The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 29, 1946, Image 1

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VOL. 44, No. 18
Student Jailed For Homicide
After Windcrest Shooting
John Edward Galloway, 23-year
old chemistry student, was in the
Centre county jail today, facing
a homicide charge in the .slaying
of his 2b-year-old dark haired
bride of a month.
Catherine Diamond Galloway,
formerly of Nanticoke, who mar-;
ried Galloway September 21 after
a college romance, was shot and
killed early Saturday as .she was
stroking a kitten in the Galloway
trailer at Wiridcrest.
Chief of Police John R. Juba,
who brought a charge of homicide
against' Galloway before 'Justice
of the Peace J.- D. Hart, said the
former Army Air Force flight en
gineer told him he had pointed a
.32 caliber automatic at his wife
without realizing what he was
doing
The bullet %entered Mrs. Gallo
way's . chin,. came out her. neck
and re-entered it and lodged in
her Stine. She was dead at 1:45
a.m. 'When Dr. H. T. Dale 'arrived
at the scene.
After the shooting, Juba told
Hart 'at Galloway's arraignment,
the veteran rushed •to a neighbor's
trailer and .§ummoned . aid. David
Jones called the physician while
Mrs. Jones•called a nurse residing
nearby.- Galloway, meanwhile re
turned' to: his wife.
The• Student,. who is a junior in
chemiStry and the son of Mr: and
Mrs. :A: . E.: Galloway, of Harris-.
burg, was-quoted by Juba as say- -
ink he had drunk five bottles of
beer at a fraternity-house• with his
wife before.„ the"• shooting: - Before
that they had had dinner and
seen a.movie. ,
onett;
Gallaway `told .police the' lioot
ing was •e:cciderital and even later
insisted It was not intentional'.. No
motive: for the shooting was given
by the;' authorities.
•Neighbors . repOrted the couple
had . acted 'like "happy neWly-
Weds"l while Galloway's mother
said "they had seemed so happy
'together" orryl a week ago.
Galloway- re-entered •the Col
lege iti:.Noverrober, 1945, after two
years in the.service. His wife had
attended as • a student - ip . the
School! of Liberal Arts" for four.
semesters but stopped sciiool last
February. She was the daughter
of Louis . Diamond,Nantioske
confectioner. .
Late AP Nevis
Courtesy Radio Station WMAT
WASSINGTON—The CPA
preparing another wholesale re
moval of pr:ce •contmols. The new
dedontrol order may be issued late,
this' week.
The OPA estin - tates that price
. control4 . ,still affect about .44 cents
cif each dollar the average fam
ily ' upends on living costs. The
agency :has not indicated how
much more of the cost of living
items would be - remoVed .0m
ceilings in ' the coming decontrol
order.
- WASHINGTON Pr e sident
Truman declared that there would
be no coal strike. The statement
was made after the government
agreed to a conference, with John
L. Lewis. The chief of the mine
workers has announced that the
existing contlitct would - remain
in effect during the negotiations.
NEW ;YORK—The White Rusr
s!an , foreign ininister, Kuzma Ki
selev, has made a sharp criticism
of American policy in China. Ad
dressing the United Nations Gen
eral A4ientibly, the White Rus
sian foreign ,minister attacked the
Presence of American troops in
Chna. He asserted that our pol
icy in China is mit taletilated 'to
maintain peace in the Far Ease`..
CHINA Government troops
are driving toward the important
Manchurian port of Dairen. Trav
elers returning from that vicin
ity say there are many Russian
troops in Dairen, a •free port by
treaty.
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Dr. 'Morgan To Discuss
Problems of Parenthood
Fathers 'and mothers living in
'Winderest will have a chance to
discuss their parental Tyroblems
at a meeting of parents to be held
in .14 -Home Economics, from
7:45 to 9 o'clock tonight, Dr.
Winona IL.. Morgan, associate pro
fessor of home economics, an
nounced today.
. The meeting is the, first of a
series planned by the Child De
velopment and 'Family 'Relation
ship division of the departinent
of home economics. Dr. Morgan
explained. Types of problems that
parents wish to discuss at future
sessions will be. studied at the
meeting.
State to Offer
Geochemistry
Penn State has introduiced
course •in .geochemistry and is
believed to 'be the, first college in
the country to offer training in .
this.newseience. • - •
.To carry out resident instruc
tion for students - enrolled in the
new . aotir.se, and also to , conduct
practical research in the develop-,
Ment .df new. Mineral resources, a
laboratory of applied geophysits
and geochemistry has been estab
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SYlvairi Pirson.
.• Geochemistry is a new field' in
this :country. Pr. Pirson explains,
pointArik' out that Russia prob
ably .15'. 2.5 years ahead of the
United States in this work, and
bias produced some outstanding
modern. geochemists.
The, science of • geocheinistry,
according to .Dr. Pirson, aims at'
studying- the. laWs of distribution
Of mineral elements in the earth.
The application of the principles
of geocheinical processes and as
sccialons is, necessary for long
range - forecast of the expected
future reserves of essential in
dustrial minerals, and - . helps to
Conceive and develop new tech
nological means for prospecting
and - doVeloping hidden • mineral
reserves.
