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VOL. 53, No. 58 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1952 FIVE CENTS
Macßae Reinstated by College
Wendell S. Macßae, who was
certified as not subversive be
cause of evidence which answered
the questions of the collgge's
loyalty questionnaire,-**`"
employed as publications produc
tion manager 'in the Department
of Public Information Saturday.
His reinstatement ended a four
month contest over loyalty pro
f- cedures which began when Mac-
Rae refused to sign the loyalty
questionnaire which he disclaimed
as a "useless gesture."
The executive board of the Col
lege Board of Trustees decided
Macßae was "completely loyal"
after it received the report of
Earl G. Harrison, dean of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania's law
school. Harrison had been named
A to decide the problem by Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower.
Harrison's report, which was
approved and endorsed by the
College counsel, Love & Wilkin
son of Bellefonte, a special seven
man faculty committee, and the
Faculty Advisory Council's ex
ecutive committee, declared that
Macßae was "not a subversive
person." This decision, the report
, said, was based on information
obtained from interviews with
Macßae and others who gave "ad
ditional vital information."
This information, according to
Harrison, "might be termed new
evidence" and led him to the
College Horses
Take Honors
At Stock Show
Five championships, three Jib
bons, andother special awards
were won by three College draft
horses last week at the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago. .
"Director ULC," a Percheron
stallion, retained his record of
never having been defeated in a
show. He also retained the Inter
national grand championship won
last year at Chicago. "Director
ULC" was also crowned senior
champion after winning first in
his class.
"Lynda Hope," a four-year old
mare, also retained her Int e r
national Grand Champion mare
title won last year and was chosen
Senior Champion mare of the
Percheron division.
A filly, "Penn State Nievre,"
making her first appearance in
the ring, won first prize in the
yearling cla s s. She was also
crowned Junior Champion Female
of the fair.
A silver loving cup and cash
prizes were also awarded 'the
horses showed by Elmer Taft,
superintendent of horses, and Ray
mond Moyer, seventh semester
animal husbandry major.
Student Suspended
For Dishonesty .
A third semester engineering
student has been suspended until
September 1953 for dishonesty in
an examination,. Frank J. Simes,
dean of men, said Saturday.
The suspension takes place im
mediately. In September the stu
dent may apply for readmission,
Simes said. , .
TODAY'S
WEATHER
CLOUDY
MILD
FOR A BETTER. PENN STATE
' Wendell S. Macßae
Re-employed by the College
conviction that Macßae was now
"certifiable under the Pennsyl
vania Loyalty Act."
Macßae refused to sign the loy
alty questionnaire when it was
given him, saying he could prove
his loyalty by his Marine Oath
and other documents. Macßae has
said repeatedly that the Pennsyl
vania Loyalty Act, known popu-
Campus to Town
Telephone Calls
Raised 5 Cents
Rates for telephone calls from
campus to town have been raised
from 5 to 10 cents, Walter Wei
gand, director, department of phy
sical plant, announced yesterday.
Weigand and R. Y. Sigworth,
supervisor of utility of that de
partment, discussed the revised
phone rates with representatives
of Bell Telephone Co. Saturday.
The new phone rates have been
in effect since Saturday midnight,
Weigand said.
The Public Utility Commission
last Wednesday authorized a $21,-
227,000 a year rate increase for
Bell Telephone Co. which sig
naled the end of the nickel pay
booth call in Pennsylvania_
Trustees OK
$12,400 Grants
Three gr a n,t s to the College
amounting to a total of $12,400
were approved Friday night by
the executive committee of the
Board- of Trustees, President Mil
ton,,. S. Eisenhower announced
yesterday.
The grants include $7500 to be
used by the Automotive Safety
Foundation in continuation of the
Motor Vehicle Fleet Supervisor
Training Program and $3OOO from
the American Cyanamid - Co. to es
tablish the Lederle. Dairy Nutri
tion Grant for the Study of the
value of various sources of non
protein, nitrogen in dairy cattle
rations.
The third grant was the re
newal of -the, Shell fellowship in
chemical engineering for the !Year
1953-54, with a stipend of $l5OO
in addition to $4OO for the use
of the department.
