ZZaVeTJay Hi Sw* ■' TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 NO. 129 Senior Class Gift To Be Considered At Meeting Today Consideration of suggestions for the annual class gift will high light the meeting of the senior class tonight in . 105 White Hall. The meeting,, scheduled for 7 o’clock, will be one of the most important of the year, according to James Balog, senior class presi dent. At least seven suggestions will be discussed tonight. Reports by the suggester or “an authoritative source” on the suitability of each proposed gift will be presented. Senior class members attending the meeting will then vote to nominate the three or four most appropriate for consideration later. Also to be considered in the final selection of gift nominations will be the results, of a poll con ducted among the over 600 seniors who' were graduated in February, each of whom was sent. a post card on which to state his prefer ences. Approximately $B5OO is now on hand for the gift. It was formerly reported in the Collegian that the amount on hand would depend partly on the proceeds from the Senior Ball, but this has since proved false. Some of the proposed gifts are contribution to a student press, contribution to a student book store, contribution to the Student Union fund, a fund for the build ing of a “new Schwab,” a cancer and tuberculosis fund, a bus for athletic the estab lishment of a Penn State Hall of Fame, and a college ambulance. The Senior Ball committee un der, the chairmanship of Samuel Casey, and the Lion coat commit tee under the chairmanship of Paul Sabol will also present re ports. A class day committee will be appointed, to supervise the annual awarding of titles to honor stu dents., Lion Coat Sale To Begin Today ; Lion coats, traditional jackets worn by graduating seniors, are on sale today at the Student Un ion at a cost of $1.95 each. The sale will continue until May 18, according to Paul Sabol, chairman of the coat committee. .The Lion coat tradition dates backto 1926. The coat is a plain white jacket suitable for pencil, pen, or. painted decorations. At a class meeting next month the senior wearing the coat wich the most outstanding decoration will he awarded $lO. Runners-up will be awarded prizes of $5 and $2.50. Eisenhower Day Celebrated By Kansas State Students MANHATTAN, Kansas—(special)—Students of Kansas State College celebrated Eisenhower Day last week in tribute to Dr. Mil ton S. Eisenhower, KSC president who. takes over at Penn State July 1. A full round of events'featured the day, including an all-college assembly; presentation of an Eisenhower portrait from the students to the College; presentation of a carved leather desk set from the students to Dr. Eisenhower, and an all-college dance with Gene Krupa’s orchestra. In addition, Dr. Eisenhower’s day was jammed with a luncheon, a dinner and other social events staged in his honor by different student groups. President Eisenhower canceled all appointments to devote what hours were left to office visits from students. Eisenhower Writes In a letter to the Kansas State Collegian, student,paper, Dr. Ei senhower wrote: STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1950 ig ot gra».. ..amp: Saturday's 33rd Little International Livestock Show. The cup award, being presented by Mr. Guy Newcomb, president of the Pennsylvania Hereford Breeders. Association, is the first' such award ever given at the annual show. A large crowd, attending the all-day exhibition, saw the presentation. ***. * * # Anderson, Koble Win Livestock Show Honors Paul Anderson of Butler and Donald Koble of Herndon took the highest honors in the Little International Livestock show held at the College livestock pavilion Saturday. Paul Anderson, senior in agricultural engineering, won both the fitting and showmanship awards for his class of beef cattle by show ing a white Shorthorn steer. After being judged the best showman in his division, Paul showed his superiority by walking away with top honors; grand champion show man for the exposition. Donald Koble, with a Berkshire hog, took champion showman and reserve champion fitting honors in the swine divi sion and then went on to become reserve" grand champion show man This year’s show, the largest ever held .on campus, included more than 90 students, of which 15 were coeds. Lois Van Vactor, junior, held her own against male competition by winning the cham pionship award for the horse class. The winners of. this year’s show follow: Swine Division: Cham pion fitter,' Howard. Davis; Re serve Champion fitter, Donald Koble; Champion showman, Don ald Koble; Reserve Champion showman, Howard Davis: Beef-Division: Champion, flitter, Robert Fish; Reserve Champion fitter, Richard Thompson; Cham pion showman,. Paul Anderson; Reserve Champion showman, Robert Fish. Sheep Division: Champion fit ter, Carl Everett; Reserve Cham pion fitter, Dwight Porter; Cham- “ . . . Cestainly the thing that impresses me most about the past seven years is the cooperation the administration of the College has received from farm, industrial, and women’s organizations throughout the State, and from the students and faculty on the campus . . . One of the best ways for student to help the College is, first, to understand it in , all its ramifications —not just in a single part—and, second, to interpret its work, achievements, failures, and needs to the folks in their home OMMBUSyttiM.” pion- showman,' John Creighton; Reserve Champion showman, Carl Everett. Horse Division: Champion fitter, Ralph Yergey; Reserve Champion fitter, James Gallagher; Champion showman, Lois Van Vector; Re serve Champion showman, Paul Moore. A capacity crowd watched the contestants compete for honors in fitting and showing animals. Be tween events a pig derby and a greased pig contest provided a few lighter moments. Lee Della Dorn succeeded in goading her hog across the finish line first. Frank Zorn managed to be on the bottom of the pile of fellows hang ing on to the lard-greased pig. At a banquet sponsored joint ly by the Block and Bridle Club and the Pa. Horse and Mule Breeder’s Association, Dean Ly man E. Jackson gave a speech on “Human Responsibilities on Live stock Production.” He closed his talk with a sentimental tribute to Peter MacKenzie, retiring super intendent of livestock at Penn State since 1916, and to whom the show was dedicated. