent doorstep for their tumble down shack. They decide that they want to possess a house to match the doorstep, and the great big doorstep becomes a symbol of their hopes and dreams. In the cast are .Ruth Devlin as the warm, earthy Mrs. Crochet; Joseph Brown as the lazy, like able “Commodore’’ Crochet; Con nie Melvin as Ewie, the simple understanding daughter; Marcia Yoffe as TopaP Crochet, who has dreams of grandeur; Carl Wagner as the high-spirited ambitious son Arthur; and 11-year-old Beclee Newcomer as young Elna Cro chet Allen Adair -will be seen as the dream-shattering. Uncle Dewey; John Price will portray the vil lainous barber Tayo; Mary Alice Hodgson will be in the role of the crochety landlady, Mrs. Du pre; Myron Cole will be seen as Mr Tobin, the friend of the fam ily;' and Betty Lou Morgan will play the giddy florist who changes the course of life of the Crochets. One of Three Fran Stridinger is assistant di rector. Donald Colbert! is stage manager. ' , Tonight’s presentation will mark the fifth anniversary of Penn State’s theater-in-the-round. Started in 1946 in the State Col lege Hotel, the site was changed to its present location in 1948. The College is one of only three schools in the East to have regu lar'.continuous arena stage pro ductions. The other two are Fordham University and Juniata College, Piano and Building Rentals Dropped Charging organizations rent for the use 'of certain buildings and for the use of pianos has been discontinued by the College, Wal ter H. Wiegand, director of the department of the, physical plant, said today. This policy will apply to ap proved organizations booking Recreation Hall, Schwab Audi torium, White Hall, or Tempor ary Union Building. • 3 Exhibits Pennsylvania Three special exhibits have beefi prepared on campus in ob servance of Pennsylvania Week, according to Bell, director of public information. All will be open to students, faculty and ■townspeople. ' An exhibit of stuffed and mounted specimens of Pennsylvania wild life, prepared by Ward M. Sharp, professor of wildlife man agement and leader of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Wildlife Re search unit, will be on display in the West Dorm lounge until Oct, 29, Three special exhibits have ben prepared on campus in ob servance of Pennsylvania Week, acording to Louis H. Bell, director of public information. All will be open to students, faculty, and townspeople. An exhibit of .books with de mounted specimens of Pennsyl vania wild life, prepared by Ward M.' Sharp, professor of wildlife .management and leader of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Wild life Research unit, will be on dis play in the West Dorm lounge until Oct. 29. ' . ♦ . Human Relations £swn ■ Radio Delayed Of be By JIM GROMILLER Construction on the closed circuit radio station which was to be set up on campus with the $6OOO gift from the class of 1951 will be delayed, the radio committee of All-College Cabinet reported to cabinet last night. The committee said that construction was being delayed since | investigation by the committee I has disclosed that the _ funds available would be sufficient to set up the system to cover only the campus, thus reaching only 35 per cent of the student body. Text of Report The committee also said cor respondence with the_ Federal Communications Commission has disclosed that regulations govern ing closed circuit, wired-wireless, low power broadcasting stations may be changed by the commis sion in the near future. The text of the report as cepted by cabinet follows. ■ Last spring the committee un dertook to continue the work of our predecessors in the investiga tion of a closed wire radio station for the Penn State campus. Aware of the fact the senior class gift of 1951 for $6OOO was sup posed to be sufficient to make the station a reality, we had hoped to commence operations of the sta tion this fall. However, we were unable to do so. The reasons for the holdup were: 1. Investigation of the pro posed system uncovered the fact that the $6OOO allotted to us would allow us to cover only the campus, thereby reaching only 35 percent of the student body. As yet we have been unable to de termine what the cost would be to cover the town area. 2. At the present time we are carrying on correspondence vith the Federal Communications Commission regarding changes in the regulations of the closed-cir cuit, wireless low power broad casting stations. We are doing this because of the difficulty other colleges are having concerning their operation. The question in volves the legal power output stated in present FCC regulations, which may or may not be changed in the near future. The investiga tion is being delayed until such time asj the rules hearing on closed wire systems has been held by the FCC. The future of all closed wire systems in the coun try will be decided at that time. Docket number 9288 is the one in question and until the new regu lations are set up, we feel it in-, advisable to spend any of the money granted to us by the class of ’5l. Directors Favor Oath In Schools HARRISBURG, Oct. 11^ —(^P) — Pennsylvania’s school directors today favored requiring teachers to swear or affirm allegiance to the United States Constitution. Members of the State School Directors Association, closing their 55th annual convention here yesterday, approved this resolution: “That we believe it is reason able to require those persons who teach our children to sear or af firm allegiance to the Constitu tion of the United States of America.” The resolution was related to a “loyalty oath” bill which has stirred up a storm of controversy in the state legislature ever since its introduction last winter. The measure,-which would re quire administering the oath to teachers along with all state em ployes, has been passed by the Senate and is awaiting House ac tion in amended-form. Jamsters to Hold Session in TUB The third All-College jam ses sion, sponsored by resident ad visers in the Nittany-Pollock area, will be held at 2 p.m. Sun day in the TUB. • John Huber, resident counselor in charge of the program, urged those who wish to attend the session to come early because of the large crowds at the two pre vious shows. The show is free and open to all students. Among those featured in Sun day’s unrehearsed session will be Edward Reider, trumpet; Grant Price, alto; Richard Brady, trom bone; Donald Storch, drums; Da vid Kleinberg, bass; Alden Shoup, piano, and Huber, guitar. Students who wish to partici pate in future jam sessions, to be held each week, should sign a list for that purpose at the Stu dent, Union desks in Old Main. Mark Week An exhibit of boks' with de scriptive notes prepared by Dr. Philip S. Klein, professor of American history, will be on dis play in the main floor cases of the Pattee Library. In charge of the exhibit is Elsa Lisle, of the library staff. The third exhibit, designed to show the State’s mineral heri tage; will be in the Mineral In dustries Building’s museum and art gallery. A geologic relief map Of the State, 165 painting devoted to the mineral- industries, and a variety of minerals will be on display. , PRICE FIVE CENTS Paper Circulation Increases by 40% Student News Agency circula tion of daily newspapers has in creased 40 per cent this year, ac cording to Howard Miller, SNA manager. This year daily papers are be ing sold in the women’s dorms. The magazine division, a part of the news agency, is also oper ating in the men’s dorms and frat ernity areas, offering special stu dent rates on most national mag azines. James Ramsey is mana ger of the magazine agency. All students interested in sub scribing to Sunday newspapers or magazines should contact their nearest agency representative or place their orders at the Student Employment office, 112 Old Main. One-Way Traffic One-way traffic north will go into effect again at 6 to night on Shortlidge road be tween College avenue and Pollock road. The one-way ex periment, in effect for the first time Wednesday night, will be tried tonight and to morrow night from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Normal two-way traf fic will be resumed Sunday.
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