®l|f latUj (EoUpgtatt VOL 48—No. » ,- } l STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1948 Dean T rabue Defends Education for Drivers Defending education of drivers in the public schools, Dr. M. R. Trabue, dean o£ the School of Education at the College, yesterday said that those who doubt the need of such programs, do so because they do not understand the State’s purpose in paying for education. “Public funds are not used in schools as a sort of gift or charity to children,” Dean Trabue told the National Safety Congress in Chicago, “but the state taxes its citizens and supports public schools for definitely selfish reasons: to improve itself, its in stitutions, and its programs.” “In paying for education for all its citizens, the American state is not being charitable,” Dean Tra bue continued. “It is only paying premiums on a gigantic self-im provement insurance policy.” Dean Trabue cited safer driv ing habits and improved co-oper ation with others for the common welfare as achievements of driv ing instruction in public schools. He urged development of definite standards in driver education and said that schools that offer driv ing programs should adopt meth ods of teaching used successfully in other fields of education, Carefully designed tests, effi cient and varied equipment, as well as adequate “behind-the wheel’’ instruction are requisites of well-planned driving courses, Dean Trabue continued. Dean Trabue pointed out that Help Needed Any students interested in help ing number flashcards for SatiT day’s game are requested to re port to head cheerleader William Bonsall’s home at 120 North Ber nard Street at 7 o’clock tonight. First Meeting of Ski Club Features Illustrated Lecture Mrs. Marguerite Little lectured on “A Trip Out West” at the first meeting this semester of the Penns Valley Ski club. The lec ture, illustrated with slides, was a record of a summer camping trip through Colorado, culminat ing in Aspen, newest of the ski resorts. Plans for hayrides, square dances, and other social activities in conjunction with the fall trail clearing program were announced at the meeting, though no specific dates were set. John Krimmel, chairman of the trails committee, emphasized the Late AP News Courtesy Station WMAJ UN General Assembly Favors Western Powers' Atomic Plans PARlS —Russia was overruled on two important issues in the United Nations yesterday. The General Assembly’s poli favor of Western Power plans for lution was approved to let the Bi try to reach an agreement on bas: weapons. However, there Is little hope for success in reaching an accord. In another actionr'the political committee voted to delay consid eration of, the Palestine question, but the social committee voted to hear a report by UN Mediator Ralph Bunche for giving aid to 427,000 Arab refugees from the Holy Land war. Berlin Resolution PARIS The six so - called “neutral” powers of the United Nations have drafted a new reso lution which they hope will set tle the Berlin crisis. The resolu tion has been presented to the United States, Britain, France and Russia. One high-ranking spokesman termed it “eminently satisfactory.” There has been no immediate Soviet reaction. Warron Asks For UMT MlAMl —Governor Earl War ren of California called for Uni versal Military Training in an address to the American Legion OBMMBItoB tods*. 'FOR A BETTER PENH STATE" student and instructor should know and understand the aims of driver-training and said that teachers should display superior skills and habits as drivers. Tri-Dorms Elect AIM Members Independent men living in Tri dorms will vote at 6:30 o’clock tonight for two men from each dormitory to be named as repre sentatives to the AIM council. Members of the AIM commit tee will act as election officials and supervise the voting. Follow ing tonight’s balloting 46 of the 76 man council will have been named. Remaining to be elected are representatives from 30 of the 32 town wards. Two wards, the ones comprised by .Cody Manor and Beaver House, have already named their council representa tives. Hampered by lack of help, com mittee chairman Donald Little hopes to have postcards, telling each independent man in the town wards the place and time of his ward election,, mailed by Sun day. Elections have been tenta tively set for late next week. necessity for clearing and widen ing the trail, which is located on Bald Eagle Mountain at Boals burg, in order to have more and better skiing this winter. A new ski-tow is the present objective of the club. The old car which formerly operated the lift has worn beyond repair, and the purchase of a new motor is plan ned. Skiing instruction will be pro vided by the club again this year, and beginners are encouraged to attend the meetings now, in order to receive advice in the purchase of correct ski equipment. itical committee voted 41 to 6 in atomic controls. A Canadian reso ig Five world powers and Canada iic principles for control of atomic Curtain Goes Up For Thespian Show Unreserved seats for tonight’s show of “Bring Back My Wing back,” Thespian musical, are still on sale at Student