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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 17. 1957 FIVE CENTS
VOL. 58. No. 65
—Daily Collegian Photos by George Harrison
NEW SEATS are being placed in Schwab Auditorium and the old
ones were moved out to the Mall yesterday (top photo). Carl Gris
singer (below), one of the workmen in Schwab, scrapes the floor
where the new seats will be placed.
Story on Page 5
Thespians Set Date
For 'Pajama Game'
Thespians will stage a production of the Broadway hit
"Pajama Game" which will run March 20, 21 and 22.
The show will be directed by Stuart Kahan and tryouts
will be held beginning Feb. 3
"Pajama Game" is taken fi
and Richard Bisson with music
by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
The story of the play revolves
around a pajama factory that is
about to go on strike for a 7 1 / 2 -
cent pay raise. The workers in
the factory, under a tight-wad
named Hassler, demand the raise.
- "The head of the grievance com
mittee—Babe Williams falls in
love with Hassler's right hand
man and superintendent, Sid Sor
okin. Interwound with this is an
other love plot concerning the ef
ficiency expert, Hines, and Hass
ler's secretary. Gladys.
- Babe and Sid, realizing that
their two sides are not going to
cooperate, break up the ro
mance. But Sid coaxes Gladys
to give him the key to Hassler's
private files and finds that
•Hassler's books are not legiti
mate and that he can afford
a 7 1 / 2 -cent raise.
To end the story happily, Sid
wins out, Hassler gives in, Hines
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The music of "Pajama Game"
includes four hits as "Hey There,"
"There Once Was a Man," "Steam
Heat," "Pajama Game" and "Her
nando's Hideaway."
"Pajama Game" was pro
duced on the stage with John
Raiff, Janis Paige, Carol Haney
and Eddie Foy Jr. and played
for over two years on Broad
way. It has received the Circle
Critics award as best musical
and many international awards.
Technical crew directors for
the show are: Kenneth Todd,
(Continued on page eleven)
Students Pledge $lOOO t® Sh Conflict Filing
arp Fund
Ends at Noon
eluded in this was $lOO donated "Christmas Present for La
by Sigma Nu at the jam session fund. Contributions may be sent
Additional recent contrilm or taker_ to 202 HUB. The scheduling office has
lions are No goal has been set for the extended the deadline half
The University Christian As- fund campaign, but the corn- a day, until noon today, for
sedation 525 Alpha Chi Sig- mittee has reminded students filing final examination com
ma 535 Friends, 539 Cody that George "Larry" Sharp's „
ziacis
Manor. sl6.l4:Theta Phi Alpha hospital expenses may reach be
$25 Leonides. 525: Young Be-tween $25,000 and 530,000 be- Ray V. Watkins, schedul
publican Club. s7.B7:ground fore he is able to leave the hos l ug officer. said his office.
floor of Atherton Hall. S 9 Aca- pital located in the basement of
cia. SlB 90 and Kappa Sigma. Sharp is in the New York ( m
$lO versity Rehabilitation Cen t e r Willard Building, will ac-
The Home Economics Student paralyzed from the neck down as cept conflicts until noon to-
Council has placed contribution a result of a broken neck he re
boxes in the main office and li cei ed in a fall from a trampo day but no later .
Conflicts may be filed if
brary of the Home Economics line Oct 11 in a physical educa -:
Building for donations to the tion class. The University has no two cr more examinations
Christmas present fund insurance covering such accidents are scheduled at the same
Persons wishing to contribute tot Letters have been sent to most' time or if a student has three the fund may write checks to the campus student organizations ask
Associated Student Activities t ing their support of the fund cam or more examinations on th.,
Fund, with a notation for theipalgn. lame day.
More than $lOOO has been
pledged so far to the "Christ
mas Present for Larry" fund.
The Associated Student Ac
tivities office in 202 Hetzel
Union, campaign headquarters,
has received $831.92 of the $lOBl.-
92 pledged to date. The remain
ing $250, pledged.by five student]
organizations, has not yet been
deposited in the "Christmas Pres-i
ent for Larry" account.
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A big boost in campaign con-1
tributions came from the $416.01
donated by Sigma Alpha Mu and
Kappa Alpha Theta from the pro
ceeds of their "Christmas Present
for Larry" jam session, Held Sun
day in the HUB ballroom. In-
Tottegian
Senate Unit
Upholds Pro
For ATO
The six-month social probation
recommended for Alpha Tau
Omeca by the Interfraternity
Council Board of Control was up
held yesterday by the Subcom
mittee on Discipline of the Sen
ate Committee on Student A!-
fairs.
The Board of Control probation
for the fall semester of 1958, part
of the board's recommendation,
was also approved, and the rec
ommendation for dismissal of Ed
ward Long as house president
was dropped because Long had
already resigned.
The fraternity did not appeal
the board recommendation to the
subcommittee. The social proba
tion goes into effect immediately,
and will last until 12:30 a:m. on
June 4.
