Evening Program Offers St. John, Military Ball
ROTC Dances
To Lawrence
The second annual Army-Navy
Military Ball since the war, spon
sored jointly by the College's
Army and Naval Reserve Officer
Training Corps, will present El
liot Lawrence and his orchestra
at Rec Hall tonight at 9 o'clock.
Invitations have been distribut
ed by the cadets and midship
men, and approximately 800
guests are expected to attend the
impressive formal affair.
Col. Ben-Hur Chastaine, profes
sor of military science and tactics,
pointed out that since this
is a formal military affair, the
cadets, midshipmen, former en
listed men and officers are re
minded that the wearing of the
dress uniform is authorized by the
Navy and War Departments. He
also said that it would be ap
propriate to wear miniatures of
authorized decorations, medals
and awards on regular formal
evening attire. Should these min
iatures be unavailable, it will be
proper to wear the regular rib
bons if desired.
Lawrence, who will be 23 years
old shortly, will be making his
second appearance at the Col
lege's Military Ball. His playing
for last year's event swayed the
cadets and midshipmen to appoint
him, almost unanimously. as the
band leader to make 1948's ball
as successful as the military affair
held last year.
Two o'clock permissions for the
Military Ball have been granted
to all coeds by WSGA Senate. As
a result, there will be dancing
from 9 p.m. till 1 a.m., the dance
committee announced.
Russell Nickerson and Robert
Lauer of the decorations com
mittee said that Rec Hall will
have a military theme as its back
ground.
Refreshments will be served,
the ball committee announced.
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
Military Men Back Truman
WASHINGTON The Nation's
top military leaders have backed
uP President Truman in his call
to build up America's armed
forces. Defense Secretary For
restal yesterday went a step far
ther than President Truman and
not only urged universal
training and a temporary draft
but also that Congress raise the
ceilings on authorized strength
for the armed forces.
Atomic Strike Delayed
WASHINGTON The govern
ment has won a point in the case
of a threatened work stoppage at
the Oak Ridge. Tennessee. abinic
plant. The workers agreed yes
terday to work beyond the Friday
midnight deadline if present pay
and conditions a re continued. The
AFL Council at Oak Ridge sent
that word to President Truman.
Petrillo, Networks Agree
NEW YORK—Music union chiel
James Petrillo patched up its
differences with the radio net
works yesterday when the prin
cipalq agreed on a new three-year
pact. The new agreement includes
a provision allowing live music
on television. It provides for the
same salary schedule and does not
call for any increase in the num
ber of musicians employed.
WSGA, WRA Hold Primary Elections
WSGA and WRA primary elec
tions will be held from 9 o'clock
to 5 o'clock today with balloting
continuing through the lunch
hour, said Suzanne Romig and
Lee Ann Wagner, presidents of
WSGA and WRA.
Voting stations will be located
in the Jordan mail room for resi
dents of the Tri-Dorm area, Mc-
Allister Hall for Grange, Woman's
Building and Town residents,
Atherton Hall for those living in
O'llr Daily Taltrgiatt
VOL. 47—No. 30
CORE Proceeds With New Shop ;
Prepares Pledge Ticket Sale
Discuss Refusal of APA
To Patronize New Shop
The go-ahead signal was given
by Council on Racial Equality
members for planning the estab
lishment for a new non-discrimi
natory barber shop in State Col
lege at a special meeting Wednes
day night.
The same meeting approved the
sale of pledge tickets on campus
and throughout town. Pledge
tickets, it was planned would
cost one 'dollar. The money would
be applied to four hair cuts at the
new shop.
The public will be protected by
certain provisions written into
the Council motion. In the event
that the new shop project is aban
doned refund of contributions is
provided for.
The council decided to go ahead
with its plans pending discussion
of a refusal to patronize the new
shop expressed by Alpha Phi Al
pha, inter-racial fraternity at the
meeting. A committee appointed
by the fraternity will meet a
CORE group to discuss Alpha
Phi Alpha's proposed refusal to
patronize the new shop, said Dr.
Arthur H. Reede, CORE chair
man.
Alpha Phi Alpha based its op
position to the new shop on the
grounds that it would not solve
the discrimination problem.
Kelly Places First
In Poetry Tryout
Joseph A. Kelly, Jr., proprietor
of the Lion photography studio
and fifth semester student, cap
tured top spot in the poetry festi
val tryouts, Monday. Chosen
from 39 contestants, Kelly won
with his reading of "Kalyope
Call," written by Vachel Lindsay.
