Weather — Clear and Cool VOL. 54, No. 37 'Hay Fever' Marked By Rollicking Humor When the curtain opened last night on Players’ production of “Hay Fever,” first nighters saw one of the most entertaining plays yet to be presented this year. # . Along with the rollicking humor of author Noel Coward’s lines, the actors more than outdid themselves in their characterizations. Who's Who Candidates Nominated ‘ Thirty seniors have been nom inated for Who’s Who Among Stu dents in American Universities and Colleges. The nomination committee was composed of the Interschool Student Council Board. The nom inations does not guarantee that all the names will appear in the book. Those named are Herman Go lomb, editor of LaVie; Richard Lemyre, All-College president; Richard Crafton, senior class pres ident; Thomas Schott, Interfrater nity • Council ■ president; Ellen Wandel, Panhellenic Council president; Joseph Somers, Asso ciation of Independent Men presi dent; Hilda Hogeland, Leonides president; Nancy White, Women’s Student Government president; Barbara Wallace, Women’s Rec reation Association president. David Jones, editor of the Daily Collegian; David Arnold, All-Col lege secretary-treasurer; Thomas Inter, Agriculture Student Coun cil president; Perry Yocum, Chem-Phys Student Council pres ident; Harry Shank, Education' School Council president; jPaul Brobst, Engineering School Coun cil president. Richard Kirschner, Liberal Arts School Council president; Freder ick. Becker, Mineral Industries School Council president; Nancy Lusk, Physical Education School Council president; Philip Green berg, Business School Council president; Jane Mason, Home Eco nomics School Council president. Nancy Gemmill, News and Views editor; Edgar Fehnel, Penn State Farmer editor; Gwen Grif fith, Scroll president; Thomas Farrell, Student Tribunal chair man; Richard Gibbs, Hat Society Council president; Ronald Lench, head manager of wrestling team, Book Exchange Board of Control. Margaret Crooks, former WRA and' WSGA member; Edward Haag, All-College vice president; Betsy Siegler, Mortar Board pres ident; and Gerald Mauiey, Men’s Athletic Association president. Reds Aim to Cease POW Explanations PANMUNJOM, Friday, Nov. 6 (A*) —A major Communist protest aimed at breaking off the .ambarrassing, futile prisoner of war ex planations was believed near today. This view came from .Swiss, Swedish and Indian observers even as South Korea announced it would.be ready to begin next week trying to persuade its own 332 re luctant countrymen to quit, the Red side. Rebuffed by 134 of 136 Chinese prisoners interviewed yesterday in drawn-out, stalling sessions, Red- persuasion teams , turned their attention to North Koreans today They asked for about 500 North Koreans who so far have treated Communist explanations teams as roughly as have the Chinese pris oners. The Communists also were balk ing at the preliminary talks called at Panmunjom to try to arrange a Korean peace conference. They said “no” yesterday to U.S. envoy Arthur Dean’s plan for letting lower-level staff offi cers try to arrange for the con- Batlg @ (EflUpgian rstSF By EDMUND BEISS The fine performances of' every one caused the audience to be in a continuous state of merri ment. During the first few minutes of- the show, it was feared that we. were going to be subjected to the ordeal of witnessing a slow moving, run-of-the-mill, medi ochre comedy, but as the play progressed in time and the spirit of the actors became elevated, it became apparent that here was something different. Staging Excellent Warren S. Smith, director of the play, showed his capabilities by doing a magnificent job of staging. He succeeded also in holding the audience’s attention through several long scenes of pantomine. Alyce Mears as Judith gave an especially fine 'performance as the aesthetic-minded past darling of the theater world. Although at times her affected manner of speech tends to approach becom ing offensive to us, we neverthe less can’t help but forgive .this as she continually charms and de lights us with her wordly wit ticisms. Sorel, Judith’s daughter played by Nancie Dee Coulter, is a mirror of her mother at a younger age Although she says she wishes the Bliss family would change and be like ordinary families, she doesn’t do a thing to help remedy their idiosyncrasies.' Richards Impressive Len Richards Jr., playing the role of . Simon, Judith’s other childf seems to bfe one of - those rare types in the theater who is able to command the play rath er than have it command him. He • has an omniscient sweeping control of everything he touches or even looks at. Other admirable pieces of act ing were turned in by Ron Tay lor, Velma Kaiser, Ruth Fitz and Ann Frank. Leonard