MtCarthy Spooks Tonight VOt. 25—No. 5 Athletic Board Rejects Bowl Bid For Boxing Team Anti-Negro Regulation Cancels Louisiana Match (Sm Editorial. Page 2) An invitation extended to the Penn State boxing team to par ticipate in the annual Sugai Bowl Sports Carnival has been reject ed by the Athletic Advisory board because of restrictions on Negro boxers, it was learned by Collegian today. The New Orleahs Mid-Winter Sports Association, which spon sors the Sugar Bowl classic ori ginally had requested that the Lion boxers meet Michigan State on December 29 and stated that the match would be conducted” under intercollegiate rules and regulations.” Prohibits Negro Boxers The invitation also stated that "because of Louisiana boxing law which prohibits mixed competi tion, it is understood that no ne groes will be members of the State College team.” A team of eight boxers headed (Continue d on page eight) Veterans Receive NSLI Extension Veterans Administration has stated that reinstatement privi leges now in effect for National Service life insurance will be ex tended to January 1, 1948. Until this announcement was made, veterans who had let their wartime policies lapse for a Eeriod of more than three months ad only to August 1 to reinstate them without a required physical examination. VA said the deadline was ex tended to give every former pol icy holder more time to take ad vantage of picking up his gov ernment insurance by simply certifying that he is in good health. Two monthly premiums must accompany an application for re instatement oft term insurance. During the past five months more than 500,000 veterans reinstated policies offering upwards of three and one-half billion dollars of in surance protection. Susan Reed Presents Recital Of Spirituals, Folk Songs Susan Reed, 13-year-old ballad singer from South Carolina, will present a recital of spirituals and folk songs in Schwab Auditorium, 8:30 p. m. Thursday Tickets for this' last event in the Artists’ Course series oan be pur chased for seventy-five cents cn the evening of the performance at the door. Weil known ballads, including a large group that Miss Reed has recorded for Victor Records, will comprise the program. The artist will sing “Venezuela,” “Peter Gray,” “Jesus Rest Your Head,” “I Wonder as I Wander,” “Molly Malone,” and “I Know Where I’m Going," in her program of 27 se lections. Accompanies Herself Miss Reed accompanies herself on the Irish harp and zither, but for this concert she will be assist ed at the piano. Discovered by Barney Joseph son, proprietor of New York’s Cafe Society, Miss Reed has been publicized by articles in Time, Life, Newsweek, Vogue, and other national magazines. Acording to Alan Lomax, former director of folksong ar chives at the Library of Cong ress, narrative folk songs “came across the ocean and settled in our hills, took on its color from the spaoky blue of the Blue Ridge oimtm?r (Bolivian \TE PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA Bridge Uninterrupted As Fire Company Outs Blaze Rome had its Nero, and the Pi Lambda Phi house has its bridge players. Except that the fraternity house didn’t burn to the ground. / Leon Rothberg rushed from the cellar of the ft Lam house at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, smoke behind him shouting "Fire! Help!” Four bridge players in the liv ing room concentrated on their cards. “Wait till we finish the hand,” one said. Ray Lee, another Pi Lam, rushed to the phone. He dialed “O” and asked for the fire com pany. “Which one?” said the oper ator. She was on the Bellefonte ex change. “I’m sorry, you’ll have to call your State College Oper ator.” Lee dialed 711. That operator “onty handles campus calls.” She suggested calling 2000. In the Pi Lam Cellar, a rubbish pile was burning. Talking to the Alpha Fire Company, at last, Lee requested a small truck be sent. Four fire engines, including a large hook and ladder truck, roared up to the house a few minutes later. A volunteer fire man, still in butcher’s apron, rushed in the front door, and into the bridge game. “Where’s the fire?” he said. “Down in the cellar.” The game went on. Seeing the smoke, the fireman went outside for aid. The blaze was quickly brought under con trol! The fraternity reports no dam age, only a lot of smoke and ex citement. Rumor has it the house will be renamed “Pi Lambda Fire.” College Lists Graduation In Schwab, August 9 Summer Sessions Commence ment exercises will be held in Schwab Auditorium instead of Recreation Building, College of ficials announced. The time, 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, will remain unchanged. Faculty and candidates for de grees will assemble at 9:30 a.m. on the terrace in front of Old Main, or in case of inclement