FDR's Son Awaits Results
Of New York City Election
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
The political future of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was being de
termined late yesterday as ballots were counted in New York City.
The late President’s son hopes to become Congressman Roosevelt
from New York's 20th District. Voters turned out in numbers far
exceeding expectations yesterday as the polls in West Side Manhat
tan closed at 7 p.m. No indication was given as to who was leading.
Opposing Roosevelt in the race
are Tammany Hall’s candidate,
Municipal Judge Benjamin Shal
leck, and two other men. Roose
velt is seeking his first political
office. The cacancy occured when
Congressman Sol Bloom died re
cently.
Gerhart Bisler
. Upited States lawyers are con
fident that Britain will return
Gerhart Eisler to this country to
face two criminal actions follow
ing action by a federal judge in
Washington in which he ordered
forfeiture of $20,000 in bonds
posted for Eisler before he left
the country as a stowaway a
board the Polish Liner Batory.
Eisler is confined to jail in Lon
don pending a decision. He was
regarded as the .pumber-one
Communist in the United States.
Floodwaters Rage
Major flood conditions are ex
pected along the Trinity River in
Texas Panhandle, and especially
the city of Dallas, during the
next eight or ten days. The flood
has left Fort Worth without
drinking water, and is moving
toward Dallas, sweeping wreck
age before it.
The flood level will reach 40
to 42 feet according to predic
tions, which would create the
worst flood conditions in three
years at that city. The flood
waters are a result of a series
of rainstorms that have lashed
the Panhandle and left 1,000
people homeless.
Smith Approves
The Senate yesterday approv
ed a big money bill which pro
vides $2,400,000,000 for the next
year of operation of the federal
security and labor agencies. The'
bill now goes to the House. Presi
dent Truman asked for a bill pro
viding $167 million less than the
figures aproved by the Senate.
Partnership Is
Parley Theme
The 25th annual ' Industrial
Conference, sponsored by the
School of Engineering at the Col
lege, will move into the second
of its three-day span in the Nit
tany Lion Inn at 9:30 a. m.
today.
Meetings to be held in the
Parrot Room of the Inn at 9:30
a. m. and 2 p. m., and a dinner
conference at 7 p. m., will high
light today’s activities.
Dean C. J. Freund, president
of the American Society for En
gineering Education, initiated the
proceedings by delivering the
keynote speech last night.
"Partnership"
The theme of the silver an
niversary conference is “Partner
ship With Industry.” Its purpose
is to get industrialists and engin
eering educators together for the
discussion of mutual problems.
John R. Bangs of the Budd
Company will preside at the
morning meetings at the inn.
Subject under discussion will be
“Functional Differentiation In
Engineering Education.”
Viewing the subject from in
dustry will be George Norden
holt, editor of “Product Engin
eering.” J. F. Downie Smith,
Dean of the School of Engineer
ing at lowa State College, will
approach the topic from the col
lege viewpoint.
Afternoon Session
In the session beginning at 2
p. m. today, R. J. Greenly, of the
Jones and Laughlin Steel Cor
poration, will introduce as the
subject matter, “Selection and
Recruitment of Engineering
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Invitations
Graduating seniors can pick
up their invitation announce
ments at Student Union be
tween 1 and 4:30 p.m., begin
ning Thursday. Receipts must
be presented at the SU window
when picking up announce
ments.
DP Plan OK'd
By Trustees
The first step in putting into
effect an NSA-sponsored plan
for the admission of Displaced
Persons students was taken on
Saturday when the executive
committee of the Board of Trus
tees agreed to waive all College
fees for such students for the
coming year.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, execu
tive secretary to the president,
presented the plan to the com
mittee at its regular meeting on
Saturday and notified Joel Bach
man, NSA campus chairman of
the plan, of their acceptance
yesterday.
In conjunction with this plan,
the Inter-fraternity Council will
take action on a proposal to pro
vide room and board for these
students in various fraternities
at its meeting tonight. The pro
posal was made by Peter Geisey,
president of the IFC council, at
the request of Bachman.
The DP students, a select group
possessing high scholarship abili
ties and a fervent desire to study,
will imigrate here with the in
tention of future citizenship. The
campus chapter of the National
Student Association will have
full responsibility for the orienta
tion of the students. It is expect
ed that many other organizations
on campus will show interest and
cooperate in various phases of
the plan.
LA Committee
To Hear Gripes
The Liberal Arts Student
Council appointed the Teachers
Course Rating committee to re
ceive all complaints from stud
ents against professors in the LA
school.
The purpose of this program
is to foster a better relationship
between students and professors.
When a complaint against a
professor is received, the com
mittee checks its validity with
the other students in his class
and contacts the dean of the
school.
