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VOL. 51- No. 129
Honors Day Ceremoaies Set
LA Faculty Unanimously
Opposes State . Oath Bill
The faculty of the School of Liberal Arts yesterday unanimously
approved a resolution opposing in principle loyalty oaths for pro
fessors and teachers, the Daily Collegian has learned. •
The resolution was aimed . at' the loyalty oath bill now pending
before the state legislature and came as a result of a request by the
faculty advisory council for faculty opinion.
Almost 100 members of the
Liberal Arts faculty voted unani
mously for the resolution. The
Liberal Arts members are the'
first to go on record either for or
against a loyalty oath for profes
sors and teachers.
The local chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors went on record April
19 as endorsing, the national
AAUP's 1950 condemnation of
loyalty oaths.
Sound Opinion
The - Liberal Arts action
stemmed from a request of the
advisory council for its 25 mem
bers to sound out faculty opinion
in their respective schools. When
members of the Liberal Arts
faculty were asked how they felt
about the oath bill, the resolu
tion condemning all oaths for
professors and teachers was intro
duced and approved.
In Harrisburg, in the meantime,
Sen. Albert R. Pechan (R-Arm
strong), author of the loyalty
oath bill, insisted yesterday on
th e right o f commonwealth
agencies to designate subversive
organizations under the terms of
his bill, the Associated Press re
ported..
Woodside Opposed
If the state justice department
will not do the job, he was re
ported to have said, it •should be
done by the Department of Public
Instruction or the state Civil Ser
vice Commission.
Attorney General Robert E.
Woodside took issue Monday with
Pechan's original proposal that
his office name those organiza
tions a state employe could not
belong to and retain his job.
Pechan also disclosed that lie
plans to submit an amendment
which would "completely over
haul" the text of the oath that
would be required of public em
ployes, the Associated Press said.
Three Named
Contest Judges
Pres. Milton S. Eisenhower,
Mayor David L. Lawrence of
Pittsburgh, and William Jeffrey,
soccer coach, have been chosen
to judge the Miss Penn State con
test to open Spring Week festi
vities on Tuesday, May 15.
The judges will pick the win
ner from among four finalists
chosen late last night by the
Spring Week committee. There
had been 50 entered in the con
test at the deadline, 5 p.m. Mon
day.
'David Schmuckler, publicity
chairman of the Spring Week
committee, said yesterday that
Mayor Lawrence will be given
a special tour of the campus after
his arrival sometime Tuesday
afternoon.
A dinner honoring the judges,
last year's queen, and the four
finalists will be held in the Cor
ner Room at 5 p.m., an d the
finalists in formal dress will ride
in a parade through_ campus at
7 p.m.
The coronation ceremonies be
gin at 8 p.m. in Schwab Audi
torium.
Phys Ed Honorary Meets
Phi Epsilon Kappa, physical ed
ucation honorary, will meet to
night at 7:30 at Sigma Phi Sigma.
• Plans for a hayride and a cook
out to be held next Wednesday
watt be discussed.
LA Council
Asks Course
Revision
The Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil last night voted to recommend
discontinuance • of the language
requirements for all students en
rolled in the Departments of Eco
nomics and Commerce.
The resolution was introduced
by John Boddington, council
member and editor of LA Angles,
council publication. The vote was
13 for the resolution and two ab
stentions.
The council also recommended
the formation of a committee,
with the Department of Econo
mics and Commerce fairly rep
resented on the basis of enroll
ment, to make an "exhaustive
appraisal _of all current require
ments to determine whether stu
dents of economics and commerce
are allowed ample semester hours
in which to schedule basic com
merce and economics courses and
those relative to their chosen
fields."
Boddington's resolution listed
several points for the removal of
the language requirement. In
pointing out that leading - business
schools have no language require
ment, it also said students avoid
the ' curriculum because of that
requirement. It, said 'Penn State
is entering a period in which the
size of enrollment will be a pri
mary consideration.
The resolution went on to say
the theory that a language is now
needed in the business world is
outdated and that requirement
hinders the student's opportun
ity to schedule courses in special
ized fields.
