The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 16, 1953, Image 2

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Members of the Fraternity Marketing Association Board of Trus
tees agreed Monday to investigate further the possibility of adding
meats and furniture to their list of items they supply University
fraternities,
Most
urgent and ldgical addition, members thought, was meat
since surveys show many of the
25 fraternities which use FMA
services have meat bills of up to
$6OO each month. Judging from
this, they would be able to do at
least $12,500 worth of business
monthly, a spokesman said.
Robert K. Murray, president of
the organization, explained that
including meats would also finan
cially enable FMA to hire a part
time secretary to do its clerical
work. The expense of about $2OO
a month would be borne by a 2
I per cent service charge on all
I sales, he said.
Twice-monthly Payments _
Audience Turns Critic
Coleman Play
Opens Tonight
As Experiment
Audience reaction will play a
major role in Players' presenta
tion of "Pillars in the Night," at
8 tonight in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main. Perform
ances will be given tomorrow and
Friday nights.
An original full-length play by
William E. Coleman, former grad
uate student in dramatics, "Pil
lars" is beim , : produced as part
of the experimental program of
the Dramatics division and Play
ers. The program is directed
toward helning . student play
wricrhts by showing them, through
production, possibilities for im
provement.
Coleman. who is now on the
staff of Slippery Rock Stat'
Teachers College. will be present
at the performances to study aud
ience reaction to his play in its
present form. Although he has
written other plays for Five O'-
clock Theatre. "Pillars in the
Night" will be his first full-length
production completely staged by
Players.
The play, which concerns a ri
fle squad's adventures in the last
days of World War 11, is based on
Coleman's personal recollections
of army life.
.Free tickets for the three per
formances are available in the
Dramatics office, second floor of
- Schwab Auditorium. William S.
Smith, associate professor of dra
matics, who -taught Coleman in
playwrighting courses last year,
is 'director for "Pillars."
Two Freshman Coeds Describe
Peron. Dictatorship in Argentina
By PADDY BEAHAN
A crowd gathers to watch 30
policemen make a menacing ring
around an "enemy of the people."
The enemy is a little boy with
a toy gun. A policeman tells him
grimly to "put the gun away."
That situation typifies Argen
tina under Juan Peron's dictator
ship as described by two fresh
man coeds who have just left
that country.
The freshmen are Gillian Ham
er, who went to school in Argen
tina for six years, and Marian
Weaver, whose father is economic
attache at the American consulate
in Buenos Aires.
Scene is Actual
Marian's sister actually wit
nessed the scene described above
in front of a newspaper building
in Buenos Aires. Gillian, who
started school in Argentina the
year Peron came to power and
left Argentina the year he was
re-elected, said that few dare
speak against him.
"You are careful what you say
even in taxi cabs," she said. "Any
one might be an informer."
The resistance against Peron,
Gillian said, centers around the
university students, who ,are al
ways being jailed. Gillian attend
ed an English-owned school in
Argentina and the students there
were told to be particularly care
ful what they said and to whom
they talked because the govern
ment was just waiting for an ex
cuse to close. down all foreign
owned schools.
Peron has the working people
behind him, largely due to the ef
forts of his wife, Evita, who died
of cancer over a year ago. In de
scribing how solemnly the first
anniversary of Evita's death was
celebrated, Marian told of one
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Offers have already been made
by several meat selling ,concerns
to supply the member houses'
needs, he reported, and discounts
of up to 12 per cent were included.
Before any are accepted, how
ever, he emphasized, all dealers
in the area would be given a
chance to secure the contract by
competitiye bidding.
If a meat service was found to
be feasible, Murray said, it would
be started the coming semester—
either the first of February or the
first of March. At the beginning,
he said, it would undoubtedly be
necessary for FMA to alter its
constitution and allow payments
by fraternities for meat to be
made twice each month.
Bids would probably be ac
cepted at two different times dur
ing the semester, he said. This
would give all dealers in meats,
including f ish and fowl, more
chances to capture the group's
business, he said.
