VOL. 1, No. 8 STA
Senat
Backs
Grant
By JANET DUB
Senator Jo Flays (1
tre) recommended
discussion before t
Administrators C
yesterday afternoon
state establish 10.000 c
scholarships of $5OO e
The scholarships co
nanced by levying hea
Hays said. He expl.
taxes per per son pc
Pennsylvania are now
than in the average s
Hays also advoca
support of communit
but said the state
wait for the establis
these colleges to ed
dents who are now
years old.
Hays recommended
scholarships -go to the
MI per cent of the h
classes.
C. 0. Williams, assistant to the
president for special services,
and another panel member, said
he was more worried about the
"middle grounders" than the - top
10 percent ; the top students us
ually go to college, he said.
Williams recommended that
the state provide everyone with
the opportunity to enter college
at state expense. with a certain
portion of the expenses paid by
the state. "We need to get our
thinking organised so some
kind of program evolves which
has state sanction . . and the
prestige of leadership of an of-'
ficial body," he said.
believe that community col
leges should be financed totally
by federal, state and local gov
ernments," Nelson Addleman,
president of the Pennsylvania
State Education Association, said.
He advocated a community col
lege which would start and per
haps remain in the local school
district. The college should be
centered around evening classes,
he said,
John J. Hertz, associate secre
tary of the Pennsylvania School
Directors Association, said the,
student should finance about a
third of his community college
expenses—with another third
provided by the state government
and a third by the local govern•
went. "Any program at this par
ticular level entirely free to the
student becomes too lightly treat
ed," he said.
Williams agreed with Hertz
in recommending that the stu
dent pay part of his expenses.
Hertz outlined the statement of
the school directors' .ssociation,
which recommended hat com
munity colleges be , stablished
only where needed.
Review
'Cat'
By DEXTER }WT
The demanding et
of Max Fischer's dire l
clearly evident in •
Playhouse's colorfu
Lion of Tennessee
popular play "Cat on
Roof," which opene.
night for a two we=
Standing Stone. •
Due to the fact tha ,
has devoted the firs
manly to a lengthy
through -the character
played by Lydia Bruci
ward action of the po
did not really begin ti
until after the first in
t
The first act was
slow moving part of
however. for ,having
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
E COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23. 1959 FIVE CENTS
INE
I) ern-Cen
-1 a panel
!e School
, nference
that the
•mpetitive
= ch.
be fl
ier taxes,
fined that
r year in
$2B lower
ate.
ed state
colleges,
ould not
ment of
sate etu
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BAREFOOT AND CURIOUS, a cute high school lass inspects the
granite in pegmatite exhibit in the Mineral Industries Museum.
The museum has recently been widely publicized in newspapers
across the state.
that the
top 10 to
gh school
Unusual Replicas
Displayed at MI
Replicas of famous diamonds, shrunken heads and carved
perfume jars all take an equal share of the spotlight in the
Mineral Industries Building IV
plays range from fluorescent .
1138 Register
For Classes
2nd 6-Weeks
A total of 1138 students regis
tered at the University Monday
for the Second Six Weeks • Ses-1
sion, which opened Tuesday and
will continue through Aug. 28.
Or. Robert G. Bernreuter, deanl
of admissions and registrar, re
ported that the figure, which is
incomplete, included 319 grad
uate students, 738 undergradu
ates, and 81 special students.
There were 996 men and 142 wo
men among the registrants.
The new students, added to the
2889 currently registered for the
Mid-Session, will bring to 4027
the number on the campus for
the next three weeks.
The registration held Monday
also brings to 7,212 the number
of students enrolled- to date for
the 1959 Summer Sessions.
Registration for the Post-Ses
sion will be held on Aug. 10.
roves Colorful, Interesting
inlEl3
past action and present situa
tion, Miss Bruce was given full
freedom to• expertly develop
her characterization of "Maggie
the Cat"
1=!1
tion was
:lateer,
I produc-
I illiams'
}tot Tin
Monday
* run at
Miss Bruce proved to have both
the artistic and the physical en
dowments to convincingly por
tray the loved-starved woman
who was rejected by her husband
and caught in an insane family
struggle for money ,and power.
Don Peterson, as "Brick," was
outstanding as Maggie's confused
and tormented husband who, try
ing to escape the reality of his
haunted past, was drinking hbn
self into oblivion,
Petersen had the most diffi
cult part in the play. 'The na
ture of this role required a,
contrast of emotional display.
through subtle expression as
well as violent scenes of wrath .
and anger, All this he did while
retaining a ens of inward
Williams
act pri
lexpositlon
Margaret,
• , the for
erful play
progress
ermission.
the only
the, play
borough
co of the
By CATHY BELL
useum, where the current dis
,tones to human skills.
The building, which contains
three floors now in use for dis
play, also features a "This Week's
Specimen" and a case with mis
cellaneous gems and ores in the
front room. Displays concerning
all phases of science and metal
lurgy may be found here.
One of the largest subjects
dealt with is the kinds of min
erals and gems. These are
gnuped according to their
chunical composition to illus
trate the different shapes and
colors of the materials.
