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VOL. 47-NO. 39
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
Draft Would Call
19-25-Year-Olds
WASHINGTON—A draft bill
which would make men le
through 25 liable for two years of
military service was draw n up by
the House Armed Services Com
mittee yesterday. It requires the
registration of men between the
ages of 118 and 30. Hearings are
expected to get under way Mon..
day.
President Truma n also asked
Congress for $728,000,000 to ex
pand the air forces. The House
AlPPropriations Committee called
a special meeting and said it
would have a bill ready by next
week.
Owners Accuse Lewis
WASHINGTON—Souther n coal
producers yesterday accused John
L. Lewis and his coal miners of
breaking the Tallt-Hartley law by
refusing to recognize their asso
ciation in bargaining procedure.
This. they said, is an unfair labor
Practice.
Arabs Refuse Conference
LAKE SUCCESS—Arab repre
sentatives have refused to consult
with conferees of the Jewish
Agency i n a move toward ending
the Holy Land warfare. The vice
chairman of the Arab Higher
Committee for Palestine, Jamal.
Hussein', said he could not recog
nize the Jewish Agency or sit
with its people because they are
not Jews of Palestine.
Survey Alums
On Grid Slate
Penn State is seeking alumni
opinion on the desirability of its
present football schedule.
Using "The Penn Stater,"
alumni publication, as a sounding
board. alumni have In y i asked to
list in order of preference the ten
opponents they would most lik e
to see on the Lion schedule.
The idea was "lifted" from The
Pennsylvani a Gazette. University
of Pennsylvania publication,
which put the same question to
its alumni at the close of the i 947
reason. The Blue and White rated
eisahrth on this list.
H. R. Gilbert, graduate man
ager of athletics. has sanctioned
the poll but took the opportunity
today to point out that su.:h a
schedule may not be easily
achieved at Penn State.
New Dean Flies Own Plane
After Air, Radar Service
The only "flying dean" on cam
pus is Dr. George L. Haller, new
ly-appointed head of the Chemis
try and Physics School.
In his own Piper cruiser Dr.
Haller, a consultant on guided
missiles, yesterday flew to Wash
ington for a meeting of a national
defense board. He has taxied
through the air to attend conven
tions and Meetings in every sec
tion of the state.
Serving as an Air Corps colonel
during World War 11, Dea r , Haller
learned to navigate planes. His
outstanding contribution to the
war effort, the jamming of enemy
radar during several major cam
paigns, wo n fo r him the Legion of
Merit.
Whitmore Lab
'Whitmore Laboratory, conduct
ing research in organic chemistry,
has been set up in. hono r of the
late dean as Dr. Haller's first rec
ommendation in his new office.
All research papers in connection
with organic studies will be pub
lished under the auspices of the
Wilitanore Lab.
Research work in visibility,
supersonics, penicillin, sand, and
oil (among others) wail be ex-
Quest for Thing'
Makes History
Best-Seller
If library circulation were the
basis for choosing the book of the
month, Wayland Fuller Duna
way's "History of the Pennsylva
nia State College" would take the
award hands down.
Since the "It's in the Ads" con
test began a week ago, the Li
brary has been beseiged with stu
dents who suddenly have taken
an interest in the College history.
All three copies of the book in
the circulation section of ithe li
brary are in use with standing or
ders for them when they are re
turned. In spite of liberal use of
the books, the mystery as to the
identity of the "thing" is still un
solved.
Fouss Presenls
Priestley Lectures
Dr. Raymond Fuoss, who will
deliver the 22nd annual Priestly
Lecture series at the College,
starting Monday night and con
tinuing through Friday, is con
sidered one of the country's lead
ing chemists.
Born in Bellwood, Dr. Fuoss,
now Sterling Professor of Chem
istry at Yale University, received
his bachelor of science degree at
Harvard University in 1925. Upon
his graduation from Harvard, he
was awarded the Sheldon Fellow
ship and spent the following year
at the University of Munich,
where he studied thermo-chemi
istry.
Returning to America, Dr.
Fuoss spent one semester as Aus
tin Teaching Fellow at Harvard
and in 1927 joined the staff of
Skinner, Sherman, and Esselen,
consulting chemists, in Boston.
Entering the graduate school at
Brown University in 1930, Dr.
Fuoss received his doctor of phil
osophy degree in 1932. His thesis
work, under the direction of
Charles A. Kraus, was on the be
haviour of electrolytes in non
aqueous solvents.
During 1933-34, Dr. Fuoss was
on leave of absence and as Inter
national Research Fellow, worked
at Leipzig and at Cambridge.
The American Chemical So
ciety in 1935 gave Dr. Fuoss the
award of Pure Chemistry for his
research work on electrolytes and
the following year he joined the
staff of the, Research Laboratory
at the General Electric Co., Sche
nectady, N. Y.
