The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 26, 1951, Image 1
TODAY'S WEATHER: COOL, SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS VOL. 51 No. 125 AIM Group Names Officer Candidates AIM board of governors at its meeting last night nominated candidates for, next years officers, voted to appropriate $5O to Town council, and discussed plans for spring social events. The nominating committee presented the following names to the body as candidates: president— David Mutchler, John Laubach, Raymond, and Joseph Gala and William Brown; secretary— John Stoudt and Joseph Haines; treasurer— Douglas Hoerner and Richard Klingensmith, Other nominations will be ac cepted from the floor at the next meeting. Final elections will be held on Wednesday, May 9. A measure to appropriate $5O to Town council, which would, en able them jointly to sponsor a square dance with West dorm council at Rec hall this Saturday, was passed. The measure, intro duced by Robb Keener, met with opposition until the financial status of the 'board was deter mined. Richard Mills, social chairman, announced plans to hold a star light dance on the terrace in front of, Old Main, Thursday night, May 17. Plans for a house party to be held in the West dorm lounge were also discussed. Both affairs will be part of the AIM "Senior Weekend" celebration. A committee was appointed to work on a system of housing cards. The cards would enable AIM to determine how many stu dents would be eligible for next year's fall elections. Richard Mills was appointed chairman of the committee with William Brown, Joseph Haines, Robert Faust, and Weston Tomlinson working under him. In other business, the board accepted a suggestion by. William Zakor that Miss Joan Harvie, Gamma' Phi Beta, be sponsored by AIM in the Miss Penn State (continued on page. eight) Film Depicting College Life Here Tomorrow "This Is Penn 'State," a film showing life at the College, will have, its campus opening tomor row. Special showings of the 20-min ute color film, which is now be ing shown in high schools throughout the state, will be held at 4:10, 4:40, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 and 8 p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks. The film reviews the college life 'of two Penn State freshmen as seen by a returning alumnus. William Whiteford . and Barbara Klopp play the students and Charles Williams enacts the role of the alumnus. Students and fac ulty members appear throughoUt the picture. Students are shown -in class room scenes, in dormitory. thorns, as participants in extra-curricu lar activities such as . the College choir, a soccer game, the Daily Collegian, and relaxing at the Corner and at football games. The Motion Picture and Re cording studio at the College pro duced the pictures. James J. Am bandos was writer and director; Delmer P. Duvall, cameraman; Paul H. Seitzinger, sound engin eer; Gerald G. Hutchison, assis tant cameraman; and Frank S. Neusbaum, general production supervisor. Van Wegenan Speaks Tonight At Ag Ec Club Dr. Alfred Van Wegenan, di rector of the North-eastern Poul try Producers' council, will speak to a combined meeting of_the Ag riculture Economics club tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Alpha Zeta fraternity house. New officers of the Poultry club are Thomas Stabler, presi dent; William Haensly, vice-pres ident; Roger Strait, secretary and James A,l eoa, treasure& • 4, cattrgtan. FOR A BETTER PEN* STATE By ARNOLD BLOOM ti; vice-president— Richard Mills Applications For Booths Reopened Booth applications for the Spring carnival to be held May 17 have been reopened by the Spring week committee. The committee took the action at a meeting Tuesday night. They also extended the deadline for entries in the Miss Penn State contest "until Monday at 5 p.m. All booth applications, includ ing those returned by the corn mittee for revision, must be turn ed in at the Student Union desk in 'Old Main before noon 'Satur day. Final processing of the appli cations will be held Sunday. Groups submitting applications which duplicate ideas for booths already approved by the commit tee, will be notified privately by committee members. Ideas for booths are processed in the order received, and duplications must be revised. Entries for the contest to choose Miss Penn State, who will reign over all Spring week. activities, may be made until 5 p.m. Mon day. Clair George, co-chairman of the coronation committee, report ed seven entries in the contest at the committee's Tuesday night meeting: David Schmuckler, publicity chairman, emphasized yesterday that all coeds are eligible for the contest. He said that there had been an erroneous report cir culated that senior women were ineligible. Schmuckler said also that there was no limit as to the number of entries any individual organiza tion could enter. The three finalists will be pick ed early next week by the entire Spring week committee from photographs submitted with the entries. Ed Council Opposes Oath In Letter To Harrisburg Education student council has sent a letter to the minority and majority leaders of the state Senate and House of Representatives opposing the Pechan loyalty oath, it was revealed yesterday. The council, in a letter signed by President Ralph Egolf Jr. and Chairman George Lemshock of an investigating com mittee, said it unanimously opposed the oath for four reasons Council Approved Letter The letter, approved by the council Monday night, said: "We unanimously oppose this bill which would require all fac ulty members of state-supported schools to sign a loyalty oath for these reasons: "1. The cons ti tutionality is doubtful. Proof of this lies in the fact that a similar bill in the state of California has been void ed by court action. "2. Any person Unscruplous enough to overthrow, our demo cratic way of government would not hesitate to lie and perjure imself in order to remain in his STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1951 Chapel Choir Opens Festival -' The annual Combined Arts fes tival opened last night at Schwab auditorium with the presentation of Verdi's "Requiem" by the Chapel choir and four guest sol oists. Willa Taylor directed •the choir. Included in the festival which will continue until May 20 are the Intercollegiate Reading festi val to be held next Thursday and Friday, dramatic productions, mu sical presentations, lectures, films, and Modern dance recitals. A.' combined arts exhibit with work in architecture, painting, murals, sculpture, dance, scene design, art education, landscap ing, and home arts is scheduled to open May 10 in the Temporary Union building. Also as part of the festival, work of students in fine arts, architecture, art edu cations, home arts, and demon strations in weaving, puppet shows, and pottery making will appear in other exhibits to start May 12. 