1966_03 The Daily Collegian March 1966

              THE    DAILY
PERIODICALS DESK
COLLEGIAN
FRESNO     STATE     COLLEGE
Weather
Variable cloudiness through
Wednesday with chances of
sprinkles and light showers,
cooltr. Highs, 54-S9; Fresno, 57.
Lows, 32-40; Fresno, 37. Winds
northwesterly, 12-25 mph at
times.
Tqe«day, March 1, 1968
Five Finalists Vie For  Hershey Plan Will
'Mr. Collegiate' Title   c*:ffen o.c Limits
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Colleglato at Fresno State Col¬
lege la scheduled tor tomorrow
In front of the FSC cafeteria.
Festival Will
Feature Oral
Interpretation
Fresno State Coll ego will host
the eighth annual Festival of Oral
Interpretation tor grades one
through nine in the Speech Arts
Building Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
The first two days of the festi¬
val will consist of afternoon read¬
ings In prose and poetry by stu¬
dents from elementary schools
outside Fresno. Fresno students
will speak Saturday morning.
The students will be evaluated
according to their Individual
presentations, according to Dr.
Edwin   Lombard,   professor  of
Seventy schools have entered,
Dr. Lombard said. Each school
Is allowed six Individual entries
and one choral group entry which
may be composed of as many as
15 or 20 persons. Between 600
and 700 students are expected by
Or. Lombard.
The festival helps students Im¬
prove their reading and en¬
courages the reading of poetry
and prose, Dr. Lombard said.
The Judges will be FSC faculty
members, Fresno citizens and
faculty from other schools.
More Study
Money May Be
Had Next Fall
Educational opportunity grants
may be available for the fall se¬
mester, Kenneth E. Lewis, co¬
ordinator of financial aids, said
About $6,800 has been request¬
ed from the government for the
program which awards grants to
study on  the basis of financial
Lewis stated that students with
family Incomes of less than $800
per year and a 2.0 grade average
will entitle them to apply.
The average national defense
grant will be about $400 a year.
Application dates will be an¬
nounced later In the semester.
Meeks' Fund To
Be Established
A scholarship fund Is being
established In memory of Dr.
Kenneth Meeks who died.
Dr. Meeks was a professor of
education at Fresno State Col¬
lege and director of the college's
Sudan project.
Kenneth Lewis, coordinator of
financial aids, said donations may
be made payable to the Fresno
State College Foundation and
sent to the financial aids section.
Collegiate dance scheduled tor
Friday, Mar. 4, In the Marigold
Ballroom. Tickets tor the dance
are on sale tor $1 per ticket.
The tickets win seU tor $1.25 at
The five finalists Include Day¬
ton Johnson, Junior crop produc¬
tion major. Johnson la a mem¬
ber of the Inter-Dorm Dinner-
Dance Committee and the FSC
Christian Science Organization.
Johnson is sponsored by Baker
Hall.
BUI Colgate, Junior business
administration major, Is another
candidate. Colgate Is treasurer
and rush chairman of Sigma Chi,
The Increased buildup of United
States armed forces in Viet Mam
has depleted the Selective Ser¬
vice's list of eligible draft-age
men to such a degree that 2-S,
or college deferment, require¬
ments must be revised, according
to Lt. Gen Lewis B. Hershey,
director of the Selective Service.
Herhsey announced recently
that new guideline* will soon be
Issued to local boards Increasing
coincide
basically with those used during
the Korean conflict.
Ha did not specify what the new
requirements will be. To qualify
for a school deferment at the time
of the Korean conflict, a student
had to qualify In one of two way*.
Either be was required to score
70 per cent on a deferment qual¬
ifying test if he were an under¬
graduate, or 80 per cent tfhe were
a graduate student, or he had to
stand in the upper half of his class
at the end of this freshman year,
.the upper two-thirds at the end of
Ms sophomore year, and the upp¬
er three-quarters at the end of
his Junior year.
qulrements, but will be used In
addition to those now In effect.
