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VOL. 51- No. 79
Scene From 'Gentle People'
CHARLES WILLIAMS, left, Nick Morkides and Fred DeWit
are shown in a scene from "The Gentle People" which opened a
six-week run at Center stage last night. Written by Irwin Shaw,
the play tells of two men who resisted life in an aggressive society.
Tickets for tonight's performance are priced at $1.25 and can be
purchased at the Student Union desk in Old Main.
Hundreds
Dining In
Several• hundred students delayed closing of the West dorm
dining hall last night in protest against "long lines and slow service."
The students waited until 5:50 p.m. before eating. Dining hall
employes were kept at work long after the usual quitting time.
The regular dinner meal hour is from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Under nor
mal conditions most stbdents eat when the dining halls open at 4:45.
More than 350 men were re
ported to be participating in the
protest. Some 1600 men live in
the West dorms. About 200 stu
dents were still in line in the
South dining hall at 6:05 p.m.
according to one report. Another
observer reported that some
students were in line until 6:30.
About 100 men were reported
lined up tin the East dining hall
at 6:05. There was no report of
any line in the North dining hall.
One observer reported that
students "are taking their good
time going .•through the lines."
A checker in the South hall said
there were practically no lines
at all for long periods between
5 and 5:50 p.m.
The line in the South dining
hall stretched out into the lobby
a distance of from 75• to 100 feet,
it was estimated. The line in the
East hall chanted "Go . . .. go . : .
go . . ." Students eating in the
South hall rapped their spoons
against drinking glasses.
The protest was designed to
compel the administration to or
der longer eating periods and to
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Dean Asks For
Student Visits
Dean of Men H. K. Wilson yes
terday encouraged students, and
. especially those new to the Col
lege campus, to present their
problems to his office. He also
expressed the wish that students
would feel free to use the' office
as a place to visit even without
a problem.
In stating that a welcome had
already been put - forth by his
office, Dean Wilson said he wish
ed to put this welcome into con
crete action.
"We are concerned with the
welfare of the men on campus in
every area of their activity," he
said, "and we want them to feel
that they're always welcome here.
We invite them in to discuss any
matter troubling them."
Dean Wilson also said that if his
office could not give a student
the answer to his problem, it
could direct him to those who
Slow Hamilton
Protest Move
Mat Tickets
Ora Sale Mon.
Series tickets, both reserved
an non-reserved, and tickets for
individual sessions for the East
ern Intercollegiate wrest ling
tournament to be held in Recre
ation hall March 9 and 10 will'
go - on sale at the Athletic asso
ciation ticket windows, first
floor, Old Main, Monday.
A reserved seat series ticket
will cost $5.50 and a non-reserv
ed seat series ticket will cost
$4.00, tax included.
Tickets for individual session
will run $1.20 for a reserved seat
for the first two sessions, $l.BO
for the semi-finals, and $2.40 for
the finals. Non-reserved seats
will cost 90 cents for the first
two sessions, $1.50 for the semi
finals, and $2.00 for the finals.
''enn State Is Host In
Army, W.Va. Provide
By ERNIE MOORE
Penn State's biggest sports
weekend of the year will open
this afternoon at 2 o'clock with
five Nittany Lion teams sched
uled to perform in Rec hall.
Army and West Virginia will
provide the opposition in the full
day's program that will stretch
from 2 o'clock to 12 midnight.
Penn State's undefeated wrest
ling team will open the day's fes
tivities in the afternoon, meeting
the tough Cadets of Wept Point.
Coach Charlie Spiedel's matmen
will get their first real test of
the current campaign against the
Army grapplers.
Army Beats Syracuse
Although Army was beaten by
Cornell early in the season, the
Cadets hold a win over peren
nially strong Syracuse, the• de
fending Eastern Intercollegiate
champions.
With four straight wins behind
STATE COLLEGE
Accelerated Summer Session
Under Council Consideration
An accelerated summer program, involving three separate and concurrent series of
sessions, now being studied by the Council on Administration, was explained to the Col
lege senate at its meeting Thursday afternoon.
The acceleration plan was preented to the senate by Provost Adrian 0. Morse, who
also outlined two more drastic year-round plans being studied for possible future use.
Morse said the council is taking up acceleration because of the manpower shortage
Trainmen Fined $25,000
For -December Walkout
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, whose members have
just ended 'a long and costly strike, was fined $25,000 Friday for
ei)gaging in a similar "sick" walkout in December. •
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe found the union guilty of con
tempt of court in a hearing at Chicago.
The union faces similar charges for the second walkout of
switchmen which started Jan. 30.
This walkout virtually collaps
ed Thursday after the Army is
sued a "work or be fired" edict.
All mail and express service has
been restored but. it will take
some time to straighten out the
freight tangle
Judge Igoe ruled that the strik
ers acted in mass formation, but
he discharged 40 individuals also
on trial in the case. These includ
ed national BRT officers and lo
cal chairmen in the Chicago area.
He said he wouldn't impose the
"astronomical fine" asked by the
government—ssoo,ooo a day for
each of the three days of the Dec.
1346 strike—but that "the union
must realize the great wrong they
have done."
The union was fined on both
criminal and civil charges but the
total was $25,000.
As in the January walkout, the
union members employed as
switchmen either walked off the
job or stayed home in the Decem
ber stoppage, claiming they were
sick.
A federal court order forbade
a strike but switchmen remained
away from work anyway.
At the peak of the 10-day strike
this year, an estimated 700,000
of the nation's 2,000,000 freight
cars were stranded in yards.