A pre-law major, Kelly will act
as College representative at the
nineteenth annual poetry reading
festival to be held at the College,
April 110. Twenty-eight eastern
colleges will participate, includ
ing, Amherst, Barnard, Fordham,
Dartmouth, Connecticut College.
Columbia, Manhattan, New York
University. The College is the
only Pennsylvania college taking
part.
Seven finalists who reached the
final ring of the tournament were
Howard Back, Sarajane Cher
eshore, Harry Natschke, Phyllis
Ginsberg, Martha Jane Schell,
Natalie O'Scell, and Kelly Judges
from the department of speech
chose from these the best inter
pretive reader of a four-minute
poem on the theme, "through
poetry I shall know the life of my
time, of all times."
that dormitory and the Theta
House.
From the slate two nominees
for each office will be selected
to be voted upon in the final
election Tuesday. There will be
no primary voting for president
of either organization since both
only have two women running for
the office.
Coeds will vote on the follow
ing in today's elections:
WSGA, vice - president, Ann
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
IFC Votes for New Shop;
Downs Boycott Proposal
Final results of the Committee
on Racial Equality poll taken by
the Interfraternity Council were
released Wednesday night by
Willard Agnew, president of the
4otincil.
Eighty-two percent of the fra
ternities who returned results
voted for the establishment of a
nondiscriminatory shag while 18
percent voted against it.
The proposal of using a boycott
with a non-discriminatory shop
was turned down with 68 percent
voting against it and 32 percent
voting for the measure.
To the question. "Would you
donate a dollar toward the estab
lishment of a new shop, the
money to be returned with each
haircut?" the fraternities voted
yes, 55 percent, no, 45 percent.
A similar survey is being taken
in the Nittany Dorms and Pollock
Circle but the complete returns
have not been tabulated.
Agnew stated that about 75
Percent of the fraternities turned
in the results tabulated in the
poll.
College Is Host
To Y Conference
Fifty delegates from colleges in
Pennsylvania will participate in
the Central Pennsylvania Career
Conference to be held on campus
tomorrow for college students in
terested in YMCA secretaryship.
The program will begin at 10
o'clock with registration at Stu
dent Union.
Personnel committees of the Na
tional Y.M.C.A. and the Pennsyl
vania State committee in cooper
ation with the State College
Christian Association will conduct
the •conference.
Purpose of the program is to
provide information about YMCA
work to students interested in
working with that organization.
It will serve as a basis to help
them decide whether the YMCA
offers them positions they desire
in arranging for further training.
Any college student or graduate
student is eligible to attend the
meetings.
Registration will be at Student
Union at 10 o'clock, followed by
the opening session in 304 Old
Main at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Rich
ard C. Lancaster, national council
personnel secretary, will speak on
"YMCA Secretaryship." A dis
cussion will follow.
(Continued on page four)
Library Vacation Hours
The Central Library will ob
serve the following hours dur
ing the Easter recess: March
25, 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m.; March
26 and 27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
March 28. closed; March 29
and 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
rickenscher, Shirley Ga u g e'r,
Seely Snyder, and Eleanor Spear;
junior senator, Joan Bergdoll and
Marilynn Guillet; senior senator,
Madelyn Bush, Sherry Bush, Hel
en Dickerson, June Kircher, and
Lois Ressler; town senator, Susan
Bissey, Mary Cohen, Lois Jane
Dickson, and Marjorie Mead.
WRA, vice-president, Helen
Milligan, Francis Nichols, and
Nancy Smith; intramural chair
man, Eva Davies, Gertrude Fet
zer.
Lecturer
Debate Delegates
Pick ',Gavel Girl'
Delegates participating in the
annual Pennsylvania State De
baters convention today and to
morrow will have a chance to se
lect a "Gavel Girl" of the conven
tion at a banquet in the State
College Hotel at 6 o'clock to
night.
One woman student will be
chosen to deliver an after-dinner
speech by each of the three con
vention committees. The "Gavel
Girl" will be selected from these
three girl speakers and will be
elected bya vote of the student
delegates.
