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VOL. 44—No. 54
Late AP News
Courtesy Radii' Station WMAJ
ATLANTA, GEORGIA Her
man Talmadge was hanged in ef
figy today. More than 1200 shout
ing college students showed their
dissatisfaction with Talmadge's
assumption of the office of Gov
ernor by hanging a dummy rep
resenting Talmadge from a statue
of Tom Watson. 'Watson was a fa
mous Georgia agricultural leader.
A low hours before this demon
stration. Talmage had 'Offered to
resign if his opponent, Lieuten
ant 'Governor M. E. Thompson,
would do likewise. And Talmage
susigested thE,ltt the crintroversy
he settled in what he called a
Democratic white primary elec
tion. Talmadge suggested that
negroes not be permitted to vote,
in the special election.
WASHINGTON There is
much speculation as to what
steps the Attorney General will
take in an alleged shortage in
the accounts• of the former Ser
geant-at-Arms of the House of
Representatives.
_House Speaker
Joe Martin slays a shortage of
more than $125,000 has been un
covered by a final audit by the
Comptroller General of Kenneth
Romney's accounts. Romney is
former Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House. Martin added that the
audit has been turned over to the
Attorney General for further
handling.
WASHINGTON The fed eral
Wage-Hour Admiiniatrator, L.
Metcalf Walling, wants Congress
to change the law to permit un
ions and employers to comproi - nise
portal. •a claims. Walling told a
(Conttiiued on page four)
RpTc Units
ReVive 80 1 l
Military Ball, an annual' pre
war event, will return to campus
Saturday, - March - 29, after a three
year lapse. The closed formal is a
joint operation of army and navy
ROTC- units.
Cadet Lt; Col. Philip R. Jones
and henry R. Brenner, NTROTC,
have been named co-chairnien of
the general committee. Each corn-
Mittee-is-heade'd by a representa 7
tiVe-Weabh. unit. ••
- .
Other committee appointments
are Wesley S. Burkert and Henry
E. LaVoice, entertainment; Sam
uel E. Neely and. Joseph 0. East
lack, invitations; Thomas C. Bots
ford end Russell J. Nickerson,
decorations; Irwin Sagenkahn and
'James L. Everett, finance; and
John R. Connally and Vincent L.
Bachman, arrangements.
Each cadet officer and navy
trainee - will receive ;two invita
tions for guests.
Students Find Hungarian
Lost in Nittany Mountains
trnagine finding yourself lost
and hungry in State College and
unable to speak a word of Eng
lish., after just having arrived in
the United States less than 24
hour's before.
tAndy Vas found himself in just
this situation early Saturday
morning. Although an American
citizen, Andy had lived ItB of his
23 years. in Hungary and now
had returned to his native coun
try to join his father.
The trouble started when Andy
found himself in the strange town
of Lemont instead of Lemont
Furnace, located near Pittsburgh.
After-, thumbing a ride to State
College, Andy wandered into a
local restaurant and met his next
prdblem of how to order. Two men
in the booth opposite him were
enjoying delicious -bacon -and eggs.
By' - Using sign language Andy
had them order the same for him.
After breakfast Andy's new com
panions, Homer Markle and Rob
ert Miller, set out to help. him.
Since both men had- just arrived
from -Ohio - for a visit the night
they decided first on the
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, NV-STATE COTJ,FGE, PA
Local High School
To Actas Host
For Song Festival
Th e All-State Choral Festival,
featuring 210 select voices, will
begin February 6 and continue
through February 8. A special
concert will be presented in
Schwab Auditorium February 8,
at 8 p. m..
Eighteen community organiza
tions are financing this project.
The festival will be sponsored by
the State College public schools
in connection • with the Pennsyl
vania Music Association. The
State College High School will act
as host.
Students selected to participate
in the chorus represent 150 high
schools 'from all over thi state.
These representatives'were chosen
from 1100 contestants who com
peted in seven district eliminat
ing contests, sponsored by a com
mittee from the Pennsylvania
Music Association.
Helen Hosmer, president of the
Eastern Division of Music Edu
cators Conference and head of the
music department of Crane State
Teachers College in Pottsdam,
New York, will be guest conduc
tor at the festival.
Preparation for the Saturday
night concert will begin Febru
ary 6. All singers will register and
begin rehearsing immediately.
Three or four soloists will be se
lected from tryouts scheduled for
Friday morning.
A few of the proposed numbers
for the concert program are
"March of the Musketeers," ;by
Friml, "Erie Canal," American
folk tune, arranged by Fred War
ing, "G lor i a for the Twelfth
Mass" by Mozart and "Battle
Hymn of .the Republic.':
A banquet: has„.been planned
for all the, singers Eriday night.
