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VOL. 51— No. 107
Faculty Reaction To Oath
Is Marked With Caution
An air of caution marked faculty reaction yesterday to the
proposed state loyalty oath. Members seemed hesitant to commit
themselves on the issue this early.
Meanwhile, the expected state-*ide controversy over the senate
approved bill began. yesterday with the announced opposition
of the AFL-Pennsylvania Federation of Labor to the loyalty oath.
The bill, passed Wednesday in
the state upper house, by a 42-7
margin, would require all state
employees—including professors
at state-supported colleges and
universities—to swear' that they
belong to no "subversive organi
zation or foreign subversive or
ganization." These organizations
are defined as any advocating for
cible overthrow of the Pennsyl
vania or , United States' govern
ments.
Seen Unnecessary
Faculty reaction here was key
noted by an attitude that the oath
is unnecessary, but that there is
no other particular objection to
it Arthur H. Reede, professor of
economics and defeated candidate
for Congress, said in a prepared
statement, that he believed the
criteria fo r judging teachers
should be worked out by persons
with teaching experience.
"I would prefer that the loyalty
oath bill should not pass in its
present form," Reede said. "If it
should pass, however, I would
take the oath."
Dr. R. Wallace . Brewster, pro
fessor of political science, doubted,
in a written comment, that the
oath would accomplish -- much
good, and feared that it might do
much harm. He said that the pro
posed law operates against this
country's tradition of freedom of
association.
"It is about as difficult and
dangerous to legislate loyalty as
it is to legislate religious belief,"
Dr. Brewster said. "In the pro
cess of trying to save democracy
we shoud be careful not to adopt
measures which may eat away at
its very foundations."
• Termed "Foolish"
"Foolish" was the way Dean
Marion Trabue, of the School of
Education, described such a state
effort to legislate loyalty. He said,
however, that despite the bill's
"short-sighted attitude," loyal
faculty members could sign it.
Dean Trabue said a far more
dangerous measure has been in
troduced in the legislature. This
bill would set up a legislative
committee which would tour the
schools of the state making loyalty
examinations.
"This plan is absolutely vi
cious," the dean said. "Such a
committee could very well start
a witch-hunt."
• Dean Trabue and a number of
other faculty members contacted
said that the oath is quite similar
to those they have already taken
in connection with federal gov
ernment work. George L. Haller,
Dean of the School of Chemistry
and Physics and commander of
the Air. National Guard's 153rd
Group, said that he h a d been
signing such oaths 'practically
once a week."
"I don't think it has affected
my well being or eating," he said.
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Meeting To Launch
Jewish Appeal Drive
A meeting to launch the an,.
nual United Jewish Appeal,
sponsored by the Hillel foun
dation, will be held at the
foundation tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. This year a goal
of $4500 has been set. Funds
will be used for overseas re
lief, rehabilitation, and recon
struction.
Jacqueline Cohen and Julius
Marcus, chairmen" of the cam
paign, announced there is
need for additional student
workers. Anyone interested
should come to the meeting
tomorrow, they said. Films will
be shown and assignments will
be made.
By RON BONN
R. Wallace Brewster
Agricultural Economist
To Talk At Seminar
O. V. Wells, chief of the Bur
eau of Agricultural Economics in
t h e Department of Agriculture,
will speak on "What Are the
Problems in Getting the Results
of Agricultural Economics an d
Rural Sociological Research?" for
the rural social science seminar at
3 p.m., Monday in 202 Horticul
ture.
Th e Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology department
sponsOrs the seminar and sessions
are open to faculty and graduate
students.
Soccer Team
Reported By
Seven hours after leaving Gander, Newfoundland, the plane
bearing the soccer team contingent landed near Shannon,' Ireland,
Neil See, manager, reported in a letter to the Daily Collegian.
Coach Jeffrey immediately stole the show by swinging into one
of his Scotch ditties when a young red-headed Irish girl came
aboard to greet the team.
Following are excerpts from See's letter:
"We spent an uneventful
minutes in the' waiting room and I k.•• , •••• -
then took off across the Atlantic.
