page mi Institute Offers Advice For Local Governments Br ED DUfcBS If the officials of Hometown, Pa., had a problem concerning practically any area of local government, they could contact the Institute of Local Government. The Institute would do research on the problem and forward the information to the officials. This is one of the many : by the Institute of Local Govi Thirteen Men Are Initiated By Lions Paw Thirteen men have been initiat ed by Lion’s Paw, senior men’s society, James W. Coogan, presi dent of the Lion's Paw Alumni Association, Inc., has announced. New initiates are Earl Seely, All-University president; Robert Sturdevant, All-University vice president; Vernon Sones, orienta tion week chairman; Robert Bul lock, Interfraternity Council pres ident; John Russell, IPC vice pres ident; Bruce Lieske, president of the Association of Independent Men; Sanford Lichtenstein, busi ness manager of Froth. Norman Miller, managing edi tor of The Daily Collegian; Doug las Moorhead, Athletic Associa tion president; Fred Seipt, Agri culture Council president; Peter Keifer, Encampment _ Committee Chairman; Roger Beidler, Daily Collegian assistant sports editor and Elections Committee chair man; and Hugh Cline,' former president of the sophomore class. Contracts Pending For Construction Of Home Ec Houses Contracts for three new home management houses are being ne gotiated, Walter Wiegand, director of the physical plant, lias reported. The resident-type units will be located southeast of East View Terrace on College avenue. They will replace the four houses now used as home management living quarters. Construction bids were opened several weeks ago, but were higher than expected, and con tracts negotiations are still going on, Wiegand said. One of the new units will be a duplex ranch-type building, and the other two will be two-story houses. All three will be brick. Psych Association To Meet Thursday The Pennsylvania Psychological Association will meet at the Uni versity Thursday through Satur day, Dr. William U. Stjyder, pro fessor of psychology, and presi dent of the association, has an nounced. The department of psychology has arranged open house pro grams for the psychological clin- Jttcs, laboratories, and other facil ities, and a demonstration of the use of television as a media for teaching. Dr. Herbert Hyman, of the de partment of sociology at Colum bia University, will address the association at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. He will speak on “The Social Psychology of Political Behav ior.” services to the Commonwealths local governments conducted ’ernment, which was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 6, 1936. First in UA The Institute is the first organ ization of its kind in the United States. Today the Commonwealth still leads aU other states by being the only one to have three such or ganizations. Besides the Univer sity, others are located at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of the institution, as approved by the Board of Trus tees, is “to provide facilities for the training of students for service in local government; to meet more fully the demands for additional thinning of municipal officers and employees in methods of practi cal administration; and for the gradual development of research In problems of local government." Train, Students In order to train students, the Institute has been offering a course of study leading to a ca reer in public service since 1937. The course is offered in coopera tion with the department of po litical science. Many booklets, magazines, pam phlets,. and newsletters are pub lished by the organization. The most popular of these is a news letter, Horizons, which is distribu ted to over 8000 local government officers. Some of the many problems put to the Institute from local govern ments deal with parking meters, off-street parking, assessments, municipal reporting, and fire pro tection. Besides research the In stitute also sponsors and co-spon sors many conferences and schools to aid city and borough governments. Largest Research Project One of the largest research pro jects conducted by the Institute was in 1938. The Institute, along with approximately 100 members of the faculty, prepared a 453-page report for Williamsport. The re port was titled “The Master City Plan.” To foster better public report ing as a prime means of inform ing citizens on the problems and administration of their govern ment, the Institute sponsors an annual Municipal Report contest, the first of its type in Pennsyl vania. Awards are given to the local governments issuing best municipal reports. The organization is headed by Dr. Harold P. Alderfer, executive secretary, and Dr. Charles F. Lee- Decker Jr., assistant executive secretary. Both are also profes sors of political science. Handbook Candidates Candidates for the business and advertising staff of the Student Handbook will meet at 7 tonight in 208 Willard. Editorial staff candidates will meet at 7:30 tonight in 208 Wil lard. The meetings are open to the public. Collegian Candidates Daily Collegian business staff candidates will meet at 8 tonight in 217 Willard. Pro motions will be announced. THf DAILY COLLEGIAN Thirty Men Tapped by Parmi Nous Parmi Nous, senior men’s hat society, tapped 30 new members yesterday morning, William Wis mer, president, announced. ' Tappees are Robert Hoffman, Douglas Moorhead, Calvin Barr, Ronald Griffith, James Ginsberg, Charles Christiansen, Sol Cohn, Donald Calvert, William Seng, Dean Mullen, Frederick