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Lattimore No Red, Witness Testifies WASHINGTON —A former British communist, Freda Utley, told Senate investigators yester day that she has no proof that Owen Lattimore is a communist, but that she believes Lattimore follows the communist line. Lat timore has denied charges by Sen. McCarthy that he is a Russian spy. Rep. Frank Karsten • (D.-Mo.) said Congress should find out whether the people called com munists by McCarthy are the vic tims of what he called a possible fraud. Chinese Accuse Reds HONG KONG—Chinese Na tionalists yesterday charged that jet fighters of the Russian air force have joined the Chinese Reds in war missions. Group To Study Lorch Dismissal A call was announced yesterday to formulate a Faculty Committee on Academic Freedom to investigate the impli cations of the Lorch case. A meeting to organize the committee has been -announc ed for 8 o’clock tonight in 317 Willard Hall, according to a New Hal Society Names Deadline % Applications Deadline for applications for Androcles, newly-created junior hat society, is 5 o’clock this after noon, Thomas Morgan, Hat coun cil president, said yesterday. Near ly 80 already have applied, he added. Chartered recently by the Sen ate Committee on Student Wel fare, Androcles is open to quali fied fourth, fifth, arid ’ sixth semester activities men. Not more than 35 'men will be chosen as charter members of the group by the Hat Society Council. Interested men should apply by stating their campus activities and achievements in a letter to the Hat Society Council, in care of Sutdent Union. Response Excellent “The response to the new hat society is excellent;” Morgan de clared, “and indicates there must be a need for such a junior' hat group, to tap men in dramatics, forensics, athletics, publications, politics, government and other fields.” A 1.0 all-College average is a prerequisite -for Androcles mem bership. In future years the So ciety will limit itself to tapping only fourth-semester men. Schedule Extra Election In Eng Deadlock A run-off student council election for the industrial engi neering post in the School of Engineering council will be held today, 8:50 this morning to 5 o'clock, on the second floor of Engineering C. Candidates, lied in the election last week, are John Booth and Edward Ruch. Only sixth and seventh semester IE students are eli gible to vote. Eng Student Council To Hold Biennial Open House May 13 The Engineering student council will hold its biennial open house on May 13 from 2 to 9 p.m. All departments of the school have scheduled exhibits. - The aeronautical-department will demonstrate a wind tunnel and a link- trainer; architecture will show functional models of com'- munity civic centers; civil engineers will guess weight by bridge deck analysis and give prizes for mistakes. Civil Engineering will also have a historical display of water and sanitary supply equip ment, and a traffic survey and an alysis of the State College street system. To Demonstrate Station The electrical engineering de partment will demonstrate an op erating radio station and a radar set, a B-29 turret, and Polaroid headlights. The department of en gineering mechanics will test en gineering materials; the industrial engineering department will show alumninum and iron foundry pouring, a' scale model of the kitchen of tomorrow, and welders in action; while the mechanical engineers will display 60 m. p.h. miniature jet racers. There will be guided tours through the new water tunnel; the Society of American Military Engineers will show model bridg es; the NROTC will, display ord nance, survival gear and commun ications and navigational equip ment; and various research pro jects of the engineering experi ment station will be shown. PRICE FIVE CENTS spokesman for a working committee which is laying foundations for the academic freedom group. He said all members of the faculty are invited to attend the meeting and to join in forming the committee and participating in its activities. Contract Not Renewed Dr. Lee Lorch. who has been an assistant professor of mathema tics at the College since last Fall, was notified April 1 that the board of trustees had decided not to renew hi steaching contract for the next year. The action came after Dr. Lorch had been interviewed by A. O. Morse, as sistant to the president, concern ing his activities at the New York Stuyvesant Town housing project. Dr. Lorch had been active in a committee against racial dis crimination at the housing pro ject, where he lived while teach ing at City College of New York, and had allowed a Negro family to live in his apartment as his guests after he moved to State College . Announcement of the academic freedom group was the first pub lic action taken by - the faculty in connection with the case. Work For Reappointment The spokesman said it was ex pected that the committee would work for the reappointment of Dr. Lorch to avert possible blacklisting of the College by the American Association of Univer sity Professors. The committee also will have as its objective the protection and strengthening df academic freedom for all faculty members on the Penn State cam pus, he said. Interest in forming the group started April 1, he said, and the groundwork was. laid by fac ulty members interested in aca demic freedom, including some riot acquainted with Dr. Lorch.- New Collegian Staffs Installed New editorial and business sen ior boards, with Dean Gladfelter as editor and Owen E. Landon as business manager, yesterday took over operation of The Daily Col legian. The new staffs will continue to guide Collegian fortunes until the same time next year. Landon yesterday announced the following promotions to the business junior board: Howard Boleky, Mary Clymer, Jack Glick, Juliette Guyer, Judith Krakower, Robert Leyburn, Jacob Meckler, Nicholas Morkides, Anita Ranallo, Richard Rossi, Edward Shanken, Donald Schwartz, and Barbara Tex. Promotions to the editorial jun ior board were announced pre viously. Other promotions will be announced throughout the month as they are made. Thomas Morgan is the retiring editor and Marlin Weaver, the re> tiring business manager.
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