Late AP Nears, Courtesy WMAZ Gotham Enjoys Record Warmth NEW YORK—An all time high temperature for the date-71 de grees—was registered here yes terday while weather through out the rest of the United States remained largely unpredictable and mostly bad. Some new snow and continu ing ground blizzards made re covery from recent storms diffi cult in the western mountain and plains states. Heavy rains poured down on the Midwest causing a hard freeze in many places and raising flood threats in others. In the East, the weather was fine—almost springlike. Chinese Want Freedom WASHINGTON The Chinese Nationalist Government is un willing to make peace with the Communists "without freedom," Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo told newsmen here yester day. He also expressed this atti tude in a conference with Secre tary of State Acheson. V2=3 WASHINGTON—The adminis tration submitted to Congress its bill proposing stand-by author ity for limited controls over wages, prices and allocations yesterday. It also asked for the right to build industrial plants where la rg e r production is needed. The bill was sent to Congress following testimony by Presiden tial Economic Adviser John D. Clark that unemployment is likely to ease off again, the in flationary movement resume and that an ultimate crash may threaten. Five O'Clock Theatre Opens With 'Professor and Burglar' Players, ingenious as always, yesterday pulled still another dramatic innovation out of their bag of tricks, adding more to their crown of laurel gained by virtue of the now internationally famous Center Stage. The occasion was the opening of the Five O'Clock Theatre, a Foresters Plan Plant Exchange College students, members of the local Dendrologic Society, have instituted a project in co operation with German students whereby an American arboretum will be established in Germany and a German arboretum founded here. The arboretums, places far growing shrubs and trees for sci entific and educational purposes, should be under way by next year. "Operation Germany," as this project is named, originated little more than a year ago when for estry students in Dr. Carl Schenhk's classes requested the forestry department to cooperate in a program to exchange plant types with German students. Stu dents working on the project have taken field trips to the Col lege woodlands to collect seed for shipment to Germany. Several committees are engaged in pack ing and finding which kind of seed should be sent. The first shipment should be made this fall. New York Weekend Tops SCA Plans Panel discussions, sightseeing, and other activities will highlight the World Student Christian Fed eration weekend February 19 and 20. Anyone interested in par ticipating in this weekend of social fellowship and intellectual stimulation in New York City should contact Marjorie Allen at Ext. 195. This program is built around the annual observance of the World Student Christian Federa tion Day of Prayer, February 20. Members of the Student Chris tian Associations in New York City and staff and board mem bers have invited the students from abroad to be guests in their homes. SCA members from other countries and their friends are knotted to paaicigorle. .40 . g B a it ig . o iatt Weather: s x.---:,,,i 3 Tti rg ‘...,...... Cloudy and Colder "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 49-NO. 8 Spring Week Plans Revealed Tentative plans for the All- College Spring Week the last of March have begun to shape into a schedule of activities, accord ing to James Dunaway, chairman of the committee. Miss Penn State, the winner of the Spring Queen contest will be announced in the 40th Anniver sary Issue of Froth, Tuesday, March 29. The faculty talent show is planned for that date also. For Wednesday, a mythical col lege championship basketball game is under consideration, and also the possibility of an intramu ral wrestling championship match. The carnival on South Allen street which all campus organ izations may participate in will be held Thursday of Spring Week. Friday is the date for the tra ditional IFC-Panhel Ball. From the Tub Saturday morning, a radio program will be broadcast. That night various houseparties will possibly be planned. The Spring Glee Club Concert is slated for Sunday, April 3. By Jack Reen dual-purpose project designed to provide a proving-ground for works by student playwrights, at the same time supplying in satiable Staters with weekly dramatic entertainment Idea Semester Old Outgrowth of a semester's planning by Warren Smith, dra matics instructor, and a handful of students, Five O'Clock Theatre operates in Old Main's Little Theatre, on the barest of theatri cal necessities, the outcome be ing a pleasant sense of infor mality. Art Ward's play, "The Profes sor and the