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VOL. 51 —No. 59
Late AP.News Courtesy WMAJ —
Army Manpower
Quota Doubled
For Two Months
WASHINGTON—The Army
acted in line with President Tru
man’s decision that the nation
will have to raise its military
manpower sights.
The Army yesterday nearly
doubled the draft quotas from
40,000 to 80,000 for January and
for February from 50,000 to 80,-
000. The Navy and Air force are
still relying on volunteers.
A strong move was started yes
terday to get the next Congress,
to approve a system of, universal
military service. Under the plan,
every man except the totally un
fit would be called up for two
years of service on reaching the
age of 18, or on graduation from
high school.
Civilian Product Cut
WASHINGTON—The govern-,
ment plans to cut about 25% of
the amount of tin and other
materials used for making cans
to package food, drinks, oil, and
many other civilian products.
Truman To Speak
WASHINGTON President
Truman will go the air Friday
or Saturday night to tell the
nation what moves he thinks are
needed in mobilizing the home
front. Many lawmakers expect
him to outline steps which would
almost put the economy on a war
footing.
Agreements Urged
EGYPT—Soliman Abdel Fat
tah, -member of the ruling Waf
dist party, urged Egypt to make
agreements with the Communist
bloc nations—and then use the
agreements to force concessions
from the Western powers.
Mall Hole Is For
New Transformer
The huge hole on the mall in
front of Sparks building which
has been attracting curious spec
tators will be used for a trans
former in the near future, accord
ing to David R; Gifford of the
physical plant.
Gifford said the new transform
er will be used to supply power
for the new wing of Burrowes
building and also the Liberal Arts
building. The physical plant is in
charge of the work, and Gifford
said he didn’t know when it
would be finished. Work was be
gun before Thanksgiving vaca
tion but unfavorable weather con
ditions hampered operations.
Phi Sigma lota
Phi Sigma lota, Romance lan
guages honorary, will elect new
members at a meeting 7:15 p.m.
today at the home of Mrs. Philip
Rice, 829 N. Allen street.
Following the election, Herman
Belferman will present a paper
entitled “The Theme of Anguish
in Rousseau’s ‘Confessions’.”
AIM Board To Meet
The AIM board of governors
will discuss the proposed 1950-51
budget, the increase in the Daily
Collegian assessment, and in
firmary visiting 'hours at its
weekly meeting tonight.
The meeting will be held at
7 p.m. in 214 Willard hall.
Dram 61 Film
“The Long Voyage Home” will
be the feature sound film for
Dram 61 movies tonight at 7
o’clock in 119 Osmond.
Meetings Canceled
There will be no WSGA Senate
meeting tonight and no House of
Representatives meeting tomor
row night, Barbara Sprenkle,
president, announced.
STATE COLLEGE,
Christmas Tree Bulbs
College students have been
removing light bulbs from
Christmas trees in town, ac
cording to Hr K. Wilson, dean
of men. In a statement to the
Daily Collegian Monday, he
asked- that this practice be dis
continued.
Ag, LA Councils
Favor Fee Raise
Agriculture Student council
last night approved the proposed
increase in the Daily Collegian
assessment by a straw vote of
22-2.
Plans for forming an agriculture
service honorary were discussed.
Cartoll Howes, president of. the
council, appointed a committee
to investigate the possibility of
having a service honorary on Ag
Hill. The committee includes
Charles Zellner r chairman, Rob
ert Fast, William King, and Rol
land Herring. 1
Plans were also discussed for
having a' booklet telling about
the school and its clubs and hon
oraries to be used in conjunction
with freshman counseing next
fall.
Mineral Industries
The Mineral Industries student
council voted unanimously . last
night' not to hold any formal bal
loting on the proposed increase
in the Collegian assessment until
a full financial statement is pub
lished.
One member asked if Collegian
would allot more space to small
organizations if the size of the
paper was increased. Plans for
the MI open house were dropped
because of lack of equipment in
the new MI building.
Liberal Arts
In a vote that reached landslide
proportions, the Liberal Arts
student council supported the 35
cent fee increase asked by Col
legian. The vote was 17 to 3, with
one member abstaining..
The council discussed plans for
taking action against professors
who hand back blue books more
than two weeks after the test,
but no action was taken.
