~■ I (Flic Hailti 0 (EnUcgtatt |"2£7 : \ ’TOR A BETTER PENN STATE” VOL. 50 NO. 117 Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Navy Airplane Still Missing Over Baltic Sea President Says Senator McCarthy Helps Russia WASHINGTON: The search is still going on for the American Navy plane missing over the Bal tic sea. Pravda, the official Com munist newspaper, claims that the missing plane is the one Rus sia says exchanged shots with a Soviet fighter over Latvia last Saturday. Our air force chiefs in Europe are uncertain about the whole affair. Yesterday’s wide search for newly-reported clues to the plane’s disappearance proved un availing. Today a new search started. Truman Has Busy Day WASHINGTON: President Truman has had a busy day with newsmen. In effect, he repeated his comment that. Senator Mc- Carthy is the Kremlin’s biggest asset in the United States. ' As for, Kansas .City, the presi dent says .he is the . man who (Continued on page three) New Players' ' Show Opens Players’ production of Mark Reed’s sophisticated comedy, “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” will open at 8 o’clbck tonight at Center Stage, Allen and Hamilton streets. Tickets are on sale at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main. The show will be presented Fri day and Saturday nights for six weekends. Tickets for Fridays are 90c; for Saturdays, $1.25, refresh ments included. •. Anne Wahl, as “Mrs. Murray,” and Regina Friedmarf, as “Ellen,” her daughter, have the leading roles in the story of a young wom an who wants to have, an affair (Continued. ,on page 'six) Hold Latin Dance Tonight at TUB Ran, American Day celebration will be marked by a Pan Ameril can Dance from 7:30 to 10:30 o’clock tonight at the TUB.' The dance will be open' to the general public. It will feature Latin, American music and spe ciality dances. It is being spon sored by AIM, Leonides,' IFC, and Panhel. Also," Phi Mu Alpha will pre sent a program of Latin Ameri can music over' Station WMAJ at 8 o’clock tonight. Blue Band Goes High Hat v . . . Diversified Progf|^taHig|hlight First Blue Band Season The Penn State Concert Blue Band will present its first con cert of the season in Schwab auditorium at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The doors will open at 2:30. The program will include the National Anthem', “Amparito Rosa” (Texidor), “Prince Igor” (Bojodine, “The Foursome” (Leid zen) with Charles Brouse, Norman Charles, Raymond Dom browski and 1 Robert Katz; “Black Diamond” (Orth); chorales, “Sleepers Wake; A Voice Is Sounding" (Bach), “Symphony in ■ B flat—Scherzo" (Faucher), “Legend” (Crestoh) and “Fourth of July” (Gould). Following the intermission the program will continue with “The Trumpeters’.’ , (Leidzen), ‘(Second Suite in F for Military Band (Holst) which includes 1. March, LA Council Lorch Case The Liberal Arts student council has asked the administration for “prompt action” in the case of Dr. Lee Lorch, assistant professor of mathematics, whose teaching contract the trustees’ executive committee refused to renew. The council termed the committee’s action a “shocking violation of principles freedom” in an open letter which it made public Tuesday night. At the same time, the campus chapter of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of the Colored People voted to send a letter to the board of trustees ask ing for specific reasons for the re fusal to reappoint Dr. Lorch. No official reason, was given by the trustees in their original ac tion. They refused to renew the contract after Dr. Lorch had been questioned by A. O. Morse, as sistant to the president, concern ing his anti-discrimination activi ties >in the Stuyvesant Town apartment project in New York. To Send Letter The student council letter will be sent to: James . Milholland, president of the board of trus tees; Dean. Ben Euwema of the School of Liberal Arts; Gov. James Duff of Pennsylvania; Mil ton S. Eisenhower, president elect* of the College; The New York Times, and Dr. Ralph Him stead', president of the American Association of University Pro fessors. - . The LA council said that, al though it had been unable to ob tain a full report on the subject from the administration, its inves tigation forced the group to con clude that a “grave injustice” had 'been done both to Dr. Lorch and “Penn State’s traditional academic freedom.” ■ Mbrse ■ said he was bound by a trustee' decision to (Continued on page three) „ Robert St. John .* * * Author To Talk On Tito, Stalin One of : the most sensational diplomatic ruptures since World War 11, the break between Tito and. S.talin, will be discussed Mon day' night by Robert St. John, noted news- commentator and best-selling author, ' St/'john will present the final program ’in the Community For um series at 8 p.m. in Schwab auditorium. Tickets for the talk are priced at $1 and will.be on sale Monday at Student Union in Old Main. The sale will continue' until the, lecture begins. ( In ‘1947' St. -John traveled through eastern Europe and wrote a novel called “The. Silent People Speak;” which presented the rea sons behind the Tito-Stalin break six months before that event took place. •• ; ■ In two previous appearances at the College, St: John attracted much attention. Commenting on his speech .in 1948 the ; Daily-Col legian noted that : aft£r-ifisf ; talk several hundred persons followed him to a cofee hour in Atherton Hall which; lasted until 1 a.m. .. . As'ah-dUthoiy .St. John'has writ ten four books, each one of which climbed high on the nation’s best seller lists. ..His 'books-• included (Continued.'.'