today's_ Weatfier— ' , Cloudy with Rain ' VOL. 55. No.. 65 Coo -:res.i: - To NeW •S'el.orii WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (iP)—The 84th Congress gets under way at noon today with Democrats taking over the reins and Republicans soft-pedaling differences in reorganizing them selves as the minority party. In a presession meeting yesterday GOP senators unani mously chose Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif) as their UN Delegate Will Speak At Forum General Carlos Romulo, co chairman of , the Philippine dele gation to the United Nations, will appear at Schwab Auditorium Jan. 13 as the third lecturer of the , State College ComMunity Pordin series. General Romulo, who was pres ident of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1949-50, will give a report on international af fairs and the western role in sup porting the free peoples of the eastern world under the topic "America's Stake in Asia." - A graduate of the University of the - Philippines in 1918; General Romulo went to Columbia Univer sity in 1921 for his M.A. degree. He has since received honorary degrees from 12 colleges and uni versities including Harvard, the University, of Rochester, the Uni versity of Maine, Lafayette Col lege, 'and the University of Athens, Greece. • -• • • „ General Romulo has held many varied positions • including com missioner of the Philippines to the United States, secretary of 'public instruction in the Philippines, Philippine secretary of foreign af fairs, and ambassador to the Uni ted States. Since the forming of the United Nations; he has been active in its work, and•has participated in ev ery major conference concerning the problems. of the Far East. • On, Feb. 15 the Community Forum will present criminologist James Hepbron and in March a bonus speaker .to be announced later. Showers Due; Mild Weather Will Continue Scattered showers which failed to : materialize yesterday are due today following a cloudirig up of skies this morning, the University weather station has reported. The mild weather which ush ered the New Year, will con tinue for at least a few more days with 'a high of 45 to 47 expected for today, 'equaling yesterday's 46. Low tonight will be about 43, the same as last night. ' December's weather held be low normal throughout the month, according to the weather. station. 1954's snowfall was beloW aver ag with - 26.2 inches for the 12- month period. This was 17.2 inch es below the normal snowfall =of 43.4 inches, and the lowest since th • beginning of the 1950'5. Snow falls .for these years totaled 41.7 inches in 1953; 29.1 in 1952; 37 in 1951; • and 64 in 1950. Thc. year's temperature averag ed , 5C.2 degrees, slightly above the average of. 49, -while the precipi tation averaged 40.76 inches; corn pared with the average of 39.01 niches, the weather station said.. Cabinet Agendas Ready • Agendas and reports for tomor row night's •ARLUniversity Cabi net meeting may •be picked up at the Student Union desk in - Old Main. ~ . . .. . . _ . . .. . . .. .. . lIIC : ,/.. - It Ar lt. Itli ‘P. ), Toil :,,,. , • 4'49.55 " . . . . STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1955 ~ plOl rt . i Today floor leader. No oppositionnoT vel.oped in the wake of K land's public differences on for eign policy with th e Eisenhower administration. Democrats pick- 'C.:loi!iiiignigi,," ed, also unani-.- figninifgag nously, Sam Ray- ;s:A;liggii;iiii3-K burn (D-Tex). to be speaker of the House and John .og Fl imlN E ;ow . W McCormack Stte4t(D-Mass) to be 4wp. i majority leader. ;.,..!?&.%:”giat - Democratic sen ators were called in t o session atwilliam F. Knowiana 2:30 p.m. yesterday to elect Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) majority leader. Republican House mem bers scheduled a meeting a half hour later to name Joseph W. Martin Jr., (R-Mass), who was speaker in the 83rd Congress, min ority leader. Looking ahead, Sen. Walter George (D-Ga) predicted Demo crats will have no basic disa greements with President Dwight D. Eisenhower over foreign, na tional defense, and world trade policies in t h e new Congress. "Perhaps there uill be arguments over some de tails," Georg e, - Sam Rayburn' who will become Foreign Relations Committee chairman,' said in an interview. "But I do not anticipate sharp, fundamental differences over even most of the domestic program." George said he will not press for personal income tax cuts this year as he did—unsuccessfully— in 1954. He said he still believes personal exemptions should be raised, but not until more progress has been made toward balancing the budget. At the White House, Eisenhower and his advisers were putting into final form the 45-minute State of the Union address which the President will deliver to a joint session Thursday. Radio and tele (Continued on page three) ACEI to Meet