3hf latlg @ CHoUpgtatt VOL. 50 NO. 41 Dormitory Area May Get Post Office Station The possibility of a U.S. Post Office sub-station in the Nittany- Pollock dormitory area to handle the large amounts of mail ear marked for the men living there has been brought to light. Representative James Van Zandt, of this congressional dis trict, has been contacted and it is expected that an agent from the Post Office Department will be in State College some time in the near future to investigate the need for a sub-station. The announcement follows close on heels of State College’s re ceiving top priority on a new borough Post Office building. Meanwhile, action fyas been taken through housing director Russell E. Clark to speed up mail delivery through present chan nels. Clearly numbered boxes and four distribution windows in dorm 20 have doiie much in elimi nating the congested lines which previously formed at mail time. In addition, another window has been opened on the outside of dorm 20 exclusively for the use of those calling for packages.. A macadam walk leading to the. window has been constructed for the convenience of those using it. Debaters Enter Vermont Meet Four . local debaters will at tempt to keep the reputation of the College as an outstanding de bating center today and tomor row, when they participate in the Vermont Debate Tournament at the University of Vermont. .V The College tied for second place in 1948, while Richard Sch vyeiker and Herman Latt w;ere one of seven undefeated teams throughout the tournament. • Today Schweiker will team with Richard. Schultz on the neg ative side of the question, “Re solved: that the United States should nationalize the basic non agricultural industries.” James McDougall and' Peter Giesey will present the affirma tive. Both men- are veteran de baters at the College, McDougall having been a standout in the annual Dickinson College Debate last year, and Schultz partici pated in the West Point Regional Tournament at Temple Univer sity. The . Vermont Debate was the season’s opener last year, but Schweiker already has taken part in one debate in 1949, and Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, debate eoach, believes the squad is capable of bettering last year’s second place tie. Over 40 colleges will take part •in the three rounds of debate and the model legislation which fol lows. •' Today ... The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Oscar Fleischer, student manager of the Student Dry Cleaning Agency, which pro vided for a’'much needed serv ice for residents of the dormi tory areas. Beside providing dry clean ing service, the agency has re centy taken in two laundry companies which will give service throughout dormitory “FOR A BETTER PENN STATE- STATE COLLEGE, PA., ‘FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1949 This is Coaly ... AT LEFT: Coaly, Ihe mule who helped bu. . original Old Main, At right: Coaly's bones as they look today in their hayloft home. Froshßows Go Freshman women will be allowed lo remove lheir green hair ribbons at 5 o'clock this afternoon, according to Pearl . O. Weston, dean of women. However, all other hours and regulations will remain in force. 7 Lion 7 Wins Old Main Fray The Nittany Lion won this Sat urday’s battle with Pitt last night on the steps of Old Main when the mighty Big White defeated a bedraggled Pitt Gridder, 14-0. A spirited crowd of 500 wit nessed the mock battle, and saw the Lion score a touchdown on the opening kickoff and boot the extra point through a pair of goal posts two feet high- Pitt, alias Edward Cleary, fumbled the second half kickoff and the Lion sped all the way, 16 steps to be exact, for the final score. The battle, narrated by Hank Glass before the eyes of a tele vision camea thoughtfully pro vided by Richard Clair, head Lion cheerleader, was resplen dent with the Penn. State Blue Band and the Harmonaires. Gridsters Negley Norton, Fran cis Rogel, Kenneth Bunn, Jack Storer, Lloyd Amprim, Charles Murray and the injured Paul Kelley, were all escorted into the fray by two freshman women, one on each arm. Players Show Closes Saturday The Players production of Glass Menagerie will make its final appearance this weekend at Cen tre Stage. The Tennessee Will iams’ Critics’ Circle award drama has run during the past five weeks, and this will be the last chance to see this show. Dan Wargo will play. Tom Wingfield who narrates the play; Tim Hayes as the gentleman call er; Francine Toll as Laura; and Diane Scuderi as Amanda. The following night, Miss Toll and Miss Scuderi will reverse roles. Tickets for both shows still are available at Student Union, $.90 for’tonight and $1.25 for Satur day, refreshments included. Collegian Names Board Promotions ' Two members of' The Daily Collegian staff, Roger Bartels and Ed. Noyes, were . promoted to Junior Board by action of Senior Board this week. Bartels is a member of the business . staff, Noyes of the circulation staff. Collegian Business Manager Marlin Weaver said yesterday staff coffee hours will ."be discon tinued, until after: Thanksgiving vacation, when they be resumed at the TUB, Saturday mornings between IAdO and JUL^tt. Tribunal Delivers Warnings On Windcrest Traffic Rules Three Windcrest area residents were warned by Men’s Tribunal this week that failure to close the road-gates recently con structed around the trailer camp will in the future constitute a punishable offense. Since residents had not been notified of this policy, Tribunal decided not to levy fines on these firs£\three cases. Tribunal indi cated it will handle the'offense as any regular traffic violation. The six new gates were built earlier this semester to reduce speeding and excess traffic through Windcrest where there are a number of children on the streets, Tribunal Chairman Rob ert , Keller explained. Driving through the camp is not prohibit ed, 'Keller -added,' but- it is the driver’s responsibility to see that the gates are closed. This regula tion includes pedestrians as well as drivers. ' The three who appeared before Tribunal were reported to the Campus Patrol by members of the Windcrest Council but, ac cording to Council rules, any resi- Vets Must Request Entitlement Letters All veterans who plan to grad uate in February and wish to con tinue work toward advanced de grees on the Pennsylvania State College campus must have supple mental letters of eligibility and entitlement. •The request must be made be fore December 1, 1949. Forms for the request are available in the Veterans Affairs office, Room 3, Willard Hall. Secondary Education Secondary Education Associa tion will hold a meeting in Hillel Foundation 7 p.m. Monday. Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Epsilon Kappa, men’s phys ed honorary, will hold an initia tion dinner in the Allencrest Tea Room at 7:15 p.m. Monday. Ini tiation will be held in the Alumni Room, Old Main at 6:30 p.m. Each pledge should bring a clean white handkerchief. Country's Top The' country’s foremost dairy breeding research center will be opened at the College today when all buildings and facili ties of the center, on the Col lege farms a mile north of the TUB, will be open to public . inspection for two days. An informal dedication cere mony will be held in 117 Dairy Building at 2 o’clock. Miles Horst, state secretary of agri culture; Albert E. Madigan, president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Artificial Breeding Cooperatives; and acting College President James Mil Holland are among the scheduled speakers. Following the addresses, Dr. John O. Alm qpist, director of the research Coaly, the Mule, A College Legend th Johnny Carrigan. dent may report future violators. Since the gates were built, Kel ler' said, the Council has had little co-operation in keeping them closed. In other hearings, six more drivers were fined $1 for a first offense of parking or driving on central campus roads during day light hours without permit tags. Keller defined central campus roads as extending from Bur roughs road to Shortlidge road and from Pollock road to Curtin road, including Hort Woods be hind the Central Library. One defendent was given a second offense fine of $2 for ig noring a summons .to appear be fore Tribunal. His fine was sus pended. This means that if he is guilty of the same violation again, Tribunal may re-voke the $2 fine and add a $5 fine for a third of fense. Another driver who had re ceived a ticket" while escorting a visitor around the campus was reminded that visitor’s permits may be obtained from the Cam pus Patrol office in 320 Old Main. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ President May Use tabor Law WASHINGTON President Truman told newsmen that if he intervenes in the coal dispute, he will act under the Taft- Hartley Law. This apparently rules out the possibility that he will appoint a fact-finding board. He did not indicate when he might take action. Pick Bridges Jury ■ SAN FBANCISCO A jury has been chosen to hear the gov ernment’s case against C.I-O. Longshore leader Harry Bridges who is charged with perjury and conspiracy. The government has accused Bridges of having lied at his naturalization hearing when he said he had never been a Communist. »a/ry Breeding Center To Open center, will conduct a tour ,of the establishment. Hundreds of dairymen are expected to visit the new fa cilities to be devoted largely to artifical breeding, although other research will also be con ducted. Already some lifetime nutritional studies have been started. The buildings are equipped w.ith all possible safe ty factors, many of which had to be custom-built by the con tractors. The 1947 legislature appro priated $95,000 for the con struction of the center, which began in the summer of 1948. Since then, many artifical breeding cooperatives have added over $34,000 for the pur chase of research equipment. By Jack Reen | A campus tradition of long standing has been re-discovered in the hayloft of the veterinary hospital on Ag Hill. The tradition, beyond the mem ory of present-day Penn Staters but deeply etched in the remem brances of many past alumni, is in the form of a mule’s skeleton. This pile of bones is all that re mains of Coaly, one of four mules and two horses that hauled stone from a front-campus quarry to build the original Old Main in 1857. With that date began Coaly’s long period of service to the Col lege which ended with his death in 1893. Becomes Pet As mules go, Coaly was not exceptional. But his innate stub bornness was tempered by good nature and patience which made him the pet of the sill-male stu dent population of the time. Coaly labor for the College did not end with the completion of Old Main. The mule stayed on until his death, accumulating: through the years the love of. in creasing numbers of alumni. ' Coaly gained such a prominent place in their lives that it was seen fit, when he died, to place his skeleton in a wild-life museum on the second floor of the build ing he helped construct. There he languished, for the museum was not a popular place, it seems. Coaly Moves When Old Main was replaced by the present building in 1929, Coaly’s skeleton was stored, for a time in the’basement of Watts Hall with a few other relics from the museum. Although preventive measures had been taken, most of the speci mens had become so moth-eaten in three or four years that they had to be destroyed; But - not Coaly’s skeleton. Dr. James F. Shigley, who re tired last year as veterinarian, heard about the skeleton and took charge. He restored the bones as best he could,- but never could find a place to display them. Then, not so long ago, William F. Ackerman of the department of public information at the Col lege re-discovered Coaly’s plight. As yet, no action has been taken. So Coaly gathers dust and cob webs,. while the hay in his loft threatens- to evict him. He needs a better home. Any offers? Students Favor Campus Chest Seventy five per cent of stu dent ballots tabulated so far are in favor of a campus chest fund that would combine the money raising drives of a number of charities, Mary Fox, chairman of the fund committee, announced yesterday. The Campus Chest Fund com mittee is one of the activities of the College’s National Student Association committee, which was asked by All-College Cabi net to examine the idea of a combined drive. Of the ballots counted, 1,479 were in favor of the fund and 492 were against it. More of the referendum forms are still being received by committee members. Offices and separate labora tories for physiological, bacteri ological, and chemical studies make up the headquarters building. The calf barn has con trolled heat and humidity. Each calf has an individual pen with running water, and in this barn are the. breeding racks and other equipment. The bull' barn is equipped with fireproof walls, an all con crete floor, and is insulated and verminproof. It is complete with running water and toilets in each stall. Each buW has his own private exercise runway which he can enter of leave whenever he chooses and there are safety devices for handling bulls that might be come vicious.
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