Baker and Lee Win
May Court Honors
Barbara Baker, journalism major,from Sunbury, will be crowned
May Queen at-the Women's StUdent Government ASsociation cere
monies May 9 and Nancy Lee will serve as freshman maid of honor.
Mary Markley and Madeleine Sharp, runners-up - in yesterday's
election, will be senior -attendants. Marilyn Fisher and Jane Patton
will be freshman attendants.
Junior' attendants elected in
Tuesday's primary will be Mari
lyn Buzby and Carolyn Pelzcar.
Sophomore attendants will be
Louanne Gallaher and , Patricia
Morris.
Hemlock Chain May Sign Up
The coronation will be part of
the celebration beginning 3:30
p.m. on the plaza of Old Main.
Events will include processions
of the honor arch and . members
of the hemlock chain, maypole
dancers, modern dancer s, and
serenaders. Margaret Crooks is
chairman of the ceremony and
Ruth Israel is in charge of en
tertainment.
Names . of senior women who
would like to participate in the
hemlock chain will be accepted
today at the Student Union desk
in Old Main. The first 50 who
sign up will be accepted.
Presidents to Present Gifts
Nancy Lusk and Patricia Hughes
will be jesters ,in . the queen's
court. Nancy Gulick and Jean
Yemm will serve as. heralds.
The presidents of the Women's
Recreation Association, WSGA,
and a representative from the
Penn State Christian Association
will present - the queen's crown,
sceptre, and robe.
Betsey. Seigler and Ann Cun
ningham were co-chairmen of the
elections committee: Barbara
Werts, vice president of WSGA
and chairman of the House of
Representatives, is general chair
man. -
AIM Gives
Editor Post
To Mathias
Charles Mathias, sixth semester
journalism major, was named edi
tor of the 1953-54 Independent,
Association of Independent Men
and -Leonides newspaper, at Wed
nesday'night's AIM Board of Gov=
ernors' meeting.
Mathias replaces Richard Rau,
who edited the paper during the
current year. Mathias is presently
managing editor of the . Indepen
dent and is a member of the Ink
ling staff. He was recently named
copy editor of the Daily Collegian
for the coming year.
The Board of Governors made
final plans for the AIM-Leonide,s
Spring Dance' to be held April 25
in the West Dorm lounge. The
dance will be from 9 p.m. to mid
night. Gery Kehler of Williams
port will play , for the dance.
Robert Smoot, AIM chairman of
the dance, said the dance will be
open to all students. He stressed
his invitation to the 'Greeks as a
return gesture for their allowing
independents at house parties. 1
The AIM banquet has been set
for May 1 at the Autoport Res
taurant. The banquet is for the
installation of new AIM officers
and the recognition of the outgo
ing leaders and is • open to mem
bers ,of the board and members
of the independent councils.
Talks at the dinner will be given
by Dr. Robert T. Oliver, professor
of speech, and Louis H. Bell, di
rector of public information. Tick
ets for:either a beef or fish dinner
are available from Robert Hard
ing, chairman of the committee,
for $1.75 per person.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
COLD
CLOUDY
By BAYLEE FRIEDMAN
Coed Debaters
To Attend Meet
Two teams from the women's
debate squad, will leave today to
represent the College at the 18th
annual Tartan Tournament at
Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Debating affirmatively will be
Barbara Rice and. Agnes Porter.
Marian. Ungar, debate.manager,
and Nancy Nelsen wil take the
negative of the national inter
collegiate topic on a compulsory
fair employment practices law.
William Hamilton, assistant pro
fessor of speech, will accompany
the teams to Pittsburgh.
Approximately 25 teams from
the New England-Middle Atlantic
area will participate in the tour
naments.
Tonight Is Opening
Of 'Right You Are'
A view of Pirandello's pre-World War I Italy will be focused on
Center Stage at 8 p.m. tonight when Players' production of the
comedy-mystery "Right You Are! (If You Think So)" opens a six
weekend run.
k Tickets priced - at $1 for the opening and tomorrow night's per
formance are on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main.
Director Warren S. Smith chose
a translation by Eric Bentley of
the original Cose' e' (se vi pare)
for the Player version.
Whaley Designed Costumes
As Signor Ponza, the town of
ficial whose matrimonial status
is probed by local gossips, Clifton
Crosbie will play the role created
by Edward G. Robinson in - the
original 1927 Theatre Guild pro
duction. Jolly Oswalt, in her
final Player role, will. portray
the questionable mother-in-law,
whose version of his marriage
differs greatly from Ponza's. Pir-1
andello wrote himself into the
script as an onlooker in the part
of Laudisi, played by Al Sarkas.
