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VOL. k No. 7 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2. 1962 FIVE CENTS
Wharton j Favors Halting
USG Record Publication
Publication of the Undergrad
uate Student Government; Record
should be stopped and the money
used to buy advertising space In
The Daily. Collegian to publicize
the achievements of student lead
em, Dean Wharton, USG presi
dent, said Tuesday.
FRESHMEN and other students
should have more:knowledge , of
the qualifications of such cam
pus leaders as the president of the
Association of Women Students
or the sports captains, he said. The
USG Recdrd was designed to in
form students of USG's projects
and policies, Wharton said.
Committees were also set up to
check other effective methods of
recognizing students, factilty and
alumni in order to promote Penn
State spirit. Lynn Richman will
head the Student Recognition
Committee, which was formed to
check the possible means of mak-
Mateer Plaihouie
Idealism, Expediency Cla s h
• . . .
, •
By JOAN MEHAN . - The quiet stabilizing influence the "nothing" who became:
of Lucy Stark, Willie's wife, was lieutenant governor under Stark,l
and KAY MILLS '. handled ably by Lydia Bruce. acted as a reminder-to Stark that!
•, Collegian Reviewers Once quite important in his politi- he could not trust ' anyone. The;
.Idealism clashed . with political cal career, Lucy was appalled by slovenly Duffy was portrayed as!
expediency when the Mateer Play
-1 the corruption in which she found a mixture of humor and corr uption= house Company presented "All the iher husband involved. by Max Gulac,k. ,
King's Men" byßobert: Penn! As opposed to the man who did These Mateer regulars combined
Warren Tuesday night at Stand-;things, there are also the hangers-! their talents to yield a balanced
iperformance, which was further;
ing Stone. • lon who worshipped the Boss, each
- i• enhanced by outstanding contri-i
Set in.the 1930'5, the play tellsiin his own way. . I butions from Ka Fr, James
the story of the rise to power of; Jack Burden, the once idealitic Marvel and esp e ciall y , Ronald
a southern political leader,: Willielnewipaper Iran whO found, him-iDobkin as the doctor with dreams ,
Stark, who. .prided himself on;self on Stark's payroll, tried toi and Robert Valanty, playing the
being "the hope of the people." justify' the actions of his employerl
stuttering bodyguard Sugar-Boy
THE AUDIENCE sat spellbdunditg the professor, played, by Ed tAll were well cast as stepping .
Anderstn. The professor repre-, stones St k' brutal
as Leon B: Stevens as Stark shout- I ~ , nes on Star k'spa thto
sented society looking at o ,Stark sl-- w
ed for victory and screamed thati pu er.
he saw 'Wood on the moon" as
c areer in retrospect. Burden,'
I
a sign of political corruption. played by David Frank, related
'the story with both skill In emo- , Behind the News
tional acting and narrating.
Starting-I out as an innocent!
farmer who wanted to do. good,i
Stevens depicted with great sen-i
sitivity a .man's conversion as,
Stark rose to be governor - of the
state. Being "a man of action,';'
Stark resorted to the same.politi-:
cal ScheMes he.once hated to pro
mote his !reforms,
Colleges Compared
By French Students
By NANCY McCORKLE
The friendly, congenial relation
ship between the faculty and Uni
versity students is the - most
striking difference between the
French and American institutions
fOund by the 10 Frepch students
visiting the campus in th Vt . ;
periment in International Living
program.
' QUESTIONS ARE seldom, if
ever; raised in a claBsroom situa
tion, and the students mainly
listen to the professor's lectOre in
complete silence, Jacqueline
Bigeargeal, one of the visiting
coeds, --said. Of course,_ she ex
plained, there are always !hun
dreds of students in a class.: _
Classes are more relaxed here,
•Francoise Jaeck, ,another. coed,
There is no smoking in
French classrooms, . and no one
wears such informal attire. as
bermudas.
' Another major differenc be
tween the twd educational: sy,s
teins is that French higher; edu
'ation is free --.except for the
living expenses, Erik Larsen, the
leader of the' group, said.l The
;Universities are sponsored by the
'state. . •
, 1 There are . no cam use • at
French' universities and colleges,
Marc de- Moulirisson said No
-residence halls surround thel'aca
'demic' buildings,: he added.
Another .'amazing and rather
ing students aware of the activi-I
ties of campus leaders.
After much debate about howl
to recognize outstanding alumni'
and faculty, Wharton appointed
Fran Conte, sth term student in
the Division of Counseling from
Boston, Mass.; to chair the Fac
ulty-Alumni Recognition Commit
, tee. The l appointment was ap
proved by the three members of
the summer advisory board.
Wharton suggested that USG
sponsor the purchaSing of wall
plaques of people selected as out
standing alumni to place on the
walls of Sparks and other build
ings. These plaques would include
a picture of the alumnus with his
present achievements as well as
his accomplishments at the Uni
versity also listed.
MISS RICHMAN said that a
scholarship fund should be estab
lished to honor outstanding grad-
SADIE BURKE, the shrewd
Yankee lady of politics, wa s
played with pathos and yet hard-'
ened emotion by Esther Benson.'
She was realistic and accepted.
the world for what it is.
I Anothei employee, Tiny Duffy
disturbing fact was all the rules,
Larsen said. In France students
are free; they do not have uni
versity regulations_ aixiut bringing
the girl in at 11:30 p.m. He thought
that the rules prohibiting alcoholic
beverages, on the campus were
unusual.
Student government in France
differs, too; it is a more pqlitical
organization even pressuring
the government for more money
for libraries, for example, Larsen
said. Student government is or
ganized nationally and there are
also unions at the different local
levels, he explained. ,
• , .Commenting about the many
activities that are offered at the
University, Christine Deseamps
said that there are more opportu
nities not to work.
