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VOL. 52, No. 131
Senate to Consider
Class Excuse Plan
Under the proposed revisions to the Regulations ~ for Under
graduate Students to be discussed at the College, Senate meeting
Thursday, all excuses for absence from classes will be "official"
and will be, honored by instructors.
In addition, changes have been suggested providing' for dis
ciplinary probation, and requiring approval of the Dean of Men
and the Dean of Women for the
location of social functions.
The rule revisions provide tor
excuses for, authorized athletic
trips, inspeCtion• trips, student
organization trips, hospital con
finement, and for personal emer
gencies requiring absence from
the College. Excuses will not be
issued from either the dispensary
or the out-patient department of
the College Infirmary.
Hospital Excuses
Six Schools
Set Council
Elections
Six • schools will hold council
elections early next week. The
Schools of Agriculture and Phy
sical Education are not holding
elections.
Time and place of the elections
with the candidates include:
Chemistry and Physics
Chemistry and Physics Student
Council .members will be elected
Monday, • Tuesday, and Wednes
day in the lobby of Osmond Lab
oratory.,
A junior in chemical engineer
ing, one in science, and two in
pre-med; tw o sophomores in
chemical engineering, one in phy
sics, and one in pre-med; and
freshmen in chemical engineering
and pre-med will be elected to
the' council.
Nominees .for the junior chemical en
gineering post are Joseph Leitinger, Rol
and Messori, Richard Moran, William Pres
' ton, and Duane Remsnyder. Janet Herd,
Peter Lansbury, Irving Melnick, and Jus
tine Strolis are the pre-med juniors nom
, inated. Samuel Engle is the only science
student nominated.
•Sophomores from chemical engineering
are Al Beane, William Deppe, Harry Frey,
Gerry GilliSpie, Lawrence Klevans, and
Walter -Pregnion. .Pre-med sophomores
nominated are Marilyn Busby, Robert Con
iff, Nevin Rupp, and Charles Signorino.
Gilbert Unangst is the 'only sophothore
physics nominee.
Freshman chemical engineering candi
dates are James Angstadt, Robert Such
wpm, George Fitting, Evans Goodling, John
Hogan, Kenneth-Kresge, James Leslie, and
'John McNeill. Ronald Cohn, Harvey Hall
man, Raymon Maims, Charles Stone, and
George •Wright are the freshmen pre-med
nominees: ,
The selective system of electing
students from certain departments
'is prescribed in the council con
stitution which requires.that rep
resentation on the council. , be ap
portioned according to the number
of students enrolled in each cur
riculum. No chemists have been
nominated because their percent,
age quota on, the counciPis filled.
Education
Election of senior, junior, and
sophomore representatives in the
School of Education will be held
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day in . Burrowes Building.
, Education juniors nominated to run for
the posts of senior representative on the
Education Student Council are Charles
Brill, Donna Rae Estabrook, Forrest Frei
er,' Richard Hamilton, Anne Jennings,
Sally Lou Jones, Eleanor Mazis, Carolyn
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Livestotk Show Opens
The 35th Little International
Livestock Show• will take place
today , in the Livestock Judging
Pavilion. The exposition begins
at 8 a.m. and will be climaxed by
the annual banquet and presen
tation of awards to be held at 7
tonight at‘the Auto Port.
• This annual show, sponsored
by-the Penn State chapter of the
Block and Bridle Club; is a stu
dent livestock contest with prizes
for "fitting and showing. More
than 100 students from all the
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By BILL JOST
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director
.of the College Health Service,
said that many students had been
taking advantage of the dispen
sary excuse to miss ' classes or
bluebooks. He explained that stu
dents taking advantage of the dis-
I pensary excuse caused the waste
of much time and money, and
did not add to the moral fibre
of the students.
Dr. Glenn said that excuses
will be issued for students in .the
College Hospital and for students
ill at home who present a doc
,tor's statement..
Under the proposed plans, ex
cuses issued for absence must be
honored by instructors. An offi
cial excuse will permit the stu
dent to make up required work
and examinations without pen
alty.
