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VOL. 51 —No: 117
Oath Bill May Not
Include State Schools
Faculty members of state-supported colleges may be exempted
from the terms of the loyalty oath bill passed recently by the state
senate.
Senator Albert Pechan (R-Armstrong), sponsor of the bill, made
the announcement as word came here that the Bellefonte post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars had passed a resolution favoring the. oath,
As passed by the Senate, the
bill would compel all state em
ployees ■ (except elected officials)
to swear that they belong to no
subversive organizations. Pechan
said if amended, the measure
would probably allow the col
eges themselves to decide wheth
er faculty members should take
the oath
He said that legal experts in
the justice department are study
ing the college question, Pechan’s
announcement recalled the fact
that in an interview with Col
legian reporters Tuesday, Repub
lican House leader Charles C.
Smith cast strong doubt on the
bill’s constitutionality and pre
dicted its possible defeat by the
House unless amended.
York Democrat Harry E. Seyler
also told Collegian interviewers
he thought tre bill would fail in
the House. He said a recent Cali
fornia court- decision voiding a
loyalty oath at the University of
California would affect voting on
the Pennsylvania measure.
Locally, the Bellefonte VFW
resolution will be forwarded to
Rep. P. A. Frost (R-Centre) in
Harrisburg. The oath bill is sched
uled for consideration by the
House state government commit
tee.
Claude F. Glenn, member of
the Bellefonte VFW, said the res
olution was prompted by “con
tinued revelations of evidence re
garding Communist infiltration
into colleges throughout the coun
try.” He said the post based its
opinion on disclosures by the
House committee on un-Amerieap
activities and a magazine article
by Matthew Cvetic, an FBI agent
in the Communist party.
Inter-American
Club To Hold
Fiesta Today
The Inter-American club is
sponsoring a fiesta today in com
memoration of Pan-American
day.
The fiesta is one of the
activities for Pan American week
which ends tomorrow. It will be
held at 8 o’clock in 304 Old Main
The fiesta will be opened with
greetings from Mr. Alvara San
chez, president of the Inter-
American club.
Folk songs are next on the
program and will be directed by
Mr. Joseph Bentivegna. Latin
American movies will be shown
of Argentina, Uraguay and Col
ombia.
Latin American ballroom dan
ces will be demonstrated. These
dances include the tango of Ar
gentina, the samba from Brazil
the rhumba of Cuba, the mambo
of Porto Rico, the merengue from
Porto,Rico, and the paso doble
of Spanish origin popular
throughout Latin America.
Program chairman of the event
is Mr. L. M. Banks. Director of
the dances is Mrs. J. Shepperd,
while master of ceremonies is Mr!
E. Hinojosa. Following the pro
gram a social get-together and
refreshments will be served.
Part of the home economics
spring festival is an exhibition of
how Mexican children are eat
ing. This exhibition is open today
in the Home Economics building.
Pan American week will close
tomorrow with a silver tea spon
sored by the Penn State Chris
tian association. The tea will be
held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the
Hugh Beaver room in Old Main.
The tea is for all faculty members
and students. Patricia Jones is !
chairman.
Cushman Is
LA Speaker
On Monday
Dr. Robert E. Cushman, head
of the department of government
at Cornell university, will speak
at the third Liberal Arts lecture
at 8 p.m., Monday in 110 Electri
cal Engineering building.
The lecture is open to the
public.
Cushman will speak on “Civil
Liberties—The Balance Sheet for
1951.” The topic will deal with
civil liberties and the control of
subversive activities.
He has written several books.
Among them are “Studies in
Police Power of National Govern
ment,” “Excess Condemnation,”
and “Leading Constitutional De
cisions.”
He is a member of the board
of editors of the American Politi
cal Science review.
Cushman is also director of the
Cornell Research in Civil Rights.
He received his Ph.D. degree
at Columbia in 1917. He - was
president of the American Poli
tical Science association during
1943. Cushman spoke on campus
about four years ago on the re
lations between the state and
church.
The final Liberal Arts lecture
in May will be delivered by Pat
rick M. Malin of the American
Civil Liberties Union, N.Y.
