rat 4 _ , • f 11, Today's Weather: Who's Next? r Ba t ty An ti rgtatt Partly Cloudy and warmer "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 - NO. 94 Grid Spot Draws A • plicants Cabinet Report Upholds Health Inadequacy Bias t Charges made last month by Interfraternity Council President Peter Giesey that College health facilities are in adequate were upheld at a recent meeting of All-College Cabinet. • Michael Cantwell, chairman of the health committee ap pointed to investigate the situation, told Cabinet that Dis. pensary and. Infirmary facili ties are overloaded but added that plans have been made to improve some of the medical facilities. Also considered at the meetin, Samuel Hostetter were a ring distribution plan, a literary-photo magazine consti tution, and a new fee assessment. • Wings To Be Added 'Two wings are to be added to the College Infirmary part of one wing to contain the Dis pensary, Cantwell said. Samuel K. Hostetter, assistant to the president in charge of business and,, finance, informed Cantwell that plans call for the start of construction work in late May or early. June. Completion of the project is expected within 18 months of that date. , One-half million dollars origin ally was allotted in 1938 toward financing construction of the ad ditions. • The - • committee chairman said that funds for purchase of an ambulance are included in. the Infirmary construction appropri ations. At present, he said, a (Continued on page six) , Dramatics, Music To Mark International Theater Month Dramatic, musical, and dance entertainment will be presented tomorrow night in Schwab auditorium by several campus groups to observe International Theater month. No admission will be charged for the program, beginning at 8 pail. It is part of a general project to foster international goodwill through the theater arts which is AIM Dance Called Success By Davis The Association of •Independent Men's experimental dance held in Recreation Hall after the sports events Saturday night was termed a success by Robert Davis. AIM president, even though $20425 was lost. • Davis, who served as a one man committee to arrange the affair, estimated that 400 ,persons attended, of which one-third to one-half were fraternity men. He said this seemed to prove that there was a need for this type of affair at the College. AIM intends to continue the post-sports dances next winter. A11:•College 'Cabinet had voted list week to ow ang laic lachissed. Debaters Take Second Title In Two Weeks Men's Debate team won its second championship in as many weeks when it swept a tourna ment at Washington and Jeffer son College Friday- and Satur day. • This not only entitled the team to retain a 'gold cup it had won at W and .1 last year but also marked the second consecutive week it had won a tournament by remaining unbeaten. Last week the debaters won a tourna ment at Mt. Mercy, also for the second straight year. Negative team of Richard Schweiker and Peter Giesey and the affirmative of Clair George and Marlin Brenner were both undefeated in five debates. Gie sey and Schweiker were mem bers ,of the team which won• this same cup at last year's tourna ment. Schools whose teams were de feated by the College debaters are: University of Pittsburgh men and women, Carnegie In-. stitute of Technology, Ohio State, Temple and Mt. Mercy. Second place went to four schools each of which had six victories out of ten debates. They were: Ohio State, Carnegie Tech, Pitt men and Westminster. Usual procedure for this W and J invitational Debating Tournament is to have the af firmative and negative teams with the most victories meet for the championship. Since both of these teams this year were from the College,- it Vas decided that they need not meet. To retain this cup permanent ly, a team from the College must win the tournament. once more. 'This week the debaters travel to Pittsburgh for a state tourna ment. backed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul tural Organizations. A one-acct play, "Open Secret," by Dr. Louis Ridenhour, will be presented by seven members of Theta Alpha Phi, men's dramatics honorary. Taking part in the play, which depicts what happens to an atomic physicist working for the Army, are Donald Holland, William Sullivan,Edwin Lefko with, Walter Vail, Larry Buchart, Robert Stryker, and Robert Reif sneider, assistant professor of dramatics. A scene from the film, "Home of the Brave," will be presented under the direction of Mesrop Kesdekian. The • cast includes James Ambandoe,--Charles Wil liams, Francis Fatsie, Walter Eckley, and Charles Schulte. Baritone Leroy Hinkle, ac companied at the piano by Gay Brunner, will sing "Sweignung" (Strausq), "Psyche" (Paladilhe), and "Caro Bilio Ben" (Giordani). STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1950 Seminars Lead Religion-In-Life Week Program Guest Leaders Confer With Students Today Seminars at 11 a.m: and 4:10 p.m. highlight today's program for Religion-In-Life Week. The theme, "What Price Broth er hood?" forms the basis for the talks which continue through Thursday. ' Margaret Flory, William Shep ard, and Robert Smoot will con sider "International Community versus Atomic Madness" in the northwest lounge of Atherton Hall at 11 a.m, "How Can the College Frater nity Promote Brotherhood?" will be discussed by Parker Burroughs, Jean Giingle, and Dorothy Nei man in 304 Old Main at 4:10 p.m. At the same time, Joseph Bayly, Gail Norris, and William Ying ling will lead discussion on "Men, Women, and God" at McElwain Hall. Tonight a supper and discus sion for the Cabinets of, Inter- Church Student Fellowship mem ber groups will• feature "Christian Strategy on the Campus" led by Margaret Flory and Robert James. This program will be from 5:30 to 8' p.m. at the Faith Evan gelical and Reformed Church. Other phases• of today's sched ule include the classroom appoint ments and personal conferences with the guest leaders from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This evening, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., fireside discussions will continue in the fraternities and dormitories. A radio broadcast at 7:45 p.m. featuring Lexie Ferrell, Henry Kagan, and William Ying ling, will end today's program. Tomorrow, a