PAGE SIX
The H-Bomb
, (This is the first of a series of articles about world problems
containing information gathered by members of the International
Relations Club).
Early in February President Harry S. Truman announced to
the nation and to the world that the United States Atomic Energy
Commission was beginning work on the H-bomb. This weapon con
ceivably could be 15 times more powerful than the dreaded atomic
bomb, and could kill between 6,000,000 and 8,000,000 people with one
olast. This would mean that one bomb could destroy the entire popu
lation of any of the largest cities of the world.
Scientists warned that the hydrogen bomb would not be the
last one either. No sooner will the H-bomb be a reality than a new
. X.-bomb Will be started. This bomb will be to the H-bomb what the
H-bomb is to the atom bomb.
The worst feature of this deadly weapon is not the number of
people it would kill instantly, but the radio-active poisoning which
would follow the initial blast. Prof. Albert Einstein, whose work
on atomic research led to the bombs, said this poisoning could des
troy all life on the earth. Thus, annihilation of the world is now
a technical possibility.
The President's announcement to the world has brought many
comments and arguments. Mankind realizes that if there is, a third
Oorld war no country can be the winner, for the consequences will
be horrible ruin and death. Top military officials have supported
Mr. Truman, stating that we must build the bomb for security rea
sons; otherwise Russia will dominate the world. These militarists
fear that if the nation doesn't act rapidly Russia could construct the
nydrogen bomb before we do. '
Winston Churchill has asked the major powers of the world
to have another conference to discuss mutual dis,armament, while
President Truman indicated that he had in mind a possible peace
mission to Moscow. The State Department has been swamped with
demands from religious organizations to renew efforts to end the
cold war before it develops into a hot one.
The International Relations Club took a poll of students and •
faculty to determine what their opinions were on this momentous
subject. Of the fifty students asked, a vast majority favored the
President's intention to build the H-bomb, but said some settle
ment should be arranged through the United Nations.
Most of the faculty from the political science and physics de
partments also backed the chief executive, and believe the country
would be foolish not to continue production of the bomb. One pro
fessor maintained that preparation for war does not prevent war,
and the only answer is for the United States and the USSR to con
ciliate to reach an agreement.
The conclusion seems to be that we must continue every effort
for peace, but also maintain the strongest military power possible.
At the present time Russia respects only strength, and the nation
with the H-bomb will possess the most potent and awesome power in
the history of the world, was the consensus. The United States must
be that nation, and not use the bomb for destructiOn, but for peace.
(Poll conducted by Frank Flannelly, member of the 1.R.C.)
Phi Sigma lota
The Phi , Sigma lota meeting
will be held in the Home. Eco
nomics living center at 7:30 to
night. Edward Wizda will speak
on "Stendhai and Valera--a Par
adox."
Bible Fellowship
The Penn State Bible Fellow
ship will have Dr. Cornelius
VEmTil from the Westminister
Theological Seminary of Phila
delphia as its guest speaker in
405 Old Main at 7:30 tonight.
His topic will be "A Reason for
Our Hope." A social will follow
the meeting.
Automotive Engineers
The Society of Automotive En
gineers will show color movies
on the Cleveland air races and
NACA research at 616 W. Col
lege avenue at 7:30 tonight. Vai
tors are invited.
Penn Valley
The Penn Valley Ski Club
square dance will be held at the
TVS Saturday February 25. The
dances called by Chauncey Lang
are scheduled for 8:30 to 12 p.m.
Square and round dancing will
he featured with donations at 70
cents a couple.
New President
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Eisenhower's talk, no matter how
many are present.
Allen said that leaders in stu
dent government would be pre
sent at the rally, and Kenworthy
said that administrative heads of
the College would try to be there.
Neither, however, will take part
in the program.
The rally will highlight a 24-
hour visit to the campus which
Dr. Eisenhower will make before
going to Philadelphia to speak be-
Deadline Near--
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Three hundred and fifty-three
applications are still available
for dorm men through dcirm
presidents. Town men may get
applications in DeMarino's of
fice.
Priority for upperclassmen to
live in the new dorms was grant
ed only after long student agi
tation.
