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VOL. 54. No. 83
Tickets Available
For TO Act Review
Tonight in Schwab
. Tickets for the 1954 All-University Talent Show, 8 p.m. tonight
in Schwab, are still available at the Student Union desk, Old Main.
Sales will remain open until 8 p.m. today. Tickets are priced at
85 cents.
The show, sponsored by the Penn State Club, will feature ten
Big 4 Sets
Conference
For April
BERLIN, Feb. 18 (fl 3 )—Russia
and the Big Three Western Pow
ers tonight called for an Asian
peace conference at Geneva on
April 26 to attempt to unify war
shattered Korea and end the. In
dochina rebellion.
The four foreign ministers con
cluded their 25-day talks in Ber
lin with these historic decisions:
1. Invited 16 nations, including
Red China and the rival Korean
republics to join them in a confer
ence on a Korean political settle
ment.
2. Agreed this conference in
Switzerland also would discuss
the Indochina conflict with Red
China participating in the talks.
3. Promised to “exchange views”
on Big Four disarmament under
a resolution of the United Nations
dated last Nov. 28.
4. Admitted the Big Four’s in
ability to agree at this time on
unification of divided Germany
and granting Austria its indepen
dence.
“The possibility emerges of ef
fecting the unification of Korea,
in freedom,” U.S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles told the
conference in a farewell speech.
“There is also provided the
chance, if Communist China
wants it, of restoring peace and.
order in Indochina to have free
dom and enjoy it in security.”
The American departed in the
presidential plane, the Columbine,
after the conference closed.
Soviet Foreign Minister Vya
cheslav M. Molotov; the final day’s
chairman, rapped out the ad
journment of the Big Four con
ference at 7 p.m. Berlin, 1 p.m.
Eastern Standard time.
Petergorsky to Speak Tonight
At Opening of RIL Program
'David Petergorsky, social scien
tist, teacher, and communications
specialist, and executive. director
of the American Jewish Congress,
will open the annual Religion 7 in-
Life program when he speaks at
an Inter-Faith service at 8 tonight
at the Hillel Foundation. His topic
is “The Spiritual Foundations of
Western Democracy.”
The service is the first of sev
eral sessions scheduled through
out the week in which Petergorsky
will participate.
He will take part in informal
discussions to be held from 3 to
5 p.m. tomorrow in the lounges of
Atherton Hall and he will speak
at the morning service at 10:45
a.m. Sunday in St. Paul’s Metho
dist Church. Other informal dis
cussions, to be conducted tomor
row, include one at Hamilton
Lounge and one at Phi Kappa,
both from 3 to 5 p.m. Theodore
Greene, professor of philosophy at
Yale University, will be modera
tor of the former and George
Shuster, president of Hunter Col
lege, of the latter.
Petergorsky will also be the
speaker for a tea, sponsored by
the Pena State Christian Associa-
iailij (Etfll
acts from the student body and
a guest appearance of last year’s
winner, Michael Belgio, tenor.
Acts Include Quartets
Acts include two quartets, five
vocalists, an accordionist, a pian
ist, a comedian, and a novelty ba
ton twirler.
Seymour “Cy” Lazurus,- eighth
semester education major, will be
master of ceremonies. Music will
be provided by the Lee Garbrick
Trio and accompanist Gene Pala
cer.
Three winners will be selected
by audience applause from five
finalists chosen by judges. Cash
prizes will be awarded to the win
ners. First prize is $25, second,
$l5, and third, $lO.
Five Will Judge
Judges are Frank J. Simes,
dean of men; Robert D. Reifsneid
er, professor of dramatics; Robert
Koser, assistant to the registrar;
Louis H. Bell, director of Public
Information, and Ross Lehman,
assistant executive secretary of
the Penn State Alumni Associa
tion.
Plans for this year’s show were
handled by three committees.
Chairmen of the committees are
William Sharpless, auditions;
Frank Hitchcock, advertising and
programs; and Heng Lim, publi
city. |
ICG to Nominate
Sinclair for Post
The local deleation of the In
tercollegiate/Conference of Gov
ernment will nominate Benjamin
Sinclair for the State chairman
ship March 6 at the regional con
vention at Hershey Junior Col
lege.
The decision to nominate Sin
clair, sixth semester arts and let
ters ma j or, was unanimously
made at the group’s meeting Mon
day night. The convention at Her
shey will be the preparatory meet
ing before the state ICG conven
tion April 8 to 10.
Sinclair is a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the state
conference.
David Petergorsky
To Open RIL Series
tion, to be held from 3 to 5 p.m.
Sunday in Simmons Lounge. At
8 p.m. Sunday he will be one of
the speakers in a panel discussion
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19. 1954
Canham Denies
War inevitability
—Photo by Kiehl
ERWIN D. CANHAM, Community Forum speaker, and President
Milton S. Eisenhower discuss national politics following the Sigma
Delta Chi, professional men's journalism fraternity, banquet last
night. Thirty persons were present at the dinner held in the
Corner Room preceding the Forum program. Canham spoke
briefly on freedom of information treaties he had helped formulate.
Guests at the dinner included Lawrence E. Dennis, administrative
assistant; Kent Forster, Forum program chairman; Edward Gilkey,
assistant professor of speech; and members of the journalism
faculty.
Six more, entries—five by sororities and one by a fraternity—
were submitted yesterday in the Pittsburgh Press campus queen
contest, bringing the total so far this week to 12.
