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VOL. 50 - NO. 115
Debaters Capture .
Notional Tournament
Instead of taking an Easter vacation, ten College debaters
went to the Grand National Tournament at Fredericksburg,
Va., last Week and won the National Championship, the
National Women's Championship, and five individual nation
al championships.
Affirmative speakers Clair George and Marlin Brenner
and negative speakers Peter
Giesey and Richard Schweiker
of the Men's Debate Squad tied
with the University of Vermont
and Carnegie Tech for the 1950
national championship.
Squad Members
They defeated . Washington Col
lege; Dartmouth, Youngstown
College, and Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, and lost to the University
of South Carolina, in addition to
atie contest with Carnegie Tech.
Members of the Women's De
bate Squad, affirmative speakers
Shirley Gallagher and Barbara
Schiffman, and negative speakers
chTistine Altenburger and Rose
mary Delahanty, are the Grand
National Women's champions.
All teams at the tournament
competed with each other, with
no special division for women
speakers in debate. The. College
women and the Carleton College
men • were next in line after, the
. ,
three top teams.
Individual Ranks
The women's squad defeated
Carnegie Tech, Mars Hill College,
Wirigate College, Syracuse Uni
versity, and University of Roches
ter, and lost to Carleton College
and the ;University. of Vermont.
In the individual ranks, Clair
George is the national champion
in after-dinner speaking, David
Lewis in declamation, Joel Flem
ing in discussion, Shirley Gallag
her in address reading, and Rose
mary • Delahanty in impromptu
speaking.
Thirty-six teams competed in
the tournament, which was held
at Mary Washington College.
The College Men are coached
by Prof. J. F. O'Brien, the wo
men by Prof. Clayton H. 'Schug.
Phone Contest
Begins Tonight
If • your phone rings tonight
around 7 o'clock, be prepared to
answer a question pertaining to
the College. A correct, answer
will win you two packs of
Chesterfields.
A telephone quiz contest,
sponsored by the • Chesterfield
Cigarette Company and conduct
ed at the. College by_ Leonard
Allen and Seymour. Barash in
connection with the Daily Col
legian; will start tonight and
continue every Wednesday night
until the end of the present se
mester.
Three names will be selected
from the Student Directory, and
these students will be contacted
by phone. In the event that any
of the persons called are not at
home, other names will be se
lected. Three persons must be
contacted each week.
According to Allen, the ques
tions asked will not be difficUlt,
nor will there be any trick ques
tions. In case the student con
tacted cannot answer the ques
tiort the prize of two packs of
Chesterfields will be added to
the next week's prize.
Winners names will be pub
lished in the Daily Collegian
each week. The prizes may be
picked up in the Collegian of
fice.
*Today's Weather
Partly Cloudy,
Windy, Colder
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE'
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1950
Two Students
Hurt in Crash
Outside Easton
Two College students were in
jured seriously Tuesday when
their car left the road and struck
a telephone pole four miles north
of Easton ..at 2:30 a.m.
Joseph Garbrick of Bellefonte,
a sophomore, is in Temple Uni
versity Hospital with a fractur
ed skull. William Lesko, a. sen
ior •in Journalism from Easton,
is in the Easton Hospital suf
fering froth general body con
cusions and internal injuries.
His condition was described as
critical.
The accident occurred while
the two were returning to school
after spending the Easter recess
at Lesko's home. The car left
the road when Garbrick ap
parently lost* control' while pass
ing a i light truck on an open
stretch of road , ori ... ioute 611.
The car struck a pole which
I it broke in three pieces, struck
a bank, - flew into the air and
landed on its roof in the center
of the road. It came to a stop
right;side up on the left side of
the' ro.id. - "The car was demolish
ed.
St. John'To Speak
At Forum Monday
Robert St. John, newspaper
and radio teporter, author and
lecturer, will present the final
Community For u m program
Monday night. His subject will
be "Tito vs. Stalin."
St. John replaces Senator Sty
les Bridges, who was forced to
cancel an earlier engagement be
cause of illness 'and has - not been
able to schedule another date.