The t ourse is theoretical in na
ture arid is designed - primarily
for juniors enrolled in the new
currietthim of geophysics and
geochemistry.
All 'Male Bridge Club
Turns Up One Short
At Initial Gathering
A, •fortfeth for bridge, is need
ed, it was discovered last Thurs
day •as thirty-nine 'men showed
up for the first ..meeting of the
Men's Bridge Club . ..
• The meeting was scheduled for
organizational purpOses, and five
rrilaMberS were appciinted to. a
.program committee to direct ac
tivities until., permanent officers
are elected. The program coin
mittee consists -of: Ray McKin
leY, Larry - Rothstein, John Sten
ger, Howard Stethers, and Lewis
Van. AntwerP.
The 'following things were de
ckled upon before the. gathering
took. to the card tables:
The, program committee is tc
procitre a - Remanent meeting
place as 405 Old Main was de
clared unsuitable.
The club will meet every
Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., with one
meeting a month to be set aside
as distaff day. On this day, to be
named later, women will be al
lowed to , participate.
At a later date the WRA Bridge
Club will be contacted in order
to arrange joint meetings. Mr.
Ray Conger then announced that
the S.hool of Physidal Educa
tion will Tx.7.y for the boards used
Dlay:ng duplicate bridge.
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TUESDAY MORN
Local AVC Chapter
Held Outstanding
By State Convention
A Penn State student, Edward
Banyai, is one of the new mem
bers of the Pennsylvania State
Planning Committee of AVC. As a
result of elections held during the
AVC State Convention in Harris
burg this past weekend, Banyai
-will be head of AVC in the North
Central Region of Pennsyllvania,
an area comprising one-eighth of
the state.
When the three day convention
ended on Sunday, tribute was paid
by all the delegates to th.e excel
lent leadership the Penn State
delegation gave to the convention.
A majority of the revisions of the
state constitution were proposed
by Earl Kemmler, who was
spokesman for .th e College delega
tion. All of. the proposals made by
the College representatives were
accepted by the convention, many
times •by spontaneous applause.
Another announcement released
after• the stat e meeting was over
Is that, a conference of AVC col
legiate . chapters in the Middle At
lantic Region will be held in State
College on November 24.
According to Kemmler, local
AVC chairman, the purpoie of the
gathering is to, discuss problems
confronting student and faculty
veterans. Several outstanding edu
cators are now being contacted to
speak at the conference, he added.
Delegates to the convention were
Earl emmaer,• Edward Banyai,
Gayle Geahart,.Maur Levan, - Kay
Challenger; V . ir gin i a Minsball,
Francis. Isenberg, Royce Nix, and
Lewis L. Jaffe.
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In order to, aid students to vote
in the Congressional and guberna
torial contests next Tuesday, Col
legian will daily publish, free of
charges,, a list of rides available
near election day to afferent dis
tricts in th e state.
To perform • this service, Colle
gian is asking for the cooperation
of all, students who hav e cars on
campns., If , yOu are driving home
next Monday or Tuesday and have
space available for passengers,
please call the Collegian office
and leav e the following informa
tion: _
Skyview Shows Grandeur
Of College Autumn Scene
Old Main, mond and citilet,
looked - out over a .sunlit campus
on Saturday afternoon. Her slim
tower didn't Seem*to be trying' to
dominate - the , autumn olor e d
Scene. , She was - just" part of a giant
p'ainting. .
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To her far right, fresh and gref,),
lay the golf course,: surfao‘
pocked With •.grotesque sandtrap's.
And behind Old Main, the empty
seats of : the stadium faced an
empty football field. AM 'of .Rec
Hall that could be seen was the
"State • College" - and other air
markings painted on the roof. •
Tiny Model Cows
To her left, there could b e seen
fields with tiny model cows arid
tinier chickens, their heads work
ing busily in the late grass. Wind
crest Wasn't a trailer camp. It was
an army of tiny beetles, their sil
ver backs glleaming in the sun,
their rain-streaked hides hidden in
shadows. •
And Pollock Circle. It wasn't a
group of temporary dormitories. It
was only a group of child-drawn
"T's," strewn in a circle. And
above e verything, sunning herself
with a gay tweed shawl about her
worn shoulders, was Mt. Nittany,
perhaps brooding silently on her
many "sons" who have "gone out."
Not Catalog Viewpoint
No, the College catalog doesn't
say it that way, for it was written
from. th e 'ground. From the air,
1. Wher e you are going.
2. The date you will leave. •
3. You r name and phone num
ber, .
.rgian In This Issue
Football
Tough Times ..
Why Bocks ....
State Appropriates
2 Million for Buildings
Coed to Reign
At Belle Hop
One coed will be assured of a
room for Pitt Weekend in one of
Pittsburgh's leading hotels and for
free, too, when the Junior Greet
er's Club chooses a "Belle" for
their Belle Hop Saturday night in
Recreation Hall.
