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VOL. 48.—N0. 41
Trustees Reject Co-op Store
College Officials
Release Plans
For Bowl Tickets
See Editorial on Page Two
To solve the problem created
by the unprecedented demand for
tickets to the Cotton Bowl foot
ball game at Dallas, Texas, New
Year's Day, College athletic offi
cials today released a plan which
will' be followed in the distribu
tion of the 3,000 available tickets.
In conference with , student
leaders, the student body was al
located one-half of the total or
1,500 tickets. Student or ders
number approximately 3,000 and
this necessitated the adoption of
a lottery plan whereby those stu
dents whose names are drawn
from a hat will be given first
preference. No student will be
given more than four tickets.
Student leaders rejected a pro
posal to adopt the 50 per cent
plan and cut all orders to two
tickets each. Leaders argued that
most student parties were
planned in groups of four. Thomas
Lannen, all - College president,
Allan Ostar, Daily Collegian edi
tor, and Jackie Tighe, president
of the Athletic Association, will
supervise the lottery.
For alumni, the 50 per cent rule
will apply and all orders received
up to and including Tuesday, De
cember 2, will be filled on that
basis. The orders from this source
already number 4,000, and there
were thcusands of others from
non-alumni. The tickets have not
yet been received, but officials
expect to have the tickets in the
hands of their owners before
Wednesday, December 17.
All persons who applied, both
the fortunate and the unfortu
nate, will be advised as quickly
as possible. Because of the press
of business in the athletic office,
it was pointed out that refunds
on applications from non-alumni
sources will not be made before
the first of the new year.
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
WASHINGTON The Senate
has confirmed without objection
President Truman's appointees to
two non-cabinet secretaryships.
The upper chamber approved
John L. Sullivan as Secretary of
the Navy and W. Stuart Syming
ton as Secretary of the Air Force.
French Ultimatum
PARlS—French Premier Rob
ert Schuman has handed an ulti
matum to the Confederation of
Labor—demanding that all strik
ers return to their jobs Wed
nesday. Backing up the demand
with action, the government also
began arresting persons accused
of violating the new anti
sabotage and strike control law.
Leaders of the labor group, on the
other hand, indicated that they
intend to stand fast. The national
strike committee of the Corn
munist - dominated organization
even stated that steps are being
taken to strengthen the strike
movement.
Fighting Continues
PALESTINE—Fighting contin
ues in the so-called "no man's
land" between the Palestine all-
Jewish city of Tel-Aviv and the
all-Arab city of Jaffa. The Jewish
defense army, Hagana, says Arabs
attacked Jewish positions during
the day. Five Jewish deaths are
listed, bringing the unofficial
Palestine death roll to nearly
one hundred for the nine days of
rioting.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1947-STATE COLLFGE, PENNA
AN EDITORIAL
In denying the students of the College the privilege of
operating a co-operative store on the campus, the executive
committee of the Board of Trustees did not act in accordance
with the concepts which justify the existence and formation
of land-grant colleges and universities.
Commenting on the future of land-grant colleges, Dr.
Hetzel who, before his death, served as president of the As
sociation of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, predicted
that "because of the public character and the tradition of
public service which have developed about them, the land
grant colleges and universities are destined to grow in
strength and influence. They are institutions peculiarly dem
ocratic and American in character."
The privilege of attending this or any other state insti
tution of higher learning is the primary factor in the edu
cation of middle-class people. Sons and daughters of the
agrarian and small-business citizenry of Pennsylvania seek
their higher education at Penn State mainly because they
cannot afford the scale of living which prevails at most of
the privately-endowed institutions. This is borne out by Mr.
Samuel K. Hostetter, assistant to the president in charge of
business and finance, who has repeatedly stated that Penn
Places Available
On Dallas Special
There are still some 100 reser
vations open on the Tenn State
Cotton Bowl Special," Ridge
Riley, executive secretary of the
Alumni' Association, said yester
day.
