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    Students Gang Up
On Easy Profs—
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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
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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
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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
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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.