Additional Items Planned
' The probability of FMA's go
ing into furniture supply was
called even more remote than the
meat. The discussion was caused
by the inquiries of several inter
ested parties who said they might
be able to offer up to 35 per cent
discounts for volume purchases.
Other items which the group is
going to investigate as possible
additions to their canned goods
(Continued on page eight)
group of men who were jailed
for three, days for playing cards
on the eve of the anniversary.
And the prayers read over ,the
radio, she said, were not for Evita
but to her.
Labor Profits Under Peron
Workers have profited by the
Peron rule, the girls said, but the
cost of living has risen 300 per
cent and prices have risen more
than wages.
Gillian, who is a citizen of Bra
zil, came to Penn State. University
because her father was a student
here and a member of the varsity
football team in the early 20s.
He is now with the Armour Co.
in Brazil. A brother, Richard,
also attends the University and
'a younger brother at home plans
to come here:
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Gillian is majoring in business
administration. She has gone to
school in Uruguay and Argen
tina and can speak Portuguese,
Spanish, and English.
Surprised at Football
Despite her fath,er's coaching,
she wasn't prepared for football.
One thing that surpriSed her was
that life for the football player
isn't all "party party" as her
father's descriptions indicated.
Marian, a rugby fan, has also
been converted- to football. By
English standards she thinks she
gets pretty excited at football
games. At cricket a n d rugby
m at c h e s, she explained, fans
sometimes let themselves go with
some restrained clapping and a
"jolly good."
Marian's father is a former eco
nomics instructor at the Univer
sity. She is majoring in languages
with the idea of going into the
diplomatic service, possibly the
American Information Service.
From Oklahoma to Argentina
She was born in Oklahoma,
lived in Washington, D.C. until
she was eight, in Peru until she
was 11, and. in England until she
Weather to Stay
Cloudy, Cold
The weather today will con
tinue cloudy and colder, with
scattered snow flurries, Charles
A. Weintraub of the University
Weather Station said late yester
day afternoon. Temperatures were
expected to drop to ; 20 degrees
by early this morning.
The big snow storm from the
Midwest which was expected to
blanket Centre County moved off
Monday night with strong winds,
including gusts up to 50 miles
per hour.
3 Admit Theft
At Fraternity
The Association of Independent
Men's Judicial Board of Review
Monday night recommended of
fice probation until the end of
the spring semester for three stu
dents who admitted stealing food
from Alpha Chi Rho Dec. 5.
Office probation means that if
a student is involved in further
disciplinary action, the Dean of
Men's office will enter the offense
on his permanent record. The
Dean of Men must accept the
board's recommendation before
probation will go into effect.
Two of the three students ap
peared before the board. The
third was given permission by
John Ball, board chairman, to be
absent on condition he would
accept the penalty given the two
who appeared before the board.
The students paid for the stolen
items, two hams and seven boxes
of tomatoes, and apologized to
the fraternity.
Campus Snapshots
Sought by LaVie
Students may still submit snap
shots taken on campus or in State
College for the campus life sec
tion of the 1954 LaVie, Herman
Golomb, editor, , has announced.
Pictures may be submitted to
the Student Union desk in Old
Main, and will become the prop
erty of the LaVie. Pictures will
be selected by the LaVie staff for
good quality, as well as relevance
to Penn State or students of the
University.
was 16 and her father was sent
to Argentina. _
Marian was graduated from a
private school in England but at
tended the American school in
Buenos Aires to get an American
diploma.
Both girls found it hard at first
to adjust to the pace of living
which is faster and more me
chanical here than what they
were used to. They are pretty
well settled now except, like any
Penn State coed, they miss the
home cooking, especially the meat
dishes. Fillet mignon can be had
in Argentina for 35 cents a pound.
Imagine complaining about hav
ing steak every night!
o °. To our
many good friends
a
Merry, Merry Christmas
and -
6 10 Prosperous New Year
qtcfrom the Corner
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employees and management .
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Classes to
In Pollock
Pollock Dormitory 8 will be converted into a classroom building
for use in the spring semester, Charles A. Lamm, supervisor of
building maintainance and operation, announced yesterday.
