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VOL. 57. No. 57
ts, Officials Back
Stude
Comm
nity Living Plan
ceived from both students and University
een highly favorable toward a community
l ording to a preliminary report of the Associ
dent Men Community Living Committee.
Ishows a favorable reaction by seven faculty
members and among 81 per cent
of the 500 studentt of both sexes
polled on the plan; which pro
poses a living program with equal
numbers of men and women liv
ing in the same areas but in sepa
rate residence halls.
Daniel Thalimer, chairman of
the committee and president of
the West Halls Council, will pre
sent the report to the AIM Board
of Governors at 7 tonight in 203
Hetzel Union.
Simes To Speak
Opinions r:
officials have •
living plan, acct
ation of Indepe
The report
Flash
May F
Reloca
lon
John Kersh, H t Society Coun
cil president, sug.ested at a meet
ing of the council last night that
the flash card sy..tem be enlarged
and moved to another section of
Beaver Field next year.
Because of the construction of
Beaver Field, a larger card sec
tion is needed in order for the
spectators to receive the full value
- of the cards, Kersh said. He sug
gested approximately 800 cards
instead of the 304 used this fall.
Although two possible new lo
cations for the section were dis
cussed, the council seemed to be
in agreement that it should be in
the middle of the stadium, across
from the press box. The second
suggestion was moving the sec
tion from the middle to an end
of the horseshoe.
If the section is moved across
from the press box, the partici
pants of the system would, in all
probability, be the seniors, Kersh
said.
The council decided it would
try to include on the spring elec
tions ballot a question concerning
the interest .of the seniors in par
ticipating in the system.
A committee was set up to look
into the feasability of the card
system as an activity.
Merle Brook s, member of
Scrolls, who along with Sally Jer
vis, member of Cwens, is co
chairwoman of the system, told
the group that the system should
certainly be given a chance ,to
prove its worth.
Frash Escapes
Crash Injuries
Robert Homan, freshman in
civil engineering from Boalsburg,
escaped injury Monday when a
truck pushed a car into the rear
of his car on Route 322, one mile
west of Boalsburg.
Police said a truck operated by
Glenn' Strbuse of State College
RD 1 struck the rear of a car
operated by Robert Stuckenrath
of Lewistown and pushed it into
the rear of Homan's car.
Homan's and Stuckenrath's cars
were stopped on the highway
waiting for a ear ahead to make
a left turn.
Damage to Homan's car was
estimated at $2OO. Total damage
was estimated at $llOO.
ands
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes,
who favors the plan, will speak
to the board on possible ways of
arriving at such a program.
Of the 273 men and 227 women
contacted in the student opinion
poll, 406 (242 men and 164 wom
en) favored the plan. Only 37
(11 men and 26 women)-7 per
cent—opposed the program and
57 (19 men and 38 women)-11
per cent—had no feelings on the
matter.
On the administration level, the
report said, Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
director of student affairs, has
expressed an interest in the com
mittee's . findings and has guar
anteed that the final report will
be given "the fullest consider
ation."
Otto E. Mueller, director of
housing, said he believes the pro
gram could be successfully oper
ater at the University.
Favorable Opinions
Favorable opinions were also
expressed by Ross Lehman, secre
tary of the alumni association;
Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, Uni
versity chaplain; William B.
Crafts, assistant to the dean of
men; and Dr. Robert G. Bern
reuter, head of the division of
counseling.
The board will also discuss
moves to investigate the traffic
court and to express approval of
a proposed extension of hours at
the University skating rink from
10 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Satur
days.
Plans Revealed
For Graduation
The January graduatio'n exer
cises this year will be combined
with the Baccalaureate services,
with the program beginning at 2
p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 in Rec
reation Hall.
The deans of the nine colleges
will present the graduates with
their diplomas.
Guests of the graduates will not
need tickets for the exercises.
Detailed plans for the exercises
have not yet been completed, but
instructions to students who are
being graduated will be issued by
the University Marshal, David H.
McKinley; about three weeks be
fore graduation.
Clinton Voters Defeat Segregationists
CLINTON, Tenn., Dec. 4
(JP) Clinton voters handed
segregationists a 4-1 slap at
the polls today as federal of
ficials moved to halt a new
outbreak of racial strife which
closed Clinton High School.
The election returns showing
an overwhelming defeat of can
didates endorsed by the White
Citizens Council were announced
in the quietly tense town after a
day crammed with these events:
Minister Attacked
1. A Baptist minister was at
tacked by a group of white men
after he escorted six Negroes,
who had stayed away from school
four days, through a crowd of
jeering bystanders to the school.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5. 1956
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
World Premiere
Scheduled Here
The University will be the scene of a world premiere, complete with famous theat
rical personalities, of Eugene Raskin's fantastic comedy, "One's a Crowd."
The play is scheduled to open Feb. 22 at Center Stage, with a Players cast.
Raskin, director of the advisory board of the New Dramatics Committee in New
—Daily Collegian Photo by Joe Patton
A WORKMAN standing on the already raised third floor of the
new women's dorms along E. College Ave., is shown operating
the jack control valves. The hydraulic jacks which raise the floors
info position are shown at the top of the photo. The method is
known as "lift-slab."