.on. .page, six) James W.,Dunlop STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1950 (Text of letter on page 3) Political Parties Battle for Votes Tags, posters,' window signs, and advertisements this week mark the progress of the current campus political battle. In addition, campaign speeches are being given by both the State and Lion parties at fraternities arid dormitory units. Backed by the platforms released yesterday, candidates are soliciting for sup port in the crucial all-College and junior and senior class, races. ■ Blair Green tops the list of State party candidates as noriiinee for all-College president while Rob ert. Davis heads the Lion' slate, seeking the sarrie office. Actual balloting is scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday, April 19. and 20 in the lounge of Old Main. . . smith and 4. Fantasia on the “Dragason”. “Lady of Spain” (Evans), ‘EI Charro” (Tarves), and Jerome Kern Songs arranged by- Leid zen will conclude the concert. Yesterday morning the Blue Band presented a preview of its Sunday Concert in the State College High School Auditorium. The last of the two concerts to be presented by the Blue Band will be an outdoor one Sunday, May 21st in front of Schwab auditorium. Officers for this semester’s Concert Blue Band are: Allen Baker, president; Herbert Haugh, manager; George Kandra, sec retary; and Raymond Dombrow ski, librarian. Professor . James W. Dunlop is the conductor. ‘ There will be ..no admission charge for, either concert. ' 1 Terms 'Shocking' Frank D. Kern * * 1 *■ Physics Head Succeeds Kern Dr. Harold K. Schilling,' pro fessor and head of the depart ment of physics at the College, will, succeed Dr. Frank D. Kern as Dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Kern will retire August 15. The appointment was announced 'by James Milholland, acting president of the College. . Dr. Schilling has been at the College since 1941, serving as as sistant professor of physics for one year, and as associate pro fessor from 1942-47. In 1947 he was promoted to professor and head of the department of phy sics. He is a. native of Allentown. After serving for two years as an instructor at Campion Aca demy, Loveland, Colorado, Dr. Schilling was named professor of physics at Union College, Lin coln, Nebraska, i n 1923. He was named Dean of Union College in 1935. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Clinton’ College, Clinton, Missouri, his master of arts degree from the University of Nebraska, and his doctor of philosophy degree at the Uni versity of lowa. t Dr. Kern will retire with the rank of Dean Emeritus. He join ed the faculty at the College as professor and head of the de partment of botany in 1913. At the time of its organization in 1922, he was named Dean of the Grad uate School, and has since held both positions. He will retire from the botany staff on June 30. Present Gifts At Grid Dinner Appropriate gifts will be pre sented to top campus personalities at the first post-war Gridiron Ban quet sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fra ternity, Wilbert Roth, in charge of production, said today. The banquet will be given at the Nittany Lion Inn at 7 p.m. Monday. Awarding of the gifts will fol low the banquet and skits pre sented between courses. Elliot Krane, master of ceremonies, will make the presentations. Hank Glass, well-known campus emcee, will act as after-dinner speaker, Roth added. Skits and decorations will be based on the theme, “The Year One B.E. (Before Eisenhower).” (Continued on page threeJ PRICE FIVE CENTS Athletes Picked As Nominees For AA Posts Barr, Lamie, Valentino Seek Presidential Job Homer Barr, wrestling; Louis Lamie, basketball, Rudolph Valentino, swimming-gymnastics, were named yesterday as candi dates for 1950-’5l Athletic Associ ation president in all-College elections next Wednesday and Thursday. James Gehrdes, present AA president, announced the selec tions made by a nominating com mittee composed of coaches, cap tains and head managers of all sports. academic AA vice-president for next year will be the presidential candidate securing the second highest num ber of votes in next week’s/bal loting. Candidates for ’5O-’5l AA secre tary will be Henry Albright, base ball; Victor Fritts, track; Patrick Heims, boxing, and Owen Landon, tennis. All undergraduate men students at the College will be eligible to vote for the AA offices, Gehrdes said. Ballots will be available at the same time students vote for all-College, senior and junior' offices next Wednesday and Thursday in the Old Main lounge. The elected AA president each year holds membership on All- College Cabinet, highest student government body; on an AA com mittee which makes final selection of first, head and associate man agers in all spprts, and on the Athletic Advisory Board. “The vice-president usually subs on oc casion for the president,” Gehrdes said, “and he can be very help ful.” PSGA Banquet The Penn State Christian As sociation’s 75th annual banquet, to be held at Wink’s Skytop, April 22 at 6 p.m., will commem orate- thfe diamond anniversary of this .organization on campus. Ray Fortunato’s orchestra will play dance music after the din ner. Guest speakers .for the even ing will be Dr. Ralph Harlow, professor of religion and ethics at Smith College, and Harry Sea mans, former executive secretary of PSCA. Today . .. **. IsSr FOR the Liberal Arts student council headed by Earl Shaffer. The council yesterday took strong affirmative action to have Prof. Lee Lorch Reinstated by the Board of Trustees. This is the first campus group to openly espouse Lorch's cause, citing his dismissal as a viola tion of academic freedom. Because the College will not make a statement, the letter they have sent to various groups and individuals is decidedly not complete in its factual informa tion, but under the circum stances the best that could be done. For their swift, strong action, the Lion today salutes the coun cil and their' efforts to retain liberal thought at traditionally academic-free Penn Stale.
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