Try man
Lists 4-Point
Plan To Meet
Danger To U.S.
WASHINGTON President
Truman will declare a state of
national emergency today.
The President announced the
forthcoming declaration in a 24-
minute talk direct from the White
House to the nation last night.-
“Our homes, our nation, all the
things that we believe in,” the
President said, “are in danger.
This danger has been created by
the leaders of the Soviet Union.”
The President said he had set
up an Office of Defense Mobiliza
tion to coordinate the vast pro
gram, with Charles E. Wilson,
chairman of board of directors
of General Electric, as its head.
The President also created the
Federal Civilian Defense admin
istration and named Millard Cald
well, former governor of Florida,
to head this group.
Four-Point Program
First listing, point for point,
the dangers which face the nation,
the President made his momen
tous statement declaring the
emergency.
“Because of all the things I
have been talking to you about,
tomorrow morning I will declare
that a state of national emergen
cy exists,” he said.
To meet the dangers facing the
nation, the President called for a
four point program:
1. To uphold and defend the
principles of the United Nations.
2. To work with other nations
to strengthen our defense.
3. To build up strength of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force.
4. To expand our economy and
keep it on an even keel.
Expands Armed Forces
The President said he had
ordered the Army, Navy, and Air
Force to expand their personnel
to 3 % million. The present
strength of these forces is 2Yz
million. There are an additional
2 million men in the national
guard and reserves who are sub
ject to call, he said.
Selective service will call for
more men, the’ president said. He
disclosed that two additional
national guard units would be
activated by January.
“We have no aggressive pur
poses,” the President said. He de
clared his belief that the differ
ences between the free peoples
of the world and the Soviet Union
could be settled peacefully. “But,”
he added, “we cannot yield to
aggression.”
German Dept.
Plans Program
The Department of German
will present its annual Christ
mas program in Schwab auditor
ium at 7 p.m. Monday.
The program will include musi
cal selections, a reading, a talk,
and carol singing. George J.
Wurfl, professor emeritus of Ger
man, will preside at the program
as he has since its inception in
1930.
Wurfl will read a Biblical ac
count of the nativity in German
and Dr. W. E. Meyer, associate
professor of engineering re
search, will speak.
The musical part of the pro
gram will include a violin sonata
of Handel, played by Barbara
Thomas, a graduate student in
music, accompanied by Barry
Brinsmaid, assistant professor of
music; Brahms’ “Geistliehes Wie
genlied,” sung by Mrs. Viktor
Lowenfeld, with viola obligato
by Miss Thomas and piano ac
companiment by Mrs. Evan John
son; and movements of the Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4,
played by an instrumental en
semble.
George Ceiga, assistant profes
sor of music, will play an organ
prelude and postlude. The audi
ence will sing traditional Christ
mas carols.
Next Collegian Jan. 4
Today's issue of the Daily
Collegian will be the last
edition until after Christmas
vacation. Next issue will ap
pear on Thursday. Jam 4.
To ftrbcla
Daily fH (EoUegimt
VOL. 51 —No. 62
Merry Christmas l
SEASONS GREETINGS! Shown above is a window at Willard
hall which wishes passers-by a Merry Christmas in 12 different
languages.
Parking Suggestions
Accepted By Cabinet
A special parking area for the West dorms will be set up if
President Milton S. Eisenhower approves two suggestions pertain
ing to parking regulations accepted by All-College cabinet Thurs
day night. <•
Neil See, chairman of the park-
ing committee, said the parking «,mr. ■ *
suggestions were formulated in WITIC©S Ul (*091606
talks .between-the administration _ ”
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tration has accepted the recom- . - . . ■ _ „ ,
mendations and they will now be Offices at the College will be
given to President Eisenhower c l° sed Dec. 22 to 26 inclusive, and
for approval,, according to See. a ' so on - New Year’s day.
150 Spaces Ralph W. McComb, College li-
He said that 150 spaces have brarian, has announced the fol
been set aside in the West park- lowing schedule of library hours
ing area, behind Sigma Chi and for the vacation: Dec. 19, 7:50 a.
Sigma Nu fraternity houses, for m. to 5 p.m.; Dec. 20 to Dec. 22,
cars of West dorm residents. See 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Dec. 23 to Dec.
pointed out that the existing 25, closed; Dec. 26 to Dec. 30, 9
parking regulations were formu- a. m. to 5 p. m.; Dec. 31 to Jan. 1,
lated in 1946. He said the number closed; Jan. 2, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.;
(Continued on page eight) and Jan. 3, 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Cagers Defeat
Rhode Island St.
Penn State’s Nittany Lion basketball team picked up its third
win last night by upsetting Rhode Island State, 61-55, in Rec hall
before approximately 6000 fans.
But in doing so the Lions played probably their poorest game
of the campaign, and the highly touted Rams must have lost their
famous fast break on the way to
State College.
The largest crowd of the young
winter sport season, which jam
med Rec hall to see the Rhode
Island team play Penn State for
the first time, saw a slow game
punctuated with personal fouls.
Neither the Lions nor the Rams
could boast much of a shooting
game during the first part of the
game, as both teams missed con
sistently.
Not until the last ten minutes
of the ball game did things really
pep up.
Fred Congleton, Ram center,
took scoring honors for the even
ing with 17. points, scoring 12 of
these in the second half.
