ZZC QJ1)? Httiltj |f|| (Enltegimt “l e rr in TOR A BETTER PENN STATE*’ “ VOLUME 48—NUMBER 48 Sexes to Clash In Debate Team Invited To Tournament First home debate for the men's debate team will be held with the women’s squad of Mount Mercy College, in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. Topic for the ev ening will be “Resolved, that wo men exercise an undue influence in American life.” Defending the affirmative will be Harold Brown and Richard Hill. The negative viewpoint will be upheld by the Mount Mercy women, Margaret McGill and Re nee Menegaz. Radio Forum The four debaters will partici pate in a radio forum over WMAJ at 4:45 p.m. and discuss the sub ject “Is the $1,500,000 which wo men spend annually for cosmet ics justified?” The men’s debate team has ac cepted a special invitation to at tend the Old Dominion Debate Tournament at the University of Richmond, December 10 and 11. Debate Invitation The invitation to the tiumg ment was extended by the coach of the Wake Forest team after hearing the College squad at the University of Vermont Tourna ment two weeks ago. Professor Joseph F. O’Brien, will send the same four men who tied for second place in the Ver mont meeting. Affirmative mem bers will be Herman Latt and Richard Schweiker. Defending the negative will be David Bar ron and Richard Hill. VA Representatives To Explain Benefits . Louis P. Nardi, Veterans Ad ministration contact representa tive, will be at the campus VA offices in the Old Zoology Build ing from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today to assist veterans in appli cations for benefits. Many veterans who are receiv ing payments of service-incurred disability compensation in the amount of $82.00 a month or more may be entitled to increased pay ments from September 1, 1948, if they have one or more depend ents. Mr. Nardi will explain this and any other benefit to veterans and their dependents and will assist in the completion of any forms that may be required. News Briefs Ag Hill Breeze Staff members and students in terested in trying out for Ag Hill Breeze will meet in 103 Ag. at 7 p.m. today. Pi Gamma Alpha Members of Pi Gamma Alpha will meet in the lounge at Sim mons Hall at 7:30 p.m. today to meet prospective pledges. Women's Bowling The first bowling telegraphic meet of the season will be held in White Hall at 8 p.m. today. Newman Club A general business meeting of the Newman Club will be held in 110 EE at 7:30 p.m. today for nominations of vice-president, corresponding secretary and treasurer. The membership com mittee is requested to make re turns at this meeting. Religion In Life Week The publicity committee for this year's Religion in Life Week program wll meet at the Hillel Foundation at 2 p.m. Sunday. Guest Speaker Rev. C. I. Summy, Bible teach er at the Lancaster School of Theology, will be guest speaker at the Penn State Bible Fellow ship meeting in 405 Old Main at 7 pan. Friday. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1948 NSA to Meet In Reading Pennsylvania region of the National Student Association will hold its third assembly at Al bright College in Reading De cember 17 through 19, announced Harold Brown, regional presi dent. NSA’s local chapter will select its delegation at a meeting in 8 Sparks at 6:30 p.m. today. The College is entitled to 12 repre sentatives and the same number of alternates, although financial considerations may limit the number. Brown will act as chairman of the assembly. The steering com mittee of the conference will in clude Lee Burns, central sub regional director, and Janie Schw i n g, central subregional publicity director. Jane Four acre, campus chairman, will serve as parliamentarian for plenary sessions and will lead a workshop discussion on “Human Relations and Educational Prac tices.” Delegations from 26 member schools will attend the confer ence. All non-member colleges have been invited to send repre sentatives and observers. Greek Church Starts Campaign With more' than 200 Penn State students affiliated with the Or thodox Catholic Church, prelim inary plans are underway to pro vide a temporary place of wor ship. At the same time a cam paign is being launched to estab lish a church or parish in State College, A student organization, to be known as the Orthodox Greek Catholic Club, has been formed on campus with Dr. Robert E. Dengler, head of the classic lang uage department, as faculty ad visor. Plans have also been announced to hold a benefit lecture in Schwab auditorium on December 15, to raise funds toward the establishment of a church or par ish in State College. The speak er is Mark Weinbaum, editor of a Russian language newspaper in New York. Editor Weinbaum will give the inside story on the Anna Kasen kina case to illustrate the at titude of many Russians regard ing the present Soviet regime. It was Mr. Weinbaum who made the secret arrangements that per mitted the Russian school teacher to leave New York City