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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
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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
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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
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„ 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
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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).”
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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.