4 00. .„. 4, uf a ti g ,..,,,:e;-; ) T o trgtact VOL. 50 - NO. 64 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1950 Debaters Will Meet Seton Hill Orators Tonight The College debating team will travel to Pittsburgh to meet the debaters of Seton Hill s women's college, tonight. Debating coach, Prof. J. F. O'Brien, will accom pany the team. Donald Copelin and Charles Petrie will represent the College, which will defend the affirma tive side of the proposal, "Re solved: That the United States should nationalize the basic non agricultural industries." Pittsburgh Style The debate will be conducted under the Pittsburgh cross-exam ination style. Each speaker will give one constructive speech and one cross-examination. • No de cision will be rendered, and an open forum will be held after the debate. Next Thursday night the Se ton Hill debaters will meet the College debating team here at the College. James Dente and David Lewis of the College will defend the negative side of the same question, Gift Swells Kunkle Fund Thirty shares Of General Motors common stock valued at $2,000 have been given to the College to increase the principal of the Ethel and Bayard Kunkle ' Loan fund to $27,800. The fund is used for loans to married veterans attending the College on a full-time basis. Loans are for emergencies or to supple ment income to meet current ex penditures, and cannot exceed $11:0. They must be recommended by the faculty counselor of vet erans and must be approved by the treasurer of the College. Accepted recently by the trus tees' executive committee, the gift was presented by Bayard D: Kunkle,'of the class of 1907, who' established the fund in 1946 'with a gift of 200 shares. He added 227 shares in three other donations before the latest gift was made. Mr. Kunkle is a member of the General Motors board of direc tor& ' German Club The German Club will meet in the Home Economics Living Cen ter at 1:30' tonight. A short one act play; Einer Muss Heiraten, will be, enacted. Cabinet to Consider Committee Plan For Beaver,Field Seating Richard Wertz, chairman of the committee on •seating ar rangement, will present a plan for changing student seating at New Beaver Field to All-College Ckbinet meeting in 201 Old Main at 8 o'clock tonight. Student members will present the plan to the Athletic' Advisory Board, which determines seating ar rangements, later, if Cabinet ap proves. Cab! - .ct will- also begin plans for Spring Week and receive re ports from several other com mittees. A. representative from Cabinet is 'to be appointed to the committee for. Negro, Hi st or y, Week., James MacCallum will present the report of the Interclass Fi riance Committee on the request by Blue Band for funds to send members to the' Intercollegiate Band Festival at Carnegie Tech. First plans' for, the S tyr in g elections, will be presented by William Shade, chairman of the elections committee. Other re ports will' be made by the com mittees on , soccer team •awards, service keys for members of committees, and the memorial for the student government room to Ex-president Ralph. Dorn. Het zel. addition will also be• made to the' apeal ticket committee membership. • "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" Outstanding Folk Poet .... CARL SANDBURG—The American folk singer and Lincoln biographer is pictured, above as he appeared last, night before a sell-out audience at Schwab Auditorium. He was the third Com munity Forum speaker of the season. Senior Hatmen to Meet To Air 'Houck' Plans Plans for "Leo Houck Night" Saturday in Recreation Hall will be discussed tonight at a joint meeting of Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones, senior. men's hat societies. Negley Norton . and Morton Snit zer, respective presidents, urged air 31 active Skull and Bones men PSCA To Sponsor \ Dancing Classes The first of five weekly dancing classes sponsored by the Penn State Christian .Association will take place in the Armory at 7 o'clock tonight. Under the direction of the Personal and Campus Affairs CommiSsion of the CA, the class es will be conducted by Prof. Bertram Xessel:of the School of Physical Education and his assis , tants. Conflict Ddadline Set for Saturday • Students with conflicts in their final examination soiled-, ules should file conflict cards in 2 Willard building, as soon as possible, R. V. Watkins, Col lege scheduling officer said Yesterday. The deadline for the filing of conflict cards is Satur day, January 14. Seniors who have examina tions scheduled after February 2 should also file conflict cards. Hoffenberg Speaks At Econ Lecture Marvin Hoffenberg, (ember of the staff of the Inter-Industry Economics Division, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, will speak at a business conference for. stu dents of Economics and Com merce to be held in 105 White Hall at 12:45 this afternoon. Mr. Hockenberg will speak on employment opportunities in gov ernment. The. conference is one of a series being sponsored by Delta sigma Pi and the Department of Econorhics and Commerce.' and 35 active Parmi Nous mem bers to meet at 7 o'clock in 4181 Old Man. Leo Houck, dean of college boxing coaches and boxing skip per .at the College for 27 seasons, is in critical condition at his home in Lancaster. A report froth -Lancaster last night, de scribed his condition as -"un changed." Purpose of "Houck Night" is to provide a "day" on which stu dents at the College will pay tribute to Houck, who was re sponsible for starting boxing as a varsity sport at Penn State. This -will be the first season in 28 years that he has 'not been present for the boxing opener. In a joint statement directed to all members of Skull - and Bones and Parmi Nous, Snitzer and Norton said: "Tonight's meeting is important if' 'Leo Houck Night' is to be a success. The two honoraries have been given much of the responsibility of carrying it out. We urge all members to pleitse be present to night to help. In what we think is a worthy undertaking." Gilbreth Will Speak Friday