TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1949
State, Lion Prepare
For Election Battle
Currently involved in a week-long political battle prior to next
Tuesday’s sophomore andffreshman class elections, the State and
Lion parties yesterday announced campaign platforms. They follow:
Lion Party
The following six point pit
gram will pledge the Lion party’s
support for the student’s welfare.
As in the past, we will continue to
work until the entire program is
realized.
L To support the present
Student Union committee in
realising its goal of a perman
ent Student Union building in
the near future.
2. We will continue to support
the efforts of Leonides and . AIM
in their benefits for all independ
ent students..
3. We will coordinate the work
of the school councils in establish
ing an instructor rating system
and improving the existing ad
visory system.
.. 4. We will support the All-
College Cabinet committee .in
establishing a Campus Chest.
5. To insure that a fair distri
bution of parking permits is ef
fected by the Student - Tribunal,
and to further investigate plans
for alleviating the parking and
traffic problem on campus.
6. We will try to have a Stu
dent Government Handbook
published to . familiarize the
students with the functions and
extent of their student govern
ment.
The points on our. platform
concern the freshman women in
that they are students, of Penn
State, not a separate group. The
Lion freshman candidates, while
ever acting in the interests of
their classmates,, will strive to
make the freshmen not a separate
group but an integral part of
Penn State.
Navy Offers Scholarships
|it Reserve Officer Program
,'Again this year,, the Navy De
partment is offering scholarships
■under the Naval Reserve Officers’
Training Program. According to
Captain J. L. Woodbury, Profes
sor, of Naval .Science at the Col
lege, all young men between the
ages of 17 and 21 are eligible to
apply for the program.
Applicants must meet physical
and mehtal standards and suc
cessfully pass, an aptitude test.
Interested 1 young men . must file
an application for this test prior
to Nov. 12. These blanks and com
plete information are available
from all high school principals
and from Captain Woodbury. The
test will be given on Dec. 3 in
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State Party
One of the purposes of a politi
cal party is to lend an ear to the
complaints and grumbles of the
body of people it is striving to
represent and to give voice to
these outcries in the form of a
platform.
If the State party were to con
tact each individual person on
campus, it would probably be
supplied with 8000 or so different
planks in the forms of gripes to
be included in its platform. Na
turally, this would be impracti
cal; First of all, the State party
is for anything that would aid
the school and the people who at
tend it. Secondly, trying to get
action on such a large number, of
planks would only lead to con
fusion.
List 17 Points
The State Party feels that the
following list of •17 points are
the most important and should
be acted upon immediately by
student government:
1. To work with other inter
ested groups in separating the
commerce and finance curriculum
from the Liberal Arts school.
Thus, the people majoring in
business Would not be burdened
with unnecessary and unrelated
courses.
2. To create an effective plan
to speed the mail distribution
in the Nillany and Pollock
Dorm areas.
3. To work with NSA in insti
tuting a “Campus Chest” at Penn
State to support the charity
drives, and to eliminate individ
ual drives. The State ffarty feels
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34 places in Pennsylvania, includ
ing State College. Candidates may
indicate the college they wish
to attend, and, subject to quota,
will be recommended. to the
school of their choice. \
The Navy Department bears the
expense of tuition, books, and
other normal fees. In addition, it
provides the student with a liv
ing allowance of $5O per month..
The student may take any course
he desires, but must include cer
tain naval subjects. He is obliged
to participate in drills and cruises,
ana if qualified upon graduation,
to accept a regular commission
for a minimum of two years in
the navy or Marine Corps.
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CLASSICAL
Debaters Like
U.S. Hot Dog,
Friendly Ways
First American Visit
Impresses Englishmen
By JOHN DALBOR
“Your American hot dog? I
loved it.” These words expressed
the sentiment of a handsome,
sandy-haired Englishman, de
scribing one of his first tastes of
Americanism.
This quick liking to our Ameri
can hot dog wasn’t the only favor
able response of Oxford debator
Geoffrey Johnson-Smith to his
first visit to the United States.
