,x ullfp ilatly @ (EnUwjtatt VOL. 47—No. 12 Hen's Debate Ties With Ohio School in Mi. Mercy Meet Mon’s debate squad tied for first place in the orthodox debate tour nament at Miount Mercy College Saturday. Federal World Govern ment was the subject in ques tion. Capitol University of Columbus, state debate dhampion of Ohio, was the other first place team. Both winning teams won seven out of eight debates, the affirma tive and negative teams each oompeting in four matches. The negative team of the College'lost one debate to Geneva College. Women’s debate teams won four of their eight matches and ranked approximately in the middle of the competing teams. The affirma tive team won three debates and the negative team received the de cision in one debate. The 24 teams were sent by col leges in New York, West Vir ginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Men’s affirmative team from the College included John Sigler and Robert Kagan. David Barron and Richard Hill, manager, made up the negative squad. Women’s Debate was represent ed affirmatively by Dorothy Lees, manager, and Rose Marie Wag ner, and negatively by Helen Dickerson and Jane Fouracre. Seminars Spark Religion-in-Life "Scientific Discovery and Moral Obligation” will be the subject dis cussed by Rev. J. Maurice Trim mer in a Religion-in-Life Week seminar in 304 Old Main, 11 o’- clock this morning. The seminar will not be a lecture but will al low discussion of ideas from the group.. Other seminars this afternoon are “For Better—Not For Worse,” Dr. Roy Dickerson leading the dis cussion, Woman’s Building Lounge at 4:10 o’clock; “The Skeptic’s Hour,” Rev. Robert James, Ather ton Lounge. 4:10 o’clock; and “The U.S. and Us,” Muriel Jacobson and Rev. Herbert King, 304 Old Main, 4:10 o’clock. Rabbi Benjamin Kahn will lead a town meeting entitled “Are My Goals Yours?” at 10 Sparks, 8:00 o’clock tonight, with Rabbi Abra ham Holtzberg, Herbert King, and Father Adrian Veigle participat ing. Devotional services and break fasts will be held at Pollock Circle and Westminster Foundation 7:00 o’clock tomorrow morning. Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Taylor Joins Wallace WASHINGTON Henry Wal laoe now has a running mate on his third party ticket for the presi dency. He is Senator Glen Taylor, who last night formally came out as vice-presidential candidate un der tlie third party label. Taylor has been making up his mind since early January. Last night in a nationwide radio broad cast over CBS, he said he had finally made his decision, because he thought the Democratic party had surrendered to “Wall Street and the military.” Rent Controls WASHINGTON— The President sent a message to Congress yes terday asking that rent controls be extended and that Congress pass a huge program designed to encourage a home-building plan. The President said rent ceilings should be guaranteed at least through April 30, 1949. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Soph Hop Stars Brooks Trumpet The “golden trumpet” of Randy Brooks and- his orchestra will play for Friday’s Soph Hop, scheduled for Rec Hall from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Only two years old, Brooks’ band has been heard nationally on three radio networks and will come to State College direct from an engagement at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania. Within the last year, the band has been featured at three prom inent New York night clubs and has appeared in seven states dur ing its two-year existence. Called “refreshing and dance able,” Brooks’ music earned him a place with the top three among the nation’s name bands in a re cent magazine poll. A highlight of the orchestra is its concert arrangement of “Hora Staccato,” written for violin by Rimsky,Korsakoff. In this num ber. Brooks takes the fast-mov ing solo part on his gold-plated trumpet. Price for Friday’s semi-formal dance is $4 per couple. Robert Gabriel, chairman of the dance committee, said yesterday, that corsages will be optional for the Soph Hop. Decorations for the event will have a patriotic theme, while programs will be designed in a colonial motif. IFC Housing Committee Seeks Rooms for imports Finding local housing for im ports on big weekends is a pro ject of Interfraternity Council import housing committee, head ed by Huston Brosious. By contacting fraternities, the committee is compiling a list of private homes in State College, which will house women visitors any weekend. The list will be sent to all fra ternities and campus agencies this week and will include about 75 addresses, the number to be accomodated and prices, Brosious said. Engineering Council Distributes Newsletter A new newsletter will be dis tributed today by the Engineering Student Council, said George Bearer, president. The Council is publishing the newsletter in an eft'ort to familiar ize students with the council’s power to speak for them in mat ters of school improvements. Students may pick up copies of the newsletter in the lobby of EE, and the first floor of Engineering “B.” Chasfaine Heads Camp Colonel Ben-Hur Chastaine, ROTC director at the College, has been appointed camp commander of the combined Infantry and Armored Cavalry ROTC camps at Fort George C. Meade, Md.. for the coming summer. Colonel Chastaine received his commission December 31. 