nAar, TWO Drinking Colloquy Schedule Announced A schedule and tentative date for the drinking colloquy to be sponsored by All-College cabinet were announced yesterday by James Worth and William Klisanin, co-chairmen of the committee working on the program. April 20-21 were set as a tentative date for a three-panel dis cussion on the drinking problem. Experts on varying phases of the problem will be invited to attend the colloquy, Worth and Klisanin said. Other members of the commit tee are Jane Auch, Rose Eifert, John Stoudt, and John Allison. Three Panels 'One of the three panels will discuss th e scientific phases of drinking, another th e religious phases, and a third the drinking problem on other campuses. The colloquy will start with a banquet April 20, which will be followed by the first panel deal ing with the scientific aspect of the problem. Plans call for the' participation of five experts in this panel. Two Members Two members of this panel will moderate each of the other pan els. The •second panel will con sist of a Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish clergymen. They will dis cuss the religious phases of the problem and will meet .on tht morning of April 21. Although attendance at the ban quet will be by invitation only, Worth and Klisanin stressed that all panel discussions will be open to studehts. There will be discuSsion from the floor, they said. Concert Band To Play At Bedford Tonight A program, sponsored by the Bedford Rotary club, will be pre sented by the Concert Blue band of the College at Bedford tonight. The band with its conductor James M. Dunlop 'will leave State College at 2:30 p.m. Highlights of the concert will be the , four part "An. American Weekend," by Morrissey, ar rangements of "Dry Bones" and "South Pacific," and several concert and march numbers. Soloists will be Eugene' Golla, James Colonna, and John Leis ter. Five O'Clock Theater Has' Play By Vaughan "Seems Like Old Times," a one-act play by Samuel Vaughan, will be presented script-in-hand as this afternoon's Five O'Clock Theater production. The play will begin at 5 p.m. in the Little theatre, 11 Old Main. The cast includes Connie Mel vin as Emily, Lowell Keller as George, Bernie Valenchik as Jef frey, and Don Colbert as Mr. Baldwin. Betty Lou Morgan is the director. Everyone 'Gets In The Act Saucers Old Stuff; Now Hoops Fly, Too Has anyone seen a flying saucer, or anything comparable? State College police are investigating reports of strange objects ranging from "flaming hOops" to "silver balloohs," seen in the air over State College during, the week-end. Edward Glatfelter, Nittany dorm 21, said he saw a round object resembling a "silver balloon" over State College about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Glatfelter and a companion were polishing a car when they sighted the object. Glatfelter said it was no conven tional aircraft since it didn't have a tail. Watched Object Glatfelter said they watched the object for about two minutes. It looked like the broad side of a disk, or a spherical object, but he couldn't tell the general shape, he said. The object travelled across the sky from right to left, then turned, and just disappeared, Glatfelter said. Charles Mathues, 324 Hamilton hall, said he and William Phillips, Hamilton hall, saw a strange light in the sky over the Mineral Industries building about 9 o'clock THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA- Alumni Institute To Be Set Up For Reunions Under the directorship of J. O. Keller, class of 'l3, the College and the Alumni association will cooperate .in establishing an Alumni institute during the class reunions, June 21-23. President Milton S. Eisenhow er has termed the institute a nev,A step in alumni activates. He ap pointed Keller to head a commit tee of 22 who will administer the institute. "The Alumni Institute should serve to stimulate alumni and awaken new interests in, the Col lege through adult channels of government, science, and 'society," says Ridge Riley; alumni secre tary. He cited the value of an in terested and informed alumni. Four Panels The plan for the Alumni insti tute calls for at least four panels which will be offered to alumni with leading educators from the College staff participating. The committee of 22 is now studying various topics for panel discussion and is selecting prom inent faculty members who will serve as "alumni professors." Topics under consideration in clude approaches to war or peace, the Korean situation, policies in the international field, taxation frontiers in psychology, the field of arts and sciences, and human relations. The second phase of the insti tute will include setting up of ex hibits by the various schbols of the College. An organized tour of the exhibits may be planned for the institute. Eisenhower To Speak One feature planned for a pan el session is an address by Pres ident Eisenhower and a round table discussion which will in clude the President and his ad ministrative assistants. The dis cussion would deal with college problems and the relationship of alumni to the College. Enrollment in the Alumni insti tute will be limited. to alumni and their wives or husbands. It is not limited' only to