FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948
An Appeal to Town Residents
TO THE EDITOR: May I use the columns of
your newspaper to address an appeal to the good
sense and the better nature of the residents of
State College?
Last Friday a student group started a boycott
of the six local barber shops. The ultimate objec
tive of this boycott is to ensure equal treatment
of all patrons, regardless of color, in these shops.
The' immediate objective of the campaign is to
show the barbers the attitude of the, community
towards acceptance of Negro patronage. Convince
the barbers that their white patrons will not stay
out of the shops when Negroes have their hair cut
but only when Negroes are refused service.
Although the movement has been initiated pri
marily by students, it is highly desirable that it
be supported by the permanent residents of the
community. You have joined with students in
cheering Barney Ewell and Wally Triplett at New
Beaver Field. Your applause has mingled with
that of the students when Marian Anderson and
Carol Brice sang in Schwab Auditorium. There is
no reason for your not joining the students now.
Here is your chance to show whether you are
prepared to stand and be counted instead of pay
ing lip service to democracy. Show how the bar
bers are insulting your intelligence in attributing
this prejudice to you, their regular patrons. Now
you can clear your conscience by showing that you
do not acquiesce in these undemocratic practices.
I realize that this situation presents unique
problems for the townspeople. You are members
of a social group whose tendency may be to close
ranks when one of your members feels he is being
attacked. Perhaps you fear the reproach or repri
sals which you believe in store for one who dares
to desert the barbers in their mistaken attitude.
Yet if you stand up as courageous Americans, I am
Capital Alumni, Students Plan
Informal Vacation Gathering
Students and recent alumni of
.the College from Washington, D.
C., will hold an Informal get-to
gether in Washington at 8 p.m.
next Wednesday, Dec. 22.
About 60 invitations havs been
sent to students and alumni, Fred
Hazelwood, chairman of the com
mittee in charge reported yester
day, adding that about 30 persons
already have replied.
The affair, for which no defi
nite program is being arranged,
will be held in the 823 Club, at
823 Fifteenth street, NW. Group
singing- is being planned.
Plans for the gathering were
Scholarship Committee
Sets Application Deadline
Applications for seven scholar
ships now available must be filed
by Tuesday, Jan. 4, Dr. E. F. Os
bprn, chairman of the Serrate
Committee on Scholarships and
Awards, announced today.
The scholarships are the John
W. White; the Louise Carnegie,
the Class of 1922 Memorial, the
Helen Wood Morris, the Vance C.
McCormick, Lieutenant Harry
Edward Wagner and the Class
of 1920 Scholarship Awards.
In addition, 15 other scholar
ship, fellowships and awards are
available this year. They are the
C. F. Barclay, Julia K. Hogg Tes
timonial, Judge Benjamin F. Kel
ler Memorial, Klopp Prize, McAl
lister, Alan Nutt Memorial, Char
les Lathrop Pack Foundation For
estry Prize, President’s Prize, Re
hab Club Memorial, George T.
Rogers Memorial, Elizabeth
Stuart Shattuck Memorial, Har
Keramos Installs Local Chapter
Installation of a national hon
orary and professional ceramic,
fraternity, Keramos, was com
pleted Friday, December 3. The
initiation ceremonies were held
in the Mineral Industries Art
Gallery, followed by a banquet
and informal smoker in the State
College Hotel.
The ceremony was the culmi
nation of several; years planning
by undergraduates in the division
of ceramics, who organized a
local honorary ceramics frater
nity, then petitioned the national
fraternity for recognition and in
stallation as the College chapter.
Petition Approved
The petition was approved at
the nati on a 1 convention of
Keramos held in Chicago last
spring.
A member of the Board of
Trustees, Mr. R. W. Rowland,
who devoted mUch time add
effort to the establishment of the
local chapter, was initiated as an
honorary member. Dr. Edward
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
sure you will find many who will join you. Don’t
wait for the next fellow.
Of course, unlike the students, you cannot be
expected to wait till you go home to get a haircut.
If you are to cooperate in this demonstration for
democracy, it will be necessary for you to hold
out for a while, to improvise, perhaps even to visit
other communities for a haircut. Any sacrifice you
may have to make along these lines is trivial com
pared with the issues involved. If you do feel
forced to visit your local barber for that Christmas
haircut, have enough spunk to let him know you
will come back just as regularly when he sees the
light and accepts patrons regardless of color. All
the other merchants and professional people in
town have found that they can do business with
out drawing any color line. Encourage the barbers
to join you in your democratic practices. Complete
the overall bright local picture by removing this
blot.
Some people may prefer to dodge the issue by
questioning the motives of the participants in the
boycott movement or by pointing to places where
others discriminate. Such evasions are excuses’ for
inaction and lack of courage. Let’s judge this issue
on its merits: are you for or against prejudice in
the local barber shops?
