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VOL. 61, No. 32
Party -. Heads,. ~ ..Rinds •
Changed by :::Assenibly
By KAREN HYNECKEAL
Two bills aimed at putting a tighter control on political party activities were passed
by the SGA Assembly last night. ••
The first bill was proposed by Walter Darran (U.-Sr.). It stipulates that $7OO be taken
from the SGA funds to be used for campaign publicity in radio time- and party posters.
This money and its use will be handled by the SGA . Elections Commission.
Lillie, played by Mary Dugan, her duties as Dean of Women in
"The Big One," the Thespians' production now playing in Schwab.
Review
'Big One' Proves
To Be 'Good- One'
The Penn State Thespians opened at Schwab Auditorium
last night with their first "full book" or complete musical
comedy—it was a Big One and a good one.
\Witten by Gilbert Aberg, it concerns the scheme of a
group of "grifters" (honorable con-men) who create Vardivar
College in order to endorse a
wealthy businessman's new medi
cine
With the addition of a few
well placed jabs at the Univer
sity itself, Aberg's satirical axe
is laid to the very steps of Old
Main.
The female lead Mary Dugari
appeared almost too freshly
scrubbed and angelic to play the
part of Lillie the "our Miss
Crooks" of shady Vardivar. Her
own interpretation of the part
and bell clear voice, however, en
abled her to fulfill the role's re
quirements. She seemed to be en
joying the, role and the audi
ence enjoyed it too.
Robert Valanty as Leo, the
ringleader of the swindlers, is
as suave and smooth as any
professor or griffer could hope
to be. (The difference is only
a matter of degree, according to
Leo.)
Malcolm Cohen, as the heavily
bearded "Rabbi," presents the
stage appearance of a `!_spastic
Smith Brother." His interpreta
tion of the role is just as hard to
swallow. ,
First night jitters lingered
through the first act and the
cast proved able to "feel out"
its small audience and largely
overcame their self-conscious-
ness.
Lengthy set changes in the play
necessitated the use of slamtick
routines in some places to fill the
time gap. They broke up the con
tinuity of the story occasionally
(Continued on page five)
By DEX HUTCHINS
University OSGA
To Meet Tonighl
Student leaders from the Uni
versity's 13 Commonwealth Cam
puses will arrive here this after
noon to take part in two meetings
this weekend of the Organization
of Student Government Associa
tions.
The OSGA will be responsible
fo r maintaining inter-campus
communications, developing pro
grams for training campus SGA
officers and planning and con
ducting an annual encampment
for Commonwealth Campus stu
dent leaders.
Tonight the group will hear
several welcoming speeches be
fore they begin work in separate
workshops. Tomorrow's meeting
will include a continuation of the
workshops "and a general session
for reports and discussion.
It is hoped the new organiza
tion will provide for an exchange
of ideas in areas for student extra
curricular endeavor and a means
for disseminating information on
university policy, philosophy and
ideals among responsible student
leaders, Merle E: Campbell, dean
of Student Affairs for Common
wealth Campuses, said.
FOR A. BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28. 1960
Darran said that the purpose
of his bill was to make it pos
sible for any student to run for
an SGA position without incur
ring large expenses. In the past,
students have had to pay $l5 to
run for an Assembly seat.
Objections to the bill came from
two persons in the gallery. Den
riis Eiseman, Campus party chair
man, said, "I think Mr. Darran is
losing sight of the key parts of
political parties. Each party has a
different idea as to how pub
licity should be handled. Also,
with such control on campaigns,
political parties will be weakened
and, in turn, student government
swill be weakened."
Robert Umstead, Elections
Commission c h air ma n, sup
ported Eiseman. Umstead ar
gued, "This bill will take away
some of the responsibility of
the parties and will be the be
ginning of an overall control
of them."
Darran answered that the par
ties would be equalized not
weakened and that the controls
of the Elections Commission are
just as restricting. "And we are
only controlling the funds to pre
vent the lavish expenses of the
past. Last year the parties spent
!over $6OO each."
The bill was passed by Assem
bly with one dissenting vote.
The second bill, proposed by
Umstead, asked that minority
and majority leaders on the as
sembly be the chairmen of their
respective parties.
Umstead did not argue for his
bill. "After the previous action
SGA has enough control over the
political parties," he said.
Richard Pigossi (C.-Soph.) fa
vored the bill saying, "We need
more checks on the parties. This.
bill will put the party chairmen l
right under our thumbs."
There was no objection from
assembly on the bill and it was
passed unanimously.
Weather Conditions
To Remain Dismal
The same dismal weather that
has prevailed in the local area for
the past few days will probably
remain for the next two days and
possibly longer.
Today will be mostly cloudy
and mild with a slight chance of
a few sprinkles of rain. The high
temperature will be near 54 de
grees.
Considerable cloudiness and lit
tle change in temperatures is in
prospect for tonight with an ex
pected minimum reading of •40
degrees.
Some cloudiness and mild
weather is indicated for tomor
row with an afternoon maximum
of 56 degrees.
Reds Warned Not to Squeeze Berlin
.
