THURSDAY. MARCH'S, 1956 —John Logan photo ROBERT KOKAT (as Golux), left, and Derek Swire (as Zorn) at dress rehearsal last night in Schwab Auditorium in Players' production of "The Thirteen Clocks," 'Thirteen To Open A prince, a princess, and a duke will become involved in a fairy tale plot at 8 tonight as Players presents "The Thirteen Clocks" in Schwab Auditorium. The show will also be presented tomorrow and Saturday' nights. A children's matinee will be held at 2:15 tomorrow. This is the first matinee for children that Players has given in 10 years. Tickets for the show will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to day and tomorrow at the Hetzel Union desk. "The Thirteen Clocks is an adaptation from the James Thur ber short story. Cameron D. Ise man, instructor in dramatics, adapted the story for a thesis pro duction in 1953. Robert D. Reif sneider, associate professor of dramatics, will direct the play. 5 Songs in Production Activity Cards Available Now Activity cards for women stu dents may be obtained in the Dean of Women's Office in 105 Old Main. The cards serve as a permanent record of the activities that stu dents participate in during their four years at the University. Lists of activities are trans ferred from the cards to person net records and are used by the Dean's Office to give job recom mendations. The cards are also used by the Women's Student Government Association in select ing candidates and committee members. Hat societies refer to the cards before tapping and sororities use them for. rushing. Coeds are asked to fill out the activity cards and to keep them up to date. FPAA Sets Deadline For Self-Nominations Tomorrow is the deadline for self-nominations to the board of directors of the Fraternity Mar keting Association. Students may apply for the board by filling out a nomina tion, form in 109' Old Main. The FMA nominating commit tee will interview applicants arid select final nominees at the an nual meeting March 21. STARTS. TONIGHT Jame; Thurber's Me THIRTEEN cLOCKS Thursday, Friday, Saturday March -8, 9, 10 Schwab Auditorium 8:00 P.M. Tickets Thurs., 60c; Fri. and Sat., $l.OO - On sale at HUB and at Door Clocks' Tonight By SUE CONKLIN Reifsneider and Iseman wrote four of the five songs for the pro duction. The songs are "Now I'm Here," "Hark, .Hark," "I Hate People," which, is sung by the villain duke, and "I'm the Todal." "I'm the Todai" is sung by a rather unusual character—a light. The song is sung off stage while a light flashes around the stage. The fifth song, which will ap pear in the story is "The Three Ravens," which is an old English folk tune dating back to 1600: 2 Dances Also Composed Reifineider and Iseman have also composed two dances for the play. One of these is a folk dance which appears at the opening of the play. The other is a story tell ing dance through which the plot of the fairy tale is carried out. The plot of the production hinges on the problems that a prince runs into while attempting to acquire 1000 jewels in an area where there aren't supposed to be any. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Scholarship Tradition (Continued from page four) over-all record of students is by no means what it should be. The University considers this problem to be a serious one. Here are a few things that have been done officially to counter the ef fect of the low standards: First, academic requirements for admission have been raised somewhat. Only those who rank in the upper two-fifths of theirl high school classes are admitted' without examination. Probably I the time will come when all , stu dents seeking admission will have to pass qualifying examinations. Second, betause we think that many students who drop out ort fail do so because they are in courses of study for which they are not suited, we are trying to improve the entire testing and counseling program. The Divis ion of Intermediate Registration has done excellent work in help ing many students avoid making failures of their college careers. We have just'begun pre-registra tion testing and counseling on a voluntary basis; by another year this program will probably be re quired of all new students. We hope also to improve the quality of professional advising. Third , we are doing all we can to increase salaries and thus to get and keep good faculty mem bers, who can inspire students and help them to find the real thrill that deep study and sound learning can bring. Fourth, we are improving the number and variety of scholar ships, which means that we are better able to attract outstand ing students to the campus. All these are e important steps, but they are not enough. Some how, motivation to achieve high scholarship must be instilled in students. Psychologists say it is easy to motivate a person to reach goals that are near in the future. It is harder to get the same per son to strive hard for goals that are more distant. This complicates our problem, for it happens that the principal value of high scholarship is not so much in the feeling of imme diate accomplishment, or in the knowledge that thorough learn ing will soon pay dividends, as