B a ti g Tottrotatt VOL. 50 81 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1950 Cabinet Hears Ring Committee Report Tonight Meal Tickets, Dorms, Elections On Agenda All-College Cabinet will re ceive a final report tonight by the ring committee, appointed by the Cabinet to investigate the proposal to make one design official. A design has been decided upon and it will become the property of the College.. The committee is expected to propose that more than one company should manu facture the official College ring, adhering' to rigid speciflcations. • James Balog, a committee mem ber, said recently that the price of the new ring may be lowered. Beatty Is Chairman Charles Beatty, ring committee chairman, will ask Cabinet to withhold action until next week when there will be an open meet ing. Ai that time, interested per sons may voice opinions. Other business will include re ports by the Meal Ticket com mittee and the Inter-class Fi nance committee. A report on the Student Government room will be read by George Oehmler listing the cost of furnishing the room. William Shade will report on tentative plans for the coming Cabinet spring election. Seeks Permission Robert Keller, chairman of the New Dormitory 'committee, will inform the Cabinet of the com mittee's investigation of the Col lege's policies for the new dor mitories. Keller is expected to ask the Cabinet for permission to approach the 'Trustee committee again. Cabinet will also discuss a let ter received from the committee chairman of Negro History Week requesting that the week be moved up to the first week in March. Hillel To Hear Jewish Leader Dr. Leo L. Horner, outstanding educator,. will speak tonight at 8 o'clock in the Hillel Auditorium on the subject "The, Role of Mem ory in Jewish History." Dr. Fr,"n er will deliver the lecture in place of Maurice Samuel who is ill. The lecture is open to the public. A leader in the field of Jewish education, Dr. Horner is professor of education at the Dropsie Col lege for Hebrew and Cognate Learrxing int Philadelphia. Prev iously he had been director of the Chicago Bureau of Jewish education and the first president of the National Council for Jew ish Education. Naval Reserve Offers Ensign Commissions to Graduates The United States Navy is now offering to all college students, between the ages 17 and 27, an opportunity to gain a commission as ensign in the United States Naval Reserve upon graduation from an accredited college or univer sity. The Navy will select 1410 can didates from among the appli cants who have an enlisted sta tus in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and these candidates.-will receive six weeks training for two con secutive summers at service schools. Training courses will be given for men at Newport, Rhode Island and San Diego, California, while WAVE candidates will be trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Business Candidates • There will be a meeting of all new business candidates in 9 CH at 7 o'clock tonight. All people , interested in working on the business side of The Daily Collegian are invited to attend this first meeting. Bring schedules to the meeting. "}"OR A BETTER PENN STATE" Penn State Blue Key Not National Group Pelton Wheeler, president of Blue Key, yesterday punctured' what he called a "misunderstanding that the Penn State Blue Key holds any tie with a national organization called Blue Key." He said there is no basis for such knowledge even though the names . of the junior honorary and the national group are identical. Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager of athletics and advisor to Blue Key, also maintained that the Penn State hat society is not part of any national, adding that all local Blue ,Key funds "stay right here" The misunderstanding, Wheel er added, a p'p ar ently built up through unofficial student "grapevine", has existed . at least two years. William Shade, Wheeler's predecessor as Blue Key president and now: all-Col lege elections chairman, substain tiated the fact that some students have been misconstruing the local Blue Key as part of a national "for at least a couple of years." A Daily Collegian poll of a number• of hatmen this, week re vealed that two-thirds of those polled believed Blue Key held national affiliation. The poll in cluded some Blue Key members. In a letter t 9 the Daily Colleg ian from Gainesville, Fla., B. C. Riley, national executive officer of Blue Key National Honor Fra ternity, stated. St . • . We should tell you that we knew nothing about the Blue Key organization, at Penn State Late AP News—Courtesy WMAJ Lewis, Coal Operators Continue Negotiations WASHINGTON—For a short time yesterday the coal industry bargained with John L. Lewis. The southern coal operators walked out and demanded separate dealings with Lewis. After consulting federal judge Richmond. Keech they returned to the unified talks, but two and a half hours had been wasted. Soon after their ,return the discussion ceased •for ' the night. News and Views Announces Staff The permanent staff for the News and Views, the new . Home Economics publication, has been selected by the Home Economics Cabinet, composed of student and faculty members. The new staff is Editor, Nancy Metzger; Managing. Editor, Joyce Moyer; Advertising Manager, Sylvia Powers; Associate Editors, Betty Anders and Audre Rosen feld; Circulation Manager, Nancy Lea Saylor; Treasurer, Kennetta Peters; Publicity Director, Sally. Miller. Reserve Officer Candidate ap plicatiOns will not be . accepted from those students who are ma joring in medicine, dentistry, or theology, or froth those who are not physically qualified. Appli cants must not be less than 17 years of age on date of enroll ment and must' not have passed 27 years of age on July 1. of the calendar year that they have completed the academic and train ., ing requirements. All qualified students who are interested in this program should contact the Commanding Officer of their organized or volunteer reserve unit, or write to the Com mandant, Fourth Naval District (Director of Training), Philadel phia 12, Pa. All approved appli cation forms must be • submitted before March 1, 1950, or appli cants will not be eligible for training this summer. . . . In other words, the local group has never sought member ship in the national organization. It is quite possible that the pres ent members of your local group have been led to believe they were members of the national group because .of the name; but this is not the case." Blue Key National Honor Fra ternity has 78 chapters in U.S. colleges and universities, and honors upperclass men "of good character and personality, recog nized leaders in scholarship and college .activities, and who shall have maintained . . . a cumulative average above the all men's