IT | Sty* latla @ (EnUfgtan [ VOL. 47—No. 9 Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Truman Asks China Aid WASHINGTON—P resident Truman requested a one-year pro gram of aid to China, to cost $570,000,000. Mr. Truman said the aid wOuld help stop the drain on China’s dollar resources. He warned that only the Chians Kai- Shek Government itself could take the necessary steps to Dull China out of its economic diffi culties. Gromyko Attacks U. N. LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.—Rus sia’s delegate Andrei , Gromyko blasted the Ignited Nations in gen eral and the United States in par ticular yesterday for the han dling of the Indonesian dispute. Gromyko said the United States is shedding crocodile tears over the Indonesians, while at the same time helping the Dutch to break down the, new Indonesian Re publics' Men, Coeds Speak In Debate Contest Men’s and women’s debate teams of The College will com pete in an orthodox debate tourna ment at Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh Saturday. Various other schools will also enter the contest. The topic in question through out the day will be “Resolved that Federal World Government be established.” A series of eight de bates will be held, and each com peting team will enter an affirma tive squad in four of these and a negative squad in four others. A critic judge will preside over each match and determine the winning team. Men’s Debate and Women’s De bate are separate organizations of the College and will be entered and judged in the contest as two different teams. Men’s Debate will be repre sented affirmatively by John Sig ler and Robert Kagan, and nega tively by Richard Hill, manager, and David Barron. Helen Dickerson and Jane Four acre. to arrive in Mount Mercv after participating in a series of three debates at Ohio State Uni versity. will enter the contest for Women’s Debate, arguing the negative side. Rose Marie Wag ner and Dorothy Lees, manager, will argue the affirmative side. Professor Joseph F. O’Brien, men’s coach, and Professor Clay ton Schug. women’s coach, will accompany the respective teams. Religion-In-Life Speakers Offer Personal Counseling Personal conferences with students are being arranged for Religion-in-Life Week speakers. Students interested in speaking with any of these leaders may make appointments through the Christian Association office. 304 Old Main. Fourteen men and women who have traveled widely and have experience in counseling students will appear at the College that week, and all will be available for personal student appointments, said Virginia McCluskey, per sonal conference chairihan. Religion-in-Life Week lead ers who will meet students are 001. Charles I. Carpenter, Chap lain of the United States Army Air Corps, Roy E. Dickerson, Director and Counsellor for the Family Relations Society, Cin cinnati, Ohio; Hon. Brooks Hays, Congressman from Arkansas, Rabbi Abraham Holtzberg, Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation. Trenton, N.J.; Muriel W. Jacob son, Associate in Administration of the National Student Y.W.C.A. Robert L. James, Jr., Regional (Continued on page four) THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Bibbo Asks Class To Consider Press For Senior Gift The suggestion that seniors consider a College printing press for a class gift has been support ed by Nicholas Bibbo, editor of the Penn State Engineer, in his editorial in the February issue which is now on sale. Urging class members to be practical, Bibbo asks, “Are we members of the Class of ’4B going to be like many of our predeces sors and present our alma mater with a non-practical and non sensical whim that will be stacked away in some corner to collect dust. “It is dbvious that the two printing establishments in town are unable to shoulder the load of all the printing that a college of 8000 requires,” v said Bibbo. He then pointed out that a College printing press would lessen this load, would enable printing jobs to be completed on time and raise the quality of the finished product. It would eliminate the necessity for sending printing to Bellefonte, Williamsport, and surrounding towns and would re lieve the College of being de pendent upon outside merchants. It would also lower the cost of printing by eliminating profits and by being run in conjunction with a possible Co-op. In answer to the suggestion that a telescope for the astrono mers, Bibbo agreed that it was a suitable gift, but asked why “99 percent should be slighted to benefit a mere one percent.” College Library Receives Hetzel Mementoes, Papers NROTC Honorary Elects Officers, Initiates 17 Midshipman Russell Nickerson was recently elected commander of the Quarterdeck, Naval Re serve Officers’ Training Corps honorary. Other officers elected were John Kemper, vice-presi dent, and Walter Krnak. ship’s secretary. New initiates were