it is in the continuing Contribu tion which the well-rounded, critically-thinking, well-educated person can make throughout his lifetime to himself, his family, his nation, and the world. It is difficult to make this sound urgent to students. But I know from experience that most young people, after they are out of school a few years, wish desperately that they had developed in the university community the schol arly habit s—the discipline ,of scholarliness—which would have prepared them better to be signi ficant, useful, and always intel lectually-growing members of our society. I hope that students, indi vidually find through their col.. lege organizations and even their. social groups, will do some constructive thinking about scholarship standards. Officers of the University stand ready to help in any way we can, but it will be principally up to du- - dents to initiate the means for creating a "climate" for schol arship on the Penn State cam pus. If the University is to give the full measure of its benefits to the students who are enrolled here now, it would be well if this task received a top pri ority. • LOCKS FAMOUS HISTORIC RESTAURANT THE HISTORY OF MORE THAN A CENTURY AND THE' FINEST FOOD OF TODAY 217 E. Water St. Lock Haven Debaters' Congress Theme Announced "A Model Student Legislature" will be the theme of the 21st Annual Pennsylvania Inter - State Debaters Congress which will be held Thursday through Saturday at the Uni- versify Juvenile delinquency and job security will be the key topics of the conclave. An informal reception is sched uled for the 22 attending teams at 7 p.m. Thursday in 310 Sparks. Radio station WDFM will broadcast the program "Our Col lege's Pride in 1955-56" at which members of the CongreSS will be represented. Marcia Ripper will be the University representative to the program. Round Robin Interviews The broadcast will begin with round robin interviews with the Congress delegates. A quiz ses sion on college colors, songs, sym bols, statistics, and distinctions will follow. The program will be picked up by radio station WMAJ. "What is the best program for giving the non-agricultural work er in the United States more se curity in his job?" will be the topic of the Assembly session at 7:30 p.m. in 10 Sparks. Edward Fegert, Carl Saper stein, Robert Nurock, Adelaide Winnick, Mary Maum, and Jo anne Montgomery will be the University representatives for this topic. Concluding Session The concluding Assembly ses sion at 9 a.m. Saturday in 121 Sparks will discuss "What is the best program for combatting juv enile delinquency in the United States?" Representing these committees will be David Scott, Thomas Mil ler, Robert Neff, Barbara Kimble, Janet Klinghoffer, and Elizabeth Tol an. A Congress banquet , is sched uled for 5:30 p.m. Friday at the State College Hotel. The high light of the banquet will be a "Gavel Girl" contest. ummimmiimimmiummimmilimmismilimmmimmummmummie COUNSELLORS E. a Small resident camp has need for summer 7: = = counsellors. State age, background, school =-* = ing, and experience. Write: -- = = = _ = Jewish Community Center = ~.. _ = 305 West Monument Street = = Baltimore 1, Md. - 7.llmiumummuitiummimmiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiummiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i4,lllM•l'4l , 6lKNitelillilb9illll+4 CAMP MENATOMA Kents' Hill, Maine Staff openings for faculty. graduate students, and un dergraduates. Couples considered. Athletics, waterfront, tennis, nature, archery, riflery, riding. music, dramatics, crafts, camperaft, trips, golf, photography. nurse, secretary, grounds man. Will interview Wed.. March 14 and Thurs.. March 15. Sign up in advance at 112 Old Main. ~w~~~ , u~(in~~ar~si:~~¢~,r~mcuQarro~~~~uu~n~+m~sei~iur~~tt:»L,[u~a~r~,r,~~a~u►ww~;a~~:y r a.,.~ ~~_;~.,.~ Student Employment Repressentativra from the following coot paniea will inteo.iew June and Augnat graduates and undergraduates for summer work. Applicants for interviews may shot up in 112 Old Main within the next two This list will be tarried only once by The patly Collegian. Intet,iews will he held on dates mentioned. Foundry And Machine Illirciabor. Stet.' Ca. -- Mar. 23 M.IF Curtiss Wright Corp. I Elretrottica Div.) --Mar. 23 - AERO.E. EE. ME. Also M.S. candhlattet in sante fields. Philadelphia Electric —Mar. 23 EX, ME, CE. lE. CH.E. Also for nommer. Standard 011 and Gas- Mar. .I*--PET.E. Alao Jrs. for summer work. Wagner E.lectrie Corn. •-Mar. 23 -E K. and M.E. Also M.S. and Ph.D. eandijatoa in same fields. Lithograph Works Displayed at HUB An exhibition of the lithographs and water colors by Alfred 13en iliner, Philadelphia a r chit e c t, opened this week in the gallery of the Hetzel Union Building. Bendiner has exhibited nation ally since 1929 and in 1946 won the popular prize at the Pennsyl vania Academy of Fine Arts. He won the award of the Concord Art Association in 1954 and the Gimbel Mural Competition Award in 1950. Greek Week Handbook The Editorial Staff of the Greek Week Handbook will meet 7:30 tonight in Room 212 Hetzel Union Building. 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