'Carol • WEATHER Sing , Sing TlAttgiatt Cloudy and Tonight Colder VOL. 46--No. 47 Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station W MAJ Anti-Inflation Bill WASHINGTON The Senate yesterday passed legislation re storing controls on installment buying. The senators adjourned last night without taking any final action on the over-all Anti-Infla tion Bill introduced Tuesday by Senator Robert Taft. With only two days of the special session to go, it appears unlikely that any such action will be taken. Western Union PRILADFT - .IPHIA Represen tatives of the Western Union and three A F of L Unions have been requested to resume negotiations in Washington today in an at tempt to avert the threatened na tionwide walkout of Western Union employes. Petrillo Favors Plan NEW YORK—The President of the American Federation of Mu sicians, James C. Petrillo, last night adopted a suggestion offered by a congressman that radio sta tions and coin machine operators should make some payment to the musicians who produce records. This decision,\ Petrillo said, will n ot alter his decision to stop mak ing phonograph records or tran scriptions after the end of the Seven Students Attend Conference Seven students have been chosen to represent the College at the North American Students Conference on Christian Fron tiers to be held at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., from December 27 to January 1. Delegates selected are Charles Delp, William Kraybill, Bob Loughary, Dorothy Park, Frank Richardson, Maurice Sill, and Pat Woods. Barbara Struck. a Penrt State graduate attending the University of Wisconsin as a Danforth Fellowship student, will also go to Kansas with the group. The conference, known as the Froncon, will have 2000 interna tional representatives attending. Among the speakers will be Dr. Walter Judd, Congressman from Minnesota, Winburn Thom as, executive secretary. of the Student Volunteer Movement, and Dr. Kenneth Scott Lattour ette. of Yale University. Froncon is sponsored by the United Student Christian Coun cil, Student Christian Movement of Canada, and the Federal Coun cil of Churches. Its purpose is to help students decide -n their fu ture place in society and the world, and show them how to use their lives in forms of world frontiers of the human mind. Veteran's Refunds It is more blessed to give than to receive, and the bur sar's office would like to give book refund checks to several hundred veterans who have failed to apply for their reim bursements, Russell E. Clark, bursar, reiterated yesterday. ROTC Banquet Company 1-1, Ist Regiment, of Scabbard and Blade, held a ban quet-meeting at the Anchorage restaurant Tuesday evening in honor of its recent initiates. Guest speaker was Commander Charles M. Holcombe, executive officer of the Naval ROTC unit. December Checks December subsistence checks will not be received by student veterans until the regular time next month; it was announced by officials of the Veterans' Administration yesterday. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1.947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Commerce Club Opens Grid Rites To Student Body Pro Coach., Sports Editor To Honor Unbeaten Lions After-dinner ceremonies and -peeches to honor the unbeaten football team at the Rec Hall banquet on January 12 will be open to the College's student body. Tickets for the 6 p.m. testi monial dinner, sponsored by the State College Commerce Club, are still available for $lO each at 108 W. College avenue, said Eu gene J. Reilly, chairman of the dinner committee. An attend ance of 900 is expected for the meal. Winners of the Collegian-Cen tre Daily Times contest for the Qeason's outstanding lineman and lack will receive their awards at 'he ceremonies. In addition, other "surprise" events which have not yet materialized will help nay tribute to the Cotton Bowl ')ound Higginsmen. Pro Coach fo Speak Sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, Chester L. Smith, will serve as toastmaster, according to James H. Coogan of the De partment of Public Information. who is in charge of arranging for speakers. Steve Owens, coach of the New York •football Giants, will speak. Invitations as yet unanswered have been tendered to Fritz Cri sler, Michigan mentor, who was selected by a New York World- Telegram poll as "coach of the year"; to Matty Bell, coach of State's Bowl rivals, Southern Methodist; and to Bo McMillin, Indiana football helmsman. ibrary Lists Schedule For Holiday Period The Central Library