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VOL. 46—No..et
Co-op Committee
Inaugurates Move
For New Campaign
Rally, Letters, Tags
Promote Co-op Store
Plans for concerted action to
Persuade the executive committee
of the College Board of Trustees
to reverse its unfavorable student
co-op store decision are moproach
ing materialization, said Emory
Brown, chairman of the All-Col
lege Cabinet co-op committee.
A forum-hne student rally is
planned for Schwab auditorium,
the date to be decided by the
availability of the main speaker.
a Midwesterner prominent In the
co-operative movement. Col. Guy
G. Mills, secretary of the State
College Commerce Club. has indi
cated his willingness to Participate
in the program.
A joint co-operative committee.
representing various student
groups, has been organized to co
ordinate promotion of the co-op
Plan and to assist Brown. who
chairman both committees. •
Explanatory letters will be sent
to all members of the Board of
Trustees. Students will be asked
to address postal cards to Trus
tees. and tags are to be distributed
for wearing prior to the next
meeting of the Board. January 24.
A petition asking for a recon
sideration of student needs and
desires for a store on canuous to
sell school supplies and toiletries
has been drafted. Distribution of
copies for signing i s expected to
begin next week and will be an
nounced in the Daily Collegian.
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WAVIAJ
Truman Calls for Tax Cut
WASHINGTON C ongr e s
sional Republicans are up in
arms over the president's state
of the union message, delivered
yesterday before Congress. The
most controversial portion was
that calling for a flat $4O a rear
tax cut for every taxpayer and de
pendent. coupled with higher cor
poration income taxes.
In his message. the president
also asked for prompt approval of
the European recovery program
with $6,800,000,000 for the first 15
months: approval of a universal
military training system; an d
legislation which would give him
the power to bring back rationing
and wage and pr' 'e controls if
necessary.
Accuses President
ALBANY Governor Thomas
E. Dewey presented a messagJ to
the opening session of 'the Now
York legislature. Dewey accti,:t.xl
President Truman of cutting the
nation's economy loose in what iie
called a ruinous "inflationary
whirlwind." Democrats in the
state legislature claimeu the
message was clearly Dewey's bid
for the 1948 Republican presiden
tial nomination.
17 Die in Crash
SAVANNAH. Ga. Seventrien
persons were killed in the crish
of a twin-engined passenger plane
in a river marsh near Savannah.
The plane's passengers, with the
exception of a travel agent, wee
Puerto Ricans on their way home
from New York.
U. S. Warns Balkans
WASHINGTON The United
States and Great Britain today
issued a warning to Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria. The warning said
that "serious complications" would
result if those two countries
should recognize the so-called
"free state" proclaimed by Coin-
Inunists in northern Greece.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1048-STATE COLLEGE, MI NA.
'Daily Masterpiece'
Receives Praise
From Reader
Resorting to flattery. Suzanne
McCauley tabbed The Collegian
as "the daily masterpiece" in
order to have her address cor
rected.
It seems that Miss McCauley's
copy of The Collegian has been
mailed to the YMCA. which
Proved enisbarrassing. Miss Mc-
Cauley asked to have the address
changed to YWCA. Her postal
card began "Have been receiving
(and enjoying!) the daily master
piece."
Contrary to the saving. Miss
McCauley. flattery will get you
somewhere. The address plate
will be corrected.
College Rates
'Spread' in life
The College has once again
made Life. Included in an article
on "Ultrasonics" in the current
issue of Life magazine is informa
tion on research done on acoustics
in the Colleges department of
physics.
Seven photographs showing a
wad of cotton ignited by sound.
marbles floated by sound. a white
mouse before and after exposure
to intense sound way,s, and a
column of fog before and after
similar exposure are included in
the article.
-Work in ultrasonics at the Col
lege is conducted bv Dr. Harold
K. Schilling. head of the depart
ment of physics: Dr. Hubert W.
Frings. associate professor of en
tomology: Dr. Isadore Rudnick.
assistant professor of physics: and
Clayton H. Allen. research assist
ant in physics.
Windcresf Paper
To Go to Press
The !first edition of the Wind
crest Paper will soon go to press.
Howard Sparks. resident Coun
selor, said at a meeting of the
Windcrest Council Monday night.
Mr. Sparks. who was recently =-
pointed by Dean Arthur War
nock, said that the Council has
decided that a newspaper will
fulfill a great need in Windcrest
and has asked for all txrssible
support.
