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VOL. 55. No.. 65
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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. • -• •
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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.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1955
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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
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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
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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.
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CI Bill etion Ex I
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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
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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
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Found and Lost:
Blivit the Beagle
Disappears Again