The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 30, 1951, Image 1
... . • -•• • " - ' ' 4 ,4 . 1 1 ,- ~ 4 , .. FORA BETTER t 4 ._-, 0 TODAY'S WEATHER: --- i iv. 4at k<o, fititglatt 47'2 k k r• PENN STATE CLOUDY AND MILD; P 0 __‘.., $ . 0 . SCATTERED SHOWERS I , . VOL. 51— No. 106 Time To Fight This is the time for us to stop and think about our freedoms. IT IS THE TIME for us 'to examine our feelings on freedom and, if we believe in it, to take a stand and fight. The Pechan bill would force•faculty members at Penn State and other state-supported Pennsylvania colleges to sign the so-called "loyalty oath." The bill already has passed the state Senate. If approved by the House and the governor, the Pechan bill Would be a shattering blow to academic freedom at Penn State. Freedom, as the Collegian remarked editorially in September, entails the right to be wrong in a political situation without fear of reprisal. The oath provides a means of reprisal, not only against those who are wrong, but also against those who don't happen to agree with the preconceived notion of American democracy held by the backers of the oath. THE OATH HAS WREAKED widespread havoc throughout the United States. It has been particularly disasterous when applied to colleges. The University of California got into a good deal of trouble when the oath was made mandatory for its faculty, many of whom quit their jobs. As a result, U of C got into trouble with the American Association of University Professors and its academic rating has dropped considerably. No college is really a college if its faculty is not allowed to hold diverse views and to present those views for consideration by the students. Under such an oath, the teacher would be afraid to teach the truth as he saw it for fear of being held suspect. He would be hedged about with fear and his course of study would become pat terned into a sterile mould of conformity—devoid of searching inquiry. Freedom is always a precarious thing—it cannot be safe guarded by restricting freedom. The Pechan bill, by restricting freedom, would destroy the reason for which freedom exists. • The Pechan bill uses totalitarian methods in the name of com bating totalitarianism. It - cannot be condoned either by teachers or studentS, for it will affect them both by lowering the quality of education and impairing the freedom we espouse. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS should unite in . voicing their protest against this bill which is contrary to American principles and traditions. College May Be Granted Appropriation Increase Penn State would receive $l6 million for the next two years under the • Commonwealth budget proposed to the legislature by Gov. John S. Fine. The sum represents a cut from the $18,313,142 requested by President Milton S. Eisenhower. It is a subs tant ial boost, however, over the $10,901,000 appropriated for the 1949-51 period. Adjustments may still be .made by the legislature or by Fine him self. Final passage of the budget is not expected immediately. Breaking down the appropria tion, the President said that $2,300,000 would go to cover the deficit caused mainly by the loss of federal money as the GI bill program • closes. The actual in crease in usable funds over the last apprbpriation would be some $2,700,000, he said. Breakdown Of the $16,000,000, some $15,- 605,000 would go for mainten ance; $150,000 for crop research by th e School of Agriculture; $70,000 for coal research by the School of Mineral Industries; (continued on page eight). Students To Attend - Wesley Conference Twenty-one students and Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, Wesley Foun dation pr ogr am director, will attend the seventh annual Penn sylvania Methodist Student Movement conference in Indiana, Pa. today. • Approximately 150 students from 15 colleges throughout the state will attend the two-day conference. Students , who ' will repreSent the College and Joanne Ashman, Raymond Barr, Charles Beehler, Gloria Beppler, John Blanchard, Virginialou Burney, Grace Burt, Ned Cole, Marilyn. Detweiler, Billie Ann Deuvall, and Roy Lady. Lloyd McGonagle, Alice Mur ray, Jeanne Peffer, Edwin Rohr beck, Marjorie Shaffer, Roland Sickler,' Donald Snyder, and Richard Wright. AN - EDITORIAL Chem-Phys Dean's List Names 49 Forty-nine students in the School of Chemistry and. Physics were named to the dean's list for the fall semester by Dr. George L. Haller, dean. :Eight students were reported with a grade average of 3.00. They were Donald Bedo, Andrew Skumanich, Armine Paul, Ron ald Cohen, Joseph Leitinger, Thomas Gorrell, Lawrence Gre gor, and Stanley Speaker. Eight. freshmen, 11 sophomores, 12 juniors and 18 seniors made the required 2.5 average. - Seniors on the list are David Aicher, 2.7; Henry Albright, 2.8; Donald Bedo, 3; Gene Bouch, 2.6; William Brooks, 2.7; Rita Gould, 2.6; Russel Herman, 2.6; George Lenyo, 2.5; , Lawrence Marcella, 2.8; Patrick McNulty, 2.8; Russell Puschak, 2.6; John Sinfelt, 2.9; Andrew Skumanich, 3; Carolyn Snyder, 2.6; Joseph Soltis, 2.6; Charles Thomas, 2.6; John Wall, 2.5; and Bernard Yurick, 2.8. Juniors " are Daniel Babcock, 2.6; Joseph Geiger, 2.6; Richard Hench, 2.7; Ralph Johnson, 2.7; George Jones, 2.6; Barre Kauf man, 2.7; Donald Kline, 2.7; Ar mine Paul, 3; Derle Riordan, 2.8; Jesse Tarleton, 2.6; Milton Under wood, 2.5; and Dean Unger, 2.7. Sophomores are Ronald Cohen, 3; John Goettel, 2.5; Thomas Gor (Continued on page three) STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1951 —Dean Gladfelier Faculty Passes John Staub Glee Club To Present Ist Concert The 95 member Penn State Glee club, directed by Frank Gullo an d accompanied b y Charles Hughes, will present a concert Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Schwab auditorium. The concert is the first of the a nnu a 1 complimentary series sponsored by the Department of Music. Admission to the concert is free. The program will begin with a series of numbers by the Glee club; "Hail, To Pennsylvania State," by Ray Fortunato, "My Horn , Shall Weight A Willow- Bough," by Johannes Brahms, "Eight Bells," arranged by Bar tholomew, "Soon Ah Will Be Done," William Dawson, "The Nation's