Penn State's future hotel• man
agers of the Hotel Administration
course will play host to Fordham
weekend dancers with Glenn Mi
chael's orchestra frOm Wilkes-
Barre furnishing the music.
The winner of the title and
free room will be announced at
the dance intermission, according
to George Earnshaw, chairman of
the event. Details of the selection
will be announced tomorow.
, The theme of the dance will be
appropriately hotels, and decora
tions are being planned to trans
fer Recreation Hall into a Grand
hotel.
Michael's orchestra hai created
a 'sensation, Earnshaw disclosed,
by playing in the Glenn Miller
style. Consisting of all ex,GPs,
the group contains 11 musicians
plus three vocalists and special
izes in sweet stylings.
William Kraus Elected
SeCtififrofliiii-Key
William Kraus was elected sec
retary of Blue -Key at a meeting
of the society in 405 Old Main,
Thursday evening. Kraus replaces
Larry Foster who had resigned
from .the position.
Dick Lose, president of Blue
Key, had appointed Stan Roth to
chairman a dance committee mak
ing plans for an affair some time
in •Decernlber. Also chosen to the
conimittee . were Tom Botsford and
Dick McAdams.
Blue Key men will continue to
act as judges and assistants at all
times at all home dross country
meets, it was revealed at . the
meeting.
though, that's ;the way Penn State
looks:
The air ti ip over the College
was made through the courtesy off
the Penn State Flying
. Chifb, which
operates from th e Bellefonte Air
port
_pear. pleasant_ Gap, ten miles
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Plane's Insignia
froth Old Main. The pilot of the
plane was Henry Myers, president
Of the club, wtho earned his pri
vate lfcense during the summer.
On the side of the Piper Cu,
dual-control trainer, was the club's
insignia pictured here. Designer of
the insignia, and winner of the
club contest and a fre e ride this
summer, was Mrs. John Herring,
wifc of a Petroleum Laboratory
worker.
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Approval of the construction of
fiv e additional new buildings at
the College with a total cost of
over two million dollars has been'
received from th e office of the
Governor, Ralph D. Hetzel, presi
dent, announced today.
The five new construction pro
jects are: a Plant Industries build
ing, $025,000; a wing for the Me
chanical Engineering laboratory,
$515,000; a Mineral Industries
building, $550;000; the first unit of
a new Armory, $327,000; and ex
pansion of the Power Plant, $305,-
000.
These buildings, Dr. Hetzel said,
are in addition to the two an
nounced nearly a year ago omder
the terms of Act 72 ; -A, allocating
funds for new construction, re
pairs, and renewals at certain
State institutions, and are also
provided for therein.
Last October, Governor Martin
announced that $1,296,000 had
bee s earm'arked for th e College
for the construction of a general
classroom and laboratory building
costing $750,C00 and a wing to the
Recreation building costing $546,-
000. •
Plans for the construction of the
five new buildings, said Dr. Het
zel, ar e now in the hands of the
architectS. The Secretary of Prop
erty and Supplies who is respon
sible for this construction expects
that plans and specifications will
be ready to submit to contractors
for bids sometime in December.
"These projects," Dr. Hetzel
said, "were selected from a list
which was- recommended to the
Gbvernor •by the . Board of Trus
tees. They were selected by the
Governor upon recommendation of
the Superintendent of Public In
struttion, in accordance with the
procedure prescribed by law."
News Briefs
Scarab Taps
Scarab, architectural . profes
sional honorary, held its Tappin:
Smoker in - the Corner Room and
tapped nine students: Herbert C.
Anderson, William Dickson, Ed
ward M. Ghezzi, Kenneth W. Holt,
E. Leaker, Harry A. MoMillen, H.
F.-Mumma, Jane F. Whitby, and
R. B. Widder.
Players Hold Tryouts
Penn State Player:, will hold
tryouts for 'Moliere's "Imaginary
Invalid" in Schwab Auditorium at
7*.o'clock tonight, announced Di
rector Reifsneider.
There are 13 sPes'lcing parts, 9
men and 4 women, he said ; and
tryouts will be held later for the
dancers.
Radiant Energy Lecture
."Ekpanding Applications of Ra
diant Energy" will . be discussed by
S. G. Hibben, director of Applied
Lighting 'for Westinghouse, in 110
Electrical Engineering at 7:45 o'-
clock tonight. The lecture is spon
sored by the •Illuminating Engi
neering Society.
2 -Ag -Eng Conferences
The detertment of agricultural
engineering will be host to two
conferences . , the frozen foods con
ference and the Pennsylvania sec
tion 'of the American Society of
Agriculturzq Engineers, during the
coming week, announced R. S.
Crist, scribe for the Ag Eng Club.
Library Display
Famous Battles of American
History, a collection of lithographs
presented by Dr. Ma E. Martin,
professor emeritus of the history
department, is on display :t the
Main Libary this week.
X-GI Club Movies
Moving pictures of the Penn
State -Michigan State football
game played at New Beaver Field
October 19 will.be presented by
the X-C-I Club in 1:21 Sparks at
o'clock tk.lnight, annotmced Fred
. Baixouck, sdcial chtilrman,