Students Gang Up On Easy Profs— See Page 4 VOL. 52, No. 59 Bitter Fight Los s Over Loyalty Bill HARRISBURG, Dec. .10—(1P)—A bitter fight shaped up today over final passage of a long-disputed bill requiring loyalty oaths by public employes in Pennsylvania. Forces favoring and opposing the bill planned mass meetings in Harrisburg tomorrow on the measure. The bill, which would require anti-communist vows by all Blood Drive Still Needs 45 Donors Forty-five donors are still needed for the blood drive exten sion to be held tomorrow and Thursday at the Refor m e d Church, blood drive officials said yesterday. A Red Cross unit from Johns town will be at the church, across College avenue from Atherton Hall, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on those days to secure 338 pints of blood. The drive extension was estab lished to handle the overflow of donors from last month's blood drive at the TUB. A second drive for 140 donors began last week when there we r e not enough student pledges to fill a two-day quota. Members of the 112th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, recently activated unit composed of students, ex-faculty members, and local citizens, have pledged 40 pints of blood to the drive. Officials said those over 21 who have not pledged but wish to donate may do so by merely walking into the unit sometime Thursday. Wednesday's schedule is full. Drive leaders said pledges came in slowly and in small groups. Pledge forms may be secured at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Trustees Grant Year Leaves Five faculty members have been granted leaves of absence, aft e r approval at a weekend meeting of the Board of Trus tees, President Milton S. Eisen hower announced today. Those granted the leave are Dr. Albert F. Buffington, profes sor of German, Feb. 1 to June 30, 1952; Dr. Eugene T. McDonald, professor of speech and director of the Speech and Hearing •Clinic, and Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran, pro fessor of journalism, July 1, 1952, to Jan. 31, 1953; Dr. Calvert C. Wright, professor of fuel tech nology, Feb. 1, 1952, to July 31, 1953; and Dr. Randall S. Stout, associate professor of public fi nance, Feb. 1, 1952, to Jan. 31, 1953. Dr. Buffington will remain in Pennsylvania to complete work on Pennsylvania German gram mar, and plans to collect folklore and folk songs about the Penn sylvania Germans in the middle Susquehanna area. Dr. Mahuran will travel to Europe where he plans to study German news papers and , the German printing industry, Dr. Stout will serve as a tax consultant for the state of Illi nois. Dr Wright will do traveling and writing during his leave, and Dr. McDonald will study. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY AND COLDER public workers in the state, in cluding school teachers and elect ed officials, is in position in the House for a final vote this week. It has already been approved by the Senate. Backed by Vets A House Republican leader said meanwhile that the bill probably would be .mended again before it is brought to a vote. The bill is backed by state vet erans organizations and has the support of Gov. John S. Fine. It is strongly opposed by various college organizations, civil rights groups and the state AFL and CIO. A delegation of professors rep resenting 15 Pennsylvania col leges and universities visited the governor today to urge him to veto the bill if it clears the House. Details of Charges Fine told the group howeVer that he is in favor of the bill and intends to sign it if it reaches his desk. One amendment scheduled to be inserted in the measure would require that appointing authori ties inform persons charged with subversion of all details of the charges. The bill presently leaves to the discretion of the appointing authority whether it shall make known the charges fully. Another amendment would broaden hearings into dismissal of pers9ns charged with disloyalty by permitting examination and cross examination of the accused and the accuser. PSCA to Hear Recorded Ta Iks Recordings of Richardson Dil worth's speech, "Individual Rights in a Free Society," given at the recent colloquy, "The Loyalty of Free Men" will be played at the Penn State Christian Association coffee-orum at 4 today in the Thompson Hall recreation room. This is the first of a series of such discussion groups. In future weeks the other seven colloquy speakers will be heard and dis cussed one by one. The recordings will be played until one of the listeners hears something he wishes to discuss. Then the recording machine will be stopped and discussion will proceed. When discussion ends, the speech will continue. The discussion is open to all students on campus. The Mitten Tree THE DECORATIONS on this tree won't be packed- away after Christmas—the decorations are mittens and will be distributed to needy children by Association of Child'o:d Education Inter natlonal. The tree is standing in the Pattee Library's circulation room. FOR A BETTER PENN SP ATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1951 44. 7 4 ;i'x' , .. • rus ee A I rou • A;4l‘ , • A' • - 6 "14 z 4.1 S C h , • iarship Clothing Drive Set For Today A drive to collect clothing for displaced persons in Korea begins on campus today and will con tinue until Saturday. The drive, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, service honorary, Hat Society Council, and the Penn State Christian Association, was slated to begin yesterday. How ever, the sacks promised the drive committee by last Satur d a y, failed to arrive until yesterday. The sacks are being given the committee for use in the drive by the New Windsor, Md., branch of the American relief for Korea committee. Some of the bags were distri buted to dormitory units and fra ternity houses yesterday and the remainder will be placed today. Posters near the bags will indi cate their purpose. i Boxes at College Sportswear, Inc., will receive contributions of town students. Co-chairmen for the drive on campus are William Slepin, APO, Nancy McClain, Hat Society Co unc i 1, and Jean Lathlaen, PSCA. The committee has asked that each dormitory unit and frater nity house name one person to be in charge of the drive there.l These names will be sent to the PSCA office, 304 Old Main. This clothing drive is one of a series of drives being conducted throughout the United States for Korean relief. National