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VOL. 50 - NO. 92 STATE COLLEGE( PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1950
Noted Negro Editor And
Author Speaks Tonight
W. E. B. Dußois, nationally known editor and author on
Negro problems, will address an open meeting in 121 Sparks
at 8 o'clock tonight.
In conjunction with Negro History Week currently being
observed at the College, Dr. Dußois will talk on "The Ameri
can Negro 1865-1950."
Dr. Dußois is perhaps best known for being one of the
founders of the "Niagara
Movement" which advocated
complete political and social
equality for Negroes. In this
connection he was cited by last
week's Community Forum Speak
er, Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, as one of
the foremost Negroes in Ameri
can history.
%He has been an outspoken cri
tic of the philOsophies of _another
famous Negro—Booker T.' Wash
ington. He opposed Washington,
who said that Negroes would
come to be accepted as equals in
time and should concentrate on
proficiency in manual labors. •
Since 1944 Dr. Dußois has been
director of the Department of
Special Research for the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. He has been
the editor of "Crisis," "Endyclo ,
pedia of the Negro" Wand " Phy
lon" as well as director of publi•
cations for the NAACP.
Since receiving a bachelor of
arts degree from Fisk University
in 1888, he has been awarded a
string of other degrees from Har
vard, Howard, Atlanta, and Wil
berforce. He was one of the earli
est persons to receive a PhD from
Harvard:
He taught Greek, Latin, eco
nomics and history and - Was 'head
of the Sociology -department . at
Atlanta. „Among. his honors. ai'e:
Fellow of the American Associa
tion for the Athrancement of
Science,-mernber of the National
Institute of Arts and Letters and
Knight "Commander of the Li- .
berian Order of African. Redemp
tion. .
Teithee'Coit
Set, Rehearses
Casting for the Players' pro=
'duction of "Life with Father" has
been .completed and rebgarsals
now are in progress -for the per-.
formances March 16-18 under the
direction of 'Kelly Yeaton.
Ralph E. Johnson, wlio will
make his first appearance in - a
Players' production with this
show, has been cast as "Father,"
domineering head of the house
hold depicted in the - Howard
Lindsay-Russel Crouse comedy.
• Playing opposite him as "Vin
nie," the illogical wife who is a
foil for the head of the Day fam
fly, • be Jean Bickerton, who
recently' appeared in the pfoduc
tion of "Liliorn."
"Clarence," the eldest of four
sons, the modern clas.sic, will
be .portrayed• by Sheldon Odland,
a pupil at State • College High
school. Another high school pupil,
Louis Bell, will play the young
est, son, "Harlan." •
The two other . sons, "John"
and' "Whitney," will; be played
by Marvin Riesenbach and Don
ald Barton. Ruth Johnson is cast
as "Cousin Cora," a professional
visiting' relative, and Barbara
Clopp will. play "Mary Skinner."
18-year-old financee 1 of "Clar
ence."
Others in the cast are: "Rev.
Dr. Lloyd," Nicholad Morkides;
"Dr. :Humphries," Richard R.
Evans; "Dr. Sommers," Fred Leu
schner; "Margaret," Joan Lee;
"Annie," LeiS Pulver; "Delia,"
Seena Herzog; "Nora," Helen Jas
kol, and "Maggie," Barbara Tex.
Leuschner also is serving as
stage manager and Carl Laicho
witz is had advertising manager.
Ann 'Curry will serve as under
study for women.
Tickets for the long-run record
cmnedY,lwhich.will be presented
in Schwab. auditorium, will go
on .sale *arch p at the Student
"FOR A BETTER, PENN STATE"
W. E. Dußois
AIM. To Sponsor
Post-Sports Dante
After the sports, program -in
Itecreation Hall Saturday night,
there. will be a danCe sponsored
by the Association of Independent
Men.
Tags will be sold fo'r 25 cents
a*ce which will entitle patrons
to remain for the dance. Fresh
man women will probably be en
listed to sell them.
The money will be used for
AIM activities later in the semes
ter and to pay for the orchestra.
ta' Poi TO Edit IFC Magazine
Published As Rushing Aid
Jack Lapos, editor of , the IFC Newsletter, was appointed
1950 editor of Penn State Fraternities, annual IFC rushing
magazine, by Pete Giesey, president, at a meeting Wed
nesday night.
