• Meet the TeamWEATHER at .the Pep Rally . Elailll Tonight at 7.15 Warmer VOL. 46r--No. 6 Old Main Rally to Touch Off Grid Opener Cabinet Declines To Stale Opinion On Sunday Movies All-College Cabinet voted against taking a stand on the question of Sunday movies in State College at its meeting last night because a majority of the voting members felt they were obliged to discUss the issue with the people they represent. A motion for a straw vote which would express persohal • opinion only was voted down by a 9 to 5 count. Thus the issue, and the stand that student govern ment will take- on it, will neces sarily remain a puzzle - until Cab inet meets again next week. Cabinet ratif)ed another mo tion put on the floor which called for the recommendation to Wind crest students that they vote in the. elections on November 9. By failing to participate in the straw vote, Cabinet gave no indication as to how it would like the Wind creat students to vote. Upon the motion of Edward Banyai, Cabinet members voted unanimously to make , student government co-sponsors of the project which will bring Norman Thomas to the campus for a lec (Contintted on page seven) World Traveler Speaks in Chapel Dr. Ruth I. Seabury, educa tional secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Congre gational Church, will be the guest • speaker at the Penn State in-China chapel ser vice in Schwab Auditorium,. 11 a.m. Sun day. A world traveler, Dr. Seabury has visited some 23 countries in Europe, Africa, India, and the near east. In 1938 she was one of the American delegates to the world meeting of Churches in Madras, India. This is the 35th year that a Penn State-in-China-Sunday has been observed on the campus. In observance of the occasion, all Chinese students on campus will /Continued on woe eight) Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WIIMJ Communist Arrested WASHINGTON The House Committee on UnAmerican Ac tivities last night ordered the ar rest of Hanns Eisler, a Hollywood song writer, and his wife for de portation proceedings. Hanna Eisler is a brother of Gerhardt Eisler, German com munist found guilty of .contempt of Congress after lengthy hear ings months ago. Hanns, the Hollywood song writer, was up before the con gressional committee a week ago when the House group checked his case to the Justice Depart ment. The committee recom mended prosecution of Hanns on charges of perjury and passport fraud. The committee report termed Eisler an international communist agent. Labor Law Invoked ALBANY The Taft-Hartley law was invoked here today to put a halt to a strike of long shoremen. At New York City, Federal Judge Stephen Brennan signed a temporary order restraining 150 longshoremen in the port of Al bany from continuing their walk out. Region Director Charles Douds of the National Labor Re lations Board says the order is similar to the action taken by the sovement against John L. Lewis in the coal strike last spring. A hearing on the order is set for October 7 in Syracuse, N.Y. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, I)'ENNA. h-Trustee Dies After Long Illness Death ended many years of service to the College for Col. J. Franklin Shield s, president emeritus and lohg-time member of the Board' of Trustees, Wed nesday, after a long illness, in his Philadelphia home. • Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon in German toWn for the 79-year-old lawyer. After receiving his B.A. from the College in 1892, Colonel Shields obtained his bachelor of laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Colonel Shields had served since 1905 as a trustee and since 1916 on the executive committee. After retiring from the presi dency of the Board in January, 1946, he was named president emeritus in • recognition of his 17 years' service as president. As an undergraduate at the College, Colonel, Shields was a student editor; football manager and manager of general ath letics. lie belonged to the Penn sylvania Intercollegiate Press As sociation an d , organized the Pennsylvania In t erco 11 egiate Football Association. New Recreational Area Construction Begins A new recreation area for residents of Pollock Circle, Nit tany dormitories, and Windcrest is now under consideration, D. A. DeMarino, assistant Dean of Men, and Glenn N. Thiel. associate professor of physical education and athletics, said yesterday. Located just east of the Nit tany dormitories, the playground will have a macadam plot 300 feet long and 120 feet wide. In addition ground will be leveled to accommodate touch football, archery, and a golf practice area. Plans for the macadam area in clude six tennis courts two one wall handball courts, and accom modations for basketball. bad minton, volleyball, and shuffle board, Mr. Thiel stated. He added that the area would also be ideal f 0,.. outdoor dances. Half the work is scheduled to (Continued on mute eight) Football Edition A special football issue, the first Collegian has offer ed since the war, will be available tomorrow at Stu dent Union and at New Beav er Field before kickoff time, according to Donald Ellis, Collegian business manager. Tomorrow's special edition will be devoted to the Penn State-Bucknell game and will offer starting lineup informa tion. Today's World Series contest will also be covered. Vets Get Refund Veterans who have paid the $lO advance registration deposit may obtain their refund of this amount, at the Office of the Bur sar. 110 Old Main, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today. Bursar Russell E. Clark ex plained that 4893 - checks will be issued. The veteran will need his matriculation card to obtain his check. Veterans with matriculation Numbers 0 to 2500 should enter the west door of the office: those with numbers ranging from 2501 to 4800 should use the east door to the office. Dodgers Seek Ind Win of Brooklyn BROOKLYN (W) The light went on in Brooklyn last night. Once again the fabulous folk of Flatbush are their merry selves. The streets are filled with strut ting, laughing crowds. And in the taverns glasses are being hoisted high in toasts of E;uod•-t:: L,r; The Dodgers came through yester day—just like the faithful always knew they would. The good burgers of Brooklyn had some anxious moments before the Dodgers pullet out the third game of the World Series with 9-8 victory over the New York Yankees. But, the important thing was that the Dodgers won the game to get right back into the series. The Yankees still lead in the game count, 2-1, but Brooklyn fans are 'convinced that their Bums now are