John Reid, local contest chairman, announced that the deadline
for submitting entries has been changed to 5 p.m. Tuesday to allow
Formal Frosh Pledging
Will Begin Tomorrow
Formal pledging of second
semester freshmen at the Uni
versity who have attained a 1
All-University average will be
gin at 7 a.m. tomorrow. The
time was set an hour earlier
than previously planned be
cause of classes on Saturday,
Thomas Schott, Interfraternity
Council "president, said.
in the lounge of McElwain Hall.
The panel will discuss the topic,
“What is the Role of Religion in
the Emerging International Com
munity?”
' A native of Canada, Petergor
sky received a bachelor of arts
degree at Yeshiva University,
New York, an'd was ordained as
a rabbi by the same institution in
1936. He received a doctor of phil
osophy degree at London School
of Economics. Returning to this
country he was appointed to the
department of government at An
tioch College.
Petergorsky has traveled exten
sively in Europe, Israel, and
North Africa and has participated
in international conferences, both
here and abroad. He is author of
two books, “Left-Wing Demo
cracy in the English Civil War,”
and “Strategy for Democracy.”
and of several shorter volumes,
including “On Combating Rac
ism” and “The Jewish Commun
ity.” He has also contributed
papers, articles and reviews to
academic and popular periodicals,
both in this country and abroad
and has lectured in the United
States and in Canada.
Entries Total 12
In Queen Contest
Tgtait
more groups to get their entries
in on time.
Campus groups entering candi
dates in the contest are Chi Ome
ga, 2; Phi Kappa Sigma, 1; Gamma
Phi Beta, 1; Alpha Chi Omega, 5;
Phi Sigma Sigma, 1; and Phi Mu,
2.
A number of other groups are
expected to enter more than one
coed in the contest, R.eid said.
A board of judges will choose
the six finalists Tuesday evening.
Penn State’s representative in the
intercollegiate contest will be
chosen by student vote from the
finalists. Voting will be held from
Feb. 4,5 to March 2.
A special picture of Penn State’s
winner will be taken by the De
partment of Public Information
and will be forwarded to contest
headquarters in Pittsburgh.
A picture of each school’s entry
will be published in the ROTO
section of the Press April 11.
Press readers will vote for the
final contest winner by sending
in ballots printed in the Press. A
full-color picture of the contest
winner will appear on the cover
of the ROTO section sometime in
May.
More than 30 colleges and uni
versities in the Tri-State area
have indicated they are entering
candidates in the contest.
Judges for the local contest are
Edward Leos, photographer for
Central Extension; Robert Breon,
of the Penn State Photo Shop;
William Coleman, photographer
for ,the Lion Studio; Robert S.
Reese, assistant in agriculture
photograpry; Louis H. Bell, direc
tor of Public Information; and
David Jones, editor of the Daily
Collegian.
Pennsylvania Law Dean
To Lecture Tuesday
Jefferson B. Fordham, dean of
the University of Pennsylvania
Law School, will speak at 8 p.m.
Tuesday in 228 Sparks on “The
Challenge to' the Legal Profes
sion.”
Town Housingt
Let's Investigate
See Page 4
By BAYLEE FRIEDMAIf
By restating our free heri
tage to the undecided major
ity of the world, we can avert
the so-called inevitability off
war, Erwin D. Canham, editor
of the Christian Science Moni
tor, told the third Community
Forum audience at Schwab Audi
torium last night.
Approximately 800 persons
heard Canham call for a “kind of
genuine community of like minds
for which we can strive.” This
community, Canham said, can be
best achieved through reassessing
our traditions many times for
gotten—of self-determination and
social interdependence.
Prexy Introduces Canham
Introduced by President Milton
S. Eisenhower as “a good friend”
who “spends most of his life help
ing other people,” Canham said
that the United States needs a
“national reawakening” in which
we remember our responsibility
to the cause of human freedom.
Canham, a former delegate to
the UN General Assembly, said
that basic principles of a free so
ciety—the belief in a moral deity,
moral law, brotherhood, and in
tellectual striving—can be com
bined into a 'framework of ideas
more “explosive” than nuclear
fission.
Make Self-Challenge Workable
The translation of self-determi
nation and interdependence into
a workable program, Canham said,
would include the creation of a
“Freedom Manifesto.” He asserted
it is necessary for the United
States to continue its defense pro
gram and to safeguard its econ
omy—while relating it to friends
abroad.
Canham maintained that our
job was to prove to the “in-be
tween,” undecided peoples of the
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Sophomores
Will Sponsor
Class Dance
Forty-eight out of more than
2600 sophomores Tuesday night
voted to hold a semi-formal class
dance, and to run a sophomore
class queen contest in conjunction
with the dance.
The theme of the dance, to be
held Mar. 20, will be “the coming
of spring.” Details of the queen
contest, limited to sophomore girls,
will be announced later by the
co-chairmen of the queen contest,
Michael Rosenfeld and Janet Mc-
Kee.
The dance will be the only
event of sophomore weekend. A
jam session or class mixer Sun
day was discussed and rejected.
Class president Hugh Cline an.
nounced it would, be impossible
to hold a “Poverty Day” as last
year’s sophomore class did, since
the idea did not meet with admin
istration approval.
Transponder Test
Deemed Success
The first full scale test of
the transponder installed by
campus radio station WDFM in
the West Dorm area, was
deemed successful last night by
Doris Berkowiiz, student sta
tion manager. The transponder
was in continuous operation
throughout the station's regu
lar broadcasting hours, 7:30 to
10:30 p.m.
Miss Berkowifz said student
response from the six West
Dorms was heavy. During the
first 45 minutes of broadcast
ing, 22 phone calls were re
ceived, she said.
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