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VOL. 51 No. V 4
4 Russians
Will Talk
In Forum
Four recently-arrived Russian
displaced persons will participate
in a forum discussion of "Gener
al Conditions Behind The• Iron
Curtain" in 121 Sparks at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday.
An elecrtical engineer, a teach
er, and two factory workers
answer any questions asked by
the audience.
Translators at the meeting will
be Father Constantine Auroroff,
instructor of Russian; William
...Edgerton, assistant professor of
Russian; and Capt. Gregory Gag
arin, assistant professor of phy
sical education.. Both Auroroff
and Gagarin were born in Russia.
Russell To Preside
Seth W. Russell, assistant dean
of liberal arts, will preside. The
three interpreters will translate
the questions and answers and
comment upon them.
The meeting will be sponsored
by the Greek Catholic Orthodox
Students club.
Participating in the discussion
will be:
N. Irgizov, was a former elec
trical engineer who was arrested
in 1935 by the NKVD and sent to
a concentration camp in. Siberia.
'Released during . World War 11, he
was later captured by the Ger
mans. He came to this country
in - 1949 and is now president of
the Association of Former Poli
tical Prisoners and editor of the
quarterly magazine, :Challenge."
Teacher In' Kiev
A. Sergeev, was a teacher" in
Kiev until 1931, when he was ar
rested and sentenced to five years
in a Siberian labor camp. In 1943,
he was taken to Germany as a
prisoner.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bogoch, were
former factory workers in the
U.S.S.R. They recently arrived in
this country and now live in
Bellefonte.
Nine Offices Will Be At Stake
When Political Parties Meet
By BUD FENTON
and MARV KRASNANSKY
Nine political offices will be at
stake when the Lion and State
parties square off in the forth
coming spring elections scheduled
for April 18-19.
Included in the nine offices are
five seats on All-College cabinet.
The center of the battle will
revolve _around th e All-College
presidency. Of as much impor
tance to the politcos are the vice
presidency, and the position of
secretary - treasurer on the All-
College level, and the presidency
of both the senior and junior
classes.
Also at stake are the positions
of vice-president and secretary
treasurer of the senior and junior
classes.
Three non-political offices will
be contested in the election of
Athletic association president,
vice-president, an d secretary
treasurer. The association presi
dent has a seat on cabinet.
State Looking Ahead
Beaten in the last two All-Col
lege elections, th e State party
will be looking toward a come
baok. Although the State party
has dominated the past two fall
elections, involving freshman
and sophomore class offices, the
Lion party swept through the
1949 and 1950 All-College con
tests.
Because of the two consecutive
Lion sweeps, sourced close to
State party leaders have indi
cated that this election is "now
or never" for the Staters.
The Lidns, on the other hand,
have set their sights on repeat
ing the - past two All-College
sweeps. The Lions control six of
the seven political seats on cab
inet,. and..in, order to hold their
75 Pa§sengers Killed
In lowa Plane Crash
SIOUX CITY, la., March 2
(R)—A Mid-Continent Airlines
plane, making a second try for
a lainding ,> here iri a sudden,
heavy snow storm, crashed in
to a bordering cornfield today,
killing 15 of the 25 persons
aboard. •
The twin-e n gine d DC-3
plane burst into flames and
was destroyed within a few
minutes. •
'lndia Week'
Wilf Begin
On Monday
"India Week," being sponsored
by the Penn State Christian as
sociation, will begin Monday and
continue until March 11, Marjorie
Allen, associate secretary of the
PSCA, said yesterday.
Miss Allen said plans are not
yet completed for the week's ac
tivities. She said an exhibition
and several movies will form a
part of the program.
An attempt, is being made, Miss
Allen said, to get Mme. Vijaya
lakshmi Pandit, former chairman
of the Indian delegation to the
United Nations and now Indian
ambassador to the United States,
to speak. n Schwab Auditorium
next Saturday. As yet, no reply
has been received from Madame
Pandit, Miss Allen Said.
