Lute AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ MAJOR LEAGUE SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 3 PITTSBURGH—Peace has been guaranteed for two years in the steel industry by CIO President Philip Murray, who issued an order to 3,000 locals of bis steel union forbidding strikes for the next two years. Murray pointed the way to obtain sirikeless set tlements of disputes and said the union must "meticulously respect the provisions of the contract." DETROIT Thirty-eight hun dred foremen walked out today ast three Detroit plants, arid a re action was felt ait the Ford plant in Edge water, N. J. Officials there plan an indefinite suspension of work Friday because of the walk out. There was no immediate stop page of production in Detroit, however. \ WASHINGTON The admin istration has scored a major vic tory as its $350,000,000 foreign re lief program sleamrolled through Congress. The House made an ef fort to hold the program down to $200,000,000. But both Houses ap proved the. measure at the admin istration’s figure, and the bill naw is on President Truman's desk. PALESTINE —SeveraI nights of sporadic fighting between' Jews and Arabs have been climaxed by a v gun and bomb attack on an Arab village in Palestine. The Jewish underground organization Hiagana immediately admitted re sponsibility for the attack. College Sponsors Press Conference The Pennsylvania Press Con ference, sponsored jointly t<y the 'department of journalism at the College, and • the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, i.will4take;y:.pl : ’•ljiori 'lnn Friday and Saturday.' • ’ The program on Friday will begin at 2 p.m. with welcome-ad dresses by William L. McLean, Jr., president of PNPA; John H. Carter, chairman of the confer ence . committee: and ■ Professor Franklin Banner, department of journalism, Pennsylvania State College. Some of the topics to be covered on .Friday deal with making the newspaper more readable, spe cialization in ne w s coverage, training the staff, and coverage of labor news. Saturday’s program will begin at 9:30 a.m„ continuing the dis cussion “The Newspaper and Its Community,” under the direction of Frank N. Hawkins, chief edi torial writer of . the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The annual dinner of the Press Conference will be held in the Nittany Lion Inn at 6:30 p.m., Sat urday. Awards will be presented to two Pennsylvania newspaper publishers for achievements in journalism, and entertainment will be provided by State College groups. Tiie Honorable- Clarence J. Brown, member of Congress from Ohio, and chairman of the Execu tive Committee of the Republican National Committee, will be guest speaker. A graduate of Washington and Lee University Law School, Congressman Brown was elected to the 7®th. 77th, 78th, 79th and 89th Congresses. Senior Men's Honorary Initiates 21 Members Skull and Bones, senior men’s honorary, initiated 21 men in 405 Old Main Monday night, accord ing to Lawrence G. Foster, new president of the society. The initiation took place before a banquet at the Anchorage. New members of Skull and Bones are Horace Ashenfelter, Martin Baum, John Benglian, William Bonsall, Huston Brosious, Ed ward Czekaj. Donald Ellis, Ben French, Eu gene Fulmer, Robert Hirsh, Wil- Uam Jaffurs, Robert Kranich, Thomas Lannen, Ted LeFevre, Richard Lose. Richard McAdams, Allan Ostar, Stanley Roth, Richard Sarge, Ar thur Stober, and • Mitchell Wil- iatly 0 (Megiatt | VOL. 46—No. 96 Poling To Speak At Baccalaureate Dr. Daniel A. Poling, pastor of the Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, has been chosen to speak at the Baccalaureate service in Recrea tion Hall at 11 a.m. June 8. Having behind him a long list of religious, political and war time activities, Dr. Poling has become recognized as an avid speaker. He is editor-in-chief of both the Christian Herald and the Christian Endeavor World and has traveled extensively both here and abroad in connection with Christian Endeavor work. The speaker was engaged in special war work in the British Isles, France and Germany in World War I. Continuing his in terest in war time activities, he became a major in the Chaplain Officers Reserve in World War II and worked as a member of the. General War Time Commis sion of Churches. Is Novelist Among his many writings, are “A Preacher Looks at War,” “Op portunity Is Yours,” and several novels including “The Heretic,” “The Furnace” and “John of Oregon.” Dr. Polling studied dt Lafay ette Seminary, Ohio State Uni versity, Syracuse, Temple Uni versity and various other institu tions throughout the country. Seniors are not required to at tend in a group nor will they need to wear academic costume. The usual Sunday chapel ser vice in Schwab Auditorium is cancelled. LAJaculfy Dinner Fetes Retiring Hiitisopli|lFieaiil , Dr. Ray H. Dotterer, retiring head' of the philosophy depart ment, will be honored at the' re vived annual Liberal Arts Facul ty Banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn, 6:30 p.m. Monday. The tes timonial speech will be given by Dr. Robert E. Dengler, head of the department of classical lan guages. Following this, the only speech of the evening, a program will be presented, featuring all-student talent. Reservations for this affair must be made by noon today, and are being handled by the com mittee which includes