Debate on Imperialism
Opens Forum Series
Tickets Still
Available at
Student Union
Colonial policies of England and
America will be discussed in a
debate by two authorities on
foreign affairs in the first pro
gram of the 1947-48 Community
Forum lecture series in Schwab
Auditorium, 8 o'clock tomorrow
night.
Tickets for six lectures includ
ing Harold E. Stassen, GOP can
didate for the Presidential nom
ination, are still available at
Student Union for $3. Single ad
missions for each of the forums
will be sold at the door of Schwab
Auditorium for 75 cents.
According to Dr. Bruce V.
Moore, head of the department
of Psychology, who is chairman
of the Community Forum, ticket
sales are slow. If students are
not interested in the forum
series, said Dr. Moore. it will
be discontinued.
Nineteen campus and town or
ganizations, including all-College
Cabinet, Penn State Christian As
sociation, and the Hillel Founda
tion, are sponsoring the fourth
annual series of the Community
Forum.
Foreign Affairs Experts
• Speakers in the opening pro
gram tomorrow night are Robert
A. Smith, head of the New York
Times foreign desk, and Sir
Frederick Puckle, advisor to Lord
Inverchapel, British ambassador
to the U. S.
During the war Mr. Smith, a
former Rhodes scholar, served as
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Professor Wins
Players' Contest
"Center Stage," the new name
suggested for Woodman's Hall by
Dr. George J. Szasz, was the win
ning entry in the Penn .State
Players' contest conducted to
find a more appropriate title for
the future home of the arena pro
ductions.
Two tickets to every Players'
show of the year will ♦, awarded
to Dr. Szasz, an instructor in
chemistry and the head of the
International Film Club. Honor
able mention was given to Mrs.
J. Ben Hill for her suggestion,
"Playerena," and to D. N. Bibbo
for the name, "Play-i Pen."
Mrs. Hill and Bibbo will re
ceive two tickets each for the first
arena production, "Out of the
Frying Pan."
Some of the other names sug
gested were "The Lion's Den,"
"The Gingerbread Playhouse,"
"The Menagerie," "Hetzel Hall,"
"The Globe," "Players' Pit," and
"Hank Glass' Super Duper Play
house."
Fraternities P
Theta Chi Leads With 22
Twenty-two additional fraternities yesterday reported pledging
259 men, bringing this semester's
still unreported. Theta Chi leads
pledges, While Alpha Gamma Rho
Students To Organize
Democratic Action Club
Students for Democratic Ac
tion, will organize in 239 Sparks,
7.30 o'clock tonight, according to
Corbin .Kidder, temporary secre
tary.
The aims and policies of the
program, a division of Americans
for Democratic Action, will be
explained at the meeting. Semes
ter plans will also be djscussed.
All students, including coeds
and non-veterans, are eligible
for membership, Corbin said, al
though the organization bars
Communist sympathizers.
Other acting officers are Law
rence Rothstein, chairman; and
Melvin Lurie, treasurer.
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VOL. 4&—No.
Forum Chairman
Bruce V. Moore
Faculty, Staff Vie
In Political Race
When State College citizens
have listed their choice on the
Sunday movie Question in today's
election. they will glance up to
the main part of the ballot and
find seven faculty and staff per
sonnel among the candidates.
Running for the borough coun
cil on the Republican slate are
Edward L. Keller. professor of
engineering, and Eric A. Walker.
Professor of electrical engineer
ing.
Candidates for council costs on
the Democratic ticket are Robert
E. Dengler. professor of classical
languages, and John H. Fergu
son.. associate professor cd politi
cal science.
Raymond W. Acheson. book
keeper at the College creamery. is
the Republican candidate for
Auditor. and Harold 0. Triebold,
professor of agriculture, is in the
race for School Director under
the sponsorship of both parties.
Mrs. Arthur K. Anderson. sec
retary of the psychology educa
tion clinic and wife of the pro
fessor of physiological chemistry
try. is running for a School Di
rector past on the Democratic
ticket.