It concluded saying that if the
department continues to expand
it will make the College "a po
tential leader in commerce, both
state and nation-wide."
Debate Team Ties
Yeshiva College
At Monday Meet
"What power is there to make
the free countries fight aggression
if there should be another Com
munist attack?" was a question
asked by the College men's de
bate team at a non-decision meet
ing with Yeshiva College Monday
night.
Ed Shanken and Mark Un
ger defended the question,. "Re
solved: That the non-Communist
nations should form a new inter
national organization." Harry
Kondourajian was chairman.
A mix-up resulted early in the
evening when Prof. J. F O.'Brien,
coach, received a letter from Ye
shiva asking that the debate be
canceled, due to conditions be
yond their control. The Yeshiva
debaters turned up, however,
half an hour late.
SCIENCE SCHEDULES OUT
Schedule of science courses for
the, two six-week summer ses
sions may be obtained today in
102, Burrowts.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1951
Dates Set
For Players'
Production
The next Players' production
"Lady in the Dark," will be pre
sented next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday in Schwab Audi
torium.
The musical play by Moss Hart
has lyrics by Ira Gershwin and
music by Kurt Weill.
. Robert D. Reifsneider, assistant
professor of dramatics, will di
rect. Ed Menerth is musical di
rector and Dennis Sherk is as
sistant director and stage mana
ger. Harry Woolever is choreo
grapher. Musical adviser is Elmer
C. Wareham.
Featured in the cast are Sonya
Tilles, as Liza Elliott, editor of
"Allure," fashion magazine fo r
women; Dave Owen, as Charley
Johnson, advertising manager of
the magazine; Joe Bird, as Ken
dall Nesbitt, its publisher and Li
za's • "benefactor"; Robert Amole,
as Reedy Curtis, Hollywood mo
vie idol; Joe Hudak, as Russell
Paxton, staff photographer; Mari
lyn Stewart, as Maggie Grant,
fashion editor; Betty Lou Mor
gan, as Alison Dußois, fashion
columnist; and Don Colbert, as
Dr. Brooks, the psychiatrist.
Others with speaking roles are
Joyce Rexford, Prim Diefender
fer, Cathy Keister, Don Barton,
John Price, Betty Jean Stofan,
Lorraine Spitler, Kathy Scheetz,
Beclee Newcomer, Linda Pierce,
and Nick Morkides.
In the singing chorus are Juan
ita Sherk, Cleo Ross, Nancy Lou
Thomas, Anne Webber, Marie
Nelson, Betty Jean Stofan, Dick
Lewis, C. Lynn McCaffrey, Wil
liam R. Detweiler, Ed Rolf, Red
Baker, and John Pagonis. Joan M.
Atkinson is accompanist.
Dancers are Pat Bowles, Ruth
Lyne, Jeanne Wiener, Jane Rie
ser, Nick Morkides, Ed Girod,
William Severing, an d William
Sabo. Fran Stridinger is accom
panist.
Ugly Man Contest
Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, has extend
ed its deadline for entries in
the campus Ugly Man Contest
to 5 p.m. Mohday, officials an
nounced yesterday.
Organizations are asked by
the group to have photographs
of their entrants at the Stu
dent Union in Old Main by
that time.
Old Main
Of Senior
Voting for the senior class gift will take place from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. today and tomorrow at polls located across from the Student
Union desk in the lobby of Old Main.
Seniors who will graduate in June or during the summer may
cast their ballots upon showing their matriculation cards.
A ballot is on page two of today's Collegian. Additional ballots
will be at the polling place.
The senior class gift committee
asks seniors to number the sug
gestions from one to seven is
order of preference.
The approximately $BOOO in the
gift fund comes from the money
remaining from the damage fees
paid by the •students after • the
damages have been paid for.
Station Suggested
The •gift, suggestions are:
1. A campus radio station,
which would provide vocational
opportunities for students in ra
dio and speech work and enter
tainment for students: ' •
The broadcast would be carried]
(colitiniced'on page eight.)
