The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 10, 1950, Image 1
. . . • , 4> Enter Slogan Tilt Illaitg ; % -;:.-. 8 4 ' ; T i i l t trgi tt . Today's Weather: 4 Cloudy, warm, Contest . ‘eaS . ' with light showers "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE " • ' . . VOL. 50 - NO. 62 Bowling Plea Put to Town Councilmen Latest Action Follows Petition to Solons A plea for reconsideration of the Borough Council's recent ac tion in increasing the local tax on bowling alleys was reported in the offing when the State College ' solons met last night. The town's only bowling alleys, operated by P. H. Gentzel, closed' Dec. 31 in protest to the tax. • Gentzel called the new yearly tax •of $lO per alley—virtually doubling the previous local bowl ing tax— "The straw that breaks the camel's back, when added to heavy expense already .exist ing." Gentzel and a number of student and town bowlers were expected to attend the Council meeting. This followed on the heels of a 300-word petition reportedly signed by over 500 bowlers and presented last month to the Council in protest to the added tax. The petition stated in part: ". . . We are . . . informed that this increase in the Borough tax on bowling alleys is prohibitive, and will compel the owner to close his bowling alleys Dec. 31, thereby depriving us of a much desired source of recreation . . . "The trend toward ever-in creasing taxes does not appear to us to represent a healthy busi ness condition, as is evidenced by the fact that one person has al ready closed his bowling alleys because operation did not prove worthwhile . . Uritil they closed Dec. 31, the Dux Club alleys catered to eight bowling leagues, three of which were composed solely of students at the College. Of these, two were Inter-fraternity Council circuits and one was sponsored by the Association of Independent Men. Two years ago Gentzel cam paigned vigorously against a one-per cent wage tax passed by the Borough Council amid heated town discussion. Teacher Exams Are Scheduled National Teacher Examina tions, sponsored by the National Committee on Teachers Examin tions of the American Council on'Education, will be given Feb ruary 18, Dr. Hugh M. Davison, professor of educational research at the College, said today. Application blanks, accom panied by prescribed fees, rang ing from $5 to $lO, must be re ceived by the Educational Test ing Service, Box 592, Princeton, N. J. not later than January 20., Application blanks and infor mation may be obtained in 109. Burrowes or by calling Dr. Da vison, ext. 386. Candidates may take the Com mon Examinations, which are designed to measure knowledge and ability, and one Optional Ex amination. Prospective teachers are urged to take these tests be cause more schools are now -re quiring the examination results with job applica4ons. Penn State Club Sets Show Date The Penn State Club will give cash prizes to the winners of its annual, all-College Talent Show to be held in Schwab Auditor ium, Friday night, Feb 17. Talent is now being sought for the show. Singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, musical combos—in short, all types of tal ent—are asked to sign up for the show at Student Union desk be fore Saturday noon. An 'audition date will be an nounced . after additional plans for the show are formulated at a meeting of the club next Tues day. Beneke Signs for IMEMMM Cleaning Agency Lists Slogan Contest Plans Ten dollars worth of dry cleaning or laundry will be the first prize in the Studeiit Dry Cleaning Agency Slogan Contest which opens today. A second prize of five dollars, and a third prize of two dollars worth of dry cleaning or laundry through the agency will also be _awarded. The contest is under the direction of Joseph Reinheimer, super- visor of student agencies, and Oscar T. ,Fleisher, manager of the SDCA. In , announcing : the,cnntest; both men' ''stressed the' fact' that it is not necessary to have any garment processed to be eligible to submit an entry and that there was no limit to the number of en tries which may be submitted. Contest Rules The rules of the contest are as follows: • . (1). All entries must be sub mitted in a sealed envelope with your name and address. (2). Submit entries to any of the seven SDCA, locatiOns during regular office hours; (See below). It' is not necessary to have 'any garment processed to submit an entry. (3). The contest, is open to stu dents only, - and there is no limit to the', number of entries which may be :submitted. (4). In case of duplication the first entry . received will be the only one considered. Late AP News, Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ President Truman -, Submits Budget Message To Congress . WASHINGTON President fits; social welfare, six cents; Truman called for a $42,439,000,- and interest, 13 cents All other 000 budget yesterday in his bud get message to Congress. The government services, including message, running 27,000 words, farm benefits, share the 23 was the longest message a presi- cents remaining, dent has ever sent to Congress. The budget, although it repre sents a reduction from the cur rent cost of government, means a deficit of more than five bil lion dollars unless the president gets the ,tax boost for which he, has asked. In common terms to the aver age taxpayer, the budget means $282.17 wil be spent for every man, woman, and child in the country This is $570 less than the current spending. rate. Each dollar in the budget is divided approximately as fol lo3rs: 32 cents, would go for na tional defense; 11; cents to foreign. aid, 15 cents for veteran's beoe- STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1950 7 ' 7 • (5). The decision of the judges is final. (6). The contest ends at the close of business on Saturday. January •21. • (7,): , -411.. - Alpgaps,,submitted be comeTihe nropertY of the. SDCA: (8). No one connected with the agency will be eligible. SDCA Locations The SDCA has stations in the playrooms of Simmons and McEl wain Halls, the Jordan Pressing Room in the Tri-Dorm area, Sally's Room in Atherton Hall, Room 208 in Grange ,Dorm, and Room ,302 in Women's Building: These stations are open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 (Continued on page four) Exam Schedule This semester's final exam schedule, as released by the scheduling office, will ap. pear in tomorrow's Daily Collegian.. - Coal Walkouts Continue ' PITTSBURGH Approxi mately. 