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VOL. 51—No. 73
President Talks On Draft, UMT
Late AP News Couxlesy WMAJ-
Senafe Remains
Uncertain Over
Draft Proposal
WASHINGTON—The Senate
armed services committee has not
agreed to the proposal to draft
18-year olds into the armed forces.
Some members of the committee
are showing a strong dislike for
the plan to lower the present 19-
year draft age in spite of the tes
timony heard yesterday from two
educational leaders.
Dr. Karl Compton, chairman of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, described the draft
of 18-year olds along with uni
versal military training as the
best choice in a crisis that will
last, he said, for a very long time.
"Ike" Arrives In Rome
ROME- General Dwight D.
Eisenhower arrived in Rome last
night to check on Italy’s will and
ability to hold her part of the.
western European front.
Although Rome itself was quiet
the General’s arrival started scat
tered clashes between commun
ists and police in several cities.
The Italian Reds had tried to or
ganize large-scale disorders pro
testing the arrival of the supreme
allied commander.
Red Koreans Regroup
' TOKYO—Some United Nations
field officers are. worried over
lack of enemy pressure against
allied lines. One officer said yes
terday that the situation on the
battlefield is very much like the
one in late November when the
Reds launched their Chongchon
river offensive.
Prior to that offensive, the
Chinese Reds pulled back as far
as 20 miles from the allied front
and built up a massive striking
force. Then the Reds sent the al
lied forces into retreat.
The Reds have pulled back
from allied lines again, appar
ently to prepare for another of
fensive. Four Chinese armies are
estimated to be building up a to
tal strength of 120,000 men.
Graduates Present
McElwain Portrait
State College alumni have pre
sented a portrait of Harriet A.
McElwain, first lady principal at
the College, to be hung in the
dormitory bearing her name.
The picture was painted through
the use of photographs by A. W.
Case, associate professor of fine
arts at the College.
When Miss McElwain first took
over her duties in 1883 there were
only 24 women on the campus.
She also taught history, Latin and
mathematics.
From 1882 until 1906 Miss Mc-
Elwain served as secretary to
President George Atherton. She
also held the position of registrar
and faculty secretary.
The first women’s residence
hall, Lady’s cottage, now Wom
en’s building, was built in 1889
through the efforts Of Miss Mc-
Elwain.
Confer Will Schedule
Evening Typing Courses
Two evening courses in elemen
tary typing will be offered .by the
College next month M. T. Bun
nel, administrative head of the
State College Center said yester
day.
The courses are elementary
typing 1 and elementary typing 2.
Classes will begin Thursday, Feb
ruary 8. The courses are open to
all students and residents of Cen
tre county. Cost of each course is
$l5 plus books and supplies.
Registration for these courses
will be conducted in 107 Sparks,
February-5-6 from 7to 9 p.m.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1951
Eisenhower At Convocation
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER speaking on the draff and universal
military training before the College convocation at Recreation
hall last night.
Student
College
The student enrollment committee’s emergency plan for bols
tering falling College enrollment will go into full force during the
between semesters vacation, according to Edwin Barnitz, committee
chairman,
Barnitz said that student groups will be sent to over 100 high
schools throughout the state to talk to February graduates and
interest them in enrolling at
Penn State.
A preliminary tryout of the
plan over Christmas vacation was
called successful by Barnitz.-The
plan is being put into operation
because of the expected decrease
in student enrollment due to pres
ent world conditions.
Barnitz said that groups would
visit the major cities, Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh, and Erie, plus
many outlying parts of the state.
He said that several students
from out of state would visit their
home-town high schools to tel]
prospective graduates what Penn
State has to offer them.
Letters have already been sent
to high schools to which groups
will be sent, according to Bar
nitz. He said that groups would
talk at the schools before their
semester classes end.
Students who wish to work for
the committee have been asked
by Barnitz to contact Edward
Shanken, chairman of the fratern
ity section of the committee, at
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Cabinet Votes
On Assessment
Again Tonight
All-College cabinet will con
sider the recommendation for an
increase in the Daily Collegian’s
student assessment for the second
time tonight in 201 Old Main at
8 o’clock.
If the increase is approved, the
proposal will be presented to the
board of trustees meeting in Har
risburg tomorrow and Saturday.
Cabinet passed the first reading
last week by an 18 to 4 vote. Ac
cording to the all-College con
stitution, recommendations for
student assessments must pass
cabinet at two consecutive meet
ings by a two-thirds vote.
The increase would bring the
total assessment for the Daily
Collegian to $l.lO a semester. The
present assessment is 75 cents a
semester. The money is to be used
to publish an eight page paper
daily.
State ROIC Band
Presents Concert
The army ROTC band, con
ducted by Donald Smith, staged
a concert yesterday afternoon in
Schwab auditorium.
Smith, a student in music edu
cation, had professional experi
ence in music in Chicago before
entering college. He directed as
the band played “Sunbeam Over
ture,” “In an 18th Century Draw
ing Room,” “Stormy Weather,”
“Marching Along Together,” and
several other marches.
The program was tape record
ed and will be broadcast over
WLTR, the Bloomsburg radio sta
tion, at 1:30 this afternoon.
