. , ... ........ . .. . . . _ . _ ... . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . ._ , ... _ • • . . -TODAY'S - WEATHER: • 4.-e4-1. . 0 F ORA BETTER CLOUDY • & WARMER' " ' ' . ' OCCASIONAL RAIN • ' 1. • 0 ; r. at .4. 4. .:::,,..:,,,..,„,„.;,..;,.. fir rgitittit •PENN STATE . . • . . . . . . VOL. 52 No. 83 US May Send 100,000 Troops To Eisenhower WASHINGTON, Feb. Secretary of Defense Marshall told Congress today the United States plans to send. loo,poo . more troops to Europe to serve under the Supreme Allied Command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. He said the new contingents will include 72,000 men in four combat divisions plus support ing units and will 'raise Ameri can . ground forces in Europe to about 197,000. The U. S. has the equivalent of two divisions there now, with supporting units. Coupled with American air and sea forces, the troop reinforce ments will lift the total to some 250,000, U:S. fighting men in the Europe-Mediterranean area. . Marshall's testimony came as a surprise to a number of senators because his figures were smaller than they had expected. Some ex pressed the view that he had taken. much of the steam out of hte "great debate" over the ques tion of American military aid to Europe. • Senator Douglas (D-111.) to 1 d newsmen he believes "no one would quarrel" with plans to put no more than six divisions in Eu rope. • "I had understood we were go ing to have a total of 10 there," • he. said. Another senator, wh o cannot be named, said he got the im pression from closed-door testi mony of Gen. Eisenhower last week that this country would be asked to contribute 12 or more divisions. ' -Testifying at crowded hearing before the Senate Armed. Services and Foreign Relations committee, Marshall indicated it May be ne cessary to . keep American soldiers in Europe for the next ten• years. Men Debaters Seek Possession Of Trophy When four members of the men's debate, team participate in the Washington and. Jefferson debate tournament this week-end, they will be aiming for more than just another yictory. . One more first, place .in the annual tourney will enable Penn State to retain permanently the Washington and Jefferson debate cup. which has been in temporary possession of the College for the past two years. The trophy .must be won three times before it can be kept permanently. , Two Try Again • Two of the four men who will leaire this afternoon . for Wash ington,. Pa., were• partially re sponsible for the perfect 'record rolled .up by Penn State in last year's meet. Clair George and Marlin' Brenner, who will again participate this year, teamed with Richard Schweiker and Peter Giesey• to win ten straight vic tories in the 1950 contest. Schwei ker and Giesey have since been graduated. College team took first place in : the tournament in 1949, the first year the cup was offered , Over 20 Teams The topic will be this year's na tional intercollegiate debate ques tion, "Resolved: That the -non communist nations should form a new international organization:" Harry Kondourajian and David Lewis 'will defend the affirmative and George•and Brenner the neg-' ative side of the question. More. than 20 teams are expect ed to compete. Each school entry will.:.take. part in a five t round preliminary, taking both sides of the .question alternately against each opposing -team. - Thus - there wilr.be ten debates for each team before the final round, in which the '• schools with the highest scores' will vie.for first place. H. ...T; O'Brien, assistant debat mg coach,- will accompany the ' STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1951 Non-registered -Vets - Any veteran who , has not . registered for the spring se ' mester should report to 3 Willard hall as soon as pos sible, according to Mrs. Re; becca Doerner, of the veteran's registration of fic e. Students who fail to report will not receive their Veterans 'admin istration rights. Absentee Ballot Petition Ready The National Student associa tion will begin 'Saturday to circu late a petition urging the Penn sylvania legislature to - legalize absentee voting. David Fitzcharles, head of the absentee voting committee of NSA reported the drive for names last night at the regular NSA meeting.. Fitzcharles stressed that any one—students, faculty, employees and friends of the College—may sign the petition. Persons under 21 may also sign. The petitions will be circulated in scroll form by members of the committee through the Student Union desk in Old Main. fraternity houses, women's and men's ddrms and in town. Enemy Is Apathy "The main enemy of this move ment is apathy," Fitzcharle§ said, as he urged every voter and po tential voter to sign the petition. William Klisanin, NSA chair man and regional head of the work, study and travel-abroad committee, reported that the re gional committee would distri bute brochures concerning the committee's plans for tours this summer. NSA will work with the International Relations club and with a faculty group headed by Laurence LeSage of the Romance Languages department. • NSA will conduct the largest student tour program in the coun try. The committee will form a travel information bureau at the (Continued on page: eight) CLAIR' GEORGE, left, and. Marlin Brenner, men's debate team Manager, inspect the Washington and Jefferson debate cup at stake this weekend. The College's. team needs one more. victory in the lourney_fo-retain the_ cup,permanently. Petitioning Local Chaptei Of Pre-Meds Plans Ala. Trip The College chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical hon orary, will travel to the Univer sity of Alabama for the ninth national convention March 21-24. Alpha Epsilon Delta, only na tional honorary . society for pre medical' students in the country, will celebrate its silver anni versary. There are 60 student chapters. To Award Trophy The society will award a gold trophy to the chapter traveling the greatest number of "man miles." This distance is deter mined by multiplying the per centage of chapter members at tending the convention by the mileage each travels. The College chapter will send nine of its 14 members. Each chapter usually sends one official delegate. Robert Tones, treasurer, will be the delegate for the College chapter. To Make Trip Officers to accompany Jones are Bernard Yurick, president; Herbert Blough, vice-president; Myron Schmutzer, Scalpel repre sentative; and Joseph Olivia, historian. Other members going to. the convention are