Interfraternify Ball Tops 'Big Weekend' Festivities Thespian Show, IF Sing Finals Other Highlights Forgetting war worries tempor arily in the midst of a gay, metro politan Rec Hall setting, an ex pected 1,000 couples will dance to the melodies of Raymond Scott’s “utra-modem” orchestra at Inter fraternity Ball from 10 to 2 o’clock tonight, the . feature attraction of the first “big weekend" of Spring. Fraternity and non-fraternity men, coeds and imports, and oth ers seeking to drown their cares will also attend performances of the Thespians’ Spring production, “Hide ’n’ Peek,” in Schwab Audi torium at 7:30 p. m. today and .7 p. in. tomorrow; and will still be. “going strong” at dances to be held. at approximately 25 fraternities , tomorrow, night. \ ", Reminding -non-fraternity men , that they must obtain their invita-- .tjons to IF. Ball.froip. fraternity Then, Co-chairmen Charles ' J\. ' Matterh ,’.42 -and Arthur; .H. Sha-' piro ’42; said that the'deadline for ! ' obtaining tickets at Student Union is sp. m. No tickets will be sold at Rec Hall tonight. ' At intermission, three finalists will compete for the winner’s tro-- phy .in the annual Interfraternity Songfest. Glee Clubs from Alpha ' Kappa Pi, Delta Upsilon, and Tau Kappa. Epsilon will vie for the honor captured by Beta Theta Pi .last year. Judges of the singing competi tion will he Frank M. Gullo, assist ant .professor of music education; Clifford M. Lewis, associate Col lege publicity editor; and Paul Mitten, State College merchant. Each of the three finalists wilt sing two selections-r-bne of. its frater nity songs, and another, song of its , ‘Time To Dance’— —Outstanding in the Spring production “Hide own .. Raymond; Scott,; Who .will be.' GhQfUk-.:„fClie’. grouiv'has' •gain'e'diwd'ae';reputation;" forvAr-rny making his first appearance, oil .this catnps as a -portiofi of the Thespian: Defense • Mobile- Unit.; - ' " campus, will bring with him his ' : 1 ' ci tpus, w*~ ; *. ». ■* famous “Quintet,” crooner Billy ’. w - >• . } •'• . Leach. ahd Dorothy Collins, -. " ' • /|_|. I / n «' / songstress. In addition to.being a | n f||de fl rCCK. top-rank composer and conductor, ; j. : -t Scott is ranked high in lists of Am-. ■ VV/*«1: T «-• ■ ■ V*L • I . erican pianists andmay.be heard ■ J VvlttViClTiptinQ V-OOfUS VJIfIS ; ' Although Scott has attracted wa l “ shalt much attention with his whacky q, nn r\ Ba ; oon .? u ° e L Up i aad h< : titles ;and “surrealistic” iazz im- OIUCLentS ana raCULty hmad trouble with the length of nressi6ns,.he,-has assured the IF , c n » he in ' .Ball committee that his 13-piece P/d/l SOHO PfOOram “What’s Comm’. Off. And Leon band will stick predominantly, to _ , ; .' Rabmowitz emerges m the role oi an orthodox danceable repertoire. . Penn State’s Student-Faculty convict in the premier of Thes _ Relations committee made plans to pians’ “Hide ’n’ Seek” in Schwab hold 'an all-College song program Auditorium tonight, sometime in the near future, at a Rabinowitz as “Bat ears” Ben meeting last night. This will be nett’will be one of the moSt dan the committee’s first active at- gei'oucpnvicts to ever roam the tempt to bring students and fa- Nittany Valley. His accomplice, culty members together.. Ted Clauss as “Rubber puss” Ryan Working hard to foster better is just as notorious. But'they have Richard S Peifly ’43 was elected relationships between the faculty a common weakness for college basketball manager for the com- and.the student body, the.