PACT TWO '
Outstanding Seniors
This is the third in a new seoM of articles copefirniflf pfWM
inent senior men and women who h»T» lhfm*elTe«
m one or more fields of endeavor at the College.
Though a scientific survey has never been conducted on this
subject, it could be safely assumed that Rose Eifert has the biggest
dimples on campus. And she never hesitates to brandish them on
high school biology students, members of All-College cabinet, ju
dicial offenders, or chapel choir attenders.
Rose was initiated into activi
president of Leonides. It was the
first semester on campus for both
her and the new independent
women’s. organization. Leonides
has grown a great deal since that
time, but its first president asserts
that its job won’t he done ade
quately until it reaches all non
sorority girls.
Serves On Cabinet
As Leonides prexy, Rose gained
a seat on cabinet where she serv
ed on several committees. “Cab
inet is a vital part of student gov
ernment,” said Rose, “but, the
progress of meetings is often im
peded by too many would-be ora
tors though they are conscientious
workers.”
Another important seat which
Rose has filled is one on Judicial
“This is the fairest way to punish
women students,” she explained.
“You know,’’ Rose continued,
“it’s amazing' I don’t have a ju
dicial record myself because of
my absent-mindedness. One night
I signed out as R. Smith and
couldn’t find my name when I
wanted to sign in. After a frantic
search through all the sign-out
sheets, I finally recognized my
handwriting.”
Holds Offices
Rose also has held positions on
the Hat Society council, repre
senting Chimes, and the Honor
Societies council. She served as
secretary of the Hat group and
vice-president of the Honors
group. In addition, she was pres
ident of the junior board of. Pi
Lambda Theta, education honor
ary, was chosen for Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Universi
ties, and is a member of Mortar
Board.
The present political campaigns
bring up another interest of
Rose’s. Her political history start
ed in her sophomore year when
she was asked to run for secre
tary-treasurer of the junior class
on the Lion ticket. Though not a
winner, she became infected with
the political bug and stayed on to
help in succeeding campaigns. In
her jiinior year, she was elected
Lion party clique secretary, and
is now a member of the steering
committee. “Politics are a good
generator of campus spirit,” Rose
added.
Nature Gal, Rose
Like any senior, she is anxious
ly- awaiting June 11 and gradu
ation. So, she is making her last
semester as pleasant as -possible
by taking some non-academic
courses —birds, flower arranging,
and insects.
Yes, one might say, Rose is a
real nature girl. It is this interest
which led her to the ambition of
teaching secondary biology. She
was delighted with her student
teaching in York last semester.
The students were, too. They
showered her with presents—
praying mantises, grasshoppers,
moths, and a magnificent snap
ping turtle.
Physicists Report
Inonospheric Data
Five members of the lono
sphere Research laboratory will
present papers at the Internation
al Scientific Radio union meet
ing in Washington, D.C., today.
Dr. J. M. Kelso and H. J. Near
hoof will present a paper on
“Theoretical and Experimental
Investigations of the Polarization
of Long-Waves Reflected. from
the lonosphere.” Dr. J. J. Gibbons
and R. J. Nertney will present in
formation on “A Method for Ob
taining the Wave Solutions of
lonospherically Reflected Long
Radio Waves Including AM ?«•
ables and their Height VariaAfon."
Dr. A. H. Benner, formerly of
the laboratory staff, will present
a paper on “The Experimental
and Theoretical Study of lono
spheric Absorption at 150 kcs.”
Dr. A. H. Warnick, director of
the laboratory, is chairman of
the meeting.
Rose Eifert
By JANET ROSEN
ities with the bang of a gavel, as
Outstanding
Negro Gives
Recital Sat.
Pearl Primus, termed by critics
as one of the most outstanding
Negro dancers in America, will
present a dance recital Saturday
night at 8 o’clock in Schwab aud
itorium.
Tickets for the program pre
sented by Miss Primus and ten
supporting dancers, are on sale
at Student Union for £1.20 each.
All seats for the program are
reserved. The same program is
being presented this week at
Princeton, Lehigh, and Carnegie
Tech.
Miss Primus, who is complet
ing her doctorate in anthropol
ogy at Columbia, has lived and
studied in: Nigeria, Angola, the
Cameroons, Liberia, Senegal and
the Belgian Congo in Africa, and
is now publishing a book on her
travels there.
Miss Primus has been given the
Julius Rosenwald fellowship to
study dance music in Africa. She
has also been awarded the Stat
of Africa by the president of Li
beria ahd the Scroll of Honor by
the National Council of Negro
Women.
She was featured dancer m
“Show Boat,” and co-starred with
Lawrence Tibbet in the Chicago
opera production of “The Em
peror Jones.” Miss Primus was
born in Trinidad. Her grand
father, Lassido Jackson, was the
head drummer of the island.
