Colgate Game Saturday 4 , 4 , ori lt B attu Tritigglatt Weather: Cloudy and "IJ 4 ,,r0v Rain "F'OR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOLUME 48-NUMBER 61 Parcel Service Halted For Men's Dormitories Residents of Pollock Circle and Nittany dormitories will be hived to mail all parcel post packages—including laundry kits—at the downtown State College post office beginning today. the announcement was made Monday night at a joint meeting bf the Nittany and Pollock Circle Dorm councils by William Gross, supervisor of_ men's dormitories. At the same time the councils appointed a committee, headed by' George Slpida, to investigate whether it would be possible to re establish the system previously in effect. Under this system, Nittany and Pollock Circle dorm residents could mail such parcels at' Dorm 20, from where Gross had been delivering the parcels to the post Oita as a courtesy to dorm residents. the decision by Gross to discontinue the service followed a re ported investigation by a local businessman, who wished to perform a attnitar service for a slight charge. Asked whether it was the pol icy of the College not to compete with private enterprise in this Way, Stanuel K. Hostetter, as siittant to the president in charge of_ business and finance, told the Daily Collegian yesterday that he could not make a statement because he was unfamiliar with the situation. Gross said that he had begun the service last fall, using a Col lege truck for delivery of the parcels; he added that the truck was not insured. Lite AP New's, Courtesy WMAJ Rescuers Seek Tornado Victims ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA National guardsmen and other rescue workers are searching the wreckage caused in Arkansas and LouiSlana by tornadoes which spun through the two states on Monday. At least 59 persons were killed and nearly 360 were injured by the twisting, high-vel ocity winds. About one dozen communities were hit by the tornadoes, but the most violent storm developed in a small lum ber mill town, Warren, Arkan sas. The • Warren casualty list hieluoies 54 known dead, and pos sibly 300 injured. COMMUNISTS ARE SILENT CHINA T h e Communists seem to be blocking the Govern ment's peace offensive with a wall of silence. On the National ist side, there are Increasing de mands'for a truce and a negotiat ed settlement of the civil war, but the Communists have not given ally indication of their attitude. BADGER DENIES RUMOR WASHINGTON The com rhander of the United States Nav al Forces in the Western Pacific. Vice-Admiral Oscar Badger, has declared that American forces are not being withdrawn from China. Admiral 3iadger said at Tsing tao that the rumors apparently were based on reports that Amer ican Marines had ended their lease on land where they main tamed their barracks. Food Committee Set For Double Attack All-College Cabinet's fo o d committee will attack the Nittany food problem on two fronts— financial and psychological—as the result of a special meeting last night. Nittany and Pollock dorm re presentatives repeated their as sertion thit the chief question in the minds of the diners is how the income from the dining com mons is carried out. When further discussion elici ted numerous specific complaints as to food service, the Cabinet group decided to have a ques tionnaire prepared, with the aid of experts, on which the men wouid have opportunity to ex- Press mowers to definite ques tions. Wi„ . lliarn Lawless, All-College MOWN' and co-chairman of the STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1949 Chem Honorary Holds Initiation Twenty-eight men were initia ted into membership by the Mu Chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon, the honorary chemical society, at a ceremony held prior to the Christmas holidays. The initiation ceremonies took place in Walker Lab on December 16. Those received into member ship were: JoJhn E. Benson, A. Eugene Blakeslee, Robert E. Caffrey, Webster Capps, Harold B. Clark. Frederick C. Dehn, Samuel E. Firestone, Arthur S. Gow. Robert A. Hollis, Harry A. Kohn, Raymond E. Kourtz, Joseph E.. Kunetz, Seymour F. Kuvin, Stanley W. Lasoski Jr., Harry Lawroski, John R. Martin, Victor J. O'Brien Jr. Edward F. Price, William D. Rice, Joseph R. Riden Jr., Floyd E. Romesberg, Keith D. Sheppard. Mark J. Smith, Penn F. Spitzer Jr., John M. Tome, Quentin C. Weaver, William A. Wilson, and James H. Worley, Jr. Skating Awaits Colder Weather Students at the College will have to wait for colder weather if they wish to skate on an artificial ice pond to be formed on the foot ball practice field. Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of landscape, construction and maintenance, said yesterday that efforts Monday night to lay a coat of ice on the practice field had been unsuccessful because tem perature was not low enough. Trainer said that a temperature of about 22 degrees was needed for water sprayed on the field, to , freeze. Attempts to do this Mon day night resulted in the water's seeping into the ground. All-College cabinet had ar ranged for the forming of the ice pond by an agreement with the College, which will foot the cost of about $4OO. committee, said he would seek information on distribution of in come from Nittany food service, when he next meets with Samuel K. Hostetter, College finance offi cer. Assistance of the departments of psychology and sociology will be sought in preparing the pro pos e d questionnaire, Lawless said. Edmund Wala2avage, All-Col lege secretary-treasurer, is co chairman of the food committee, which is the second such group to function this semester. The first committee delivered a detailed report of ameliorative action taken by dining authorities following complaints of 364 men. Nittany representatives, howev er, re-opened the subject before Cabinet last month. Haven't You Met Etaoin Shrdlu, Age 63? Meet Mr. Etaoin Shrdlu, a4ed just 63. Remember him Nine chances out of ten you've seen him before. Shrdlu has been around now since 1865, when the Linotype machine (which is the little job that sets up the type you're read ing) was invented. And for 63 years he's been hounding journal ists from the editor of the biggeSt metropolitan journal to the low liest printed rag. What's more, he just can't be gotten rid of. Publicity Hound Shrdlu is a publicity hound who loves to get his name in print, without benefit of capitali zation most of the time. Who is this guy, you ask? Well, search through the student di rectory in vain he won't be listed. No Shrdlus are to be found in the telephone directory. In fact, as far as we're concerned, there is no Etaoin Shrdlu, and here's why. Shrdlu an Error Mr. Shrdlu appears in t through the carelessness of a lino type operator who, in the process of setting up a line of type, makes an error. Now, the inner workingi of a linotype are such that a line of type, or slug, cannot be dropped from the machine unless the line is complete. When the operator makes a mistake he fills up the rest of the line by running his finger down the first two vertical rows of keys on his machine, in tending to throw out the line when it is dropped. Sometimes he forgets, the mistake goes by the proofreader unnoticed, and the two vertical roys of keys get themselves into print. No Mastermind It doesn't take a mastermind to figure out what the letters in the vertical rows are. You guessed it: e-t-a-o-i-n s-h-r-d-l-u. So don't be too hard on the old guy when he turns up in the midst of a story you're reading. If you were a 63-year-old no body, wouldn't you like some pub licity too? • McGeary Study Discloses Numerous Liquor Violations About 20 per cent of all retailers of beer and liquor in Pennsyl vania have been cited at one time or another by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for violations. This was revealed today in a study only recently completed by Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, professor of political science at the Penn sylvania State College. Dr. McGeary points out that the most frequent violations have been sales to intoxicated persons, permitting gambling, maintaining gambling, maintaining gambling devices, sales to minors, and per mitting minors to frequent the premises. Dr. McGeary also points out that over a period of 12 years, 1935 to 1946, enforcement officers of the Board had made 24,572 arrests. The number of arrests fell below the average during the war years and, according to the study, this resulted because the manufacture and sale of moon.shine during that period was reduced to a minimum. Most arrests are of non licensees, such as bootleggers, who are criminally prosecuted before magistrates or in the county courts. Usually only about 15 per cent of the arrests are of licensees. The Board's policy of making arrests varies according to the attitudes of district attorneys and judges in different counties, Dr. McGeary points out. In some counties, for example, the Board is discouraged fr o m arresting licensees because of its inability to obtain convictions in the courts. Violators Cited Most licensees who are accused of violating either the alcoholic beverage laws or the Board's reg ulations are not arrested but in stead are cited to appear before the Board to show cause why their licenses should not be re voked. If arrested, they usually are cited also, Dr. McGeary points out, since a license may be revoked by the Board whether the man is found guilty or ac quitted in the criminal action. NAACP Halts Picketing Temporarily for Parley Picketing of State College barber shops was "temporarily" dis