Plan Music Association for Fall T o ti rg i att VOL. 50 - NO. 91 Educator Must Challenge Race Problem--Coutu Five Professors Hold Negro History Panel Role of the educator in the race problem is to "cut its legs off and leave it nothing to stand on," Dr. Walter Coutu .told a Sparks aud ience Tuesday night. 'Dr. Coutu, professor of sociol ogy, spoke as one of five faculty members of the College at a panel discussion on "An ' Educator's Analysis of the Negro Question" in connection with Negro His tory Week currently observed here. "Racism like all isms," Dr. Cou tu declared,"..:is an emotional at tachment- to a body of ideals." He added that it is "a faith mot based 'on scientific facts." Problem Can Be Solved Studies by anthropologists, so ciologiits, psychologists, , and other scientists' find that there is noth irig in. the world approaching a pure race, he said. They do , not account for any significant human differences • or any form of he haMor. Race• - problems will continue so,long as they, give advantage to any group or their principles are permitted to go unchallenged, he continued. t •Dr. Ira Brown of the, history department cited achie‘rements of famous. Negroes as basis for optimism that this problem can be ;solvedvAli.,4lcreasingAliteracyt rate, a large iminber of Negroes in schools, and increasing recogni tion ,by such organizations as "Who's Who" are significant, he said, for •belief in• the solution. Cites Judicial Decisions Discussing the statutory• meth ods by which Negroes' :-rights can be secured' and protedted, Dr. Ruth Silva of the political, science department, • cited constitutional clauses and judicial decisions through which this could be done. Dr. L. - Larry-Leonard, professor of political science, and Lee Lorch,.assistant professor of math ematics, rounded out the panel speakers. Dr. Kent Forster of the history department • was modera tor. %. • • International factors such as participation in the United Na tions and accompanying organiza tions • were • noted by Dr. Leonard as tending to break down the bar riers of racial discrimination: Prof.. Lorch mentioned that' this Was.:not really a Negro problem but a white problem, since Ne groes 'do' not ask to be pushed around. I RC Poll Indicates Students Expect War Fifty per • cent of the average students on campus believe a major war is probable within the next ten years. This is a discovery from a public opinion poll conducted by. the International Relations Club after the debate Friday night in Schwab Auditorium. Questionnaires were distributed to everyone who attended the debate, and the answers given reflect the opinions of the typical student. Only one per cent think war is impossible in the next ten years. Sixty-seven per cent of the students said relations with the Soviet. Union is the most serious problem facing the United States Government, while 18 per cent think control of strikes is the greatest problem. • • A large majority of those ques tioned have the opinion the cold war is due 'to the unwillingness of the United States and Russia to compromise, and four per cent consider the cold war the failure ' of the United States. Fifty-one per cent believe the best way of sett ling,the cold war is foe both coun tries to, undertake fresh negotia tiOtts concerning' all. outstanding "TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1950 now Queen RUTH MINKEL, chosen "Snow Queeri" by the Penns Valley Ski Club' at a square dance Saturday night. She won by popular vote over four other contestants. Pan-Hel Votes For Extra Fee The Pan-Hellenic Council voted Tuesday night in favor of having the bursar collect from all stu dents a twenty-five cent fee for social activities. • This fee which had • been pro posed, by the All-College Cabinet. arid' which;. hid been - voted down, last year, would be'redistributed to the lnterfraternity Council, Leonides, Association of Indepen dent Men and Pan-Hellenic Coun cil in proportion to the number of students belonging to each organ ization. - - The . purpose of the fee, Robert Davie; president of AIM pointed out, was, to enable the indepen dents primarily to have fund sufficient to plan more social ac tivities. Richard Schweiker, All-College Cabinet parliamentarian, explain ed that IFC and Pan-Hellenic could use this twenty-five cent fee for additional funds, or, that either group could deduct from the regular fees an amount •equal to the money collected by the bursar.. Student