Also a candidate for borough
council on the Democratic slate
is Mrs. Charles C. Peters, wife of
the professor emeritus of educa
tion.
edge 454;
abulation to 454, with nine houses
the semester's pledging with 22
, Beta Theta Pi, and Kappa Delta
Rho have each pledged 19.
Those pledged were:
Acacia
Norman Emerich, Rich Gesser,
David Hunter, David Keller, Al
bert Keller, Richard Lashley,
Frank Rupp, William Shrader,
Robert Smith.
Alpha Phi Delta
Alfred O'lorio, Clifford Giaco
bine, Bernard Lepri, Domenick
Lockwood, Arthur Scarazzo, An
thony Trotta.
Alpha Gamma Rho
Richard Bedger, Andrew Bu
chanan, Torrence Dohl, Penrose
Hallowell, Fred Harpine, William
Lange, Alvin Leidel, Edgar Loy,
James May, Edwird McMillen,
George Nichols, Paul Orner,
James Rockwell, Clarence Shall
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Campus, Boro Registrants
To Vote on Sunday Movies
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Penna. College Presidents
Pay Tribute to Late Prexy
Pennsylvania college and university presic.ents meeting at the
College last Friday paid tribute to the late 'Prexy' Ralph Dorn Hetzel.
The following resolution was adopted by the Pennsylvania Asso
oiatjon of Colleges and Universities:
Dr. Hetzel "rose through the ranks of college teaching and direc
tion of extension at Oregon State College to the presidency of two
great institutions of learning, the
University of New Hampshire
and the Pennsylvania State Col
lege,
"His encouragement of re
search and teaching has merited
the fullest confidence and loy
alty. What he has accomplished
at Pennsylvania State College,
both physically and intellectu
ally, during the 20 years of his
leadership there will be to him
an enduring memorial."
Dr. Herbert L. Spencer, presi
-lent of Bucknell University, ad
dressed the 75 college executives
and other educators present. He
pointed out that only 4.2 per cent
of the population of Pennsylva
nia has enjoyed the l viefits of
higher education.
State Below Ability
"Pennsylvania ranks 14th in
its ability to support education,"
Dr. Spencer stated, "yet it ranks
16th in its support of elementary
and secondary education and 34th
in its support of higher educa
tion."
All groups should forget the
past and work together for the
development of higher education
in our Commonwealth. the Buck
nell president recommended.
The Association also heard
Senator Weldon B. Heyburn de
scribe the work of the State
Joint Governmert Commission in
its survey of higher education in
the state.
La Vie Sets
Belle Deadline
Deadline for organizations or
individuals desiring to submit
entries for The Belle section of
La Vie has been extended to noon
Saturday, Marjorie Mousley,
photo editor, said today.
Rules for submitting entries
have not been changed. The coed
must be featured in a portiait, no
snapshots or group photographs
being accepted. Name and ad
dress of the coed entered, name
of the organization sponsoring
her, and the address to which
the photograph may be returned
are required to accompany the
portrait.
All portraits, along with ac
companying information, should
be turned in at Student Union
desk, not the La Vie office.
Miss Mousley emphasized that
any individual or organization,
including fraternities and sorori
ties, may submit as many entries
as they desire. The only stipula
tion is that the coed entered must
graduate in June.
Senior board of La Vie will
judge the contest. All photographs
submitted will be returned to the
organization or person entering
it within two weeks of the final
entry date.
Fee Assessment
Veterans' Administration will
only pay those fees assessed on
all students, according to the ad
ministrative officers of the Col
lege. Debating and glee club fees,
class dues, etc., are not consid
ered college-levied fees, and
will not be paid by the VA.
Only equipment or books
necessary to pursue the curricu
lum will be paid by VA, and each
student must secure his own
paper and notebook supplies.
ISC 'Skirt Skip'
Revives Old Look
"The most carefully guarded
secret since the atom-bomb is
out," said Fred Peruzzi, publicity
chairman of Independent Student
Council, referring to ISC's gift
to coed budgets, the "Short Skirt
Skip."
