Toddy's Weather: Beat Pitt! 4, .O r r 11 13 tittg .'s. t ..ris:: :-...&;:ft. - Tottrguttt Fair and _ \:..... - cold • "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" N VOL. 50 - NO. 71 Lite AP News, Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Truman Reveals Billion Dollar Tax Increase Plan for Nation WASHINGTON President Truman revealed a net tax in crease of about $1 billion in a tax program he will submit to Con gress next week. Congress will be asked to cut excise taxes $750 million and to boost taxes , on corporations, estates, death and gifts $1,750,000,000. The program was shown to democratic Con gresional leaders at a private White House •conference yester day. Defeats Rules ehange WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives defeated an ef fort by Republicans and South ern Democrats to change House rules yesterday. The vote was 236 to 183 againgt restoring to the House Rules Committee its power to bottle up legislation. Administration Democrats main Giesey Hits, Jelacic Defends Panhellenic Rotation System Panhellenic system of rotation of the presidency was defended and attacked anew in All-College Cabinet Thursday. Reading a letter to Cabinet from Panhel, Dolores Jelacic, Panhel president, replied to 're cent charges that the Panhel ro tation plan is not effective as employed in campus inter -soror ity government. She defended the systerrLas the "most democra tic used by any organizatiOn on campus." The Panhelt Council presidency Students Need Matric Cards No student will be admitted' to Recreation Hall for registration February 10 and 11 without a permanent Student Identification Card, announced Royal M. Get hardt, dean of admissions. They have been available for some time in the Recorder's Office, room 4; Willard Hall. Students new on the campus this year should check the data on their matriculation' cards be-, cause they may be void. Any brown manila or, yellow paper cards are temporabr and 'should be checked. Students who have called for their cards previously and found that some correction was neces sary will be notified by mail when corrected cards will be ready. Dean Gerhardt urged students to secure these Student Identifi cation cards as soon as possible to avoid standing in long line at Willard Hall before going to Rec reation Hall to register. frhe Recorder's counter is open from 8 a.m . . to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Sewer Project• Slowed by Rock With less than 100 yards left to go, workmen laying the new sewer pipe beneath Burrowes Road clashed with rock yester day which had to be blasted. According to D. R. Gifford, utility engineer at the College, six charges were• used in a dis tance of about 35 yards. The project started at Recre ation Hall last July, and will ex tend to the. mechanical engineer ing laboratory. Mr. Gifford could give no completion date, .due to the newly arisen difficulty. STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1950 rtain that the passage of this pro ! posal would prevent the passage of civil rights legislation. Outlines Draft Act WASHINGTON A proposal for three year extension of the Draft Act was vigorously attack ed in the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. The plan, outlined by Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, provided for ex tension of the Draft Act in its present form. 'lnvites' Lewis to Testify WASHINGTON—John L. Lew is has been invited to appear next Wednesday before the Senate Committee. He will have an op portunity to testify on a Repub lican resolution asking President Truman to invoke_ the Taft- Hartley Act on coal production. rotates among the 19 sororities on campus, in order of admit tance to the Council. She term ed this system one of the few devoid of politics. At Thursday's meeting, Peter Giesey, .Inter-fraternity Council presiderit, flayed 'the system, ob jecting to Miss Jelacic's defense of it as "most democratic." He Charged that Panhel Council has not consulted the individual so rority chapters on the question. Miss Jelacic admitted this. No One Offered Presidency Yet James Milholland, acting presi dent of the 'College; said yester- , clay that "the position (as presi dent) has not yet been offered to anyone.' However, he .said that the sub ject of the presidential vacancy "is practically certain to come up for discussion" today when, the n-man board of trustees com pletes its annual meeting in Harrisburg. He expressed the opinion that "it would not be fair to name names 'before the board has reached a decision, or before the position had been tendered to, the person selected by the board." Also president of the board, Milholland has been acting presi dent since October 1947, when , the late President Ralph Dorn" Hetzel died. News Briefs Education Group The Association of Childhood E ducat io n. is sponsoring, the Children's World Theatre Group which will pr e sent the play, "Rumplestilzkin," in the College 7 el 'ibis School at 2:15 p.m. Mon day. PSCA The PSCA work camp will, be continued this afternoon with the Painting of the interior of the E&rleysville school. Cars will leave from Old Main at l' o'clock this afternoon. Conflict: Exams Because of a mix-up in cir- Over $3,600 has accumulated culation, 1,000 copies of yester- in the Leo Houck fund, Wal. ter R. Hosterman, assistant day's Daily Collegian, which graduate manager of athletics, included the final exam con- reported yesterday. He said flict schedule, were not de- that contributions this week livered. They are available to- "rom alumni, townspeople and day at Student Union, Old "riends of the ailing boxing Main, from 8 a.m. to noon, and coach. have averaged nearly 'from 1:30 to 5 p.m. I $2OO a day. Conflicts Cause Problem; Davis Proposal Rejected College Senate has already rejected a recommendation of the Council on Administration to hold a second semester registration on February 13 and 14, the Daily Collegian learned last night. The Council, which is an adminstrative committee consisting of the deans of the schools, the president's assistants and other officials, requested the change from Feb. 10 and 11, because the period between final examinations and registration will not be enough time to com plete transcripts. The proposal was rejected by College Senate, which is the leg islative body on matters pertain ing to the educational interests of the College. Prof. Ernest Cal lenbach, .chairman of the corn mittee on calendar, could not be reached for explanation of rea sons for refusal. Sinkage on Mall Nothing At All The Penn State campus is in no imminent danger of dropping out of sight, according to George W. Ebert, director of physical plant, who yesterday laughingly revealed the cause of the settle merit of a portion of ground along the Mall. The sinkage is described as a perfectly natural phenomenon occuring from settlement of a . 