Since there are few coeduca
tional colleges,- dating is uncom
mon. Larsen said. In fact, he said,
there is no dating like there is in
the United States. When a French
man takes someone out, he. usually
intends to go steady with her,
he added. •
THE VISITORS were also irn
primsed by the bright colors of
our meals so much so that "
they took a "photographie'of the
fopd yester4ay. However, they
said that they were unaccustomed
to; drinking milk and tea with
their meals; they drink water,
beer or wine.
ToUrgian
STATE
uates instead. She thought thatt
pictures were too simple an an-'
swer to a big problem—the lack
of Penn State spirit
'Miss Richman suggested that
[USG attack the problem at the!
high. school level by sending the'
schools pamphlets about the out
standing graduates. ,
[
Since Bruce, - Harrison resigned
from the chairmanship of the.
USG-WDFM Committee, Gerald
Koerner, 7th term student, was
appointed to that position.
AS THE TERM nears the end,
I Wharban said that he would,
!check the past minutes to see'
what USG bad promised to do
[this term.
Wharton also announced that
students may apply at the Hetzel
!Union desk to help new inter
national students in the fall. Ap
plications will be accepted to
!morrow through Aug. 10.
Current developments "with
in the Congo are analyzed this
week by Kay Mills, 10th term
political . science major from
Chevy Chase.. Md.. and editor
of, The Summer Collegian.
(See pe.ge 5 for
"Behind the News.")
FRENCH STUDENTS ENJOY themselves at a
dance given for them by AWS. After this slaw
number. some of them participated in a new
American tradition. twisting. They are visiting
Tougher Controls
Asked on Drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) Presi
dent Kennedy spoke out yester-1
day for tougher controls over such!
hazardous' - tirugs as the tran-i
quilizer thalidomide sand for leg--;
islation to allow their "immedi
ate removal from the market." Kennedy seriously began dis
41'HALIDOMIDE is the German: cussing the thalidomide situation
product which has been blamed: at the outset of his news con
for thousands of deformities in bal..; ference, ,
bies whose mothers took it duringl Recent; events here and abroad.
their pregnancies. ;he said, underscore "the urgency
It was the first and last topic;of providing additional protection
of concern at Kennedy's news; to American consumers, from
conference. harmful' or worthless drug ' . prod-
In between, the President did a ucts."
.1 of international and dornesti
Prodding in other fields, es Kennedy said it is important
that every woman check the med
• Kennedy prodded Russia to. icine cabinet to make sure there
make a switch and go back to its, is no thalidomide there. He spoke
earlier position accepting the idea, of "the terrible human tradegy"
of international inspection to,which has been visited on families:
police a nuclear weapons test ; Germany and elsewhere be
ban. If Russia will do this, Ken-!cause of use of the drug.
nedy hinted, this country would
KENNEDY PRAISED the Food
modify its requirements op in-, and Drug Administration and Dr.
specious at the negotiations now
e sey,
Frances 10. Kelsey, staff mem
under way in Geneva.
I *Kennedy prodded the city he r who studied the drug and
forestalled its-commercial distri
!officials of Albany, Ga., to agree!
ition in this country.
Ito demands of Negroes leading ai
!movement there to overturn ex He noted that-congressional con
isting racial barriers and to launch; ferenees have approved funds for
;discussions around a conference'a 2 5 percent increase in Food and
stable on the matter. ,Drug Administration personnel,
I *Kennedy prodded Peru toles recommended by his adminis
,come through with additional•tration.
"evidence of a return to consti-? He. said he hopes Congress will
;tutional government," in a coun-.adopt provisions of the adminis
try now ruled by a military junta tration bill allowing immediate re
;which seized power. Jrnoval from the market of any
•There was no new word on . drug believed dangerous.
what Kennedy may do about al What .we need now are leg
bid for a tax cut to give the econ- islattve ,safeguards to lessen the
omy a shot of vitality. liklihood of such a trndrgy again
•In a rather casual way, he an-land close cooperation with other
flounced that nuclear weapons'countries in this field, he said.
Rainfall Deficiency Sets Record;
Possible Drought Relief Seen
Weathermen closed the record development, and rain Nan that
books on the driest July in his—source could reach the Common
tory Tuesday night and looked wealth ,tomorrow.
forward to a rainier August. - A gradual increase in storml-
The total precipitation for last ness is,likely during the next week
month was a meager 0.77 inches,; or two, and the drought may
which is 0.35 inches less rain than!bre - ak before the end of August.
has fallen in any previous July Today is forecast to be partly
in local weather. history. cloudy ;and warm and a high of
In the past 18 weeks, less than.B3 degitees, is expected. •
five inches of rain has been meal- Mostly cloudy skies and mild
ured in the rain gauge atop Mtn- I temperattlies are indicated for to
eral Industries. This is about one- night, end! showers are possible
third of the normal- amount for late at; night. The low will be
that period. about 110 degrees. -
Pi aspects for drought-weary. Mostly cloudy and show
farmers appear somewhat bright-.ers are seen for tornoriow. .-
er than they have in recent days.l: Saturdav ~ hould he -partly
A weak storm in the south-central cloudy with a chance of shower'
states shows some promise ofin the afternoon or evening
Piro State as pan the Experiment in Inter
national Living program. After spending a
week and a half here, they will live with irt
&victual -families In the New Jersey area.
test which have been under way
in Nevada since last fall have
been ended and that only three
more test shots. Are under consid
eration in the current Pacific
tests.