PAGE TWO '':..lood Officials ''eject Offer Qffer ''.!:::y AIM Group The recommendation by Association of Independent Men's Judi cial Board of Review that 34 members of Nittany dormitory 43 give blood in the next University blood drive was rejected yesterday by campus blood drive officials after they conferred with John Ball, chairman of the board. Magazine Fee To Be Paid By Ag Students Edgar Fehnel, editor of th e Penn State Farmer, announced at the Agriculture Student Council meeting last night that the 50 cents subscription fee for th e Farmer will be collected during registration from all students in the College of Agriculture. Fehnel said that representatives from the Farmer, agriculture stu dent publication, will be located on the ground fidor of Recreation Hall where fees will be paid. Each student will receive a receipt up on payment which will entitle him Lo receive the Farmer. Council members brought it to Fehnel's attention that students have been complaining about paying the assessment It was re ported last night that students paid the fee before registration last semester but yet did not re ceive a copy of the magazine. Council members suggested that a new method of distribution be drawn up so that all agriculture students would receive a copy of the Farmer. Fehnel said that un der the present plan the students will receive their copy. The assessment fee was passed by the Ag Student Council last April when it voted to eliminate the activities fee, passed by the council in 1949,- and make it a subscrir-tion fee for the Farmer. "Last year approximately 500 failed to pay this fee because of the general lack of knowledge concerning the change," Fehnel said. Dorm Change tis Ne•r Finish Tomorrow is the completion day of alterations which will convert Pollock Dormitory S into a tem porary classroom building for classes in counselor and elemen tary education. Four classrooms—two lar g e rooms and two small ones—have been created in the vacant build ing, Charles Lamm, supervisor of building maintenance and oper ation, said yesterday. The rooms have only to be painted before they will be' ready for use next semester. Offices of the Elementary Edu cation department may also be located in the building. The con version is a temporary move, made necessary by overcrowded con ditions in Burrowes Building, which houses the College of Edu cation. AIM Board to Meet The Association of Independent Men's Board of Governors will meet at 7:30 tonight in 102 Wil lard. Decision Delayed On 'Week' Hours Consideration of the recom mendation t hat women stu dents receive two 12 o'clock permissions during Spring Week will be delayed due to a cancelation of the meeting of the Senate committee on stu dent affairs scheduled for to day. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, direc tor of student affairs and com mittee secretary, said the com mittee will consider the recom naendation at its next meeting, which will probably be held next Wednesday. The proposal was submitted to the committee last week by the Women's Student Govern m"nt ^ s ^: ation. By PHIL AUSTIN John Huber, faculty adviser to the' blood drive, said the recom mendation, made by the board to the dean of men, was rejected be cause it made other donors look as if they also were being pun ished. Ball said last night the board will meet at 10 p.m. tomorrow to discuss another punishment for the group, who were tried before the board for violating a Univer sity regulation by holding a beer party in their dormitory Dec. 12 with funds received by winning first prize in AIM', Christmas dis play contest. Compulsion Incorrect "I believe it was unfortunate," Ball said, "that of the many slants to the recommendation the incor rect one of compulsion was pub licized, thus creating, or at least arousing, an incorrect and unfav orable attitude toward the blood donation and its probable effect on the average donor's thought." Much of the publicity which Ball referred to in his statement was an editorial printed Thurp day in tha Daily Collegian which, Ball said, tended to create the "unfavorable attitude toward the blood donation." Decision Rests with Simes Final decision in the case must be made by the Dean of Men Frank T. Simes. The board re viewed its ..ecommendation Mon day after a conference between Ball and Simes. Frank Clayton, acting president of dormitory 43, said members of the dormitory were favorable to the recommendation until criti cism of the recommendation be gan. The dormitory is now split "50-50" over the proposal, he said. "The fellows who were for it originally still R.re," Clayton said. Clayton said last night he be lieved rejection of the recommen dation by the blood drive group was "foolish," because "more people liked it than dis liked it." He said he could not understand how the blood drive could refuse the offer when cam pus blood drives usually fall short of their quota. The action was "short-sighted on their part," Clayton said. Penn Case Different Ball said Huber told him a simi lar proposal at the University of Pennsylvania was accepted by the Red Cross because an alter native plan was proposed for the offenders. "In our recommenda tion," Ball said, "we offered al ternatives to the fellows." At the Monday night meeting, the board recommended that those students who could not donate because they were under age, physically unable or unable to obtain parental consent, assist the ' blood drive in some other fashion at the discretion of the blood drive committee. This was also rejected by Huber yesterday. :'ead to Discuss Crestive Art By EDMUND REISS Sir Herbert Read, British schol ar, will lecture on originality in art at 7:30 tonight in 121 Sparks. His talk, jointly sponsored by the Division of Fine and Applied Arts of the Department of Archi tecture and the Art Education di vision of the Department of Edu cation, will be a discussion of originality as it applies to forms of creative work. Although Read is one of England's foremost art critics, his talk will not be con fined to painting and sculpture, but will also bring in originality as it applies to poetry, music, and in general, to all the fields which come under the artistic creation of man. Read's deepest concern seems to be with art as a social expression. