The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 21, 1951, Image 1
. . _ . . • . . . . . . .•• , • - TODAY'S WEATHER: _ . r ...•...,_ FORA BETTER COLDER WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN . PENN-STATE • . . .. • - . 1t.:71,ki4.4.7 Teptirgratt VOL. 51— No. 86 LIU Cancels Games, Ends Collegiate Play NEW YORK, Feb. 20—(!P)—Long Island university 'tonight cancelled its remaining basketball games and said it is withdraw ing from intercollegiate athletics of all kinds. A special meeting of the university's trustees decided to re turn all snorts .at LIU "to the status of intramural competition." NEW YORK (?P)—Four Long Island university stars, drawn in to the greatest scandal in college sports history, were charged to day with taking $18,500 to fix seven big-time basketball games. It was the fourth and largest cage scandal since 1945. Three of the LIU players were arrested today, bringing to eight the number of local college play ers or ex-players who allegedly sold out for an overall total of $25,000 in gamblers' bribes. The fourth, who played last year but not this year, already was charged with taking part in an earlier bribe attempt the broke the fix wide open. Seven Games Fixed Authorities said the four play ers admitted fixing seven games —three last year and four this season, and one of them in the National Invitation Tournament. They said the last game they fixed was on Jan. 4 when' LIU played Bowling Green. Finally, the players were quoted as saying, they sickened of the deal and shrugged off further tainted money to go straight a month ago. The latest three players nabbed in the spreading betting coup in cluded Sherman White/ 22-year old Negro forward and the na tion's leading scorer. The gang ling star was regarded as a, cinch for All-America lionorg this year. Charged wit h bribery along with White were LlU's other star forward and team captain, Adolph Bigos, 25, and Le Roy Smith, 21, a classy Negro guard. They were held in $15,000 bail each. Questioned All Night District attorney Frank S. Ho gan said the three cracked under night long questioning and fin ally admitted their part in the LIU fixes. The fourth LIU man involved was Edward Gard, said by Hogan to have been bribed first when he played * on the LIU squad last season. He is accused of drawing his three teammates into the setup. Then, with his playing days over, Gard was accused •of acting as a go - between to help bribe players from other schools. Besides the four LIU players, four from other schools have been arrested since the scandal broke Sunday. Seized then were three mem bers of City College's "cinderella" (Continued on page five) Council Aids Voting Petition The move for state legaliza tion of absentee voting gained further support Monday night when the Education Student council voted to send a letter to Harrisburg where the bill is now being considered. Other business at the meeting included the announcement that the revision of the council's con stitution is now complete. How ever, Clarke Young, president of the organization, proposed an amendment which would give presidents of several clubs and honoraries a seat and a vote on the council. Items on the budget included a student council-faculty mixer to be held in conjunction with the Future Teachers of America, two student council awards, and fi nancial help for Edits. Also discussed was the advis ability of aiding an FTA project, "Books for Kids." It was sug gested that money be approp riated for supplies and athletic equipment to aid these' children attending school in one-room schoolhouses. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1951 Bulletin Fix Expose Shocks Lion Cage Coach By ERNIE MOORE Disappointment, shock, and a cry to bring college basketball back to the campus was the re action of the Penn State cage coaches and players to the big "fix" expose in New York city which has rocked the entire sports world. Penn State's Coach Elmer Gross said that he was "very much surprised" at the sudden turn of events which has drawn CCNY, NYU, and Long Island in to the biggest scandal yet to in volve* college sports. 