The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 02, 1949, Image 1

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    Glee Club
Concert
Tomorrow
Lion, State Candidates
Will Stage Issue Debate
Plans were completed late last night to stage a political debate
between members of the State and Lion parties at the TUB Wednes
day night.
Sponsored by the Daily Collegian, the discussion will be staged
in order to acquaint voters with party issues. Platforms and poli
cies of both cliques will undergo rigid cross-examination at the
TUB debate. .
Robert Gabriel, candidate for
All-College president, and Rob
ert Keller, senior class presiden
tial nominee, will argue for the
State party against Lion repre
sentatives Ted Allen, rival All-
College presidential candidate,
and James Balog, Lion senior
class presidential hopeful.
Although voting will commence
Wednesday morning, no other
suitable date could be found to
stage the discussion for which
both parties have been clamor
ing.
Monday night the State party
will hold a parade and rally and
the following night Lion clique
members will stage a similar
parade and rally.
The Daily Collegian will se
lect a moderator who will first
introduce all candidates for office
from both parties and will then
launch the informal debate and
maintain order.
Lion clique chairman Morton
Snitzer announced yesterday that
Jane Sutherland won the portable
typewriter awarded as a prize in
the contest which closed yester
day. The drawing to determine
the winner was held yesterday
afternoon.
Elkann To Give
DSP Lecture
Jan Paul Elkarin will be the
guest speaker at the lecture spon
sored by Delta Sigma Pi, na
tional commerce fraternity, to be
presented in 121 Sparks, at 7:30
p.m. next Tuesday.
Delta Sigma Pi annually spon
sors a series of lectures on bank
ing, commercial and financial
problems and brings to the Col
lege noteworthy men in these
fields.
Mr. Elkann, general manager
of the International Divisions of
the Titan Metal Manufacturing
Company, titles his speech "The
Marshall Plan and European
Recovery."
Edwin Manbeck, Delta Sigma
Pi president, urges all members
of the fraternity to attend this
lecture. Aft other students are
also cordially invited to attend.
Home Passes Oleo Tax Repeal;
Bin Goes to Senate For Action
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives yesterday ap
proved by a vote of 281 to 89 a bill to repeal federal taxes on oleo
margarine. The bill, introduced by Representative W. R. Poage
(Dem., Texas), has been sent to the Senate for its consent or dis
approval.
The bill requires that oleomargarine be identified when sold in
restaurants. A proposal to out
law interstate shipment and sale
of yellow margarine was de
feated 242 to 137.
Stedomits Bata*
NANKING—One hundred and
forty-four persons were injured
in Nanking yesterday when Chi
nese soldiers attacked university
students following a student dem
onstration against the govern
rnent.
Attacks ERP Cut
WASHINGTON Senator Ar
thur Vandenberg asked the Sen
ate yesterday afternoon to reject
Senator Robert Taft's attempt to
decrease the funds tor the Euro
pean Recovery Program. He said
the European aid appropriation
is an "instrument of peace" and
that "we are dealing with our
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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE*"
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Seniors Order
Caps, Gowns
Orders for caps and gowns, in
vitations and announcements will
be accepted at Student Union be
ginning Monday afternoon.
Seniors may place their re
quests for both June commence
ment accessories at the desk in
Old Main between the hours of
2 and 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday of next week.
A $5 deposit is necessary to re
serve a cap and gown. Seniors
are also requested to list their
hat size. Invitations and an
nouncements, at 10 cents each,
may be ordered in unlimited
quantities because of this year's
dual commencement exercises.
Richard Hill is chairman of the
caps and gowns committee, and
David Simms heads the invita
tions and announcements com
mittee.
Combo Stages
Bop Jazz Fest
Prdoucing sounds dissonant
and perplexing to the uninitia
ted ear, Gene Sprague and Ar
nold Taylor this afternoon will
present to the growing colony of
enthusiasts and curious ones a
concert in behop, the dynamic
new jazz form.
Master of Ceremonies Sprague
will direct a program drawn up
by Taylor and himself. Sprague
and Robert Chacona on trumpet,
Taylor and Donald Krebs on
drums, Dick Anderson and Har
ry Clauss on the tenor Sak, Rob
ert "Mouse" Miller on alto Sax,
Jim Riley and Russel Henry on
bass and Dean Alspach, piano,
make up the jazz group.
