(AMTA JAYS; —
New Committee to Investigate
Nittany Dorm Food Situation
William Lawless and Edmund Walacavage, co-chairmen of this
semester’s second food committee, met yesterday with Mildred A.
Baker, supervisor of food service, for a preliminary discussion.
Miss Baker said she regarded as serious the fact that so many
men have expressed dissatisfaction with food service in Nittany
dining commons. If the men are found to have a just cause for
complaint, she will do everything
possible to remedy the situation,
she added.
Lawless-Walcavage
Lawless, all-College president,
believed the food situation im
portant enough to warrant the
appointment of himself and Wal
cavage, all-College secretary
treasurer, as co-chairmen of the
committee.
“We are working toward a defi
nite plan for the solution of this
problem,” Lawless said.
It was learned that conferences
with other officials would be ar
ranged as soon as possible.
The food matter flared into the
open at Thursday night’s Cabi
net meeting, when Paul Kritsky,
Nittany Dorm councilor offered
petitions signed by 1364 men,
complaining that food and serv
ice had not improved substantial
ly as a result of the original
Cabinet committee’s investiga
tion.
Register Complaints
Krittsky served on the first
committee’s sub-group dealing
with food and lines. When the
committee stationed itself in Nit
tany commons during serving of
an evening meal October 18, 364
men registered specific com
plaints.
Richard Schlegel, committee
chairman, later issued a full re
port stating that remedial action
had % been taken oh the major
items.
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Lie Detectors
May Aid Probe
WASHINGTON Following a
closed meeting of the House Com
mittee on un-American activities,
Karl Mundt, acting chairman, an
nounced yesterday that lie de
tector tests may be used in the in
vestigation now in progress con
cerning missing State Department
documents. Alger Hiss, one of the
suspects, has resigned his post as
head of the Carnegie Endowment
lor International Peace after be
ing given a three-month leave of
absence by that organization.
World tension Cased
PARIS UN General Assem
bly President Herbert Evatt be
lieves that international tension
has eased somewhat as a result
of the Paris meeting which ended
Sunday. The Australian foreign
minister -told newsmen: “The
temperature is not yet normal, but
the fever has abated.’’
Kent Control Needed
WASHINGT O N Tighe
Woods, federal housing expediter,
yesterday told a group represent
ing consumer interests that rent
controls will be needed until Con-
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Foreign Students
To Discuss U. S.
Foreign students at the Col
lege will be guests of the Ameri
can Association of University
Women at a meeting in the high
school library at 8 p.m. Thurs
day.
Eight foreign students will
participate in a panel discussion
comparing their preconceived
impressions of the United States
with their nresent impressions.
Dr. Kent Forster, associate pro
fessor of history, will be mod
erator. The students participat
ing will be: Soli Bapuji from In
dia; Cesar Calderon, Puerto
Rico; Wan-tzu Chang, China; Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Greenhill, Aus
tralia; Marie Hughes, Chile;
Mary Anne Kun, Austria; and
Ram Thakw, India.
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Foreign Schools
Expand Work
American students will have a
chance to study overseas next
summer under programs devel
oped in both Great Britain and
Norway.
In cooperation with the Insti
tute of International Education
and the British Council, nine Brit
ish universities are expanding
their program of summer schools
and provision is being made for
an intake of American students
larger than previously. The
schools will be recognized by the
Veterans Administration for GI
Bill of Rights grants.
The British summer session will
continue from July 10 until Aug
-20. Tuition will range from $216
to $264 and round-trip transpor
tation will cost between $330 and
$450.
Summer sessions will be held
at the University of Oslo from
June 27 to Aug. 6 with headquar
ters for applications in America
at St. Olaf college, Northfield,
Minn. Cost will be about $3OO for
tuition and between $320 and
$4OO for transportation.
Information on the British
schools can be obtained from the
Institute of International Educa
tion, 2 W. Forty-fifth street, New
York City.
Druids Taps
17 Athletes
Druids, sophomore men’s ath
letic honorary recently tapped 17
varsity athletes at an informal
tapping meeting.
Dean Kissell, acting president,
stated that the newly tapped ath
letes will undergo informal in
itiation this week with the final
ceremonies scheduled for the
steps of Old Main at 8 p.m. to
morrow. ,
Newly tapped men ar e Hal
Borck, cross-country; Clarence
Buss, soccer; Owen Dougherty,
football; Coleman Gainburgh,
tennis; Russ Herman, track;
George Kelly, wrestling; George
Kline,' track; Robert Kunkle,
golf; Stanley Lagonosky, basket
ball.
Harry Little, soccer; Robert
Longnecker, cross country; Vin
cent O’Bara, football; John Reiss,
wrestling; Ted Roderer, track;
John Smidansky, football; Ed
ward Sweeten, swimming; Ken
neth Weiss, basketball.
