~W r \ Sty* latlg 0 <Ml*gUro [ 31 VOL. 45—No. S - Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 8, Brooklyn 7. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5, New York 4. Detroit 3. Boston 2 Cl 2 innings). Boston 5, Detroit 4. GRANDVIEW, Mo,— The Presi dent’s 94-year-old mother, Mrs. Martha Truman, is said to have become momentarily stronger last night. The President will be joined in Grandview by his daughter Margaret, who cancelled her scheduled concert in Pittsburgh tonight. LAKE SUCCESS—The first of the major Axis 'partners, Italy, has presented a formal bid for membership in the United Na tions. But /the main work of the UN yesterday took place in the UN's sub-commission on freedom of information. WASHINGTON— The President sent a message-, to Congress ap pealing for at least a start on a n'ation-wicU health plan. Senate- House conferees forecast that the compromise labor bill will not contain an outright ban on health and welfare funds. However, Con gressional leaders Taft and Lucas agreed that there’s practically no chance of the President’s health plan going through at this session. : WASHINGTON—The United States Supreme Court handed ' down two decisions. yesterday. The tribunal held that the Consti-- : iuiion gives newspapers freedom '.ytp criticize the' way in which i’j udges. conduct'a,; case,; The court industrial plant guards in the-same unions which represent produc tion workers. Thirty-three Debaters Participate in Annual Public Speaking Contes! Thirty-three • of the College’s best debaters will compete agairist each ■ other in the annual term end public speaking contest' to night, according to . 'Harris .Gil;-, bert, new men’s debate team manager. ■' : The contest provides debate squad members with a final .opr portunity to demonstrate their, improvement as public speakers, in. both subject - matter and de livery, said Gilbert. ' ■ ; The ■ subject for discussion is the national collegiate debate topic, as reworded, “Should labor be .given . a direct share in. the nianagement' of industry?’’ \ .The squad will be divided info three sections, in which each man will speak 10 minutes. The’judges will choose two men from each section'to compete in the finals. The judges for the' preliminar ies are Sectioh A, Joseph F. O’- Brien, chairman; William Ham ilton, and lametta • Kennedy; Section B, Holle G. Deßoer, chairman; Jeanne Hann and Mil ton J. Bergstein; Section C, Cole man C. Bender, chairman; Mil dred B. Fee, and Grace Williams. , The , finals will be held in 121 ''Sparks at 7 o’clock tomorow. Ml Students Elec! New Fall Council Today Elections for representatives t 0... the MI Student Council for 1947-40 will take place today from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m.' in the ves tibule of the MI building accord ing to Fred Nicholas, chairman of the’ MI Student Council. ViNine representatives are to be if' elected from students nominated last week.. Students nominated iri f elude Robert Bolger, John ■ C.’ I (jhew, William Dergert. • David H Doan, John Fast, Robert Gelhard, gkJlohp. Harrison, James Kauffman. George Mitchell, Glenn Oyler, ■George Sanderson, .John Schanz, ■John Sherrod, William Suter, and KWiiMn Wrlght. • . ~ Opera to Open Artists' Series Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly,” will open the 1947-48 Artists’ Course Series at Schwab auditor ium November 17 and 18, Dr. C. E. Marquardt, chairman of the Artists’ Course committee said yesterday. The advance sale by mail 'begins Thursday and will continue until June 10. Jon Crairi, an American tenor, and Nino Scatol-ini, Italian tenor, have been selected to play Lt. Pinkerton. Desire Defrere, stage director of the Metropolitan for the past Id years, will be the ar tistic director, while Edwin Mc- Arthur will conduct and serve as music director for the perform ance. Other programs • included in next year’s series are Carol Brice, contralto, January 12, 13; th e National Symphony Orches tra, March IS, 16; and' William Kappell, pianist, April 22, 23. Application blanks for tickets are now available at Student Union and must be mailed be fore the Jun e 10 closing date, Dr. Marquardt said. Tickets will cost $6.90 and $B.lO, tax included. E'ach number of the series will be presented on two successive nights, so applicants are request ed to . indicate which night they (■Continued on page four) Honorary Taps Fifteen Women Junior Service Board, junior - women’s honorary, tapped }5 /pdeds; ,in,..White.-;Hall Sunday}-' said Nancy; Auit; pr6si- : dent. Those tapped include: ' Sarah Bieber, . Shirlianne Bush, Betty Gibbons, 1 Janet Gustafson, Mary Hodgson, Laura Johnston, Fran ces Keeney, Eleanor Kelly, Jul ia .KaibaCh,' Arlene Mack, Ellen Miller, .-. Jean Moore, Loraine Munz, Mona Smulyan, and Bev erly; .Williams.. • - "Officers elected for the next year are. Nancy Ault, president; Lois Ressler, /Vice-president; Jane Fquracre, secretary; and Barbara Atkins,' treasurer. Army Activates College Hospital Ship Platoon, Combat Engineer Bn The Organized Reserve Corps will activate the 455th Hospital Ship Platoon and the 1453rd En gineer Combat Battalion at the College 7 o’clock., tonight. Col. James B. Carroll, senior instruc tor, Organized Reserve Corps, Eastern Penna. .Military District, said yesterday.