Glen n Answers
Health Queries
All-College Cabinet last night heard answers to ten cabinet
questions on College Health Service expansion submitted last month
to the’Senate sub-committee on health, and recreation.
Richard Murphy, president of the National Student Association,
scheduled to discuss NS A before cabinet, did not appear. All-College
vice president James Plyler explained that Murphy had a tooth
pulled yesterday and complica
tions had set in. He will probably
appear sometime late in April,
Plyler said.
The answers to the questions
on health service expansion were
submitted by Dr. Herbert R.
Glenn, director of the College
Health Service. They were:
1. What requests have been
made for funds for health serv
ice expansion? The report said a
request seeking funds has : been
before the General State Author
ity, for the past year. The GSA,
however, can not grant funds
probably until the legislature in
creases authority borrowing ca
pacity. _
Coed Dorm
Applications
Are Due
Noon tomorrow is the deadline
for coeds to make formal appli
cation to remain next year in the
dormitory rooms they now occupy,
Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs, assistant
to the dean of women in charge
of housing, yesterday announced.
Applications may be secured-.and
filed in the Dean of Women’s of
fice, 105 Old Main.
Women students who have not
already made housing arrange
ments for next year will draw
numbers for priority in applying
for rooms Monday in the Dean of
Women’s office.
Under the method used for‘ap
plying for rooms, upperclasswo
men have priority according to
their semester, and the numbers
they draw indicate when they
may apply for rooms.
Notice of time, place, and pri
ority members will be anounced
next week.
Drawings will take place 8 a.m.
to noon and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Monday
in the Dean of Women’s office.
Eight-week students will not
draw numbers at this time.
Women will receive room as
signments at a later date.
Within ten days from the date
they receive ' room assignments,
applicants will be required to pay
a $35 room and key deposit.
Twenty-five dollars of the deposit
will be used as a credit to .be ap
plied to the fees of the fall sem
ester next year. The remaining
$lO will be held as a key and
damage deposit, subject to refund
at the end of the student’s occu
pancy.
The full amount of this deposit
will be refunded if the applicant
decides not to enroll and notifies
the College at least one month be
fore the first day of registration.
Failure to do so will forfeit 1 the
entire amount of the room and key
deposit if the. student does not
enroll.
Players' Double-Bill
Begins Third Week
Players’ double-bill, “Aria da
Capo” By Edna St. Vincent Millay
and Christopher Fry’s “A Phoe
nix Too Frequent,” will; go into
the third week of a five-weekend
run at 8' tonight at Center Stage.
Tickets for $1 are on sale for
tonight and tomorrow night’s per
formances at the Student Union
desk in Old Main and at the door
of the theater, Hamilton avenue
and S. Allen street.
Friday 13th Jinxes
Superstitious World
Are you a victim of triskaideka
phobia? (You SHOULD know
what it means.) Triskaidekaphobes
are persons who react to the 13
in this paper’s dateline with a
shudder of fear and immediately
go back to bed.
In other words, they’re the su
perstitious persons you won’t be
seeing much of today. For far
gone triskaidekaphobia addicts re
fuse to budge on Friday the 13th;
they cut classes, refuse dates—all
sorts of ' silly , things. •
What’s more, the rest of the
TODAY'S
WEATHER
CLOUDY
MILD
By CHUCK OBERTANCE
.2., To. what financing groups
or agencies have these requests
been directed? Only to the GSA,
the report said.
3. What improvements would
these funds provide? These funds
could provide two wings to the
Infirmary. These wings would in
crease the capacity to 60 beds,
and in emergencies, almost 100.
Improvements would also include
establishment' ,of the dispensary
in the Infirmary basement and
improvement of present facilities.
4. • From what other sources
may these funds be obtained?
The report said' that the state is
the correct source for such funds.
Epidemic Plans
5. When will the funds be
come available according to pres-,
ent expectations? The Infirmary
has a very high priority the re
port said, but no definite time
has been set,
6. What is the possibility of
obtaining emergency bed space
if epidemics occur? The College
should not plan for such emer
gencies, the report said. Accord
ing to experience in the medical
profession, the College should be
closed if an epidemic got out of
hand.