LONDON (/P)—The Soviet; tion would create a dangerous iknowl,:dge any right by the So
situation for h fo t r thconsequencescsequences
initiativewhichSovietfrom the
postwar ar-
Big Three notes published yes-I ment would be held fully re- rangements.;
; sponsible," the notes said. 1
terday to avoid tampering' This ! 0 Any arrangements reached
us rejected the Kremlin's.b v Soviet and Communist East
with air corridors to Westiclaim that the air corridors could,derman .authorities "do not and
.
only be used to supply the Amert- : cannot diminish in any way the
Berlin and to restrain ' the . • -
Ican, British and French garrisons:four_power rc-Tonsibility" guar-
Communist East Germans and not for the benefit of the 2 1 ,4izAnteejng freedom of movement in
from squeezing that isolated million. Germans living in Westi3 er li n. •
ty. ' 'Berlin. i
eThe Western powers have
ci
Britain. France and the United The Western powers dis- ;never r recognized any limitation to
States informed the Soviet Unions missed Soviet allegations that
, !such freedom of movement.
that the Western powers insist oni they were creating tension in i • They rejected the Moscow
the right to use the three air cor-i Berlin and were using the air ; claim that "Berlin is situated on
ridors from West Germany, no corridors to ferry in anti-Corn- ithe territory of East Germany
mlies away, without restriction. I munist agitators. land that the Eastern sector of
"Any attempt from whatever 1 Among the points emphasized:
( Berlin is the capital of East Ger
quarter to introduce any restric- •The three allies 'do not ac- many."
LP Exonerated
From Accusations
Lion's Paw, secret men's society, was exonerated from
charges leveled against it last spring in a report released
yesterday, but was asked by the University Senate Committee
on Student Affairs to review its procedures and report the
results by Feb. 1, 1961.
A special investigation committee, formed last spring
by the Student Affairs commit
tee, is composed of Alex Black,
associate director of the agricul
tural experiment station; H. J.
O'Brien, assistant to the .dean of
the College of Liberal Arts; Helen
L. Kinsloe, assistant. professor of
bacteriology; Lanny Dey and El
len Butterworth, who graduated
last year.
The committee categorized the
charges against Lion's Paw in
three areas undue influence
and manipulation in student af
fairs, exerting a negative force on
the quality of student affairs and
being a tool of the administra
tion.
Lion's Paw, as an organiza
tion, the committee found, has
not "exerted undue influence or
attempted to manipulate stu
dent affairs during 1359-1960."
Because Lion's Paw is composed
of active participants in student
organizations the report states,
there is no doubt that its member
ship discusses many phases of
student affairs.
However, the committee felt
this a proper activity and found
no reason to state that Lion's
Paw, as an organization, engaged
in "offensive activities."
The committee felt that at
times certain members of the
• organization had attempted to
influence or manipulate student
affairs but stated that, on the
basis. of all available informa
tion, they had acted without
authorization from Lion's Paw.
Concerning the second charge,
!the committee felt that Lion's
Paw, as an organization, does not
exert a negative force on the
quality of student affairs. It con
ceded that individual members
may be at fault, but that the stat
ed ideals and purposes of the or
ganization are "laudatory."
To the final charge, the corn
mittee concluded that Lion's Paw
is not a tool of the administration.
Lion's Paw members are selected
because, of their contributions to
student affairs, the, report says,
(Continued on page five)
Rally Slated for Tonight
Come out and R-O-A-R
Lions at 7:15 tonight at the pep
rally in front of Old Main to
ensure a victory for our learn
tomorrow over the Mountain
eers of West Virginia.
A motorcade will form at
6:30 behind Simmons for all
fans who own cars. Robert Pol
ishook who emceed the Syra
cuse pep rally will again be
master of ceremonies.
ISecrecy
I —See Page 4
By ANN PALMER
SGA Votes
To Maintain
Housing List
By BARB PUNK
SGA Asembly accepted . by
acclamation last night a bill
to maintain a housing list.
The bill provides that place
ment of vacancies on the list will
depend on the landlords' willing
ness to open their houses to all,-
regardless of race, creed, color, re
ligion or national origin,
If any landlord is found to prac
tice discrimination, he will not be
registered on the SGA list until
he shows evidence of a change in
When questioned as to
whether his office would accept
a request to discontinue its
housing list, Dean of Men Frank
S. Simes said, "I'm perfectly
ready to go out of business to
morrow. All I want to know is
to whom I'm to turn over this
material."
Simes then said to Cynthia Xan
thopoulos, (C.-Jr). co-sponsor of
the bill, and the Assemblymen:
"You've taken on a major respon
sibility and I certainly hope
you're going to prove yourself.°
"If you fall down on this," he
continued, "the fact that you've
stood up for a principle won't
mean a confounded thing. If you
don't succeed the students will
lose a major service."
Simes then raised the ques
tion of who would man the tele
phone eight hours a day, five
days a week —winter and sum
mer. He admitted that his list
is far from being current,' but
said that this is better than no
list at all.
Miss Xanthopoulos, when ques
tioned after the meeting, said that
ia definite committee will be set
,up to man the telephone and con
tinually revise the list. She said
!that the summer should present
Inn problem since the University
}will be going Q n the 4 -term sys
tem.
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