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VOL. 45--4 No. 215
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
Housing Bill
WASHINGTON The Senate
Banking Committee heard several
witnesses yesterday urge speedy
action on a long-range housing
bill. -One of them was the for
mer New York City Mayor—Fio
. rella LaGuardia. Declaring that
• chaos Will set in on this country
unless we start building homes,
LaGuardia added that there is
nothing in this problem that
money cannot cure. Then the for
mer mayor explained that it will
cost a lot, but it must be done,
for "in-laws just cannot live to
gether."
Floods in England
ENGLAND—Ie England, motor
;launches have been able to get
food to the Yorkshire mining
towns of !Bentley and Arksey
where 2,000 people are trapped
by . spring floods. The launches
ferried bread and milk to inhab
itants leaning through upper '
story 'windows, and army amphib
ious •vehicles helped in the rescue
work. Officials say they believe
the flood 'waters are beginning to
recede at Bentley. There . have
been •no 'casualties so far. •
• . US Lacks Defense Plan
WASHINGTON At another
committee hearing, Secretary of
War Robert Patterson said that
the United 'States lacks any over
all plEn for defense of the nation,
and will continue to lack one until
Army, Navy and Air Forces are
unified. The 'Secretary also told
the Senate Armed Forces Com
mittee that the Japanese sneak at
tack at Pearl Harbor was' a death
blow .to the old idea of voluntary
cooperation between 'flip War and
Navy ,Departments.
•
Bumper' Crop
WASHINGTON---IThe AcOicul
ture,:illePartrnent had
..brjght .words
49:.**Ii#7--NVolt.ift-inesitetiTay.fs- The', der . -
er crop ProdUction year, topped. by
'what may
: the largest wheat
crop ever. The good news is in a
. report showing that. the nation's
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Council Seeks
Dating Code
..A committee to investigate dat
ing privileges for Pollock Circle
residents was appointed by Presi
deni Albert Honig at a recent
meeting of Pollock Circle Council.
Consisting of Steiner
and John Stevenson, the Commit
tee will look into the possible
regulations which will be applied
*hen a recreation building is
erected between the present Pol
lock Circle and the proposed new
veterans' housing area this sum
mer.
President Honig also appointed
:Bernard Pollack to take charge
of a Pollock Circle Lost and
Found department. Notices of
lost articles and all items found
should be brought to Pollock Cir
cle in Room 8, Dorm 10, said
Honig.
Blindfold Chess Champion
Challenges College Players
Chess'playing Penn Staters will
have the chance to test their skill
on an international master when
Georg e Koltanowski, the world's
champion blindfold dhess player,
visits the College tomorrow.
Extending an invitation to the
students, faculty members, an d
.townspeople, William Nuck e r,
secretary of the Chess Club, an
nounced that Koltanowski will
meet all corners in the northeast
lounge of Atherton Hall at 2
Wclook tomorrow afternoon.
`KOltanowski, said Nucker, is a
Waster at the gme. In Edin
burgh, Scotland, in 1937, he broke
all existing records for simul
taneous blindfold chess playing.
"Scotch Whiskey," as he is known
iq Scotland, played 34 gtitnes in
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Campus Owls
Provide Music
For IMA Ball
IMA Ball, an informal sport
dance sponsored by the Indepen
dent Men's Association, will be
held at Recreation Hall, from 9
to 12 tomorrow night. Dancing
will be to the music of the Campus
Owls.
Admission to the dance will be
free to all IMA members upon
showing their membership cards,
said Benjamin Levy, chairman of
the dance committee. Non-mem
bers may buy tickets for $1.20 at
Student Union.
Independent men may, how
ever, join the IMA at any time
by paying 50 cents at Student
Union, Levy added.
The Campus Owls, led by
George Washko, will have a 14-
piece band for the dance. Fea
tured are Betty Platt, vocalist;
Robert Mulligan on • trombone,
and Creston Ottenmiller on
trumpet.
The Independent Men's Asso
ciation is an organization which
gives non-fraternity men some of
the advantages of organization.
A revised constitution for ;the
IMA was discussed at a meeting
Wednesday. President Eugene
Fulmer presided.
Common Sense Continues Free
Movie Project With Two Films
Free movies, sponsored by
Common Senie Club, will be
,sbizwl;l,,,in,Schwal? Auditorium at
rei'tloc‘k AtillibtrZiiv'
A program lasting More than
two hours has been arranged,
with a Spanish documentary film
and a replay of" The Thirty. Nine
Steps" comprising the schedule.
"The Spanish Earth," filmed in
Spain, will display a commentary
written, and narrated by Ernest
Hemingway, author of "For
Whoni the Bells Toll" and other
novels.
