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VOL. 50 - NO. 101
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Annual Debate
Meetings Begin
Here Tomorrow
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Debaters from 25 colleges will
begin arriving on, campus' today
for the opening of their 15th an
nual convention at the College,
sponsored 'by the men's.' debate
squad. •
Before the 'coriventiori offiCially
opens tomorrow' morning, — Penn
State's women dOaters will spon
sor a round of debates for early
arrivars beginning' at 7 o'clock
tonight. Debating , - the natiopal.
topic on nationalizing., industries,
teams will pair• off in more than
12 rooms in Sparks.
Prof. Clayton Schug 'and- Chris . -
tine Altenburger,. women's - debate
manager, will preside over this
pre-convention session, which is
open to the public... -
To •Air Program
WMAJ will .carry a prcigram at
9:15 tonight ,in. which Prof,J. P.
O'Brien,
,men's debate coach,• will
interview representatives from
each of the colleges...
The convention itself is a mock
congress. Membeis are divided
into three committees which con
sider bills to be presented: before
an assembly: of the entire group:
Representing the College from.
men's and women's'debate teams
on these 'committees are: Rose
mary Delahailty," Patricia -Hatha
way, David Lewis and Harry Kon
dourajian for domestic economic
policy;. Christine Altenburger,
Joanne Esterly, Shirley Gallag,
her, Carol Siswein, 'Joel Fleming,
Jack Boddington,-David •,Christo
pher and Roger 'Dietz on two
committees considering foreign
policy for. the Orient. ,
Gavel Girl
Each committee will nominate
one , of its women members for
the title of "Gavel Girl." Selec
tions• are made on the basis of
outstanding work done in com
mittee and for personal charm.
Girls nominated will deliver a
five minute speech at a banquet
for all the members tomorrow
night. Their subject will be "The
year 2000—promise or threat."
On the basis of this speech the
"Gavel Girl" will be chosen by
majority vote and presented with
a silver gavel necklace.
Following the banquet and on
Saturday, morning open sessions
will be held in Sparks. These
will be for final consideration of
committee bills.
Dairy Science Club
Plans for Jhe Dairy Exposition
on Mareh 30 will be made at. a
meeting of the Dairy Science
Club in 117 Dairy Building at 7
&Clock- tonight. •
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Finalists Chosen
In - Queen Contest
Connoisseurs oil. beauty will have their chance to see how their
opinions stack up with the rest of the College as the balloting for
the campus Sweater Queen begins today.
The two finalists, in the contest are Phyllis Vorsheim, and Made
line Gardner. .
Miss Vorsheim was sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega while Miss
Gardner was entered by Zeta Beta
Tau.
Miss Vorsheim, a 5 1 9" brunette,
is a sophomore in music educa
tion. •
Miss Gardner, a brunette stand=
ing.:s'3" is a junior in the school
of Education and _is a native of
Harrisburg. She, is a member of
the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
Fill-in ballots, to be used in
naming the winner from the two
finalists pictured above, must bb
mailed: to the. Collegian, Box 261,
before midnight 'Sunday. The girl
receiving the greatest number of
ballots will be. declared the win
ner by the- five-man panel that
decided upon the two finalists.
The winner of the contest will
be announced in Tuesday's issue
of the Daily Collegian. She will
receive gifts from the Lion Studio,
Dank's, Crabtree's, Meriv ale,
Woodring's, the Smart Shop,
Candy Cane, State College Beauty
Shop, Balfour's, Rea & Derick's,
Alice and Don's Beauty Shop,
Blair's; Schlow's, Mitchell,, the
Charles Shop, and Kalin's.
Players
Of 'Life
Players ran through the final
dress rehearsal last night in prep
aration for the opening of "Life
with Father" tonight at 8 o'clock
in Schwab auditorium.
The Howard Lindsay-Russel
Crouse comedy about the turbu
lent Day family will run three
nights under the direction of
Kelly Yeaton. Good tickets' for
all three performances still are
available at the Student Union
desk in Old Main; price for to
day s tickets is 60 cents; for to
morrow and Saturday's shows,
the cost will be $l.
Appearing as "Father," domi
neering .head of the family, will
be Ralph Johnson, cast in' his
first Playefs role. Formerly hail
ing from Beverly. Mass., Johnson
now resides at State College .and
is a senior in hot7l administra
tion..
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Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
U.S. Promises Help
To Non-Red Asia
SAN- FRANCISCO The non-
Communist countries of Asia have
received an official promise of
American help .in the struggle
against Soviet Communist' imper
ialism, according to Secretary of
State Dean Acheson in a major
policy speech at San Francisco
yesterday.,
Acheson qualified the promise,
however, by saying that Far East
ern loans and grants must oe ap
propriate to the particular situa
tion.
Increase Penalties
WASHINGTON-The House of
Representatives voted yesterday,
368 to 2, to increase the penalties
for violating American security
laws. Under' 'the new measure,
punishment fox' disclosing secret
information will be doubled. The
bill also *extends the statute of
limitations to 10 years.
last appearance in a Players shgw
as "Vinnie," his scatterbrained
wife.
As is usual with dramatics, this
production will have unusual as
pects. A major one is the fact that
the roles of the oldest and younest
boys in the bay family are being
portrayed by students from State
College High school, while the
other two boys are being acted
by College students.
"Clarence," eldest of the boys,
will be played by high-schoOl
student Sheldon' Odland: Louis
Bell will play the youngest boy,
"Harlan."
, The two other sons, "John" and
"Whitney," are portrayed by
Marvin Riesenbach and Donald
Barton, respectively.