Mr. Riley said that one way of
being certain of a ticket for the
New Year's Day game would be
to make a reservation. The train
fare includes a ticket to the game
along with meals enroute, a sight--
seeing tour of Dallas, and lunch
and dinner at the Dallas Hotel.
Nittany Lion football fans in
terested .in attending the Penn
State-Southern Methodist Uni
versity game by the special train
are requested to make reserva
tions through Paul F. Lloyd, 125
Locust street, Harrisburg, and to
send checks or money orders to
him.
Mr. Riley quoted the following
rain fare for the trip from Har
(Continued on page three)
Christmas Froth
Offers Song Sheet
Fred Waring's big Christmas
issue of Froth, with its copy of
"The Hills of Old Penn State,"
will go on sale today, said Arthur
Stober, editor.
The song, which was written
for the College by Fred Waring,
will be on regular sheet form
which can be removed from the
magazine. Also in this issue,
edited by Fred Waring, is an
article by Waring on the College's
auditorium and a picture of
Waring and his Pennsylvanians.
Froth's newest column, "Froth
oscope," is a complete coverage
of coming campus activities and
local entertainment. It includes
information on Thespian and
Players' Shows, local restaurants,
all-College dances, art, sports
events, movies, chapel programs,
and locations of big name bands.
Froth will also feature "Way
faring Stranger," an article on
(Continued on page three)
Schedule Planning
Second semester schedules
should be planned prior to
conferences with advisers in
first phase registration from
today until Friday, said Ray V.
Watkins, scheduling officer.
(Continued on page two)
Seniors Seek
Gift Ideas
The senior class will hold a
mass meeting in 10 Sparks at 7
o'clock tonight to decide several
important issues—including the
choice of a class gift—Edward
Banyai, president, said in urging
all seniors to be present.
The class gift fund now con
tains nearly $5OOO, and all seniors
are urged to submit suggestions
for a suitable gift at the student
union desk, Jo Ann Roraback, se
cretary-treasurer, said.
Other matters for consideration
by the meeting include reports
from the committee on the
Sheepskin Serenade, the Cap and
Gown Committee, the Invitations
Committee, and the committee
on the selection of a commence
ment speaker.
"Sheepskin Serenade", origin
ated by last year's senior class
as a wedge into the dull Sunday
afternoon situation, consisted of
a free musical revue and variety
show in Schwab auditorium, and
met with wide approval. It is
hoped that a similar show may
be staged this year, with the ap
proval of the class.
Petite Brunette
At Ag Council's Harvest Ball
Jean Eble, petite Alpha Gamma Delta brunette, donned the
royal purple of Penn State pulchritude Friday night when she was
selected Queen of the Agriculture Student Council's annual Har
vest Ball.
A seventh semester home economics student, Miss Eble was
awarded a sterling silver bracelet, a carton of cigarettes contributed
by a nationally known cigarette company, the traditional dozen
American Beauty red roses, and.
in accord with the interests of her
good agrarian supporters, a live,
five-pound Barred Rock chicken
donated by the poultry depart
ment.
Agriculture Dean, Lyman E.
Jackson, joined Master of Cere
monies, Emory Brown, on the
Queen's throne platform to pre
sent, with eulogical eloquence,
the awards to the new sovereign.
Her subjects for the evening
cheered her accession during the
'resentation.
Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi
fraternity and her own Ainha
Gamma Delta sisters, Miss Eble
Disapprove Competition
With Private Enterprise
All-College Cabinet's cooperative store project was rejected by
the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Friday.
The negative vote followed a lengthy discussion of the project's
practicality by Board members. Emory Brown, chairman of the co-op
committee, was informed that several trustees, some representing
agricultural factions, hailed the soundness of the plan and realized the
spread of the cooperative principle. However, this support died before
the final vote.