Dr. S. A. Mahuran, chairman, Dr. J. A. Mourant, Prof. Margaret C. Raabe, Dr. Elaine Windrick, and Prof. Guy Woods. . Reservations cost $2.25 per person. , , Summer Nursery School Opens for Windcresf Registration of children for the Windcrest Nursery School will begin soon. The session will start July 1 arid continue until Septem ber 1, and will be open daily from 9;30 to 11:30. Miss Eleanor Robinson will di rect the school with the assist ance of several Windcrest moth ers and students from the school of Home Economics. Funds for the material needs of the nursery school will be pro vided by PSCA and the State College Council of Churches. It will be situated in Windcrest, using the community hall and playground. There will be no charge imposed for the care of the children. Campus Music Groups Play in 'Pop' Concert Blue Band, Treble Singers, and Glee Club will participate in the State College Community “Pop” concert on the High School Me morial Field, 7.30 p.m, Friday. The program, lasting three hours, will include selections by twelve musical organizations. Tickets may be obtained from high school students and from the State College Commerce of fice for 50c, ________ THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1947—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA, Pfirman Wins Smith Trophy John L. Pfirman, eighth semes ter physical education student, has been chosen the first winner of the Paul Smith Memorial Tro phy. according to Richard Lose, chairman of the selection com mittee. , \ Pfirman. whose all-college aver age is 2.36, is president of the Physical Education Schopl stu dent council. He played defense on the lacrosse team for two sea sons, basketball for three seasons and football for half a season. The trophy recipient must be a physical education major, must be male and a graduating senior. He is selected on a basis of scholar ship. character, all-round athletic ability, and activities in and out 'Of the school. Outside Activity Pfirman was also active in the State Association for Health, Physical Education and Recrea tion. At the College h n served as secretary and president of Phi Epsilon Kappa, was sophomore class treasurer, and was a mem ber of Farm! Nu and Druids. The Paul Smith Memorial Tro phy is an award dedicated to the memory of Paul Smith, an out standing student in the School of, Physical Education, who died in the Spring of 1946. The trophy will be presented at Class Day exercises by the Class Donor. Selection Committee The selection committee is com posed of the editor of -the Colle gian. the student president of the School of Physical Education, the All-College president, the ItMA president and a chairman, who ,oamjot.be,.a meutber, of the School of Physical' The committee also has two’ 1 faculty advisers. th Q Dean bf the School of Physical -Education and the boxing coach. Those who attended the meet ing yesterday were Michael Blatz, Fred Bell, acting in place of Pfir man. Eugene Fulmer and chair man Richard Lose. Dean Carl P. Schott also attended. Boxing coach Leo Houck sent a letter contain ing his recommendation. Tho trophy together with pic tures of Paul Smith have been on exhibition in local store windows recently. International Film Club Sponsors French Movie “The Baker’s Wife,” a French film sponsored by the Interna tional Film Club, will play for the last times today at the Ca thaum Theater. The picture, a story of life in a small French village, won ac claim in New York from the critics of such papers as the Her ald-Tribune, the Times, and the Sun. “Perhaps the greatest part about the picture," Edward Abramson, head of the Film Club, said, “is Raimu, the star. Like Charlie Chaplin, he can make you laugh and be deeply touched at the same time.” The International Film Club hopes to bring more foreign films to the College next year than it has in the past, and at more regular intervals, according to Prof. Abramson., Seniors to Sign Seniors and their dates who wish to attend the Senior Class Picnic at Whipple's Dam Sat urday, June 7, must sign at Student Union by May 29. Buses will leave the Corner at 1:30 p.m. and will return at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Signees should indicate if they wish free trans portation. Free food will also be provided for attending sen iors and their dates. Froth Candidates There will be a meeting for all candidates for the Photo Staff of Froth in 6 Carnegie at 7 o’clock tonight, said Paul Rowland. Academic Standards Committee Presents Scholarship Awards ■ Seniors Invitations and Announce ments for graduation for those seniors who ordered them, will be available at Student Union starting today, according to the committee chairman. Seniors may pick up their Invitations and Announcements hi the Student Union desk all day today, tomorrow and Sat urday morning upon presenting their receipts. ROTC Exemption For Vets May End Veterans who will enter the College in the Fall may be taking ROTC subjects in order to get their military experience credits, if a plan presented to the College Senate is approved, Col. Ben-Hur Chastaine said yesterday. According to the report on file at the Registrar’s office, the Com mittee on. Military Instruction seeks to amend a report submit ted by the Committee on Aca demic Standards to read as fol lows: Committee Recommends The Committee on Academic Standards recommends that re turning veterans who