Alpha Tau Omega received the
probation penalty for serving al
coholic beverages to freshmen.
which is forbidden by a board
regulation. The conviction was
based on Long's admittance to the
charge after he was confronted by
reports from other fraternities
that Alpha Tau Omega had been
violating the freshman drinking
ban.
A fraternity placed on social
probation is not permitted to en
tertain women guests in the house
at any house function. Board of
Control probation places the house
under social surveillance by
board checkers.
George Wills, chairman of the
board, said the Subcommittee's
decision "speaks for itself as far
as freshman drinking is con
cerned."
The Alpha Tau Omega case.
Wills said earlier, is a precedent
in freshman drinking cases. In
the .only other such case since
the ban went into effect last fall,
involving a freshman found
drinking at a combined party
between Kappa Sigma and Sig
ma Alpha Mu, Wills said neither
of the fraternities was aware
;that a freshman was being
served alcoholic beverages.
Students Protest
But Yule Recess
Remains the Same
A "last-chance" petition signed by some 1800 students
was presented to the Council of Deans yeNterday but the
story remains the same—classes will resume 3 a.m. Friday,
Jan. 3.
By a unanimous vote, the Council declined to extend
the vacation period:
The Council further requested A F
the University to remind students
that classes will be held as usual Udays
on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20
and 21, and on Friday and Satur- C
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ed
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day. Jan. 3 and 4.
The petition was organized and
h u I
transmitted to the Council by
Charles Gaston, freshman in elc‘c- A T •
trical engineering from Lancaster. tas nal
In a cover letter transmitted
with the petition. Gaston said. ' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,
As these petitions show, the
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students are overwhelmingly in Dec. 16 (, —The Air Force made
favor of the extension." a determined effort today to fire
Reasons for the extension as America's. deadliest weapon, the
set forth by Gaston and the
;Alas (intercontinental) ballistic
petition were:
missile, but after hours of work
•"ft's a dirty trick to drag stu
dents back for a maximum of 12 was forced to postpone the sched
hours of classes." uled test.
•"Student: for whom a trip . No official reason was given.
home is costly, in time or money: A "countdown" on the Atlas,
'welcome the ChriMmas vacation, the 100-ton missile designed to
as the one time during the semes- haul a hydrogen bomb across the
ter when they can enjoy a visit seas at fantastic sneed. was start
home." ed early today. For hours, the
•"We believe that little study- "Big A" could - . be seen towering
ing will be done over the week- up on its launching platform like
end, and that bringing students a huge silver bullet.
back for only a few classes is not Then, about 1 p.m., feverish ac
worth the risk of traveling during tivity around the missile ceased
holiday traffic." and a renort spread among "bird
•"Many people think so little watchers" along th i s island's
of the 'benefits' of those three white sand beaches that the big
days that they would choose to , shoot had been "scrubbed," or put
I spend the time elsewhere;- in off until another time.
other words, they would cut." This would have been a perfect
In his letter, Gaston wrote: "I day to fire the Atlas, for it would
believe that the least you can E. lo .have given President Eisenhower
is ask instructors to give no tests the opportunity to open the NA
!during the time and put the re- TO meetings in Paris with cheer
ful news that the United States
isponsibility on the student to
had matched Russian in perfect
make up any class work he might
miss in that day-and-a-half." ing an ocean-spanning If-bomb
In a reply to Gaston, Lawrence m i ss il e.
lE. Dennis. vice president for aca- It was obvious when daylight
idemic affairs, who is chairman of broke over the heavily-guarded
the Council of Deans, said:
"No.missile firing range that a su
i
cut system' is provided for in preme effort was going to be
University class attendance regu-
made today to get the Atlas into
ilations and unauthorized student t h e a i r.
absences from claiscs on the dates The countdown was reported to
'mentioned will be dealt with by
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, have started before dawn. This
the faculty members concerne d
is the period when first the hours,
thin the minutes and finally the
,in the same manner as unauthpr
lized-absences at any other time." seconds are called off as engi-
I The council was the "last neers make an exhaustive cheek
chance" for an extended vaca- of every working part in the mis
lion, since President Eric A. sile's intricate mechanism.
Walker had told All-University
Everything must he in perfect
President Robert Steele that he order before the firing button is
would grant the extension only pressed and the missile blasts off
if the Council of Deans so rec- into the distant skies. Today there
ommended,
v.-as enough trouble to call the
At an All-University Cabinet
whole thing off:
. meeting, Steele informed the
members what Walker had said
(Continued on page twelve) Grad Applications
Second Semester Coeds ! 'Are Now Available
Will 'Move-up' Today I Application blanks and bulle-
The Women's Student Gov
tins of information are available
ernment Association. has an-
:n 117 Buckhout for students
flounced that second-semester seeking admission to graduate
freshman women will "move-
schools for the fall semester 1958.
up" today. The next Graduate Rec or d
They new are entitled to Examination will be held at 8:45
upperclass hours which are Zen ! a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Jan. 18.
o'clocks on week nights and Applications must be received
a
one o'clocks on both Friday and at Educational Testing Service,
Saturday nights. ,20 Nassau Street. Princeton, N.J..
no later than Jan. 3.