Late AP News, Courtesy WMA,
Truman Agrees
To Conference
With Mme . Chiang
WASHINGTON—P resident
Truman said yesterday that he
would confer with Madame
Chiang Kai-Shek at any time she
wanted to see him. China’s first
lady is expected to ask for more
American help for China’s hard
pressed national forces.
The tide of battle continues to
run against Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek’s armies. Another so
called hour of decision is near on
the great Chinese plain between
Suchow and Nanking, 211 miles
to the southeast.
The Chinese Communists say
they have captured Suchow, and
Chiang’s staff officers say that
three government army groups
are' slowly moving southward .in
an effort to support ’other gov
ernment forces isolated by the
Reds on the road to Nanking.
Israel Bid Delayed
PARI S—The United Nations
Security Council has referred
Israel’s bid for immediate ad
mision into the U-N to a mem
bership committee. The delay
may mean the Israel application
will not be before the general as
sembly until next year.
Ag Senior Tops
As Meat Judge
Thomas B. King, a senior in
the School of Agriculture, was
the high individual scorer in
beef judging at the Intercollegi
ate Meats Judging Contest at the
International Livestock Exposi
tion in Chicago Tuesday. He was
tenth high scorer for the entire
contest.
Although the Penn State team
was first in the beef judging divi
sion, it finished in fifteenth place
in a field of 18 colleges and uni
versities. Oklahoma A and M
came in first, followed by Ohio
State, Ontario, and Kansas.
Members of the Penn State
team in addition to King were
Robert Loughry, Francis B. Kirk,
and James E. Work as alternate.
The team was coached by James
A. Christian and Prof. P. Thomas
Zeigler.
Over $2OO Stolen
From Fraternities
Two fraternities,- Tau Kappa
Epsilon and Alpha Gamma Rho,
were robbed of ’approximately
$2lO early yesterday morning. A
sum exceeding $l5O was reported
missing from the Teke house,
while the AGR loss was estimated
at $56 by fraternity members.
John Juba, chief of police, is
investigating the robbery, but no
developments in the case have
taken place.
Exactly one year ago, the same
two fraternities, as well as Aca
cia and Chi Phi, were the vic
tims of a $l4OO burglary, which
was never solved.
Graduates Eligible
For Civil Service
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced that
examinations will be given fpr
Junior Professional Assistants
and Junior Management Assist
ants to students graduating in
1949. Applications must be made
before December 21, 1948.
Governmental positions are
available through these exams
and the National Institute of Pub
lic Affairs will select its interns
from those obtaining acceptable
grades on the examinations.
Options listed under the Jun
ior Professional Assistants includ e
astronomers, bacteriologists, che
mists, economists, food and drug
inspectors, geographers, legal
assistants, psychologists, social
science analysts, statisticians,
technical editor (physical sci
ence), textile technologist, and
trade-mark examiner.
Those under Junior Manage
ment Assistant are budget assist
ant, general administrative as
sistant, and personnel assistant.
Application forms and more in
formation is available in the Col
lege Placement Service, 204 Old
iatly ® dallrgian
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Society Holds
False Views
On Sex-English
By Paul Eisenberg
“Society has been talking one
thing about sex and practicing
another,” said Dr. O. Spurgeon
English at the second lecture of
the Community Forum Series in
Schwab Auditorium last night.
Dr. English spoke on the Kinsey
Report.
“A large section of the people
who have never stopped to think
about sexual behavior must do
so and try to absorb it in what
is good to themselves. The an
swer is not dependent on a few
kids engaging in it, it is depend
ent on what responsible people
are going to do about it. What
are we as parents going to do?
Need for Education
“Dr. Kinsey has shown us that
w'e do have a job to do. But it is
not being taken- care of in the
homes. ... It is the job of the
home to give the child sex edu
cation. I don’t know at what age,
but it should be given because
some education is better than no
education at all,” said Dr. Eng
lish.
Quoting figures from the Kin
sey Report, Dr. English showed
the differences that exist in sex
ual relations as a result of the
differences in education.
Offers Suggestions
The speaker then offered five
suggestions which he thought
might help to ease this problem.
They were (1) educate the child
in a wholesome setting so that
he would not have to resort to
experimentations that might
prove dangerous; (2) teach the
child ideals of discipline and the
value of postponement of sexual
relations; (3) make life richer in
wholesome pleasures so that he
won’t use sex to relieve emo
tional yearnings; (4) treat this
force kindly; (5) foster earlier
marriage and parenthood.
