Today's Woathor—
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VOL. 55. No. 84
New Grading 'System Forecast
'Darkness
To Open
At 8 Tonight
Edwin Justus Mayer's "corni
tragedy" of life in a jailer's home
in 1870 England will open for the
first of six weekend performancei
at 8 tonight * Center Stage in
the Temporary Union Building.
"Children of Darkness," or "The
Jailer's Wench," was a critical
and financial Broadway success in
1930. It is an adaptation based
on, characters from Henry Field
ing's novel "Jonathan Wild."
Newgate Prison housed all no
blemen and poets in debt or in jail
for murder dtiring the 1870's, and
those rich enough paid money to
live in a room in the jailer's house,
where the action of the play takes
place.
Kelly Yeatoh, associate profes
sor of draamtics, is directing , the
arena-type production. Cast mem
bers are Ann Wylie, James Borad,
Carl Held, Richard Land, James
Carroll, William Taylor and Emil
Hass.
Players are presenting the play
s o only on Friday nights, but plan
to have use of the Temporary Un
ion Building ballrooni on Satur
day nights after the opening of
the Hetzel Union Building.
Special perfume has been im
ported for Miss Wylie from New
Orleans for the role of Laetitia,
the only girl in the play.
Tickets are available at the Stu
b, dent Union desk in Old Main for
$l.
( Simes Rejects
Committee Idea
The proposed student commit
tee on town affairs is fine in
theory, but in practice, it probably
won't •do any good, Frank J.
Simes, dean of men, said in an
interview yesterday. The com
mittee was proposed by Town
Independent Men.
Lack `of student interest, no
legal recognition, and the con
fusion now existing because of
too many different committees
were listed by Simes as the prime
fabtors that would work against
the committee:
The committee was suggested
as a solution for differences be
tween students and townspeople.
Simes said that taking action
through existing Senate and Cabi
net committees would be the only
possible solution to the problem
M at the present time.
IFC to Donate
Chapel Pews
Interfraternity Council will
donate two pews to the All-
Faith Chapel in memory of
Helen E. Eisenhower, late wife
of President Milton S. Eisen
hower, according to John Car
penter, IFC president.
One pew will be designated
as the presidential pew, and
will be used by the president
and his family when they at
tend chapel.
The IFC is donating $lOO to
pay for one pew and, the other
will be bought with funds con
tributed by individual houses
in IFC's name.
Letters asking a $2 contribu
tion from each house have
been sent out, according to
Carpenter.
Tilt . Eittity.(o). Tuff
Senate to Receive
Cutter's Grade Plan
A grading system proposed by Rudolph Lutter, sixth se
mester sociology major, will be submitted to the University
Senate on the recommendation of All-University Cabinet•
After two hours of discussion, Cabinet decided to recom
mend the report, without comment.
Cabinet members were informed by H. Diehl McKalip,
president of the Board of Publi
cations, immediately after it had
voted to recommend Lutter's re
port to Senate, that Adrian 0.
Morse, University Provost, had
said the grading system will be
changed by next semester.
Morse said in a speech last night
that the -2 grade may be elimi
nated.
All but three members of cabi
net were in favor of recommend
ing the plan to Senate. Discussion
arose on whether to submit a let
ter with the report, stating cabi
net's view on whether to eliminate
honor points or not. This motion
was defeated.
Morse Release Praised.
Lutter, originator of the pro
posed system, said he felt Morse's
announcement was a "step for
ward" in that it would eliminate
the -2.
In a statement to the Daily
Collegian last night Lutter added:
"However, this elimination in
no way affects the seven other
inequities that would be pre
served by a mere elimination of
the -2. The adoption of the system
recommended to Senate by cabi
net takes these points into con
sideration."
S Proposals Listed
Some of the proposals to elimi
nate the inequities, or faults, listed
in Lutter's report are:
1. Avoid grouping students
with 80's and 89's in the same
catagory.
2. Avoid the possibility of hav
ing a superior student getting a
semester average below an in
ferior students semester average.
3. Eliminate the false impres
sion of accuracy given by semester
averages being shown in decimals.
4. Give the University a grad
ing system comparable with those
used at schools of similar size and
curricula.
5. Be simple enough for the av
erage person to understand, while
accurate enough to be meaningful.
6.. Eliminate the -2.
British Discover
H-Bomb Secret
LONDON, Feb. 17 (.41—Britain
announced today she has solved
the secret of the hydrogen bomb
and is proceeding immediately to
become the third nation produc
ing H-bombs.
Prime Minister Churchill's gov
erment disclosed Britain has the
H-bomb know-how along with
the United States and presum
ably Russia. The disclosures came
in an almost casual reference
buried in a white paper on de
fense.
Britain also reported that less
money would be appropriated for
defense and armed forces man
power would be reduced.
Defense Minister Harold Mac-
Millan said "We have now de
veloped the power to produce a
thermonuclear weapon and we
will now proceed.
"We have solved the research
and we are now moving into the
development stage. Production
will follow."
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18. 1955
BT DOTTIE STONE
Collegian
To Publish
48 Pages
A special 48-page issue com
memorating the University's Cen
tennial will be published Tuesday
by The Daily Collegian.
The Centennial issue will con
tain many pictures and stories
Idealing with the first hundred
years at the University.
Richard Gor don, circulation
manager of Collegian, has. an
nounced that special distributing
methods have been set up for the
edition.
Gordon also said that since
16,000 copies will be published,
many students may receive their
paper late. He asked that these
students be patient.
Gordon outlined the distribu
tion system as follows:
1. Students living in dormitories
will receive their copies in their
mail boxes sometime during the
day.
2. Fraternity men will receive
their issues at the house as usual.
3. Students not living on cam
pus may pick up their copies at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main. This will be the only distri
bution point for independents.