Other members appointed to the 1950 staff are Mal Pan
cost, Kappa Sigtna, circulation manager; Jack Backnecht, Phi
- Kappa Tau; Mendy Frishberg,
Pi Lambda Phi; Frank Conte,
Theta Xi; John Dinsmore, Phi
Kappa; Ed Goldberg, Phi Ep
silon Pi; James Lovett, Kappa
Sigma; Carl Peterson, Delta Chi;
Fred • Sheridan, Kappa Psi; and
photdgraphers Sam Vaughn, Del
to Sigma Phi, and William- White,
Theta Xi.
Isgued To Freshmen
The magazine, which will be
in • its second year of publication,
will be issued to each incoming
freshman and sophomore male
student for the fall semester,
sometime ,in late May or early
June.
Contents will be 48 pages of
material, consisting of pictures
of each of the 49 social fraterni
ties, ' action shots of fraternity
men at study, leisure, and partici
pation in athletic and social ac
tivities, outstanding fraternity
athletes and 20 outstanding fra
ternity men as selected by an IFC
committee, pictures- of the re
tiring and newly elected IFC offi
cers, words•of welcome from Pres
ident Eisenhower and Dean Wil
son, and stories on subjects such
as, "Why Join a Fraternity," "Fra
ternity Scholarship," "Pledge
ship," "What a Fraternity Mem
bership Will Cost Me," and `.llow
One Goes About Joining a Fra
ternity.'
Photo-Lit Magazine
Meeting Draws 150
Nearly 150 students, attended' a
preliminary staff meeting of a
proposed new photographic-liter
,ary magazine this week. The turn
out was termed "extremely en
couraging"_ by Harry Schaffer,
ex-editor of the Farmer and a
member of the Board of nibli
cations, which is investigating
possibilities for such a publica
tion.
Students who were unable to
attend may show their interest in
writing, photography, advertis
ing, promotion, circulation or art
work by submitting name, semes
ter, staff interest tand pertinent
background to the Daily Colleg
ian office.
A staff will be announced soon,
Schaffer said, pending approval
bf the magazine by the Senate
Committee on Student Welfare.
Today's
,Weather:
Cloudy and
Continued Cold
Religion-in-Life
Week Program
Opens Sunday
Brotherhood Is Theme
Of Week's Activities
"What Price Brotherhood" is
the theme of Religio n-In-Life
Week which begins Sunday,
March 5 and continues through
Thursday, March 9.
There are several phases of
Religion-In-Life Week this year.
including seminars, fireside dis
cussions, classroom appointments,
personal conferences, daily noon
worship services in 304 Old Main,
and special evening events.
Religion-In-Life Week is spon
sored by the Inter-Religious,
which represents the Catholic,
Protestant, and Jewish faiths.
Gallagher To Speak
The week's program will 'be
launched Sunday at church serv
ices. Buell G. Gallagher, special
consultant to the U.S. Commis
sioner of Education, will speak
at Chapel Service.
Monday through Thursday,
guest leaders will conduct semi
nars on such topics as "The Psy
chology of Brotherhood," "Men,
Women, and God" and "How Can
the College Frate'rnity Promote
Brotherhood?"
Fireside discussions will be
held at fraternities and dormi
tories, with individual groups
selecting the guest leaders they
wish.'
Guest leaders are available for
personal conferences during their
unscheduled periods. All appoint
ments must be made in 304 Old
Main. •
, Film Special Event
One ,of the_ §peciat evening
everits — of - Religiori-lii-Life Week
is the film, "One God: the Ways
We Worship. Him," to be shown
in Schwab Auditorium, Monday
at 8 p.m. Bayard Rustin, director
of College Work, Fellowship of
Reconciliation, will speak on "The
Religious Imperative of Brother
hood."
A Faculty Luncheon in obser
ance of Religion-In-Life Week
will be held at the Presbyterian
Church on Wednesday, March 8
at noon. A panel will discuss
"World Peace and You."
College Will Refuse
To Charter Restrictive
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Race, Religion, Creed Restrictions
In Constitutions Will Bar Acceptance .
Petitioning organizations at the College are no longer
eligible to receive a charter if their constitutions contain any
clauses restricting membership because of race, religion, or
creed.
