. . . TODAY'S WEATHER: •- • CLOUDY AND COOL ; t. 4 tirtirgittti POR A BETTER -WITH LIGHT SHOWERS PENN STATE • . , VOL. 51 -M. 113 Leonides :..:::EfOlti...oO. Set Foe_Toilibie6l4 Sorley Snyder and Doris Sher are competing for. the Leonides presidency in the election which will be open-to all 'independent women tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. • . . Approximately 1200 women will ,have the opportunity to .cast ballots in tomorrow's election. This is the first election in the history of Leonides which has been open to all members. Previously, offi cers had been elected by mem bers of the council. Vice-President Nominees Edna Bay]son and Alice -Hen nessey are the nominees for vice president; Eleanor Miller and Louise Kolano, candidates for re cording secretary; Vivian Peter son,• corresponding secretary; Ann Burlingame and Avis Dal ton for treasurer; and Betty John son, parlirnentarian. Voting will be held in all dor mitbries except Grange. Women in Grange, home management houses, and town students will vote in Mac Allister hall . Ballot Boxes Ballot boxes will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. with the exception of the dinner hour. Pic tures of the candidates will be posted in each of the dormitory lobbies. Names will be crossed off of the dormitory lists upon receiving a ballot. Door to door campaigning is forbidden by the elections code adopted by the council and in the dormitories posters are limi. ted to the bulletin boards. Five Alumni Are Cited By Trustees Five alumni of the College have been cited by the Board of Trus tees because their "personal lives, professional achievements, and community services best exempli fy the objectives" of Penn State. The five men will be honored at the College in a special pro gram May 2, President Milton S. Eisenhower said last week. Railway President They are Charles E. Denney, president of the Northern Pacific railway until his retirement in December, who is a native of Lancaster. He graduated from the College in 1900. Clarence. G. Stoll, president of Western- Electric company until his retirement in 1947, who is a native of 'Mount Joy. He grad-. uated in 1903. - Bayard D. Kunkle, retired in 1949 as a vice-president of Gen eral Motors company, who is a native of Steelton. He graduated in 1908. Ray. Lams Throckmorton, pres ent dean of agriculture at Kansas State college, who is a native of Waynesburg. He graduated in 1911. Illinois University President George D. Stoddard, president of the University of Illinois, who is a native of Carbondale. He graduated in 1921. President Eisenhower will pre sent to each of them illuminated parchment scrolls and medallions during the ceremony. During the program outstanding students at the College will be presented the College's highest academic awards. The program will mark the inauguration of the all-College undergraduate officers. Ag. Ed. Honorary Elects New. Officers Russel Kaniuka has been elected president of Alpha Tau Alpha, national agriculture edu cation honorary. . Other officers are Robert Mil liken, vice-president; George Ja cobs, secretary; John Spacht, treasurer; Donald Dietz, sergeant at-arms; and William Downs, re porter. Dr. C. S. Anderson, past President of the'.national branch, was retained as advisor.. . - AIMA4e4:: fdr . Nioloy'. Dueocoundl By GEORGE GLAZER West dorm council passed a motion last night to ask the Asso ciation of ' Independent Men's board of governors to pay the remainder of the money due the council at once. Council President Thomas Du rek said that - the AIM treasury now has $176 belonging to the council. He said that the member councils of the AIM deposit their funds, all received from the 25 cent assessment for each man in the area, with the AIM, and draw on the treasury as needed. Weston Tomlinson, president of second -floor Hamilton, charged the AIM with inefficiency and said that he understood there' was a deficit in the AIM treasury, AIM president Richard Bard, was not available, for comment last night. Tomlinson originally moved that -a motion be • passed asking the board of governors to send out all money due to all the coun cils, but the 'West dorni - council accepted John. Clark's amendment to include only 'the West . ,dorm council in the request. . ' Dunlap Reports James Dunlap, chairman of the welfare committee, reported on his conference with . Russell Clark, director of housing, concerning the use of a College truck to haul laundry cases from the dorm area to the post office. • Dunlap said that Clark told him that he had the •money to get the truck but could see no need for the service for the area. Dunlap said that Clark refused to appro priate the money for three rea sons: the area. was closer to the post office than. the Nittany-Pol lock area, which' has — a similar service; the West dorms are cqm pletely equipped with . washing machines for the 'residents, and; if the West dorms were granted the use of a truck, there was the factor of the women's dorms to be considered. If - the West, dorms were granted the privilege, then the women could also demand (continued on page eight) .. Cal. U. Loyalty Oath Is Voided The loyalty oath imposed on teachers at the University of Cali fornia has been declared unconstitutional by the sttite's Third Dis trict Court of Appeal. • The court decision, handed down Friday, ordered the school's board of regents to reinstate the 18 discharged teachers suing for their jobs. The board's August ruling that all teachers at the school must swear a non-com munist oath resulted in the dis charge of 26 faculty members, but eight did not .join in the suit or dropped out. California faculty members have always sworn a routing oath of allegiance to the state and the nation. Last August the re gents added a specific disavowal of membership in the .communist party or' organizations. It was this part of the oath that was held unconstitutional 'in the court rul ing. "The exacting of any other test of loyalty (than the constitutional pledge) would be anti-ethicar to Okir fulxiamental concept - a free- STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1951 Thseatre Group Will Present Play Series Departing from its usual policy of producing student-written plays, Five O'Clock Theatre for the next two weeks will present two of a series of plays written for the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. The situations have been se lected and perfected by experts to "assist the young adult in bet ter understanding his own