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VOL. 54, No. 45
Laughton Presents Literature
Reading Program Tomorrow
By MIKE FEINSILBER
Charles Laughton, the man who
is reviving the all-but lost art of
reading aloud, will present ex
cerpts from American, English,
and Biblical literature at 8 p.m.
tomorrow before the Community-
Forum audience in Schwab Audi
torium.
Laughton’s latest career got un
derway when he ambled before a
television camera on Christmas
eve, 1950, opened a book, and
started to read. Before that he. had
toured army hospitals; reading to
wounded servicemen.
Laughton made an immediate
hit with his readings. He soon was
on the road, bringing “An Eve
ning With Charles Laughton” to
an average of 50 communities a
year. In addition, kinescope re
cordings of his readings were
presented on television.
His tours are just one part of
the actor’s busy career. In 1952,
Laughton appeared in “Don Juan
in Hell” on Broadway, made five
movies, and adapted and directed
“John Brown’s Body” for the
stage.
Commedienne Elsa Lanchester,
who brought her “Private Music
Hall” to Schwab last year On the
forum program, is Laughton’s
wife. They met when they were in
the cast of “Mr. Prohack.” A lit
Wards to Cast
Town Elections
19
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Nineteen Town Council wards -yill elect representatives at 7 p.m. tonight in 103 Wil
lard, Byron Fielding, Association of Independent Men elections committee chairman, an
nounced last night. ' -
Fielding announced the decision following a meeting
winski, council president, and AIM president Joe Somers. A'
ing the elections were erased at the meeting, Fielding said.
He added that 13 petitions for
nomination to the council have,
been received, and that a legal
election can now be run.
Twenty-one representatives and
alternates are open for election
tonight. Fielding said. The council
.represents 19 wards. Ward 19 has
three representatives because of
its size.
Bring Petitions Tonight
Court Asks
Suspension
Of Student
Tribunal last night recom
mended to the Dean of Men’s
office that a second semester pre
med student be suspended from
the University for under-age
drinking and two other charges,
but that action be deferred, and
the entire case be reviewed by
the Dean of Men’s office at the
end of the current semester.
Deferred suspension, it was
pointed out, means a student is
suspended; he must leave school
at the, end of the current semester,
but he may ask to be allowed to
return, if sufficient reason is giv
en. to the Dean of Men.
The student was charged with
1. conduct detrimental .to. the
name of the university, 2. under
age drinking, 3. negligence in the
responsibility for the conduct of
himself and his date (who had
passed out from drinking Nov. 6,
following the Junior Prom and
had been reported to have been
found in the snow) and 4. break
ing the university policy of bring
ing freshman girls to a fraternity
house.
He pleaded not guilty to the
first charge, guilty to the second
and third charges, and uninten
tially guilty to the fourth charge.
The seven-man Tribunal found
him guilty of all but the fourth
charge, since they decided that
he had justified his plea.
In a report to Tribunal from
the Campus Patrol and the Dean
of Men’s Office, the testimonies
of the student and his date were
read. The report stated there was
no reason to believe there was
foul play. The coed, who was tried
by Judicial, had been given a
three-week campus.
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tie more than a year later, in
1939, they were married.
Laughton first appeared on the
stage in amateur theatricals in his
native England after World War
I. He has attended Stronghurst
College, and the. Royal Academy
of Dramatic Arts in England.
In 1930, the actor came to New
York in “Payment Deferred.” He
later returned to England, to ap
pear in films.
Men who do not have the peti
tions, which require 20 signatures
from the applicant’s ward, can
bring, them to the election to
night, Fielding said. He recom
mended, however, that these men
appear a few minutes before
7 p.m. so that their names can be
put up for nominations before the
main voting begins.
In the first election, Oct. 21-23,
no petitions for nominations were
used. This was a direct violation
of the council constitution. Field
ing declared the election illegal
Nov. 2.
' Wards Named
Wards that will elect represen
tatives 'tonight are Ward one, S.
Allen street (1-301); ward two,
S. Allen street (302 . . .); ward
three, S. Atherton street; ward
four, E. College avenue, Wind
crest; ward five, W. College av
enue (600 . . .); W. End avenue,
Patterson, Butts, Buckhout, and
Sparks streets; ward six, W. Col
lege avenue (1-599).
