PAGE TWO it's in the Book ■ ■ • V' ■ v "PENN STATE YANKEE/' ihe autobiography of Fred Lewis Pattee is presented to actor Charles Laughton, on campus for the second Community Forum program, who is a Yankee by choice. Today is the publication date of the book, produced through the efforts of friends of the late professor of American literature and author of the words of the University's Alma Mater. Actor Turns Into Exciting Charles Laughton, reminiscent and relaxed, paused long enough between his reading presentation Thursday night in Schwab Audi torium and a hurried trip to the Academy of Music in Brooklyn to express opinions about his reading, his profession, and his audience. Crowded into a small room off the stage, Laughton seemed com- pletely at ease, with a foot perched atop a table. Autograph and information seekers swarmed the room. The campus radio sta tion microphone, in the hands of Arthur Simm, WDFM interview er, recorded for presentation after broadcasting starts, the spontan eous Laughton. Posed With Book First the 54-year-old dramatist posed with some reading matter: “Penn State Yankee,” autobiog raphy of the late Fred Lewis Pattee, former professor of Ameri can literature at the University. Then someone threw a question to Laughton about his “oral inter pretation.” “Oral interpretation!” fumed the dramatist. “What is oral inter pretation? Just a lot of long words.” He smiled. “Sounds like a mouthwash!” “Oral interpretation that’s reading aloud, isn’t it,” he coyly asked. Traced Reading Career Laughton retraced the progress of his newest career, public read ing. After the war, the British born actor began to ride his hob bv, reading, as if it were his profession. He voluntarily ap peared before thousands of wounded veterans, reciting liter ature that had pleased him. Laughton read on' a telecast, then decided to go on the road. He found small audiences at first. But soon crowds were enthusi astically turning out to hear him. Thursday night’s stop was part of the actor’s sixth national tour. The success of the readings disproved every theatrical theory formulated in the last 20 years, Laughton said. “They’ve been talking action, action, action,” he declared. People don’t come to the thea ter to see action alone, he said. Words are the important ingre dient, he pointed out. Words Are Permanent Gift Words are man’s only lasting contribution to civilization, Laughton said. This led to a discussion of Greek tragedies. “They make me giggle,” the actor said. “They are soap operas written by geni uses.” “I read what I enjoy,” Laugh ton explained. “I’ve stacks of stuff, just files and files of it. If I enjoy it, I feel others will, too.” About the 1200 enthusiasts who crowded Schwab to hear him per form, Laughton said, “I love American kids. They are the brightest, audiences in the world.” By MIKE FEINSILBER Liberal Arts Council to Hold 3d Coffee Hour The third Liberal Arts coffee hour, sponsored by the LA Stu dent Council, will be held from’ 4, to 5:15 p.m. Monday in Ather ton lounge. Invitations were sent to ap proximately 70 freshmen an,d sophomores. The LA Council each week invites students in the LA school to attend the gatherings'. The intention of the council is to invite all the LA students during the year so that they may become further acquainted with faculty and classmates. Coffee hours are also a way of returning to the students the 25- cent fee which they are assessed each semester. Prom Refunds Continue Junior Prom dance programs may be exchanged for $1.50 re funds until Wednesday at the Student Union desk in Old Main, according to Joseph Barnett, class president. NSA to Hold Freedom Week Penn State students have been invited to join an Academic Free dom Week sponsored by the Na tional Student. Association at some future date in the school year. The purpose of the week, as explained by Terry Stuver of the local affiliate of the organization, is to give students an opportunity to examine the concept of aca demic freedom through the pre sentation of debate, forums, work shops, and speeches promoted by the student government, the campus newspaper, fraternities, sororities, living units, and the student union. NS A, in a report released by Stuver, defined academic free dom and responsibility as the lib erty and obligation to study, in vestigate, present, interpret, and discuss the facts and ideas concerning man, human society, and the physical and biological world in all branches of learning. This requires freedom from limi tations of investigation, expres sion and discussion, it stated. The report listed five beliefs: 1. The teacher is entitled to freedom of research and in the publication of the results is sub- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Hobby Career 7 to Attend Region NSA Convention Seven delegates from the Uni versity were appointed Thursday night by All-College President Richard Lemyre to attend the Na tional Students’ Association re gional convention, Dec. 3 to 5, at Swarthmore College. Hugh Cline, sophomore class president, and Thomas Inter, pres ident of the Agriculture Student Council, were named by Lemyre to represent cabinet. Ellsworth Smith, Ruth Grigoletti, Helen Spagnola, Helen Sifman, and Rob ert Smoot, campus NSA coordi nator, were appointed from the NSA Screening Board. Col. Ben C. Limb, permanent United Nations delegate from the Republic of Couth Korea; Orio Ciferri, former president of the Italian Union of free students; and Aletha K. Hottel, dean of womet at the University of Pennsylvania will be guests at the convention. International Student Relation will be the theme of the conven tion, with emphasis on the Amer ican student in international af fairs. James Edwards, national NSA president; Leonard Bebchick, NSA international