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VOL. 51 No. 65
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TOKYO An estimated 200,000
Chinese Red Troops were bearing
down yesterday on the South Ko
rean city of Wonju, 55 miles east
and slightly south of Seoul, which
is; now. in Red hands.
?Aii but emergency flights into
Wonju have been suspended, an
Air Force spokeman said.
Late reports indicated that
pressure: below Seoul had eased.
It was apparent that the Reds had
not regrouped after taking Seoul,
but were advancing at a slower
pace. Associated Press correspon
dent Tim Stone, who flew over
abandoned Inchon Friday, repor
ted that the Reds were 10 miles
from that city and not hurry
ing..;'.;:;.
.The exact position of the re
treating Eighth army has not
been disclosed for security rea
sons, but General MacArthur’s
headquarters has emphasized the
danger of a flank attack from the
Reds pouring down the center of
the peninsula. Front line dispat
ches say that if Wonju falls, Mac-
Arthur will have to pull his
troops back to Taegu, more than
10 0 miles south of the present
mountain line.
U.S. Pressures London
LAKE SUCCESS —Diplomatic
sources said yesterday that the
United States was fighting a be
hind-the-scenes battle to convince
other nations that if the Chinese
Reds took Korea, their time would
come soon.
The United States action was
apparently aimed at London
where the British Commonwealth
prime ministers are said to be
shying away from U.N. condemna
tion of Red Chiha as an aggressor
for fear it might lead to world
war.
Taft Criticizes Truman
WASHINGTON —Sen. Robert
Taft sharply criticized U.S. for
eign policy and President Truman
yesterday and at the same time
called for the building of a vast
air and sea force to give the
U.S. a power which Russia can
not challenge.
Elsewhere in hte capital, offi
cials were working on a 30 day
price freeze until general wage
and price controls can be made
ready. , Retail food prices were
reported just a shade below the
all-time high of July, 1948.
Fosa Succumbs
In Bellefonte
Joseph W. Fosa, professor of
Romance languages at the Col
lege, died at the Centre • County
hospital, Bellefonte, on Saturday,
Dec. 23. He was 58.
Fosa was born in Fpadafora,
Italy and came to this country
at an early age. He joined the
faculty in 1920 as an assistant
professor of Romance languages
after having taught at Marietta
college, the University of Pitts
burgh, and the Kingsley Prepara
tory school.
Fosa studied at Connecticut
Wesleyan College and later took
advanced work at Columbia uni
versity and Yale. Fosa was for
four years president of Phi Sigma
lota, - Romance language honor
ary at the College, and was ac
tive in the organiation until his
death.
Post-Game Hop Tonight
An informal dance, open to
all, will be held tonight in the
recreation. room of Hamilton
hall immediately following the
basketball game. There is no
admission charge.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1951
Student Union Delayed
Penn State’s application for
permission to- construct the
new Student Union - building
still is pending before the Na
tional Production authority in
Washington.
President Eisenhower said
yesterday that no ruling on
the application—made weeks
ago—had been received from
the NPA, but that he saw no
reason to believe permission
woulfl not be granted.
Meanwhile, work of College
architects in drawing up plans
for the building is continuing
on schedule, the President s*id.
The building originally was
scheduled to go into construc
tion this winter, but now must
receive NPA approval because
of the national defense pro
gram.
NSA Favors
Absentee Voting
For Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania region of the
National Students association
went on record in favor of ab
sentee voting for civilians and
servicemen when it met from
Dec. 15 tc 18 at the University
of Pennsylvania, David Fitz
charles reported at the NSA meet
ing Thursday night.
A bill on absentee voting and
an amendment to the state con
stitution were submitted to the
convention by Penn State NSA.
Fitzcharles, chairman of the ab
sentee voting committee, said
that these measures would be
submitted to the state legislature
when it reconvenes. Meanwhile,
letters urging cooperation will be
sent to state assemblymen.
'23 Bill Unconstitutional
In 1923 a similar bill was adopt
ed in Pennsylvania but the state
supreme court declared it uncon
stitutional. ’
Fitzcharles reported that the
workshop on “Educational Af
fairs” favored non-discrimination
in college admissions, and abol
ishing loyalty oaths for college
instructors. William Klisanin,
campus’chairman, outlined tenta
tive plans for a campus travel
bureau. This bureau would pro
vide- information .on available
summer tours abroad for stu
dents.
