Lute AP News Couftesy Radio Station WMAJ MOSCOW Authoritative sources say that Secretary of State Georg e Marshall will refuse to discuss China's affairs unless China is represented at the Coun cil of Foreign Ministers. Soviet Foreign Minister Molo tov proposed at the open session Of the Foreign Ministers' Confer ence yesterday that the Chinese question be pleced.on• the agenda. It is not generally believed that Molotov will agree to having a Chinese representativ e invited to Moscow. Marshall is expected to give Molotov •his reply when the for eign ministers meet later today. The American Secretary of State 'is expected to emphasize that if any subject involving the sov ereignty of China is to be dis cussed the Chinese must be sum moned t o the conference. WASHINGTON —• The trial in the case of the stolen Hesse crown jewels may be carried out on an even mor e fabulous scale. Defense •attorneys asked today for the recall of Princess Sophia of Greece as a witness in the mil itary trial of Colonel Jack Dur ant. If the defense plea is granted, it may mean' that the trial, which opened in Germany and then moved to the United Statei, will be moved back to Europe again. WASHINGTON—President Tru man has named a five-member advisory committee on maritime operations. The group will recom mend a program for moderniz ing •an adequat A fleet of passen ger and freight vessels. Council Censors Circle Canvassing All publicity, advertising, and canvassing conducted in Pollock Circle must be approved first by the Social and Cultural commit_ tees of Pollock Circle Council, it was decided at a recent meeting. Harry Dunegan and James Ste venson, chairmen of the com mittees, will.' grant permissions and within the dormitories this , Epproval can be given by the .:presidents.,. ' - This.iegulatitin . will not prevent any publicity, according to Albert Honig, council president, but will cut down on annoyances experi enCed in the . .p - ast. Council also appointed a com_ mittee to investigate conditions in the, dining hall and.report at the next Meeting. The following men are iiicludod: Burton Brand, Rdbert Garber Roland Grimsly, Edward Hinkle, and George Lychkoff. A report by Mr. Bueka. of ANC stated that Pollock Circle rt,•en will be welcomed as guests on the opening night of Sky Top and will be given special rates on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Any social activities given at Sky Top by Pollock Circle will be at a special rate with food on a cost basis. ' Slide Rule Ball Features Moon, Stars, Blue Skies Recreation Hall will'be transformed this Saturday into a `Starry Night," the theme of the Engineer Slide Rule Ball, according to Her bert Locke, chairman. ' Couples will dance under blinking, silver 'stars banging from a canopy of blue. On the walls will be more stars, glittering against a background of dark blue. Even the bandstand, which w' gymnasium, will help create the ii in a blue and silver theme, it will feaiture a moon which will rise and set. Claude Thornhill and hiS or ehestra will add to th e romantic atmosphere with Thornhill's own piano and orchestra arrangerrients. Rated the second in the country for, slow dancing, Thornhill has developed a - new twist in the mu sical field. The rich qUality achieved by. the orchestra is thr014,3111 'the arrangement of the reed and brass sections. "11horriblll has four trumpets, two trombones, five men doulbling ,on sax and clarinet and two I"rench :horns whieh are an innd- Vation to the dance world. . Booth s will surround the dance floor,said Locke. The Penn State gngineer has• given five of these booths to PollookCirole men, and three to Windcrest couples. Booths have been purdhased by fraterni_ .ties and other groups. • • .ii"."r". • VOL. 45—,1\10. 19 Coeds to Name WRA,WSGA Heads At Mass Meeting Coeds will nominat e their Women's Student Government Association and Women' s ,Reere ation Association representatives for next year, at a mass meeting in 110 Home Economics, 7 o'clock tonight. The senior nominating commit tees of WSGA and WRA will pm sent their slate of nominees, and, then the floor will be open for more nominations. Jean Nelson, WSGA president, wishes to stress the importance of bringing a written list of each nominee's activities, which must be turned in to the presiding of ficer. Primary elections will be held Tuesday, March 18, and the final elections will tak r , place Friday, March 21. The WSGA slate includes the fpllowingynominees for offices: Joan 'Bisset', Violet Gillespie, and Suzanne Romig, for president. Lois Heyd, Marjorie •Gorham, and Janet Lyons, for vice-presi dent. Susan Bissey and Dorothy Lees for treasurer. • Virginia 11 , 11CClusky and Phyllis Reigle for senior senator. Baltbara Keefer and Frances Welker for junior senator: Sarah Bieber and Sylvia 'Schenk. , ld, for independent senator; and Helen Dickerson and Cynthia Doan, for town senator. The WRA senior nominating committee will present the follow ing slate of ominees for office: Claire Pakrs, Lee Ann Wag ner, for president. Claire Lee, and Dolores Pic cone, for vice-president. „ Pauline Globish, Alptliw.,Pot teigar,;---and. -Nancy' Rornig, — intra=mural.chairman.. , Penn Stale Club Names Glass 'Emcee for Show Henry Glass, who ;played the role of the obnoxious son, Thomas, in the Players' production