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VOL. 47—No. 6
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
Foreign Aid Program
WASHINGTON The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee has
taken a big step on the foreign
aid program. Late yesterday, the
committee voted unanimously in
favor of a flour-year aid program
to be started with $5,300,000,000
for the first year.
In so voting, the committee
' made a time change in the admin
istration’s proposed $6,300,000,000
flor the first fifteen months of the
program. Chairman Arthur Van
denberg said the amount actually
does not represent a change in the
total sought by the State Depart
ment, except that it cots the
amount for the immediate appro
priation.
PTC Strike Off
PHILADELPHIA —A n agree
ment has been reached calling off
the threatened transportation
strike which had been set for
midnight Sunday in Philadelphia.
Mayor Bernard Samuel announced
last night that the agreement was
reached yesterday between repre
sentatives of the Philadelphia
Transportation Company and the
CIO Transport Workers Union.
Wright Plane Returns
LONDON —The first airplane
ever to fly under power with a
man at the controls may be re
turned to its rightful home in the
United States. The plane, flown
by the Wright Brothers at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina, has been
on exhibit at a London museum
since 1923. It was sent there by
Orville Wright as the result of a
dispute with the Smithsonian In.
stitutipn in Washington. -
Wright, Who "died two weeks
ago, left the plane to the British
Museum in his will made ten
years ago. In 1943, however, he
requested in a letter that tHe
plane be returned to this country.
After the letter was made public
yesterday, the museum announced
it was willing to return the plane.
Mississippi Tornado
NEWTON. Miss. A tornado
ripped around the town of New
ton, Miss., yesterday, killing five
persons, injuring more than a
score, and destroying at least five
homes. Unconfirmed reports com
ing into the district highway de
partment office at Newton ‘ indi
cate that several others may have
died in the twister.
Market Continues Down
CHICAGO Falling market
prices pushed most of the nation’s
cost of living commodities still
lower yesterday, but the price
plunge tended to level off in some
lines. Butter headed the list of
price-falling items. It fell as much
as six and one-half cents a pound
in the wholesale markets and sold
lower in retail stores in several
cities
The grain market, in the mean
time, was in a turmoil. There
were a series of buying and sell
ing waves but at the end of th e
day all prices were coming down.
Religion Week Seminars
Discuss Mixed Marriages
Will mixed marriage ruin hap
piness? How important is religion
in married life? Can you subject
your beliefs to those of vour
mate’s?
These questions and others will
be discussed in a seminar on men
and women relationships, “For
Better—Not for Worse.” led by
Dr. Roy Dickerson, during Re
ligion -in - Life Week. February
21-26. Dr. Dickerson is a national
marriage consultant and author of
several books on education for
marriage and family life.
Other seminars during the week
will cover subjects such as re
ligion in a college student’s life,
the relevance of religion to inter
national affairs, science, tech
nology. philosophy and the atomic
era, and a discussion of skepti
cism.
Chess Club Neels
Harrisburg Today
The Penn State Chess Club is
host to the Harrisburg Chess
Club in a match today in 7
Sparks at 2 o’clock, Marian
Schwimer, manager, said.
Members representing the Col
lege team are George Barber,
Paul Bove, Richard Cussman,
John Ekey, Ruth Goldey, Wil
liam Hanningan, Durwood Hatch,
Albert Miller, William Nucker,
Walter Pascoe, Leonard Schlauch,
Marian Schwimmer and Gobno
Smith.
Wendel Swope and Donald
Frank, both of State College, will
also participate, and are eligible
because of the non-college team
representing the city of Harris
burg. Members of the Harrisburg
Club are business men and wom
en interested in playing chess.
The length of playing time for
matches will not be set until di
rectly before the contest, when
teams will determine the time
limit. Results indicating the win
ning team will be announced
later.
IFC Publishes
'irsf Newsletter
IFC will distribute its first issue
of the Newsletter for the spring
semester Monday, Peter Warker,
editor, said today.
Resuming publication on a reg
ular bi-weekly basis the Newslet
ter, as previously, will be mailed
to all fraternity chapters and
placed at Student Union for dis
tribution to independont students.
Feature of the issue will be the!
release of names selected by the
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Lit Department Receives
Dye' Library, Rare Books
Dr. William S. Dye, Jr., pro
fessor emeritus of English liter
ature at the College, has present
ed a collection of 800 books from
his library to the department of
English literature.
