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"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
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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.
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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
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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