Starting off this phase is the
Pennsylvania Room which con
tains a collection of ores and
gems common to the state. This
room ,also displays a large piece
of bituminous coal, and several
charts pertaining to Pennsylvania
ore, as well as a number of paint
ings dealing with that subject
and a drawing of Drake's first oil
well.
Another popular mineral dis
play is the collection of stones
that change color under special
fluorescent light. Kept in a dark
room, the stones change color
when fluorescent lights of vary
(Continued on page twelve)
control of his vart—a quality
not as greatly manifested in his
fellow actor's work.
As Big , Mamma, Charlotte
Jones made her first appearance
at Standing Stone this season.
She lumbered through her part
as a true 'big mamma" with the
stage presence of a battleship,
fending off the scuttling attempts
of her crafty son Gooper, played
by Ronald Bishop and her "lit
ter bug" • daughter-in-law Mae,
played by Esther Benson.
Leon B. Stevens, in the„role of
IBig Daddy, could not seem to
muster enough force in his act-1
to fully develop his character.
His strength seemed to wilt un
der the hea v y make-up, body
padding and the hot lights of the
Mateer stage.
The well, designed and profes
sionally constructed set by Ri
chard Mason provided, as usual,
a perfect stage for Ws actors,
Prexy Pushes
Center Offer
Commonwealth Campus Plan
Presented to School Officials
President Eric A. Walker once again offered the Univer
sity's System of Commonwealth Campuses to the State as the
basis for a state-wide system of community colleges.
Walker outlined the University's position and the advan
' tages its system of-junior colleges offers in an address last
(night before the 37th Annual Pennsylvania School Adminis-
Itrators Conference in the Hetzel Union Building.
"But before we can undertake any new program or ex - -
land our present system," Walker said, "the University must
Concert
To Be Held
On Sunday
The Summer Sessions BandJ
under the direction of James W.!
Dunlop, will
_present the .sccondl
of a series of three concerts at
5 p.m Sunday on the steps of
Pattee Library.
The band has 95 pieces and is
composed of undergraduate stu
dents, graduate students and high
school students who are enrolled'
in the Band, Orchestra and Chor
us Institute sponsored by the
music department.
The program for Sunday will
open with the national anthem.
Following the anthem will be
"Charter Oak Concert March,"
Eric Osterling, "Alaska Over
ture," Stephen Jones, "Tripoli,"
Thomas F. Darcy, Jr., "Onward-!
Upward March," Edwin Franko
Goldman, "T.wo Scriabin Etudes,"
Alexander Scriabin, "Maracaibo-
Begiune," John J. MOrrisey, "Toc
cata," Frescobaldi-Slocum, "Chil
dren's March," Edwin Frank()
Goldman, "King and Rodgers-
R. R. Bennett. The program will
conclude with the "Stars and
Stripes Forever," by John Philip
Sousa.
The number "Tripoli," a cor
net trio, will feature as soloists:
Hugh Murphy Ammon and Fred
Swope.
In case of rain the concert will
be held in Schwab Auditorium at
,the same time.
Orchestra Concert
The Summer Sessions Orches-I
tra will present the first of two,
concerts at 8:30 p.m. today in
Schwab Auditorium.
Under the direction of Theo
dore K. Karhan, associate profes
sor of music and music education,
the orchestra will be composed
of summer sessions students and
'members attending the High
School Ban d, Orchestra and
Chorus Workshop.
The second concert will be
Igiven Tuesday, Aug. 4.
—Colleen' Photo by Wayne Schlegel.
DR. ERIC A. WALKER, University president, spoke on "Penn
sylvania's Need for Community
.Colleges" at last night's meeting
of the School Administrators' Conference in the Hetzel Union
Ballroom.
be assured of a satisfactory fi
nancial base upon which to erect
and maintain that expansion."
Penn State stands ready to
translate this plan for the ex
pansion of its system into ac
tion when it is supported by_
the people of the state, Walker
said. "A definite plan and im
-1 mediate action are now essen
tial in Pennsylvania if it is to
hold its position as one of the
outstanding states in which to
live," he said.
Noting that the University for
the last 25 years has given Penn
sylvania a state-wide system of
low-cost public higher education
of the highest quality, Walker
said the University is committed
by policy to conduct work only
`of the collegiate level and to en
ter a community only if a bona
fide educational need exists with
in the area of the University'a
competence that is not already
being met by existing institutions.
"The adoption of this policy
provides Pennsylvania with a
sound, logical and relatively
inexpensive mechanism for
meeting part of the educational
crisis it faces," Walker said.
"This mechanism provides for
a system of fully accredited
junior colleges completely iden
tified with a great state uni
versity."
The University's Board of
Trustees approved in January a
policy statement aimed at
strengthening its system of cam
puses and at defining methods
by which "if supported by the
people of the Commonwealth"
this system might help the state's
educational needs, he said.
The University's campuses and
centers, which have been grow
ing in stature, enroll 5200 stu
dents in 14 urban communities
in the State, Walker said. In ad
dition, the campuses have served
as a bases for which the Univ.er
sity's self-sustaining adult-edu
'cation courses and programs are
administered.
"Each campus," he said, "is
an integral part of the state
university of the Comma n
wealth and all work offered at
it is fully accredited by the
Middle States Association and
by professional agencies. Uni
form admissions standards are
applied on a state-wide basis
(Continued on page five)