-commit, life. '. ' , ing year, Neil M. Fleming, Gradu- tee believes a song program such Convicts and chorus r girls mix ate Manager of Athletics,, announc- as this will be helpful in starting well, though, thoughf as Rabino ed yesterday. His successor will the ball rolling. witz demonstrates in his spot num be Milton J. Bergstein ’44. First A code of by T laws was also dis- ber “Off to Bed’” with an eye-fill assistants include Robert F. Sny- cussed and passed by the commit- ing chorus. der ’45, Sidney G.'Knoblauch ’45, tee. It deals with the manner of other than the comedy which is and Thomas V. Blythe ’45. Richr election of members, tenure of supplied by Clauss and Rabino ard S, Reynolds ’45 is the new office, and appointment of com- witz, Marce Stringer, veter Thes freshman manager, with Ira Bur- mittees to find out student and pian of eight shows, has a feminine dette Coldren ’45 and John L. Hal- faculty interests. lead as Corky. Jimmy Leyden stars terman ’45 acting as alternates. Each undergraduate school is as the “smooth” guy Sugarfoot. Varsity basketball letter win- represented oh .the committee by All the dance- routines were ar ners for. the season just completed a faculty member and two stu- ranged and directed by Bud Mel include David H. Hornstein ’44, dents. The faculty member is lott, freshman Thespian star who Lawrence D. Gent ’44, Elmer A. chosen by the dean- of his respec- has appeared in New York night Gross ’42, Herschel D. Baltimore five school. One student member club floor shows. He and Sally ’43, Richard V. Grimes '42, John j s chosen by his school council and Harshbarger have perfected a S. Egli ’43, and Robert F. Ramin the other member is eledted by “hot” jitterbug tap dance which ’ 43 -. the faculty member and the mem- has been declared “the newest Freshman letter winners are ber chosen by the council.' college swing.” James M. Lawther, John R. Weber, —. : George Washko, another fresh- Israel Zelitch, Willard H. Park- ... . . . . ~ man too talented to rate anything hill,. John L. Pfirman, Russell W. LlOCrfll ACIS IOUIKII less than three spots in the show, Eckert, Robert S. Beck, Jr., and ■ . , will turn loose his torrid trumpet. Irwin Kanengiser. HfildS Nfllltlltiltl AIIS Washko was offered a seat in —I iiwmiiiiiiiwiij Claude Thornhill's Orchestra 'im ■ » i; in .j ■ Donald W. Davis, Jr.’43, Charles mediately upon graduation from AA EICGTIOII I lillß wnallgGQ .w. Elder ’43, and Bertram. S. high school, but he declined. He The Athletic Association elec- Green ’43* were nominated for the is now a member of the Campus tions will be held at 1 p. m. to- presidency of the Liberal Arts Owls. morrow in the' Rec' Hall balcony. Council, yesterday. • Nominated as Musical backdrops and' specialty instead of 3:30 p. m. as previously-.candidates for the position of see- numbers in the show will be play atnbunced,. James W. Ritter, -presr/retary-treasurer - were Larryc-T. ed by the Penn State Aristocrats ident of the Athletic Association . Chervenak-’.44, and Rlchard-B. Mct-. under the direction of. Jimmy Mc stated yesterday. . Haul-’44. -Adam. - Peifly Elected Courl Manaoer Sally m dull VOL. 38—No. 118 Blakeslee Captures Prexy Post OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Campus Clique Gets Seven Offices; MeAleer Elected By ROBERT E. SCHOOLEY Riding the crest of the greatest wave ever to hit Penn State, Jer- , ome H. Blakeslee became the fourth All-College president last night • by a 364-Vote margin over William C. Mazzocco (I). The Campus party also 'captured seven out of eleven offices on the whole party slate, but the Independents,.were victorious in the senior and junior . class presidents’ offices. David J. McAleer (I) will be the new senior class . president and Harold L. Zimmerman (I) was voted into the head position of the ' junior class. James A. McKech nie-(C) was the only other major candidate to win for his party. The Campus ’45 party was the only one to make a clean sweep. of its slate as 3,633 soap-box fol lowers visited the polls. Last night’s election surpassed all re- ' cords. Last year 3;175 students voted in the three-day elections and 3,348 the year before. No other records come close to this • year’s figure. Marjorie E. McFarland was the only other Campus clique candi- , date to assume office outsid,e of Blakeslee. J. Hilary Kelley (I) pilecj up a 46-vote margin over Robert H..P. J. Jordan (C) for the treasurer’s- job and* William T.