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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
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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
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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,
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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.