The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 02, 1950, Image 2
PAGE TWO Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ— Chinese Red Losses Estimated Near 6000 In 5-Day Fighting TOKYO—An Army spokesman yesterday stated an estimated total of 6,000 Chinese commu nists have been killed in the past 5 days in bitter fighting in North Korea. The retreat' by United Nations troops was orderly, the spokes man said, and the trapped troops are being supplied by air drops. Marines in the southern tip of the Changjin reservoir area have successfully beaten off a Chinese Red attack supported by artillery. The Marines by their holding ac tion maintained a grip on their base at Hagaru. Truman, Attlee To Meet WASHINGTON, D.C.—Presi dent Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee will confer Tues day on the Korean crisis and the problems it has created in Eu rope and Asia. Spokesmen say Attlee, with, the support of France, will ask Presi dent Truman to do everything in his power to prevent total war with Communist China. Mean while, further UN talks about the Korean situation will await the results of the Attlee-Truman conference. Army Ups Quotas WASHINGTON, D.C. The Army yesterday increased its monthly draft call to 50,000 men for the month of February. This is an increase of 10,000 over the quotas of December and January. At the same time, Navy and Air Force standards were lowered somewhat to increase the number of accepted volunteers. Dorms Raise $lBO For Social Events West dorm council realized $lBO in a contest held to raise money for dorm social activities, John Clark, chairman of the fi nance committee, announced Thursday. . George Wood, Hamilton hall; Roger Jacobus, McKee hall; and Carl Lunde, Thompson hall, were the prizewinners. First prize was an invitation to the Military ball, a corsage, and rental of a tuxedo or $l5. Wood took the $l5. Second prize was a 15-pound turkey with shipment paid to any place in the state, or $lO. Jacobus took the $lO. Third prize was $5. Frosh, Sophs To Elect Representatives Sunday Leonides, women’s independent organization, will hold elections for Freshman and Sophomore class meeting representatives and advisors tomorrow night in 10 Sparks. Freshmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. and the sophomores will meet at 7:15. Four members from each class will be elected. Their duties will consist of transmitting the opin ions of students to class officers Profs proffer THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Library Requires Matric Cards Matriculation cards must be presented at the library circu lation desk when books are borrowed either for home use or for use in the library. Since the system was not started at the library until last year desk assistants had been instructed to be lenient until students became adjusted to the policy; however Ralph W. McComb, librarian, stated that in the future all students using library books will be required to present matricu lation cards. Glee Club To Go On Tour In April, The - College Glee Club will make its annual spring tour April 9 through April 13, Prof. Frank Gullo, director, announced. The tour will be preceded by a concert on April 1 in Schwab aud itorium. The full glee club of ap proximately 146 members will sing for this first opening con cert. The touring club of 50 mem bers will give concerts in Fotts ville, Reading, Allentown, Wil mington, Del., and at the Acad emy of Music in Philadelphia. These concerts are sponsored by Penn State alumni associations in the various cities. Following the tour, the concert touring club will present a pro gram on April 15 in Schwab audi torium. This concert will be giv en for those who are unable to at tend the earlier concert. Last year the Glee Club intro duced the new college song, “Hail, Oh Hail” at the Schwab concert which followed the Spring tour. The. program also included semi classical, religious, folk, and col lege songs. Yourl&i t "“'; 1 . r co S ..i=‘ lo.« «« PROVE IT to w(opotMs fj\ S33F a=S§»fe^no”.<“' , '“ £•— rT\ -s? Plant Journal Bestows Honor On Dr. Thomas Dr. Walter Thomas, professor of plant nutrition at the College, is currently being honored on the occasion of his 70th birthday by the American Society of Pl»nt Physiologists in its quarterly pub lication. A full -page portrait' of Dr. Thomas appears at the beginning of the publication and more than a page listing his achievements, are near the back of the technical journal. In the felicitations to Dr. Thomas the journal states, “His influence in the field of the min eral nutrition of . plants is world wide.” A native of Wales, Dr. Thom as joined the College experimen tal station in 1910. He retired last month. Author of about 80 research pa pers, Dr. Thomas won the atten tion of the scientific world for his work dealing with leaf analysis, and foliar diagnosis as a method for determining the mineral nu trient requirements of plajits. Dr. Thomas is a charter mem ber of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of numerous technical societies, research and honorary fraternities. Fraternity Seeks Campus Chapter Persons interested in organiz ing a Penn State chapter of Kap pa Sigma Kappa, national social fraternity with 45 chapters in the U.S. and four chapters in the British Empire, may do so by writing to the National Secretary, Box 609, Fairmont, W. Va. Anyone Can Predict Weather Conditions A red sky at night being sailor’s delight, and a red sky in the morning causing sailors to give warning, have been handed down as sure predictions of the weather for generations, but students at Penn State have something much more definite to refer to in check ing if they should take a raincoat along. Most upperclassmen are familiar with the system of forecast flags flying over, the Mineral In dustries building, but to new stu dents on campus here is the sig nificance of the flag signals: Weather Flags The blue, white, and red ban ner has no connection whatever with the French Tricolor, but merely signifies cloudy skies, while a white flag is flown for fair weather. A red flag means warm er; a blue flag predicts a drop in temperature. The red and white checkerboard banner signifies in creasing wind and the black and white checkerboard flag predicts snow or rain. The day’s weather is posted at 7 a.m. daily atop the M. I. build ing. At noon the flags are chang ed to designate the weather for the following day. Ag School Had Station The first weather observation station at the college was estab lished in 1887-and was located in the Agriculture school. The sta tion was moved to its present lo cation in the Mineral Industries building in 1938. Along with compiling readings for local forecasting, the station is a cooperative observer for the Climatological division of the U.S. Weather bureau. A special collecting agency, op ...and , ;.| , Van Tux l ;-Jl\ ! Van Dress *4** The class of the class prom ... that’s Van Heusen Dress shirts. Snowy white pique fronts. French cuffs, fine - handkerchief-cloth bodies—all tailored. with that extra - magic of Van Heusen sewmanship. Van Tux in two collar attached models—wide-spread and regular. Van' Dress is neckband only. Best insurance for keeping off the stag line—Van Heusen Formal Favorites. . A new shirt free if your Van Heusen shrinks out of siee. Q Van Heusen M "the world’s smartest ” 0 Jill. I/O PHILLIPS.JONES CORP., l, N. T. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 195.0 By JIM GROMILLER Student Poets Win National Honors Six students, at the College had poetry accepted by the National Poetry association of Los Angeles. The poems will be published in the Annual Anthology of College Poetry. This collection represents the finest poetry written by col lege men and women .throughout the United States. The students and their con tributions were Paul Beighley, “Sonnet Lament’’; Yvonne Car ter, “Nursery Rhyme”; Norman Eisenstat, “The Gospel of God”; Barbara Silberman, “I Pluck the Notes”; Marilyn Levitt, “Ana logy”; and Barbara Barab,: “Too Young to Fly.” All the entrants are members of Prof. J. L. Grucci’s . verse-writ ing class. erating aside from the station it self, compiles reports on rainfall, floods, and river stages by FM radio-telephone from throughout the Susquehanna river basin and relays it to the Department of Forestry and Waters. . I