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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 10
Promising Evidence Found
In Campus Vandalism Case
Investigation of the wave of destruction at the College late
Tuesday night continues as members of the campus patrol dis
covered promising evidence yesterday.
While identity of the culprits responsible for the enameling of
the Nittany Lion shrine and damaging of other property at the Col
lege is being sought, workmen are removing the red coating from
the Lion and are repairing the
broken windows in McElwain
Hall,
Besides, the empty en am e l
can discovered at the base of the
Lion, 'new evidence uncovered
yesterday includes a letter writ
ten to a student at the College
and a sight of the possible vandal
in the Pollock Circle area.
Student Hears Crash
On hearing the crash of splin
tering glass, a student of the Col
lege rushed to the window in time
to see a person rushing from the
scene. Hi s description is similar
to that of t: author of the letter.
The letter was allegedly writ
ten by a student at another school
and Pennsylvania State Police
have joined in the search for the
vandal,
Damage commAted Tuesday
night comprises the enameling the
Lion, smashing of 15 windows in
McElwain Hall, and the smash
ing of automobile windows and
windshield wipers.
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Truman Doubts
Depression Due
WASHINGTON: President Tru
man expressed belief that current
price drops are nothing to cause
alarm, and told his news con
ference that he thinks lower prices
are just a levelling-off. Federal
employment experts say that
March and April are the months
which will show whether the na
tion is heading for prosperity or
depression.
Taxicabs Roll Again
PHILADELPHIA: Taxicabs are
rolling again in Philadelphia, al
though subway, bus, and trolley
lines are still paralyzed by the
strike. Mayor Bernard Samuel
demanded an immediate settle
ment of work stoppage in a meet
ing with CIO and management
officials, whom he summoned to
his office.
Hungarians Denounced
. WASHINGTON—P resident
Truman and Secretary of State
Acheson have denounced the
treason trial and conviction of
Cardinal Mindszenty of Hun
gary. The Hungarians are said
to have been profoundly im
pressedi by the statements of Mr.
Truman and Acheson.
The American minister to Bu
dapest, Selden Chapin, told of
the reaction today as he jour
neyed home from his Hungarian
assignment. Chapin said in Vi
enna that the Hungarian regime
has been put on the psychologi
cal defensive. Chapin is on his
way home for consultations but
he has intimated that he does not
plan to return to Budapest. The
Hungarian government has listed
him as persona non grata.
BX Payments Set
For Book Sales
Students who have had books
sold through the Book Exchange
may obtain their money begin
ning Monday.
Unsold books will be returned
to the owners beginning on the
same day, George Bearer, mem
ber of the BX board of control,
announced yesterday.
Persons who submitted a sched
ule, intending to work in the BX,
are being kept on file for future
employment if needed, Bearer
said.
Later scheduling of work hours
will include as
as many interested
simisisft possibis.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1949
IFC Schedules
Fraternity Sing
Plans for the annual IFC-Pan
hel sing have been tentatively
completed, Tomas Yemm, chair
man of the committee stated.
Groups entering the contest
must have a minimum of 16 mem
bers. The Blue and White and a
fraternity song will be the basis
for the judging. The Glee Club
rendition of the Blue and White
must be used by all groups, so
that judging can be on an equal
basis.
rznals
Finals will be staged 'during in
termission of the IFC-Panhel
Ball with the winner being pre
sented a cup.
Jack Senior, IFC representative
on the All-College spring week
committee, reported to IFC that
seven co-eds will be selected by
three prominent Penn State fac
ulty members this weekend. Over
35 entries have been entered in
the contest so far.
From the seven co-eds one will
be selected to reign as queen dur
ing the IFC Spring Week. Her
name will be announced in the
40th anniversary issue of Froth.
IFClRelations
Promotion of better interfrater
nity relations were also urged by
Chapman. Exchange dinners and
after dinner speakers were sug
gested as a means of furthering
these relationships.
Plans were also inaugurated to
establish a permanent system
whereby judging for the out
standing fraternity can be made
easier. Last year's cup will be
presented to Phi Sigma Delta at
the annual IFC banquet this
spring.
To introduce new IFC repre
sentatives with older council
members an informal mixer will
be staged at the Delta Tau Delta
fraternity house on February 26.
LA Council
Suggestions fo r improve
ment of the courses in the
Liberal Arts School may be
placed in the box on the bul
letin board outside the office
of the Dean.