Burglar," is a perfect farcical showcase for the au thor's familiar humorous antics (see any issue of Froth), al though the theme of the emer gence of the painfully hesitant, Milquetoast of a professor from his introverted cocoon is not quite original. Lyon Outstanding Student Director Steve Perialas allowed the actors full range of their vocal chords and character drawing abilities. Outstanding among the "performances in the rough" was that of Tom Lyon as the professor. Lyon, brand-new to the College boards, gives promise of acting ability, al though his versatility is yet to be proved in subsequent per formances. Honorary Holds Second Panel In an effort to present different phases of the social science field, the second in a series of discus sion groups will be conducted by Dr. Paul Selsam, head of the history department at the Col lege. He will act as moderator at a panel•discussion on new ap proaches to history. The program, sponsored by Pi Gamma Mu, social science honor ary, will be held in Atherton Lounge at 7:30 p.m. today. Professors John DeNovo, Neil McNall, and Joseph Rayback will • • - in the panel. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1949 PRICE FIVE CEN'M Humor Magazine Goes Too Far; Parodies Sex This parody idea can be car ried too far. At least that's the opinion of one member of Froth's promo tion staff. In the current issue of the humor magazine, which parodies famous writers, one of the names listed as an assistant to the pro motion manager is that of Carol Liachowitz. "Carol," whose real name is Carl, feels Froth bigwigs over stepped the limit when they parodied his sex. College Enters Poetry Festival Registration for the 20th an nual Intercollegiate Poetry Read ing Festival (IPRF) will be held in 10 Sparks at 6:45 p.m. tomor row. Competition is on an all college basis and the winner will represent the College at the Fes tival to be held at Adelphia Col lege, April 9. Contestants com pete only with their own school and the winner's trip expenses are paid. Although the College has been sending representatives to the Festival for years, as the only Pennsylvania member it played host to the 27 other members of this eastern organization for the first time in history last year. Jo seph A. Kelly, Jr., represented the College at that time. After registering, candidates should prepare (not memorize) one poem, four minutes in length, by a reputable author. This prep aration should precede the try outs to be held in 121 Sparks at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Among the 28 colleges and universities belonging to the Fes tival are V ass ar, Wellesley, Smith, Hunter; Amherst, Dart mouth, Simmons, Fordham; N.Y.U., Columbia and Mt. Hol yoke. Aims of the Festival are to provide an opportunity to share talents, stimulate a keen inter est in reading poetry aloud and to uphold the schools' traditional standards of artistic performance. Professor Xirau of Spain Joins Language Department "New York City impressed me greatly, and State College is wonderful," says Ramon Xirau, assistant professor of Romance languages and a native of Barcelona, Spain, commenting on his impressions of America. Having just arrived in this country from Mexico, Senor Xirau is teaching for the first time in an American college. Until 1938, he lived in Barcelona, where his father was dean of the faculty of philosophy. Most vivid in his memory concerning his birthplace are his recollections of his love for the sea, and the bombings during the Spanish Civil War. Studied in France After an education in the sec ondary schools at Barcelona, he studied in Marseilles and Paris. Just before war broke out, in August 1939, Prof. Xirau left France and came to Mexico. It was at this time that he saw New York City and was im pressed by its contrast to Euro pean cities. In Mexico he studied at the French Lycee where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He furthered his education at the National University of Mexico. Later the Senor began to teach— Mi Library The Mineral Industries libar The Mineral Industries library at the College now ob serves the following hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The new hours were deter mined in response to requests made by faculty and students. Nation Will Resist Reds In Far East— Hornbeck The United States at some future time will be resisting the Cont munist movement in Eastern Asia, the former chief of the State Department's Far Eastern division told a Community Forum audi ence in Schwab Auditorium last night. Discussing "China and the United States," Stanley K. Hornbeck, CORE To Open 'Equality' Shop A non-discriminatory barber shop in State College will soon become a reality, reported Pro fessor Harold Graves, advisor for the Committee On Racal Equal