Deadline Today
For Senior Gowns
Today is the last day that
seniors in all departments of
the Engineering school will
be able to order caps and
gowns.
Tomorrow thr o ugh Sat
urday, seniors in the sch6ols
of Home Economics and Edu
cation will order theirs at the
Athletic store. When ordering,
students should know their
hat sizes.
Invitations and announce
ments will also be available
at the Student Union desk in
Old Main at the same time.
All Classes To End At 10:30;
Cabinet OffiCers To Be Sworn in
All-College President-elect James Worth will be in
stalled, five outstanding alumni -will be honored, and 13 stu
dents will receive awards at the first Honors Day program in
the history of the College at 10:45 a.m. today in Schwab
Auditorium.
Classes - will be cancer
James Worth
Rip . Engle
Speaker At
APO Affair
Rip Engle, head football coach,
will be guest speaker at the an
nual banqueit of Alpha Phi Ome
ga, national service fraternity, to
morrow night at the Hotel State
College.. The affair will be held
at 7 p.m. in the, large banquet
room.
Guest of honor will be Pres.
Milton S. Eisenhower. In addition
the program will include the in
stallation of new officers for the
coming academic year.
The new officers are: president,
Donald Beal; vice-president,
Stanley Rapp; treasurer, William
Burrows; recording secretary, Da
vid .Wharton; and corresponding
secretary, Bryson Craine.
Other officers are: alumni sec
retary, Richard Schuler; histor
ian, Lincoln Warrell; Sergeant at
arms, Major Vitt; and chairman
of advisory committee, Prof. M.
W. Isenberg.
Tickets are $2 and may be pick
ed up at the Student Union until
5 p.m. today.
Scene
Vote
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ed from 10:30 to 12 noon.
Neil See, tribunal chairman,
will administer the oath of office
to Worth, who will take over his
duties as All-College president
thereafter.
Outstanding Students
The 13 outstanding students,
whose names have not been re
leased, will receive recognition of
outstanding scholastic achieve
ment.
Included in the awards will be
the John W. White Medal, a gold
medal given each year to a mem
ber of the senior class for out
standing scholarship; and the
John W. White Fellowship, which
amounts to WO and is given to
a senior of high scholastic stand
ing who "possesses those quali
ties of ability and personality that
will 'enable him or her to ,profit
best by graduate study."
Sparks Medal
The President Sparks Medal,
which is given to t h e student
with the highest semester aver
age who has shown - the greatest
improvement over the preceding
semester.
Six seniors an d four juniors
will receive Evan Pugh Medals
for outstanding academic achieve
ments.
Robert L. Weber, chairman
of the Senate committee on
scholarships and awards, will
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Blood Donors
To Contribute
To Red Cross
One hundred and sixty-five
students will give blood to the
Red Cross tomorrow.
The donors are warned not to
eat any fats within six hours
before their appointments, Alan
Reece, chairman of the blood
drive, announced yesterday. The
warning is reiterated on the ap
pointment cards the pledges re
ceived: The card says that food
such as fruit, crackers, and raw
vegetables may be eaten.
Reece requests that the stu
dents arrive early for their ap
pointments, to prevent a lag.
Those students who have not
received appointments are asked
to call student employment, col
lege extension 2049. Others in
terested in signing up may do so
in 120 Old Main.
The bloodmobile will be lo
cated at the Methodist Church
on East College avenue.
Alpha Phi Omega, service hon
orary, and the pre-medical so
ciety will help the Red Cross set
up and take down the equipment.
All "0" type blood, he said,
will be sent to Korea 72 hours
after it has been taken. The re
mainder of it will be distributed
to veterans' hospitals.
Education Council
Ratifies Constitution
The student council of the
School of Education ratified its
constitution at a meeting last
Monday night.
Jane Stieber, fifth semester psy
chology major, drew up the con
stitution and presented it to
the council. After some discus
sion and minor changes made, the
members passed it.
The council chose George Dem
shock,• • seventh semester educa
tion major, as its nomination for
the Ugly Man contest sponsored
by Alpha Phi Omega, service fra
ternity-