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qi. A BETTER PENN STATE •- •
Vol. 53, No. 73
Freshman
Will Start
Fraternities may officially pledge present first semester fresh
men after 8 a.m. Feb. 14, Interfraternity Council announced last
night.
Informal bids may be extended to freshmen until that date, IFC
said. These informal bids may be retracted by either the rushee or
the fraternity until the 'official p.
George V. Allen
Commencement Speaker
President
Will Hold
Open House
President and Mrs. Milton S.
Eisenhower will hold an office
"Open House" from 10 a.m. to
noon Jan. 27 in 203 Old Main for
all graduating seniors and . 'their
parents i 'it was announced yester
day by Wilmer E. Kenworthy, as
sistant to the President.
Theodore Kimmel, senior class
president, will join the Eisen
howers in greeting students.
The idea for such a function
was started at the request of last
year's senior class, and on the
basis of its success, was request
ed again this year.
Dr. George V. Allen, United
States ambassador to Yugoslavia
since 1950, will deliver the ad
dress at the fall semester com
mencement exercises to be held
at 2 p.m. the same day. The exer
cises will take place in Recrea
tion Hall.
President Eisenhower, in an
nouncing the selection recently,
said, "Dr. Allen, now in Bel
grade, is an outstanding Ameri
can who has handled some of this
nation's most difficult diplomat
ic assignments, and I am', per
sonally grateful to him for agree
ing to take time to come to Penn
State for our fall semester com
mencement."
Dr. Allen will arrive in this
country sometime this week.
Physics Exams Ready
"College Physics Review," a set
of specimen examinations of un
dergraduate physics courses com
piled by Dr. Robert Weber, as
sociate professor of physics, is
now available. Further informa
tion is obtainable at ext. 2114, the
physics library.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
WINDY
WITH
SHOWERS
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1953
Pledging
Feb. 14
edge date.
A pledge card and the $2 pledge
fee must be turned into the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main on
or before Feb. 18 for every stu T
dent pledged by the slBth. Pledge
cards are available at the Student
Union desk.
No present first semester fresh
man may be pledged before the
date for official pledging, Feb. 14.
In order to pledge, a rushee
must have a 1.0 All-College aver
age or a 1.0 average for the pre
vious semester. The Feb. 14 pledg
ing date applies only to students
who will be in their second se
mester. Students who are übper
classmen and have the required
average may pledge anytime dur
ing the school year. Freshmen
may not be pledged during their
first semester.
Informal pledging, illegal in
previous years, will consist of an
invitation extended by the fra
ternity. --arid' •ac cepted by the
rushee. This is being done so that
a student will be more able to
become acquainted with the fra
ternity. An informal bid will not
be binding UpOn either the fra
ternity or the student until Feb.
14, when pledge cards are signed
and pins distributed.
The IFC intends to check on
the averages of all men pledged,
RKesident Arthur Rosfeld told a
meeting - of rushing chairmen last
night. He noted that adherence
to the 1.0 average rule has been
practiced by. the -fraternities dur
ing the past few years and ex
plained that this is one of the
reasons the fraternity men's aver
age is above the All-College men's
average.
,Rosfeld .suggested that houses
not having a pledging ceremony
institute one so that pledges, most
of whom - live in the dormitories,
will be. made to feel more a part
of the fraternity. •
High Comedy Sets the Scene
For Players"Amphitryon 38'
A Greek legend will be trans
formed into high comedy with
help from French and American
playwrights when Players open
"Amphitryon 38" A 8 tonight in
Schwab Auditorium.
Tickets for S. N. Behrman's lib
eral translation of Jean Girau
doux's comedy are available at
the Student Union desk in Qld
Main at 60 cents for tonight and
$1 for tomorrow and Saturday
nights.
The original Greek legend told
of Jupiter, king of the gods, as
suming the likeness of Amphi
tryon in order to visit the war
rior's wife Alkmena. As 'Jupiter
was giving a banquet at ,Amphi
tryon's home, Amphitryon re
turned home froth war and
claimed the honor of being mas
ter of the house.
As far as the servants and guest
were concerned, the dispute was
soon decided—he who gave the
feast was to them the host. Alk
mena was, by Jupiter, mother of
the strong Hercules.
The legend has been the sub
ject of comedies by - such authors
as Plautus, Moliere, and Dryden,
and in 1929 the ,French dramatist
Giraudoux -wrote "Amphitryon
38," meaning it was the 38th treat
ment• of the famous theme. Behr
man's translation for the 1937
Broadway production was called
liberal enough to be entitled
"Amphitryon 39." '
• In the Players' production, di
rected by - Dennis Sherk, graduate
assistant in dramatics; Jolly _Os
walt will play. the role ..of, Alk-
Cabinet Will Hear
Radio Fee Request
All-College Cabinet tonight expects to hear a proposal asking student financial sup
port of a campus radio station. John Laubach, All-College President, has said he expects
no opposition to a motion which will be considered asking student support.
The group will study the proposal after a report by Emery RiChardson, chairman- of
the President's radio committee. In the report, Richardson said„ he will give an over
all picture of the station, includ
ing operating procedures. He will
also ask the adoption of a consti
tution setting policies for the sta
tion.