Following the dinner, a basket
ball game will be played at the
State College High School. An in
formal dance will be held the
same night in White Hall, spon-
(Continued on page two)
College. Trustees Meet
For Annual Session
The College Board' of Trustees
will hold its annual meeting at
the-Penn•Harris Hotel in Harris
burg on Saturday afternoon, with
the executive , committee' meeting
Friday evening.
Officers and executive com
mittee. for -11947 will •be elected
at the general meeting following
a luncheon on Saturday.
- _
Standing committees on Archi
tecture, Grounds and Buildings,
Education, Business and Finance,,
and Student and Staff Welfare
will meet reldo .-- afternoon and
Saturd'ay morning.
police station and when that
failed—Abe , College. •
Gene Fulmer at the Student
Union directed them to 'Prof. K.
J. DeJuhasz in Engineering D.
There, as Prot DeJuhasz inter
preted, Andy- told the story of
how he had worked •in the iron
mines during the . war and 'had
been interned by the • Russians
when they entered, the small Hun_
garian town Which he lived
with his•mother.
'Alter escaping from the Rus
sians, he lived in constant . : terror
of being discovered until the
Czechs returned to control. In
stead Of returning to his former
peaceful life Andy was ordered to
leave the country immediately
and his mother was only permit
ted to stay hecabse. she was ill
and unable to be moved.
The Americans in Munich pro
vided for transportation to the
United States so Andy left imme
diately with just the clothes he
had on. A Catholic Aid. Society
Met Andy as .he came off the
(Continued on page two)
Photo Deadline
Set For Seniors
Eighth semester seniors who
have not taken a La Vie pictUre
are urged to make appointments
at the Penn State Photo , Shop im
mediately, by Stephen Sinichak,
photo editor. The photos must be
In before gradutation.
Appointments will b e given to
sixth and seventh semester stu
dents Who have not already re
ceived them either this week or
next semester.
• SiMth semester students who ex
pect to graduate in June rn,ust con
tacit• the La Vie office and also fill
out a La Vi e card at registration
February 7 and 8.
Organizations which have not
made appointments for group pic
tures• will be able to do so next
semester. Times and dates will b e
announced.
Chicago Conference Committee
Plans National Student Convention
Work began today for the stu
dents of the University of Chi
cago and others over the nation
who are drawing up plan c for a
gigantic convention of college and
university students to !be held
during the Summer of 1947.
Jim Smith, new President of
the temporary committee for the
Summer convention and also
President of the Students' Asso
ciation of the 'University of Texas,
predicted that at least 1500 dele
gates representing et 'least' XlOO
campuses will attend the meeting,
which will probably be held dur
ing the month of September.
Wayne University. of Detroit
and the University - of Wisconsin
have already offered their facil
ities, ." and other universities of
the middle west region will be
contacted in order to select the
best possible location for the
large gathering, •Smith announced.
The .475 delegates representing
300 universities and colleges at-.
tendlitg the Chicago Student - Con
ference decided that the Univer
sity of Chicago will be the site of
the offices Of the temporary com
mittee, and that the convention
will • be. called 1 4 or the ..comlng
Summer.
Main business of the Conven
tion twill be to draw up and adopt
a constitution for a National
,Stiudenlts' , Aissociaticer,
which the 'convention will plan
the activities •ol the 'Association
for the 01747 year.-
At the Chicago Conference,
delegates' held panel discussions
on the need for a national• asso
ciation to promote• common aims
which all students 'of the United
States share, such as the exten
sion of systems of international
student exchange and travel, the
;extension of wider systerris of
publication-of advances of know
ledge in the pure, natural, indus
trial and social sciences, the es-
(Continued on page two)
Ag Student Council
Plans Opinion Survey
To Improve Courses
The Agricultural Student Coun
cil is conducting a survey of stu
dent opinion concerning courses
in the School of Agriculture,
Richard Gray, president of the
Council, announced today.
:Forms for the investigation will
be available through department
heads, the Dean's °Vice, and str;
"dent advigors.
The survey is intended to ob
tain constructive criticism for the
improvement of the courses of
fered.
Gray pointed out that it is to
students' benefit to use discretion
in criticising courses. By 'careful
analysis of prdblems, comments
directed in the proper vein can be
of great service to the adminis
tration.
46, • In This Issue
tvian Book Exchange ..
Center Club
Chicago Conference
Book Exchange
Opens Monday
Roving Pix-Shooters
To Snap Queen
For Dance
In order to establish a queen of
the campus for the Spring semes
ter, the photo staff of the Penn
State Engineer 'requests the co
operation Of all cads. For the
next month photographers will
roam the campus taking pictures
of the girls that strike their fancy.
The best selections will then be
sent to one of New York's leading
model agencies for judging. The
whiner will be named Queen of
the Slide Rule Ball.
Tomorrow's Collection will be
the 'foist issue publised this se
mester. All items for Thnrs
claiy's issu e mint b e in by 4:30
this afternoon. The first issue
of n ext semester will be .print
ed February 7.