\‘, ~ Activation ceremonies will take plaeg- at 212 East College avenue, with Col. Lestbr R. Albert, assist ant senior instructor, ORC, oifi- Capt!- William L. Welsh, 903 Willard street, and Capt. John H. Light, 317 Gill street, have been assigned .to the hospital ship platoon. / State College residents assigned to the Engineer battalion are Lt. Col. Hugh B. Rice, commanding officer, 1i : 25 Sbuth Atherton street, and Major. George S. Denithorne, executive officer, 701 West College avenue. Captain Welsh, who will com mand the hospital platoon, served in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre dur ing the war. He. saw service in New Guinea, Philippine Islands, arid Japan, and was awarded the Combat' Medical Badge, He is a graduate of the College and Jef ferson Medical College. Time Tables Time tables for‘the Fall Se mester are. now on sale at 15 cents per copy, according to Ray V. Watkins, College scheduling officer. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1947-nSTATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Broken Appeal About Broken Typewriters Lures Donations Managing-Editor Foster’s broken appeal emanating from a broken typewriter achieved instant re sults yesterday. A collection was taken up in the Daily Collegian office after Managing-Editor Foster’s dire need was made known. Managing - Editor Foster now has $.lB and four lOU’s totalling $83.02, which is obviously enough to buy a new typewriter. Penn Staters have once more risen to the challenge of a great cause. Handbook Names Staffs Editorial and advertising staffs have been selected for the. 1947- 48 issue of Student Handbook, an nounced Richard Sarge, editor-in chief, and Jack Strickland, ad vertising manager. This issue of Student Handbook will serve to orient newcomers to th e campus next fall. Benjamin French and Arthur Stober will serve as associate edi tors, and Fred Hazelwood as business manager. The editorial staff is composed of Dale Eberle, Joan Fox, Billie Grove, Marion Holmes, Winifred Imhof, Elaine Mittelman, and Harriet Morgan. Caleb Morris, Lorraine Munz, Nancy Parent, Ted Rubin,' Rose mary Squillahte, Ralph Temples, Dorothy Ward, Jane Weigle,, and Mac White. >Th.ose'-.:on ; . the ; adverti^ng-staff • afh'66b r DrucKef",-Raymond' Galle I ,' Alice Hecht, Barbara Heilman, Charles Horn, Jr., and Melba Kleinberger. (Continued on page four) Froth Presents Semester Finale Froth’s final issue of the semes ter, “Parting Is Such Sweet Sor row.” commemorating graduating seniors and the coming Senior Ball, went on salo this morning. One of the highlights of the issue is a picture of Miss Mima Hart of the University of lowa, John Robert Power’s - choice as Mies American Coed, T 947. Among its many features, this final issue contains a one-sentence paragraph story by Harold Phil ippbar entitled “Harold” and a hypothetical argument, “Local Pastime,” by Kunin and Ward, be tween two taxi drivers on the rel ative merits of New York and Chicago. In addition to the regular “'Mug & Jester” and “Campus Faces at Places” features, there are ar ticles on men’s and women’s fash ions and a special Wax Impres sion column by Jim Frakes. Froth is on sale at the Corner (Continued on page four) Hospitals, Industry Give Psychology Experience Positions in hospitals and in in dustry are available for psychol ogy students interested in gaining work experience during the sum mer, Bruce V. Moore, professor of psychology, said today. ■ The salaries paid for such posi tions are not very impressive, but the: experience to be gained is of considerable valuq. Prof. Moore declared. Students interested should contact any professor in the department. For those who plan to attend school this summer, the psychol ogy department is offering a new course in advanced projective techniques for analyzing person ality. Rosen Zwieg of the Western State Psychiatric Hosbital has been selected as instructor for the three-credit course, which will be given during the intersassion. Officials Request Immediate Fall Semester Registration MacArfhur Names Wilson Ag Head Dr. Harold K. Wilson, vice- Dean and Director of Resident In struction in the School of Agri culture, has been appointed head of the Agricultural Research Branch of the Agricultural Di vision of Military Resources un der General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Dean Lyman E. Jackson said today. The • appointment for a year leave from the College 'faculty has been approved by the Board of Trustees and will become ef fective July 1. Dean Wilson said he will choose two assistants to aocompany him, an expert in experiment work and one in extension. Neither of the assistants will be from the College. Returning recently from Wil liamsport where he received im munization innoculations, Dean Wilson said he did not know who