those alumni who are having class reunions that week, but application forms have been made available to any alum:- ni who may wish to attend the institute. Housing accommodations will be available in the West dorms. Saturday night. Mathues said it looked like a "ball of fire." They thought it was a meteorite when they first saw it, but it continued shining for about 15. minutes and then faded out, Mathues said. Police Investigate Police are also investigating an other "flaming hoop" mystery. Many State College residents re ported seeing a "ball of fire" soaring over the borough in the direction of Boalsburg. Police be lieve th e latest episode is ap parently the prank of youngsters. Investigations by police show .that the g r ou p responsible for sending up the hoop used the same type of rig someone used last June and again about Christ mas time. Students To Work, Study In Europe ' Opportunities for college stu dents to work and study in France and Great Britain have been an nounced by the Institute of Inter national Education, 2 West 45th street, New York city. ' • Positions ar e available in 40 French schools during the 1951-52 dcadernic year which involve the teaching of conversational ,Eng lish for about 12 hours a week and occasional assistance to the local English professor in his clas ses. In many cases there is suffi cient, time for study in a nearby French university. Candidates should have a good academic record, conversational French, and at least a bachelor's degree by the summer of 1951. Full maintenance while in France is provided 'under the grant, and some- Fulbright travel grants are available to supplement these awards. Those interested should make immediate application to the Institute. April 15 is the deadline for•the acceptance of candidates for the British summer schools to be held this year at the universities of London, Edinburgh, and Birm ingham. Courses are especially I designed for upperclassmen and graduate students with interest and background in history, the humanities, and the arts. A .limi ted number of tuition or trans portation scholarships are avail able. The Institute will also provide material on other study oppor tunities in Europe, Latin-America, and other parts of the world upon request. SU Will Hold Dancing Class An advanced dancing class,' sponsored by the Student Union, will meet tomorrew night at 6:30 in the TUB, instructor Paul Kritsky said yesterday. This is the second meeting of the group, the first advanced dancing class in the -history of the Student Union. The class is an extension of the SU dancing program already in operation. Currently there are, dancing classes at the TUB each Tuesday and Thursday. Kritsky, assisted by Elizabeth Jane Strom, will teach rhumba, tangd, and polka, besides jitter bugging and square dancing. " There. is a two-dollar regis tration fee, which can be paid at SU by anyone Who is interested. Every person who sighs up must bring his own partner. Twenty-three couples were present last week, and if the pro gram is a success, another class may be started, announced SU officials. LA Lecture Series To Open Tonight The Liberal Arts lecture series will open tonight with William B. Edgerton, assistant professor of Russian, speaking about "Yugo slavia in Transition." The lecture will begin at 8 o'clock in 10 Sparks. Edgerton returned from a trip to the Balkans last fall. While in Europe, he and three other mem bers of an .American Friends Service committee studied con ditions in Tito's Yugoslavia. He has also served with the United Nations Relief and Re habilitation agency. IModel UN Delegates To Be Chosen Tonight Eelection of delegates to the Model United Nations which will be held at Beaver College on March 29, 30, 31 will take place at the meeting of the Inter national Relations club "tonight, at 7 p.m., in 218 Willard hall., The Penn State IRC will rep resent the United Kingdom and the question for debate will in volve financing full employment. The IRC formulated a resolution to be used by the Model UN Assembly. George Keenan head ed the committee. Delegates will also be elected to the Pennsylvania Conference of IRC to b held March 29, 30, 31. PSCA To Run Local Store For One Week The Penn State Christian as sociation will operate the College Sportswear store for one week, beginning next Monday, Mar jorie Allen, associate secretary of the PSCA, announced, yester day. John Baldwin, owner of the store, .suggested that the PSCA run the store for one week , as a- partial means of 1 overcoming the PSCA budget deficit. Ten percent of the gross income for the week will go to the PSCA. Baldwin will , also award a prize of $5O in merchandise or in bonds to the individual student with the highest sales for the week. Open All Day The4tore will remain open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. next week. The employed staff of the store will supervise the plan, Miss Allen said. Charles Douds is coordinator of the committee working on plans fol. the event. Roy Kaneda is in charge of personnel, and Russell Orner is publicity chair man. Students interested- in helping the PSCA by working in the store should sigh up at the PSCA office, 304 Old Main, before the end of this week, Miss