(
For inspection trips listed in a
student's 'curriculum, the head of
the department will issue an ex
cuse. _The degn of the school 'in
which a coursels - faiight - Will issue
excuses for trips incidental to a
course.
Reported Absences
The Dean of Men and the Dean
of Women, under the proposed
revisions, will issue excuses in
case of personal emergency and
for student organization trips not
otherwise provided for. The Sen
ate .committee on student 'affairs
will determine whether excuses
are advisable for student organ
ization trips.
Instructors will be required to
report each case of three un
exenSed- absences-to the student's
dean, - who - in turn will report if
to the• Dean of Men or the Dean
of Women. This provision is in
practice now, although it is not
being followed by all instructors.
H. K. Wilson, dean of men, said
that the practice of . reporting
three unexplained absences is in
the interest of student _welfare.
Dean Wilson said that this sys
tem is a check on any unfortunate
incidents that may befall a stu
dent, and also acts as a check on
scheduling mixups.
Proposed revisions to the pro-
bation section of the regulations
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schools on campus have : entered
animals in the competition, • Dor
lin Hay, • show manager,--:, - said.
This is the largest number =of en
tries ever recorded, and the ex=
position is., expected to attract
capacity crowds, ..Hay added. •
Animals to be judged include
sheep, horses, and ' beef cattle
from the College purebred herds
and flocks. •
The show will run continuously
from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and
from 1 to 4 p.m.
The sheep :division will open
the program with the showing
and judging of Cheviot, South
down, Dorset, Shorpshire, and
Hariipshire breeds. Superinten
dent for the division pis Ralph
Yergey, and the judge will be
David, McDoWell of Mercer. Win
ners will ,be selected in each
class.
In the beef cattle division,, ten
classes will be shown including
Angus. lierefordi and Shorthorn).
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1952
College to Honor
Students,Alumni
The Trouble Starts
BILL SULLIVAN (left), as Richard Kurt, is welcomed by
Marion Froude, played by Fran Stridinger, while Leander Nolan,
portrayed by Morris Sarachek, loaks on contemptuously. Kurt is
there to persuade Miss Froude to write her autobiography which
will 'consequently involve Nolan, an ex-lover and Congressional
candidate.
Audience Responds
Warmlyto' Biography
Players, determined to end their '5l-52 Center Stage season on a
cheery note, last night: opened "Biography" to an, intimate first-night
audience which responded warmly to S. N. Behrman's concoction of
wit "and sentimentality. •
Tickets for tonight's performance are on sale for $1.25 at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Sharp banter and an edge of satire combined with a plot of
serious undertones added up to a play that, were it half-an-hour
shorter;
• would make for a fully
satisfying evening.
If the Players had built up 'to
the ' climaxes rather than play
ing just about all the action on
the same level, the two-and-a
half hours of sophistication would
have been ,less trying.
The conflict between laissez
faire tolerance and extriine...radi.
calism is woven in t bright
story concerning a vibrant, devil
may-care artist whose affairs with
Statesmen all over the world have
brought her into the spOtligViir
notoriety.
Fran Stridinger gives a fine
breeds. James Gallagher, awards
chairman, said that for the first
time, special awards will be pre
sented to the best fitters and
showmen in each breed. 'niter
Welker is superhitendent of this
division and Arthur Maness of
New Paris will judge.
Morgan, Pereheron, and Bel
gian breeds will be shown in the
horse • division. Division superin
tehdent is George Worst and
judge will be Harold C1ark.....0f
Meadowbrook Farms, Rochester,
Mich.
Following the selection of Win
ners in each class, the champion
fitter and showman of the horse
and sheep divisions will be
selected. A champion fitter and
showman for each breed of beef
cattle will then be chosen, one
of which will be selected as
champion fitter and another as
champion showman of the divi
sion. Finally a grand champion
(Continued on page two)
By BETTIE LOUX
performance as tolerant Marion
Froude, whose distress at finding
a bitter magazine editor wants to
use her, tell-tale - biography to de
stroy those whom he hates gives
the play a pathos not always
found in high comedy.
