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VOL. 52, No. 64
Clothing
Drive Nets
1200 Pounds
Approximately 1200 pounds of
clothing wer e collected in the
Korean clothing drive held last
week.
The drive was "extremely suc
cessful," according to Lut h e r
Harshbarger, executive secretary
of the Penn State Christian As
sociation. The results were any
one had hoped for, he said, and
he and the co-chairmen of the
drive were well pleased.
The drive was sponsored by
Alpha Phi Omega, service hon
orary, Hat Society Council and
the PSCA. Co-chairmen of the
drive were William Slepin, Nan
cy McClain, and Jean Lathlaen.
The women's dormitories do
nated more clothing than any
other group. Miss McClain was
in charge of the women's contri
butions.
Members of APO and several
hat societies spent time Saturday
and Monday collecting clothing
from all the dormitories and frat
ernities where bags had been left
last Tuesday. The clothing is now
at the Penn State Christian As
sociation and the Wesley Founda
tion. A Church Wor Id Service
truck from the American Relief
for Korea center, New Windsor,
Md., will visit these points Thurs
day to pick up the clothing.
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R - duced Price
Train Tickets
Thirty two students have pur
chased round-trip train tickets to
Philadelphia at 28 per cent stu
dent discount, Edward Shanken,
chairman of the student trans
portation committee, announced
yesterday.
Students who have paid for the
trip are to pick up their tickets
at the Student Union desk, Shan
ken said. There is a blanket
ticket for the group's transporta
tion to Philadelphia, in charge of
Harry Sawyer. Students will re
ceive individual tickets to be
used until midnight Jan. 3 for the
return trip.
Shanken said that the students
are scheduled to leave tomorrow
on the 5:55 eastbound train from
Lewistown. He also said that con
nections could be made to Lewis
town on the 4:30 bus leaving
State College from the Corner
Room.
$3.38 was saved on each round
trip ticket to Philadelphia, Shan
ken said, with $108.16 saved
through the entire program.
Of the 32 students using the
student train rates, 16 are going
to Philadelphia, ten to New York,
two to Newark, and four to Tren
ton.
Winter Jobs Now
Open for Students
With . snow here the student
employment office is now' turn
ing its search to students to fill
winter chores.
Requests for students to care
for houses during the holidays
are slow coining in but there will
probably be several openings in
this line in a few days, according
to Shirley Smith, assistant in the
student employment office.
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Winning Widow Display
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PICTURED ABOVE is one of the winning Christmas displays in
the West Dorm contest held Saturday. It was designed by freshmen
Patricia Beahan and Mary Bolich of Thompson Hall. See story on
page eight for other contest winners.
Maloney Advises
February Grads i
If you are a February graduate
looking for a job, an application
may mean the difference between
success and failure to you.
According to Richard Maloney,
administration assistant to th e
President's office, many job ap
plications are rejected each year
because students fail to complete
application blanks, or include
poor pictures.
Maloney, who served on the
naval selection committee for
Pennsylvania, said that a student
has an advantage over other job
hunters of the same calibre if
his application is neat and com
plete.
"Many students submit vaca
tion snapshots of themselves in
sloppy clothes," Maloney said
"They don't realize that a good
photograph goes a long way
toward making a good first im
pression."
• Maloney said that applicants
fail to include all possible infor
mation about extra activities or
talents, thinking they aren't of
interest to a prospective boss.
Employers are looking for peo
ple with something besides tech
nical ability, he said.
Seldom Hey:, rd
Story Given
By LIX NEWELL
Little known is the story of
"The Other Wise Man" who tried
in vain to find the "King of the
Jews" from the day of Jesus'
birth to the day of his crucifixion.
Arriving just too late at each
of the stopping places of Jesus,
the other wise man tarried Nat
each of them to help those who
were ill, needy, or in trouble.
During the years he gave all
the gifts he had intended for
Jesus to these people and felt
that he was unworthy to even
see the King let alone be admitted
to the Kingdom of Heaven.
On the day of his death, the
other wise man heard the voice
of God commend him for hi s
wonderful deeds and accept him
into the Kingdom of God.
This story was produced over
station WMAJ last night as an
original adaption of the short
story "The Other Wise Man," by
Henry Van Dyke. It was adapted
for radio by John Price and Rich
ard Andersen who also co-pro
duced the show. Price directed
the show.
Members of the cast include
Robert Reifsneider, William Sul
livan, Ed Girod, Mesrop Kesde
kian, Lee Stern, Ja y Murphy.
Ivan Ladizinsky, P et e r Farrell,
Gordon Greer, Mary Alice Hodg
son, Mary Kozelnicky, Joada Os
walt, and Nancy Leutzel.
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FOR A
STATE COLLEGE PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1951
Pollock Circle
Votes Against
SU Assessment
About 51 per cent of the 563
students polled in Pollock Circle
voted against continuance of the
Student Union fee 'until con
struction is started."
In the poll conducted by Joseph
Haines, president of Pollock Cir
cle, and Alan Maloney, secretary,
and conducted by the dorm presi
dents, students were asked, "Are
you in favor of the continuance
of the Student Union fee?"
The five ways in which they
could answer were "yes," "yes, if
at a reduced rate;" "no," "not un
til construction starts," or "no
opinion."
Eighty-one answered yes; 87,
yes, if at a reduced rate; 86, no;
289, not until construction starts;
and 20, no opinion.
In the two days the poll was
conducted, pollers reached 563 of
the 660 residents of the area.
About 50 of the residents are
graduate students, according to
Maloney.
Last Collegian Today
This is the last pre-Christ
mas issue of the Daily Colle
gian. Publication will resume
Jan. 4.