Others in the cast are Yvonne
Voigt, Betsy Jones, Michael s De
Muzio, Nancy Fortna, Eugene
Nepa, • and Mort Slakoff..
Period costumes, vintage of
1915, have been styled by Player
designer Russell Whaley an d
made under the supervision of
Midge -Stein, graduate assistant
in dramatics. -Tragic characters
will be draped in blaCk to sym
bolize the nature of their per
formance and as a sign of mourn
ing for relatives killed in an
earthquake in their native village.
Formal wear for the men has
been imported from Philadelphia
costumers. Beards and mustaches
have been created by Ross Ban
nerd.
Prof Knew Pirandello
Italian newspapers have been
brought in from Altciona by the
props committee to' give an au
thentic touch to the scene. Prac
tiCal doors . will be used for the
first time at Center' Stage.
Eiji) Gianturco, associate pro
fessor of Italian language and
literature, who knew Pirandello
and often visited him at his home,
Barbara Baker
Elected May Queen
Pft..Balig
VOL. 53, No. 124 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1953 FIVE CENTS
Cabinet Gets Seating
Murphy Denies NSA
Upholds Stand
On Instructors
By DICK RAU
Allegations that the National
Student .Association attempts to
protect Communists or is trying
to foster communism were de
nied last night by Richard J. Mur
phy, national president.
Speaking before All-C ollege
Cabinet, Murphy said the charge
that NSA allows Communists .to
teach •is false. He said that 'NSA
is only in agreement with the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors in the association's
stand that teachers should not
be hired or fired on the basis of
political beliefs alone,. provided
that no laws are violated.
Murphy said that the only res
ervation is that the teacher con
cerned "must not participate in
any group that would render his
mind no longer free."
A charge that NSA attacked a
university dean who was trying
to get rid of Communists was ex
plained by Murphy. NSA, he said,
criticized the method used by a
university dean in removing an
editor with leftist sentiments of
the institution's student newspa
per who attended the first Berlin
Youth Festival and did not re
turn to the campus for two or
three months after the university
term had started.
NSA maintained that in this
case the editor should have been
removed by either the s student
body or by the newspaper's ad
(Continued on page eight) -
spoke to the cast during rehears
als to give them a better insight
to the characters Pirandello pen
ned into his works.
Actually most of the figures
in Pirandello's writings are not
individuals, but stock characters
left over from the cgmmedia
dell'arte -of the Italian street
theater. They represent mental
habits, huzhan emotions, and the
matic ideas, and could very well
be indicated 'as Mr. or Mrs. Any
body.
'Humanity Lost'
In "Right You Are" truth is the
real hero whose fortunes under
line the story: Pirandello pre
sents the stru g g le of reality
against the power of illusion. He
attempted to throw the denounce
ment at the audience like a slap
in the face and catch them totally
unprepared.
In his biography of Pirandello,
Walter Starkle . says the play
wright pictures humanity lost in
a maze, scurrying up one corri
dor and down another. In his
works, he seemed to shout -"God!
God, my friends; don't you rea
lize that we are in the ludicrous
role of blind marionettes?" writes
Starkie. •
Pirandello himself wrote, "Life
is a very sad piece of buffoon
ery." Born in Girgeriti, Sicily in
1867, Pirandello studied in Rome
and the University of Bonn, Ger
many. He taught for 24 years in
Rome. His own life was troubled
by poverty and the mental tor
ture of living for 17 years with
an insane wife because he could
not afford to . place her in a sani
tarium. During his writing career
which began late in life he wrote
zeveral short stories and novels
(Continued on page eight)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Richard J. Murphy
Gives NSA Talk
Home Ec
Weekend
Underway
The fourth annual Spring Week
end of the School of Home Eco
nomics opens at 9 a.m. today and
will continue until 5 p.m. tomor
row. The program emphasizes the
importance of fabrics and fashions
and will bring to the campus re
tailers, consumers, producers, and
experts in the field of textiles, as
well as alumni and students of
high schools of the state.
The program will include
speeches, discussions, exhibits,
demonstrations, skits, and movies.
