Don't Forget WEATHER • Titt attu Ad B Tottrgiatt Showers Today, Contest *l**,„," Cooler Tonight VOL. 47—No. 36 Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ U.S. Threatens Use of Escorts BERLIN—The United States and Great Britain threaten to use tighter escorts with Berlin-bound planes as a reaction to the mid air collision yesterday between a British transport and a cavorting Russian fighter. Both planes crashed into the city and fifteen persons died, including two Amer icans in the transport and the Pilot of the Russian fighter. Strikers Parkdown CARLISLE—About 1,000 huge trucks were lined along the fa mous, Pennsylvania Turnpike last, night in a parkdown strike. The truckers are protesting against the Pennsylvania law which lim its gross weight to 22 1 / 2 tons. At some places on the high speed road, the trucks are lined up bumpe r to bumper. The outcome of the parkdown. strike is doubt ful because the Legislature is not in session. NEW YORK—The United States has proposed that foreign troops be assigned to Palestine to maintain order under a United Nations trusteeship. In making the s uggestion, United States dele gate Warren Austi n said it does not amount to a commitment to use American soldiers in the Holy Land. U. N. Discards Plan LAKE SUCCESS A United Nlations committee has discarded Russia's atomic energy control plan. Efforts to agree on world wide atomic control have been abandoned —. at least by this group, which is the working com mittee of the Atomic Energy Commission. The full commission and the general assembly must decide what to do next. Five Greek Groups Sing for Trophies Five Greek organizations were named finalists in the competition for the Panhel-IFC Song cham pionship in Schwab Auditorium Saturday and Sunday. Phi Gamma Delta and Delta Upsilon will vie for the fraternity title during the intermission at the Panhel-IFC Ball April 16, while Alpha Omicron Pi, Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Alpha Theta will compete at the same event for the sorority crown. Jack Cameron, co-chairman of the song contest, explained yes terday that judges considered competition among the three sor orities so keen that they decided to name all three as finalists. Winning sorority and fraternity will each receive a trophy. Repre sentatives of groups competing in the finals will meet with Chair men Dolores Jelacic and Cameron soon to make arrangements for the event. Judging eliminations among 51 fraternities and sororities were George E. Ceiga, organist; Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, music in structor; and Guy Woods, assist ant professor of music. Engineering Speaker Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engi neering honorary, will present A. C. Hewitt, vice president of the state society of professional engi neers, in 10 Sparks at 7:30 tonight. Mr. Hewitt will discuss registra tion of professional engineers. PSCA Bible Study "How God Forgives" will be the topic of Donald Fullerton, execu tive secretary and Bible teaeh, , r 01 P r inc et ou Evangelical Fellow- Thornhill To Play For Senior Ball Claude Thornhill's Orchestra has been signed to play for the traditional Senior Ball, last big All-College dance, scheduled for Rec Hall Friday, May 21, from 9 to 12 p.m. The event will high light Houseparty Weekend. In releasing the Ball commit tee's choice, Frederick Troutman, publicity chairman, said, "Thorn hill has a great musical organi zation featuring his own unique piano stylings and arrangements. His fine rhythms have made him a prime favorite with America's record followers and dancing set." ' Don Mitchell, entertainment chairman for the Ball, described the selection of Thornhill as "not iust a matter of choosing the best from a list of name-bands, but of satisfying the many requests that we sign Thornhill." He added, "Thornhill played for the Sliderule Ball last year and -.tudents called his one of the most I danceable bands to visit the Col lege in several years." The dance will he a semi-form al no-corsage affair, and will be open to all undergraduate stu dents. Heading the Ball committee is Leo Fiedorek. Other members of the group are Lawrence Doyle, Richard Heim, Theodore Kunin, and Anna Wynosky, in addition to Troutman and Mitchell. Hartley Discusses Law in Community Forum Co-sponsor of the Taft_Hartley Law, Congressma n Fred A. Hart ley will speak in Schwab Audi torium at 8 o'clock tonight, Mr. Hartley will lecture to a Com munity Forum audience on "The Truth About the Taft-Hartley Law." Arthur H. Reede, professor of economics, will give a short criti cism of the bill and answer ques tions from the floor following Mr. Hartley's support of the law. Chairman of the lecture is Dr. R. Wallace Brewster, political sci en-e department. Community Forum officers elected for 1948_49 are Hugh