An ensemble opening of "Per
dido" will introduce medley and
solo work by six of the musi
cians, Alspach, Chicona, Krebs,
Miller and Riley. After intermis
sion, Alspach and Miller will be
joined by Clau s s, Henry,
Sprague, and Taylor, beginning
with "Mordido" and continuing
with the solo flights. As a finale
the whole group will give its
variations on the theme, "How
High the Moon."
Students Hurt
In Auto Crash
Sonya Brown and Willis
Dickey, both students at the Col
lege, were injured Thursday in
the collision of two cars on Route
322 near the O'Bryan Service
Station, south of State College.
Dickey, driver of one of the
cars, received severe lacerations
of the lips. Miss Brown, riding
in the Dickey car, received a
small laceration of the temple.
They were treated at the College
infirmary.
Police said that William Grif
fiths, also a student, and driver
of the other car, was making a
left turn when the accident oc
curred. Total damage was about
$3OO.
Nr./
Mrs. Evelyn Marboe
Marboe To Give
Curie Lecture
The scientific phenomenon of
"Gas Evolution from Supersatur
ated Liquids" will be the topic of
Mrs. Evelyn Chostner Marboe at
the annual Marie Curie lecture in
119 Osmond Lab at 8 p.m. today.
The annual lecture series is
sponsored by the Palladium chap..
ter of lota Sigma Pi, women's sci
ence honorary. Mrs. Marboe is
assistant professor of Glass Tech
nology Research in the School of
Mineral Industries.
Scientists in a great variety of
fields have long been interested
In the problem of the evolution of
gases or vapors from superheated
liquids. The problem is a vital
one in such varied research as the
distillation of liquids, the behav
ior of geysers, the cause of diver's
palsy, and many other research
fields.
Mrs. Marboe received her B.S.
degree in chemistry from Wayne
University in 1941 and an M.S.
degree in the same field from ' the
College in 1949. She previously
served as resarch assistant in the
laboratories of Parke, Davis, and
Co. and as graduate assistant and'
instructor in the chemistry de
partment at the College.
At the present time she is in
charge of a research program op
erating under a contract with the
Office of Naval Research, Wash
ington, D. C. She holds member
, ships in Sigma Xi, lota Sigma Pi,
Sigma Delta Epsilon, and Sigma
Epsilon Sigma.
She has 14 outstanding publica
tions to her credit, some of which
have appeared in French and
British s cience journals. Her }N
est paper appeared ra. the Janu
ary, 1949. issue of the Journal e
Applied Sciences.
Following the lecture tonight a
public reception win be held by
lota Sigma Pi is the Mineral In
.clostries art gallery.
Kistler To Speak
At Chapel Service
Dr. Raymon Kistler, president
of Beaver College, Jenkintown.
Pennsylvania, will be the speak
er at the chapel service in Schwab
Auditorium at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
Dr. Kistler will speak on "Moun
tain Tops of Life."
"Pie Jesu" will be presented
by the Chapel Choir under the
direction of Mrs. Willa Taylor.
George Ceiga, chapel organic
will play for the service.
Dr. Kistler, who is a former
Presbyterian pastor, will be vis
iting the campus for the fourth
time within the last five years.
He is an alumnus of the Theta
Phi fraternity.
Trabue Asks Depart
The State Superintendent of
Public Instruction should be
freed from political influence,
Dean M. R. Trabue of the School
of Education said yesterday.
Trabue, addressing educators at
the University of Pennsylvania's
annual Schoolmen's Week, called
for establishment of a State
Council of Education which also
would be divorced from politics.
"It should not be possible for
Seniors To Select
One of Three Gifts
Seniors will ballot for one of three senior class gift suggestions
at Student Union next Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday.
A student press, capital for the student co-op, and a memorial
gate at the corner of Pollock road and Atherton street are the three
choices open for disposition of the estimated $BOOO gift fund.
Seniors may cast their votes at the desk in Old Main at the
Stage Profs
Net WSSF $2lB
Faculty capers at the Talent
Show Tuesday brought WSSF
$2lB nearer its $3OOO goal. The,
money will be used for books and
supplies for Philippine students.
Climax of the evening came
when the profs as "The Boys
From the Back Room" formed an
eight piece ensemble, beating out
jive like any Joe College.
Drummer Lynn Christy. as the
01' Professor, made a hit with
his lecture on the tom-tom as did
Soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey when
he appeared in kilts and proced
ed to do a Highland fling.
Virgil Neilly served as a two
fold entertainer in the capacities
of master of ceremonies and vo
calist.
The program was sponsored by
the combined school student
councils.
NROTCStudents
Win Move-Ups
Capt. William T. McGarry.