Tonight The Association of Childhood Education International will meet at '7 tonight in Atherton Lounge. The program for the evening will include a panel and discussion of "What it is 'like to attend a for eign school." Members of ' the panel will be from the United States and foreign countries. ° CI Bill etion Ex I ine Editorial on page four Several withdrawals from the University yesterday were credited by Dean of Men Frank J. Simes to a misunderstanding among many students that to get full veterans'. benefits they must enlist in the military service by Jan.. 31. The confusion has apparently arisen; Simes said, from the recent , press releases telling of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's fixing Jan. 31 as the terminal date for veterans' various wartime bene fits granted: in the Korean War. According to newspapers, the im pression given was that full cover age by the measures would be given to anyone entering the mili tary service by that time. Information received from the Association of - Land Grant Col- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 4 Professors Return Today From Capital Four of the five faculty mem bers who are serving on a special advisory committee to Governor elect George M. Leader returned to the University today following a trip to Harrisburg. A fifth committee member, Dr. Harold F. Alderfer, head of the political science department, will return tomorrow. The men were not available for comment yesterday and the rea son for their visit was not 'known. When the committee was ap pointed, Leader said it would function to assist in the "orderly and constructive changeover of governmental functions on Jan. 18," the date he takes office. In addition to Alderfer, who is the assistant to the chairman of the committee, committee mem bers from the University are Dr. R. Wallace Brewster, Dr. John H. Ferguson. Dr. Charles F. Lee- Decker and Dr. M. Nelson Mc- Geary, all of the political science department. Each will make a study of a governmental depart ment. 3 Students OK After Collision Three students who were in volved in an automobile collision Sunday night while on their way to the University, are expected to return to the campus today. • The thr e e students, William Wismer, seventh semester forestry major, Ida Wylie, seventh semes ter education major, and Sally Lewis, third semester education major, were involved in a two car collision outside of Berwick. The car in which Wismer was driving was traveling downhill, when a second car moving in the opposite direction pulled out of line to by-pass another vehicle. The head-on collision caused an estimated' damage of $5OO to the car driven by Wismer. AIM Executi4e Meeting The executive board of the As sociation of Independent Men will meet at 8:30 tonight in 108 Wil lard. Deadline Is Today For Talent Show Today is the last day to sign up for auditions., for the Penn State Club Talent Show. The tryouts will be held from to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sun day. Applications should be turned in at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The show, to be held Feb. 25 in Schwab Auditorium, will feature a variety of acts. The winner will receive a prize of $25. Second and third prizes of $l5 and $lO will also be award ed. leges s. by Simes pointed out that while these men and women en tering this month would be covered by the Korean provis ions, the benefits would only be those accumulated during the re mainder of the month. None would automatically get the maxi mum benefits as releases seem to indicate. • On the local , level, Simes ex plained that those withdrawing 'said they took the action because they interpreted the announce ment as .meaning if they entered the service by Jan. 31, they would get , the maximum educational benefits or a possible 36 months of schooling at government ex pense. He added many of these were already in danger of being drafted shortly because of low grades. The Association of Land Grant Colleges information interpreted egittn Exposition COateimiii:i President Milton S. Eisenhower will head a group of rep resentatives and organizations from .the University that will attend the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show Monday through Friday of next week. The 39th Farm Shew has been dedicated to the University in recognition of the century of service that it has rendered. to agriculture, according to W. S. Hagar, Acting State Secretary of Agriculture and chairman of the Farm Show Commission. Formal Dedication The nation's largest mid-winter Farm Show will be formally dedi cated to the University by Gov ernor John S. Fine on Monday evening. An arena audience of 10,000 is expected. President Eisenhower is sched uled to speak at a dinner Thurs day night where all the dishes served will be made from pro ducts