Faculty Meets
Far Discussion
A meeting open to all faculty
members at the College, to dis
cuss “More Effective College
Training” will be held today in
217 Willard hall at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting will open with a
film, “Accent on Learning,”
which was made at Ohio State
university. A panel discussion
will follow on the general sub
ject of better teaching.
Dr. Marion R. Trabue, dean of
the School of Education, will
serve as chairman of the panel.
Other members of jjfaqt
WiH be Dr. Geor» K. BttWMwfOV,
professor of agricultural eco
nomics and chairman of a spe
cial seminar in the School of
Agriculture, and H. I. Tarpley,
professor of electrical engineer
ing and chairman of a special
teaching committeeUn the School
•of Engineering.
THE DAILV COLLEQIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Authoress
To Speak
At Forum
Epiily Kimbrough, noted lec
turer and co-author (if the best
seller “O.ur Hearts Were Young
and Gay,” will be the fourth
Community forum speaker of the
year tomorrow at 8 p.m. in
Schwab auditorium.
Single tickets, priced at $l, are
now on sale at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main. Season
tickets will be honored at the
door.
Clayton Schug, forum chair
man, announced that Eric Johns
ton, scheduled to speak on the
forum program in January, had
given definite word that he would
be unable' to appear this year.
The forum had been negotiating
with Johnston, national Economic
Stabilization director, since he
cancelled his scheduled appear
ance.
Cecil Brown, well-known auth
or and commentator will take
Johnston’s place on the forum
program, Schug said. Brown will
conclude the series on May 3.
Schug said persons holding tick
ets for the Johnston lecture could
use them for the Brown appear
ance.
Miss Kimbrough has been an
editor, author, screen writer, and
lust recently has turned to the
ecture field with such success
that she almost has made a full
time ■ career out of. her cross
country lecture tours.
A Light and Witty Style
A light, witty style -character
izes Miss Kimbrough’s lecture ap
proach. Most of her topics are
liographical describing unusual
events and unique persons she
has encountered during her var
ied career.
She and Cornelia Otis Skinner
wrote the. highly successful “Our
Hearts ‘ Were Young and Gay.”
This led to Hollywood when
Miss Kimbrough was asked to
act as technical advisor for the
movie made from the hook.
Miss Kimbrough stayed in
Hollywood to write “We Follow
ed Our Hearts to Hollywood” and
eventually became a scenario
writer. Her next book was “How
Dear to My Heart,” the story of
her childhood in Muncie, Ind.,
where she was born.
“It Gives Me Great Pleasure”
was Miss Kimbrough’s account of
her lecture tour adventures and
mishaps. Her current book, was
“The Innocents From Indiana”
was recently on the best seller
list. . _
First Job with Field's Store
Miss Kimbrough got her first
job in the advertising depart
ment of the Marshall Field de
partment store in Chicago. She
was editor of Field’s “Fashions of
the Hour” and has frequently ap
peared on lists of the country’s
best-dressed women.
Following her stint with the
Field store, Miss Kimbrough be
came fashion editor and then
managing editor of Ladies Home
Journal. She left the Journal,
when her literary and lecture
careers began to demand so much
of her time.
Seniors To Order
Caps And Gowns
Seniors will order caps and
gowns according to the follow
ing schedule released yester
day by George Donovan, Stu
dent Union director.
Cecil Brown Fills Bill
Agriculture: Mon., April 23,
Wed., April 25.
Chemistry and Physics,
Physical Education.
Mineral Industries: Thurs.,
April 26, Sat., April 28.
Engineering: Mon., April 30,
Wed., May 2.
Education and Home Ec:
Thurs., May 3, Sat., May 5.
Liberal Arts: Mon., May 7,
Wed., May 9.
Dpnovan asked all seniors to
know their hat sizes when
placing their orders. Seniors
graduating in military uniform
need not order a cap and gown.
Invitations and announce
ments will also be available at
the same time to all seniors
at the Student Union desk in
Old Main for 10 cents each.
Faculty Oath. Getting
Strong Student Veto
Strong student reaction to the proposed faculty loyalty oath has
been evident at the'three other major Pennsylvania colleges affected.
At the University of Pittsburgh, the Student congress (compar
able to the Penn State All-Collpge cabinet) has come out unani
mously in opposition to any and all loyalty oaths. The congress
passed a resolution “That loyalty oaths not be used as criteria for the
Fenske Elected
To Honorary
Dr. Merrell ■R. Fenske,. Petrol
eum Refining Laboratory director
and research professor of chem
istry and chemical engineering at
the College, has been elected
honorary member of Phi Lambda
Upsilon,. honorary chemical and
chemical engineering fraternity.
The honorary membership ci
tation was based on Dr. Fenske’s
Dr. Merrell R. Fenske
extensive publications, research,
and patents on distillation, cata
lysis, extraction, properties and
composition of petroleum, and his
service and awards for work as
consultant and official investi
gator for various public and
armed services agencies.