chairman of American relief for Korea is Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Women's Scholarship Newly Established A scholarship for women stu dents has been established at the college by The Hawley Woman's Club of Hawley, Pa., President Milton S. Eisenhower said today. The scholarship, as approved by the Board of Trustees on Fri day night, amounts to $lOO per year, and will be awarded on the recommendation of the Dean of Women. The award is available to wo men students who are in need of financial assistance and are pref erably residents of Hawley, or residents of Wayne County. t 4 p L, F a 3 N ,oo ee o i f y oo ou K r or Help--ean s See Page 4 All-College Cabinet's proposal that a Penn State student schol arship fund to be supported and maintained by students and student organizations be established at the College, was approved Sunday at the meeting of the executive committee of the College board of trustees. In other action, the executive committe referred a request for a change in Book Exchange op eration to the special committee on the exchange for study, and tabled a recommendation by cab inet to increase student repre sentation on the Athletic Advis ory Board. Although it was known that the trustees discussed the pro posed Student Union building, no statement was made on the SU following the meeting. It wa:. in dicated, however, from a reliable source that a statement would be forthcoming sometime this week. The student scholarship pro ject was started by cabinet on Nov. 1 when it voted to con tribute $lOOO toward the estab lishment of the scholarship. Provisions Cabinet expressed the hope that the fund will be enlarged by contributions from cabinet itself, from students and student groups, by contributions to the College under provisions that will per mit the money to be credited to the fund, and from repayment of funds by students who bene fit from the fund. Repayments, however, would not be a require ment of those who receive the scholarship. Scholarship provisions make it available to regular four-year students who have completed at least one semester of work with a 1.5 average. Preference will al (Continued or page eight) Talent Show To Be Given By Barons The second annual "Splinter ville Review," talent show for Nittany-Pollock men, will begin at 7:30 tonight in the TUB. The show, sponsored by the Barons, social organization for the area, will feature 11 different acts including singing, dancing, comedy, and magic. The singing program includes a "pop" vocalist, a Frankie Leine novelty act, and a vocal septette. A Schuhplattler, or combina tion dance, will be performed for the dancing program. The comedy will be presented in two skits, "A Typical Saturday Night in Acetone Hall" and "A Scene from Nittany Dining Hall." lyric tenor, a hillbilly vocalist, a Hall." Other a c ts include a concert pianist and a magic show. Music will be supplied by an 18 piece orchestra directed by Jack Hu-1 ber. The show is open to the public, according to co-chairmen John no admission will be charged, do nations will be collected during the show. Money collected will be used to help pay for the Bar ons' Christmas party for Wind crest children. Fraternities Will Not Show Uniform Displays There will be no uniform ar rangement for fraternity Christ mas lawn displays this year. According to Stan Wengert, In terfraternity Council president, a large majority of the fraternities objected to the lawn displays be cause no one would be in the houses to g day d them against vandalism during the Christmas vacation. They also felt that the displays would not stand up un der extreme weather conditions unless large amounts of money were spent on materials, he said. PRICE FIVE CENTS :Di ebaters II xcellent' At Pitt Meet For the second consecutive year all four members of the men's de bate team received "excellent" ratings at the University of Pitts burgh Cross-Examination Tour nament this weekend. Mary Jane Kelley, on the women's affirma tive team, also won a rating of "excellent." Fourteen colleges and 20 teams from Ohio, Pennsylvania, an d West Virginia were represented at the annual tournament, where each individual speaker is rated on his ability by his opponents. Those with a numerical score over 70 are rated "good"; over 80 "excellent", and over 90 "su perior." No superior ratings were earned this year. Robert Matasick, with a score. of 85.5, was rated third out of 80 speakers. Eugene Kolber, who argued affirmative with Mata sick, was rated 84.5. Sanford Hertz and Jay Headly, the nega tive team, both earned scores of 82.5. Mary Jane Kelley, a newcomer to the women's squad, received a rating of 80.5. Her teammate Nancy Nelsen, also a novice, was rated 79.5, "good," and the af firmative team as a whole re ceived an "excellent" rating. The negative team of Peggy Fahringer, who argued at last year's tournament, and Barbara Menapace, was rated "good." Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, of the Speech department, who accom panied the men's team, said, "This tournament is unusual in that the debaters evaluate one another. Skill in human relations as well as in argumentation is necessary to win a good rating." The topic was this year's na tional intercollegiate question, Resolved: That the United States should adopt a permanent pro gram of wage and price control. Piayers' Ad Grro,:p To Have Workshop As a part of the Penn State Players' workshop meetings held this week, the advertising work shop group will meet at 8 tonight in the loft of Schwab Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting is to instruct in principles and meth ods of advertising to persons in terested in Players' advertising or those who want to do adver tising work for future Players' productions. Last night Players' workshop opened with a session dealing with specific crew work, integra tion of crews into a production set-up, and actual planning and producing of plays in theory. Fire Fund Proceeds The proceeds of the fund be ing jointly collected by the Ass o ciation of Independent Men, Panhellenic Council, Leonides, an d Interfraternity Council, are to be turned in to the Student Union desk in Old Main, according to Mar vin Krasnansky, Daily Colle gian editor. The purpose of the fund is to aid the students who were victims of the Gentzel Build ing fire.
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