1
Take Advantage '',:. -
of BX si 4.
alit Biagg i 4 $
. *l i s - - a , 4 ) Talattrglatt Weather:
Continued Cold
IHI ,
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
• -
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 1
Duff Recommends
$18,386,000 for 49-51
A total appropriation of $18,386,000 for 1949-1951 for the College
was recommended Tuesday by Gov. James H. Duff.
Showing a sharp increase over funds allotted for the 1947-1949
biennium, the College's share of the governor's record budget is
more than $3,000,000 higher than any previous total.
He recommended $9,826,000 for maintenance, a total of $1,276,000
more than was approved by the
legislature two years ago.
In addition, a building construc
tion fund of $8,000,000 for the
College is included.
. Other recommendations ar e
$168,000 for the School of Agri
culture crop study, $336,000 to
match federal funds for agricul
tural research, and $56,000 for
petroleum industries. These corn
with 1947's figures of $150,-
000, $300,000 and $50,000.
The appropriations will be
handled in Senate and House
Prot. Robt. Galbraith
Galbraith Made
Foreign Advisor
Robert E. Galbraith, Faculty
Counselor of Veterans, has been
named Faculty Counselor of Re
sign Students to carry out the
recommendation of one of the
facidty committees appointed to
consider post-war problems. The
announcement was mad e by
James Milholland, acting Presi
ders of the College.
Mr. Galbraith's duties, as sug
gested by the committee, will be
to assist and coordinate existing
*sericite, officers of the College,
and members of the faculty in
their advisory service to foreign
students.
Recognizing that many faculty
nienhers have taken an active in
terest in foreign students, Presi
dent Milholland explained that
there is no wish to have the new
appointment supersede them.
'lndeed, the advantages of hav
ing foreign students in residence
azth:e realized only if they be
well acquainted with many
members of the faculty and many
fellow students," President Mul
holland said.
At the present time there are
51 foreign students on campus,
nearly half of them natives of
Asiatee countries.
To assist Galbraith in his work
an advisory committee has been
named including Dean of Men
Arthur R. Warnock, Dean of Wo
men Pearl 0. Weston, N. M.
Brentin, Dr. Henry S. Brunner.
Dr. A. J. Currier, Dr. H. M. Davis.
R. M. Gerhardt, Dr. W. H. Gray,
Wil,liaut Jeffrey, Dean Frank D.
Kern. Dr. Helen R. Leßaron, E.
B. Stavely, Dr. P. C. Weaver, and
Dr. C. 0. Williams.
Vets' Office Moves
Veterans are reminded the of
flee of Richard H. Baker, co-or
dinator of veteran affairs, has
been, moved from 308 Old Main,
M ilea beament at Old Main.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1949
bills, both of which may alter the
governor's figures. A compromise
bill will then go to Governor Duff
for possible alteration and final
approval.
College Orients
New Students
An orientation program for all
new students at the College will
be held in Schwab Auditorium at
7 p.m. Sunday, said Donald Little,
orientation committee chairman.
Oliver Blackwell will be mas
ter of ceremonies for this pro
gram.
George Chapman, All-College
president, will give with the wel
coming speech. The sophomore
class president, Kenneth Rolston,
will speak on student government.
George Chapman, Inter-Frater
nity Council president, will speak
on behalf of the IFC and the Pan
hellenic Council. William Prosser,
president of the Association of In
dependent Men, will speak for
this organization and Leonides,
independent women's organiza
tion.
Lew Stone, Daily Collegian edi
tor, will speak on publications.
Janet Lyons, Women's Student
Government Association presi
dent, will speak about women's
government and the Women's Rec
reation Association.
Henry Glass, of the dramatics
department, and Harry Brown,
tribunal president, are also sched
uled to speak on the program.
Student handbooks will be dis
tributed to the group of approxi
mately 600 new students. An in
formation booklet about the Col
lege, prepared by Dean of Men
Arthur R. Warnock, will also be
distributed at this time.
Band, Orchestra
Alter Rehearsal
Concert Band and Symphony
Orchestra rehearsals will not be
held in 117 Carnegie Hall Mon
day and Tuesday because of in
completed alterations, said Prof.
James W. Dunlop, director.
The band will rehearse in 1, 2
and 3 Carnegie Hall at 7 p.m.
Monday, and in 117 Carnegie Hall
at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday.