Midship nen Paul Trax. Walter Kmak. Russell Nickerson. Henry Brenner. Her man Jorgensen. Karel Yedlieka. Robert Wurzl .acher. Theodore Pstrak, Perry Smith, Robert Speicher. Leroy Schlagel, John Anderson. Richard Amibelang. Philip Garrn. Morris D’Amico. James Trinity and John Kemper. Penn State Club Elects Howe As New President Richard Howe, former vice president, was named president of the Penn State Club Monday, at its first meeting of the Spring semester. Howe succeeds Albert Lucas, who left school at the end of the Fall term. Club members discussed ar rangements for a stag smoker to be held Saturday night in the club room, 321 Old Main, as a culmination of the present mem bership drive. The drive is aimed at re enlisting old members and in teresting other independent men in the social advantages of the organization. All independent men are eligible to join. Plans were also made to hold weekly Saturday night mixers in the club room. Heading the com mittee appointed to investigate the mixers is Michael Zanecosky, social chairman. Other members are William Manus, Ernest Sla dics, William Betler, and Ed mund Walacavage. Track Star Karver Cant Outrun Young Fan Besides finding time to set ‘rack records and study for classes. Jerry Karver will have to allot time for a new occupation—sign ing autographs. Jerry received three. postal cards in the mail the last few days. The card which gave Jerry his biggest chuckle came from Phila delphia. The card, scrawled in a childish hand, read: “Dear Jerry: I admire vour run ning. So would you send me your autograph. Thank vou.” AAUW Presents Panel Discussion at Hiiiel A panel discussion on the sub ject, “November, 1948, What Do We Want?”, will be presented at the Hillel Foundation at 8 o’clock tonight. Sponsored by the Amer ican Association of University Women, the discussion will be conducted by four College pro fessors and will be open to ev eryone. Dr. Kent Forster, assistant professor of history, will serve as moderator. Other members of the panel will be Dr. Walter Coutu, associate professor of sociology; Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, pro fessor of psychology; and Dr. Nelson McGeary, associate pro fessor of political science. The personal papers and me mentoes of the late Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel. relating to the Col lege under his direction as presi dent from 1927 to 1947, have now become a part of the Penn State Collection in the Central Library. Assembled by Ralph Hetzel. Jr., and presented to the College by Mrs. Hetzel. these possessions are to be housed in th e Penn State Room, together with the memora bilia of other men and women who Late Pre x y Ralph Dorn Heizel's academic hood and cap have been donated to the Col lege by Mrs. Hetzel for inclusion in the "Penn Slate" section of the Central Library, along with an engrossod resolution adopted by the College Senate in con nection with Dr, Hetsel's death. have contributed to Penn State’s growth over the past century. There, the historians of the Col lege may get an accurate record of the growth of their school and of what went on behind the scenes to make this growth pos sible. Put Forth Effort Dr. Hetzel’s papers and corre spondence reveal the great effort he put forth to expand the Col lege during his administration. They show. too. his appreciation of the loyal support afforded him by his colleagues. Speaking of this support. Dr. Hetzel said in one of his letters, "My opportu nity here with a most congenial governing board, a loyal faeultv and a student body and with strong alumni and public support is. I think, most unusual.” A letter from Governor George H. Earle, accompanied bv a Meri torious Service medal of Pennsyl vania. cites Dr. Hetzel for recog nition of his outstanding service fContinued on page tour) Senior Class A meeting of all senior class members will be held in 304 Sparks at 7 o’clock tonight, ac cording to Edward Banyai. president. 'Three Men Opens Tonight In Schwab 4000 Crowd TUB On Opening Day Nearly 4000 curious students crowded into the Temporary Union Building on its opening day. “And they all seemed happily surprised.” commented George Donovan, student union manager, “especially with the dance floor. The floor may seem a little bare until we get drapes,” he contin ued. “but we’ll have them, plus Venetian blinds, new lamp shades, and two new coke machines all within a few weeks. “After a concrete walk has been laid to the entrance in the spring, so the kids won’t track mud in, we’ll put a beautiful rug in the main lounge,” he promised. Dates for lessons in bridge, table tennis and chess will be given at a later time. Physical education students will instruct and direct competitive tournaments. The TUB will be open to any group wishing to give an All-Col lege dance, but not to private or fraternal groups. The first social event will be the Forestry Ball, Saturday night. Located behind the College hos pital. the building was originally a USO in Lebanon. Pa. It was pur chased by Samuel K. Hostetter. assistant to the president in charge of business and finance, in 1947 for conversion to a campus social center. Hours for operation are: Monday through Thursday. 