Tentative Plans
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Tentative plans are also under
way to \ obtain Dr. Amiya Chakra
varty, of the Institute of Advanced
Studies, Princeton, N. J., as a
speaker on March 11. Dr. Chak
ravarty spoke in Schwab audi
torium last December on the role
of India in the East-West conflict.
His appearance then was also
sponsored by the PSCA.
An exhibition of . Indian art,
jewelry, pottery. photographs,
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present adOanta:ge' would have to
make another sweep.
Lions Confident
. Although confident in the fu
ture of the party, Lion officials
have publicly expressed a fear
of general apathy among party
workers and followers. This
apathy, they feel, will be their
toughest hurdle.
The. Lions have already started
the political ball rolling with the
election' of clique officers, th e
people responsible for the man
agement of a campaign. Th e
State party will hold final nomi
nation, and eleption Ofclique offi
cers' tomorrow night. "
Preliminary .party, nominations
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1951
First Inkling
Is Expected
By May 1
Inkling, Penn State's prospec
tive literary magazine, is rapidly
nearing publication' and the first
issue is expected to appear by
May 1, Florenz Fenton, managing
editor, said yesterday.
With promises of $5O from both
the School of Liberal Arts and
AIM for a "financial cushion,"
and a $25 anonymous contribu
tion, Inkling is organizing now for
its first issue, Fenton said.,
"A contract has been made for
a printer and technical and me
chanical points are being ironed
out now," Fenton said.
Editor Samuel Vaughan echoed
Fenton's statement that Inkling
was ready to begin work on its
first issue but said that things
wouldn't be rushed.
Club To Sponsor
Chess Exhibition
A simultaneous chess exhibi•
tion will be sponsored at the TUB
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
by the Penn State Chess club.
The group has brought M. Pous
seur de Bois, a chess expert from
New York City, to put on the
demonstration.
Pres. Jerome Movsovich ex
plained that -a simultaneous chess
exhibition involves one player, in
this case de Bois, competing
against any number of opponents
at the same time. Interested per
;sons can enter by paying 25 cents
and bringing a chess set to the
TUB.
Besides chess, de Bois will mee
any opponent in either Wei-Ch'
a complex form of Chinese check
ers, or checkers of the English
Spanish, French, or Russian var
iety.
1950 Candidates
must be completed by March 11,
in accordance with the spring
elections code, and final nomina
tions must be made no later than
March 18.
Real Story
The real story of the current
campaign is, however, cloaked in
the two defeats on the State par
ty record. As noted before, the
Lions have swept the past two
elections, putting into office nine
man slates each time.
While the victory of the Staters
in the fall elections, in which
they took four of the offices at
stake, might seem to indicate a
trend, a study of past elections
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Contract For Printer
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Blair Green
Absentee Voting Petition
200 Short Of Majority
The National Student association's absentee voting petition is
about 200 names short of having a majority of the signatures of
Pennsylvania residents on campus, David Fitzcharles, NSA absentee
voting committee chairman, announced last night.
The drive for signatures on the petition urging the Pennsylvania
legislature to legalize absentee
voting will end Monday.
Fitzcharles said he hopes to see
the petition carried to both
hoUses of the legislature in Har
risburg by a group of student
leaders
Committee Not Decided
The committee has not decided
upon the method of presenting
the petition to the legislature be
cause it has been too busy with
the jo b of circulating it, Fitz
charles said. Mailing the petition
to Harrisburg has also been con
sidered, he said.
Pennsylvania residents who
wish to sign the petition may
contact Joan Yerger, 410 Ather
ton; Edward Shanken, Pi Kappa
Alpha; Clair George, Tau Kappa
Epsilon; Frederick Hopkins, Chi
Phi; and Moylan Mills, 320 Ham
ilton hall.
In cooperation with the NSA,
several campus organizations will
send letters to the legislature en
dorsing the petition. Among the
groups are the senior class, Edu
cation student council, Agricul
ture student council, AIM Town
council, AIM West dorm council,
and All-College cabinet.
