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VOL. 51 —No. 57
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ—
Truman, Attlee
Plan To Rearm
Western Powers
WASHINGTON Presi dent
Truman and Prime Minister Att
lee ended their five-day confer
ence yesterday with renewed
determination to build up the
strength of the western powers.
They offered to halt the re
armament drive if Bussia and
Bed China would make an ac
ceptable peace, including in the
terms a free and independent
Korea; They expressed hope for
a peaceful settlement of the Kor
ean crisis but left it up to the
UN to take action if the Chinese
Communists wouldn’t agree.
Great Britain, however,. con
tinued to back the Chinese Com
munists in their demands for
China’s seat in the UN,, while the
United States still remained firm
ly behind Qhiang Kai-Shek and
the Nationalists. Attlee also op
posed the American suggestion
of a naval blockade -. of Bed
China’s coast to punish the Com
munists for their aggression, call
ing it a. half-war which -.might
explode into, a full-scale war.
Attlee-was completely satisfied
with his understanding with
President Truman on the atomic
bomb.
UN Troops Trapped
KOBEA—Trapped marines and
soldiers advanced about five
miles on an attempt to break
through to the coast in northeast
Korea but still had 40 miles to
go. Meanwhile, a fresh enemy
force moved south and threatened
to get between, the Americans
and the port of Hungnam.
Rumors of a possible sea evac
uation of United Nation’s forces
in northeast Korea circulated as
high Army and Navy officials
met in conference.
Marshall Appeals
WASHINGTON—Defense Sec
retary Marshall appealed to the
nation’s industrial leaders, last
night to get their plants ready
for a changeover to full war pro
duction under forced pressure at
any time. Marshall said that while
we are not in a world war, we
face the chance of one and can
expect nothing but prolonged
tension for years to come.
Soil Conservation
Agreement Signed
A cooperative agreement among the College, the state, and na
tional soil conservation committee, was signed yesterday to provide
for the coordination of educational and technical conservation ser
vices to commonwealth farmers.
The document, which goes :
nounced jointly by President Eii
chairman of the state commis
sion, and Dr. L. Patrick, regional
director of the U. S. Soil Con
servation service.
President Eisenhower said,
“The trustees and I feel that the
new arrangement will greatly
strengthen the work of the ex
tension service.”
Extension services of the Col
lege were recognized as being re
sponsible for having leadership in
all informal educational work in
agriculture in the commonwealth.
The soil conservation service will
provide technical guidance to in
dividual farmers in making con
servation surveys, developing
Correction
The joint student-faculty
mixer of the Economics and
Commerce department will
be held in the Tub Monday
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
In yesterday’s issue of Col
legian, the time was erron
eously listed as 7 to 8 p.m.
STATE COLLEGE PA., SATURDAY MOBNING, DECEMBER; 9, 1950
JAMES BEAVER as “Joe" and Joseph Bird as "Kit Carson"
talk things over in a scene from William Saroyan's "The Time of
Your Life." Players' new show, which began a five-week run at
Center Stage last night.
Players' 'Time Is
Surprisingly Good
By ROSEMARY DELAHANTY
Down at the foot of San Francisco’s rowdy Embarcadero, in a
cheap saloon, a guy named Joe sits, drinks champagne, and despises
evil —a fundamentally simple story told with an occasional spark
of genius last night by Players as “Time of Your Life” 'opened a five
week run at Center stage. S
Showing the effect of Joe’s kind, gentle, and sometimes ruth-
less philosophy upon the. water
front riff-raff in Nick’s Pacific
Street Entertainment Palace is
not easy, especially for a college
group, but Players’ version of the
Saroyan drama was surprisingly
good.
There’s a dull moment or two in
the beginning, but the tempo
picks up amazingly; the acting it
self gets progressively better and
in the last act is superb.
Prologue Opening
“Time of Your Life” is intro
duced by a prologue which out-
into effect immediately, was an
isenhower, Secretary Miles-Horst,
.conservation plans, and installing
conservation practices. Certain
conservation equipment anrl ma
terials will also be provided to
districts and farmers.
Eisenhower Said
President Eisenhower also said,
“It will also eliminate the con
fusion which has prevailed in
some areas where the farmers
have been in doubt regarding the
assistance they might obtain from
each of the agencies concerned.”
Additional soil conservation
districts can be established by
county commissioners and wiil
be entitled to the same services as
the 26 districts now existing in
the state, the agreement said.
The agreement had been au
thorized last week by the state
soil conservation commission at
its meeting in Harrisburg, and by
the executive committee of the
board of trustees of the College.
Previously, the Chief of the soil
conservation service of the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul
ture had authorized approval.
Collegian photo by Bersinger
lines the ideals of this man Joe,
who, in the time of his life, is “try
ing to discover in all things that
which shines and is beyond cor
ruption.”
There is no plot to this play,
actually. The audience merely
watches Joe in a bar, then in a
hotel room, and is left to make its
own decision about him.
Whether you consider Joe a
crackpot or hero depends upon
your own philosphy of life.
James Beaver’s “Joe” is just as
it should be—suave, gentle, and,
at times, intensely emotional.
Beaver’s facial expression and
gestures are especially' good.
He does a magnificent job as
“Joe.” Especially good are his ges
tures and facial expressions.
