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Green Says AFL
Unions Can Aid
CIO Steelmen
Thinks Resource Pooling
Impossible At This Time
Individual AFL unions .must
decide . themselves whether they
want to help CIO steelworkers,
their .president. William Green,
said yesterday in answer to. a
suggestion bjr/mine workers chief
John L. Lewis.
Lewis suggested that his
•miners and nine AFL unions con
tribute $2,500,000 to the striking
CIO steelworkers. Green believes
it is imi>ossible and impractical
to pool financial resources while
labor is divided as it is now.
The government, meanwhile,
planned another meeting in its
efforts, to settle the steel strike.
Robeson Aids Commies
Singer Paul Robeson and nove
list Howard Fast are among those
backing a program to help the
11 top communists convicted of
plotting against the United States.
One point in the campaign, which
was organized in New York yes
terday, is a protest to the United
Nations Commission 'on Human
Rights. Another goal is to raise
funds for bail, if bail is allowed
the defendants.
Delay Action Fails
A group of Senators , yesterday
failed in a moye to delay further
dismantling of German industrial
plants. The group sought a re
view of the German, industrial
situation. Opponents of. the reso
lution debated it until it was put
behind other pending legistation
on the Senate calendar. Action
at this session of Congress ap
pears unlikely..
Profs Address
Metals Society
Prof. John A. Sauer, head. of
engineering mechanics,; and.-Prof.
Joseph Marin will appear before
groups. of the American Society
of Metals next Wednesday and
Thursday at Cleveland. - .
Dr. Marin, professor of engi
neering mechanics, will tell the
welding research committee of
the Welding Society the results
of an experiment done at the
College which tested the mec
hanical properties of w i'l ted
spheres. • ’ .
The object of the tests, made
at temperatures as low as -60 de
grees, was to determine what
effect temperature had on the
brittle properties of materials.-'.
, Professor Sauer will present a
paper dealing with research ori
the effect of static stress on the
fatigue properties of aluminum.
The research was done in the
College’s mechanics laboratory,
largely through the efforts of
Prof., Phillip K. Roos and Don C.
Lemon. .
"• Mr.. Lemon, co-author of the
paper, is now an engineer with
General" Electric Co; at Lynn,
Mass.' ",
Today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR John Erickson and all
the brothersand pledges of the
Alpha Tau Qmega fraternity.
For the second successive
year, ATO won the Homecom
ing Week fraternity lawn dis
play competition, Saturday.
Erickson, house "vice presi
dent in charge of ,ideas."
dreamed, up the unusual and
original, is "ATOmic County
Fair" idea which won the cov
eted Alumni Association tro
phy. His cohorts executed the
Plan well. »
,V A large growl for alt the
' ATO'*. - -
Wtp Sailtj 0 (Mlrgiatt I .HE
“FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOL. 50 NO. 18
Politicos Outline Plans
$46,000 Given
For Research
The Executive Committee of
the Board of Trustees approved
contracts for research grants
totaling more than $46,000 at
its weekend meeting.
A new agreement between the
College and the American Iron
and Steel Institute provides $lB,-
000 for a fundamental study of
phase diagrams involving iron
oxide. The work will be con
ducted' under the direction of Dr.
Elburt F. Osborn, professor of
geochemistry and head •of the
department of earth sciences.
An agreement with the Ameri
can Viscose Company was com
pleted which provides a grant
of $15,000 for a study of acceler
ated aging tests for textile fab
rics. The work was started seven
years ago and is conducted by
the Ellen Richards Institute un
der the direction of Dr. Pauline
B. Mack, director of the Institute.
. Research • work -in penicillin
will be continued under grants
of $3,000 apiece from the Abbott
L ab oratories, Eli Lilly Co.,
Parke-Davis Co., and the Upjohn
Co. ■ The work is conducted in the
School of Agriculture and Chem
istry: and Physics under the di
rection of Dr. Robert W. Stone,
head of the department of bac
teriology.
A sl2oo' grant from the Ed
ward Orton Jr. Ceramics Foun
dation provides-a fellowship
which .has been awarded to Rich
ard M. Smith, of Harrisburg.
PSCA Competer
Harshbarger, A
By RAY BENFER
Perm State Christian Associa
tion can well .boast of a staff of
competent,£educated,- and well
travelled personnel: as evidenced
by the background of its execu
tive . secretary;- Luther •Harsh
barger, and its associate secre
tary, Marjorie Allen. .
