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VOL. 46—No. 42
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
European Aid Reduction
WASHINGTON—With final ac
tion on short-term aid to Europe
in the offing, word got around
last night that the government
has reduced the estimated cost of
the long-term Marshall Plan.
Anonymous officials said that the
cost of financing European re
covery over a four-year period
may be reduced by one billion,
seven hundred million dollars.
Inflation Blueprint
WASHINGTON The Admin
istration now has submitted a
definite blueprint of action to
fight inflation. Legislation was
offered by Secretary of Com
merce Harriman, asking power to
ration meat, gasoline and other
commodities as needed. But the
Republicans are working on their
own plan, largely voluntary, and
they have received the Adminis
tration program without enthus
iasm.
A F of L Political Aims
NEW YORK—The aims of the
new political set-up of the Amer
ican. Federation of Labor have
been set forth by AF of L Presi
dent William Green. He says the
educational and political league
will head for what he calls a
"House-cleaning in Congress."
Speaking in a radio address,
Green said Congressmen loyal
only to big business must be
eliminated.
Tickets Available
For 'Hot 'n' Gold'
Reserved seat tickets are still
vailable at Student Union for
Thespians' revue "Hot 'n Gold" to
be given in Schwab Auditorium
at 7 o'clock tomorrow night and
Friday and Saturday nights.
The tickets are priced at 75
cent for tomorrow night's :ler
formance and $1 for Friday and
Saturday nights.
Hit scenes from past Thespian
shows are included in this 50th
anniversary revue which will
open with an original act. Three
of the scenes a•re taken from the
1931 show "ReelY and Truly," a
Production about Hollywood
which was written by Julie ED
stein. now a Warner Brothers
writer and producer.
Parts for "A Babe in Holly
wood" are taken by Barbara
Cooper. Wendell (Fuzzy) Lomady
and William Bonsall. Marcia Ro
manoff will sing out her "Song of
Love" and Adele Yablon and Wil
liam McTurk will tell each other
"I've Got Designs on You."
Two of the scenes are taken
from the 1926 show, "The Kid
Himself." Raymond Fortunacio
and Hillard Madway. assisted by
the male chorus. will present the
hit tune "I've Been Looking for
Someone Li k e You." Robert
Koser. Bea Stern. Lomady. Vir
ginia Gallup. and the Glee Sing
ers will take part in "I'm Just v
Rollin' Stone."
Movie Aids Food Collection
In a drive to aid needy families
the Common Sense Club is spon
soring a movie for which the ad
mittance fee will be a can of
food which will find its way to
the table of one of the families
to receive help from this program,
said Lou Jacobson, president.
The movie to be shown at the
Cathatur. theater at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning is "Wild Bill
Hickok Rides," a two hour show,
featuring Constance Bennett ,
Bruce Cabot and Warren William.
There will also be a showing of
three cartoons.
Approximately 25 to 30 fami
lies in the Woodycrest, Millsville,
Nittany Mountain, and Circleville
areas have been chosen to receive
assistance as a result of a survey
made by the Public Charities of
Pittsburgh. These families repre
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER DO, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Students Protest
College Trustees'
Co-op Rejection
A rumlie of discontent sounded
across campus yesterday when
the student body was officially in
formed of the co-op plan rejection
by the executive committee of the
•
Board of Trustees. '
Before rejecting the coopera
tive store plan. the Trustee,: gave
the program a sympathetic hear
ing. reliable sources said today.
College Should Not Compete
After a lengthy discussion. the
board decided that the establish
ment of such a store would be
contrary to the policy of a land
grant college. They believed it in
advisable for a tax-suPPorted in
stitution to sponsor a store Oen&
would compete with private enter
prises. Though they admired the
soundness of the project, the
Trustees felt the College shoulc•
not furnish building space. ligh'
heat. and maintenance service:
for it.
It was pointed out by an au
thoritative source that the Boar
lully understood the proposeL
Plan since the l Trustees represent
ing agrarian interests were fa
miliar with co-operative prin
ciples.
Emory Brown, chairman of the
Cabinet-sponsored co-op commit
tee. expressed the hope that stL
dent interest in the store wou,
not die. Though realization ma'
not be in the near future. he P
plained that continued effort wi
bring the plan closer to fulfill
ment.