Full-Time Student Enrollment
Tops All Universities in State
Thq University has strengthened its ranking as the larg
est "full time" university in Pennsylvania.
Although fourth in tota
Pittsburgh, and the University of
Pennsylvania, the University's
14,689 full-time students far out
number those at the other three
institutions.
Current fall statistics show
9312 full-time students enrolled
at the University of Pennsyl
vania, 8695 at the University of
Pittsburgh and 8034 at Temple
University.
The University's figures in
clude 14,208 undergraduates and
481 graduate students on and off
campus for its 14,689 full-time
total.
Enrollment Increases
In total enrollment increase,
the University ranks second
among the "big 4" with 693 addi
tional students. Penn showed the
greatest increase with 845. Tem-
One man was arrested on assault
charges.
2. The school board ordered the
school closed "until further no
tice."
3. U.S. District Attorney John
C. Crawford asked federal Judge
Robert LI Taylor, of Knoxville to
order the "arrest of certain par
ties" for contempt of the court
in Clinton disorders.
Brownell Wires Board
4. U.S. Attorney General Her
bert Brownell wired the Anderson
County School Board that the
Justice Department would take
action to protect those who obey
Taylor's order desegregating Clin
ton High, but added that "the re
sponsibility . . . rests upon state
and local authorities ..."
In the city election, Former
Mayor T. L. Seeber defeated groc-
Tollggiatt
enrollment behind Temple,
ple is third with an increase of
592, and Pitt ranks fourth with
207.
For part time enrollment, the
breakdown shows Temple, 9808,
Pitt, 8890, Penn, 7459, and the
University, 1356.
Pazt Time Students
The University includes 355 un
dergraduates and 1001 graduate
students in its part time total.
The total enrollment figures
are, Temple, 17,842, Pitt, 17,585,
Penn, 16,771, and the University,
16,045.
The University's on campus to
tal includes 11,186 full-time, and
1271 part-time students.
Ogontz Center, at Abington,
has 588 full-time students, the
largest number at any center.
er James C. Meredith 1,241-343.
Meredith had been endorsed by
the White Citizens Council, but
neither candidate had taken a
stand on the issue. Two alderman
candidates supported by the coun
cil also were defeated.
Brownell Answers Plea
Brownell's telegram was in an
swer to the board's resolution of
Monday demanding federal help,
and asserting local officers could
not be expected to enforce a fed
eral court mandate.
The attorney general said the
FBI is investigating the situation
with the object of bringing be
fore the Knoxville court "on prop
er process all persons who may
have willfully violated the order
of the court."
He referred to a permanent in
junction issued by Taylor aimed
at halting mob disturbances the
first week of school.
Hungarian
Drive
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York, is also an associate profes
sor of architecture at Columbia
University.
The play was chosen by the
director, Robert Reifsneider, as
sociate professor of theatre arts,
from a selection of plays sent to
the University by the New Drama
tists Committee.
The production of "One's a
Crowd" is expected to draw both
local and out-of-state audiences.
including prominent New York
theatrical personalities.
Pictures to Be Taken
A series of photographs of both
the rehearsals and world premiere
presentation will be taken for
nation circulation in various well
known publications.
The New Dramatists Committee
sponsors a plan which helps
talented new playwrights who it
feels are equipped to contribute
in the immediate future to the
theatre's need for new plays of
high calibre. -
Among the former New Drama
tists v. ho have already attained
Time are Jo,eph Kramm, author
of "The Shrike," Robert Ander
son. "Tea and Sympathy.". and
William Inge, "Picnic" and "Bus
Stop."
Directors Listed
Directors of the New Dramatists
Committee include such noted
people as Roger Stevens, Maxwell
Anderson, Robert Anderson, Rus
sel Crouse, Oscar Hammerstein
H, Moss Hart, Joseph Kramm,
Henry MorgenthaU, Elmer Rice,
Richard Rodgers, Michaela O'Har
ra, John Wharton. Howard Lind
sey. and George Hamlin.
Tryouts for "One's a Crowd"
will be held Dec. 16 and 17. Scripts
are now available for reading in
the Green Room in Schwab Audi
torium.
Raskin will attend both the try
outs and many of the rehearsals
to make any changes in the script
that he finds necessary.
To Run for 6 Weekends
The play will be presented by
Players in arena style at Center
Stage and will play for six week—
ends.
This is the third original pro
duction presented by Players in
the last three years. The first
two, both written by students at
the University. were "The First
Day of Summer" by Bert States
and "Pillars in the Night" by BM
Coleman.
Players' presentation of "One's
a Crowd" is another step towards
giving the department of theatre
arts its rightful recognition, both
locally and nationally, according
to a departmental spokesman.
Weather Turns
Cloudy, Cold
The Nittany Lion is solemnly
sitting in his den this morning
paying the penalty for walking
in his shorts to long after yester
day's warm weather grew chilly
last night.
Like many students, he grew
optimistic concerning the warm
weather and
threw caution to
the wind. Last
night's and to
day's colder
weather caught
the Lion com
pletely off-guard
and he is now
in the process
of suffering
through a com
mon campus
cold
Cloudy skies with a high ad
30-35 is forecast today. Some snow
may arrive before evening.
This morning's low was fore
cast as 20-25.
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