Weather Snow Flurries and Colder. VOL. 45. —No. 7 Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ ALTOONA Pennsylvania -Rai'way officials have given a preliminary' break-down of the death toll in the train wreck in the Alleghenies. The RPri Arrcxw passenger train was nearing the famous Horse-shoe CurVe during the night when it jumped the track and plunged down a 150'- foot embankment. Twenty or more persons dleat. The Railway says the dead includ ed. eleven passengers, four still unidentified. Alsb dead are six mail clerks and three of the four engineers and firemen who man ned the two locomotives' , of the doubleheader. The c o r oner counted '2.2 bodies. WASHINGTON The chief critic during the Senate corhmit tee hearings on the Lilienthal ap p(rihtment has been Democratic Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, an old political foe of Lilienthal when he was TVA chief. Lat e yesterday afternoon, Chairman Bourke Hickenlooper I of the Atomic Energy Committee sharply . rebuked McKellar. He told. McKellar that he had made statements to a witnessdhat were completely and utterly inaccurate. WASHINGTON The United States' Chamber of Commerce ac cused the government last night of showing what it termed appal ling laxity in ousting Communists from government service. The business ,onganization charged that Communist Party and Communist front meetings in Washington at tracted thousands, most of them federal employees. It added that many Communist s are at work in the nation's capitol. The Chamber report -also had s ome titin g to say concerning what it .termed 'unprecedented dowers given. to :the' Atomit En- ergy Commission, ,where it said • ' men have shown inability to ..de .Ltect`Comminnist influence .in,front aeTlAATAlitfeasii - OWPiieW:l ' : poi anents` the report 'said . - they hardly be considered. . safe caildidates foe exalted .office. No specific reference rwas made to the" .Senate , dispute on the (mak ,:'.,ficaone of New Dealer Davd Lil ienNhai to head the commission. ;WASHINGTON—The . CIO last night' accepted the AF of L pro posal •to discuss a ' ! merger of the two organizations. But CIO Chief , • Philip' Murray conditioned his-ac . cepfaance . •by proposing c6opera tion'first in fighting what he cal..' "ed . anti-labor _legislation. In the Meantime, he agreed to head a committee of • five pro represen-• tatives to discusi consolidation. Judicial Issues WSGA Regulations; Dating (odes Go To All Living Units A Icon - Vete, newly arranged.list of WSGIA. regulations arrd penal ties has been-placed in every wumen's living unit, Lois App, Judicial &airman, Said today. . Another sheet, •cOmpiling women's dating regulations, has been given, to men'ki, living units. All students are requested to tread the reJgulation s oarefullf., Bliss App said. most "campuses" dealt by Judi- Aal are the result of lack of tinformation about the regulations, she added. • Lois Heyd land Virginia QV is been appointed. to Judi cial Committee. Other members of the committee are Kay isadonet, IVliary K. Rice, Marie Schambacher, and 'Jane Spither. Changes lar additions to the Ju dicial sheet are that the penalty :Ear tforgetting to sign out for Name is a !lenient carnirxus; for forgetting to stgn out for visits other than home, a strict campus;- penalty fo r letting anyone into the dormitory atter hours is a strict %campus. Penalties may not be postpOrted exioept in unusual oases such as death or illness in he &orally; guests ore sulbjeot VEGA rules and muist keep the same hours as the student she is visiting while in College dorm s or houses. Guest privileges may be denied any girl guiity of breaking W.SIGA. tMen• should not be entertained in women's 'living units until after 12 noon;; Pollock Circle. is "out od3 bounds" tior women students. Women, on strict campus may...re ceive telephone calls; ells - on strict caantpus living in town I:ltemp ''are permitted do - vantmiln io=their travel to ankli from . • I OaiL (unit 4 '3' Students Top Dean's List Topped by four students with 3 averages, a total of 67 students in the School of Chemistry and Physics attained averages cif 2.5 or higher during the Fall semes ter, 1946, according to the list re leased by Dean Frank C. Whit more, Receiving 3's were Miss Rusella Adamitz, Miss •Jane Taber, Jay Tenzer' 'and Theodore Williams. Other honor students were Wil liam MeTurk and Barrett Rubin, 2.9;, James Thompson, 2.85;. Al fred Jamison and Raymond Shib ley, 2:83; William Jaffurs and John Mullaney 2.32. . Eugene Herman, Richard Hill and Edmund VanDusen, 2.81; Jiames Neyhart, 2:79; Miss. Hil dreth Rose, 2.78;• David Barron, 2:77; Robert Mays, 2.76; Frank Swartz, 2.75; Samuel Firestone and Albert Heinlein, 2.73; Frank F r yib ur g arid John Haladyna, 2.72. (Roger Knowles, 2.71; Robert Fortinsky, Robert Manning and Albert Pollard; 2:7; Arthur Heine man, 2.67; Anthony Altieri, Rich ard Henler and John . Kelly, 2.66; Miss Eleanor. Aurand and David Skillman, 2.63; Myron Becker, Robert Ellsweig, Alden Emery and Jack Green, 2.62. (Continued ow page two) Thespians Go To Altoona 'll,lerribers of Thespians an • Masquerettes will make a trip to Altoona to enteTtain th e ..jafra, •Shrine ,Clitilb •at a Washinigion Atthclal v fLiWk4r4.9W..,#..;:ACJii 411:t 7 4 11 1"fitstilan". 