Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
US Harvests
Second Largest
Record Crop
WASHINGTON This year’s
national harvest crop will be sec
ond only-to last year’s record out
put, according to the Department
of Agriculture. The corn crop is
estimated at nearly three and
one-half million bushels, a sur
plus size crop which may lead
vtd government crop controls next
year. Larger than average crops
of wheat, oats, soybeans, tobacco
.and other products are expected,
as well as a record rice crop.
Atom Bomb
WASHINGTON—A House com
mittee was warned yesterday by
Captain J. H. Sides, a Navy wea
pons expert, against pinning
American security on the atom
bomb and heavy bombers alone.
NaVy Commander Eugene Ta
,tom stated that the atomic bomb
is not as effective as is popularly
believed, but Representative Chet
Hollifield, a member of the Con
gressional; Atomic Committee
said Tatom’s estimate of the bomb
was based on obsolete standards
—the bombs dropped on Japan.
Truman Greets Nehru
WASHINGTON President
Truman yesterday greeted Prime
Minister Nehru of India at the
Washington airport. Nehru is_m
the United. States for a one-month
visit..
Herts Expect
Huge Turnout
The 36th annual Hort Show,
scheduled to run Saturday and
Sunday, will attract nearly . I<V
000 visitors, according to Jonn
Neszaros, publicity chairman.
The show will be dedicated
as- a posthumus honor to Dr.
Earle I. -Wilde, professor emer
itus -of ornamental .horticulture,
who died two weeks ago.
•The honor is being given Dr.
Wilde in recognition of accom
plishments in the development of
the All-American test, gardens «it
the College and for his, work in
improving the field of .floncul-
of the feature's of the show
is a fullscale, completely- land
scaped homesite. There will also
be more than a thousand potted
flowers, about 40 different vege
tables, ready for picking, and an
educational display, -on uses of
Pennsylvania apples. . . • ,
A refreshment booth, operated
by coeds,' will be opened during
the show -to sell College , apples,
cider, and donuts. .
Officers' of tHe*Hott -Club -m-*
elude president, John W. .Early;
vice-president, Robert Eshleman;
secretary, Marjorie, Land; • and
treasurer, Robert J. Calhoun.
The show will start at 9 a.m.
Saturday morning and will re
main open until 11 p.m. Sunday it
will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Tocfay . • •
The Nittany Lion Roars
For FROTH., celebrating ,iis
forty-first consecutive issue.
Froth went on sale in town and
campus yesterday.
Enthusiastic reports oh the
contents of this month's laugh
fest. and not' a few of the
gags, are,being heard from Old,
Main ip Ag Hill. From the com
ic cover which features a be
leaguered senior returning to his
favorite'. alma mater, to "Old
Mania." which brings the issue
to aclgse, it is packed’With tra
ditional Froth humor.
Congratulations. on another
done. .<
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’ " A BETTER PENN STATE" !
VOL. 50 *-r NO. 14
Prof Travels In Europe
Arthur C. Cloetingh
Mayor Hosts
Drama Prof
Arthur C. Cloetingh, professor
of dramatics at the College Who
is travelling in Europe under a
Rockefeller Foundation grant, re
cently was entertained by the
Lord Mayor of Birmingham.
A picture from a Birmingham
newspaper shows Professor Cloe
tingh with the Lord Mayor, the
Lady Mayoress, and Mayor H.
D. Caro, of Hamilton, New Zed
land.
Professor Cloetingh had just
seen three performances at the
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,
.Statfprd-an*Avpn, _ .the : ..Birmingr
ham Mail reports 7 “and the Mayor
of Hamilton, who had also seen
a performance, compared reac
tions with him. : The Lord Mayor
and,' Lady Mayoress balanced
their immediate interest , in the
Bard with personal reminiscenses
of their friend, George Bernard
Shaw.” ;
Students Solicit
Sports Donations
One-do liar contributions to
ward athletic scholarships cur
rently are being solicited on cam
pus by various student groups.
The scholarships are sponsored
by the Pittsburgh Alumni ' As
sociation, and the contributions,
in = the form of Scholar-Grams,
wiU“ ; go. .-for scholarships in all 16
sports at the College.