Depicting the issues behind the
Spanish Civil War, this movie
dramatizes the effect of the Fas
cist uprising on the ordinary cit
izen and shows the defense ef
forts of the Loyalists, according to
Leo Troy, president of the Com
mon Sense Club.
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Thirty
Nine Steps" stars Madeline Car
roll and Robert Donat. Troy
stated this mystery thriller has
received much populafity through
its fine plot, notable acting, and
suspense.
' The showing of "The Spanish
Earth" will initiate the Anti-
Franco Week program• which the
Common Sense Club is sponsor
ing. An address to a mass meet
ing in Schwab Auditorium at 8
p.m. Wednesday by Milton Wolff,
National Commander of the Vet
erans of the 'Abraham Lincoln
Brigade, will feature tir week.
3 1 / 2 hours at this match, win_
ning 24 and drawing 10.
Six times champion of Belgium,
he played 160 simultaneous games
in Antwenp in 1932, winning la,
drawing 18, and losing seven.
Koltanowski, now an American
citizen, was born in Antwerp in
1903. He was educated in Bel
gium, and speaks and reads seven
languages. "Practical Chess" and
"In the Dark," the story of blind
fold chess playing, are two of his
recent books, Nuicker added.
A one dollar fee will be col
lected from: those who play
against Koltanowski, said Nuck
er, and he urged all players to
'bring their own boards if pos
sible. Spectators are welcome,
and will be admitted free.
FRIDAY .MORNING, MAROHI 21, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Seasonal Research
TeohnicaLly this is the first day
of Spring and the gentlemen pic
tured above seems to have caught
the fever.
Looking more like a fugitive
from the Spirit of '76 than the
spirit of Spring, the professor
claims he merely is making a
tarsa-litical research of the femi
nine ankle for his forthcoming
book entitled "Practical Uses of
the Atom."
Confidentially we think he is
just waiting for a gust of wind
to come along!
Record Concert
' Compositions by Alec Wilder
and Gustave Mable r's "First
Symphony" will feature the sec
ond in a series of record concerts
in the Grange Dormitory lounge
2 p. m. Sunday. The public is in
vited.
elec-•
dormitories and at SU from 9
a.m. to 5 n.m. today.
Girls living at practice hou
ses, town dorms, and town
girls will vote at SU.
Girls from Grange, Woman's
Building, Chi Omega, Della
Gamma, Alpha Omicron Pi,
Theta Phi Alpha, and Phi Mu
will vote 'at McAllister. Hall.
Th o Kappa Kappa Gamma
house will vote at Sordan Hall;
and the Kappa Alpha Theta
house will vote at Atherton
Hall.
Hetzel Names
Tenure Group
A committee to study the pro_
blem of faculty tenure at the Col
lege has been appointed by Dr.
Ralph D. Hetzel, president, it was
announced today.
With L. S. Rhodes as chairman,
the committee of 16 faculty men
and women was named to study
the problem and to make defin
ite recommemktions to the Board
of Trustees as to whether a more
exact statement of tenure policy
is desirable, and if so, what form
it should take.
Others appointed include W. C.
Bramble, Julia G. Brill, M. A.
Farrell, H. P. Hammond, N. A.
Hedden, L. M. Jones, M. N. Mc-
Geary, J. H. Olewine, E. H. Rohr_
beck, F. M. Swartz, G. N. Thiel, P.
C. Weaver, Marsh White, C. C.
Wright End Mary J. Wyland.
X-61 Club Sponsors
Children's 'Egg Hunt
An egg hunt for th e children
of all married students will be
held by the XGI Club on March
30, according to Eugene Fulmer,
president.
On the committee are Jack
Hayes, chairman, Charles Bush
nell, Roderick Cook, Theodore
Pstrak, and Martin Veater. Co
operating with the XCrl Club will
be the Junior Service Board
which will decorate eggs for the
affair.
Euivema
Debaters' Convention
A short welcoming address by Dr. Ben Euwema, Liberal Arts
School dean, will onen the 11th Annual State Debaters Convention
in 10 Sparks at 10 a.m. today.
Selection of a "Committee on Medical Care" and two on "Labor-
Management Relations" will follow immediately. The three com
mittees will go into session between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will re
convene after lunch to complete
Critique Publishes
After Holidays
The inaugural issue of Critique,
new literary magazine, will be
published soon after the Easter
holiday and will sell for ten cents,
Malcolm White, promotion man
ager, said , today.
The magazine will feature in
addition to its regular literary
material, critical articles of
campus and national topics, art,
drama, music, and motion picture
reviews.
The staff includes David E.
Cummings, editor; Joseph Peters,
managing editor; Bernard Oklsey,
assistant managing editor; George
I. Purnell ,business manager.
Spence r M. Soheokter, advertis
ing manager; Edward A. Hinkle,
assistant advertising manager;
Malcolm A. White, promotion.di
rector.
