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ilworth
For Sen.
By GEORGE GLAZER
A good deal of Richardson Dilworth's future in politics will
be determined by just what he and Mayor-elect Joseph Clark do in
Philadelphia, in the next four years.
Last night, the newly-elected Philadelphia district attorney
said that he can't even begin to think about his political future until
he sees how much the Democrats in Philadelphia accomplish, and
652 Students
Donate Blood
To Red Cross
Penn State students donated
652 pints of blood this week in
the four-day Red Cross blood
drive sponsored by All-College
Cabinet. The unit will return to
the State College American Le
gion pgst in December to secure
donations from more than 200
students who were unable to do.:
nate this week due. to time lim
itations.
• Red Cross and campus blood•
drive officials expressed extreme
satisfaction with the success of
the drive. Pledges passed the
800 pint goal by 197. The unit
was at the TUB from Monday
until Thursday.
Thursday was the biggest day
in donations with 185 students
being processed. Totals for other
days were Monday, 146; Tuesday,
168, and Wednesday, 153. The
unit is equipped to handle 150
donors in a six hour day, but
Red Cross workers processed
students longer 'than six hours
every day the unit was here.
Dorothy Cornelius, chief nurse,
said few students were turned
away for health reasons and said
student response to the drive was
"wonderful." She also said a "re
markably high" number of stu
dents kept their appointments.
Donors were given a physical
examination before donating and
were served refreshments follow
ing the donation. The drive goal
was finally fixed at 800 when
two previous goals of 400 and
600 were passed.
Ag Congress
To Meet Here
The College has been chosen
to represent the United States as
host for the sixth International
Grasslands Congress next Aug.
17-22, Dr. Herbert Albrecht, head
of the Agronomy department and
member of the congress' ex
ecutive committe has announced.
Dr. William M. Myers, director
of field crop research for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and
formerly on the staff of the U.S.
Regional Pasture ReSearch Lab
oratory at the College, is chair
man of the executive committee
preparing for" the sessions.
William R. Chapline, chief of
the division of range research for
the U.S. Forest Service, has been
named part time executive secre
tary for the Congress.
An estimated 60b scientists
from 50 foreign nations will join
about 2000 scientists from the
United States for the week-long
session.
Dr. Albrecht is heading a local
arrangements committee to pre
pare for hdusing and_ feeding the
visitors, making meeting places
available and similar needs.
Critic Will Speak
On Recent Plays
Mrs. George King Raudenbush,
(Title and interpreter of the the
ater, will speak on "Latest Plays
on Broadway" at 2:30 p.m. to
morrow in Simmons Hall lounge.
Her background includes the
portrayal of many leading roles
on Broadway and on tour. She
was also assistant stage director
for the Broadway play "Hell Bent
for Heaven" which won a - Pulitzer
Prize.
Mrs. Raudenbush will be the
guest of the Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority, of which she is a mem
ber. Proceeds of the silver dona
tion will go toward the national
project to aid cerebral palsy vic
tims. • •
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CO t PENNSYLV ATITA
Not Candidate
Martin's Job
how the people react to the ac
complishments.
One thing seemed sure, on one
point, however; that he had no
aspirationg to run for senator. IA
spot in the Senate will be open in
two years when Edward Martin's
term expires.
Democrats Not Entrenched
However, the tall, graying Yald
Law School graduate would
make no comment on the possi
bility that he would again try his
hand as a gubernatorial candi
date. Other than saying he hadn't
thought about it, he again stated
that what he would do politically
in the next few years would de
pend on the outcome of the dem
ocratic regime in Philadelphia.
Dilworth says rather positively
that the Democrats are' by no
means firmly entrenched- in Phil
adelphia as a result of their land
side victory in the recent mu
nicipal elections.
"This was a protest vote," he
said, "with the voters of Phiht
delphia putting us right on the
spot. They're giving us a chance
to do something, if we con't come
through, then we can just as eas
ily be thrown out in the next
election as we were voted in this
time."
Eisenhower 'Not Sure'
Moving out of local politics to
the national political front, Dil
worth wouldn't comment on the
possibility of President Truman
running for another term.
When the subject of General
Dwight Eisenhower as a presi
dential candidate was broached,
Dilworth said the impression he
got was that Ike himself didn't
know just what he was going to
do. "Eisenhower has a strong
sense of duty to the country,"
Dilworth stated, "and the ques
tion is whether that sense of duty
will make him turn down a can
didacy. He may feel he can do
more in Europe."
"As far as a Democratic candi
date goes, if Truman doesn't run,
"there are a lot of good junior
Democratic senators."
Dilworth named Senators Paul
Douglas, of Illinois, Estes Kefau
ver, Tennessee, and William Ful
bright of Arkansas as possible
nominees.
'Temporary'
Date From
A "big" weekend, as any old-timer can tell you, doesn't neces
sarily mean a junior prcim and houseparties.
In fact, what was probably tile biggest weekend the College
ever experienced occurred 33 years ago this month, when, on Nov. 25,
1918, the original Engineering Building "A" was destroyed by a fire.
Damage to the heating .4n d
lighting plants located within the
building was so great that Penn
State just went out of commis
sion for over a week, and students
were sent home for an unexpected
vacation.
The $500,0000 blaze demolished
the large building, which''Used
to stand at the entrance to the
campus on . College avenue at S.
Allen street.
The origin of the fir e was
never determined because it was
not discovered until it had made
such headway that it was no
ticed by a passerby on the street
The building had been vacated
at 5 p.m., and a little later, the
watchman made his rounds. He
found no signs of fire.
At 6:30 that evening flames
were roaring through the four
story building, and fire compan
ies f r o m State College, Belle
fonte, and Tyrone, in addition to
students and townspeople, fought
the blaze.
