Time Stimulates With Youth Artiele— See Page 4 VOL. 52, No. 49 Alphas Fight Through Smoke MEMBERS OF THE ALPHA FIRE CO. were driven back by clouds of dense smoke as they tried to enter the second floor of the blazing Gentzel Building yesterday. Students' apartments and the Crissman barber shop, in the foreground, were completely gutted by flames, and the Cash and Carry store beside it was damaged by smoke and water. Students' Apartments Destroyed by Blaze Student?' apartments were gutted and eight business establish ments damaged as flames fannned by a stiff wind sy.k6pt through the Gentzel building' at the corner of College avenue and Pigh street yesterday morning. Two pairs of fire-scarred shears were all that was salvaged from Jack Russo's barber shop, where the blaze began. Although the exact cause was not deter mined, a gas stove in the back room of the shop is believed to have exploded. The whole room was in flames before anyone no ticed the fire, Russo said. When heavy yellow smoke be gan pouring from the second floor of the Lion Studio and• Economy Store, three pajama -clad students who ha d apparently been sleeping were forced to flee their apartments. As smoke in the hallway prQvented their exits they smashed through windows and crawled onto first floor rooftops and down to the ground, with the aid of firemen. Many students who lived in the apartments returned at noon from 11 o'clock classes to find they had no chance to rescue their possessions. Some watched their belongings go up in smoke with resignation. Others took it lightly, sharing the viewpoint of one student, who said, "Look what I have to wear the rest of my life." One student who roomed above the. barber shop said he lost everything he had, "even the (Continued on page eight) AAUP OKs Anti-Loyalty Bill Petition A petition against the Pechan loyalty-oath bill has been en dorsed by the executive commit tee of the Penn State chapter of the American Association of Uni versity Professors. The petition was drafted at the University of Pennsylvania and is being circulated in 13 of the major colleges in Pennsylvania. Copies of the petition, which is 'directed to members of the State legislature, will be available un til noon on Tuesday, December 4, in the offices of the following members of the AAUP executive committee: R. Wallace Brewster, .Mary L. Dodds, Merwin W. Hum 'phrey, Corliss R. Kinney, Helen R. Leßaron, Bruce V. Moore, M. Nelson McGeary, Leland S. Rhodes, John A. Sauer, F. Bris coe Stephens, Robert L. Weber, and William L. Werner. Pennsylvania College for Worn en's Student Government Asso ciation also passed a resolution to, be sent to Harrisburg oppos ing the loyalty oath bill by a vote of 317 to 13. The attitude of the local chap ter of the AAUP toward the bill is expressed in the following wire which was sent to legislative leaders in September: "Members of- the Penn State chapter of the American Associ- (Continued on page eight) TODAY'S WEATHER COLD WITH SNOW FLURRIES Reading Hour ofsii ;Baitg. 4P R eading Tonight in Simmons— See Page 4 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By BETTIE LOUX Pre-Registering Hafts Classes Classes will be dismissed next Monday and. Tuesday to allow all students to complete first phase registration for the spring semes ter. The various College depart ments will designate the times that their students are to report to select their courses, C. 0. Wil liams, registrar, said yesterday. Students should report to their advisers and select courses for the spring semester at this time, Williams added. Time tables list ing courses to be offered next semester will go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday at the scheduling office in the basement of Willard Hall. The, price will be 15 cents. First phase schedules will be processed during the recess , be tween semesters. All schedule changes must: be made .thrbugh the board of control at the begin ning of ,next semester, Williams said.. - • 0 0 0 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1951 Scarcites Hin •er SU Construction Presidents Give Report On Finances The - presidents of Pennsyl vania's four major colleges have given a "progress report" on their current study of the state's fi nances, the Associated Press re ported yesterday. The four schools set up joint committees to study Pennsyl vania's fiscal situation last month at the request of ,CT'ov. John S. Fine. At that time, the committees indicated they would merely make a report of their findings but would not recommend any legislation. The Piesidents who conferred with the governor were Rufus H. Fitzgerald, the University of Pitts burgh; Robert L. Johnson, Temple University; Harold Stassen, the University of Pennsylvania; and Milton S. Eisenhower. Penn State. Johnson said a summary report would be given Governor Fine on Thursday and the complete report will be filed Dec. 10, the AP added. President Eisenhower and C. S. Wyand, assistant to the president, were' not available yes . - terday for comment on the progress report. Experts attending- the confer ence were Randall, S. Stout, pro fessor of economics at the Col lege; Robert I. Matteson, Penn: Russell H. Mack, Temple; and Robert C. Brown, Pitt. Faculty Directories On Sale in Willard Copies of the Faculty and Staff Directory are on sale in 4 Willard Hall, according to A. W. Stewart, assistant regis trar. He also said that copies of the directory have been dis tributed to campus offices. Stewart said that a limited number of student directories can be obtained at 4 Willard Hall for 35 cents apiece. J• nston Plans Return to Films ' When Eric Johnston speaks to the Community Forum audience tomorrow night it will be a matter of two days before he leaves his government post or Economic Stabilizer and returns to the motion picture world. Johnston, who had obtained a nine-month leave of absence from his job as president of the Motion Picture Association, sent President Truman notice in Sep-' tember of his desire to leave the government position. When diffi culty was met in finding a suc cessor, he agreed to stay on for a few weeks, but Nov. 15 he sub mitted his' resignation. He wrote that