All complaints and informa
tion are kept confidential.
Leonard Abrams, chairman of
the committee, asked that all the
students participate and voice
their complaints. Abrams said the
success of this program depends
entirely on the cooperation of
the students.
Debaters To Hold
Term-End Contest
Six members of the Men’s De
bate team will compete in the
Term-End Speaking contest in
316 Sparks at 7 p.m today.
Those taking part in the debate
will be David M. Barron, Harold
E. Brown, John Fedako, Richard
K. Hill, James H. McDougall and
Richard C. Shultz.
Preliminaries for the event
were held last Wednesday eve
ning, when the contestants were
chosen from among debaters
competing to give their views on
the year’s debate topic at the
College.
Topic for the debate will be
“What program should be under
taken in the interest of improving
elementary and secondary edu
cation in the United“ States?”
Borough Police
Arrest Student
Alvin Heller, a senior at the
College, was recently arrested by
Borough police and charged with
violating a Borough ordinance
against distributing printed mat
ter on the Borough streets. His
hearing is scheduled for the
Borough building at 4:30 p. m.
Friday.
Heller claims the ordinance is
Hatty @ (Mtegtan
VOL. 49—NO. 68
Hohenheim Germans
To Eat College
Vegetables
Hungry people in Germany
will be eating Penn State veg
etables this summer.
The Horticulture Club is send
ing quantities of vegetable seeds,
all varieties developed here at
the College, to Hohenheim, an
agriculture college in Germany,
for experimental use as well as
for food. Hohenheim has only
about three acres of land avail
able for all their experimental
work with vegetables. Therefore,
surplus seeds will be given to
people with family gardens.
The club’s decision was a re
sult of a talk by Bernard Gruber,
a recent graduate from Hohen
heim, who is in the United States
studying 'Operation methods of
agriculture extension, sincfe the
Allied leaders in Germany have
decided to start a similar pro
gram there. He is visiting county
agents and going with specialists
out to the farms.
Herr Gruber has left for Rut
gers. He will go from there to
Washington and expects to re
turn to Germany by the second
week in May.
Spencer Wins
Grant-in-Aid
Ernest W. Spencer, of Miller
ton, Tioga County, has been
named the first Penn State stu
dent to win a grant-in-aid en
titling him to two years of study
at the University of Hawaii. The
new scholarhip, provided by the
Experiment Station of the Ha
waiian Sugar Planter Associa
tion, was announced by Dr. H.
K. Wilson, director of resident
instruction for the School of Ag
riculture.
Mr. Spencer, is completing his
sophomore year in agricultural
education. Under terms of the
grant-in-aid, he not only will
continue his education in Hawaii,
but wi*l receive certain subsis
tence funds, as well as travel ex
penses to reach Honolulu.
The novel scholarship is part
of the Hawaiian industry’s Trop
ical Club Production program,
which also provides summer
work for those students receiv
ing their junior and senior years’
study in Hawaii.
Take Penn State
With You ...
George Bearer, ex-editor of
the Penn State Engineer, is
joining the Penn State Alumni
Association because "this out
fit has so much to offer for
such a small amount of money
that we can hardly afford to
pass up the opportunity to
join.
"It benefits us in services
such as a subscription to three
alumni publications, football
ticket priority and admission
assistance for our friends. But
mostly it gives us the oppor
tunity to remain actively affili
ated and to serve Penn State."
Film Library
“The Safest Way,” a film made
in the College studio, was bor
rowed from 107 Engineering late
Wednesday afternoon after it was
shown to a class.
Anyone knowing anything
about it contact extension 176 or
Captain Marks, Campus Patrol.
Ag Activities Fee
All Agriculture students are
asked to note in the Agriculture
Building the tentative Ag Activ
ities Fee increase of 50 cents per
semester.
This increase will give all Ag
riculture students a subscription
to the Farmer as, well
“FOR A BETTER PENN STATE-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18,
NAACP Asks Bolstering
Of State's Civil Rights
Strengthening of Pennsylvania’s civil rights laws to end dh
crimination against Negroes in barber shops was called for by a
State college and youth division of the National Association for the
Advancement of the Colored People in a meeting over the weekend.
The State Conference of NAACP Collge Chapters and Youth
Councils, meeting at Temple University in Philadelphia, charged
Concert Closes
Art Festival
The Chapel Choir, assisted by
Miss Barbara Troxell, soprano,
and Paul King, baritone, will of
ficially close the 1949 Combined
Arts Festival when thev present
Brahm's German Requiem in
Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. to
day.
The choir’s director is Mrs.