at the Col lege will observe the following schedule during the Christmas recess, said Willard P. Lewis, li brarian. December 20, 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m.; December 21, closed; De cember 22-23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; December 24, 9 a.m. to 12 noon; December 25-28, closed; Decem ber 29-31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Jan. 1, closed; January 2-3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and January 4, closed. Hours for the various branch libraries may be obtained by call ing the Librarian's secretary. Cabinet and Cwens Sponsor Childrens Christmas Party A Christmas party for the children of Windcrest will be spon sored by All-College Cabinet and Cwens in Community Hall from 3:15 to 4:15 o'clock tomorrow. The highlight of the afternoon's party will be the arrival of Santa Claus with gifts for all the children. Games such as farmer-in-the-dell, London Bridges, and musical chairs will be played by dividing the children into small groups under the guidance of the Cwens. For refreshments the children wil be served ice cream, milk, and candy. Those children too young to participate in games are in vited to come at 3:45 for refresh ments and gifts, said Jane Weigle, chairman of the party. She also requested that any Cwen who has time to help wrap gifts con tact Helen Dickerson, chairman of the gifts committee, at 259 Atherton Hall. Other committee chairmen are Anna Keller, games, and Sally Hen r y, refreshments. Howard Sparks is handling the arrange ments for the party in Wind crest A party such as this, for all the children of the trailer village, has never been held before. Up to $lOO has been appropriated by All-College Cabinet to cover ex penses. All active Cwens and newly tapped members are working on the committees. Students Greet Yuletide With Annual Carol Sing s • ..• • . . • ... ••:•••,•••••,,,..• HUMMEL Fun-mural Fraternity Man Wins Angora Sweater In Raffle Cornered by a Theta, Phi Sig Stan Roth agreed to support al charity, buying three chances for! the Kappa Alpha Theta charity bazaar. As his reward for con tributing toward the support of a foster child, Roth won the raf fle prize, which was a pink angora sweater. The sweater itself is a valuable one. Maria Hughes. who knitted it, said that the yarn alone cost $2O. However, it is a few 'sizes too small for Stan to wear. With Christmas so close, it should not be too difficult for him to find a use for it. The only trouble, Roth said, is that he now has to start looking for someone to give it to. Correction It was incorrectly printed in yesterday's Collegian that stu dents not receiving postal cards from the Student Book Ex change stating that their books had been sold were to report to 103 Old Main. In order to receive book checks. students should report to 102 Old Main before Sat urday. Janet Blair To Root For Lions January 1 Penn State will have at least one famous rooter in the stands of the Cotton Bowl game at Dallas, Texas, Jan. 1. She is Movie Star Janet Blair, the former Janet Laffer ty of Altoona. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Lafferty of Altoona. announced today she would at tend the contest with them and would certainly be cheering for the Lions against Southern Methodist. From a strictly unofficial source, it was indicated that Miss Blair might even be "Miss Penn State" at the game by the time the contest rolls around. Nearly 3000 people are ex pected to attend the annual Christmas carol sing in front of Old Main at 8 o'clock tonight, stated James Smith, executive secretary of PSCA. Increasing cloudiness and pos sible snow flurries may greet the carolers as they assemble to sing the seasonal songs. Slides will be projected on a screen hanging from the pillars of Old Main with greetings from Acting President and Mrs. James E. Milholland. This will be followed by an in troduction by Phil Neely, co chairman of the PSCA commis sion on campus affairs. Professor Hummel Fishburn will lead group singing of Adeste Fidelis, 0 Little Town of Beth lehem, and Joy to the World, with words projected on the screen. - _ The Chapel Choir will present several numbers followed by group singing of The First Noel, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, and Silent Night, Holy Night. A PSCA greeting will close the traditional sing. The Gamma Phi Beta's invite all carolers to attend an open house at their suite in the Wom en's Building after the sing. Many independent, sorority, and