and go to a farm from which she was sub sequently removed by Soviet offi cials. Long opposed to the Commun ist movement, Mr. Weinbaum has been the go-between for many Russians who were unwilling to return to the U.S.S.R. In his lec ture he will tell of his personal experiences with many of these individuals. Invitation tickets for the lec ture are being distributed by stu dents and can also be obtained in 132 Sparks. Single Tickets Left For Kinsey Lecture Single admission tickets for the “Kinsey Report” lecture to night will be available at Student Union until 5 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at Student Union between 7 and 8 p.m. The price is $1 each. The second lecture of the Com munity forum series will be given by Dr. O. Spurgeon English who will be introduced by Dr. Clif ford Adams of the psychology de partment. Dr. Adams will serve as chair man of the lecture and discussion. Dr. English is head of the de partment of phychiatry at the Temple University Medical School and Hospital. Season tickets for the remain ing numbers of the Forum Series, including tonight’s lecture, are available for $2.50 at the student Union office. 'Wear Out the Walk'; Concrete Receives Just Fate “Wear out the Walk” signs were placed in prominent spots about the campus yesterday where the grass is being worn excessively. Within a week, more will be set up to cover all places where short cuts are defacing the campus. George Bearer, chairman of the Grass Committee, says, “Let’s heed these reminders and take the few extra sec onds to stay on the walks. “A brief survey shows that many sections of the lawns are gradually simulating a tennis court. Let’s end this by co operating with the committee and effect a more beautiful Penn State." Bearer announces the ap pointment of Carl Durling, Harry Marilyn Hoke and Lois Kenyon to the Keep off the Grass Committee. Registrars Pay Tribute to Dean William S. Hoffman, Dean of Admissions and Registrar at the College, was among three retir ing registrars to be honored at the week-end meeting of the Middle States Association of Col legiate Registrars in Atlantic City. In a tribute to Dean Hoffman, the association said: “To indicate that Dean Hoffman took an active part in the affairs of our regional and national associations would be an inadequate statement of his energtic influence and leader ship. He has presented papers at many of our meetings and has written for educational journals, and has stimulated our discus sions in his characteristic effec tive manner.” 'More Interest in Agriculture' Says Horst at Ag Convocation "There is more public interest in agriculture in Pennsylvania than there has been for many years,” declared State Secretary of Agriculture Miles Horst to nearly 400 students and faculty of the School of Agriculture Tuesday night. Mr. Horst was principal speaker at the Ag Convocation which was held in 121 Sparks. Agriculture students today face more opportunities and more Soprano, Organist To Present Recital Rebecca Griffin, soprano, and Prof. George E. Ceiga, chapel or ganist, will present a jpint re cital sponsored by the depart ment of music in Schwab Audi torium, 4 p.m. Sunday. Miss Griffin, a senior in music education, will sing “Chanson Trist” by Duparc, “Mandolin” and “Air de Lia” by Debussy, “Silent Moon” by Williams, "Waikiki” by Griffes, and “Ecs tasy” by Rummel. She will be accompanied by Gay Brunner at the piano. Professor Ceiga will perform Guilmant's Sonata Number 1 in D minor, “Largo e maestoso," "Allegro,” “Pastoral," and “Fi nale”; “The Mirrored Moon” from “Seven Pastels—Lake of Con stance” by Karg-Elert; and Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D major. Sea Film A natural color film entitled "Voice of the Deep," will be shown in 119 Osmond Lab at 11 a.m. today. The film is the first ever made of underwater sound, and is produced by Dr. Irwin Moon. It was made possible by the use of a battery of hydraphones on the bottom of Chesapeake Bay. The new movie is being dis played for the initial time at a college or university in Penn sylvania. Borough Considers Minor Liquor Law Beer taps in State College taprooms will be turned off tighter than previously when persons under 21-years-old try to obtain beer, if a proposed Minors’ Ordinance is passed by the State College Bor ough Council this Monday night There is, at present, only sli passage. One borough councilman Physics Society Lists Members Frank Dietz, president of the College chapter of Sigma Pi Sig ma, national physics honor socie ty, has announced a list of can didates for membership in the or ganization. The candidates will be received Tuesday, and a banquet and re ception will be held thqt night honoring the new members. Candidates are Dr. D. W. E. Axford, Earle Muschlitz, and Dr. Richard Stoner, of the faculty; Clifford Bastuscheck and James Murphy, physics graduate stu dents. David Barron, James Dietz, Thonjas Hutchison, Donald Jew art, Julian