V. Pyle, chairman; Jessie Haven, secretary; Robert Y. Edwards, treasurer; , Dr. Rose Cologne. chairman of th e proiram commit tee; and Dr. Edward B. vanOrre,r. ticket sales. News Briefs ship, at a Bible study sponsored by the Penn State Bible Fellow ship in 210 Main Engineering at 4 o'clock this afternoon. A discussion of "Is Peace Pos sible?" will be held in the HE Living Center at 7 o'clock tonight. Mon Coats Lion coats, tiaditiunally worn men and women at the College, will go on sale at Stud, in Union, 1:30 p.m. April 13, ace°, d ing to Clcorgk nianagui of Student Union TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Claude Thornhill Brown, Lawless Head Party Slates Harold Brown and William Lawless were the sole nominees for candidacy to the office of All- College President at meetings of the campus political cliques Sun day night. Brown was nominated by the Lion party and Lawless by the State party. Both parties held preliminary nominating meetings, with elec tions of final slates scheduled for next Sunday. Nominees for All-College Vice president include Raymond Brooks and Robert Ritz, Lion; Donald Little, State; for All-Col lege Secretary - Treasurer, Ed mund Walacavage, Lion; Walter Allworeden and John English, State. Nominees for Senior Class President are Fritz Sippel and Raymond Dieterich, Lion; Terry Ruhlman, State; for Senior Class Vice-president, John Benglian and Dennis Hoggard, Lion; Bernard Miller, State; for Senior Class Secretary-Treasurer, .Janet Ly ons, Lion; Arlene Spencer, State. Nominees for Junior Class President are James MacCallum, Lion; William Renshaw and Rob ert Wine, State; for Junior Class Vice-President, William Ballon, Lion; Harry McMahon and Alan Spinweber, State; for Junior Class Secretary-Treasurer, Alvina Bar tos and Betty Lou Shelly, Lion; Virginia Fetter, State. Senior Gift Data Termed Unofficial Persons who have been distri buting literature about the Senior Class Gift are doing so on their own and hold no endorsement of the Gift Committee, according to Donald Mitchell, chairman. "The committee has issued no information about the various sug gestions as of yet," Mitchell stated, "but we plan to give each one equal reports in Collegian." Three proposals will be voted on later in the month by the grad uating seniors. These proposals in clude a student press, additions to the College Observatories, and ad ditions to the library of Lingnan University in China. In addition to the three pro posals the graduates will vote as to whether or not they should put aside $5OO for continuing address files of the class. Members of the committee in addition to Mitchell are Ben French, Gayle Gearhart, Jo Anne Roraback and Lee Ann Wagner. Exchange Scholarships Available for Fifteen Opportunity for 15 students, 10 men and 5 women, to do their junior work at Lingnan Univer sity is again available, according to Dr. Henry S. Brunner, and Registrar William S. Hoffman, representative of the Penn State n-China Committee. Exchang e students from the ..!ollege to China has been discon inued since the Japanese invas ion in 1937. although there are at present three students on campus officially designated as Lingnan Exchange students. Ad Contest Today's prize, SIU credit from Bill McMullen, florist, brings the total prizes in the "It's in the Ads" contest to a value of $38,90. The other orizi.s acc•umu lated from the last two days and which will be added to today's prize are four shirts front the College Sportswear shop and an electric iron from the Hartman Electric Com pany. Trustees Name Haller Dean, List Deparmentat Changes Dr. George L. Haller, acting dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics at the College, has been named dean, effective May 1, James Milholland, president of the Board of Trustees, said. Haller succeeds the late Dr. Frank C. Whitmore. The executive committee of the Board also approved the ap pointment of William S. Hoffman, registrar, to the newly-created position of Dean of Admissions and Registrar, effective May 1. Royal ,M. Gerhardt, professor of architectural engineering and assistant dean of the School of Engineering, was named assistant Dean of Admissions and Assist ant Registrar, effective July 1, and upon the retirement of Reg istrar Hoffman Feb. 28, 1949 will assume his position. Mr. Hoff man will retire with the title of Dean of Adrmissions and Regis Brown to Ask For TUB Wing Students will be asked soon if they would sacrifice a lounge in the TUB to house a cooperative store if it were approved by the Board of Trustees, Emory Brown, chairman of tre All-College Cab inet student co-op committee, said yesterday. The question of whether the student body would give up the lounge was raised by Howard J. Lamade, chairman of the special Trustee co-op committee, at a meeting Friday. In calling