Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ AsserhblyVotes Tp Make Lybia Independent U.S. Sets Precedent; Appeals to 30 Nations The United Nations general as sembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday to make Lybia an in dependent nation by / 1952. A similar decision was reached on Somaliland, with the exception that the period for preparation for independence was extended to ten years. Final action on Eritrea was postponed pending further study. Only a few dis senting votes were cast .on any of the decisions. American Consul WASHINGTON —The United States set a new diplomatic pre cedent yesterday when the gov ernment appealed to world opin ion in an effort to free Ameri can Consul General Angus Ward from a Chinese Communist pri son. Messages were sent to 30 nations, including the Soviet Union, asking them to intervene in behalf of Ward and four others jailed with him. ' Pope Broadcasts ROME —Pope Pius the Twelfth has broadcast a message of com fort to the ‘ sick people of the world, urging them to bear their pain with serenity. The Pope’s prayer'was sent to the world over the Vatican radio. Missing Pldne OSLO Search parties have discovered a burned out signal flare, believed to have been from the plane which is missing with ;28 Jewish refugee children and seven other persons aboard.-The flare was found about 10 miles northeast of Oslo in a dense for est. The discovery raised hope that some of the passengers may still be alive. Noronic Charges TORONTO—The captain and the owners of the ill-fated vessel Noronic have been officially charged with- the blame for the disaster which cost the lives of 118. The ship burned at its Tor onto :pier last September. The Canadian Supreme Court justice in Ottawa has suspended the li cense of Captain William C. Tay lor for one year, and censured the Canadian Steamship Lines for not taking more care. Gerhart Easier WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court yesterday threw out an appeal by German Communist Gerhart Eisler, who long ago jumped bail and fled to eastern Germany.. This means that Eisler now faces prison for contempt of Congress should he ever return to the United States. Judith Coplon NEW YORK —Judith ( Coplon is scheduled to begin trial on es pionage charges today. The New York Court of Appeals has de nied an application for a further stay of trial. s Today . . . The Nittdny Lion Roars FOR Coach Bill Jeffrey, and his standout soccer team that has won 14 games without a defeat. This marks the thirteen th undefeated season for coach Jeffrey since he has been tutor ing soccer aggregations at the College. By. defeating Temple last Saturday, 2:l/'the Lions closed the 1949 season without a loss. Jeffrey- possesses one of the best recordse ever achieved in •ollege soccer competition. iatly @ fflolkgtatt I “ST" 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 NO. 43 Ah, Sweet Victory o: ipiu Buss and Harry Little. By downing Temple, the Lions kepi their 14 game unbeaten skein intact and also concluded their 13lh sea son without a defeat. Buss and Little are juniors while Mevgolf will graduate in June. (See story, page 5) —Photo by Gerald Gearhart Wins Four Rounds Mystery Drama To Start Run Players next Centre Stage pro duction will be a six-weeks run of “Kind Lady,” beginning Fri day, December 2. “Kind Lady” is a modern mystery drama adapted by Edward Chodorov from a story by Hugh Walpole. It will be directed bjf Prof. Rob ert D. Reifsneider. Mary Herries will be played by Joyce Rexford, who was recently seen as “Aunt Lily” in “Ah, Wil-, derness!” Lawrence Buchart, a newcomer to Penn State with a varied theatrical background, will be seen as Henry Abbott. • Set in Mary Herries’ wealthy, (Continued on page six) Skies Threaten—Yield Little Snow Despite the snow flurries of the past week and barely two hours of recorded sunshine in five days, only .3 of an of snow has been measured by the weather bureau. The measurable snow fell last Friday and ' Saturday, .although a trace was noted as- early as No vember 5. Since 1887 there has been a weather station in State College. Before the Mineral Industries building was finished in 1938, the station was on Ag Hill; re cords, therefore, date only from 1887. In 1907-1908 the greatest amount of snow recorded in one winter fell, a total-of 82.95 inches. Theodore Roosevelt must have forseen the long, hard winter. He turned' his job. over to a fellow STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 22. 1949 Debaters Travel To Vermont; Place Second Schweiker, Schultz Win All Four Rounds Richard Schweiker for the sec ond’ straight year went undefeat ed in four rounds, of debate -in the annual Vermont Debate Tour nament, to lead the local debaters to second place in a field of over 40 competing colleges and uni versities. Winning seven out of eight rounds, the College squad was topped only by Colgate Univer sity, which won all eight. Schwei ker and Richard Schultz defeated Navy, M.1.T., Bowdoin and Con necticut University, while pre senting the negative of the topic, “Resolved: that the United States should nationalize the basis non agricultural industries.” Beaten Once ' The affirmative side, presented by James McDougall andi Peter Giesey, defeated the University of Vermont, Rutgers and Bates College, and lost to N.Y.U. Heights. Five teams tied for third, in cluding Bowdoin, Colby, Dart mouth, Hamilton and - Vermont. The. tournament began Friday night and continued through two sessions on Saturday. A model legislation was presented follow ing the debates, and Schweiker took part in the Radio Round Table discussion which has be come an annual event at the tournament. Last year Richard Hill was chosen to participate in (Continued on page six) . named Taft and went- off to Af rica to hunt big game. The years 1888-89 provide us with a look at the opposite ex treme. Only 16.66 inches fell in a winter noted for its great bliz zard. Most of the. total must have been dumped in the space of a few days. Over a period of 62 years the, average