weather, in the 2nd floor lounge of Old Maine, C. E. Bullinger, college marshal said. The proces sion will move at 9:55 a.m. and the England.” “The ballads that Susan Reed sings are not hillbilly songs, commented Mrs. Willa Taylor of the music department, “but the tender melodies of plain country people that have come down through generations. Sings in Natural Way “Many of the ballads have dif ferent regional versions, and Miss Reed sings them as they are preserved in the Southern lo cale that she comes from,” the music instructor said. “Susan Reed herself sings them in an unaffected, natural way.” Referring to Miss Reed’s cur rent Town Hall debut on Novem ber 23, 1946, a New York Herald Tribune said, “Her voice is of the sweetly uncultivated variety that has delicate charm and is greatly suited to her bemused stage manner.” Esquire characterized Miss Reed’s voice “as dear as pure spring water.” TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1947—STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA mountains of New College To Erect 76 Family Units On Front Campus Ground has already been brok en, and plans drawn for the con struction of 76 family units on the front campus, just east of Wind crest, where married members of the faculty and staff will be fur nished housing on a temporary basis. College officials said construc tion would be rushed, but that none of the units would be avail able for occupancy before Janu ary 1, 1948. Rental rates and the policy governing period of occu pancy have not been definitely set, but it was emphasized that the project was intended solely as a stop-gap measure. The units, of which there will be 46 with one bedroom and 30 with two bedrooms, will be erect ed by Steel-Bilt Construction Company, which also is con structing dormitory type units on the campus for single veterans. There will be two-unit and four unit blocks, constructed on con crete base, with steel framework, and Cemesto board finish. The units will be of three sizes, ranging from two-family units (Continued on page eight) Dramatic Group D reienh 'Holiday' “poliday,” a Philip Barry com edy, will be presented in the Lit tle Theatre, Old Main, at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Leads will be taken by Patricia Brown as Julia Seton, Joan Kap nek as Linda, and Gerard Gilman as Johnny Case. Robert Reifsnei der, instructor of dramatics, will direct. Other members of the cast are Kenneth Buckham, Robert Ken dall, instructor of dramatics, Mir iam Lesher, Donald Olmstead, James Peet, and Warren Smith. A shortened version of Maxwell Anderson’s “Joan of Lorraine,” final play in the Summer Sessions series, will be presented in the Little Theatre, 7:30 p.m., August 5, under the direction of Mr. Kendall. Patricia Brown will portray Joan, with Robert Reifsneider co starring as the “director.” The plays presented in the Lit tle Theatre each Tuesday evening during main session are produced as experiments by dramatics students. Froth Opens Campaign For Subscriptions Subscriptions for Froth, camp us humor magazine, have been placed on sale at the Student Un ion desk in Old Main, Sheldon B. Mermelstein, business manager, stated yesterday. The subscriptions, which will cover the seven issues printed from October to May, will be limited, Mermelstein emphasiz ed, due to the scarcity of calen dar paper and increased enroll ment of the College. The magazine will open its publication year in October with a “Still No Freshmen” Issue and will contain humorous articles, cartoons, profiles of campus indi viduals, and photos of social functions. Veterans Veterans, who are regular students or attending only the summer sessions, should file their names at 109-A Old Main before August 9 if they have not already done so, stated Robert E. Galbraith, faculty counselor of veterans. This information is needed to bring all records up to date. COLLEGE Wisconsin Senator To Express Views On Military Joseph R. McCarthy, senator from Wisconsin, will discuss a cur rent and controversial subject—“ Universal Military Training”—when he speaks at 7:45 o’clock tonight in Schwab Auditorium. The 80th Congress, the New York Times said in an editorial lat week, has carefully avoided the subject of Universal Military Train ing, although a Gallup poll sui vey showed that 95 per cent of the American people were interestec in the issue. The editorial pointer out that up to the beginning or this month, the issue was men tioned only four times in the Con gressional Record. Later issues ol the Record were not available. Principal Speaker Senator McCarthy will be th. principal speaker for the three day Superintendents’ and Princi pals’ Conference which opens a; the College tomorrow aftewean. He will be introduced by Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president ol the College. The lecture will be open to the public, arrangements having been made to reserve seats for the estimated 600 conference delegates. Although only 36 and the youngest member of the Senate. Senator McCarthy has had an ac tive career in public life. Bom oi. a Wisconsin farm, he attended . school at an early age and set ou. “to lick the world.” He obtainei country grade school, then qui. a position in a store in a nearby Wisconsin town and at the age c. 19 decided to continue his educa tion. After completing four year. of high school in one year, he went to Marquette University ant. in 1934 received his law degree. Enlisted in Marine Corps At the age of 29, McCarthyjuat named a circuit court j.udeXWh resigned his $B,OOO per Tear posi tion to enlist as a private in the U. S. Marine Corps. He won hit. commission and attained the rank of captain. As a tailgunner, he participated in 17 raids against the Japs in the South Pacific, waf wounded and cited. Although political didn’t think “Joe” McCarthy had a chance, with the backing of the Republican party he ran for elec tion and defeated Sen. Robert M. LaFollette Jr. for the nominatior, as senator in the primary last August. LaFollette, and his fathe before him, had served in the Ser ate for 41 years. (Continued on page six) Publication Change Publication date of the last issue of the Summer Collegian has been changed from Tues day, August 5. to Thursday, August 7, so that official an nouncements, registration pro cedure, and late schedule changes for the Post-Session can be included. Educators Discuss Business Courses Improving business curricula in the secondary schools will be discussed in 121 Sparks at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. today in the last two session of the two-day con ferences which are open to the public. “A Need for Better Planning” will be considered by H. A. An druss,, president of Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College at the morning forum, followed by “A Proposal for Better Planning” by M. Herbert Freeman, head of business education at New Jersey State Teachers’ College. President of Curtis Publishing Co., Walter D. Fuller, will ad dress the afternoon session on “Management Looks to the Schools.” President of Bucknell University, Dr. Herbert G. Spen cer, will preside at this program. Discussion leaders m this con ference will include Horace L. Blair, superintendent of Warren county schools; W. E. Coon, prin cipal of Academy High School in Erie; E. C. Perry, superintendent of schools of Indiana, Pa.; and Eugene K. Robb, supervisor of schools at Bedford, Pa. Dance Features Smith Orchestra An All-College informal dance at White Hall, 9 to 12 p. m. Sat urday night, will feature Ross Smith and his orchestra. Tickets at $.50 each will be sold at the door. Dancing to recorded music, badminton and bridge will be featured at the final Summer Sessions’ ‘Fun Night’ at Recrea tion Hiall, 8 to 11:30 p. m. Friday. Admission is free, said Earle E Edwards, director of the summer recreation program. Bridge will be conducted in 105 White Hall, 8:30 o’clock to night and next Tuesday night. Mixed swimming in the Glenn land pool, admission free, is scheduled from 8:15 p. m. to morrow and next Wednesday night. All Graduating Seniors Musi File Activity Cards Seniors, graduating at the end of the Main Sfummer Session, must fill out activity cards at Stu dent Union and have their pho tos taken at the Photo Shop if they are to be included in the next issue of La Vie, said Roberta Hutchison, editor. Activity cards should be filled out before Friday and appoint ments must be made at the Photo Shop before the end of the ses sion, she stressed. White Hall > Dance Saturday SEVEN CENTt, Training Workshoo Forum To Hear Ferauson ‘•An Experiment in Interna tionalism” will be explained by Dr. J. H. Ferguson, chairman of the department of political sci ence at today’s Workshop forum. The lecture group is conducted at 3 Carnegie, 11 a.m. daily Professor of religious ..ucation at Drew Theological seminary, Mrs. Mildred Eakin, will speak at Thursday’s session on “Knowing Our Neighbors.” Dean of Women at Louisville University, Dr. Hilda Threlkeld, on Friday will take up the prob lems that come “From the DeanV Office.” Dr. R. N. Walker of West Ches ter State Teachers’ College on Monday will point out the aspect? of “Understanding Turkey." “Alcoholics Anonymous” will be discussed by Dorothy Gratz, Dean of Girls at Pottsville High School, August 5. The last lecture of the series, “Teachers in a Democracy,” will be delivered by Dr. Leslie P. Hill president of Cheyney Train' School, Cheyney, Pa.. Augus*
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