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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 50
Arnall Declares Education
'lmperative' at Forum Lecture
Urging faith in the future of the nation, Former Gov. Ellis
Arpall of Georgia last night termed "more adequate education" the
most imperative need for America in a Community Forum lecture.
He also urged better health advantages for the entire nation
and government participation to improve opportunities for people
to make a living, in a talk which wound up the five-lecture Forum
series for this year.
Trust War
The former Georgia governor
said the nation must wage a "re
lentless war" on trusts, monopo
lies, and combines to provide for
economic opportunity in the fu
ture. He also listed high on his
program increased agricultural
research.
Asked what he thought of his
state's experiment in extending
the franchise to 18-year-olds, he
termed the experiment "splen
did" and said that if all the
voters in Georgia had shown the
good judgment of the youth
voters, the state never would
have elected Eugene Talmadge.
"Lasting peace cannot be pre
dicated on fear or on military
strength„ he said, calling for the
nation "to get our own house in
order." He said that Communism
was "being contained" and that
the United States should export
its democratic ideal.
Slavery
He stated that no one anywhere
can be free unless all persons are
free, and that slavery anywhere
infringes the freedom of Ameri
cans.
Discussing further franchise ex
tension through abolishing the
poll tax and making Negroes
eligible to vote in the Democratic
primaries, he stated "There's
nothing wrong with government
that a good dose of democracy
won's cure."
Crusade
Arno.ll urged that all citizens
take part in a "crusade for peace"
by working to improve conditions
locally instead of merely criticiz
ing others. He said the nation
should make democracy work
here and that other nations then
would emulate the United States.
Arnall said the nation cannot
progress with economic barriers
keeping certain sections of the
country in "economic slavery".
An American population of
275,000,000 could be supported at
a higher standing of living than
the present, he predicted.
Audrieth, Illinois Professor,
Delivers 23rd Priestly Lecture
Dr. L. F. Audrieth, professor of
inorganic chemistry at the Uni
versity of Illinois, will deliver the
twenty-third annual Priestly Lec
tures on "Acids, Bases, and Non-
Aqueous Systems" in 119 Osmond
Laboratory April 25 through 29.
The Priestley Lectures, which
have becoue an annual tradition
at the College, were inaugurated
in 1926 by the initiative of Dr.
Wheeler Pedlar Davey, research
professor of physics and chemis
try, who has given continued in
terest and support to their suc
cess.
Joint Auspices
The lectures are given under
the auspices of Phi Lambda Up
silon, chemical honor society, and
the department of chemistry of
the School of Chemistry and
Physics, in cooperation with re
lated departments of the Schools
of Agriculture and Mineral In
dustries. In 1931, Mu Chapter of
Phi Lambda Upsilon undertook
the financial support of the lec
tures.
The faculty and alumni of the
chemistry department have estab
lished two memorials to Joseph
Priestley. In 1919, the alumni pur
chased the old Priestley residence
at Northumberland, Pa., and have
since built a museum near the
hewn to hold eery. Priestley re-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1949
Anderson Talks
In LA Series
Dr. John M. Anderson, associate
professor and acting head of the
philosophy department, will be
the second lecturer in the Lib
eral Arts series.
Dr. Anderson will discuss "The
Human Spirit and the Challenge
of Science" in 10 Sparks at 8 p.m.
Wednesday.
The speaker r e c e i v e d his
bachelor of arts and master of
arts degrees at the University of
Illinois. His doctor of philosophy
degree he received at the Uni
versity of California at Berkeley.
After serving at the University
of California, and the University
of Minnesota, Dr. Anderson
joined the faculty at the College.
Tunnel Crews
Lay Steelwork
Steelwork for the building
that will house the Water Tun
nel at the College is now under
way and should be completed
within a month, Dr. R. Burton,
professor of Ordnance Research
and project engineer for the tun
nel, said yesterday Brick work
will begin before the end of this
month.
The mammoth tunnel, believed
to be the world's largest, has been
set in place and tank welded.
Permanent welding will be done
after the building is completed.
Instead of the test section in
the tunnel, a dummy section has
been used in completing the tun
nel. Plexi-glass windows in the
test section will not withstand
the pressure of the water that will
be used to test the tunnel, Dr.
Power explained.
Tests will be conducted, pro
bably near the 'end of the year,
with water at a pressure of 112
pounds per square inch.
