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Several Penn State men are
under consideration as possi
ble members of the cabinet of
governor-elect George M. Lea
der, Bruce N. Stover, Centre
County, democratic chairman,
said last night.
Stover's statement came after
Rep. Harris G. Breth (D-Clear
field) boosted Dr Pennoyer F.
English, professor of wildlife
management, for -'the pdsition of
secretary of forests and waters.
Dr. English said last night that
he would "definitely consider"
the secretary of forest and waters
if the job is offered to him.
Stover said he did not know
anything about English being con
sidered, nor did he know English
personally. However, -he said he
did know Breth personally, and
would have approved of Breth as
a candidate for the post. Breth was
"well fitted for it," Stover said.
Stover said he had beencon
sulted about several appointments
of Penn State men, but he did not
know if` the. appointments would
be made.
"Penn State is a good source of
governmental material," Stover
said. He said governor-elect Lead
er looks upon Penn State with
favor.
Stover pointed out that only
two positions in the governor's
cabinet, the Attorney General; and
Governor's secretary, have been
filled to date.
He said he knew nothing of
Dr. English's possibilities other
than what he had read in yester
day's Associated Press story in the
Centre Daily Times.
In that story, Breth was quoted
as saying "I am• sure that he
(English) can give to Pennsyl
vania the right kind of forest and
waters program that will mean
much to the • commonwealth in
the future." •
Frequently Breth has been men
tioned for the forest and waters
post. He was elected to the legis
lature for a fifth term last month.
Others mentioned for the for
ests and waters job are John Tor
quato, Cambria County demo
cratic chairman, and R. D. Tonkin,
a former timber specialist.
U.S. Asks UN Help
For Imprisoned Fliers
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 8 (IP)—Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
tonight appealed urgently to the UN Assembly to throw its moral
force behind a demand for the release of 11 American airmen jailed
as spies in Red China.
He also called upon the Communists to send home hundreds of
other UN personnel not yet repatriated. He said. the list totaled
2,840 names.
The chief American delegate
pleaded to a tense Assembly im
mediately after the delegates ov
errode Soviet bloc objections and
voted 48-5 to put the case of the
airmen on its agenda. The Assem-,
bly also voted 44-8 for an imme
diate debate, by-pdssing the usual
committee action. •
Strongly supported by British
Minister of State Anthony Nutting
and. Canadian Foreign Secretary
Lester B.„ Pearson, Lodge called
for prompt passage of a resolution
by the 15 Korean War Allies. This
would ask the, secretary-general,
Dag.. Hammarskjold,' to use "con
tinuing and unremitting efforts"
to obtain the release of the cap
tured airmen and report back by
Dec. 31.
The debate on putting the com
plaint on the Assembly's •agenda
was• long and ,acrimonious. Lodge
opened it with an assault on Com
unist procedural. obstacles to-an
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Men Finish
Tindal Home
As a Tribute
By PHYLLIS PROPERT
This story probably wouldn't get
play if it were considered only
on its news appeal according to
the ,standards of today.' We are
going to tell it because—well - ve
think it ought to be told.
Dr. Charles H. Tindal, of the ,
Ordnance Research Laboratory,
was one of the busiest men ,at
the University. As an expert phy
sicist, he was constantly traveling
and reading. papers before scien
tific groups.
This left little time for relaxa
tion with' his wife and six chil
dren. During what little spare
time he had, Dr. Tindal "relaxed"
by improving his honie lnd add
ing rooms for his large fainily.
On Nov. 19, Dr. Tindal read a
paper before The Pennsylvania
Society of Physicists at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. On the
following day at a luncheon meet
ing in Houston Hall, the physicist
slumped over his plate.
He died from a heart attack a
few hours later in the University
of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was
forty years old.
Dr. Tindal's colleagues realized
that not only was the widow left
with six children to raise, but a
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Women to Debate
China Recognition
This Weekend
Four members of the Women's
Varsity Debate - Team will meet
26 college debate teams at - the
Pittsburgh Cross-Examination this
weekend.