All-College Cabinet had previously appropriated $1856.50 from
interclass finance funds to provide a pnancial basis for the store. This
move followed a testing, by questionnaire, of student opinion, which
proved 93 per cent of approximate
Had the program been grant=
Officials Bar Sale
Of Sport Tickets
There will be no public sale
of tickets for admission to indoor
athletic events at the College
during the forthcoming winter
season, it was officially announc
ed today.
Athletic officials said the only
persons eligible for admission to
events in December and January
will be the holders of first semes
ter athletic books. The same rule
will apply for the second semes
ter.
Pointing out that every student
on the campus automatically ob
tains an athletic book when he
registers, officials said there may
be occasions when not even all
of these persons will be able to
gain admission to Recreation
Hall.
"Under no circumstances," it
was pointed out, "will children be
granted admission to the build
ing." The Grounds and Buildings
Department will be the sole judge
of when the building has been
tilled to capacity, and no persons
will be admitted thereafter.
This policy was charted by
athletic authorities last Spring to
safeguard the holders of athletic
books. It has been evident for
some time that indoor facilities
would fall far below the College's
needs in view of the swollen
postwar enrollment.
Permission has already been
granted Radio Station WMAJ to
broadcast all indoor events as a
courtesy to those persons unable
to gain admission to Recreation
Hall.
Dons Crown
was escorted by her fiarice, Alpha
Sig Richard D'Ardenne.
The other contestants for regal
honors, Louise Brice, Lois Heyd,
Marlyn Kehlri, Irene Kochera,
and Barbara Joe Morris received
mixed corsages.
Intermission featured the close
harmony vocalizing of the Honey
Boys, and the appearance of the
Ag School's famed Elsie and her
year-old calf.
Huff Hall and his orchestra
provided the music for the esti
mated 400 couples who danced
amid the winter motif decora
tions.
Cabinet Support
y 4600 in favor of the plan.
d the "go ahead" signal, the store
was to begin operations in Febru
ary, said Brown. The committee,
Brow n continued, felt the plan was
modest in demands. It asked to
sell used books, book supplies, and
toilet articles.
The Trustee rejection reason is
embodied in the following official
notification to Brown:
"This is to tell you that the
petition of the students to oper
ate a cooperative store o n . the
campus was denied . • • on the
grounds that because of the
public character of this 'institu
tion it is not in order for build
ing space, light, heat, ale main
tenance service s to be used for
a project which will compete
with private enterprise."
Brown expressed the hope that
the committee would continue to
function and to work toward
eventual realization. The corop
committee, which has been work
ing on the project for four
months, was initiated to cut ex
penses for students at the College,
he revealed.
The store was to be run on a
non-profit basis. Mark-up s would
have been gauged to cover opera
tion costs, and any profit would
have been turned back in the
form of lower future prices. "Co
operatives exist in a vast major
ity of colleges throughout the
country," Brown stated.
News Briefs
Philatelic Society
The Mt. Nittany Philatelic So
ciety will meet in 120 State Col
loege High School at 8 o'clock to
night. All collectors are invited to
attend, and are requested to use
the Fairmount avenue entrance.
Critique Photo
Staff members of Critique are
urged to be present at the Penn
State Photo Shop at 7 o'clock to
night to have their picture
taken.
Chem-Phys Council
All members of the student
council of the Chemistry and
Physics School are requested to
attend an introductory meeting in
417 Old Main at 7 o'clock to
night, said Robert Schock, presi
dent.
WRA Bridge
The WRA bridge tournament
will begin in the new lounge of
Atherton Hall at 7:15 tonight. A
party for both beginners and ad
vanced players will be held in
White Hall from 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. tonight.
Electrical Engineers
AIEE members may hear a re
port of the recent convention in
Cleveland and see a film at a
meeting in 219 Electrical Engi
neering at 7 p.m. Thursday. Elec
trical engineers desiring to join
the AIEE may secure application
blanks at this meeting.
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