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'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 14
Letzler Asks
Appropriaions
For College
The College would receive ap
propriations totalling $13,425,000
under legislation offered in the
State Senate yesterday by Sen. A.
H. Letzler (R-Centre-Clearfield.)
The sum was contained in two
separate bills, one asking for an
appropriation of $498,000 for re
search and extension work by the
School of Agriculture. The sec
ond measure requested a grant of
$12,927,000 to be divided in the
following way:
1. For general maintenance
and cost of instruction, $12,532,-
000.
2. School of Agriculture re
search, $150,000.
3. Petroleum research, $50,000.
4. Coal research. $70,000.
5. Slate industry study, $35,-
000.
6. Research operations for the
School of Mtneral Industries,
$90,000.
In his budget message Febru
ary 1, Gov. James H. Duff re
quested funds totalling $18,386,-
000 including a building con
struction fund of $8,000,000. Sen
ator Letzler's request, exclusive
of the building construction fund
which may be included in a later
bill, was over $3,000,000 more
than the Governor had asked.
Maintenance Increase
Most of the increase was in
cluded in the cost of general
maintenance and Instruction. In
his message Duff requested only
$9,826,000 for that phase of the
College program.
The bill must be considered by
both houses of the Assembly be
fore being returned to Governor
Duff for his signature.
Author-Director Perialas Star
Of 'Apartment With Mother'
Evolving a 'tense, ultra-emotional play out of the usually ludi
crous and hackneyed mother-in-law theme, Steve Perialas proved
the real star of Tuesday's presentation of the Five O'Clock Theatre,
"Apartment with Mother."
In his dual role of author and director, Perialas made the most
of student talent at his disposal
for the tiny cast of three. Against
Walt Eckley's impressively com
plete setting, June Wiley,• Tim
Hays and Shirley Betts displayed
remarkable character study in
their respective roles of wife,
husband and mother,
The story concerned the plight
of a woman whose husband is
held too possessively by his
mother, who lives wth them. The
inevitable choice must be made:
"either she goes or I go." After
sometimes painfully prolonged
Late AP News. Courtesy WMAJ
Armistice Set
In Holy Land
HOLY LAND—lraq has for
mally notified the United Na
tions mediator for Palestine,
Ralph Bunche, that agreements
reached by Arab states neigh
boring Israel will be accepted by
Iraq.
The armistice between Egypt
and Israel apparently will signal
the end of the Holy Land war.
Those Arab states reaching
agreements are Egypt, which will
sign an armistice today; Trans-
Jordan, which will begin peace
talks Monday; and Syria and
Lebanon.
Arrest Protested
SOFlA—Bulgaria's arrest of 15
Protestant church leaders has
brought a protest from the United
States.
However, the foreign office in
Sofia handed the protest note
back to Raymond Courtney, sec
retary of tht United States lega
tion in Sofia.
It was stated that Bulgaria
re
ie the U.. charges rror
anti iatiaild S
whi of te
na.
Religion-in-Life Week ToClose
With Movies, Seminars, Convocation
As a special feature of Religion-in-Life Week, three motion-pictures will be presented in 304 Old
Main from 3 to 4 p.m. today. Frank Sinatra will be filmed in the lead role in "The House I Live In."
Other pictures to be presented are "Go Ye" and "Boundary Lines, or Brotherhood of Men."
Religion-in-Life Week will be culminated tonight in an All - College Convocation in Schwab
Auditorium, commencing at 8 p.m. Principal speaker will be Dr. Howard H. Brinton, director of
Pendle Hill Graduate School for Religion. His topic will be "Religion in an Age of Science," the
Know Your Life,
Winston Urges
Talents Decide Work,
Seminar Speaker Adds
We need to know the answer
to the question, "W h a t is my
life?" before we can answer the
question, "What Shall I Do with
My Life," averred Mildred E.
Winston at a seminar conducted
Tuesday.
First of all, we must know our
o w n personali
ties and our re
lations to other
people, she de
clared. The pur
pose of life is to
build personal-
Lty, and the in
tegration of that
personality, Miss
Weston asserted.
Our abilities
and talents de
termine what
we should do,
Winston
continued t h e
speaker, adding that every pro
fession is a contribution to hu
manity if one serves God while
pursuing that profession.
By Jack Been
argument the curtain falls, with
Mama on the way out.
The portrayals were difficult,
and well-handled. Miss Wiley's
role as the neglected wife was
too prosaic to be effective, but
Hays and Miss Betts were fine
in their carefully-drawn roles.
