3Sv imlg (Mlegtatt “•isssT 1 : TOR A BETTER PENN STATE” VOL. 50 NO. 130 Committee Favors Reconsideration Of torch Dismissal A petition requesting the Col lege to reconsider its dismissal of Dr. Lee Lorch, assistant professor of mathematics, was approved by the student committee on acade mic freedom Monday. Presented by Jay Goldstein, graduate student in arts and let ters, the petition received unani mous support of the 14 committee members present. Distribution of the petition and of a paper re counting events surrounding the release of Dr. Lorch will be hand led by a sub-committee. Petition Incomplete The petition reads: “We the un dersigned students at the Penn sylvania State College feel that the statement of the College in ex planation of its position in the re fusal to rehire Dr. Lorch is incom plete and unacceptable in the face of the support by the members of the department of mathematics of Dr. Lorch as a competent mathe matician and cooperative col league. “We are led to the conclusion that there are other factors in volved. The failure to reappoint Dr.' Lorch casts doubt on" the in tegrity of the-College and as-stu dents we sincerely request that the College reconsider its action.” Ironing Out Seymour Schuster, chairman of the student committee, reported that an executive committee was unsuccessful in contacting Adrian O.- Morse, assistant to the presi dent in charge of resident instruc tion, to ask for an “ironing out of difficulties.” The group had in tended to request reconsideration of Dr. Lorch’s dismissal, Schuster explained. He said that Mr. Morse’s secre tary had notified him that Mr. Morse did not consider an addi tional statement necessary in light of . the explanation made by the administration last week. The College statement said that “Dr. Lorch was not reappointed be cause in our judgement he does not have the personal qualifica tions which the College desires in those who are to become perman ent members of its faculty.” , Subsequently, Dr. Lorch attack ed the statement and termed it “denying the obvious: that I was dismissed because of my'activities against racial discrimination.” $700,000 Allotted For Form Buildings A new dairy bam, farm storage -shed, and food processing re search laboratories were included in a $700,000 appropriation allo cated to the College‘by the General State Authority yesterday. ; • The latest allocation brings to more than $9,000,000 the amount of new. work listed for the College by the Authority. . The area now occupied by the dairy, sheep, and beef barns will ing to College authorities who re quested the new projects. They added that the present barns were Photo Equipment Stolen from AZ An estimated $lOOO in photo graphic equipment was stolen either Saturday night or early Sunday morning from the Alpha Zeta house on N. Burrowes road. Included in the missing Equip ment are two speed graphic cam eras and an enlarger. They were taken from the dark room in the basement of the house. According to Capt. Philip A. Mark, campus patrol head, every one in the house was asleep at the time.of the theft. Although all doors were supposed to be lock ed, one could have been left open. All members of the house have keys. » A $25 reward has been offered by John Gout, owner of the equipment, for information lead ing to its discovery* Festival Representatives . . . ate Reading Festival (May .. a~ ign*. nyi. Breuckman (toaslmistress) introducing the four representatives: Dan Wargo, Japies Beaver, Ruth Johnson, and William McCarty. Reading Festival Commences Today More than sixty students from Pennsylvania colleges will par ticipate in the second Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Reading Festival to be held at the College today and tomorrow.. Sponsored by the department of speech, the festival will con tain four sessions. • Participants will present long poems this after noon at 2 o’clock in 304 Old Main. Narratives will be given tonighti at 8 o’clock at the Nittany Lion Inn. . . Alumnus To Speak On Recreation Charles K. Brightbill, executive secretary of President Truman’s Committee on Religion and Wel fare in the Armed Forces, - will speak in 3 White Hall tonight. An alumnus of the College, he will speak on “The Educator’s Role in Recreation.” The public is invited to the lecture which is sponsored by the Centre County Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation’. Mr. Brightbill will also be the banquet speaker at the third an nual Pennsylvania. Recreation Conference. and badly in need of extensive repairs. The dairy barn, to be erected at a new location closer to the Col lege-owned pastures, will be used for instruction and research in the livestock industry. The authority approved an $B,- 000,000 building program for the College, including construction of 14 new buildings, on April 3. The authority also allocated $582,000 for equipment for the recently completed .Plant Industries and Mineral Sciences buildings^. The College had originally ask ed for almost $15,000,000 for its new building program.' Ruch Is Elected To Eng Council Post' Edward Ruch Was elected in dustrial engineering representa tive to the School of Engineering council in a run-off of a tie in last week’s election. Forty-nine of 90 eligible voters cast ballots. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1950 Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock, groups of short poems will be given, and, at 1:30 in the afternoon dramatic readings, both in 304 Old Main. . Dr. Robert T. Oliver, head of the department of speech, will ad dress participants at a banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn tonight. The festival is included in the combined arts program at the College and sessions are open to the public. Four students will represent the College in the ses sions. Long Poem Session Ruth Johnson will present “Tristram,” by Edwin Robinson, in the long poems session. Dan Wargo will read the narrative “The Circus,” by William Saroy an. A group of lyrics will be giv en by Jim Beaver in the short poem session, and excerpts from “The Glass Menagerie,” a drama by Tennessee Williams, will be presented by William McCarty. . Participants from the College were selected from. among 12 semi-finalists in elimination read ings. . . Other schools participating are Duquesne University, Geneva College, University of Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph’s College, Schuylkill Undergraduate Center, Seton'HiU College, Slippery Rock State Teachers College, Swarthmore Undergraduate Center, West minster College, and Wilson Col lege. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Leaders Discuss Keeping Draft WASHINGTON—Two top offi cials said yesterday that they favored a continuation of the draft. Representative Carl Vinson said that two years more would be sufficient. Republican W. Sterl ing Cole - argued on the. basis of one year. The issue may be settled in a private meeting between Gen eral Omar Bradley and the Sec retaries of State and Defense to day. WASHINGTON—The Treasury estimated today that the Govern ment will go in the hole five and one-half billion dollars this fiscal year. The President’s ex-financial adviser, Dr. Nourse, told the U. S. Chamber of Commerce that it would' be closer to seven billion. Cabinet To Hear Assessment Plan For Student Union All-College Cabinet, meeting tonight under its present officers for the last time, will hear a report by James Mac- Callum, All-College secretary-treasurer on the new inter class finance budget and a proposal for a Student Union as sessment on each student, presented by Thomas Morgan. The meeting will be held at 7 o’clock in 201 Old Main. Up for a second vote before it is approved by Cabinet will be the Blue Band assessment passed for the first time at the last meeting, and a discus sion of the insurance plan and a report on receipts to date by Mac- Callum. The names of seniors who are eligible for Cabinet service awards will be presented and WiW liam Yerkes will present a pro-! posal concerning distribution of ; '>iwspapers and magazines to Col-' lege Hospital patients. The insurance plan, to be re ported on by MacCallum, is a means to swell the amount of funds going into the proposed Student Union Building fund. Through this plan, which will yield over $lOO,OOO “in a few years” if successful, the College would' receive $lOO from the in surance company from each policy as the dividends accrue. Blue Band Assessment Official Ceremony To Mark Debut If New Officers The inauguration ■ ceremonies that will officially install the new All-College, senior, and ju nior class officers will take place Friday at 1 p.m. on the steps of Old Main. Retiring All-College / President Ted Allen and chairman of Tri bunal Robert Keller will pre side at the installation of the of ficers. Following the ceremonies, the new Ralph Dorn Hetzel student government room will be official ly dedicated by Wilmer E. Ken worthy, assistant to the presi dent in charge of student af fairs. An open house will be held throughout the afternoon and re freshments will be served. The room, 204 Old Main, has been in use since its, recent completion, but dedication was held up to coincide with the inauguration. John Wallace and Harry Mac- Mahon, co-chairman of the in stallation committee, announced that the ceremony will •be held inside Old Main if the weather is bad. Wallace and MacMahon have both asked that as many students as possible attend the affair or the dedication or both if possible. The ceremonies will be short enough so that students may stop and see it and still make a 1:10 class. La Vie Scheduled to Start '5O Yearbook Distribution Distribution of La Vie wijl begin Thursday, the La Vie Board of Directors has announced. Seniors will receive copies according to the School in which they are enrolled. The schedule: Agriculture, May 4 and 5; Engineering, May 9 and .10; Liberal Arts, May 11 and 12; Home Economics and Educa tion, May 15 and 16; and Physical Education, Mineral Industries, and Chemistry and Physics, May 17 and 18. Beginning Thursday, June grad uates will receive postcards show ing the amount of money which they still owe for their 1950 La Vie. The amount indicated on the card must be paid before a senior may receive his copy of the year book. Many seniors owe money be cause La Vie fees have never been collected during summer sessions, nor were the fees assessed in any semester between Alay 1943 and October 1945.' The fee has never been collect ed at any undergraduate center or cooperating college,--but stu dents who transferred to Penn State from centers and were regis tered as sophomores in February 1948 have been credited for the extra payment made, at that time. The total cost of the La Vie is $12.00. Room Assignments Mrs. Cordelia Hibbs requests all girls assigned rooms in sorority suites to report at once to the Dean of Women’s Office for room assignments. \ PRICE FIVE CENTS The Blue Band assessment of 25 cents per student a semester, will replace the appropriation now given the band by All-College Cabinet and the A.thletic Associa tion. At present, the Band re ceives a total appropriation of $6OOO. Under the new plan, the band would receive approximate ly $5OOO a year plus the sum of $3OOO allotted by the AA to the band for one trip during the foot ball season. Committee Reports Among the usual Cabinet com mittee reports, William' Shade will present an elections commit tee report; Ralph Lewis, editor of the new Student Government Handbook will speak; John Senior will report on Spring Week; Sam uel Vaughn will report on the “Inkling” and Richard Schweiker, chairman of the BX \ Board of Control, will present his report. Trustees Consider West Dorm Names The Board, of Trustees’ Com mittee on the Naming of College Buildings and Roads is now con sidering names for the new West Dormitories, which thus s far have been designated as units one, two, and three. These three buildings combined with the present tri dorms will accommodate more than 1650 students. A total of 64 telephones will be installed in the new buildings, most of which will be pay stations in the corridors. The rest will be for administrative use. According to present plans the new phones will be on the 5051 exchange, which already services over 1000 phones. These plans may be changed, however. Construction work is progress ing according to schedule. All ex terior brickwork on the dormi tories has been Completed, George W. Ebert, director of the physical plant said, but brickwork on the dining commons has just started.
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