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Looking for Corn THESE THIRTEEN SWEDISH gymnastic stand outs, along with their trainer, Henry Allard, and Coach Erik Linden, smile happily just before parting from their European homeland to begin their tour of over 30 U.S. colleges, universities, and gymnastic centers. The Swedes will visit Penn State over the weekend and will engage in an international duel meet with the WDFM Directors Asked for Opinion Eng Profess« r Will Lecture To Sigma Xi Marcel Nicolet, visiting profes sor of engineering research in the lonosphere Laboratory, will pre sent the Sigma Xi lecture at 8 p.m. • tomorrow in 117 Osmond. His topic will be "The Upper Atmosphere." Born in Belgium, Nicolet re ceived his doctor of science de gree from the University of Liege and the degree of agrege from the University of Brussels in 1945. In 1951, Dr. Nicolet was ap pointed to a visiting professorship at Penn State and he returned to Belgium in June, 1952. Last July, he again was named visit ing professor of engineering re search for a one-year term. In Belgium, Nicolet is head of the Deportment of Radiation of the Meteorological Institute. Recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the behav ior of the upper atmosphere. Nico let is the author of more than a hundred papers in various techni cal journals. 'Who's in the News' Richard Rau, editor of Who's in the News at Penn State, yes terday said the publication will be available before the end of the semester. Because his main interest lies in the philosophical role of art in modern human society, he could be termed an 'art sociologist.' Read recently returned from the International Art Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he acted as a member of the judging panel. This show is recognized as being one of the principal exhibits in the world, and the judges for it are world-widelY known in the field of art. At present he is delivering the Charles Elliot Norton series of lectures at Harvard University. Read has visited the United States many times and has lectured in several prominent universities, in cluding the art lecture series at Yale University. Besides being a scholar, Read is a distinguished poet and is felt to be one of the finest prose styl- etition .. . The Board of Directors of ra dio station WDFM nas been asked to express an opinion on longer broadcasting hours for the station during final examination week. David R. Mackey, general man ager of the station, said yester day he sent the letter to Louis H. - Bell, president of the board. The move for longer hours orig inates from student petitions, re questing that the station broad cast music from midnight until "2 or 3 a.m.". during the period of final examinations. The peti tions, 14 in number, have been circulated throughout dormitor ies and fraternity houses. Up to Monday afternoon, approximately 400 signatures had been obtained. Each petition contains space for 50 signatures. Monday, Mackey said he would have to obtain official statements from the station staff and the Board of Directors on the matter before any action could be taken. Yesterday, he said that "o ve r half" of the station staff had in dicated that they would support the plan for late programming if it were put into effect. "If the board approves the plan and the staff will support it, we will program, providing that. is what the students want," Mackey said. WDFM will stop regular pro gramming for the fall 'semester on Jan. 16. From that date until Jan. 27, the station will broadcast music only. Broadpasting will cease altogether on' Jan. 27 and resume for the spring semester on Feb. 3. ists of our time. He is also a phil osopher and a- student of aes thetics. Besides being recognized as being in the front ranks of literary critics, Read has written on political and social affairs. He is said to be an authority on the history of art and is a pioneer in the field of industrial art. He is very prominent •in art circles all over Europe and is one crf the directors of the Burlington magazine, one of England's finest art publications. Of the 14 volumes on diverse subjects which Read has pub lished, several have been about art. These include "Art Now," "Art and Society," and "The Grass Roots of Art." His latest work is a book on English roman tic poetry. Station WDFM will broadcast the lecture at 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954 Lion gymnasts, National Collegiate champs. A half hour exhibition consisting of the Swedes! world-famed synchronized calisthenics will fol low the event. The Lions are expected to pro vide stiff competition for the Swedish aggre gation, with a duel between Jean Cronstedt and the Swedes' William Thoresson highlighting the meet. Free Tickets Now Available For Stein Play Free tickets for Muriel Stein's thesis production, "Little Burnt Face," to be presented tomorrow through Saturday in the Little Theater, basement of Old Main, are now available in the Dramat ics office, second floor Schwab. Play time is 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Friday and 10:30 a.m. Satur day. Thirty-six children, students in dramatics classes conducted by Miss Stein and Cameron 'semen, graduate instructor in dramatics, will perform the play, an .adapta tion of an Indian legend. The youngsters, who ar e between eight and 12, are pupils in the State College school area. Featured in the title role of Burnt Face, the Indian heroine, will be eight-year-old Marjorie McGeary. Other major roles will be played by Shirley McNerney, Roxanne Eaton, Duncan Newcom er, Paul. Rogers, David Edgerton, Shelby Smith, Robin MacKen zie, and Gery Heidrich. "Little Burnt Face," which is set in a Dakotan Indian village, tells the story of a Cinderella type maiden, who suffers through the torments of her two older sis ters and finally is wooed and won by the tribe's Great Chief. Miss Stein, who is in charge of costumes, writing, dances, an d direction, studied dramatics at Allegheny College before starting graduate work at the University WSGA Seeks Visiting Hours The House of Representatives of Women's Student Government Association recently adopted a project of inquiring into the pos-, sibilities of securing evening vis iting hours at the Infirmary and also permission for men to visit women and vice versa. Betsy Engel, fifth semester arts and letters major, and Norma Beck, fifth semester education ma jor, were appointed to see Her bert R. Glenn, director of the University Health Service, about suggested changes. No action has been taken as yet. If such proposals are ap proved, they will be taken to the proper authorities for action, Miss En!le said. .Campus Chest Reports Students who worked on the 1953 Campus Chest drive may turn in final reports at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main, Myr on Enelow, solicitations chairman, announced yester day.
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