Trustee List
The following list is printed fu
the benefit of those students w,h
sked the names and addresses o
the Trustee Executive Committc
J. H. Andrews, Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia
Kenzie S. Bagshaw, Hollidays
burg
George H. Deike, Braddock ave
nue, Thomas boulevard, and
Meade street. Pittsburgh
Howard J. Lamade, Williams
port
J. L. Mauthe, Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company, Youngs•
town, Ohio
James Milholland, First Na
tional Bank, Pittsburgh
Roger W. Rowland. New Castlo
George W. Slocum, 111 North
Front street. Milton
The full Board of Trustees
meets January 24. following the
Executive Board meeting the pre
vious day. Brown hopes students
an convince the Board to recon
ider the co-op plan. Letters from
campus organizations reguestimt
such a reconsideration will help,
'seep the project alive. Brown
- Irgecl. Co-ops exist in many other
land-grant colleges. he said.
Druids
Members of Druids are urged
to attend a meeting in 415 Old
Main at 7 o'clock tonight.
sent 215 children and all are in
the lowest income bracket.
Some of the reasons for the
mere subsistance level of these
families are the pitiful wages of
day laborers (average $35 per
week), number of children in the
family (average 4.6), seasonal
jobs, and problems presented by
the aged and infirm whose small
pensions have not risen with the
cost of living.
Town merchants have shown
their interest by pledging their
full support to the program.
Many local grocers will contrib
ute baskets of canned goods and
other food. Mr. Schlow has offer
ed his car to the Common Sense
Club for use in distribution of the
food.
"Canned meats are preferred
as contributions," said Mr.
Jacobson.
Chi O's Don't Believe
There Are Ghosts
But Still-7-
When Kay Badollet tells ghost
stories to her Chi Omega sorority
sisters now, they may very well
believe her.
It seems that Kay was telling
:host stories to some of her sis
ters at the Ohi Omega house after
1 a.m. Sunday. Among the shiver
ing. giggling listeners to tales of
things that walk in the night were
nizabeth Fitzgerald. Helen Lewis.
?hyllis Peters and Nancy Wilson.
Helen and Nancy had been in
ed only 20 minute. when they
aeard scratchings on the front
porch right below their room. Ac
cording to Hoyle. the only thing
shat was supposed to be on the
aorch at -that hour (3 a.m.) was
new Chi 0 Christmas tree de
iivered the morning before by the
forestry department.
Maybe It wasn't th e ghost
;tories. but it took Nancy and
Helen some time before they got
Jut of bed and looked down at
he porch.
When they eat to the window.
here was nothing to be seen.
:othing. not even the stately. 1.1-
. )ot evergreen.
Maybe it wasn't ghosts. But Kay
nd Elizabeth. whose room ad
iins the porch, heard nothing ail
laht.
Ghost or no ghost, the girls are
nanimous that whoever took
leir Christmas tree is certain] ,
meantst person (or hobgoblin:
the world.
iindcresl Explosion
'asses Trailer Fire
A flash explosion and resultin,
re caused an estimated $5O dam
7e in 713 Windcrest. the horn
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jacksor
;out 10 o.m. Monday.
Mrs. Jackson rescued thei
•:tht-weeks-old baby and ran tc
neighboring trailer.
Manson Bradle v. Clarenc
loore and Kenneth Uhler extui
uished the fire with local fire
*ghting equipment. Cause of the
xnlosion is unknown.
'ORE to Prepare Survey
It History, Activities
The Committee on Racial Equal
ty will oreoare a history arc'
urvey on the brocedures of the
oreyious meetings of the organi
ation for all interested studen'-
'acuity members and townsoca•
Dr. William Mather. actin'
b.airman. said Monday night.
This committee was formed ti
(sure equal rights for every ne - 2
on regardless of his race. religior
r natural origin.
Attending the meeting were
coresentatiyes of the many cam
us organizations and tt)wn re
"2lous groups.
Members of CORE appointed to
Prepare and publish the 'history
-Ind activities of the organization
were James Smith and Martin
Light.
A nominating committee was
•appointed to present a list of
nominations for permanent offi
cers at the next meeting of the
racial equality group on Janu
ary 5.
Applications Available
7 'or Pepsi Fellowships
Applications for 26 graduate
fellows:l:as being offered by the
POOSI-Cola CO. can bt
from Scholarship Board. 532 Dm
-it-son street. Palo Alto. California.
Winners, to be announced in
March. will receive $750 a year
for three years plus full tuition to
lily accredited gri-duate or pro
fessional school that offers an
MA. PhD or MD degree.
Applicants must receive a bach
elor's decree during' 'the academic.
Year 1947-48. Applications, which
should be forwarded by January
2. must be endorsed by the den ,
0' the school and accompanied by
an official transcript and two
recommendations from profes.wrs.
Drawing Allocates
Cotton Bowl Tickets
IMIIIES=S=I
WALTER R. HOSTERMAN. JR.
