. . . . 1 Today's Weather:`.•,•••,....,,' o ' 4v Batty .'':::::.• Tadrigiatt . , For Best Results Use Collegian • Cloudy Classifieds • . VOL. 51— No. 7 Varied Items Go In Cornerstones Of Dorms Today Three small lead-coated cop per boxes containing published material on the'new men's dormi tories, published material about the inauguration of President Milton S. Eisenhower, and all rules and regulations printed by the College this fall will •be placed in the cornerstones of the new structures in public cere monies at 2 o'clock this after noon. A luncheon at the Nittany Lion inn will start the ceremon ies at 12:30 p.m. President Eisen hower, the Celiege trustees,• and descendants of the three early pioneers of the College for whom the dormitories were named will be present. Residence Halls The residence halls were nam ed for Moses Thompson, who was secretary of the board• of trustees and treasurer of the College; John Hamilton, super intendent • of the College farm, professor of agriculture, military instructor, financial agent, busi ness manager, treasurer, and trustee; and James McKee, pro fessor of Greek language. and literature, vice-president an d acting president of the College, and secretary of the • board of trustees. The-main part of the program will take place in the courtyard between Thompson and Hamil ton halls. The Rev. A. E. New comer Jr., pastor of the State College Presbyterian church will deliver the prayer .of. invocation. James Milholland, president of the Board of Trustees, will pre sent the new residence halls to President Eisenhower, who will accept them for the• College. To Honor Thompson President Eisenhower will hon or Moses Thompson followed by a response by one of Thompson's descendants. He will pay tribute to John Hamilton and James Mc- Kee, and responses will be made bY their deicendants. The party next will proceed to (Continued on Page Two) Dorm Nominations To Start Monday Nominations for officers of the West Dorm council will be ac cepted starting Monday, the ex ecutive committee of the Associa tion of Independent Men decided at its Wednesday night meeting. The deadline for nominations is Thursday night. Each nomin ation must be accompanied by ten signatures. Those men sign ing the candidate's petition must live in the same counsellor dis trict as the candidate. The offices to be filled on the West Dorm council are president, lice president, and secretary treasurer. Daniel Cottone, Philip Barker, and Richard Curto, West Dorm advisers; and Richard Mills, AIM secretary, were ap pointed to the elections publicity committee. 50 Presidents To Be Inauguration Guests More than 50 college presidents will be among the 200 delegates from educational institutions and related associations who will at tend the inauguration of Dr. Mil ton S. Eisenhower as 11th preSi dent of the College' Thursday, Oct. 5. The inauguration, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Beaver Field, is expected to attract al umni and friends of the College from all sections of the state. Unlike the receptiori, to be held Oct. 4, which is an invitation affair, the inauguration will be open to the public. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 Z,-, Oge• V . ... 'i." . : , ':' i% '..•..-::.: : n photo by Sophomore Adrian Bisignani and freshman Kent Clouser, residents of McKee Hall, ex amine the small lead-coated copper box to be placed in the hall's cornerstone during cere monies today. A cache has been prepared for 'each of the three new-dorin cornerstones. Sales To Begin For Communify Forum Series Season tickets for the 1950-51 Community Forum Series will go on sale for $3 at Student Union, Clayton Schug, forum chairman has announced. The last three speakers for the series were also disclosed by Schug. Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and former president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will be the third speaker on Jan. 16. Andre Maurois, French bio graphed-essayist, will be featur ed on the program of Feb. 13. Kimbrough To Conclude Emily Kimbrough, author of "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" and "How Dear To My Heart," will conclude the series. As previously announced, Og den Nash, writer of light verse, and .Archduke Otto of Austria- Hungary, will be the first two speakers. Those purchasing tickets for the lectures will receive an in itial reservation ticket which they must later exchange for re served seat tickets. Oct. 9 to .13 are the data, for the exchange of these tickets. Speakers at the inauguration will include Robert M. Davis, all- College president, who will pre sent greetings from the student body; David A. Duncan, professor of physics, who will present greetings from the faculty; and George R. Stoddard, president of the University of Illinois and a Penn State graduate, who will speak on behalf of the alumni. Governor James H. Duff is scheduled to extend greetings from the commonwealth. Should he be unable to attend, his place will be taken by some other high (Continued- on page eight) l_ reeks Report Tr:-4-ii,i-s.Ale I.l•:firig New Pled... , -;es Cabinet Ignores Proposal For Faculty Loyalty Oaths A proposal that All-College cabinet recommend to the Board of Trustees that all faculty members be asked to sign loyalty affadavits was ignored at last night's cabinet meeting, the first of the semester. The proposal was never brought to a vote, and no cabinet action was taken. Dean H. K. Wilson, dean of men, said that he couldn't see the need for such action, and asked that cabinet take - no action on the proposal. He said that if and when the administration felt a need for such a move, it would come quickly.. ,Wilson made his statement after being called upon to clarify a point under discussion. Clark Submits Motion The ,proposal to sign the affa davits • stating that the faculty member was not a communist, nor a member of any communist front organization, was brought to the floor by John Clark, a stu dent at the College. He asked that the group take action in time for the trustees' meeting today. Clark spoke at length on the freedom the U. S. enjoys today, and charged that present on the campus were "pinks and fellow travelers" who were threatening that freedom. Clark said Communist propa ganda.depends upon lies, and that a student cannot learn the truth if he is in a classroom where the instructor is preaching lies. Clark cited no examples nor did he re veal any - names of persons or or ganizations that he called "sub versive" during the discussion. Clark also said that the Col- College Sidon 'agon Is Involved In 6 Car Wreck Five parked cars and a station wagon driven by a College em ploye were involved in a wreck which resulted in an estimated $BOO to $lOOO damage yesterday. The station wagon, owned by the College and driven by