Coeds Must
Quit Dorms
After Finals
Women students living in the
dormitories must vacate their
rooms within 24 hours after their
last examination, Dean of Wom
en Pearl 0. Weston said yesterday.
Dean Weston explained that
this ruling complies with College
regulations.
Women students who have late
finals, however, or who have a
valid, excuse for staying ,in the
dorms during the semester recess,
will be permitted to stay on cam
pus. These students should con
tact their dormitory hostess, Dean
Weston said.
Men's dormitories will remain
open during the period, as is
usual.
At the same time, Director of
College Food Service Mildred A.
Baker announced dormitory din
ing halls will remain open during
the week of Jan. 25 instead of
closing, as has been the custom
in past years.
From Jan. 17 to 27 a new sched
ule will go into effect in the dorm
dining halls. During this period
lunch will be served to women
students from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m.,
and dinner will be served_begin
ning at '5 p.m.
Lunch will be served to men
students from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
and dinner will be served from
5 to 6:15 p.m.
MERCURY, (left), portrayed by Sid •Archer, and Gordon Greer
as Jupiter, look down updn Amphitryon's• mortal wife Alkmena
from a cloud above Amphitryon's palade. The action takes place
in the first scene of Players' "Amphitryon 38" -which opens at 8
tonight in Schwab Auditorium.,
mena whi c h was created on
Broadway by Lynn Fontaine.
Gordon Greer will play the
Alfred Lunt role of Jupiter, and
Sid Archer will play Mercury,
messenger of the gods, who sees
Alkmena from a cloud.
John - Anistqn will be Amphi
tryon, • and .Dick Neuweiler - will
be the trumpeter originally por
trayed--by ..Sydney Greenstreet
Two-thirds' of cabinet at two
meetings must approve any mat
ters of finance, as required by the
All-College constitution. The next
meeting will not be. held until
the' first week of February.
No definite method to raise the
money has been suggested. One
possibility is an additional assess
ment of 15 cents to the student
fee each semester. This• assess
ment would raise the $3OOO need
ed to pay half the $6OOO yearly
expenses of the station. The Col
lege administration is considering
paying the additional $3OOO neces
sary to provide the total.
' AGENDA
Roll- call
Minutes of previous meeting
Reports of officers
Adoption of agenda
Reports of committees
Food' committee
Old business
UN report
New business
Radio station report
Presentation of Board of Publi
cations Constitution
Appointments
Announcements.
The plan to assess the students
seems the simplest, Richardson
said. However, he added that it
was not up to that group to make
recommendations about ' finance
of the station. The money will be
used to pay for transmitters, op
erating expenses, and upkeep of
the station, Richardson said.
President's _committee has
(Continued on page eight)
Alice Mears will play Leda, who
was loved by Jupiter in•the guise
of a swan. ' .
Al Sarkas will play SoCi; Bill
Musser, warrior; Carol Strong,
Nenetza; •Beverly Masters, Klean
tha; and Velma Kaiser, the echo.
Russel Whaley designed and
Mesrop Kesdekian executed the
stylized four-level set. Muriel
Stein - is.• costume superviser.
State Hosts
Two Teams
In Debate
The Penn State men's debate
squad entertained teams from
Bucknell University and Dickin
son College yesterday in a series
of non-decision debates and a
symposium-type discussion.
The topic discussed was the
current national intercollegiate
topic, Resolved: that the Congress
of the United States should en
act a compulsory fair employment
practices law.
At the debates held in the after
noon, an affirmative Penn' State
squad of Benjamin Sinclair and
David Swanson competed against
a Dickinson pair. Representing
the College on the negative side
against Bucknell • were Meyer
Bushman and Thomas White.
In the evening the symposium
was held on the same topic. Four
speakers presented various views
and were then questioned by three
other debaters. The discussion
was then thrown open to the
spectators for open questioning
of 'the panel.
The - Penn State squad also en
tertained the visiting schools at
a dinner held in the State Col
lege Hotel. Jay Headly, manager
of the College team, gave a - wel
coming talk and presented each
of the debaters with a small tro
phy ash-tray.
Headly also announced that the
next debate for the College squad
would be the Boston Invitational
Tournament. The tourney, which
attracts between 50 and 70 schools,
was won by the College last year.
Foreign Grants
Are Available
To U.S. Students
Opportunities for Amer ic an
students to obtain 200 fellowships
for study abroad have been an
nounced by the Institute of In
ternational Education for th e
1953-54 academic year.
The awards are largely for
study in European and L atilt
American universities. Also in
cluded axe grants from the Uni
versities of Ceylon and Teheran.
They are sponsored by private
organizations and by foreign gov
ernments.
Basic requirements for eligibil
ity for the majority of the awards
are United States citizenship, a
bachelor's degree, a good aca
demic record, and a good knowl
edge of the language of the coun
try of the study.
Fields included in the grants
include language, literature, sci
ence, the humanities, and the so
cial sciences. Deadlines for ap
plication for most of the fellow
ships are set at March 1, but the
French government has listed
Feb. 1 as the closing date. •
A pamphlet, "Fellowship Op
(Continued on page eight)
Special Permissions
Upperclass women will have
11 o'clock permissions fro m'
Sunday to and including Jan.
29, during final examinations.
First semester freshman wom
en will have ten o'clocks.
One o'clock traveling per
missions taken after noon Jan.
27 will be considered with the
spring semester.
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