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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOL. 50 - NO. 72
Boro Committee
Awaits Report
Before Acting
Group Studies Problem
In Other Communities
Borough Council's bowling
committee reported last night
that it was awaiting a report
from.the American Bowling Con
gress before it will make any rec
ommendation to Council.
Kaye Vinson, chairman of the
committee, reported th a t his
group had made a study of the
tax situation in other communi
ties. P. H. Gentzel, he said, was
supposed to contact the ABC.
Gentzel, owner of the alleys,
has written to the ABC, but has
not yet received a reply.
Earlier Gentzel admitted that
his statement during the week
claiming bowling tax increases
were 3414 per cent was •wrong.
He accepted
,the correction of C.
R. Cromer, borough assessor,
which listed the increases at
3221.4 per cent.
Gentzel also disclosed that a
new bowling center is being con
structed between Bellefonte and
State College.
"When the new bowling cen
ter is ready to operate," he said,
"there will be no possibility to
compete, in that they have no
local taxes; hence, if council and
the tax assessor select to drive
business out of our growing com
munity we will bow to their com
mand and permanently, close our
alleys, or had I better say the
community bowling recreation."
The original bowling license
fee in 1944 was $5 a year.. Last
year it was raised to' $B5 and on
Jan. 1; 1950, the fee was in
creased to. $l6O. The real estate
assessment of the bowling prop
erty was raised from $7OOO to
$B5OO. •
On Jan. 9`the - Council appoint
ed a three man committee to in
vestigate the 'situation. At the
time Gentzel labeled
,the ordin
ance that raised the tax "con
fiscatory." He maintained that
the new tax destroyed the use of
bowling alleys which cost $48,000
to construct.
The 16 alleys have been closed
since Dec. 31.
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
Rayburn Blocks
Civil Rights Bill
Alaska State Measure
Put . Ahead by Speaker
WASHINGTON The Presi
dent's fair employment practices
bill was blocked in the House
yesterday by 'Speaker Sam Ray
burn of Texas. Rayburn, the
President's chief congressional
lieutenant, put the , measure to
make Alaska a state ahead' of the
civil rights measure.
Java Forces Attack
BANDOENG, Indonesia A
serious situation developed in
Indonesia yesterday when an 'out
law, Dutch army captain led his
guerrilla forces in an attack
on the west Java capital of Ban
doeng. The latest report is that
he has captured half of the city.
Police Speculate
BOSTON—The • Boston Police,
still without any real clues in
the one and a half million dollar
robbery, have turned their re
sentment against the Brink's of
fice whiCh was held up.- They
say it was a soft touch, that a
bunch of manicurists could have
got in.
Cancer Report Issued
PHILADELPHIA—An encour
aging report in the treatment of
cancer was announced yesterday
by the American Cancer Society.
A Philadelphia researchist, Dr.
Hugh J. Creech, reveals that
with a drug of bacteria sugars
a number of cancer victims have
been kept comfortable and able
to work during the last four
years.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1950
Cabinet Okays
Campus Chest
Plans for the Campus Chest
having been approved by the All-
College Cabinet Thursday night,
Joel- Bachman, ex-vice chairman
of the National Student Associa
tion, said yesterday that a steer
ing committee of. 13 will be ap
pointed by Cabinet early this
spring. The drive .is scheduled
for the fourth or fifth week of
the fall semester. A
• According to Bachman, pos
sibly 500 students will be active
in promoting the drive.
The original NSA • committee
which drew up, the Chest plans
included Chairman Mary Fox,
Joel Bachman, Michael Cantwell,
Jack King, Otto Grupp, and
Helen Wise.
Plans call for the Chest to con
solidate all College charity and
organization drives into one. Stu
dents will be asked to contribute
once instead of several times
throughout the year as in the
.past.
Undergraduate an d graduate
students will be asked to sign a
statement authorizing the addi
tion of $1.75 to their fees or de
duction of this amount from their
book receipts. The Chest goal
hae been set at $14,000.
The following are, the organi
zations and charities which will
receive . funds from the- Chest:
Penn State Christian• Association,
45 per cent; Women's Student
Government Association, 5 per
cent; World Student Service
program, 7 per cent; working
capital for the Chest, 3 per cent.
• Off-c am pus organizations in
clude the tuberculosis fu n
March of Dimes,' cancer fund,
and heart fund combined, 19 per
cent; Salvation Army; 5 percent;
Red Cross, 5 per : cent; State Col
lege Community fund, 1 'per cent.
Well-Balanced Program Marks .
Orchestra's First Concert
By L. D. GLADFELTER
With a bit more self-assurance
and less timidity, the College
Symphony orchestra 'should be
come a highly competent ama
teur group.
Its performance Sunday after
noon in Schwab Auditorium, the
first of the year, improved as the
short but: well-balanced program
progressed, and - was brought to
a high level in the two conclud
ing selections. Tension seemed to
be the major drawback of the
orchestra, under the direction of
Prof. Theodore K. Karhan.
Major Work,
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The major work, Schubert's
fifth symphony, was the second
selection, and the orchestra just
did not have enough time to
warm up to more than• a passable
performance, although some
passages came off well. A little
more emphasii to bring out the
qualities of the work, particular
ly in the tedious andante, was
needed.
However, the large audience
liked the symphony and the pro
gram as a whole, and it must be
remembered that the orchestra
is not an integrated professional
group with unlimited rehearsal
time.
