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VOL. 50 - NO. 111
NCAA Boxi
College boxing's two lop-ranking heavyweights 'are shown above as they' compare weights. On
the scales is Penn State's Charles (Chuck) Drazenovich while Marty Crandell of Syracuse looks on.
On the left is Roy Simmons, coach of the Syracuse boxing team•and right. Eddie Sulkowski, coach
of the State boxers. The picture was taken on the eve of the National Collegiate championships
which open today at Recreation Hall. Crandell is defending NCAA champion while Drazenovich,
three time. Eastern titlist, is the number one.cont ender.
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College, policy on athletics and the football coaching
situation in particular has received a verbal brickbat from
Druids, honorary hat society for sophomore athletes.
At the same time that the organization released a 450-
word statement urging prompt action on the selection of a
big-time football coach, increased support of athletics, and
IFC Advocates
Clause Removal
By STAN .DEGLER
Interfraternity council passed
a resolution opposing discrimina
tory clauses in constitutions of
social fraternities last night by a
26 to 12 vote, with six fraterni
ties abstaining and five absent..
The plan provides for action by
indiVidual fraternities and for an
nual reports to IFC by the fra
.ternities whose constitutions con
tain such clauses. No method of
coercion is provided, however.
Before the vote the resolution
was• criticised by various mem
bers as "lip-service" and an effort
"to placate critics."
IFC President Peter Giesey re
plied that the resolution was not
to be regarded as lip-service, but
that the action is persuasive. Vice
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Choir To Present
Cantata By Bach
"Christ - Lay in Death's Dark
Prison," cantata •by Bach, will be
presented by the Chapel Choir
at the annual Easter musical
services in Schwab Auditorium
Sunday. •
The services will start at 11
a.m. and 8 p.m. Doors will be
opened , one-half hour before the
scheduled' performances and will
be closed when all seats are
taken.
Directed by Prof. Willa Tay
lor, the choir will be accom
panied by- Prof. George Ceiga,
chapel organist, and members of
the College. Symphony Orchestra
under Prof. Theodure Karhan.
The program • commemorates
the 200th anniversary of the death
of Bach, and will include a total
at five of - leis compositions.
'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1950
and No. 1 Contender
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the expansion of the athletic
physical plant, it also disclosed
plans to secure at least 5,000
names to a petition calling
upon the College to "act now.
Copies of the statement have
been sent to James., Milholland,
acting-president of the College;
Dr Milton Eisenhower, president-
The football coaching situa
tion, pointed up this week by a
tag campaign, will be discussed
,tonight before All-College Cabi
net at its meeting in 201 Old
Main.
Morton Snitzer, president of
the Skull and Bones, hat society
which instigated . the tag cam
paign, and Harry Kondoura
jian, junior class president, have
placed the subject on the agen
da. Discussion of a recommen
dation for an amendment of the
Senate discrimination policy is
also slated for tonight.
elect of the College, and Dr. Carl
Schott, dean of the School of
Physical Education , and Athletics.
Meet With Cabinet
In addition. Druids announced
its intention lo send two repre
sentatives to tonight's meeting of
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College Plans Road
To Ease Traffic
Saturday night congestion on
Shortlidge •road in front of the
new women's dorms may soon be
eliminated, according to Captain
Philip A. Mark, head of campus
patrol.
Captain Mark anounced yester
day that a new•road will be con
structed through the Windcrest
area as soon as the trailers are
vacated. This is calculated to cur
tail. use of Shortlidge• road,.
Easter • • • .
Eager Kiddies
To Seek Eggs
Alpha Phi Omega's second an
nual Easter Egg Hunt for 400
Windcrest children will be staged
in front' of Old Main at 2 p.m.
Saturday. Chairman Russell Mc-
Lauchlin stated, however, that
town children also are invited to
hunt the two crates of eggs hid
den on the front campus.
Collection boxes have been
placed at the Student Union desk
in Old Main and in the Nittany
dining halls where students may
contribute to the project. Other
organizations supporting the na
tional service honorary fraterni
ty's egg hunt are:
Leonides, Faith Reformed
Church couples club, Methodist
Church 'women's circle, Baptist
couples club, and the Penn State
Christian Association.
McLauchlin Said prizes will be
given for finding certain ei / ps and
each child will receive a bag of
candy.
Fleming Captures
Prize in Contest
Joel Fleming, a senior in arts
and letters, was awarded first
place in the James Madison Ora
torical contest. The prize is a $25
Savings Bond.
This also qualifies him for the
regional' semi-finals to be held
April 28 at West Point. where an
entrant for the finals in New Yank
will be chosen. The contest at the
College was sponsored jointly by
the speech department and the
New York Journal-American.
Judge Bean P
"Judge Roy Bean," grand chtm
pion steer of the 1949 Internation
al Livestock Exposition at Chi
cago, will be
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e dispd. o a?i e.g a e t
. . A .e e cattle .
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3 7•• barn until
noon today.
The famous
Hereford,
which arrived
. , at the College
b y ,chartered
plane Tuesday has been seen by
many students from the College
Boxers
In 13th
The gala extravaganza of collegiate boxing, the 13th
annual NCAA boxing tournament ; commences today at 2 p.m.
at Rec Hall.
Preliminary boUts are scheduled for this afternoon and
tonight. Semi-finals are slated for tomorrow night while the
crowning of champions will occur Saturday night.
Fifty - seven battlers, th e
cream of the crop represent.
ing 16 colleges and universi
ties all over the United States,
will be vying for national
boxing laurels.