Student Discounts
A student discount plan was
discussed. Under this system a
student would purchase a dis
count card and by howing this
card at the stores of cooperath-.e
merchants he would be entitled
to a discount on all goods bought.
Klisanin will try to get All-Col
lege cabinet to help get the plan
initiated.
A revised plan for bringing dis
placed students to American col
leges was explained. Under the
new plan, they can come to the
U.S. if they are assured of a full
time job for one year. At the end
of this time they may attend
school if they are financially able.
Chapel Organist
To Give Recital
George Ceiga, Chapel organist,
will present his third organ re
cital at 4 p.m. tomorrow in
Schwab auditorium.
The program will- begin with
“Caprice Heroique” by Bonnet,
followed by “To an American
Soldier” by Van Denman Thomp
son, and “Le Jardin Suspendu”
by Alain.
“After playing “Requiescat in
Pace” by Sowerby, Ceiga will
conclude with three compositions
by Bach. The selections will be
“Aus tiefer Not,” “Sheep May
Safely Graze” and “Prelude an<j
Fugue in D major.”
Mineral Sciences
Building Td Be
Completed Soon
Completion of the Mineral Sci
ences building, approved Dec. 5,
1950 by the General State author
ity, will be done at an estimated
cost of $992,397.
The new space will include
special facilities for improving
the quality of low-grade mineral
deposits in Pennsylvania, for de
veloping new uses and new prod
ucts in the non-metallic mineral
field, for calibrating instruments
and developing instruments for
searching sub-surface structures,
and for paleobotanical studies in
connection with Pennsylvania
coals.
Ceramic Arts Facilities
In addition to special facilities
for studies in high temperature,
constant temperature, high pres
sure, and heat treating, the plans
include laboratories for work in
ceramic arts and gemstones.
Courses in the latter were very
popular with women students be
fore World War 11.
Other important laboratories
will deal with crystal structure,
rare elements, geochemistry, and
geophysics.
Pennsylvania’s first-grade re
sources of coking coal and re
fractory flint clay, necessary in
the iron and steel industries, are
nearing exhaustion. The space
allotted for improving the qual
ity of submarginal mineral raw
materials is consequently direct
ly connected %vith the economic
structure of the state.
WSGA Plans
Clothing Drive
WSGA house of representatives
met Thursday night to make
plans for its annual clothing drive
to be held Jan. 15 to 19. The
clothes that are collected will be
given to the Friends association,
which will send them to ne<*ly
children in Europe.
Cardboard boxes will be dec
orated and placed in the dormi
tories. Each unit president will
decide on the placement of the
boxes.
Urges Attendance
Jane Mason, WSGA freshman
senator, spoke to the girls about
the Big-Little Sister tea to be
held Jan. 14 from 2:30 to 4:30
p.m. in the Atherton lounges. She
asked the representatives to co
operate in getting more of the
upperclassmen to attend the tea.
Herbert Stein, Collegian rep
resentative, explained the pro
posed assessment increase. The
explanation and voting on the as
sessment will take place at house
meetings next week. Results of
the voting will be turned in at
the next meeting of the house.
Money allotted to the house of
representatives by the Campus
chest drive was sent out before
the Christmas vacation. Two hun
dred forty dollars and seventy
cents was sent to the Mifflin
County Child Welfare services,
and the remaining amount, $Bl.-
41, was sent to the American
Medical Women’s association. The
group’s annual Christmas drive
was included in the Campus chest
drive this year.
Commencement
Midyear commencement exer
cises will be held in Recreation
hall Jan. 27, Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, director of student affairs,
announced yesterday;
Horace Hildreth, president of
Bucknell university, will address
about 600 students receiving un
dergraduate and graduate de
grees. The ceremonies will start
at 10:30 a.m.
Engineering Dean
Harry P. Hammond
U N Observer
Van Kirk To Give
Chapel Address
“The Christian Minority,” will
be the topic of Dr. Walter Van
Kirk, official observer for the
Federal council at Lake Success,
at the College Chapel services in
Schwab auditorium 11 o’clock to
morrow morning.
For 10 years Dr. Van Kirk con
ducted a radio broadcast over the
National Broadcasting company
entitled “Religion in the News.”
He broadcast from Europe many
times, and in 1944 was awarded
a “distinguished merit” honor by
the National conference of Chris
tians and Jews for his fair treat
ment of the news of all faiths!!
