. . • . . TODAY'S WEATHER: • 4, 4. CLOUDY AND MILD ; 11".:*;;;;!6, ; ;ATE SHOWERS - - , n r . 0 ( 4 41 0 1 PENN STATE • / VOL. 51— No. 85 Men's Debate Team Cops W-J Trophy Members of the men's debate team took first place in the Wash ingtcn and Jefferson tournament last week-end, enabling Penn State to permanently retain the W and J debate trophy. The trophy had been in temporary possession of the College for the past two years. Three consecutive victories were needed before it cculd be kept permanently. It is now on display in a window of Players Admit Parts In Fix Of Cage Games BULLETIN NEW YORK, Feb. l9—(/1 3 )— Three Long Island University basketball stars were called in for questioning late today in a spreading probe of a sensa tional new game-fixing scandal. District Attorney Frank S. Hogan called the trip to his of fice, at the same time empha sizing that "no inferences" were to be drawn from this ,ac tion. NEW YORK, Feb.l9—(W)—The sound of their own voices coming f r o m telephone wiretap records induced accused basketball play ers to admit participation in a new game-fixing scandal, author ities said today. Use of the wiretaps in the case was disclosed as three stars of the national championship City Col lege of New York team and a New York university cage player were suspended from school. They were among those named in a game-fixing bribery plot that has shaken college basketball and brought indications of possible new, kindred exposes. The three City College stars, who last year helped fire their team to an unprecedented double national crown, were said to have admitted getting up to $1,500 each per game to fix three games this year. Money Recovered Hogan said part of the money had been recovered. City College forward Ed War ner produced $3,050 hidden in a shoe box in his aunts home, Ho gan said, and another player had banked the money, while another gave it "to a relative." In anouncing suspension of stars Warner, Alvin Roth and Ed ward Roman, City College Presi dent Dr. Harry N. Wright said: "We are heartsick. In particular, we extend our sympathies to the families of the boys." Others named in the charges were Harvey (Connie) Schaff, the New York university cage play er; Edward Gard, a Long Island University senior who played last year; and a jeweler, Salvator Tar to Sollazo, described as the brains of the pay-off plot. Out of Tournies Meanwhile a high source in col lege athletics said that both teams doubtless would be eliminated from consideration by the selec tion committee of the National Invitation and NCAA tourna ments. Curtain At Five For "Lonely Tide" Five O'Clock Theater's produc tion for today is "The Lonely Tide," a one-act play by Peggy Mulligan, which will be presented in the Little theatre in the base ment of Old Main. Joseph Rynewicz will play "Mr. Whitney," Marcia Yoffe "Mrs. Whitney," Ruth Finkelstein "Jen nifer," Donald Colbert "Michael," and John Pakkanen "Oliver C.ol lins." Miss Mulligan is a special stu dent majoring in creative writing. Her play is one of three written by students at the College to be submitted to the Annual Arts forum at the University of North Carolina. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1951 the Corner room Team Wins Again Teams representing the College have won the tournament three years straight, beginning in 1949, when the cup was first offered. The topic was this' year's na tional inte: collegiate debate ques tion, "Resolved: That the non communist nations should form a new international organization." Penn State debaters won nine of the ten events in which they com peted. The affirmative team, Harry Kondourajian and David Lewis, defeated Duquesne, Temple, Car negie Tech, and Seton Hall, and lost to Westminster. Defending the negative side, Clair George and Marlin Brenner, defeated teams from Duquesne, Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh, Temple, and Seton Hall. 20 Teams Compete More than 20 eastern teams competed. A final debate for first place after the preliminary ten rounds was not necessary, since Penn State had the only undefeated negative team and the highest standing affirmative team. George and Brenner also par ticipated in last year's tourney, when College debaters had a per fect record, undefeated in ten de bates. H. J. O'Brien, assistant debating coach, accompanied the team. Religion Week Movies Tw o movies, "The World Is Rich" and "Pattern For Peace," will be shown at 7:30 this evening in 119 Osmond in connection with Religion-in-Life week, R alp h Cash, chairman of the religious culture committee, announced yesterday. West Dorm Backs NSA West dorm council unanimously went on record last night in favor of the National Student association absentee voting petition. The petition is being circulated on campus this week. The council also approved a budget for the appropriation of the 43800 collected from West dorm residents by the social activities assessment recently approved by the board of trustees. The budget approved by the council called for the following expenditures: Budget Two band dances, $300; eight record dances, $2O; three square dances, $l5; fiv e card tourna ments, $5O; hikes an d refresh ments, $150; talent show. $4O; skating party, $25; interdorm competition awards, $4O; scholar ship award, $10; individual dorm appropriations, $4O; petty cash, $10; and miscellaneous, $lOO. Council reversed its previous decision to abandon the Interpre ter, weekly West dorm news paper. The paper was placed on a three-week trial basis, Washing Machines Due Thomas Durek, council presi dent, reported that Samuel K. Hostetter, _ . College comptroller, had informed him that washing machines will be placed in Watts and Jordan halls "as soon as pos sible." Hostetter also said, according to Durek, that Mildred A. Baker, food service supervisor, is paying for the use of her apartment in Irvin hail. The question was raised at last week's meeting. Financial support of the Ink ling, proposed by the board of governors of the Association of Independent Men, was referred to the floor meetings. Eisenhower Lists Points For -ac Absentee Vote Petition Signed By Aboutlooo By LYNN KAHANOWITZ From 900 to 100 persons already have signed the National Stu dent association's petition urging the Pennsylvania legislature to legalize absentee voting, NSA Chairman William Klisanin, said last night. Ten scrolls for signatures are being circulated on campus and in town. The scrolls have been and will continue to be circulated at the Student Union desk in Old Main, outside the dining halls at wom en's dorms during meal time, and at fraternity houses during meal time. In the West dorms, the petition will be circulated today by Klis anin and David Fitzcharles chair man of the NSA absentee voting committee at a table to be set up at the bulletin board in the new