Fitzcharles said that he appre
ciated the cooperation of all who
had helped distribute the peti
tion and thanked all those who
signed the, petition.
Local Committee
The local committee. NSA drew
up the proposed amendment to
the state constitution. It would ,
enable students to cast their bal
lots at school and have them
counted in t h e i•r resident pre
cinct. The committee • has circu
lated the petition on campus for
the past two weeks.
Students under 21 were •also
urged to sign the petition, since
by the time an absentee voting
system could be established they
would be eligible to vote. •
Erickson Sees
Fair Decision
In Exam Issue
John Erickson, senior class
president, yesterday expressed
cqnfidence that the College sen
ate committee handling the re
quest for the elimination .of finals
for graduating seniors would
come to "a just and fair decis
ion."
Erickson's remarks were con
tained in a letter which Erick
son said would be sent to Dr. Vic
tor A. Beede, chairman of the
committee on academic standards.
The proposal for the elimin
ation of final examinations for
seniors was submitted to the sen
ate Thursday. A meeting of al
most 500 members of the senior
class unanimously approved the
proposal Tuesday. The same pro
posal was unanimously approved
at a special meeting of All-Col
lege cabinet Wednesday.
The text of Erickson's letter
follows:
"It was with great pleasure that
I noted that the request of the
senior class and All-College cab
inet for the elimination of finals
for seniors was given to your
committee. We feel sure that your
committee will make a just and
fair decision on the request.
"If there is any way in which I,
any " - of the other officers, or the
class can assist you, please feel
free to call upon us."
BX Deadline
Today is the last day to pick
up money or unsold books' at
the BX, which will be open
from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Monday Set
For Senate
Draft Vote
WASHINGTON, March 2—(AP)
—By unanimous consent today the
senate agreed to vote Monday on
the hotly debated issue of draft
ing young men into the armed
forces at the age of 182 instead
of 19.
The test will come on an amend
ment to the universal military
training and service bill, which
Democratic Floor Leader McFar
land of Arizona is 'trying to push
through the senate as "emergency
legislation."
A draft age of 18 has been ap
proved by the Senate Armed Serv
ices committee. Its bill would pro
vide, however, that 18 year olds
nearest 19 be taken first, and that
none be taken before all eligible
men in the 19 to 26 year category
are inducted.
Author of Amendment
Senator Morse (R-Ore.) is the
euthor of the amendment to drop
the draft age only to 18 years and
six months. But he proposes that
those in the 19-26 bracket be called
up at the same time, and that boys
between 18 and 181 be allowed to
volunteer.
It is on this amendment that the
senate will vote Monday.
The House Armed Services com
mittee has not agreed on a bill
yet, but the representatives are
thinking in terms of registration
and classification at 18, induction
at 18/, with no waiting until the
19-26 group has been exhausted.
More Officer Schools
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the
house committee recommended to
day that expansion of the Reserve
Officer Training Corps be deferred
in favor of building up more offi
cer training schools so that youths
who are drafted will have an op
portunity to become officers.
At a hearing of his committee
he expressed fear that college
ROTC units may become a haven
for students trying to avoid the.
draft.
Pollock Gray's
Coin' To War
Pollock Circle, or a large part
of it, may be going to war in the
near future.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, direc
tor of student affairs, announced
this week that plans for turning
unused kitchen areas of PUB into
a research laboratory, and for use
of dormitory buildings for mili
tary personnel, are now under
consideration.
He said the College is negoti
ating for a contract to house and
instruct Air Force clerical per
sonnel at Pollock. Some of the
buildings would be turned into
classrooms under the plan.
All persons involved would be
Air Force personnel, and no stu,
dents at the College would be
included.
Kenworthy said thought is
being given to the possibility of
using kitchen space in the PUB
for a research lab at some future
date. He emphasized that recre
ational areas of the building will
not be affected.
Plans for the military instruc
tion and research, he said, are
being considered both as the Col
lege's patriotic duty and to keep
the staff together in the face of
a projected enrollment dro9.