Union today. A few seats for Friday’s performance also remain. The curtain will go up at 7 o’clock both nights. Tying in with home-coming weekend, “Bring Back My Wing back” tells of the dilemma that occurs when an alum comes back in 1968 to find his favorite foot ball team practically non-exist ent. The old squad doesn’t even have its full team; the wingback has deserted to play the cymbals in the Blue Band. The show was written by Pro fessor and Mrs. Edward Nichols, and Lou Levi. Music is by Mr. Nichols, Levi, Ray Fortunato, Pat Lamade and Duke Morris. A special performance for alumni only will be presented fiatueday nigbt. AIM Representative Gets Bird from Pollock Men The men of Pollock Circle Dorm No. 9 recently gave Ralph Pear son, their AIM representative, the bird. The bird was a red-tailed hawk, one wing wounded by gunshot, which two of the men had found on a nearby road Sunday. For a while they kept the hawk in their room and later they turned the bird over to Pearson, who has been keeping it as a pet. Pearson said yesterday that he had been feeding hamburg to the hawk, which has been eating well, and stated that he planned to get information on the proper diet for his pet. He also plans to contact a local veterinarian to learn what can be done to mend the hawk’s broken wing, which prevents it from flying. If the pet is able to fly again, Pearson said, he will release it. Speech Class Presents Quiz Students in the advanced radio spech classes will present “Know Your College” quiz program over WMAJ at 9:30 o’clock tonight. This is the first in a series of var ied student productions to be giv en each Thursday evening from 9:30 to 9:55 under the direction of the speech department. Profes sor Harold E. Nelson is in charge. Broadcasts will originate from Sparks and be carried over WMAJ by use of remote equip ment. Scripts will be written in classes and participants will be speech students. Announcers, ac tors, directors, and student engi neers are to be chosen from the advanced radio classes. Those taking part in tonight's program are: Dick Balentine, quiz master; Florence Feinberg, stu dent director; Joseph Kelly, score keeper; and George Rhoad an nouncer. Contestants are; Robert Gabriel, -Ralph Johnson, Nancy Maurer, Charles McMahan. Lor etta Neville, and Sherwood Web ber. Next week’s show will be a dra matic production commemorat ing the creation of the depart ment of physical education. Nittany Co-op Adds 25 New Members Twenty-five new members were accepted by the Nittany Co-op, Robert ' Merkle, membership chairman, said. Those accepted are: Robert Bar nette, Jayne Blair. Joan Bur lein, Olive Chapman, William Engstrom, Donald Fargo, Calvin Folmsbee, Donald Herb, Suzanne Hosier, Robert Hunter, Jean Hunger, Patricia Kolpein, Wil liam Kraybill, Jerry Kuhn. Donald Mitchell, Arlene Penry, Thomas Riley, Marie Stankie vicz, Charlotte Stine, Ruth Tait, Joseph Trembach, Joseph Trolier, Robert Wagenknecht, Ralph Weixler, and Charles Wynska vich. Red Cross Committees Four committees were appoint ed at a recent meeting of the campus chapter of the Red Cross, according to Jack Lowery, chair man. Members of the publicity com mittee are Charles Bagenstose, Ray Caton, Jack Fast and Jack Lowery, co-chairmen, and Terry Ruhlman. Service committee members are Rosemary Maloney and Bill McLain, co-chairmen, Dotty Shenot, and Seely Snyder. Members of the funds commit tee are Jack Lowery, Bill McLain, Jayne Pollard, chairman, Jane Sutherland, and Frances Welker. The International committee members are Julia Kalbach, chairman, Dick Klosterman, Henry Rea, and Frances Welker. Weather Partly cloudy and continued cold today and tomorrow. Record Crowd Expected For Alumni Weekend A record number of alumni are expected to be on hand for th« College’s annual homecoming weekend which begins with alumni registration in Recreation Hall from noon until 11 o clock tomorrow night. A special registration for Penn State Thespian Alumni wiH take place at 1 o’clock with general registration continued Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Alumni officials announced that the main problem was finding room accommodations for the re turning alumni in the home of State College residents. Although realizing the scarcity of rooms in town, another re quest has been issued from the Alumni Office to townspeople who have a spare room. Anyone hav ing either a single or double room is asked to call State College 6711, extension 192. A full program of athletic events, an Alumni luncheon, a golf tournament, and cider party have been planned for the week end. Ag Group Plans Nature Exhibit The Dendrolog Society’s exhibit for the Hort Show on Saturday and Sunday will be of an educa tional nature, showing branches, twigs, fruit and shrubs commonly found in central Pennsylvania. All these items will be labeled and arranged on mounts. In ad dition, there will be some exotic speciments which the forestry research workers use in their ex periments. The entire Dendrologic Society made a field trip last Saturday to the College’s 3600-acre experi mental forest in Stone Valley in