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VOL. 51 No. 67
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ—
Wonju Aim
Of Revived
UN Forces
UN forces in Korea new ap
pear to bo making a strong effort
to recapture the important city
of Wonju.
The city fell to the Reds Mon
day. It controls highways leading
into southeastern Korea.
UN forces launched furious
counter attacks yesterday' and
gained nearly three miles on the
vital central front south of Von
ju. As they gained momentum,
the UN forces ran into enemy
mortar fire, but their casualties
were light.
Stassen Optimistic
PHILADELPHIA Repub
lican leader Harold Stassen is
back from a world tour, and he is
optimistic of chances for world
peace.
“Any Soviet aggressive . war
would touch off a revolt within
the Soviet Union,” the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania president said.
Belgium Welcomes Ike
BRUSSELS General Eisen
hower was welcomed by Belgian
government officials today. As
supreme commander of Allied
forces in Europe, the general is
touring all North Atlantic pact
countries.
Navy Plan Approved
WASHINGTON The house
armed services took only two.
hours to approve a two . billion
dollar program to build up the
Navy’s power. The program would
authorize the building of a 60,000
ton super aircraft carrier along
with 172 other new vessels.
Council Plans
7 Safyr—Dance 7
The Nittany dorm council laid
initial plans at its meeting Mon
day 'night to hold an all-College
dance, sponsored by the new
dorm social group, Satyrs, in Rec
hall on April 21. The affair is to
be semi-formal and will be titled
“Satyr-Dance.”
A survey of all men in the Nit
tany area desiring to go to the
West dorms in the second semes
ter is being made by the coun
cil. A committee was also ap
pointed, to gain information from
H. K. Wilson, dean of men, con
cerning the military situation.
Joe Errigo, chief resident ad
viser of the dorms, asked the
dorm presidents to work out their
individual dorm study hours.
■Permission to use the West dorm
lounges was also announced.
The council again sent a letter
to administrative officials asking
for a council room in Dorm 20.
Three awards were made to area
dorms that won the Christmas
decoration contest. Dorm. 34 was
awarded first prize, Dorm 39 sec
ond prize, and Dorm 32 third
prize.
Investigation is being carried
out by the council on having meat
served in the Nittany dining hall
on Fridays.
Ed Council Backs
Higher Assessment
The Education' council voted a
six-to-four approval of the Col
legian assessment Monday night.
The Vote was taken after Col
legian representative Herb Stein
explained reasons for the assess
ment.
Other items discussed were or
ientation handbook for education
majors, FTA student council
mixer, and the part of the council
in the PSCA sponsored Religion
in-Life week. The possibilities of
an award for an outstanding edu
cation senior was debated.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1951
Placement Director
George Leetch
2500 In ROTC
Deferred By
Draft Boards
.Draft .deferments have been
granted to more than 2500 stu
dents enrolled in elementary and
advanced ROTC at the College
and at ten centers and state teach
ers colleges with freshman Penn
State students.
The deferred group includes all
240 enrolled in Navy ROTC; all
220 advanced students and most
of the 440 sophomores in Army
ROTC; and all 101 seniors, 103
juniors, and 339 sophomores in
Air . ROTC. In addition, 453 of ap
proximately 760 freshmen in
Army ROTC and 624 of 711 fresh
men in Air ROTC will be. eligible
for deferment. Army mid Air
ROTC deferments are on a quota
basis.
First semester freshmen cannot
be deferred. Freshmen to be de
ferred are now being chosen on
the basis of academic work and
potential leadership.
Navy Not Separated
Unlike Army and Air ROTC,
Navy ROTC is not separated into
upper - and lower divisions. All
regular and contract students in
Navy ROTC must serve two
years active duty after they re
ceive commissions, if the Navy
needs them.
The College ROTC notifies
local boards of students eligible
for deferments. The boards then
issue 1-D classifications. Students
recommended for deferment
should also notify their boards of
the fact separately.
'Antigone Arouses
Wide-Spread Interest
By ROSEMARY DELAHANTY
Before Players dug back into their classics for “The Antigone
of Sophocles,” their weekend offering at Schwab, many people
thought Antigone was a sandwich spread.
Now, with the local Rennaissance brought about by the_forth
coming production of the Greek tragedy, profs are devoting class
time to discussions of the play,
there’s a theater exhibit in the
Library pertaining to it, and
books available on the subject
were gobbled up long ago.