have serv ed in the armed forces for a per iod of 13 weeks ■ or longer, be granted four credits for the basic courses in physical education for the freshman . and sophomore .years,, and'six credits 4 equal to the credits ; allowed 'for. '.basic courses in ROTC, providing that the vet eran shall have had the equivalent training during his x service in the armed forces. To determine this, the military department will screen all veter ans to ascertain, deficiencies in military .knowledge. When these deficiencies exist, the veteran shall be required to take subjects, ROTC or others, if he wants the six credits for basic ROTC. The NROTC will have its own screen ing program for Navy veterans. Chastaine Asks Change At the meeting of the Senate, Col. Chastaine asked that section C, Rule 81 of the Regulations for Undergraduate Students be changed to read, “Students who are graduates of other colleges and those who enter this College with higher than sophomore standing, unless they have begun the basic course at another insti tution.” The word “sophomore” being substituted for the word “freshman,” which was the previ ous-case. Col. Chastaine said that it is a War Department policy to exempt veterans from military training unless they desire it. This pro gram is intended for the new stu dents that are to enter in the Fall. He said that this would be the case for those veterans who desire the six credits for basic ROTC. May Issue of Engineer Goes on Sale This Week The May issue of Penn State Engineer will be on sale this week, according to Leon Lock, publicity chairman. .This month’s publication in cludes a technical article on the latest developments in' television entitled “Color Television.’’ by Milton Stone, and ways in which the Agricultural Research De partment benefits the Pennsylva nia farmer can be found in “Ag Hill Research,” “Silicons,” by Lewis Stone, tells about the new uses of silicons in industry. Engineer also includes “Senior Write-Ops,” . one-paragraph arti cles dealing with cross-sections of the graduating engineering seniors. , PRICE FIVE CENTS Mary E. Swartz, sepior journal ism student, and Nathan Robert Einhorn. senior education student, have fc.een awarded the John W. White Medal and the John W. Whitf> Fellowship for outstanding scholarship, it was announced by the President’s Office yesterday. Presented by the Committee on. Academic Standards with the ap proval of the President, the White medal was presented to Miss Swartz on the basis of her attain ment of a 2.91 average, highest in the senior class. The White Fellowship is a $6OO grant for graduate study presented to the member of the senior class whose scholarship and plans for the future seem, in the opinion, of the Committee, to best qualify him for such aid. Einhorn. the re cipient of the award, has an all college average of 2.95. and is planning to take graduate work in history at Columbia University after graduation. Evan Pugh Scholars The Committee also announced the selection of the Evan Pugh Scholars. Established in honor of Dr. Evan Pugh, first president of the College, these awards are pre sented to three senior and three junior students basis of scholastic achievement. Senior recipients of the Pugh gold medal are Myron Becker, 2.96; Ernest L, Nagy, 2.86; and Priscilla Qstermayer, 2.85. Silver medals were presented to juniors Frederick T. Andrews, 2.91;' Joan L. Bissey, 2.91; and Mary A. Law son, 2.90. Other awards made by the Committee were the President Sparks-Medals, for the soring and fall semesters of 1945.' Presented' each semester, the Sparks Aiward is given to that student who has made the greatest improvement in hiis scholastic average since the preceding semester. . . Sparks Medals Donald L. Horton,-senior Archi tecture student who raised his 1945 fall semester average of .5 to a 3 in the spring of 1946. was awarded the Sparks Medal for the first semester of last year. The 1946 fall semester award was presented to Theodore Kunin, 4th semester Education student who raised his average from .00 in the sipring semester of 1943 to a 3 for the fall semester of 194)6. News Briefs Priestley Lectures The 19a6 Priestley Lectures, delivered by Dr. Max A. Lauffer on the general subject of Vir uses, are now available in an ex panded form at a cost of $2 per copy. Application for the Lecture Notes should be made to Mr. Ray Dickinson, Chemistry Library. Press Conference All students aside from Journ alism majors who are interested in the Press Conference to be held at the Nittany Lion Inn starting at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, may obtain tickets from Mr. Banner’s office. Scabbard and Blade Co. “H” Ist Regiment of the National Society of Scabbard and Blade held a formal dinner at the Anchorage Restaurant last week. Guest speaker at the din ner was Col. Guy G. Mills who spoke on Reserve Officer Train ing as valuable education for life. World Student Drive All-College Cabinet’s $5OO con tribution to the College’s World Student Service Drive has brought the total up to $1251. The goal of the drive is $3OOO and contributions are still coming in. Newman Club A final meeting of the Newman Club executive committee will be helch at the Rectory at 7 o’- clock tonight. Retiring officers and committee chairmen are re quested to attend as well as the new officers.
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