'Gfuard Valuables/
Warns Capt. Mark
Capt. Philip A. Mark of the
Campus Patrol has issued a warn
ing to all students living in fra
ternities, sororities, and dormi
tories to safeguard their valu
ables with utmost endeavor dur
ing this pre-Christmas season.
According to Captain Mark,
thievers and vandals seem to
thrive on pre-vacation days. They
calculate that if they 1 make their
forays prior to vacations, the deed
will be forgotten until the vaca
tion fades away into history.
“Valuables should be kept
locked in a closet or in a locked
room, at least some place where
they are not accessible to intru
ders,’’ says Captain Mark. He
warned all people possessing val
uables to be especially on guard
before leaving on vacation.
'Parlor Story'
All candidates for the advertis
ing staff of “Parlor Story,’’ Play
ers’ next Centre Stage production
will meet in the Dramatics Office,
Schwab Auditorium, 7 p.m. to
morrow. People are needed in art
and poster work especially.
Patrolmen Sense
Emergency by
Erotic Lights
When the lights all over the
College suddenly start to go on
and off, it’s not a power short
age, it’s a Penn State original—
an emergency call to all Campus
Patrolmen.
A patrolman seeing a flashing
light knows this as a sign to call
the office at once for new instruc
tions about some unforeseen
emergency.
The idea was originated in 1937
by George Ebert, director of the
physical plant. Until that time
there was no way for the office
to reach patrolmen out in cars or
walking their beats.
The campus patrol captain, Mr.
Ebert and the director of grounds
and buildings got together to fig
ure out some means to contact
the patrolmen under a plan simi
lar to the one in town where a
flashing red light atop the traff
ic standards flashes on and off.
It was from this meeting that
the present system arose.
Today if a patrolman is needed
for some emergency, the patrol
office notifies the power plant.
Here a special switch is thrown
which automatically blinks all
lights in the buildings. From here
all the rest is simply a matter of
routine procedure.
German Department Sponsors
Annual Christmas Songfest
Wurfl Leads Sings
Since First in 1930
For George J. Wurfl, professor
emeritus of German at the Col
lege, the 1948 Christmas season
will begin tonight.
It will begin at 7 p.m. when
approximately 500 voices join in
the singing of the German Christ
mas carol, “O Tannenbaum, O
Tannenbaum,” as a part of the
19th annual German Christmas
sing
First Sing in 1930
Professor Wurfl, happy that the
German sing is becoming a Penn
State tradition, looks back with
pleasure to the first sing in 1930.
“The sing was started by the
department of German in the in
terest of those students enrolled
in German courses,’’ Dr. Wurfl
recalls. “The idea was to instruct
them in German songs, music, and
customs through the medium of
group singing”
Professor Wurfl says that at
that time the group created a mi
nor disturbance in the North Lib
eral Arts Building (north wing
of Sparks Building) by practicing
the songs in classes every day
for two weeks.
'Natural' Conductor
When the idea was suggested,
Professor Wurfl was the natural
faculty member to conduct the
sing since he had been born and
reared in Germany. His native
city of Munich has long been in
ternationally known for its
Chrismas music
Professor Wurfl points out that
while Christmas is observed in
Germany and in the United States
in much the same manner, the
German people are not acquaint
ed with Santa Claus. German
children know, however, that if
they are good, the Christ Child
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Pi Gamma Alpha
Pledgesl 7Members
Prospective members of Pi
Gamma Alpha, Art Honorary,
were pledged Wednesday night
by Jo-Marie Jackson, pledge
hostess:
Bill. Ammerman, Angelo Big
atel, Nellie Chirico, Stuart Frost,
Edna Griffiths, Marie Hahn, Carl
Kohler, Frank Lombardo, Jack
W. Long, Bob McCartney, Don
McHenry, Malcolm Moore, Sam
Natoli, Barbara Roberts, George
WiikkMa StrrtfVj B. ftrorth
Picket Line To Continue
In Barber-NAACP Fight
Picketing of the six State College barber shops entered its fourth
consecutive day this morning, as the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People promised to continue their “cru
sade” through Friday.
While spokesmen for NAACP, which is directing the picketing,
said the action already had brought results, barbers declared their
business actually had increased
since the picketing began Satur
day.
NAACP also charged that bar
frers were taking longer than usual
to finish each customer’s haircut.
Picketing Continues
NAACP announced yesterday
that picketing will be carried on
from 9 to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 12
noon, and 4 to 5 p.m.—described
as “crucial hours.” The boycott
will continue, the group said, un
til Christmas vacation.
The picket lines also will oper
ate throughout the first week fol
lowing Christmas vacation, it was
learned.
