The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 14, 1950, Image 1
Late AP News Courtesy Contract Talks Resume WASHINGTON—CoaI contract talks start again tomorrow morn ing. Southern, Northern and West ern soft coal miners agreed last night to meet John L. Lewis and United Mine Worker officials in • Washington. • Lewis had invited the operators to resume contract bargaining in accordance with the Taft-Hartley inj unction. U.S. Will Cooperate WASHINGTON—Assistant Sec retary of State John Hickerson said that the United States would cooperate in any atomic control conference arranged by, the United Nations. Hickerson emphasized that Soviet Russia is the nation blocking atomic •control agree ment. Former Under Secretary of State Will Clayton told a Senate group yesterday that an arms agreement with Russia would be unfortunate at this time. Clay ton thinks an arms agreement would lull the United States into a false sense of security. • Senator Lyndon' Johnson de clared that the' United States is two years behind Russia in de veloping guided missiles. Senator Johnson put it this way, "For a .push-button war, we have neither the push nor the button." To Name AEC Chair Man WASHINGTON Inform e d sources in' Washington say that President Truman will name Gordon :Dean as acting chairman of the Atomic Energy Commis sion. The present chairman, Da vid Lillienthal steps out Wednes day. Dean has been a member of the commission only a few months. School Standards Raided WASHINGTON President Truman has sent Congress a re port on the 'GI training in which he says there have been abuses and waste of government funds. The President is asking Con gress to fix tighter standards for the kind of school eligible to train veterans under the GI Bill. Given Emergency Control WASHINGTON The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff after returning from a tour of the Am erican Bases in the Pacific an nounced that General Mac-, Arthur will have operational control of Western Pacific Naval forces in case of emergency. Players Schedule 'Romeo' Tryouts Tryouts for the Pla ers' pro duction, "Romeo and Juliet," which will be presente in May, will be held in 121 Sparks, Wed nesday at 7. p.m. Anyone who Wishes to tryout for a speaking part is asked to memorize one of the following speeches: Romeo—First speech in Act 11, Scene 2 or Act V, Scene 3, lines 101-120.. Juliet in'tire potion speech, Act . l.V, Scene 5, or Act 11, Scene 2, Lines 86-125. Nurse—All nurse's speeches in Act 'II, Scene 5. Friar Laurence=--Act 11, Scene 3,- first speech. Capulet—Act .111, Scene 5. Mercutio—Act I, Scene 4, lines 55-89. Players have scheduled Shakes peare's romantic tragedy for Mothers' Day weekend, in the spring. Evening Typing Registration for evening typ ing classes, open to anyone, will be held from 7 to 9 o'clock to night ifs 107 Sparks. Two ele mentary coursese, Typing 1 and 2, will be sponsored by the Col lege Extension Service. Typing 1 will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from. 6:30 to 8 p.m, beginning next Monday, while Typing 2 will meet Tues_ days and Thursdays from 6:30 to. 8 p.m. beginning this Thurs ,day. Registration will also open at the first class meetings, in ad dition to tonight. i • , , e i , 1 r 4 t a g . i . :.;i:: :: :: C , \Q --- 6 .' ,`-'' Tog ..._,. VOL. 50 - NO. 79 STATE COLLEGE, 1:1., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1950 '5O Ali-College Bridge' Tourney Starts Tonight An all -College bridge tourna ment will begin at 7 o'clock to= night in the TUB to determine Penn State's representatives in 1950 national intercolegiate bridge competition. Prize" for winning pairs of players will be an•ex pense-paid trip to Chicago if they survive Middle Atlantic competi tion later this month. .All Undergraduate bridge ad dicts who wish to vie for the trip to Chicago are urged to be in the TUB by 6:45 tonight, to facilitate organization before the 7-to-10 p.m. session begins. The College tourney, to be run on two nights, is open to both men and women undergraduates. No fee will be charged. Prepared Hands • Tonight's session will constitute one-half of the tourney, 'the sec ond half being 'slated for next Tuesday. Chosen to play 18 pre pared hands sent to the College from national collegiate bridge headquarters will be .the four highest-scoring pairs in the cur rent tournament. These 18 hands, to be played Feb. 23, 24 and 25, will also be sent to 15 other colleges in the Middle Atlantic zone. Two high est-scoring pairs in each of eight zones will then travel to Chicago in April to compete for the na tional title, as guests of the inter collegiate bridge tournament com mittee. The College tourney is spon sored by the Penn State Duplicate Bridge Club. John Fedako is president, while Dr. Henry G. Barone is adviser. Bridge players Who compete to night at the TUB should choose partners beforehand, if possible. Players Drama Starts Friday The Penn State Players first nroduction this semester, "Time It a Dream," by H. R. Lenor mand, will open on Friday for a six-week's run at Center Stage. The play, directed, 'by Robert Kendall, assisted by Dorothy Jef feris, is a tragedy in six scenes concerning the theory of past, present and future co-existence. As in Several previous Center Stage productions, this one will be double-cast. each cast play ing on alternating weekends. Romee will be played by Rita Lang. and Kathryn Scheetz; Riemke, by Betty Lou Morgan and Eleanor Miles; Mrs. Beunke, by Martha Ann Koons and Har riet Silverman; Nico, by Newell Stark and Timothy and Saidyah. `by Joseph Hunter and Richard The crew heads for the pro duction are: Sound, Mahlon Knott, assisted by John Price: costumes, Nancy Lou Mechling, assisted by Ralph Clemens; ad vertising co-managers, 1 Cur t Wessner and Walter Sachs; props, Anne Wahl; and make-up, Char lotte White. Tickets for the show went on sale at Student Union Monday. Admission is $.90 for Friday_ night performances and $1.25 for Saturday. Refreshments will be served Saturday evenings. Curtain time is 9 o'clock. Blackout Disturbs Collegian Process The wheels of progress that roll the Daily Collegian' into the hands of its many readers five days a week, were temporarily halted last night when the power failed throughout State College, plunging the