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VOL. 51 No. 147
Cabinet,Considers
New Lending Library
John_ Laubach, president of Association of Independent Men,
requested Thursday night that All-College Cabinet establish a rec
ord-lending library to be used by the students.
The initial set-up of the library would cost approximately $750,
Laubach told cabinet. Of this sum, $5OO would be spent for records
and $250 for other equipment,
according to estimates by Ralph
McComb, College librarian.
John Clark of the West Dorm
Council, who conducted an in:
vestigation into the matter, said
that it would cost about $lOO a
year to keep the library up to
date.
9 Students
Compete In
Star Finals
Nine College students are
among the thirteen people who
will compete in the finals of the
Star Discovery Contest to be held
at the Cathaum Theater Monday
night at 8:30 p.m.
The finalists all won first •or
second place in one of the four
previous contests.
The College students competing
Monday night are Ra y m ond
Rachkowski, comedian; Edward
Rolf, baritone; Robert Klug, pi
anist; Thomas , Lewis, tenor; and
Earl Baker, William Detweiler,
David Margolf, Polly Potter, and
Richard Wrentmore, all members
of the Four Flats and a Sharp
vocal quartet.
Others competing are Jack Mal
loy, singer; Ross Lytle, hill billy;
Patricia Leis, singer; and Walter
Marthouse, singer.
The winner of Monday night's
contest will receive a combina
tion radio and phonograph and
will compete in the semi-finals at
Greensburg, Pa. June 5. Second
place winner will receive a 45
r.p.m. record player and will ac
company the winner to Greens
burg as an alternate.
First and second place winneys
at Greensburg will then- compete
in the finals at 'Pittsburgh. The
winner and runner-up, will each
be awarded -a six month's con
tract at Warner Brothers Studios
A third prize will be awarded to
a vocalist to make two records for
the RCA-Victor Recording" Co
mpany.
Station Plans
Fall Programs
According to present plans, the
campus radio station Will be
broadcasting to all campus build
ings •by next September, Milton
Bernstein, co-chairman of the
campus radio_ station committee,
said yesterday.
Within a short time of the ini
tial broadcasts, the committee
hopes to be broadcasting to frat
ernity' housed and other off-cam
pus buildings which desire recep
tion.
The student committee, which
includes . Bernstein, David Mutch
ler, and Florenz Fenton, is now
working out plans for the radio
station with faculty advice. Dr.
R. T. Oliver, head of the speech
department, and Dr. H. E. Nelson
and David Mackey, both of the
speech department, are assisting
the student group.
IFC Collects Books
For U. Of Israel
. A drive for-used books for the
University. of Israel is being con
ducted by the,, Interfraternity
Council, Stanley'. Wengert, IFC
president, announced.
Joel Miliner, chairman of the
AFC used books for Israel commit
-tee, has requested that the books
be taken to the Hillel Foundation
by Tuesday. He asked that the
names of the donori and their fra
ternities be marked inside the
Under the AIM .proposal, rec
ords in the library could be re
moved for use in the students'
rooms. The Music Department
has a record library for use by
students, but the records must be
used in Carnegie Hall.
Robert Davis, past All-College
president, reminded cabinet that
listening ' rooms would be pro
vided in the proposed Student
Union. where students could use
the records. He felt such' a move
by cabinet to -create a library
would be a step in forming a
•good _collection that could be
used in the Student Union when
completed.
Laubach to Head Committee
Laubach will head' the commit
te to investigate the advisability
of having such a library and will
report to cabinet next fall on his
findings. Members of AIM, to be
chosen by Laubach, will serve on
the committee.
David Fitzcharles, chairman of!
the. National Student Association
committee on absentee voting re
ported that the NSA petition had
been presented to the state leg
islature on May 15.
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Scroll. Petition
The petition, in scroll form, was,
signed by 4500 students or 47 per
cent of the Pennsylvania resident
students .at the College.
