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Dr. Ruth Sea bury
To Address PSCA
Dr. Ruth Seabury, educational secretary of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, will be the speaker at the
76th annual dinner meeting of the Penn State Christian association
tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the University club.
Dr. Seabury will also speak at College chapel services tomorrow
morning at 11 a.m. in Schwab auditorium.
She will also address a joint meeting of most of the local protes-
tant student groups tomorrow at
the Faith Evangelical and Re
formed church.
Installation of next year’s stu
dent officers of the PSCA and
awards to outstanding seniors
will also form a part of the pro
gram at tonight’s dinner.
Was Abroad
Dr. Seabury recently returned
from Japan, and will probably
talk tonight on her experiences
there, Luther Harshbarger, ex
ecutive secretary of the PSCA,
said. Dr. Seabury has been abroad
several times, including an ex
tended world tour during which
she visited 17 countries.
In 1938 she was one of 49 Am
erican and Canadian delegates to
the World Church conference in
Madras, India, which was attend
ed by 470 representatiyes from 70
nations.
During her period of service
in Japan, Dr. Seabury served as
educational counselor to the
president of Doshisha university
in Kyoto. She lectured in Japan
on international subjects, and
served as an interpreter of Am
erican education in faculty and
community groups.
Wrote Books
She has written several books
?n the field of international sub
jects, including “Daughter of
Africa,” the life of Princess Mina
Soga of South Africa; “Dinaband
hu,” an introduction to India for
young American readers; and
“Flight to Destiny,” the life of
Theodore Hume.
Dr. Seabury lectures on college
and university campuses, and has
been for several years a member
of the University Christian Mis
sion and the National Preaching
Mission of the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in America.
Tonight’s dinner meeting is
open to all members of the PSCA,
and will be attended by members
of the PSCA Board of Directors.
Tickets priced at $1.50 for the
dinner may be purchased at the
PSCA office.
Loyalty Bill
Undermine
(This is the third in a series of articles on the loyalty oath
and civil rights legislation now pending before the state legis
lature.)
One of the chief objections to the Pechan loyalty oath is that
the passage of the bill would set the stage for the approval of ad
ditional legislation designed to abridge personal and political rights.
The general tendency has been to scoff at this contention as the
product of the wild imagination o;
A look into the hopper of the sta
less than four bills that would
tend to restrict personal liberties
and political freedom.
Those bills now under consider
ation by committees of the House
and Senate are HB 458, HB 693,
HB 694, and SB 87.
The first, HB 458, introduced by
Rep. Robert R., Clapper (R-Bed
ford), would set up a legislative
commission for the purpose of
investigating all state educational
institutions to determine if “com
munist philosophies” were being
taught. The commission would
consist of three members appoint
ed by the governor, six by the
speaker of the House and six by
the president pro tempore of the
Senate,
Ask Question
Why the commission should
limit itself to the investigation
of communistic influences in state
educational institutions and not
shoot the works is a question
asked by opponents of this piece
of legislation. “Surely,” they con
tend, “there must be other ques
tionable forces at work in our
educational system.”
This question is raised with
tongue in cheek in an effort to
vex the bill’s adherents. A much
more vital—and paradoxical—
European Travel
Open To Students
A 63-day study tour through
western Europe will be open to
students of the College this sum
mer. The cost will be $875.
Beaver college, of Jenkintown,
is conducting the tour for the
fourth consecutive year and has
invited Penn State students to
join in the program.
The group will visit the Festi
val of Britain and Paris’s 2,000 th
anniversary as a part of the tour.
Persons interested in the tour,
which will require 81 days with
ocean travel should communi
cate with Beaver college, Jenkin
town, Pa.
O'Hara To Speak
Sophia O’Hara, attorney-at-law
and member of the Pennsylvania
Board of Patrol will speak at the
Communion breakfast sponsored
by the Newman club tomorrow
morning at the Boalsburg fire
hall. Bus transportation. will be
provided from church after mass.
Might
Freedom
By MARV KRASNANSKY
f the leftists and the parlor pinks,
ite legislature shows, however, no
issue raised is the broad scope of
the investigatorial powers grant
ed the commission. What are
“communistic philosophies” is the
question raised most frequently.
To some the New Deal and the
Fair Deal are communistic. To
some social security, nationalized
medicine, and even opposition to
popular opinion are considered
communistic. Who is to decide?
Is it the function of a legislative
commission to do so?
House bill 458 has little chance
to pass this session of the legis
lature. Currently in the House
appropriations committee, the
bill is doomed to a natural death
in committee because of a lack
of funds. There is no appropria
tion in the Gov. John S. Fine's
budget for investigations.
