late fIP News ~ JS& Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ W| W# m-IT|| I | | WI|IHBUh iJ I |"T I I THEODORE G. BILBO WASHINGTON Senator Bil bo’s secretary—Edward Terry— refused to tell Senate investiga tors what he did with a $16,0W) campaign fund to beat Bilbo. As a result, Terry was threat ened with contempt and perjury prosecution. His stand threw the Senate committee hearing into. an up roar. Only a short time earlier, Terry said that Bilbo had accepted $l5OO to get a narcotics prescription or license for a constituent. WASHINGTON —The Presi dent’s Economic Council sees prosperous years ahead. But in its first report under the Employ ment Act of 1946 it predicts a possible dip next year. Mr. Truman disagrees with the Council on that point. The Presi dent does not admit the possibility of a 1947 slump. But he admits he has not studied the Council's re port. The President says the outlook for the country is good and will continue to _be good if only we can get people to stay at work. WASHINGTON —The soft coal operators may be about ready, to talk things over with John L. Lewis. A call has gone out to the oper ators to- meet in, Washington to day for unexplained talks. (Hence, the" speculation is that contract negotiations may be sought with Lewis and his United Mine Work ers. A contract (between Lewis and the’ operators would permit - the government to turn back 2,500 coal (mines it has been operating since last Spring’s strike. ■When Lewis called off the re cent 17-day strike on 'December 7, he said that he would' be glad to talk things over with either the government or the operators. WASHINGTO N—The CIO United Steel Workers Union has voted to ask for a substantial wage increase when contract ne gotiations begin next month with the steel industry. President Philip Murray of the CIO declined to state what the steel workers consider a substan tial increase. But he said that he hopes matters can be settled wilh out resorting to strikes. (Continued on yaqe two) FFA Chapter Entertains 32 County Advisers The Collegiate chapter of the Future Farmers of America had 3*2 county advisers in vocational agriculture ftom all parts of the state as their guests for their re cent meeting. In (addition, the UFA chapter had two guest speakers for the regular program. H. C. Fetteroli, chief of, the agricultural section of the state Department of Public Instructional and a member of the national FFA Advisory Board revealed, that Pennsylvania now has 7,000 mem bers as he spoke informally on. FFA activities. Prof. Edwin 11. Rohrbcek, agricultural extension editor ol'' the College, spoke on public relations methods. Central Library Lists Christmas Recess Hours The Central Library at the College will be closed Dec. 22 through Dec. 25. It will also close on Dec. 29 and on Jan. 'l. Satur day the Library will open at 7:'50 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. The Library will observe the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the rest of December. Land Granters Choose Hetzel Ralph D. Hetzel, president of the College, was elected president of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities at the convention (held hi Chicago this week. Dr. Hetzel, who did not. .attend the convention, was represented by Dr. Lyman E. Jackson, dean oi the School of Agriculture. A member of the executive commit tee from 1924 to 1932, and again from 1935 to 1937, -President Het zel served as vice-president of the association for the year, 1946. Representing the College in addition to Dr. Jackson, who was secretary-treasurer this year, were Dr. F. F. Lininger, director of the agricultural experiment station; J. M. Fry, director of ag ricultural extension; Dr. Harry P. Hammond, dean, of the School of Engineering; Dr. F. G. Hechler, director of the engineering ex periment station; Dr. Frank D. Kbrn, dean of the Graduate School; and Dr. Grace M. Hen derson, director of home econom ics. The association holds their con vention annually for the purpose of discussing mutual problems anct promoting cooperation with in the association. Several com mittees which are appointed by the convention continue through out the year. Thespians Tap 14, Masqueretles, 8 Thespians- tapped 14 men far their organization Sunday night in the Thespian room, Schwab au> ditorium, according to 'Bud Mel lott,, pr esi dent, ..Mgsciiierettes;-. Thespian, sister organization, also tapped eight women following the Saturday night performance of “■No Kick Coming.” •Men were selected by the Thes pian 'Club for work done on the previous productions. Tappees- are