Dr. English was introduced by
Dr. Clifford Adams of the psy
chology department who served
as chairman of the lecture and
discussion which followed. A cof
fee hour followed at the Hotel
State College.
Reception Honors
College Librarian
Ralph W. McComb, newly ap
pointed College librarian, and
Mrs. McComb will be honored at
an informal reception and open
house in the Central Library
building from 7 to 9 p.m. to
morrow. The faculty and their
husbands or wives are invited.
A varied program has been
planned. The “Fifty Books of the
Year” will be on display in the
foyer. Other exhibits will include
rare books, pictures of the
library, United Nations docu
ments, and demonstrations of
audio-visual aids.
Photographer Needed
A student photographer is
needed on the advertising staff
for Players’ productions of “All
My Sons” and “Parlor Story.”
Please contact the Dramatic of
fice or phone Hank Glass at 6608.
'Fifty Books of the Year'
Are On Display in Library
The 28th annual exhibition of
“Fifty Books of the Year”, spon
sored by the American Institute
of Graphic Arts, is now on dis
play at the Library and will con
tinue until December 27.
The exhibition represents a sel
ection of outstanding work in
American book design and pro
duction during 1947 and was sel
ected by a jury from over 700
titles submitted in response to the
Institute’s annual call for books.
Different Books
Books of many different types
are represented including trade,
art, poetry, children’s, limited edi
tions, dictionaries, pocket book
and paper bound guide book.
Eager Hunter Bags
175-Pound Deer
And Loses $lOO
Fred Coy of Nittany Dorm
25 believes he holds the honor
of being the first to get a deer
this year. He rushed the season
by a few days when he collided
with a 175-pound buck on Wed
nesday night near Tionesta, en
route to Erie for Thanksgiving
vacation.
Even though the damage to
his car was estimated at over
one hundred dollars, he was
not permitted to keep the deer
as a consolation prize. It was
claimed for the Salvation Army
by the local game warden from
Tionesta.
Fred says that he has never
mastered the art of deer hunt
ing but feels sure that there
must be a less expensive way
to go about it.
'Live Together'
Is Hillel Topic
“How Can We Learn to Live
Together?” will be the subject
of the third session in the current
series of Town Meetings spon
sored by the Hillel Foundation at
8 p.m. Sunday.
As in past sessions, there will
be three guest speakers followed
by a question and discussion
period. Speakers will be Rabbi
Manning H. Bleich of Lewistown;
Dr. George M. Lott, psychiatrist
of the College Health Service;
and Dr. J. Paul Selsam, profes
sor of European history at the
College. Harold P. Zelko, profes
sor of public speaking, will act
as guest moderator.
Hillel Town Meeting is a
forum open to the public for the
discussion of vital current issues.
This is the ninth annual series
sponsored by the Hillel Founda
tion.
Chesterfield Hails
Alumna on Radio
The College and a former coed
will be saluted over the Chester
field Supper Club on the NBC net
work tonight at 7 p.m.
The salute goes to Mrs. Daniel
Botkiss, the former Gloria Cold
enstruth, who graduated from the
College last June in the Arts and
Letters curriculum. Mrs. Botkiss
also won a portable radio in a
national contest among campus
Chesterfield representatives for
encouraging the most people to
switch to a different brand of cig
arettes.
Mrs. Botkiss is a member of Chi
Omega sorority. Her husband is a
senior in the hotel administration
curriculum.
Don't Schedule Psychl
Dr. Clifford Adams haas an
nounced that students should
not schedule any psychology
courses for the coming semes
ter from the timetable. All
times listed in the book are in
correct.
In choosing the fifty books, the
jury considered cover, choice of
paper and type, use of color and
illustrations, register and impres
sion, design, artistic conception
and cohesion, fitness for the
book’s intended use, and the de
signer’s success in meeting pro
blems of manufacture and those
presented by the book’s editorial
content.
Noted Judges
Jurymen were Edgar Kauf
mann, Jr., director of the Depart
ment of Industrial Design, Mu
seum of Modern Art, New York,
N. Y.; George Salter, designer;
and Lewis F. White, printer.
College Deba
Open Annual
Debaters Clash
With Mt. Mercy
The Penn State men debaters
will meet the women debaters of
Moupt Mercy College tonight in
their annual men-versus-women
topics in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m.
The controversial question to be
discussed will be “Resolved, that
women exercise an undue influ
ence in American life.”