Full switch crews went to I.ygrk
on this backlog Friday.
Even scan Army spokesman
at Chicago, world's biggest rail
hub, said it will take at least a
week before conditions are back
to normal.
One railroad alone—the liew
York Central—had 23,000 loaded
freight cars waiting to be moved
out of Chicago when the strike
ended.
them, the Lions wil be out to
further their quest for an unde
feated season while at the same
time four Nittany matmen will be
out to keep undefeated individual
strings alive. Captain Homer
Barr, Mike Rubino, Don Frey, and
Joe Lemyre all boast undefeated
slates for the Lions.
Coach Gene Wettstone's gym
nastic team will take the lime
light at 4 p.m. when the Lion gym
nasts take on Army. Out for its
third straight win of the cam
paign, the State team will be up
against its toughest competition
of the season so far.
Frosh Face W. Va.
At 5:30, Coach Joe Tocci's
freshman basketball team will
play host to West Virginia's frosh.
The game with the Mountaineer
juniors is the highlight of the
State frosh's schedule. ,
The Nittany Lion boxing team
will go after its second win of the
season at 7 o'clock when Coach
PA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1951
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By the Associated Press
Senate Group
Okays Draft
Of 18 Yr. Olds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (R)—
Limited authority to draft 18
year olds, and extension of draft
service from 21 to 24 months was
voted today by the Senate Pre
paredness subcommittee.
Further, the committee ap
proved the idea of a modified
"foreign legion" proposal, under
which up to 125,000 "carefully
screened" foreigners could enlist
in the U.S. Army during the next
five years.
Chairman Lyndon Johnson (D-
Texas) said the vote on the 18-
year-olds plan in the subcommit
tee, a branch of the Senate Arm
eded Services committee, was 7
to 1. Senator Morse (R-Ore) dis
sented.
19 to 25 Age Groups
Under this plan, draft boards
would have to take all available
men in the present 19 to 25 age
group, before drafting any 18
year olds. Then, they would have
to take • first those nearing the
age of 19, such as those 18 years
and 9 months old.
In ' voting to extend the draft
service from the present 21
months, the Senate group decid
ed to put the total of 24 months
not counting leave time.
The legislation now goes to the
full 13-member Armed Services
committee headed by Chairman
Russell (D-Ga). The seven affirm
ative votes today—a majority of
that group—apparently assured it
would reach the senate.
Biggest Sports Weekend;
Competition in
Eddie Sulkowski's mittmen meet
Army's boxing team. This will
mark the fir s t appearance the
Lions have made before the stu
dents, as their only other home
contest, against Catholic U., was
played between semesters.
Arniy has a record of one win
and two loses in the squared ring
while the .Lions have one win,
one loss, and a tie.
Cagers Seek Tenth
Winding up the sports program
for the day at 8:30, •Penn State's
red hot, basketball team will go
after its sixth straight win when
the Lion cage rs entertain the
high-scoring West Virginia Moun
taineers.
Fresh from a two game south
ern trip where they upset George
town and Navy, the Lion court
men will be up against one of
their toughest foes in Coach Red
Brown's Mountaineer five.
Some lustre was taken off the
game when reports f r o. in West
PRICE FIVE CENTS
which the draft will bring about.
The only way to overcome the
shortage he said, is to train men
faster.
Merely Reports
Morse emphasized that none of
the plans was to be considered a
proposal, but that he was merely
reporting on the council' prog
ress to date. He said the council
expects to have a definite pro
gram ready for action by March 1.
The plan bei n g considered
would have one series of two
three-week and one six-week ses
sion, as now practiced. In addi
tion, another series of two six
week sessions, and a third single
or divided nine-week session
would be added to run at the
same time.
Morse explained that the usual
three-week inter- and post-ses
sions are not long enough for
some technical courses with many
lab hours. The technical schools,
he said, have requested the sum
mer series of two six-week ses
sions.
Nine-Week Session
The nine-week session for en
tering freshmen would start at
the beginning of July, since some
high schools do not close until the
last week in June. The freshman
acceleration program is being em
phasized, Morse said, so that these
students can get as many credits
as possible before being inducted
into the service, and will have
fewer requirements when they
return.
According to the current calen
aar, the regular summer session
s&edule is inter-session June 8
to June 29; main, July 7 to Aug
ust .10; and post-session, 'August
13 to August 31.
More Jar-reaching plans being
considerLd for possible use later,
Morse said, include one for a
three-semester year and one for
the so-called quarter-system.
The three-semester year was in
effect during World War 11, and
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Late Permissions
Granted Freshmen
First semester freshman girls
will be given 10:30 permis
sion .tonight to attend the bas
ketball game. Name cards and
green bows must be worn all
evening, and all girls must
sign out with their hostess.
Five Sports
Virginia stated that Mark Work
man, third top scorer in the coun
try, injured his ankle in the
Richmond ga m e earlier in the
week and would probably not be
able to play against Coach Elmer
Gross' Lions.
Other Sports
Penn State's track, swimming,
ski, and fencing team compete
away from home today. Coach
Bill Gutterman's mermen swim
against Delaware at Newark, and
the fencers oppose NYU in New
York.
The Nittany trackmen are up in
East Lansing, Michigan, for a tri
meet with Michigan State an d
Northwestern. Coach Sherm
Fogg's ski team will compete in
"B" Western division meet of the
Eastern Intercollegiate Ski asso
ciation-at St. Lawrence, N. Y.
After the varsity basketball
game tonight, the AIM will hold
its second post game dance until
midnight