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VOL. 51.. No. 112
Finals Action
Called Unfair
The proposal to eliminate final examinations for graduating
seniors did not receive "complete and fair treatment" from the Col
lege senate, Marlin Brenner and John Erickson said in a prepared
statement yeSterday,
The senate Thursday gave unanimous approval to the recom
mendation of the committee on academic standards that the finals
elimination plan be rejected.
Brenner, parliamentarian for All-
College cabinet, and Erickson,
senior class president, had worked
with the committee :in its con
sideration of the measure.
Champion
Debaters To
Be Chosen
Four teams will be chosen Dis
trict VII champions as the West
Point District VII Elimination
Debate tournament,' held for the
first time at • the College, ends
today.
Results of yesterday's contests
will be announced at noon today,
along with the outcome of to
day's debates.
Marlin Brenner and David
Lewis are representing the Col
lege men's debate team in the
tournament. They are among 25
two-man teams entered in the
tournament from Virginia, West
Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Delaware, and the District
of Columbia.
Award Certificates
The four championship 'teams
will be presented with certifi
cates and will represent District
VII at the National Invitational
Debate tournament to be held at
West Point April .19-21, Fifty
teams from all over the country
will participate in that tourna
ment after winning regional con
tests.
• Each two-man team was sche
duled to debate the affirmative
and the negative of the national
intercollegiate debate question,
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Orators To Be
Picked Monday
Two finalists to represent the
College at the first district con
test of the ninth annual Tourn
ament of Orators to be held April
27 at Fordham university will be
selected Monday at 7 p.m. in 312
Sparks by members of the Speech
department.
This year's oration sponsored
by the New York Journal Ameri
can is a six-minute eulogy to
George Washington. Those stu
dents not eliminated at the dis
trict contest will speak at the
final eastern division contest May
11 at the Metropolitan Opera
house in New York city. Con
cluding the tournament will be a
meeting of the eastern and west
ern champions in Los Angeles,
Calif. to determine the national
winner.
Up to $lOOO in bonds, a Lon
gine watch, and a free trip to
California will be presented to
the winner. Students who will
compete for positions as Penn
State's representative are Ber
nard Hendrzak, Kenneth White,
Charles Aebi, Leonard Ivanoski,
James Course, Eugene McNally,
Thomas Farrell, and Shirley Gal
lagher. Dr. Iline Fife, assistant
Professor of speech, is in charge
of this contest.
Card File Deadline
Noon today is the deadline
for male students to complete
activity cards for the card file
now housed in the dean of
men's office.
The files have been opened
for the last week to permit any
men who desire to fill out, a
card, or bring one up to date.
The cards will go to• the school
councils to be checked for
accuracy.
The files are located in the
dean of mens' office.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1951
Appoint Students
Brenner and Erickson said that
students should have been ap
pointed to the committee itself
instead of acting only as consul
tants.
"In a problem with practically
unanimous student support, stu
dents should be made actual,
though perhaps non-voting, mem
bers of the committee," they said.
"C ert a in investigations were
carried on by this committee
without students being. present
or having - knowledge of them."
The statement said the com
mittee met only twice to consider
the proposal, which had been
sent to the senate with the un
animous approval of the senior
class and all-College cabinet.
"It is quite evident that a pro
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Peters To Give
Chapel Sermon
Dr. George T. Peters, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church,
Germantown, will speak on the
topic "Days of Thy Youth" at
College chapel services tomorrow
morning at 11 a.m. in Schwab
auditorium.
Dr. Peters.. attended college at
Wooster, in Ohio. He received his
theological training at Princeton
Theological,seminary, where he
won the ugh Davies prize in
homiletics.
Dr. Peters served as assistant
minister of the East Liberty Pres
byterian church; Pittsburgh, and
as pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church, Neenah, Wis. He was
also a member of the board of
directors of the Westminster
foundation at the University of
Wisconsin.
Dr. Peters is a member of the
board of Christian education of
the Presbyterian church, and, of
the executive committee. In 1949
he received his doctor of divinity
degree from Beaver college, of
which he is at present a member
of the Board of Trustees. In 1949
he visited seven Western Euro
pean countries to study social
and religious life there.
