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VOL. 49-NO. 9
Rec Hall To Look
'Like Hell' Tomorrow
Recreation Hall "will look like hell" when students arrive for
the annual Sophomore Hop tomorrow night, according to descrip
tions of the devilish decorations planned for the semi-formal affair.
In addition to fire and brimstone, "Skitch" Henderson, his piano,
and his orchestra will be lurking in the "inferno," say committee
chairmen, "to play like the very devil for the benefit of the dancing
public? from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Initial Appearance
The Henderson orchestra, fea
turing Nancy Reed and Andy
Roberts as vocalists, will make
its initial appearance in Rec Hall
with •a long record of radio, re
cording and motion picture per
formances behind it. "Skitch"
himself was well known before
the war as a keyboard stylist, and
made his musical contribution to
such top-ranking orchestras as
those of Artie Shaw, Tommy
Dorsey, and Glen Gray. He has
also served- as house pianist and
conductor for NBC in Hollywood.
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the dance go on sale
tomorrow morning at Student
Union priced at $4 per couple,
and will be available at the door.
Refreshments, sans the fire
which will , pervade the atmos
phere, will be served.
The committee for the affair is
made up of Roger Rowland and
Jack Boddington as co-chairmen,
and Donald Atwood, Isobel Greig,
John Kirch and Robert Longen
ecker.
'Engineer' Goes
On Sale Today
February's issue of the Penn
State Engineer will go on sale
today at Student Union and the
Corner Room, Leon Locke, pub
licity director of the publication,
announced yesterday.
Featured in this month's En
gineer are such articles as "Civil
Engineer's Summer Camp," a
preview of CE 13; "The Oil Busi
ness is Far From Old Age," a
description of oil extraction pro
cesses; "Magnesium," concerning
the extration of metal from sea
water; the magazine's humor
page, "Sly-Drools;" and a photo
page.
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Vandenberg
Drops Demand
WASHINGTON— Senator Ar
thur Vandenberg dropped his
demand for a reduction in Mar
shall Plan aid. He made this
clear today after Overseas Aid
Chief Paul Hoffman argued that
no reduction is possible.
Bulgarian Trials
SOFIA—F if teen Protestant
ministers and church officials,
charged with treason, espionage
and black-market money deal
ings, will go on trial Feb. 25.
Army Ultimatum
BERLIN The United States
Army has given a Soviet re
patriation mission until March 1
to leave the American zone in
Germany.
Science Vs. Measles
WASHINGTON Medical re
searchers think they may have a
chemical weapon to use against
measles. Aureomycin, the "gold
en drug," cuts down fever and
speeds up recovery.
Blue Key Names
Date for Dance
Blue Key, junior men's hat so
ciety, will hold its annual dinner
dance on March 5, according to
an announcement made by Bill
Shade, society president, at the
group's meeting on Tuesday
night.
The formal affair will be held
at the State College Hotel with
Pat Patterson's orchestra furnish
ing music for dancing.
"TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1949
Book Receipts
Veterans' book receipts must
be turned into the Bursar's
office in Old Main before noon
Saturday in order to have the
money refunded in the first
accounting. Richard Bake r,
Coordinator of Veterans Af
fairs, expects the receipts to
be processed and refunds made
about March 22. Payments on
receipts turned in after Sat
urday will be made at a later
date.
School Offers
Foreign Study
Qualified students working for
credit will have the opportunity
of attending three educational
centers in Europe this summer
for a six week session sponsored
by the New School of Social Re
search.
Students will work in an Eng
lish industrial town, Paris and in
Annecy, Switzerland under lead
ing American scholars. They will
be assisted by European profes
sors in courses of economics, his
tory and political science dealing
with the countries visited.
Estimated cost of the trip is
$5OO. Veterans may use GI Bill
payments to cover part of their
expenses.
Because of the large number of
applications, interested persons
are requested to write at once to
the 1949 Summer Session in Eu
rope, New School, 66 West 12th
street, New York 11, N. Y.
Men Debaters Meet Vermont
In Two Verbql Battles
Men's Debate Team will engage in two debates with the Uni
versity of Vermont at 7:30 p.m. today. Both debates will be on the
same topic, "Federal Aid to Education."
Robert W. Houseworth and David. Schmuchler will take the
affirmative against the Vermont negative in 316 Sparks, while in
304 Sparks Lee Burns and John P. Meszaras will be upholding the
negative against the Vermont af
firmative.
Four Men
Men's Debate will send four
men to Pittsburgh this weekend
to participate in the Mount Mercy
Debate Tournament. An affirma
tive team composed of John H.