William Bair, William Klis
anin, Nancy George, and Fitz
charles took the petition to Har
risburg. ;
_ James Wharton and Harry
Cover reported on the last meet
ing of the State College Com
merce Club on May 10. Student
town relations were discussed by
the -group: -a.
USMC Enlistment
Deadline Is' Today
Applicants _for enlistment in the
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for as
signment to the officers candidate
course are due today, Lt. Col. Fol
ey, USMC, associate professor of
naval science, reported yesterday.
Applicants should apßly to 206
Engineering E where general pre
requisites and other information
concerning details may be ob
tained.
8300 Students Expected
For Summer Sessions
Total enrollment for the 42nd annual summer sessions is ex
pected to reach approximately 8300, according to John E. ]Miller,
administrative assistant to the director of summer sessions.
About 1800 are expected for the inter-session, June 12-29; 5000
during the main summer session, July 2-August 11; and 1500 for the
post-session, August 13-31.
Advance registration for the three-week inter-session and the
six-week science sessions closes
June 2. Final , registration will
take place 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday,
June 12. Class will begin at 1:30
p.m. the same day.
Acceptances
Notices of acceptances for sum
mer school are going out now. If
a student has not received his
notice by May 31, he should-notify
the summer sessions office in 102
Burrowes Building.
Clarence M. Sykes of the School
of Physical Education will serve
as recreation director for the
third -consecutive year. The gen
eral ziecacalian, pompon will in-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1951
Deferment
To Start
yesterday won a - one-year agri
cultural scholarship award by
radio station KDKA of Pitts
burgh.
6 To Compete
In Ex!empore
Contest Finals
,Six women will compete in the
finals of the. John Henry .Frizzell
Extempore ' Speaking Contest at
7 p.m. Monday in 10 Sparks. The
contest is open to the public.
Ethel Brown, Yvonne Carter,
Janet Horger, Lois Pulver, Sylvia
and Marian Ungar sur
vived • the elithination and. semi
final rounds held Thursday night.
The prizes at stake are the
College prize of $5O and the Friz
zell award of merit for first place,
and the Forensic Council prize
of $25 and the Frizzell award for
second place.
Each contestant wig speak be
tiieen eight and ten minutes
without notes on a subject other
than that used in the first rounds.
Other speakers in the semi
finals were Joseph Banks, Peggy
Crooks, • Leonard Gavin, Paul
Homsher, Barbara Menapace, and
Guyla Woodward.
These. 12, were selected from ap
proximately 30 students who en
tered the contest and participated
in the eliminations.
Members of the speech depart
ment are judging the contest.
Members of the committee are
Helen Evans, Dan Wargo, and
chairman Clayton H. Schug, of
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dude team and individual tourn
aments in such sports as golf,
tennis, and softball, with addi
tional leagues to be organized in
other activities for which a suffi
cient interest is indicated. •
Reception And Dance
The summer session reception
and dance will be held Friday,
July -6. Outdoor movies, excur
sions, picnics, fun nights, mixed
swim parties, a talent show,
round and square dances, lec
tures, and exhibiti are also being
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Award Winner
About .175,000 college students will take the first of three
Selective Service College Qualification Tests today, the re
sults of which may determine whether they will remain in
college or enter military service.
In any event, they will receive deferments up to Aug. 20
in order to give the Educational Testing Service of Princeton,
N.J., time to grade the results and send them to local boards.
Dr. Killam
To Speak
In Chapel
Dr. Robert Killam, minister of
the First Unitarian . Church of
Cleveland, will deliver the Chap
el sermon at .11 a.m.. tomorrow in
Schwab Auditorium. He will be
the last Chapel speaker for this
semester.
The Chapel choir, under the di
rection of Mrs. Willa Taylor, with
George Ceiga at the organ, will
sing Verdi's "Requiem Alternam."
Born in Brooklyn, Dr. Killam
attended Dickinson College, Car
lisle. Ibis graduate work was at
the theological school of St.