This reviewer has observed,
with many others, that the two
plays presented so far have been
slightly too long for the enjoy
ment of attending coeds, who
must leave for dinner before the
completion. Five O'Clock Thea
tre is too good for such a fate.
News Briefs
Forestry Society
Mr. Bruce Shorer, Department
of Forest and Water Fire Inspec
tor for this district, will tell
about his work at the Forestry
Society meeting in 109 Agricul
ture at 7 p.m. today.
Ag Ec Club
Dr. C. W. Pierce, milk market
ing specialist, will be the guest
speaker at a meeting of the Ag
Ec Club at Delta Theta Sigma at
7:30 p.m. today.
Cord. Francais
Cercle Francais will hold a
meeting in Simmons Lounge at
7 p.m. today. A social get
together will follow the business
session.
Shall We Dance?
The regular dancing class spon
sored by the PSCA will be held
in the Armory at 6:45 p.m. today.
Instruction will be available for
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1949
main theme of the week's pro
gram.
James Thompson, student di
rector for the convocation, will
deliver the call to worship and
lead in prayer. Phyllis Kistler
will render a solo, and choir
music will be furnished by the
Lutheran Student Association
choir under the direction of Wes
ley Nyborg.
Clyde Shive will be at the
organ for the convocation. De
lores Ferguson, student co-chair
man of Religion-in-Life Week,
will present the speaker.
Miss Helene K. Mosier, Na
tional Student YWCA Director
in the Middle Atlantic Region,
will speak at the Nittany Dormi
tories post-office at 6:30 p.m. to
day. Her topic will be "Can the
Race Problem Be Solved?"
Two seminars will be held at
11 a.m. today and two others at
4 p.m. The topics and their lead
ers follow:
"What Can an Intelligent Per
son Believe About Religion?" by
Ray C. Downs and Dr. Richard
M. Sutton, at the PUB, 11 a.m.
"What Shall I Do With My
Life?" by Mildred E. Winston
and Helene Mosier, in 304 Old
Main, 11 a.m.
"What Can an Intelligent Per
son Believe About Religion?" by
Dr. Howard Brinton, in Atherton
Lounge, 4 p.m.
"How Can the Church Pre
serve Peace?" by Rev. Parker
Burroughs and Mrs. Paul Moser,
at the TUB, 4 p.m.
Sutton Discusses
Science, Religion
Most scientists think God is
what we don't know and, there
fore, they exclude Him from ev
erything we do know, declared
Dr. Richard Sutton, physicist
from Haverford College, who
spoke at a Religion-in-Life Week
seminar Tuesday.
His topic for discussion was
"What Can an Intelligent Person
Believe About Religion." He was
assisted by Ray C. Downs, direc
tor of the Division of Youth W. rk
for the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions.
Dr. Sutton went on to explain
that scientists can have more than
an irrational approach to religion
—that the mystical approach is al
so very stimulating. Even though
we do know how to use the phy
sical properties of the universe,
he elaborated, we do not know the
ultimate sources of these pow
ers.
Scientific achievements are not
always brought about logically,
he statcd. Quite often they are
stumbled upon in a blind fashion
—an argument which disputes all
theories of reason, the speaker
averred. Religion must be stud
ied in a careful, thoughtful way
just as we do any other science,
he added. This includes daily en
deavors to search out the truths,
and disciplining of the mind, as
serted Sutton.
Dr. Sutton and Mr. Downs will
continue their discussion in the
PUB at 11 a•m. today.
Thespians Slate
Show Tryouts
Thespian tryouts for speaking
and dance parts for the new
spring Thespian show w.ll be
held in 405 Old Main.
Tryouts for the speaking parts
will be held from 7 to 10 p.m.
today and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sat
urday.
Chorus and specialty dancing
tryouts will be held from 8 to 10
p.m. today and 2 to 5 p•m. Satur
.
Seminar Guides
Discuss Religion
Schwantes, Brinton
Examine Beliefs
Brief questions and statements
opened a seminar Tuesday, at
which Charles W. Schwantes and
Dr. Howard H. Branton, discussed
"What Can an Intelligent Person
Believe about Religion."
Science• as well as religion, is
based on many
s sumptions
'hich in the fi
al analysis
tn't be proved,
thwantes stat
. His later
.atement, that
iysicists a r e
:coming more
tware of the de
tects in their sci
ence, was co r
roborated by
RI-Alton, a phy-1
31cist from HavH
Brinlon
erford College.
