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VOL. 53, No. 49
College, to Celebrate
'Blue, White . Day'
Beating drums, blasting loud speakers, and a blazing bonfire
will highlight "Blue and White Day" tomorrow, the peak of "Beat
Pitt Week."
To carry out the theme of "Blue and White Day," James Plyler,
president of Hat Society 'Council, has asked students to wear blue
and white. Five thousand "Beat Pitt' tags, courtesy of the Athletic
Store, will continue to be distri
buted today and tomorrow at the
A store, the Student Union desk
in Old Main, and on campus.
Members of • Parmi Nous and
Skull and Bones, senior men's hat
societies, will beat a drum con
tinually from 8 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
tomorrow, the starting time for
the final pep rally of the season.
First Bonfire in Years
President
Of Barons
Resigns
Pollock Council last night asked
and received the resignation of
Thomas Nelton as president of the
Barons, Nittany-Pollock social or
ganization, and will attempt to
reorganize the group at a joint
meeting with the Nittany Council
at 6:30 tonight in Nittany Dorm
20.
Nelson was summoned before
the council to answer questions
the council had pertaining to
apathy in the Barons. At this time
Nelson advised the group to strike
the Barons from the council's con
stitution and see - up its own social
committee.
Blame Leadership
Nelson told the council the
Barons was "too weak to carry
out area social activities success
fully." He said out of the 23 mem
bers of the Barons, no more than
three ever attended meetings. In
ability to get successfully organ
ized because of certain ambigui
ties in its constitution, lack of
support from member' , -and-'in=.
sufficient publicity were the rea
sons Nelson cited for the Barons'
inability to perform effectively.
After hearing Nelson's replies
to the council's questions, several
members suggested the biggest
reason for the Barons' failure lay
in its "poor leadership." Donald
Douglas, council president, after
questioning Nelson further, said,
"The chair concludes that . thelack
of strong internal leadership was
the cause of the poor turnouts at(
the meetings."
Asks Resignation
In the course of Nelson's ques
tioning, it was brought out that
members had not been properly
informed of coming meetings and
that failure was due, to lack of
action on the part of the Barons'
officers.
The council then asked Nelson
to resign. Nelson did and agreed
to hold a meeting of the group
tomorrow night for the purpose
of allowing the council - to re
organize the group. A motion was
passed whereby council members
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100 Pitt Game Tickets
Available in Old• Main
Over 100 student tickets for
Saturday's Pitt-Penn State foot
ball game, priced at $3.50, are
still on sale at the Athletic Asso
ciation ticket window in 01 d
Main.
Tickets are available for seats
located in section 23 of Pitt Stad
ium along the end zone.
Muller to Give Talks •
Dr. Edwin W. Muller, profeSsor
of physics, will speak tomorrow at
the University of Missouri. He
will speak on "Field Emission Mi
croscopy" before the American
Chemical Society in Chicago, 111.,
Friday.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
MILDER • .
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CLOUDY
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1952
The rally, labeled "the biggest
of the year" by Plyler, will begin
with a parade starting at Hamil
ton Halt Wagons and tractors
from Ag Hill, decorated by Mor
tar Board, senior women's honor
ary society, will begin the parade.
Wagons will carry members of the
football squad . and a brass band.
The parade will work its way
to the parking lot across from the
Temporary Union Building next
to the Jordan Fertility Plot s,
where the bonfire will be blaz
ing.
Plyler has requested students
to take any kind of scrap wood
they can find to the parking lot
across from the TUB from 1 to 6
p.m. tomorrow. In the rear of the
lot a pile of wood will be started
by the physical plant. He asked
that students add as much wood
as possible to the pile for "a
really great bonfire."
Asks For Cooperation
Plyler also requested ;that • stu
dents devote their wood gather
ing to .He.-urged
students not to destro'y property
to obtain the wood or the bonfire
will be canceled. Bonfires have
been eliminated at the College for
many years because students
damaged much property in ob
taining wood for the last bonfire
on campus several years ago.
- Plyler asked students to give
their full cooperation and attend
the rally to send the team off to
Pitt with the "Beat Pitt" spirit.
'News' Forms
Due by Friday
Although the deadline for mail
ing applications for "Who's in the
News at Penn State" was yester
day, students selected for the pub
licatiOn may, turn forms in at 115
Carnegie until 5 p.m. Friday,
Charles Henderson, editcir, has an
nounced.
