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VOL. 52, No. 58
U.S. Atom Weapons
DeterWar—Glennan
American possession of atomic weapons is one of the strongest
deterrents against the outbreak of a world war, Dr. T. Keith Glen
nan, a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, said in yesterday's
senior engineering lecture.
Dr. Glennan termed American usage of the weapon as "passive."
Mere .possession of atomic bombs
and weapons is sufficient to dis
courage any full scale aggres
sion, he said.
He cautioned that if we were
to use atomic weapons in the Ko
rean conflict, we would have to
be prepared to carry on a world
conflagratiOn which th e action
would surely precipitate.
Dr. Glennan described our atomic
setup by comparing, it to a pri
vate industry. Th e five-man
Atomic Energy Commission acts
as a board of directors coordinat
ing the work of all the private
industries involved in atomic re
search, he said. General mana
gers and their assistants are di
rectly under the board and sup
ervise the operations of some 600
private corporations scattered
throughout the nation doing the
actual work. The commission
acts as a policy making and plan
ning organization to bring about
the necessary ends for national
security an d development, • Dr.
Glennan added.
The bulk of uranium used is
imp ort e d from abroad, with
about 50 per cent coming from
the Belgian. Congo, he said, add
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118 Students
To Take Test
For Deferment
One hundred and eighteen Penn
State students will take the fifth
national student draft deferment
test at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in 121
Sparks, Dr. Hugh M. Davison, in
charge of testings said yesterday.
Students who pass the" test may
request a 2 A(S)" draft deferment
from their local board, H. K. Wil
son, dean of men, added..
Although passing the test does
not assure the student of a defer
ment. Dean Wilson said most lo
cal boards were complying with
the request to use them as a basis
for deferment. •High scholastic
standing may also defer students,
he said.
Dr. Davison said those taking
the test should bring their notice
of classification, form 110, their
selective service identification
card, form 391, and their test
ticket of admission.
The next deferment test will be
given April 24, 1952. The dead
line for applications for that test
is March 10 of next year. The
deadline for Thursday's test was
Nov. 5.
Students wishing to• take the
test must request deferment as a
student, be enrolled in a full-time
course of study, and must not
have taken the test before, Dean
Wilson said.
8174 Have Comfilleted
Spring Pre-Registration
The Registrar's office 'revealed
Yesterday that over 8174 under
graduates have completed first
phase registration.
According to A. W. Stewart, as
sistant registrar, all pre-registra
tion, cards have not yet been re
ceived and tabulated by the of
fice. He added, however, that the
figure was "almost complete:l
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE •
By ARNIE BLOOM
Reservists
To Donate to
Blood Drive
About 40 members of the .112th
Aircraft and Warning Squadron,
recently activated Air Force Re
serve unit composed of students,
ex-faculty members, and local
citizens, plan to pledge blood to
the current blood drive exten
sion, drive officials said yester
day. • '
Blood drive leaders said only
six pledge forms to donate blood
in next week's drive extension
have been turned in by students.
The drive extension, with a
pledge goal of 140, ends at 4 p.m.
Monday.
A Red Cross blood unit from
Johnstown will be at the Re
formed Church, across College
.avenue from Atherton Hall, to se
cure the blood donations on Wed
nesday 'and Thursday.
Oyer 230 students who pledged
blood in last month's drive, but
were not .scheduled due
. to time
limits; 'will receive appointments
for this drive extension. Last
month, 987 pints of blood were
secured on campus.
Pledge forms may be secured
at the TUB, West Dorm main
lounge, and the Student Union
desk in Old Main. They must be
returned by Monday to the Stu
dent Union desk, drive leaders
said.
Members of Alpha Phi Omega,
national service fraternity, will
assist in setting up and taking
down the Red Cross unit.
AIM to Hold
Fire Benefit
Dance Tonight
Th e Association of • Indepen
dent Men will sponsor a benefit
dance from 8 to 12 tonight in the
West Dorm lounge for the bene
fit of victims• of th e Gentzel
Building fire.
Dick Marsh's orchestra will
provide music.
The 'Dean of Men's office an
nounced that nearly all of the
19 students who were affected by
the fire had filed itemized lists
of their losses.
Daniel A. DeMarino, assistant
dean of men, said the deadline
for the lists is noon today, and
he emphasized that it will be im
possible to aid any student un
less he registers in the dean of
men's office.
The All-College committee - set
up to channel aid to the fire vic
tims will go over the lists Mon
day.
Several State College mer
chants have signified a desire to
help the students, but are await
ing the committee's report in or
der that the aid can be given
fairly.
A fund is also being jointly
collected by the Association of
Independent Me n , Pinhellenic
council, Leonides, and Interfrat
ernity Council.
Marvin Krasnansky, chairman.
Of the cabinet committee, asked
those persons collecting for this
fund to 'turn the proceeds in at
the Student Union desk in Old
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1951
Hannah Suggests Courses
To Stimulate Thinking
Faculty-Trustee Dinner
JOHN S. HANNAH, president of Michigan State College, (cen
ter) called for a revision of courses of study in • land-grant
colleges in order to include some designed to train the student to
think at a faculty-trustee dinner last night in the Nittany Lion Inn.
Penn State President Milton S. Eisenhower is at left. At right is
M. N. McGeary, instructor and fOrmer head of the Political Science
Department.
Set for Wednesday
Final tryouts for students who
would like to be Frothy, the Penn
State Froth's jester, have been
changed to 7 p.m. next - Wednes
day, instead of Thursday, as
was previously announced. Try
outs will take place in 110 Elec
trical Engineering Building.
-At that time the fifteen final
ists, who will be chosen from ap
plicants for the Frothy position,
will be judged by a panel of five
judges.