Employment: Allan' M. Reece,. supervisor of the Student Employment Agency, asks all students who registered t'or employment with the agency last semester to fill out new sche dules at the office. ' - - Thiity-five per cent of the ans wers were in favor of, and'3s per cent were against, granting im mediate recognition , to the new Chinesg`governinerit.'This was the most evenly disputed argument on the list, and the number of people who -v ot e d affirmative was surprising. The dpbate concerned our for e,ign policy with Russia; and was sponsored by the International Relations Club and the Liberal Arts Student Council. Wilbert Roth, Robert Keller,. and 'Peter, Giesey, prominent. student lead-. ers, participated, tin the debate, and .Dr. L., 1. 4 11147 :;.,I.4epuard" •. was inoderitor. • r . New President Sees Revolution In US Education PMA Hears Eisenhower In Philadelphia Speech (Special to the Daily Collegian) By STUART 0. BROWN Staff Writer for The Daily Pennsylvanian PHILADELPHIA Education in the United States is now under going a . "second revolution," which will "help each student achieve five definite goals," Dr: Milton S. Eisenhower, president elect of the College, said Tuesday night in an address before the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' As sociation. Dr. Eisenhower was the guest of honor. • ' Speaking on "The Responsibil ity of Higher Education in Our Free Society," Dr. Eisenhower set the goals of the educational sys tem of the country as: 1. "To - continue specialized training for the making of a living or a home." • 2. "To help - each student a chieve an understanding of all the broad fields of knowledge." 3. "The development of the 3killi of communication." 4. "The fostering', of wisdom, or the development •of the capa city for sound judgments." 5. "Every student should gain from his total •experience in col lege.an abiding commitment to the - democratic way of life—a commitment ... based on genuine understanding." Dr. Eisenhower summed up his view of the responsibility of ed ucation by offering the thought that what each student should get out of college , is "himself." "Himself as a 'mature personal ity with capacities and incentive for continued . growth, himself as an informed and effective citizen in a free ., society, himself as a deeply moral creature of God." Deadline Passes A total, of 550 West Dorm applications for next fall were turned in by the deadline at 4 p.m. yesterdaY; Daniel A. De- Marino, assistant dean of men, reported, last night. No more will be •accepted from' upper classmen, and those received will be screened, he added. News Briefs Summer, Tours Latest N.S.A. information of Student Summer Tours for 1950 can be obtained in the Student Union office, Old Main. Additional information may be had by contacting John Doyle, Rhi Kappa Psi. Application forms mist be sent , by March 8, 1950. Sports Day Any junior or senior girls in terested in attending the Sports Day at Lycoming College this Saturday call Virginia Miller in 290 McElwain by 5 o'clock today. Lack of bus space requires that only upperclassmen be asked. The buses` 'will' leave the Atherton Hall parking lot at 10 a.m. Satur day and return by 7 p.m. Delta Sigma Pi John Mayer, president of Reli anee Life Insurance• Company will be the featured speaker at a Del ta Sigma Pi, national commerce fraternity, sponsored banqu'et at the, State College Hotel this noon. Alt commerce students are urged. to' attend, this ; luncheon and lec ture. Tickets at $l.OO will be sold at..the door. Will Replace Defunct Artist Course Series Plans now are being laid to establish a Community Cm cert Association here next Fall to fill the gap created by the collapse of the Artists Course series. A committee to arrange for the series has been appointed with Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant to the president in charge of student affairs, sere: Wilmei E. Kenwort Cabinet To Hear Health Service Report Tonight A report on campus health fa cilities will be submitted to All- College Cabinet tonight by a recently appointed "health corn:- mittee. The. committee, headed by Mi chael Cantwell, was appointed last week by All-College Presi dent Ted' Allen to investigate what Peter Giesey, IFC president, had termed "inadequate facilities of the College Health Service." Giesey had pointed to crowded conditions in the Dispensary and Infirmary, and to the ambulance service at athletic contests as