dining hall. The committee members have been giving speeches supporting the petition while circulating it. Klisanin urged students who are under 21 to sign the petition because, by the time the measure is enacted they will be old enough to vote. Klisanin also asked only Penn sylvania residents to sign the pe tition. The proposed amendment will enable a student to cast his bal lot at school and have it counted in his home precinct. Also to benefit from the amend ment are persons whose occupa tions keep them away from home on election day and bedridden voters. Council Petition By MARV KRASNANSKY Pioneers Needed, Says Rutherford New fields of metallurgy will have to be pioneered if America's industries are to be kept at pres ent efficiencies, John J. B. Ruth erford, metallurgist of Babcock and Wilcox Tube company, said here last tweek. Rutherford spoke before the College's student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Industries cannot depend on formulas of the past, Rutherford continued. Critical alloying ele ments in steel, including colum bium aluminum, nick el, and molybdenum, are already restrict ed for general industrial use, he said. Rutherford said students : . in mechanical engineering have a double responsibility. Substitute alloys to replace those required by the military and new elements to advance the field of engineer ing must be found, he said. A thorough knowledge of met allurgy and a desire for explora tion are the best preparation for mechanical engineers facing the world today, Rutherford said. To Be At West Dorms Only Pa. Residents President Milton S. Eisenhower outlined a four-point program for peace last night at Schwab auditorium in the keynote si,Deech of the Religion-in-Life-week activities. A crowd of about 350, most of them townspeople, heard the President's adaress Rabbi Louis Youngerman of Allentown delivered the Grad School May Have Man On Tribunal Students of th e Graduate school will have a representative on Tribunal to try cases involv ing graduate students beginning with the next Tribunal session, Daniel A. DeMarino, assistant dean of men, said yesterday. The plan brought sharp criti cism fr o m Neil See, Tribunal chairman, who said that such a move could only be made by amending the All-College consti tution or by special appointment by All-College cabinet. At pre sent, th e constitution calls for four seniors and four juniors on Tribunal, he said. Graduate Challenges DeMarino said the action re sulted from a case at last week's Tribunal meetina b in which a stu dent of the Graduate school chal lenged the jurisdiction of Tribunal over graduate students. He also said that existing traffic regula tions specifically cover under graduates but make no mention of graduate students. DeMarino said that Harold K. Schilling, dean of the Graduate school, was working with the dean of men's office to form a Gradu ate council, name a representative to cabinet and to name a repre sentative to Tribunal who would have the same status of regular. Tribunal members. Does Nor Agree See said he saw nothing wrong with Graduate school representa tion, but that he "did not agree with the way in which it was presented." "I received no word of such a move," See said. "I went to see (Continued on page eight) Council Hears Search Report Nittany dorm council heard re ports at its meeting last night that representatives of the de partment of housing were seen looking through drawers in rooms in Dorm 27 yesterday morning. Charles Wolff of Dorm 27 said he questioned the housing depart ment men on their actions, and they, informed him that they had been sent to the Nittany area to check on room lists and find out which rooms the students were occupying. They told him they already had been through other dorms in the area. Disapproval The council disapproved of the use of such methods in tabulating room occupants, and members said they believed it was not nec essary for'anyone to look through a man's personal belongings to make such a check. Wolff, who is a member of the council, was instructed to send a letter of protest to the proper officials. The council also revealed that it would have to pay for losses incurred when someone broke in to a cigarette machine in Dorm 20 last Tuesday and stole about 200 packages of cigarettes. It considered removing the ma chines from the dorms. Candy machines in the individual dorms have been broken into in the past. By GEORGE GLAZER convocation. Joan Hutchon, co-chairman of the Religion-in-Life-week com mittee with Emerson Jones, in troduced the evening's two speak ers and invited the public to at tend the other activities to be held this week. The President stated that his peace program, "simple in de sign and . . . attainable in execu tion," was composed of four ma jor parts: 1. Mutual understanding among people. 2. Economic cooperation to bet ter the economic standards of people everywhere. 3. Political cooperation „among all nations to settle disputes that might break into hostilities. 4. A centralized power to be used by all nations during peace to check violations of the peace. Understanding Important The President said that, of these four points, the most important was the "single element of de veloping understanding among peoples." ''resident Eisenhower said that, for the time being, it seems "al most futile to try to 'go forward with this or 'any other workable program, for we are confronted now not with a situation in which reason and cooperation may pre vail; rather, we face naked, bru tal force, and the only language the managers of that force seem to understand is superior, equally naked force" "Hence, the energies of the free nations of the world are today directed largely to the building of power. The hope is that war, which seems inevitable if we re main weak, may be presented when we become strong. "I agree with the short-time aspect of this thesis . . . Power can buy us precious time, and surely we need time in which slower and more fundamental de velopments may take place." Speaks Of Difference The President said, in speaking of the differences between Com munism and democracy, "The line is drawn right there: the great (Continued on page eight) Today... The Nittany Von Roars FOR the men debaters, who are I now the proud possessors of the trophy representing three con secutive years of supremacy at the Washington and Jefferson de bate tournament. Led by man ager Marlin Brenner, over the week-end they won for the third year in a row to retain perman ent possession of the trophy. The Lion growls his fond ap proval for his proteges, who cap tured nine out of ten events in the two-day affair in Washington, Pa., against some of the top east ern college debate talent. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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