Margaret McGill and Renee
Menegaz, both of the Mount Mer
cy squad, will defend the feminine
viewpoint while the Penn State
men will take the affirmative side
of the question. Harold Brown and
Richard Hill will represent the
campus debaters.
An open forum with audience
participation will follow,the de
bate. There is no admission charge
and the public is invited.
Red Cross Holds
Notebook Drive
The International Notebook Col
lection to which Penn State stu
dents contributed last year is be
ing continued this year. The drive
begins Monday and will last for
one week.
Boxes will be placed in all fra
ternities, sororities, men’s dormi
tories, and town, houses and living
units. Every student that possibly
can is asked to give a notebook
that is in good and usable condi
tion, one or several fillers, and
one or more pencils. ,
The Red Cross College Activi
ties Committee on campus is spon
soring this drive. The project is
strictly a college endeavor. Simi
lar drives are being conducted on
campuses all over the country.
College and university students
have a difficult time in Europe,
(Continued on page three)
AIM Council Plans
Treasurer Election
Association of In dependent
Men’s Council will elect a treas
urer and make appointments to
standing committees, when it
meets in 405 Old Main at 7 p.m.
Monday, said William Prosser,
president.
Members will be appointed to
the publicity, social, and athletic
committees, and a historian will
be named. Prosser urged all
representatives to come to the
meeting.
AIM Council was elected by in
dependent men in October. It has
adopted a constitution, and its
president is a member of All-
College Cabinet.
Sigma Delta Chi
Host to Chet Smith
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journ
alism honorary, will be host to
Chet Smith, sports editor of the
Pittsburgh Press, at a smoker at
the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity
house at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Foot
ball movies will be shown.
All men enrolled in the journ
alism school are invited to attend.
Sam All-American!
Turn to page 4 for details of
Tamburo's selection on
Collier's Team
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Coed Debaters
Meet Princeton
Two members of the Prince
ton University debate team
will compete with the Penn
State women debaters in their
opening contest of the season
in 2 Sparks at 7 p.m. today.
Subject of the opening debate
will be the intercollegiate debate
topic for the year, “Resolved, that
the federal government should
adopt a policy of equalizing edu
cational opportunities in tax-sup
ported schools by means of an
nual grants.”
The debate will be Oregon style
with the Princeton team arguing
the affirmative view. Penn State
women debaters Jean Esterman
and Jean Hootman will defend
the negative. An open forum will
follow with Jan Kurtz presiding
as chairman.
Clayton Schug, debate team
coach, announced that Mary
Louise Coleman will take over the
duties of debate manager to re
place Helen Dickerson who is
practice teaching.
Rec Hall Set
For Big Ball
A holiday theme of “Dance to
the Light of the’Silvery Moon”
will highlight the traditional Har
vest Ball tomorrow night at Rec
reation Hall.
The ten-piece orchestra of Al
len Snair will provide “Music De
signed for Dancing” from 8 p.m.
to midnight for the semi-formal
affair.
Tickets for the first Saturday
night “big” dance of the year are
on sale at the Student Union desk
in Old Main, priced at $1.50 per
couple.
Admissions have been restricted
in order that the dance floor will
not be unduly crowded, as has
been the custom in previous years,
Jayne Pollard, ticket chairman,,
pointed out.
Co-chairmen of the dance com
mittee are Ted Jensen and Joseph
Slakas, Pat Carlyle heads the dec
orations crew, and Herman Auker
is chairman of publicity for the
occasion.
Newman Club
Holds Outing
Philip Des Marais, executive
secretary of the Newman Club
Federation, will speak at the
Newman Club communion break
fast at the Nittany Lion Inn at
10 a.m. Sunday.
An informal dance, sponsored
by the club, will be held in
Woodman Hall at 2 p.m. in the
afternoon with music by the
Penn State “Blue Notes.”
A current Newman Club card
will admit a member and one
guest.
News Briefs
Thespians, Masquerettes
An informal dinner dance will
be held for all members of Thes
pians and Masquerettes at the
State College Hotel tomorrow at
6 p.m.
Members of the cast and crews
of “Bring Back My Wingback”
are invited to the dance which
will begin at 9 p.m. Music will
be provided by Huff Hall and his
orchestra.
Ski Club
Penn State Ski Club will hold
a square dance at Alpha Sigma
tomorrow at 9 pan.
CORE
There will be a meeting of the
Council on Racial Equality at 8
p.m. Monday in Room 4U Old
Main.