■ It’s most uncommon for Play
ers, or any theatrical group for
that matter, to be putting on a
Greek play, which is the main
reason for the hub-bub and hoop
la. In fact the last 2,400-year-old
drama staged hereabouts was in
the 1930’5.
This is an average of six Greek
plays a century, and, while* the
drama -department of the Daily
Collegian thinks it’s right noble
of Players to bring the ancient
theater and all its trappings this
Ear back in the hills, we can’t
help but wonder why it had to
hit during the two months we’re
reviewing Schwab productions.
Eugene O’Neill we - can take in
mr stride, but Sophocles has us
-'.wed!
When the Greek went to the
theater he knew the. legend the
Make Use
Of Training
Now-- Leetch
Despite the confusion and
threat of war it is time to keep
your feet on the ground and take
advantage of the opportunity to
put to use your education and
training of the past four years,
George N. P. Leetch, director of
the College Placement service,
said in a letter to June graduates.
“Now may be a better time
than after military duty to locate
and get started on the type of job
that you want most,” lie said.
Get Degree
“Under the circumstances it is
important that you prepare your
self for employment by getting
your degree, analyzing your work
interests, investigating prospec
tive employers and making sin
cere application for a job.”
Leetch went on to say that
business and industry were en
couraging students to continue to
do a good job in present activities
until called upon to change.
“When considering you for em
ployment many of the large com
panies have adopted a policy of
ignoring the fact that you may
be drafted in the near future,”
he said.
Employers Plan Visits
He explained that if you are
called a month or two after you
start to work, the company is
willing to share your time with
the military, and hopes that you
will return when your duty is
terminated.
Employers are planning to visit
the campuses as usual to inter
view students, and many have
already fixed dates to visit the
College during the Spring semes
ter, he pointed out.
Le Sage Will Head
International Committee
Dr. Laurence LeSage, associate
professor of Romance languages,
has been named by President Eis
enhower as head of a committee
on study abroad. The purpose of
the committee is to act in liason
with the Commission on Interna
tional Cooperation in Education.
Dr. LeSage will provide all in
formation on scholarships and
fellowships, tuition, living costs,
methods of transportation, inten
sive language courses, and other
relevant material.
play was based on; hence it was
not necessary for the playwright
to go into any explanations about
who the characters were and
what had happened to them pre
viously.
This background information,
difficult to acquire while the play
is in progres, is essential for un
derstanding and appreciating the
plot.
“Antigone” is the last of a ser
ies of three plays written by
Sophocles to tell the story of
Oedipus and his family.
Oedipus, Antigone’s father, was
a son of the king of Thebes. At
his birth an oracle predicted that
he would kill his father and then
marry his mother, and to prevent
this the king sent Oedipus to
Corinth to be reared.
When Oedipus was a young
man the prophecy was repeated
to him. Believing the couple
whom he lived with in Corinth
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Army's Changed!
Majors Now Kiss
Lieutenants 'Bye
Last Thursday, Major John
P. Dougherty kissed his wife
good-bye at Ft. Lee, Va. then
returned to State College.
For it was the wife, Ist Lt.
Eleanor M. Dougherty, who
was called to active duty. Her
husband, a signal corps officer,
is assistant professor of mili
tary science and tactics at the
College.
Lieutenant Dougherty, for
merly of Independence, Mo.,
enlisted in the Women’s Army
Corps on Dec. 4, 1942 and was
relieved from active duty on
Feb. 1, 1946. She later joined
the WAC Reserve when it \yas
organized last May.
The major and Lieutenant
Dougherty met each other and
were married at Camp Crowd
er, Mo., where the major was
stationed after a year of duty
in North Africa. He was as
signed to the College in 1949,
sifter he served for two years
in General Headquarters of the
Far East Command in Tokyo.
AEC To Offer
Science Grads
Further Study
The Oak Ridge Institute of Nu
clear Studies is administering a
program for the Atomic Energy
commission providing for ap
proximately 250 predoctoral fel
lowships in the physical and bi
ological sciences for' 1951-1952.
To qualify for a fellowship a
candidate must plan research so
related to atomic energy as to
justify a presumption that upon
completion of his studies, he will
be especially suited for employ
ment by the AEC or one of its
contractors.