Prayer," by Cesar Franck, ansd"Blow Gabriel Blow," by Porter-Wood. Tenor Solo Franz Lehar's "Yours Is My Heart Alone," a tenor solo, will (continued on page eight) Soccer Team Counts First Victory In Iran The Penn State soccermen, laden with flowers of tribute and cheered by thousands of Iranians, earned their first victory of the good-will trip Tuesday, defeating the Shiraz Soccer club, 3-0. The soccer club of Tehran will provide the opposition today in the capital city. The Lions, first American team to visit Iran, is making a "very favorable impression" in the country accordingr, to a report from the State department in Washington. Coleman, IrviliScore Ron Coleman and Harold (Hap) Irvin scored in the victory Tues day. The third goal was tallied accidentally by .a Shiraz full back. Although the final game had originally been scheduled for April 2, the cable froth Iran said "the Americans will close out their series in a game at Tehran March 30." Yesterday's game with Tabriz may have been can celled. The team bus was escorted through Shiraz by trucks equip ped with loudspeakers proclaim ing the presence of the "Ameri can college soccer players" in Iran. Team Entertained In the city, the team was en= tertained by the Governor-Gen- Loyalty Oath Bill State Senate, 42-7 Penn State faculty members would be required to swear loyalty oaths under provisions of a bill which has passed the state senate, the Associated Press rep or te d yesterday. The senate passed the bi Wednesday. Seven Democr. Cabinet OK's $670 In Grant All-College cabinet approved appropriations amounting to $670 at' its meeting in Old Main last night. The approvals came in the form of second votes on grants of $3OO for the drinking colloquy and $370 for awards to be made to the champion soccer, cross country and wrestling teams. The drinking colloquy, to be held April 20 and 21, will fea ture a discussion program to study the drinking problems of the College. The colloquy grant was passed by a 16-3 vote and the awards appropriation was approved un animously. Mary Ellen Grube reported to cabinet on the progress of the all-College awards committee in setting up an honor to be given to an outstanding man or woman in the faculty or administration. Miss Grube outlined a program which would honor one person or group of persons working on (continued on page eight) Draft Deferments Studied - Truman WASHINGTON, March 29 (?P)—President Truman said today the administration is working on a directive regard ing the draft deferment of col lege students. ..He told a news conference he would not discuss details. other than to say an order is being worked on. eral who presented a picture album to each member of the 17-member party. Later they were conducted on a tour of the city. The 3-0 win evened the series at 1-1, Isfahan having blanked the Nittanies, 2-0. The team is scheduled to fly back to New York, April 3. Coder Outstanding In both games, goalie Ron Cod er has been outstanding in stav ing off the attacks of the speedy, well-coordinated Iranian teams. After both games, police and soldiers have been needed to clear the way for the Americans through the cheering crowds. . An attache to the United States embassy, who accompanies the team, said, "The American team's visit to Iran is a good contribu tion to betterment of relations between Iran and the United States." By RON BONN 1 by a heavy 42-7 margin on is opposed, primarily on the grounds that public hearings should procede passage of such a controversial measure. The phrasing of the oath re quired was not included in the bill, but it would compel state employes to swear that they hold no membership in any "subver sive organization or foreign sub versive organizations." State-Supported Schools Most bills applying to state employees •do not affect college teachers, but the press associa tion said that this measure would c over all faculty members of state or state supported colleges and universities. The University of Pennsyl vania, the University of Pitts burgh, and Temple university al so receive state funds and pre sumably would be affected. Question Constitutionality Dissenting Democrats in the state senate immediately raised the question of the bill's consti tutionality. Philadelphia Senator Maxwell Rosenfeld said that the fact that the bill's title does not include the expression "subver sive organization" is in itself suf ficient to void the measure. Under the state constitution, titles must carry adequate descriptions of the measures. York Senator George M. Lead er fought the bill to "help pro tect the rights of the minorities —in this instance more of the religious variety than the politi cal." Officials Doubtful Earlier, College officials had been in doubt as to whether the oath would apply here. Provost Adrian 0. Morse had said he be lieved it wou l d, but that the phrasing of the bill as first intro duced did not so specify. The loyalty oath issue had been (continued on page eight) PSCA, Baldwin Won't Publish Sale Figure Officials of the Penn State Christian association and John Baldwin, owner of the College Sportswear store, declined yes terday to release for publication the amount netted by the PSCA from its operation of the store March 5-10. Although profits from the sale were below expectations, Mar jorie Allen, associate secretary of the PSCA. termed the venture a success. The PSCA will receive ten per cent of the gross income for the week. The proceeds from the sale will not make up the total budget de ficit under which the PSCA is currently operating, Miss Allen said. As a member of the Penn State Campus chest drive last fall, the PSCA. received approximately $5OOO. This amount was about $l3OO under the PSCA budget. Last year, when the PSCA con ducted its drive independently, it netted over $6OOO. Had the Campus chest goal been reached, the PSCA would have received $6300. The PSCA will however, con tinue as a member of the Cam put chest, Miss Allen said. In addition, three fund-raisin g schemes are being planned in an effort to further reduce th e PSCA's budget deficit. A square dance will be held May 5, and a concert and auction sale are ten tatively under consideration. PRICE FIVE CENTS