Mild red Baker, foods buyer and super visor of dining halls, ran into five cars parked behind McAllister hall early yesterday afternoon. No one was injured. Miss Barker told Capt. Phillip Mark of the campus patrol that she was attempting . to make a right turn from Pollock road in to McAllister hall service drive when the station wagon struck the far curb of the drive, swung sharply, and nicked a sedan par ked to the right of the drive. It then struck another parked car. Swerving across the drive, the station wagon struck a coupe, (Continued on page eight) Football Holiday All-College cabinet voted last night to take the annual football half-holiday on Satur day, Oct. 7, the day of the Army-Penn State game at West Point. John Erickson, senior class president, asked that the Sat urday morning classes be sus pended for that day. He said that after speaking to about 300 seniors, he was convinced that most of his "constituents" were in favor of that date. Other suggestions for the holi day were the Syracuse game, Oct. 14, and the West Virginia game, Nov. 11. By GEORGE GLAZER lege should screen all organiza tions that request meeting rooms on campus because he "as a citi zen of Pennsylvania, certainly did not want any subversive or ganizations using state property for meeting places." Asked just how the loyalty affadavits would affect the tenure of any professors involved, Clark said he "didn't know, but he could find out." He also was un certain of the trustees had the power to order such affadavits. (Continued on page seven) Churchman Asks Audience To Join Crusade Drive Declaring that the Communist "big lie" technique must be com bated by an American "big truth" campaign, the Rev. Frank W. Montgomery, pastor of the State College Methodist church, last night urged a Centre County radio audience to support the "Crusade for Freedom" campaign. His WMAJ talk followed the endorsement of the "crusade" by the Executive committee of the Centre County ministerium ear lier. The campaign for signatures on "crusade" scrolls will start Sunday. Montgomery called signing of the "crusade" scrolls "a positive act, symbolizing resistance to ty ranny. It is the most convincing way I know to show that you reject communism." Psychological War The United States, he said, is engaged in a psychological war, and the "crusade" is a potent weapon of the battle. He said the Russians had enlarged on the "big lie" theory of Hitler, that people will believe a lie if it is big enough, told loud enough and of ten enough. Speaking of the "Freedom Bell," in whose Berlin shrine the signed "crusade" pledges will be placed, Montgomery predicted the growth of an underground in communist countries which will use the bell as a symbol like the "v" for vicSory in World War 11. Plans For SU Up For Approval Final approval of plans for the proposed Student Union building to be located on Pollock road op posite Osmond laboratory will be considered by the executive com mittee of the College board of trustees meeting here today. If approval is given, bids on the $2,000,000 project are expected to be called for. Trustees, meeting here in June, approved the proposal for a $7.50 per semester student assessment to finance the building, with the fee later to be hiked to $lO. Members of the executive com mittee are: Kenzie S. Bagshaw, George H. Deike, Howard J. La made, J. L. Mauthe, Roger W. Rowland, George W. Slocum, and Edgar C. Weichel. Uncerilain PRICE FIVE CENTS By JACK BODDINGTON 1 1 Penn State fraternities en countered unexpected difficulties in their rushing programs this fall, a spot check of houses reveal ed this week. Two major factors lay behind the Greeks' problems: An appar ent shortage of men available for rushing and inability to have pledged men released from Col lege dormitories. In addition, many fraternities were hard hit by June graduations and the war manpower needs of Uncle Sam. According to information sup plied by fraternity leaders and. College officials, an unfortunate chain of • events and misunder standings was responsible for the situation. Nearly all houses, un der the mistaken impression that a plan to have dormitory occu pants released was in effect, pledged such men freely and later learned that dorm contracts were being strictly enforced. Questionaire Early this week, Interfraternity council sent to each fraternity a questionaire on which needs and. availability of exchange replace ments were to be outlined. The policy of releasing men from dormitories in exchange for an equal number unpledged men has been followed frequently in the past. Exchange replacements, however, were scarce this fall. No final decision by the College as to the fate of contract-bound rushees was announced as late as yesterday. Harold Leinbach, IFC president, pointed out that no chan•'e in rules governing the dorm policy had been made but that the Col lege, also faced with a shortage of paying guests in the dormitor ies, was interpreting more strictly the existing rules. Financial Trouble Financial difficulties for both th e College and fraternities loomed as a result of a student enrollment which fell consider ably below expected figures. Frat ernities, if unable to complete their rosters with men from the dorms, would be faced with the need flor higher housebills, sharp ly curtailed spending, and, in some cases, possible shut-down. One house reported as many as 15 vacancies while the othes av eraged about seven needed men. The College, on the other hand. was not without its own financial dilemma. The housing budget, (Continued on Page Two) Extra Student ,Fee Covers Activities In addition to the basic fees levied on students for College ex penses, all students are required to pay a total of $4.35 (men) or $5.85 (women) for other activities on campus. Of 'the $4.35 the men pay, 75 cents goes to the inter-class bud get, from which All-College cabi net draws its working capital, $2.00 goes to LaVie, the senior yearbook, 75 cents goes to the Daily Collegian, 25 cents to the Association of Independent Men, or the Interfraternity Council, whichever the student belongs to, 25 cents to the Blue Band and 35 cents to the Glee Club and the debating team. The women, in addition to the expenses the men pay, are also assessed $1.50 for support of the Women's Student Government Association and the Women's Recreation Association. The 25 cents fee goes either to Penhell 'enic Council or Leonides. Agriculture students have $l.OO added to their bill for the Penn State Farmer,• and 50 cents for support of the various judging teams sponsored by the school, as well as other activities, in cluding mixers. All students will pay $7.50 for the Student Union building fund, and $7.50 plus federal tax for their Athletic Association tickets.
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