fraternity groups have joined in the Christmas spirit by sere nading various dormitories and houses on campus this week. Some of the carolers are the Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Xi Delta, and Phi Mu Sororities, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Delta Upsilon Fraternities, and the Westminster and Wesley Foun dations. Ticket Requests Swamp AA Office Harold Gilbert, graduate man ager of athletics at the College, said today that a belated count of applications disclosed there were 1 , 6,7 , 00 requests for the MO tickets allotted to the College for the Cotton Bowl game on New Year's Day. This count excluded the hun dreds of requests which came by telephone and telegraph to homes and offices in State College and which never were relayed to the athletic office because of prior knowledge of the situation. Applications from students numbered 2800, from faculty and alumni 7500, and from non alumni 6400. Meanwhile, Cotto n Bowl offi cials were mystified by the de mand since Fordham University sold only BDO tickets for its ap pearance against Texas A. & M. in 1941. Zoology Prof Upholds Absent-Minded Theory An associate professor of zool ogy recently confirmed the fact that professors are an absent minded tribe. One day when a certain student walked in ten minutes after class ha , i begun, the pedagogue thought he'd even the score by firing a few questions at the late corner. After three repetitions of the questit n had elicited no response, the professor 4ot a little but under the collar. The next instant, how ever, before he actually flew off the handle, the student spoke. "I'm not here, sir," he said. Only then did the professor re call having emphasized at the be_ ginning of the semester that any student coining to clas s late would automatically be considered ab sent. Blue Key Blue Key members may pick up their keys in 102 Old Main. FIVE CENTS Brown Requests Students Contact College Trustees Co-op Chairman Asks For Student Workers Volunteers are being sought by Emory Brown, chairman of the All-College Cabinet co-op committee and the newly-or ganized joint co-operative com mittee, to contact members of the College Board of Trustees in person during the forthcoming vacation. Assignments and instructions will be made at the Student Union desk, *said Brown, adding that inquiries should be made today, because of the little time left. Students from the commu nities listed below are especially urged to offer their services. Annville, Blue Bell. Catasaqua, Catawissa, Harrisbuttr (3), Hol lidaysburg, Kimberton, Milton, New Castle (2), Orefield, Phila delphia, Pittsburgh (4), Scran ton, St. Thomas, Washington, Waynesboro, Wilkes-Barre, Wil liamsport, and Youngs town, Ohio. More than one student may be assigned to each Trustee, in case the response is great enough, said Brown. Ag Dean Speaks To Farm Groups Dean Lyman E. Jackson, School of Agriculture, was initial speaker at the 22nd annual Insti tutional Farm Convention held in th e Agricultural Engineering building December 10, 11, and 12. V. A. Houston, State Depart ment of Welfare, arranged the program and presided at the opening session. Various profes sors from all departments of the teaching, research, and extension staff presented a series of talks on new agricultural develop ments applicable to state farms. Dr. F. E. Fiffie, superintendent of Laurelton State Village, was toastmaster at the dinner meet ing Thursday evening at which time C. R. Barber, state Secretary of Welfare, presented awards to those who achieved unusual pro duction records in crops, poultry, livestock, and dairy. News Briefs Cosmopolitan Club The Cosmopolitan Club for for eign stul'ents is having its Christ mas party at the home of Dean and Mrs. Frank D. Kern, 14 , 0 West Fairmount avenue, at 8 o'clock tonight. Sophomores The sophomore class meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday, Janu ary 9, Theodore Allen, president, said. All-College Cabinet There will be n o meeting of All-College Cabinet tonight, Thomas Lannen, all-college presi dent, said today. The next meet ing will be held Thursday, Janu ary 8. La Vie Meeting Junior and Senior boards of La Vie will hold a special meeting in 412 Old Alain, 4 o'cl(ck today, ae- L.ording to Roberta Hutchison, e itor. Foreign Students Foreign students remaining at the College over the Christmas holidays are asked to contact Mrs. Philip X. Rice, phone '2,824, ho holiday entertaiument.
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