Dr. Van Kirk was graduated
from Boston university and has
honorary’ degrees from Denison
university. In 1935 he toured Rus
sia and studied religious condi
tions, and in 1937 was the Ameri
can representative of the Federal
council at the world conference
on church, community and state
in Oxford.
At Pan-American Talks
In 1938 he attended the Pan-
American conference in Lima,
Peru, and served as radio com
mentator for the National Broad
casting company to give the
American public a summary of
Cordell Hull’s closing speech.
In the summer of 1942 he visi
ted England in the interest of
Protestantism and the war effort.
In April, 1945, he served as con
sultant for the United States del
egation at the first UN conference
in San Francisco. In 1945 Dr. Van
Kirk toured Japan, and consulted
with Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur
and members of the Japanese
cabinet. He also visited Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, and had a confer
ence with Emperor Hirohito.
Draftee Exams
Given At Altoona
Students called for physical ex
aminations by their local draft
boards may have the examina
tion transferred to Altoona, the
office of the dean of men has dis
closed.
The transfers may be obtained
by taking the notice to the Belle
onte draft board, located in the
Temple Court building in Belle
fonte. The Bellefonte board will
arrange for a new date for the ex
amination and • provide transpor
tation to Altoona.
ACS Elects Officers
Newly elected officers of the
Central Pennsylvania section of
the American Chemical society
are: Dr. P. M. Althouse, chair
man: Dr. T. S. Polansky, vice
chairman; Dr. R. P. Seward, sec
retary; and Dr. A. H. Holtzinger,
treasurer.
Other officers elected for 3-
year terms were Dr. A. Rose,
councilor, and Dr. L. Kieft of
Bucknell, alternate.
State Has
Chance
For Lab
The College still has an out
side chance to become the site of
an $11,000,000 quartermaster lab
oratory, Harry P. Hammond, dean
of the School of Engineering, said
yesterday.
Hammond said that the De
fense department’s research and
development board had narrowed
the field down to three tentative
sites and that the College is not
one of these.
College Still A Contender
“However,” he said, “they may
still find reasons to reject all
three of these sites, putting the
College back in the running.”
The possibility that the Col
lege might receive the lab was
announced last April 28, when
Representative James Van Zandt
said that the College was a “front
runner” among the sites under
consideration.
He said that atomic bomb dan
gers made it desirable to locate
the lab away from large centers
of population. Both Philadelphia
and Boston have been trying to
get the lab for several years.
Denies Story
Hammond recently denied a re
port in the Centre Democrat, a
county weekly, that the College
had definitely been eliminated as
a possible site. The Democrat for
the week of Dec. 1 quoted an un
named “official of the Defense
department’s research and devel
opment board” as saying that the
College was eliminated because
it did not meet housing and wa
ter supply requirements.
In denying the story at the
time, Hammond admitted that the
College was not a leading con
tenderjbut said that no final de
cision had been made.
40 Initiated
Into Honorary
President Milton S. Eisenhowef
spoke informally at the initiation
banquet of Phi Kappa Phi, gen
eral scholastic honorary, at the
Nittany Lion inn last night.
Forty seniors and recent
graduates of the College were ini
tiated at the ceremony. They in
cluded Ruth Sonya Aaron, Ho
ward Ayers, Jr., Donald Elro Be
do, Lois J. Burrell, William Bell
Forest, Dean Gladfelter, Earl Jos
eph Goldberg, Donald Max Hack
enyos, Kermit I. Harner, James
A. Haughwout, Russel Harold
Herman, Joanne Ashman.
Richard F. Higgs, Jeanne T.
Holland, Isaac Van Der Hover,
Andrew C. Houston, Rose In
torre, Margery Johns, Anthony
Lawrence Lombardo, Kenneth
Edward Marsteller, John Willis
McNees, Jack Reen, Robert An
thony Reese, Elizabeth Rock, Pat
sy Ruth Roseberry, Mary M. Row
land, Harriette Bernice Ruben
stein, Edwin L. Rumpf.
George Schaffer, William
Scheinder, Betty Anne Sellers,
James Curtis Simes, Andrew
Skumanich, Anthony Paul Stem
berger, Frank Leon Szymborski,
Paul Francis Waitkus, Patricia L.
Weaver, Anna Louise Wiggins.
Solomon Elmer Yoder, Bernard
Stephen Yurick.
Cleaning Agency Open
The Student D r y Cleaning
agency, located in the ID stor
age room in Hamilton hall,
will begin operations in the
West dorm area Monday, Allen
Reece, head of student em
ployment, announced yester
day.