1912. ,-.s the result of a National Guard Re serve commision. He assumed his present duties at the College in August 1946. Fees Payable Today Registration for the second semester of the 1947-1948 year will be completed in Recrea tion Hall today with the pay ment of semester fees. AII students will pay their fees between 9 and 4 o'clock to day. Rec Hall will be open con tinuously. Students are reminded not lo forget lo bring their matricula tion cards with them. Collegiate Papers Plan Confab Site Penn State is one of the four schools that will be considered as a site for the Second Annual Uni versity Newspaper Convention, it was decided at the first conven tion held Friday and Saturday at the University of Michigan. Other schools to be considered are the University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, and Harvard. This year’s convention, spon sored by the Michigan Daily, was attended by fifty delegates from 14 major colleges. Those repre senting the Daily Collegian were Allan W. Ostar, editor; Roberta Hutchison, news editor. 'Donald Ellis, business manager; and Spen cer Sheckter, advertising director. Major topics on the agenda brought into focus two of a col lege paper’s perennial problems— how to maintain independence from administrative regulation and how to get business. Another question presented was whether or not a college paper should re flect majority camipus opinion. Guest speakers were V. E. Ca nale, president of the National Ad vertising Service, James G. Pad dock of the advertising depart ment of the Chicago Tribune, and S. L, A. Marshall, military com mentator and editorial writer for /he Detroit News. A banquet Saturday night fol lowed by a dance in honor of the delegates concluded the conven tion. Trainer Speaks Of Campus Trees Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of landscape construction and maintenance at the College, will speak to the Denrologic Society at 105 Forestry, 7:30 o’clock to night. “Trees on the Penn State Campus” will be his topic. He is the author of “Campus Trees and Shrubs,” which cata logues and lists the species and varieties of the trees, shrubs and vines that form the landscape de sign of the College campus. Mr. Trainer took over his pres ent job in 1930 after doing seven vears of landscape architecture in the Philadelphia area. He was graduated from the College in 1923. Under Mr. Trainer’s supervis ion, landscaping was completed around Rec Hall, Old Main, and the areas about the buildings erected in 1937. In the preface of his book, he has written: “It is the hope of the writer that this catalogue may be the means of encouraging more people to become more in terested jn the exceptionally fine collection of trees, shuts and vines to be found growing on the Penn State campus.” Phi Sigma lota Phi Sigma lota, romance lan guage honorary society, will hold its first meeting of the semester in the Northeast lounge of Ather ton, 7:30 o’clock tonight. Froth on Sale Froth's confusion issue fea turing Dr. Clifford R. Adams' article "Are Undergraduate Marriages Successful?" goes on sale today at the Corner, Stu dent Union, Graham's, R & D's. and the TUB. Phi Sig's Suite For Lightless Bike Ride Brings Sad Results A biik e ride at night minus the convenience of a light resulted in a novel experience for Martin Schwartzimian, mechanical engi neering student at the College. Mr. Schwartzman, who rode his bicycle Friday night without a light, was stopped by a local po liceman and taken to police head quarters. At headquarters he was inform ed that the legal code of the Bor ough gave him his alternative of paying a $2 fine plus costs of $3.77 or spending one day in jail. Valuing one day of his time less than $5.77 in cash Mr. Schwartz man chose to serve his day in jail. Local polioe conveniently ar ranged for the offender to serve his time from 11 o’clock Saturday morning until after midnight of the same day. Thus he missed n.o classes. SU Sells Tickets For Hotel Universe Tickets for Players’ new pent house - style production, “Hotel