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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
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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&
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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.;
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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
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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