The charming and versatile
Miss Allen came to Penn State
'irirthe. fall 0f.1948j and has been
.kejryingv capably in that position
'ever/.sihee; .The . CAer’s refer to
“Marge”' as the “gal' from ‘ down
Texas, way,” for she was bom in
the Lone Star State, in the heart
of the ■ thriving metropolis of
Dallas. In her youth, she was
quite active in her Methodist
church group.
MaTge entered Southern Meth
odist University, Dallas, where
she majored in English and re
ceived- a BA degree in that course
in 1941. The associate secretary
took graduate work in Ameri
can literature at the University
of Texas, Austin, and taught a
class of ..freshman ’English,
Since then, Marjorie has work
ed for American Airlines as re
servations agent in Dallas, travel
ed with a voluntary peace cara
van under sponsorship ' of the
‘American Friends Service Com
mittee, and served as college
secretary for AFSC in the New
England region.
In June, 1947, she traveled to
Europe as a member of the
Quaker International Voluntary
Service, spending ten weeks in
a Belgium work camp and four
weeks in-Germany. Upon her re
turn, she was assigned the job of
acting director of the University
of Texas \ VWCA. , .
Harshbarger, an ordamed min
ister of the Church of the Breth
ren, joined the staff on Septem
ber 1. He was bom in Mifflin
County, attended Lewistown and
McVeytown High Schools. ;
Harshbarger attended Millers
ville State Teachers College,
Bethany seminary, McPherson
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1949
The Winner . . . .
ATO Repeats, Cops
Frat Display Honors
All attempts to take the cov
eted Alumni trophy for the best
Homecoming lawn display away
from Alpha Tau Omega failed
Saturday as the “ATOmic Coun
ty Fair” took top honors.
Sigma Chi and Alpha Zeta
came closest to defeating last
year’s winner, placing second
and third respectively, but danc
ing girls, “Doc Bedenk’s” snake
oil for football ills, costumed
cornhuskers, and ersatz corn
whiskey all blended into a fair
setting, proved to be the undoing
of other .efforts and the trophy
remains with ATO..
Sigma Chi’s bid for recogni
tion included a large barrage bal
loon painted to resemble an ine
briated whale of the Walt Disney
variety which spouted water con
tinually, 'and a giant beer mug
together with inscriptions appro
priate to the theme: “Beat Ne
braska-Welcome Alumni.”
A manure spreader, drawn by
a model “A” and shadowed by
a giant, lion-bearing rocket,
adorned the. front lawn of Alpha
Zeta along with a livestock ex
hibit including a cow and chick
ens. Judging of the contest, was
originally scheduled for last Fri
day night, but was postponed un
til 10 a.m. Saturday morning as
a result of heavy rains.
fly Staffed;
len Lead Group
C. A. Associate Secretary
, Marjorie Allen
Firm Buys Texts
■ A representative of Head
lee's Book Store of Pittsburgh
will be at the Book Exchange
in the Tub this afternoon from
12 to 4:30 and tomorrow from
8:30 to 3 to purchase used text
books, Marilyn Mahla and Dick
Evans, BX co-chairmen, an
nounced today.
Students will be able to sell
books no longer in use at the
College, as well as regular
texts, the chairmen explained.
All used books at the BX which
have not been sold and have
not been picked up by their
owners will be sold to the com
pany and the cash refunded
to the owners.
All book refunds must be
picked up at the BX at once,
the ‘chairmen stated. Receipts
must be preseated.
Lion, State Parties
Continue Nominations
The Lion party will get into
the jyng early for the forthcom
ing freshman and sophcmore
class elections, with preliminary
nominations scheduled for this
Sunday evening.
About 500 members of the
clique jammed 121 Sparks Sun
day evening as leaders for the
freshman and sophomore divis
ions' of the party were named to
guide the battle in the Nov. 15
balloting. .
.Clique Chairman Morton Smt
zer said early naming of candi
dates would give them a chance
to get to know the student body
well before the election.
Walter Vilsmeier, who had
been nominated at a meeting the
previous Sunday, was elected as
chairman of - the sophomore di
vision. George Glazer was select
ed for vice-chairman and Leon
ard Wargo was named secretary
treasurer.