The orchestra will rehearse sec
tionally at 7 p.m. Tuesday. First
violins will practice in 107 Car
negie Hall, seconds in 200, violas
in 110, 'cellos in 108 and string
basses in 109.
Flutes, clarinets, oboes and bas
soons will rehearse in 204 Car
negie Hall, trumpets and trom
bones in 205, and French horns
in 208.
Strings only will rehearse in
117 Carnegie Hall at 4:10 p.m.
Thursday, according to Professor
Dunlop.
Rabbi Kahn Speaks
On Student Religion
The Hillel Foundation will hold
its first Sabbath Eve Service of
the spring semester at 8 p.m. Fri
day night, Louis Cohn, president
said. Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, dir
ector of the Foundation will speak
on "Religion and the College Stu
dent." A reception will follow the
service.
Following the Sabbath Eve
Services, all students interested
in joining the Hillel Choir will
meet with Selma Rudnick, choir
director, and Norma Hollander,
chairman.
From 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday, the
Foundation will hold an informal
dance with refreshments and en
tertainment.
Movies are scheduled for 7:30
p.m, &iiaUw.
Dr. Pattee's Example
For Alma Mater
Gets Nod
Ever wonder where your Alma
Mater came from, why "For the
glory of old State . . ." has come
to be revered by so many Penn
Staters?
The fact is, not until the spring
of 1901 did Penn State have an
official song. None lamented this
more than Dr. Fred L. Pattee, who
upon his resignation as head of
the English department in 1928,
told the following story:
"My college life had been passed
where songs were a major factor
in student activities, and here we
were without an alma mater. I
decided that we needed one, and
accordingly wrote an article for
the college paper, The Free Lance,
in which I pointed out that an
alma mater song was necessary
to crystallize College sentiment.
"I urged that a contest be held,
and best of the lot chosen. In or
der to give the students an idea
of what the song should be like,
I appended the present Alma Ma
ter to the end of the article.
"General Beaver, president of
the Board of Trustees, wrote and
said that was good enough. After
the Commencement banquet, Gen
eral Beaver arose, read the song,
and said, 'I formally declare that
the trustees have pronounced this
the Alma Mater'."
The original version consisted
of six stanzas, the last two of
which are no longer used, and the
music is from the hymn, "Lead
Me On."
Vacancies Exist
In Music Groups
Vacancies have been created in
campus music organizations as. a
result of mid-year graduation, ac
cording to the leaders of the
groups. Tryouts will be held the
early part of the week to enable
interested students to eliminate
the depletion.
Chapel Choir. A few vacancies
exist in all sections, but members
are needed particularly to fill the
soprano, tenor and second bass
ranks. Rehearsals are held every
Thursday night and Sunday after
noon, the group singing at Sun
day morning chapel services. One
credit is given for membership
in the organization.
"The choir is planing a special
music service for April 10," said
Mrs. Willa Taylor, director, "at
which time the Cherubini Requi
em Mass in C Minor will be per
ormed. Also, on May 18, the group
will sing Brahm's German Re
quiem."
Sopranos will audition from 7
to 8 p.m. Monday, to be followed
I by alto tryouts from 8 to 9 p.m.
Tenors will try out from 7 to 8
p.m. Tuesday, and basses from 8
to 9 p.m. All tryouts will be held
in 211 Carnegie Hall.
Glee Club. There will be no
Continued on page seven
Registration No Accident,
Streamlining Took Trouble
The new streamlined registration is no accident . . . behind the
scenes the office of • the registrar has gone to considerable trouble
and expense to set up the improved system,
The intricate and ingenious new registration form contains a
Hecto carbon, making possible the printing of many exact copies of
the one schedule form filled out by the student.
Seniors and juniors who regis
tered yesterday can well appre
ciate the saving in time and
drudgery after so many semesters
of filling out schedules, addresses,
and religious preferences in quad
ruplicate. We shudder to think of
writing out under the old system
the ten copies the College needs
this semester.
From the new form, hectograph
copies will be made on vari
colored cards to facilitate sorting
by classes. These forms, although
a bon to the student, and a neater,
more efficient record, cost about
ten times as much as the old cards,
and must be ordered over three
months in advance.
Suggestions from staff mem
bers and students along with in
vestigation of registration prob-
Book Exchange Saves
Money for Students
Although books and supplies are sold at prevailing prices ht
the cooperative book exchange operated at the TUB, students will
eventually save money in the form of rebates at the end of the
semester.
