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Cabinet Tables
Screening Plan
A motion to set up a committee—applicants screening board was
tabled by All-University Cabinet Thursday night.
The motion proposed by All-University vice presideht John
Speer asks that the nine college student council presidents form the
board. The board would screen all applicants for cabinet committee
appointments and make recommendations to the All-University
president. The president appoints
with the approval of cabinet.
Speer said the proposed board
would aid the president in ap
pointing capable persons. It would
not in any way hamper his power
of appointment, he said.
Could Curtail Powers
Helen Sidman, fifth semester
arts and letters major, speaking
from the floor, urged cabinet to
carefully consider the motion be
fore voting. “This motion is a
little deeper than it might ap
pear,” she said. “I think that there
is a danger this could curtail the
executive powers of the All-Uni
versity president.”
She said she was speaking nei
ther for nor against the motion,
but felt that it should be more
thoroughly examined.
In speaking for the motion,
Richard Favro, president of the
Business Administration Student
Council, said he felt cabinet mem
bers should examine appointment
applications because they must
approve the president’s appoint
ments.
In the past some dissatisfac
tion resulted over cabinet appoint
ments. It was charged last spring
that certain groups of people ex
ercised strong influence over the
appointments.
Student Group
To Conduct
Concert Drive
Eleven students have been
named to a central committee to
direct the Community Concert
Association campaign among stu
dents.
Members of the series last year
may renew their memberships
this week. The campaign for new
members will open Monday night
with a kick-off party at 7 p.m. in
Atherton Hall.
Student leaders are Barbara
Murdough, Mary Kelly, and
Jeanne Maxwell, women’s resi
dence halls; William Mills, James
Miller, William Neal, and Rich
ard Hurlbrink, men’s residence
halls; Stanley Michalski and
George Buckhout, fraternities;
and George Black and Joan Mc-
Kinley, town.
David H. McKinley, campaign
chairman, urged present members
to get in touch with one of the
student workers this week if they
wish to renew their membership.
Membership price is $6.10.
Headquarters for the campaign
will be located in 204 Old Main.
Workers will report their sales
there.
Memberships, will be limited to
1215, the seating capacity of
Schwab Auditorium where the
concerts will be held. The cam
paign will close as soon as this
figure is reached, or at noon Oct.
9 at the latest.
The local committee will meet
at the close of the campaign to
arrange the program for a year.
Clique-
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must again sign the master list,
opposite his original signature.
Previous Code
The code previously stipulated
that clique members register at
the Student Union desk. They
would have been issued member
ship cards which would have been
stamped at clique meetings. At
tendance at at least one meeting
prior to the nomination meeting
also was required.
In speaking against pre-regis
tration, Famous said “Registra
tion at Student Union wouldn’t
aid elections.”
Voters' Apathy
He pointed out that “voters’
apathy” includes “registration
apathy,” and that many persons
who might wish to attend clique
meetings would fail to register.
This would cut down clique mem
bership, he said.
Famous also pointed out the
possibility of having several hun
dred clique cards duplicated “for
only a few dollars.”
Favro Makes Proposal
The proposal was put into a
motion by Richard Favro, presi
dent of the Business Administra
tion Student Council.
In supporting the motion, Ben
jamin Sinclair, representative of
the Board of Dramatics and For
ensics and former Lion Party
clique chairman, said pre-regisra
tion didn’t eliminate the possibil
ity of altering registration lists.
“This system is fool-proof,” he
said.
In another alteration to the elec
tion code, the words Waring Hall
were substituted for Hamilton
Hall as a permanent polling place.
Candidates for La Vie
To Meet Tomorrow
Candidates for the 1955 LaVie
will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
405 Old Main. Only juniors will
be accepted as candidates.
The senior board will meet im
mediately following the candi
date meeting. Senior boarders will
attend the candidate meeting.
