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VOL. 56. No. 90
IFC Will Consider
Pre-Initiation Plan
A committee ill be appointed sometime next week to
write a pre-initiati n code for possible adoption by the Inter
fraternity Council Robert Bullock, IFC president, said last
night.
Bullock said the formation of the committee was not
caused by the death of a fraternity pledge at the Massachu
setts Institute. of Technology or by the open letter sent to
fraternity presidents on Thursday
by the dean of men warning them
against the dangers of hazing.
Even before these events oc
curred, Bullock said, IFC planned
a study of setting up a code.
The committee is being appoint
ed to return with something that
'will be satisfactory to the council,
he said.
Semestr
Enrollment
Decreases
The total students registered at
the University and its centers this
semester took a dip from last se
mester's enrollment,• but is higher
than enrollment for the spring se
mester last year.
A total of 14,443 'students reg
istered this semester, according to
official figures from C. 0. Wil
liams, dean of admissions.
A total of 15,352 students en
rolled at the University last se
and 2782 women. '
Men who have'trouble getting
dates will have to tighten their
belts a little more this year.
According to latest registra
tion figures. the men-women
ratio has hit a new University
high of 3.3 to 1.
Last year there were 2.9 men
to every woman.
At present, there are 9279 men
on campus as compared with
2782 women. Last year's figures
showed 8749 men and 2946 wo
men at the University.
rnester and 13,750 during the
spring semester of 1955.
Of this semester's total, 12,061
students are on campus, 9279 men
Included in the on-campus total
are 10,292 full-time • undergradu
ates, 270 part time undergradu
ates, 443 full-time graduate stu
dents and 1056 part-time graduate
students.
University centers and the Mont
Alto branch of the Pennsylvania
State Forest School enrolled 2372
students. This enrollment includes
1351 full-time four-year students,
843 full-time two-year students,
32 part-time four-year students,
'and 49 part-time two-year stu
dents.
Snow Is Predicted
To Turn Into Rain
The snow which started falling
yesterday afternoon, beginning a
typical weekend, is predicted to
turn to rain this morning. Sun
day's forecast includes snow and
a drop in temperature to com
plete the wet weekend.
Review
Players
By RON LEIK
Two members of Players—
one a newcomer and the other
a veteran combined their
talents to make "The Alchem
ist" a rollickingly funny show
at Center Stage last night.
The two are Kelly Yeaton, who
directed the production and adapt
ed the script from Ben Jonson's
original, and Jon Wilder, who as
Face played the leading role.
Yeaton completed the new
script just last fall. His work, as
he said at intermission, consisted
of deleting quite a bit of material
and translating the Old English
vernacular into the modern.
The result is a manuscript which
retains almost all of Jonson's hu
mor—both the subtle and the ri
baldish—and reproduces the plot
as ell as the original. It' is,
ptA•STI 4 ,
T o tt
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 25. 1956
Do What Fraternities Want
"We are not trying to force
something upon the fraternities,"
Bullock said, "we're just going to
do whatever they want."
Last year, the council defeated
a proposed pre-initiation code
which would have set up a com
mittee to investigate all com
plaints arising from pre-initia
tion practiCes; substitute the title
"Help Week" for "Hell Week";
and provide u minimum of eight
hours a day for sleep and/or study
for pledges during pre-initiation
practices.
Claimed Code Too General
The code was defeated because
many members of the board felt
the wording was • too general and
would allow too strict interpre
tatiOn by the IFC in the future.
Bullock said the committee will
be appointed sometime next week
but not before the IFC meeting
Monday night.
Four men have volunteered to
serve on the committee and about
three or four more are needed,
he said.
Letter Reminds Fraternities
The letter from the dean of
men reminded the fraternities of
the "inherent dangers" in ambit
ious pre-initiation practices.
It further said the University
"does not condone any practices
potentially harmful or degrading
to pledges or members of frater
nities and expects its fraternities
to conduct their activities as ma
ture, educated groups of men."
Public Opinion Aroused
Public opinion was aroused
over fraternity pre-initiation prac
tices by the death last week of a
MIT• freshman, Thomas Clark.
Clark was taken into the coun
try and told to return to the MIT
campus. He evidently mistook a
frozen reservoir for a field and
fell in.
Present 'Alchemist'
frankly, an amazing job of con
densation without losing Jonson's
qualities.
This is partly •because Jonson
wrote humor into the lines which
move the story along. At one
point, Subtle—thf.. Alchemist—in
structs one of the victims on whom
he practices his sorcery to go
home and put vinegar in each ear,
some in the nose, cleanse the fin
gertips, then hum thrice and buzz
as often.
So far as his work as director
goes, Yeaton is another third of
Ithe show. The stage action of the
actors, which is the responsibility
of the director, makes up the hu
mor which it not apparent in the
script. At one place, Face, who is
Subtle's partner, goes entirely out
of character oand plays an idiot.
He cavorts around stage mumb
ling witchcraft and carrying on
his shoulder a white mouse. Even
the mouse looks as if he is going
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
2 Parties to Plan
Clique Meetings
SOME OF THE Pennsylvanians sing a group of American
folk songs as Fred Waring presented his production "Hear.