Dr. Fenske is the fourth Penn
State faculty member to receive
honorary membership, the others
being Dr. Grover C. Chandlee,
retired head of the Chemistry de
partment; and Dr. Frank C. Whit
more and Dr. Gilbert C. Pond,
both former deans of the School
of Chemistry and Physics.
Council Picks
Study Groups
The College Advisory council
has appointed a committee to
study the permanent organiza
tion of the council and a com
mittee to study six areas of aca
demic work at the College, Dr.
Corliss Kinney, council secretary,
said yesterday.
Members of the permanent or
ganization committee are Dr.
Robert Berneuter, LUther Bis
sey, and Dr. J. S. Rayback who
is chairman.
Six Study Areas
The six areas to be studied and
the committee members are:
Faculty load, which includes
teaching, research, extension, and
administrative loads—Dr. R. E.
Larson, Rayback, H. I. Tarpley,
Dr. R. L. Weber, Mary Jane Wy
land.
Operation costs, including
number of courses, duplication,
and distribution of „ funds be
tween instruction, maintenance,
administrative, extension and re
search—C. O. Dossin, Dr. T. C.
Kavanagh, Dr. Kinney, Dr.. Dor
othy Quiggle, and A. H. Reede.
Acceleration—W. O. Gordon,
Dr. J. B. Washko, who is chair
man.
Promotion—tenure, severances,
and emoluments, which includes
leaves of absence for those below
rank of professor—Paul S. Bea
ver, E. C. Bishcoff, J. A. Fox, and
W. L. Werner, who is chairman.
College Reorganization
C oJ. 1e g e reorganization—Mr.
Bissey, Dr. John H. Ferguson, Dr.
T. S. Oak Wood, Dr. Ruth L. Pike,
and Dr. J. E. Wright.
Quality of achievement by stu
dents—Dr. Bernreufer, Marguer
ite Horn, and G. N. ThieL
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951
hiring, firing, or upgrading of
faculty personnel.” Copies of the
measure are being sent to the
state legislature and to all state
supported schools in Pennsyl
vania.
Pitt News Blasts Oaths
The Pitt News, Pitt’s student
paper, has attacked the measure
editorially and in a front page
editorial cartoon. The two-column
cartoon is captioned “Get on the
Oath Wagon.” It depicts Stalin
pointing out at the reader and
announcing, “I’ve signed ... Have
YOU?"
The News is also supporting a
mass letter to the governor pro
testing hasty passage of. the oath
bill and urging public hearings.
The letter says: “We foresee a
fear-ridden faculty here. We fore
see students who will investigate
communism on their own, a much
more dangerous situation than
learning it in contrast with de
mocracy in the classroom.” The
letter does not advocate outright
killing- of the bill, but wants a
public hearing. -
Pitt faculty action against the
bill is taking shape on two major
fronts. A statement, objecting, to
what it termed the bill’s am
biguity, impracticality, trend to
ward thought control, and peril
to free teaching of controversial
issues, had received 80 signatures
last Tuesday. Nine professors are
circulating the statement.
AAUP Stands Against Bill
Meanwhile, the Pitt chapter of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors has taken a
stand against the state bill. In a
five-step program the Pitt AAUP:
1. Endorsed the national
AAUP’s condemnation of all
loyalty oaths; 2. Prepared to
send a faculty letter to the House
legislative committee, which is
studying the bill, requesting hear
ing on faculty objections to the
measure;- 3. Sent copies of the
protest and endorsement to all
Pennsylvania AAUP chapters; 4.
Elected a legislative representa
tive to attend any hearings on the
bill; and 5. Instructed its loyalty
oatlv'coinmittee to speak for the
chapter on the bill;
At’ Temple university; the
Temple News is leading an attack
on the oath bill. Other student
groups campaigning against the
oath include the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored "People, the Student sen
ate, the One World league, the
Scribblers club, the Thomas Jef
ferson club, and the Socialist club.
They -have banded together into
the "coordinating committee
against Senate bill 27.”
Temple Groups Ask'Support
The Temple groups are asking
other organizations for support,
and are circulating petitions
against the oath. More than 600
signatures had been obtained by
last Monday. These petitions will
be sent to the governor and to
House leaders. The News has also
protested the oath editorially.
At the University of Pennsyl
vania, the Students for Democra
tic Action has sent letters of pro
test against the oath to the gov
ernor and to legislative.leaders.
The SDA letters call the oath a
threat to academic fredom and
urge public hearings. The Daily
! Pennsylvanian, Penn’s student
paper, has taken no stand on the
. oath.
Fehnel Wins First
Prize In Contest
Edgar Fehnel, freshman in an
imal husbandry .at the College,
won the professional division of
the Block and Bridle club’s stock
judging contest held Saturday.
Fehnel gained 354 points in his
judging. . .
First place winner in the ama
teur division was Ray Clapper.
His winning total was 188.8
points. Second place in the profes
sional division Went to James
Gallagher who totaled 352 pointy.