Would End Right
Currently before two other
committees, one in the House and
the other in the Senate, are two
bills whose effect would be to
erase the traditional democratic
right of an accused person not
to be required to testify against
himself.
The first-bill, introduced in the
House by Rep. John Mazza (R
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSTLYAIfIA
Dr. Ruth I. Seabury
Glee Club
To Present'
Final Sing
The traveling unit of the Penn
State Glee club directed by Frank
Gullo will conclude its spring
concert tour when it presents a
program tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock in Schwab auditorium.
The concert, given by the 56
man group and the Varsity quar
tet, will be free to the public.
Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.
Tomorrow’s concert will be
similar to the program given in
Schwab auditorium on April 1 by
the Glee club and the programs
the group has been giving on its
tour. Solo numbers will be pre
sented by Richard Wrentmore,
John Cox, and Charles Swartz.
Charles Hughes will serve as
accompanist for the glee club, and
the Varsity quartet will present
.“Rigoletto Quartet,” a travesty
number.
Last night the Glee club fin
ished its tour of eastern cities with,
an appearance at the Academy of
Music in Philadelphia. Other stops
on the trip which began Monday
included Pottsville, Reading, and
Allentown, Pennsylvania and
Wilmington, Delaware.
The trip was sponsored by Penn
State clubs of Schuylkill, Berks,
and Lehigh counties and the Penn
State clubs of Philadelphia and
Wilmington, Delaware.
Spotting Posts
To Be Tested
Centre County’s plane-spotting
posts and civil defense warning
system will participate in tests
today and tomorrow.
Air. observation posts will be
manned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
both days and the civil defense
warning alerts will be run off
sometime between 2 and 4 p.m.
The state-wide test of spotting
posts will include mock attacks
on northeastern states by “ene
my” planes, according to an air
force announcement.
The red alert, meaning enemy
attack is imminent, will be sound
ed publicly by means of sirens,
horns, or whistles, wherever lo
cal authorities see fit, announced
Richard Gerstell, director of the
State Council of Civil Defense.
Gerstell said that about half of
the observation posts in Centre
county were ready for operation.
Campus Airmen
Represent Large
Section Of Nation
Forty states and the District of
Columbia Eire represented by the
airnien enrolled in the school for
clerk-typists at the College.
A study of the 267 men who
had reported prior to Saturday
revealed that New York with 28
men topped the list while Penn
sylvania has 23 men enrolled and
Ohio is third with 22 men.
Two airmen, Pvt. James A.
Reancy and Pvt. Steve E. Holten
cin, probably were among the
happiest of the airmen when they
were assigned to the College
campus. Pvt. Reancy lists his
home as Hollidaysburg while Pyt.
Holtencin is from Coalport ■in
Clearfield county. -
4 Baptist Students
To Lead Services
Four local Baptist students and
the Rev. Robert Eads of the Uni
versity Baptist church will con
duct services at the Lockport
Baptist church tomorrow morn
ing. The deputation includes
Dorothy Fry, Jack Lynn, Daniel
Rauscher and Ralph Schwirian.
Last Sunday, Baptist Education
Sunday, two-other deputations
conducted services in nearby
churches. One group, including
Frank Kocher, John Wood, and
Douglas Pease went to the First
Baptist church in Mt. Union last
Sunday morning and to the First
Baptist church of Lewistown last
Sunday night.
Another * deputation, including
Jean Richards, Charles Lansbury
and James Mowrey went to the
First Baptist church of Milesburg
last Sunday morning.
junior Gass Candidates
Favor New Meal Plan
The junior class election candidates of both parties favor allow
ing students to live in the dorms and eat their meeds downtown.
The question was included in four given by the Daily Collegian
to the nominees in the elections to be held next "Wednesday and
Thursday.
The reasons given and agreed to by the candidates would be
economic difficulties or late after
noon activities. If the elected
persons were to put the plan in
operation next year, it would be
possible for students to pay for
dormitory rooms but not pay the
fee for meals'
Six Reply
The persons replying to the
Collegian questionnaire were
Michael Hanek, State, and Joseph
Jlaines, Lion, candidates for jun
ior class president; Jack Donnal,
Lion, and Samuel Marino, State,
vice-presidential nominees; Bar
bara Baker, Lion, and Lee Coy,
State, candidates for class secre
tary-treasurer.
The entire group turned in
identical answers to the four
questions. All six want to see the
customs program continued next
year.