The talk Monday will be St
John's third at the College.
Tickets for the lecture are on
sale at the Student Union desk
in Old Main. i They are priced
at $l. Season ticket holders will
use stub "E" marked for the
April lecture.
Wahl, Friedman Star
In Players' New Show
Anne Wahl and Regina Friedman have received the leading
roles in Players' production of "Yes, My Darling Daughter," to open
Friday at Center . Stage.
The Mark Reed romantic sophisticated comedy will run Friday
and Saturday nights for six weeks. Tickets now are on sale at the
Student Union desk. .
Miss Wahl, who plays "Mrs.
Murray," a woman writer with
modern propensities, previously
appeared in "Kind Lady" and has
worked with the Town and Nine
theatre group.
Milts Friedman, who portrays
"Ellen," her daughter, also work
ed with Players in "Kind Lady."
Kesdekian—Male Lead .
The male lead of "Mr. Jay
wood" has been assigned to Mes
rop Kesdekian, a graduate as
sistant in dramatics who appear
ed last Spring in "John Loves
Mary." Last Fall he presented
William Saroyan's "Beautiful
People' as his thesis production.
Bryson Craine, a chemistry
ommittee Hea
Joel Fleming
College Plans
Pan-American
Week Activities
The eighth annual celebration
of Pan-American Week, to be ob
served throughout the nation,
will begin at the College and
will continue until next Tues
day.
The committee includes San
dra Marks, Virginia Miller, Doro
thy Leine, Alvano Chaparxo,
Frank Lucia, Ray Evert, Edwin
Norton, Harry Kondourajian,
Robert Davis, William Heinz,
Gerry Roth, Jeannine Bell, Lyn
Levitt, Eileen' Bonnert, Kenneth
Peters, and David Ludwig,
. At the first meeting of this
group, Joel Fleming was elected
chairman, and Pat Bender sec
retary. t
A banquet at the Allencrest
at 7 o'clock tonight will open
the week at the College. Major
George S. Denithorne will dis
cuss "Good Neighbors All," and
Fleming will act as toastmaster.
Tickets for the banquet can be
obtained at Student Union.
Two Spanish plays will be vre
sented by the Spanish Club
Thursday, and a round table dis
cussion will be given over Sta
tion WMAJ on "Must We Have
Pan-Americanism?"
Friday will be %devoted to mu
sic of Pan-America. The feature
of the day will be a dance from
9-12, - sponsored by AIM, Leo
nides, IFC, and Panhel at the
TUB Phi Mu Alpha, music hon
orary, will sponsor a half hour
of Pan-American music o n
WMAJ.
An open meeting of Centro
Interamericano will be held Sun
day night at 7:15 o'clock in Mc-
Elwain Hall. The motion pic
ture "Don Quixote" will be shown
in Spanish at the , Nittany theater
by the International Film Club
Monday and . Tuesday.
major who was seen recently
in "Liliom," will have the other
leading male role of "Doug Hall."
Abram Bernstein, who was in
"John Loves Mary" and "Ah,
Wilderness" and who has had
experience with Thespians, will
portray "Mr. Murray."
Richard Powdrell is under
study for Craine and is schedul
ed to appear as "Hall" in some
of the performances.
Virginia Laudano will portray
the maid, and Francine Toll will
play "Connie."
The production will be under
the direction of Warren Smith,
assistant professor of dramtics.
$8,000,000 Building
Program Approved
By State Authority
Emphasis to be on Facilities
For Agriculture, Engineering
Provision for construction of 14 new buildings on the
campus was made by the General State Authority Tuesday,
April 4, when it approved an $8,000,000 building program at
the College. At the same time, another $582,000 was ear
marked for the purchase of equipment for the newly-con
structed Plant Industries and Mineral. Science buildings.
Estimated costs for the ap
prdved building projects in
clude two new wings to the
mechanical engineering build
ing, $1,162,000; laboratory, work
room, and greenhouses for ag
ricultural research, $294,000; and
completion of the fourth floor
of the Main Engineering Build
ing, $157;000. , The Authority
.gave precedence to facilities
which will augment College re
search and training in agricul
ture and mechanical 'engineer
ing. .