An y feasible suggestions
will be considered by the Lib
eral Arts student council in
an effort to enable students to
get more from their curricu
lum, according to Jean Moore,
president of the council.
'Parlor Story'Lßealistic Comedy
In spite of a theme that would
seem to adapt itself more easily
to a play of a serious nature,
"Parlor Story," Players' Center
Stage offering which opens a live
week run at 8 p.m. today, is pur
ported to be a "humanized, real
istic type of comedy."
Robert Kendall, dramatics in
structor, is director of the produc
tion, assisted technically by Dor
othy Scott and Oren Stein. Char
les Cohen, who also has a role
in the play; is stage manager.
Local Int•rest
It was not without attention to
the local scene that "Parlor Story"
was selected as an arena produc
tion, since the problems of a hy
pothetical college, as presented in
this production, could be those of
any similar institution.
The plot of the play revolves
around the selection at a college
president, and the intrigues which
WWI politics mid *Mho
Sky Comes Down
But Classes
Continue
Perhaps Hennes Penny was
right when she thought the sky
was falling in.
Hardly conducive to the study
of the Liberal Arts was the thun
derous roar heard on the ground
floor of Sparks Tuesday after
noon.
Had the psysicist invaded the
hallowed sanctuary of the illus
trious liberal artist? Were the
chemists inventing a new explos
ive substance to blast the scholar
from Sparks?
These thoughts were soon dis
pelled when the professors con
ducting classes near the southern
exit of the building announced to
their classes after a quick glance
into the hall,
"The ceiling just fell outside
the door of the class."
And, being professors, they did
not hesitate to add, "The class
will now continue."
Oliver Speaks
At LA Lecture
Speaking on the subject, "Be
tween Peace and War in North
Asia," Dr. Robert Oliver, mana
ger of the Washington Bureau,
Korean Pacific Press, will open
the annual Liberal Arts lecture
series Thursday.
Dr. Oliver will discuss the
background and culture in Chine,
Korea, and Japan; the influence
of Russia; the wartime alliance )f
Russia and the United States; the
blame for the present hostility;
and prospects for the future.
Doctor of Philosophy
After receiving his doctor of
philosophy degree at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, the speaker was
head of the speech department at
Bucknell University. Dr. Oliver
has also been associated with the
Office of Civilian Defense and
was chairman of the Department
of Rhetoric at Syracuse Univer
sity.
He was guest lecturer at the
University of Korea and last year
served as advisor to the Korean
delegation to the United Nations
in Paris. Author of four books
on Korea, Dr. Oliver is also co
author of six books on speech.,
The lecture series will open in
121 Sparks at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Other speakers in the series will
be announced later.
Enrollment Drops
Enrollment at the College has
dropped to 9,338 students, repre
senting a decrease of 500 from
the first semester's record enroll
ment of 9,801, W. S. Hoffman,
dean of admissions and registrar,
has announced.
The figure includes graduate
students, undergraduates an d
special students on the main
campus.
ness enter the picture. The young
romantic angle lightens the load
of seriousness, supplying inevit
able problems itself.
Serious Undertone
The afore-mentioned serious
undertone of the play is revealed
in the character of Professor
Charles Burnett. The thesis of
William McCleery, the author, is
that a man's true happiness can
be attained without compromis
ing his principles. Such a theory,
profound as it may be, is never
theless the fouridation of a play
which has entertainment as its
goal, and which is not intended to
stimulate too-serious thought.
Centre Stage, proven to be
popular with both students and
townspeople since its opening in
the spring of 1947, operates week
ends almost continuously through
out the college year.
"Parlor Story ' is Players' fifth
Ceatac SAW Production. The
'Hell's Belles' Caper
At Soph Hop Tonight
NSA Continues
Discount Plan
National Student Association
received the green light from All-
College Cabinet last night to con
tinue work on its plan for a dis
count system for students at the
College.
About 40 students attending
the open meeting heard Ernest
Ott, newly appointed chairman of
N.S.A., explain the purchase card
system to the Cabinet. Under the
system, a student at the College
would purchase a card for one
dollar. This in turn would entitle
him to discounts ranging from
five to thirty percent from mer
chants belonging to the system.
Petitions for a $2OO loan to the
World Student Service Fund, for
$135 to send eleven Blue Band
members to an Intercollegiate
Festival at Indiana P,a., and for
in c r eased allotments for the
school student councils were also
discussed. Under the Cabinet
constitution, An y appropriation
over $lOO must be tabled one
week before action can be taken.
