Current Fee Levels To Conthme Stable For '62-'63 Terms Room and board rates and tuition fees _will remain at the current level for the coming year, President. Eric A. Walker said recently. • Walker told the University Sen ate at its . June 5 meeting that. the Board of Trustees had approved the University budget for the coming yiar which calls for the continuation of the current fee seal. • TH $65 MILLION budget in clude& 1 1 / 4 520 million state appro priation, Walker said. He added that the budget increased the library 'grant ito $1,300,000. Last year's budget llotted $377,000 to the library. The moratorium on the size of the .student body and the start of new 'projects and curricula which was impoSed by•the trustees last summer will continue in.Septem tier; Walker said. About 5,500 freshmen will be admitted in the fall; to maintain, but not increase University :enrollment, he added. Walker said that during the sunimef he would conduct a sur vey: of the University's research, projects to see if they are produc- 12=I=1 Humor, Pathos Mark 'Cous • ! By JPAN MEHAN and - KAY MILLS - Collegian Reviewers A slice of lifeAvas -deftly served In "The, 49th Cousin" -by the Ma: ..teer Playhouse company at its' season opening at Standing Stone Tuesday evening. ' • Sincerely • portraydd tenderness and swiftly paced comedy merged! !Florence Lowe and Caroli n e ;Francke's story of the conflicts „within an American Jewish fam- Ryi at the turn of the century.• , MAX FISCHER'S portrayal' of ',lsaac' Lowe, the self-righteous 'fa .ther who covered his sentimen !talky with an armor- of pride, fcoMmands the top spot on' a list lof convincing performances. Re iferred to- as; "the !czar Syra cuse" by one of his spinster !daughters, Fischer indeed created tan; autocratic character. He could !easily have stolen the show had fit (not been for the outstanding support given him by his fellow ' actors. University Confers Degrees on 2,475 Students WOIIK is glien to each greottutp brldi rallego Merritt VIM" Mils deo! •of the coil ige of Anksteduse Etgiineetiring, Pm; oats ef diploma Ito":ene oii tba , arattnates. assoidato degrees anst .antuniselens 1111 Staten 'Rimy, Navy nd Mr ranno - were else awarded' at conneedannent ing' s a sufficient number of Ph.D. candidates to be continued. He would also consider the value of continuing the moratorium. In other business, the Senate approved a recommendation by 'the Senate Committee on Admis sions requiring all' applicants for baccalaureate degree programs to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College ,Entrance Board. Beginning with students applying in the fall, the test along with the student's high school records will be required for. -admission, !Richard G. Stoner, chairman, said. 'Most students now being ad- I . Mitted by the University gain ;admission solely on the basis of ;their high school records. A CHANGE which was pro posed• by the educational policy committee to exempt. some stu !dents from the rule requiring that ,60 to. credits be earned in resi dence in order to qualify for a degree from the University was approved by the Senate. Students admitted with ninth term stand ing or better will now-be required to earn only 30 of their last credits here. Cast members who entered com pletely into' the ' spirit of their parts added immeasurably to the feeling of a family trying to wean their father from 'his prejudices and peculiarities. Esther Benson and Max Gulack, as Fanny Lowe and her uncle- Simon, were espe cially skilled as foils to papa's whims. DAVID FRANK demonstrated his versatility as the peddler Moishe Golub, moving easily froth sales talk comedy to his schoolboy-like courtship of young Carrie Lowe, played by Grace Shearer. -A University graduate making her professional debut, Miss Shearer warmed to her role of wide-eyed innocence after shaky first scenes. However, she seemed consistently convincing only in her scenes with Golub, the suitor her father considered unacceptable. The only casualty of the play was. Lydia Bruce as Tracy Lowe. Cast as the stubborn, sarcastic daughter who had ceased talk ing; 'to her father, Miss Bruce =NEM VOL. 3. No. 1 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21. 1962 FIVE CENT: Exam Period Set A final examination period to begin in the fall term Was unani mously adopted by the University Senate it its June 5 meeting. The proposal presented by the Senate Committee on Calendar and Class Schedule includes the initiation of a final examination period separate from the class days of the regular term: The length and.time of the petiod will be established by the adminis tration. according to the proposal. THE COMMITTEE stated in its formal report that calendar policy changes to include a final examin ation period should be :flexible so that future modifications based on experience can be made. Results of two adthinistrative 'surveys which would make a finals period of three days with failed to produce the biting hu mor required of her part. • Careful direction was ::evident through