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`sexy Advocates
Ivy League Rules
President Milton S. Eisenhower said yesterday in an article in
the New York Times he wished all universities in the country would
subscribe to the Ivy League agreement covering football practices.
"The Pennsylvania State University does not belong to a con
feren.ce," President Eisenhower said. "We abide by the principles
and rules of the Eastern Colle
giate Athletic Association and the
National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation.
"I do believe that the Ivy agree
ment represents a significant ad
vance over the practices of other
conferences as I know them, and
therefore the presidents, govern
ing boards, and faculties of Ivy
League schools deserve the thanks
of the entire American educa
tional community."
The Ivy agreement provides for
rigid scholastic reqUirements for
athletic eligibility, strict limit and
supervision of financial aid to ath
letes, prohibition of spring prac
tice, curtailment of the playing
season's length, and barring of
post-season bowl and all-star
games for secondary school play
ers and coaches, and endorsement
of commercial products.
Besides President Eisenhower,
12 college presidents took part in
the article, the first in a series of
three articles in the Times discus
sing football, Cloide E. Brehm,
president of the University of
Tennessee and a graduate of the
University, also took part in the
discussion.
Committee Gets
Housing Report
At WD Council
A committee report recommend
ing an increase in housing for
upperclassmen in the West Dorm
area was referred back to the
committee for more study by
West Dorm Council last night.
The report, presented by Stan
ley Juras, co-chairman of the
committee, also recommended
that sophomore and junior candi
dates for housing in the area
have an average higher than the
All-University median for men.
No change was recommended for
senior men in the area. Present
requirements are a 2.0 and a 1.5
for sophomore and junior appli
cations, respectively.
The report also stipulated that
Hamilton and McKee Halls be
subdivided into smaller living
units by barriers, and a "core"
system be established, by which
upperclassmen of previous ac
quaintanceship could live to
gether, with a proportional num
ber of freshmen assigned to these
units.
Carl Hiester stated in a discus
sion which followed the reading
of the report that nothing could
be done about changing the en
trance requirement in West Dorm
housing until a different way
could be devised to house fresh
men.
With only one dissenting vote
from Juras, the report was sent
back to the committee for further
study and clarification.
Robert Gellman, entertainment
committee chairman, said a rec
ord dance will be held in West
Dorm lounge from 8 to 10 p.m.
on Friday, and the dance will be
open to. all students.
A cake walk, featuring music
by the Melody Men will be held
from 9 to 12 p.m. on Saturday.
Admission will be by presenta
tion of West Dorm Social Club
Card.
Room Selection
For Women
Begins Tonight
Room selection for the fall se
mester will begin tonight for
fourth through seventh semester
women who have not made pre
vious definite arrangements, ac
cording to Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs,
assistant to the dean of women in
charge of housing.
This does not include women
who will be student teaching or
living in the home management
house for eight weeks during the
fall semester, Mrs. Hibbs said.
Roommates must be together to
select a room, and the lowest of
the two selection numbers will be
given priority.
Selection of rooms for fifth,
sixth, and seventh semester wo
men will be held from 6:30 to 7
tonight in the Dean of Women's
office, 105 Old Main.
Fourth semester women with
numbers from 1 through 180 will
choose rooms from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
and from 181 through 350 from
7:30 to 3 p.m. All fourth semester
women holding numbers higher
than 350 will be notified later
when they may select rooms, Mrs.
Hibbs said.
Second and third semester wo
men will also select rooms later.
Women choosing to live with a
student in a lower semester must
select a room with that student.
Scott Elected President
Of Psychology Club
Thomas Scott, fourth semester
psychology major, has been elect
ed president of the Psychology
Club.
Other officers are Marlene Sipe,
vice president; Elaine Rothstein,
secretary; and Mary Stahl, treas
urer.
Fulbright Forms
Deadline Set
Candidates for Fulbright grants
for university lecturing and ad
vanced research abroad should ap
ply by April 15.
Application forms and further
information may be obtained from
the conference b o ar d of Asso
ciated Research Councils of the
committee on international ex
change of persons, Washington,
D.C., acording to Robert E. Gal
braith, Fulbright adviser at the
University.
Candidates must be citizens of
the United States. Applicants for
lectureships must have at least
one year of college teaching and
those for research work must have
a doctoral degree or recognized
standing in their profession.