Players' Painters
Display Posters
The t'lmaginary Invalid" posters
you'll soon see in town show -that
Karl Von D'Elden's adVertising
crew isn't just loafing.
Karl, Doris 'Hootman,' Terry
Klosterman, Helen Popso, and
,Gloria Snyder have lbeen kepit
!busy kite& (changing .dates on
these hand painted posters. Silk
screen posters are being put out
by Barbara Keefer and 'Wayne
Shaffer while Rosemary Schried
er working on the radio angle
and Betty Lou Horn on Mimeo
.
graphed handbills.
The window displays are being
created with a touch of the genius
of Patricia. Melly and Eva Mae
Winter. During the week of pro
duction the billboard on Schwab
Auditorium will show Phyllis
Ginsburg's and Margaret Striding
er's handiwork with a brush.
The •crew..chief explained "We
want to portray that the show is
a comedy through delicate, flam
boyant Rococo design. Even
though the play was written 300
years ago it ha s great signifi
cance to audiences today.
Tie Trot Calls Forth
flashy Campus Cravats
Tickets for the Tie Trot, IWA's
dance to be held in White Hall
front 9 to 12 Saturday evening,
will go on sale at $l.BO per couple
Friday and Saturday at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main.
Although prizes will be given
for the fellows' smartest ties, this
dance is not being conducted as
a girl-ask-boy affair. It will be
an informal dance with Pat Pat
terson and his orchestra providing
the music.
Spring Song
,Maybe you think it is winter
time, but Charles R. Bushnell,
student in commerce and finance,
says he sighted a bewildered look
ing robin huddled in a tree in
front of Old Main, yesterday
morning.
SPA Election
William Folwell was elected
president of Sigma Phi Alpha at
a recent meeting. Other officers
are James Work, vice president;
Charles Ulmstead, secretary; Ed
win Frey, treasurer.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The Student; Book Exchange
will open - for the spring semester
on January 28, Jane Weigle,
chainman of the exchange, said
today.
Sponsored by the All-College
Cabinet, the exchange acts as a
market for students selling and.
purchasing old books. Texts will
be accepted on January 28 and
sold beginning February 7.
Only books wihch are useable_
during the next semester will be
accepted, Miss Weigle said. They
should be brought to the exchange
where they will be put on sale
and the prices set by the sellers.
These prices are generally 60 per
cent of the original price, she re
ported.
The five-cent fee charged the
seller for each book sold is used
tc cover the cost of operating the
book mart. Sellers will be reim
bursed at the exchange after the
books have been sold.
The Ideation of the exchange
will be posted on bulletin boards
on the campus and published in
the Collegian.
In addition to 'Miss Weigle, the
book exchange committee is corn
posed of Gloria Lou Ness, secre
tary; Ann Ldritz, publicity chair
man; Ruth Hemler; Joanne Hobbs;
Bud Stetler and Johnny Pfahl.
News Briefs
Greeters Club
Greeter's Cluib of the hotel ad
ministration department recently
elected George Earnshaw presi
dent. 'Other new officers are Bar
ney Keekin, treasurer; Thomas
Mason, corresponding secretary;
and Willi= Dean, recording sec
retary.
Sports Course
A course in sports writing will
be offered next semester for the
first time since 1940. Jerome
Weinstein, editor of the Centre
Daily Times and a graduate of
the department of journalism at
the College, will be the instructor.
Hebrew Course
Hebrew will be taught at the
College next semester for the first
time. Hebrew 1 will be given by
Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn of the
Hillel Foundation, cnd is a course
in elementary Hebrew with gram
mar, translation, conversation,
and reading of simple Biblical
texts.
March of Dimes
The March •of Dimes campaign
for the campus has been postponed
until February 8 through the 20th,
because of final week and vaca
tion, according to Mrs. E. M.
Grove, general chairman for State
College.
Interruption Forms
`All veterans who are interrupt
ing school at the end of the cur
rent semester, or graduating at
that time, are asked to file inter
ruption forms in the Veterans'
Affairs Office, first floor lounge
of Old Main, this week.
•
IWA Picture
Independent Woman's Associa
tion will have a picture taken for
La Vie at the Photo Shop at 6:45
o'clock tomorrow.
Library Reading
Miss Pauline Locklin, associate
professor of English literature,
will read poems about poets in
the last in the current series of
readings in 402 Central Library
at 4:20 o'clock toaay.
Millet Hour
The Hillel Hour will present a
Jewish Information Please over
WMAJ at 7:30 tonight.
theta Chi Election
Lambda Chapter of Theta CM
recently elected John H. Eck
president. Other new Officers are
Samuel C. Holland, vice president;
Renato L. Barisone, treasurer;
William P. Loomis, orre
sponding secretary; John Jr.,W. Hum
, met* house manager; and John N.
Adsit, caterer.
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