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Late AP News, Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
Military Aid Refused
To Nationalist China
US Will Not Defend \ Formosa,
Truman, Acheson Both Declare
WASHINGTON No military aid or advice will be given to the
Chinese. Nationalist Government on Formosa, both President Til
man and Secretary of State Acheson said in separate news confer
ences yesterday.
In President Truman's conference he stated that all aid to the
ationalists will be strictly of an economic nature. It, was made
lear that our government will
of pursue a course which might
cad to involvment in the Chinese
ar.
When Acheson met with news
en later, he explained that there
-ere differences in the adminis
. ation over the relative impor
• nce of military and political
onsiderations of Formosa. How
, ver, he says, as far as he knew
o responsible official had ever
~ elieved our country should be
' ome militarily involved in the
,defense of Formosa.
i Republican Senator Arthur
!Vandenberg has criticized Prat
'dent Truman for failure to con
-7 ult Congress before adopting the
ands-off policy toward Formosa.
andenberg also said that with
he exception of military action,
„everything poisible. should ,be
one to prevent the Communists
from taking the island.
Many other Republicans were
!critichl of the President., Senate
GOP Leader Kenneth Wherry of
Nebraska said Mr. Truman's pro
nouncement amounted to an invi
tation to Moscow-directed Com
munists to seize Formosa.
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Seek
. Coa l Injunction '
WASHINGTON --• The entire
soft coal industry now has joined
in asking the National Labor Re
lations Board to try . and restore a
full work week in the nation's
coal pits. They want the board to
seek court injunction forcing
John L. Lewis to bargain for a
new contract' and end the -three
day work week.
Forty-five mine owner groups
fired a new blast of unfair labor
practice charges at Lewis yester
day. Earlier, President Truman
indicated that the government
still has no plans to intervene in
the coal situation.
Three ,Offices
Shift Location
The office of Dean Frank D.
Kern of the Graduate School has
been transferred to 117 Willard
Hall s Wilmer E. Kenworthy; ex
ecutive- assistant to the president,
announced yesterday.
The office of Robert E. Gal
braith, faculty advisor to vet
erans and foreign students, has
been moved to 205 Old Main, he
also reported.
The College Placement service
has been moved to 112 Old Main;
the student employment division
of this department is to be moved
to the same room later from its
preser 4 location in the Tempor
ary I_l:iion building.
WAC Enlistments
Open to Seniors
Senior women •who desire to
become •officers i the Women's
Army Corps e Regular Artny,
should apply to , the professor of
military science and tactics in 101
Carnegie Hall.
Application must be completed
in time to reach Second Army
Headquarters not later than Feb.
R 15, 1950, according to Head
quarters Eastern Pennsylvania
Military District.
An applicant must be a college
graduate or prospective graduate
in ,her senior year, Who is at
least 21 years old and shall not
have passed her 27th birthday on
the, date of, being ordered to ac
tive duty.
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1950
Thespians Give
Gershwin Show,
'Girl Crazy'
The Thespians will break tra
dition this year by presenting a
legitimate Broadway show
rather •than an original work or
a parody as their spring produc
tion. George Gershwin's "CM
Crazy" will be given by the 21111111-
cal comedy group in Schwab
Auditorium on March 23, 24, and
25.
. During the 1930's Thespians
used to do "take-offs" of current
Broadway •productions, and . for
the past two years • a scenario
contest has been held and the
best play written by a student
has been presented. This year,
however, the group has decided
Upon the legitimate show.
Dates for tryouts, for "Girl
Crazy" will be announced later
by. Ito_ l'ortunato.. director of
Thespians. The original Broad
way cast included Ginger Rogers,
Willie How&rd, Bthel Merman
and Red Nichols and his orches
tra.
Philip Morris Revises
Contest Winner List
•• A recount of cigarette wrappers submitted by campus groups
in the recent Philip Morris contest has revealed that the Penn State
winner is. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Second prize goes to Sigma Pi
fraternity, which • third prize goes to Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
Prizes are radio-phonographs,
The wrapper-collection contest was staged recently on more
than 60 college campuses
throughout the nation. Penn
State groups turned in more
wrappers than any, other college,
and the Phi Psi's individual total
of more than 27,000 wrappers al
so "topped the nation," according
to Benjamin Miller, district
Philip Morris college supervisor.
Miller said the company decided
to award identical first and sec
ond prizes at Penn State because
of the "outstanding' enthusiasm"
in the contest.