PS Club Plans
Victory Dance
Penn State Club will hold a vie
.ory dance in it s club room, 3.24
Did Main, following the Penn
State -Washington and Jefferson
,asketball game Saturday night,
Ernest Sladics, chairman of the
ate committee, said today.
"All members wh o desire t o at
and the dance must sign their
,ames on the club rbom bulletin
oard by 5 o'clock tomorrow," he
. dded.
Arrangements have been made
.o invite coeds from independent
Tormitories on campus and in
:own, equal to the number of
aembers intending to attend the
Affair. The dance will be open to
all members, regardless of wheth
ar or not they have dates.
Members of the date committee
beside Sladics are Pasquale Astore
And William Manus. The refresh
-nent committee, headed by Jacob
lavornik, consists of William
rummer and William Kjelgaard.
orden Award of $3OO
3iven to High Ranking
senior Dairy. Student
John T. Pence. eighth semester
-- nior from New Bethlehem Star
'oute. Clarion County. has bean
- timed to receive the Borden
\ward, highest award for dairy
tudents at the College, according
to Dr. Martin L. Odland, chair
man of the awards committee (.4
he school of agriculture.
The award is $3OO in cash, and
is presented annually.
Pence. now 41 years old, worked
for ten years on his home farm
after graduation - rrom high school.
He entered the College in 1915 to
egin a two-year agriculint•al
course in dairy production. After
7racluatinv. he became a teeter for
the Berks County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association, a pesl
tion which he held for four years.
He then entered the Army Air
Corps, and upon discharge after
three years of service, re-entered
the College to complete his edu
?anon.
Grades frcm all four sclif , o'
years were considered in making
the award.
La Vie Requests Proofs
Student organizations tha
have not yet returned their La
Vie proofs are requested to do
so at Student Union or the La
Vie office, 412 Old Main, by S
-'clock tomorrow afterr , •en
gmriet , ie Mousley, photo editor,
said today.
FIVE CENTS
Applicants to Receive
Tickets, Checks Friday
Cotton Bowl tickets have ar
rived, said Walter Hosterman,
assistant to the graduate manager
of athletics, late yesterday. They
may be obtained at the AA office
Friday morning, he added.
Insufficient, time and personnel
make it impossible to notify stu
dents whose names were arawn
in yesterday's lottery. All s tudents
who applied for tickets will re
ceive their tickets or their refund
check Friday, Mr. Hosterman
said.
Students who requested that
tickets be mailed to them will get
their tickets or their refund
checks by that means.
Thomas Lannen, All-College
president, suggested to students
who have more tickets than they
need that they dispose of them to
fellow students.
The lottery plan of ticket dis
tribution was necessary to spread
1500 tickets equitably among al
most 3000 applicants, student
leaders felt.
A plan of reducing all alumni
applications for tickets by 50 per
cent was adopted by the Athletic
Association. Student leaders op
posed such a plan for the student
share of the tickets on the grounds
that most student parties were
already planned in groups of
four.
Students who supervised the
drawing were Thomas Lannen,
All-College president; Allan Ostar,
Daily Collegia n editor, and John
Tighe, Athletic Association presi
dent.
News Briefs
Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil
Engineers will hold a business
meeting in 19 EE at 7:30 o'clock
tonight.
Methodist Girls
Methodist girls who are plan
ning to go caroling Sunday night
.vith the Wesley Foundation are
asked to sign up in the Founda
lion office by 4 o'clock this af
ternoon in order that 11 o'clock
permissions may be obtained
from the Dean of Women's office.
The caroling will begin im
mediately following the Christ
mas pageant at the Foundation
which begin at 7 p.m.
Red Cross
All those working on and inter
-?sted in the Red Cross campus
drive are urged to attend a meet
ing in 409 Old Main at 7:30 o'-
clock tonight, said Frank Tidona,
student chairman.
IFC Meeting
There will be a meeting of In
terfraternity Council in 405 Old
Main, 7:15 o'clock tonight, an
nounced Willard Agnew, presi
dent:
Agnew and Mona Smulyan,
Panhellenic Council president,
lointly announced that the IFC
dance on April 16 will be spoil..
:cored by both IFC and Panhel.
3ki Club
The Penn's Valley Ski Club will
'gold a meeting in 110 EE at 7:30
o'clock tonight. George Musser,
resident, said that this is the last
'iance for potential members to
)in this year.
'armi Nous
Members of Parini Nous are
luested to meet in 418 Old Main
9: 30 tonight, Robert McGreg
or, president, said.