Magazine Subscription
Service Begins
Students wishing to subscribe
to magazines can now do so
through the magazine subscription
service offered by the student
employment agency..
Allan Reese, head of the office
of student employment, announc
ed the opening of the new serv
ice.
' The subscription service began
yesterday and is being managed
by Mark Kimelman.
The service will 'handle sub
scriptions of all popular maga
zines.
Deans Discuss Student
Problems At Conference
Students should stay in school until they are called by the
draft. This conclusion was reached at the second annual Dean of
Mens’ conference held at the College Sunday afternoon.
A discussion of what might be done to help students in relation
to the war situation led to this conclusion, and it was agreed that
the deans would encourage stu
dents to do so.
Better Relations
The other problem, of interest
to the deans, was “How To Make
Better Relations Between Stu
dents and Dean of Men.” Every
one had a similar problem and
was interested in the coffee hours
held by the .College’s Dean of
Men, H. K. Wilson, to promote
better relations between the dean
of men and the students.
It was reported that the stu
dents at the College were inter
ested in the coffee hours and
therefore the office has become
PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1950
President Warns
Against Letdown
In Scholarship
By RON BONN
President Milton S. Eisenhow
er last night warned students
against a letdown in scholarship
because of draft uncertainties in
a speech before the Interfrater
nity council banquet at the Nit
tany Lion inn.
The dinner honored Dean of
Men emeritus A. W. Wamock, re
cently elected chairman of the
National Interfraternity confer
ence.
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Alpha Phi Alpha received the
Sigma Chi scholarship trophy for
the greatest improvement in point
average over the past year at the
IFC banquet. Chan Johnson ac
cepted the award.
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President Eisenhower, principal
speaker at the dinner, said that
the present conflict is a battle for.
men’s minds more than for terri
tory.
He said, “The most important
contribution you can make to
your nation and yourself is to go
on working at the College to the
best of your ability.”
He said he had noted a letdown
in students, faculty, and adminis
tration during the last few
months, because of uncertain na
tional conditions. Urging students
to continue work, he said there
was never a period when a well
educated man was not needed.
The President reiterated his
plan, first presented at the fac
ulty-trustee dinner last week, that
If universal military training be
comes essential, men should be
offered the choice of which two
years they wish to serve between
the ages of 18 and 26. Present
plans call for automatic service
from 18 to 20. He said if neces
sary, he would go to Washington
to promote his plan.
Speaking of the NIC, he said
that the group should promote
fraternity interest in scholarship
and. social patterns.
Collegian Promotes
18 To Soph Board
Eighteen promotions to the
sophomore editorial board of the
Daily Collegian were announced
yesterday by ' Dean Gladfelter,
editor.
Those promoted are: Laura
Badwey, Arnold Bloom, Ada Bor
toluzzi, Barry Fein, James Gro
miller, Janet Herd, Robert High
ton, Jeanette Ibbotson, Robert
Landis, Betty Loux, Luella Mar
tin, Mildred Martin, Andrew Mc-
Neillie, Nancy Moncton, Robert
Schoellkopf, Ted Soens, Sheldon
Smoyer, and Mary Stark.
more of a counseling one than
the “villain” one, commonly
thought of before.
■ Everyone was greatly interest
ed in how the College handled its
problems, according to H. K. Wil
son.
There were 37 representatives
from Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Included also, were deans of men
from the centers and state teach
ers colleges. The visitors toured
the new dorms and inspected the
dining halls.
Next year’s' meeting will be
held at Bucknell university.
West Dining
Set To Open
The new West dorm dining hall will begin operation
with the noon meal on Wednesday, Jan. 3, it was announced
yesterday by Mildred A. Baker, director of food service.
Men from Hamilton, Thompson, McKee, Irvin, Jordan,
and Watts dorms will have their first chance to use the new
hall after using the facilities of McAllister hall since the
Navy Offers
Commissions
Applications for commissions
from draft eligible college gradu
ates are now being accepted by
the Navy, Commander Jay T.
Palmer, head of the Philadelphia
Navy recruiting station, has an
nounced.
Men who are accepted for duty
will receive a commission as en
sign in either the line and supply
corps, and will be required to
serve a minimum of 21 months.
To be eligible, the applicant must
possess a baccalaurate degree, be
classified IA, and be between
the ages of 19 and 26.