After a mass rally in front of
Old Main Saturday, some 250 sup
porters of the boyoctt marched
down the Mall and through the
town, passing the six barber shops.
“Jim Crow must go,” was among
the chants heard.
Observing the parade, Chief of
Police John R. Juba declared it
“orderly.”
An estimated 300 supporters of
the NAACP-sponsored action took
part in the hour-long rally.
After 13 student leaders and two
faculty men gave verbal backing
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Author to Speak
On State Caves
Dr. Ralph W. Stone, noted lec
turer and author, will speak to
members of the Nittany Grotto
and all others who are interested
in 110 EE at 7:30 p.m. today. He
will speak on Pennsylvania caves
and will illustrate his lecture with
color slides.
Dr. Stone, who is a retired state
geologist and president of the
National Speleological Society, is
best known for his book, “Penn
sylvania Caves.’’
Besides receiving academic de
grees from Hamilton College and
Harvard University, Dr. Stone
has written 18 books and contrib
uted 270 papers to technical
journals and newspapers. From
1901 to 1921 he contributed 50 re
ports on geology and mineral re
sources as geologist of the U. S.
Geological Survey.
The 19th annual German
Christmas Sing, sponsored by
the department of German at the
College, will be held in Schwab
auditorium at 7 a.m. tonight.
The audience will sing the
carols “O du frohliche, o du see
lige,” “O Tannenbaum, O Tan
nenbaum,” and “Stille Nacht,
Heilige Nacht.”
Dr. Albert F. Buffington, pro
fessor of German will give a
talk entitled “The Visit of the
Belsnickel.”
The organ prelude and post
lude will be played by George E.
Ceiga, assistant professor of mu
sic, while vocal solos and a duet
will be sung by Jacqueline S.
Heckert, of Sunbury, and May
nard Hill, of Lehighton, accom
panied by Clyde S. Shive, Jr., of
Shippensburg.
George J. Wurfl, professor em
eritus of German, and founder
of the annual program, will con
duct the sin;:. He will also read
a biblical account of the Nativity.
Omicron Nu
Omicron Nu, home economics
honorary, will conduct a meeting
and workshop at the home econo
mics nursery school, 7 p.m. today.
Student Handbook
Students who have already in
dicated interest in working on
the Student Handbook and oth
ers who would like to work on
the publication are asked to at
tend a meeting in 401 Old Main,
8:15 p.m. today.
Christmas Program
Club “51” and PSCA are spon
sors of a Christmas program to
be presented in 304 Old Main,
7:30 p.m. today.
Belles Lettres
Belles Lettres Club will meet
in Simmons Hall lounge instead
of Atherton Hall lounge at 7 p.m.
today. Ben Euwema, Dean of the
School of Liberal Arts, will ad
dress the group and refreshments
will be served.
Dickens Presentation
The time for the presentation
of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” by
the Dramatics 101 class has been
changed from 8 to 7 p.m. Thurs
day. It will be given in the Lit
tle Theater Old Main.
Notebook Drive
To Continue
The international • notebook
drive which was to have been
concluded yesterday, will be con
tinued until Thursday. The drive
is sponsored by the Red Cross
College Activities Committee on
this campus.
The need for educational sup
plies for German and Austrian
students is great; notebooks, note
book fillers, and pencils are need
ed urgently for the college stu
dents in Austria and Germany,
workers emphasized.
A contribution from students at
the College will be a constructive
factor in enabling a student of
these countries more easily to
pursue his education, said Jack
Low.
All living units are asked to
have a box near their entrance in
which the notebooks, fillers and'
pencils can be placed.
Members of the Blue Key Hart
Society will pick up the boxes
Thursday evening. After the col
lection, Pennsylvania State Col
lege stickers will be placed inside
each notebook so that the receiv
ers of the contributions will know
that the items were sent by Am
erican college students of Penn
sylvania State College.
News Briefs
Players Tryouts
Tryouts for “Dark of the
Moon,” Players production will
be held in 405 Old Main, 7 p.m.
today.
Scabbard and Blade
In addition to those men nam
ed last Thursday’s Collegian, five
more were initiated into the Na
tional Society of Scabbard and
Blade by Co. H, Ist Reg., last
Thursday. These men include
Dominick J. Abrunzo, Joseph H.
Bedell, Robert S. Keller, Earl F.
Spencer, and Wilbur J. Stauffer.
Pre-Med Honorary
Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medi
cal honorary, recently initiated
Robert V. Dermott, Stanley N. Le
vick, Joseph P. Viglione and Rob
ert B. Wenner.
Chem Eng Society
The Chemical Engineering So
ciety recently granted member
ship to 90 applicants. The society
is planning a field trip and a talk
by a representative from the Gen
eral Electric Co., Plastic Division,
ior its post-hohday actwwtioo.