Because of the crowded park
ing conditions in the Windcrest
area. the "fill-in" over the stomi
drain is being rapidly converted
into n parking lot for approxi
mately 40 cars., Steps have been
taken to solve the problem of Pol
lock Circle men•parking their cars
in Windcrest areas.
A night watchman has been as
signed to Windcrest, it was re
ported. He is on duty all night
and checks the heaters in the util
ity units to insure fire protection.
Professor and Mrs. Brown of
the economics department are of
fering a series of lectures thus
spring to the residents of Wind
crest. The subjects in the series
are planned to help the married
veteran secure maximum benefit
from his income before and eter
graduation. The lectures will not
carry any College credit.
Engineering Honorary
Taps Twenty-one Men
Sigma Tau, national engine
ink honorary, recently tapped 21
men. Those tamed include Wai
ter Allwoerden, Jack Biery, Lau
rence Eberhart. Leo Fiedorek,
Samuel Firestone. Edward Ghezzi,
Robert Giles. Jame,. Herzog.
Arthur Jenkins, Roger Knowles,
Robert Markel. David Nalven.
Louis Parent. Dovald Perry. Ross
Pillsbury Jr.. Felix Roth. Albert
Sauer. Rollo Smethers Jr., John
Walton, Warren Yenney Jr., n n.d
Joseph Zaslow.
Duff Appoints Fred Waring
To Board of Trustees
FRED WARING
Coal Association
Donates Painting
An original oil painting by
Rockwell Kent will be presented
to the College at the annual Min
eral Industries student -faculty
banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn
Wednesday. January• 14.
Presented by the National Coal
Association to be added to the
Mineral Industries collection, the
painting, titled. "Progress for the
Wheels of Industry," symbolizes
the importance of coal in present
day civilization.
Students and faculty of the
School, of Mineral Industries may
obtain tickets for the banquet to
day and tomorrow in the main
hall of the Mineral Industries
building, and from officers at the
Mineral Industries Society, said
John C. Chew, secretary. Price of
tickets is $2.
The Mineral Industries collec
tion now consists of 166 original
Paintings representing the work
of 75 artists. Started in 1960 by
Dean Edward Steidle, the collec
tion today is the only one of its
kind in the wrold. The Rockwell
Kent painting will hang As a cen
ter piece for the conference roam
in the new Mineral Sciences build
ing. Dean Steidle explained.
George H. Deike, president of
Mine Safety Appliances ConitunY
and a member of the Board of
Trustees of the College, will make
the presentation. James Mi'hol
land, acting president of the Col
lege. will accept.
Penn State Club Sets
Talent Show Tryouts
Tryouts for the All-College
Talent Show being sponsored by
the Penn State Club have been
postponed until Sunday, Mi
chael Zanecosky, chairman of the
show committee, said today.
Time and place of the tryouts
have not yet been officially
named, but exact details will be
released when they become avail
able.
Zanecosky urged all students
who have any talent whatsoever
to try for a place on the show.
Singers are urged to provide
their own sheet music and ac
companist if possible. However.
an accompanist will be furnished
if the entrant desires one.
La Vie Schedules Party
All iunior and senior board
members of the art and editorial
staffs of La Vie interested in a
La Vie party are asked to sign up
in the office before 5 o'clock this
afternoon, said Roberta Hutchi
son, editor.
The party will be held at the
Ski Lodge from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday. Transportation will be
provided, Details on place and
time to meet will be • announced
in Friday's Collegian. Miss Hutch
ison added.
Fred Waring, leader of the
"Pennsylvanians," was named to
the Board of Trustees of the Col
lege Tuesday by Gov. James H.
Duff. Frank R. Denton was also
appointed to a three-year post
on the board.
At the same time the governor
reappointed four trustees for
terms of three years.
The office of the president was
not notified officially of the ap
pointments, said Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, executive assistant to the
president. There is no reason to
doubt the validity of the report,
however, he added.
The other new appointee, Mr.
Denton of 5222 Wilkins Avenue,
Pittsburgh. was formerly a
brigadier general in the Army
and is associated with the Mel
lon National Bank of Pittsburgh.
Reappointments were Howard
J. Lamade, Williamsport; Roger
W. Rowland, New Castle; W.
Stewart Taylor, Harrisburg; and
Edgar C. Weichel, Scranton. All
appointments were for three
years.
Waring will not be the first of
his family to be associated with
the adminstration of the College.