"Who's In the News at Penn
State," in its seventh year of pub
lication, c o n t a ins biographical
sketches of students who, in the
judgment of the . selections com
mittee, deserve recognition for
their leadership, activities, schol
arship; and service to the College.
Approximately 350 of the 450
application blanks sent out have
been returned.
Cabinet to Consider McCoy Proposal
'A decision on the controversial
seating plan for Recreation Hall
So-called McCoy plan—may
come from All-College Cabinet at
its meeting at 8 tonight in 201 Old
Main. The plan will be introduced
to cabinet for discussion by John
Laubach, All-College president.
The plan originated in the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics office and. was first pre
sented to cabinet and the Athletic
Association by the school's new
dean, Ernest B. McCoy, at a joint
meeting in the Nittany Lion Inn
Sept. 28. Cabinet met with Mc-
Coy a second time, just two weeks
ago, for a second discussion of .the
plan.
Cabinet has as yet taken no of
ficial action on the plan other
than to suggest to cabinet mem
bers that the plan be "talked up"
among the various g roups rep
esented on cabinet. O. 18 groups
A BETTER PENN STATE
PeChan 'Stunned '
By Macßae Moves
Students Precautioned
About Conduct at Pitt
Disciplinary action will be tak
en against students attending
the University of Pittsburgh
football game who are reported
as being guilty of disorderly
conduct, Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
director of student affairs, said
yesterday in a letter addressed
to all students.
The letter, which was given
to the Daily Collegian, said:
"The reputation of Penn State
was not upheld by a good many
students in Philadelphia follow
ing our victory over the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Reports
came to the College enumerating
incidents of rowdyism and prop
erty damage.
"Many students are now, plan
ning to go to the Penn State-
Pitt game. Again, there will be
opportunities for uncontrolled
conduct that will reflect on the
good name of this institution.
Campus Chest Total
Raised to $2BOO
Approximately $3OO was brought into the Campus Chest yester
day to raise the total to' approximately $2BOO, according to Joseph
Haines, solicitations chairman.
Haines said the results at this point in the drive were poor.
Early returns in th e faculty
drive are "promising" although
no returns have been tabulated,
A. H. Imhof, chairman, said.
Nearly every department has soli
citors busy, he said.
Imhof released a partial list of
solicitors for faculty and admin
istration members donations. Dr.
Dorothy Houghton, heading the
' drive in the School of Home Eco-
Inomics, named the following soli
citors: Lois Nelson, Dela Avery,
Dprothy Rickard, Myrtle Swan
son, Betty Peckham, Margaret
Riegel, and Richard Bower.
In Central Extension, Fred D.
Hoehler Jr. is division leader. His
assistants are Jane Rettew and
Ruth Bowman. Prof. Ralph Arm
ington is in charge of solicitations
for the School of Engineering. His
solicitors are Carl Volz, Harold
L. Dillenbeck, A. W. Hajjar, Law
rence Perez, W. H. Armstrong,
Esther Magill, Elaine - Troutman,
E. D. Reynolds. Virgil Neilly is
hand ling engineering extension
solicitations, and Ma c D on al d
Heebner and Harold Nearhoof are
in charge of engineering research
donations.
which acted on the plan, nine
have approved and nine' rejected
it.
Some of the groups, in disap
proving the plan, ex•ressed the
AGENDA
Roll Call
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Reports of Officers
Adoption of Agenda
Installation of New Officers '
Reports of Committees:
Religion-iri-Life Week
Old Business:
• Cabinet Projects Council
United Nations Trip .
New Business:
, Beat Pitt Week
McCoy Seating Plan
Appointments
Announcements
opinion that the giving of seats
to non-students would deprive
students of seats.
"It should not be necessary
for College offiicals to appeal to
mature men and women not to
damage property, and not to
create spectacles in hotels and
other public places. You know
what is right and what is wrong.
You know what benefits and
what hurts the reputation of
Penn State.
"If and when there are re
ported to us the names of stu
dents who are guilty of dis
orderly conduct, disciplinary ac
tion will be taken on the ground
that, even though, the incidents
were away from the campus, the
student has harmed the relation
of the College with the people
of the state.