News Briefs
PSCA
There will be a meeting of the
PSCA and all foundation groups
at Westminister Hall, Westminis
ter Foundation at 6:30 p.m.. Sun
day. Ray Hartsough of the Am
erican ,Friends Service Com
mission will speak on summer
service projects. He' will be
available for interviews Monday,
Feb. 27, from 8 a.m. till noon.
Those student desiring inter
views, should contact the CA
office in 304 Old Main.
Religion in Life
"What Price Brotherhood?" is
the theme for Religion- in Life
Week from March 5-9. Faculty
members are asked to stir in
terest in their departments and
classrooms in order to insure a
successful week. Interested fac
ulty members are asked to con
tact the CA office (extension 541
and 542) if they are interested.
Engineering Lecture
George L. Haller, dean of the
School of Chemistry and Phy
sics, will speak on "Research as
a Career" at the senior engineer
ing lecture in Schwab Auditori-
Um at 4:10 this afternoon.
ere---
fore the Pennsylvania Maunfac
turers' Association Tuesday. He
will arrive here late Sunday and
will leave Monday evening.
It probably will be his only
visit to the campus before taking
office July 1. In addition to the
rally, his schedule will include
consultation with- administrative
heads and officers of the College,
and a quick tour of the campus.
He will be accompanied to the
PMA dinner by Acting President
Milholland.
House Passes FEPC
WASHINGTON The House
hase passed a Fair Employment
Practices bill that has no teeth
in it.
The bill, a far cry from the
original measure that President
Truman wanted, went to the
Senate on a House vote et 240
to 177. The bill now aims to
solve the discrimination problem
by education and persuasion.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
NEW CENTER—One of the 11
recently celebrated its centennia
The school is located in Abington
Agency Begins
2nd Semester
With full scale operations a
gain underway, the Student Dry
Cleaning agency has entered its
second semester. The agency,
which opened Oct. 13 last year,
has already processed over 4500
garments.
The agency, because of its suc
cess, now offers the services of
eight dry cleaning establishments
and three laundries. It is usually
able to provide 24 to 48-hour ser
vice, and • rovides convenient
drop-off poin - s at no extra charge
to the students.
These drop-off points and their
agents are: Jordan pressing room,
John Shaw; McElwain recreation
room, Sonya Seitz; Sally's Room
in Atherton, Barbara Marshall;
302 Woman's Building, Jonnie
Bryer; • 218 McAllister, Dorothy
Green and Margaret Muth; 211
Grange, Margaret Kilmer; and
Simmons recreation room, for
which no agent has yet been
announced.
The above stations are open
Monday, Tuesday,- and Thursday,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Friday from
4 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday from
1 to 2 p.m. The agency's central
office is located in, the PUB.
Long Named
Education Head
Dr. Charles M. Long of In
diana University has been selec
ted to replace Dr. Willis Pratt
as head of the education depart
ment, Marion R. Trabue, dean of
the School of Education, an:
nounced yesterday,
Dr. Willis Pratt left the Col
lege to become president of In
diana State . Teachers College.
His successor, Dr. Long, is now
in charge of conferences of pub
lic school officials at Indiana
University.
Dr. Long, 40-year-old Doctor
of Education has had a busy
career of teaching, including
eight years of elementary and
junior high school teaching, six
years of public school adminis
tration, and three years of col
lege teaching.
Sabbath Services
At 8 o'clock Sabbath Eve serv
ices tonight Rabbi Kahn will
speak on "In the Image of God"
to observe Negro History week.
Members of Phi Epsilon Pi fra
ternity will participate in the
service and will serve as hosts at
the Oneg Shabbat.
In celebration of a Jewish
music festival, the music commit
tee will present a record concert
in the Hillel lounge at 3 p.m. Sun
day. The program will include
Italian Symphony (Mendelssohn),
Jeremiah (Bernstein), and Sche
lomo, Rlavatuirr for Cello (Bloch).
ft To The Cone
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uildings of Ogontz School and Ogontz Junior College for girls which
year by going out of business and presenting itself to Penn State.
township, near Philadelphia.