on the way. Each team collected 13 hits. Jackie Robinson had 'a pair of singles and negotiated his se=cond successful stolen base of the clas sic. DiMaggio had a run-produc ing single in addition to his homer. Blue Band Opens Second Postwar Marching Season The appearance of the Blue Band at the Penn State-Bucknell football game Saturday marks the beginning . of the second full marching season for the band since the war. The band's first appear ance was at the same game last fall. Scheduled to perform at all home games, the band will also HUMMEL FIBHBURN June Graduates Asked For Yearbook Cards All sixth semester students who intend to graduate this June. and have not filled out La Vie ac tivity cards are requested to do so next week at Student Union, said Marjorie Mousley, photo editor. On the basis of these activity cards, photo appointments will be mailed to the students. If stu dents have not filled activity cards, they will not be included in the 1948 La Vie, stressed Miss Mousley. Photo appointment cards have (Continued on pare eight) Blue Band, Cheerleaders to Lead "%rade from Phi Sigma Kappa Hal Societies Urge Students to Participate IMA Fun Nile Tops Weekend The traditional fall Fun Night sponsored by the Independent Men's Association will be held in Recreation Hall from 8:30 to 12 p.m. tomorrow, Martin Veater, president, said yesterday. Admission has been set at 30 cents per person including tax. with coeds admitted free, he said. All the usual Fun Night attrac :ions will be available, including table tennis, shuffleboard, bad minton. and cards. IMA is organized this year on the pre-war basis by living units rather than accepting individual memberships as was done during the war years. Any unit of 10 or more inde pendent men desiring affiliation with IMA should send a repre sentative to its organizational meeting in the social rooms at Old Main, 7 p.m. Monday, Veator said. The Independent Men's Asso ciation is a non-political organi zation designed to foster closer relationships among non-frater nity men, and to provide for them social, scholastic, and athletic facilities and incentives, Veater pointed out. Junior Board Meeting There will be a meeting of the Collegian junior editorial board today in Room 8, Car- F negie Hall. at 4:10 o'clock. make two trips to away games but as yet no decision has been reached concernipg at which away they will play. The history of the band is long and varied. It was first organ ized as a drum and bugle corps in 1901, largely through the ef forts of George H. Deike 'O3, now a trustee of the College and fi nancial contributions made by Andrew Carnegie. The last prewar appearance of the marching Blue Band was in the fall of 1942. During the war Professor Fishburn attempted to keep the band going to play at football games but they did not march. High school students, col lege and high school faculty members, V-12 trainees, coeds, and townspeople turned out to fill the vacancies. Professor Fishburn directs the band and is assisted this year by James Dunlop who has joined the faculty of the music depart ment. Lutheran Services Communion services at the Grace Lutheran Church at 8 a,m., 10:45 a.m., and 7:30 p.m., will be preceded by a preparatory ser vice tonight at 7:30. Following this will be a social and get-ac quainted hour at the pastor's home. IWA Meeting New and active members of In dependent Women's Association will meet in 401 Old Main, 7 p.m. Monday, said Betty Ruth Gib bons, president. Plans for this year's activities will be made at this meeting. PRICE FIVE CENTS Old Main's front steps is the scene of the first Penn State foot ball pep rally of tke 1947 gridiron season at 7:15 o'clock tonight. Coach Bob Higgins will speak and will introduce his Nittany Lion football eleven at this prO- Bucknell game cheering session. A street parade led by the marching Blue Band and the cheerleading squad, headed by Stan Eisman, will leave Phi Sigma Kappa in the 500 block of S. Allen street at 6:45 p.m. and proceed through the fraternity and dormitory section to the rally site. Students are asked by Hat Societies Council, sponsor of the rally, to join the parade at Its starting point as it passes their section of the town or campus. Thomas J. Lannen, All-College president, is master of ceremonies for the rally and will introduce the cheerleaders, Professor Hum_ mel Fishburn, head of Blue Band. and football coach Bob Higgins. Coach Higgins will speak briefly on the probable outcome of the Bucknell clash Saturday after noon on New Beaver Field and will comment on the outlook for the 1947 season. Members of the varsity squad will be introduced to the assembled student body by the coach. Cheers and songs will be led by. Head Cheerleader Stan Eis man, assisted by Virginia Gallup, assistant cheerleader, and Susan Bissey, Bill Bonsall, Bob Frank house, Gladdy Lou Miller, -Jim Mitchell and Delores Piccone. Chief John R. Juba's local police force will assist the prog ress of the street parade by di recting and diyerting traffic. Collegian Meetings All editorial candidates for the Daily Collegian are asked by Allan W. Oster, editor, to meet in 8 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. Monday. A short meeting of the ad vertising staff Sophomore Board will be held in 8 Car negie Hall, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, said Spencer Scheckter, ad vertising manager. News Briefs Hillel Dance Hillel will sponsor a Harvest Dance Saturday night from 9-12, said Francis Kessler and Abe Pure. Entertainment is to be furnished by 3 Bar-3 boys, and the dance is open to all students. Newman Club The Penn State Newman Club will play host to the Bucknell Newman Club at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, 8:30 p.m. Satur day, Frank Tidona, president. stated yesterday. A stag dance, to which everyone, particularly Newman Club members, is in vited, will highlight the enter tainment. ISC Meeting I.S.C. will hold a reorganization meeting in the Penn State Club room at 8 p.m. Monday, said Frank Tidona, president. Plans will be made for the I.S.C. dance to be held in November. Dance Dates George Donovan, manager of Student Union, requested today that all leaders of the following group:: contact him as soon as possible regarding a dance date for their group during the Spring semester: Penn State Club, New man Club, Pan-Hellenic, Russian Club, W.R.A., 1.M.A., 1.W.A., Scarab, R.0.T.C., Ag Student Council. Any other groups interested in (Continued on page eight)
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