"Our football team is honor
ably representing the College on
the field. We who benefit from
their efforts should show our
pride in them by making citizens
generally proud- of us."
Illustrited on i)g - e Two
McCoy Unable
To Receive
Riding Petitions
Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, will be unable to at
tend tonight's meeting of the
Riding Club to accept recreation
al horseback riding petitions.
As McCoy will be out of town
today, the petitions will be given
to him at the club's next meeting.
The club is trying to obtain
enough - horses to meet the needs
of students who wish to take part
in recreational trail rides. It is
also attempting to have built an
indoor riding ring for use of phys
ical education riding classes dur
ing the win te r and inclement
weather.
Students having petitions ar e
asked to bring them to the meet
ing at 7 tonight in 317 Willard.
(The plan, as presented by Mc-
Coy„ asks that a number of seats
—about 300—be set aside for sale
to interested faculty, alumni, and
townspeople at indoor sporting
events .in Rec Hall. The reason
for alloting these seats, according
to McCoy, is to' further better re
lations between students and these
groups. There are a b out 6000
seats — in Rec„Hall.)
Cabinet, - in discussing the plan,
is free to amend the original sug
gestion and may do so, for a
number of 'groups represented on
cabinet have approved the plan
with certain reservations; for ex
ample, asking that the faculty,
alumni, and townspeople seats not
be reserved.
William Griffith, chairman of
Religion-in-Life Week, ,will pre
sent a progress report on plans
for the . week to cabinet and will
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Says Harrison
Had Opposed
Loyalty Oath
STATE COLLEGE, Nov. IS
(A')—State Sen. Albert R. Pe
chan (R - Armstrong), sponsor
of the state's Loyalty Oath
Law, said today he "was some
what stunned" by appoint
ment of Earl G. Harrison as
"investigating authority"
re-opening of the Macßae lor
alty oath case at the College.
Pechan, in a letter to President
Milton S. Eisenhower, said Harri
son, former dean of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Law School,
"was one of the most vehement
objectors to the measure" when
it was before the 1951 session of
the legislature.
"Calling in E ar I Harrison is
comparable to your brother Ike
(Dwight D. Eisenhower) as Presi
dent-elect asking Secretary of
State Acheson to set up a new
foreign and domestic policy," Pe
chan wrote President Eisenhower.
Harrison Named . Saturday
. President Eisenhower acknow
ledged receipt of the letter and
said he would have no comment.
Pechan made the letter public at
his home in Ford City.
Harrison was named Saturday
to serve as "investigating author
ity" in reconsideration of the case
of Wendell S. Macßae, who was
dismissed from the staff Aug. 28
for refusal to answer a question
naire set up by the College Loy
alty Review Board. Macßae, who
has applied fo r reinstatement,
said at the time the procedure
lacked approval of a representa
tive body of the faculty or- staff.
He also said the oath he took in
joining the Marines still is bind
ing.
Senator Pechan said in his let--
ter that Harrison appeared at a
public hearing before the legisla
ture in opposing the bill. He wrote
Dr. Eisenhower he thought it
"most inconsistent in .your logic
that you appoint a person who
is an avowed opponent of the mea
sure in any form."
'Knows Nothing of Case'
Pechan suggested also the ap
pointment of Dr. Arthur P. Cole
man, president of Alliance Col
lege, Cambridge Springs, "if yom
must have Harrison to investi
gate your program."
Pechan ,wrote he knew nothing
about the Macßae case but that
he felt Gov. John S. Fine and the
legislature "will refuse to accept
anything less than the law re
quired." Macßae was publications
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Inkling Edit .Staff
To Meet Tonight
The editorial staff of Inkling,
campus literary magazine, wi 11
meet at 7 tonight in 215 Willard.
The deadline for submitting
poetry and fiction for use in the
fall issue of Inkling is Dec. 3, John
Hoerr, editor, announced yester
day.
Material should be addressed
to Inkling and left at the Student
Union desk in Old Main. A $lO
award will be made for the best
fiction used.
AIM Governing Board
To Meet Tonight
The Board of Governors of
the Association of Independent
Men will meet at 8 tonight in
102 Willard.
An amendment to the AIM
constitution providing for the
AIM Judicial Board of Review
will be presented for the first
time.
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