aver age of the institution . . . " Founded in 1923, the Penn State Blue Key is the only hat society limited strictly to the junior class. At least two-thirds of the Blue Key membership is composed of assistant sports managers, with the remainder chosen from other prominent junior activities men. Scholarship requirement for the local Blue Key is an all-College 1.0. David Cole, fact-finding board chairman ; said that it's, too' early to speak of progress achieved by the board. Ten Survive Crash VANCOUVER—At least ten fliers and probably, three more survived the ditching of a B-36 bomber along the British Colum bia coast last - Monday ,night. The Coast Guard ,is • continuing the search in an area about 40 miles northwest of Vancouver and 85 miles south of. Prince Rupert, British .Columbia. • Earlier yesterday, in the effort to find the missing bomber, a B-29 crashed, killing eight crew members. The superfortress slumped to the ground shortly aftern taking off at Great Falls, Mont. Agency Moves The Student Employment Agency is operating' in its new, enlarged offices in Old Main. The move was made last week according to Allan Reece, di rector •of the agency. The entrance to the office is the rear 'center door of the building. Reece said, however, that the entrance is not a thor oughfare through the building. The office was previously oc cupied by the college examiner and the dean of admissions. The office in the TUB, which formerly housed the agency for a year and a half, is now used by the • BX*for the selling and buying of textbooks. pry Cleaning The Student Dry Cleaning Agency will be open at the P.U.B. only starting today. Today's Weather: Cloudy, cooler, snow flurries Sen. Bridges ill; Dr. Reid Advanced In Forum Schedule New Hampshire Senator's Talk Postponed Due to Pneumonia LA Lecture To Feature Dr. Watson International Relations Will Be Theme of Talk The second in the• series of Liberal Arts lectures will be given •by Dr. Goodwin Watson, professor of education, Teachers College, Columbia University, tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock in room 121 Sparks. Dr. Watson will speak on "The Psychological Approach to Inter national Relations." He is well known for his work in interna= tional education and his position as director of World Study Tours. A number of students and fac ulty at the College who nartici pated in the New School for So cial Research Summer Session in Europe last year know Dr. Wat son personally. He was the orient er and resident professor in charge of three groups in each session during their two weeks at An necy{ France. Patton, Crane Still Confined_ Basketball Coach Lee Patton and Director of Publicity Forrest Crane of West Virginia were still undergoing treatment last night in the Penn Bedford Hospital of Bedford, Pa., for injuries :ncurred in •an auto accident -while they were enroute to State College Tuesday. • No further word on their condi tion was available. Examination after the accident Tuesday show ed Patton had suffered a broken collarbone, broken shoulder, broken arm and cut on the head, while Crane suffered a fractured elbow, broken leg, mashed knee cap, and other injuries. • Two Sent Back Two players, Dave Steindler and. Walter Glenn, and Manager Dick Cavallero who were also riding in the State College bound car, were sent back to Morgan town yesterday, L. M. Stoops, as sistant director of athletics said. Assistant Coach Pat Ward dir ected the Mountaineers in their basketball game with the' Lions last night... He arived in State College about 6 o'clock last night, together with Director of Athle tics R. M. Hawley, and two play ers, •Al Durello and Frank Roder iguez. One Killed Orie man, Nelson Fite of Abing ton, Pa., was killed, and anther besides Patton and Crain, Harry Le Noir, also of Abington, was injured in the two-car collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike just this side of Bedford. The ac cident occurred about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Personnel Meet Open To Students Students interested in carving a career in educational or voca tional guidance or personnel work, will have the opportunity to attend the national convention of the Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations, in Atlan tic City, .N. 1., March 27-30. A. .Blair Knapp, national co ordinator for the 1950 convention, said that the convention will pro vide an opportunity for ;students to meet and talk with special ists 'who are tops in their field. More than 2000 educators, on both the secondary and college levels, will attend. • Any full-time college or uni versity student interested in at tending the convention may apply for information by writing to A. Blair ' Knapp, vice-oresi dent. Temple University, Phila delphia 22, Pa. Due to an attack of virus pneu monia, Sen. Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire, will be unable to keep his Community Forum • lec ture date for next Thursday at the College. After receiving word fro m Senator Bridges that it would be impossible for him to appear here next Thursday, the State College Community Forum committee ar ranged to have Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, noted author and sociologist, speak in his place. Dr. Reid was originally sched uled to speak in the Community Forum series on March 30. The Community - Forum committee =OEM Senator Sty for either the March 30 or April date. _ Ticket Sale Mondiy Dr. Reid will speak on "The American Race System: Demo cracy's Dilema." Tickets for his lecture in Schwab Auditorium will go on sale at Student Union in Old Main at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The price is $l. Senator Bridges was scheduled to speak on "Are We Edging into Socialism." He was elected to, the Senate in 1948 for the third suc cessive term. He is serving as chairman of the ERP "watchdog" committee and recently made a trip in Europe studying United States.economic aid. The Community Forum has al ready presented in its series Carl Sandburg, outstanding folk poet and Lincoln biographer; Dr. Har old Urey, atomic scientist; ~nd Hanson Baldwin, noted military analyst. Wrote Several Books Dr. Reid has been professor of sociology at Haverford College since 1947. He is also a member of the Federal Advisory Commit tee on Employment Security of the Department of Labor. Today . . . FOR Alan Reece, head of the student employment agency. Mr. Reece, who helped pio neer the idea of an employ ment agency which would help needy students by supplement ing their income, has done a superior job in the direction of the agency since its inception two years ago. The Lion today offers his worthy roar to the student em ployment agency director for a vision realized. and a jolß► well done
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