Ward. 7, W. Beaver avenue;
ward eight, E. Beaver avenue;
ward nine, Barnard, Gill streets;
ward ten, S. Burrowes street, W.
Nittany and W. Foster avenues;
ward 11, S. Frazier avenue; ward
12, E. Nittany and E. Foster av
enues, Thompson street; ward 13,
Park avenue, Campus, Ridge av
enue, and N. Atherton street
(500 . . .).
Ward 14, Fairway road, Clar
ence, and ■ Hillcrest avenues,. Tay
lor, N. Allen, N. Atherton, and
N. Burrowes streets, Matin Ter
race; Sunset. View, Thomas, Mc-
Kee, and Holms streets, and Ad
ams, Mitchell, and Hartswick av
enues; ward 15, Highland avenue,-
McAllister street, S. Pugh street
(1-299); ward 16, Miles, Sowers,
(Continued on page eight ) 1
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1953
Ballots
Tonight
FOB A BETTER PENN STATE
But Hollywood beckoned, and
Laughton returned to this coun
try to play in “Henry VIII,” “Rug
gles of Red Gap,” “Mutiny on the
Bounty,” ‘The Hunchback of No
tre Dame,” “Captain Kidd,”' and
a host of other movies. His per
formance in “Henry VIII” won
the 1933 Academy Award for the
actor.
Laughton is famous for his ren
dition of Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address. He estimates he has re
cited it some 2000 times. When
he was in “Don Juan in Hell” on
Eroadway last year, Sir Cedric
Hardwicke, co-player, kidded:
“Sometimes we have to stop him
from doing the. Gettysburg Ad
dress right in the middle of ‘Don
Juan’.”
Currently the 54-year-old actor
is working with Paul Gregory, his
director, on adapting Henry
Wouk’s “Caine Mutiny” for the
stage!
Reserved seat tickets for Laugh
ton’s program will be on sale
until 8 p.m. tomorrow at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Tickets for the remaining three
forum programs, including Laugh
ton, Erwin D. Canham, editor of
the Christian Science Monitor,
and Chester Bowles, former am
bassador to India, will be sold at
the desk today.
yesterday with Chester Cher-
■1 previous confusion eoncern-
Courf Hears 11
Traffic Cases
Eleven students appeared be
fore Traffic Court last night in
answer to traffic violation charges
sent by the court and the Dean
of Men’s office.
t Of the 11 violators who ap
peared, six were notified by the
dean’s office for Hot answering
previous charges. The six viola
tors were fined $1 each for their
first violation.
One offender was fined $1 for
having an unregistered car, and
was warned by the court to regis
ter his auto before further viola
tions were incurred. Another stu
dent was charged with two viola
tions. The first violation was sus
pended. He was fined $5. Two
other offenders were assessed $5
for double violations.
The next meeting of the Traffic
Court will be Nov. 30. .
CIO Leader
Brownell to
CLEVELAND, Nov. 17 (A 3 ) —A top. CIO leader today called for
Atty. Gen. Brownell’s resignation.
On the heels of this demand, the CIO convention formally con
demned Brownell’s charges against former President Truman as
“a disgraceful chapter in American history.”
Joseph A. Beirne, president of
the Communication Workers,
drew applause from 700 conven
tion delegates when he called for
Brownell to quit “for malfeasance
in office and for not carrying out
his constitutional duties.”
' Beirne was arguing for adoption
of the resolution blasting Brown
ell, and it was adopted 1 unani
mously. ..
The convention’s other major
action today was ratification of
an agreement, already, adopted by
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Dean of Men, IFC
Reach Accord
On Dating Code
The Interfratemity Council and the Dean of Men’s office have
agreed to follow the interpretation of the IFC unchaperoned dating
code in effect at the beginning of the year until a more workable
solution than the University’s new interpretation can be formulated,
according to a letter received yesterday by the Daily Collegian from
Thomas Schott, IFC president. :
Neither Schott nor Dean of
Men Frank J. Simes was avail
able for further comment last
night.