Centre Daily Times print shop Into darkness. The local sub-station of the West Penn, Power Co. said that the trouble was somewhere be tween Ridgeway and State Col lege. The West Penn- outfit switched over to the Penn-Elec circuits after the blackout and the linotypes began their busy labra once twain. "FOR A Bpswen PENN STATE" Nation's Best . . . . JIM THORPE—the nation's outstanding athlete of the half-century, as he spoke at the annual venison dinner of the Young Men's .Bible Class of the local Lutheran Church Saturday night. Nearly 250 mem bers of Sunday School classes heard Thorpe tell some of the high lights of his athletic career. W3YA Now Ready To Radio President An opportunity for student groups to send radio mes sages 900 miles to Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, new College president, .is now available through arrangements made by W3YA, College amateur radio station, and the Daily Collegian. Councils, clubs, fraternities and other student groups may send congratulatory notes, greetings or other simi lar messages to Dr. Eisen hower at Kansas State Col lege by shortwave radio. Mes-1 sages of 35 words or less: should be taken to the Student Union desk in Old Main as soon as possible by group presidents or other officers, after which they will be shortwaved to station WOQQQ, the Kansas State count erpart of Penn State's student operated W3YA. Prof Gilbert L. Crossley, super-, visor of the amateur station here, reported yesteday that the 28- student staff of W3YA has made arangements' to contact WOQQQ by means of shortwave tonight at 9 o'clock. No messages from student groups will be sent to night, but a similar 9 p.m. short wave schedule has been set up for Thursday 'to send student mesages that will be relayed, by station WOQQQ to Dr. Eisen hower, who is now Kansas State's chief executive Dr. Eisenhower, who will as sume the Penn State presidency next• summer, has' been called "very popular- among the stu dents at Kansas State College." The brother of Gen. Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower was recently pictured taking time off from duties for a milk shake with co-eds in the Stu den Union there. Vets: Register VA Veterans who are enrolled for this semester are reminded that they must also be register ed with the veterans' adminis tration. Those who failed to :do so as yet may register in 3 Wil lard Hall during the remainder of this Week. Naval Stations Alerted SAN FANCISCO A phone Dell overheard in California has caused 'an alert at Naval Air stations in the San Francisco area. The phone call was be tween two men who talked about blowing up the naval air station: rigiatt Debate Tryouts Open Tomorrow Tryots for the College debat ing team will be held in two separate meetings tomorrow and Feb. 22. At the preliminary meeting, which will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. in 316 Sparks, the debate candidates will be given instruc tions for the • final tryout. They will be asked to prepare a five minute speech on either side of the proposal. "Resolved: That the United States should nationalize the basic non-agricultural indus tries." Their speeches will be deliver ed at the final meeting, which will be held Feb. 22 at 7-p.m. in 316 Sparks. Meet St. Francis , The St. Francis College debat ing team will meet the College debaters in two separate debates tomorrow night. The proposal for the year, "Resolved; That the United States should nationalize the basic non-agricultural in dustries" will be debated at both programs. ' One debate will be held to morrow at 7:30 p.m. in 304 Sparks. Nate Feinstein and Mar vin Brenner of the College will defend the affirmative side. The other debate will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in 316 Sparks. David Lewis and Rich ard Schweiker will defend the negative side of the proposal for the' College. Meet Gettysburg Friday night at 8 p.m. in 10 Sparks, with Prof. H. J. O'Brien, of the College 'department of speech, presiding. Clair George and Peter Giesey of the College will take the affirmative side of the same proposal. Also Friday night, John Fe dako and Charles Petrie of the College will travel to Gettysburg College where they will defend the negative side of the propos al for this year Today's Weather: Rain and colder Tash Reveals Identity Now it can betold! Give a vote for TASH, and the vote will 'go to the All-College TAlent SHow to be presented by the Penn State Club in Schwab Auditorium, 8 p.m. Friday night. That goofy-looking guy whose face has appeared on , posters and handbills everywheree in town and on campus is just a teaser buildup for this year's eleventh annual show, not a po litical candidate. However, TASH may put in a surprise flesh and blood appearance. on Friday night, according to the show's directors. Along with TASH, the show will feature as M.C. for the fourth straight year Henry "Hank" Glass, well-known campus entertainer. Three Winners Eleven acts ' ranging fr o m comedy routines and imitations to popular crooning and instru mental solos wil compete for three top cash prizes. • Following the presentation of all the acts, judges will eliminate all but the top five performances. Three winners will be chosen from these five on the basis of audience applause. This year's competitors include the Four Roses, a male quartet; Lew Blight, trumpet soloist; Ray RaChkowski, impersonator; John Pagonis, baritone singer; Edward Di Polvere, imitator; Irene Polan sky, singer; Janice Berg, singer; William Kuster and Nancy Trem-. }fly, duo skit; Marie Sariero, ac dordianist; and Harry Kondoura jian and Sidney Manes, song and dance team. Last year's winner, John nak, will be back with his accord ian for a non-competing guest ap pearance. Music for the show will be provided by Bill Witsell and the Sentimentalists. Twelve freshmen women have ( been chosen for usherette duties. They are Claire Knisely, Donna-. Rae Estabrook, Jo Jarvis, Sue Fnapp, Margaret Goodwin, Phyllis Szolack, Sarah Johnson, Betty Lou Lentz, Janet Tuft, Eleanor Bobman, Agnes Barth, and Phyllis Dahigren. Tickets priced at $1 for the more-than-two hour show will go on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main Wednesday. All seats reserved. 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