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VOL. 56. No. 26' STATE.COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20; 1955 FIVE CENTS
Cabinet Hear NSA
Re-entrance Request
All-University Secretary-Treasurer Philip Beard will recommend, as the head of a
delegation of four, to All-University . Cabinet , tonight that the University resume its mem
bership in the National Student Association.
Cabinet will hear two other reports -- both from Student Encampment committees.
Forrest Crawford, chairman of the Student Relationships to Town and the University ,
Committee, and Joanne Caruso, ,chairman of the-Committee on Student Organizations - and
their Functions, will
,present the reports. •
Senior Class President Robert McMillan will also report on the results of a meeting with
Tanned for this morning, concerning holding a half-holiday
• for the Penn State-Pennsylvania
football game.
Beard led a delegation of four
students this summer to the
Eighth National Student• Congress
of NSA at the University of Min
nesota. The other three were Sam-
Provost Adrian 0. Morse, p
MacArthur
Wanted Red
War Entry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 On—
The Pentagon made public today:
secret. documents reporting that
Gen.' Douglas MacArthur favored
Russia's entry into the war with
Japan as late as June, 1945.—'-less
than three months before the war
ended.
MacArthur has said he was
"most emphatically" against
bringing the Soviet union into
the conflict at the time of the
Yalta conference in February,
1945, and would have said •so if
his advice had been asked.
The newly released documents,
part of a Defense Department
study of Russia's 11th hour entry
into the war, contain nothing
Atitheg , to- confirm or: refute the
former Far Eastern commander's
-statement last March that his
views were not solicited for the
Yalta conference.
Russia Would Enter
The Pentagon - account says
MacArthur was told of the Yalta
idecisione-- - ; that Russia would en
•ter the war after V.-E day in ex
• change for territorial concessions
—by a War "Department repre
sentative. An it quotes Mac
'Arthur -as •teMng two official
- visitors shortly. after Yalta:
1.- The 'United States should
make every effort to get Russia
into the war before launching an
attack on the Japanese mainland.
2. He felt it was inevitable that
Russia would talte over all of
Manchuria, Korea and possibly
part of ,North China, but be
lieved Russia should "pay her
way" by, invading Japanese-held
Manchuria •as soon as possible
after the defeat of Germany.
MacArthur himself is quoted as
saying in a message to- Gen.
George C. Marshall, then Army
chief of staff, in mid-June, 1945,
that "sooner or later a decisive
ground attack must be made"
against - Japan and that:
Maud Lessened
"The hazard and loss will be
greatly lessened if an attack is
launched from Siberia sufficient
ly ahead of our target date to
commit the enemy to major com
bat."
The department said today the
survey, composed of official docu-.
ments, was issued "in response
to inquiries by members of the
Congress and 'the press," adding
it does not tell "the full story" of
Russia's entry into the war since
some aspects of the subject were
handled outside the War an d
Navy Departments.
This was not further explained.
The study dqes quote from State
Department papers as well as
military documents.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
.AGENDA •
Reports of Officers •
Adoption pf the Agenda
Reports of Committees:
Student Relationship to Town
and the University—Forr•st
Crawford
Student Organisations and
their Functions—Joanne Car
uso
National Student Association
—Philip Board
'Old Business:. .
Penn Half Holiday
Appointments
Announcements
Adjournment •
uel •Wolcott, president of the
sophomore class; Bruce Leiske,
president of the Association of
Independent Men, and Martha
Sue -Fleming, junior in home eco
nomics.
The. four attended the Congress
as observers rath,„%*
sity delefatia `ln order to decide
whether or not to recommend re
entrance into the association. Al
though' University dues in NSA
were paid through Oct. 1, Cab
inet decided last year to drop its
membership in the association
because it was felt the University
was deriving no noticeable gain
from its NSA membership.
The. delegation will also recom
mend • via the report that Cabinet
elect a , NSA co-ordinator from
applications screened b3Nthe Cab
inet Personnel Interviewing Coiri
mittee. Four NSA committees
would also be established, each
composed of five members.
Beard said yesterday that Cab
inet will probably discuss only
the report. On Sunday, Ray
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Olottrotatt
Decision On
Half-Holiday
Due Today
The University administration
is expected to rule today on the
possibility, of a half-holiday fov
the Penn game Oct. 29.
The Council of Administration,
the body which will have to make
the decision, is scheduled to meet
this morning. Tw o previously
scheduled meetings at which the
Penn half-holiday question could
have come up were postponed.
At least eight student organiza
tions, including All-University
Cabinet, have gone on record as
favoring the holiday. Today's
meeting of the council will be
the first since the student re
quests were made.
Dean.recent :Cabinet , rneeting e
Dean of Men Frdnk J. Simes . said
an extra half-holiday would have
to be taken from some other va
cation period. He' explained that
a college or university must have
a required number of class days
to be an accredited institution.