7- "Slatice:.trir=isil4" :will . Be held iif - SChwab .toriuin at 7 p4n..tainorow for • chorus, specialties, ballet.. and 'all individual• talent. Arrangement for the show, which hill-. be given at the Jaffa Mosque, (were: made by H. R. Kinley,-President of . the Thespian Club board of control. Most of the students who will take part have appeared in the two- recent Thespian shows, "No Timp for Trouble" and "No Kick com i ng? , James Mitchell will act as master of .cereni•onies. Music will be •by a five-piece band composed (Continued on page two) Sigma Xi 'lnitiates 21; Dean Whiknore Speaks Sigma Xi, national scientific honorary satiety,' initiated • 22 merribens and 5 associates last night prior to its third "Now It Can Be Told" lecture, which was given by Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics. The initi'Etes are Walter Brown, Jr., Pierce Couperou s, Carl Drumheller, Paul Thaugh, Clin ton Heil, George Hunter, Miss, Pauline Keeney, James Lemley, Miss Dorothy Lyle, Junk Mentzer, Wesley Myborg, Martin Odland, Elwyn Reese, Herbert Rdthen berg, John Saby and Howard Thoilpe. Associate membership was granted to Colder Bressler, Guy Ervin, Jr., Robert . Folk, Lowrie Sargent, Jr., .r.nd Arthur Thomp son. An annual bangget.in May will honor this group as Well as 'those who will be initiated that month. WEDNESDAY MORNING, EDI3RUARY 'l9, 11947-STATE COLLEGS, PA Discovers Big Town Rival. College Mascot Is Growing Success Recently discovered living in far-off New York City, Leo 11, alias Nittany Leo, the living flesh-and-blood prototype of our lion above, is a shining example of the heights to which 'Penn -Staters can go, for Leo was once the mascot of the College. Some of our readers may re member him as a tiny lion cub that' was given to Penn State by Vox Pop in 1943. Today he weighs 275 pounds, and eats seven pounds of raw meat a day, even though he is only four years old —graphic evidence that Penn State prepares its wards for the future. Leo's keeper, Fred Sandmann of the Central .Park Zoo, says that Leo is a normal and .healthy young beast, standing 30 inches high already. Leo, still consid ered too young to go out on dates, spends his time' happily eating, sleeping, and wrestling. Though Mr. Sandmann main tains that Leo doesn't miss his old home, in the Nittany Valley, it is hard to conceirve that Leo, even though only a babe of six weeks Perin - Stite feur years ago,_ could so soon forget his Alma Mater. 'Could he ever forget that night —asTovemlber, 16, 1943 . --that thrill ing night -he was unveiled by Warren Hull and Parks Johnson and given to the 6300 wildly cheering Penn Staters gathered in Recreation Hall for the Vox Pop radio program? • Could he forget the endless line of worshiping students, fac ulty members, and townspeople who trekked up to Ag Hill where Dr. J. F. Shigley, the College veterinarian, dared for him? Dven modesty prevents us frdm -thinking so. But, after four- days residence, Debate Team Suffers Year's First Defeat Winner of but two out Of eight contests, the - Men's Varsity De bate Squad went down to its first defeat of the current season in a meet held at Kent State Univer sity, Kent, Ohio. Competing along with twenty one other schools from Ohio, In diana, and Pennsylvania, the Col lege's delegation, . composed of Eugene Fulmer, Harris Gilbert, Peter Giesey and Fred Kecker, failed to place in this fifth annual. Buckeye Debate which was won by Hiram College a Ohio. Prior to this encounter, the Men's Varsity Debate Squad had boasted a record Of forty-three wins in its last fifty-one matches. Campus-Key Reorganizes, Elects Clique Officers- Alexander Petroiwski and Vir ginia MCCluskey were elected co cliainmen of the Camipus - -Key po litical clique at a recent reorgan izational meeting. Jane Fouracre, at the same meeting, was chosen secretary-treasurer. !Miss MdCluskey said today that future meetings of the party will be called by the co-chairmen and announced in Collegian. •Commit tees' ana their needs will ,be an nounced at, the next meeting. • In This Issue rgi att little Leo dropped out of College. He was homesick for his mama, his brother, and his sister. His father—well, he was still roam ing the forests somewhere across the seas. Although not very expresive of his real inner feelings, Leo would no doubt appreciate a visit from any_Penn Stizter who lives in, or visits New York. • A visit would be quite simple. One needs only to go to the Cen tral Park Zoo and ask for Leo 11. Perhaps the sight of a few famil iar 'faces will re-awaken in Leo that now-slumlberintg loyalty for his old Alma Mater. Won't Talk! I ain't makin' no statement," roared th e Penn State Lion, • above, before Recreation Hall, in an exclusive interview this morning. The lion was, of course, re ferring to the question, "What do' you think about the re ,port