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VOL. 60. No. 55
_ —Collegian Photo by Wallace Mateer
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PLAYERS PRESENT a scene from
the second act of the Tempest given by Arnold Moss In Schwab
Auditorium. The play will be given again this afternoon.
Assembly Approves
93 Interim Actions
The full membership of the SGA Assembly put its stamp
of approval on almost 100 actions taken by the interim as
sembly in its three months of operation.
There was no discussion on any of the issues and questions
were raised on only three of the 93 actions. It took the
assembly less than 10 minutes to approve all of them. .
Senate Group
Mtiy Assume
OBOC Function
The Senate Committee on Stu
dent Affairs will take over the
duties of the. Organization Board
of Control if vacancies in that
body are not filled shortly, SGA
President Leonard Julius said.
Julius emphasized that the
board is open to presidents of
any organization other than so
cial fraternities and sororities,
who have an All-University aver
age of at least 2.40.
The Organization Board of Con
trol, a division of the Judicial
Branch of the Student Govern
ment Association, is responsible
for reviewing charter obligations
of all- organizations chartered by
the Senate committee.
The aboard is also empowered
to hear cases against these or
ganizations, when the organiza
tion is not properly fulfilling its
purpose.
I- Review ——
Players Bring Ibsen Drama to Life
By JEFF POLLACK
Slowly, deliberately, but ab
sorbingly, a fine Players’ cast
last night went about the busi
ness of bringing a power
crazed fallen financier to life.
Henrik Ibsen has woven his
tale of “John Gabriel Borkman”
as tightly as any of his other
plays and led by Cameron D. Ise
man in the title role the produc
tion makes moving entertain
ment.
Janice Champagne, as Miss
Ella Rentheim, one of the three
women fighting for Borkman’s
son Erhart. and Patricia Thomp
son, as Mrs. Borkman, fighting
to keep the son she) once lost,
give Iseman excellent support.
Bitterly, Miss Thompson
STATE COLLEGE, PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 5, 1959
Assemblymen asked what fur
ther action had been taken re
garding parking meters on cam
pus, the Student Town Housing
Committee and the idea of a
comprehensive exam to be taken
at the end of a student’s college
studies.
Senior Class President Theo
dore Haller who was asked to
study the possibility of having
parking meters on campus, told
the assembly he had talked with
Stanley H. Campbell, director of
special business projects, about
the idea.
Campbell felt that nothing
more should be done until other
problems were ironed out, Hal
ler said.
The Town Independent Men
have taken over the duties of
the Student Town Housing Safe
ty Committee, assemblymen
were told, and the idea of a
comprehensive exam is still
being studied by the Senate
Committee oij Academic Af
fairs.
In another action, nominations
for Rules Committee were opened.
Nominations will be reopened
next week and seven assembly
(Continued on page two)
struggles to keep Erhart (Rich
ard Mazza) on the path of his
"mission"—returning the Bork
man name to its once lofty
heights. She sees her sister, Ella
Rentheim, as a major foe.
But, as both women get set for
this battle—the second for the
love of a Borkman—a third con
testant enters the scene. She is
the young and lovely Mrs. Wilton.
Played by Clairenell Clemons,
she is sly in capturing the young
man’s affections and taking him
away from the other women and
his father.
Powerful in places, the pro
ductions has lags, but these are
quickly taken up by the per
formers, the lighting and the
sets. Bach's music sets a somber
mood throughout the play.
David' Raher as Borkman’s
friend is a pleasant character,
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Ike-Gronchi Talks
Open Foreign Tour
ROME (/P ) —President Eisenhower held the first talks of his 11-nation friendship and
good-will mission with President Giovanni Gronchi last night after a rain-washed wel
come that kept the crowds at home.
Today he planned longer and more serious talks with Premier Antonio Segni, for
whom he has set aside five hours during his stay in the Roman capital.
Cadets Choose
Miller Queen
Of Mil Ball
Saluting, marching and Nike
missiles were forgotten last night
when more than 1000 ROTC ca
dets and civilians concentrated
on their dates and dancing at the
annual Military Ball in Recrea
tion Hall.
Warren Covington and the
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra pro
vided the music for the ball which
was climaxed by the grand march
and the crowning of the queen.
Maxine Miller, sophomore in
secondary education from Sayre,
was named Mil Ball Queen.
Recreation Hall was trans
formed into a red, white and blue
decorated ballroom for the dance.
On the wall across from the en
trance there was an enormous
white eagle on a blue background.
Red oblong lanterns suspended
from a blue and white ceiling
provided the light.
William King was in charge
of the coronation ceremony.
Cloudy Weather
To Return Today
Mild temperatures are in pros
pect for today, but cloudy skies
will keep the weather from being
as pleasant as yesterday’s
The tempera
ture rose rapid
ly yesterday, un
der sunny skies,
to an afternoon
[high of 53 de
crees
Today is ex
pected to be
mostly cloudy
and mild with a
high temperature
of 50 degrees. A few showers may
begin by late in the day and they
should continue tonight.
The low tonight will 40 degrees.