Captain Lou Lamie was high
point man for the Lions with 15
markers.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1950
—Collegian Photo by Stone
By ERNIE MOORE
Rhode Island State drew first
blood when Charlie Stewart con
verted a foul shot with 20 sec
onds gone. Johnny Mitchell scor
ed on a one hander from beyond
the foul key and Bill Baird also
dropped in a field goal to give the
Rams a 5-0 lead.
Tiny McMahan picked up three
with a lay up and a foul shot.
(Continued on page four)
Christmas Party
The Penn State club and Ath
erton hall will hold a closed
Christmas party in the Atherton
lounges at 2 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon. Tomorrow evening at
8 o’clock, the club will hold its
Christmas carol sing. Members'
of the club will meet in Old Main
lobby.
onal Emergency
College Seeks
State Aid Grant
Penn State has asked the General Assembly for a grant
of $17,555,142 for the 1951-53 fiscal period.
The request was announced by Governor-elect John S.
Fine in Philadelphia Thursday, after a conference at the Ritz-
Carlton hotel between Fine, President Robert L. Johnson of
Temple university, and Orphans’ court Judge Charles Klein,
Library Exhibit
Traces Origin
Of Yule Tree
Magazine articles, newspaper
clippings, and books that help t_o
trace the origin of the Christmas
tree are now being exhibited at
the Cpllege library and will con
tinue through the holidays.
Materials on exhibit are part of
an extensive study conducted by
Dr. Philip A. Shelley, professor
and head of the German depart
ment. He said that the search for
the first Christmas tree in Amer
ica almost always points to im
portation from Germany, where
the custom of its use originated.
Dr. ' Shelley explained that,
“virtually all instances of its earl
iest ascertained appearances in
this country, whether in chuches
or in homes, are associated with
the endeavors of recently arrived
immigrants to preserve one of the
most, memorable aspects of
Christmas in the Fatherland.”
According to Dr. Shelley, pic
tures published or circulated in
the United States almost always
reveal evidence of German origin,
especially, during the 1830’s and
1890’s. ’
The exhibit includes copies of
children’s stories with transla
tions from the tradition of the
German bad boy, “Struwwelpet
er,” or “Slovenly Peter,” as well as
other books in which Christmas
trees are mentioned or illustrated.
Choir To Give
Two Concerts
The chapel choir will present
its annual Christmas concert at
chapel services in Schwab audi
torium tomorrow morning at 11
o’clock.
This Christmas program will be
the second presented by the chap
el choir. They wil give their tra
ditional midnight performance in
Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock
tonight. •
Tomorrow’s program will be
preceded by ac horale concert
played by a brass choir from the
Blue band under the direction of
James W. Dunlop. The music of
the choir will consist of Yule car
ols and anthems. The choir will
be accompanied by George Ceiga,
chapel organist.
Exams May Fix
Position In Draft
America’s college-age youth
may have to take examinations
to determine who will be drafted
and who will stay in school, ac
cording to James C. O’Brien,
associate director of the Office
Of Manpower and head of' the
National Scientific Register.
Mr. O’Brien indicated yester
day that Washington may hand
down this decision Monday.
He said, “Even though we’ll
need all the young men we can
get for the armed services, we
must keep some in the schools
to ma i n.t ai n our technical
strength.”
PRICE FIVE CENTS
a Temple trustee.
If granted, the sum would be
a substantial increase over the
$11,010,000 allocation for the
1949-51 period ending May 31.
College Estimate
The College’s estimate included
$12,270,000 for building purposes.
The original 1949-51 budget, later
cut, included an $8,000,000 build
ing fund.
Fine also announced requests
from the University of Pennsyl
vania, the University of Pitts
burgh, and Temple.
Together, the four schools re
quested an increase of $11,100,000
over their 1949-51 grants. Total
1951-53 appropriation asked is
$30,480,142. The schools received
$19,341,800 for the current period.
Other Increases
Penn requested a boost. from
■its present $3,473,000 to $5,457,000.
Pitt asked an increase from
$2,516,920 to $3,700,000. Temple
asked an increase from $2,350,000
to $3,768,000.
Governor James Duff’s original
1949-51 recommendation for Penn
State had been $18,386,000. At
that time, acting President James
Milholland had said that the sum
fell short of the College’s needs
by $3,000,000.
Parcel Service
Uninterrupted
Despite the ban on shipment
of parcel post packages clamped
on by the Post Office department
in Washington yesterday, there
has been no marked lack of serv
ice in the State College area,
according to Ernest Johnson,
assistant postmaster.
The embargo, which went into
all oyer the country yesterday
morning at 6 o’clock, orders all
post offices to refuse parcel post
to be delivered to areas tied up
by the wildcat railroad strike now
in effect.
Mail going west of Chicago and
south of Washington from State
College will be refused at the
Post Office in accordance with
the edict. Mail service from State
College to all of the New Eng
land states, New York, New Jer
sey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and
Pennsylvania has been moving
along smoothly, Johnson said,
and air parcel post packages have
had little trouble getting through.
So far, first class mail, Christ
mas cards and air mail have
moved along without interrup
tion.
Correction
The name of Marvin R. Berk
was erroneously omitted from the
list of those tapped for Blue Key
in Wednesday’s paper. Blue Key
is a junior men’s hat society.
Only
7
Shopping
Days
till
Christmas