PAGE TWO C 9 . seven signboards located in, the basement of Willard Hall. More than 9000 students payed -fees before closing lime yesterday. Professor Testifies At Murder Trial WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Feb. 20 (£>)'■—Dr. Mary Willard, professor of chemistry, whose testimony in the Jonah Roberts murder trial may continue for the rest of the week, said she found no evidence of footprints in the defendant’s car to support his contention that he gave a lift to hitchhikers the night his wife was slain. , • The prosecution alleges that Roberts shot and killed his wife on a lonely road, then wounded himself _to make it appear that hitchhikers had done so. Roberts, 46-year-old machinist, denies the accusation, maintaining that two hitchhikers committed the crime. . Dr. Willard also told the court that samples of dirt taken from Roberts’ shoes were similar to samples of earth near a State Highway department tool shed about a mile east of where the automobile was found after the shooting last June. Two small pieces of shale and red cotton fibers, taken with lint, coal, and sand from trousers worn by Roberts the night of the mur der, matched material and shale found in the tool shed area, Dr. Willard said. ! Dr. Willard said she made var ious tests on blood-stained gar ments, both of the victim and her husband-defendant. The witness also testified that the body of Mrs. Roberts must have been moved, since only her type, blood was found on the two ends of the death car’s front seat. The state is seeking to send Roberts to the electric chair. Luncheon Club To Hear Oliver Dr. Robert T. Oliver, head of the Department, of Speech, will speak on “The Pot Boils in the Far East” at the Faculty Lunch eon Club meeting, noon Moriday at the State College Hotel. Dr. Oliver, who recently re turned from Korea, was manager of the Washington Bureau of the Korean Pacific Press prior to join ing the faculty in 1949. He now serves as consultant to the Press. From 1942 to 1948, Dr. Oliver was a counselor to the Korean Commission, a diplomatic agency of the Korean Republic in exile, which was dissolved in 1948 when the Korean Embassy was estab lished. i Young GOP's Plan Washington Trip The Young -Republican Club will sponsor a trip to Washing ton, D.C., March 7 and 8. Centre County Congressman James E. VanZandt will conduct a tour of the capital. In addition, to visiting the White House, Capitol, and other govern ment buildings, the group will interview congressmen including Pennsylvania’s senators. The cost 'of the trip, including transportation, rooms, meals, and entertainment, will be $l6. Reser vations may be made by contact ing Benjamin Sinclair, club presi dent, at 4283. A $5 deposit must be made by tomorrow. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ÜBA Sets New Record; Remits Over $7500 The Used Book Agency at the TUB returned about $715 to stu dents yesterday. A total of more than $7500 has been remitted since Tuesday, setting a new record, according to Howard Giles, chair man. Yesterday was the last day for students to pick up their money or unsold books.. Heres the By BARRY FEIN A real long time ago tomorrow (now that’s a paradox, isn’t it?) a guy by the name of George Washington was born. The way it’s usually presented, he must have been a pretty busy man. Father of his country and all that, you know. This cherry tree stuff is all right for .kids, you understand, but for us college students—well, we’ve gotta have the straight scoop. Therefore, to wit, we pre sent the true ungarbled story of the' man who invented cherry pies. George was born somewhere between the time men first be came interested in women and the Revolutionary War. Like most men of any foresight, George’s father wanted him to grow up to be President. At first, little George had no interest in the big white house in Washington. He was too busy chopping down cherry trees. Since the cherries were red, lit tle George soon came under the surveillance of Sen. Joseph R. McKlarthy ' and various other members of the Continental Con gress. This was unfortunate in that George’s cherries were merely “parlor pink” and weren’t even ripe. Washington, however, weather ed that storm- and soon weiit into the brewery business in a place BAND OPPORTUNITY New England Summer Resort has opening for good four piece l band. Musicians double as ac tivities directors. Guest privi leges extended. Write .W. Wright, Mgr.. Happy Acres Va cation Resort, Middlefield. Conn. SUMMER POSITIONS New England vacation resort now accepting applications for waitresses, Write age and qualifications to W. Wright, Mgr., Happy Acres, Middlefield, Conn. ’ Penn State Mice Travel to France For ' Ear Tests Eight pairs of Penn State white mice are vacationing in Paris free of charge. And air they have to do is keep their ears open. '• The new home of these mice is the Laboratory of Acoustic Physiography, where they will be used to.; test the effects of sounds on rodents and insects. Developed from a special strain over a three-year period of 170,000 laboratory tests, the mice will "be used in Paris to -develop similar strains. These special strains can with stand exposure to intense sounds which normal mice would, not survive. One strain has seizures when exposed to the sound, but will recover. The other strain is immune to the seizures. This re search studies not only the ef fects of the sounds on the mice but also the relation to human problems. i Because the noise of a train might affect the hearing of the special mice, they were driven to New York by Dr. Hubert Frings, associate professor of