vice president, and former NSA presidents will attend the convention. The sending of additional dele gates to regional conventions is part of the new policy to back NSA as much as possible. Screen ing board members will exchange ideas with delegates from other schools with the intention of ap plying them to campus problems. In the past, no delegates were sent to represent cabinet. Customs Board Tries Frosh Coed The first semester woman who received a three week strict cam pus in the Theta Xi drinking case was tried by Freshman Customs and Regulations Board instead of Judicial, as reported in yester day’s Daily Collegian. ' The penalty was imposed upon the Thompson Hall coed after she returned late to her dormitory following the Junior Prom. Ac cording to testimony given before the board, the coed was in an in toxicated condition and was taken to the Infirmary. Later investigations by the Sen ate committee on student affairs and the Interfraternity Council Board of Control revealed the woman had been served alcoholic beverages at Theta Xi. Norton Chairs Pane! Newell A. Norton, professor of wood utilization, was recently chairman of a panel discussion on industry training problems at the fall meeting of the northeast sec tion of the Forest Products Re search Society. ject only to the limitations im posed by the performance' of his other academic duties; but re search for pecuniary return should be based upon an under standing with the institution. 2. The teacher is entitled to freedom in the classroom in dis cussing his subject, but he should not introduce into his teaching controversial matter which has no relation to his subject. 3. The teacher has the right to join organizations whether re ligious, ‘ political or social —pro- vided that these organizations are not illegal under the civil sta tutes—without being discrimin ated against through economic, social, or political pressures be cause of such activity. 4. When the teacher speaks or writes as a citizen outside the Campus, he should be free from EUTAW HOUSE ' Potters Mills SUNDAY DINNERS Pan Fried CHICKEN CAPETTES The Long Waif THREE STUDENTS in basic Air ROTC begin an all-nighl wait for tickets to the Military Ball at 1Q:30 p.m. Thursday outside the Armory. Left to right, they are George' Kennedy, first semester business administration student; Richard Sheppard, first semester .geology and mineralogy major, and Ronald Mauer, first semester electrical engineering major. 'Hut' Was Hangout In Pre-Lounge Era In these days of Student Union and West dorm lounges, it’s hard to imagine an era when Penn State had only one campus hangout. v . But such was the case in the years 1918-1930. The Y “hut” was the center of student activities, and the only semblance on campus of a congregational center. Located behind the original Old Main, the hut was ''a one story, L-shaped green frame building, about the size of the faculty houses. It had a sloping roof, and' a YMCA banner hung on one of the outside walls. Trees surrounded the building and a path ran from the single door of the hut to the campus. Rustic Interior The interior of the building, more rustic than that of the Tem porary Union Building, consisted of one large lobby and several smaller offices. The rooms were furnished in mission-style leather covered furniture. A box-shaped crank victrola was the main adornment of the lobby. The hut was erected in 1918, immediately after World War I, for the use of soldiers on cam pus. One year later it was pre sented to the Young Men’s Chris tian Association (later replaced by the Penn State Christian As sociation) as a result, of a petition by the Y officers and the National War Work Council of the Y. The petition was drawn up by President Edwin E. Sparks; I. L. Foster, president of the local ad visory board; and Frank I. Olm stead, general secretary of the Y. On Feb. 6. 1919 the Free Lance institutional censorship or disci pline. 5. The basis for employment of faculty shall be only their ability to fulfill the requirement of the position. Limitations, the paper con cludes, of. academic freedom be cause of the avowed purposes of the institution should be clearly stated in writing at the time of the appointment. It urges- all teachers to be accurate and use restraint because they may., be Jv.dged as representative of'their institutions or professions. So. America By Sea By Air (.Iterator. Reservations Tickets STATE COLLEGE TRAVEL BUREAU State College Hotel Phono 71J6 Leoctta Neasbaain, Jo Gettig SATURDAY, FTUYEMBER 21, 1953 By PEGGY McCLAIN (predecessor to the Daily Colle gian) carried an announcement of the dedication and housewarm ing of the Y hut. The report told of the $3OOO construction and furnishing of the hut begun that fall and of the delay in comple tion “due to difficulty in getting labor and materials.” Hut Was Landmark The hut immediately became a landmark to- students and towns people. It was available to all campus organizations for meet ings and offered students a “sand wich hour” retreat. The Y moved its offices into the little building, and kept it as its headquarters until Old Main was remodeled in 1930. When Old Main was completed the Y moved its offices out of the green hut and back into Old Main. Eventually the conveniences of the hut were replaced by new ac tivity centers built on the cam pus. Enrollment at the University increased, and the student body outgrew the quarters of the little frame hut. And in that same year the hut was moved to Lemont, a small town five miles outside of .-State College, where it is now used for a community center. In Cinemascope Richard Widmark Karl Malden "TAKE THE HiG GROUND" "SAFARI DRUMS" with Johnny Sheffield "THE ROBE" Technicolor
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