In 1945, Dr. Fuoss was appoint
ed to his present position as Ster
ling Professor of Chemistry at
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panded under Dean Hailer's guid
ance.
The Petroleum Refining Lab
identifies Pennsylvania grade
crude oil with vibrating polarized
light. The light will rotate slight
ly in the higher-grade state oil.
During the summer, several
petroleum research workers will
testify against a fraudulent com
pany which has been passing off
re-refined oil as Pennsylvania
lubricant.
Hydraulic fluids that will not
change in viscosity with tempera
ture are also being studied by a
research staff. These fluids are
used in gear shift cars and in
landing gear propeller and flaps.
Supersonics, sound which can't
be heard, are being studied to
accelerate laundry, kill pests, and
speed up chemical reactions. Pen
icillin improvements and chemo
therapetic treatments of malaria
and tuberculosis are also receiv
ing attention in the labs.
Holder of four Penn State de
grees, Dean Haller served in Trin
idad, Sicily, and Tokyo during the
war. He served as acting dean
from June 1947 until his recent
promotio n to full deanship.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Keep Off Grass
Campaign Begins
"The brass always looks elven
er nil the other side of the street."
S o goes the proverbial saying. But
to us here at Penn State the grass
is just as green on both sides with
the aid of student cooperation.
To help the grass get a fresh
start each spring has been the job
for "the last several years of the
"Keep Off the Grass" campaign
sponsored by All-College Cabinet.
The campaign which is being
launched immediately will last
the next eight weeks in order to
allow the newly seeded ground an
adequate growth period.
"If the student body will re
frain from 'traversing the grass
the n ext eight weeks, 28 weeks of
the school year will be left for
walking on the velvety green, and
we'll still have the best-looking
campus in the East," said Alan
Pottasch, chairma n of the cam
paign committee.
Members of the committee who
will help in the campaign are
James Lotz, Jo Anne Rorabaek,
and Selm a Zasofsky.
Co-op Film Shows
Nation-wide Move
"Here Comes Tomorrow" and
"The Co-op Way," two movies
telling of the cooperative move
ment in the United States and
the co-op store at the 'Univer
sity of Texas, will be shown at
119 Osmond Laboratory 7:30 o'-
clock tonight. ,
All students and faculty mem
bers are invited to the films which
are sponsored by the All-College
Cabinet campus cooperative com
mittee.
Produced by the Cooperative
League of America, "Here Comes
Tomorrow" shows the growth of
the cooperative trend throughout
the United States. In 1940 stu
dents at the University of Texas
made the film, "The Co-op Way."
University of Texas students
were able to provide room and
board for $18.21 a month when
"The Co-op Way" was produced,
according to Eugene Wheeler, a
member of the College coopera
tive committee.
More than $50,000 was made in
patronage refunds to the stu
dents of the University of Texas
in the 18-month period ending
July, 1947, Wheeler said.
Barron, Hill Participate
In Debate Tournament
David Barron and Richard Hill
will represent Men's Debate team
participating in the Eastern Dis
trict preliminiary of the West
Point Debate Tournament at
Middletown, Conn., today and to
morrow.
Ad Contest
A rolling stone gathers no
moss. but the "It's in the Ads"
contest keeps gathering prizes
every day as the entries pour
in.
A doul:le-header features to
day's a dded prize. Should a
girl send in the correct aiviwei
to the identity of the "thing,"
she will receive a gold liked
choker from Crabtrees. A pair
of 14 kt. gold overlay Kerinentz
cuff links will be given to the
male winner of the contest.
Teday's prize brings the total
value of the merchandise to
$7O.
The other live prizes are:
1. Four Essley shirts—College
Sportswear.
2. Electric iron—Hartman Elec
tric Company.
3. $lO credit—Bill MoMuilen.
4. Pressure cooker Marshall
Electric Company.
5. Two portraits and gold
frame—Lion Studio.
King, Queen Deadline
Deadline for submitting can
didates for Pan_Hel-IFC king
and queen is 4 o'clock today.
Each fraternity and sorority
should turn in the name and
an eight-by-ten picture of its
contestant to the Student Union
desk.
The king, selected at the
PanHel-IFC Ball next Friday.
will receive a $l5 merchandise
certificate from Jack Harper's
Clothing Store and the queen
will be awarded a gift from
Ethel Meserve's.
Chairmen Explain
foals of WSSF
The purpose of the present
WSSF drive is not to solicit funds
for a general fund, but for two
specific purposes, according to
Dorothy Parks and William Ren
shaw, co-chairmen of the WSSF
drive.
First, funds collected will be
used to support 14 European refu
gee students in a tubercular sana
torium in Stockholm, Sweden, and
secondly, to establish a hospital
ward at the University of Bom
bay, India.