* Richards (I) garnered a 40-Vote edge over Charles J. Sorber for 1 class historian. The office had previously been vacated- by John McLaughlin. All the tabulations in the fight for junior class positions were close as Jit was predicted. No margin was wider than 58 votes and that was chalked up by Zim merman for president. Shirley J. Tetley (C) broke through the poli tical lines to win the secretary ship and William M. Briner, Jr. (C) took over the treasurer’s post by 47 votes. Besides McKechnie, triumphant hophomore Campus candidates were Margaret L. Good for secre-' tary and John L. Pfirman, trea surer. Complete Election Summaries ALL-COLLEGE President and Vice-President Jerome H. Blakeslee and Jess V. Fardella (C) .. William C. Mazzocco and Glenn W. Ely (I) CLASS OF 1943 President and Vice-President David J. McAleer and David J. Woods (I) ... Charles H. Ridenour and Richard S. Peifly (C) Secretary Marjorie 'E.- McFarland (C) . .376 Betty E. Eshleman (I) . • • .Treasurer J. Hilary Kelley (I) . •Rpheft H. Jordan, .(C),. ' ; s . : Class Historian - William T.-Richards (I) .....375 Charles J. Sorber (C) 335 CLASS OF 1944 - President. and Vice-President Harold L. Zimmerman and George,C. McWilliams (I) ..510 William.-8.. Prichard and . Robert M. Faloon, Jr. (C) .. 452 , Secretary Shirley J r Tetley (C) Elaine J. Cox (I) .... Treasurer William M. Briner, Jr. (C> ... .448 Thomas E. Wilcox (I) CLASS OF 1945 President and Vice-President James A. McKechriie and Ruth A. Embury (C) James. R. Frakes and Enos B. Sage (I) Secretary Margai’et L. Good (G> Luella T. Boliski (I) Treasurer John L. Pfirman (C) . J::mes A. Casey, Jr. (I) INDEPENDENT MEN REP. Richard S. Kurtz '43 John C. Yorks ’43 . INDEPENDENT WOMEN REP. Muriel S. Taylor ’43 152 M. Pauline Rugh ’43 96 CONSTITUTION VOTE 1361 259 Ten Representatives Attend Model Parley Penn State sent ten representa r tives to the ninth annual Intei-col legiate Government Conference at Harrisburg which started yester day and will last through Sunday. Prof. M. Nelson McGeary, depart ment of political science, accom panied the group. Students who made the trip include Timothy J. Crowley ’42, chairman of the delegation, Har old M. Rosen ’42, Milton Calig ’43, Donald ■'K. Probert ’44, John Deutsch *44, Prank R.. MeKain ’44, Marsdon Lawley, Jr. ’44, Berna dette L. Kohler '44, E. James Tri marchi ’44, and William S. El gin -'44. . . Weather Moderately PRICE THREE CENTS In the other two election is sues, the revised All-College Con stitution was approved by an overwhelming 1,361 to 259 count. Successful candidates for the rep resentatives of the independent men and women were Richard S. Kurtz ’43, president of the IMA, and Muriel S. Taylor ’43. Taylor won by 56 votes and Kurtz by 16. Elections committee head Jean (Continued on Page Two) - Late News LONDON—Britain’s foreign of fice announced more restrictions will be placed on information go ing out of England. To be exer cised by the Ministry of Informa tion, the new regulations are in tended to kill all stories which may cause embarrassment to the Allies or “weaken Allied morale.” ANKARRA—AII available Axis troops in the Balkans are being massed along the Bulgarian and Greek frontiers, according to re ports reaching here yesterday. The new move indicates a possible prelude to a Spring invasion of Turkey. : WASHINGTON Three more Allied ships have been- torpedoed by Axis submarines off the At lantic coast, the Navy department revealed yesterday.
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