The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 03, 1950, Image 1

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VOL. 51— No, 37
Cabinet Requests
Preserving Woods
By ROSEMARY DELAHANTY
Cabinet voted last night to send a recommendation to the
Board of Trustees requesting that Hort woods be kept as a
memorial preserve to be used for education and recreation
al purposes by the College and
townspeople.
All-College President Robert
Davis instructed Robert Czapiew
ski, head of the Hort woods com
mittee, to investigate appropriate
names for the preserve. The re
sults of this investigation will be
presented to Cabinet.
Clark Young stated that the
Alumni Council refused to take
any action at a meeting last Sat
urday regarding Hort woods un
til further information concern
ing future plans for the area
could be obtained
Czapiewski reported that, ac
cording to administrative offi
cials, the woods is . in no present
danger..
James Worth brought before
Cabinet a suggestion for the es
tablishment of a men's activity
card system which would include
scholastic, extra-curricular, em
ployment, and general personnel
records of all men students.
Several members of Cabinet
were in favor of the project, but
it was decided that the adminis
tration of it as proposed. by Worth
was too• complicated in its pres
ent form.
As a result of this decision
Davis appointed Worth chairm,an
of a committee to examine the
project further and report to Cab
inet when an easier system had
been found.
Acting upon a suggestion of
Elections committee chairman
Edwin Barnitz, Cabinet decided
to wait until the next meeting
before taking action on the corn
mittee's recommendation that of
fering dance tickets and other
prizes as voting inducements be
banned.
However,
.Cabinet accepted the
other proposal of the Elections
committee which states that the
installation of junior and senior
class officers will take place ap
proximately one week earlier in
the spring so that these, , officers
will have more time to become
acquainted with their duties be
fore the end of the school year.
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
George Shaw
Playwright, Dies
LONDON—Friends of the late
George Bernard Shaw have sug
gested that his ashes be buried in
Westminster -abbey, the final
resting place of Britain's great
men.
Shaw, whose works enriched
three generations, died one:min
ute before 5 a.m. Thursday. He
had been in a coma for 25 hours.
A tumble in his garden Sept.
10 started the chain of events
which led to his death: He broke
a thigh bone in the fall and spent
three weeks in the hospital. He
was brought home Oct. 4 . but
suffered a relapse Sunday.
Shaw's body will 'be cremated
after a private service at a cre
matorium in northwest London
Monday.
P. R. Police Grab Leaders
WASHINGTON—Puerto Rican
police hare. arrested. top. leaders
of the Anti-American Nationalist
party following the attempted
attack on President Truman's life
Wednesday.
Communist leaders have also
been arrested and scores of other
revolutionaries have been round
ed up.
FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover said
his agency is increasing its activi
ties in Puerto Rico and is giving
its fullest cooperation to the . sec
ret service in guarding the Presi
dent.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1950
Fraternities View
Refusal To Grant
Mixed Drinking
The College's refusal to grant
chaperoned drinking was received
with mixed reactions by frater
nity men, but the general feeling
was, "we sort of expected it."
Although most of the frater
nity men who commented on the
administration's action on Inter
fraternity council's proposal ex
pected such a reaction by the Col
lege, almost all of them said they
were disappointed.
"I think we should have chap
eroned drinking as was provided
in the proposal but we expected
it to be turned down. But I think
drinking will continue—under
cover of course," one fraternity
man said.
Expected It
Another one said, "We sort of
expected it. We're sorry, natur
ally. I guess it's for the good of
the school. There would have been
a heck of a yak from parents had
the College approved it." He add
ed wistfully, "Looks like the days
of the big parties are gone."
Still another' man sided with
the. College's decision, saying
when asked what he thought of
the proposal being turned down,
"Fine."
Backward Approach
One man thought that the rea
son the proposal was turned down
was "the backward approach tak
en by IFC."
"I think the proposal could have
gone through had IFC taken a
stronger approach to the prob
lem. I think that if IFC had got
ten the backing of the fraternity
alumni and had taken a definite
program to the administration ra
ther than a plea, better results
could have been realized," he
said.