Romig. Roy Williams, Sanford Lichten stein, Roger Vogelsinger, Ronald Walker, Phillip Wein, Edwin Grove, Donald Ziegler, Francis Taylor, Charles Springman, Shel don Brown. Philip Beard, William Rohm, Peter Kiefer, John Russell, Verhon Sones, Fred Seipt, William Moy er, William Childs, Roger Beidler. Patrick Kennedy was tapped as a member of the present group. New members represent four groups of student activities—ath letics, publications, student gov ernment, and drama, music and forensics. A limited quota of men are selected from each group. The point system is not used. The formal initiation of Parmi Nous will take place May 16. ' Week 4 Booklets To Go on Sale Spring Week souvenir booklets will be on sale beginning at noon every day this week across from the Hetzel Union desk, at the Cor ner Room, and on the Mall, ac cording to Richard Favro, busi ness manager of the Spring Week committee. It will be on sale at the carnival also. The main part of the booklet will include articles on each Spring Week event and maps of the. parade route and carnival midway. The booklet, written by Spring Week committee chairmen, will sell for 10 cents and proceeds will go to the Scholarship Fund. PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING T.V. STARS FRIDAY MAY 13 AT THE CENTER THEATRE LEWISTOWN, PA. A GREAT CARD Art NEILSON and Reggie LISOWSKI Pat O'CONNOR and Roy MeCLARITY • * « Jack VAN9KY George DRAKE • * • Leon CAVALIER ▼s Sandor FOZO • Reserved Seats now on sale at Center Theatre and Rub in’s Sports Shop and Heod ing’s Drug Store in Lewis town. Mall Orders Promptly Attended Admission - $l.OO, 11.50. $2.25 Center Theatre FrMay f May 13th PENNtfftVANIA STATE COLLEGE Centennial... Early Productions Lacked Coed Touch The feminine touch was conspicuously absent from the University’s early dramatic productions. The situation developed when Thespians, first acting group, was organized on campus in 1898. There were only two coeds in the upper classes, neither of whom was interested in the theater. ' Thespians thereupon cast men in the feminine roles and per- Cetuated the practice by both arring women from member ship and from appearing in its performances. While women in sinuated themselves into almost every facet of University life as time passed, the Thespian mem bership ban stood firm until the spring of 1953. Indeed, it took World War 1 before any woman was allowed to trod the boards in a Thespian production. In 1918, with men scarce because of the war, four co-eds were given roles in a pro duction called “It Pays to Ad vertise." Another eight years passed before a fifth lady got a part. Martha Jane Qobrecht’s skill on the marimba, then a new instru ment to Americans, won her that honor. (She is now Mrs. H. L. Darr of Altoona.) Two years later, coeds were accepted for an all-girl chorus in a production of “H. M. S. Pinafore," and since then, they have regularly appeared in the productions. Initiative for the organization of Thespians came largely' from a stage-struck student, the late John C. Heed, who had taken part in amateur dramatics be fore coming to the University in 1895. He was backed by another student, the late J. H. M. An drews, who for years was a member of the University’s Board of Trustees. The two received the support of two faculty members, Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee and Dr. John H. Leete, and the Thespian so ciety was on its way. The purpose of Thespians, Dr. Pattee wrote, was to present “as distinctive a representation of some of the old classics as stu dents possibly could be made to do." So early performances, un like later musical comedies and revues, were such famous dramas as “The Rivals,” “The School for Scandal,” and ‘/She Stoops to Conquer.” ■ Advertised in. WXi i CANVAS SHOES $2 99 up Banner Announces Journ Scholarship Student Winners Winners of three scholarships established at the University to encourage interest in newspaper work as a profession were an nounced yesterday by Franklin Banner, head of the department of journalism. Patricia Evans, of Lancaster, re ceived the George E. Graff Me morial Scholarship, with Peggy Ozan, of Heading, and Joyce Be drava, of Butler, as alternates. Louis Prato, of Indiana, is the recipient of the &>seph F. Biddle scholarship. Alternates are Stew art Ettinger ,of Upper Darby,.and Nancy Hankins, of Latrobe. The Howard J. Lamade schol arship was awarded to James L. McHugh Jr., of Pittsburgh, with Robert Franklin, of Elkins Park, and Barbara Barnum, of WilklnS burg, as alternates. All of the scholarships are granted annually. “The Rivals," the first show, was presented twice in the cam pus chapel with scenery bor rowed from Garman’s Opera House at Beliefonte and cos tumes rented in Philadelphia. When the cast returned the scenery, they gave a perform ance in Bellefonte. Beginning in 1908, Thespians started presenting musicals, and down through the years, male choruses demonstrated such cur rently .popular dances as the bunny wiggle, hula hula, gorilla hug and Japanese glide. After 1921, students wrote many of the shows in addition to producing them. Today, they give two shows on campus year ly. The first is an original pro duction presented in the fall for Homecoming Week, and the sec ond, a Broadway musical given in the spring during Interfral - Ball weekend. ♦ IMPROVE POSTURE ♦ PREVENT FOOT STRAIN ♦ GUARD AGAINST FLAT FEET ♦ INCREASE COMFORT ' For Joys Glr <S6c£ TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1955 ' shoes
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