Art Honorary Initiates
Exhibit Work -Downtown
An exhibit of works submitted
'by new initiates of Pi Gamma
Alpha, art honorary, opened, last
week at Schlow's Gallery, S. Ath
erton. street. .
'Examples of 'water. 'dolors,- oils,
p en c iI, pen -and-ink, woodcuts,
pastels, and sculpture are featured
in the -exhibit,.which_ ends-Friday.
larly as the Pechan Act, was "cost
ly and useless" and was, in addi
tion, a "shield" behind which real
subversives may hide.
The re-employed Macßae point
ed out that a person who wished
to undermine the country and
state would have no qualms about
signing such a loyalty oath. "He
.could prove he was a loyal Ameri
can by signing his name," Mac-
Rae said.
William L. Werner, head of the
committee formed to have Mac-
Rae restored to his position, said
Harrison's decision on the case
is a complete vindication of Mac-
Rae.
Werner pointed out that the
Harrison report said Macßae was
not dismissed (in August) for
failure to follow College rules.
Macßae, in a statement re
leased yesterday, said the Loyalty
Review Board had not made a
thorough investigation of the case.
He blamed this on a lack of ex
perience and proper counsel.
"I did not supply Earl Harrison
. . . with any information that I
would' not have given to the board
at my hearing last August, had
the members chosen to ask for it,"
Macßae said. No questions were
asked, he added.
The Pechan Act requires, that
the heads of colleges in the state
attest to the loyalty of all em
ployees. The act does not pre
scribe the methods whereby proof
of loyalty is to be determined.
Enelow Chosen
To Head Party
Myron Enelow, fifth semester
arts and letters major, was select
ed clique chairman of the State
Party Sunday by the steering
committee after former chairman
Walter Sachs resigned.
State party publicity chairman.
and campaign organizer in this
fall's elections, Enelow was se
lected after Sachs said he would
drop out of campus politics corn
pletely. Sachs claimed he had put
enough time and effort into poli
tics and his usefulness to the party
was at an end, according to Ene
low.
Making his break with campus
politics complete, Sachs refused
even an advisory position, Enelow
added.
Elsa's Antics Delight
2d Forum Audience
Community forum goers found a pleasant diversion from the
usual informative lectures last night when Elsa Manchester brought
her "Private Music Hall" to Schwab Auditorium' for a one night
stand.
The commedienne, assisted by the Madhatters comedy quartet
and Ray Henderson at the piano had a field day of comedy and song.
"Private Music Hall" got off to
a humorous but slow start with
the inimitable actress garbed in
the rags of a scrubwoman sing
ing "If You Can't Get in the Cor
ners." The scrubwoman turns
"thumbs down" on modern "vac
youms" in favor of the good old
scrub rag. "At the Laundrymat"
featured the "entertainer" as a
laundrymat patron who enjoys
the conversations which take,
place as the wash is being done.
The program brightened with "I
Don't Know Where to Look," in
which Miss Lanchester tells the
story of a country girl who goes
into service at a "gentleman's
apartment"in the city and makes
good,
It is not until the comedy skit
"Eaters Anonymous" that the true
Elsa Lanchester appears in her
full colors. As a former glutton
saved by Gaylord Hauser and the
Starvation Army, the - hilarious
Construction Expected
To. Start Next Month
College officials will enter into contracts this week for the
construction of the Student Union Building and an east wing
to the Nittany Lion Inn, President Milton S. Eisenhower said
yesterday. Although no definite date has been set for. the
start of the construction, officials speculated it would begin
early next month.
The executive committee of the
Board of Trustees Friday night
authorized the awarding of the
contracts for the two projects to
Irwin and Leighton, contractors,
of Philadelphia.
S. K. Hostetter, College comp
troller, said construction will be
gin as soon , as possible and the
Student Union Building should be
completed before the opening of
the fall semester, 1954. The Inn,
a smaller project, will be corn.
pleted at an earlier date.
Total Cost
Funds for the construction of
the Student Union Building will
come largely from the $7.50 stu
dent fee established by the board
President Milt on S. Eisen
hower said yesterday a Student
Union Building will • contribute
in many ways to a better Penn
State.
Prexy pointed out that the so
cial patterns, educational pro
gram, and the public relations
of the College would benefit.