contintied yeSterday to allow representatives of campus groups to confer with the barbers in a neW attempt "to end the existing situation." This action was decided upon Monday, at a meeting of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, said Jack Sirott, speaking for the group. Prospective negotiators mentioned by Sirott include student leaders in All-College Cabinet, Penn State Christian Association and the Westminster Foundation, student society of the Presbyterian church. NAACP undertook a boycott of town barber shops December 10, following the refusal by barbers to cut the hair of negro students. Negotiations at that time failed to end the discrimination. Use. Sidewalks, Urges Bearer The time will come when stu dents at the College will "become conscious Of the damage caused by taking short cuts" across the laWns instead of staying on the campus walks, George S. Bearer, chairman of the cabinet Keep Off the Grass cominittee said yester day. "Let's not pass off this program lightly," he said, urging support for the. Keep Off the Grass cam paign; "let's walk where walks have been put." Bearer announced that during the Christmas recess more "Wear Out The Walks" signs had been placed at appropriate spots on the campus. "These are not attractive addi tions," he said, "and it is the de- Sire of the counuittee—and I'm sure of eVeryone else that takes pride in Penn State laWns—to have them taken down as soon as possible." Bearer said that soon the "un sightly construction" would be completed and "Penn State will return to its former beauty. But until that day, let's preserve what we have—make it a habit to stay on the walks." 24,572 Arrests Club .5 1 Dr. William Mather of the ru ral sociology department will speak on "Race Against Man" at the meeting •of Club 51 in 304 Old Main at 7:30 p.m. today. Religion Week Meeting General committee for Reli gion in Life Week will meet in 304 Old Main at 8:30 p.m. today. The meeting is compulsory and all members are requested to come prepared with a report. German Club Meeting Next semester's officers will be nominated at the meeting of the German Club in 200 Carnegie Hall at 7:30 p.m. today. 4-H Elections The following officers were elected at the January business meeting of Penn State 4-H Club: Carroll Hawes, president; Anne Dock, vire president; Robert Boyce, treasurer; and Ruth Kno b4l, aectetary. At a subsequent rally, numer ous student leaders and faculty members endorsed the boycott and urged the student body to support it. Previous plans called for a sus pension of the picketing during Christmas vacation, with its re sumption scheduled for this week. All-College Cahinc‘ last month adopted a resolution favoring NAACP's program, after William Meek, chairman of the College chapter of NAACP, appeared be fore the student government body. Dorms Stretch Officers/ Terms A move to increase the term at of office for officers of the Nit tany Dorm Council was the main order of business at a meeting of the council Monday night. Under a motion passed at the meeting, an amendment to the constitution would be made which would increase the term of office from one semester to a full college year. A committee was appointed to draft the amendment and submit it to residents of Nittany Dorms for a vote. The committee mem bers are Joseph A. Lane, chair man• Ralph S. Anderson, Jr., and Stephen J. Hryshko. It was felt that such action would help to increase the effi ciency of the organization. It would also afford the various standing committees that have projects a chance to carry them to completion. The members also thought such a move would bring the functions of the council in close harmony with other campus organizations such as AIM and All-College Cabinet which are run on a year ly basis. At present the most important project s now being handled in committee are the dining situa tion, the new recreational facil ities, and a means of obtaining a source of income for the council. News Briefs Forestry Society A lecture on Maine pulpwood operation will be given by Prof. Maurice K. Goddard, resident director of the Pennsylvania State Fcirestry School, Mont Al to, at the meeting of the For estry Society in 109 Agriculture building at 7 p.m. tomorrow. PSC Picture Penn State Club members are requested to check the names on the club's La Vie picture, posted in 321 Old Main. Any questions should be referred to William Schiele, •206 E. College avenue, telephone 7017. Track Candidates Candidates for assistant mana ger of track should report to the balcony of Rec Hall any day af ter 4 p.m. Alpha Lambda Delta Old members of Alpha Lamb da Delta will meet in the dean ad women's office at 6:30 ikzia. to• day. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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