M. Tarnowski was magnificent •as the * naive, . ultra conservative diplomatist who falls victim to the wiles of Judith. He delights us greatly in his move ments and facial expressions. Kaye Vinson, as David, Judith’s husband, perfectly fits his role of the intelligent novelist with the exception of his accent. This is continually brought to our at tention as it changes from that of the fashionable English . country side to an undefinable unplacable one. (Continued on page eight) ference, then came back today to argue about it some more. Swedish, Swiss and Indian of ficers working on the Neutral Na tions Repatriation Commission were convinced privately that the Reds were about to back but of the “explanation” sessions which they themselves demanded as a condition for signing the Korean armistice. The officers based their belief on- the Communists’ slowdown, frequent protests and obstructions of the past two days of explana tions. In two days the Reds inter viewed only 341 of the 895 Chin ese prisoners they had summoned. The officers believed the Reds’ protest ■ would' furnish a smoke J screen of propaganda to cover their retreat. I FOB A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1953 Town Group Calls For New Election The Town Council executive committee, composed of four elected Town Council offi cers, last night formed a new election plan to replace the elections of Oct. 21-23, accord ing to Chester Cherwinski, Town Council president. Announcement is made by Cherwinski that independent men living off campus, interes ted in representing their respective wards on the council, acquire a petition of 20 names of electors residing in the candidate’s district. This petition is to be presented at a Town Council meeting, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Frosh, Soph Campaigns Underway Campaign posters boosting Lion and State Party candidates for sophomore and freshman class of fices sprang up over campus yes terday as the fall election cam paign began. Election of officers will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday in the lobby of Schwab Auditor ium. Campaigning Will continue until 8:30 a.m. Thursday. ’ Sophomore candidates of the Lion Party will visit Kappa Sig ma, ' Delta Upsilon, Acacia and Sigma Phi Alpha at noon today and Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Mu, ! College Cooperative and Phi Kappa- Psi this evening. Informal Campaign State Party candidates will not make visits today, Kenneth White, clique chairman, has announced. A new informal type of ■ cam paigning in fraternities will be .started Sunday, White said. Soph omore candidates will. talk in formally with fraternity members from 6 to 8 p.m. daily, White said. Robert McMillan is the Lion | Party nominee to oppose Hugh Cline, State Party, for sophomore class president. Robert Harding, Lion, opposes Richard Allison, State, for sophomore class vice president and Shirley Mix, Lion, is running against Barbara Stock, State,- for sophomore secretary treasurer. Steven Jordan is the State Par ty nominee for freshman class president. Seeking the vice presi dency on the State Party ticket is Joseph Ferko. Marilyn Seltzer is the State Party nominee for sec retary treasurer. Lion Candidates Lion Party candidates for fresh man class officers are James Mus ser, president; Robert Bennett, vice president; and Virginia Hance, secretary-treasurer. One permanent poster is al lowed by each clique on the in side of borough store windows by the All-College" elections code. Painted window displays are per mitted by the code with the ap proval of store owners. Posters and banners are prohibited on the exterior of stores and buildings. Scholarships SMow Available American college seniors inter ested in a career of legal leader ship may apply for a $6600, three year Root-Tilden Scholarship of fered at the New York -University- School of Law. Root-Tilden Scholarships are awarded on the basis of superior academic record, potential capa city for unselfish publish leader ship, and active extracurricular participation in college life. Applications for the 20 scholar ships to be awarded next year must be made by Feb. 15, 1954. Final selections will be announc ed in April and recipients will be gin their study at NYU in Sep tember. College seniors interested in the Scholarships should apply immed iately to the Dean of the School of Law, New York University Law Center, New York 3, N.Y. By BILL SNYDER Election procedures will be ex plained at the meeting. Further information concerning these pe titions may be had by contacting any member of the Town Council executive committee, Cherwinski said. ' Supercedes Referendum Byron Fielding, chairman of the Association of Independent Men