- Smooth Ride
"We made the crossing at 17,000
feet. The plane'rode very smooth
ly. All that was to be seen below
was a sea of billowy white clouds.
The boys spent their time read
ing phamphlets on Iran and
sleeping. They have been very
quiet thus far. Except for the
monotonous hum of the engines,
we might be sitting in our living
rooms. It is every bit as comfort
able—even more so as the red
carpet is out and they are wait
ing on us like kings.
"We began to descend about 40
minutes from Shannon, Ireland.
The weather is w‘rery hazy over
here. Even down to 1,000 feet we
could not see the land—only an
occasional, light .winking at us
through the overcast. It was so
dark we could not see our own,
wings until we touched the
ground
"As we walked down the steps
from the plane Red Emig led
some of the fellows in a chorus
of "Irish Eyes Are Smiling."
"I am forced to use the old
cliche, "It's a small world." Kurt
Klaus met a Sigma Pi from Drex
el. I met the fellow and found we
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1951
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"Dangerous"
Politicians
Temporarily
Take Break
Penn State politicians will go
into hibernation this weekend
for the first time in more than
a, month. Neither the State nor
Lion parties will meet this week
end.
Both parties, however, can be
expected to make a few last min
ute changes on the party plat
forms before submitting them ac
cording to Edwin - Barnitz, chair
man of the elections committee.
Monday is the deadline for the
submission of the platforms.
The platforms will not be re
leased until Wednesday or Thurs
day of next week, Barnitz said
yesterday.
The State par t y had been
scheduled to meet tomorrow
night. Party leaders had planned
to submit a draft of the platform
to party members, but the meet
ing was canceled by Murray
Goldman, clique chairman. The
meeting would have conflicted
with the IFC-Panhel sing, Gold
man said.
The present lull in the poli
ticking will end on or about
April 9 with the start of the ac
tual campaigning, w h i c h, of
course, will be climaxed by the
voting April 18-19. The elections
code forbids campaigning before
the April 9 date.
Each party is limited to $l5O
in campaign expenditures by the
election code. No single contri
bution can be for more than $2O,
under the regulations.
Itemized budgets are submitted
to the elections committee by the
clique chairmen. The elections
committee is empowered to• pe
nalize an offending party by
subtracting votes from its totals.
Dote Correction
Neal Rierner, assistant profes
sor of political science, will ad
dress the Philosophy club next
Thursday at 8 p.m. in 203 Willard
hall. Collegian erroneously re
ported that he was to have spoken
this week.
Trip
See
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Neil See
had some mutual friends in
Philadelphia. He' was enroute to
Brussels for a vacation.
"Bill Yerkes and I talked to
several attendants in the waiting
room. These people have a
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Fifty Groups
Will Compete
In Greek Sing
Fifty fraternities and sororities will compete in the Inter
fraternity council-Panhellenic sing to be held tomorrow,
and Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 10 Sparks
Elimination rounds will be held the first two nights.
Fraternity winners and a sorority winner will be chosen
from the finalists Tuesday night.
James Wharton, co-chairman
of the sing committee, said one
rule has been changed. Wharton,
said two fraternity winners will
be chosen each night of elimina
tions. Previously, only one frat
ernity winner was chosen. This
means four fraternities will be in
the finals with the two sorority
finalists.
Dr. Simmons
To Discuss
Russian Lit.
Dr. Ernest T. Simmons, pro
fessor of Russian literature at
Columbia university and a senior
member of the staff of the Rus
sian institute, will be the second
speaker in the Liberal Arts lec
ture series.
His lecture is also sponsored by
the German department's Sim
mons lecture series. He will speak
on "Recent Developments in So
viet Literature" Wednesday at 8
p.m. in 121 Sparks.
Wrote 8 Books
Simmons is known as a critic
and biographer of Russian writ
ers and. is an authority on mod
ern Russian literature. He, has
written or edited eight books
dealing with literature. The pub
lications include "English Lit
erature and Culture in Russia,"
"Pushkin—A Biography," "Leo
Tolstoy," and "Dostoevski—The
Making of a Novelist."
After he was graduated from
Harvard university in 1925, Sim
mons travelled in the Soviet Un
ion on a Sheldon fellowship in
1928 and 1929. He made subse
quent trips to Russia for literary
research in 1932, 1935, 1937, and
1947.