Dr. Lillian Gilbieth, leading industrial • engineer and home management expert, will address students and staff members of the _School of Home Economics in Schwab Auditorium at 11 o'clock •tomorrow morning. Dr, Gilbreth will speak to sen iors in the School of Engineering in Schwab Auditorium at 4:10 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The balcony will be (men for visi tors, Dr. Harry P. Hammond, dean of the School of Engineer ing, explained. Dr. Gilbreth will be entertain ed at a luncheon of Sigma Delta Epsilon at the State College Hotel at ,noon' today. She will address the Women's Night din ner of the Central Pennsylvania chapter, Society for the Advance ment of Management, at the Nit tany Lion Inn at 6:30 p.m. to night, Sandburg's Folkways And Guitar Melodies Please Forum Crowd 'Nattily attired in a bow tie and dark blue suit, Carl Sandburg— outstanding American poet, biographer, and folk singer—held a sell-out audience spellbound at Schwab Auditorium last night as he related tall tales and sang folk songs. Speaking and singing in a strong, clear voice that belied his 72 years of age, Mr. Sandburg strummed his guitar and held the attention of an appreciative audience. In sharp contrast to his dark suit and tie was Mr. Sandburg's shock of brilliant.white hair combed in his familiar style. Third Community Forum Speaker ' Mr. Sandburg was the third speaker in the current Community Forum Series, and undoubtedly the most popularly received of any so far. Performing before a house that had been sold out two days, before show time, he amused and entertained attentive listeners by reading from one of his own works, "The' People, Yes," and also singing several old native Arneiican folk songs. Mr. Sandburg started his prOgram by sketching the history of this country since the settlement of Massachusetts in relation to "tall tales." These accomplishments of our country, he stated, repre sent "tall tales" to the rest of the world. Newspapers Receive Criticism The newspapers of today underwent some severe criticism from the poet, referring to their apti tude for making irresponsible ut terances, a practice which was made by the newspapers of Lin coln's time, too. Not only were the newspapers criticized by the folk singer, but Sen. Styles Bridge s, the next Community Forum speaker, Fulton Lewis, Jr., the radio commentator, and Sen. Kenneth Wherry were made the butt of Mr. Sandburg's folk style humor. After telling several jokes, Mr. SandbUrg read numerous. quota tions of folk sayings -from one of his own books, "The People; Yes." He told the anecedotes in a slow, almost halting manner that had the audience hanging on every word. His enunciation was unusually distinct and sharp, increasing the effectiveness of his speaking voice. (Continued on—page four) Old Main Strikes 15 Times; Ebert Solves Mystery The general theory about the ghost that went west anrl was "kickin' the gong around" in Old Main's tower was shattered yes terday by George W. Ebert, di rector of the department of physi cal plant. It. is true, however, that at 6 p.m. every day, Old Main chimes 15 times, but this is neither ghost nor gremlin. It's the Angelus. "All ever Europe," Ebert said, "the Angelus' bell rings at the end of day. It is one of the oldest traditions they' have. One of the great works of art depicts the Peasants, plows in hand, listening to the Angelus.'lt means the work day is done and they can go home," ' Gate AP News Courtesy. WMAJ Senators _Blast Administration WASHINGTON Republican senators attacked the administra tion on two counts yesterday, one of national, and one of interna tional importance. Six G.O.P. senators introduced a resolution encouraging the President to use the Taft-Hartley law to get full coal production resumed. Sena tor Robdit Taft ,called for Ameri can aid to Formosa. He demand ed that the Navy give warning that it will repel any Commun ist assault on Formosa. Thicker Than Water MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Tw o men arrested in Middletown on disorderly Tbnduct charges yes terday each chose to give a pint of blood to the Harrisburg Hos pital blood bank rather than pay a $5 fine. The men were given their choice of sentence by Jus tice of the Peace John Houser, Discuss, Tito Aid WASHIN GT 0 N Informed sources in Washington say the United States may aid Yugosla via if the Soviet Bloc uses armed force against Marshal Tito. It was said this might even include limited American military aid. High government officials met behind closed doors on this issue yesterday. Advance 11 Layie Board Members The promotion of 11 members of the , La Vie staff to the junior art and photography boards was announced recently by Ramon S. Saul, editor. Appointed to the photography board were, Edward Ferdinand, Bernard Gutterman, John Ra domsky and Walter Schumacher. George Doddy, Edward Galla gher, Regis Gallagher, Art Lui cens, Richard Schreek, Sue Sharaugh and Ann Umlauf were appointed to the art board. By JOHN DALBOR Students Leave For Farm Show Many students and - extension workers from the College are at tentiing at least a part of the 1950 Pennsylvania Farm Show at Harrisburg this week. Two classes took off en masse. Prof. W. L. Henning and his Ani mal Husbandry 3 class attended the horse judging Monday • after noon and Tuesday morning. Dr. A. J. G. Maw and his Poultry Husbandry 5 class turned , the show on Tuesday. The Clover Club prepared the entire exhibit for the Pennsyl vania Crop Improvement Associ ation. FOR THE forgotten, and often maligned, men and wo men—the Penn State student body. Last night the students crammed Schwab auditorium to hear Carl Sandberg, buying up all available tickets more than a day in advance of his talk. This, despite the criti cism that Penn Staters are im mune to real culture and care only for bop and Froth. The lion today gives his hal lowed growl to those students who by last night's action, proved they will support wor thy entertainers.
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