Religion is something which
affects an enthusiastic or inspired
person to such an extent that he
strips for action, declared
Schwantes. He elaborated on his
statements 'concerning the as
sumptions of religion and science .
when ,he expounded his belief
that the sources of knowledge
are not answered.
The Bible, the speaker assert
ed, is a record of God's making
known His being to man and
man's stumbling assumptions of
His being. All parts of the Bible
are not equally Important, he con
cluded, adding that there is an
evolutionary change from Jere
miah to Jesus.
This seminar will be continued
in Atherton Lounge at 4 p.m. to
day.
Greeks to Hold
Song Contest
Preliminaries for the IFC-Pan
Hellenic sing contest will be held
in Schwab Auditorium from 7 to
10 p.m. on March 27 and 28. The
two fraternities and two sorori
ties winning the preliminaries
will then sing in the finals, to be
held during intermission of the
IFC ball on April 1. Judges for
the contest will be announced at
a later date.
All fraternities and sororities
interested in entering the contest
should send a representative to
the Student Union desk to regis
ter between Friday morning and
next Monday noon.
Information desired includes
the name of the fraternity or
sorority entering and the person
in charge of the singing group.
Copies of the rules and basis for
judging will be presented at
registration.
A meeting of the song leaders
of each group will be held in 409
Old Main at 7 p.m., March 1.
Copies of the "Blue and White"
will be handed out and a discus
sion and clarification of rules
held.
'Ag Hill Breeze'
Available Today
An article on wild life by Pen
noyer F. English, professor of this
subject, will be one of the main
features of the Ag Hill Breeze
which will come out today. The
paper will be available at all the
major Agriculture buildings ac
cording to Harry Schaffer, edi
. • .chiet.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Oliver Opens
Liberal Arts
Lecture Series
Opening the annual Liberal
Arts lecture series, Dr. Robert
Oliver, manager of the Wash
ington Bureau, Korean Pacific
Press, will speak on "Between
Peace and War in North Asia"
in 121 Sparks at 8 p.m. today.
Dr. Oliver will discuss the
background and culture in China,
Korea, and Japan; the influence
of Russia; the wartime alliance
of Russia and the United States;
the blame for the present hos
tiltiy; and prospects for the
future.
Advisor to the Korean delega
tion to the United States and
guest lecturer at the University
of Korea, Dr. Oliver is also the
author of four books on Korea.
He received his doctor of phi
losopohy degree at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, and was a
member of the faculties at Buck- ,
nell and Syracuse Universities.
to-Authors Win
Thespian Contest
The combined efforts of Hank
Glass, Tom Lyons, and Francis X.
Fatsie working in the "222 Work-'
shop", 222 W. Beaver avenue,
were great enough to take first
place in the Thespian sdenario
script writing contest.
Ted Mann and Art Ward, co
writers, received second prize.
There was no third prize award
ed as the rules of the contest
state that the top three scenarios
were to be returned to the writers
for completion and then returned
for final judging. Since only two
of the completed scripts were re
turned, the third place prize has
been disqualified.
The first place script entitled
"Poor Mr• Varnum" by Glass, Ly
ons, and Fatsie, wins a $lOO prize.
The plot is concerned with the
mural in Old Main.
The second place script win
ning $5O is called, "Once upon a
Time." It is a fairy tale by Mann
and Ward.
College Cabinet
Votes on Funds
Two financial matters con
cerning the World Student Serv
ice Fund and twelve members of
the Blue Band will highlight the
meeting of the All-College Cabi
net in 201 Old Main at 8 p-m.
today.
The Blue Band members pre
sented a request to the Cabinet
last week for funds to cover the
expenses of going to the Inter
collegiate Music Festival at Indi
ana, Pa., and WS.S.F. committee
asked fo r a $2OO loan for promo
tion of its annual drive for
funds.
Both requests were made at
last week's meeting, but all fi
nancial matters involving
amounts over $lOO must be voted
upon one week after they are
brought up.
Also on the agenda for tonight's
Cabinet meeting is a discussion
of the constitution revision.
Engineers Name
Polling Places
Elections for representativft, bs
Engineering Student Council will
be held tomorrow from 8:30 a.m.
to 12 noon and from 1:30 to 4:30
p.m.
Aeronautical and industrial en
gineering students will vote is
the first floor hall of Engineering
"C"; architectural in the archi
tecture library on the third floor
of main Engineering; electrical at
the lobby of Main Eng; and civil
and mechanical in the first floor
hall of Main Eng.
Voters must present a matricu
lation card or other means ag