Penn State will be the host
school for the third time. The
first NCAA tournament was held
at Rec Hall in 1932, the Lions
copping team honors that year.
The Nittany school was host
again in 1941. That year 66 con
testants vied for crowns, an entry
record which still stands.
Empty Seat
Adrn. Expected
To Make Plea
For Big Navy
An urgent plea for reconsad- .
eration of the Navy's role in our
national defenses is expected to
be the substance of the talk by
Adm. Louis E. Denfeld tonight.
Scheduled to speak in Schwab
auditorium at 8 o'clock, his sub
ject will be "What Is Your Navy
Worth Now?" Since last October
he has been criticising harshly
the Army and Air Force, whom
he says are trying to cut the
Navy to a dangerous point.
He 'is currently on a spealcing
tour stressing the need for an
enlightened public on the require
ments of the three armed services.
Denfeld, former Chief of Naval
Operations, has indicated he will
analyze the Russian Navy and its
reported building program, as
well as the effect of the atomic
and hydrogen bombs on naval
warfare.
His • talk, sponsored •by the
Community Forum, is unusually
timely in that Gen. Dwight Eisen
hower was called to Washington
this week to testify on the coun
try's defenses. In Germany, Den
feld's successor as Chief of Na
val Operations, Adm. Forrest P.
Sherman, said recently the U. S.
Navy is "not completely adequate
to meet all the requirements of
war."
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
Expect Truman
File Defense
KEY WEST, Fla.—An historic
court test may be in the making
over the right of the president to
withhold federal loyalty files from
Congress. Few members of Con
gress think there is much chance
of forcing - the president to yield
if the case ever comes to a show
down. At his headquarters here,
Mr. Truman has made it clear he
will fight all attempts to get the
confidential files.
Unemployment Problem
PITTSBURGH—CIO President
Philip Murray estimated yester
day, while surveying the national
unemployment, that total United
States unemployment is at more
than 4 1 / 4 million. He stated as one
of the reasons the fact that in
dustry is not absorbing the 750,L
000 youngsters who leave school
each year in a hunt for jobs.
'Expensive' Cigars
PORTSMOUTH, England—Al
bert Edward Lofting has admitted
sending 12,000 cigars in food
packages to himself from New
York. Though tobacco is heavily
taxed in England, the "cheap"
smokes turned out to be expen
sive. The court fined him 2,000
pounds and sentenced him to four
months in prison.
Lutheran Students
The Traditional Lutheran Stu
dent Easter communion-breakfast
will be held at the LSA house,
412 W. College Ave., 6:30 a.m.,
Monday.
esides in Barn
and surrounding schools.
Bought by the Dearborn Mo
tors of Detroit, national market
ing organization for the Ford
Tractor an d Dearborn Farm
Equipment, the "Judge" has bElen
flown to all parts of the nation
in the last few months.
Arrangements for the animal's
visit to the College were made
jointly by Prof. F. L. Bentley,
head of the department of ani
mal husbandry, and William J.
Tucker, adviser for vocational
agriculture programs of Centre
and Clearfield counties.
Vie for Honors
NCAA Tourney
By GEORGE VADASZ
There'll be an empty seat at
ringside during this year's
championships.
Leo Houck, Penn State's boxing
coach for 27 years who died on
January 21, will be missing from
the ring apron.
In deference to his memory
ti is year's tournament is dedi
cated.
Dr. William J. Bleckwenn,
chairman of the NCAA rules
committee, expressed the hope
today that the tourney would
prove a true memorial "which
shall be forever dear to those of
us who were priveleged to know
and be with Leo Houck."
Trophies
Four trophies will be presented
at the conclusion of battling Sat
urday night.
To the team, walking off with
championship honors, will go the
John J. Walsh Trophy while the
John S. Larowe Memorial Trot))ly
will be presented to the out•
standing boxer of the tourney,.
In memory of the late Lion
coach, a Leo Houck Memorial
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Reading Finals
Set for Today
Final tryouts for the Pennsyl
vania Inter-collegiate Reading
Festival will be held at 1 o'clock
this afternoon in Willard Hall.
Competing finalists are: James
Beaver, Phyllis Brenckman, Don
ald Carlson, Donald Colbert,
Madeline Gardner, Shirley Gal
lagher, Ruth Johnson, Ann Jones,
William McCarty, Harriet silver
man, Mary Ellen Vannan and Dan
Wargo.
Each person will read a play
scene, a short story, a long poem
and a group of poems. Four will
be selected for the reading festi
val to be held later this semester.
and one for the Eastern,States
Inter-collegiate Poetry Reading
Festival.
Members of the speech depart.
ment will act as judges.
Schools Can Aid
Handicapped Child
The school building used for
classes for handicapped child
ren is a key factor in the de
velopment of the child as a self
sufficient member of society,
says Christine F. Salmon, assist
ant professor of housing and
home art at the College.
Mrs. Salmon says that depend
ing upon the features of the
building can either aid the child
to a feeling of independence or
can block development of such
a feeling.
"The idea is to construct the
school building in such a way
that everything is accessible to
the child through his own ef
forts," explains Mrs. Salmon.
"This gives him confidence which
will carry over when lie takes
his place in society."
Society Automotive Eng.
At this week's meeting the
following officers were elected:
president, Robert Crowe; vice
president, Parker Creep; treas
urer, Dean McGahey; correspond
ing secretary, Richard Zahner;
r e cording t secretary. Po:4mnd
Price Jr.