family relationships and himself." • The first in the- series will be given script-in-hand in the Little Theatre at five o'clock this after noon.. Entitled "Scattered Show ers," it deals with mother-child relationships. Joe Bird and Fred Leuschner will direct. The cast, in the order of their appearance, ar e Regina Fried man, as Jane; Helen Jaskol, as Harriet; and Lois Stern as Elise. Admission is free. dom," the court said The' California decision is sig nificant in this state in the light of a loyalty oath bill which has passed the state senate and is awaiting house consideration. The Pennsylvania measure would require all state employees, in cluding faculties of state-sup `ported schools, to swear that they belong to no "subversive organ izations or foreign subversive or ganizations." Until now no loy alty oath of any kind has been exacted from Pennsylvania teach ers. • Th e California appeals court verdict may still be carried to the State Supreme court by the regents. • - Candidates . Clair George Election Campaign Gets Under Way The spring election campaign got under way yesterday with the 18 candidates for all-College, senior, and junior class officers can vassing fraternity houses and dormitories. Visits by office-seekers officially opened the 9-day campaign which will end with the elections on April 18 and 19. All-College presidential nominees Clair George, Lion, and James Worth, State, were among the candidates visiting the fra ternities. The State party distributed copies of the platform which in cluded a statement which was disputed by Lion. officials. Pro mises have been made and not fulfilled in the past, according to the platform introduction. Collegian Questions Candidates The Daily Collegian has sent questionnaires to candidates for All-College and class offices seeking their opinions on various issues. • The candidates' answers are to be published starting Thursday. Separate lists of questions were sent to All-College, senior class, and, junior class candidates with a letter stating that the Collegian was conducting a survey regard ing their opinions on a total of 14 questions. Questions Drawn . Up Questions were drawn up by the Collegian editors and the pol itical reporters. The same ques tions were sent to both Lion and State party candidates so that students might compare their views. Questions submitted to All- College candidates concerned the Student. Union assessment, the All-College cabinet representa tion system, loyalty oaths, stu dent costs, the Campus chest, and withholding of election figures. Senior Class Candidates Senior class candidates were asked questions on elimination of final examinations, the com mencement program, the size of diplomas, and the Lion coat tra dition. Questions asked junior class candidates covered plans to in crease participation in class ac tivities, the customs program, dormitory meals, and the candi dates' objectives, if elected. Lion Jackets Will Be Sold A forty-year-old Penn State tra dition will be continued this year when senior lion coats go on sale next Monday. The jackets were once very popular on campus, but the tra dition stopped during the war years. Last year they were avail able to graduating seniors for the first time since the war, but the sales were low. This year, Wal ter Miller, chairman of the Lion's coat committee, stated that he hopes to firmly re-establish the custom. The light canvas coats, which are priced at $1.95, will go on sale at Student Union on April 16. They will be sold there for the next two weeks in the after noons only. During Spring weekend, prizes will be awarded to seniors who have most cleverly decorated their coats. Economics Dept. Head Has Article Published Dr. William N. Leonard, head of the Department of Economics and Commerce at the College, had an article published in the March issue of Railway Progress entitled, "What Progress on the Rails." PSCA Cabin Party The Penn State Christian as sociation is sponsoring a cabin party at Watts Lodge tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 o'clock. Mem bers of the PSCA who plan to attend will meet in 304 Old Main. PRICE FIVE CENTS Lion Reply Lion party members said that all platform planks have either been fulfilled o r investigated thoroughly in the past, according to clique chairman Milton Bern itein. The Lions have been in power for the. past two years. Publicity programs for both parties were begun .on campus and in town. Campaign posters and painted windows reminded students of the nearness of the election dates and directed their attention to the respective parties. Stoudt Missing Senior class presidential nomi nee for the Lion party, John Stoudt was forced to forego the visits to the fraternity area yes terday because of an injured leg. He is expected to join his fellow campaigners today. State Chairman Murray Gold man said that his party was build ing its campaign slowly, reaching to a peak late this week. Bernstein said that the Lion program was moving swiftly. He said that a radio campaign began last night with a singing trio. Trustee Wins Industry Award J. L. Mauthe, president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company and ,a trustee at the Col lege, will receive the 1951 David Ford McFarland award for achievement in metallurgy. The award was established in 1949 by the Penn State chapter of the American . Society for Metals and is awarded annually to the alumnus of the College who has reached a position of eminence in the field of metal lurgy. Mauthe joined the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company in 1935 and in 1937 was appointed gen eral superintendent of th e Youngstown district. He became a director of the company in 1946, an d in 1950 was elected president. At Penn State, Mauthe was an outstanding fullback on the football team and captain of the unbeaten team of 1912. He has - served on the Board of Trus tees at the College since 1938. Gridiron Banquet Tickets Available The deadline for obtaining Sigma Delta Chi Gridiron ban quet tickets has been extended to 5 o'clock this afternoon. John Dalbor, fraternity presi dent, announced yesterday. The tickets are on sale at Student Union desk in Old Main. President Eisenhower will be guest of honor at the dinner, which will feature skits "roasting" such campus and town personalities as Ho mer Barr, Senior Class Presi dent John Erickson, Debater Marlin Brenner, Police Chief Juba, and Tribunal Chairman Neil See. •
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers