:'American Legion Gnilip Choice See:Page 4 VOL. 52, No. 44 /Bloodmobile Here, Can Handle 768 A Red Cross bloodmobile unit is at the TUB this week sikuring donations from 956 students who pledged to Penn State's second blood blood drive. The drive began Oct. 18 and ended last Thursday. • The Red Cross unit, :which arrived here , yesterday, will re main on campus until Thursday Drive officials said the unit will be able to handle only_ the' 768 students, who- haVe alreadY:been scheduled to donate. Attempts are being made to work out an agreement to secure the unit for an additional period handle the overflow of pledges. The unit operates from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Student don ors are given a complete physical examination before donating and receive refreshments following the donation. Officials said that students who are effected should present their appointment card to either the Dean of Men or Dean of Women to secure a -legal excuse •from classes on the day of donation. The drive, conducted by an All-College Cabinet- committee, originally set its goal at 400 pledges. The goal wa's raised to 600 when pledges began to in crease, and was finally fixed at 800 two days before, the drive's end. Pledges topped the goal by 156. . - A breakdown of donation pledges shows fraternities, 345; town, Windcrest, and communting students,' 227;- Pollock area, 134; (Continued on page eight) Debate Team Ties 4th In Tourney The men's debate team started off its season with a fourth-place tie with four other schools in the University of Vermont's annual forensic tournament last week end. The team, won- six out of ten debates, sharing fourth place with Army, New York University, Georgetown University, and the University of Vermont. The affirmative team of David Lewis' and 'Robert Alderdice won four and last one debate: They scored victories over the Univer sity of Vermont, Rensselaer Poly technic Institute,, Suffolk College and Wagner College, and lost to Colgate University. Clair George and Mark Ungar, the College's negative team, won over the University of Rochester and Wesleyan. They lost to Navy, Bates College and Union College. Bates College took first place in the tournament, and •D ar t mouth and Wesleyan were sec ond. Boston. University, Colgate University and Syracuse Univer sity tied for third place. The topic was this year's na tional intercollegiate d'e bate question, Resolved: That the Uni ted States should adopt a .per manent _program waie and price cootrol: , Prof. J. - P. O'Brien, coach of the men's tea m, accompanied them. • Over 45 colleges along the east ern coast from Virginia to Maine were represented. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY, OCCASIONAL SHOWERS . A . • , • 46, ... -. ' '4 , • Party ~... i , ~,- rw• : 1 TIP ' Dattg '' s, )-':.\''' Till: rgiari Platforms— See Page 4 • . . . . ..• 'FOR *A BETTER PENN STATE • STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1951 go-- ---- - O.' Rasmussen, before giving his °blood donation. Blood Donors Wait, But Glad to Give Donors waiting to give blood for the current drive joked, read books, or Watched the nurses suspiciously. Some of them had given blood two or three times before, but fOr many it was the first time. Bob Lambert, who has donated blood three times previously, said he was used to needles. He 'said he was giving blood because it was .needed. Jeanne Stuflle, a stenographer in the Botany de partment, said that she was hun gry but not nervous. 'Anne Rob inson, who was giving for the first time, said she wasn't- -ner vous but that she hoped they would hurry up. Ernst Famous, , Warren Dodge, and Steve Pourk, all giving for the first time, admitted being a little nervous. Steele Howard, a veteran of six donations, was not worried about the needle. • As the donors filed into the room, they were registered and then they filled out a question aire telling their age, and whe ther they had given blood before. Each donor •was • weighed, and his temperature and pulse were taken. Then he, was given a glass of orange juice. At. the next_ table, his blood pressure and hemoglobin 9 count were. tak e n and he answered questions for a short case history. (Continued on page eight) Renshaw Talk Will Highlight PSCA Forum Bill Renshaw, a '5O graduate of the College, who just returned from an 18-month stay in Europe, will talk at the Penn State Chris tian Association forum at 7:30 to night. Renshaw worked with' the World's YMCA -and the Inter national Refugee Organization in Hamburg, Germany, with dis placed persons and refugees. These two organizations have re settled about one million people since 1947, according to Renshaw. Despite this figure, he said, "most people in this country don't realize that there are still 9,000,- 000 uprooted people in Western Germany-20 percent of the pop ulation." The dangerous potenti alities among these people • is a real threat tá peace, he said, since they are open - to any radicalism, excluding communism, '- which would alleviate their present mis erable circumstances. Renshaw' explained that most of these displaced people are -of German origin, who have . been uprooted from' communist-domin ated countries. since ,the end of World War 11. Many are re _settlesl-in other countries, - he said, but some prefer •to stay in. 'Ger many, to wait for 'some. sort of settlement whereby • they could return...to „their_ ciw.n d D Trapp Family Will Present Boy Soprano A new member will join the Trapp FaMily Singers when they perform here Friday in Schwab Auditorium for, the Community Concert Series. Johannes Trapp, 11, who is , per forming/ professional duties for the first time, is the new and only American-born member of the group. The young singer possesses a soprano voice, but is better known for his solos on the recorder, the ancient block flute which 't h e Trapps ar e restoring to popu larity. This is the 12th in a series of tours in which the Trapp family has averaged a hundred concerts in a season. The Trapp family turned • its hobby of group singing into a business when they left Austria in rebellion against Hitler. They are under the direction 'of Dr. Franz Wasner who also sings bass with the group. Other members are first so pranos, Eleonore and Johannes; second sopranos, Agathe and,Ma ria; tenor, Werner; first contralto, Hedwig; an d second contralto, Maria Augusta; who is mother of the