With the performance of
Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor,
the orchestra finally found its
balances in a startlingly different
arrangement. Th e performance
also gave the musicians the need
ed self-assurance for the finale.
the "Marche Hongroisq" from
Berlioz' opera, ""The Dainnation
of Faust," which brought the
concert Ao a satisfying climax.
Hinkle
• Leroy Hinkle, baritone, sang
Verdi's aria, "Eri tu," from "The
Masked Ball," without too much
enthusiasm, • using lyrical rather
than the desired dramatic de
livery. '
College Acclaims
Trustees Choice
The New President
MILTON STOVE'S EISENHOWER
Cleaning, Agency . •
Closes'For Finals
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Due to the difficulty of • pro
viding adequate service during
the .'week of finals, :the Student
Dry.: Cleaning Agency wills sus
pend operations 'at the close of
business on Saturday, Jan.. 28..
Oscar T. Fleisher; manager of
the agency,- - said' that . all gar
ments turned: in by Jan. 24 will
be returned 'this :semester. Gar:-
ments received :after that " date
will be returned at the beginning
of next semegter.
Fleisher also . said that the win
ners 'of the' slogan;,contest, which
the agency, sponsored, will be an
nounced sometime this week.
5 O'Ciock Theatre
To Give Excerpt
The jungle 'scene. from the
play, "Home of the Brave,' ; - by
Arthur Latirents,' will be pre
sented by Little Theatre actors
at 5 o'clock. this afternoon in the
basement of Old Main.
The highlight from the well
krfown' play will be directed by
Mesrop Kesdekian. The cast in
cludes: Charles Schulte, George
Miller, Frank Fatsie, Walter Eck
ley, and James Ambandos.
The sketch production marks
this semester's last performance.
of the Little Theatre. The series
of one-act prodUctions will con
tinue next semester.
Ag Ec Club
There will be a' meeting of the
Agricultural Economics Club at
the Delta Theta Sigma Frater
nity at 7:30 tonight. - Election of
officers will be held and Dr.• R.
B. Dickerson, , vice dean of
,nri
cAltUre," will speak.
:~Vf:~;t C;;; ;~
Houck Rites Set
For Tomorrow
••Leo -Houck, one of Penn State's
most cherished traditions, will be
buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery
in his home town of Lancaster
tomorrow morning. , -
. The veteran boxing coach died
peacefully home at 727
Manor street, Lancaster, Satur
day at 2:45 p.m.
He was 61: .n
His illness was dfagnosed as
cancer.
Funeral services will be held
at St. Joseph's Catholic Church,
Lancaster, tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.
For the convenience of his
many State College friends, a
requiem mass will be celebrated
at Our Lady of Victory Church,
State College, tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock.
VVAC Captain Talks
To Senior Gilds
Captain Sue Lynch, of the Wo
men's Army Corps, will speak
to all girls interested in com
missions in the Regular Army in
McElwain Lounge at 3:15 this
afternoon.
The meeting will also serve
as a means of bringing personnel
cards up to date, to announce in
formation concerning commence
ment and to explain A.A.U.W.
and Alumnae organization.
Dean Pearl Weston said the
meeting is required for .eighth
semester seniors. Seventh semes
ter women who are esPecially
interested may also attend.
Camera Club,
The Penn State Camera Club
will meet in front of the Penn
State Photo Shop at 7 o'clock to
night. Mr. R. Breon Jr. will give
a demonstrated talk on high
speed Mash photography as con
nected with portraiture.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Penn Staters—students and
faculty alike—yesterday were
in a happy frame of mind con
cerning the College presidency.
situation for the first time in
several years.
There were hardly any
discordant notes in t heir
comments on the selection
Saturday of Dr. Milton S.
Eisenhower, currently presi
dent of Kansas State College, t 9
guide the destinies of this in
stitution.
His election was announced
Saturday evening by the Board
of Trustees at its annual meeting
in Harrisburg. He is to take office
"no later than" July 1.
Further. Information
Further information concern
ing Dr. Eisenhower's selection
came to light yesterday.
It was learned that his name
was among those suggested to
the trustees by at least two dif
ferent sources. One of these was
the faculty chapter of the Amer
ican ASsociation- of University
Professors, which had asked - thn
trustees that they be consultel
in the election of a new president
after the death of the last presi
dent, Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, in
1947.
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Dr. Eisenhower was being con
sidered • for the post several
Months ago, it was learned, but
at that time it appeared that he
would not be able to accept the
offer.
Salary •
Although no official announce
ment of his prospective salary
was made, it was rumored at
$20,000. He now gets• between
$lO,OOO and $12,000 at Kansas.
State, it was reported.
A. R. Warnock, emeritus dean
of men, said he was "very much
delighted" with the selection, and
predicted that the choice would
receive wide acclaim throughout
the nation. He said Dr. Eisen
hower has been considered tops
among the younger college presi
dents.
Bernreuter
Dr. Robert /3ernreuter, who
headed the AAUP committee,
termed Dr Eisenhower "a very
happy choice" and "a very fine
man." He said he had discussed
the selection with many mem
bers. of. the faculty and that all
were looking forward to his ar
rival here.
Dr.. Eisenhower told a local
newspaper • that he expects to
make a preliminary visit here
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The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the Board of Trustees.
Saturday the Board present
ed us with a belated gift . . .
a President, Milton Eisenhower.
His selection ended more than
two years of existence without
a Chief Executive.
The Lion curls his tail and
twitches his whiskers with joy
at the announcement and for
gives the Trustees for their
tardiness in appreciation of
their excellent choice.