—Collegian Photo by McNeillie
Groups Jo Push
Enrollment Plan
Drive For Clothes
To End Saturday
Saturday is the last day to con
tribute to the WSGA clothing
drive. Virginia Miller, president
of the WSGA house of represen
tatives, urged girls to turn in
their old clothes before Satur
day morning, when the clothes
will be collected. They will be
given to the Friends association
which will send them to needy
children in Europe and Korea.
Semester's Final Issue
Tomorrow’s issue of the
Daily Collegian will be the fi
nal issue for this semester. It
will be distributed to students
at the regular distribution
points, including the Student
Union desk in Old Main.
Addresses Convocation
On Present, Future Laws
President Milton S. Eisenhower last night set forth both’
the mechanism of the present draft law and probable perm
anent universal military service measures to be adopted, in
an address at the College convocation in Recreation hall.
About 2000 students, facu
Today Deadline
For Redeeming.
BXTReceipts
Today is the last day for cash
ing BX school supplies receipts.
Students returning the receipts
will receive 20 per cent of the
total on the purchases they made
during the past semester.
Approximately $240 will he re
turned to students in refunds by
tonight, according to Milton Bern
stein of the BX board of control.
Used books will also be accept
ed ' today and every day until
Jan. 24. When students bring in
books, they set a price and the
exchange sells the text for the
desired amount. The original
owner does not receive the mon
ey until the book is sold.
' Last semester, 3500 books were
handled by' the exchange. The
BX deducts only 10 cents from
each transaction for operating
costs.-
Bernstein said that new books
were" not handled by the BX be
cause, “we are a College insti
tution and no state body can use
taxpayers’ money to compete
with the taxpayers.”
Religion-ln-Life
Director Names
Two Speakers
The School of Engineering and
Christian Science group have an
nounced guest speakers for reli
gion-in-life week, Feb. 19-22, Lu
ther Harshbarger, director of the
week, said yesterday.
Allan R. Cullimore, president of
Newark College of Engineering,
Newark, N.J., will speak to the
School of Engineering, and Wil
liam V. K. Shepard, of the Chris
tian Science committee on publi
cation for this state will repre
sent the Christian Science group.
President Cullimore was grad
uated from Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology with a B.S. de
gree in civil engineering in 1907.
He also received a doctor of so
ciology degree from Newark uni
versity,. 1941, and doctor of engi
neering degrees from Newark
College of Engineering, 1948, Ste
vens Institute of Technology,
1948, and Rutgers university in
1948.
Mr. Shepard was graduated
from Pratt institute in architec
ture, 1905, and was a student, of
architecture in Paris. He left
architecture for public practice of
Christian Science in 1918. He was
appointed to his present position,
committee on Christian Science
publication for Pennsylvania in
1938.
Donovan Announces
Schedule For PUB
George Donovan, manager of
associated student activities, an
nounced the following schedule
for the PUB. It will close today
at the regular time and remain
closed all day tomorrow; re-open
Saturday before noon and then
remain closed until the first day
of classes of the second semester.
By RON BONN
ilty members, and townspeople
' were present to hear the Presi
dent’s address, College officials
said. The speech was also broad
cast by radio.
The President said the purpose
of present draft laws is to aid
proper assignment of the nation’s
manpower.
“I mention this to underscore
the obvious: That a man who
waits for selective service pro.-
cedures to assign him to his post
of usefulness is no less patriotic
than one who now enlists,” he
said.
Service Postponed
President Eisenhower said that
all college students in good stand
ing are entitled to postponement
of service until the end of the
academic year. He ' warned stu
dents to report any misunder
standings with local boards to the
dean of men immediately.
He said students should not
become alarmed on being alerted
or on receipt of notice to report
for physical examination, both
because of the automatic post
ponement and because, for every
3000 men actually inducted, 30,000
are called for physicals and 60,-
000 are alerted for call.
“There is every reason to be
lieve that all students' who en
roll for the spring semester will
be permitted to complete that
semester,” he said.
The President pointed out that
no proposed permanent plan has
even been put into bill form for
Congress, and that present laws
may therefore be expected to
continue for at least three
months.
ROTC Deferments
Turning to the ROTC, he said,
‘0 per cent of our students en
rolled in Army ROTC will be de
ferred from the draft All Naval
ROTC students are deferred.” AH
advanced students, 453 freshmen,
and 440 sophomores in Army
ROTC are deferred, he said.
“Deferments will soon be ad
ministered to 624 of our 711 Air
Science I students. All'sopho
more, junior, and senior students
in the Air ROTC at Penn State
are presently deferred from in-,
duction,” the President said.
Change of Status
He called attention to the fact
that ROTC students already
ordered to report for induction at
the end of the academic year may
have their status changed front
postponed to deferred, but that
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Physical Directors
Meet Tomorrow
The fourth annual mid-winter
conference of the Pennsylvania
State YMCA Physical directors
society convenes tomorrow at the
College.
Prof. G. N. Thiel of the Physical
Education department, will dis
cuss “Physical Education Today"
at the opening session tomorrow.
Chuck Medlar, also of the facul
ty, will talk on “Emergency
Treatment of Injuries in the
Physical department” at the
morning meeting on Saturday
and “Physical Fitness and Fa
tigue” will be discussed at the
afternoon session by Dr. H. M.
Tietz of the College.
The conference is held through
the assistance of the School ot
Physical Education and Athletics
I and the Central Extension serv
ices of the College.
PRICE FIVE CENTS