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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
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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.
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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.