“What impressed me ihoi;e than
anything else was the warm
friendliness of the American
people,” Johnson-Smith said in
a back stage interview at SchWab
Auditorium after the international
debate Friday night. He added a
moment later, “and the American
people are very much different
than they are portrayed in Ameri
can movies.”
Series of Debates
' Johnson-Smith and Robin Day,
a fellow student from Oxford,
Were visitors to the College cam
pus last week to participate in
one Of a series of 50 debates at
American colleges and Universi
ties.
Thus far they have appeared at
15 colleges and universities, in
cluding Washington and Lee Uni
versity, St. Jo§eph’s College, Yale
University, Boston-University, the
United States Military Academy,
and several colleges in New York
City.
Both debaters very effectively
contradicted the popular impres
sion that the British lack a sense
of humor by keeping the audience
in constant glee with their subtle
jokes- and amusing anecdotes.
Both"showed definite flairs for the
dramatic by the perfect timing
and coordination of their gb'od
natur.ed “ribbing” add well-di
rected barbs at their opponents.
Impression s of Country
Robin Day, the other half of
the able British debating team,
seemed equally impressed by this
country, only stating it in slightly
different terms. “My first main
impression was the aburidance of
everything—clothes, food, people,
and really everything.”
This response. is easily under
stood as New York was the first
American city that the Britons
saw. Day also said, “Another thing
that impressed irie was the gen
eral feeling of sympathy for the
British people, mixed with a little
criticism, of course,” intimating
that, perhaps he was a little sur
prised at this.
According to Day, their journey
across the Atlantic on the liner
Mauritania was very pleaisant and
enjoyable except for the fact that
he lost a coin nip aiid had to oc
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Soviet Workers Parade
In 32nd Anniversary
Laie AP News Courtesy WMAJ
MOSCOW—More than 1 ( 000,000 Soviet workers phis picked
Soviet soldiers and mechanized forces paraded for hours through
Red Square yesterday in the 32nd anniversary of the revolution.
Communist speakers struck furiously at American foreign policy
in What they termed U. S. attempts to forment a new world blood
bath.
General Vasily Stalin led a
show of Soviet air-might over the
city while Minister of Armed
Forces Marshal Alexander M.
Vasilevsky watched the marchers.
Vasilevsky made • the keynote
speech,. It was similar to one given
Sunday night by Deputy Prime
Minister Georgi M. Malenkov, who
stated that a third World War
would prove “the grave of indi
vidual capitalist countries.”
Aeheson Given Sendoff
‘WASHINGTON President
Truman gave Secretary of State
Dean Achesoli a personal send-off
last night from the National Air
port here.
Aeheson is on his way to Paris
for a meeting of the foreign min
isters of Britain and France who
will discuss the East-West divi
sion of Germany and the question
of the unification of Europe.
Coal Outlook Bad
‘ WASHINGTON It appears
that a meeting between striking
Southern coal , operators and Fed
eral Mediator -Cyrus - Ching has
ended on a pessimistic note. After
the meeting, Ching told newsmen
the coal situation appears to be
unchanged. But Ching added he
wil be able to evaluate things
much better after he meets: with
Northern coal operators today.
Leftman Given Edge
NEW YORK —Democrat Her
bert Lehman is seen as having a
slight edge over the Republican
hopeful John Foster Dulles in to
day’s election battle for United
States Sehatorship.'
The fight is (being looked on as
a struggle over President Tru
man’s Fair Deal program.
Britain May OK Reds
LONDON Diplomatic sources
in London revealed yesterday that
Britain is planning to give full
recognition to the Chinese Com
munist regime within a few
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weeks. This move would be a
direct contradiction to the answer
given to anxious American
queries on that subject some
weeks ago.
It is said Foreign Minister
Ernest Bevin will inform Dean
Aeheson and French Foreign Min
ister Robert Schuman of this dur
ing their Paris meeting tomorrow
and Thursday.
Jewish Plan Succeeds
TEL AVIV Israel’s Premier
David. Ben-Gurion has told his
parliament that Israel has made
a success of its austerity program.
Ben-Gurion says prices for es
sential commodities are falling
and Israel’s exports are increas
ing;