Druids, Sophomore Hat
Society, Taps Athle.tes
Twenty men prominent on the
Penn State athletic scene were
tapped recently by Druids, athle
tic honorary, and are scheduled
for initiation within the next
week according to Harry, Little,
president of the organization.
Fifteen of the twenty will re
ceive their informal initiation to
night while five more, due to
mid-week sporting events, will be
initiated later. Formal invita
tion and election of new officers
will take place at Druids', regu
larly scheduled meeting next
Tuesday, Feb. 28.
• The tappees, together with the
sports for which they are noted
are: Ed Davis, tennis; John Alba-'
rano„ boxing; Jim Reed and Tony
Eagle, lacrosse; Williim Hopper
and Herbert .Budin, baseball;
Richard Wilson, William Hocker
smith, and Gene Kolber, swim
ming; Fred HouSton, James Barr,
and Len Shephard, football; Bud
Wilkinson and Dudley Foster,
track; Ron Coleman, soccer; Jay
McMahan and Hardy Williams,
basketball; John Weaver, golf;
and Donald Maurey, wrestling,
The men on the swimming and
basketball teams will be absent
from tonight's informal care
monies.
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give what Dr. Reid referred to
as the "talented tenth" or the so
called "upper crust," • full po
litical and social equality. This
was known as the Niagara Move
ment.
Leaders Afraid
"But leaders, then, as now,
were afraid and thought it was
safer to take the conservative
side," Dr. Reid said.
The "Great Migration" was the
next movement. This took place
from 1916 to 1923. Oyer a. mil
lion Negroes moved from rural
areas into the cities, especially
in the North. Then, according to
Dr. Reid, the North experienced
race riots and some of the same
problems that were prevalent in
the South.
Other movements in relation
to the race problem mentioned
by Dr. Reid were the "Back
to-Africa" plan , and the "king
dom" of Father Divine, famed
Negro religious leader.
Dr. Reid explained that many
times Negroes themselves do not
accept whole-heartedly the idea
of race brotherhood because they
mistrust many of these ideas,
which have been started sup
posedly on their own behalf.
Classroom Appointments
Twent y-three out-of-otown
sneakers will be available for
^lassroom discussions and lecture
during the Religion in Life Week,
March 5-8. General theme of the
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950
Sweatei Derby
Judge Added
Bill Coleman, co-owner and
photographer of the Lion studio,
yeSterday agreed to become the
fifth judge in the Daily Colleg
ian's Sweater Queen contest.
Coleman is the fifth judge to
be added to the panel of pulchri
tude purveyors who will select
finalists for the contest to. name
a Penn State Sweater Queen.
The queen, in addition to being
awarded a campus-wide title, will
also receive more than 18 valu
able gifts.
Glossy photos of contestants
with - the coed's name and the
name of the sponsoring organiza
tion or person are being accepted
now at Student Union , desk in Old
Main. •,
Final selection . of the • title
holder will be made early next
month. '
Handbook Staff'
The staff for next year's Stu
dent Handbook, a guide for new
students, was announced recent
ly by Richard Bard, editor-in
chief of next fall's edition.
Members of the staff are Bard,
editor-in-chief; Ethel Mognet,
associate editor; Robert Sabina,
business manager; Robert Berg
man,. advertising .manager; and
Norma Gleghorn, assistant ad
vertising' manager. - •
New Honorary
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system." He added that the new
society would also have to be
"conceived a good, useful
purpose."
Among men's h'at societies on
campus, Parmi Nous, founded in
1909, and Skull and Bones, found
ed in 1913, are upperclass grodps.
Blue Key
Blue Key, junior ' men's hat
society, was founded in 1923. At
least two-thirds of the Blue Key
membership Is composed' of as
sistant sports managers.
Druids, sophomore men's hat
society honoring 'athletics, was
founded in 1907.
Two other men's hat societies,
Sphinx and Friars, were founded
in 1912' but later passed out of
existence, Sphinx about 1931 and
Friars during World War IL
Sphinx competed with Parmi
Nous and Skull and Bones as
an upperclass society, while
Friars was another sophomare
athletic honorary.
Week will be "What Price
Brotherhood?" Interested faculty
members should contact TOTXX
Kline at 7827, or Don Love at
7857.