'Tremendous Shock' "It must have been a tremen dous shock to the coaches of the teams. You hate to think of it, but that money is a. big factor," he said. "The boys probably don't have much money and when someone flashes a couple of thousand dol bit' in your face, it looks pretty big. The trouble is that the boys think they won't be caught. Now their lives are ruined," he con tinued. Favors Games .On Campus Former, Lion cage coach John Lawther stated .emphatically, "I (Continued on page five) Atwater Cites Discussion Need Better techniques. of .mediation and, negotiation within the Unit ed ations would help it to sur vive the Korean crisis, according to Dr. Alton Atwater, associate professor of political science. Speaking before the Interna tional' Relations club last night, Atwater said that it sometimes seems as if partisan forcei within the U.N. are "more concerned with victory for themselves than with a solution at least partially satisfactory to each side." Cease Fire "A cease-fire command was given to North Korean forces in June, 1950, when U.N. forces were being badly beaten. But when U.N. troops were crossing the 38th parallel for the first time, there was no talk of mediation," he said. Either the Korean war will be localized or it will develop into a third world war, according to Atwater. And if it is not local ized the U.N. wil probably be come a wartime coalition .of anti- Communist forces and lose its original identity as an interna tional organization, he added. Atwater was formerly a mem ber of the international relations staff at American university in Washington, D.C. He has attend ed meetings of the U.N. organiza tion in Geneva and has observed sessions of the Security Council regarding the Korean question. Major Power Aggression "The United Nations is not equipped to handle aggression by a major power," he said. As an example he cited the two days needed for the U.N. to declare a small country, Northern Korea, an aggressor in June, 1950. He contrasted this with the two months of negotiation necessary before Communist• China was de clared an aggressor after. its in tervention in: Korea.- . Debaters `. <:rit:...~~: DAVID LEWIS, le ft, and Harry Kondourajian, members of the men's debate squad, dis cuss their victory last weekend in the Washington and Jeffer son tournament. The two men defended the affirmative side. Winning a victory in the tourn ament for the third consecutive year, the College also won per manent right to posession of the W and J. debate trophy. Taylor Says World Not In A Crisis The West is not justified in calling the present situation a world crisis, Dr. Paul V. Taylor said last night in the "Meaning of the Crisis" colloquy of Re ligion-in-Life week. Dr. Taylor, recently returned from Huachong university, China said the WeSt is confused and does not know what weapons to use in its first struggle with com munism. War is adolescent—not mature—and the West is - showing signs that it can be adult, he said. Dr. Carl W. Miller, professor of physics, Brown university, said the present situation should not be called a world crisis but rather world danger. He said it would not last for a few years, but for generations. Industrial Development The situation has arisen from rapid industrial development and scientific inventions. Miller said the situation was inevitable, and has come in God's purpose. In the 18th century man tried to give scientific answers instead (Continued on page eight) Religion-in-Life Week Schedule Tomorrow's schedule for Re ligion-in-Life week is shown below. The program which started Sunday as Penn State's part in National Brotherhood week will end with a closing service tomorrow night. Joan Ifutchon and Emerson Jones are co-chairmen of the pro gram. Thursday's Schedule: 7:40-8 a.m. Worship-Penn State-in-China, 303 Old Main. 8:30 ' a.m. Radio: The. Rev. Homer V. Heisley, speaker. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Classroom ap pointments and personal con ferences. 12 noon. Leaders' luncheon meeting, Allencrest. 3 p.m. Movies, 119 Osmond. 3-5 p.m. School seminars. 5:30-8 p.m. Firesides in dormitories and fraternities. 8-8:30 p.m. Radio broad cast; The Rev. Samuel Proc tor, speaker. 8:30 p.m. Closing service with Joan Hutchon and Emer son Jones presiding; College Chapel choir; Modern Dance group. Drop Is Slight In Enrollment Enrollment at the College did not drop as much as expected for the spring semester, according to figures released yesterday by Ruth H. Gold, admissions office statistician. A total of 10,342 students are enrolled in the College now, a drop of 790 from the 11,132 students enrolled last semester. But the drop New System Lets Frosh Enroll Early . A new emergency acceleration program enabling June high school graduates to _get an early start on their college education was announced yesterday by President Milton S. Eisenhower. Under the new program, the new freshman classes will be ad mited July 2 and "again Sept. 9, Eisenhower said. The July ses- sion will be of nine weeks dur ation and will afford the new comer an opportunity to initiate his training in any