The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 13, 1947, Image 1

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LAKE SUCCESS —Atomic en
ergy still has the United States
and Russia deadlocked aver hone
much to'rednee world armaments.
:Russia's delegate Andrei. Gro
anyko, last night, offered..a corn
promise designed to break the
stalemate in the United Nations
Security Council. American dele
gate Warren Austin refused to
yield and insisted that the 'United
States draft be- approved.' The
United States and Russia are
stymied on the question of defin
ing the powers of th e new Arms
Reduction Commission and the
Atomic Energy Commission. Aus
tin wants the work of both groups
to be kept sharply separated.
QUEBEC, Can. A fire that
raged through the two top -floors
of the Hotel St. Louis today has
been brought under control.
Firemen said there evidently was
no one trapped or injured in the
six-story. two hundred room
hotel.
WASHINGTON Labor issues
held the floor as union and in
dustry spokesmen hurled charges
at each other. Th e , general coun=.
sel for the Pennsylvania State
Brewers' Association, Mead Mulv
ihill, took the stand before the
Hous e , Labor Committee. lie testi
tied that a beer war between the
A-F-of-L an d the CIO ha S
spread terroism an d anarchy
through the Pittsburgh area.
NEW YORK Former Minne
sota Governor Harold E. Stassen
challenged the Republican Party
last night to bury its dead—mean
ing economic isolationists.
Stassen, who is openly bidding
for the top GOP nomination in
1948—spoke befor e the National
Republican Club in a Lincoln Day
address. He told his New York
audience that the GOP must
abandon economic isolation. Get
ting down to brass tacks, Stassen
said he meant 'th e ihigh tariff pol
icy some ilePtiblieWi legislaitorsi
are demanding —% Tolley which
Stassen .said ."no .longer .suits
America."
WASHINGTON=- Secretary of
War Patterson' spoke up tonight
.. : i , ,:against: ; eongressional ~,..plans to
eared that if the 'proposed Cut in
Ariny fund , goes - through. current
and long-term missions will be in
danger. That includes, he said,
the missions of General MacAr
thur in ..TaPan• and General Mc
iNarney in Germany. -
Heizel, Euwema
Return from Trip
- Dr. Ralph Dorn cHetzel, prek
• dent of the College, and Dr. Ben
Enwema, dean of the School of
Liberal Arts, returned to the
oEmpus today after attending a
three-day meeting of the execu-:
tive committee of .the Association
of Land-Grant Coljegea and Uni-
Nersities in Washington.
(President 'ff-letzel was recently
elected head of the Association
and Dean - Euwema was named
chairman of the newly treated
Liberal Arts Seption of the As
sociation:
Between. semesters •President
Tletzel- represented the Associa
tion at a meeting df a special
committee on a Federal Depart
ment- of - Education, Health, and
Welfare. The committee was or
• ganized by the American Council
on Education and the National
Social Welfare Assembly.
The committee gave considera
tion to the advantages and disad
vantages of coordinating the fed
eral administration of education,
health, and welfare in a single
agency.
Special' attention was given to
the Taft-Fullbright Bill and Pres
ident Truman's Reorganivation
Plan. - .
Enrollment Increases
With Late Registrations
The number of registrants for
the 1947. spring semester reached
a total of 6830 students by five
o'clock last night, said William
S. Hoffman, registrar.
(Friday and Saturday, regular
registration days in Recreation
Hall, 6220 students were officially
admitted. Anoth e r 400 were
added Mondity and 210 students
were registered Tuesday and
yeSterday.
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VOL. 450. 4
Coeds Get Extra Heart
TO Wear On Sleeve
For WRA Dance
Coeds are literally wearing
their hearts on the outside today.
The red-paper hearts women stn
dents are attaching to their
sweaters. and coats are being dis
tributed wih tickets !to the WRA
Sweeheart Dance which are now
on sale at Student Union, Lee
Ann Wagner, dance chairman,
said.
'Tickets to the dance, which will
be held at White ‘Hall from 9 to
112 Saturday eventing, following
the gymnastic meet with Army in
Recreation Hall from 8 to 9 o'-
clock,' will be sold at $1.20 per
couple tax included at Student
Union until Saturday noon. Tick
ets will also be sold at the door,
Miss Wagner said.
Christian Groups
Plan Observance
.Srinday is "World Student Day
of Prayer.". Christian students
the world over set aside this day
annually as one for united pray
er. Worship services to which all
students are invited will be. held
in Grace Lutheran Church, 114
S.. Atherton street at 7:1810
Sunday.
"Prayer" will be the subject
of an address by Rev. E. E. Korte,
pastor to Lutheran students at
Penn State. Robert Gehlard; a
student at the College, will render
-a solo, "One World." In addition,
there will
,be prayers of interces
sion: by students of afferent eth
nic and national baCkground.
The ,ohservancp, is sponsored
jointly. by the student,groue,of: the .
Grace Lutheran the
PSOA. Patricia Woods is "general
chairman. In charge Of publicity
is Helen Coxe..