The first session, for the report
of the committee on labor-man
agement relations, will convene at
8 o'clock tonight. Committee re
ports on the maintenance of the
peace will be given in session at
9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Eugene Fulmer, Royce W. Nix,
James M. Richards, Edwin H. Ab
ernethy, Stanton F. Roth, and
Richard K. Hill will represent
Men's Debate at the convention.
Participants for Women's De
bate will be Mary Louise Cole
man, Dorothy L. Knowles, Jane E.
Fouracre, R. Florence Feinberg,
Jo L. Fox, and Florence E. Wake
ling.
Cousins Unable to Speak
On Community Forum
Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Revjew of Literature,
will be unable to speak Monday
on the Community Forum, be
cause of an emergency operation.
Attempts will be made to re
schedule him late in April.
If negotiations are completed
successfully, a Washington, D. C
notable will appear on the Forum
series in Schwab Auditorium,
Tuesday, April 6, according to
Hugh G. Pyle. forum committee
chairman.
However. the appearance of
Margaret Webs t e r, Broadway
producer and actress. is sched
uled for Thursday. April 15.
Sammy Kaye Conies'
Approaches Deadline
Today coeds have their last
chance to enter Sammy
American coed contest and pos
sibly win national fame :Is did
last year's winner. Miss Joyce
Parker. who placed third id the
national contest.
Contestants need not sLI:.111t.
8 by 10 pictures as announced
yesterday. Any size picture. even
a snapshot. may be turned in at
Student Union by 5 o'clock t•Jd.ly.
Hillel Foundation
Hillel Foundation rill sponsor
a Purim Carnival from 8 to 12
tomorrow night. Special games
have been planned, and old-time
movies will be shown. A Purim
king and queen will be exuwned.
AVCSponsors
Noted Writer
Bearded correspondent Robert
St. John discusses "The Modern
Greek Tragedy" in Schwab Au
ditorium at 8 o'clock tonight, un
der the sponsorship of the Centre
County chapter of the American
Veterans Committee.
Reserved tickets are still avail-
able and will be sold at the door,
said Leo Troy, AVC president.
A cof f e e hour in St. John's
honor will be sponsored by AVC
Auxiliary in northeast Atherton
lounge after the lecture. Lecture
ticket stubs will be required for
admission.
A tireless interviewer, he talked
to thousands of people in 1941
during a nine-month trek through
England, France, Greece, Hun
gary, Italy, Sweden and Switzer
land. "From the Land of the Si
lent People" was based on their
views of world conditions.
After the war he traced the 20
men and women that he por
trayed in prominent roles in the
book. Over half of them are dead
and one man is serving a 25-year
prison term. The adventures of
his search led to the writing of
"The Silent People Speak."
The Balkans are considered by
St. John to be the most dangerous
trouble spot in the world. How
ever, he is convinced that diplom
acy can and will prevent a third
world war.
Ingram Donations
A booth will be set up by
YPCA and NAACP at the Stu
dent Unon Desk in Old Main
today. Contributions will be
accepted to aid in the cost of
the Ingram family.
Money will be sent to the
Americus, Georgia NAACP,
trial, where the defense is be
ing arranged.
IFS Voles To Join
Commerce Club
Irrterfraternity Council voted
unanimously Wednesday night to
join the State College Chamber
o f Commerce. Although the Cham
ber of Commerce's meetings are
open to the public, this move will
give the IFC a vote in matters
concerning the town and College.
In explaining the reason for
joining this group, Willard Agnew,
president of the IFC said, "through
this move we will be able to meet
with town group s and work out
student problems."
Agnew, who will represent the
IFC at the next Chamber of
Commerce meeting, stated that
he will propose to the group that
a joint committee of both students
and merchants be set up to help
settle, "town and gown prob
lems."
News Briefs
ACE Election
Association for Childhood Edu
cation elected officers at a recent
meettng. They are Lois Ressler,
president, Sally Schleyer, vice
president; Marian Dills, secretary;
Florence Elderton, treasurer; Bar
bara Knabb, auditing chairman;
Mary Louise Schatz, finance;
Marion Holmes, membership; Hel
en Ward, publicity; Patricia
Wood, community relations; Lib
by Taylor and Louise Olson, so
cial co-chairmen; and Marjorie
Musser, publications.
Cabin Party
Anyone planning to attend the
Westminster Foundation cabin
party this weekend should sign
up at the Foundation as soon as
possib It.. The group will leave
Westminster Foundation to hike
to Watts Lodge, 2 o'clock tomor
row afternoon.