Wayne Shaffer, art and print
ing director; James R. Frakes,
feature editor; Paul B. Flick, il
lustrations editor; James P. Jones,
photo editor; Fritz Troutman, cir
culation manager; Patricia Gib
son, research director.
News Jiriefs
Town Meeting
"What Should Be Done About
Germany?" will ha the topic Of
the last in the current series of
town meetings at the Hillel Fpun_
dation, 8 p. n. Sunda y. The
speakers -will be Dr. C. R. Car
penter, professor of psychology;
Dr. Alfred G. Pundt, associate
profesSor of history; and Norman
R. Sparks, head of the mechani
cal engineering department. A
question period will follow.
,The
public' is invited.
Dram Lab
Drama Laboratory will present
Wilbur Daniel Steele's "Luck"
over WMAJ 2:30 p. m. Sunday.
Portman Paget will direct the
production.
Philotes
Philotes, independent women's
organization, will entertain pros
pective members in the White
Hall Playroom, 7:30 p. m. Mon
day, according to Mary Lou Har
mon, president.
Home Ec
Sophomore ho m e economies
studenti who are interested in
Child development will meet at
the Nursery School at 4:20 p. m.
Tuesday, Dr. Winona L. Morgan,
associate professor of home eco
nomics, said today. "Require
ments for Nursery School Work
as a Profession" will be discuiled.
Phi Epsilon Kappa
Prot Fred Coombs discussed
the need for better recreational
facilities in industry, community,
and college at a meeting of, Phi
Epsilon Kappa, men's physical ed
ucation honorary, in th e home of
Dr. Lloyd M. Jones, Tuesday.
Twenty members attended, ac
cording to Reid McCloskey.
International Cabin Party
All foreign students interested
in the International Cabin Party
March 29 should sign up at the
PSOA office before Tuesday. Res
ervations and details can be got
ten there.
C. S. Wyand
C. S. Wyan d, administrative
assistant to President Hetzel, will
speak on "Prospects for the Col
lege" et the meeting of the Fac
ulty Luncheon Club at Hotel
State College noon Monday.
Address Opens
heir reports
An average of six delegates
from each of the 18 schools rep
resented will dine at the banquet
room of the State College Hotel
from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Joseph F.
O'Brien, professor of speech, will
act as toastmaster.
John H. Frizzell, professor of
speech emeritus and former chap
lain of the College, will greet the
delegates at dinner.
Mr. Roy Wilkinson, manager of
the first state debaters convention,
will speak briefly on "Debate as
it looks from there." Wilkinson is
a Bellefonte attorney who served
as a field artillery major during
World War 11.
All delegates will reassemble in
10 Sparks at 8:15 p.m. The report
of the "Committee on Medical
Care" will be heard, discussed and
acted upon in the manner em
ployed by committees in the U.S.
Congress.
The committees on "Labor-
Management Relations" will pre
sent their reports Saturday morn
ing and willlollow a similar pro
cedure.
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Between 12 and 12:30 p.m. Sat
urday, a report from the nominat
ing committee will be heard fol
lowed by an election of conven
tion officers for 1947-1948.
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.Read-SkOoiiihii*
The 3-Bar-3 Boys will top the
entertainment card, and Henry
Glass will do the em-ceeing at
AVC's Skytop house-warming to
night, Melvin Katinsky, AVC
publicity director said yester
day..
First prize winners at the Penn.
State Talent Show, last week, the
3-Bar-3 Boys, consisting of Mar
vin Fisher, Howard Kleidman
and Herbert Rossman, will be
backed up by William Walker who
took second prize.
Free transportation has been
provided, and the buses will leave
from Co-op corner at 7:45, 8:30
and 9:00 o'clock. They will return
from Skytop at 11:30, midnight,
and later.
Skytop will remain open over
the weekend, and transportation
will be made available for those
wishing to make the trip. AVC's
transportation arrangements for
Saturday and Sunday will be an
nounced sometime during the
party tonight.
Colonel Speaks
In Chapel
Colonel Charles I. Carpenter,
Chief Air Chaplain of the Army
Air Forces, will present the chal
lenge, 'Can We Do It?" at Sunday
morning chapel services •in
Schwab Auditorium.
During the war years Carpen
ter spent two years in the Canal
Zone with the_armed forces. Later
he became Chief Chaplain in
charge of E.T.O. under General
Mathew Arnold. He visited all
major air installations of the
AAF and was awarded the Legion
of Merit (for his services.
Col. Carpenter was graduated
from Bucknell University in 1927
and from Drew Theological Sem
inary in 1931.
The recent Religion-in-Li}fe
week at Bucknell featured Col.
Carpenter as one of the convoca
tion speakers. He is a member of
the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity.
of the university.
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