ity. "A barber who has agreed to open a non-discriminatory shop has been secured," stated Profes sor Graves, "and we are now looking for the best possible lo cation for such a shop in State College." National Congress CORE has also decided to in vestigate the possibility of join ing the National Congress of Ra cial Equality and will meet with George M. Houser, executive sec retary of the national CORY, on February 23. The policy of the national CORE is that of "working to abolish discrimination by direct, non-violent methods." Started two years ago to elim inate discrimination in State Col lege, CORE approached the bar ber shop problem from a finan cial angle and sold haircut tick ets, worth their face value in any non-discriminatory shop. The proceeds of these sales were then taken to the local bar bers to prove to them that the students would give financial support to such a shop. However, the barbers refused to go along with the CORE idea of financial support. New Barber As an alternative, the group at tempted to bring in another bar ber from out of town to open a shop last year, but because of housing and other difficulties, it was unable to secure a barber for such a shop. "anything from geography to philosophy." Prof. Xirau was an instructor at th e French Lycee, where he taught philosophy, the French In stitute of Latin America, and Mexico City College. Teaching Literature French and Spanish Romantic Literature are the subjects which the newest member of the Ro mance Language Department is teaching. His main interests in clude poetry and philosophy. Anna Maria Xirau, the profes sor's bride of two weeks, from Mexico, and, according to her husband, is quite an artist. Prof. Xirau will discuss the in tellectual movement in Mexico at the Spanish Club meeting in Simmons Hall lounge at 7:30 p. m. today. Correction AIM is not sponsoring the mixer in the TUB on February 27 as was incorrectly stated in yesterday's Daily Collegian. The mixer is being sponsored by all independent men and women on amgos. by L. D. Gladfelter recently returned American en voy to the Netherlands, stated that resistance to the Commumsts by the Nationalist Chinese govern ment would continue whether or not this nation supplied aid. He proposed indefinitely-de fined American aid to the Kou mingtang government, particu larly moral aid. But he said it was not certain that such aid would result in stopping the Commu nists in Asia. "We cannot afford to have China subjected to Communism," said Mr. Hornbeck, who stated that the fate of China largely would determine the fate of other Asiatic nations. Although the "factors of con dition and circumstance have, since 1945, been on the side of the Communists," Mr. Hornbeck asserted that the Nationalist government was not yet beaten. Policy 'Off Beam' This nation's policy toward China has been "off the beam" since 1945 when the traditional United States at tit u d e was changed, charged Mr. Hornbeck. Declaring that China was the only East Asiatic nation capable of being of military assistance to the United States, he projected two fundamentals of what he thought should be the State De partment policy: I—Supporting a free and dem ocratic China. 2—A "f ig h t to the finish" against "Soviet-inspired" Com munism. Mr. Hornbeck said that the Chinese had been fighting Com munism for 20 years, even at the time when the United States was giving support to Russia. He charged that Communist opera tions were partly to blame for damage in China which has hin dered development of the nation. News Briefs Club '5 l Jessie Bernard, associate pro fessor of sociology, will address Club '5l in 304 Old Main at 7 p. m. today. All new students are invited to hear her talk on "What's in a Date?" Ag Hill Breeze Students interested in joining the staff of the Ag Hill Breeze are invited to attend its meeting in 103 Agriculture at 7 p.m. to day. International Relations The Cardinal Mendzenty case and its application to American foreign policy will be discussed at the meeting of the Interna tional Relations Club in the South Lounge of Simmons Hall at 7:30 p.m. today. Duetscher Verein Die Erste Zusammetkunft des deutschen Vereins in diesem Se meter, findt am 16. Februar, urn 7:30 abends, im Living Center, Home Ec., statt. Im Mittelpunkt des Abends steht eine Aussprache Über "Deutschland." Chess Club Organizat.on of a group to make a chess playing trip to the pentitentiary will take place at at the meeting of the Chess Club in 7 Sparks at 7 p.m. today. Officers elected at the organi zation meeting of the Petroleum Engineers' Club recently were N. Dean Altemus, president: Robert Merkle. vice-president; Frank Berke, secretary-treasurer; and Patrick Huber, correvueding iii• American Aid
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