VM> \ iatly 0 (Ml ■ : FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 52, No. 26 'Bottoms Up' Opens Tonight at Schwab ' Thespians open their 1951 season at 8 tonight in Schwab Audi torium with an original student musical comedy revue, “Bottoms Up.” Tickets, for tonight’s show, which also runs tomorrow and Homecoming night, can be purchased at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Many 90 cents tickets for tonight and $1.20 tickets for Friday are unsold, 'while a few tickets are still available for Sat urday. Weekend Plans Made For Alumni Alumni returning for Penn State’s 31st Homecoming Day this weekend, will find a full program which has been outlined by the College. Registration of the “old grads” begins tomorrow in Recreation Hall and continues through Satur day morning. An alumni golf .tournament is scheduled for to morrow afternoon and Saturday morning. ' v ' Tomorrow night the ten hon ored gridders from the 1887 to 1901 and the 1926 teams will be the guests of the Varsity S club in Hamilton Hall. Saturday morning the Alumni Council, governing body of the as sociation, will hold its annual meeting. This will be followed by the alumni luncheon, in Recreation Hall starting at 11:30 a.m. Saturday's football game with Michigan Stale College will start at 1:30 p.m. instead of the usual 2 p.m. for home football games. Saturday evening a cider party and dance will be held, in Recrea tion Hall for the alumni. Olympic Collection Temporary end-zone tickets at $2.40 are still on sale in Old Main for the football game. The ex pected-filling of these temporary stands will swell the normal seat ing capacity of 28,500 to 30,000, the largest crowd in Beaver Field his tory. Previous, high was in 1948 when the same foes played a 14-14 tie, before 24,500. During the halftime of the game, 200 WRA girls will take a collec tion for the 1952 Olympics. The Penn State Olympic Contribution, like other similar drives through out the country,' will help , send United States’ athletes to Helsinki, Finland next summer. AIM Publication To Appear Today . The first issue of the Indepen dent, Association of Independent Men publication, will be distri buted today in the men’s and women’s dormitories and down town. , - The issue will feature a lead editorial by Moylan Mills, editor, on the role of AIM in student gov ernment this year. Also in the issue will be .a profile on John Laubach, AIM president, by Lee Stern, feature editor. - The Independent will follow new policies ! set last year by con tinuing to ilse photpgraphs and keeping a circulation of 2000, Mills said. , ■ Marshall Donley and Alvin Goodman have been added to the editorial staff. 1 TODAY'S WEATHER . FAIR V\\ ANDj WARMER : XJjTO STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1951 Gleesingers Open Show Presented in conjunction with Masquerettes, “Bottoms Up” was written by Frank. Lewis and Dave Weiner, and is under the direction of Ray Fortunato, Thespian direc tor. , Fortunato also wrote two songs‘for the production, i The musical opens with the- Gleesingers singing “Every body’s a Critic.” Beene two has Jackie Cohen and Ed Korber sing ing “You Went and Did It Again.” Scene three is a Rip Van Wrinkle skit with Dick Brown, Dick Brugger, Pat Marsteller, Bet ty Richardson, and Alan Miller doing the acting-Glee chorus and dancers will do the number “Kum Klein Kinder.” In the fourth scene depicting “An Actor Preparing,” Joe Bird, Marilyn Stewart, and James An derson do the acting with a song, (Continued on page eight) WSGA, WRA Finals Today Final elections for four Wom en’s Student Government Associ ation and Women’s Recreation Association offices will take place from 10 a.m. to 7, tonight. _ Women will vote in their own living units, with the exception of those in Grange Hall and in cottages, .who will vote, in Mc- Allister Hall. ' Town women and women in co-ops can vote at any station. Home management women'may vote in Woman’s Building. Candidates for WRA sopho more representative. are Virginia Hinner and Patricia Colgan. Mar cia Ferguson, Ellie Gwynn, Bar bara Weyand, and Dorothy Wil liams are finalists for WRA fresh men representatives. Finalists for WSGA treasurer are Carolyn Pelczar and Barbara Werts and finalists for WSGA freshman - senator are Ann Cun ningham' arid .Louise Glud. This year’s primary elections showed a 73 percent vote, as com pared . with -79 