"I am sure that no other sin
gle facility would contribute so
much," the President concluded.
two years ago, following a recom
menation from All-College Cabi
net. Unexpended College build
ing funds will be used to finance
the addition to the Inn.
The total cost for the SU, in
cluding furnishings and equip
ment, will be about $2,867,000.
The Inn project will require
$1,072,000.
Since work on the SU is
scheduled to begin soon, the $7.50
student fee will be. raised to $lO
beginning next fall. This increase
was authorized when the fee was
established.
To Include Auditorium
The Board of Trustees origi
nally planned to begin the SU
construction in 1950, but the Na
tional Production Authority put a
damper on the College's expecta
tions. At that time, the outbreak
of the Korean war with the re
sulting restrictions placed on the
availability of critical materials
prevented construction of both
projects.
The NPA said last year the
availability of critical materials
in 1952 would determine whether
construction could be authorized.
Materials for both projects have
now been allocated by _the NPA.
The SU will be constructed on
Holmes Field, across from Os
mond Laboratory. Main floor_ fa
cilities in the building will in
(Continued on page eight)
By CHIZ MATHIAS
mimic brought down the house
with her shrieking testimonials.
In her repertroire, Miss Lan
chester includes a poem by Oliver
Wendell Holmes, "The Ballad of
the- Oyster Man" depicting the
comical, but ill-fated love of a
fisherman's daughter and an oys
ter man, and T. S. Eliot's modern
jingle "Song of the Jellicles."
As a frustrated "Maharanee. of
Swat" the •actress dances cloaked
in an oriental sari and flauts her
tale of romantic woe.
Miss Lanchester is her best as
a hirdboiled newspaperman offer
ing a solution to all world prob
lems and . as Fiji Fanny, the siren
of the South Seas.
In other scenes the actress ap
pears at Titania, a sea • shore
coquette and as a "Catalogue
Woman" who found her dream
(Continued. on page eight)
La Vie, SU
Fee Hikes
Approved
Two fee increases, a $2 LaVie
fee for second semester freshmen
and a $2.50 raise in the Student
Union -fee as of fall of next year,
were approved by the executive
committee of the Board of Trus
tees Friday night.
The LaVie fee, to be assessed
second semester freshmen as part
of class dues fees for support of
the -yearbook, was approved last
month by . All-College Cabinet.
Because a $4OOO deficit was incur
red in the publication of the year
book last year the upperclass en
rolhnent decreased •this year, it
was anticipated that a deficit
would again be incurred if a lee
increase were not made.
At present, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors pay $2 a semester
toward the LaVie. Second semes
ter students will join them next
semester..
Because construction on the-new
Student Union Building is sched
uled to begin shortly, the increase
in the SU fee was approved, to be
effective next fall. This increase
was authorized when the fee was
established in June, 1950. At that
time the board approved cabinet's
recommendation for a $7.50 fee to
be increased to' $lO to aid in fi
nancing construction and main..
tenance of the building.
Second semester freshman next
fall will pay $4.50 more in student
fees, while all other students at
the College will - pay ' 2 addi
tional $2.50 for the SU fee in
crease.
'Coal Scuttle'
Now on Display
At SU Desk
The "Coal Scuttle," symbolic- ot
Pitt-Penn State football rivalr3r,is
now on display at the Student
Union deSk in Old Main.
The scuttle, presented •to both
s c h o o I s by the Interfraternity
Councils of th e institutions, is
about 150 years old and wasim
ported from England.
The cost of the scuttle, reported
about $lOO, was paid by an anony
mous donor.
At present the trophy is eri:.
graved with only its title infor
mation. After being on display,
scores of all Pitt-Penn State
games will be enscribed.
The scuttle annually will go 'to
the winner of the traditional
game. The College is the first to
have the trophy by virtue of its
17-0 victory over Pitt last month.
Since Pittsburgh had wo n 'last
year's game, the school held the
trophy during this year's game.
The scuttle was presented to the
mascots of the two school---the
Pitt Panther and the Nittany Lion
—in a pre-game ceremony.
Ag Council to Meet
The Agriculture Student Colin.
cil will meet at 7 tonight in 103
Agriculture. •
SHOPPIN€ DAYS'
TO CHRISTMAS