PAGE TWO t7 ;•:' '9 6 ''f ,•!:_iai% 4 4., e Defines ,:.,... 4... ~ . „..., ,4-- , ne ?*"sophy Need i • Declaring the need for Democrats today to stress a positive phil osophy, Dr. A. Harold Reede, professor of economics, spoke to the organizational meeting of, the Young Democrat Club Tuesday night. Reede said it should not be the purpose of the Democrats to simply be against something, as the policies of the Republican Party, but to be constructively critical of the acts of, the party. Negative thinking, he said, is typical of the "junior senator from Wisconsin." He said the fundamental dif ference between the Democrats and Republicans is the same dif ference that exist e d between Hamilton and Jefferson. Jeffer son stood for the belief in the common man and his ability to govern himself, while Hamilton 'stood for the belief in the elite, or a group of people which was better than the average and would have to govern. Reede . quoted Hamilton as saying, "Your people are a great beast," and, said this seems to be the attitude of the Republican party today. He mentioned civil service as something which has been con tinually fostered by the Demo crats. The first Civil Service act was passed by more Democrats than Republicans in Congress. Reede gave the Democrats c r edit for Pan Americanism, which set up a basis for inter national understanding. His final point stressed the need for government aid when a depression occurs. This was de cided, he said, in 1933 by Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. The next meeting of the club will be he 1 d sometime after Christmas. Committees such as publicity and membership will be set up, and a constitution written. Drinking Code Vioator Put On Probation A seventh semester student has been placed on office probation and also cn probation of the ex ecutive committee of his fraterni ty after he pleaded guilty t o charges of serving a minor alco holic beverages and returning his date to her dorm while intoxicat ed, Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean of men, said yesterday. The Dean of Men's office placed the student on office probation because' he broke a state law in serving a minor, Perkins said. The Interfraternity Council's Board of Control had recom mended that the student be re ferred to his fraternity, and the house exercise necessary discipli nary ac tio n, restrict his privi leges; and be responsible for him. The fraternity has agreed to the conditions of the dean's office, Perkins said. Office probation means that no record of the student's offense is made on his permanent record unless he is involved in other dis ciplinary action before his proba tion period ends. The student was placed on probation until end of the spring semester. The drinking was not .done in the student's fraternity hou s e, Perkins said. Tours Feature Study Abroad Twenty-nine European study tours, offering from four to eight hours of graduate or undergrad uate credit, are being offered this summer by Study Abroad, Inc. The courses cover all fields in the social science and fine arts curriculums. The tours will last from 29 to 53, days and range in price from $495 to $B9B. The program is being sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, women's national professional journalism honorary fraternity, Brigham Young University, Case Institute of Technology, Centenary Junior College, Lafayette College, Mar quette University, University of Utah, and Temple University. Students may write Study Abroad, Inc., 250 W. 57th street, New York, 19, N.Y.; for further information. Fraternities Forbidden Use of WD Laundry A letter has been sent to cam pus fraternities reminding them that li.undry facilities in the West Dorm area are for dormitory res idents only, 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men' in charge of fraternity affairs, has announced. Pollock said the letter was writ ten after complaints had been received at the Dean of Men's of fice.. Sjrna Pi Eta Initiates Sigma Pi Eta, national hotel honorary, has initiated James Krug, David Morgan Jr., David Murray, Gary Snyder, Andrew Stavres, Janet Toffy, and John Tripp e. IN 11- IA By Sea By Air Literature Reservations Tickets I.'liJs_'i ^ .fii~s'rie"o~l~`R ^ i..~a~."il~i: 'tx v: STATE COLLEGE TRAVEL BUREAU State CoHese Hotel Phone 7136 Loaftto Nen9bnom Jo Gettig• By JOAN PARK Eighteen Tapped By Phi Mu Alpha Eighteen men, selected for their activities, conscientiousness, and music interest, have been tapped by Phi Mu Alpha, men's music honorary fraternity. Tapees are Arthur Bates, Lee Garbrick, Stanley Green, Charles Hishta, Peter Kiefer, Robert Klug, Kenneth Lesight, Stanley Mich aski, William Mills, Richard Pot ter, Earl Seely. Charles Springman, Roger Staub, Joseph Stefan, Joseph Streamer, Francis Taylor, Thomas Williams, and Frank Woods. • • d iss ion By JOE BEAU SEIGNEUR (This is the first of a series of features and interviews with various departments of th e University.) Some students frequently stop to wonder why they are here; many professors stop to wonder how some students ever were ad mitted to the University in the first place. It proloably all started when you filled out your applica tion blank and sent it to C. 0. Williams, dean of admissions. Being admitted to Pennsylvania State University - is no simple pro cess, or so it would seem. The admissions offices take up al most of the entire first floor east wing of Willard Hall, and here a meticulous crew of workers -- go over the thousands of applications sent by prospective freshmen and transfer students each year. Why are some students admit ted and others refused? Miss Ruth Kapp, assistant dean of admis sions, explained that high schol astic rating in high school is one of the determining factors in con sidering an application for ad-. mission. "Every applicant must meet the entrance requirements for the curriculum of his choice, and is Sally Says Remember the Pileasure of Working SALLY'S SANDWICH SERVICE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Senate OKs Vitruvius Club Charter The Senate committee on stu dent affairs has approved th e chartering of a social club which would eventually become a chap ter of Alpha Rho Chi, national professional and social architec tural fraternity. The club will be known as the Vitruvius Architectural Society for the' two-year probationary period required by the Uniyer sity. - The Senate committee also ap proved the request of the Phi Mu Delta Association to petition the national Phi Mu Delta fraternity for affiliation. The fraternity has been operating since 1952 as a lo cal fraternity of the University with membership in the Interfra ternity Council. A spokesinan for the Vitruvius group, which