TAGE TWO Panel Investigates Religion In Politics Religion’s role in creating a better political world was investigated in five panel dis cussions over the weekend sponsored by the Penn State Christian association. Dr. Kermit Eby, of the Univer sity of Chicago, called for the religions of the world to create a social, political and economic cli mate “so intense that men of good will cannot resist public service.” A Catholic’s view of religion in politics was described by Father Charles Owen Rice, of Ouquesne university. Existence of objective truth and a moral code which governs all actions and command ments, is the basis of a Catholic’s convictions, Father Rice said. . “We must change politics from a racket to a science,” Harry K. Butcher, executive secretary of the Committee of 70 said on the subject, “The Facts of Political Life.” Committee of 70 is a Phil adelphia group dedicated to se curing good government in that city. Political parties are operating backwards. Butcher said, and are dictatorial in their attitudes. He accused people of making errand boys of their elected officials and urged young people to take over the parties. Democratic Symbol Dr. Liston. Pope, dean of the Vile divinity school, declared tea" "emocracy has become “an em nal symbol often used, sel dom analyzed.” He pointed out that while political freedom and economic equality are often op 'positc, a balance between the two is to be strived for. We can do this, Dr. Pope said, by relating our democratic values to a com plete faith in a power greater than ourselves. Hiram Andrews, minority lead er of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, warned that the ills of society cannot be cured by passing laws. One trouble with politics, Andrews said, is that great moral issues are often de termined by a count of noses. Science and Religion Speaking on the role of science. Dr. W. C. Fernelius, head of the chemistry department at the Col lege, warn jd that science can only function in a free society. Science can be a power for good or bad, Dr. Fernelius said, and religion helps us to make the choice. Pol itics helps us to put it into action, he said. Four students delivered sum mary addresses Sunday after noon. They were Irene Jeffress, Howard Seitzinger, and Herbert Stein from Penn State: and Don ald Treece from Juniata college. The three-day colloquy opened Friday with an address by Pres ident Eisenhower, in which he outlined a program for integrat ing international ' politics. Other speakers were George Stuart, edi tor of the Tarentum Valley Daily Nows: Homer Brown, judge of the /Mlogheny county court: Dennis P. Donnovan. mayor of Rahway. N. J. and William Edf’erton, as r:dnnt professor of Russian at the College. Speech Group To Hear Report Reports from student and fac ulty representatives who attend ed the national convention of Sigma Alpha Eta will be given at the second monthly meeting of the Alpha chapter at 8 o’clock tomorrow night in 312 Sparks. The business meeting will be gin at 7:30 prior to the open meet ing. Dr. Eugene T. McDonald, direc tor of the speech and hearing ciinic, participated as a member of the executive council at the convention, while Dr. Cordelia Brong. assistant professor of clinical speech, participated as national executive secretary of Sigma Alpha Eta. John Hutchison, a delegate from the College representing the local chapter, was chosen as a member at large for the 1950- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN.' STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA " CE Professor Awarded Prize Dr. Thomas C. iKavanagh, pro fessor of civil engineering at the College, won third prize in the Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation competition. Submission of origi nal designs for bridges was the object of the contest. Last year Dr. Kavanagh took first honors in the competition and received $3OOO in prizes. His award this year was $1250 in prizes. Grad, Prof Honored A graduate of Penn State and a former professor at the College were among those who received honorable mention awards. John A. DeLong graduated in 1946 in civil engineering and A.A. Briel maier was an associate professor of civil engineering until 1948. They worked on the award winning design together in St. Louis. Brielmaier is now. on the faculty of Washington univer sity of St. Louis. DeLong has an engineering practice there. The project, which gave out cash prizes totalling $10,750, at tracted bridge designers from 16 countries. ; Californian Wins 1 First award of $5,000 went to James H. Jennison, of Pasadena, Cal. while Ernst Anstutz, of Zur ich, Switzerland, received the second prize, $2500. Dr. Kavanagh joined the facul ty here two years ago after teach ing at New York university. Prior to that time he was a struc tural designer for several firms. He explained that he had about eight months to work on his de sign before submitting it. His winning design of an all welded 250-foot bridge consists of a tied arch whose ribs are tilt ed in and splayed at the end. A single member is used over the center 40 feet of the bridge. In comparing his design to five other alternative riveted designs, Dr. Kavanagh said that his pro duced reductions in the weight of steel from 5 to 18 per cent. Dorm Dance Group Holds Initial Class All sections of the ten week dance class sponsored by the West dorms will begin this week. The Monday night section had its first instruction last night. The sections will meet in the TUB from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mon day through Friday. Each sec tion will meet on a different night. Instruction will be both male and female. Paul Kritsky and Frank Hut tlinger, resident advisers for Hamilton hall, are in charge of the program. Over 200 men have signed up for the classes. They will be notified by postcard on which night their sections meet. Take A Tip and Make Your Trip GREYHOUND For the convenience of PENN STATE STUDENTS, SPECIAL BUSES will be provided for the THANKSGIVING RECESS and will leave from the PARKING LOT, SOUTH OF RECREATION HALL at 12:45 PM, WEDNESDAY, November 22, 1950. RESERVATIONS for the SPECIAL BUSES will be made with the purchase of your ticket at the GREYHOUND POST HOUSE. ALL RESERVA TIONS must be made by 10:00 PM of Tuesday, November 21, 1950. Make your reservation EARLY and avoid the rush. m For additional information Call GREYHOUND POST HOUSE,. 