PAG? FOUR ' * Educators Opposition Could Defeat Oath. (This is the fourth in a series of articles on the loyalty oath and civil rights legislation now pending before the state legislature.) Outspoken opposition by leading Pennsylvania educators could probably bring certain defeat to the loyalty bill now pending in the state legislature. Rep. Harry E. Seyler (D-York) said last week that the opinions and feelings of such men as college presidents and other outstanding college officials in the state usually carry great weight with legisla- tors in Harrisburg. Seyler, himself a teacher, said, a storm of protest by these men ■would be enough to' convince the representatives that the Eechan loyalty oath bill is an up wise measure and should bg tlefpated. Amendments Se.gn The bill now is in the slate gov ernment committee of the House of Representatives. It passed the Senate several weeks ago, 42-6. Indications now are that passage in the House is doubtful unless amendments are made. Strong op position from outside Harrisburg probably would ensure decisive defeat, of the bill as it stands. At first glance, in view of this feeling in the House, the over whelming majority in the Senate is difficult to explain. Although all six senators who voted against the bill were Demo crats, the vast majority of Demo crats seemed to be swept along in the emotional current which now adays envelops any legislation concerning communism. Democrats Split In prior Senate debate, more Democrats than Republicans spoke in favor of the loyalty oath. The Republicans sat back and enjoyed watching the split in Democratic ranks. Party lines here seem to have converged. And the six opponents appear to have voted solely ac cording to the dictates of their own consciences. At the present time, logical ra tional thinking, free from hysteria and pseudo - patriotic screaming, even among our governmental leaders, seems lost and muddled in a frenzied effort to protect America from the Red menace, to crush all Communists, pinks, and even doubtful liberals, to root out so-called subversives. \ Court Not Impetuous The Pennsylvania Senate is no exception. It decided overwhelm ingly that a loyalty oath and simi lar abridgement of civil rights are necessary and vital. However, the United States Su preme Court has not acted so im petuously. It has seen fit to give months of deliberation to the con stitutionality of the Smith act, the law under which the 11 top Com munist leaders were convicted. In the state Senate, though, fear and emotional thinking was spread and it was spread fast. Public com mittee hearings on the bill were rejected by a mere 29-20 vote, but several weeks later the bill was swept through, 42-6. Undoubtedly the seriousness of the current world situation is the main reason for such a majority. Similar measures in Harrisburg in the not-too-distant past, but be fore the present hysteria period, were defeated. HHBM dance BHHEBBi dance IHnn | GRAND OPENING I I Tub. hecla park I s May I | 1 1 I FLANAGAN ■ TICKETS $2.40 Tax Inc. BhWMIB DANCE BPBMM DANCE ft* * »» _ By JOHN DALBOR . Chem-Phys Sets Election Plans The constitutional amendment to run off election of officers be fore new council members-are chosen was passed 01 the second and final vole by the Chemistry- Physics council at a meeting last week, The council,also passed on the first vote an amendment to add three representatives to the coun cil from three undergraduate, so cieties in the Chem-Phys school. The proposal, sponsored by Robert Miller, must be passed again to become law. Lincoln Warrell and Henry Weiler were appointed to the com mittee to chose the Chem-Phys school’s candidate for the out standing faculty member to be chosen on a school-wide basis. Harold O’Connor and Richard Brown were named to the elec tions committee. Election of offi cers will be April 25., Hazleton Has Plan To Educate Adults By Book Studies “Adventure In Great Books,” a program in adult education, is be ing conducted at the Hazleton cen ter. At the request of the citizens of Hazleton, who were aware that independent reading was not suf ficiently enlightening, Prof. -Wil liam Powers, director of arts and science extension, formed a com mittee to study the situation. James Stewart, assistant professor of English composition, Dr. Brice Harris, professor of English litera ture, and Dr. Robert Dengler, pro fessor of classical languages, com posed the committee. The group has prominent men lecture on books related to their field. The lecture is followed by a group discussion regulated by a moderator. Dr. John Mourant, head of the Philosophy department, will pre sent the third lecture of the series tomorrow. His topic will be “The Republic of Plato.” The series of lectures will conclude May 25. Belles Lettres Sing Pennsylvania German folk songs will be'on the program of the Belles Lettres club at 7:30 to night in the northeast lounge of Atherton hall. A. F. Buffington and W. E. Boyer, of the German department, will sing and explain the songs. Refreshments will be served fol lowing the program. BELLEFONTE, PA., RT. 64 WORLD'S BEST, nil DLI DANCE BAND KALlll THE DAILY CQLLgpiIAN, POLLEGE. PISi^SYLVANL^ Means BUY and SAVE! Enrollment'ln Frats To Stay - Up—Warnod: Fraternity enrollment will drop very little this fall, Arthur R. Warnock, emeritus dean of men and the president of the National Interfraternity council, said at the annual convention of the sec ond province of the Delta Upsilon fraternity