Viereck To Discuss
°European Catastrophe'
• Dr. Peter Viereck, associate professor of European and Russian
history at Mt. Holyoke college, will speak on "Roots of the Euro
pean Catastrophe-1871-1951" in 119 Osmond at 8 p.m., Monday.
The lecturer will trace the change from Christian values to
fascism and communism and the ethical roots for this change. He
will also show the relationshipibetween spiritual values and the in-
dustrial revolution. The lecture
is co-sponsored by the Simmons
series and the Graduate school.
Literary Critic
Viereck is a historian, poet, and
literary critic and commentator
on' contemporary social science.
He won the Pulitzer prize for
poetry in 1949 for his work, "Ter
ror and Decorum."
His other writings include
"Metapolitics: From the Roman
tics to Hitler," "Conservatism Re
visited: The Revolt Against Re
volt," and "Strike Through the
Mask." He is currently preparing
a history of modern Europe.
During the war, Viereck was
• the armed forces for four
Party Campaigns
To Start Monday
5 Athletes In Race
For AA Presidency
Five Penn State athletes will vie for the Athletic association
presidency, Homer Barr, president, announced yesterday.
Three other athletes will run for association secretary.
The' presidential candidates are John Albarano, Arthur Betts,
Donald Maurey, Jay McMahan, and Peter Sarantopoulos.
Candidates for secretary are Louis Koszarek, Patrick McPoland,
. .
Ouch!!!
'Wheels' Will
Be Roasted
On Gridiron
"Roasted alive on a gridiron.'
That's the fate awaiting such
men as President Eisenhower,
All-College President Robert Da
vis, IFC President Harold Lein
bach, Bursar David Hogan, and
Burgess E. K. Hibshman next
Thursday at the Nittany Lion inn.
Promptly at 7 p.m., the 11th
annual Gridiron banquet, spon
sored by Sigma Delta chi, pro
fessional jourpalism fraternity,
will swing into action. Seven
skits, written, directed, and pro
duced by members of the frater
nity, will poke good-natured fun
at leading figures in the student
body, administration, faculty, and
town.
President Eisenhower will de
liver the rebuttal in defense of
the victims.
Modeled after the dinner put
on by the Washington Press club
every year, the local dinner was
revived last year after an eight
year lapse during the war.
Invitations have been sent to
over 300 campus and town per
sonalties in the belief that they
will take their "panning" in good
spirits, according to John Dal
bor, fraternity president.
The Nittany Lion inn will ac
commodate only 150 persons, and
because more than twice that
number of invitations was sent
out, tickets will be sold on a
first-come, first-served b a s i s.
They may be purchased at Stu
dent Union in Old Main until 5
p.m., Monday.
years. He saw action in the Af
rican and Italian campaigns.
He has also written for the At
lantic Monthly, the Saturday Re
view of Literature, and the
American Scholar.
Simmons Series
The Simmons series is now in
its fifth year of operation. It is
designed to perpetuate the mem
of Dr. L. V. T. Simmons, who
worked with the German depart
ment for 36 years and was head
of that department for 20 years.
In the past years the series in
cluded lectures by Stephen Spen
der, British poet, and R. P. Black
mur, American critic. Topics have
dealt with Dante, Milton, Rilke,
and Kierkegaard.
and Hardy Williams.
Announcement Delayed
Announcement of the ,nomina
tions was delayed a day because
it had been anticipated that the
absent soccer team would nomin
ate a candidate for the presi
dency, necessitating a runoff. Un
der association rules, only five
candidates may run for an office.
The soccer team returned to
State College Thursday night, but
neither Coach William Jeffrey,
captain Harry Little, or head
manager Neil See wished to make
any nominations, Barr said.
The runner-up in the presi
dential race will automatically
become vice-president. It was the
first time in several years that
five candidates have been named
for tile presidency.
Albarano Candidate
Albarano, currently in East
Lansing, Mich., for the national
boxing championships, is captain
elect of the Nittany Lion ring
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35 To Go
To Seminar
At Capital
Thirty-five students and staff
members will leave for Washing
ton tomorrow morning for the
"Meet Your Government" semin
ar sponsored by the Penn State
Christian association in co
operation with the Department
of Political Science and the De
partment of Education.