percent in last years’’ primaries. In’ the finals last .year, 60 percent of women students voted. Pep Rally Tomorrow Will Launch Homecoming Cheers will echo in front of Old Main tomorrow night as Home (pbming Weekend, preparation reaches its peak with the'fourth pep rally of the season. . . , \ , A parade headed by the Blue Band will begin at 7:ls'p.m. at the corner of Fairmount avenue and, Allen street. It will proceed to the Mall where the band will. march to Old Main. The pep rally, scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.’, will be made up .of speeches, cheers, music and a skit. Speakers for the pep rally will not be known until Friday. Thomas Hanna, head cheerleader, announced that President Milton S. Eisenhower, and Gov. John S. Fine were asked to sjpeak, . but that neither was available: President Eisenhower has sev eral conflicting meetings and Gov. Fine will not arrive in State College until Saturday. Sam Marino, chairman of the pep rally. committee, refused to disclose‘the type of skit to be performed, but said that “every one would get his laughs.” ■ .Also included in the .program, Two Houses Hit; Break IFC Code Dramatics Head r*\ Arthur C. Cloetingh Drama Prof To Play Lead In'Our Town' . Professor Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the dramatics division, will{= play the' lead role of the stage manager, in the forthcoming' Players’ production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, “Our Town.” The Wilder classic, a great hit on Broadway in 1938, will he presented by Players Nov. 8,9, and 10 in Schwab auditorium. Cloetingh, .a veteran actor,-ap peared in the same role on cam pus in a 1944 Players l presenta tion. . . ' Other featured roles were wbn by Morris Sarachek, who will portray Dr. Gibbs; Prim Diefen derfer, as Mrs. Gibbs; Shirley Gal lagher, as Mrs. Webb; Rodney, McLaughlin, as George Gibbs; Jolly Oswalt, as Emily Webband Dick Anderson, as Editor Webb. Robert D. Reifsneider, drama tics professor, will direct the play. Other Players winning roles are Don Barton as Joe Crowell; Ivan Ladizinsky as Honre New some; and Mary Kozelnicky as Rebecca . Gibbs. Bill ’ Valmont plays Wally Webb, and Richard Neuweiler plays Professor. Wil-; lard. Miriam Bleiberg plays the Wo (Continued on page eight) will be talks by Coach Rip Engle and co-captains Art Betts and Len Shephard. Shephard Will in troduce tackle Dick Cripps. PSCA Hike Sunday The Penn' State Christian As soci-tion hiking club will spon sor a hike through the college farmlands and a weiner roast from 2 to 8 p:m. Sunday. This hike is open to all students on campus. There will be' a ch-.-rge of 50 cents to pay .for the foo’.. Anyone wishing to go should sign up in the PSCA office, 304 Old Main, before 5 p.m. tomorrow and' pay the .secretary;,Mrs. Mar gery Yougel or Frank Hartman, club president. ( wjtatt AIM Will Probe Sale Of Rings A committee to gather infor mation regarding the discon tinued sale of class rings by the Book Exchange was - named last night by the Board of Governors of the Association of Independent Men. Milton Bernstein, BX chairman, had announced earlier in the week that the sale of class rings would be discontinued pending investigation of the matter by the BX and the College administra tion. John Stoudt, AIM vice presi dent, was appointed chairman of the committee which includes Weston Tomlinson, president of Nittany Dorm Council, and Ralph Griffith, vice president of West Dorm Council. Discussion of the ring situation was added to the agenda by un animous consent of the board. Tomlinson introduced the motion before the board and it was pass ed unanimously. Members of the board quoted a report by Wilmer Kenwouthy, director of student affairs, in yes terday’s Daily Collegian that “certain questions” had been raised over the matter, and sug gested that the committee meet with Bernstein and Kenworthy in an attempt to learn for the board the nature of the The. board also empowered a committee to make arrangements to send delegates to a regional convention of the National Inde pendent Students Association. The region, of which the cam pus AIM is a member, is the east (Continued on page eight) State Party m To Nominate Clique Officers Preliminary nominations' for State Party All-College fresh man, and sophomore clique offi cers will be held at the first party meeting at . 