Craig Aicher, Wil liam Anthony, Eugene Bouch, and Lawrence Marsella. Dr. C. I. Noll, assistant dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, will act as 'faculty advisor. The trip will be made by car. Delegates to the convention will participate in round-table discussions, hear addresses by men affiliated with medical vhools, and review general busi ness .of importance to the society. Established in 1926, Alpha Ep silon Delta attempts to encour age excellence in premedical scholarship and promote con tacts and cooperation between premedical students and educa tors. The society is also pledged to develop an adequate program of premedical education. At St Collegian Photo by Bersinger Cabinet OK's NSA Plan Law On Absentee Voting All-College cabinet last night unanimously endorsed the absentee voting law petition and accepted the National Stu dent association petition report. The petition urges the Pennsylvania legislature to pass a law or amendment to the state constitution to permit alr. sentee voting. William Klisanin, NSA chairman, said the petition would be circulated on campus and in town this week end and next week. Klisanin said the committee had completed work on the peti tion and that the NSA absentee voting program is entering .the most difficult phase, securing signatures on the petition. Suggests Letters NSA Proposal On Encapment OK'd In Cabinet A 11- College cabinet approved last night the encampment pro gram as presented to the body by Clair George of the National Stu dent association. George outlined the tentative plans for the program which in clude taking 120 student leaders to an off-campus site for a week end. The period is designed to en able the student leaders to• dis cuss common problems and to ex change ideas; George added that the esprit de corps among the leaders of cam pus organizations could be en hanced• by such a program. No Date Yet Although. no definite date has been . discussed for the week-end conference, George said that a date shortly 'after the spring elec tions was being considered. Such a date • would enable the newly elected student officers to discuss student leadership with those who had experience, he said. Outstanding members of the faculty and outside personalities would be included in the pro gram as speakers. William Klisanin, president of the •local chapter of NSA, said that his group might be able to release funds for the support of such a program. Klisanin said that if some other organizations would help, the - • program probably could be financed. • George said that the heads of many smaller organizations would be included •among the 120 stu dents. • Donate $2OO Cabinet appropriated $2OO for a donation to the support of Reli gion-in -Life week. Emerson Jones, All -. College secretary - treasurer, asked cabinet to make the dona tion. Jones is co-chairman of the program. . The appropriation was approved by an 18-1 ,vote. Lois Kenyon, (Continued on page eight) Hatmen Consider Freshman Customs The problem of enforcing fresh man customs has been referred to individual hat societies for consideration, Robert Fast, Hat Societies • council president, said yesterday. ' Most of the societies will meet late this week or early next week,, Fast said, and stricter en forcement procedures will be dis cussed at these meetings. Fast had said last week that hat societies , would begin stricter enforcement of customs some time this week. Also on the. agendas for the meetings will be a proposal for closer cooperation between alum ni. and the hat, societies on cam pus. Fast outlined the idea or a meeting between hatinen and alumni to be held perhaps once a year. Elving Gives Lectures A series of four lectures on "Polaragraphic Behavior of Or ganic Compounds" was given by Dr. Philip J. Elving of the De partment of Chemistry, Jan. 29 —Feb. 1 at Louisana State • uni versity, -Baton Rouge, La. By MOYLAN MILLS Barbara Sprenkle, president: of the Women's Student Govern ment association, questioned how highly the state legislature would regard such a petition. She sug gested that organizations on cam pus send individual letters sup porting the absentee voting pro posal to the legislature. Klisanin accepted the sugges tion and asked organizations to send letters and also support the petition. He said it was important the legislature realize students were not signing the petition without the backing of campus organizations. David Ludwig, president of . the Mineral •Industries student coun cil, asked Klisanin if the Elks, Lions, and other town oreaniia tions had been•contacted concern ing the petition. Klisanin said these groups might support other bills being circulated for the same purp o s e by the organizations themselves. Asks About Faculty Dean Gladfelter, chairman of the Board of Publications, asked if the College faculty and staff had been contacted about the petition. David Fitzcharles. head of the NSA absentee voting corn (Continued on page eight) Fees To Be Paid On Feb. 22, 23 All fees, including room and board charges will be due on Feb. 22 and 23. The correct amount of fees will be listed opposite the matricula tion number in a list posted in the lobby of Willard hall. The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days. Bursar David Hogan suggests that blank checks be made pay able to the College and then fill ed in with the correct amount. To speed up the process the bursar suggests that students look up their fee on the board and fill out their check before get ting into line. There will be no alphabetical order for the payment, the bur sar said. Students can come in daytime during the two days, he said. Payments made late are sub ject to a $5 late payment fee. Special Air ROTC Course Enrolls 60 Approximately 60 students have enrolled in a special ad vanced course in Air Force ROTC, according . to Capt. J. H. Jacoby, assistant professor of Air ROTC. Yesterday was the final date for enrollment, he said. Seniors enrolling in the course must complete one semester and a summer training period to ob tain a reserve commission in the Air Force. Juniors entering the program must complete three semesters and a summer training period to obtain the coinmision. To qualify for the program a student must have met physical standards and have completed two years of basic ROTC, or he must have served one or more years of active duty in the armed forces. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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