8 Seniors Get Dieticians Jobs Eight senior women in the School of Home Economics have received positions as intern die ticians. They will work in hospi tals and universities approved by the American Dietetic associa tion, it was announced recently by Esther Atkinson, head of the Department of Hotel and Institu tional Administration. Jane Aueh has been assigned to the Allegheny General hospital, Pittsburgh; Ida May Brandt, In diana university, Bloomington, 'lnd.; JoAnne Engman, U. S. Ma rine hospital, Staten Island, N. Y.; (continued on page eight) position to further carry •on his treachery. "3. Should there be any faculty members so affiliated with Corn munistic organizations, we be lieve the board of trustees and President of the College are in telligent, competent, and cap able enough to handle such a, situation. "4. It is an intrusion and in fringement of the academic free dom of the members of such a great profession, the majority of whom are above reproach." Copies of the letter also were sent to President Eisenhower and Dean M. R. Trabue of the Educa ..,, twin school. Choir Director Willa Taylor Army Set To Cut June Draft Quota WASHINGTON The Army plans to cut its June draft call to 20,000 men, and to bring home upwards of 20,000• battle-tired vet erans from Korea each month starting in May, the Associated Prebr. Press reported yesterday. In May and . June reserve officers to an Army expected Final Vote Tonight On Dance Fund All-College cabinet will vote for the final time tonight on the $3OO appropriation for a closed freshman class dance, to be held May 26. It will be the final meet ing of Cabinet before the install ing of new officers. Harry Kondourajian, All-Col lege vice-president, will preside at the meeting in the absence of All-College President Robert Da vis, who is attending a student union convention at Michigan State college, East Lansing, Mich. Cabinet will also hear a report on the budget for the coming year from Emerson Jones, All-College secretary-treasurer. Klisanin To Give Report According to the preliminary agenda, final reports also will be given by William Klisanin,,chair man of the National Student as sociation committee, arid by Mar lin Brenner, chairman of the Community Forum committee. A second vote will be taken on the pr op o she d constitutional change which would add busi ness managers to the board of publications. Samuel Vauglian introduced the resolution at last week's meet ing for Dean Gladfelter, chairman of - the publication's committee. Vaughan- said he requested the change to permit better coordina tion of publication dates. The request was approved at last week's meeting, and if pass (continued on page eight) Navy Lab Men To Interview Representatives of the U.S. Na val laboratories in California will be on campus Monday to Wednes da y to interview graduating seniors, graduate students, and alumni for employment, it was announced recently. Students majoring in engineer ing, physics, electronics, chemis try, mathematics, or biology will be considered for employment. Definite commitments for em ployment, will be made to stu dents who fulfill the requirements for work in mechanical, elec tronic, electrical, and aeronauti cal engineering, and physics. Individual interviews will be conducted by previous appoint ment. Students may make such appointments with the College Placement office, 112 Old Main. A' group meeting for interested students will be held April 29 at 7:30 o'clock in Old Main. Mov ies pertaining to the research facilities and activities of the laboratories will be shown along with other information regarding the positions available. The exact place for the meeting is not known, but further information can be obtained in the Place ment office. Blood Donor Pledges Fraternities are reminded to turn in blood donor pledge cards to Harold Leinbach at Pi Kappa Phi by noon Saturday. The Red Cross bloodmobile• will visit the College next Thursday. the Army expects to rec a 11 15i000 active service. They will help train to total 1,552,000 men by June 30. Given In Closed Hearing These figures were given by top Army spokesmen to the House appropriations committee in closed hearings earlier this month. They were made public by the committee yesterday as it stamped approval to an emer gency fund bill of $6,468,206,000. Army officials said the 20,000 draft call in June—it had been expected to be 40,000—was made possible chiefly by a rush of vol untary enlistments, lower bat tle losses in Korea, and an "over delivery" of draftees in the past. As for bringing veterans home from Korea, the Army said it hopes to return 20,000 men in May, another 20,000 in June, and 25,000 a month after that. The men will be assigned to units in this country and 'then returned to civilian life as soon a►s pos sible. 'Project X' Appropriation Made The emergency funds bill in cludes a $46,800,000 appropria tion for a top secret "project X" which the Atomic Energy com mission is in a hurry to carry out. Details of the secret -project were given to the committee off the record and were not made public. The committee voted every cent asked, although trim ming $4,500,000 fr o m other atomic energy requests. Dietetics Unit To Meet At Inn Research findings in foods, nu trition, and diet therapy will be reported at the Pennsylvania Dietetics association meeting to day at 10 a.m. in•the Nittany Lion inn. The reports will be given by Dr. Mary L. Dodds, 'Dr. Nollie B. Guerrant, and Dr. Ruth L. Pike, faculty members. Faculty, students, and towns people interested in work with foods may attend the meetings. Registration for the meetings be gins today at the Nittany Lion inn at 8 a.m. Tours of the Foods Stores build ings, new dining halls, Home Eco_ nomics building, and the Ellen H. Richards institute will start at 2 p.m. A tea will be held at 4 p.m. in the Home Economics living center. A. 0. Morse, provost, will speak at the annual banquet of the asso ciation at 7 o'clock tonight in the State College hotel. Cornell English Prof To Lecture Tonight Dr. David Daiches, professor of English at Cornell university, will lecture today at 8 p.m. in 121 Sparks on "Graduate Study in the Humanities." The lecture is sponsored by the Graduate school and the Depart ments of English Literature and English Composition. The meet ing is open to the public. Science, Phys Ed Seniori . Get Gowns Seniors in the Schools of Chemistry and Physics, Physi cal Education, and Mineral In dustries will order their caps and gowns at the Athletic Store from today to Saturday. Invitations and announce ments are also available at the Student Union desk in Old Main for 10 cents each. PRICE FIVE CENTS