for a more complete, workable plan of operation' for the proposed co-op, Chairman La made stated that his three-man Trustee committee would prefer to have any co-operative store, if approved, situated in town rather than on campus. This, he said, would eliminate problems peculiar to setting up such a project on the property of a tax-supported state institution. Wayne President June Speaker Dr. David D. Henry, president of Wayne University in Detroit, will address the commencement exercises on June 7. A graduate of Penn State, Dr. Henry also earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees and taught English at the College. In 1929 he became head of the English department at Battlecreek College, Michigan, and also served as dean of men and di rector of the Liberal Arts School there. After serving as assistant super intendent of public instruction for Michigan from 1933 to 1934, Dr. Henry joined the English staff of Wayne University. From 1936 to 1939 he served as assistant to the executive vice-president, became acting executive president in 1939, and president of Wayne Universi ty in 1945. Dr. Henry was president of the Detroit International Institute in 1945 and president of the Michi gan Council on Education from 1937 to 1940. The Wayne presi dent's activities have also been as a member of the Board of Trustees of Cranbrook Institution of Sci ence, as chairman of the world study council of Detroit and as a member of the executive hoard of the Detroit Inter-American Cen ter. Players' Cast Cast for Players' Mother's Day production, "Years Ago," was an nounced Saturday by Prof. Robert Re•ifsneider, director. Rehearsals began last night. Ruthye Cohen, Ann Balmer and Winfield Clearwater are cast in the leading roles Others are Jean Bickerton, Joseph Bird, Mary Alice Hodgson, Fred Leuschner, Tht,was Monaghan, and Joy Mi ka` PRICE FIVE CENTS trar Emeritus, the committee an nounced. In announcing the change of title, the Board pointed out that the Dean of Admissions and Reg istrar will be responsible to the president of the College for the admission of all students, either as freshman or by transfer, for the registration of students and the scheduling of classes, and for the recording of grades. Dr. John H. Ferguson, profes sor and head of the department of political science, was granted a leave from July 1 to June 30, 1949, to become dean of political science at the New School for Social Research in New York, N. Y. New Dail's! Head Donald V. Josephson, former assistant professor in dairy man ufacturing at the College and now associate professor in the department of dairy technology at Ohio State University, was named head of the department and professor of dairy husbandry, effective July 1. He will replace Andrew A. Borland, who will retire on June 30 with emeritus rank after having served .on the faculty since 1910, with the ex ception of the period, 1911-15. Three other faculty members will retire cat June 30. _ hey are: Jonathan W. White, professor of soil technology, who will retire with emeritus rank after serving since 1906: William G. Edwar-is. professor of lumbering. who has served on the faculty since 1914 and will retire with emeritus (Continued on page eight) Reede Explains CORE Ticket Sale Non- discriminatory barber service proposed by the Council on Racial Equality has been ex plained by Dr. Arthur H. Reede, chairman and professor of eco nomics. CORE, which represents stu dent, faculty and borough organ izations, decided on its present step after consultation with local businessmen and after receiving assurance of majority student support. Tickets representing advance payment of 25 cents on each of four haircuits in a non-discrimi natory barber shop are being sold by CORE. Since proceeds of the drive will first be offered to existing barber shops which agree to operate on a nondiscrim inatory basis, ticket purchasers are asked to supply the name of the shop they normally patronize. However, if none of the shops will agree to the proposal, CORE plans to establish a new non discriminatory shop, said Dr. Reede. Two locations are already under consideration. The barber shop would be equipped in a pleasant, attractive and sanitary manner, he added, and proceeds of the advance pay ment drive would guarantee a broadly representative clientele. 'Blue Notes' Will Play In Third Free Tub Dance The "Blue Notes" will serve s weet and slow rhythms under the wand o f leader Bill Loomis at the TUB at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. The seven-piece band specializes in slow arrangements and plays them in a three to one ratio. The "Blue Notes" offer the third num ber in a series meant to break the monotony of "canned" music. The dance is open to everyone and free of admission.
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