Hurst Wins Fellowship
Paul M. Hurst Jr., advanced
graduate . student in psychology,
has been awarded the National
Science Foundation Fellowship
for the calendar year beginning
June 1, 1954.
University Alumna Featured
in Current Broadway Musical
By ANN LEH
Some of the campus high brows
who regularly peruse the drama
section of the Sunday New York
Times, and some of the lower
brows who may notice it while
searching for the News in Review
section in preparation for current
events quizzes, may have seen a
caricature of the cast of the latest
Broadway hit, "The Girl in Pink
Tights" on the front page of the
drama section last week.
If anyone took the time to sur
vey the sketch closely, he may
have noticed, down in the lower
right hand corner, a picture of
Brenda Lewis, the singing corn
medienm: of the show.
University Alumnae
What he and most other Penn I
Staters probably did not know,
however, is that Miss Lewis, the
second female lead of the show,'
is one of our own alumnae.
Miss Lewis was graduated from
the University in 1946. And, al
though this is her first appearance
on the musical comedy stage, if
critics have anything to say about
it, it won't be her last.
Before breaking into this latest
field, Miss Lewis made a name
for herself as a classic singer on
the stage of the New York City
Center Opera.
'Oscar' Winner Included
However, Miss Lewis isn't the
only Penn State alum who has
made a mark in show business.
The names of alumni association
members rev e a 1 not only co-
'ME COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Speaker Set
For Ag Hill
Honor Day
Stanley Andrews, executive di
rector of the National Project in
Agricultural Communication, will
be the main speaker at Ag Hill
Achievement Day at 7 p.m. tomor
row in 121 Sparks. His topic will
be "World Agriculture—A Chang
ing Pattern."
During the program 52 students
will receive over $5OOO in cash as
well as trophies and awards. Mr.
Agriculture, a senior in the Col
lege of Agriculture, selected •on
the basis of activities by a faculty
committee, will be honored, as
will -the winners of the Paul R.
Guldin Agriculture Speaking Con
test.
The NPAC, of which Andrews
is the head, is sponsored by the
land-grant colleges of the United
States and financed by the Kellogg
Foundation. Purpose of the pro
ject is to help administrators and
information workers of land-grant
institutions to determine the best
media for reaching the farm popu
lation.
Andrews will outline the role
of American agriculture in the
present day world and point out
the work of the NPAC. His long
experience in agriculture both na
tional and international prompted
his choice as executive director of
the project.
Paul H. Margolf, adviser to the
Agriculture student council, and
Edgar Fehnel, Coaly Society presi
dent, will emcee the program. Ned
Clark, seventh semester poultry
husbandry major, is in charge of
the program.
5 O'Clock Group
Gives Play Today
"Courtship and an Early Death,"
a one-act play by William Cole
man, -will be presented by the
Five O'Clock Theater group of
the Dramatics department at 5
p.m.' today in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main..
Coleman, a graduate of the Uni
versity, is the author of "Pillars in
the Night," a full-length play pre
sented last semester by Players.
Directing the free, script-in
hand production is Jeannie Ris
ler.
Lepley Will Address
Psych Club Tonight
William M. Lepley, professor
of psychology, will address the
Psychology Club at 7 tonight in
204 Burrowes. His topic will be
"A Synonym Vocabulary Test."
producers and writers of some of
the biggest hits in recent years,
but even an Academy Award
winner.
Perhaps the best known former
Penn Stater in the show world
is Gene Kelly,' who was on cam
pus in 1929 and 1930 and would
have been graduated with the
Class of 1933. While on campus
Gene was active in Thespians and
was a member of Phi Kappa. He
was a commerce and finance ma
jor until the call of the show
world proved greater than the
call of the books.
In "I Am a Camera"
Many of us may remember the
Broadway hit of a few years back,
"I Am A Camera." The second
male lead of this show was Mar
tin Brooks, known when he was
on campus, as Martin Baum.
Martin was graduated from the
University in 1949, an arts and
letters major. While here he was
a member of Players and took
part in Thespian activities. He is
a member of Phi Sigma Delta. '
Another of Martin's shows 'on
Broadway was "Burning Bright,"
a Steinbeck play produced a few
years back, in which he was one
of only four members in the cast.
Another cast member was Bar
bara BelGeddes.
Wrote 'Greek' Satire
There are very few Greeks on
campus who didn't rebel just a
little bit when the movie "Take
Care of My Little Girl," appeared.