-InT.the -future,--representatives
of the program will speak at fra
ternity houses, in - apu effort- .tOi ob
tain
ship fund. Al Michaels, backfield
football coach, is in charge of the
campaign in which several stu
dent groups are expected to co
operate. : . . ‘
College Replaces
Missing Plaque
Once more,, a wound inflicted
on a campus memorial by* prank
ters.has been treated by the Col
lege Physical Plant. . '
The latest treatment took place,
yesterday when a new plaque
was placed on the boulder which
commemorates the old Stone
Quarry frqfa which stone was
taken for Old Main in 1857.
The boulder is situated in the
outdoor . auditorium which is
across the walk from the Textile
building.
The old plaque, which was
smaller than , the new one, was
missing since last fall. ~
Inscribed upon the plaque is
“From this' spot was taken the
stone for Old Main 1857. Marked
by the class of 1911,”
Esquisse Club
The Esquisse Club, architectu
ral society on campus, elected the
following officers at its meeting
last Thursday night.
Robert Tintsman, president;
Dan Kisler, Vice-president; • Shir
ley Vernon, secretary; • Harold
Harris, treasurer; and.. Christine
Ji«t»schtw^h*ah*iaß.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1949
Band Members To Participate
In Pageant at Aaronsburg
Ag School Edits
Publication;
On Sale Today
It’s back. Look Ifor “Shucky,”
today.
■ “Shucky” represents the Penn
State Farmer. Forester and Sci
entist, Ag School publication,
which has returned to join cam
pus publications as a new and
bigger monthly than ever.
The first issue of^the new
magazine, goes on sale at the Stu
dent Union today and at the
Hort Show on Friday and Satur
day. Copies have already been
mailed to all students in the
School of Agriculture, the cost
of which is partially defrayed by
the increased Ag fee, effective
this, semester; Additional copies
may be purchased for twenty
five cents.
Penn State Farmer, Forester,
and Scientist, starting Volume I,
Number I, this month includes
a report from Penn State-in-
China, a college farm tour, an
article op crow hunting, another
on reclamation of strip mining
coal lands, and many other in
formative articles..
©liverßeceives
Laws Degree
Dr. Robert T. Oliver, professor
and ' head of the department. of
speech at the College, will be
awarded an honorary doctor of
laws degree by Pacific University
on Saturday.
The occasion will be ,a special
convocation marking the centen
nial celebration of the University.
Dr. Oliver, who is a graduate
of Pacific University, will be cit
ed for the bopks he has written,
his work in organizing and direct
ing the food conservation pro
gram for the Federal Government
during the war; and his work as
an advisor to the Korean govern
ment during the past three years.
Mrs. Oliver, who also is a grad
uate of Pacific University, will
accompany. Dr. Oliver to Forest
Grove; Ore;; for the' ceremonies.
Recorder Requests
Local Addresses
Students who registered at the
College and did not list their lo
cal addresses are requested to
complete address forms at the of
fice of the Recorder, 189 Old
Main, without delay.
A. W. Stewart, chief, recorder,
explained today that many, stu
dents at . the, time of registration
had no permanent quarters and
therefore left their State College
address section blank on their
records. He stressed the t import
ance of completing these forms
without delay so that the College
officials can locate students in
handling emergencies or routine
business.
Mercury Shows
Unseasonal 85
The hottest October since 1941
continued yesterday as the mer
cury rose to 85 degrees for the
second consecutive day.''
Last year at this time the cam
pus was experiencing light frosts
in the morning. ’
Cloudy weather is predicted for
today and warm temperatures
will continue. The only relief in
sight is afternoon and evening
showers expected Thursday.
~ An average- of 63 degrees for
the first 11 days of this month has
been reached in contrast with a
.53 degree average for the same
yjean,
To Perform During Memorial
For 150-Year-Old Church
Selected personnel from the Blue Band will participate in "She
Aaronsburg Story.”
Director James Dunlop announced yesterday that about 55
members would provide the band music for the historical pageant
planned as a feature of Pennsylvania Week Sunday, Oct. 23.
The “Aaronsburg Story” commemorates the 150th anniversary
NSA Names
Year's Projects
Closer cooperation with the
All-College Cabinet and a Stu
dent Government Room were de
clared to be the main aims of the
National Student Association
Committee for the coming year. [
Bud Ott, campus committee
chairman, emphasized the nature
of the new relationship between
NSA and the Cabinet at the first
meeting of the group Monday
night. He also discussed the pro
posed' Student Government
Room, which will be staffed in
part by active, members of the
NSA. . -
' Lyn Lapp, delegate to the na
tional convention, set forth sev
eral other projects for the coming
year, namely, a Campus Chest
drive and a plan for financial or
ientation.