Members of the team are Mary
Ma : um, fifth semester education
major, and Betsy Sharpe, fifth
semester ' arts and letters major,
debating the affirmative side, of
the topic "Resolved: . That the
United States should extend diplo
matic recognition to - the Commu
nist Government of China."
Taking the negative side of the
case are. Lois Hummel., eighth
semester arts and letters major,
and Julie Mayberry, third semes
ter business administration major.
A trophy will be awarded to
the top-ranking school in the
cross-examination tournament for
the first time since the tourna
ment's inauguration in 1948. The
winner will be determined by
ratings in the five regular rounds
of debate.
immediate debate. He said the
Communist objections that the
men actually were spies and that
the. UN had no right to intervene
were "nothing but a quibble and
a hollow quibble at that."
Lodge said the United States
and its Korean Allies had ex
hausted every other avenue for
the - release of the 11 airmen and
all other unreported personnel
and said that case "belongs here."
"This, was the only place, we
could bring it," he said. . •
,He said the imprisonment of the
11 airmen and the - detention of
hundreds of other captured war
prisoners was a "glaring viola
tion" of the Korean armistice.
.Jacob A. Malik, acting chief
delegate, krepeatedly said the
Americans were on an espionage
mission and that the UN had no
right to intervene to set aside
their sentences, which were an
nounced by •Peiping radio on
Thanksgiving day.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Registration Procedure
Unchanged for Spring
By NANCY SHOWALTER
Editorial on Page Four
Registration procedure next semester will be the same as that used this
Harry A. Sperber, assistant scheduling officer, said yesterday.
Students will register in alphabetical order regardless of class standing.
This system of alphabetical registration was used for the first time this
- Before this procedure was in
stituted, students registered alpha
betically according to their class
standing with juniors and seniors
registering first.
The system now in effect has
reecived many compliments and
registration bfficials feel it is the
best one used so far, Sperber said.
System Satisfactory
The system is the most satis
factory yet tried because it makes
registration easier for registration
officials and faster for students,
Sperber added.
Under the present procedure,
officials are able to take. care of
more students at one time because
students are more evenly distrib
uted at course stations, Sperber
said.
Few students required more
than 20 minutes to register this
semester and there was little
trouble with students trying to
register out of turn.
All-University Cabinet recently
tabled a report from the Educa
tion. Student Council advocating
changes in the present registra
tion system.
Report Recommendations
The report recommends that
seniors and graduate students be
the first• to register in alphabetical
order. - - - ..
Supporters of the proposed
change felt that seniors should
register first so that they can be
assured of enrollment in courses
they might need for graduation.
Sperber said yesterday, _ how
ever, that no reports of a senior
being unable to - schedule a re
quired course have reached his
office.
The Cabinet report was tabled
until University officials could be
contacted on the matter.
Registration will be Feb. 2,3,
4, and 5, and students whose last
names begin with F will register
first.
The system is set up so that
every student gets a chance to
register on the first day of regis
traticßa twice in his four years at
the 'university:
Special students and University
employees will register Saturday
morning, Feb. 5.
Two Parties
Will Seek
Charters
Clique chairmen of Lion and
State parties will appear before
the Senate Committee on Student
Affairs Subcommittee on Organ
ization and Control when it meets
at 4 p.m. today to consider the
charters of the two parties.
The committee will review the
two constitutions and make
recommendations to the Senate
Conimittee on Student Affairs,
which must give final approval.
The move to charter political
parties originates in Article 14 of
the All-University Elections Code,
approved by Cabinet early this
fall. The article stipulates" that
one of the requirements for the
formal recognition of political
parties is "the presentation to the
Cabinet . . . of existing, constitu
tions."
However, Senate must now
charter the parties because Cabi
net decided several weeks, ago
that it did .not: have the power
to do so.
At that Cabinet meetin, George
L. Donovan, Director of ASSQ,Ci
ated Student Activities, argued
that if Cabinet were given the
power to`charter political parties,
it would be a violation of the
practice on campus.