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HARRISBURG, Dec. I7—(AP)—A showdown on the controversial
loyalty oath bill was put off again in the House tonight when a
six-man bi-partisan committee failed to reach agreement on pro
posed changes in the bill.
Rep. Albert G. Readinger (D-Berks), a member of the committee,
said the group "i,s near agreement
but still not all the way there.
We're• meeting later tonight and
again tomorrow morning. By
then we will either have agreed
completely or disagreed corn
-'etely."
The Senate-passed measur e
would require a I government
employes—including teachers—to
take an oath that they are not
subversives or members of sub
versive organizations.
It has drawn fire from teachers'
groups and labor unions but has
the backing of veterans' organi
-ntions.
The center of the dispute right
no w , according to committee
members, is a section of the bill
which would allow disnharge of
employes on ground of "reason-
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The Associated Press yesterday reported snow changing
to freezing rain late this afternoon and a low of from ten to
15 degrees as today's weather in the first real cold wave to
hi t the state this winter. College weather station officials
predicted several inches of snow here - this afternoon.
Meanwhile, State Police at
Pleasant Gap said all main roads
in the state are open and may
be traveled, but added "extreme
caution" must be exercised.
Police said most roads all over
the state are hard-packed with
snow and sprinkled with icy
spots. The Pennsylvania turnpike
is in similar condition. It was an
ticipated that this afternoon's
predicted snow may complicate
-..oad conditions.
Topic of Day
The first sub-zero weather of
the winter hit State College over
the weekend, the mercury falling
to two degrees below zero yes
terday morning, breaking a 25
year-old record at the College
weather , station. It was the cold
est early December weather since
1926, John Sherrod, station
spokesman reported.
Thc.. , weather changed from a
last resort conversation to the
topic of the day as students
walked to classes, many wonder
ing if road conditions would al
low them to get home for the
Christmas holidays.
Reports from weather stations
near State College indicated tem
peratures as low as 24 degrees
below ze r o yesterday morning.
Winter put the cold freeze on
the rest of the state as the mer
cury dropped to 25 degrees be
low zero in Venango County and
an unofficial 18 below zero near
Tarentum. Charles Hosier of the
College bureau said this type of
weather condition allows for a
wide variance in temperatures
over a short distance.
12 Degrees High
Six inches of snow fell on the
campus over the weekend. The
snow changed to sleet Friday
night and sleet and rain fell un
til 4 a.m. Saturday. Snow flurries
fell here Saturday.
Yesterday's high temperature
on campus was 12 degrees, the
College weather station reported.
Saturday th e mercury hovered
between 26 and 14 degrees. Tern
epratures ranged between nine
and three degrees Sunday. The
highest temperature recorded
since the snow began falling Fri
day was 36 degrees Friday night.
Icy roads and streets across
the state slowed traffic and scores
of persons have been injured in
automobile accidents, fight ing
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able doubt as to their loyalty."
Democrats claim th e section
should be stricken from the bill
completely. Republicans want to
amend the bill to allow authori
ties hiring government employes
the right to refuse employment
on grounds of reasonable doubt.
The Republicans at the same
time would take out the section
of the bill allowing discharge of
pen - ons now employed on grounds
of reasonable doubt.
"The section should be stricken
completely," Readinger said. "be
=use it could be set up as a
weapon to force persons to be
lieve in a certain political party's
orinciples, or at least say he be
lieves in them."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Mark Rep kw its
ayTraffic
Is Successful
The two-way traffic plan ft
Shortlidge road has been workin&
Captain Philip Mark, head of the
campus patrol, reported yester
day.
Traffic problems have improved
in the last three weeks, Mark said.
However, there is still a parking
problem.
Though 2192 students have reg
,stered cars on campus, less than
ten per cent of them are violators,
Mark said.
Plans are being made to put up
an overhead spotlight similar to
the one at Burrowes and Pollock
roads, at Shortlidge and Pollock
roads, Mark said.
The department of physical
plant, he said, is initiating a pro
gram to get men working about
4 or 4:30 a.m. when there is heavy
snow, and at 7 a.m. when icy
roads need ashes.
"This action," Mark said.
"should reduce the number of
accidents caused b y slippery
pavements."
An especially dangerous inter
section, Mark said, is Pollock-
Shortlidge roads. He said that foot
traffic is extremely heavy there,
and students show little regard
for moving cars even when the
officer has given them the right
of way.
Mark complimented car drivers
on the whole for being "on the
ball" when the situation demands.
Former Professor
Dies in Homeland
After Retirement
Dr. John Baptist Cloppet, for
mer professor of Romance lan
guages at the College, died Oct. 21
in Paris, it was learned here yes
terday.
Dr. Cloppet left State College
for his native France upon his re
tirement June 30. No details con
cerning his death were available.
Born July 12, 1886, Dr. Cloppet
received his B.A. degree in 1906
from the Institut de Bethlehem
and in 1909, his Ph.D. from the
University of Propaganda in
Rome.
Dr. Cloppet was appointed in
structor at John Marshall High
School, Richmond, Va., in 1914.
He taught there one year before
serving in the French army dur
ing World War I.
Returning to Richmond in 1919,
Dr. Cloppet taught another term
before accepting a position at the
University of Michigan. He taught
there until 1933.
Dr. Cloppet served on the fac
ulty at the College for 16 years.
He was a member of Phi Sigma
lota, Romance language recog
nition society.
Christmas Vacation
Set for Tomorrow
The Christmas holiday for
students begins tomorrow
afternoon.
The vacation officially be
gins at 5 p.m. tomorrow and
ends at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan.
College offices will be closed
from Saturday until Dec. 26,
and on New Year's Day.