snowfall for a season is 43.95 inches. i In 1937 snow fell at the College as early as October Bth. A decade later, on May 10, 1947, winter made one late effort to attract attention. The resulting snow probably messed up a few base ball'games. Anyway, it was the latest date ■ in 60 years that one borrowed his neighbor’s shovel. State College residents can ex pect to find snow dropping, from year to year, around November 5, the median date of earliest Cabinet Hears insurance Plan Dividends of Grads' Policies Would Go To College in Plan A proposal under which graduates of the College would donate funds .to the College through an insurance , plan was placed before All-College Cabinet Thursday. A representative of New England Mutual Life Insurance Com- College Offers Study Abroad For Grad Work Application forms for 648/Schol arships for graduate study, re search, and teaching in 119,coun tries abroad can be obtained at the office of the Fulbright Program adviser, R. E. Galbraith, in 109-A, Old Main. The deadline for submitting ap plications at Galbraith’s office is 5 p.m., Nov. 30. All - letters of recommendation, language certi ficates, academic records, and a physical exam certificate must ac company the application. Galbraith said that applicants will be interviewed Dec. 7 by the College Senate Committee on Scholarships and awards. The hour and room will be announced later,, he added. Applicants may state a prefer ance for a particular country and institution, but the. final:selection will depend..upon, the field chosen arid its availability in that country and Institution. Awards cover ex penses for maintenance and tra veling costs for one year’s . study, or its equivalent. Basic qualifications inc.lud-e American citizenship, a college de gree or its equivalent, arid- a knowledge of the hdst country’s language. . . VA Sets Deadline For Gl insurance The Veterans Administration has set a deadline for' application by .disabled World War II veter ans for National .Service Life In surance. Prior to January 1, disabilities less than total in degree are dis regarded in determining eligibil ity under .the health requirements for Service Life Insurance purpos es. Veterans who might not other wise qualify for life insurance for health reasons may now reinstate lapsed Service Life Insurance if they apply before the end of the year. A physical examination is re quired for all insurance applied for under this proviso: Examina tions are made by the VA without cost. snowfall. As a matter of fact, the weather bureau reported its earliest trace this year on that date. Below Average Year Last winter the first fall was on November 28. On April 17, 1949 the last snow was noted. Be tween those dates 30.8 inches fell, far below average. Perhaps the trend will be the other , way this winter. Can you guess which month had the most? If you say January : —you’re right, a total of 8.2 inches. At the weather bureau an auto matic gauge records the amount of snowfall. When the snow falls it melts and collects into a mea suring tube. A table shows how much snow is required to produce so much water. The total .amount of snow in inches is the result. PRICE FIVE CENTS pariy outlined to Cabinet the plan under which graduating seniors could purchase policies of which a definite amount would go to the College. The proposal. previously had been placed before the senior class by Class President Jairies Balog, but the small number of seniors present had voted against the proposal. Cabinet is to set up a com mittee to confer with a represen tative of the firm in investigating the feasibility of the plan, which originally was presented to the offiice of the president of the Col lege and then was turned over to the senior class for preliminary consideration. The College as yet has taken no action on the plan. Plan Useful In. view of the present difficul ties in raising ftinds for colleges, the plan might be useful, the in surance firm representative stat ed. The plan was explained in this way: Dividends for policies bought by graduates under this plan—up to a certain amount determined in the policy—would go to the Col lege.-, • A board of trustees would be set' up to manage the fund that would be created by large purchases of these policies by the students., Dividends . After several years’ dividends had built up a reserve, the trus tees could ask the insurance firm for an ' advance on the money. This as well as-.the principle would be paid off by future divi dends. Only a predeterrriined amount of money would go-to the College and the policy, itself would belong to the person in sured, who would be able to take out any kind of policy- that he would need. - Probably the insurance firm would be able to make the first advances to the trustees after the policy had been in effect for three years. The insurance representative also proposed that, under the terms of the plan, persons who bought these policies might be entitled- to life membership in the Alumni Association. The trustees might also decide either to take dividends as they are due, or allow them to accu mulate. Recess Starts Thanksgiving vacation for stu dents at the College begins at 11:50 a.m. tomorrow. Classes will be resumed at 8 a.m., Nov. 28. This is the last issue of the Daily Collegian until next Tues day. Nov. 29. All Students - interested in part time work during Thanks giving vacation should con tact the Student Employment office before noon tomorrow, either in person or by calling extension 231. During vacation, the TUB will be closed and contact with the office will be by telephone only. Library Hours The Library will observe the following hours: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7:50 a.m.—s p.m.; Thurs day, closed; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.—s p.m.; Sunday, closed. United Brethren Evangelical United Brethren students who are interested in going on a cabin party at Watts’ lodge the weekend of Dec. 2-4 should call the Rev. Reed at 4404.
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