8 a.m, to 10 Pan. Friday, Saturday. 8 a-m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Campus Owls Play For Forestry Ball The Forestry Ball, highlighted by the music of the Campus Owls, will be held in the ballroom of the Tempory Union Building from 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday night. The dance, first social event in the TUB, will be informal. “Checking lines will be elimi nated from the dance,” said Sam Anthony, chairman of the ball. “Wasting time will be prevented by the use of racks in the open cloak room adjacent to the floor." Tickets Cost $2 Tickets are on sale at Student Union and in the lobby of the Forestry Building. The cost of the tickets is $2 per couple. Because the capacity of the dance floor at the TUB has not been determined, sales for the ball will be limited to 325 tickets. Twin wing lounges and the main lounge are available for re laxing during intermissions at the TUB. The soda fountain will be open and will be selling a va riety of refreshments during the ball. NY State Gives Exams For Civil Service Jobs The New York State Depart ment of Civil Service will give an examination in March for «o fessional and technical assistants to enter state service. June Col lege graduates who are legal resi dents of New York state will be eligible to compete. Interested people may write to the State Department of Civil Service, Albany, New York Ap plications for the examination may be filed up to Monday. Cosmopolitan Club The Cosmopolitan Club will meet at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dengler. 210 S. Gill street, 8 o’clock tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS “Three Men on a Horse,” the successful John Holm-George Ab bott farce of the 1920’5, will be presented in a revival production by the Penn State Players at Schwab Auditorium at 8 o’clock tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday. Good seats for tonight’s per formance, priced at 00 cents, were still available at the Student Union desk late yesterday. Some tickets at 84 cents still remained for tomorrow and Saturday. The title roles in the rapid-fire comedy will be played by Robert Benson, as Patsie; Herald Fahr inger, as Charlie; and Aaron OsL pow, as Frankie. Other leading parts are enacted by Henry Glass, as Erwin, the clairvoyant greet ing-card-verse writer; Ruth Sod erberg, as Audrey, his wife; and Jean Bickerton, as Mabel, ex-fol lies lovely. The supporting cast includes Barbara Cooper, as Gloria, a newspaper reporter; Marvin Fish fContinued on page four) rt Red Cross Sfarls Student Aid Drive Canvass of all students will take place as part of a drive by the American Red Cross to col lect school supplies needed by students overseas. Frank Tidona, chairman of the campus unit of the Red Cross, urged _ wholehearted student co operation in the drive to obtain notebooks, pencils, paper and other vital school supplies. Members of Blue Key will visit fraternities, while Parma Nous will canvass independent houses, Pollock Circle, Nittany Dorms, women’s dorms and sorority houses. The drive is a national attempt to aid students abroad by procur ing approximately 75 million notebooks, 150 million pencils, 10 million pens, 54 million pen points, 7 million erasers, and 250 tons of writing paper. News Briefs American Chemical Dr. Randolph T. Major, promi nent in the field of medicinal chemistry, will be guest sneaker of the American Chemical So ciety in 119 New Physics (Osmond Laboratory). 7:30 o’clock tonight. His subject will be “Cooperation Between Science and Industry in the Development of Antibiotics.” Dr. Major, vice-president and sci entific director of Merck and Company, has published work on vitamins, organic arsenicals. and derivatives of chlorine. SDA Students for Democratic Action will hold a special meeting in 409 Old Main. 8:30 o’clock tonight, to ratify their chapter constitution and elect officers. Voting instruc tions will be given to the ADA delegates to the Philadelphia con vention this weekend. Old Mania Fraternities, sororities, and in dependents who have oinnines. engagements, or marriages to an nounce in the Old Mania column of Froth are asked to turn them in at Student Union in Old Main bv tomorrow noon. Military Ball Invitations for the Military Ball to be held on March 19 have ar rived and mav be picked up from Major John Powhida in 105 Car negie Hall anytime today. LA Student Council LA Student Council will hold an important meeting in 5 Sparks. 1:10 o'clock today.
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