Vets' Phys Ed
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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
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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
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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.
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