Lewis Returns
Miners To Pits
In Strike Truce
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
CHICAGO John L. Lewis
ended the 52-day-old soft coal
strike with dramatic suddenness
yesterday. The return of the
miners to the pits will continue
until Nov. 30 while negotiations
for a new contract are in pro
gress. Homeowners and public in
stitutions are warned that the
strike will be resumed if a satis
factory settlement is not made
and that they should use this
period to lay In a good supply of
coal in case no agreement is
reached.
Results of the action so far
have been hopeful. Some coal
mines have already started
partial operations. U. S. Steel, has
ordered. immediate reopening of
its captive coal pits which supply
fuel for its steel production.
Many railroads have started call
ing back workers who were fur
loughed because of the corf
strike.
Strike End Probable
PITTSBURGH Indications
are that the costly U. S. Steel 1
strike may be settled soon. The
giant steel organization and the
CIO United Steelworkers are re
suming peace talks tomorrow.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
has also signed a strike ending
agreement, said Philip Murray,
United Steelworkers president.
Cadogan Accuses Reds
NEW YORK Britain’s Sir
.Alexander Cadogan leveled
charges against the Russians at
therUriited Nations. He stated
that Moscow is holding what
Cadogan claimed “an intolerable
threat of atomic war” over the
world.
Students Ready
Houck Tribute
See editorial, page 2
As a tribute to Leo Houck,
Penn State’s boxing coach, who is
currently recuperating in his
Lancaster home from a serious
operation this summer, a letter is
being readied to be sent; to the
genial Houck.
"• Copies of this letter will be
placed at Graham’s A.C., the
Corner Room, Student Union
Desk, and the Cathaum Theater
tomorrow and will remain there
until November 18.
On 1 that day the rolls with sig
natures, expected to top the 5,000
mark, will be packed into a giant
envelope and mailed to Houck.
Student leaders and towns
people greatly endorse this letter
as a means to speed Houck’s re
covery* and his return to the Nit
tany campus.
During his 27-year stay at the
College he has become almost
as much of a Penn State tradition
as the Lion Shrine.'
He was stricken suddenly this
summer while conducting a box
ing clinic here, but his condition
is improving rapidly and he is.
expected to be in tip-top shape
in the near future.
Today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR AIM and Leonides coun
cils. and the staff of their in
fant publication, "The Inde
pendent."
The Independent will make
its debut to non-fraternity stu
dents on campus today. The
staff, - headed by Editor Bob
Koizbauor. has incorporated a
goodly amount of tasty reading
for its public.
A literary roar for all those
responsible in turning out the
College's first "Voice of All
the Independents."
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VOL. 50 NO. 35 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1949
Soph Candidates Meet
Constituents at Mixer
A disappointingly small crowd of not more than 300 students last night attended the political mix
er at the TUB, at which candidates for the sophomore class officers had a chance to meet with the stu
dents en masse for the first time.
Freshman women were barred from attending the mixer by the office of the dean of women.
In the photo above, Wilbert Roth, managing editor of The Daily Collegian, who was master o:
ceremonies, is shown with sophomore candidates John Baron, Sara
Ellen Shoemaker, Joseph Arnold, Charles Wysocki, Lois Pulver, ahd
Jack Haines
The candidates spoke only briefly at the mixer, which was spon
sored by Collegian in the inter
ests of better student government
and was endorsed by both the
State, and Lion parties at meet
ings Sunday evening. The rest
of the time was given over to
dancing and to social conversa
tion,
Freshman women learned late
Tuesday that the dean of women’s
office would not allow them, to
attend the meeting. Reason given
by the office was that the affair
was of'the nature of a-social
gathering, and that first-semester
women, under College rules, are
not allowed to attend evening so
cial events except on weekends.
The two parties decided yester
day that there would be little use
in having their candidates attend
the mixer if the womep who
would vote for. them would • not
be there.
Candidates
.'Arnold is the Stateparty candi
date for sophomore class presi
dent, and Miss Shoemaker and
Baron, respectively, are the
party’s candidates for vice-presi
dent and secretary-treasurer.
Wysocki is the Lion sophomore
president candidate' and Haines
and Miss Pulver are the vice
president and secretary-treasurer
candidates, respectively.
Absence of freshman women
probably cut deeply into the size
of the possible crowd. Further
more, many of those who did at
tend the affair were campus po
liticos and upperclassmen not eli
gible to vote in the sophomore
and freshman class elections
scheduled next Tuesday. '
Freshman Lion candidates are:
For president, Jo Hutchon; vice
president, Gerry Brown, and sec
retary-treasurer, Peggy Hepler.
State freshman candidates are:
For president, Marian Whitely;
vice-president, Joan Yerger, and
secretary-treasurer, Lucy Barr.
AIM, Leonides
Publish Paper
A new student publication is
being distributed among inde
pendents on campus today.
• “The Independent,” a four-page
newsletter, will be published
twice a month by the AIM and
Leonides councils.
Today’s issue contains news
and features about the Associa
tion of Independent Men, Phil
otes, the Nittany Co-op, and in
tra-mural athletics.
There is also a feature about
James Balog, senior class presi
dent, and letters to all independ
ent students by Robert Davis,
president of AIM, and Rose Ei
fert, ex-president of Leonides.
“FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
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Book Refunds
All students must pick
up their book refunds by No
vember 12 at the Book Ex
change in the Temporary
Union Building. Refunds not
claimed by., this date will be
used by the BX to purchase
supplies.
Keller to MC
Rally Tonight
The pre-Temple pep rally, to
be held on the steps of Old Main
at 7:30 tonight, will feature Rob
ert Keller, Tribunal head, as MC,
plus the Blue Band and the quar
tett favorites of the campus, the
Harmonaires.
