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. •
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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.
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COUNSELLORS
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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.
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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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