This book was rewritten for the
Purge on Pollock . .
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POLLOCK ROAD student traffic continues to roll along during
class hours and the Campus Patrol continues to stop students to
present them with tickets for the violation. As the crackdown
enters its third week, Patrolman Robert thins awards another
student another ticket. Violators are fined $l. for first offenses,
$4 for second offenses, and appear before Traffic Court and the
Dean of Men upon committing a third offense.
University Opens
Phonetics Program
A phonetics program has been introduced in the Department of
Romance Languages to give students an opportunity to get addi
tional practice in developing correct habits in speaking French and
Spanish
The new program, which is compulsory for approximately 100
students in the first semester of
Spanish or French, is based on
the aural-oral method, whereby
students hear material assigned
in class before the regular class
meeting. Laboratory control sec
tions are available to the students
for five additional hours per week,
where they practice and develop
facility in comprehension and
speaking as part of the homework
assignments, Simon Belasco, as
sistant professor of Romance lan
guages, explained.
Work with Records
SDX Tickets
Now Available
Tickets for the Sigma Delta Chi
Gridiron Banquet, March 30, at
the Nittany Lion Inn, will be
available until Thursday at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Prke is $3.
Invitations have been sent to
leaders among the student body,
faculty, and administration. Only
those invited may attend the ban
quet.
The banquet program, featuring
parodies on outstanding campus
figures, is written and produced
by undergraduate members of
Sigma Delta Chi, men's national
professional journalism frater
nity.
screen by two former Penn State
Greeks, Phillip and Julius Ep
stein, graduates with the Classes
of 1932 and 1931.
The same writing team won the
academy award several years ago
for the script of "Casablanca." The
last script they did together was
the current hit, "Forever Female,"
written shortly before Phillip
died in 1952.
'Old Main' Theme Song
Incidentally, the Penn State
touch was added to "Take Care
of My Little Girl" through the
opening theme song—" Old Main
Bells."
Who can ever forget the dra
matic dance sets in Fred Astaire's
recent movie "Band Wagon"? The
set designs came from the pen of
Oliver Smith, Class of 1939. This
prominent Broadway set-designer
is also co-producer and director,
with Lucia Chase, of the New
York Ballet Theater.
Appears on Televison
But, Penn State's name -in the
show world wouldn't be complete
unless its • graduates had broken
into television. This feat has been
accomplished, through the person
of Ed Binns, an arts - and letters
grad of 1937.
Ed got his start on Broadway,
appearing in such hits as "Com
mand Decision" and Detective
Story." Now, however, he has
turned to the newest media, and
is a regular featured performer
on the Robert Montgomery show
and other dramatic productions.
TUESDAY. MARCH 23, 1954
By BEV DICKINSON
The students work with records
and informant tape recordings
during the entire semester. Con
ducting the control sections in the
program are Belasco, who is in
charge of the program; Herbert G.
Weinberg, instructor of Spanish,
and 2, ugenia Hea, Marian Javana,
and Ernest Barry, graduate - assis
tants in Romance languages.
An experimental program, head
ed by Belasco, was introduced
in the Spanish, and French 1 and
2 classes last semester. It has been
expanded to include French and
Spanish 3 and 4 this semester on
a voluntary basis, Belasco said.
Includes Rhythm, Accent
The voluntary program empha
sizes intonation, rhythm, accent,
and syllabication, all of which
tend to produce good pronuncia
tion in languages, he explained.
Andre Yon, graduate assistant in
French, and Irving Fine, graduate
assistant in Spanish, teach this
program and serve as informants
for the mid-term and final exam
inations which students in French
and Spanish 1 will be required to
take.
The comparison of the grades
of students in the phonetics pro
gram and those not in it will de
termine how successful the pro
gram has been when students take
these examinations, Belasco stat
ed.,Tentative plans have already
been made to integrate the pro
gram in Spanish and French 1,2,
3, and 4 classes next semester.
Fraternities May Get
Chaperon Reports
Fraternity social chairmen may
pick up chaperon reports in the
Dean of Men's office, 0. Edward
Pollock, assistant to the dean of
men in charge of fraternity of
fairs, has announced.
The reports may be used by the
chairmen to aid in improving
chaperon-fraternity relations, Pol
lock said.
inkling Meeting
Candidates and editorial staff
of Inkling, campus literary mag
azine, will meet at 8 tonight in
201 Willard.