elections committee, ap proved the elections plan only on the condition that men represent ing two-thirds of the 19 Town Council wards bring in signed petitions, Cherwinski added. The plan supercedes a referen dum announced earlier in the day by Fielding and approved by Joe Somers, president of AIM. The referendum provided that all independent town men vote on whether to amend the election procedure as outlined in the Town Council constitution. The procedure in the constitution is as follows: “Nomination for ward represen tative shall. be by petition which must be signed by 20 or more dis trict electors. Petitions shall be submitted to and approved by the AIM Board of Governors Elec tion Committee.” Men Need Petitions If the men voted to amend the election procedure, new elections would be the same as before, .ac cording to Fielding’s plan, except that no postcards would be used. The men would be notified of time and place of elections through an announcement in the Daily Collegian. The referendum provided that if the men voted to leave the con stitutional election procedure, as it now is, interested town inde pendent men seeking places on the council as representatives would have to bring in the neces sary petitions signed by 20 names. Then double post cards would be mailed to some 2300 eligible town independents, Fielding said. The second card would contain the independent’s vote and be mailed to the election committee. The result of the meeting yes terday between Cherwinski and Harold K. Perkins, assistant dean of men, was a recommendation | (Continued on page eight) 1 400 Attend Rally For Fordkam Game If enthusiasm could ensure victory, the cheers of nearly 400 students at the Junior Week pep rally last night would‘mean defeat for Fordham’s football team Saturday. Braving the autumn cold, finalists for the Junior Prom Queen' title joined junior members of the football team in asserting that “State’s sure to win.” The rally followed a parade of the Blue Band and cheerleaders from Carnegie Hall' to the front of Old Main where the rally was held. After cheers led by head cheer leader Bruce Wagner, Warren Gittlen and Alec Beliasov, emcees, presented a dialect skit. Jesse Ar nelle, who missed his “well-built characters” cue, came on in time to praise the audience as “fools or loyal fans to come out in weather like this.” Cheers, ap plause and the pounding of a Blue. Band drum followed Ar nelle’s statement that “it would be nice to get back on the old winning streak again.” Juniors James Garrity and Don ald Baltthaser promised to try in 103 Willard. Chest Drive Gets $865 From Staff Contributions of $865.06 have been received from the Campus Chest faculty solicitation drive which ended last night. The following contributions were received from the faculty in these schools: Agriculture, $225.50; Business, $87.50; Chemistry and Physics, $122.65; Education, $2O; Engin eering, $34.40; Home Economics, $96.50; Liberal Arts, $B7; Mineral Industries, $95; arid Physical Ed ucation and Athletics, $25. The administration donated $43.50. Myron Enel o w, solicitations chairman, said these are not the final totals as solicitors have not turned in all the money collected. Money may be turned in from 2 to 5 p.m. today, Monday and Tuesday in 204 Old Main and from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Almost $5500 has been received from the student solicitation drive conducted last week. Fifty per cent of the students contributed to the drive which had a goal of 100 per cent participation. Proceeds from the Powder Bowl touch football game will also be given to the drive. An estimated $450 was collected at the game between Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Aye See Colony of Pi Beta Phi. For Community Forums Tickets Still Available Season tickets for the remain ing three Community Forum pro grains will go on sale for $3.75 Nov. 16 to 18 •at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Individual" tickets for the pro gram by Charles Laughton will be available for $2 at the Student Union desk Nov. 19, the day of the program. By BAYLEE FRIEDMAN . their best to win Saturday. Ar nelle then introduced Norman Paul as “someone, who, if all peo ple would be like him, America would be full of All-Ainericans.” Like the three players preceding him, Paul speculated that the game Saturday should be “prettv cool.” - ' The rally ended after more cheers and fight songs, with the singing of the'Alma Mater. John Speer, president of Blue Key, was chairman of the rally. Student Directories Still on Sale Today Student directories will remain oh sale-today for 50 cents in the Recorder’s office, 4 Willasd. FIVE CENTS
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