his successor on the faculty would be. ) - An expert on crap production and soil utilization, he will co ordinate the experiment and ex tension services of the Japanese Department, of Agriculture and attempt to achieve maximum production from the limited area Of the five Japanese Islands. Dean Wilson will succeed Dr. Will M. Myers, professor of cyto gehics, who returned from Japan last March /after, six months .as 'head'-df; the Agrifcultural Research Bureau. Dr. Myers said today that the biggest problem' .the Allied Pow ers faced in Japan was the pro duction of enough food to sup port the population which is growing at the rate of 1,000,000 persons per year. The Americans are on the best of relations with the Japanese who look up to them for raising their production and living stand ards, he said. The Allies have the best op portunity in history to sell de mocracy and peace in Asia and the world by proper administra tion and education, he said. They will be able to accomplish this job if they are supplied with suf ficient funds. YPCA Elects Officers For Summer; Presents Constitution to Senate . Election of temporary officers to serve over th e summer will be the main business at a meeting of Young Progressive Citizens of America in 4.1(7 Old Main 8 o’clock toniglht. The constitution was approved Sunday night and will be pre sented before the Student Welfare Senate Friday. Prospects of pub lishing a newsletter were also dis cussed. It would include national FCA news as well as social, eco nomic and political highlights. This organization stands for uniting progressives for year round action on educational and political problems. It is independ ent of all political parties. Campus Sororities Top Goal in Cancer Drive Campus sororities are the sec ond group to top their quota in the present cancer drive, Con stance Micelli, campus cancer drive chairman, said yesterday. Topping their goal by $lB, the sororities ■ contributed $llB. Yo landa West served as chairman of the sorority drive. To date, the sororities and Pol lock Circle are the only two campus groups to top their goal. These two groups have donated $240 towards ths campus goal of $lOOO. PRICE FIVE CENTS All undergraduate students and. all graduate students taking un dergraduate courses ar e asked to register for the 1047 Fall semester starting tomorrow, it was an nounced by College officials to day. Continuing until next Tuesday, registration will include onLy the filling out of schedule cards. Stu dents are instructed to report to their department heads for de tails of the plan. No payment of fees will be required at this time, said Registrar William S. Hoff man. “In the past,” explained Regis trar Hoffman, “two weeks and more have been lost adjusting sections at the beginning of each semester. Next year there is rea son to believe that the situation will be even worse unless we take measures now to reduce confusion to a minimum.” Because of an expected 8000 students on campus next Fall, Mr. Hoffman pointed' out, it will be necessary to utilize every available classroom and laboratory, and that the use of such facilities necessarily requires planning be fore the-beginning of the semester. It is the hope of College officials to adjust overcrowded sections and. to iron out other problems during the summer months so as to be able to furnish each student with “an assured schedule” at the opening of the new term. Mac Dining Room Open for Summer Mac Allister Hall dining room will be open for all students dur ing the Main Summer Session, revealed the office of the pur chasing agent, today.. Meal tickets .at $9 per week will be sold for the six week period. It was announced that there would be no dining facilities at all during the Post Session. However, plans are suJbject to change. This move was taken primarily because the Pollock Circle Din ing Commons will not be open during the summer. Also open will be Old Main Sandwich Shop, serving a la carte meals and, for women living there, the Atherton Hall dining room. News Briefs Student Handbook All Student Handbook editorial assignments must be banded in at the PSGA office 304 Old Main, at 4 o’clock today, said Richard Sarge. editor. La Vie Meeting A meeting for all members of the La Vie staff will.be held in 412 Old Main at 4:30 o’clock today, said Seymour Rosenberg, editor. Carnival »• Mortar Board Carnival, sched uled for last Saturday afternoon, is postponed until 2 p.m. Satur day, weather permitting, said Joan Harrington, Mortar Board president. Tickets may still be bought for 25 cents at Student Union, from Mortar Board members, or at the gate. Glee Club A final meeting of the Penn State Glee Club will be held in 200 Carnegie Hall at 7 o’clock tonight. Members who attend this meeting will not be required to try out for the club next fall. Newman Club Recently elected officers of the Newman Club are Frank Tidon**, president: John ICuptez, vice president; and Patricia Ludorf. recording secretary. (Continued ou pope fotw>
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