Students who have had one
year of graduate study are eligi
ble for the fellowships in the
physical sciences. Applicants for
fellowships in biological sciences
must have a bachelor’s degree.
Appointments for the fellow
ships are for one year beginning
September 1, 1951. The fellow
ships may be renewed.
Provide $l6OO Stipend
The predoctoral fellowships
provide a basic stipend of $l6OO
with an additional $5OO if mar
ried and $250 for each child not
exceeding two in number. Addi
tional allowances will be made
for travel and university or col
lege tuition.
In addition to the predoctoral
fellowships, the institute will ap
point up to 75 postdoctoral fel
lows in the physical, medical, and
biological, including agricultural,
sciences. The basic stipend is
$3OOO with additional allow
ances.
Forty radiological physics fel
lowships for study at Vanderbilt
university and the University of
Rochester will be awarded.
Application forms and other in
formation may be obtained from
deans 'of medical and graduate
schools and heads of university
science departments, or from the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Two Profs Receive
$15,000 In Grants
Two College faculty members
have received two grants amount
ing to $15,076 from the U.S. Pub
lic Health service for research
projects.
Dr. Pauline Beery Mack, direc
tor of the Ellen H. Richards in
stitute, received $12,096 to in
vestigate the relationship of nu
trition to bone development. A
grant of $2,980 was given to Dr.
Raymond W. Swift, professor and
head of the Department .of Ani
mal Nutrition, for a study of the
nitrogen and energy metabolism
of intact proteins and free amino
PRICE FIVE CENTS
West Dorm
Proposes $1
Social Fee
A proposal that West dormi
tory men be asked to contribute
$1 a year to finance social activ
ities was presented to West dorm
council Monday night.
Representative John Clark re
quested council members to con
sult the areas they represent in
order to obtain student opinion
on the subject. Clark said that
the opening ot he West dormitory
dining hall made available ideal
recreational acilities. But, Clark
said, little could be done to spon
sor social affairs without money.
Cabinet Must Approve
It would not be necessary for
All-Colege cabinet to aprove the
assessment if West dorm council
did so, Clark said. The assessment
would have to be approved by the
board of trustees before it would
go into effect. If finally approved
by the trustees, the assessment
would be compulsory for West
dorm men.
Green Elected
Blair Green was elected vice
president of the council, and Stan
ley Zimmerman secretary to fill
vacancies left by the resignation
of vice-president Kenneth White
and secretary Ross Clark.
A proposal to amend the West
dorm constitution to allow coun
cil officers to vote was defeated.
Studies of the College regulation
requiring West dorm men to wear
coats and ties at the dinner meal,
and the “long” lines were re
ferred to committee.
State Debaters
Meet Dickinson
The oldest debate relationship
in Pennsylvania will be resumed
tonight when the Penn State de
bate squad once again meets
Dickinson college.
Tonight’s debate at Carlisle,
Pa., will mark the 45th meeting
of the two teams. The series be
gan back in 1898, when interest
in the debate was so great that a
special train was run from Belle
fonte to Carlisle to accommodate
the unusually large number of
students who wanted to attend.
Cross-Examination Style
The debate tonight will be run
in cross-examination style. David
Schmuckler and Gifford Phillips
of the College squad will defend
the negative side of this year’s
national debate topic, “Resolved:
That the non-communist nations
should form a new international
organization.”
Tomorrow afternoon four men
from the College will travel to
Kane high school to appear in a
discussion sponsored by the h;gh
school student council and High
Life, the school newspaper. Don
ald Carlson and Otto Grupp will
defend the* affirmative side and
Edward Shanken and John Head
ley the negative of the national
debate question. H. J. O’Brien,
instructor in speech, will be mod
erator.
Tomorrow night an orthodox
cross-examination debate will be
held at Bucknell. John Bodding
ton and Robert Alderdice of the
College squad will take the af
firmative side of the national de
bate question. The discussion will
be held before the Bucknell stu
dent body, and a question period
will follow the debate.
Putnam Lit Collection
Presentee! To Library ;
A collection of about 200 vol
umes from the estate of Samuel
Putnam, noted writer and his
torian, has been received by the
Pattee library as a gift from Mrs.
Putnam and her son.
The greater part of the gift is
devoted to Brazilian literature.
There are also works in Span
‘S|S -**■*»■» JbHMGb literature.