No Names Dropped
Speer explained that under the
proposed system, the board would
recommend or disapprove of ap
plicants but that no applicants’
names would be dropped. Speer
said the mechanics of the board’s
operation had not been fully
worked out. .
Leonides president Joan Pack
ard made the motion to table
the suggestion.
Alexander Ayers, LaVie activi
ties editor, asked cabinet to list
the names of persons they thought
should be included in the “per
sonalities” section of the 1955
class book.
The ' personalities section each
year includes pictures of some of
the outstanding members of the
senior class.
He asked each member to com
pile a list of not more than 50
seniors to be submitted to the
Student Union Desk in Old Main.
From the individual lists a master
list of those persons most fre
quently mentioned will be com
piled, he said. The LaVie senior
board will select the 35 or 40 to
be included from this master list,
he explained.
Miss Packard and Sally Lessig,
president of the Education Stu
dent Council, were named • co
chairmen of the Dean of Men’s
coffee hour committee. Others
named to the committee were
Miss Sidman and John Aikems,
third semester agriculture edu
cation major.
Carol Schwing, seventh semes
ter education major, was named
chairman of the new cabinet sec
retarial staff to be set up under
the All-University secretary-treas
urer.
The report of the student en
campment committee on academic
honesty was postponed.
Experimental Theatre
Revolutionary Drama
By ALICE GRUBB
A new step in creative
American drama is being tak
en at Penn State.
“Comedia,” a series of satiri
cal skits and playlets, spon
sored by the Experimental
Theatre, is an experimental re
search product. This is the first
project of its type to be used in
this country.
“Comedia” is copied from the
improvised comedy of the pro
fessional players of early Italy,
who developed “masks,” or cari
catures of character types. They
bore a direct, satirical reference
to the social structure of the times.
THE DAttY COUEGtAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
49 Students
Are Selected
For Orchestra
Forty-nine students have been
selected for- the University Sym
phony Orchestra.
The orchestra, which is conduct
ed by Thomas K. Karhan, associ
ate professor of music and music
education, will present its first
concert in Schwab Auditorium in
January.
In past years the orchestra has
presented a spring concert, a com
bined concert with the Chapel
Choir, and occasional out-of-town
concerts.
Officers for-the orchestra are
Robert Jones, president; Frances
Q’C o n n e 11, secretary-treasurer;
William Mills, manager; and Stan
ley Mjchalski, librarian.
Orchestra members are:
violin—Jotm Fishburn, Stanley
Green, Holly Hildebrand, Frederick Lee
.Wilcox, Gertrude Kittleberger, Linda Ger
ber, Walter Jessel, Austin .Wells; second
violin—Jeanne Maxwell, Virginia Mensch,
Wolfgang K.ugel, John Stoner, Judith
Weayipan, Sallie James Burden.
Viola, —James Hartz, Janet Weyandt,'
George Herbert, Wilbert Nace, Roy Clark,
Helen Breon, Lois Jones; .cello—Louella
Cook, Anpe Louise Limberger; bases—
Francis Taylor, Beverly Burkhart, Wendell
Toland.
Flute—Marian Berry, Doris Thiessen,
Mary Lou Meyers,» Patricia Olkkonen;
oboe—Frances O'Connell, James Lessig,
James Sinden ; bassoon—Charles Biechler,
Bhrrie Bieler.
Horn—William Mills, Carson Rothrock,
Kenneth Lesight; trumpet—Robert Jones,
John Kozy, Carl Keim; trombone—John
Miller, John Hocutt, Robert Dombec^:;
harp—Anne - Hosfeld ; percussjon—J oh n
Jenkins, John Redmond, Stanley Michalski.
Women Move
To Dorm Halls
Maple and Pine cottage occu
pants and women living in resi
dence hall lounges have been
transferred to permanent rooms
in Simmons, McElwain and Ath
erton Halls, and Woman’s Build
ing, Mrs. Cornelia Hibbs, assis
tant to the dean of Women in
charge of housing, said yesterday.
