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. -