Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ Truman Happy Over Defeat Of Pension. Bill House Sends Measure Back to Committee WASHINGTON President Truman has expressed happiness over the defeat of the Veteran's Pension bill yesterday. The bill was voted down by the House of Representatives by a 208-207 roll_ call vote and sent back to the Veterans Committee for further study. "That kills this legislation for this Congress," said Rep. Rankin (D.-Miss.), sponsor of the bill. Rankin's bill already had been so amended that it bore little re semblance to his original pro posal for $9O a month pensions at age 65 to all World War One and World War Two veterans. Miners Return to Work PITTSBURGH—John L. Lewis told his idle union members to re turn to the coal mines next Mon day. Lewis, asked about the or der in Washington, said he would have no comment. The order was directed to min ers east of the Mississippi river who have been idle since March 14 in a work stoppage Lewis said was meant as a memorial to dead and injured workers. Lewis said it also was a protest against the appointment of Dr. James Boyd as head of the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Boyd New Mine Director WASHINGTON Dr. James Boyd was sworn in as new Mines Director in spite of opposition from UMW leader Lewis. Dr. Boyd collected $ll,OOO in pay held out during his service until the Senat confirmed his appointment the other day. Marshall Plan Debate WASHINGTON — . Foreign pol_ icy leaders attempted to quiet two fears during yesterday's Senate debate on the second installment of the Marshall plan. They said that economic help comes ahead of munitions for Europe and they said they did not believe the Bri tish, in their eagerness for busi ness, would sell potential war stuffs to the Russians. Men Debaters In 2 Tourneys Six members of the Men's De bate Team will participate in tournaments at Templ e Univer sity and Washington and Jeffer son College today and tomorrow. The two members travelling to Temple will take part in the West Point Regional Tournament. They are Richard Shultz and David Barron. Prof. John O'Brien will accompany them. ?Pre-paid medical care" will be the debate topic; Shultz and Bor ron debating both the affirmative and negative sides. Teams sent from states through-. out the middle Atlantic region will compete in the Tournament. Four top teams will be chosen to National Tournament which will attend the finals of the West Point be held at West Point later this spring. Thirty-six teams from all over the country will participate in the national tournament. 24 Teams The other four debaters will participate in the Washington and Jefferson Tournament. They will debate the national topic, "Feder_ al aid to education." Richard Schweiker and Peter Giesev will take the affirmative side, and Leo Burns and John Meszaros will take the negative. Accompanying them will be Prof. Harold O'- Brien. Twenty-four teain s, mostly from Pennsylvania and Ohio will attend the Washington and Jeff erson Tournamet. Tomorrow Last Day Tomorrow is the last day that book receipts can be turned in to the bursar's office in order to qualify for the second accounting. Receipts which are received at the office by noon tomorrow will be processed in time for refunds about April 22. ~.4a. j1.111-k t Weather{ B a it g ~,:,,,:,-,„) c a ti rg i att Possible Showers, 4 Warmer "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 49-NO. 35 College Group Sponsors Talk On Race Issue Noted Speaker-Author Probes Local Problem Tickets are being sold at 50 cents each at Student Union and the Corner Room today for to night's lecture by Dr. Rayford W. Logan. Dr. Logan, who is head of the department of history at Howard University in Washington, D. C., will speak on the subject, "Race as an International Political Fac tor," in Schwab Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. tonight. .NAACP Tickets will also be sold at the door until lecture time, for the speech which is sponsored by the College chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Dr. Logan is an internationally known speaker on Negro-white relationships. He is a•special con sultant on colonial problems to the United States delegation to the United Nations. In his lecture here, he will relate the inter national aspects of the race ques tion to the local situation. .Author . Author of "The Diplomatic Re lations of the United States with Haiti," "The Negro and the Post War World," and "The African Mandates in Respect to Politics," Dr. Logan also edits the publica tion "What the Negro Wants." The lecture is open to all stu dents, faculty and town , residents. 