George Barber, Jack Calhoun, Harold Ferguson, Robert 'Finger, Dick 'Frontman, Ted Clock, Fred, Hess, Jack Hallman, Tad Komo roski, Bob Koser, Don Krebs. Bunny -Ratili, Jerome Trumper, ann Charles Zoslaw. Tapped for Masquerettes are Virginia- Gallup, Nancy Granger, Mary Lou Markley, Ruth Rosen baum, Betty Schmitt, Jane Schlos ser, Beatrice Silver-stone, an d Betty Worrell. ■— The women are all veterans of two Thespian shows. Initiation will talm place January .12, ac cording to' Carol Dieckmann, pres ident. CA Serenades The Mall With Christmas Carols "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" from the windows of Old Main at noon and 1 p. m. every day. There may not be snow on the ground, but the PSCA Commission 111 be lieves in spreading the Christ mas spirit anyway. An amplifier with two loud speakers has been set up in the Hugh Beaver room. Two students, Phil Walter and Dale Bishoff, volunteered to play the records which in- / elude all the favorite Christ mas carols from the "Halle lujah Chorus" to "Silent Night." The music will continue through noon tomorrow. fANTA J ays: B&t/ yow *// . Cy/frS m STATE-COIiECtB 'Folks Don't Learn' Groans Yule Weary Postmaster Miller “It doesn’t do any good to give rules in Uic newspapers on how to wrap and label Christmas packages,’’ -Postmaster Robert Miller said today. “People just have to learn by standing in line and finding out what is wrong, I guess,’ - the postmaster concluded. With lines twisting around and around the postoffice, and stu dents buying sheets of stamps -and dragging in wheelbarrow loads of packages to mail, a few rules and a little common sense may save you from standing in line and finding out that you can’t m'a-il that ‘.package. All packages should be wrapped and tied securely with strong twine. No writing should be in cluded in packages that are to be mailed parcel post. Anything breakable should have three or four layers of corrugated paper about it Either you must not seal parcel post packages or you must put a sticker marked “4th class mail, may -be opened for postal inspection’ - on the outside. 'Extra help is being added daily, Mr. Miller said, and it is not known yet whether this year’s volume of Christinas mail will be greater than last year’s. AAUP Expects Salary Action Nearly 200 members of the Col lege faculty were told at their meeting this week that the an swer to ITieir request for a $5OO cost-of-living bonus and an up ward revision of salaries would ibe given before Christmas, if .pos sible. Ralph D. Hetzel, president of the College, was quoted by a Col lege official >as saying he and other College officers were work ing on details of the request. It was not answered sooner because of other pressing administrative problems. The Penn State Chapter of the American Association of Univer sity Professors, at the President’s request, had drawn up a salary sdhedule recommendation and submitted it nearly two weeks ago. In its meeting, the AAJUP dis cussed a professorial rating sys tem to-include minimum require ment of a .personal and profes sorial nature before advancements in rank. Opinions were given on a study of teacher efficiency and sugges tions were m'ade on improving teaching standards. The group ex pressed concern also over the sal ary status of College employees other than faculty members. 'Automatic' Ed Czekaj Wins Pin Bail Contest; Receives Loving Cup “Automatic” Ed . Czekaj was presented with a loving cup tro phy yesterday for winning the pin ball tournament' held 1 for the past three day's at Graham’s A. O. Czekaj acoulmlullated a thre e game total of 202,(001'.. James Thomp son and James Simpson were tied, for second place with 189,000. (Eugene Bobby was presented with a “unique” euip for accumu lating the lowest score .. of the tournament. The ‘ contest was followed with much enthusiasm by both m|ale anld female students. lit was noted that when “Handsome” Ed step ped up to play 'has games, there were over ten girls cheering him on. As he handed th e trophy to the winner, Nathan Sussman, busi ness mlanager, said, “On behalf of Graham’s A. C. it is my pleasure to present you with this trophy for your triumphant skill In this tournament. Wea,her Clear and Cold, „TE COLLEGE, PENN A. College Makes For Temporary Temporary buildings to be used tor classroom's, shops, commons, and recreation purposes have been requested from govern ment. agencies. Ralph D. Hetzel. president oi tihe College, revealed Applications lor t/hose huiMn&s are being irndc under ■i'he Serv icemen s R'eaclij-nsirnent Act, which provides for the use