University staff members and
other employees are requested not
to take copies from the SU desk.
4. Copies will be sold at Gra
ham's for University faculty and
staff members, townspeople, and
students desiring extra copies.
Price will be 10 cents. Subscribers
will receive copies through the
mail.
5. Any organization desiring to
purchase copies may call Gordon
at the Collegian office, ext. 543.
World at a Glance
Educators Oppose
School Aid Plan
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (EP)—
President Eisenhower's school
building program bumped into
strong opposition today from the
National Education Association
and some other professional eflu
cators.
Some Republicans on the Sen
ate Labor and Public Welfare
Committee, now holding hearings
on the measure, indicated they
may favor drastic modification of
the program keyed primarily to a
form of federal guarantees of
long-term credit to make it easier
to float school bond issues.
There was a strong possibility
that the Democratic-controlled
committee might dump the Eisen
hower administration bill in fa
vor of a direct grants-in-aid pro
gram with a Democratic label.
Committee Democrats were lining
up solidly behind a one-billion
dollar, two-year program of direct
federal grants proposed by Sen.
Hill (D-Ala), committee chairman.
r . jittn
Morse Reports System
Would Eliminate -2 Grade
A new grading system which "very likely will not have
a -2", was announced last night by Adrian 0. Morse, Univer
sity Provost.
"If you stick around until next fall, you will probably
have a new grading system," Morse said in a question-and
answer period after a speech before the American Foundry
men's Society at the University.
All-University Cabinet was de
bating a proposed grading sys
tem which would also eliminate
minus grades at the same time
Morse made his speech.
Cabinet voted to send the pro
posed system, which came out of
a study cond9cted by Rudolph
Lutter, sixth semester sociology
major, to the University Senate.
Received Report Yesterday
Morse said that the Senate sub
committee report on the possibili
ties of a new system arrived at
his desk late yesterday afternoon
and that he had not had time to
examine the report closely.
Morse also said the report will
go to the Senate on March 3.
Morse said that, along with the
more lenient system, a higher av
erage will be required for grad
uation. The present system has
been in for 25 years, he added.
In speaking on the "Second
Hundred Years" at the University,
Morse said:
Laying Future Plans
"While we are celebrating our
Centennial, we are laying rather
careful plans for the future.
"It is not only a matter of pro
fessional pride to offer the best
education we can produce, but it
is a matter of vital importance.
If our children and our chil&en's
children are to make this a world
of peace and prosperity, they will
need all the intelligence and all
the education we can help them
obtain.
"As we begin our second hun
dred years, we can therefore do
no less than pledge ourselves to
provide the best teaching, the best
research, and the best extension
service of which we are capable."
Unions Fail to Stop Merger
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (W)—
Objections from some union lead
ers are having little or no effect
on AFL and CIO chiefs in their
resolve to merge into a single
national labor organization. In
fact, the merger timetable may
be stepped up.
British Dismayed
At Dulles' Speech
LONDON, Feb. 17 (W)—Secre
tary of State Dulles' foreign policy
speech was viewed critically in
Britain today—as a spark en
dangering the Formosan powder
keg.
Britons were dismayed at Dul
les' hint the Americans might de
cide to defend Quemoy and Matsu
Islands to shield Formosa. Offi
cials left no doubt they would
continue to insist that the Na
tionalist Chinese turn over the
offshore Chinese islands, within
easy striking distance from the
mainland, to the Chinese Commu
nists.
Dulles said in New York last
bight the United States is not
committed to defend "as such" the
"coastal positions" held by Na
tionalist Chinese, which include
Quemoy and Matsu. But he de
clared the Americans will defend
Formosa and the Pescadores
against any Communist Chinese
invasion and thus will "be alert"
to actions elsewhere by the Com
munists.
By ED DUBBS
Election
Changes
Postponed
The All-University Elections
Committee last night decided to
table a proposed amendment to
the All-University Elections Code
which would provide for a $25
bond to be posted by each cam
pus political party in the spring
elections.
In case of a violation of the
code, this bond would be for
feited.
The amendment was tabled af
ter committee members failed to
agree on whether the elections
committee should have the power
to decide whether the monetary
fine, a vote penalty, or both would
be levied on the parties in case
of a violation.
The amendment as originally
proposed implied that in the case
of a violation by the clique as a
whole, the monetary fine would
be levied, while in the case of a
violation by a specific candidate,
that candidate would be penalized
votes.
The amendment also stated that
in the event of a serious violation
of the code due to both a clique
and candidates, a party might
be penalized votes on its entire
slate in addition to a monetary
fine. The decision was to be left
to the discretion of the elections
committee.
However, some members of the
committee and the three clique
chairmen, who were also present,
felt this was placing too much
power in the hands of the elec
tions committee.
The issue will be taken up at
the next meeting of the commit
tee.
A tentative agreement on the
slates for the spring elections was
reached. It provides that the All-
University President and Secre
tary-Treasurer will be fraternity
men, while the All-University
Vice-President will be an inde
pendent man.
The presidents of the senior
and junior class will be fraternity
men while the vice-presidents
will be independent.
The secretary-t.•easurer of the
senior and junior classes may be
either independent or sorority
woman.
Faculty Luncheon Club
Dr. Arthur H. Reede, professor
of economics, will address the
Faculty Luncheon Club at noon
Monday in Hotel State College.
Infirmary Treats
Cases in Dorms
University students with mi
nor illnesses and complications
are being treated in the dormi
tories because of the crowded
conditions in the University
Hospital. Excuses may be
nicked up at the University
Hospital following recovery.
Forty-three students, suffer
ing mainly from upper respira
tory infections, filled the rooms
to capacity yesterday.
Visiting hours will not be ob
served until the spread of ill
ness has decreased.
TIM Plan
Moy Work
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