Ariother unusual, aspect will be
the absence of wigs from the
heads of the six mexnbers of the
Day, family - In the play, all are
redheads. -but when wigs were
IFC Discusses Plan
To Ban Discrimination
Interfraternity Council discussed a resolution providing sane
tictns against fraternities whose constitutions contain discriminatory
provisions last night. It will be discussed further by the houses this
wc'•k, and action may be taken• at the next meeting of IFC.
John Senior, vice-president of IFC, presented the executive com
mittee resolution, which would provide an Oct. 1, 1952 deadline for
Allen Will Ask
Cabinet To Act
On Restrictions
All-College Cabinet will be
asked to take action on discrimin
ation within campus organiza'
tions when it meets 'tonight. The
recommendation will be present
ed by* Ted Allen, All-College
president, who would not disclose
the nature of the proposal when
contacted yesterday.
Campus-wide attention has been
focused on the problem 'since
early this month when the Senate
Committee on Student Welfare
passed a motion to refuse a char
ter to any new campus organiza
tion having restrictive member
ship clauses.
Prior to this action but at the
same meeting, the committee ap
proved a petition by members of
the Penn State Commerce Club
for affiliation with Alpha .Kappa
Psi, a' national commerce frater
nity which restricts membership
to "white gentiles."
Committee Reports
Cabinet,._ meeting in 304 Old
Main at 8 o'clock, .also will hear
committee reports on school coun
cil coordination, Spring . Week
plans, •and control of class ring
purchases. Proposals for changes
in the All-College Constitution
will be submitted.
Findings of the school council
coordinating ,committee, which is
investigating plans for revamping
council election schedules, will be
presented• by Chairman Elliot
Krane.
-John Senior, Spring Week com
mittee chairman, will submit a
progress report. In the, planning
stage •is a May week of activities
which will include the College's
second annual Spring Carnival
and a houseparty weekend. •
Keller Proposal
Robert ' Keller is expected to
move for dissolution of the new
dorm committee which he headed
in an investigation of the College
housing policy.
Committees for the student • gov
ernment room dedication cere
mony and lor all-college inaugur
ation' day will be = appointed by
Allen.
Opening
Tonight
tried on earlier, they made the
actors "look' like farmers," ac
cording to Yeaton.
So the problem of circumvent
ing the necessity for red hair was
left up to each -actor. All have
had to dye or tint their) haid in
some way to achieve the desired
effect.
A principal difficulty in staging
the play lay in finding good per
iod properties; the comedy is laid
in the 19th century and properties
for the period were scarce. Find
ing a dining room set was one of
the major problems.
Others in the cast are: "Cora,"
Ruth Johnson; "Mary. Skinner,"
Barbara Clopp; "ReV. , Dr. Lloyd,"
Nicholas Morkides; "Dr. Hum
phries," Richard Evans; "Pr.
Sommers," Fred Lexchner; "Mar
garet," Joan Lee; "Annie," Lois
Pulver;. "Della," Seena Herzog;
"Nora,' Helen Jaskol, awl, "Mag
gie," - Barbara Tex.
By STAN DEGLER
the removal of such clauses. Fra
ternities failing to comply would
lose the "rights and privileges" of
the organization.
Senior termed the resolution
"just an experiment" saying that
IFC is "not trying to ram down"
the proposal on the local chapters
and that reform should come from
within the fraternities them
selves." He also said that the time
limit is to insure prompt action
and that if it is adopted, houses
will retain the "right and pi vi
lege to pledge anyone they want."
No mention was made in the
resolution of Alpha Kappa Psi,
professional commerce fraternity,
chartered several weeks ago by
the Senate Committee on Student
Welfare. Its constitution contains
a clause restricting membership
to "Christians and members of the
Caucasian race."
However, it seems clear that
the discussion of the last few
weeks had precipitated IFC's• con
sideration of discrimination.
The Senate Committee adopted
a policy of refusing to charter
any organization which has a dis
criminatory constitution, after. ap
proving Alpha Kappa Psi. Meni
bers of the commerce fraternity
have announced their intention
of working for the removal of
the restrictive 'clause, which is
in the national constitution. •
The National Association• for
the Advancement of Colored
People, Penn State Christian
Association, and the faculty 'of the
department of economics and
commerce, have expressed dis
approval of the charter grant. IFC
also opposed -such clauses in a
straw vote earlier this year.
NAACP Advocates
Action on AKPsi
Text of a letter urging the
Senate Committee on , Student
Welfare to rescind the charter, of
Alpha Kappa Psi ,because it re
stricts membership, was released
yesterday by the College's
NAACP chapter.
The letter said the Senate's ac
tion' in approving the charter was
"hostile to the democratic ideals
of equal opportunity." NAACP
President Julian Cook reported
yesterday that his organization
was planning a "vigorous cam
paign" on this issue.
News Briefs
Language Lecture
"A Layman's Plato," a discus
sion of the classics from a lay
man's point of view, will be pre
sented in 121 Sparks at 8 o'clock
tonight , by Ralph Merriam, Chi
cago attorney, lecturer, and edu
cator.
The lecture is sponsored by the
classical languages department of
the College.
Tennis Candidates
There will be a meeting for all
candidates for the asst. manager
ship of tennis at Rec Hall at 7
o'clock tonight.
FTA-SEA Meeting
There will be a social and busi
ness meeting of the Future Teach
ers' of America (Secondary Edu
cation Association) in 405 Old
Main tonight. at 7 o'clock.
NSA Meeting
NSA will hold a meeting in 130
Sparks tonight at 7 o'clock. Spec
ial committee reports will be giv
en. Anyone interested may attend.
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