.Prior to Christmas vacation,
local• winners were originally an
nounced as Sigma Pi, first; Alpha
Sigma Phi, second; and Zeta
Beta Tail; third, The last-named
two fraternities had not entered
the contest, and a re-check with
the officiating New York adver
tising firm then disclosed a new
Mechanical Eng. Trip
An members of the American
Society, for Mechanical Engi.;
neers interested in the trip to
the West Virginia Pulp Co. must
be sure to sign the - list on Engi
neering bulletin board by Satur- ,
day noon.
Senior Eng. Lecture
P. C. Rushing of the Westing
house Corporation will present
the Engineering Senior Lecture
in Schwab Auditoritim at 4:10
this afternoon. His topic will be
"Case History of the bevelop
ment of a Product."
689 To Receive
Degrees in Feb.
Graduation
Exercises To Be Held
In Recreation Hall
A total of 689 students at the
College" arecandidates for bach
elor degrees at the commence
ment exercises scheduled for Feb.
7 in the Recreation building.
The largest number-221 in all
—are from the School of Liberal
Arts, with 109 of them, the
largest single group, in the • com
merce and finance curriculum.
The School of Engineering runs
second with 172 candidates, and
the School of Agriculture is third
with 110 candidate's. Some 107
are in the School of Education.
In the School , of Mineral Indus
tries, 30 expect to be graduated.
Another 20 are in the School of
Chemistry and Physics, 18 are in
the School• of Home Economics,
and 11 are in the School of. Physi
cal Education.
Further plans for commence
ment will be laid at a meeting' of
the Senate committee in charge,
headed by Professor L. A. Rich
ardson, next Thursday.
Speaker at the exercises will
be William G. Avirett, education
editor of the New York Herald
Tribune.
There probably will be suffi
cient seats available to make dis
tribution of tickets for the exer
cises unnecessary, Wilmer R.
Kenworthy, executive assistant to
the president, said recently.
Grades for graduating seniors
are due at the office of the re
corder before 5 p.m. Feb. 2.
.
The Penn State Bible Fellow
ship will have a general meet
ing tonight at 7:30 in 405 Old
Main. A social will follow the
meeting.
set of "winners": Sigma Pi, Alpha
Sigma Phi and Phi Kappa Psi, in
that order.
Miller said the confusion
caused by announcement of win
ners on many campuses was so
"tremendous" that •a ,"general• re
count was in order," with the
"correct winners now establish
ed."
In town to award the radios,
Miller left last night to "clear, up
similar situations" at the Univer
sity of Maryland and other
schools.
One reason reported for the
wrapper mix-up was the fact
that some wrapper counters em
ployed by the advertising firm
were unfamiliar with the Greek
alphabet.
News Briefs
Players' "Kind . Lady"
"Kind Lady," the Penn State
Players' 300th production will
continue at Centre Stage for
three more weekends. The show
begins at 8 pan, Tickets are still
available at Student Union fop.
this week's Performances. Prices,
which include refreshments, are
$.90 for. Friday and $1.25 for
Saturday.
Today's weather:
Cloudy, cold,
snow flurries
Boro
Bars
From Taprooms
Ordinance Will Permit Minors
To Dine in Taverns Before 7 P. M.
State College taprooms are a forbidden place for law-abiding
students younger than 21.
• This was made definite in ri minor's ordinance passed during
Chiistnias vacation by the Borough Council and approved by Bur
gess Albert E. Yougel.
The measure makes it unlawful for a person under 21 to enter a
State College taproom unaccom
panied by a parent or legal
guardian after 7 p.m. Borough
Council passed it, four to two.
Penalty for breaking the law
Is set at $25 with the maximum
fine to be $lOO
The measure does permit a
minor to enter a taproom, for
eating purposes only, without
suitable guardian up until 7 p.m.
Moreover, George G. Gregory,
local businessman, cited a Penn
sylvania law which inflicts an
additional $5O fine, plus costs, on
minors who misrepresent their
age by disregarding "no minors
allowed" signs posted In certain
taprooms.