Lion Coats Go On Sale
Monday At SU Desk
Senior Lion coats will go on
sale Monday afternoon at Student
Union desk in Old Main. Walter
Miller, chairman of the Lion coat
committee announced.
The coats, which are priced at
$1.95, will be sold at Student
Union for the next tv>o weeks in
the afternoons only.
Miller urged seniors to pick up
their coats as soon as possible.
P/ay, Films , Panel Discussion
To End Home Ec. Weekend
The Home Economics Spring
Week-End swings into its second
and final day of exhibits and pro
grams based on the theme of
“Children and Youth In Our
Homes,” today in the Home Ec
building.
The program combines the an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania
State College Home Economics
Alumni association. Freshman
week-end, high school and par
ents’ visiting days, leaders’ con
ferences, and open house for fami
lies and friends.
Included are the problems and
needs of all age groups represent
ed in children and youth, from
babies to 25-year-olds, including
young married couples. Space has
been turned over for exhibits and
programs of clothes, toys, games,
dramatic productions, and meet
ings. A loudspeaker installed in
the lobby of the Home Ec build
ing is used to announce at the be
ginning of every hour, the events
which will take place.
Some of the highlights of to
day’s program include a play,
“Fresh Variable Winds,” by Nora
Stirling, about ten-year-olds, their
parents, and their mutual prob
lems, with, a discussion following;
a panel discussion on “The Report
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1951
Applications For
Deferment Tests
Applications for draft deferment qualification tests will be distributed in the basement of Willard
hall, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday.
Major John Prosser and two assistants from state selective service headquarters will give o*rt
the forms. Each student planning to take the test must pick up his own application.
It is not yet known whether the draft officials will remain on campus beyond the first day. Dean
of Men H. K. Wilson yesterday urged all interested students to get the forms as early as possible.
Subject To Change
Draft and college officials
throughout the country have
urged draft-eligible men students
to take the examinations. While
under the present deferment set
up, top fractions of each class
would receive automatic defer
ments, the situation is subject to
several probable changes soon.
The house of representatives
yesterday passed a universal mil
itary training bill which has been
amended to prevent the auto
matic deferments. The bill would,
throw the deferment question
back to the individual draft
boards. These boards might use
the deferment examinations as
criteria.
Shaw Opening
JAMES BEAVER, appearing
as Peter Keegan, philosophical,
defrocked Irish priest in the cur
rent Players' production of
George Bernard Shaw's "John
Bull's Other Island." The show
opened at Center Stage last
sight and will run-for five more
week-ends after tonight.
Candidates To
'Meet Press'
Candidates for seats 'on All-
College cabinet will answer ques
tions at a “Meet the Press” ses
sion at a Collegian-sponsored
political mixer Tuesday night at
the TUB.
Staff members of the Collegian
will fire questions at State and
Lion party candidates for All-
College president, vice-president,
and secretary-treasurer, and for
senior and junior class president.
Questions will be submitted
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of the White House Conference on
Children and Youth;” and an op
portunity for parents of students
in the Home Economics school to
visit individually with Dr. Milton
Eisenhower, Dean of Women,
Pearl O. Weston, Dean of Men,
Harold K. Wilson, and Dean of
the School' of Home Economics,
Grace Henderson, at 3 p.m. in the
Home Ec living center.
Several films will be shown to
day, including “The Fight for
Better Schools;” “This Charming
Couple” and “Marriage Today,”
from the “Marriage for Moderns”
series; “Within Your Reach” and
“Heart of the Home;” “Are
You Ready for Marriage?” and
“Choosing for Happiness;” “The
White House Conference on Chil
dren and Youth” and “The School
That Learned to Eat;” and “Pre
face to a Life,” a film showing
how adult'treatment in a child’s
earliest years affect his later life.
Some of the exhibits will in
clude “Toys You Can Make,”
“Right Heights for Parents and
Children,” “Finger Paint and Clay
Demonstrations,” a “Review of
Clothing for Children and Youth”
with nursery school children and
others as models, “Housing Ar-J.
Show Filins
House Wants
Local Boards
To Defer
WASHINGTON, April 13—The
House ,of Representatives today
passed a draft bill which throws
the question of college deferments
back to the local draft boards.
