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- 'An hour closing service of worship' Schwab anditorhim 'last
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night with a keYnote address by Richard T. Sutcliffe ended the' five,
dray Religion-in-Life program;
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Sutcliffe, assistant editor of The Lutheran, news-magazine of the
United Lutheran church, compared. the pessisni .of many people
today with the depressed feelings
of the ancient Egyptians. The.
Egyptians feared man soon would
destroy himself because the world
was decaying, but those who pre
dicted complete decay of the
world were wrong, he said.
The former newspaperman said
he saw about 1000 Penn State
students this week an d saw in
their eyes a. search for truth. The
hope of the world does not lie
in the hands of politicians or min
isters, but in the hands of lay
men, he said.
Heroes Were Laymen
Laymen .are persons who are
not ordained ministers, and Chris
tian laymen are those interested
in the church, he added. Heroes
of both the Old and New Testa
ments were laymen, he asserted.
Christ selected not priests, or min
isters, when he left this world,
but 12 laymen. Laymen are the
(Continued on page eight)
Debaters Off
For Mt. Mercy
Four-members of / the men's de
bate team will leave this after
noon for Mount Mercy college to
compete in the annual Mount
Mercy tournament tomorrow.
Last -year Penn State placed
first- in the tourney, with a per
fect record. Teams from schools
in Pennsylvania an d nearby
states participate.
' Harry Kondourajian and Robert
Alderdice will form the affirma
tive team, with John Boddington
and Clair George on the negative
team. Topic will be this year's na
tional intercollegiate, debate ques
tion, "Resblved: That the non
communist nations should , form
a new international organization."
The debate will be held in orth
odox style, with each team, mem
ber allowed a ten-minute con
structive speech and a five-minute
rebuttal. Both the affirmative
and negative teams of each
school compete in four debates
each. The team with the highest
score after these eight rounds is
declared the winner.
H: J. O'Brien; assistant debat
ing coach, will accompany team
members to the tournament.
By DAVE, COLTON
Auto Firm
'Tipped' On
RFGLoan
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—W)—
An executive of Kaiser - Frazer
Corp., borrowers of $69;000,000
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, told Senate investi
gators today his' firm had been
tipped 'it could get better terms
on its loans by hiring the right
man to handle them.
The story came from Chad Cal
houn, vice-president of the auto
mobile company, testifying at a
hearing called by a Senate bank
ing subcommittee • which has
charged that political favoritism
and influence has affected the.
RFC's lending policy.
But who the right man might
be was not established clearly at
today's hearing.
Calhoun said that he under
stood from a conversation with
Edgar Kaiser, president • of hi s
company, that the man to employ
was William M. Boyle 0r.,.0f Kan
sas City, Democratic national
chairman.
Conference Report
However, Calhoun based his as
sumption on a report of a con
ference Kaiser had with another
Detroit industrialist, Rex Jacobs,
in December, 1949.
Jacobs testified later that he
did not recall that Boyle's name
was mentioned • in his conversa
tion with Kaiser.• But he said the
name of Max Siskind, a former
law partner of Boyle's, was men
tioned as a man• who might be
helpful to . Kaiser-Trazer. He sug
gested that might have led to an
impression that he, was recom- .
mending Boyle. • •
Kaiier himself did not men
tion Boyle's name when.he testi
fied. He remarked that . Calhoun
"probably drew certain conclus
ions" •after he had talked 'with
him and prepared a - memoran
dum of the conversation.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA., . FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1951
Talent . .Show :To: Begin
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About one third of the stu
dent body has signed the Na
tional Student association's pe
tition to , the state legislature
urging legalized absentee vot
ing in Pennsylvania, William
Klisanin, NSA chairman, ' an
nounced last night.
The petition will be circu
lated at the boxing match at
Recreation hall toM orr o w
night and will continue in cir
culation at dormitories, frater
nities; and - at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main until next
week.
Blue Key
To Honor
2 Coaches
Awards for 25 years of service
to College athletics will be given
to William Jeffrey and Charles
Speidel by Blue Key, men's jun
ior hat society, tomorrow night at
Recreation hall..
The awards - honoring - Jeffrey,
veteran soccer mentor who com
pleted' his 25th year in 1950, and
Speidel, now coaching in his 25th
season, will be made at 6:45, just
before th e boxing match with
Wisconsin:-
Davi d Mutchler, president of
the hat society, said that because
of the group's close connection
With campus sports, they chose to
make the awards to the two vet
eran coaches.
The trophies are in the form of
small silver table bowls, with a
reproduction of the Blue Key in
signia, and the following inscrip
tion: "To . . . (name) for 25 years
of devoted service as coach of ...
(sport) at the Pennsylvania State
College."
• Blue Key also appointed the
committee for their• annual spring
banquet at the meeting Tuesday
night. Marvin Krasnansky, Don
ald Cook, and Jack Brown are
members of the committee.
The revised constitution for the
group was read over, but no ac
tion was taken because no t
enough members were . present to
constitute a quorum.
• A special meeting of the society
will be held• Tuesday in 103 Will
ard hall at 7:30 p.m., Mutchler
said.
Psi Chi Hears
Child Specialist
Dr. J. .W. Birch described the
principles followed in giving ad
vice to parents of feebleminded
children in a, talk before Psi Chi,
psychology honorary, Wednesday
night.
The director of special educa
tion for Pittsburgh schools said
that he spends as much time in
'conference with parents as they
wish. His first job is to impress
parents of the adequacy of tests
performed to determine if a child
is feebleminded.
• Next he sees that arrangements
are made to care for the child,
either in a private school or at
Home. He also tries to prevent
them from having faith in fake
cures.