“We regard the collection,” Dr.
Brice Harris, head of the depart
ment, says, “as a nucleus of a de
partment library. The books will
be used by the department and
interested students, particularly
in English literature seminars.”
Dr. Dye, who retired as head
if the department in 1944, joined
the faculty at the College in 1907
as an instructor in English. In
’919, he became professor of the
English language and literature,
and in 1927 was named head of
the department of English litera
ture.
The professor’s literary inter
ests are reflected in collections
of recent Irish drama and poetry,
general poetry, drama of the 17th
Students wishing to attend
seminars during Religion-in-Lil'e
Week may indicate their interests
on mimeographed forms which
will be distributed in all dining
halls Monday.
The purpose of registration is to
determine as closely as possil le
beforehand the approximate at
tendance for each seminar, said
Dorothy Park, Seminar commit
tee co-chairman. Students will
check the discussions in which
they are interested and place the
forms in boxes which will be pro
vided.
Those students who are not
reached Monday noon through or
ganized dining halls may register
at Student Union. This includes
men and women living in private
town houses.
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SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA,
TUB Opens Tuesday
The Temporary Union Build
ing will open for student use at
1:30 p.m., Tuesday, rather than
Monday as originally sched
uled, said George Donovan,
Student Union Manager.
The delay, Donovan con
tinued, resulted from the bad
weather which interfered with
the completion of electrical
work. The Forestry Ball, Feb
ruary 21, will be the first all
college event in this new stu
dent meeting place.
Debaters Face Pitt
In Dual Contest
A dual debate between the
men’s debate team and the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh’s team will
be held in 417 and 418 Old Main,
1:15 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Richard Hill, manager an
nounces.
The question of Federal World
Government will be the topic.
In this dual type of debate, each
school uses two separate teams
and both affirmative and negative
sides of the subject are argued
by the competing teams.
In keeping with the usual pol
icy of men’s debate, no decision
will be granted either team. The
affirmative squad representing
the College will be Melvin Ka
tinsky and Theodore Horner. The
negative squad will be Harold E.
Krauss and Emory J. Brown.
The Pittsburgh team has trav
eled throughout the East this past
week and will come to the Col
lege after finishing a debate with
Boston University in Boston.
Cash Ready
Students who are to receive
: for r books sold at the
I Book Exchange may pick up
. their money at 102 Old Main,
• Friday, February 20.
and 18th centuries, and Eliza
bethan drama.
Among the 800 volumes are
complete sets of the Mermaid
Series of plays, the South Seas
Edition of Stevenson, DeQuin
cey’s writings, Disraeli, and Bal
zac. Almost complete are collec
tins of Hugh Walpole, William
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DR. WILLIAM S. DYE, JR,
Honorary Initiates 10,
Elects Kissell Head
Druids, sophomore men’s hon
orary, initiated 10 men at an in
formal initiation on January 24.
New oliicers for the coming se
mester wore announced.
They are Dean Kissell, presi
dent; Edward Belfield, vice
president: and Wilbert Lancaster,
secretary-treasurer.
New Druid members are John
Brukner, Herald Fahringer, Rich
ard Fleming, Louis Gilbert, Mi
chael Korowski, Theodore Lieb,
Charles Margolf, James Mauery,
Clyde Morris, Laird Robertson.
Coeds Escort Dates
ToSports,WßA Dance
Orange, Depauw Here Tenth Valentine Hop
Penn State sports fans may see
a variety of entertainment today,
as the mid-winter sports season
moves into high gear with six
home attractions on the agenda.
Gene Wettstone’s unbeaten
gymnasts, and the Nittany swim
ming. fencing, and jayvee box
ers are also marked for home en
gagements.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
2 p.m Gymnastics,
Syracuse
2 p.m. Swimming,
Dickinson
4 P.m Fencing,
New York University
4 P.m J.V, Boxing,
Syracuse Jayvee
7 p.m Boxing,
Syracuse
8:30 p.m.
Depauw
Frazier Places Ad;
His Landlady Mad;
Phone Bill Bad
Any student seen around
campus loking for a room will, in
all probability, be Bill Frazier, for
Bill’s landlady is thinking ser
iousy of giving him the gate if
her telephone doesn’t stop ring
ing.
Bill placed a elasified and it
rang a bell. The classified brought
so many phone calls that the fel
lows in the house felt like send
ing him a bill for phone duty.