The tunnel will be used by the
Ordnance Research Laboratory
for testing underwater devices.
lies to be collected. The property
has been deeded to the College.
Since 1927
Through the work of Dr. Davey
and other faculty members, the
Priestley Lectures have been held
annually since 1927. Each year
the lectures deal with the border
line between some phase of
chemistry and some other branch
of science.
Dr. Audrieth, the speaker for
the 1949 series, was born in Vien
na, Austria, and came to this
country with his parents at the
age of two. He received the de
gree of Bachelor of Science from
Colgate University. He complet
ed work in inorganic chemistry
for a Doctorate at Cornell Uni
versity in 1925, and spent the
next two years at Cornell in nitro
gen chemistry research.
He has been a member of the
faculty of the department of
chemistry at the University of
Illinois since 1928. His work there
has been interrupted on two oc
cassions. In 1931-32, he was
awarded a National Research Fel
lowship to continue his studies
in non-aqueous solvents under
Prof. Paul Walden at the Uni
versity of Rostok.
ACTIVE DUTY
He was called to active duty
Continued wi page three
Psych Class Trains
Inexperienced
Gamblers
A visitor to Professor Guest's
applied psych class recently,
would have been sure he was in
the back room of a gambling cas
ino,
Before the group, three mem
bers of the clas s were absorbed
in some kind of game on the table.
/rwo little cubes clicked myster
iously in the hand of one.
On the blackboard, at which the
participants glanced occasionally,
appeared these figures:
6 and 8 - even money
5 and 9 - 3 to 2
4 and 10 - 2 to 1
The two cubes rolled onto the
table and the trio peered eagerly
at the results. Pieces of chalk
now changed hands and the game
continued.
A flash-back to the start of the
class would serve to enlighten our
visitor.
The subject under discussion
for the day was "right and
wrong ways to train the new
worker." The prof called for an
experienced craps shooter, and
Frank Burstein arose. Three
students who pleaded ignorance
of the game were chosen to repre
sent would-be operators of a dice
table.
Burstein was to instruct the
"new employees" in the technique
of rolling dice, and the class was
asked to judge the value of the
instruction. Chalk served as dol
lar bills.
After the "wrong betters"
placed two "bucks" against the
one bet by the shooter, the class
decided that the group needed a
little more instruction before tak
ing over a dice table.
You're faded.
WSSF Fund
Boosted $63
By Donations
Over $63 was added to the
World Student Service Fund yes
terday, making the total to date
$780.48. The money will be used
for books and supplies for the
Philippines where university
libraries and equipment were de
stroyed by bombing during the
war.
Faculty members of the School
of Agriculture contributed $25,
and Philotes, independent wo
men's club, netted $7 for the
drive with a box social.
The Alpha Xi Delta sorority
contributed $5, the Kappa Delta
sorority, $3. $3 was also raised
by the Theta Xi fraternity.
An additional $2.85 was re
ceived from Dorm 8 in Pollock
Circle making Dorm B's total
$11.29; Dorm 24 added $8.40, and
Simmons Hall added $3.50 to its
original contribution of $8.64.
Solicitators are asked to turn
in their money to 304 Old Main
as soon as possible. Any one who
would like to contribute and has
not been contacted by a solicitator
may also turn in contributions
there.
New Parking Area
Nears Completion
Another new parking area on
the campus with space for 83 au
tomobiles is expected to be com
pleted in about two weeks, Wal
ter M. Trainer, supervisor of
landscape construction and main
tenance, said yesterday. The,area
is located north of Patterson Hall.
Although wet weather had de
layed construction, the sub-grade
has already been completed, the
base course is nearing comple
tion, and work on the top course
will be started early next week.
Players
All Players must return their
questionairres to the Dramatics
office by Tuesday. This is the ab
solute deadline.
Edwards Leaves Grid Post,
Joins Michigan State Squad
Earle Edwards, end coach at the College since 1936, confirmed
today that he had accepted a position as football end coach at Michi
gan State College, East Lansing, Mich.
The 40-year-old Edwards, appointed to the newly-created posi
tion of first assistant a little more than a month ago, said he'd attend
the last two weeks of Michigan State's Spring practice to acquaint
Seniors Receive
'49 La Vie Issue
Distribution of the 1949 La Vie
to members of the senior class
will begin on Tuesday, May 3,
John W. English, editor, an
nounced today.
