VOL. 45—1N0. al Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ WASHINGTON, D. C.— Ob servers of the national scene are wondering whether the soft coal miners will return to the pits after their six-day work stoppage which started yesterday as a me morial to the 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia, 111., disaster. According to schedule, the holi daying miners should return to work on Monday, April 7. But President Adolph Pacifico of Dis trict 6 of the United Mine Work ers has told miners at Dillonvale, Ohio, to keep out of mines they consider unsafe. If other mine workers officials give similar in structions to their membership the nation would be in the grip of a full-scale soft coal work stop page. CENTRALIA,, Ill.—At the .scene of last week's disaster, an Illinois state committee, has begun an in quiry into the blast which took 11l lives. Illinois Gov. Dwight Green announced the resignation of the director of the Illinois De partment of Mines and Minerals, Robert Medill. Medill quit his of fice after'.an argument over re sponsibility for the disaster. WASHINGTON The legisla tures of two more states, lowa and Kansas, have approved the proposed 22nd amendment to the United States Constitution, lim iting .the presidency to two full terms, or not more than ten years. Maine and Michigan. approved it Monday. • • WASHINGTON A deficiency approptiations bill totaling more than 'two billion dollars has been sent. to the Senate. 'The measure. Passed: by 'the House yesterday, includes hinds for veterans and for the .hddtal financed school lunchmogiam. ATHENS, Greece—Twice-ex iled King George II died yester day, .apparently of a heart attack. His brother, Prince Paul, ascend ed the - unsteadir throne of the Hel a,-.le*ajMa. ediatgly,,a4ervards.,.. 000001. : 'Design (onipeilliOn :Open A" natio n-wide architectural contest which is offering $125,000 in - prizes to secure a design for a $30,000,000 Federal memorial to Thomas Jefferson and the pio neers of the western expansion of. the :United States, was announced yesterday by George Howe 'of Philadelphia. .The contest is open to archi tects, construction engineers and students. , Landscape architects, sculptors and laymen may take part by associating themselves with an architect. Competition will be held in two stages and will require approxi- mately a year to complete. At the end of the first stage next Sep tember, five finalists w i 11. be named to compete in the second stage. Each of these finalists will : receive $lO,OOO. The winner of the final design will receive a prize of $40,000 and Will be recommended to the De partment of the Interior for em ployment in executing that de sign. A second prize of $20,000 and a third of $lO,OOO, together • with two honorarium awards of $2500, will < be made. The site of the memorial - is to be in the downtown center of the St. Louis riverfront. Mr. Howe, a (Continued on page two) Debate Team Resumes Rivalry with Rutgers (Men's Debate team, with Rob ert Kagan and Harris Gilbert 'composing the affirmative squad, will contest a Rutgers University negative delegation in 316 Sparks at 4:16 .p:m., April 9. • In this first resumption since 1942 of, a rivalry which has seen more than twenty yearly renew ark the national debate question, "Resolved, That labor shall have a direct share in the management of industry," will be discussed. Stanley Steinberg will preside '9'4.r this orthodox style debate : and Fs has been the custom in all relations with Rutgers, no de cision will be rendered. • . WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Don It or Don't . Don It, After All It's Your Easter Bonnet Whether to wear your Easter bonnet and risk ruining it in the probable rain is the current cam pus problem. The Daily Collegian, realizing, its lack of ability in this specific situation, decided. to look further afield for a solution. Consulting the weather report:3 received from the Harrisburg Bureau by the meteorological de partment of th e College, we re ceived this encouragement. Thursday will be cool, with the odds stacked against Spring. Goad Friday will favor the JEaster, :cos tume with mild weather.. Satur day will be cold and , threatenin•g again. , Since the'repOrt goes no 'further,. we are force& to conclude 'here with' the warning. that •as sfar as Easter 'Sunday goes--:.