' Pete Carraway was named as
chairman for the freshman wom
en, to be assisted by June Ger
net, vice-chairman, and Joyce
Bair, secretary-treasurer.
Vilsmeier, following his elect
ion, told the meeting he would
contribute his ‘“best efforts” to
the party.
Better Representation
Snitzer predicted after the
two-hour meeting that the Lion
party candidates would. offer a
better representation of a cross
section of the campus in the
class elections. .. .
Final nominations for class
officers will be made a week
after Sunday’s meeting Snitzer
announced. The campaign offi
cially will open about ten days
before the election.
The Lion party at present con
trols elective All-College and
junior and senior class posts. Vic
tory in the Nov. 15 voting would
give the party control of all four
classes as well as two more seats
on All-College Cabinet.
UWF Organizes
Local Chapter
Plans for organizing a student
chapter of United World Feder
alists at the College will be com
pleted at a meeting of the local
chapter in the library of the
High School at 8 p.m. tomorrow. •
Student attendance and inter
est will make possible the estab
lishment of an active organiza
tion which students requested
last year. Dues will be cut in half
for the new chapter members. At
present, the organization con
sists. of. townspeople, faculty and
students.
Interest first began in such a
movement at the College in the
spring of 1948, after Norman
Cousins, at Community Forum,
delivered a lecture on the sub
ject. The chapter gained in mem
bership until' it is now possible'
to divide into two bodies.
George Brehman, a student
who was active in UWF last
year, set up these .five pre-requi
sites of a world government at
one of the chapter meetings: One
that would have power to pro
hibit by force, wars between na
tions;' control of atomic warfare;
limitations on the size of atomic
warfare; limitations on the size
of armed forces; source of reve
nue for the support of the federa
tion; and, a sound world econ
omic system.
Ben Seem, acting chairman of
the local chapter, asks that stu
dents enter the High School
building by the entrance on Fair
mont avenue and Frazier street.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The State party will continue
its policy of representative vot
ing within the clique for the
sophomore, junior and senior
classes, Acting Chairman Joel
Fleming announced Sunday eve
ning. ' *
The announcement followed a
vote by the party that evening at
its meeting in 10 Sparks, at
which representation procedure
within the party was modified.
Only in the case of freshmen
women—who, according to Flem
ing, would be unable to pack a
meeting—will the' representative
system be dropped, the party de
cided.
New Voting Method
It was reported in Saturday’s
Collegian that representative
voting would be dropped by the
entire clique.
Under the new modification,
freshman women will not be re
quired to obtain signed petitions
to vote at party meetings, and
thus will represent only them
selves. The previous method pro
vided that everyone who voted
must have a petition with signa
tures of 20 persons he was to
represent.
A representative for the sopho
more, junior and senior class now
will be required to have only ten
signatures on his petition, the
party decided.
Nomination and election of
clique officers was postponed un
til a meeting to be held this Sun
day evening. A chairman, vice
chairman, secretary-treasurer
and a chairman for each of the
four classes are to be named.
, ,The following Sunday, prelimi
nary' nominations for the Nov.
15 freshman and sophomore class
elections are to be held.
Dates Chanced Off
The party, decided last night
to chance off-dates for freshman
women with three top leaders of
the party for this Friday evening,
the first weekend night that
freshman women will be allowed
to date. Fleming and Tribunal
Chairman Robert Keller already
have announced they will serve
as dates for the three winning
freshmen.
Organization of the party was
outlined at Sunday’s meeting.
Members of the party themselves
will have the final voice in all
matters, but advisory capacity
will be exercised by a steering
committee composed of the seven
elective officers and a varying
numbr of appointive officers.
The number of appointive offi
cers will depend on the magni
tude of elections to be held.
News Briefs
Penn State Club
The Penn State Club, inde
pendent men’s organization, will
meet in 405 Old Main at 7 o’clock
tonight.
Froth Candidates
Candidates for the Froth pro
motion staff should be presents
at a meeting in the Froth office,
6 Carnegie Hall, at 7 o’clock to
night.
La Vie Art Staff
There will be a LaVie art staff
meeting on the second floor of
Engineering F at 7 o’clock to
night. Those interested in work
ing on the staff should attend.
AIM-Leonides Staff
There will be a meeting of
AIM-Leonides independent news
paper staff in 410 Old Main afc
7:15 tonight.
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