7. What is the possibility of
having a doctor or nurse call'on
students in. living quarters when
they are refused admittance to a
crowded Infirmary? The College
does not have a staff to handle
this situation.
Excuse Action Pending
8. Why is there no ambulance
available on campus for students
for. emergency use? Ambulance
procurment and problems con
cerning it are under consideration.
At present, the report said, a
community ambulance is avail
able.
9. Why can’t students get of
ficial Infirmary excuses when
confined t 6 bed in their own
quarters by Health Service? Ac
tion is pending before the Col
lege Senate, the report said.
10. Could visiting hours in
the Infirmary be increased? Visit
ing hours are too long at present,
the report said. An increase would
be impractical from a nursing
standpoint.
world caters to the triskaideka
phobe’s whims. Some town's go all
out to protect their citizens from
the hazards of Friday the 13th.
French Lick Springs, Indiana, for
instance, orders all black cats to
wear bells each Friday the 13th
to lessen the mental strain on
the residents of the town.
Operators of ocean liners have
been known to hold ships in dock
until after midnight of Friday the
13th. Airline companies skip over
13 when numbering plane seats.
Skyscrapers have no 13th floor.
One Chicago hotel not only omits
Room 13 on each floor, but pro
vides a stuffed dummy to be the
14th guest at any table caught
with an unlucky number at. table.
Now any philosopher will as
sure you this superstition is “a
silly, irrational attitude of mind
toward the supernatural” by no
means based on logic.
We suspect the National So
ciety of 13 ..Against Superstition,
Prejudice and Fear, organized to
break .down - such attitudes, -is
-(Continued, on page eight)
Daily
VOL. £3, No. 104 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1953 FIVE CENTS
WhiteWallaceWin
WSGA, WRA Posts
rahle Father
CHINESE ACTORS C
Morton Slakoff. Velma Kaiser, and Howard Salus bow with pious
humility in the House of Tsai. The scene is from Players' musical
fantasy "Lute Song," which opened a weekend run last night in
Schwab Auditorium.
Players 'Lute Song '
Is Colorful Spectacle
From the first eloquent lines of the Chinese stage manager to
the final curtain, Players’ “Lute Song” is a continuous procession of
absorbing and somewhat perplexing pageantry. The musical fantasy
settled down last night for a weekend run in Schwab Auditorium.
Director Robert D. Reifsneider has tackled a mammoth produc
tion and come up with results more than pleasing. But without its
exquisite trappings and intricate
staging “Lute Song” is a beautiful
dud—like a noisy and colorful
fireworks display that burns it
self out!
In the opening the audience
takes flight to a kaleidoscopic
world of Chines§ make-believe.
Extravagant sets and procelain
like actors costumed like gods
create just the right atmosphere
for Chinese theater. But the cine
matic illusion is shattered when
the figurines come to life and
speak.
For the few minor -flaws of
“Lute Song” are not in the stag
ing but in the story and casting.
Howard Salus as Tsai Yong does
not always make the most of the
learned country boy who becomes
a mandarin. At times he is per
haps too eager to project the role
and in his ambition loses some
perspective of his character. Wil
lowy-voiced Betty Rice is proud
and stately as the Princess. She
seems to. glide about the stage
like an agile'marionette attached
to strings.
It is upon the comely shoulders
of Velma Kaiser, as the devoted
wife Tchao'-Ou-Niang, that the
burden of the play falls. She
comes through with a tender and
graceful performance.
. William Coleman, looks convinc
ing as the aged patriarch ofj the
house of Tsai and performs ac
cordingly. As his acid-tongued
wife, Sylvia Brown, is far too
youthful and totally unconvinc
ing. Morton Slakoff fares well in
the dual role of the epigram
spouting stage manager and
Friend, and Kaye Vinson behind
his delightful beard is a lively
Preceptor of Morals.