Four classrooms for the use of elementary education classes will
be constructed in the building. The - conversion, Lamm said, is a
temporary measure, made neces
sary because the Education col
lege has outgrown facilities in
Burrowes Building. Education
classes next semester are also
scheduled in nine other buildings.
Offices of the College of Edu
cation may also be located, in the
building. Pollock 8 is presently
vacated.
Lamm also announced altera
tions presently underway in cam
pus buildings.
New plumbing service and new
laboratory equipment is being in
stalled in Home Economics South.
Plans call for the redecoration of
the building.
Trie alteration of the second
floor lounge in Old Main will
probably be completed in four or
five weeks, Lamm said.A confer
ence room is being constructed in
the northern part of the lounge."
Approximately one-third of the
lounge will be converted into the
conference room. The remainder
of the room will continue to be
used as a lounge.
In the Temporary Union build
ing, worn out sub-flooring is now
being replaced. Lamm said no
other alterations will be made in
the TUB until its future use is
determined.
The interiors of. the Forestry
Building and Frear Laboratory
are currently being decorated.
Extensive repairs of housing
units in Windcrest have bee.r
made, Lamm said. After the leases
of present occupants have expired,
the area will probably no longer
be occupied, - he said.
Conflict Filing
Deadline Today
Students having two or more
examinations • scheduled for the
same hour, or three examinations
in one day may file conflict cards
until 5 p.m. today in 2 Willard.
Seniors who have finals sched
uled after 7 p.m. Jan. 22 must also
file conflicts, Scheduling OffiCer
Ray V. Watkins, has announced.
Time for examinations sched
uled "By Appointment" should
not be set until the schedule for
conflict examinations has been
published, Watkins said.
Scheduling timetables for the
spring semester are still on sale
in the baseinent of Willard Hall'
for 20 cents. They list time se
quences and rooms for courses
planned for next semester.
Commerce -- Fraternity
initiates Ten Members
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
commerce fraternity, initiated ten
members Thursday at Theta Chi.
Initiates are John Correnti,
John Carey, Thomas Wise, James
Murphy, Ronald Hansen, Robert
Simmons, Stanford Zeiders, Jos
eph Ginsberg, Lee Maimon, and
Robert Gornall. •
e Held
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1953
Dorm 8
Letters to Be.Piaced
On Campus Gateway
Metallic letters reading "The
.Pennsylvania State -Universi
ty" will be installed on the py
lons flanking the new campus
gateway. at Pollock and Ath
erton roads, Walter H. Wie
gand, director of the Universi
ty Physical Plant, said Mon
day. Lights will be installed so
the letters are visible at night.
The campus gateway was a
gift to the University from the
Class 'of 1903. It was dedicat
ed .last June on the 50th anni
versary of the graduation of
the class.
Ed Fellowships
Now Available
To Graduates
The Danforth Foundation of St.
Louis, Mo. has announced that
applications will be accepted for
graduate fellowships for seniors
and recent graduates who are pre
paring for a c are e r of college
teaching and are planning to en
ter graduate school in September,
1954, for the first year of study.
The foundation welcomes ap
plicants from fields of natural' sci
ences, social sciences, humanities
and other fields of specialization.
The appointments are primarily -
a relationship of encouragement
but carry a promise of financial
aid if need is shown.
Qualifications for candidates are
evidence of superior intellectual
ability in college, a good health
and emotional record, an outgoing
personality and concern for peo
ple, choice of teaching as a Chris
tian service, and deep religious
convictions.
Ag Coffee Hour
Attended by 500
Approximately 500 persons at
tended the Ag Hill coffee hour
yesterday between 3:30 and 5:30
p.m. in the livestock judging pa
vilion.
- The meeting, sponsored by the
Agriculture Student Council, drew
extension representatives an d
county agents from all over the
state. The group will remain for
a series of meetings throughout
the week.
Welcoming speeches were giv
en by Lyman E. Jackson, dean
of the College of Agriculture, and
Russell B. Dickerson, associate
dean. _
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