of surplus Carolmaster PROF. HUMMEL FXSHBURN Carolers To Sing On Old Main Steps Christmas carols will be sung again this year on the steps of Old Main 'at 8 o’clock tomorrow according to College tradition. Prof. Hummel Fishfburn, head of the department of music, will ar range the program and lead the singing. Mrs. Willa Taylor will direct the Chapel Choir which will pre sent several numbers. Singing of the carols will 'be led by a brass quartette. Gamma Phi Beta will hold an all-college open house in Woman’s Building for the carol singers im mediately following the final song. The Ohrismss Carols which will be sung by the audience in clude “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “O Little Town of Bethle hem,” “Silent Night, Holy Night,” “The First -Noel,” “Joy to the World,” and “Adeste Fidelas.” Film Club Offers Russian Picture “Chapayev,” a Russian-made film with English titles, will be presented at the Slate theatre, January 8, sponsored by the In ternational Film Club. Prof. Ed ward Abramson, president of the group, stated last night. Abramson describes the film as a minor classic concerning a peas ant (Chapayev) who becomes a minor military leader in warfare against the White Russians who were trying to overthrow the revolution. “It is not in any modern sense a war picture, but rather a charm ingly sympathetic biography of a simple but dble man,” he stressed. “This is a picture with a very perceptive portrayal of peasant life and types and contrasting ideals and behavior between the aristocratic Whites and the peas ant Reds. The International Film Club regularly secures outstanding for eign-made motion pictures for showing at the local theatres. FIVE CENTS A COPY Application Buildings buildings for the education and training of veterans. No specific information has been released* concerning what type 'buildings cant be obtained or for what purposes they could be utilized'. The College would use any ac ademic building's to alleviate the current shortage of classroom space. Other typ e buildings might possibly be used as shops, labora tories, or for student recreational purposes. The College htas also applied for facilities to house and feed an ad ditional 1000 students on the cam pus next fall. However, no com mitments have been made as yet, according to Wikner Kenwortlhjy, executive secretary in the Presi dent’s office. Tau Bela Pi Takes 30 Top Engineers Tau Beta Pi, national engineer ing honorary, initiated 30 men at their recent dinner-dance at the Side College Hotel. Selma Moses received the womlan’s badge for her work in the field of engineer ing. Initiates are James - Call, 'Ralph Cohen, Lewis Baker, James Ev erett, HI; Donald Homme, John Leech, Judson Long, Dianiel Me'ckley, HI; John Nes'bitt, Fred Nicholas, John Olewine, Donald Perry, Romulu Quinero, Donald Rider, Joseph Riegel, Walter. Robb. Donald Robinson, Martin Koth blum, Albert Rulbinfield, Barrett Rubin, William Sansbury, Jr., Gordon Sdhneider, Robert Schreiner, Charles Stahl, Joseph Summerville, Robert Terrey, John Wagner, Virgil Wall, Harry Yo com, Jr., Edward Yorkgitis. News Briefs Old Mania News All fraternities and sororities are esked to turn in names of pinned, engaged, or married cou ples since the last issue of Froth, Marilynn Jacobson, women’s edi tor, said today. These lists should be sent to the Froth office in Car negie- Hall not later than Wednes day, January 8, she said. Windcrest Parents Windcrest p-rents will discuss ‘'Guidance Techniques for Chil dren” at a meeting in the Nursery School, Home Economics Building, at 8 p.'in. Wednesday. Librarian Retires Miss Kathryn V. Martin, a member of the College library staff since 1919, will retire Jan uary 1. Miss Martin recalled that the College in 1919 had 149 faculty members, 1400 students, and a library of 37,486, with a staff of lour. Since' then the library has increased to more than 270,000 volumes and a has a staff of 46. Original Compositions Eleven students in the music department will present an orig inal program of music appropriate to the Christmas season in Car negie Hall at 6:45 tonight. Those who will perform their original music are William Barwis, Paul Grove, (Ruth Groninger, Mary Hciibison, Frank Hess, Ralph Hirst, Marilyn Jacobson, Carolyn Karchner, Paul Margolf, Floyd Shlegel, and Jack Storch. Froth Photo, Art Call All students interested in pho tography and art for Froth are asked to contact Paul Rowland, photo-Jf.rt editor, this afternoon in the Froth office, Clarnegie HalL (Continued on page two) dining
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