The story itself is little more
than a touching Chinese fairy
tale. A scholar is summoned from
his home to the imperial palace
and is forced to marry a princess
(Continued on page eight)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By CHIZ MATHIAS
Lack of Entries May
End Freshman Revue
The freshman, class musical re
vue planned for May 1 may be
abandoned unless more freshmen
sign up for the tryouts to be held
this weekend, according to San
ford Lichtenstein, class publicity
chairman.
Only nine acts had registered
at 4 p.m. yesterday. At least thirty
should be registered to make the
revue worthwhile, Lichenstein
said.
Penn Faculty
Opposition to
Editorial on Page Four
Opposition to a Congressional
investigation of communism in
colleges was reported from the
campus of the University of Penn
sylvania this week. The opposi
tion was expressed by the Penn
Senate, a group of higher fac
ulty members.
The Senate also heard and ap
proved a report by a committee
which suggested methods for
dealing with faculty members
who were accused of being active
on the part of the Communist
Party. The report said a profes
sor should not be dismissed be
cause he claims privileges under
the fifth amendment.
Some confusion exists as to the
exact nature of the reports ap
proved by the Penn Senate. The
Daily Pennsylvanian, student
newspaper, reported that the com
plete report of the committee was
acted, but Dr. Alexander H. Frey,
chairman of the senate, claimed
that certain portions of the re-
(Mlegiatt
81 % Cast Votes;
Grange Coeds
Turn Out 100%
By TAMMIE BLOOM
Nancy D. White was electee
president of Women’s Student
Government Association, and
Barbara Wallace won the Wo
men’s Recreation Association
presidency yesterday, as 81
per cent of women eligible
voted.
Out of the 2100 eligible voters,
1723 cast ballots in the final elec
tions. Grange Hall residents have
a 100 per cent record, followed
by McAllister Hall, 98 per cent
and Thompson Hall, 82 per cent'.
Werts Secretary
Maud Strawn was elected
WSGA vice president, and Eliza
beth George won the WRA vice
presidential post.
Barbara Werts, who tallied the
second highest number of votes
for the WSGA presidency, will be
secretary of the association. Fran
ces Riley won the treasurer’s post.
Winning senior senatorial candi
date was Marilyn Buzby. Arlene
Borgeson led in the contest for
junior senator. Patricia Ellis, sec
ond place winner for vice presi-.
dent, will also be a junior • sena
tor.
Barbara Stock was elected soph
omore senator, and Jane Reber
will be town senator.
Quill Girl Not Revealed
Marie Wagner was elected WRA
secretary-treasurer.' Patricia Far
rell will be intramural chairman,
and Roberta Sankey won the as
sistant intramural chairmanship.
Winner of the Quill Girl con
test will be announced at the Ma
trix banquet of Theta Sigma Phi,
Women’s journalism fraternity.
Results of the poll among jun
ior women conducted by Mortar
Board, senior women’s honorary
society, will be tabulated later.
Eleanor Gwynn, WRA elections
chairman, said WRA election fig
ures are available to women who.
request them.
Four Home Ec Profs
To Attend Conference
Dr. Jean D. Amberson, Mar-;
garet E. Riegel, Elizabeth C. Hil
lier, and Mildred I. Turney, of
the Department of Home Eco
nomics Education, will attend the
first Tri-State Teacher Education.
Conference in Harrisburg March
13 and 14.
port contained personal opinion
which was not acted on.
Frey explained that the Senate
action on loyalty procedures was
the result of a request by former
Penn president Harold E. Stas
sen, who left the university Jan.
20 to become Federal Mutual Se
curity Administrator. Stassen told
the Senate he wanted them to
advise him on procedure in the
event a situation arose involving
“incompetence, subversion, or
misconduct.”
The Daily Pennsylvanian quot
ed the Senate report as saying: .
“Members of the Senate are
aware of the projected Congres
sional investigation of alleged
subversion in American schools
and universities. The committee
believes the university se n a.t e
should-record its oppositon to any
such investigation.”
The committee recommended
that cases of subversion be han
dled by a faculty committee on
academic freedom and responsi
bility.
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