But, the fire spread quickly,
Contributions Sought
For 'Mitten Tree'
Christmas trees will be, all
over campus after Thanksgiv
ing, but there will be a new
kind of "tree on display in Bur
rowes lobby on Dec. s—a mit
ten tree.
_ You can help decorate the
tree by knitting mittens fo r
some needy child. Any size or
color will do.
The Association for Child
hood International w ill for
ward the mittens to Friends
Service Committee for distri
bution in f or e ig n countries
and will distribute them in
Centre County also.
Ed Week
I n te rest
Increases
Wider student participation
and interest was evident in this
year's American Education week
than ever before, according to
Dr. Donald T. McGarey, associate
professor of education.
"I believe that through partici
pation in this week's program ed
ucation will be strengthened,"
McGarey said, adding this was
because students now realize
more fully the problems that ed
ucation must face.
In a summary of the week's
events, the education professor
said that there were good turn
outs for all events.
Alice Murray, a member. of
Future Teachers o f America,
talked to the State College Par
ent-Teachers Association Wed
nesday night on "What Our
Schools Are Doing Today."
Two radio skits were broadcast
over WMAJ Thursday evening.
"Education for Crisis," a five
minute program, was dramatized
by students.
The second program, original
ly scheduled fo r Wednesday
night, but broadcast• Thursday,
was a digest by Dr. McGarey of
Dr. Henry S. Commager's state
ment on "Our Schools Have
Served Us Well."
- .
The statement was published
last year in a special edition of
Life magazine. Its author is a'his
torian, lecturer, and author from
Columbia University.
Buildings
1918 Fire
By HELEN LUYBEN
and was helped by lack of water
pressure after the pumping ap
paratus in the building had been
ignited. The boilers which furn
ished heat and light for the entire
campus were destroyed.
Strong winds gave the 'fire a
Hollywood effect, and the situa
toil became dramatic indeed
when flying sparks began to
threaten near-by' homes and
buildings. Citizens used garden
hoses to protect their property.
Some hours later the flames
were finally brought under con
trol, but only after the building,
composed of brick and lumber
and having a frontage of 200 feet
and a depth of 400 feet, was re
duced to a charred shell.
A new power plant (the pre
sent one) was built, and several
structures along College avenue
were erected to replace the lost
property.
/•,.And that is how the present
'Temporary" engineering build
ings, got their name.
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Jobs -- DeMaiino
No
For
Students cannot be excused from classes to take vacation jobs
which begin before the official College holidays, the Dean of Men's
office announced yesterday.
Daniel A. DeMarino, assistant dean of men, explained that 'that
office has power to issue excuses only in cases of necessity or
emergency. If the office extended
excuses for reasons other than
these it would be usurping power
from the College calendar corn
mitee, he said.
The office has refused a large
number of students who re
quested excuses for an , extension
to the ThanksgiVing vacation.
Excuses Not Binding
DeMarino suggested that stu
dents who must leave campus
early to take holiday jobs inform
their instructors. If approached
in sufficient time, they may be
able to assign additional work
to replace the classes missed, 'he
said.
DeMarino explained also that
excuses from the dean of men's
office are not , necessarily bind
ing, and are only recommenda
tions to be accepted at the diS
cretion of the instructors.
Written Evidence Needed
In emergency cases involving
severe sickness or death, DeMar
ino said, the Dean of Men's office
sends a letter to the family not
ing that the student is being
excused from classes to return
home,
,In cases of necessity, such as
draft tests or job interviews, stu
dents must provide written evi
dence of the reason for missing
class, he said.
Excuses in inany‘ cases are is
sued independently of the Dean
of Men's office. •Classes missed
because of illness are excused by
the College •health service. The
College senate committee on ath
letics recommends excuses in
volving athletic trips. Classes
missed by claSs trips are excused
by the school's dean, and classes
missed while on trips sponsored
by campus organizations are ex
cused on recommendation of the
Senate committee on student wel
fare.
3 Alums Begin
Basic Training
Three Penn State graduates
have completed their processing
at the 2053rd Reception Center at
Fort Meade, Md., and have re
ceived assignments for Army
basic training. ,
Pvt. Charles A. Broalcmiller,
June graduate in chemical en
gineering, and Pvt. Clinton I.
Newman, , June graduate in ac
counting, have been assigned to
the Fifth. Infantry Division,
Indiantown Gap Military Reser
vation.
Pvt. David W. Christopher,
graduate in accounting, has been
assigned to the 101st 'Airborne
D,ivision, Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
.All three men will receive 16
weeks of basic military training
and will be instructed in funda
mental military subjects.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1951
Liston Pope
Will Deliver
Chapel Sermon
Dr. Liston Pope, dean of the'
Yale University • Divinity School,
will speak at 10:55 a.m. tomorrow
(
in Chapel o "The . Terrible
Choice" as p a
ii t
of the inter
collegiate collo y, "The LoyaltY
of Free Men,"l being held at the
College this week-end.
The Chapel choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Willa Taylor,
will sing "To Thee, Jehovah, Will
I Sing" (Bach), "0 Thou Eternal
One" (Delamarter) and "Cast Thy
Burden Upon the Lord" (Men
delssohn).
George Ceiga, Chapel organist,
will play "Prelude on a Gregorian
Tone" (Candlyn) as the prelude,
"Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen"
(Brahms) as the offertory, and
"FantaSia" (Bach) as the post
lude.
Phi Delta Theta will give the
Chapel flowers and members •of
this fraternity and Sigma Nu
will attend Chapel en masse.
UMW Representative
Michael Widman, international
representative _o f the .United
Mine Workers of America, will
speak on - labor relations to the
Mining Engineering Society at
7:30 p.m., Dec. 12 in 217 Willard.
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