Applicants for the Navy’s line
corps must possess at least 12
credits of academic or engineer
ing mathematics and six credits
of physics, while applicants for
the supply corps must hold a
degree in marketing, accounting,
purchasing, transportation, fi
nance, statistical methods, or busi
ness machines. •
Commander Palmer pointed
out that no application can be
considered after the applicant
has received a notice to report
for his pre-induction physical
examination. Further informa
tion may be obtained at any Navy
recruiting station.
Students Fined
By Boro JP
Two students were fined a total
of $177 in a State College hearing
yesterday before Guy G. Mills,
justice of the peace. The charges
were disorderly conduct and vio
lation of the ordinance against
minor drinking. The arresting of
ficer was Seckinger.
Charles W. Goodwin and Paul
C. Griffith, both of Nittany Dorm
itories'were the defendants. Grif
fith was charged with tampering
with the Christmas lights on Allen
street. He took no bulbs and
destroyed no boro property so
he was fined only $25 and $9
costs.
Charles W. Goodwin who was
accompanying Griffith was later
brought to the police station and
questioned. Under questioning it
evolved that he had been drink
ing. “I knew he done something
wrong the way he run when I
tapped on the police station win
dow,” Officer Seckinger said.
The two men spent the night
in jail. Goodwin was fined $143
and Griffith was fined $34.
Dean H. K. Wilson had an
nounced yesterday that students
at the college should not tamper
with the Christmas lights in town.
Thespians Seek Scripts
Students having original scripts
which they wish to have consider
ed for future Thespian musical
productions should turn them in
to 415 Old Main by noon Satur
day.
Vet's Book Receipts
The second payment of veter
an’s book receipts for the Fall
semester is available today at
the Bursar’s office in Willard
hall.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Hall
Jan.
semester began. /
As soon as the hall begins opi
erations,- a ma.ior shift in the
scheduling of those units eating in.
McAllister, Simmons, McElwa.in,*
and Atherton will take place. /
Women living in McAllister
hall, Women’s building, Grange
dormitory and the cottages will
again use the facilities of McAllis
ter’s dining rooms as they did be
fore the men of the West dorms
took them over this semester.
Thank Men, Women
Miss Baker, commenting on the
attitudes of the students, during
the temporary arrangements said,
“We certainly want to thank the
men and women for the fine spirit
with which they accepted this
tem’porary arrangement. We
know that the arrangements were
inconvenient for all of them, but
they have been good sports about
it and we appreciate it.”
Miss Baker announced also that
beginning with the evening meal,
on Jan. 3, waiter service at din
ner will be used in the women’s
dining halls.
New Assignments
A set of new dining hall as
signments will go into effect with
the opening of the new building.
Meal ticket numbers 1 through
500, East dining room, will in
clude men residing in Thompson
hall. Meal ticket numbers 501
through 1150, and 1801 through
1900, South dining room, will in
clude men from Hamilton hall.
Men from McKee, Jordan, Watts,
and Irvin, with ticket numbers
1151 through 1800 will eat in the
North dining room.
Miss Baker said that any man
with a meal ticket number not
coinciding with the list can re
ceive a correct ticket and assign
ment from the supervisor.
Meal tickets for women who
will eat in McAllister hall be
ginning Jan. 3 can be exchanged
in McAllister hall on that date.
Blue Key Hat
Society Taps 19
Blue Key, junior men’s hat
society, tapped 19 men Monday
night, David Mutchler, president,
announced yesterday.
Men tapped for the society are
all first assistant managers of
varsity sports or cheerleaders.
Tappees are: Malvin Bank, Don
ald Cook, John Cummings, Jul
ian Gordon, Thomas Hanna, Joe
Hartman, Edwin Lefkowith, Jos
eph Leitzinger, Bruce McMillin,
Samuel Mortimer.
Edwin Nicholson, Jack Schone
ly, Edward Shihadeh, Thom Shri
ver, Kendall Tomlinson, Gustave
Wescott, John Wicks, and Robert
Whitman.
Also considered at the Monday
night meeting were constitution
al amendments for the society.
First readings on all amend
ments were heard, and the final
vote will be taken at the next
meeting.
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Shopping
Days
till
Christmas