Bill Sullivan is especially good
as the -hard-bitten editor who
condemns Marion's tolerance of
all kinds of people as "sloppy
aziness."
For the guy who started off
Marion on her career -of light
hearted prostitution, No 1 a n,' as.
,created . , by the aitthor, is unbe
lievably easily shocked .by - her
'current affairs. Not that it is any
great fault—for "Bunny" Nolan,
with all his prudishness and pom
posity, is, an excellent butt for
Kurt's barbed remarks. The role
is handled capably by Morris
Sarachek.
Carol Grosky has a German ac
cent down just about pat' for her
role as the stiff-legged maid Min
nie.
. Ivan Ladizinsky, as the musician
Melchoir Feydak, handle s, his
lines wit h 'a quiet amusement
very reminiscent of his role in
"Hedda Gabler."
Technical production as a whole .
is fairly good, w i't h low-slung
chairs and black enameled tables
tastefully combined with pieces
of oriOntal art ito give an air of
comfortable urbanity to Marion's.
New York studio.
It is unfortunate in the second
act that the easel, which holds a
remarkably clever likeness of
Sarachek, is placed so that •only
one side of the audience can see
it. 1
Miss Stridinger's costumes are
(Continued on page eight)
tgiatt
Photo by Austin
What About the
Lost 55 Per Cent?
See Page 4
Laubach
Installation
On Monday
• All-College Pres i d e n t-elect
John Laubach will be installed,
12 students and five alumni of
the College will receive awards,
and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
and Alpha Chi Omega sorority
will be cited for scholarship at
the second annual Honors Day
program at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
Schwab Auditorium.
President Milton S. Eisenhower
will present the introductory ad
dress at the program, which is
open to the public.
The oath of office will be ad
ministered to Laubach by David
Mutchler, chairman of Tribunal,
following remarks by James
Worth, retiring All-College presi
dent. The first two rows in, the
auditorium will be reserved for
in-coming an d out-going All-
College Cabinet members.
To Award Pugh Medals
Dr. Robert L. Weber, chairman
of the Senate Committee on
Scholarships and Awards, will
present the John W. White medal
to Jean Black, the John W.
White fellowship to Ralph Clark,
and the President Sparks medal
to Richard Grostefon.
Evan Pugh medals will be pre
sented by Dr, Agnes McElwee,
associate professor of English
composition and president of the
(Continued on, page eight)
Glee Club
To Perform
Tomorrow
Robert Klug, pianist; Laßue
Durrwachter, tenor; and Thomas
Lewis, tenor,' will appear with
the men's Glee Club on the pro
gram scheduled for 3 p.m. to
morrow in Schwab Auditorium.
The Varsity Quartet and the Hy-
Los, a comedy group of 19 men
within the club, will also partici
pate in the concert.
The program marks the open
ing of the annual spring tour for
the group, which is directed by
Frank Gullo, associate professor
of music. The tour will include
Williamsport; Elmira, N.Y.; Buf
falo, N.Y.; Erie; and Ridgway,
where concerts will be sponsored
by the Penn State clubs of the
areas.
Members of the Hy-Los are
•Charles Hughes, Norman Mitter
ling, James Erb, Fred Geyer, Wil
liam Park, Ronald Kinsey, Frank
lin Allison, David Young, Glenn
Wiggins, Lynn Fowler, Kenneth
Reagle, Durrwachter, Charles Fal
zone, Richard Spriggs, Peter Far
rell, Gordon Seward, Geor g e
Jeffries, Robert Enterline, and
Klug.
Lost-Hour's Sleep;
Daylight Saving
Starts Tomorrow
Penn Staters will be losing an
other hour of that precious com
modity, sleep, when they set
their timepieces ahead at 2 a.m.
tomorrow for the annual start of
five months , of daylight saving
time.
Most of the borough councils in
Centre County and the College
have adopted DST, which will
affect 65,000,000 people through
out the country. The majority of
bus and train lines also use DST,
FIVE CENTS