This is the season when the emphasis is on peace
and good will. I urge you to act so that when the
students leave for their vacations, it may be with
a feeling of good will towards the townspeople for
their cooperation in a worthy cause. Is your ex
pression of “good will toward men” to be shown
up for all its emptiness by limiting it on the basis
of color? For your own self-respect stand up'and
be counted for good will toward all men regard
less of the pigmentation of their skin.
formulated over the Thanksgiving
vacation by students from Wash
ington. Anyone wishing to attend
should contact Hazelwood by
phoning 4057. ' The party also
will be open to non-residents who
will be in Washington at the time,
if they make reservations.
Others serving on the commit
tee are Kitty Welsh, a graduate
living in Washington; John Ker
im, graduate student on campus,
and Bess Kriner and Sally Gil
lette.
old B. Shattuck Memorial. State
Federation of Pennsylvania Wo
men, Ellen M. Stuart Memorial,
and the John W. Stuart Mem
orial.
Members of the committee are:
School of Agriculture, Dr. R. A.
Dutcher, 110 Frear laboratory;
Chemistry and Physics, Dr. H.
K. Schilling, 101 Osmond labora
tory; Education, Dr. C. O. Wil
liams, 106 Burrowes building;
Engineering, L. S. Rhodes, 208
Engineering “A”; the Liberal
Arts, Dr. Seth W. Russell, 132
Sparks building; Mineral Indus
tries, Dr. Osborn, 222 Mineral In
ductries building; and Physical
Education and Athletics, J. D.
Lawther, 301 Recreation build
ing.
Application forms are avail •
able in Room 221, Mineral Indus
tries building.
Steidle, dean of the School of
Mineral Industries; Dr. E. C.
Henry, chief of the division of
ceramics, and Dr. W. H. Earhart,
assistant professor of ceramics,
were initiated as faculty mem
bers.
Student Members
Also initiated were Richard M.
Smith, president of the new
chapter; Richard F. Urban, vice
president; Donald F. Stock, sec
retary; Charles E. Brackbill,
treasurer; David C. Skelly, her
ald; Lester D. Alspach.
Harold E. Sadwick, George R.
Wisser, Harry W. Reid, Clarence
M. Whitlow, Jr., Webster Caps,
Clifford F. Hocker, Lawrence R.
Sonders, William E. Counts, Dor
othy P. Enright, Robert M. Gru
ver, J. Raymond Hensler and
Guy E. Rindone.
The purpose of Keramos is to
stimulate scholastic interest in
ceramics and to cooperate with
other chapters in other schools in
matters of interest to ceramic
students.
—Saul Isserow.
Found: A Sport Coat,
Lost Enroute
To College
Because Mr. Frederick W.
Koepnick of Philadelphia be
lieves that honesty is the best
policy, a College-student will re
cover a lost sport coat!
The story begins in Clearfield
where the Philadelphian was
driving through several weeks
ago and picked up two College
students on their way back to
State College. After Mr. Koep
nick left State College, he dis
covered one man had left his
sport coat in the car.
So, if you are the one who has
lost the coat, Mr. Koepnick says
he “. . . should like very much
to return this garment to the
proper individual. . .
To save the owner contacting
Santa Claus for a new coat, he
may write to Mr. Koepnick at
the North America Companies,
1600 Arch street, Philadelphia 1.
Mountain Estate Near Hazleton
To Become New Collge Center
As the result of a combination
gift-purchase, the 66-acre Markle
estate on the crest of the Conyng
ham Mountain near Hazleton will
soon become the new campus of
the Penn State Center in Hazle-
Student Carolers
Slosh Amid Mush
In Yule Serenade
Coeds and townspeople got a
taste of what a rather wet heav
enly chorus sounds like when the
combined Treble Singers and
Men’s Glee Club—a 150 - voice
caroling mob—sloshed among the
women’s dorm grounds, around
Co-op Corner and before the
President’s house Wednesday
night.
Starting the pilgrimage at Mac-
Hall, the group went on to
Grange, the Infirmary, Simmons
and Atherton, spreading Christ
mas cheer and losing several
participants at every stop.
Only the caretaker was home
at the Milholland residence but
the ' usual evening crowd heard
the performance before the Main
Gate Christmas tree.
Leaders of the group
Elmer C. Wareham, special
uate assistant in music e<
and director of the Trebi
ers, and F. Hamer Ca.
graduate student in music
cation.
Nearly 300 new gradu
dents were admitted to
lege this Fall, according
Carl E. Marquardt, Collr
aininer.
Local Children Enjoy
Christmas Party Tour
Many of the underprivileged children of this area are just a
little bit happier this week as they sport their new ski sweaters,
stocking caps and mittens they received on their tour of the party
circuit. This was not the usual party circuit of a big weekend, for
these parties were given by fraternities, sororities and other groups
for the underprivileged children of the community.