Other major provisions of the
bill are the lowering of the draft
age from 19 to 18% years, length
ening of the service period from 21
to 26 months, and arranging for a
later study of universal military
training.
Back To Senate
The House passed its modified
draft-UMT bill by a vote of 372
to 44 and sent it back to the
Senate for adjustment with the
draft bill that chamber passed on
a 79 to 5 vote on March 9.
The big differences are that the
Senate put the minimum age at
18, fixed the term of a draftee’s
service at 24 months, and pro
vided for a system of universal
military training to go into effect
after the need for a draft is deem
ed to be ended.
A joint Senate-House commit
tee will now go to whip out a
compromise that, with President
Truman’s signature, will become
the law.
To 1954
Both bills would extend the
draft three years, to July 1, 1954.
The House bill provides that
deferment of college students
would be left largely to local
draft boards, and that the boards
would not be bound by the apti
tude tests the administration is
planning for hundreds of thou
sands of students this spring and
summer,
During months of debate, in
committees and on the floors of
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rangements for Children and
Youth;” and “You, Your Child,
and The School Lunch.” All of
today’s events are open to the
public.
Cafeteria Style
All departments of the school
are participating in the weekend.
The meals being served in the
cafeteria and Maple room, both
yesterday and today, ai-e prepared
cafeteria style, by students of
Hotel and Institution administra
tion for the public.
Other displays show “Make-
Over Suggestions for Children’s
Clothing,” “What Children Eat
in Other Lands”—a display of
food as it is served and eaten by
children in several countries of
the United Nations; and how col
lapsible furniture for one room
which packs into two cartons
helps in cutting cost and labor in
moving.
The Home Economics Alumni
association i s holding its annual
meeting this morning at 10:30
a.m. in room 14 of the Home Ec
building. The alumni banquet will
be tonight at the State College
hotel. Dr. Ethel Waring of Cor
nell will be guest speaker.
Home Ec students are acting as
hosts, and are conductiong cam
pus touts for the visitors.
“ PRICE FIVE CENTS
Draft
Ready
The exams will be given na
tionally on May 26, June 16, and
June 30. They will be three hour
tests, based on learning ability
rather than present knowledge.
If the President’s deferment sys
tem is not impaired by congres
sional action, a score of 70 per
cent would be necessary to per
mit the student another year in
school.
Automatic Deferment
The top half of the present
freshman class, two thirds of the
sophomores, and three quarters
of the juniors would receive au
tomatic, deferment under the
President’s plan.
Selective service last week an
nounced a freeze of inductions
scheduled for May. This move
will permit students who have
passed their physicals and who
are under induction postpone
ment for the present year, to be
included under the deferment
system.
Coed Debaters
Meet Oswego
At Rockview
Two members of the College
women’s debate team will jour
ney to the Western State peni
tentiary at Rockview on Monday
for a debate with Oswego State
Teachers college, N.Y.
Lois Pulver and Greta Weaver
will debate the affirmative of the
national intercollegiate debate
question at 7 p.m. They will be
the only women to debate before
the prison inmates this year.
Another women’s team will
meet the Oswego affirmative on
Monday at 4 p.m. in 15 Sparks.
Patricia Shaffer and Shirley Gal
lagher will debate the negative
of the national intercollegiate de
bate question.
Seven members of the women’s
team will accompany Miss Pulver
and Miss Weaver. They are Ethel
Brown, Marilyn DuPont, Alice
Murray, Eileen Olessker, Mar-
Zilberberg, Miss Gallagher,
and Miss Shaffer.
An open forum, in which the
prison inmates will take part, will
follow the debate.
The national intercollegiate de
bate question, which will be the
to P lc r2 f the debates, is, “Resolv
ed: That the non-Communist
nations should form a new inter
national organization.”
Teachers Must Know
Many Subjects - Trabue
It is impossible to crowd into
a four-year college curriculum
formal courses in all the areas in
which a modern teacher must
demonstrate competence. Dr M
R. Trabue, dean of the School of
Education, said Thursday a t
the University of Pennsylvatoa-’s
Schoolmen <s week.