Hear" in Recreation Hall last night. A capacity crowd.
some 8000 persons were on hand. Story on page two.
Patrol Answers
McElwain SOS,
Removes. S.O.S.
• Campus Patrol answered an
SOS Thursday night to remove
an S.O.S. from McElwain Hall.
A night hostess from McElwain
called the Patrol and told them
there was a dead Skunk on the
Step at the side entrance to the
dormitory.
Couples saying goodnight a t
the side entrance seemed to be
unaware of his presence but he
caused quite a "smellaballoo" in
side the dorm.
Windows were opened to let
fresh air in and the smell out and
coeds moved to other parts of the
building to study.
At 10:10 p.m. a Campus Patrol
man arrived on the scene and af
ter some hesitation, picked the
black-and-white intruder uri by
the tail and put him on the bump
er of the station wagon.
to say something to make the aud
ience laugh.
Wilder, as Face, chabges his
characteras capably and as quick
ly as he changes costumes. He
imparts so well the numerous
characterizations that at the end
of the play one cannot begin to
guess his true personality.
He seems natural in his stage
actions and the audience is for
tunate in being, close enough to
see his facial expression. By these
means he continues the humor of
the play even when ne is not
speaking.
E. Newell Stark, as Subtle, was
only slightly less natural than
Wilder. He and his partner con
jure up a scheme involving a phil
osopher's stone which they. try to
sell to all corners. Stark also has
mastered the stage action neces
sary to convey his character.
(Continued on page eight)
tgiatt
Prexy, Morse
To Be Honored
President Milton S. Eisenhow
er and Adrian 0. Morse, provost,
will become honorary members
of Phi Chi Theta, women's pro
fessional business fraternity, on
Monday.
Will Choose Nine Candidates
Betty Ann Barnhart, Phi Chi
Theta president. will confer the Both parties will nominate can
honorary degrees at the group's didates for the three All-Univer
annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. Mon- city, the three senior class, and the
day in the Hetzel Union building. three junior class positions during
Dr. Eisenhower had been in- the last two clique meetings. Final
vited to become an honorary candidate elections will take place
member when the group fi rst during the third meeting.
went national last year. A ser- Elections Committee tables will
jot's illness, however, kept him be set up outside of each meeting
away. At that time, Ossian R. room, and students must present
Mackenzie, dean of the College of their matriculation card, sign the
Business Administration, a n djElections Committee mastersheet,
Ralph H. Wherry, professor ofiand receive their clique card be
insurance, were installed as hon-:fore they will be eligible to cast a
orary members. I (Continued on page two)
Negro Boycott Continued
On Montgomery Transit
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 24 011— Shunning rides,
Negroes in uncounted numbers walked the streets of Mont
gomery.today. to demonstrate their continued protest against
segregation on city buses.
They trudged to work through a drizzling rain in re
sponse to an appeal from theirs
leaders for a mass 24-hour pil-1
withheld
Judge Eugene Carter
oeffifetchte
thatlen ltutfe
grimage on foot to prove theirl t •
r w e i rs I.i. e 'll a 'said in i g n
willingness to walk if necessary state has faile'd to make out a
to carry on their 11-week-old buslcase even if the facts alleged in
boycott. Ithe indictments are true.
Ninety of them walked to thej Meanwhile, at the Alabama
courthouse for arraignment on:Capitol. Gov. James E. Folsom
antiboycott indictments returned , won support from a group of
by a grand jury Tuesday. They 'newspaper editors and publishers
all pleaded innocent and their and radio and television broad
trials were set to start March 19: casters for a proposed biracial
A court officer said 10 or moreicommissicin to settle differences
warrants are outstanding, bring-lbetween the white and Negro
ing the total number of defend-'races.
ants to 100 . I Folsom called the conference
Defense attorneys at the samei to seek a program of resolving
time filed demurrers contesting racial disputes without violence.
the indictments which charged Two of the boycott leaders esti
violation of Alabama's law against mated meanwhile that "thou
"illegal" boycotting. Maximum sands" of Negroes walker: /o work
penalty under the law is sixithis morning, refusing even to
months in jail and a $lOOO fine.tdrive their own cars.
Political
Parties
See Page 4
Pre-Election
Plans to Be
Formulated
Editorials ott page four
Both Lion and Campus po
litical parties will get into full
swing tomorrow afternoon
and evening in preparation
for the March 21 and 22 All-
University elections.
Lion party will hold a clique
meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in 121
Sparks and Campus party will
meet at 7 p.m. in 10 Sparks.
Robert Spadaro, Lion party
clique chairman, and John Abele,
Campus party clique chairman,
have announced that weekly Sun
day afternoon steering committee
meetings will be held beginning
tomorrow afternoon.
Registration to be Held
Preliminary reg i s tration of
clique members will be held at to
morrow's clique meetings. Clique
members must register at either
this week's or next week's meet
ing to be eligible to vote in the
final nomination of candidates at
the March 11 meeting.
Previous elections, their conduct
and results, will also be discussed
at tomorrow's meetings.
Additions to the appointments
made last Sunday will be made
during the steering committee
sessions.
An elections code ruling re
quires that parties must hold three
clique meetings between now and
the beginning of the campaign
March 13.
FIVE CENT