USN, in an outdoor ceremony
Tuesday morning, presented ap
pointments to midshipmen of the
NROTC.
In the first battalion, Philip
Monaghan was appointed lieuten
ant commander: Walter Kmak,
lieutenant junior grade; Richard
Rossi, ensign; and Robert Louis,
chief petty officer.
"A" Company officers were Lt.
John Coolidge, Lt. (1,0 Augus
tus Pierrce, Ens. Andrew Adel
man, Ens. Richard Pulling. Non
commissioned ranks were award
ed to Robert Robinson, CPO, Wil
liam Nagorny, PO 1-c; William
Myers, PO 2-c; Thomas Reese,
PO 1-c; Robert Richardson, PO
3-c; William Mathers, PO 3-c:
and James Brewer, PO 3-c. .
Appointed to the color guard
were John Kemper. PO 1-c;
Frederick Keefer, PO 2-c; Paul
Balusgardner, PO 3-c; and Ken
meth Shufi, PO 4-c.
Windcresters
Publish Paper
Another newspaper—the Wind
crest News Letter Wednesday
joined the rapidly growing list of
publications on the campus.
Recent/1y such organs as Lionews
and various news letters have
come into existence. The Wind
•rest News Letter is one more
step toward complete coverage of
all happenings pertaining to the
College.
Under the editorship of Kath
leen Kidder, the News Letter will
be published every Thursday for
the Windcrest residents. The camp
is divided into seven zones with a
woman correspondent assigned to
each one. In addition, reporters
cover Council and Co-op news
' events.
The paper contains sections on
vital statistics, weather news, Vet
erans information and want ads
besides the usual news. It is put
out in mimeographed style.
mental Reform
any politically-minded governor
to remoye a State superintendent
from office or replace more than
half the council members during
his term at Harrisburg," Twabue
added.
Both Governor Duff and Dr.
Francis B. Haas, present super
intendent, are aware that the
proposed reforms are needed,
Dean Ttatwat
same time they order their caps
and gowns, invitations and an
nouncements for the June com
mencement.
Students who graduated in
January and those who are now
practice teaching will ballot by
means of postcards.
A limit of $2,000 was set on
the student co-op proposal mak
ing it necessary for any voter who
selects that recommendation as
his first choice to mark one of
the other two choices as his vote
for the remaining $6,000.
Votes for either the press or
memorial gate, however, auto
matically shift the entire $B,OOO
fund over to the proposal voted
on.
Approximately 1900 seniors are
eligible to vote for disposition of
the senior class gift fund.
ASM Chapter
To Hear Briggs
"Steel Foundry Practice" will
be the subject of the American
Society for Metals lecture Tues
day. Charles W. Briggs, technical
and research director, Steel
Founders' Society of America will
address the campus chapter of
ASM on this topic.
Mr. Briggs will present a gen
eral discussion of steel castings,
their field and properties in the
Mineral Industries art gallery at
8 p.m. Tuesday.
Since 1938 the lecturer has dir
ected the research and technical
activities of the Steel Founders'
Society. He represented the in
dustry as technical consultant for
the government in Germany.
The speaker has been the re
cipient of various national awards
'among founilrymen anC has writ
ten two books, "The Metallurgy
of Steel Castings," and "Steel
ICastings Handbook.'
News Briefs
Safety Tape
Owners of the 600 licensed bi
cycles in State College can have
luminous tape placed on their bi
cycles free of charge, at Hafer's
garage, 2 p.m. tomorrow.
NAACP
Officers and committee chair
man of NAACP will have a ,spe
ciai meeting in the second floor
lounge of Old Main, 6:30 p.m., to
morrow, to map out plans for tire
rest of the semester.
WRA Tennis Club
WRA tennis club will hold as
organization meeting in Whibe
Hall Gym, 6 V p.m. Tuesday.
LaVie Meeting
La Vie Senior boi...rc6, for balk
1949 and 1950. will meet in the La
Vie office. 3 - 30 Tuesday.
Ski Club
Penns Valley Ski Club MS
hold a meeting in 219 Electrical
Engineering 7.30 p.m. Tu!ecluy.
The movie, "A Nation of Skiers,"
will be shown and next year's od r
ficers will be elected.
Correction
Penn State Club will tweet is
411 Old Main, at 7 p.m likindor
instead at last alert as iticaTact*,
stated in yesterday's Caitegam.
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Show-animal infatuations Mir
students who Lam e draws for ma,
maks in the Dairy Show will be
given in the dairy iMilatat trgaitt
kfaidio.