developed through research at the University. It is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers Association, the Pennsylvania 'Farm Bureau Co operative and the Pennsylvania Chain Store Council. The Glee Club will make two appearances during the event, which is expected to attract 600 to 800 people. Animal Pageant "Song of a Century," the tenth annual talent pageant-festival, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. It, as well as the nine other festi vals, was written by William R. Gordon, professor of rural sociol ogy extension. The pageant festival tells the story of the University and,its ser vice to the Commonwealth. The Pershing Rifles drill team, a group from Thespians, Miss Penn State, Nancy Van Tries, seventh semes ter journalism maior: the Nittany Lion, Alfred Klimcke, third se m 0 - -. .sr journalism major; 40 stu de..lts from the College of Agri •ulture and other students and fac ulty members will appear in the festival. The Pershing Rifle drill team, - ,vearing ROTC uniforms and (Continued on page eight) Coed Is Iniured n Dormitory Fa ll Charlotte Lutinski, seventh se mester medical technology major, was admitted to the University Hospital at 4 p.m. yesterday after noon after a fall in McElwain Hall, in which she suffered possible head injuries. Miss Lutinski' was examined by Dr. Alfred H. Griess of the Uni versity Health Service. She was then taken to the University Hos pital, where her condition was reported as good. the -action as meaning the en listees 'would receive credit to ward educational benefits only-ac cording to the number of days of service prior to Jan. 311 the ratio being one and one-half days of schooling -allowed for each day of service. Thus; if anyone began service today they could only ac cumulate 40 • days free education by Jan. 31. - Simes added he is still investi gating the exact meaning of the President! s action and hopes to get a definite answer today. In the meantime, he urged students not to make hasty decisions. It was pointed.out in the Jan. 1 issue of the Air . Force Times that Rep. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex) will present a bill to Congress which would preserve the education pro vision. of the Korean Bill. This bill, however, it adds, will do this only - "if - enacted." By PHYLLIS PROPERT Ten Named To Select . New Dean Ten faculty and staff members have been named to a committee to recommend qualified candi dates for the post vacated by Dr. George L. Haller, former dean of the College of Chemistry and Physics, by President Milton S. Eisenhower. Haller left his position at the University to manage the labor atories department of General Electric Company's Electronics Division.. The members of the committee are Adrian 0. Morse, University Provost, chairman; Dr. John G. Aston, professor of organic chem istry; Dr. Donald S Cryder, head of the department of chemical en gineering; Dr. David C. Duncan, professor emeritus of physics; Dr. Merrell R. Fenske, professor of cl.emistry and chemical engineer ing, Dr. W. Conrad Fernelius, head of the department of chem istry- Dr. Clarence I. Noll, assis tant dean of the College of Chem= istry and Physics; Dr. J. Harris Olewine, professor of organic chemistry; Dr. David H. Rank, re search professor of physics and Dr. John A. Sauer, head of the department of physics. Haller, who has been dean of the college since 1947, has tender ed his - resignation to become ef fective not later than June 30. The GE laboratories department is comprised of research and de velopment groups from Syracuse, Cornell and Stanford Universities. Haller has served as a consultant to this department for two years. The Electronics Laboratory's prime function is advanced de vllopment in civilian and military electronics. Its projects cover such fields as transitors, radar, color television, video tape recording and automatic assembly machines. Where, oh, where has the little dog gone? Blivit, the beagle hound that was .fount last month by James Clokey, first semester physics ma jor; is missing again. Clokey left Blivit with a jani to.. in McKee Hall before vaca tion, since the University does not permit pets in the dormitories. He intended to take the dog home with him at vacation, but when he went to pick up the dog, he couldn't find where the janitor lived. So Blivit stayed in State Col lege after all. ClokeY said he is trying to con tact the janitor to reclaim the dog. Coffee Hour Cancelled A dean of men's coffee hour will not be held this week. The next coffee hour will be Jan. 13. Invitations to attend the informal deans-students get-togethers are sent to student leaders by the Dean of Men's office. Women Counselors see Page 4 FIVE CENTS ..: onors ...Year: :::- Found and Lost: Blivit the Beagle Disappears Again
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