the show, which lagged only in a third act scene between Fanny and Uncle Simon; Direc tor Leon B. Stevens Was also cast' as Mr. Cronyn, the high school principaL Steven* over played his role, in contrast with Tracy's, apparent lack off feeling for her part. PRODUCED BY Walter H. Walters, head of the 'University's Department of Theater Arts. "The 49th Cousin" continues through Saturday and will be followed by a two-week run of Tennessee Williams' "Period of Adjust ment," beginning Tuesday. The effect of apportiOnment developments upon the Ameri can scene are explored in this week's "Behind the News" by Lawrence Cameron. Bth term mathematics major from. Phil adelphia. CLASS OF 1962 listens to the - Charge to the Graduates' given by President trio A. Walker.-Nearly 2.500 graduates and 10,0012 . parents and friends hoard him toll the gradue.e' s to: 'Taco up to your tosperudbilltiemeuragaously but hum. bly. Temper youi intelligence with wisdom and your knoWl - ader.wifh -tolerance. Above all else, been you decide= Oa sense of 'Sakes that plicei nut mare before the lob, the larger- good before the sottish interest." (See related editorial) Behind the News 73 minute exams feasible were;examinations at the same time cited' by Harold J. Read, commit-:to tile a conflict examination re tee chairman. He said that a sur-(quest within the time announced vey of department heads showedlby the scheduling officer. The rule that 73 per cent of the ,courses.also states that a fee of $lO will would utilize the examination be required of a student who period. A survey of 590 student files a late conflict request. schedules showed that these finals; trePicing under recommends could be scheduled within three ;G m , made by the Administrative days with a minimum amount of:c-im,mdter on Resident Education —lnflict, he added. )Procedures, John E. Miller, sched uling officer, said that he plaits to ask each department to list the courses for which it would like final examinations scheduled in the fall, winter and spring terms. Miller said that he would conduct this survey during the summer term. The finals examination sched ule for the fall will be published early in the fall term and a week , will be alloted for students to file,conflict requests, he said. "THE PROCEDURES commit tee recommended that the exam ination period be three days tong with each examination taking 75 minutes, so this is what the sched uling office will follow in setting up the period," Miller said. - "THE SENATE determines policy and not day-to-day calen dar," Read said. • This Senate function is!why no specific length for the pe4iod was stated in the committee's pro posal, he added. However, .the group did recommend that a mini mum of six days between the close of the examination period; and the first day of classes of the succeed ing term be included in , • the cal endar. This proposal vas also adopted by the Senate. The Senate also reinstated a revised Rule 0-8 of tha Senate Policies and Rules for . Under graduate Students which allows a student with two or more final 800 Students. Sign Petition State Textbook Tax_ More than 800 students have'that textbooks are tax exempt if signed a petition at Keeler's book-,sold to students through a More store requesting that textbooks;run by an educational institution. be exempt from state sales tax 4 Swanson said this interpreta- Benjamin Swanson, Keeler's, Inc.,,tion eliminates the University President, said last_ night. • ;from tax exemption. because it no bookstore. A further eln- THE PETITION, which wasi has , - placed inside the store's doors at'P'leati(lll' he added, arises in the 1 p.m. Tuesday, reads: undersigned students of the Penn-; as in limi t in g sal" to students. The petition will remain in hereby sylvania prot S est the existent ta tate University. -dox on! l Keeter's through Monday and be either sent or presented textbooks, as defined under Heim. 'lotion No. 203 (Revised 2-23-62):im perso sa n to the governor's office, ,Swanson id. ."This levy is discriminatory,in! "By that time, we should get nature, penall2ing both the, stu-'about 1,500 to 2,000 signatures." dent customer and the privat& SWANSON SAID that the cost store operation. In our opinion,i of education,ii high enough with tALL textbooks shOuld be' tax out adding the few dollars yearly place of .for regardless of ''':for a "poor" tax, He added that purchase." t his store does not like to collect The current ruling under which the tax but iS•subject to fine and Ithe Pennsylvania Department aimprisonment if it does not con 'Sales and Use Tax operates states:form-to the'rule. —C4ll.siss notes h Tyr *sews SEI 4 /10118 BECOME GRADUATES as they switch their teasels from Ms right to the left of ,their mortar boards. The dean of each college invents the prospective graduates in college_ to President Brio A. Weikel, who odder; the degrees. The University Marshal thin signals lb. seniors with the official maro-:' to move their tassels from right to left. -
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