David Keller, chairman of the
student government section, in
formed newcomers to the organi
zation that NSA. proposed to set
up a faculty rating program in
the near future. He said the com
mittee already had many differ
ent methods used by other col
leges of this size for study.
The new members were indoc
trinated with the history and
aims of both the national and
local organization at the meeting.
They were also permitted to sign
on the sub-committee of their
choice and received a briefing on
their specific activities. ~
It was decided that. a regular
, mass-meeting, of all. committees
should be held every other Thurs
day, night and that the sub-com
mittees could meet whenever ne
cessary- and expedient.
Center Officials
Hold Meeting Here
Representatives of 13 Pennsyl
vania colleges where freshmen of
the College are enrolled met at
the College Monday to discuss
education problems.
Presidents or deans of the co
operating colleges met .at 9:30
a.m. with the deans and other ad
ministrative officials of the Col
lege and at 12:15 p.m., a lunch
eon, at the Nittany Lion Inn closed
the conference.
Dean of Admissions Royal M.
Gerhardt was chairman for the
program and presided at the
luncheon. Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
assistant to the president in
charge of student. affairs, repre
sented the office of the presi
dent, while Dean Ralph E. Heiges,
of Indiana State Teachers’ Col
lege, responded for the co-oper
ating colleges.
Other speakers included Dean
H. K. Wilson, dean of men and
director of the Division of Inter
mediate registration program;
Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston,
who discussed facilities for wom
en students at .the College; and
Dean of Admissions Emeritus, W.
S. Hoffman, original administra
tor of the co-operative plan for
freshmen, who is now a consul
tant on administration for Ly
coming College, Williamsport.
PRICE FIVE asms
of the founding of the Salem
Lutheran Church in the tiny town
23 miles Southeast of State Col
lege by' Aaron Levy.
The College has offered its com
plete support of the program at
Aaronsburg, in which national
and international leaders will
gather for sessions designed ■; to
further the cause of religious un
derstanding.
Acting President James Milhoi
land is serving as honorary chair
man of the pageant committee
and will serve as coordinator at
one of three “brotherhood insti
tutes.”
William R. Gordon, professor of
rural sociology and famed for his
annual Pennsylvania Farm Show
pageant, has written, and will di
rect the Aaronsburg. pageant*
.“The” Issue which
will be given with a cast of more
than 1,000 Centre Countians at
2 p.m.
Hummel Fishbum, head of the
department of music at the Col
lege, is directing the pageant’s
music, aided by staff members
Dunlop, Elmer Wareham and
Miss Frances- Andrews. Louis H.
Bell, director of the Department
of Public Information, is in
charge of publicity.
Gov. James H. Duff, Dr. Daniel
A. Poling, Supreme Court Justice
Felix Frankfurter, UN Mediator,
Dr. Ralph Bunche, General Will
iam (Wild Bill) Donovan and Sir;
Mohammed Aly Zufrullah Khan,-
vice president of the United- Na
tions and delegate from Pakistan*
are among the dignitaries on the;
Aaronsburg program. "
News Briefs
AIM
AIM will hold its first regular
meeting in 304 Sparks at 7 o’clock
tonight. All newly elected repre
sentatives are required to, attend.'
PSCA Roundtable
“Make Way Fbr Youth," a film
dealing with the problems of race,
class, and religion; will be shown
at the, meeting of the PSCA
Roundtable in 304 Old, Main at
-7:30 tonight.
NAACP
The College Chapter of : the
NAACP wifi hold a business
meeting in 219 EE at 7 o’clock
tonight. All members and any in
terested students are urged to at
tend.
Phi Sigma lota
Phi Sigma lota, national ro
mance language honorary, will
hold its first meeting of the se
mester at the Home Economics
Living Center at 7:30 tonight.
Archery Club
‘The Men’s Archery Chib will
hold its first meeting of the se
mester in 228 Sparks at 7 o’clock
tonight. Anyone interested in
archery is invited to attend.
Aeronautical Science
All aeronautical engineering
students are invited to attend a
meeting of the Institute of Aero
nautical Science organization in
110 EE at 7:30 tonight. Informa
tion can be obtained by contact
ing Joseph Mawacniirh, JH.