Penn State and NSA— See Page 4 VOL. 53, No. 123 3 Nominated For AA Preside-ncy Three men ,have been nominat ed for Athletic Association presi dent. and two men for secretary treasurer, according to' Joseph Le myre, president. Nominated for president' are Gerald. -Maurey, Keith Vesling, and John Sherry. Adam Kois and Hubert Klein were nominated for secretary-treasurer. The presidential candidate re ceiving the 'second highest num ber of votes will win the post of vice president. -Coaches, captains, and head managers of all sports; Harold R. Gilbert, assistant director of ath letics; and Lemyre selected- the candidates at noon yesterday Recreation Hall. As many as five candidates ca n be selected for president and three for secretary treasurer. The: candidates will be voted upon at the spring elections, Wed nesday and Thursday. However, they will not run for any political party. All male undergraduates may- vote for AA officers. The State and Lion - parties will continue their campaigns into the fourth day today when candidates of both parties will appear at frat ernities in the afternoon and even ing. Lion Party candidates for jun ior and senior class offices will campaign -in the Nittany • Dormi tory area tonight while All-Col lege office candidates are appear ing in the Pollock Circle area. Male junior, senior class, and Ali-College candidates of the. State Party will:continue stumping ac tivities in McKee, Hamilton, Ir vin, Watts, and Jordan halls. State Party candidates for secretary 7 treasurer of the junior and senior classes will appear in McElwain and Simmons halls. 'Ugly' Entries Due Tuesday Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, has set Tues day as the deadline for entries in the Ugly Man contest. • Entries may be mailed to HaMl5- ton Huff, 137 Park avenue, or left at the Student Union desk in Old Main. A 50 cent fee is . required' for each .entry. Candidates must be graduating seniors and must be sponsored by a group at the College. Pictures of the contestants will be taken April 25 by representa tives of Alpha Phi Omega. Can didates will be notified concern ing picture schedules. Rules of the contest have been included in letters sent to all campus organizations. Fraternity and sorority sponsors will receive 25 points toward the Spring Week. I trophy. The sponsor of the Ugly Man contest winner will earn 100 points. Five Men Debaters To Be in Symposium Five members of the men's de bate squad will participate in a symposium at 7:30 tonight at the Wheeler street Parent-Teachers Association in Lewistown. Charles Basch, David Swanson, and Lewis Martini will present seven minute speeches on the need for a federal fair employ ment practices law. They will be cross-examined by Nick Starna teris and James Dunlap. TODAY'S WEATHER SHOWERS COLDER CObjriet. - .A6-:..11e0f ISC B Fee : .;_Consolidation Plan Proposal Calls For 25-Cent Assessment The Inter-school Council Board I.st night passed by majority vote a proposal for unification of fees to be presented at tonight's cab-, inet meeting. • The new proposal, introduced by Douglas Schoerke, Liberal Arts Student Council president, calls for a 25-cent assessment for each student per semester. This fee would be used to defray and ex pand the activities of the 'various student councils. The distribution of these funds would be based on the number of students in each school and given to each council accordingly. The proposal included a stipu lation that the College will set up a booth at the time of regis tration and collect from each ag riculture student an additional 50 cents towards Penn State Farmer subscriptions. This latter fee would have to , be ,paid by agriculture students in order to ! complete registration. Schoerke announced a meeting of Open House chairmen from the various schools at 7 p.m. Wed nesday. Schoerke, said that pub licity concerning the combined Open House has been sent to the invited high schools. • . Counselor Applications Available Men interested in being Orien tation Week counselors next se mester may secure and submit aPplidations tomorrow. to April 25 at the Dean of Men!s office, 109 Old Main. ' Assistant Dean of Men Harold W. Perkins • yesterday estimated that 100 applicants will be accept ed. This is the number of men who served as counselors during the fall semester last year. ' • Fraternity members may be in terested in being counselors be cause fall rushing programs will be in effect during Orientation Week next semester, Michael Jor dan, chairman of the Orientation Week committee, said yesterday. Counselors who are members of fraternities will be able to meet incoming upperclassmen fr om Penn State centers as well as stu dents transferring to the College, he added. Counselors will report to cam pus noon Sept. 15. They will coun sel at two meetings, one on the night of Sept. 15, the second on the night of Sept.' 16. They are free to leave campus after the meetings. - Those living in dormitories will receive room and board free of charge, and counselors living out side of College dorms will be re imbursed for living expenses. Re imbursement will pr o b ably amount to $lO. - The - curriculums of applicants will be the primary basis for se-1 lection of applicants, Jocdan said. If enough men, apply, activities and All-College averages will' be taken into consideration, he add ed. The committee will strive to have new students Who are en rolled in one particular curricu lum counseled • by' men in that curriculum, he said. ,The aim of the counseling pro gram is to acquaint new students with' the College, its regulations, social, academic,' extra-curricular, and religious activities; and . gen eral . atmosphere. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1953 (left to right) Elinor Ehman, Celeite McDermott, Peggy Mayberry, and Ruth Rapp. The musical comedy by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach will open! a weekend run at 7:30 tonight in Schwab Auditorium. 