'This Side of Bedlam' Treats Race Prejudice in Mining Town With a theme of race prejudice in a small Pennsylvania mining town, Players' "This Side of Bedlam," serious comedy by Warren S. Smith, instructor in dramatics, opens tonight at Centre Stage. It will be directed by Kelly Yeaton. The play is the first three-act production written in its entirety by a member of the College dramatics faculty to be performed locally, said Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the depart ment. Also, it is believed that "This Side of Bedlam" is the first play to be written exclusively for central staging. Plot Presents Obstacles The plot concerns the attempts of a high school teacher to over come the race prejudice and dis crimination in a small town, and the obstacles that stand in his way. Forced to take a stand, he brings the town's wrath down upon his head. The cast includes Morton Banks, Sy Blau, Harold Frank, Laura Johnston, Harry McCarty, George D. Miller, Ramon Saul and Donald Saunders. Crew• heads are Harold Frank, stage manager; Robert Hammer, lights; Francis Fatsie, sound; Maxine Dickie, costumes; Sally Searight, make-up; Roger Madi gan, properties; and James Hop kins, advertising. Limited Run The play will run for a lim ited number of weekends, and advance reservations may be made in the dramatics office, Schwab Auditorium. Tickets for this, tonight's, and tomorrow night's presentations are avail able at Student Union. The price is $1.25, which includes tax and refreshments. B-X Slide Rules B-X has received a supply of Pickett and Eckle all-metal slide rules, costing $6.50. New articles come into the store daily. so it is an advantage to check the inventory often. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1949 Hoffman Reveals Student Prank "Mischief will out." This was proved conclusively by a recent feature in the Philadelphia Even ing Bulletin. On the occasion of his retire ment as dean of admissions at the College, William S. Hoffman made a confession of a prank that he committed as a student 40 years ago. It was he who poured a bucket of water on members of the Coun cil Administration as they depart ed from a meeting. All Miller Fans Ready to Get 'ln the Mood' Tonight is Glenn Miller night Enthusiasts who never get enough of the maestro's now hard-to-get records can listen and dance to their heart's content to their old favorites from 9 to 12 p.m. in the TUB. The occasion is the Cwens Glenn Miller Record Dance for the benefit of WSSF. At intermission time, the State men, a vocal quartet composed of Bob Cobaugh, William McLain, George Oehm l e r, and Harold Leinbach, will entertain the dan cers. To get "In the Mood," Miller fans will dress in casual attire— skirts, sweaters, and bobby sox. Ken Carter will be on hand to take photographs of the jivesters. Tickets at $1 a couple can be purchased at Student Union or from members of Cwens. Warren A. Smith NAACP Enrollment Drive Begins Today NAACP will begin a member ship campaign following the speech of Dr. Raymord W. Logan in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p. in. today. • A booth will be maintained in the TUB from Monday through Wednesday to accept new mem bers. On Thursday and Friday th e booth will be located at the Corner Room. Dr. Logan, head of the depart ment of history at Howard Uni versity, will speak on "Race as an International Political Factor." Tickets for the lecture are on sale at the Student Union desk for 60 cents. Lion, State Parties Hold Final Nominations Chairmen Set Dates for Cao, Gown Orders Seniors may order caps and gowns, invitations and announce ments for the June commence met exercises from April 4-8 in clusive, it was announced yester day. Richard Hill, chairman of the caps and gowns committee, and David Simms, chairman of the in_ vitations an d announcements committee, have stated that or ders will be accepted at Student Union from 2 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on each of the above dates. Deposit A $5 deposit is required with each order for a will and gown. Half of this sum will be returned when the equipment is returned. Seniors are also requested to know their, hat siz e when order ing. Orders for announcements wall be unlimited this year because of the College's decision to hold two seperate commencement exercis es. Must Be Paid Invitations and announcements will cost 10 cents each and must be paid for, by cash or check, when ordered. Both caps and gowns, invita tions and announcements will be available