Religion-In-Life Week luncheon will be held in the Presbyterian Church at noon. A, panel discussion on "World Peace and You" will feature Mar garet Flory, Henry Kagan, and Hilda Koch. Tickets are 85 'cents and may be purchased from Prof. Marion McDowell, 119 a Home Ec; Prof. M. E. John, 4 Hort; Prof. Bertram Kessel, 204 Moffat Cot tage, and at the PSCA office in 304 Old Main. Ha'ndbook Editors Call Staff Meeting . Students interested in cartoon ing and writing for a new Stu dent Government Handbook, to make its first appearance this semester, have been asked to attend .a meeting in Room 2, Car negie Hall at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Ralph Lewis, editor of the handbook, has emphasized the fact that experience is not nec essary and that low semester students are urged to attend to morrow night's meeting. Open ings exists in all departments, Lewis added. This will be the first time a magazine of this type will be issued at the College and it will cover the functions and history of campus organizations, it was stated. The magazine will appear late this semester, the editor said yesterday, and it 'will be distri buted free to freshmen and sophomores this year and to stu dents at registration in the fall ; An All-College grant was made to finance the handbook. NAACP An organizational and busi ness meeting of the campus chap ter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held in 418 Old. Main at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Inter ested persons have been invited to attend. No Successor Is Named To Bederik-Vacated Post Applications are already coming in for the Penn State head football coaching position vacated by Joe Bedenk in a surprise development over the weekend. 'ii'• .; iBiv:'oSit:~w'~t~:it.':?...~:::;i%:!:~~".rs:... ^.54~:_:?.;.~ Joseph Bedenk Dußois Warns Negro Problem Tests Democracy The Negro problem is a crucial test of democracy, W. E. B. Du- Bois, historian and sociologist, warned Friday night. Dr. Dußois spoke before a ca pacity audience in 121 Sparks. His speech, "The American Negro in the 20th Century," was the keynote .address of Negro History Week, which ended its observance at the College Sunday. Modern democracy cannot suc ceed, Dr. Dußois declared, unless all races ,and creeds can integrate themselves and live together on an equal basis. Despite improve ments in their situation since 1901, he said, most Negroes still live in the lower levels of society. Problem of Color Line "The problem of the 20th Cen tury," Dr. Dußois said, "is the problem of the color line." He listed as objectives in the fight to break the color line the securing of the right to 'vote, bet ter education, a free press, civil rights and social equality. America is not a successful de mocracy, he said, and is disliked abroad for its pretensions. , He criticized Negroes who ac lept what is bad in the American race as well as what is good, es necially those who hope to end the color problem by following "the American pattern of accu -milating wealth." With the majority of their fel lows living on the edge of 130V 'arty, Dr. Dußois said, the Negro cannot support the United States as a .successful democracy, but at the same time they do not want to appear subversive. West Dorm Blaze Checked in Time A fire, which authorities report ?ould have done extensive dam age to the new men's dormitory buildings and to Watts Hall, was checked soon enough Saturday by the Alpha Fire Company at the height of noon-time campus traffic. The blaze, caused by a heating unit being used to warm the con -rete used in the construction of the new dorms, threatened to mount from the basement into the top floors and to the roof, The 'lames were confined, however, to the area where the new struc ture joins Watts Hall. By 808 KOTZBAUER Dean Carl P. Schott of the School of Physical Education and Athletics said yesterday that he already was receiving long-distance telephone calls and telegrams from applicants inter ested in the position. According to Dean Schott, "No successor has been named. Appli cations are being received and these along with any candidates we can investigate on our own will be considered in the final selection." In the meantime, the athletic advisory board has approved a plan to place Earl Bruce, fresh man mentor, now at California State Teachers College, in charge of spring practice. • Bruce will arrive at the Col lege early next week to call for candidates and to begin drills. Bruce, for nine years head coach at Brownsville High School, was added to the staff by Bob Higgins, then was assigned to California as freshman coach when Penn State instituted the plan whereby all first year stu dents spend their freshman year at teachers' colleges and other co operating institutions through out Pennsylvania. Came As Surprise Bedenk's resignation evidently came as a surprise to everyone concerned. He made it clear he reached the decision reluctantly, and explained that his withdrawal from football was prompted sole ly by the conviction that the dual burden was "too much for one man." The genial, 53-year-old, mentor will continue as head baseball coach at the College, but he has severed all connections with foot ball. He was line coach for 20 years here, 19 of them under Bob Higgins who resigned the head coaching position last year, but he .said yesterday that he was not in line for any football coaching position again. Bedenk's four aides, Al Mich aels, Jim O'Hora, Sever Toretti and Frank Patrick will assist (Continued on page four) Today . . . ::..:. : • i ',' •. ! k ';:' '"\" s* „.,:".„4`0, ' \. ' ' . ''''' • Ori- 1 .' , ~'*n,,'"tV4R .!i., e ~,,::.:- ~..• • ~. ~ The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the students who made the Dean's list of the various schools last semester. In today's Daily Collegian (p. 6) the first list of 32 MI honor students is announced. In succeeding days the re mainder of the scholastic elite will be printed on the Col legian's pages.. For those of his charges who have proved their academic worth, the Lion today lustily roars a scholarly, "well done." May the list be increased ten fold this semester. PRICE FIVE CENTS Bruce In Charge Four Aides Assist
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