(Successor to t *JH| ♦ \ f ♦ WEATHER— - 21typ flauij (EolLpgtatt Zltl VOL. 37—No. 103 Baird Wins, Campus Takes Class Posts Full Lion Team In New York ForEIWA Meel By ROSS LEHMAN • NEW YORK, March 14.—Eight victory-eager Nittany Lion grap plers prepared to clash with ten powerful mat squads in the 37th annual tournament for the East ern Intercollegiate Wrestling As sociation championship at Col umbia University’s . gym today and tomorrow. Eighty-e ig h t representatives from Army,_Navy, Penn, Cornell, Syracuse, Yale, Lehigh, Prince ton, - Columbia, Harvard, and Penn State will struggle on tour nament mats against formidable competition for individual and team honors. The grapplers will weigh in this morning and drawing for bout positions will follow. Elim ination and semi-final matches will be wrestled this afternoon and tonight with the final and second and third consol a ti on place battles scheduled for to morrow. Lehigh, EIWA title-holder for the past three years, and Cornell head the list of former collegiate championships with 11 victories apiece. Penn State follows with eight, Yale five, Princeton 1, and Yale and Lehigh shared the dia dem in 1927.' -.-When-the, ..bell .rings. for the opening bout at 2 p. m. today, three of Penn State’s grapplers will enter competition as even favorites to steal individual mat crowns from . their rivals. Cap tain Frank Gleason, Joe Scalzo, and Charlie Ridenour will flaunt a composite score of 20 wins and only three losses as their year’s dual record. Ridenour is probably ranked as the Lions outstanding favorite. Bursting into mat prominence in his. first varsity year, he gets the nod over Captain Ted Schoen berg of Harvard, Joe Littleton of Cornell, and Bill Changaris of {Continued on Page Three) Students jailed By Local Police Two students, arrested at 1 o’clock yesterday morning for interfering with firemen during a blaze in Sally’s Sandwich Shop at 103V£ East Beaver Avenue, have been released so that they could attend classes while await ing a hearing. The s tudents William L. Brown ’44 and Clifford L. Hunt ington ’43—were kept in the bor ough jail during the .night. They were jailed after attempting to enter the burning building. According to police, Fire Mar shal G., Edwin Moore refused to admit , the students to the. build ing; but they attempted to force their way-in.- A-hearing will be held at the convenience of Moore and Rich ard .W. May ’4l, student repre sentative to borough council, who.must be present at all stu dent, hearings. - Damage from the blaze was estimated at $3OO. Furniture in the room was destroyed and the walls and ceiling were badly scorched. Firemen were forced ■to don smoke masks before the fire could be controlled. These Men Are New Student Presidents ROBERT D. BAIRD All-College President JEROME H. BLAKESLEE Junior Class President t The four students show above were elected new student gov ernment presidents' in three-day elections. Robert D. Baird ’42 was named All-College president; H. Leonard Krouse, senior class presi dent; Jerome H. Blakeslee; junior class president; and Jack R. Grey, sophomore class president. Temporary Bus Depots Listed; Commerce Club Takes Critical Poll Announcements of new down town bus stops and the results of a selective poll conducted by the State College Commerce Club were made last night. Since the lifting of the injunc tion that permitted buses to stop on College Avenue the transpor tation companies will use the following locations:- Greyhound Lines: Emergency terminal on South Atherton Street. Johnston Motorbus: Terminal on South Atherton Street for taking on and discharging pas sengers, discharging also on South Pugh Street. Boalsburg Auto Bus: Parking iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifuimimi Late News Flashes iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii LONDON The RAF, struck Channel at midnight last night, a devastating blow at the Axis but anti-aircraft and RAF fight powers last night as they spread er planes stopped the attack be their attack from Norway to fore serious damage was done. Southern France and through ATHENS Turkish officials Germany to Berlin. The attack- notified Greece last night that ers-reported that their raids, in Turkey would aid if Yugoslavia clear weather, left Berlin, Ham- decided to fight the Axis powers, burg, and various other towns in Russian communiques' to Greece a maze of fire and destruction, last night stated that she would German planes, retaliating with stay neutral whether Yugoslavia a counter-attack, swept over the decided to fight or not. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. H. LEONARD KROUSE Senior Class President , Sophomore Class President meter spaces on South Allen near College. Johnston and Boalsburg Auto Bus tickets may be purchased at State College Hotel. Greyhound and Johnston tickets are sold at the South Atherton terminal. The poll revealed that 136 out of 160 merchants and all 2‘4 of the fraternities polled considered the prohibition of a central bus Stop unwise from, the stand point of convenience. That business of local estab lishments would suffer by the abolition of the stop and the cre ation of a new terminal was agreed by 125 business men and 20 fraternities. JACK R. GREY Krouse, Blakeslee, Grey Gain Offices; Loan Fund Tops Mural By 5 Votes Sweeping every post except the All-College offices, the Cam pus party rolled to its most striking victory at the polls in years as the third All-College elections closed last night. Sole Independent consolation was the election of Robert D. Baird and Gerald P. Doherty to the offices of All-College president and All-College vice-president, respectively, over Campus nom inees Charles F. Mattern and Peter B. Krones. In the closest race of all, the Scholarship Loan Fund was chosen as the gift of the Class of 1941 by a majority of five votes over the Old Main Murals. Piling up the biggest margin in eight years for the senior class presidency, H. Leonard Krouse was elected to that office with a vote that exactly doubled that of his Independent opponent, R. Glen Alexander. John J. Long swept into the vice-presidential slot by a like majority as A. Pa tricia Behney and C. Homer Hoffman annexed slightly lesser totals. Complete Election Summary ALL-COLLEGE President and Vice-President: Charles F. Mattern and Peter B. Krones (C) . Robert D. Baird and Gerald P. Doherty (I> ..1671 CLASS OF 1942 President and Vice-President: R. Glen Alexander and V. Lee Clovis (I) ... H. Leonard Krouse and John J. Long (C) Secretary: Paul C. Mall (I) 295 A Patricia Behney <C) . .. .482 Treasurer: Janet M. Hartz (I) 325 C. Homer Hoffman (C) .. .451 CLASS OF 1943 President and Vice-President; Jerome H. Blakeslee and M. Williams Lundelius (C) William T. Richards and George N. Rumsey (I) ..436.. Secretary: Elsie L. Rooth (C) 470 Gladys E. Fitting (I) 397 Treasurer: Robert L. Mawhinny (C) . .473 Thomas R. Ridge (I) 386 CLASS OF 1&44 President and Vice-President: John J. Chambers and Charles P. Lebow (I) .. .407 Jack R. Grey and Clair E. Eisenhart (C) Secretary: F. Doris Stevenson (I) ....425 Margaret L. Campsey (C) .514 Treasurer: * Loyal E. Ramsey CD 429 Thomas J. Goodwin (C) .. 505 SENIOR CLASS GIFT Murals for Old Main 242 Scholarship Loan Fund . .247 70 Bridge Teams Enter IF-Panhel Tournament With 58 teams, representing 34 fraternities, and 12 teams from 9 sororities entered, plans are nearing completion for the first interfraternity - panhellenic bridge tournament, according to Robert L. Elmore ’4l, in charge of competition. ' The fraternity teams will hold eliminations until the number of teams left equals the number of sorority teams. Finals will in clude teams from both fraterni ties and sororities. Playing will probably begin Tuesday in Old Main. Teams will play duplicate contract bridge. A trophy will be awarded to the championship team. By WILLIAM E. FOWLER In its first triumph at the polls, the 43 Campus party nar rowly edged its rivals as Jerome H. Blakeslee and M. Williams Lundelius rang up a 41-vote vic tory over William T. Richards and George N. Rumsey. Elsie L. Rooth and Robert L. Mahinny were elected secretary and treas urer, respectively, to complete the: winning slate. Jack R. Grey and Clair E. Eisenhart had little trouble in (Continued on Page Four) Collegian Poll Oul-Gallups Better than Gallup, the Colleg ian poll on the All-College Elec tions missed only the junior class presidency, a check last night showed. Collegian’s second poll, taken immediately before the election, was wrong on the juniors but the one taken two weeks earlier hit even that class exactly right. The score sheet: Ist 2nd Ac- Office Candidate Poll Poll tual A.-C. Baird (I) 53% 52 % 53% Mattern (C> .47 48 47 ’42 Krouse (O .. 66 66 67 Al'exander (I) 34 34 33 ’43 Blakeslee (C> 52 43 •52 Richards (I> .48 57 48 ’44 Grey (C) 51 59 59 Chambers (I> 49 41 41 Senior Gift—Loan Fund 57 51 Murals ... 43 49 Conducted by William J. Mc- Knight '42, the poll was made by calling every 20th student in the College Directory and asking how he planned to vote. Yeoman service was done by Collegian’s freshman heelers who did all the phoning under McKnight’s direc tion. Juniors May Order Blazers Today Junior Blazers, now displayed at Student Union and lqcal men's shops, may be ordered today with a deposit of $3. Costing $5.50, the class jackets will be delivered within two weeks after ordering. Purchasers have a choice of sport coat or loafing coat styles. PRICE THREE CENTS
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