one of the 57 courses of study now offered by the College. May Enter In Fall President Eisenhower empha sized that entering students may take their choice as to whether to begin their freshman year in the summer session, or wait un til the opening of the regular fall semester. Freshman week in the fall be gins Sept.. 9 and- classes get under way Sept. 17. The summer ses sion, opening July 2, will end Aug. 31. Not Limited To Boys The summer session will not be limited to boys, according to Eisenhower. Girls will be allowed to take the courses offered in the July session. Certain basic cours es common to nearly all fresh man prOgrams will be offered during the special summer ses sion. "Students returning from the last war," Dr. Eisenhower ex plained, "insisted upon the ac celerated programs. They were older, and many of them had assumed new obligations. The important thing to them was to get started on their careers. By accelerating now, we believe we will be rendering a service not only to our country, but also to those youngsters who sooner or later may be drafted for defense duties." 2500 Persons Sign Petition The National Student associa tion's petition urging the' Penn sylvania legislature to legalize absentee voting has been signed by about 2500 students, David Fitzcharles, chairman of the NSA l absentee voting committee, said last night. The petitions will be circulated in the ,dormitories, fraternity houses, and in town during meal time for the rest of the week. Edward Shanken, Thomas Far rell, Leonard Wargo and 0 tto Grupp are circulating the petition' in town and at fraternity houses. Joan Yerger and Joanne Esterly are at Simmons, while Ella Louise Williams is at McElwain. Woodward At McAllister Guyla Woodward is handling McAllister. Fitzcharles and Wil liam Klisanin will be at a table in the Nittany-Pollack dining hall today. The petition will be at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main all week. The floor presidents of the West dorms explained the petition at house meetings last night. Klisanin observed a lack of in terest in many students under 21 who dop't realize that by the time the measure goes into effect they will be .old enough to vote. PRICE FIVE CENTS is only 43 from the 10,385 en rolled at the beginning of th e spring semester last year. College officials throughout the country predicted there would be huge drops in enrollment in Feb ruary of this year, but apparently this has not been the case on this campus. While the enrollment did drop from last semester's, to be accu rate, the figures must be com pared with enrollment of previous spring semesters. Of this semester's total, includ ing graduate, special, part-time and two-year agriculture stude:nts, 7,918 are men and 2,424 are wo men, a ratio of almost three men for every woman. Semester Totals Th e totals by semesters are: first semester, 101 men and 37 women; second, 933 men and 370 women; third, 111 men and 31 women; fourth, 1577 men and 662 women; fifth, 237 men and 56 women; sixth, 1696 men and 481 women; seventh, 286 men and 56 women; and eighth, 1647 men and 405 women. There are also 1184 men and 198 women enrolled in the grad uate school; 94 men and 128 wo men enrolled as special students; and 52 two-year agricultural stu dents. By schools, the totals are Ag riculture, 1710; Chemistry and Physics, 823; Education, 1620; Home Economics, 674; Engineer ing, 1545; Liberal Arts, 2647; Min eral Industries, 610; Physical Ed ucation, 314; and Division of In termediate Registration, 399. Auto Traffic To Be Checked Stricter enforcement of • exist ing Windcrest traffic regulations will begin taking place soon, ac cording to a release from the Windcrest council. - A regulation restricting traffic in the Windcrest area to residents only will be enforced by the coun cil in cooperation with the Cam pus patrol, the dean of men's of fice, and Tribunal. The council asked that all fac ulty, townspeople, students, visi tors, delivery trucks and workers keep their cars out of the area because of the danger of hitting the many children at play. Today.. . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Lou Lamle, Penn State's "Mr. Basketball," wh o has broken the three-year Nittany scoring mark by amassing a total of 587 points. Lou, cage captain this season. surpassed Jack Biery's old total of 576. The sports-minded Nittany Lion was a little confused for a while, but now that the rec ord has been confirmed, he roars with admiration and the hope that "Mr. Basketball" will scorch the hoops for the rest of the season and break the one year record now held by Marty Costa at 299.