as a private citizen he would "continue to do'] everything within my power to promote a national policy to pre vent inflation. No military de fenie can be any stronger than the economy which sustains it." When Johnston took over the Economic Stabilization Agency last January, Time magazine called it "a job guaranteed in advance to turn all 'but the most surefooted administrator into the most unpopular man in the U.S." In spite of the fact that this was the movie magnate's first government position, President Truman drafted an executive or der giving him far-reaching pow ers. His author* extended not only to decisions c.o nc er n in g! prices and wages, but to policy onj The availability of critical materials in 1952 will determine whether the National Production Authority will authorize the start of construction of the Student Union building at the College next year, S. K. Hostetter, comptroller, said yesterday. Plans for the building were first submitted to the Board of Trustees of the College in June 1950, and the board at that time approved the plans in principle. A recommendation of All-College Cabinet for a student fee of $7.50 and $lO per semester to aid in financing the construction and maintaining the building also was approved by the board. Since that action wa s taken, government restrictionsnecessi tated by the national defense program have delayed the start of actual construction, but the architectural firm of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, and Larson, of Philadelphia, has been instructed to go ahead with the final draw ings. No Priority with Order M-4 Walter H. Wiegand, director of the department of physical plant, 'explained yesterday that applica tion for permission to proceed with the project was first made in March 1951 to the NPA. At that time Order M-4 of the auth ority prohibited construction of recreation buildings, athletic buildings, dance halls, night clubs, and similar structures. The College was advised that the start of construction of the building was not prohibited by Order M-4 but it was pointed out that exemption of this ,building from Order M-4 did not carry with it any priority for obtain ing construction materials. , Following this decision; dated April 27, 1951, Order M-4 was amended to prohibit all new con struction of school, college, or library buildings requiring more than two tons of steel or 200 pounds of copp e r, unless the prime contractor receives an authorized construction schedule and allotment of materials. 96,296 Tons of Steel Allocated A request for permission to start construction of the Student Union building and an applica tion to obtain an allotment of controlled materials were then filed with the NPA. To date this request has not been granted be cause the limited amount of criti cal materials available for school and college buildings has gone first to projects already under (Continued 'on page eight) rents, credit controls,' and tax ation, as well. His first move was to invoke the over-all freeze of wages and prices. The negotiation of an agree ment with organized labor which permitted the re-establishment of the Wage Stabilization Board as a three-sided labor-management public panel was his major suc cessful task. This was made nee:- essary by labor's decision to withdraw its members from all the mobilization agencies in pro test against what union 'leaders called "Big Business" domination of the defense effort. Th e dynamic manufacturer, who has ,built four businesses of his own in the Pacific Northwest, is no stranger to the capital. He is the youngest man ever to be elected president of the U.S. Chamber of• Commerce. He served on many government commissions and boards during World. War 11, (Continued. on• page eight) PRICE FIVE CENTS Taverns To Enforce Drink Ban St at e and local ordinances against the use of alcoholic bev erages by minors will be strictly enforced, a group of State College tavern owners warned yesterday. "The days when a minor could lie for a drink, or for a 'frame-up,' without any penalty for such act; are over in State College," the merchants said. The age card lender and the minor are breaking both state and borough laws when they aid or attempt to purchase intoxi cants, the group pointed out. No Minors on Premises Act 375, section 675 of the Penal Code states that it is un lawful for any person under the age of 21 ,to represent . himself falsely in an attempt to procure intoxicating liquors, and that he is 'liable to a fine or imprison ment or both. In addition, section 676 of the same act states that "'Whoever knowingly, w i if u 11 y, and falsely represents to any li censed dealer or other persons, any minor to be of full age, for the purpose of inducing any such licensed dealer or other persons, to sell or furnish any intoxicat ing liquors to said minor, is guilty of a misdemeanor," and is likewise subject to fine, imprison ment, or both. To Report Offenders State College Borough Ordi nance 358 states in effect that it is unlawful for a minor. to at tempt to procure any malt or al coholic beverage on• the premises of an establishment licensed to sell such beverages, even to en ter such an establishment with-, out a parent or guardian before 7 p.m., or to be served any alco holic beverage by an adult. Breaking any of these laws may subject the offender to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $lOO for each violation. - - . The tap room owners said that they are not interested in selling intoxicants to minors, and that they will not hesitate to report all offenders. Today... N 4 `;t‘.\'',-,..\---- ' s4 A tl e , • ,‘ 4 \•:3' • The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the students who not only made the best of a bad situation Sunday night on the ice-bound State College-Lewistown high way, but eliminated the situation by using the Nittany Lion push in getting the stranded automo biles across the mountain. Almost 300 cars found it im possible to make the grade with out their aid, and the old Lion offers a warm, comfortable roar from his den where he spends his time during these cold, cold days.
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