The. delay compelling women
to accept temporary room assign
ments was caused by women fail
ing to notify Mrs. Hibbs they
Were not returning to the Uni
versity, she said.
Most of the vacancies occurred
in single rooms. Only a few dou
bles, were left to be filled.
Elm and Spruce cottages will
be used as permanent residence
halls.
Drama and Forensics
To Hold Board Meeting
The Board of Dramatics and
Forensics will meet at 4 p.m. to
morrow in'loB Willard to adopt a
constitution and elect other offi
cers, Benjamin Sinclair, president,
announced yesterday.
The board consists of the men
and women debate managers,
presidents of the Blue Band, Glee
Club, Players, Thespians, and Ra
dio Guild.
ÜBA to Return Money
The Used Book Agency of
the Penn State Book Exchange
will return money and unsold
books Monday through Friday
on the stage of the Tempor
ary Union Building.
Students must have yellow
receipts to claim money or
books. Elliot Fox, BX treasur
er. has announced. The BX will
be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Using these “masks,” abstracted
and simplified from actual life
into exaggerated characters played
by a stock cast in small skits
and playlets, “Comedia” portrays
a satirical picture of University
life.
Experimental Theatre is look
ing for contributions of verbal
sketches telling satiric stories of
university life. Kelly Yeaton, as
sociate professor of dramatics, has
contacted dramatics professors
and enthusiasts all over the coun
try for ideas and suggestions. He
feels that perhaps the best con
tributions will come from students
and faculty members, producing
satirical representations of each
other.
The Experimental Theatre, a
Homecoming Tickets
Available Wednesday
General sale of tickets 'for
the Alumni Homecoming game
with West Virginia will begin
at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the
new Athletic Association ticket
office, 248 Recreation Hall.
West Virginia tickets are $3.
The sale of these tickets will
continue until 4 p.m. Oct. 15.
Tickets for the Virginia game
next Saturday also are avail
able at .the AA office for $3.
New Equipment
To Be installed
In Eng Room
Recently purchased ' engineer
ing equipment will be installed. in
gn Engineering Computa lion
room, the location of which is to
be announced within a week, af
ter administrative details • have
been taken care of, Geprge-Kuly
nych, - president of the Engineer
ing and Architecture Student
Council, has announced.
Engineering Council made
plans to' hold a faculty-council
discussion workshop to plan proj
ects for the 1954-55 year. ■
The following committee chair
men were appointed at the first
council meeting last Tuesday eve
ning: Bernard Carson, seventh se
mester aeronautical engineering
major, open house; Alan Glou,
seventh semester industrial .en
gineering major, elections;.George
Yingling, fifth semester engineer
ing science, major, budget; David
Black, seventh semester indus
trial engineering major, social;
and David Shoop, seventh semes
ter architectural engineering ma
jor, project.
Dickerson invited
To Ed Conference
Russell B. Dickerson, director
of resident instruction and asso
ciate dean, of the Agriculture col
lege, has been invited to partici
pate in the National Conference
on Rural Education scheduled for
Monday through Wednesday at
Washington, D.C.
The invitation came from Har
old A. Dawspn, executive secre
tary of the National Education
Association. The, three day . con
ference is sponsored by the NEA’s
department of Rural Education.
Dickerson was asked to serve
on a panel on Monday' evening’s
program to discuss “Opportuni
ties for Rural Youth at the Col
lege Level.”
Outing Club Plans
Hikes for Sunday
Students interested in hiking
in the Beaver Dam area with the
Penn State Outing Club may meet
at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the rear of
Old Main. Buses will be provided
for transportation to Tussy ridge.
There will be four hikes start
ing from various 1: cations along
Tussey mountain and terminat
ing at Beaver Dam, where food
will be provided.
The buses will return at 6 p.m.
This hike is the first in a series
of fall hikes planned by the club,
during which they will explore
trails suitable for marking.