While in Washington, the stu
dents will attend sessions of the
Senate and House of Representa
tives, and will hold conferences
with several senators and con
gressmen.
Bus Leaves Old Main
The bus carrying the students
to Washington will be at the
rear of Old Main at 7:30 to
morrow morning, and will leave
promptly at 8 a.m.
Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, head
of the Department of Political
Science, Dr. David Russell, of the
School of Education, and Mar
jorie Allen, associate secretary
of the PSCA, will accompany the
group.'
Students Make Trip
Those who will make the trip
are John Correnti, Matthew Hal
chin, Loren Sadler, David Hy
man, Charles Mathias, Walter
Hoffritz, David Bausch, Jane
Glauner, Lenore Staats, Rowena
Green, Yolanda Bovalina, an d
John Haines.
Also Robert Boyce, Robert Fat
zinger, George Padaroff, Eileen
Bonnert, Walter Laikin, Freder
ick Hopkins, Elsa Pasline, Doris
Riebman, Sonia Goldstein, Mari
lyn Cohn, Alex Stamateris, Gor
don Stroup, Ben Walker, Edwin
Amsler, Harold Hill, Joseph Stra
tos, Charles Patterson, Julia Mc-
Nutt, Arnold Barnett, and Mrs.
Charles Long.
Toastmasters To Meet
The Toastmaster's club will
meet Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
in 103 Agriculture. Members will
speak on their curriculums. The
meeting is open to all students.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Nine days of political cam
paigning will get under way
Monday when the State and
Li o n parties begin beating
the bushes for votes.
Balloting for the nine offices at
stake will take place April 18-19.
Defeated in the past two all-
College elections, the State party
will be trying to unseat the Lions.
All nine positions at stake are
held by the Lion party.
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The campaigns of both parties
will include visits to fraternity
houses and dormitory living un
its, pamphlets, newspaper adver
tising, and posters. There is a
possibility that the politicos may
even take to the airwaves in
their efforts to enlist votes.
The Lion party members will
get in the mood with a kick-off
meeting on Sunday night in 10
Sparks at 7 o'clock.
Candidates of both parties will
jump off Monday afternoon with
flying visits to fraternity houses.
They will continue to visit frat
ernities through Tuesday even
ing.
Election Candidates
The election will pit for:
All-College president James
Worth, State; Clair George, Lion.
All - College vice - president
Harry Cover, State; Ray Evert,
Lion .
All-College secretary-treasurer
Thomas Jurchak, State; Wil
liam Klisanin, Lion.
Senior class president—David
Olmsted, State; John Stoudt,
Lion.
Senior class vice-president
Bryson Craine, State; Robert
Flick, Lion.
Senior class secretary-treasur
er—Sally Shoemaker, State; Pol
ly Potter, Lion.
Junior class president—Michael
Hanek, State; Joseph Haines,
Lion.
Junior class vice-president—
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Draft Bill Hits
Snag In House
Washington admin is t r a t i o n
leaders predicted yesterday that
the House of Representatives
would include a prohibition on
blanket draft deferments based on
scholastic ability in the draft-uni
versal training bill now under
debate.
The administration forces were
reported ready to remove contro
versial UMT provisions from the
bill in order to obtain passage.
Many representatives object to
the draft and UMT being consid
ered in the same bill.
Rep. Kilday (D.-Tex.) intro
duced an amendment to prevent
deferment of students scoring
stated grades in a nationwide ap
titude test. The measure would
permit completion of the academ
ic year after the student is draft
ed and then leave deferment up
to the individual draft boards.
Chairman Vinson of the armed
services committee predicted that
the House would adopt the Kil
day amendment.
Administration chieftains said
they still thought they could de
feat a Republican move to re
strict the number of American
troops in the Atlantic pact army.
Concert Tomorrow
The 92-piece Concert Blue
band, under the direction of
James Dunlop, will present the
second complimentary concert
of the Department of Music to
morrow at 3 p.m. in Schwab
auditorium, The doors will
open at 2:30 p.m.
Pieces featured in the con
cert will include both march
es and classical numbers.