of "The Imaginary Invalid," has been se lected to be master of:ceremonies alt Sdhwah Auditorium, 8 p.m. for the'All-College Talent Night, Fri day. Tickets for 'the Talent Night, sp'onsbred by the Penn State Club, are now on sale at thirty cents at Student Union. All paid_up members od the Penn State Clulb may pick up two Complimentary tickets in 1321 Old Main any afternoon 'this week alfter'3:3o o'clock, according to Al bert Lucas, pre - sident of the club. 11 be placed at the far'end Of the Oaten cif a starry night. Decorated Sinichak Warns Groups To Take Piciures Now Unless certain groups make ap pointments for their • picture at the Photo Shop immediately, their pictures will not appear in La Vie, warned Stephen Sinichak, photo editor. The groups named by Sinichak are the basketball, boxing, golf, skiing, tennis and wrestling teams, Theta , Kappa Phi, Student Hand book staff, WSGA council, Stu dent Union board, and the X-GI Clttb council. The following list contains the mmes of those organizations that must pick up the proofs of their photographs at the Photo Shop, select the one they want, identify their mercbers appearing in the (Continued on page two) WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Coed Receives Flowers, Sweetheart Title From 6l's "Sweetheart of th e 317th Sta tion Hospital" is the new title of Jeanne Parrish, junior in the School of Physical Education. Miss Parrish received this news along with a corsage of red and white roses Saturday. News of the sweetheart award was received by the State College chapter of the Red Cross through its Home Service Department. Miss Parrish's picture was sub mitted at a Red Cross Valentine party in Germany on 'February 14 by Pvt. James Davis of Al toona. "I was amazed and for a while I didn't know what it was roc!" Miss Parrish said, in commenting on the honor. She came to the College last fall from the Altoona Undergraduate Center.• Debaters Engage Two Pitt Squads An affirmative team of the Mens' Varsity Debate Squad will engage a University of Pittsburgh negative delegation in 121 Sparks at 7:30 o'clock tonight, while a College negative team will vie with Pittsburgh affirmative - de baters in 316 Sparks. Pittsburgh was the winner of the Mt. Mercy College Invitation Tournament at which Penn State placed second. An. affirmative team, c9mposed of Rdbert Keagan and Seymour WeilbaloWsky, will debate the questions, "Resolved, That lzbor shall have a direct share in the management of industry." ,Chusid -and- Rioliard Hill will compose the negative squad, with the labor-management reso lution to be discussed. Four `members of the College team will travel to Clearfield to morrow where 2. demonstration cross_examination style deb at e will be presented to Clearfield Senior High School students.. G. Russell Druthm and Samuel Neely will supply the affirmative view to the labor-management question: Sigler and Wenbalow sky will state the negative dis cussion. Community Forum Discusses Russia "Can Russia Be Part of 'One World'?"• is the topic for debate between two veteran journalists, H. R. Knickerbocker and Walter Durenty, at the fifth hi a series of Community Forum lectures in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow. IMr.• Knickerbocker will argue that the Soviet Union's aims and ambitions are incompatible with World peace. iDuranty, author of "I Write As I,Please" and "USSR—The Story of Soviet Russia," believes that there is still a greet possibility of world peace through adjustment of misunderstandings. AVC Takes Over lkylopy for Club Skytop be.c a m e the Centre County home of the American Veterans Committee when Erie Kemmler, AVC chairrrian, and Charles Witmer, Skytop's owner, signed the lease in .attorney Way land F. Dunaway's office, yeSter day. Skytop will b e closed for alter•• ations, and opened again March 21. At this time. according to Melvin Katinsky, publicity chair man, the AVC plans to "throw a gela party" to celebrate the event. Transportation will be pro vided, and all veterans and. their guests will be invited to attend. WEATHER qtatt Increasing Cloudiness and Slightly Warmer. Gov. Duff Recommends $8,500,000 As College Biennium Appropriation Governo r . Jame s H. Duff, in his message to the Pennsylvania General Assembly yesterday; recommended an appropriation to the College of $8,500,000 for the 1947-49 biennium. This figure represents an increase over the appropriation for the Trustees Realize Urgent SU Need Though plans for a permanent student union building have been temporarily shelved, the special Student Uninn Committee of the Board of Trustees, headed by Mr. George H. Deike of Pittsburgh, is aware of the need for such an ad dition to a growing Penn State campus, a representative in the Office of the President said today. It is estimated a student union building of a type suitable for the campus would cost about $4,000,- Difficulties anticipated in the. raising of such a sum, shortages of buidding materials and the fact that construction firms are reluc tant to contract on a "flat tate" basis in this era of rising costs have ,combined to make the un dertaking of such a venture im_ practicable at the present time, he said. Ralph D. Hetzel, president. and his staff, in their effonts to secure the 500;000 square feet of war-sur plus houSing