zoology. From New York to Paris the mice traveled with the pilot of a French, airlines plane. Forum Ticket Sales Continue Single reserved seat tickets 'for Monday’s Community Forum lec ture by Hodding Carter will .be on* sale Monday for $1.20 at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Tickets will be sold - until 5 p.m. and- from. 7 to 8 p.m. immediately preceding" the lecture. Carter, known as the “South’s fighting editor,” will speak on “A Southerner Looks at the Race Problem”, at 8 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium. ■ .Editor of the Mississippi Delta Democrat-Times, Carter won the Pulitzer prize for editorial writ ing in 1946. He is the author of four . books and numerous na tional magazine articles. Scoop on George called Valley Forge, in southern Pennsylvania. T,his put him. into competition with a small keg rolling outfit over in Fort Pitt. The Fort Pitt- joy-juice boys were really cleaning up the prof its. George had naught to do but think up an innovation in his malt makery. “Ah ha, I have it! I shall in vent G. Washington’s instant beer. Merely add water, stir . . y, What with all this beer in him, George got sleepy. Withal, he went from place to place, sleep ing. Even today, Americans are proud to- point out where George Campus capers call for Coke The accent's on hi-jinks at the Winter Carnival and a happy part of the occasion is refreshment.., with delicious ice-cold Coca-Cola. “Coke” It a registered trade-mark. Eisenhower Appointed To Study U.S. Manpower President Milton S. Eisenhower has been appointed. to, a com mittee which will succeed a special commission, appointed last October, which has been studying United States military , manpower. The new commission will assist Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, who named the group yesterday* in working out a “stream lined organization” and effective procedures in the Defense de partment. ' ’ As a result of the report of the old committee, under the chair manship of David Sarnoff, chair man of the board of the Radio Corporation of America, the House armed services, committee may consider a recommendation to • cut military manpower and expenses by ten per cent. The old committee disbanded Wednesday after submitting its report. - Nelson A., Rockefeller is chair man of the new commission, Rockefeller and ' Eisenhower spent 45 minutes yesterday with Dwight D. Eisenhower, brother of Milton and President of the Uni ted States, delivering a proigress report of the President’s commit tee studying ways of improving the government's organization. They declined to release any de tails of the report. Others on Wilson’s new com mittee are Robert A. Lovett, for mer secretary of defense; Dr. Van nevar Bush, Carnegie Institution president; Gen. Arthur S. Flem ming, president of Ohio Wesleyan University; and Gen. Omar Brad ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . Flemming is the .third member of the Presidential government reorganization committee. He was not present yesterday when the progress report was submitted. . The Sarnoff commission recom mended that military . manpower and expenses should be cut by ten per cent but did not- designate where the cut should be made. Sarnoff complained that the group did not have adequate Cooperation from the Pentagon. slept. Unfortunately for George, bundling was in vogue at' the time. Soon, however, a new threat to his brewery business loomed with bared fangs. More trouble with the redcoats—they were insistent that the gloomin’ colonies behave. As the only BOTC graduate available, Washington soon got the job of gathering an army to meet the invaders. This he did by cutting off the supply of powder to the British armies. Without powder no respectable English gentleman officer could wear his (Continued on page three) BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY »T The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Altoona SATURDAY, FEBRUARY », I9§? Reading Trials Are Scheduled For Tuesday Tryouts for the Eastern Poetry Reading Festival and the Penn sylvania Interpretative Reading Festival will he held Tuesday af ternoon in 3 Electrical Engineer ing. Students interested in trying out who did not attend the meet ing last Monday may sign for audition times with Mrs. Harriett D. Nesbitt or William H. Hamil ton, associate professors of speech, in 311 Sparks. , Three to five-minute readings may consist of poetry, drama, or short story. Ten students will be chosen from the preliminary tryouts to read in the finals March 2 in 304 Old Main. The March reading hour will be made up of these ten students. V Five students will be selected from the final tryouts. One will represent the College at the East ern Poetry Reading Festival at Middletown College, N.Y. The other four will attend the Pennsylvania Inter pretative Reading Festival at the College in May. Types of literature to be read for this festival will include short story, narrative poetry, group Qf short poems, # and drama. Social Scientists To Hear Hovde Dr. Bryn J. Hovde, executive director of the Pittsburgh Hous ing Association,' will speak on “The Needs and Opportunity for Research in the Social Sciences” at a meeting of the constituent body of. the Social Science. Re search Center. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in 100 Horticul ture. The semi-annual business meet ing of the Social Science Research Center will follow the talk. ★ COMMERCIAL PRINTING Pugh & Beaver State College © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY INVITATIONS
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