He argued that the Senate com
mittee has the sole power, point
ing out that political parties have
always been given meeting rooms
because the administration "has
felt they are a part of student
government.
He said groups are granted
this right only if they are char
tered by the Senate committee.-
Yule Job Cuts
Are Unofficial
Students who are absent from
class because of Christmas-time
jobs will not receive official class
excuses, Loretta Saxion, secretary
to the dean of men, said yester
day.
Students who do not wish to be
penalized for the cuts must make
arrangements with their /individ
ual class instructors, she said.
zany students who accepted
jobs to deliver mail over the
Christmas rush periods will be
required to report to work next
Thursday, two days before the
official vacation period begins.
Miss Saxion said the dean's
office has not issued excuses for
this work for the past three years.
Accident Damages
Estimated at $250
An estimated $250 damage was
done to the .car of Joseph •Beau 7
Seigneur, fifth semester journal-_
ism major, when it
. was involved
in a two-car collision Monday
night on E. College avenue.
The operator of the second ve
hicle, a 17-year-old Bellefonte girl,
was pulling out from the curb
when the two cars hit. The left
front fender of. the Bellefonte car,
and the right front fender of
Beau-Seigneur's car were dam
aged.
SS Tests Today
Approximately 150 students are
scheduled to take the Selective
Service college qualification test
today. The exam will begin at 8
a.m.- 10 Sparks
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'Who's in News'
Controv-rsy Aired
"Whos' in . the News at Penn State," following the pattern of its
national counterpart, "Who's Who in American Colleges and 'Uni
versities," has come under student scrutinization.
• There were three indications of controversy about the publica
tion this week:
1. Robert . Homan, All-University secretary-treasurer, Monday
night criticized the booklet and
the $2.50 fee charged students
listed in it.
2. The editor and president of
one of the sponsoring organiza
tions defended both the booklet
and the fee.
3. One hundred and forty stu
dents, of the 470 selected, applied
and paid the fee for inclusion as
of last night, with the deadline
three days away. This response is
lighter than normal.
Homan, who investigated the
national publication and reported
'on •his findings to. Cabinet, Mon
day night said he had ripped up
his application to "Who's in, the
News. at Penn State." He- com
mented "It's no honor" to be listed
In the , campus publication because
of the fee.
Homan limited his criticism of
"Who's in the News" to
.the fee.
In his Cabinet - report, he raised
other points about "Who's Who
in American Colleges and Uni
versities." The report pointed out
Who's in
the News
See Page 4
AIUM Keeps
Silent on
Red Charge
A University alumnus yester
day invoked the Fifth Amend
ment in refusing to testify before
the Senate Investigations sub
committee, the Associated Press
reported.
Alvin J. Heller, 27, of Bethle
hem, an employee of the Luria
Engineering Co., is one of 11 who
appeared before the committee
of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
(R-Wis.).
Asks Firing
The committee is holding pub
lic hearings on communism in de
fense plants. It asked the men
who refused to testify be fired
by their companies and suggested
that the Defense Department pres
surize firms which refuse to co
operate.
At the same time the Bethle- •
hem Steel Co. announced it
would fire two of its employees
who refused, to testify during
Tuesday's committee sessions.
Potter Presides
Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich.)' •
presided yesterday in the absence
of Chairman McCarthy who is
recuperating from. an elbow in
jury.
The key accusing -witness in
the hearings is Herman E. Thom
as of Allentown, an /employee of
Bethlehem Steel, Thomas testi
fied he was a member of the Com
munist party from 1937 to 1939
and reaffiliated with the party
from 1944 to 1954 as an under
cover agent for the Federal -Bur-:
eau of Investigation.
Heller, who is a crane operator
for Luria, said "I have more Joy,.
alty for my country than you and
your big fat corporation buddies."
However, he declined to answer
questions about possible commu
nist affiliations on the grounds
that he might incriminate him
self.
that mostly smaller schools were
included in the publication.
Philip Austin, editor of "Who's
in the News," yesterday defended
the fee as necessary to cover the
cost of publication of the booklet.
He explained that it is collected
so that advertisements will not
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