Alex Gregal, the Nittany Lion,
who appeared at t football games
this year, will be present in full)
costume to judge and work with
contestants. Other judges include
Eugene Wettstone, head gymnas
tics coach; Ron Bonn, Froth edi
tor; Anne Hibbs, Froth promotion
manager; and Thomas Hanna,
head cheerleader.
Applications containing name,
semester, college address, and
tumbling, cheerleading, and dra
matic experience should be filled
out and returned by Monday
noon to the Student Union desk
in Old Main, the main desk in the
West Dorm lobby, or to Ron
Bonn. •
Students who are selected on
the basis of information con
tained on the forms will be con
tacted by members of the Froth
staff, and will be. instructed for
the final judging.
Hepler Services
Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for Thomas
Hepler, 19 - year - old sophomore
who was found dead in his room
yesterday from an overdose of
sleeping pills, will be held at the
W. Edward Flick Funeral Home
in Tarentum at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Burial will be at the Mt. Airy
Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
Hepler, an honor student on a
state scholarship, was found dead
by his roommate, Howard Sloth-.
ower, a freshman, when the lat
ter returned from an 8 o'clock
class.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hepler, of
Brackenridge, a n d two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Lou Hall, of Verona,
and Mrs. Hannah Ekas. of 'Laren-
Final Judging
For Froth Jester
Cloth
ing
Drive Starts
On Monday
Alpha Phi Omega, service hon
orary, and several hat societies
will 'distribute containers to - dor
mitories and fraternities today
for the Korean clothing drive.
The clothing drive officially be
gins Monday. It is being spon
sored on campus by APO, Hat So
ciety Council, and the Penn State
Christian Association.
In addition to placing sacks on
each floor of the campus dormi
tories and in each fraternity
house, some will be left at Col
lege Sportswear, Inc., where
town students may place their
contributions.
Each dormitory unit and fra
ternity president has been asked
by the committee in charge of the
drive to appoint a representative
in his living unit to be in charge
of collections there. The names of
these representatives should be
sent to the PSCA office, 304 Old
Main, Jean Lathlaen, PSCA rep
resentative and co-chairman \of
the clothing drive committee
said. Other co-chairmen of the
drive are Nancy McClain, repre
senting Hat Society Council, and
William Slepin, APO.
Foreign Tours
Are Announced
Four tours to Europe will com
prise the 1952 Student Tour Pro
gram of the National Newman
Club Federation and the National
Federation of Catholic College
Students.
The tours will be of 21, 31, 33,
and 43 days duration and will
leave from New York June 17,
July 9, and August 6, respective
ly.
Members will visit Ireland,
-England, France, Italy, Switzer
land, and Spain. Trips to places
of importance will include a visit
to the Vatican and an audience
with the Pope. Tour rates are
$552. •
A special six-day tour of
Canada sponsored by the same
groups will begin in Montreal on
August 20 and end on August 26
in time for the opening of the
Pax Romana Congress
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Dr. John A. Hannah, president
of Michigan State College, last
night called for a "revision of
the courses of study traditionally
taught in our land-grant colleges
in order to include some de
signed to train students to think."
Dr. Hannah spoke before the
third annual faculty-trustee din
ner at the ‘Nittany Lion Inn.
The college program should in
clude courses that would stimu
late the inner spirits of students
so as ,to "make them whole men
and whole women, rather than
efficient instruments attuned to
perform mechanical functions in
making adequate livings, but
f ailur es at making lives," he
said.
Technical Training Needed
He indicated he was not advo
cating the liberal arts for every
one, because "one must be alive
to enjoy life, and most of us have
to earn a living to stay alive."
"On the other hand," Dr. Han
nah said, "students under ou r
guldance must be taught some
things in addition to mere com
petence in performing technical
functions of their professions."
Dr. Hannah said education for
the world of tomorrow must in
clude a full share of technical
training for young men and wo
men and recalled that there
never has been a true surplus of
trained technical intelligence.
But he said also that greater em
phasis must be placed on the
training of people for effective
citizenship.
Voted Broad Education
Anoti e r objective was de
scribed as "the general respect
for the moral law, obedience to
just laws made by man for his
own government, and that uni
versal selflessness which is the
only sure foundation for lasting
peace and the brotherhood of
man."
Th e founders of the Merrill
Land-Grant Act of 1862 under
stood "that trained men would
be better than machines if
they possessed manual and men
tal skills and nothing else," he
continued. "They voted for a
broad education, and we would
be wise to listen to . their voices
even in this modern day," Han
nah said.
'Old Plans Are
Lost' Will Be
Chapel Topic
Dr. James M. Barnett, minister
of the Bellevue Presbyterian
Church, Pittsburgh, will speak
on "Old Plans Are Lost" in
Chapel at 10:55 a.m. tomorrow.
The Chapel choir will sing
"Now Let All the Heavens Adore
Thee" and "All Men Now Sing,
Rejoice," by Bach and "Let All
Mortal' Flesh Keep Silence," an
Old French melody.
A native of New Bloomfield,
Pa., Dr. Barnett was graduated
from Beaver Falls High School.
He received his A.B. degree from
the University of Pittsburgh, his
Th.B. from Princeton Theologi
cal Seminary, his M.A. fro m•
Princeton University, and his D.
D. from Grove City College.
Before filling his present pas
torate, Dr. Barnett served the
Towson Presbyterian Church, the
First Presbyterian Church, Mon
aca, Pa., and the First Presby
terian Church, Grove City, Pa.
Business Honorary
Initiates 9 Members
Delta Sigma Pi, professional
business fraternity, has initiated
nine new members.
They are Michael Chaffier,
Donald Fields, Joseph Gronick,
Charles Heidel, David Kennaday,
Reaves Lukens, William Ray,
Joysephder. Rostich, and Roclerick
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