Vets' Phys Ed Comments— See Page 4 Ballo (crif'B) Totttgiatt VOL. 53, No. 55 Vet Request To Be Heard By Senate A report on the request to eli minate compulsory physical edu cation as an academic require ment for Korean veterans -will be presented to the College Senate today, according to C. 0. Williams, secretary. The report, prepared by th e committee on academic standards, has been under consideration since Oct. 2. - William Shifflett,' president of the Association of Independent Men, suggested the change at a meeting • of All-College 'Cabinet Sept. 25. He said Senate passed a rule in 1947 to eliminate com pulsory ph y sic al education for World War II veterans. Opposition to the change was voiced in a letter to Richard Rost meyer, All -College secretary treasurer, by Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the School of Physical Ed ucation and Athletics. The letter was dated Oct. 27 but was not re leased until Nov. 20. McCoy said the aim of the Col lege physical education program differed from that of the armed services. He said the College's program is principally educational while that of the armed services is body-building. Other reasons cited by McCoy were that no sub stitute has been endorsed by the Department of the Army, that no other college grants this exemp tion. and that , many veterans elected the courses after World War II although not required to do so. Jan. 28 to 31 Set for Spring Registraticon Students will register for the spring semester Jan. 28 to 31 in Recreation Hall, C. 0. Williams, dean of admissions and registrar, has announced. Seniors and juniors will regis ter Jan. 28. Sophomores and fresh men will register Jan. 29 and 30, and special students and College employees will register until noon, Jan. 31. Students will enter Rec reation. Hall according to an al phabetical listing printed in the spring semester timetable now on sale in 2 Willard. Graduate students may register any time during the registration period. Two-year agriculture stu dents will , register according to the alphabetical listing for soph omores and freshmen. Students in the Division of In termediate Registration must re port to 401 Old Main at least 48 hours before they report to Rec Hall. Other students should re port to the campus at least 24 hours before they report to Rec Hall in order to consult their ad visers, Williams said. Students who register after Jan. 31 will be charged a $1 late registration fee. Student Directory Sales Start Today Student directories will go on sale at the recorder's desk, 4 Wil lard, and at downtown book stores at noon today, the department of public information has announced. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY COLD STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1952 Forum Comedienne ELSA LANCHESTER, charac ter actress and •nightclub enter tainer, will appear - in 'Private Music Han," second Community Forum program, at 8 p.m. Mon day in Schwab. Auditorium. With Miss Lanchester will be the Madhatters, a vocal quartet, and Ray Henderson at the piano. The program, presented by Paul Gregory, will offer both music and comedy routines. Radio Guild Tryouts Slated For Saturday Tryouts for "The . Other Wise Man," a radio play sponsored by the Departments of Speech and Drama and the Radio Guild, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in 314 Sparks. Those selected will rehearse from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 13, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 14, and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 15. At 9:30 tonight over WMAJ the Radio Guild will present "Spotlight on State," featuring an interview with David Pellnitz, editor of the Daily Collegian. Sidney Archer, will interview Pellnitz. Jim Bloicham will direct the program, assisted by Jay Mur phy, announcer, and Frank Hutch inson, engineer. Eleanor Nikastro will read "The Garter," a short story by Dorothy Parker, on "Call Card," Radio Guild presentation over WMAJ at 9:45 tonight. Food Buying Presented to The Interfraternity Council heard last night a report on the joint buying plan for fraternities from Dr. Robert K. Murray, a charter member in the recently incorporated Fraternity Marketing Association. Reporting on progress thus far and some of FMA's background, Murray showed through comparitive precentage figures, savings offered to members of the pro gram. FMA is its serving 15 members in its large-scale buy ing plan, and has so far, given members a saving of 4.06 per cent. Murray, who has had experi ence with a similar joint buying plan at Ohio State as a member of the board of control and a treasurer of a fraternity dealing through the program, said that it was inconceivable to him that a fraternity system should operate and not have a joint buying pro gram. , Though currently dealing with only potatoes and canned goods, Murray explained that the pro gram would in time, with suffi cient participation, expand to in clude all food items consumed by individual houses. He urged fraternity representatives - to take back his report to their houses and give the program serious consideration. He added that with more members, the program could offer greater savings. FMA, as of November 3, be came a bonafide corporation,'Mur ray explained, with - the name FOR A Bta - rt,R P AIM Phys • By BILL JOST The Association of Independent Men last night "strongly protested" Pean Ernest B. McCoy's veto on exempting veterans from physical education and also passed a consti tutional amendment favoring the proposed AIM Judicial Board •of Review. The AIM Board of Governors voted unanimously to send their protest to Dean McCoy. McCoy made his reasons for the veto known in a letter to All-College Cabinet Joint Area Skate Party Scheduled Final plans for tomorrow night's roller skating party and plans for Friday afternoon dances in the TUB were made last night by the Barons, Nittany-Pollock social organization. The party is open to students living in the two areas. A Nit tany or Pollock meal ticket will gain admittance for its owner and his date or friend. The party will last from 7 to 10 p.m. Walter Malloy, Barons member, was designated to gather equip ment to hold record dances on [ Friday afternoons in the TUB. The first record dance will be on Friday, Dec. 12. A rehearsal for participants 'in the Splinterville Review will be held