Books will be distributed at
the Student Union Office in Old
Main between the hours of 2 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m. only.
The following schedule will be
observed: School of Agriculture,
Tuesday, May 3; Engineering,
Wednesday, May 4; the Liberal
Arts, Thursday, May 5; Educa
tion and Home Economics, Fri
day, May 6; and Chemistry and
Physics, Mineral Industries, and
Physical Education and Athletics,
Tuesday, May 10.
Seniors
Seniors will be required to call
in person for their books, Eng
lish explained. Those unable to
pick up the La Vie at the speci
fied times may obtain their
copies after May 10.
It was also explained that
postal cards have been mailed to
seniors who owe money for their
yearbook and that these pay
ments may be made at the time
the La Vie is obtained.
Fee Collections
Students pay $1.25 each semes
ter, or a total of $lO for their
book. Since fees for the La Vie
are not collected during the sum
mer sessions and were not col
lected during the period, May,
1943 to October, 1945, many stu
dents have not paid the $lO. Stu
dents transferring to the College
from other colleges or centers
also would owe money on their
yearbook.
3 British Warships Crippled
On Yangtze River By Reds
SHANGHAI Three battered
British warships lie in the harbor
here tonight, crippled after at
tempting to run the Communist
land battery blockade to the res
cue of a fourth British ship. The
fourth, the sloop Amethyst, lies
off an island in the Yangtze river
with a white flag flying from her
mast. More than 42 have been
killed aboard the British war
ships and an additional 100 have
been wounded.
Nanking Falling
NANKING With the 0,n,-
munist armies pouring across the
Yangtze River, authorities state
that Nanking is apparently doom
ed as the Nationlist capital.
Government opposition is inef
lective and officials are fleeing
the city,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
himself with the new assign—
ment.
Succeeds Taylor
At Michigan State, he succeeds
Leverne (Kip) Taylor, who re
signed a month ago to accept the
head coaching job at Oregon State
College. Edwards, like Taylor,
will be in charge of the ends.
Clarenc e (Biggie) Munn, a
graduate of Minnesota and form
erly head coach at Albright Col
lege and Syracuse University, put
in a tour of duty as line coach
at the University of Michigan be
fo,re going to Syracuse in 1946.
He transferred to Michigan State
the next year.
Includes Evasheski
Munn heads up a staff which
also includes Forest Evasheski,
former Michigan star and back
field coach, and Hugh Daugherty,
a Barnesboro boy and former
Syracuse guard, as line coach.
Evasheski and Daugherty both
joined Munn at Syracuse and
have been with him since.
Penn State's head coach, Joe
Bedenk said today that he had
not vet given much consideration
to the choice of a successor but he
indicated he would begin his
search immediately.
E'dwards, who was brought to
the campus by Bob Higgins in
1936, was in command of Spring
drills at the College and had been
Bedenk's personal choice to serve
him as first assistant.
Three Remain
His departure leaves Al Mich
aels, Jim O'Hora, and Sever Tor
etti as Bedenk's assistants. Tor-
Continued on page six
Housing Head
Loaned Office
Nittany Dorm Council in its
meeting Monday night granted
the request of Russell E. Clark,
Bursar, to use the Nittany and
Pollock Council room between
May and September for office
space in his new position as Di_
rector of Housing at the College.
Mr. Clark's directorate position
will go into effect about May 1,
and his use of the room in Nittany
Dorm 20 will extend from that
date until September.
In the meantime the Nittany
and Pollock Circle Councils,
which hold meetings on alternate
Mondays, will have sessions in
the lobby of Dorm 20.
Also discussed was a plan to
install small Coca-Cola machines
in each of the 24 Nittany Dorms
after first having permission
granted by the Colleg e authori
ties. The plan is scheduled to run
similarly to the setup in many of
the fraternities.
Acheson Report
WASHINGTON Secretary of
State Dean Acheson is reported to
have told the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee that the At
lantic Armament Program will
cost the United States approxi
mately $1,400,000,000 for the first
year of the program.
Rayon, Cafferty Resign
WASHINGTON President
Truman yesterday accepted the
resignations of Army Secretary
Kenneth Royal' and Jefferson
Caffery, United States' ambas
sador to France. David Bruce,
who has been in France with the
Marshall Plan, will replace Caf
fery.