-youlrOr on your own. Old Clothes Offer Ball Costume Ideas Sheets, curtains, towels and old clothes mixed together with a knowledge of the , comic strips and nationalities, plus ar(ienagi nation, is the formula for a Beaux Arts Ball sostu rn e;' suggested members of the • Players' -and Thespians' costume crews, The comic 'strips offer many personalities that do not require fancy clothes. Costunles might range from the rags. of Gravel Gertie and 8.0. Plenty to the re fined dress of Maggie_ and Jiggs. Another suggestion •is aiat of international costumes. Subjects might be a Russian soldier,- Ru manian peasant, Spanish dancer and Mexican peon, or an African :Ofliir'•ideas---are-•-sPerts-aVPre sentationS or personalitieS,_a lum bering elephant or feathery os trich from the zoo, grade-School knickers and brief skirts or bustled and hooped dresses of the "Gay Nineties." Fictional charac ters can - also be well •ptesehted. Material for the costumes May be found in feathers. lace, old car pets, burlap bags, oil cloth, bright colored gowns or pillows to give the proper body .appearance. Owner Bill Tucker Wants l 3 Nam 6 For 'Possums Having had advice offered 'by "Poor Richard's Almanac," "The Home Medical Adviser," and the local dispensary, Jacqueline, the AZ, ',possum has decided to ignore all th,:, valuable information and take her family into hibernation. Since that eventful day last Tuesday when she shocked State College with her fifteen young ones, little haX been seen of her. Most of her time has been spent in the box that serves as her nest. Several authorities felt that due to the e , small size of the young they would not live, •but all is well. Six to eight ounces is an average weight for young opos sums; it seems. But it should be at least thfee weeks before Jac queline sends the tots out into the world. As for naming the little ones, Bill Tucker, their owner, christ ened 'the first one Richard, for obvious reasons., Then, in an at tempt to win the contest on Groovology 54, he named the last to be born Franosan. The remain ing thirteen are awaiting "ban dies" and the proud owner has aked that anyone having sug gestions drop a line to the AZ house. Xi Sigma Pi Xi Sigma Pi, national forestry honorary, initiated Edmund Giles, JoSeph Iberson, Robert Meager, Edward Plank, Robert B. Shan.- non, Edwin C. Stout, - Allen Vo-= heen, Laurence C. Walker, Roger Williams, and PObert C. Wine ard. TottNiatt Trustees Approve New Department, Faculty Changes A proposal to make the divi sion of sociology a department, effective July 1, 1947, and the ap pointment of Dr. Brice Harris as head of the department of Eng lish literature, effective Septem ber 1, 1947, were approved by the EXecutive Committee of the Board of Trustees Friday evening. Dr. Harris has been an associate professor of English at the Uni versity of Illinois since 1937. Prior to that time, he served as an in structor of English at Cornell University for seven years. Appointments - Appointments approved were Delpha E. Wiesendanger, assist ant • director and professor of home economics; Mary L. Dodds, professor of ho m e economics; Robert E. Stiemke, professor of sanitary engineering. Randolph H. Thompson, associ ate professor of wildlife manage ment extension; Stephen M. Raleigh, associate professor of agronomy; and Anthony S. Lu check, associate professor of eco nomics . extension. Amonk Ether personnel changes, the board announced the fallow ing: _ Retirements (effective June 30, 1947).R. H. Dotterer, professor of philosophy, emeritus rank; C. D. Sprout, agricultural extension representative; Gertrude M. San ders, secretary to the director of agricultural extension; and L. L. Houtz, department of horticul ture. Promotions —J. H. Ferguson, from associate professor to pro fessor . of political science; Robert 3. Grace, from analyst to assistant professor of fuel technology; W. C. Cochrane and R. F. Mollenauer, each from assistant agricultural extension-sepr . eseptatiim Cu attrtrsanslith Teintekiyatiiief and Flora-May Sagu i, Mildred Tombler, and Emmeline M. Mehl- man, each from assistant home economics representative to home economics representative. . Leaves of absence (sabbatical) —H. E. Dickson, professor of fine arts, fall semester, 1947; Allen L. Baker, professor of agricultural extension, fall semester, 1947; and Ira L. Yoder, agricultural exten sion representative, July 1 to De cember 31, 1947. Leave of absence—Kenneth Hood, professor of agricultural economics extension, to serve with the Interstate Milk Pro ducers Assn.,. June 1 to July 31, 1947. Resignation—Willis Wissler, as sociate professor of economics. News Briefs Robert Maxwell Award The Robert IMl.9mwell Alward, $ . 400, will be given for the best original idea for a children's ra-• rho. program by the Child Study Association of America. Further information and an entry blank may be obtained from the lAWard Committee,, Child Study Associa tion of America. 221 West .57tn Street, New York 19, New York. Belles Photos All photos submitted for the LaVie 'Belles Section can now be picked up at Student Union. Meeting Postponed The Ag Student Council meet ing, scheduled for tonight. has been postponed until 'April 9 in 103 Ag, at 7 p.m. Reports on plans for the Ag Frolic on May 3 will be presented at that time. Questionnaire Due Students Airho :received . ques tionnaires for "Who's (Who in the News" should turn them in at 115 Carnegie today, according to Ste phen Sinichak, editor. Drama Laboratory "The Terrible Meek" by Charles Rann Kennedy will be this week's Drama Labaratory presentation by transcription over WMAJ at 2:30 pan. Suhday. Frank B. Palm er Jr. will direct the sixth ót. weekly series. College Makes Plans to Construct Largest Experimental Water Tunnel The water tunnel to be ecnstructed at the. College will be the largest water tunnel in the world when ecmpleted, Dr. H. P. Ham mond, dean of the School elf Engineering, said today. The tunnel will be constructed under an agreement between the College and the Bureau of Ordnance of the United States Navy. It will be used for research work of the Ordnance Research Laboratory, a de partment of the School of Engineering. According to Dr. Eric A. Walker, director of the Ordnance Re search, Laboratory, the water tunnel will serve the same purpose as other wind tunnels which are widely used in aeronautical work. It differs, however, in details and presents many unusual problems. Developing and improving' underwater naval equipment will be the chief function of the new water tunnel. A research program is planned for the improvement of body shapes of submarines and torpedoes, and for the develop ment of superior propellers for these and other marine devices. The new tunnel will be con structed as a closed circuit, the water to be circulated by an ad justable pitch propeller. The tunnel shell will weigh approxi mately 120 tons empty, and will hold about 130,000 aallons of water. A motor of 1750 base pow_ er will be required for operation of the circulating stream at max imum speed. The section of • the tunnel in which tests will be made will be 4 feet in diameter and 14 feet long. The largest diameter of other portions of the tunnel will be 11 feet. Length and height of th e tunnel will be 102 feet and 38 feet, respectively. Velocity of the stream at the test section will. range , from 4 to ,35 nautical miles per hour. The 'pressure in the test section will be adjustable be tween limits of 3 and 60 pounds Per square inch absolute, or from minus 112 to plus . 45 pounds per square inch atmospheric. (Models to be tested in the tun nel may be equipped with their own power units, and with either single or counterrotating propell ers. Various factors of importance in research on underwater hulls and bodies and on propelling me chanismsrsuch as thrust, torque, and speed, can be determined (Continued on page two) • ATA Initiates Dean, 'l5 Ags Dr. Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the School of Agriculture, and 15 graduate and undergraduate stu dents were initiated by Alpha Tau Alpha, national agricultural education honorary, in • a formal initiation at the Alpha Gamma Rho house Wednesday, according to Randall Campbell, president. Graduate members of the Penn State student chapter presided over the formal rites. . Graduates are Neal Burtner, Richard Pride, and Nickolas Skalko. Undergraduates are Ru dolph -Brannaka, Ernest E. Cun ningham, Robert W. Drick, R. Lee Dymond, Richard C. Farver, Joseph P. Freeh, Georg e Glenn, Norman H. ' Gnagey, Gene M. Love, Max B. McMillian, Robert D. Muzzi, and Oscar L. Paden. Dr. Clarence S. Anderson, pro fessor of agricultural education, was elected national president of Alpha Tau Alpha at a recent con vention. Red Cross Drive To End Tonight With - canvassing of Pollock Circle yet to be completed, the Red Cross fund-raising committee by last night had realized $1066 tOwaird its goal of $l2OO. Co_ chairmen Samuel E. tNgely --- and • Car'ol ' 7 DicreVreafiit""\Ver • shopefa that, with some returns not yet in, this amount, wduld be reached. The drive, an annual affair, ends tonight. John Trumbauer is in charge of Pollock Circle contributions. With his committee, he plans to wind up •collections in that zone this evening. A complete tabulation of con tributors will apipeEr in a future edition of the Daily Collegian. Contributions ytesterday in cluded: Mac Hall • $31.3Q Ath Hell ' 20.75 Delta Gamma 20.00 Sigma Delta Tau 20.00 Delta Sigma Phi 16.75 Alpha Epsilon Phi 15.55 Alpha Gamma Delta .... 11.67 Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Chi Omega 10.00 Delta Delta Delta 10.00. Phi Mu 8.50 Watts Hall 8.25 Theta Phi Alpha 5.00 Nittany Co-op 4.63 Beaver House Home Management Houses 3.35 Kappa Alpha•, Theta .... 3.25 Name Pollock Circle Dorms To Honor Alumni Heroes Names for the Pollock Circle dormitories were announced by Albert Honig, council president, at a council meeting Monday night. Each dorm is named in honor of an alumnus of Penn State killed in World War 11, and name plates will be posted both inside and outside the halls in the near future. Dorm 1 becomes Stuart Hall in honor of Col. Joseph Stuart, class of 1913; Dorm 2, Lt. Col. Philip M. Smith, '35; Dorm 3, Maj. Ira A. Hawk, '33; Dorm 4, Lt. George R. Henry (USNR), '39; Dorm 5, M/Sgt. Wilmer E. Harrison; and Dorm 6, Lt. George R. Pittenger, '43. Dorm 7, Capt. J. Scott Moffatt, '4l; Dorm 8, S/Sgt. Marshall L. Dougherty, '42; Dorm 9, Sgt. Sam uel Fromm, '44; -Dorm 10, Lt. Da - o.d K. Sloan, '361 Dorm 11, Lt. John P. Stief, '43; Dorm 12, •Pvt. Musser Chosen Yearbook Author Professor E. B. Musser, Ni4tl.9 has been in charge of grass and turf • research at .the College for the past ten years, has been desig nated senior author for two sec tions of the .1948 U. S. Yearbook of Agriculture. Professor Musser will be in charg e of the sections on home lawns, narks, and ceme teries • and a section On breeding and developing grass for special uses. • This annual publication is a re port on the year's scientfic ad vancement in all phases of agri culture, and the editors of the various parts are carefully se lected from th e top-ranking scientists each year. This year's edition will b e largely devoted to grass and its relation to animal and human sustenEnce. Leaders in th e School or Agri culture Experiment station con sider the selection of a Penn State research worker to this post a high tribut e to the college. WEATHER Rain today and tomorrow Walter H. Juve Jr., '45; Dorm 13, Lt. Domenic Sabatini, '43; and. Dorm 14, Lt. James W. Wright, '44. The dining hall will be Baugher Hall in honor of Albert the (Merchant Marine) of the class of '4O. Mr. Alex Atty, resident coun selor, stated that the first in a series of movies to be shown in the dining hall will be the, Army- Navy 1946 football game on Thursday night after Easter. Mr. Atty also informed the council members that room con tracts for Pollock Circle and the new semi-permanent dormitories to be constructed this summer would be available for discussion and recommendation at their next meeting. President Honig announced that Ralph Temples will be the editor for the. weekly bulletin to be published after the holidays.
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