When asked whether they had
any plans in mind for increasing
participation in class activities,
they answered, yes, but none of
them would list any of their
plans..
Stronger Junior Class
The most important objective
for the political candidates if
they should be elected is the
strengthening of the junior class.
None would say how he pro
posed to accomplish this.
The town meals question was
the most controversial of the four.
Should the elected officials at
tempt to put such a plan into
effect, a great many of the men
living in town areas may want
to move into the dorms, thus
causing even more of a housing'
problem than that which already
exists.
Deadline Set For
Hat Society Bids
Deadline for all letters of ap
plication for admission to Andro
cles and Blue Key, junior men’s
hat societies, is 5 o’clock Tues
day afternoon, Androcles presi
dent, Donald Carlson, announced
/esterday.
Letters will be accepted at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
up to the deadline. Applications
will be considered by the mem
bership committee, jand the final
vote on all candidates will be
taken Tuesday night.
Membership in the two organ
izations is limited to 75 members,
40 in Blue Key and 35 in Andro
cles. Blue Key membership is
made up of 25 managers and 15
:eneral activities men. Andro
cles is made up of all general
activities men.
Five To Attend Chess
Tourney At Gettysburg
Five members of the Penn
State chess team will travel to
Gettysburg college tomorro'w to
participate in the Pennsylvania
Intercollegiate Team champion
ship.
They w ill play two matches
with that school’s team to decide
the central Pennsylvania cham
pionship. The winner will ad
vance to state competition.
The five men making the trip
are Jerome Movsovich, president
of the Penn State Chess dub,
Peter Betley, Michael Lobron,
David Keller, and Carl Segner.
Movsovich reminded students
that entries are still being ac
cepted for the all-College chess
tournament to be sponsored by
the group.
PSCA Will Sponsor
Two Workparties Today
The Penn State Christian as
sociation will sponsor two work
parties this afternoon. The first
group will clean up the park at
Woodycrest, and will meet at
Old Main at 1 p.m. This work
party is sponsored by the PSCA
freshman council.
The second . workparty group
will continue painting the Stony
Point schoolhouse. Students will
leave Old Main at 1:15 p.m. for
the school.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14,1331
Students To
Give Awards
An outstanding member or
members of the faculty or admin
istration will be honored next
month on Honors Day by the
student body.
The plan has been developed
by the all-College Awards com
mittee directed by David Mutchler
and Ellen Grube, co-chair
men of the group.
Nominations for the person or
persons to be honored will be
accepted at the Student Union
desk until Wednesday.
The award will be made to a
single person or to a group of
persons working on the same
project. The purpose would be to
honor them on the basis of what
they have contributed, to Penn
State, the alumni, the Common
wealth, and the nation.
The committee will accept
nominations from the student
councils, student groups, faculty
groups, administrative groups,
and individual students.
Publications such as the Daily
Collegian and outside newspapers
will be used. Public Information
will also serve to aid in supple
menting the committee’s informa
tion.
The award will be based on
achievements during the period
from May to May each year.
The final selection will be made
by the committee and the all-
College officers with the approval
of all-College cabinet.'
The ther members of the com
mittee are Robert- Longnecker,
Janet Sanders, Ruth Phillip, and
Anita Klein.
Ag Council
Plans Elections
Agriculture student council will
hold its elections April 24, the
council decided at its meeting
Tuesday night.
A nominating committee com
posed of Robert Wallace, Richard
Nickeson, and Jay Dickson, was
appointed by Robert Fast, coun
cil vice-president, to make the
nominations. Floor nominations
may also be made.
Two students will be nominat
ed for each office by the commit
tee. Installation of officers will be
held May 1.
The council is planning a cof
fee-hour for May 17 and is trying
to'secure President Milton S. Eis
nehower to speak.,The Coaly so
ciety, agriculture group, will for
mally announce students select
ed for memberships at the cof
fee-hour.
A suggestion for support from
the council in the coming PSCA
auction ,was refused to the indi
vidual clubs for consideration, as
was the proposed open house for
the school, which was planned
for May 12.
. Wally Butz was appointed by
Fast to investigate conditions in
the agriculture library pertaining
to shelves. The council feels that
shelving in the library is inade
quate.
Deadline Set For
Coaly Applicants
Applications for membership
in the Coaly society, new agricul
ture honorary, will be accepted
until noon today in 111 Agricul
ture, Charles Zellner, society
spokesman, said yesterday.
Forty applicants will be screen
ed by a selections committee and
tapped for the honorary. Those
selected for membership will be
officially honored at the agricul
ture coffee-hour to be held
May 17-