• Under regular business, Psi Chi
voted to send - representatives to
a regional conference of Psi Chi
at Brooklyn college March 29.
Fee Deadline Today
Today' is the final day for
payment of fees at the bursar's
office' in Willard hall.
The office will- be open be
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Late registration will cost $5.
Third Of Students
Sign NSA Petition
The curtain will rise at - 8 o'clock tonight on the 'Penn
State club's 11th annual all-College talent show in Schwab
auditoriuna. Twelve acts will be featured in the show.
John 'Cox, - master of ceremonies for the affair, will be
aided by the Frustrated Four quartet, composed of Richard
Ringers Of
Fire Alarms
Are Warned
Student Tribunal issued a stern
warning to the men in the West
dorms last night who are respon
sible for the unnecessary ringing
of fire alarms in their buildings.
The warning was made last
night at the weekly meeting of
the body. Dean of Men H. K.
Wilson will back the group in
any decisions it makes regarding
anyone caught tampering with
the alarms, according to Harry
Cover, member of Tribunal.
Severe Punishment
Neil See, chairman, Ray Evert,
Richard Schoenberger, Carlton
Durling and Cover were unani
mous in the sentiment that the
persons guilty should be severely
punished.
Cover said that the alarm boxes
that were damaged would be re
paired.
Lessen Temptation
He said he hoped that the ac
tion would make it more difficult
to set them off and thereby lessen
the temptation for the men.
Fines for parking in restricted
areas were imposed and im
mediately suspended in three
cases at the meeting.
Two men were found guilty
of parking in the Old Main serv
ice area behind the building. The
third was fined for parking on
the - grass near the service area
for the Central Extension build
ing.
Delivery Men, Visitors
Allowed In Windcrest
Delivery men and visitors are
not included in the new Wind
crest area regulation which re
stricts traffic to residents of the
trailer camp, a Windcrest council
official said yesterday.
The council recently enacted
the regulation to keep excess
Cars out of • the area because of
danger to children.
Seniors Will Vote
On Finals Proposal
Success' of the proposal to eliminate final examinations for sen
iors may well depend on the amount of student interest, John
Erickson, senior class president, said yesterday. •
Senior's will vote on the proposal and a plan to bring it . before
All-College cabinet at a class meeting next Tuesday in 119 Osmond
laboratory at 7:30 p.m.
Erickson reported that the sen
ior class committee which inves
tigated final examinations fe 1 t
that student interest at both the
class meeting and at cabinet
would be 'an important indica
tion of sentiment •to members of
the College senate.
The senate, which must ap
prove any changes in the final
exam procedure, is scheduled to
meet next Thursday. Approval by
both the senior class and cabinet
would be necessary early in the
week, Erickson said.
The committee is not trying to
abolish all finals for seniors,
Erickson said. After studying sev
eral plans, he said, the committee
felt that many seniors would want
to take the exams in order to try
to raise their grades.
The basic argument for elimi
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Kerwin, George Eyrich, Eugene
Raup, and Thomas Stabler.
Rachkowski To Appear
Raymond Rachkowski, last
year's winner, will make a guest
appearance in a comedy skit on
French and British army life.
The performers and their sele.e
tions will include Noel. Peterson
and Fred Hurnphryes as Pete and
Muggs, a couple of comedians;
Janice Berg, soprano, singing
"Some Day" and "Be My Love;"
Stanley Myers ,accordionist, play
ing "Dark Eyes" and "Little
Brown Jug;" and Edward Rolf,
baritone, singing "Old Man Riv
er."
Quartet To Sing
The Four Troubadors quartet,
composed of George Jeffries,
Theodore Myers, Gordon Seward,
and Herky Allison, will sin g
"Coney Island Babe," "Dear Old
Girl," and "Why the Roses Grow."
Patricia Marsteller will present a
novelty reading, "Vera at the
Vaudeville." Donald Hopkins and
William Durborow, as the Nittany
Ridgerunners, will present instru
mental medleys of "Mississippi
Mud" and "Charleston."
Following th e intermission,
baritone Laßue Durrwachter will
open the second part of the show
by singing "Song of the Vaga
bonds" and "Come Back to Sor
rento." Robert Klug, pianist, will
play Debussy's "Claire de Lune"
and Reinhold's "Impromptu" in
C sharp minor.
Sonia Goldstein, impressionistic
modern dancer, will present "Get
Happy" and "Melancholy Rhap
sody." Patricia Leis will imper
sonate Betty Hutton and sing
popular songs. The Four Flats and
a Sharp, a vocal quintet, will
complete the show with "Blue
Moon" and "Once in a While."
Members of the quintet are Wil
liam Detweiler,, David Margolf.
Richard Wrentmore, Earl Baker,
and Polly Potter.
Five Judges
Five judges, Russell E. Clark,
director of housing; Daniel A.
DeMarino, assistant dean of men;
R. D. Reifsneider, professor of
dramatics; and Mary Brewer and
Patricia Thompson, assistants to
the dean of women, will, select
the five finalists. Three prie win-
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Art Forum To Do
Play ByWhelan
Teter Whelan, journalism jun
ior, will have a one-act play, "Se
attle Hunch," produced at the
eighth annual Arts forum March
8 to 10 at Woman's college of the
University of North Carolina.
Whelan's effort was chosen the
best of three submitted to the
forum by members of last semes
ter's Dramatics 21 playwriting
class. Warren S. Smith, assistant
professor of dramatics, is in
charge of the course.
Student work of 23 other col
leges will be represented. Poetry,
short stories, plays, musical com
position .and performance, paint
ing, sculpture, dancing, photo
graphy, and puppetry are in
eluded for fart= consideration.