next Wednesday. Those par ticipating in the review so far are: the Schuhl Plattlers, th e "Dell Sisters,"' the Nittany Dorm 22 "Follies," a magician, a fe male impersonator singing "Life Upon the Wicked Stage," and a trumpet solo. Randolph Wartz will be master of ceremonies. The review will feature talent from the Nittany-Pollock area. The review is an annual event sponsored by the Barons for students in the two areas. It will be held Dec. 16 in the TUB. Plans for next semester were discussed, among them an infor mal dance and a series of lectures to be given by professors and members of ,the administration. By CHUCK OBERTANCE Fraternity Marketing Association of the Penn State College. He explained that the present 15 members would become stock holders, and if in the future others joined, they too would become stockholders. Fraternities were urged by IFC president Arthur Rosfeld to con tact David Mayer, chairman of the civic responsibility committee, for community projects in con nection with their ."help" weeks. The committee, in conjunction with the College, has made Christ mas trees available to houses. In terested houses must contact May er before noon today if they wish to get a tree. Rosfeld read a letter front' the Senate committee on students af fairs stating that permission had been granted for first and second semester freshman women to date in fraternities with chaperones present. The IFC request also asked that freshman women be granted privileges under the Col lege unchaperoned dating regula tions. This, however, was not anted. NN STATE Report I FC Raps McCoy Ed Decision after deciding that Korean vet erans should not be excused from physical education. Request for the exemption was made by cab inet Sept. 25. Approval of the AIM Judicial Board of Review was also unani mous. One member more than the necessary quorum of 16 attended the meeting. The Judicial Board is -set up in an amendment to .the AIM con stitution. The amendment must be passed by three of the four member councils before it can go into effect. Nine to Serve on Board The board will review disci plinary cases against independent men and groups. Action taken by the board will be in the form of recommendations to the Dean of Men's office. The judicial, board will have a chairman and two members from each of the four AIM councils— Town, Nit t an y, Pollock Circle, and West Dorm. Members are to be appointed in the Spring sem ester following the election of the officers of the AIM Board of Gov ernors for the following year. The executive committee of the Board of Governors will appoint the chairman subject to the ap proval of the board. The chairman of the review board will appoint the members of the board from suggestions to be submitted by the presidents of th e member councils. Group to Set Procedure The chairman will preside over the meetings and vote only in case of a tie. When unable to at tend a meeting, he may appoint a board member to assume his duties. The board, according to the constitutional amendment, ma y establish its own procedure ex cept that any hearing must be open of closed if the student in volved so desires. Joseph Haines, vice president, presided over the meeting for President William Shifflett, who is in the College Infirmary. Ed Conference Meets Today Representatives of seven teach er-training institutions enrolled in the Cooperative Research in Edu cation Association will convene at the College today to plan research programs aimed at pro viding better undergraduate train ing for student teachers. The three-day meeting will in clude round-table discussions and a tea to be held in the McElwain Hall lounge tomorrow. Committee members for the conference are Dr. Chester T. Mc- Nerney, associate professor of ed ucation, and Dr. Nell A. Murphy, assistant professor of education. Faculty members who will parti cipate in the discussions are Dr. McNerney; Dr. Paul W. Bixby, professor of elementary education; Dr. Robert B. Patrick, associate professor of education; and Deno G. Thevaos, assistant professor of psychology. 228 Men to Take SS Test Today Two hundred twenty-eight stu dents are expected to take the Selective Service college qualifi cation test at 8:30 a.m. today in 121 Sparks. Students who will miss classes by taking the examination may obtain excuses . tomorrow in the Dean of Men's office, 109 Old NCAA Grid Monopoly— See-Page 4 Harvest Ball Discussed In Council Final plans for the Harvest Ball to be held tomorrow night from 9 p.m. to midnight in Recreation Hall were discussed at a special meeting last night of the Agri culture Student Council. James DeVoe and Edgar Pell nel, co-chairmen of the _dance, which is sponsored annually by the council, called for reports from various committee chairman. Temple Reynolds, co-chairman of the decorations committee, an nounced that the theme of the dance will be "An Autumn Pic nic" and the decorations will cen ter around that theme. Pictures of Marcia Philips, Ann Lederman, and Elizabeth Tomlin son, Harvest queen finalists, are in the window of the Western Un ion office on South Allen Street, Arthur Stone, chairman of pub licity, announced. The trophys they will receive are also on ex hibit. Stone stated that cars will tour the campus tomorrow adver tising the Ball. Richard Stanley, council presi dent, appointed a committee head ed by Temple Reynolds to make plans for a coffee hour to be held in conjunction with the County Agents Association the week of Dec. 14. Others on the committee are Lawrence Lindstrom, James Hall, John Tait, and Thomas Peters. 41 to Visit UN On PSCA Tour Forty-one persons from the Col lege will travel to the United Nations in New York Dec. 11 to 14, according to Mary Jane Wy land of the Penn State Christian Association who is a member of the UN steering committee. "If this is a sample, it looks as if the UN trip will be a popular feature of the CA program," said Miss Wyland. She attributes the fine response to "interest in the UN, the Education Council's hand ling of the publicity, and the bang up job done by the over-all UN committee." This committee is composed of students and faculty fr o m the School of Education, the Political Science department, and the PSCA. A novel feature of this trip is that several church foundations and honoraries are sponsoring it. FIVE CENTS
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