Lawrence University, Canto n,
N.Y. In 1946 this university con
ferred on him the degree of Doc
tor of Divinity, •
Dr. Killam has-held pastorates
at:Rutland, Vt., Utica, :N.Y., and
Springfield, Mass. In 1948 he
served as regional director of the
Meadville Unitarian Conference.
He has been chairman of the
program committee of the Amer
ican Unitarian Association since
1945. •
From 1943 to 1947 he was pres
ident of the New England Unitar
ian Council and for five years
served as director of the Unitar
ian Rowe Camp for high school
youth. He has been a member of
the - Department of Church Exten
sion and Maintenance of Amer
ican Unitarian Association for
'four . years.
He is director of the Cleveland
chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union, and a member of
the retail stores committee of the
Urban League of Cleveland and
of the Cleveland Grand Jury As
sociation.
Prexy To Speak
At Kansas State
President Milton S. Eisenhower
will deliver, the commencement
address at Kansas State College,
Manhattan, Kans. tom orr o w
night.
The President's son, Milton S.
Eisenhower Jr. will be one of
those graduated.
The President will also present
at a special ceremony a Distin
guished Alumnus Award to Ray
I. Trockmorton, Penn State class
of 'll, and dean of agriculture at
Kansas State. Trockmorton was
unable to be in State College
whan the awards were presented
to four other alumni May 2.
President Eisenhower is ex
pected back in State College early
next week.
Players' Initiation,
Elections Tomorrow
Players will hold initiations,
elections, and a picnic tomorrow
afternoon, Charles Williams,
Players president, announced yes
terday.
Initiations of new Players will
be held at 1 p.m. in the Little
Theatre, followed by elections of
new officers. At 3 p.m. the group
will leave for, Black Moshannon
for the picnic.
MICE FIVE CENTS
Testing
Today
Draft boards have been in
structed to take test results and
class standing into consideration
before drafting college students.
The final decision, however, is up
to the discretion of the individual
local board.
A total of 1008 students at the
College will take the Selective
Serv i c e College Qualification
Test at 8:30 a.m. today.
-Classes have been excused for
those who will take the test. The
Council of Administration ap
proved. the move last week.
All students are to report to
121 Sparks where they will be as
signed testing rooms.
Selective Service officials have
recommended that all college
seniors be deferred to complete
their schooling. They have also
suggested that seniors who wish
to go to graduate school be de
ferred provided they are in the
upper • half of their class, or if
they score 75 in the test. Other
suggestions include: Juniors in
the upper three-fourths or scor
ing 70 should be deferred; sopho
mores in the upper two-thirds or
scoring 70; freshmen in the upper
half or scoring 75.
The test, which will last about
three hours, is the first of its type
in th e history of the United
States and probably the greatest
m ass examination ever under
taken. Tests will be taken at 1000
centers throughout the country.
150 Questions
There are 150 questions in the
test which is divided into two
sections—verbal and mathemati
cal.
The test is being given by a
staff of men, all of whom have
doCtor of philosophy degrees.
The latest electronic calculat
ing machines will score the tests,
which will be sent to the draft
boards within a month after the
testing date.
The deadline for applying for
the test was last night at mid
night. The original deadline was
May 15, but it was extended 10
days because only a relatively.
small number of college students
applied.
Other Dates
The test will also be given June
16 and June 30. A special test for
students of religious beliefs that
prohibit Saturday participation
will be given July 12.
Students in a y obtain their
scores by writing their individual
draft boards, not the testing ser
vice.
PSC To Award
Plaque To Senior
The Penn State Club will award
a plaque to the outstanding inde
pendent senior at the annual sen
ior
banquet which will be held
at the Allencrest at 7 p.m. tomor
row. -
A committee consisting of Har.
old Leinbach, past IFC president;
H. K. Wilson, dean of men; and
George Donovan, manager of the
Student Union, made the final
choice froin 16 candidates.
Debaters To Hold Picnic
The men's debating team will
hold a picnic tomorrow P,ternoon
at Black Moshannon, ac::ording to
Clair George, new debate man•
ager.