Sponsors
Series
production of the dramatics de
partment, is under the direction
of Yeaton; Warren Smith* asso
ciate professor of dramatics; and
George . Oliver, graduate student
of dramatics. It will produce a
series of dramatic projects each
year, in which anyone may par
ticipate.
Each spring the Theatre spon
sors “Five O’clock Theater,” a
playwrights theater which - pre
sents scenes from new scripts at
5 p.m. every Tuesday in Little
Theatre.
“Great Scenes from Plays,” a
new series sponsored by Experi
mental Theatre this year, re-enact
famous scenes from great plays.
The first of these series will be
a scene from “Othello.” -
SATimbAr. OCTOBER 2, 1954
Leader Defends
Negative Vote
On Pechan Bill
Sen, George M. Leader, Demo
cratic candidate for governor,'de-,
fending his 1951 vote against the
loyalty oath law, Wednesday
night pointed out that 7 President
Milton S. Eisenhower also op
posed the act.’
Accordihg to an Associated
Press report, Leader declared:
“The Republican politicians who
are attacking me for my vote on
the Pechan Act are also’ attack
ing Dr.-Milton Eisenhower, presi
dent of Penn State University,
and brother of the President of
the United States.”
President Eisenhower, along
with the heads of the University
of Pittsburgh, Temple University,
and the University of Pennsyl
vania, objected fo the measure at
a Senate public hearings in 1951.
“My opposition' to the Pechan
Act, which calls for meaningless
oaths by public employees and
teachers, was based upon its use
fulness as a measure to curb sub
version; by . its discrimination
against the patriotic Pennsyl
vania religious, sects whose re
ligious scrUpples prevent them
from taking paths, and by its in
sulting - inference that Commu
nist sympathizers are found par
ticularly among public employees,
school 'teachers, and university
faculty members,” Leader told a
St Marys’, audience.
Th,e law requires state and mu
nicipal employees, including
teachers, to swear they are not
members of subversive organiza
tions under penalty of losing their
jobs. *
West Dorm
Council Names
Social Head
West Dorm Council approved
the appointment of John McCabe,
fifth semester chemical engineer
major, as Social Club chairman.
The meeting was the first for. the
council'this school-year.
The council acted to make the
yet to be named West Dorm so T
dial chairman vice president of
the Social Club, and passed still
another setting -the time for fu
ture meetings as 7 p.m. every
Monday..
McCabe held the post Of tem
porary chairman of the s-o ci a 1
committee before his elevation
to Social Club chairman. McCabe,
not a member of council, will not
have a vote in council. He will
direct activity in the West Dorms.
The West Dorm social chair
man, along with other committee
chairmen and council officers,
will be named within two weeks.
Community Forum
Tickets on Sale
Season tickets for the 1954-55
Community Forum will go on
sale today at the Student Union
Desk in Old Main ahd Griggs
Pharmacy on E. College avenue.
The tjcket drive will contine
through Oct. 9. - . .
Season tickets are priced at
$4.40 and will entitle the holder
to a seat in Schwab Auditorium
for the 1954-55 program of four
speakers and a bonus.
Clifton Fadiman will open the;
Forum this season Nov. 9 .Ag-;
lies Moorehead "vyill appear Dec.
6; Carlos Ronjulo Jan. 13; and
James Hepbron, crimologist, Feb.
15.
Mackey Will Speak
To Young Democrats
David R. Mackey, Burgess of
State College and professor of
speech will speak on the topic,
“The Time Is Now” at the Young
Democrats Club, at 7 p.m. Mon
day in 217 Wiliard.
The Young Democrats Club, or
ganized last semester to promote
interest in the Democratic party,
plans to help in the coming elec
tion. They also hope to have a ral
ly with the students from the Uni
versity of • Pennsylvania during
the Penn game weekend.
ICG Open House
The Intercollegiate Conference
on Government will hold an open
house at 7 p.m. Monday in Mc-
Elwam lounge.