about the first week of May. Campus Projects Near Finish With brick work 95 per cent completed on Mineral Sciences Building, 90 per cent set up on Willard Hail and 80 per cent fin ished on Plant Industries Build ing, the final phase of construc tion on three buildings at the Col lege is under way. George W. Ebert, supervisor of Department of Physical Plant, pointed out these facts yesterday in describing the buildings now being erected on campus. Rapid progress is being made on the Foods Building, Ebert said. Completion of the Foods Building is expected by May 1. Workmen are assembling the steel tunnel for the Ordnance Research Laboratory Water Tun nel. Assembly of the tunnel is 30 per cent completed. Parts of the tunnel are being tank welded, Ebert explained. After the build ing is constructed around the tunnel, the rest of the welding will be done. Pouring of concrete for Unit 2 of the men's dormitory project began yesterday, he said. Foun dation for Unit 3 should be fin ished by the end of the week, 6 Days to Carnival Seven-come-11 may be the dom inant cry next Thursday on South Allen street as the Carnival gets the Spring Week activities off with a "bang." Sigma Alpha will have a dice wheel and Phi Sigma Delta will provide more dice games. Delta Tau Delta will attempt a unique if somewhat confusing idea. Their program will consist of a dialogue record of a boy and girl on a date. When queried fey more details the business-minded Delis' only reply was "you have to see it to appreciate it." Musclemen will get a chance to display their powers to their weekend imports at the Club 51 PSCA booth. The booth will pro vide the hammers and the nails and the customers will provide the steam to the nail heads. In case Carnival visitors have difficulty finding the nail head' PRICE FIVE CENTS Present Platforms At Sunday Meeting Candidates for All-College and class officers in elections slated for April 6 and 7 will be named Sun day night. Both political parties, Lion and State, will hold final nominations and elections of candidates Sun day. The Lion clique will hold its meeting in 10 Sparks beginning at 7 p.m. State members will gather in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. Nominations Preliminary nominations were made by both political groups last week. After the naming of candi dates Sunday, the political race will open up, active campaigning by both sides beginning in ear nest. Party platforms and statement of policies will also be issued at Sunday's con fabs. George Bearer, head of the Lions' poli cy committee, will present his group's work which was ori ginally sche duled to be pre sented on the floor last week. A trip which forced him t 4 leave State Col. lege necessitat ed the party's policy being held over until this week. Bearer State Platform The State steering committee in expected to blossom forth with its platform for the coming election races on Sunday also. State bigwigs infer the party's platform for 1949 will contain at least two or three "surprise" planks. One of the platform's planks is expected to be support of a Campus Chest, which was first initiated by NSA. At last week's get-together the party ten dered a resolution supporting the NSA proposal. Leonard To Speak At Faculty Mixer At the International Relations Club faculty mixer this weekend, Prof. L. Larry Leonard, of the political science department will speak on "The North Atlantic Pact." The mixer, open to club mem bers and their faculty guests, will be in the Home Economics Living Center from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. George Keenan is the new vice president of IRC, and Robert Bergman, program chairman. IRC will not hold its usttail meeting next week. they can still test their strength at the Sigma Phi Epsilon booth. The SPE's will even grade the strength displayed from a — 3 to the bell-ringing 3. Delta Upsilon, ever athletic minded, will give prospective baseball pitchers a bit of spring practice at throwing balls, not at batters, but at barrels. Three hits out of three attempts puts the cus tomer "in," not "out" of the prize. Another touch at the Monte Car lo atmosphere will be provided by Alpha Gamma Delta's gambling booth. A prize will be awarded to the lucky contestant who succeeds in placing the ping pong ball into the containers. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a watt" and Phi Mu will make sure he has his fall. With the aid of tennis balls ticket holders can recreate the famous fairy tale before their eyes at Phi Mu's boatii.
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