Officials of the administration
and student leaders have pro
posed that the scholastic calendar
in future years provide for a
,'floating" half-holiday. An extra
half day of classes would be
scheduled to let the student body
take a free half day whenever it
would want to.
The administration -has agreed
to send a representative to a fu
ture Cabinet meeting to discuss
such a holiday if Cabinet requests
it. •
Campus Chest Collects
$5OO After Second Day
Of Solicitations Drive
Campus Chest proceeds amounted to approximately $5OO
yesterday, marking the second day of this year's solicitations
drive.
The drive will end at 10:30 tomorrow night.
The goal is $1 per person, and $6OOO for the entire drive.
For each , contribution, the student will sign a card designating
to which group or groups he wish
es to give the money.
An engraved trophy will be
presented to the fraternity and
sorority with the highest amount
of contribution& The winning
group must have 100 per cent con
tributing.
Last year the top fraternity
contributed $53 and the highest ,
sorority gave $66.
,Contributions will be tabulated
every night during the drive from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. to
10:30 p.m.
Fund Raising Activity Combined
The purpose of the Campus
Chest is to combine all fund rais
ing activity into one big drive
in order to minimize duplicate ef
fort. Three campus religious or
ganizations—University Christian
Association, Newman Club, and
1-3111e1 Foundation—are participat
ing.
The national and local benefits
are World University Service,
Penn State Student Scholarship
Fund, Women's Student Govern
ment Association Christmas Fund,
and State College Welfare Fund.
American Red Cross, Damon
Runyon Cancer Fund, American
Cancer Society, National Scholar
ship Service Fund for Negro Stu
dents, American Heart Associa
tion, United Cerebral Palsy, Sal
vation Army, and Centre County
Heart Association.
MM==l
The total receipts of Campus
Chest last year were $4160.60, less
than half of the sum of the pre
vious year, $10,394.52. Solicita
tions, which netted the .bulk of
the proceeds, amounted to $4059.-
59.
Expenses last year amounted to
$1310.02, approximately one-third
of the total proceeds. All publi
city is being handled by the Ceri
tral Promotion Agency.
The Ugly Man Contest, spon
sored as a Spring Week event by
Alpha Phi Omega, national ser
vice fraternity, nett e d $920
toward last year's drive, and the
Max Kaminsky jazz concert
brought $695.
Froth Sales Continue
Froth will go on sale again
today, according to Sanford Lich
tenstein, business manager. Yes
terday's sales were low because
of intermittent showers, Lichten
stein said.
7 Councils
Call For
Nominations
Self-nominations for freshman
representatives for seven of the
nine student councils are due be
fore noon Saturday.
Elections for freshman repre
sentatives will be held next Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Freshmen in the College of En
gineering and Architecture may
obtain nomination blanks from
the office of the head of their re
spective departments. Nomination
blanks for the College of the Lib
eral Arts may be obtained in 132
Sparks.
Bus Ad Nominations
Blanks for the College of Busi
ness Administration are available
in 106 Sparks. Nomination blanks
for.the College of Eductaion may
be obtained in 102 Burrowes.
Freshmen in th e College of
Chemistry and Physics may sign
up for council nominations on the
bulletin boards in the lobbies of
Pond, Walker, Whitmore, and Os
mond Laboratories.
To Sign in Lobbies
Freshmen may nominate them
selves for the College of Mineral
Industries Student Council by
signing in the lobby of Mineral
Science Building. The College of
Physical Education and Athletics
will hold its nominations in the
physical education classes in Rec
reation Hall.
Nominations in the College of
Home Economics will be held un
til Tuseday. Freshmen may sign
up in the lobby of the Home Ec
onomics Building. The College of
Agriculture will hold its election,
in the spring.
Pollock Residents
To Receive New
Recreational Area
Pollock Council president Rob
ert Waltermeyer announced Tues
day that the area between Pol
lock Dormitories 12 and 13 and
and McElwain Hall will be con
verted into a recreation area for
Pollock residents.
At a meeting of the Council
Waltermeyer also announced that
temporary repairs to damaged
roads in the area would be made
within two weeks. Repairs had
not as yet been made, Waltermey
er said, because the physical plant
believed the roads in question
would be eliminated by the con
struction of the new dormitories
in the area.
Naming of a committee head to
supervise revision of the Pollock
Council constitution was tabled.
Dormitory presidents were ask
ed to collect old bluebooks in
their dormitories for use in an
area bluebook file. Management
of the file will be discussed next
week.
Junior Prom Queen
Pictures Due at HUB
Junior Prom Queen candi
dates should enter their pic
tures by Wednesday at the
Helsel Union desk, according
to Barbara Hendel, junior prom
committee member.
The pictures should be 5 by
7 or 8 by 10. The name, ad
dress, telephone number an d
sponsor of the entrant should
be given on the back of each
picture.
All entries must be juniors
enrolled at the University. Sam
Wolcott is chairman of th e
contest.