The book exchange is open from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m., 1 p.m. to
5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Student-operated and existing to curtail the spiraling cost of
books and supplies, the book ex•
change was started through capi
tal obtained from All-College
Cabinet.
To secure rebates from the
book exchange, students hand in
receipts at a later date than the
purchase. The receipts are com
puted and each cooperating stu
dent shares in the profits.
Besides textbooks, drawing
boards, T-squares, slide rules and
other supplies are being sold at
the book exchange. Veterans pur
chasing books at the exchange
will have receipts signed to se
cure a refund from the Veterans
Administration.
Lee Burns is chairman of the
board of control for the book ex
change, Edmund Walacavage,
treasurer, and Joanne Hobbs, sec
retary. Other members of the
'board are Ted Allen, George
'Bearer and William B. Renshaw.
Faculty members of the board
include Dr. John S. Bowman,
professor of English composition,
Dr. Macklin E. John, departme.l4
head of agriculture economics
and rural sociology, and R Hadly
Waters, professor of economics.
One faculty member is still to be
announced.
Designer
Carl Kohler, junior architec
ture major, was awarded sec
ond prize in architecture de
sign by the Beaux Art Insti
tute of Design and Tile Council
of America. Students through
out the country submitted 364
designs of elementary schools
and kindergartens featuring
clay tile.
Fast Registration
Speeds Students
Through Rec Hall
This semester's registration
takes only 10 seconds according
to figures of Thursday's registra
tion released by the Recorder's
Office.
In just seven and one-half
hours 4,740 students went through
the Rec Hall registration proce
dure. An average of 632 filled out
the streamlined forms an hour,
which figures out to a little bet
ter than one every ten seconds.
Another announcement from
the Recorder was that statement
that there will be freshmen on
the College campus this semes
ter. Not the crowds of green
capped and beribboned newcom
ers of pre-war Penn State, but
a small group, 83 to be exact, of
second semester freshmen.
This group will represent less
than one fifth of the newcomers to
the Penn State campus for the
Spring semester according to Al-
Continued on page seven
lems by commercial experts are
responsible for the welcome
changes. However, still unsolved
are the knotty problems of the
200 odd students who lose their
matriculation cards each semester,
the 600 new mid-year students
coming into all classes, those char
acters who don't know their deans
or curricula, and, above all, the
drop-adders.
Further improvements on the
way include pre-registration
blanks identical with the new
hecto-forms, and the devising of a
single IBM card to replace the
three now used. By means of ma
chinery in the basement of Old
Main, these IBM cards may be
gang-punch duplicated, sorted and
counted mechanically.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Students Open
News Agency
Sunday newspapers will be de
livered throughout the College
beginning February 13 by the re
cently organized student news
agency.
Accredited workers of the agen
cy began a subscription drive
Thursday which will continue un
til February 13. New York, Phil-
adelphia and Pittsburgh news
papers will be sold by the agency.
Persons or groups purchasing
the Sunday papers may subscribe
for 4, 7 or 14 weeks. Student
managed and operated, the agency
provides part-time employment
for students.
The news agency is the first
student agency to begin complete
operations, being established by
the All-College student agenc,
committee. Abram Bosler
chairman of the committee and
Alan Reece adviser.
There is no extra charge to
have the papers delivered, said
Joseph Remheimer, manager of
the news agency. Patsy Meconi
is assistant manager of the or
ganization.
If there is a demand for news
papers from other cities, they will
be included with the service now
established.
785 Graduate
At Midyears
Degrees were conferred on 78111
graduates at mid-year commence
ment in Recreation Hall January
31. Principal speaker was Maj.
Gen. William H. Harrison, presi
dent of International Telephone
and Telegraph Co. and during
World War II director of Signal
Corps procurement and distribu
tion service.
Of the 681 candidates for bache
lor degrees, 571 were men and
110 women. Advanced degrees
were awarded to 86 men and 18
women. More than 525 of the
graduates were veterans.
Gives Warning
Warning against a centraliza
tion of powers in government.
General Harrison said that there
are two basic forms of social or
ganization—freedom and slavery.
"This is the only land where
each individual has the oppor
tunity to develop and make of
himself what he can," said the
speaker, stressing that the great•
Continued on pose seven