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
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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*