Allen said. Turf Conference Being Extended; To End Thursday The 20th annual turf conference of the College -began yesterday and is being extended through Thursday noon, with sessions at the State College hotel. The conference program has been designed - to discuss prob lems of special purpose turf pro duction and management. H. B. Musser, professor of 'agronomy at the College, is chairman of the conference. Highlight of the conference will be the annual dinner to be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening in the State College hotel. A. F. Buffington, of the German • de partment, will speitk on "Putting the Pennsylvania Dutchman in His Place.' Students interested in turf management may attend the con ference sessions and share in the discussions, MuSser said. The con ference fee of $4 includes the dinner. Scabbard And Blade At College Since 1912 'Extinction of the traditional hatred of military drill and the regarding of it as a necessary evil is the ultimate goal of Scabbard and Blade, national military honor society for advanced ROTC atu dents. The society, founded at the University of Wisconsin in appeared at Penn State 'in 1912 when Company H, first was founded. It was the eighth unit of the organization, which is now located in 103 colleges and universities./ Membership in the society is by election only and is divided into four classes: active, alumni, asso ciate, and honorary. Active mem bers are chosen froth cadet offi cers of advanced Army, Navy, or, Air ROTC units of the institution where the company is located. Alumni members are members no longer,enrolled in the ROTC pro gram or in college. Associate Membership ' Associate membership in Scab bard and Blade includes civilian university officials, faculty mem bers, and active or retired officers of the U.S. armed forces, reserve, or the national guard. Honorary members are civilians elected in to the society for achievement or valuable service in the promotion of national defense. Purpose of company H here is primarily to aid in raising ; the standard of military education at the College by encouraging and fostering the essential qualities of efficient military students,' an d TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1951 Yeiti . ll Nash Dienii.uN .*Oithle?:::. ,"The United Nations is worth less;" it has defied the experience of previous ages," declared Dr. _ Vernon Nash, 'president of the') United World Federalists, in a speech at State College high school Friday night. In stating the definite need for a common world government, Nash said that there is a need for good government at world level, and that the leagues and alliances in the world have lasted as "long as h Hollywood marriage." Nash also said that the cost of world government could be car ried on a small fraction of what th e United States and several other countries are spending for armaments now. .`,`Cothinon world . government must be created," he 'continued. "Until it is created, countries will continue the armament race.-._ However, world government would be no guarantee that civil wars would not occur within the countries; no government is a guarantee for that." ' In the event of another war, Nash said,. the United States would be at a decided economic advantage in comparison to. Rus sia. According to Nash, Russia is now putting 25 per cent of its national income into armaments while the United States is putting but 7 per cent of its national in cote into arms. • • Negotiations . W#h Russia Necessary Says WA Council Neotiation with Russia must•be made if World 'War II is to be averted and the armament race discontinued. This was the consensus of. the World Affairs council, which met in Philadelphia Saturday, as re ported by William Klisanin. He was a guest of the council. Tom Hamilton. chief of the United Nations bureau of the New York Times, said appeasement must be defined. It is impossible for any power to negotiate with out losing portions of the program that nation advocates. Concessions must be granted, he said. There are three points to nego tiations, Gilbert F. White, presi dent of Haverford college, said. There must be disagreement, a desire for agreement, common in terest, and mutual benefits to be gained. By PAUL BEIGHLEY promoting friendship and good fellowship among the cadet offi cers. In addition, the company de sires to promote a better under standing of the military aspect of life by creating a respect for the cadet uniform and the princi ples for which it is worn in the student body at the College. Service Available To help achieve this goal, the company. has made the services of its honor guard available for the inauguration' of President Eisenhower, the coronation of Miss Penn State, the flag raising prior to-each-of the home football games, • and other similiar. occa sions. Officers of the organization, which annually presents the Mili tary ball, are Robert Houseworth, captain; Thomas Reese, first lieu tenant; Dale Campbell, second lieutenant; and Harold Birch, first sergeant.. These offices 'corres pond to th e normal president, ce - president, treasurer, and secretary of other campus honor sees. 1904, first regiment,
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