15- foot sewer trench, which is locat ed between Main Eng. and the stone obelisk. Since Christmas an area 30-feet in length alid 16-feet . wide has submerged some 1%-feet at the deepest parts. No attempt will be made to fill in with additional soil until spring. In the meantime guard rails will be placed around the pit. Bishop John Stamm To Speak On 'Adequate Faith' At Chapel Speaking on the topic, "An Adequate Faith," Bishop John S. Stamm of Harrisburg will ad dress the College Chapel in Sch wab Auditorium at 11 a.m. to morrow. , . Music for the service will be presented by George Ceiga, Cha pel organist. and by the Chapel choir under the direction of Willa Taylor. The anthem to be sung by the choir is by Warrell en titled, "King of Glory, King of Peace." Dr. John S. Stamm, bishop of the Harrfsburg area for the Evan gelical and United Brethern Churches, has served on the exe cutive and administrative com mittee of the Federal Council of Churches in Americas and also in a like capacity on • the World Council of Churches. Dr, Stamm spent his undergra duate days at the Northwestern College Academy in Illinois. He received graduate degrees from Thespians The Penn State Thespians try outs for their spring show. "Girl Crazy," will, be held in 409 Old Main . at 7 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. All those inter ested in working on the various crews are asked to report as well as singers, dancers, and specialty acts. . Foundation A record concert will take place in' the Hillel Lounge at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The program is 'La Boheme." Houck Fund Conflict All-College Cabinet requested that registration dates be moved to Feb. 13 and 14 at its Thursday meeting, providing this would not lengthen the semester into the ,summer. Feb. 9. and 10 were named as secondary choices. A conflict between registration and the athletic schedule caused the action. Four intercollegiate events are scheduled for the after noon and evening of • Feb. 11, Which was scheduled as the sec ond day of registration. Cabinet sent a letter to Royal M. Ger hardt, dean of admissions, re questing a change in registration so that the athletic events could be held. the same school and from the University of Chicago. His earlier pastorates were held in Missouri and Illinois and he began his later - teaching career as professor' and then as head of the Department of Systematic Theology at the Evangelical Sem inary in Naperville, 111. Elected bishop of the Evangelical Church in 1926, Dr. Stamm served as president of the board of bishops for his denomination from 1934 to 1946. • Editors To Meet The Board of Publications will meet in 1 Carnegie Hall at 7 n.m. Monday to discuss crea tion of a new photo-literary magazine, Thomas Morgan, chairman, said yesterday.' Members named to the board by All-College Cabinet are El liot Krane, co-editor of Froth; Ramon Saul, L aVie editor; Jack Reen, handbook editor; Dean Harrison, Engineer co editor; Harry Schaffer, Farmer editor; Ralph Lewis, • former Critique editor, and Thomas' Morgan,' Daily Collegian edi ' for. 'Kind Lady' • Closes Tonight The last performance of "Kind Lady," Players' 300th, production will be given at Centre Stage on Saturday evening. •February 17, first weekend after the semester begins, "Time ,Is a Dream," a psychological tragedy by H. Len ormand, will open and continue every Friday and Saturday night until April 14. The new play will be directed by R. E. Kendall, who alSo di rected "Parlor Story," "John Loves Mary," and "Ah! Wilder ness." It will feature a double cast used on alternating week ends which includes Rita 'La* Newell Stark, Martha Koons, Bet ty Lou Morgan, Joseph Hunter, !Katherine Scheetz, Timothy Hay-! es, Harriet Silverman, Eleanor Miles, and Richard Pica. . PRICE FIVE CENTS Robert Davis, president of the Association of Independent Men, proposed at Thursday's Cabinet meeting 'that a representative of All-College Cabinet be sent to the Board of Trustees meeting in. Harrisburg today. But Cabinet turned thumbs down on the idea after George Donovan, director of Associated Student Activities and Pearl 0. Weston, dean of women, expressed disapproval. Mr. Donovan called the idea "harum sca:um" and Miss West on termed it "very unwise," since the deans of the schools had been requested to report in writing, instead of attending the meeting. Dean of Men H. K. Wilson also oposed the idea. Student Poll Thomas Morgan, Daily Col legian editor, 'questioned Davis as to whether the new dormitory committee had conducted a poll of student opinion. Davis replied that a poll had been taken in the dormitory area. Of 123 men con sulted, 96 favored upperclass oc cupancy of the dorms, while five favored freshinen. Morgan said he felt that the committee had not done a complete job and rec ommended further investigation before the Trustees are approach ed. Davis reported that the com mittee had met with Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant to the pres ident in Ciarge Jf student affairs, and Daniel de Marino, assistant to the dean of men. He said that Kenworthy had approved taking the matter up with the Board of Trustees. Test Plan The committee was set up by Cabinet to investigate the housing policy which the College has. an nounced for the men's dorms stall under construction. One thousand freshmen and 650 upperclassmen are to occupy them in the - fall, acording to present plans. Davis maintained that the counseling program which the administration has cited as a rea son for housing freshmen in the new structors could be conductel better in the Nittany or Pollock area. He said that the commitee has proposed a test plan, in which the freshmen would be divided between both areas to determine where the counseling could:- be more effectively conducted. Alpha Rho 'Omega Alpha Rho Omega, honorary Russian Society, will meet in 304 Old Main„ at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Today. . . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Peter Giesey, president of the Interfraternity Council. Pete flayed Panhel's absurd rotation system of choosing a president at Thursday's Cabi net meeting, deriding Panhel prexy Dolores Jelacic's de fense of it as "most democra tic." For throwing more light and publicity on a system • which should be abolished, the Lion today roars for the IFC head and arils a derisive yowl for the adherents of the status quo in the matter of selecting a head for the sorority council.
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