House , committee members• are
Naomi Bastuscheck -and Beatrice
Kaufman. The Program. conmilt
teA include William Glenn, Mar
tha Dennis, Elwood Stetler, Rus
urn Ray, Jo Casseiberry. and
Frank Richardson.
Free Radio Messages
Foi Students By W3YA
With an active• membership of
twenty-five students, professors,
and townspeople, W3YA, the col
lege amateur station, .licensed, by
Prcifessor. 'Gilbert • L., 'Crossley
offers. a free Servlce •to students
of 'the College.
Recently, the station Was estab 7
lished as an Official Relay 'Sta
tion of the Amateur Radio Relay
League network in the western
Pennsylvania area.
Through this network the sta
tion is able to send jradiegrarns
to all parts of the country and the
world. The •members would be
glad to' send free in this country
or to any G.I. overseas any greet
ing or message of 'significant in
formation.
A message received by 6:30
p. an. will :be sent the same day.
All messages should be left at
the station on West College Ave
nue (behind the power plant:
Greetings of 20 to 30 words
have been sent to Center, Texas;
Boston, Mass.; Oak Ridge, Tenn.;
Rechester, N. Philadelphia,
Penna.; Spokane, •Wash.; and
Manila, P. I.
'Brother-Sister Groups
Announce Relationship
Alpha Phi chapter of Delta
Delta Delta ir.nd Alpha Delta
chapter of Chi Phi made formal
announcement • at a dinner in the
Chi Phi fraternity house last
night of sister-brother relation
ship between sorority and fra
ternity.
Chi Phi president Gilbert J.
Huber presented TrWDelt presi
dent Josephine Leib with a cut
glass punch (bowl. Dr. David C.
Duncan, advisor, and Mrs. Dun
can were guests. •
THURBDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13; 1947---EIDATE COLLEGE; PA
Junior Class Meets To Take Stand
Tonight on Prom Corsage Issue
"Tonight the Junior class will have an opportunity to decide
whether they want corsages at their dance," said Eugene Fulmer,
Junior chars predident, The open discussion meeting has bee n sdhed
uled in led SParks at 7 o'clock tonight.
Fulmer explained in an open letter to the Junior class, printed in
yesterday's Collegian, that the question had become widely debated a s
to whether or not corsages Would be necessary at the Junior Prom
which Will be give s in Recreation
Hall, February 21. He therefore
arranged this meeting to give the
members of the ()lass an oPPorto
nity to express tiheir opinion. •
"It is very important that every
member of the Junior class attend
this meeting," Fulmer said, "as
the decision may influence future
dances."
A special meeting of the Junior
class advisory board composed of
seven members and acting as a
cross-section of the Junior class
will be held before the general
class meeting.
:Members of the board are Adele
Ernst, Peter Johnson, Alfred
Lentz, Henrietta' Monroe, Albert
Rosenblatt, Ralph Rudy, and Eliz
abeth Watts.
The class officers including Ful
mer, Charles Willing, the vice
president, and Jacqueline Zivdc,
class secretary, are unofficial
members of the advisory board.
Stuart Davis Adds
To MI Art Exhibit
Of the 24 • famous American
water colorists represented in
the current - exhibition at the Col
lege, one is especially 'well
known to. students and faculty
on the campus.
1 1-Ig „is. Stuart Davis„ who., pre
'lenteir '"Glatibester
Landscape," to the- College. It
now hangs in the lounge of Old
Main. Davis is 'represented in the
current exhibit by "Boat Land
ing."
The exhibition, which will con
tinue in the Mineral
. Industries
Art Gallery until February 26, is
open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
The .24 watercolors are front
the permanent collection of The
Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York, and have been
brought to the campus by the di
vision of fine 'arts of the depart
ment of arbhitecture.
Started in .1908 to aid Amer
ican artists to place their work
before the pUblic, the Whitney
Museum is albout to become a
branch of the Metropolitan Mu
seum of • Art, and is to occupy a
wing of • its own, adjoining, the
Metropolitan in Central Park.
The Whitney Wing will have
the advantage of the Metropoli
tan's powerful backing and 'will
in return give to the older mu
seum an active participation in
living. American Art, to 'balance
its necessary preoccupation with
the art of the past, of all periods
and nations.
fin - addition
_to the painting by
Davis, the exhibit at the College
includes watercolors by su c h
well-known artists as Charles
Burohfield, John Steuart Curry,
Charles Demuth, Emil Ganso,
John Marin, Reginald Marsh, and
Boardman Robinson.
Dercum Visits Ski Club
With Western Scenes
Showing movies of trips taken
by members between semesters
will be the high light of the meet
ing of the Penns Valley Ski Club
in 110 Electrical Engineering at
7:30 tonight,
Max Dercuirn, former College
ski coach, will attend the meet
ing with his wife, Edna, and they
are expected to bring slides and
films of their experiences in the
Arisphoe basin in Colorado.
Forestry Society
Forestry Society will meet in
105 Forestry at 7:30 o'clock. R..
D. Tonkin., pulpwood buyer for
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company, will be guest
.speaker.
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• 4. •'Weather
. ggititt Cloudy with Probable
Snow
Junior Prexy
UGENE FULMER
Seniors
All seniors who have had
[pictures taken for La• Vie
must turn the proofs into the
Photo Shop immediately.