Reinheimer, James Replogle, James Schmeer, Rich ard Shepard, and Kenton Under wood, physics undergraduates. Malcolm Beals, William Cram er, William Deazley, Arthur Gow John Lewis, Robert Lowrie, John Mausteller, Carl Scheirer, Wilr liam Wilson, Robert Zeigler and Joseph Zelinski, graduate stu dents from other departments. Players Players will meet in Little Theatre at 2 p.m. Sunday to re vise Players eligibility systems. Shingles will also be given out. challenges than at any time in our history, Mr. Horst said. He pointed out that food production plus food processing turn out products valued at almost the same as the state's vast metals industry. Yet the state is com monly considered an industrial rather than an agricultural state. The speaker asserted that agri cultural interests, widely diversi fied and comprised of many small units, need leaders and leader ship to meet the rapidly changing conditions. This leadership must come from those scientifically trained in fields of agriculture and allied interests, particularly in processing, preserving, and distribution of food and food products. Dr. Lyman H. Jackson, dean of the School of Agriculture, who introduced Mr. Horst, said he was “gratified” at tht large crowd at the meeting, and urged simi lar meetings in the future. He also announced preliminary plans for an “Open House Week” for the School of Agriculture. Dr. Harold K. Wilson, director of resident instruction, revealed that the College School of Agri culture is now the third largest in the nation. He also instructed students in pre-registration for the next semester. Ted Allen presided over the convocation. Phil Cease, presi dent of Ag Student Council, out lined the dub activities for the students of the school and rea sons for the convocation. Group singing was led by Lee Dymond. By D. L. J. Malickson ight opposition to the ordinance’s , however, said he would fight the ordinance if he were sure he would get some student support. The board of directors of the State College Chamber of Com merce; A. R. Warnock, dean of men; taproom owners and beer distributors in State College, as well as other local groups, have placed their approval behind the ordinance. Yesterday, both the dean of women’s office and the College president's office did not wish to make any comments un til they had studied the ordinance. Minors' Fine Under the proposed ordinance, it will be possible to fine a minor for entering a taproom without his parent or guardian. The pres ent State Liquor Control Act pro vides that a minor can be fined only after he has misrepresented his age in a signed statement in the taproom. This ordinance is not sponsored! by a temperance league but rath er by George J. Gregory in con junction with other local tap room owners and State College beer distributors who maintain that they want no part of the profit made from sales to minors. “The enactment of this pro posed ordinance will place both a moral and legal responsibility upon a minor and this, together with a fear of being fined, will produce a more effective control over minors, whereas, at present, there is no such restraint,” said Gregory. Teen-Age Drinkers “According to a recent sur vey made by Alcoholics Anony mous of its membership. . . . over 80% began drinking as teen agers. Who can tell of how many of these alcoholics might have been spared the ordeal of becom ing alcoholics, if there were more laws and ordinances prohibiting minors from entering establish ments licensed to dispense alco holic beverages?” Gregory said. This proposed ordinance not only might possibly aid in elimi nating minors drinking in tap (Continucd on page two) Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ Chinese Make NewAidAppeal WASHINGTON—A new plea was made today for American aid to China as the government tried to protect its capital, Nan king, from the Communists. The appeal came from the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Wellington Koo. Koo said that if China falls be hind the Iron Curtain, Asia will lose its freedom. He appealed for quick American help and said that the Chinese government is ready to accept strong American control of any expenditures, a which would be proof against corruption. Mme. Chiang Arrives WASHINGTON—Madame Chi ang. Kai-Shek is resting in Vir ginia after her across- the-world trip from China. She arrived in Washington today to plead for immediate American aid. A White House spokesman said that, so far, Madame Chiang has has no appointment with Presi dent Truman. Violence in Berlin BERLlN—Communists began taking over City Hall today foL lowing their creation of a sep arate government for eastern Berlin. They locked the elected mayor out of his office. Violence also flared. Commun ist hecklers tried to break up a political rally in the American sector. Fierce, but brief, fist fighting resulted. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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