that therels another lion 7,•- -- I** . ;cl 4 l - ehy.;: - Xork . ;:gpsing.lait. the •Penn State :Lion?" • • Coercion 'did' no good—the obdurate liori refused to say , , another. word. When the Col legian reporter left him he was still in the same ready to-spring position, his great head down, his deep-set eyes lowered in glowering silence. He seemed almost as though made of stone. Ag Student Council To Install Officers Ag Student Council will install Rudolph Brannaka as president in 103 Agriculture building, 7 p.m. tonight. " ißolbert Crist will take over as vice-president, Albert 'Pfaff, sec retary, 'and :Robert Pennington, treasurer. Dr. Russell B. Dicker son, assistant professor of agri cultural engineering, is advisor to the council. A new plan df proportional representation has gone into ef fect for the various groups rep resented on the Council. Artists 'Choose Chairman For Beaux Arfs Ball . . Robert A. !Christensen was re ,celnitly named 'general donee 'chairman ot the Beaux Art s Ball to be held April 12 in Recreatinn Hall. Pi Gamma Alpha and Scarab, art and architectural honoraries are jointly sponsoring the event. An art exhibit is being planned in conection with the ball, mak , ing it an "Artists' Weekend." Re creation Hall will be transformed into a street cafe scene in the Latin Quarter of "Gay Paree." Recently .appointed committees are as follows: Publicity—Edward Lenker, Robert Widder and Eva Mae Winter; Decorations—ilVfary Elizabeth 'Schmitt, Wiliam Dick son, James Warren and Nancy HskrinejtOri; Entert&nment— tricia •Mei I y, Ellis Goldstein, Elizabeth Dean and Harry Mc- Malin; Programs and invitations —Edward Ghezzi, Mary Anmes, and:ili)sther Gerahman; Finances =William ~loellY , Harry. Mutnima and' Catherine 'Challenger. Elections .... Up 'N' Atom CoEdits PRICE FIVE CENTS Pollock Circle Men To Elect Dorm Officers Pollock Circle men will elect officers for the Spring Semester in the lobbies of the respective dormitories at 7 o'clock tonight. The machinery of the election has been set. up by the present council and the matter of indi vidual voting will take only a few minutes Of the voter's time, ac cording to Alex MAN, resident counsellor afid assistant to the Dean Of Men. Each dormitory will eleot a president,' vice-president, secre tary, and treasurer. The presi dents elected by the respective dormitories will automatically be come members of the Pollock Circle Counbil. The Council has proved to be a very effective organ in bringing about changes • pertinent to wel fare and morale of the residents of Pollock Circle, Mr. Atty stated. H e als o urged all residents to ex encise their privilege in voting for capable and interested men. At a recent meeting the Coun cil resolved to send a letter to the Grounds and Building committee suggesting that dust collectors be installed on the furnaces to cut down the soot. The Council also recd amended a letter to Mr. Loman, director of dormitories and dining commons, requesting new looks. Edward Koval, acting presi dent of. th e Council, commented. on a recent wave a petty thiev ery and told the Council of the large number df master keys at large: He advised caution on the pErt of the residents •until new locks can be put on the doors. an an effort : to solve the ques tion.:df .Corsages for- big .dantes, - ,d'Ornlitorg instructed to -take 'a .:aiid Se cure the riameS of those voting pro and con. News Briefs La Vie Photos Final deadline for returning La Vie senior individual proofs to the Penn State Photo Shop is Monday, according to Seymour' Rosenlberg, editor. Failure to turn in a proof may mean that the in dividual's picture will not appear in La Vie. Groups who have received their proofs are requested to turn in the proof they 'have selected and to identify those appearing in the picture. Any group which has net yet made an appointment should do so immediately. , Froth Meeting All sophomore candidates for Froth are requested to attend a meeting - in 9 Carnegie Hall at 4:30 o'clock according go Ben French, editor. Call for Juniors All juniors interested in a show to be put on some Sunday zttler noon in the near future should fill out cards at Student Union before tomorrow, said Carol Preuss. co-thairman of the social committee of the junior class. Center Club There will be a business meet ing of the Campus Center Club in 405 Old Main at 7:45 o'clock, ac cording to Tom Byrnes, presi dent. Officers for the semester will be elected and future social ac tivities planned. IMA Bowling AR teams interested in com peting in the second round of the Independent Men's Bowling League should appear at the Dux Bowling Alleys at 6:45 olclock. All participants are requeSted have a three-game bowling store available t o turn in to the league manager, according to Eugene Martinelli, chairman. Business Staff Meets The entire business staff of the Daily Collegian will meet in B Carnegie Hall at 6:30 o'cloCk to morrow according to Rosemary Ghantous; business Manager. The meeting is compulsory.
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