At present, there are tour re-
'Hedda Gabler" Will
Run Through Saturday
Other finalists Include Gary
Yamamoto, Junior agriculture
major. Yamamoto Is sponsored
by Alpha Gamma Rho. Yama¬
moto was 1965 Homecoming
chairman, a member of Blue Key,
secretary of his fraternity and
treasurer of Alpha Zeta.
Dave Taylor, zoology major, a
fourth finalist, Is currently pres¬
ident of Delta Sigma Phi and a
member of Inter-Fraternity
Council. He Is being sponsored by
his fraternity.
John Nagel, political science
major, is the fifth finalist. Nagel,
a member of student council and
a member of Sigma Alpha Epal-
lon. Is being sponsored by Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
One of Henrlk Ibsen's best
known plays Is being performed
nightly by the Fresno State Col¬
lege Playhouse.
Hedda Gabler, a forerunner of
the modem psychological motive
plays, la being staged In the
Arena Theater at 8:15 p.m.
through Saturday.
Written In 1890, Hedda Gabler
tells the story of a woman who
feels confined by the masculine
society In which she lives. She
combats this confinement by try -
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lng to dominate the n
life.
■There's a streak of Hedda in
every woman,* say* Ann Vermel,
who portray* the title role.
Mr*. Vermel, a graduate stu¬
dent, ha* researched the play to
fulfill the requirements tor her
master's degree.
Phillip Walker, associate pro-
fessor of speech, 1* directing the
production.
Lighting and sets are by Peter
CRourke, graduate student. As¬
sistant Professor of Speech Jean-
Bryon   designed  the coa-
■ Today Is the deadline tor all
scholarship application forms,
They must be returned to the
Financial Aids Office In the Ad¬
ministration Building.
Tickets are available tor re-
College Theater Box Office. Stu¬
dent body card holders may obtain
tickets free; general admission Is
FINALISTS - From left to right, the five finalists
In the Mr. Collegiate contest are Dave Taylor, Gary
Yamamoto, Dayton Johnson, John Nagel and BUI
Colgate. An election tomorrow will decide the win¬
ner, who will reign at the Mr. Collegiate Dance
planned tor Friday at the Marigold Ballroom.
(Photo by Ryan Marty)
qualify tor a 2-S classification.
A student must: (1) enter college
Immediately after graduating
from high school; (2) complete
requirement* tor a bachelor de¬
gree In tour years; (3) average
15 units per semester; and
(4) make normal progress toward
obtaining a degree, with adequate
Greek Row
Plans Two
New Houses
Sigma Alpha Epsllon and Sig¬
ma Nu fraternities have announc¬
ed starting dates tor construc¬
tion of their new fraternity house*
on Fresno State College Greek
The date announced by Sigma
Alpha Epsllon was May 1, 1966
with completion scheduled tor
shortly after school start* In the
fall.
The cost of the new house will
be approximately $200,000. The
new structure will house 34 men.
The two story house will fea¬
ture a sunken living room, a chap¬
ter room, an Informal living area,
a kitchen and office space.
An additional feature of the new
structure will be the Installation
of upstairs terraces around the
entire second floor.
Money to finance the construc¬
tion come* from a number of
sources. Sigma Alpha Epsllon
sponsors an annual barn dance
which contributes $1,000 annually
to the building fund, according to
Kenn Bovottl, Sigma Alpha Epsl¬
lon president. Other sources of
Income are the SAE alumni and
the SAE Mother's Club.
Sigma Nu fraternity has named
the groundbreaking date for their
new house a* September, 1967.
Sigma Nu Alumni Association is
responsible for hiring an archi¬
tect tor the project.'
Members of Sigma Nu are
scheduled to vacate their present
house 'In the Immediate future,"
according to Mike Somdal, Sigma
Nu president. Somdal added,
■Members living with the frater¬
nity will move Into an apartment
complex until the new bouse Is
completed.*
Though construction 1* not
scheduled tobeglnuntU 1967,Sig¬
ma Nu ha* already purchased a
lot on the southeast corner of
FSC'* fraternity row.
The new house will bea40man
llve-tn bouse and the cost of the
structure will be • In the neigh¬
borhood of $200,000,' according