AIM to Assess Independent Men;
Lawless Praises AIM Activities
AIM president William Prosser announced that an assessment
drive, in which each independent man on campus will be assessed
twenty-five cents, will begin March 3.
The assessment is necessary in order that AIM may carry out its
various activities. All-College president William Lawless addressed
the AIM body commending them on the work already accomplished
but warned them that if AIM is
to succeed it must succeed this
year.
Sneak Thief Robs
KDR and Acacia
A total of $ll4 was stolen from
Kappa Delta Rho and Acacia fra
ternities betweqn 3 and 5 a.m.
Wednesday.
Robert Scott of Kappa Delta
Rho saw the thief and describes
him as about 5 ft. 6 in. tall, dark,
of ruddy complexion, and of neat
appearance. He wore a green
shirt and a khaki jacket.
A man of approximately the
same description was seen by
James Etzel, of Acacia, who was
studying late Wednesday night in
his room. The man opened the
door, but on seeing Etzel, turned
and rushed down the steps. The
halls were dark, and Etzel could
not see him clearly.
Chief of Police Juba is working
on the case.
Bible Fellowship
IVCF staff member, Miss Bar
bara Dixon, will speak at the
meeting of the Penn State Biblc
Fellowship in 417 Old Main at
7:30 p.m. today.
first was "Skylark," followed by
"Out of the Frying Pan" and "Ho
tel Universe" last year. The first
arena play this year was "Ten
Nights in a Barroom," which
closed late last month.
Cast Largely New
All but three of the cast of ten
will be new to local audiences.
Walter Eckley, who plays the
idealistic professor, has been
sound man for several Players
productions and had a smalL part
in "Skin of 'Our Teeth," Players'
show last fall, Frederick Leusch
ngr, in the role of Eddie West, has
had previous experience, both
with Players and at the local high
school. Leonard Stein, who por
trays the vacillating governor, is
also familiar to regular Schwab
audiences.
Tickets are available at Stu
dent Union for $1.25, which in
cludes admission, refreshments,
and tax.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Hell's belles—that will be the
literal term to apply to coeds
who attend Rec Hall tonight.
Along with the initial appear
ance of Skitch Henderson and his
band, decorations in the theme of
the "Devil May Care" dance, will
accentuate Satan's realm at the
Sophomore Hop in Rec Hall from
9 to 1 tonight.
The gala dance will inaugurate
a weekend of dances, sports
events, and houseparties which
add up to one of the really "Big
Weekends" of the school year.
Tickets for the Hop will go on
sale today at Student Union and
will be available at the door.
Price of the ducats is $4 per
couple.
Refreshments Served
Refreshments will be served at
Rec Hall during intermission of
the four hour musical extrava
ganza.
Henderson, although making
his initial musical bow before
State College dancers, is well
known nationally both for his own
original piano stylings and the
work of his orchestral group.
The band has a long record of
radio, recording, and motion pic
ture appearances behind it. Nancy
Reed and Andy Roberts will han
dle the vocal assignments for the
ex-Artie Shaw keyboard• tickler.
The burden of the success of
the drive rests upon the inde
pendent men themselves. Lawless
urged action by all independent
men on campus and especially
the 72 AIM representatives to
make the drive a success.
AIM Bulletin
Plans were also completed at
the recent meeting for an inde
pendent newspaper to be known
as the "AIM Bulletin". This eight
page pamphlet will be a bi
monthly publication. Fifty dol
lars for initial costs were allotted
by AIM for the paper.
Roger Rowland was appointed
managing editor. In the planning
stage now, circulation will include
the Nittany Dorms, Pollock Circle
West Dorms and Student Union
desk, for independents living in
town houses.
Dinner Exchange
AIM social chairman, William
Manus, announced that a Sunday
dinner exchange plan will be in
augurated this Sunday. All in
terested persons should contact
William Manus, 5051-Rxtension
-268, or Sally Seabright, 5051-439
Simmons Hall.
News Briefs
PSCA Program
Religion-In-life Week will be
the theme of the regular Friday
night program of the PSCA,
heard at 7:45 over WMAJ.
Job Opportunities
George N. P. Leich will deliver
senior lecture in Schwab Audi
torium at 4:10 p.m. today. His
topic will be "College Recruit
ment and Job Opportunities."
Phi Lambda
Phi Lambda, the College's
chapter of Alpha Chi Rho, enter
tained its national president, John
R. Hunter, alumnus of the class
of '22, at a formal dinner is tiali
chapter bane W