You can prevent inconven
iences like this easily. When you
place your classified, be sure to
include the hours when you will
be available, as for example, be
tween 7 and 8 p.m.
Even though Bill got a lot of
calls from his ad, there was
nothing phony about it, and here’s
betting Alexander’s ghost that
he’ll place a classified the next
time he wants or loses something.
Phi Mu Alpha Sponsors
Musical Demonstration
Members of Phi Mu Alpha, na
tional music honorary, held a
concert yesterday in the State
College High School to acquaint
the students with various types of
musical instruments.
Robert Skipper. James Kocher.
James Beach and Joby Hess, the
clarinet quartet of the Phi Mu':,
demonstrated their skills in the
high school auditorium, playing
classical and modern tunes.
Phi Mu Alpha has sponsored
concerts for rural students of Cen
tre County for the past two years.
Collegian Boards
The senior board of the C' dle
gian editorial stall will meet in 8
Carnegie Hall. 1:45 p.m. tomor
row.
There will be r. meeting of the
junior board of the Collegian'edi
torial staff in 8 Carnegie Hail. 2
o'clock today.
Collegian Candidates
Those interested in working cn
the editorial staff of the Daily
Collegian are asked to attend a
meeting in 3 Carnegie Hail. 7:30
p.m. Tuesday. Candidates need
not be journalism majors.
Government Conference
The Intercollegiate Conference
on Government will hold a moat
ing for all delegates and new
members un campus who wish to
become delegates in 134 Sparks at
3:10 p.m. Tuessdav. Election of a
permanent chairman and plans ba
the convention to be held in Phil
adelphia will be- made.
To top off the flourish of senti
mental cards and heart shaped
boxes of candy commemorating
the day, the WRA Sweetheart
Dance in White Hall from 9 to
12 o’clock tonight will complete
this year’s observance of Valen
tines Day.
The tenth annual Sweetheart
dance will be a girl-ask-boy semi
formal affair. Decorations are in
keeping with the traditional Val
entine’s Day theme and couples
will dance to the music of the
Campus Owls.
Highlighting intermission enter r
tainment will be songs by Jacque
line Heckert. Miss Heckert, ac
companied by Joan Berchtold.
will sing “My Hero” from “The
Chocolate Soldier” and “Sweet
hearts” from “Maytime.”
Tickets may be purchased for
$1.20 at Student Union.
Basketball,
Red Cross Seeks
Student Supplies
Notebooks, fillers, and pencils
will be the objects of a drive to
aid foreign students overseas be
ginning Monday. Frank Tidona,
student chairman of the campus
unit, American Red Cross, which
is sponsoring the drive, has asked
that each student contribute one
new notebook, two or three fillers
and one pencil.
The need for this drive, which
is going on on college campuses
throughout the country, has arisen
because European industries have
been reconverted for immediate
essentials and manufacturing out
put of school supplies is insuffi
cient, Tidona said.
Paper is so scarce that students
are taking notes on wrapping
paper, old newspapers, and dis
carded paper bags, he added.
Further details concerning pick
ing up the supplies will be re
ported early next week i n the
Daily Collegian.
Penn State Club
The Penn State Club will hold
a meeting in 321 Old Main, 7
p.m. Monday, to discuss possible
election of a new president to till
the vacancy left by A! Lucas.
Other business includes plans Tor
launching a new membership
drive and discussion of proposed
activities for the current semester.
An important meeting of the ex
ecutive committee will be held in
the clubroam at 6:30 o’clock the
same evening.
News Briefs
Alpha Rho Omega
Alpha Rho Omega will hold a
meeting in 304 Old Main. 7 ochck
tomorrow. All new studen-s as
well as others interested in the
Slavonic-Russian languages, cus
toms. and a choral group are re
quested to come anti help make
plans for the coming semester
One of tile scheduled programs is
the presentation of the Don Cos
suck choir in Schwab auditorium.
Education 105
Anyone interested u, lemmns
better methods of study are in
vited to sign up for Education 105
in 6 Burtowes before Tuesday.
Faculty Luncheon Club
If. Clay Musser, executive sec
retary uf the American Philatelic
Society, will speak on ‘'Stamp
Collecting As a Hobby” at the
meeting of the Faculty Luncueon
Club at the Hotel State College.
12 o'clock noon. Monday.
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