The Senate Committee on Student Welfare yesterday
announced they had passed a motion introduced by Dean of
Dr. H. K. Wilson
FC Shelves
mport Code
fiction
Council took no
dction Wednesday night on a pro
posed .import housing code which
was passed earlier this week by
the Senate Committee, on, Student
WeMie:
Although the code has not been
released by H. W, Perkins, assist
ant'dean of men, who headed the
committee which formulated it, it
was brought out at IFC meeting
that imported women would be
subject to WSGA regulations.
Proposed Plans
Four different plans would be
available to fraternities which
would house imports in separate
uortions of fraternity houses, in
vacant rooms in the women's dor
mitories, or in town houses.
IFC also approved a 25 cent per
capita tax which would be added
to fees next fall. The extra charge,
intended to assist independent
organizations, would go to either
IFC,. Panhellenic Council, Leon
ides, or the Association of Inde
pendent Men, depending on which
organization the student belongs
to.
Defers Requirement
The Council ruled that the re
quirement in the rushing code
which requires a 1.0 average for
initiation does not go into effect
until next fall.
Otto Grupp was appointed
chairman of the IFC sing, and
Alan 'Uhl was named to make . a
survey to formulate a. code for
study rules.
Late (W) News, Courtesy WMAJ
Court Clears UMW
n Contempt Case
WASHINGTON The United
Mine Workers Union has been
cleared of contempt charges in
Federal Court. The surprise ver
dict has prompted new demands
by' congressmen that the govern
ment do something, and do it
quickly, to end the coal crisis.
Truman To Stay Home
President Truman says that he
will never go to Moscow on a
peace mission as long as he is
president: He says he has no ob
jection to any moves to end the
cold war, however, and is still
willing to hold peace talks—in
Washington.
Collegian Move-Up
Betty Worth was promoted yes
terday to the Junior Board busi
ness section of the advertising
staff of the Daily Collegian, an
nounced Marlin A. Weaver, Busi
ness Manager. w
Organizations
Men H. K. Wilson, which
would deny a charter to oper
ate at Penn State to any social
or professional group with
such a restrictive clause in its
constitution. Bona fide religious
groups not founded for the pur
pose of religious discrimination
are exempt from the new order.
At the same time the committee
unanimously approved a petition
by members of the Penn State
Commerce Club to affiliate them
selves with Alpha Kappa Psi, na
tional commerce fraternity. which
has a clause' in its constitution
restricting membership to "white
gentiles."
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The charter was granted to the
local Alpha Kappa Psi chapter at
the same meeting, but before the
motion which would outlaw simi
lar groups, was passed.
Text of the motion passed by
the committee and, approved by
the Council Administration, com
posed of the deans of the several
schools and the assistants to the
president, states:
` , The Committee on Student
Welfare approves a policy that
after February 24, 1950, no peti
tioning organization with restric
tive membership clauses as •to
race, religion, or creed shall be
granted a charter to operate at
Penn State.
"It is understood that the com
mittee will give consideration to
the merits of bona fide religious
groups not founded for the pur
pose of religious discrimination."
(The Senate Committee on Stu
dent Welfare must approve and
(Continued on page two)
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Senior Ball
Seniors are requested to sub
mit their choices for a dance
band for this year's Senior Ball;
at the Student Union desk in
Old Main today, tomorrow and
Monday. Bands available, ac-,.
cording to Sam Casey, dance
chairman are: Harr y James,
Charlie Spivak, Carmen Caval
lero, Blue Barron, Skitch Hen
derson, Gene Krupa, Glen Gray,
Louis Prima, Elliot Lawrence,
Shep Fields, Sammy Kaye,
Johnny Long, Hal Mclntyre.,
Duke Ellington and Boyd Rae
burn.
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The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the members of the Sen
ate Committee on Student Wel
fare.
Last Friday the committee
passed a motion forbidding fu
ture petitioning groups, with
restrictive membership clauses
in their constitutions, a charter
to operate officially at the Col
lege.
Thus the group put into writ
ing the unwritten policy it has
tried to maintain.
The Lion hails the action as
a great step forward in the
gradual elimination of racial
and religious intolerance at the
College and roars for the com•
milie) which passed it.