The rain will end tomorrow
morning and skies should begin
clearing during the afternoon. The
high should be 46 degrees.
Senior Coed Promoted
Zandy Slosson, senior in jour
nalism from Williams ville, N.Y.,
has been promoted to the Board
of Editors of The Daily Collegian.
well presented. He is a likeable
guy and like Bprkman himself
at the end—a pitiful one.
_ Mazza also keeps Ibsen’s play
tight as he flits convincingly from
woman to woman until he makes
his decision to go away with Mrs.
Wilton.
Under the direction of War
ren S. Smith, the’ cast moves
cautiously through the trials
Ibsen has set up for it. For all
Borkman's emotional attraction,
he remains an awesome char
acter.
It is Iseman, Miss Champagne!
and Miss Thompson, however,
who keep the production moving
slowly and powerfully toward its
dramatic conclusion.
The Players’ production will be
presented tonight and Friday and
Saturday for three more weekends
at Center Stage. .
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The meeting with Gronchi was
in the 1400-room Quinnal Palace
on one of Rome’s seven ancient
hills where the American Presi
dent occupies the imperial suite.
Most of the cheers and excite
ment were taken out of the Presi
dent’s arrival on the first leg of
his 22.000 mile tour by drizzle and
showers that kept away the
crowds.
The rain squalls kept the
presidential jet plane circling
over Ciampino Airport for 26
minutes. Then it made a smooth
landing—to the relief of offi
cials on hand for the official
welcome to Italy, first of 11
countries on Eisenhower's mis-
sion.
Mostly the citizens of Rome,
who hate foul weather, stayed
close to television sets and radios
for the welcome. -
The President brought them a
message of “peace and friendship!
—in freedom,” and said this is!
the message he also will take to!
the other 10 countries he will I
visit. He said he hopes this mes-|
sage will get through “in every!
country where communications!
are allowed freely.”
Eisenhower had" his first talk— 1
of less than an hour—last night
with Gronchi.
Gronchi'was accompanied by ministration rather than a senate
Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pel- committee.
la, Manlio Borsio. the Italian The report, given by committee
ambassador to the. United States chairman John M. Anderson, also
and several Foreign Ministry recommended that the sub-com
officials. With Eisenhower were rnittee on health and recreation
his son, Maj. John Eisenhower, abolished because it is “pres-
Undersecreiary of Stale Robert ently unnecessary ”
L M j",Sj D “zStb«h b ‘”’' 1“ <>* Sena.,
by
Rome, Usually sunny, was hav-/ rom * our ™embeis to frve.
ing a fourth straight day of rain! At the last Senate meeting,
as the President arrived. .Donald V. Josephson, chairman of
The President stepped briskly!the Senate Committee on Corn
down a ramp decorated with'mittees, said increasing this com-
American and Italian flags. He|rnittee would give the faculty
shook hands with Gronchi andjequal representation with the nl
other representatives of the Chris-.umni on the Athletic Advisory
tian Democratic government. !Board. .
Views on NDEA
Effectiveness of Oath
Reviewed by Faculty
How effective is the loyalty oath? How democratic is it?
These and other questions concerning the loyalty oath
connected with the loans given to college students through
the National Defense Education Act were answered by sev-
eral members of the administra
tion and faculty.
George N. Leetch, head of the
placement service and scholar
ships, said he was against thei
oath on the basis of democratic j
principles. But he also feels that
education for as many people as!
possible is also a vital part of
American democracy.
He said that the oath is not
"important enough to do any
harm to people, who sign it." If
the University was to turn
down the loans because of the
oath, several promising students
would ‘be unable to secure an
education because of the lack
of finances, he said.
Frank J. Simes, dean of men,
said that he does not object to
people taking loyalty oaths. In
this case though, “my only ob
jection is that college students
[are being discriminated against.”
Committee
Changes
jPostponed
Action on a proposal to abol-
ish senate subcommittees on
university-student, r e 1 a tions
and social affairs was post-
poned until next month by the
University Senate Thursday.
he proposal came out in a re
port of the Senate Committee on
Rules. The report asked that the
subcommittee on university-stu
dent relations be .abolished be
cause it was “largely inoperative”
jand part of its functions had been
; taken over by the Student Gov
iernment Association.
! The committee asked that the
isub-eommiltee on social affairs
Ibe eliminated because its func
tion was largely administrative
and should be handled by the ad-
By SUE LINKROUM
Simes said that he did not like
the implication that college stu
dents may be subversive.
Dr. R. Wallace Brewster, pro
fessor of political science, feels
that the oath is not befitting
[democratic principles. He said it
is unnecessary. “Many of our
finest candidates for the fields of
science, government, philosophy,
etc., won’t take the oath, and are
being deprived of an education,”
he said..
Brewster also feels that loy
ally must be earned by the
government, and not enforced.
Dr. Henry W. Johnstone, asso
ciate professor of philosophy,
feels that the oath discriminates
against certain people, namely
college students. He said that loy
alty oaths are largely ineffective
—that merely signing the oath
does not mean a person is not
subversive.
Individual
Responsibility
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