45,000 miners were left idle throughout seven states as new coal walkouts deVeloped yesterday. 'The strikes wei'e di rected primarily against two of the largest concerns in the in dustry,' the United States Steel Corporation Consolidation Coal Company. John L. Lewis made no com ment on the scattered walkouts. He termed the demand for presi dential action against the three day week an effort to "oppress the mineworkers and . cripple their .union:' B=E;. 111 .. 4 :i2.' f ~~ ~¢ IFC-Panhel all Annual Greek Dance Features 'Music in the Miller Mood' Tex Beneke and his orchestra have signed with the Interfrater nity-Panhellenic Ball committee, and will appear at Recreation Hall on March 24 to feature music "in' the Miller mood". The ball committee, consisting of Jack Senior and Nancy George, co-chairmen, HoWard McCoy, Carl Hendrickson, and Gilda Greco, completed arrangements just before the Christmas holidays and now Book. Exchange Reports Dates For Refund Twenty per cent refunds on purchases made at the BX will be made today through next Tuesday, Richard Schweiker, chairman of the project, an nounced -yesterday. Receipts for purchases of sup plies made since the beginning of the semester through Jan. 6 will be. honored at the BX cen ter in the TUB. All receipts, Schweiker pointed out, must be submitted during this eight-day period. "We're asking all students to cooperate," Schweiker explained, "so that we can • close ;the ac counts and prepare a financial report for the College trustees." The BX chairman cited the 20 per cent refund as one of the ad vantages gained through student cooperation .in the purchase of school supplies. Supplies totaling over $2,000 have been sold thus far this se mester, a 25 per cent increase over last spring sem este r. Schweiker disclosed. During the Present semester, the BX has employed eight student clerks who received a total of $3OO in wages. Froth To Hold Story Contest The second short story con test for the February issue of Froth magazine is now under way, accepting stories of'. about 1500 words. The best story, of all those submitted, will be printed in the February issue. Sid Simon's story, Sit This One Out, was the winner in the De cember Froth. The magaizine has newly in stituted the policy of maintain ing office' hours in 6 Carnegie, every afternoon, Monday to Fri day, from 2' to 4 p.m. Stories, pictures, or, cartoons can be turned in there for editorial con sideration at the above times, be fore January 20. The Froth girl for February will also be featured in the next issue, and chosen from the coed pictures now on file plus those which, are turned in before the, 'editOrial deadline date, January 20. In addition, Varsity maga zine wil run pictures of three Penn State coeds at an egrly date this spring; entries will be accepted at the Froth ofice, along with other material, during the office hours. Tribunal Secretary Asks Cooperation James Richards; Tribunal Sec retary, yesterday asked students who receive cards requesting them to appear before Tribunal, to notify him or Chairman Robert Keller if it is impossible for them to appear on the designated night. Offenders, he said, who do not cooperate increase the seriousness of their offense. Richards also requested frater nities to inform Tribunal when they receive cards that do not affect a member of their house. Keller's phone number is 4969, and. Richardfs is 50511.-W4. PRICE FIVE CENTS holds the contract for the date Miller Tradition Beneke is carrying on the tra dition of the reknowned Glenn Miller band, since the time Miller was declared missing in action while on duty with the Army. Major Miller was lost in Decem ber, 1944, along with an entire flight, on a routine plane trip from Bedford, England to Paris, where he was scheduled to arrange a series of concerts for Gl's in France. The ball will be a semi-formal affair at Rec Hall, with tickets priced at $4 per couple, taking place on Friday, March 24. Spon sored jointly by IFC and PanHel, the ban will be the first all- College dance of 1950 and the spring semester. Close Friends Beneke and Miller had been the closest of friends and in inti mate contact from 1938, the time when Beneke joined the already established Miller band, until 1942, when Miller enlisted in the air --forces, although over draft age. Seeking to keep alive the familiar and well-liked Miller style as, a tribute to a fine friend and outstanding musician, Beneke in 1946 presented "The Glenn Mil ler Band with Tex Beneke" at the Capitol Theatre, in New York. . Yocum To Speak On Oxygen Uses G. M. Yocum, assistant to . the general manager of the Steuben. - vile Works of the Wheeling Steel Corporation will speak on "Use of Oxygen in Metallurgical Pro cesses" at the January meeting of the College chapter of the Ameri can Society for Metals, at 8 o'clock tonight, in the Mineral Industries art gallery. A motion picture showing ap plication of oxygen in direct de carburization of Open Hearth melts and alsq in the heating flame, will be presented first. Fol lowing the picture, Mr. Yocum wil speak on the use of oxygen in steel making. Today. . . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the ever loyal ex-Pe . nn State Thespian, Fred Waring. Conductor of the famous Pennsylvanians, Fred seldom passes up a chance to plug his old alma mammy. Latest in stance was on Friday, when he had a few good words to say for our presidentless college on "Poole's Paradise,". a program heard locally over radio sta tion WMAJ. The feline today salutes the College's most famous trustee for his enduring interest in Centre county's only institu tion of highes learning.