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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
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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.
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