Kelley and Peter M. Giesev and
a negative team, Richard K.
Hill and David M. Barron, will
take part in the event, engaging
in four debates each. The topic
again will be "Federal Aid to Ed
ucation."
Defeated Navy
Last Friday Penn State defeat
ed the U. S. Naval Academy in
an intercollegiate debate. Penn
Staters Richard K. Hill and David
M. Barron, who took the affirma
tive on "Federal Aid to Educa
tion," were victorious over the
two midshipmen who last year
won the title of "Grand National
Debating Champions."
Borough Changes .
Traffic Rules
State College borough officials
today announced a change in the
new traffic regulations.
Because of the confusion re
ported at the intersection of
Beaver avenue and Frazier
street, Beaver will be returned
to through street status at this
intersection and the stop sign
will be moved from Beaver to
Frazier.
Frazier is one-way with traffic
traveling north.
Toil-Worn Chimes
Refuse To Toll
• Class Time
It was noon on the campus and
everyone was waiting waiting
for the familiar toll of the Old
Main chimes to signify the pass
ing of another morning. But the
chimes did not sound, and for the
first time in over a decade the
clock in the bell tower suffered
a major breakdown and the
chimes were silent.
Diagnoses Trouble
Hal Byers, foreman at the pow
er plant, diagnosed the trouble
as a broken shaft and bearing.
"The broken part is less than
an inch , in length," said Byers,
"but it's essential to the operation
of the clock."
The four faces of the clock are
the original ones installed in 1904,
the pendelum works being re
placed in 1929. In 1937 the pre
sent electrically-operated works
were put in.
The chimes, installed by Byers
and Jerry Grove, electrician for
the College, are amplified by a
150-watt system which in turn is
connected to
_eight loudspeakers
Electric Motor
All eight hands of the clock are
still operated from a pendulum,
but the pendulum is "wound up"
by a spring which is in turn
wound by a small electric motor.
The motor operates for only a
few seconds at a time when it is
running normally, but it is turned
on every minute.
If the electric current to the
motor is interrupted for Any rea
son, the spring will continue to
operate the pendelum for as long
as two hours.
The clock mechanism broke
down at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday and
a replacement was made at the
College. The clock returned to
service to sound for the students
at one o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Froth
A meeting of Froth editorial
assistants will be held in the
office at 7:30 p.m. today.
Local IZFA
Host Seminar
Penn State Chapter of the In
tercollegiate Zionist Fedbration
of America will play host to six
other participating colleges at the
Upper Pennsylvania subregional
seminar of the Mid-Atlantic Re
gion to be 'geld at Hillel Founda
tion February 25, 26, and 27. Main
topic for discussion will be "Pre
paration of College Students for
Immigration to Israel."
Other chapters participating
are those at Allentown, Blooms
burg, Lewisburg, Lycoming,
Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre. They
will register their delegates at
Hillel Foundation from 4 p.m.
until 8 p.m., Friday, February 25.
Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn will
speak at Friday night services,
with Bernard Bezar giving the
welcomaig address. Following
these services, a script entitled
"How the Sabbath Was Seven
Minutes Late in Tel Aviv" will
be presented, after which there
will be a period of Palestinian
songs and dances.
Chairman of the seminar is
Shirley Felman. Other comm,t
tees include: planning, Shirley
Felman, Bernard Bezar, and Ger
ard Wiser; housing, Murray
Bernstein and Ruth Lopin; social,
Norma Hollander and Julian
Goldstein; and luncheon, Debby
Sterling.
Wave of Violence
Breaks on Campus
Red enamel was smeared on the Nittany Lion shrine, 15 win-.
dows were smashed in unfinished McElwain Hall, 'and eight auto•
mobiles were tampered with in a wave of violence at the College
late Tuesday night. The damage was estimated at several hundred
dollars, and investigation was being conducted yesterday.
The painting of the Lion shrine was the second this school year.
It was damaged last semester the morning after the Temple-Penn
State football game.
"Red enamel was still dripping on the paw of the Lion when I
discovered the vandalism," Joseph Ammerman of the campus patrol
pointed out in the report of the damage. "As I returned from my
call at the watertower, I found the enamel was still moist."
Ammerman discovered a wet enamel can at the base of the
Cabinet Hears
Group Reports
Reports from the Spring Week
Committee, Association of Inde
pendent Women Committee and
Student Tribunal will be featured
in tonight's open meeting of All-
College Cabinet in 121 Sparks at
8 o'clock.
The meeting, the first of its
kind this year, was scheduled so
that students could see the work
ings of their governing body.