A. G. Ashcroft of the Alexander
Smith and Sons Carpet Co. will
speak on "Textiles in a Changing
World" at 11 a.m. today and at
10 a.m. -tomorrow. Ashcroft has
had experience both as an en
gineer and research expert in the,
field of textiles' and plastics:
"Madame, Do You Return Your
,Goods?" is the title of a talk to,
be given by Dr. Jules Labarthe
of the Melon Institute. Labarthe, l
a research chemist and expert in
the field of textile development
and testing, will speak at 10 a.m.
today and at 11 a.m. iomorrow.l
Highlight of the program is a
panel on "The Miracle Fibers
Bring Their Own Problems." The
panel will meet at 2 p.m. tomor
row in Osmond Laboratory. Pro- 1
ducers, consumers, and retailers
will discuss the question, "What
may I expect from the new fi-1
bers?" The problems of the pro- 1
ducer, research worker, and re
tailer will .also be presented. Dis
cussion groups will follow .the
panel.
At 2 p.m. tomorrow a fashion;
show will be presented in the
TUB. Clothes for children, busi
ness women, students, and home
makers will be modeled. There
will also be a section illustrating
international costumes.
There will be exhibits through
out the Home Economics Build
ing. Exhibits and demonstrations
will be open during the evening.
Collegian Junior Board
Promotions Announced
'Promotions . to the junior edi
torial board of the Daily Col
legian have been announced by
David Jonei, new editor. They
are Richard Anglestein, Leonard.
Goodman, Betty Koster, Ann Leh,
Myron Feinsilber, Margaret Mc-
Clain, Shirley Musgrave, William
011endike, John Reid, Edmund,
Reiss, Herman Weiskopf, and
Laura Wheeler.
Tottrgiatt
First Approval
Given Fee Plan
By CHUCK OBERTANCE
All-College Cabinet last
night heard a plan that would
admit faculty, townspeople,
and alumni to athletic events
in Recreation Hall. The two
point plan, proposed by Ath
letic Association president Jo
seph, Lemyre, was tabled un
til next week.
Under the proposed plan, stu
dents would exchange coupons
from their` athletic books for ad
mission tickets to athletic events
in Recreation Hall. This exchange
would take place three or four
days before the day of the event..
The coupons would be exchanged
in Athletic offices in Old Main.
or in Recreation Hall.
Says Capacity 6000
On the day of the event, tickets
would be sold to the faculty, al-,
umni, and public. Students could
still exchange athletic coupons for
admission tickets on this day. If
tickets were not completely sold
out by athletic office closing time,
tickets would go on sale at Rec
reation Hall prior to the event.
If tickets were completely sold
out, no more persons would be
admitted to the event that night.
Lemyre said he based these,
proposals on the assumption that
the seating capacity of Recreation
Hall is 6000. He said that the
largest crowd this year, was 5007
and the lowest, 935. The average
per game was over 3000 at each
event, Lemyre said. His proposal,
he said, would permit capacity
use of facilities.
2 Councils Have Fees
A 25-cent a semester fee hike
for each student to equalize stu
dent fees was given first approval
(Continued on page eight)
Senior Class
Completes List
For Class Gift
The seniors outnumbered the
juniors by one, with 15 members
attending the class meeting last
night where final suggestions for
the senior class gift were made.
The suggestions decided on at
the meeting will include "The
Lineman" statue, a record room
in the library, furnishings for a
room in the new Student Union
building, scholarship' fun d, stu
dent. radio, student loan fund, a
set of chimes or an organ for the
proposed Meditation Chapel, and
the purchase of permanent capS
and grown for graduating sen
iors.
No further suggestions can be
made and pbsters publicizing any
other gift suggestions will be il
legal, Theodore Kimmel, cla s s
president, said. These suggestions
will be sifted by the gift commit
tee and seniors will vote on them
when they pick up'their copies of
LaVie. Members of the gift com
mittee are John Hoerr, chairman;
Clair Kaime, Mary Karkley, Peg
Mayberry, and Robert Sherman.
Kimmel read a report by Gail
Shaver, chairman of the Cabinet
Projects Council's senior exam
committee on the elimination of
senior finals. The report recom
mends that graduating senior s
with a 2 point or better average
in any course be eliminated from
taking finals. He said that the re
port is now in the hands of a
Senate committee and there is no
chance of eliminating finals for
this year's seniors.
William O'Malley,' chairman of
the Senior Ball committee, report
ed that Sammy Kaye's orchestra
has been contracted forcthe Sen.-
for Prom.
Plan;
'Red'