Willa W. Taylor, associate pro
fessor of music education. Prof.
George Ceiga, chapel organist,
will accompany the choir.
Miss Troxell and Mr. King ap
peared Monday night in a recital
featuring musical compositions
based on the poems of Goethe.
The 200th anniversary of the
writer’s birth is being celebrated
throughout the world this year.
The soprano soloist previously
has appeared with the choir as
guest artist, with Chester Wat
son, bass, Martha Albert, alto,
and Boyd Bell, tenor, at thie
group’s presentation of Mendel
ssohn’s oratorio, “Elijtah,” last
May.
Although admission to the con
cert is free, those wishing to at
tend must obtain tickets at Stu
dent Union. A free-will offering
will be taken to help defray ex
penses of production.
A section reserved for parents
of choir members and special
guests will be opened to the pub
lic at 7:45 p.m. Doors will be
opened at 7:30 p.m.
Town and Nine
Opens in June
Town and Nine, a summer
stock company, will open its
second season at Centre Stage in
June.
James Ambandos, director of
the group, is considering “Voice
of the Turtle,” “On Borrowed
Time,” “Vortex,” “Joan of Lor
raine,” and “Design for Living”
for production during the six
week season.
Casts will include many of the
same actors who made up the
group last year. They are drawn
from townspeople and such col
lege groups as Thespians and
Players.
Subscriptions for season tickets
at reduced prices will be on sale
later this week.
Among their arena productions
last summer. Town and Nine pro
duced “The Night of January 16”
and “The Philadelphia Story.”
News Briefs
The International Relations
Club will hold its final meeting
in the lounge of Women’s Build
ing at 7:30 p.m. today. The new
executive committee will meet
at 7 p.m.
The following officers were el
ected at last week’s meeting:
George Keenan, president; Pete
Hammer, vice-president; Carmen
Stanziola, recording secretary;
Charles Edwards, corresponding
secretary; and Bob Bergman,
treasurer.
Collegian Business Staff
There will be a short meeting
of the entire business staff of the
Collegian in 8 Carnegie Hall at
6:45 p.m. tomorrow. This in
pludes all sections of the business
the State College campus area
with being the leading offender
in barber shop discrimination.
Meek Elected
The conference named William
Meek and Mary Lou Henry, both
of the College, as president and
secretary-treasurer.
The program of the conference
also included opposition to the
American Red Cross practice of
noting on medical histories the
race of blood donors. Special ob
jections were also raised to a re
cent bloodmobile visit by the
Red Cross to the Temple campus.
Temple students will vote today
on whether they should allow fu
ture donations to be made on
campus if the practice is not
changed.
The conference also opposed
the practice of teachers colleges,
particularly in the Philadelphia
area, of assigning Negro student
teachers to schools were Negro
pupils predominate.
Possibility of establishing a
fair educational practices body
alongside the proposed Fair Em
ployment Practices Commission
will be investigated by the con
ference, which also is working
for an end to segregation in
Pennsylvania schools and segre
gation in the Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard.
A strongly - worded resolution
denounced firing of professors and
suspension from school of stu
dents because of their political
beliefs. The conference decided
to establish committees on aca
demic freedom in all chapters to
fight such firings and other vio
lations of civil liberties of stu
dents and faculty members.
Next meeting of the confer
ence will be held in Pittsburgh
next April.
Delegates were present from
Temple, Bucknell and Lincoln
Universities; the College; the
George Washington Carver Youth
Council of South Philadelphia,
The West Philadelphia Junior and
Senior Youth councils, and the
Downington Youth council.
4 Students Get
White Awards
Four students at the College
have been named for John W.
White Awards, James Milholland,
acting president of the College,
said today.
The John W. White Medal,
awarded to a senior for outstand
ing scholarship, has been award
ed to Walter Murray, of Rey
noldsville. A veteran enrolled in
the commerce and finance cur
riculum, Murray is married and
lives in Windcrest.
James Robinson, of Altoona, a
student in the pre-medical cur
riculum, was awarded the John
W. White Fellowship. The fellow
ship amounts to $6OO and is given
annually to a member of the
graduating class of high stand
ing, who possesses those quali
ties of ability and personality
that will enable him to profit
best by graduate study.
John W. White Scholarships in
Spanish, each amounting to ss#,
were awarded to Marcel Car
vallo, of Caracas, Venezuela, and
John Dalbor, of Philadelphia.
Carvallo is a senior in the chem
ical engineering curriculum,
while Dalbor is a sophomore
majoring in journalism.
BX Refunds
Students axe reminded that
efunds on purchases made at
•ook Exchange this semester
re being given in the TUB
rom 2 to 5 p. m. today through
riday.