A student attempting to buy
intoxicating beverages can be
asked by the pLOprietor to fill
out and sign' a card swearing that
he is at least 21 years old. A wit
ness must also sign the card. '
In a' mimeographed letter to
the editor of the Centre Daily
Times, town newspaper, Gregory
declared:
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. The state law does not
exempt minors from moral and
legal responsibility . . . The (new
State College) ordinance is spe
cifically designed to fill a 'sinis
ter gap' existing in the present
Pennsylvania Liquor Con tr o 1
Law, and not to duplicate any
'part of - tiny - leW The 'ordin
ance Imposes moral and legal re
sponsOility on minors (as well as
on the seller),"
The new State College minor's
ordinance reads:
ORDINANCE NO. Stig
SECTION 1. Be it enacted and or
dained by, the Connell of the Borough of
State College, that it shall be unlawful
for:
(e) A minor to enter any premises in
lie Borough of State College, licensed by
the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
for the sale 'of malt or alcoholic beverages
as a retail dispenser . for the purpose of
purchasing, or having served or . delivered
to him or her any malt or alcoholic bev
erage: dr
(b) A minor to consume any malt or
alcoholic beverages on premises licensed
as aforesaid for the sale of malt or Odd=
hol4 beverages ' , or to purchase, attempt
Speech Society
Holds First
National Parley
Thirteen student and staff mem
bers of the local chapter of Sigma
Alpha Eta, honorary speech and
hearing society, participated in
the society's first annual national
convention at the Stevens Hotel,
Chicago, Dec. 27. This coincided
with the twenty-fifth annual con
ference of the American Speech
and Hearing . Association held
Dec. 28, also in Chicago.
Dr. C. Brong, associ
ate professor of clinical speech
and national executive .secretary
of the organization, represented
the College on the national exec
utive board along with Richard
Judd, Wilma Grove, Charles
Diehl, and Betty McGhee, . na
tional council members-at-large,
Sigma Alpha Eta was founded
on the campus in 1946 by Dr. Mc-
Donald. Soon after the founding,
the chapter was besieged with
appeals from neighboring col
leges and universities for help in
organizing similar societies.
Dr. Brong realized the need
for a larger association and a
meeting of seven schools was held
in New York, April, 1949 to lay
the initial groundwork for na
tionalization. Twenty charter
chapters were accepted at the/
time and national officers were
elected. The College speech clinic
was chosen the national office.
Measure
Minors
to purchase, or have another purchase for
him or her any malt or alcoholic beverage;
(a) • Any Minor to enter in or upon any
such premises, licensed for the sale of malt
or alcoholla beverages, not at the time.
being accompanied by Ida or her parent,
parents, legal guardian, or person in low
parentis; exeept that a minor, not no
accompanied may enter such prernisee to
eat, before 7:00 p. tn.; or
(d) Por any\ adult to give or deliver.
in and upon any such licensed premised,
any malt or alcoholic beverage to any
minor.
SECTION 2. Any person Who shell
violate any of the provisions of this ordi
nance shall be deemed and adjudged to be
a disorderly person, and upon conviction
thereof before either the Burgess or any
Justice of the Peace, shall be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than TWENTY-VIVE.
($20.00) DOLLARS, and not more than
($100.00) DOLLARS, for each and every
such violation, and upon default in the
payment of said fine or Mee, shall be
sentenced to serve not less than ten days
and not more than thirty (DO) days.
SECMOf4 g. The provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed to be severable
and if any portion thereof shall be deemed
unconstitutional or inoperative, the re
maining portions thereof shall remain in
full force and effect.
SgCTION 4. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in se far as they are ineonsiet•
ent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Forum Ticket
Sale Continues
More than 250 tickets to the
Carl Sandburg pr ogr a in in
Schwab Auditorium on Wednes
day night were sold yesterday at
the Student .Union Office, an
Hays, chairman of the Commun
ity Forum ticket committee re
ported this morning.
Hays explained that the ticket
sale would continue at Student
Union until Sandburg takes the
stage at 8 o'clock next Wednes
day night, provided the supply
of tickets is not exhausted before
that time. All seats are reserved.
It also was announced this
morning that Richard S. Schwei
ker, a - senior in psychology, will
preside at the Forum program.
Schweiker is co-chairman of the
State College Community Forum
and will introduce Dr. S. F.
O'Brien, professor of public
speaking at the College, who will
introduce SandbUrg.
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The Niliany Lion Roars
FOR Phi Kappa Psi frater
nity, winner of the Philip
Morris contest, and all the en
trants who submitted the thou
sands of cigarette wrappers
which placed Penn State at the
top i n total number o f
wrappers entered.
To the back-bending students
who rooted under stadium
bleachers, scoured gutters and
sidewalks, and to those martyrs
wkt gave up their favorite
bridal fat the glory of a radio
phono, a throaty hack from the
smoky Lion.