This kind of party usually began when the first contingent of
Faculty Briefs
Dr. Helen R. Leßaron anu Dr.
Eva D. Wilson, both of the de
partment of home economics at
the College, participated in the
Nutritional Workshop which the
department is conducting there
at the request of the Red Cross.
Dr. Wilson spoke on “Food
Needs and Problems of the Ado
lescent.” Dr. Leßaron assisted the
various groups as they worked
together, drawing on her experi
ences with various phases of
home and family life while she
was head of the department of
education at the University of
Vermont.
Dr. Ellen D. Kelly, assistant
professor of physical education
and athleitcs at the College, par
ticipated at two sessions of the
27th annual convention of the
Pennsylvania State Association
for Health, Physical Education
and Recreation in Philadelphia
last week.
As chairman of the school
health policies committee, she
spoke at one session on “A Pro
gram for Schools” and at another
session she talked on “Tests and
Measurements for High School
Girls.”
Viktor Lowenfeld, professor of
art education at the College, was
a recent guest lecturer at Teach
ers College, Columbia Universi
ty, New York. He spoke on “Art
As Rehabilitation for the Blind.”
Three College department of
home economics faculty members
recently attended the annual
meting of the National Council
on Family Relations in Chicago.
The group includes Delpha
Wiesendanger, associate profes
sor and assistant director of home
economics; Mrs. Marion S. Mc-
Dowell, associate professor of
home economics; and Dr. William
M. Smith, Jr., associate professor
of home economics.
ton, it was announced today by
J. O. Keller, assistant to the pres
ident in charge of extension.
The transaction, made possible
through a gift on the part of Eck
ley B. Markle, Hazleton bus com
pany executive, and a purchase
by the Hazleton Educational
Council, was completed yesterday
in Hazleton. Financial details of
the gift-purchase were not di
vulged, but it is understood that
Mr. Markle donated a sizable pro
portion of the estate, the Educa
tional Council purchasing the re
jmainder, and the entire property
assigned to the College.
The new campus for the Penn
iV at ?, Center includes the 32-room
Markle mansion, a five-room cot
tage, seven-car garage, and sev
eral large greenhouses that will
be converted into classrooms and
laboratories.
Several Penn State officials, in
cluding George W. Ebert, direc
tor of the physical plant, E. L
Keller, executive assistant in the
General Extension Services, and
Amos A. Goss, administrative
head of the Penn State Center,
made a thorough study and sur
vey of the buildings before agree
ing to accept the estate for the
new cam- They assured
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shy youngsters entered the door
and were greeted by a group of
college students eager to show
the kids a good time. Then came
the tug-of-war, in which four of
five of the hosts would crowd
around the guests, taking off
coats, galoshes and mufflers. A
barrage of questions somewhat
reminiscent of I#e early days of
rushing would follow. “What’s
your name?” “How old are/on?”
“Do you go to school?” By th»
time this chatter had subsided
everyone was well acquainted and
ready for dinner.
Dinner conversation ran along
the line of the children telling
their present hosts where they
had been for a party Sunday and
the “swell gifts they got there.’’
Some of the older “more sophis
ticated” girls would talk about
the Santa Claus who was really
only a man dressed up in a red
suit. At this part of the conversa
tion one of thepartyhostswould
tion one of the party hosts would
always manage to change the con
versation to the ice cream that
would be served for dessert.
After dinner the climax of the
party—the arrival of Santa would
take place. In the midst of child
ish rendition of Jingle Bells, a
well-padded pledge arrived with
a mighty “HO! HO! HO”! and
proceeded to take each child on
his knee and hear his request.
Santa would then distribute the
dolls with the eyes that blink,
the chattering tommy guns, and
the wood-burning and painting
sets.
The next minutes were spent
in examining gifts and making
sure that sister got the same kind
of doll or that Jimmy’s mittens
are the right size. Finally the
time came for the children to
leave and after another struggle
to get the kids back into their
boots, snowpants and mufflers,
the youthful guests made their
exit. It was at this point that
each of the hosts and hostesses fell
back into their chairs and decided
that children are fun—as long as
they are someone elses.
Prof. Ruth Graham
Elected Secretary
Miss Ruth E. Graham, professor
of home economics at the College,
was elected secretary of the main
planning committee at the con
ference of the Eastern College
Clothing Teachers held recently
in New York, N. Y. Her term will
cover two years.
Professor Graham was also
asked to compile and prepare the
mimeographed report of the re
cent conference. This report is
sent to all college and university
directors of home economics, and
to all college teachers of textiles
and clothing who are members of
the conference groups in the East
ern, Central and Western sections
of the country.
Chimes in the tower of Old
Main can be heard for 10 miles.
Yet, when the hammer strikes
the tiny metal coils, the sound is
almost inaudible.
HOLIDAY
An Adventure in
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