Friday night. The convention was held this past week-end 'at the local DU fraternity. , “Few 18-and 19-year-olds will be drafted before September; therefore, the freshman class should be fairly large this fall. Most houses will, however, suf fer some loss in upperclassmen,” Warnock said. Warnock also said that no one has been able to read Stalin’s mind yet; thus, the fraternity houses might be emptied with, a sudden emergency. “Most of us will have to return to semi-mobilization, which seems to be the normalcy for the coun try at the present time,” he said. Warndck suggested: (1) that the fraternities talk this new nor malcy over at regular house' meetings and (2) that individuals not look at the draft situation from the negative side but from the view-point of “how can I stay in college?” Opportunity Day Bargains On Sate . Twenty-five downtown mer chants-. are sponsoring special sales on a number of items to day in an “Opportunity Day” organized by the Daily Colleg ian promotion staff. Special banners in store win dows and. insignias for adver tising are part of the campaign designed by the staff. Co-pro motion Managers Melvin Glass and Robert Koons announced yesterday that most merchants in town were co-operating by offering sales on items such as neckties and handkerchiefs. Dead Pans Under Scrutiny; Doctor Warns About Wrinkles To keep your face from developing ugly Colds and wrinkles in old age, you should use pleasant expressions while you are young, Dr. George Bennett, dean of Jefferson Medical school, said aha meeting of Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical honorary. Dr. Bennett spoke to the group last Friday night on “Facial Expressions..” Since facial muscles control facial expressions, the muscles we , use : determine which wrinkles will' develop, he said. Pointing out that the left side of our faces differ from the right side, Dr. Bennett divided a pic ture of the face of Venus down the centers, and by use of slides, reproduced two separate pictures of-Venus. Each picture, was made by printing one half of the face from the original picture and the other half an exact copy of it made by reversing the film. The two pictures showed striking dif ferences. I The doctor said that we can’t draw definite, conclusions about a person’s character from' the shape of his nose L eyes, or head, but the lines around the mouth do show character. He showed slides of historic figures and pointed out the individual char acteristics revealed by their facial expressions. Eisenhower Nominated For Alger Awprd President Milton S. Esienhower is one of 19 national leaders nominated for a 1951 Horatio Al ger award, it was announced' yesterday. Ballots have been distributed among 3,000 undergraduate lead ers on 450 college and university campuses, and seven of the 19 will be chosen for the awards through this nation-wide poll. The American Schools and Colleges association, a non-profit corporation, sponsors these awards. They are presented an nually. This will be the fifth year the awards have been made. ■ Among previous winners are Bernard Baruch, Charles E. Wil son, Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, Conrad. Hilton, Dorothy;: Shaver, and Earl Bunting. - Candidates for the awards in clude David Sarnoff, president" of Radio Corporation of America: Roger W. Babson, economist; Norman Vincent Peele and'Dan Polling, religious leaders ( and writers; Sen .Margaret S. Smith, of Maine; Harold Stassen, presi dent of the University of Penn sylvania; J. C. Penny, founder of the J. C. Penny Co.;, and- S. S. Kresge, chairman of the board of Kresge stores. ' Forum To Feature Emi!y Kimbrough Community Forum series will present Emiiy Kimbrough, noted author and lecturer, Thursday evening in Schwab auditorium. Miss Kimbrough, author of “It Gives Me Great Pleasure” and collaborator' with Cornelia Otis Skinner on “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,” has also fre quently demonstrated her keen sense of humor on the lecture platform. She is also the author of “We Followed Our Hearts to Hollywood” and is a contributor to “N e w Yorker-,” “Atlantic Monthly,” and “House and Gar den.” Tickets for the lecture are $1 and are now at sale' at the Stu dent Union office in Old Main. All seats are reserved. But sea son tickets will be accepted at the door. TTJESDAY, APpiL 17, I§sl Engineer To Go On Sale Today The April issue of the Penn State Engineer is scheduled to go on sale today. Featured in this month’s issue are articles on electronic compu ters by H. S. Ozarko, eighth sem ester/aeronautics student, and on gray cast iron, a substitute for steel, by Paul Braun, eighth sem ester mechanical engineering stu dent. ' ,'V ' ~ Other articles include a feature, “New Eyes for Industry,” an-arti cle, “Campus Broadcasting!”; a story about the new: sanitary , en gineering society, Sigma Epsilon, and the regularly featured article by Dean H. P. Hammond of the School of Engineering and the photo page' Reduced Train Fare Sought For Students ,The student transportation com mittee is working on a plan for getting reduced rates for students on the Pennsylvania railro aid’s trains out of Lewis Town, accord ing to Edward Shanked,-chairman. More than 1500 students re turned from Easter vacation on 10 .busses arranged for by the com mittee. The busses left from Phila delphia, Harrisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, -and Pittsburgh.
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