petitioned the Uni versity Dec. 2 for permission to organize, said the social • group would be chartered for the bene fit of fine arts and architecture majors. These students would compose 80 per cent of the mem bership, he said. Officers of the Phi Mu Delta Association include Phillip Eck ert, president; Charles Libro, vice president; Edward Jacko, secre tary; and Vernon Moyer, treas urer. Estimated. Bills To Be Mailed Students will receive a list of estimated expenses and bill for the spring semester during the Christmas holidays so that fees may be paid by mail before reg istration. Receipts for fee payment by mail will be returned to students homes, and students may pick them up between semesters. Re ceipts are required for registra tion. Students paying fees in person may do so during January at the Bursar's office, basement of Wil lard Hall. The new system of paying fees was adopted last semester. More than 7500 students paid fees by mail before registering last se mester. never admitted with an entrance deficiency," Mrs. Dorothy Bow man, assistant to the dean of admissions, said. "We feel," she added, "that the freshman courses are difficult enough without in cluding the work involved in at tempting to-remove a high school deficiency.", In addition to checking stu dents' scholastic ratings, other factors are taken into consider ation such as activities, school citizenship records, recommenda tions from. principals or head masters, and health records. "Only 10 per cent of the under graduates can come from out of state," Miss Kapp said. The chil dren of alumni, Naval Reserve Officers Training . Corps appli cants,- and high ranking students are considered in that order. Peri odical checks on the out-of-state quota must be made, so that the to PSU Is Complex Coleman's 'Pillars' Portrays Army Life Army life as playwright William E. Coleman saw it in Germany will be portrayed at 8 tonight and tomorrow night in the Experi mental Theatre production of "Pillars in the Night." • The tragedy, under the direction of Warren•S. ,Smith , professor of dramatics, will be undergoing its second night stand as an experi mental production. to test audi ence reaction and to enable re vision of the script before final drafting. Coleman, who served in 1945 with the 76th Division of the 3d Army in Germany, said the char acters ,of his play are composites of the man he worked with in Germany. The incidents and per sonal conflicts portrayed in the drama are primarily those en dured- by his own division and those preceding him during World War I. Studies Men's Reactions "Pillars in the. Night," Cole man said, is a study of a group of men's reactions when their leader slips from the pedestal on which they've placed him. About to move across the Sieg fried line into Germany, the thrice-wounded . 1 ead e r, Gus, shoots himself in the foot . . . whether accidentally or deliber ately, his men do not kno w. Throughout the play, Gus' men fight against a conclusion that their leader shot himself to get out of combat. Gus Unsure Gus himself, left on the other side of the Siegfried line, under goes somewhat similar conflicts,- unsure whether his duty lies with his division or with his family at home. Coleman began actual work on the play in the fall of 1952 in a playwriting course at the Uni versity. The sketch was the- re sult of three years of writing short stories about the principals in the play. Sixty out of 110 pages of - the play have already been rewrit ten. The main changes have been tightening entrances and exits and enlarging on the character, Gus. It's not enough to merely cor relate characters' dialogue and ac tions, Coleman said. The charac ters must be portrayed in such a way that the audience can experi ence the atmosphere and emotions in the play.. Coleman, who received his M.A. degree in dramatics at the Uni (Continued on page eight), quota is not exceeded, she said. "We try to have as many dif ferent locales represented as pos sible in our out-of-state quota," Miss Kapp said. To get a wider distribution of students from all sections of the country, the ad missions office is compelled to restrict admission from certain heavily populated areas outside of the state. During the spring semester, par ents and prospective freshmen often crowd the admissions office over weekends to meet the staff and also to see the campus and meet faculty members. "Our work is closely correlated with the Housing' department," Miss Kapp said. Girls who apply too late for rooms on campus are put on a priority list for rooms, or referred to either Ogontz or Behrand centers where dormi tories for women are available. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953 By, PEGGY McCLAIN 400 Submit 'Who's in News' Applications More than 400 applications from candidates for the 1954 edition of "Who's in the News at Penn State" have been received to date by editor 'Richard Rau. The return includes 60 applica tions that were sent in Tuesday, the last day of the entry period. Rau said he expects a few more to come in but -does not count on having more reply from the 50 still outstanding. "Who's in the News at Penn State" is a local version of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities." Th e publication recognizes students who are prominent in campus activities. Copies of the book are sent to those who are included, Univer sity officials, college and depart ment heads, newspapers, through out the state, and to other educa tional institutions. It is jointly sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men's and wo m e n's national professional journalism fraternities. Speer Requests Enrollment Aid John Speer, AR-University en rollment committee chair ma n, has urged students to discuss Penn State in informal discussion ,roups over Christmas vacation with. prospective freshmen. The film, "This Is Penn State," and a bulletin, "Introducing Penn State," may be obtained at the Registrar's office, basement of Willard Hall. Additional informa tion is available in 110 Willard. Speer .said that the change in the University's title, and th e name changes of schools to col leges should be noted in the talks. "Enrollment has increased great ly in the last five years," Speer said, "and the need for organized meetings is not so prevalent." The firefly has the "cold light" which man seeks to equal. 352 E. COLLEGE COMMERCIAL PRINTING 3.' "'''' '' ' ‘"WAltlttgth4 l 4 ....r i e: . . ' "• '~ .4t ...4% - "HOW 'lO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE" in Cinema Scope "NO ESCAPE" Lew .Ayres Sonny Tuffs • ' Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker:' .. 'ABOVE AND BEYOND' MOVED
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