Engineers To Hear
Deputy Secretary
The Deputy -Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Department of
Commerce, R. H. Smith, will
speak in Schwab auditorium this
afternoon at 4:10.
' "Pennsylvania Industries" will
be the subject of his talk, which
is a scheduled lecture for senior
engineering students.
'Shadow And Substance May
Prove To Be Season's Best
By RON BONN
"Shadow and Substance," which
opened last night in Schwab audi
torium, bids fair to be the best
Players' production of the sea
son.
Certainly it is hard to conceive
the dramatic 'group' getting hold
of another script combining such
brilliantly subtle humor and pa
thos, and then handling it as well
as director Kelly Yeaton and his
cast did "Shadow and Substance."
The delicate shadings and char
acterizations which make this
play are surprisingly well done.
Sparkles With Wit
The College needs more plays
like "Shadow and Substance,"
-with its freshness and originality
in striking contrast to the run-of
the-mill production. The show
sparkles with a sly, delightful
Irish wit, yet approaches depths
of tragedy reminiscent in power
Circular Attacking Reede
Cites Old Collegian Articles
Disavowal
The Daily Collegian disavomrs completely any part in preparing
the tabloid-sized circular used by the Van Zandt group as political
ammunition against Arthur H. Reede of the economics and commerce
staff. The circular, which makes extensive use of insinuation and the
reprehensible guilt by association technique, was prepared from files
of Collegian kept in the library.
No permission was sought or given for the "Ex-Servicemen's
League of Blair County" to reproduce the Collegian nameplate.
Collegian, as a part of :the non-political College, does not wish to
take part in partisan politics. But we cannot allow to go unnoticed
such a flagrant attempt to use this newspaper unscrupulously as
campaign material. Obvious intent of the circular is to give the im
pression that Collegian not only aided the Van Zandt group in pre
paring the material, .but also, with reproduction of its nameplate,
gave its sanction and endorsement to the circular.
Collegian does not make a practice of doing hatchet work for
political parties, and it objects violently to any attempt by any
party to make use of it for such purposes. .
We also view this as an attempt to transfer to Reede's opponent
the prestige of the College, inasmuch as Collegian is a part of Penn
State. As in the past; the College remains neutral in political battles
and does not wish to lend its dignity in any way to either party.
One aspect of the editorial to which we object strongly is the at
tempt to smear Reede as a "Communist" and a "subversive"—a tac
tic employed all too often by present-day politicians.
Other aspects of the circular to which we object are the use of the
guilt by association technique and the practice of reading meanings
into articles appearing in Collegian ten to 15 years ago.
We haye no truck with such tactics, and we strongly indict such
use of Collegian material.
24 Per Cent Of Frosh,
Sophs Vote In Elections
Twenty-four per cent of the freshmen and sophomores voted
in the student council elections in the seven schools yesterday and
Wednesday. The vote was six per cent less than the council elections
vote last spring.
Approximately 700 students cast ballots.
Largest percentage vote in the elections was recorded by the
School of Chemistry and Physics.
Fifty-two per cent- of the sopho
mores and 19 per cent of the
freshmen in the school voted for
their representatives. Last year
the School of Home Economics
had the highest percentage vote,
62 per cent.
Votes Discounted
"Some of the votes had to be
discounted because the students
voted for too many candidates on
the ballots," said Edwin Barnitz,
chairman of the all-College elec
tions committee. If a student
votes for too many candidates, the
ballot is considered illegal and
must be discarded.
Where a tie vote exists, the
representatives will be chosen
according to the constitution of
the individual schools. New fresh
man and sophbmore council
and nature with the "Song of
Bernadette."
Top acting honors must go to
Charles Schulte with his magnifi
cent portrayal of the old Canon.
Dominating the scene with his im
posing figure and completely con
vincing voice, mannerisms, and
personality, Schulte brought the
complex character to life on the
Schwab stage. An excellent job
of makeup helped, but it was
Schulte and only Schulte who
made so real the humorous, wise,
sometimes biased, always impres
sive old Irish prelate. Canon She
vitt, incidentally, is one of the
most difficult male roles likely to
appear this season, for he is on
stage during almost th e entire
four-act play.