Renshaw said that students
who have not been contacted by
a WSSF solicitor may contribute
to the fund at Student Union.
The drive, which has been called
"Operation Survival," will be Penn
State's reply to the immediate
needs of fellow students fighting
for their education and their lives.
Within this year students will be
told precisely how the money they
donated was used to fight the bat
tle of world student need.
A food shipment from Penn
State students last year to Ru
manian students impressed them
so much that this year, when Ru
mania finally had an adequate
corn harvest, the students there
collected six tons of corn to be
sent to any student group which
World Student Relief headquar
ters in Geneva should select.
Senate Committee
Receives Forms
Applications for College fellow
ships and scholarships are being
received by the Senate Commit
tee on Scholarships and Awards,
Dr. Clarence 0. Williams. com
mittee chairman, said today,
The John W. White Fellowship
will be awarded to a member of
the 1948 January or Jtme gradu
ating class. who has attained a
high standing and who possesses,
in the opinion of the committee,
the ability and personality that
will enable him or her to profit
best by graduate study.
The fellowship pays $6OO and
the recipient must spend the year
in advanced study either at the
College or another college under
the direction of the president M.
the College. To qualify, the sttu-
I dent must have had an average.
of 2.5 or better and must present
'evidence of clear-cut purpose and
specific plans for graduate study.
One Louise Carnegie Scholar
ship. amounting to $75 and avail-
I able to a sophomore, will be
awarded on the basis of scholar
ship and financial need. The ap
plicant must rank in the timer
tenth of his class.
Scholarship application forms
ere available in 106 Burrowes and
must be filed not later than
April 28.
Students may obtain more de
tailed information from the com
mittee member representing his
school: Agriculture. Dr. R. Adams
Dutcher; Chemistry and Physics.
Dr. Harold K. Schilling: Educa
tion, Dr. Williams; Engineering,
Leland S. Rhodes; LiLieral Arts,
Dr. John H. Ferguson: Mineral
Industries, Dr. Elburt F. Osborn;
and Physical Education and Ath
letics. John D. Lowther.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Cabinet Approves
AIM Constitution;
ISC Vole Needed
Council to Include
Town, Dorm Members
Final draft of the Association ad
Independent Men's constitution
was tentatively approved by Cab
inet last night, subject to revision
and approval of Independent Stu.
dent Council and Pollock Circle
and Nittany Dorm Councils.
Governing Council of AIM
would be composed of one repre
sentative from each of the campus
men's dorms and one from each
of the specified voting districts
in town. The constitution was
prepared by the committee on re
vision of constitution, headed by
Hobert Troxel.
Formal, public inauguration of
this year's newly. elected officers
will be a departure from the
former custom of closed swear
ing-in ceremonies. Allan Hack
was named chairman of the com
mittee to arrange the program.
Jack Cameron and Allan Ostar
were also appointed by Thomas
Lannen, All-College president.
Traffic Violations
The prevalence of stuaent traf
fic and parking violations on
campus was discussed at great
length, with Tribunal being di
rected to study the situation.
Handling of violators by Tribunal
will be considered.
A $2500 fellowship for a year's
study at the College for an Dirpo
pean scientist will be studied
further by the UNESCO commit
tee, headed by Robert Morgan.
Only fifteen colleges in the coun
try have made conditional corn
mittments. Recent curtailment
of the study periods to six months
was considered a major drawback
to mor e complete acceptance.
Insufficient Time
Reasons for not approving the
plan are insufficient time this
semester, lack of clarity on the
national level, and insufficient in
formation. Three major financial
drives this spring were also cited
as being a hindrance to raising
funds.
Trustees meeting with the Cab
inet cooperative committee were
interested and helpful, according
to Emory Brown, chairman. They
asked that a set of by-laws be
drawn up, and that student opin
ion be determined concerning the
relinquishing of a TUB lounge for
a campus co-op store.
One of the two co-op films to
be shown in 119 Osmond Lab at
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News Briefs
Coed Contestants
Contestants i n the recent Coed
Contest may pick up their pic
tures at Student Union now, said
J. Arthur Stobei, Froth editor.
Liebig Society
The Liebig Chem Society will
sponsor a farewell party for June
graduates in the Ag Bio-Chem
school in 405 Old Main at 7:45
o'clock tonight.
Lutheran Students
Members of the Lutheran Stu
dent Association who are attend
ing the rolle r skating party are
requested to meet at the church
between 7 and 7:30 o'clock to
night.
Hillel Services
Norman Schiff, chairman of the
National Conference Committee
of the National Jewis.h. Youth
Planning Commission, will speak
at the Hillel Foundation at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
Youth Leadership Institute,
seminar I—lnfluence of religion
Jewish life will be held at 9
o'clock tonight. The chairman 16
Herbert Hollenberg and discus
aka leader at Saul .isserow.