Appropriations
Other appropriations were ap
proved as follows: addition to
Recreation Hall, $1,108,000; com
pletion of Buckhout Laboratory,
$758,000; completion of Burrow
es Building, $1,275,000; addition
to the main library, $1,408,000.
Chemistry storage • building,
$123,000; chemistry laboratory
building, $1,357,000; addition to
Pond Laboratory, $67,000; mod
ernization of two 20-year-old
boilers in the College's heating
plant, $128,000; . extension of
steam lines to new, buildings,
$32,000; extension of electrical
distribution lines, $58,000; and
enlargement of sewer. lines, $39,-
000.
The $582,000 for furnishing the
Plant Industries and Mineral
Science buildings was granted
because these buildings have
been standing idle since comple
tion due to lack of furnishings,
the Authority stated.
Original Request
College authorities originally
requested $15,000,000 for build
ing projects, but ;this was sliced
to $8,000,000 by the General
State Authority. This body gave
precedence to the construction of
new greenhouses because a ma
jor part of the instructional and
research work of the Agricul=
tural School is concerned with
techniques in improving the
fruits, flowers, vegetables, and
field crops of importance to
Pennsylvania farm er s. Three
greenhouses will be built for
use in floriculture and two for
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Honorary Mails
Grid Feast Bids
Invitations have been mailed
for Penn State's tenth Gridiron
Banquet given by Sigma Delta
Chi, profession a 1 journalistic
fraternity, Jack Reen, president,
said today. The banquet was an
annual event before the war, and
was last presented In 1942.
It will be held at the Nittany
Lion Inn at 7 p.m., Monday.
Included on the invitation list
are prominent male undergradu
ates, faculty member s, and
townspeople. Deadline for those
receiving invitations /to procure
tickets at the Student Union
desk in Old Main is noon Sat
urday.
The banquet is strictly non
profit in nature, Reen said. Dress
is formal.
Theme of the banquet is "The
Year One, B.E. (Before Eisen
hower)." Skits satirizing campus
and town situations and person
alities will be presented by mem
bers of the fraternity between
courses.
Annually staged by Sigma Del
ta Chi chapters all over the
country, the Gridiron Banquet is
patterned after that given by the
National Press Club in Wash
ington, D. C.
Profs Dismissal
Raises Academic
Freedom Issue
Albert Einstein Raps
Firing of Lee Lorch
Decision of the College board
of trustees not to renew the con
tract of an assistant professor of
mathematics involved last year
in a fight against discrimination
in a New York apartment pro
ject has raised the question .of
academic freedom here and has
drawn criticism from several
quarters.
Lee Lorch, hired last Fall was
told April 1 by Dean Ben Eu
wema of the School of Liberal
Arts that his contract would not
be renewed next year. No of
ficial reason was given.
Lorch charged in a statement
drawn up with the help of friends
and other members of the math
department that A. 0. Morse,
assistant to the president, ques
tioned him on March 24 on be
half of the trustees concerning
his participation in an anti
discrimination committee at .the
Stuyvesant Town project in New
York, and Lorch's allowing a
Negro family to sublet his apart
ment there.
Einstein Protests
Morse said the trustees decided
not to renew Lorch's contract
after the interview, and bound
him to make no further comment
for the College.
Physicist Albert. Einstein has
sent letters of protest to Morse;
James Milholland, president of
the trustees, and Milton S. Eisen
hower, president-elect of the
College. The Progressive party
of Pennsylvania also has pro
tested the dismissal. The New
York Times yesterday comment
ed adversely on the situation.
Lorch's statement
.said Morse
asked him if he were a member
of the Communist party. Lorch
said he refused to answer be
cause the American Association
of University. Professors con
siders the question irrelevant to
academic freedom.
Termed "Damaging"
He said Morse told him sub
letting his apartment to Negroes
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The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR Joel Fleming, newly
named head of the Pan-Ameri
can Day Committee.
The Lion licks his chops in
anticipation of the fine cele
bration he expects Fleming and
his committee to plan.