Uinverse,” opening at Center Stage 8 p.m. Saturday, are on sale at the Student Union desk. The $l.lO price includes after show refreshments and dancing. Center Stage audiences are lim ited to about 130. The play will be given each Saturday night during the semester. Reservations for subsequent performances may be made at the dramatics office. The cast includes Fanna Brown, Olivia Crider, Martha Koons, Omar Lerman, Edward McCoy, Harry Natschkc, Francine Toll, and Fred Vogel. “Hotel Universe” will be, the first real attempt by Players to test the depths of dramatic pos sibility in the penthouse style of production, according to Prof. Kelly Yeaton, director. He des cribes the Philip Barry play as experimental despite the fact that it was written and produced near ly twenty years qgo. Music Recital Features Vocais r Instruments Students at the College will pre sent their regular monthly music recital in 117 Carnegie Hall at 8:30 o’clock tonight. Anyone interested is invited to attend. . The program will feature vocal, piano and violin selections by Jo Rotili, William Parsons, Gene vieve Taras, Birdie Berman, Jack Nesbitt, Marjorie Mead and Mari lyn Guillet. Members of the Louise Homer Club, music honorary society, will serve as ushers. The entire pro gram will be approximately an hour in duration. Finkelston Announces Informal Rushing Rules Three major rules for informal rushing have bee n announced by Adelaide P'inkelston, president of Pan-Hel. Sororities may have no planned parties or entertainment; all refreshments and food must be “dutch” treat: and no rushee may stay „vernight at the sorority house or suite. Informal rushing will continue until liO p.m., March 7. Miss Fink elston said. Bids may be sent into the Dean of Women’s olfice 8 y.m. March fi and continue lor the re mainder i«f the semester. Theix* will be no silent period dining the coming weekend, she added. WEATHER Partly Cloudy and Warmer PRICE FIVE CENTS Draw Priorities Phi Sigma Sigma drew fii.. priority in the suite drawing by sorority presidents in the Dean of Women’s office 5 o’clock yes terday afternoon. The sorority will have first choice in selecting a suite from the sixteen to be in the new dormitories, two in Ath erton Hall and one in a locatior yet to be announced. The other 18 sororities drew ir the following order: Delta Zeta Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Xi Delt: Theta Phi Alpha, Kappa Kap Gamma, Phi Mu, Beta Sigma O icron, Kappa Alpha Theta. Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa L to, Delta Delta Delta, Aipha 1 silon Phi, Delta Gamma, Sig Delta Tau, Alpha Gamma De. Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Ome and Gamma Phi Beta. ■ The dates for final suite dra' ing as set by the sorority prei. dents are March 2 and throug noon March 4. Floor plans of the new dormi tories will be in the Dean of Women’s office and may be stud ied at any time, Pearl WesU dean of women, said. Faculty Speake Honor Grad Sck Penn State Dames have nounced the speakers and gram for the dinner-dance to held Thursday in honor of Di Frank D. Kern and the G radii School, according to Mrs. Clai Locicero, secretary. Speakers for the dinner ar Dean Ben Buwema of the L/ School; Dr. Corliss R. Kinney o. the MI School; Dr. Lloyd M. Jones of the School of Physical Education; and H. I. TarpLey of the English department. The din ner will be held in the social room of the Presbyterian Church, 138 W. Beaver avenue, 6:31) o’clock. The dance will be held in the Hillel Foundation, 133 W. Beaver avenue, 9:3(0 o’clock. Students who will entertain at the dance are four members of the Modern Danoe Club, Louise Grossman, Gladdy Lou Miller. Lee Ann Wagner, and Mary Mar garet Barnett. Walter Lerkiewicz will play a piano solo. Jacqueline Heckert and Virgil Neilly will sing. Guy E. Riindone will act as emcee. News Briefs Dairy Science Club William J. Deisley was recently elected president of the Dairy Sci ence Club to succeed John D. Nau gle. Other officers are C. William Mayer, vice-president: J. Gray Mattern, secretary; and James L. Yetter, treasurer. President Deis ley, Donald V. Sepit, Vernon T. Smith, and Herman J. Auker will represent the club on the Agricul ture Student Council. Wednesday Readings Arthur Warnock, dean of men, will give the third in the series ot Wednesday Readings in 105 Cen tral Library, 4:15 o’clock tomor row. He will read “Favorite Para graphs.” The readings are open to faculty, students, and townspeo ple. Ag Eng Club Tile student branch of AS.\.E will meet in 204 Ag. Engineering. 7:30 o’clock tonight. The business meeting will be followed by a so cial hour. First
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