The decision, according to
Schott’s letter, was the result of
a recent IFC meeting in which
the new interpretation of the code
was declared unenforceable. It
was decided that a list of griev
ances against the code should be
drawn up and presented to the
Dean of Men. This was done, and
the agreement to follow the old
code was reached, the letter said.
'lnterpretation Not Clear'
Schott said, “It was decided I
that the interpretation of the code j
was not, and still is not clear
to either the administration or the i
IFC.” • I
Under this agreement, the in
terpretation of the code will re
vert back to last semester’s in
terpretation: that the only social
functions that require chaperones
are those which are planned in
advance and in which a majority
of the members of a house parti
cipate. '
Under the administration’s in
terpretation, chaperones would be
required in all cases except inci
dental dating. This would mean
that chaperones. would be neces
sary for all orchestra and record
dances, pledge dances, exchange
dinners, Friday and ' Saturday
night parties, functions on house
party weekends and similar ac
tivities.
IFC Opposiiion
The IFC opposed the new in
terpretation because it felt it
would be impossible for any house
to secure the necessary chaper
ones for all these events. The
group also felt that presence of
chaperones at all such events
would be undesirable.
One solution to the problem,
proposed by IFC, was a perman
ent reinstatement of the dating
code as it was formerly inter
preted. This was considered the
most favorable Solution by the
group.
A second solution considered
was the possibility of fraternity
housemothers. . This alternative
was turned down because it felt
that. most fraternities, would be
unable to bear the added finan
cial burden and that most houses
do not have adequate facilities
for quartering housemothers.
The third alternative discussed
was acceptance of the administra
tion’s interpretation of the dating
code.
Asks
Resign
the AFL, to stop “raiding.” This
is the tactic of one union group
trying to persuade another's al
ready organized workers to
switch their union allegiance.
The no-raiding agreement won
convention ratification by unani
mous vote. ' I
The agreement has been de
scribed as a necessary first step
towards eventual merger of the
AFL and CIO into a, single labor
federation.
By DON SHOEMAKER
Schott letter on page 4
Problems
Of WDFM
Discussed
By ROGER BEIDLER
The board of directors of Station
WDFM in an informal meeting
yesterday discussed progress
made by the station, the problem
of obtaining equipment, and the
specific program sched u 1 e re
leased by the station.
The program schedule which
has been projected by the WDFM
staff falls into three categories:
1. Programs for production
when the station first goes on-the
air.
2. Programs for presentation in
the near future.
3. Long range plans for' pro
grams in the future, perhaps a
semester or two ahead.
Most programs released will fall
into the first category. These in
clude live or taped staff recorded
and transcribed shows.
Live and Taped Shows
Under the live and taped staff
shows fall programs which will
be general information for the
listener on news and sports, so
cial activities, a look into the ad
ministration and examinations of
the various organizations on the
campus.
News broadcasts will be Associ
ated Press releases handled by the
Station WDFM staff in conjunc
tion with the Daily Collegian.
Campus news will be handled in
the same manner. Various facul
ty forums, interviews with facul
ty members to acquaint listeners
with their jobs and activities, and
informal discussions with admin
istrative personalities to learn of
their outside interests and activi
ties will be given.
Musical Programs
The staff, has provided for disc
jockey shows and various musical
programs. Popular records for
dancing and listening head the
list. Other presentations include
broadway musicals, operettas, op
era, semi and light classical music,
symphonies, and new high fidel
ity recordings. A cultural pro
gram featuring lectures on learn
ed subjects, recorded plays, poet
ry and book reviews is also on
the agenda.
A large variety of programs is
included under transcribed pro
ductions. Several national net
work presentations including mu
sical, scientific, political, and ed
ucational programs are on the
schedule.
Mackey Discusses Progress
David R. Mackey, faculty man
ager of the station, discussed the
progress being made by the sta
tion. He said the large staff with
which he has been wprking is still
green, but stated they are com
ing along in fine shape. He also
said the group has progressed as
far as possible with physical fa
cilities The. missing parts for
which the station has been wait
ing, he added, should be procured
sometime in the near future.
Mackey also said that dry runs,
programs that give students con
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Junior Prom Refunds
Friday is the deadline for Junior
Prom refunds. Dance programs
' "-'v be exchanged at the Studer/c
Union desk in Old Main for a re
food of $1.50.
FIVE CENTS