PanhelAnnounces
Revised Rushing
Changes in the plans for soror
ity rushing were announced to
day by Florence Ratchford, Pan
hellenic president. The sororities
will hold open houses for all in
dependent women from 3 to 5
Saturday and Sunday as already
scheduled.
• There will be no silent period
following the open houses, ,hciw
ever, Miss Ratchford said. The
original plan was for a week's
silent period after the open
houses.
Bids to prospective men beTs
may be mailed at the beginning
of the fourth week of this semes
ter. instead of the sixth week as
had been previously stated. The
changes were decided upon at the
last Panhellenic counlcil meeting.
Elementary Teachers
To Be Honored at: Tea
The college chapter of the As
sdciation for Childhood Educa
tion will hold a Valentine tea in
the Northeast Atherton Lounge
from - 2:30 to 4:30 Saturday after
noon to honor the State College
Elementary School teachers.
(Dr. George E. Simpson, head
of the sociology department, will
be guest speaker. "Jamaica in
Transition" will be his subject.
The tea will be held in 'apprecia
tion of kindness and considera
tion shown by. State College
teachers in permitting Elemen
tary Education students to ob
serve in their easses.
Francine Gittlemacher, (presi
dent of the organization, and
Helene Deerman, social chairman,
announced that all arrangements
have been completed for the tea
which will be the first cif the se
mester's activities.
Money and Unsold Books
Now Available at BX
Students who have turned'
books in for sale at the exchange
are advised to pick up their mon
ey today or Friday at 4011 Old
Main, Jane Weigle, chairman of
the exchange said today.
'Unsold books must be claimed
by Friday' night, she added.
PRICE FIVE CMNI'TS
Players Show
Opens Tonight
274 Year Old Play
Satirizes •Hypocondriac
Tonight at 8 o'clock when
Frederic Vogel o pens Moliere's
corned y, "Imaginary Invalid,"
with the Prologue, a 274-year-old
play, satirizing the hypocon
drkc, will be presented.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin, the au
thor, under the "nom du theatre"
of Moliere, has been named one
of 'the world's greatest satiric
dramatists, according to Merritt
Stone, who adapted "Imaginary
Invalid" for the American stage.
Stone mentions that Moliere's
comedies, "The Would Be Gen
tleman," "The School for Wives,"
"The Misanthrope," and others,
have been described by some as
the keenest critical satires on
social, professional, and moral
conventions to be found in all
dramatic literature.
Show director, Robert Reit
sneider, says "Moliere compares
roughly to Shakespeare' not neces
sarily in literary works but dra
matic works."
was while acting the title
role as the hypocondriac, Mon
sier Ardin, in "imaginary In
wild" that Moliere died. Players
will feature Harold Chidnoff in.
this .role.
In
. oharge of crews is William
Folwell, stage manager. Aim Dun
away heads the paint crew; Eliz
abeth Duiikel, property crew;
Gordon Fiske, construction 'crew;
Frances Glass and Janet 'Baylor,
costume crew; Duffield Sipes,
furniture crew; and Karl Van
D'Elden, advertising crew.
(Robert Kendall is supervisor
Of the entire show, with Barbara
Cooper • as bodkholder, '..;Herbert
Seaton, - student • technical direc
tor, and Ruth Rosenbaum as as
sistant technical director.
News Briefs
Alpha Phi Della
Joseph Lenito was elected presi
dent of Alpha Phi Delta fratern
ity. Other officers named' are Jo
seph Novello, vice preslident;
Richard, Cur t o, secretary;, and
Frank Franco, treasurer.
Froth Meeting
Froth business candidates. , are
asked to meet in. the Froth office.
Carnegie Hall, at 4:3:0 o'cleek..All;
sophomore • candidates must at
tend, Business Manager Sheldon
Mermelstein Said- today, • ...;.
Fencing Club
INTRiA Fencing Club will rear
garTize in the White Hall Fencing
Room at 7 o'clock tonight, under
the direction of Robert SWope,
captain of the men's fencing
team. All beginning andl advancedi
fencers are welcome.
Bible Study
A Bible , study .class will be
taught this semester by Mrs. Mal
colm Brown. The 'class twill meet
in the Hugh Beaver, Rhom o Old!
Main every Thursday at 4:15
o'clock, and is open to the public.
PSCA Get-Together •
A PSCA. Get-Together will be
held in 304 Old „Main at 7:30 o'-
clock, Emory Brown, PSCA Pres
ident, staid today. Ruth Krause.
Bonni A Lee Sherrill, and Beatrice
Kaufman are in charge of decora
tidncs.
A E Phi Nears Ils $lOO
Goal For X-GI Nursery
The money raised by the Alpha
Epsilon Phi sorority for tthe bene
fit of the X-GI Nursery School is
nearing its
.$lOO gual, according
to Eleanor Koiplovitz, committee
chairman.
This money, Miss Koplovitz
said, will be used by the nursery
to buy needed equipment for the
children.
The drawing will take place
Tuesday, isnd the winning per
sons will be contacted.