they estimat e the College needs fo r additional emer gency housing, class room and lab orEtory facilities, have succeeded in obtaining only 50,000 square feet. • Of his none .is . suitable for use as., a , temporary student union, as 'had ...Theen -- suggested. Effort., to pundhase a' USO center, service club, o r similar structure to re lieye -thepresent situation have been unsuccessful. Supervisor Promises Improvement for 5051,` Might timit All. Calls Admitting • that the telephone situation at the College, partieu-, lanly the women's dormitory sys tem, is not whet ilt should be, Rob ert R.. Sigworth, supervisor of utilities, said that improvements will be made inlsofar a s lt is pos_ stble. Mr. Sig Worth said that no change in the . one-switchboard system is. contemplated', but cited two means by which service might be improved. The first, he said, wa s to limit the time on calls; the second. to enlarge the switchboard and include more incoming line's. There are now five lines on the 5051 switchlboard. Pie proposed a conference be tween Grounds and Buildings, the Dean of Women's office, WSGA, arid the Bell Telephone Company to discus, the prdblem further. 'Miss Pearl 0. Weston, acting dean of women, said that WSGA is considering the telephone prob lem and may decide at their meet ing tonight to limit calls to five 'minutes. She added that it is en tirely th e girls' problem and xnuSt be decided by them. Auto Strikes Student Rebent Drucker, student at the College, received a cut, of the right knee and abrasions at 111:55 a.m. ye : Sterday when he *as struck 'by the car of Miss Mary Wyland, professor of education, on Bur roughs r oad near Recreation Hall. Liberal Arts Elections Elections for the Liberal Arts Student Council's four vacancies will be held in 10 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight. Tiventy-five LA students have been nominated for the vacancies, according to Jack Trumbauer, publicity chair man for the elections. All Liberal Artists are urged by the' Council to cast their ballots at' the elections tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS the present biennium of $2,486,000; but is $1,588,000 less than tale $lO,- 08.8,000 requested of the state by the College Board of Trustees for the biennium beginning July 1. Based on Martin The $2,486,000 increase is com puted on the appropriation of $5,- 819,000 recommended by Senator Edward Martin when he was gov ernor in 1945. Afte r • a preliminary study of Governor Duff's budget allotment, Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president of the College, said, "While the gov ernor's budget presents a signifi cant figuTe, the College is not in a position to determine the effect of the allocation in detail until the legislature has acted and the gov ernor finally approves the bill." Not Itemized . Governor Duff did not itemize the funds each school and depart ment will receive for operating expense and it was explained that the College's operating budget will be drafted when all the details of the 947-19 biennium allotment are made available. Before the appropriation be ccmes final the General Assembly (Continued on page two) News Briefs Industrial Education "Improvements in the Indus trial Education Department" will be the topic for round table dis cussion at the meeting of the In dustrial Education Society in 120 Dairy at 7:30 .o'clock.. • Dean's List Robert W. Knouse, electrical engineer major, has been added to the Dean's List for the School of Engineering. His average for last semester was 2.53. Agriculture Engineering Arthur W. Clyde, professor of agricultural engineering, will speak before the American So ciety of Agriculture Engineers. Th e meeting will be held in Ag Eng and Mr. Clyde will speak on. "Latest Developments in Agricul_ ture Engineering." Group pic tures will be distributed at this meeting.. La. Vie All junior and senior . board members of La Vie, are requested to attend a meeting in 412 .01d Main at 7 o'clock, according to Seymour Rosenberg, editor. Druids Druids, men's sophomore ath letic honorary, will meet in 409 Old Main at 7:30 o'clock. All for mer members who have returned to school this semester and are still ef:Aomores are urged to at tend, according to John Benglian, president. Home Ec Lecture Charles E.. Hl2nthorne, repre sentative of the Philadelphia Gas Works Company, will give an illustrated lecture on gas equip ment to home economics students in 110 Home Ec at 1:20 o'clock. Interested persons are invited. Mechanical Engineering Professor .Gjdesdahl of the'me chanical engineering design de_ partment will speak on "The Centerless Thread Grinder" at a meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 107 Main Engineering at 7 o'clock. The meeting is open to the public. Vet Enrollment There are. 4244 veterans at the College, the Office of Veterans Affairs said today. This number 'includes 36 women-413 married. and 23 single. Of the 4175 men, 893 are married .end 3282 single. La Vie Photos The following groups are asked to report t o the Photo Shop to morrow: Skull and Bones Ft 6:30 o'clock; Ag Student Council, 6:45; Chem_Phys School Council, 7; Engineer School Council, 7:15; Liberal Arts Student Council, 7:30 and Phys Ed School Council at 7:45.
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