six children. The family will appear in pea sant costume for some of the folk songs, but will wear black and white 'when they perform the sacred music scheduled. President to Talk At Texas Meeting - President .M i I.t o n S. Eisen hower and seven faculty and staff members will take part in a meet ing, of the Association of Land- Grant Colleges and Universities tonight. President Eisenhower will speak to the agricultural divison of the association, now in sessiOh in Houston, Texas. His subject will be "Land-Grant Colleges, USDA, and Farmer Relationships." As an active member of the association, President Eisenhower has served on the executive com mittee since 1944 and was chair man of _that cominitteg. in 1946: Lion and State Parties Reveal Election Issues For complete text of. party platforms see page 2 Both the Lion and State Parties issued six-point platforms yesterday for the Thursday freshman and sophomore class elections, it was announced by Carroll Chapman, All-College elections com mittee chairman. . . Candidates for the three positions in each class began cam paigning yesterday. They will continue until tomorrow night. Elec tions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the second floor lounge in Old Main Both parties propose in their platforms to improve and strengthen freshman custom s. Other than this point, the plat forms differ. Food Committees The Lion Party proposes a per manent food committee to investi gate student complaints in the dining halls, increasing student interest in student government by use of non-partisan informative sessions with campus politicians, to combine student council and class elections simultaneously, and to form a sophomore hat so ciety for other than students in athletics. The State Party proposes to increase the use of vacant class rooms for study purposes, to work for the establishment of a School of Business and the subsequent removal of language requirements for that school, to obtain better Collegian circulation, and to eli minate, blue books from "big weekends" and the Monday 'that follows. They also propose to in vestigate the possibility of co education - dining' in the West Dorm dining halls. • Freshman Candidates Candidates running• for office are: for freshman president, Da vid Lewis (S) and Robert Smoot (L); vice president, Barry Kay (S) and John Apgar (L); secre tary treasurer, Phoebe Powell (S) and Dorothy Ebert (L). •Running for sophomore offices are: for president, John White (S) and Donald Herbine (L); vice president, Harry Solomon (S) and Charles Obertance (L); secretary treasurer, Lolita Robinson (S) and Virginia .Moore '(L). Posters made their appearance yesterday and candidates began making their rounds of the living units. Candidates from both par ties were driven around Beaver Field at halftime of the Syracuse football game Saturday. It was the first and last parade to be held •in the present election cam paigns. Phys Ed, MI Councils Name New Members The Physical Education and Mineral Industry Councils' rep resentatives were appointed and elected, respectively, yesterday. Both held off the elections for two weeks because of the few nominations and ballots cast. Seventy-five' percent, of the Mineral Industry votes were cast in a special election held in Dean Steidle's lecture, class as Rich ard Tagland and Roy Brurijes were elected to the council. The first semester freshmen will hold their offices for four years. The next council meeting will be held in two weeks, Mil lard Rehburg, president of the MI Council, said. Patricia Gilbert and James Gar idy, were appointed. by the Phys Ed Council, William Mihalich, president of the council, said. . The council a 1 s o appointed Robert Hosterman, a sophomore, to the council to fill a vacancy caused when a sophOmore repre sentative left school. The appointments were made instead of having elections, Mi halick said, because of the lack of interest m voting by the Phys Ed. students. PRICE FIVE _CENTS $6BOO Total Reported in Chest Drive Campus Chest leaders yester day reported a $6BOO drive total and expressed optimism on pro gress during its extended period of solicitation. The campaign, which was to end Saturday, has been extended until next Tues day. Murray Goldman, solicitation chairman, said solicitations were "picking up." Chest income Sat urday was •$2OO and totaled $7OO yesterday. Some solicitors have 'still not made their first reports, Gold man added. He urged solicitors to turn in reports to 304 Old Main immediately so a "running account may be kept on drive progress." New steps in the solicitation program will be introduced later this week, he said. The drive deadline is 5:30 p.m. next Tues day. The chest goal t his year is $12,000. Members of the faculty and staff are being solicited this week to contribute to either the Penn State Christian Association or World Student Service Fund. Both are benefactors of the stu dent drive. The seven other groups that will benefit from the campaign are Scholargram program, Salva tion Army, Mar c h of Dimes, Heart Fund, Leo Houck Cancer Fund, Women's Student 'Govern ment Association Chr is tm as Fund, Solicitors are-striving for indi vidual goals of $2. Students may either pledge and have that amount added to their second semester fees, or give cash. Hannah to Speak At Faculty-Trustee Banquet Friday Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State College, will be the speaker at the annual faculty trustee dinner Friday night at the Nittany Lion Inn. All members of the faculty are invited to attend the dinner spon sored by the Penn State chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Ticket s, priced at $2.40, may be obtained at the Student Union office or from individual solicitors. President Milton S.' Eisenhower will introduce Dr. Hannah, who will speak on the "Responsibility of a Land-Grant College for Gen eral Education." Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, professor of political science, will preside at the dinner. Dr. Hummel Fishburn, profes sor of music .and Frank Cullo, associate professor of music, will be responsible for the music at the dinner. LaVie Pictures Students scheduled to have their LaVie personalities pic tures taken tonight have been re-scheduled for tomorr ow night at the same time, James Geffert, LaVie editor, an nounced yesterday. .
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