146 North Atherton Street. PHONE 4181 ast ... PERSHING Ri fles, the Army and Navy ROTC band, and an honorary Navy unit led ihe cam pus observance of Armistice Day in front of Old Main Satur day. While the flag hovered at half mast, the military units stood at atten tion and several hundred specta tors stood by si lently as taps sounded through out the area. As the flag was i lowered to half 5 : staff, the mili tary band played the National An • them. Mine Workers' Rights Upheld Mine workers have a right to strike now during this critical period, Lester Thomas, inter national representative of the United Mine Workers union, told the student chapter of the So ciety for the Advancement of Management, Wednesday night. Thomas said that while our armed forces are fighting to save the freedom of other people, the mine workers cannot allow their freedom to be taken away either. “For the average person, Thomas stated, “wage negotia tions are puzzling. This is brought about'by writers on newspapers who know nothing of the issues and care little of whom they ef fect.” Among the 5000 local unions, he said, resolutions are set up by men in the mines for future agreement. Then the operators meet at the termination of the agreement. Proposals are submit ted to each side while each party tries to out-maneuver the other. Dangers of mine working were pointed out by Thomas when he indicated that 10,000 men are kill ed in the mines each year and 60,000 are injured seriously enough to keep them from work for a week or more. This could be prevented by more strict legis lation, he said. ' New Provisions Made 11l Roam Rent Battle Judging Team Wins Honors Penn State’s livestock judging team captured the championship honors in intercollegiate contests at the Eastern National Livestock show at Timonium, Md., over the weekend. Fourteen universities and col leges were entered this year. Penn State had captured similar honors in 1948 at the same show. Indicative of the keen compe tition in these events is the total scoring of the top teams in which the College claimed 4336 points; University of Kentucky, 4331; Ohio State University, 4327; West Virginia University, 4319; and Clemson College, South Carolina,- 4229. Dr. William L. Henning, team coach and member of the College livestock faculty, reported that Penn State’s team members were consistent in their scoring rather than one or two indi viduals making unusually high rankings. However, William B. King, of Glen' Campbell, placed as 6th high individual of the contest, as well as placing 4th in swine and sth in sheep. His brother,'J. Fred erick King placed 9th as an in dividual in judging horses, and Donald Clapper was 9th honor in sheep. As a team, Penn State ranked 4th in swine, sth in sheep and tied for 4th l in the cattle divisions. Others on the team included Rolland Herring and Eugene Harding. A team will represent Penn State at the International Livestock Show at Chicago the weekend following Thanksgiving Day. New WMAJ Program Radio programs featuring music of the nations will be sponsored by the romance lan guage department every Thurs day at 8:30 p.m. over WMAJ. The first broadcast of this ser ies will be heard this coming Thursday. DANCE NIGHTLY TO 3 Piano Guitar Accordian Bass Drums They Play And Sing The Way You Like Them To. TERRIFIC! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950 Men living alone in double rooms in the Nittany area will not be charged extra amounts this semester provided they sign a statement to the effect that they will accept roommates sent' by the administration, Russell E. Clark, director of housing, told a committee of the Nittany council yesterday. Clark said men in the area will no longer have to move to other rooms and no more dormitories will be closed. He stated all future moves will be voluntary. In his reply .to a letter of pro test sent by the council, Clark said only men refusing to accept roommates will be charged the $l2O fee he stated last week. ' The council had not, at the time of its meeting last night, heard from Wilmer E. Kenworthy, as sistant to the president in charge of student affairs, in its plea for his support in the protest. John Laubach, council Presi dent, Charles Wolfe, and Douglas Hoemer made up the committee that. interviewed Clark. Laubach reported their findings to the council last night. Dorm 29 won the contest .for Campus Chest donations with a total of $B6. Dorm 39 was second with $7B and dorm 34 was third with $5B. The average per capita donation in the Nittany area was sl.o9. . " New Cataloguer On Library Staff Janet S. Dickson, head cata loguer at lowa State university library, has been appointed cata logue librarian for the Fred Lew is Pattee library. Other new staff members at the library are Charles Machovec, cataloguer; Elizabeth Horek, cat aloguer; Marjorie Sundin, circu lation assistant; Elizabeth Wes cott, reference assistant; Robert F. Munn, circulation assistant; Margaret Seifring,, agricultural assistant; and Carol DiNicola, en gineering librarian.
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