order to collect material for their exhibit. They were headed by Kenneth R. Bromfield, president. The arrangemeent committee for the Dendrologic Society con sists of Tom Russell, chairman; William Haag, Franklin Mohney, and Dale Rennal. At a meeting in 105 Forestry last night, the society discussed this exhibit and was shown col ored slides by Prof. Robert Meahl of the horticultural de partment, explaining ornament als on the College campus. Officials Judge Lawn Displays Three executives of the College will begin judging of fraternity lawn displays for Alumni Home coming week at 7 o’clock tomor ow night. The judges, who will tour the fraternity section before making their decision, are George Dono van, director of student activities; Robert E. Galbraith, veterans’ faculty advisor; and Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary to the president of the College. Basis on which the displays will be judged are originality, 35 points, time and effort, 35 points, artistic ability, 20 points, and re lation to the theme, 10 points. The maximum total possible is 100 points. Theme for the lawn displays is “Penn State Through the Years.” Simmons Hold Open House The first Open House at Sim mons Hall fbr alumni and out-of town guests will be held this Sat urday afternoon immediately fol lowing the football game. The Open House at the ultra modern dorm this weekend had originally been intended for the students, according to the Dean of Women’s Office, but was changed to the following week because the main steps have not yet been opened, and also be cause of the last minute touches which have to be completed be fore the dorm can be officially turned over to the College. Coeds will act as hostesses and guides, and refreshments will be served. Critque Critique Staff will meet in 1 Carnegie Hall at 7 o’clock tonight. Dairy Science Club “ The Dairy Science Club will meet in 117 Dairy Building at 7 o’clock tonight. Movies of last Spring’s dairy show will be shown. Dr. Knodt will speak on “Advances in Dairy Production.” Engineering Lecturer Senior engineering lecturer for this week will be Wilmer E. Ken worthy, College executive secre tary, who will speak on “Office Matters” in Schwab Auditorium at 4:10 tomorrow afternoon. Lion's Paw Alumni Lion’s Paw Alumni will be honored at a dinner at the Nit tany Lion Inn at 6:30 o’clock to morrow night. There will also be a student-alumni pep rally m front of Old Main at 7 o clock to morrow evening. , Mr. B. C. Jones, president or the Penn State Alumni Associa tion, will preside over a meeting of the executive board in 104 Old Main at 8 o’clock tomorrow even ing. . An Alumni Golf Tournament on the College course Saturday morning will begin the day’s ac tivities. There wil be no greens fee but a one dollar prize fee will be charged. All interested in par ticipating are asked to sign up at the Caddy House. At 10 a.m. an Alumni Council meeting will be held in 121 Sparks, and at the same time, the Penn State Varsity soccer team will meet Maryland on New Beaver Field. Olympic Contestants The Colege’s Olympic contest ants and their coaches will be guests at a general alumni lunch eon in Recreation Hall at noon. Guests include Coaches Charles Werner and Gene Wettstone, Barney Ewell, Curt Stone, Her man Goffberg. Gerald Karver, Bill Bonsall, and Lou Bordo. Ray Sorenson who is teaching and coaching in Colorado will be un able to attend. Mortar Board, senior women’s honorary, will act as hostesses at the luncheon. Since capacity is 1000, tickets must be purchased in advance at the time of registra tion. Saturday afternoon will be high lighted by the Michigan State football game at 2 p.m., and the Penn State varsity cross-country team will meet Michigan State ax 3 p.m. Thespian Performance A special performance of the Thespian show. “Bring Back My Wingback” will be given for alumni only at 7 p.m. and the tra ditional cider party, with the State College Alumnae acting as hostesses, will be held in Recrea tion Hall at 8 p.m. A dance will follow the cider party beginning at 9 p.m. with music by Pat Pat terson and his orchestra. Admis sion to the dance will be by alumni registration tags. Other special features of the weekend are an open house at Simmons Hall, new women’s dormitory, immediately follow ing the football game, and a hor ticultural show sponsored by the students of the Penn State Horti cultural Club i n the Stock Pavil ion Saturday and Sunday. Fraternity displays on the theme “Penn State Through the Years” will compete lor the Penn State Alumni Association Cuip, won last year by Beta Theta Pi. News Uriels Forestry Society P. F. English, professor of wild life management, will address the Penn State Forestry Society on “Wildlife Management at the Pennsylvania State College’’ in 105 Forestry Building at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Marine Corps Reserve Electrical Training Unit 4-2, Marine Corps Reserve, will meet in 200 Engineering E at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Meetings will be held every other ThursdagM.
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