12'obertce -- to - - feature Pari- Fashion. Salon During the first act of Thespians' "Roberta" the stage of Schwab will be transfixed into a Paris clothing salon complete with live mannequins, dress. forms, and startling designs. The musical comedy by Jerome Kern and Otto Harb4ch will open at 7:30 tonight for a weekend run. time has been moved up one-half hour before regular performance time. A special matinee will be given at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets sell ing at $1 for tonight and $1.25 for tomorrow and the Saturday performances are on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main. (Costumes Made, Rented Everything from the latest in negligees and dance gowns to a Frenc poodle and three Charles ton-dancing flappers left over ,from the "Roaring Twenties" will be seen in the fashion, parade. Gowns for the fashion sequence were especially designed by Don ald • Stohl, eighth semester arts and letters major, and manu factured by Thespian crews under the direction of Marilyn Minor and Marilyn McComb. Other costumes to cloak the huge cast of 75 were borrowed, made or rented from New York and Philadelphia costumers. "Roberta" opens at 'Alpha Beta Pi fraternity at Haverhill College in Massachusetts where Johnny Kent, played by Joe Goldstein, is a football hero. It picks up a continental flavor with a jump to Gay Paree, taking Kern's tunes and our hero with it. Johnny in herits a share in the firm of his dying Aunt' Roberta . and falls in love with his partner, Stephanie, played by Nancy Lou Thomas, and a tempestuous night club singer, Suzanne Kiel. Thirteen Song Numbers Setting for the fraternity, Ro berta's office and show room and a flamboyant Cafe Russe have been designed by Richard Speiser. Traveler curtains will be used to simplify set changes , and. add ad ditional color. By draping half the stage and focussing lights on the remaining 'half where action is going on, the next scene change can be set up and the play main tains a steady flow, according to Moylan Mills, administrative as- sistant. Due to the unusual length of the Thespian production curtain (Continued OR, page eight) rgia tt Standard Fee Turned Down By MI Council The Mineral Industries Student Council last night unanimously rejeCted the 25-cent consolidated fee which would be collected at registration. The council said that the pro posed increase would create- an excessive amount of cash and that the school and - council would have no need for such an amount. The group however did favor a 25- cent fee for the scho o 1, but thought other schools should tax students according to - their needs. The council discussed details pertaining to the open hou s e which will be open to the public on May 1 and 2. It was revealed that souvenirs would be given to those who toured *the Mineral Industries and Mineral Science buildings. • Plans were also discussed for the banquet to be held May 2 at' the Nittany Lion Inn honoring Edward Stei d l e, dean of the School of Mineral Industries, who is retiring June 30. Tickets for the banquet are on sale and can be obtained at the dean's office in 101 Mineral Industries or from members of the _student council. The price of the tickets is $3.50 pen_person. • Poly Sci Club to Meet The Political Science Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in Simmons lounge. The discussion will deal with the topic "John Q. Public and Domestic Policy." Dr. Neal- Riern er, assistant professor of political science, will be moderator. WD Council Amendment— See Page 4 NSA President Will Discuss Organization A fee consolidation recom mendation made by the Inter school Council Board last night will be brought before All-College Cabinet tonight, according to Lincoln Warrell, ISCB chairman. The new proposal introduced by Douglas Schoerke, Liberal Arts Student Council president, calls for a 25-cent assessment for each student a semester. This fe e would be used to defray and ex pand the activities of the various student councils. A plan suggested by the admin istration would provide for equal council assessments to facilitate collection of fees at registration by having a uniform student-aS sessed fee. Under this plan it would have been necessary to es tablish school council fees at 75 cents a student in each school. Only the Agriculture and Home Economics student councils have fees. The agriculture council fee is 75 cents, and the home econom ics council fee is 25 cents. The plan was sent to ISCB for study and recommendations. AGENDA Roll call Minutes of the previous meeting Reports of officers Adoption of agenda Reports of committees: 1. Freshman Customs Board Old business: 1. Fee consolidation New business Special guest: National- Student Associa tion President Announcements Adjournment In other business scheduled for tonight, Richard J. Murphy, na tional president of the national student association, will discuss NSA before cabinet. The discus sion' session will give cabinet a chance to ask questions of Mur phy about the NSA. Murphy's appearance tonight marks the second attempt made to have him appear here. Orig inally scheduled to speak to cab inet on March 12, Murphy became ill and was unable to attend. Questions which were expected to be raised previously and may be brought up tonight are wheth er or not the College should be long to NSA and whether the benefits derived from member ship are worth the cost. The Freshman Customs Board will present a report to cabinet recommending some changes in the customs regulations, accord ing to James Schulte, chairman. Seniors to Discuss Ckiss Gift Tonight The senior class will meet at 7 tonight in 121 Sparks to dis cuss th e several possibilities for a class gift, Theodore Kim mel, president, has announced. Among the suggestions for the gift are "The Lineman" statue, a record lending library. furnishings for a room in the new Student Union Building, scholarship fund, or chimes or organ for the proposed medita tion chapel. After .the final suggestions have been made, they will be sifted by the gift committee and voted upon by seniors when they pick up their copies 'of LaVie. FIVE CENTS
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