A report from the National
Student Association, Student
Agency Committee, the Intercol
legiate Music Festival Committee
and appointment of a new mem
ber to Tribunal and a chairman
to N.S.A. completes the proposed
agenda for tonight', meeting.
DP Director
Talks At Hillel
His experiences in Europe as
director of Displaced Persons will
be the crux of a talk by Harold J.
Fishbein, guest speaker at the
Hillel Foundation Sabbath Eve
services, at 8 p.m. Friday.
Recently returned from Ger
many, Mr. Fishbein was in charge
of displaced persons operations
in that country from 1945 to 1948,
first with UNRRA and then with
the International Refugee Organ
ization. Responsible for the re
placement of many thousands of
war refugees, representing some
30 nationalities, he won high
praise from military and govern
ment officials for his work.
General Lucius D. Clay, Ameri
can Military Governor of Ger
many, wrote Mr. Fishbein:
"That you have handled this
difficult task for three years with
out major incident speaks for
itself."
During World War II he served
two years in the Red Cross field
service throughout the South Pa
cific battle areas until he joined
UNRRA. At present he is com
pleting a book on the experiences
in Europe which brought him in
contact with representati'Tes of
all foreign missions as well as
thousands of displaced persons.
Guest Discovers
Home Ec Changed
Miss May Hoerner, a guest
from Uruguay attending the
School of Home Economics pro
gram last week, found the new
school a great contrast to the
home economics course offered
in her student days in 1916. At
that time home economics was
taught in a couple of rooms in
Women's Building with a small
staff and a limited range of
subjects.
Miss Hoerner on leave from
the Crandon Institute, a private
secondary school for girls in
Uruguay, was not the only vis
itor at the open house from a
foreign country. Miss Avice Bow
byes of the University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand, was in
terested in the school's work in
child development and family
relationships. She said that these
have be e n neglected in her
country.
WRA Outing Club
The regular meeting of the
WRA Outing Club will be held
in Room 2, White Hall, at 6:45
p.m. today. All prsons interested
in joining the club are urged to
attend.
Can Discovered
Lion. The can is being checked
for fingerprints.
Workmen still must remove
enamel from the right side and
paw of the Lion. The job will be
made easier by a protective coat
ing, RIW, which has been placed
on the Lion.
Transparent Coating
After the last disfiguring of the
Lion, said George W. Ebert, dir
ector of department of physical
plant, the Lion was covered by
a transparent coating which does
not mar its beauty.
Members of the campus patrol
and State Police are attempting
to discover where the enamel was
purchased. The enamel comes
from the Blue Ribbon Enamel
Co., W. Va.
Pollock Damage
Damage in Pollock Circle in
cluded the breaking of eight car
aerials, smashing of rear windows
and tampering of windshield
wipers.
Patrolman Ammerman est i -
mates that the daubing of the
Lion shrine took place about 4:30
a.m. Tuesday.
Students Attend
3ucknell Confab
Ten PSCA members attended
the "Marxism" conference con
ducted by Alexander Miller at
Bucknell last Saturday.
Mr. Miller, an Australian so
cialist, pointed out sir - ilarities
and differences of Christianity
and Marxism, stressing the ide
ology that both Christianity and
communism are intended to help
men—to lift them up. He admit
ted that the fallacy in commu
nism is that God is left out of
the picture.
The reason there is so muct
trouble between Christianity and
communism, Miller said, is that
Christianity has come to link it
self up with capitalism. For in
stance, in China, the people
think Christianity and capitalism
are the same and they hate
Christianity because they hate
capitalism. Communism of fe r s
them something to eat; capital
ism offers them nothing.
The primary aim of the con
ference was to bring to light the
distinguishing characteristics and
differences of Christianity and
Marxism.
News Briefs
NSA Meeting
There will be a meeting of Na
tional Studer.t Association in 11
Sparks at 7 p.m. today. A gen
eral reorganization of the stu
dent government committee and
assignments of the international
relations and student welfare
committees will be discussed.
Kappa Phi
Kappa Phi, Methodist girls'
organization, will hold "open
house" in the Methodist church
at 7 p.in. today. All girls inter
ested in Kappa Phi should come
to the meeting.
Poetry Reading
Any student interested in try
ing out for the twentieth annual
Intercollegiate Poetry Reading
Festival must register in 10
Sparks at 6:45 p.m. today. Per
sons not registered will be ineli
gible for the tryouts in 121
Sparks at 7 p.m. next Tuesday.
Dancing Class
The PSCA dancing class will
meet at the armory at 6:45 tw•
night. Instruction is available for
beginners and all members are
welcome.