There will be r.o parade, but a
full force of cheerleaders headed
by Dick Clair agd all the foot
ball coaches that can attend will
add to the College rooters’ bill of
fare.
The Blue Band will journey to
Philadelphia in time to perform
at a smoker being given at the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Friday
night.
Plans for the big Pitt rally have
already been completed, Clair has
announced.
Hoffman Elected, Veteran Bonus
Passed in Record Borough Vote
Republicans swept all but the school director post in a record
State College vote on Tuesday. William S. Hoffman, retired
registrar at the College, who sought public office for the first
time, defeated Councilman Julius E. Kaulfuss for Burgess by a
286 majority.
The Republicans also took all three council seats in what was
predicted to be a tight rac4. This
gives the GOP a hold on every
council position.
Perry H. Gentzel was the only
Democrat to come close to winn
ing. He lost out by 11 votes to
Nevin Fisher in - the unofficial
count, 1412 to 1423. ..
The state’s voters turned in a
three-to-one majority for the
half-billion dollar veterans’ bo
nus. The multimillion dollar bo
nus had more than a million vote
edge, with 7,192 precincts report
ing.
Payments will be made up to
$5OO per veteran based on $l5
for each month of overseas duty
and $lO per month for service in
the states.
(EnUwjtan
Photo by Charley Billmaa
ROTC to Honor
War Dead on
Armistice Day
_ Navy, and Air. Force
ROTC units will salute World
War I dead in a ceremony before
Old-Main tomorrow, Armistice
Day.
Classes will not be interrupted
for the program.
A detail of three cadets, one
from each organization, will
lower the flag to half staff at
10:59 a.m. as taps is sounded.
When the call is ended, the flag
will again be raised to the top of
the staff.
. Army and Air Force bands will
assemble to play the national
anthem before the flag-dipping
ceremony. The Pershing Rifles,
Army ROTC honor society, and
a Navy contingent will escort the
colors to the flag pole. Playing
of the “Star Spangled Banner”
has been timed to be completed
at 10:59.
ROTC members participating
in the observances will be ex
cused from classes at 10:40. The
bands and color guard will as
semble south of the Armory at
10:50. Bands will march to their
position south of the flagpole.
Honors to the national anthem,
the colors, and the flag will be
maintained until the completion
of taps. The ROTC units will then
march back to the assembly point
near the Armory.
Painting Exhibit
Opens at Simmons
A group of water colors by
Douglas Lockwood, of State Col
lege,. will be exhibited in the
Simmons Hall lounge tomorrow
through November 30.
Lockwood, who has designed
several houses in State College,
studied in New York, Chicago,
and Detroit art schools, and for
two years with Frank Lloyd
Wright, noted architect.
From 1943 to 1945, he served
on the faculty at the College as
an assistant in home economics
and educational psychology.
Cabinet Asked
To Recommend
Voting Holiday
The All-College Cabinet will
probably receive a proposal to
night asking it to recommend that
general election day be made a
College holiday.
Donald Seipt, president of the
student council of the School of
Agriculture, is expected to make
the proposal to the Cabinet at the
8 p.m. meeting in 201 Old Main.
The proposal will suggest that
the Cabinet recommend to the
College Senate that such a holi
day be established. The Senate
would have to pass on the matter
before it would become official.
Committee
Appointment of a committee to
look into the possibility of co
ordinating student council ac
tivities, particularly in holding
simultaneous elections, is to be
appointed at the meeting. The
committee will investigate neces
sary changes in the council con
stitutions to make feasible such
coordination in plans and possible
changes in operations.
A recommendation for reim
bursement of the Book Exchange
Board of Control will be made by
the board, the only Cabinet com
mittee of like responsibility
which now is serving without
pay.
Representatives of National
Student Association are to report
on the proposal for an auto cara
van to Pittsburgh for the football
game with Pitt Saturday, Nov.
19. Other reports will be submit
ted by the student government
room committee, the school ring
committee and the Cabinet rep
resentative to Council on Racial
Equality.
Report
The committee investigating
the possibility of continuing last
year’s program of ice skating on
the football practice field also is
slated to make a report.
A proposal will be put forward
that the cabinet request the ad
vistory committee of Associated
Student Activities to allow, use
of the TUB to State College teen
agers during the Thanksgiving
recess.
Several attempts in the past
two years to have election day
set aside as a holiday have failed
because the College calendar was
drawn up too far in advancS.
However, voters were, allowed .o
go home for the elections by use
of excuse blanks signed by the
judges of elections.
Under the new proposal, elect
ion day would become a holiday
each year.
News Briefs
AIEE - IRE Students
Joint student branch of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers-Institute of Radio En
gineers will meet in 110 EE at
7 o’clock tonight. Mr. John E.
Coolidge, guest speaker, will pre
sent a talk and demonstration
on “Electrostatic Precipitation,”
and the first student prize paper
will be presented.
United Nations Tour
Registration for the U.N. As
sembly tour closes at 5 o’clock to
day in the PSCA office.
Dendrological Society
Dr. Henry L. Yeagley will talk
and show colored slides on “Bird
Navigation” at the Dendrological
Society meeting in 105 Forestry
at 7 o’clock tonight.
La Vie Pictures
No La Vie pictures will be
taken tomorrow. The Penn State
Photo Shop will be closed.
Glennfand Pool
There will be no, recreational
swimming at the Glennland Pool
tonight.
Bible Fellowship
The Rev. Robert Smoot, Pres
byterian minister from Baltimore,
will speak at the fall conference
of the Penn State Bible Fellow
ship in 405 Old Main at 7:30 to
night and tomorrow.
The Independent
A meeting of the staff of “The
Independent” will be held ia 104
Old Main at 7:30 tonight.