"Kitty Duval"
Sonya Tilles, who plays a pros
titute, “Kitty Duval,” occasionally
. (Continued on page eight)
Ceiga To Give
Organ Recital
The compositions of Johann
Sebastian Bach will highlight an
organ concert to be given by
George Ceiga tomorrow at 4 p.m.
in Schwab auditorium. The re
cital is being sponsored by the
Music department of the College.
Mr. Ceiga will start the pro
gram with Buttstedt’s compo
sition of “Von Himmel kam der
Engel Schaar,” which will be
followed by Buxtehude’s “In Dul
ci Jubilo.” After these two songs
the music of Bach plays the fea
ture roll. The organist, will play
Bach’s “Der Tag, der ist so freu
denreich,” “Prelude and Fugue in
C major (The Great),” and “Fu
gue a la Gigue.”
For the final portion of the
recital the Christmas theme plays
the main part. The organist opens
the final part with the familiar
Christmas carol, “Noel,” by
D’Aquin. The program is then
concluded with Yon’s “Christmas
in Sicily” and a choral improvi
sation on “In Duld Jubilo” by
Karg-Elert
State's NSA To Support
Student Absentee Voting
At Phila. Convention
A bill or an amendment to the state constitution to facil
itate absentee voting will be submitted to the National Stu
dent association at its regional convention at the University
of Pennsylvania, Dec. 15-17.
The bill or amendment will be submitted by the student
committee of the local NSA chapter, it was revealed at the
Officials Term
Pre-registration
Plan Successful
The new plan for pre-register
ing, which went into effect for
the first time this semester, was
termed successful by several
campus officials questioned on
the matter.
Scheduling Officer Ray Wat
kins said that as far as his office
was concerned the plan was very
successful. However, he said he
will base his final decision on
reaction of the student body to
the plan.
Watkins said that success or
failure of the plan rested with
the feelings of the department
heads. He did say, however, that
he knew that the new plan al
lowed more time for counseling
by faculty advisors.
Spring Dales Set
May 7 and 8, 1951, have been
set aside for pre-registration for
the fall semester of 1951, and the
same plan will be used, with a
few changes as to time and order
in which students will register,
Watkins said. .
Dean Harry P. Hammond of
the School of Engineering said
that the plan worked well in his
school, except for a slight tie-up
due to the time schedule. Dean
Hammond said that the School
of Engineering feels that the plan
prepared it to go about final
registration more effectively.
Department Approves
The Economics and Commerce
department, according to Paul J.
Boner, instructor in economics,
thought the plan very successful.
Boner said that registration went
better than at any time in the
past, and that he had many state
ments from students praising the
plan.
The department drifted away
from- the .original plan to some
degree, in that it registered sen
iors and juniors on Friday, Dec.
1, and combined advising of the
student with scheduling. Boner
said that the registration was a
steady process, with no rushes
or lags.
AIM Council Elects
Officers Monday
Town council will elect officers
and four v representatives-at-large
to the board of governors of the
Association of Independent Men
in 303 Willard hall 7 p.m. Mon
day, according to David Olm
stead, AIM elections committee
chairman.
_ The officers and representa
tives-at-large will meet with the
board Wednesday night at which
time .the board will have its full
membership of 30 for the first
time this semester.
Each of the 29 town wards
elected a member to the council
two weeks ago. The council held
a get-together meeting last Wed
nesday night to make plans for
Monday's election.
Olmstead said a date will be
set for the council’s La Vie photo
at Monday’s meeting.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
meeting of NSA Thursday night.
The legislation would provide
that all qualified voters who may
be absent from the state or the
county of their residence may
register and vote by mail. Their
vote would be returned and can
vassed in the election district in
which they reside.
All students interested in the
passage of such a measure should
write to their assemblymen re
questing the passage of such a
measure, NSA leaders said.
The transportation committee
reported success in obtaining spe
cial busses for students leaving
for various cities over the holi
days. The committee is now turn
ing its attention to providing for
special busses to return after the
holidays.
Faculty Rating
The faculty rating system was
discussed, and a pamphlet on this
subject is being prepared and will
be ready for distribution shortly
after the beginning of the new
year. This system entails the fill
ing out of forms by. the students
on how they rate their various
professors.
The pamphlet will inform stu
dents about the system, with sug
gestions on how it could be intro
duced here. It will be presented
to the student councils of the var
ious schools at the convention,
and they can work through their
schools to see if such a plan could
be instituted.
NSA is planning to sponsor the
showing of educational films to
the student body, either weekly
or bi-monthly. A jazz concert is
being tentatively planned for
February 17, to raise money for
these films.
Helen Costello
Named Queen
Beautiful, blonde, blue-eyed
Helen Costello, was crowned
queen of the Military ball last
night.
Miss Costello, who works for a
television station in Philadelphia,
received a silver crown engraved
with the emblems of the Air
Force, Army, and Navy ROTC.
The other four finlists were Mrs.
Nancy Freeh, Pat Kelly, Sally
Miller and Lolita Robinson. Each
of the five finalists received a
leather jewelry case and a bou
quet of red roses.
Judges who selected the queen
were Lt. Col. Jack W. Dieterle,
professor of air science and tac
tics, Major Robert D. Halpin,
acting professor of military
science and tactics, and Capt.
John L. Woodbury, professor of
naval science and tactics. The
finalists were selected from
photographs by the ROTC staff
at VMI.
Music for the ball was provided
by Claude Thornhill.
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Shopping
Days
till
Christmas