Brogue Not Good
Speaking of the acting, it would
be well to mention a problem less
evident in this production than in
—Dean Gladfelter for the
Senior. Editorial Board
By DOROTHY LAINE
members for the seven schools
are:
Chemistry and Physics
Freshmen Charles Ferguson
and Genevieve Kelly. Sopho
mores Richard Brown, James
Plyler, Lincoln Warren, and John
Wilson.
Freshmen Edward Crossley
and Harry Shank. Sophomores
Terry Moslak and Marion White
ly.
Freshmen Robert Collins,
Edward Gronka, Robert Hess, and
Quentin Rea. There was a tie vote
between Richard Gibbs and
Charles Schumacher. Sophomores
Donald Brainerd, Robert Carr,
James Class, Raymond Lance,
(Continued on page eight)
some others, but inherent in all
dialect plays. The brogues just
don't stay in place. They veer
wildly through various sub-dia
lects and at times disappear en
tirely. The leading characters do
fairly well with the Erin tongue,
but the trouble is still not en
tirely overcome. It might be well
in such a case simply to abandon
the brogue and do the play
straight. After all, it is not com
mon practice to do a play in
French simply because it has a
French locale.
Of the other characters, small
dreamy-eyed Barbara Klopp, as
the spiritual Brigid who sees—or
thinks she sees—visions, is gen
erally good, although her voice
becomes almost maudlin at emo
tional peaks.
Charles Williams as School
•~aster O'Flinqsl: , y, sar?..astic and
(Continued on page two)
Education
Engineering
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Vadandl Clique
Calls Econ Prof
Pacifist, Radical
Backers of James E. Van Zandt,
Republican nominee for Congress
from the 22nd district, have re
leased a circular attacking hi s
Democratic opponent, Arthur H.
Reede, and using articles from
the Daily Collegian as far back
as 1935.
• The circular reproduces the
Collegian nameplate liberally and
also reproduces the nameplate of
the "Penn State Collegian," as
the newspaper was called before
it began daily publication. It im
plies that Reede, a member of the
economics and commerce staff,
wa s "subversive," "pacifist,"
"radical" and "Communist."
The circular uses newsstories
concerning Reede's connections in
1935-36 with the American Stu
dent Union, with peace rallies at
the College, and with the Ameri
can Veterans committee in post.
war days.
Comments Added
In marginal notes, Van Zandt's
backers add comments which pur
portedly prove Reede's leftist con
nections because these organiza
tions later were named by the
attorney general on the "subver
sive" list, or were cited by the
Un-American Activities commit
tee.
Reede, in a statement released
yesterday, said the circular con
tained "libelous references to me,
to other persons and to the Col
lege." He added, "I have never
seen an attack of this character
on any person I know. It even
tells several untruths tending to
belittle my military service."
Micro-film files of Collegian
were obtained from the Pattee li
brary in August by Hugh Man
chester for Van Zandt, Ralph W.
McComb, librarian, , said yester
day. McComb said he had in his
files a letter on Congressional sta
tionery from Van Zandt, dated
Aug. 23, 1950, which thanked him
for use of the films and requested
an extension of their loan.
Any resident of the state could
use the files, McComb said.
Radio Attack
Manchester also broadcast a
campaign radio program Tuesday
night, attacking Reede with Colle
gian articles as his starting point.
In his broadcast Manchester
said he had read every issue of
Collegian since Reede was an un
dergraduate here. He called Reede
a "political chameleon," and a
"fellow-traveler of subversives.".
The circular was scheduled to
be distributed in State College
today, Collegian learned.
On page 6, the circular implies
that Beetle is opposed to rearma
(Continued on page three)
$4OOO Contributed
To Campus Chest
Campus chest chairman Herb
ert Axford reported that $4,00
had been turned into chest head
quarters yesterday.
The bulk of the money came
from independent men living
downtown. The fraternities, get
ting a late start, have not yet re
ported. The men downtown were
solicited by members of the Al
pha Phi Omega fraternity in a
house to house canvass.
The average contribution thus
far has been $1.67. Pledges have
outnumbered cash donations by a
3 to 1 ratio.