7 p.m. Sunday in 10 Sparks, Murray Goldman, clique chairman, said yesterday. . Party organization, committee openings, and work done by the various committees will be dis cussed at the meeting. Voting cards cannot be obtain ed until a student attends two party meetings'.’. Attendance rec ords, are kept to eliminate non members from voting, a system used successfully last spring, Goldman said. Thomas Farrell, ward commit tee head, explained that both town and the campus are divided into units with leaders and com mittee members who have per sonal contact with students. Bet ter student government and rec ognition of students’ wishes are afforded by this system, Farrell said. Both Goldman and Farrell stressed the fac.t that lower class members will 'be placed on com mittees because ' they are the people who ultimately will man age the party. Inkling, Material Material for the forthcom ing issue of Inkling, campus literary magazine, is still be ing accepted. All material may be turned in at the Student Union desk in- Old Main ad dressed .to Bud,Fenton, Inkling Editor, Material, may include essays, fiction, and poetry. Froth Imitates 1877 Copy See Page 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS See Editorial Page 4 Inter-Fraternity Council last night issued suspensions to Pi Lambda Phi and Kappa Sigma fraternities ■ for violating the pledging code. The suspensions will go into effect Sunday. Pi Lambda Phi received a four week suspension for pledging two men who had averages below one. It was. ordered that the men be de pledged and be moved out of the house. Kappa Sig Suspension Kappa Sigma was suspended from the IFC for a two-week per iod because it had pledged a man who was a hardship and scholastic problems A more lenient penalty was given because the house had notified the IFC and the dean of men’s office when it learned of the violation. The man is to be de ple'Sged but will be allowed to re main in the house. A suspension from IFC results in a social probation period for the houses involved. In these cases, however, both houses will be allowed to participate in intra mural sport and in the IFC work shop. Civic Committee Set The council also approved the establishment of a civic respon sibility committee designed to co- Rooms in Pollock Circle dorms will be made available to fra ternity undergraduates who are being displaced by the large number of returning alumni. Individual students must make' arrangements at Dorm 30 be fore 5 p.m. Friday for Friday and Saturday nights an£ before noon Saturday for Saturday night only. Two dollars per night per person will be pay able in advance and each fra ternity is limited to a maximum mum of 15 occupants. ordinate and expand the activities of Penn State fraternities. Joseph Lemyre, Sigma Chi, was appointed chairman of the committee by Stanley Wengert, IFC president. • Robert Fitzpatrick, Sigma Chi, who worked' on plans for the com mittee, said that it would exem plify the fraternity’s awareness of its civic responsibility;, prove to “outsiders” that an interest in civic responsibilities does exist in the fraternities, and aid in elimi nating unfavorable publicity and securing favorable notice for the fraternities. Housing Functions Assistant Dean. of Men H. W. Perkins told the council that the Department of Housing would make available rooms in the Pol lock Circle area to help ease the housing situation caused by the Homecoming Weekend. He said assignments to rooms would be made on a first come, first served basis. Kendall Tomlinson, chairman of the lawn display committee, reported that Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student affairs; H. K. Wilson, dean of men; and Dr. J. R. Bracken of the Horticul ture’ department would be the judges of the fraternity lawn dis play® Judging will start at 7 p.m. Friday and the winning house will be awarded the cup at the alumni luncheon in Recreation Hall Sat urday noon. Lion Party to Elect All-College Chairman The Lion party members will meet at 7 tonight in 119 Osmond Laboratory to discuss plans for reorganization and elect an All- College chairman to succeed Mil ton Bernstein who resigned his post as clique, chairman Tuesday. Bernstein will explain plans for reorganization and act as temporary chairman until a new chairman is'elected. Any student interested in. Lion party politics may attend.
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