Began At Harvard
He began teaching at Harvard.
Later, at Cornell university Sim
mons became chairman of the
Department of Russian Litera
ture.
In 1946, Simmons went to Co
lumbia as head of the Depart
ment of Slavic Languages. He is
also a staff specialist in the social
and ideological trends in Russian
literature and the Soviet Union.
In addition Simmons is a mem
ber of the joint Slavic committee
of the American Council of
Learned Societies and the Social
Science Research council.
CORE Founder
Speaks Sunday
At Chapel Here
James Farmer, a faculty mem
ber of the Institutes of Interna
tional -Relations of the American
Friends Service committee, will
be the speaker at College chapel
services tomorrow morning • at
11 o'clock in Schwab auditorium.
"Democracy's Unfinished Busi
ness" will be the theme of his
sermon.
• He will also lead a seminar to
morrow afternoon at 3 p.m. in
304 Old Main. This seminar will
be open to the public.
Farmer attended Wiley college,
Marshall, Tex., and Howard uni
versity, Washington, D. C. Work
ing in the fields of public and
labor relations, he has been ac
tive in helping to solve differences
in labor-management relations
and in racial groups.
Farmer has served as race rela
tions secretary of the Fellowship
of Reconciliation. In 1942 he
founded the Committee of Racial
Equality, now known as CORE.
He served as national chairman
of this group for two years.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Sing Judges
Judges for the sing will be
Elmer Wareham, Mrs. E. D. Rey
nolds, Edward Gamble, Dr. Fran
cis Andrews, Dorothy Cornell,
and Barry Brinsmaid.
The winners will be presented
with cups by their respective
councils. Finalists will entertain
during intermission of the IFC-
Panhel ball next Friday night.
Songs required for the frater
nities to sing are "Blue and
White" as arranged for the Col
lege Glee club and one fraternity
song. Sororities are required to
sing two sorority songs.
At least 12 members should be
in each song group. Quartets and
sololists are barred from - the sing.
The singing will be judged on
a point basis. A maximum of 20
points will be given for tone qual
ity, 20 points for intonation, 20
points for interpretation and
phrasing, 15 points for balance of
parts, 15 points for diction, and
10 points for general effect.
Committee Chairmen
Marilyn Levitt is co-chairman
of the sing committee. Members
of the IFC section of the commit
tee are Gerald Gibson and Gor
don Harrington.
Last year's sing winners were
Beta Theta Pi fraternity and
Delta Gamma sorority.
Twenty-five groups will com
pete each night of eliminations.
The following groups, listed in
order of appearance, will sing to
morrow night: Pi Kappa Phi, Al
pha Chi Sigma, Kappa Delta,
Kappa Delta Rho, Beta Theta Pi,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Ze
ta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Mu,
Acacia, Alpha Sigma Phi, Theta
Phi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta
Chi, Alpha Xi Delta. •
Also, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa
Sigma, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma
Chi, Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, Omega Psi Phi,
Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Tau,
and Theta Xi.
Monday Competition
The following groups, listed in
order . of appearance, will compete
Monday night: Tau. Kappa Epsi
lon, Tau Phi Delta, Delta Zeta,
Triangle, Phi Sigma Delta, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa, Delta
Upsilon. Gamma Phi Beta, Beta
Sigma Rho, Sigma Pi, Delta Del
ta Delta, Sigma Phi Alpha, Lamb
da Chi Aloha.
Also, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Gamma Rho, Theta Kappa Psi,
Delta Gamma. Phi Delta Theta,
Zeta Beta Tau, Kappa Alpha
Theta, Alpha Tau Omega, CM
Phi, Theta Chi, and Alpha Omi
cron Pi.
Four Students Attend
Nat'l. Art Conference
Beth Wham, Miriam McGrew,
Paul Flick, and Mary Lower, all
of the division of home art, are
attending.the National Art confer
ence in New York, this week-end.
The conference, which includes
the Eastern, Southern, and West
ern Art conferences, will be at
tended by leaders in art educa
tion from the entire country.