evidence of a need _for improved facilities. The board of publications 'will present for approval a constitu tion for the proposed campus literary-photo magazine. Accord ing to Thomas Morgan, board chairman, a request for a charter will be sent to the Senate Com mittee on Student Welfare •if the constitution is approved by, Cabi net. , A preliminary meeting for stu dents interested in filling posi tions on ' the proposed . publica tion was held last night. James MacCallum, All-College secretary-treasurer, will report for the insurance committee. The group has been investigating a plan whereby . , graduating seniors would be • asked to. purchase life insurance policies of which a def inite amount would go to the College. The plan was presented to Cabinet last November by an eastern insurance firm. . Reports will be submitted by Robert ° Keller, chairman of the new dormitory committee, and by Ring Committeeman James Ba lbg. The latter will disclose clans !or the distribution of class rings. Harvard Lecturer To Speak Tonight Dr. George Kingsley' Zipf, uni versity lecturer at Harvard Uni versity, will present the third in a series of Liberal Arts lectures at 8 o'clock tonight in 121 Sparks. The subject of the lecture will be "Speech as a Psychological Phenomenon." Yesterday after noon Dr. .Zipf presented one of the lectures of the Simmons Series, sponsored by the German department, on "Language. Lit lrature, and Human Behavior." Dr. Zipf is well-known in the gelds of philogy, speech, psycho logy, semantics, and the general sciences. He recently returned from the University of Chicago where - he 'gave a series of lec tures ng as president. Teams of students and fac alty members will conduct a campaign on campus and in the town to sell memberships for the series during the week of Oct. 2. Tickets, priced at $6, tax included, wil guarantee admis sion to the concerts, but no seats will be reserved. - Directors of the series, known as The Pennsylvania State Col lege Community Concert Associa tion, will arrange, the program on the basis of the number of mem berships subscribed at the close of the campaign. The number of memberships /w ill determine which artists can be obtained. To Be Held In Schwab All concerts will be presented in Schwab auditorium. The plan for the series has been in opera tion throughout the nation for 25 years;this season some 83 Penn sylvania communities will be sponsoring similar series. On the committee with Ken worthy are: Vice-presidents, Dr H. K. Wilson, dean of men; Dean of Women Pearl 0. Weston, and All-College President Ted Allen; secretary, F. F. Morris, director of 'personnel services; treasurer, George L. Donovan, director of Associated Student Activities. Also, membership chairmen, Dr. H. S. Brunner, professor of agricultural education, and Su zanne Scurfield; publicity, W. W. Bierly, news assistant in the de partment of public information, and L. D. Gladfelter; concert chairman, Hummel Fishburn, head of the department of Music. Also, Dr. F. R. Matson; profes sor of ceramics; L. S. Rhodes, professor of civil engineering; Gay Brunner, and Raymond Dom browski. Fee Payment Begins Fees for the present. semester will be collected-today and to morrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at• the 'office' of the Bursar, Willard Hall. Bursar D. C. Hogan, said yesterday, "The new two-day system is designed to eliminate long waiting in lines. I hope students will not wait until . the last minute to make payments." Students may pay their fees during any free period. BX Deadline The BX has extended the dead line for collecting money and picking up books from February 28 to March 4. Today . . . ....O,.Pi TIAVOti %• , ) , -4rmizo . - , o; -'.040 Kl(4 ,- .e - • ;, "* f k ia: OP ~ .• , 's '''' ' ' ...K '., k 4 ~.1 ti ~ ''.* ,As * It s .,• We i' , ...* , ... • f 4i.4 ' ': , .. s S . NI ‘... :-. ..xii. %. ......<,. 1 7' 4 7 .461iii*'.,,%nlit The Nittany Lion Roars FOR James Balog and Haim Dreher, co-chairmen of the World Student Service Fund drive. The senior class proxy and his feminine counterpart are doing an extraordinary job of promoting the drive in an ef fort to collect the College • goal of $5,000. For their worthy and hard working efforts, the Lion today offers a pecuniary roar in lieu of the money he would like to donate, but doesn't possess. He hopes the students will fill the gap left by his empty hide.
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