In 1856 William G. Waring
Fred's great-grandfather, was
appointed acting principal of the
Farmer's High School, predeces
sor of the College. He served in
that post until the arrival of
President Pugh.
Some idea of what may be ex
pected from Mr. Waring on the
Board of Trustees may be gath
ered from his statement that he
would like to see on the campus
"a great well-equipped hall,
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Seniors Ask for Ideas
Donald Mitchel and Edmund
Koval. co-chairmen of the Sen
ior class gift committee. urge
all seniors to submit their idea
Concerning the class gift at the
student union betore Monday
so that they may be discussed
at the next class meeting.
Military Department
Shows Atom Bomb Films
Combat film and other films
which portray various aspects of
the present-day world will be
shown weekly. in a series spon
sored by .the department of mili
tary science and tactics, said Col.
Ben-H. Chastaine, professor of
military science and tactics.
The first program, to be given
in New PPhysics building at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow night, will in
clude th e films "Operation
Crossroads" and "Tale of Two
Cities," which deal with the
atomic bomb.
Other films on the first program
are "The New France," "Tomor
row's Mexico," and "America
the Beautiful."
International Relations
The International Relations
Club will meet in the Northeast
lounge of Atherton,- 7:30 tonight.
The subject for discussion is
"Palestine."
Organ Recital
There will be an organ recital
In Schwab, 4:15 this afternoon.
The program will include Caprice
Heroique, Chanson sans Paroles,
Scherzetto, Berceuse, Toccata
and Fugue in D Minor and the
Fiat Lux.
SAM Meets
The Society for the Advance
ment of Management, student
chapter, will meet with the
Pennsylvania chapter of S.A.M.
at the State College Hotel, 7:30
tonight. Mr. John J. MacCarthy,
Director o Training, Gimbel
Brothers de artment store, will
speak on "Methods of Savings in
Retail Stores."
Artists' Course
Commiffee Opens
Additional. Sale
Good Seats Remain
For All Performances
With many good seats left for
either first or second night per
formances. the Artists' Course
committee opened another ticket
sale for the three remaining num
bers of the series. according to Dr.
Carl E. Marauardt. chairman of
the committee.
Tickets may be obtained from
Mrs. Fritz. In the admissions of
fice at 112 Old Main. All remain
ing tickets are priced at $6 apiece.
which represents a saving of $l.BO
over the total adanissions price to
each of the three numbers.
The sale will continue through
Monday afternoon for first night
tickets and through Tuesday aft
ernoon for those desiring tickets
to the second night performance.
Remaining numbers will feature
Carol Brice. Negro contralto, who
will be at Schwab Auditorium on
Monday and Tuesday nights; the
National Symphony Orchestra of
Washington. D. C.. with George
Enesco as guest conductor. on
March 15 and 16; and William
Kapell. young American pianist.
on April 21 and 22.
Committee Takes
Scholarship Forms
Scholarship applications for
1947-1948 are now being receiv
ed by the Senate Committee on
Scholarships and Awards. Ap
plications for the scholarships
may be obtained in room 106
Burrows until January 14.
Scholarships awarded on basis
of scholastic achievement and fi
nancial need are three John W.
White Scholarships, 12 Louise
Carnegie Scholarships, and two
Helen Wood Morris Scholarships.
A number of awards available
to needy and meritorious students
at the Pennsylvania State Col
lege are offrede by the Vance C.
McCormick Scholarship.
The Lieutenant Harry Edward
Wagner Scholarship award is
available to men students who
displayed exceptional ability as
students and promise of leader
ship and who are in financial
need.
Scholarship awarded on the
basis of scholarship, fellowship.
ch a rac te r, Americanism, and
need is given by the 1920 Class
Scholarship Awards.
A student may secure addi
tional information from the Com
mittee member representing hi:
school.
News Briefs
PSCA Dancing Club
The PSCA dancing club wil
resume functions in 304 Oh
Main at 8 o'clock tonight. Any in
terested persons may attend th
meeting.
Liebig Chem Society
There will be a meeting of th
Liebig Chemical Society in 10
Frear Laboratories tonight. Elec
tion of officers for the comin
year will be held and Dr. I
Adams Dutcher will address th
meeting. Al] sophomores an
junior students who are enrolle
in the curriculum of Agricultur
and Btological Chemistry at
asked to be present.
Collegian Ad Staff
Have you seen your accour
this week? Your weekly report
due at the Collegian office by
o'clock today;
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