"After seeing hundreds of
signs all over town, on campus,
and under their beds, students
can breathe comfortably again,"
said Peruzzi.
'Old Look' Revealed
"The Old Look" is the theme
of ISC's alliterative "Short Skirt
Skip," he explained, and the
motif is a reversal of the contro
versial "new look," Christian
Dior's contribution to the fabric
shortage.
Huff Hall and his orchestra will
provide the music for the infor
mal dance at Recreation Hall,
from 9 to 12 p.m., Friday. Dress
for the occasion will be informal
for men, and coeds will wear
sweaters or blouses and knee
high skirts. Official measurers
armed with steel measuring tapes
will be on hand to uphold the
standards of the R.A.K.C. (Right
At the Knee Club).
The committee in charge of the
dance consists of William Shiele,
chairman;. Jean Esterman and
Francis Colamenco, decorations;
and Fred Peruzzi and John Low
ery, publicity.
Delays Ticket Sale
Tickets for all Players and
Thespians productions will go
on sale at Student Union at
1:30 instead of 8 o'clock, a c in
the past, said George Donovan,
Student Union manager. The
change in time was made, said
Mr. Donovan, so that students
need not get up at 3 o'clock in
the morning in order to get
choice seats.
Marquardt Announces Sale
Of Artists' Course Tickets
Artists' Series tickets will be
on sale at the Athletic Association
Office in Old Main today. Tick
ets are $6.90 and $B.lO, tax in
cluded, for the four programs.
Carl E. Marquardt
Cabinet Urges
Adoption of
Referendum
The question of Sunday movies
in State College will be resolved
at the polls today when towns
people and registered students
vote on the referendum.
All-College Cabinet, backing
the adoption of Sunday movies,
urged boro voters to approve the
measure in a letter written by
Thomas J. Lannen, all-College
president, to the Centre Daily
Times on October 29.
Cabinet Appeals to Boro
Sunday movies will provide
recreational facilities for the ex
panded student body, Lannen
pointed out, "and with crowded
post-war conditions and mental
tension, it is felt that the need
for Sunday movies as a means of
mental relax ..
tion has become
an apparent
need."
Ballots w ill
also be cast for
boro and county
officials and on
the installation
of voting ma
chines. Figures
of eligible voters,
according to
town and cam
pus, are not
available in State College, and
it is a matter of speculation
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Leonard To Speak
On Current France
The role of France in the cur
rent trend of European and
world affairs will be explained
by Dr. L. Larry Leonard, assist
ant professor of political science,
in Hugh Beaver Room, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Dr. Leonard will attempt to ex
plain the significance of the re
cent municipal elections in France
and the position of deGaulle and
the Communist Party. Following
the talk, Dr. Leonard will show
a "March of Time" film on New
France and attempt to answer
questions from the floor.
Advisor to the International
Relations Club, Dr. Leonard has
recently returned from France
where he served with the U. S.
Embassy as a Treasury depart
ment representative. During his
two years as agent with the
French Ministry of Finance, Dr.
Leonard traveled through Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, the
Low Countries, Germany, and
England.
Previous to this post, he served
with the State Department in
1945 to help set up the United
Nations, and in 1944 worked on
the UNRRA commission.
Approximately 1500 ticket s.
which hake been left over from
the advance ticket sale last
Spring, will be available.
Students with priority cards
may purchase tickets from 8
o'clock in the morning until noon,
and faculty and townspeople
starting at 1:30, said Dr. Carl E.
Marquardt, Artists' Series com
mittee chairman.
After 3:30 o'clock in the after
noon, Artists' Series tickets will
be sold to those who do not have
a priority ticket. Series can also
be ordered by mail after today
from Mrs. Jeanette Fritz, ex
aminer's (Alice, Old Main.
All programs this year will be
presLnted two nights to enable
more persons to st e the slums.
said Dr. Marqualdt. Pee:Jose of
the double amount of tickets, any
left over will be offered to pa
trons in nearby towns.
Programs presented this year
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Lannen