WEATHER
Cold and
Windy
VOU. 45—No. 14
Froth Announces
Contest Judges
Four judges have been chosen
for Miss American Coed of 1947
contest, according to J. Arthur
Stober, editor of Froth. Addition
al judges. will be announced later.
Those named are Louis H. Bell
and James Coogan, representing
the public information division;
Marion Ross. of the art depart=
ment; and Ridge Reilly, of the
Alumni Association. •
Deadline for the contest is this
Friday. Entries should be 5x7,
glossy prints. Finalists will be re
photographed before the Penn
State entry to the national. con
test is selected.
Any undergraduate coed may
be entered: Sponsors are not nec
essary. and any individual or
group may enter any number of
contestants.
John Robert Powers, of the New
York model agency, will be the
final judge of the 15 national con
testants. Mr. Powers stresses the
natural beauty and charm in his
choice of a typical coed.
Winner of the Penn State con
test will have her picture in the
April Froth, and the national
winner will be run in the May
Froth.,
Cadets Distribute
Mil Ball Tickets
Invitations to the Military Ball
to be held in Recreation Hall , an
March 29 may now be obtained
from any Advanced ROTC cadet
officer or NROTC midshipman,
co-publicity chairmen Cadet Lts..
Paul Andrews, William Schreyer,
and - Midshipman Edward Yedlieka
said today.
fps74l.!*:.s44.,pt.fL
rence and his drollest*, - willT:he
limited to •850 couples; and - ac
cording to.the Military Ball cinn
.mittee, .this affair will attain the
campus-wide recognition it had
before the war.
After an absence of three years,
this ball will be the first of the
military affairs to have the Army
and' Navy ROTCs merge in its
presentation.
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
STATE COLLEGE Burge
Yougel anniounted last might that
oases of •students tagged March 2
for coven - Agit Larking wHI be
heard in his. office from 4:30. to 5
pm. today. hereafter, he warned,
owners will b e fined for over
nitglA parking in streets.
MOSCOW—Russia is stepping
up its demobilization. Prime Min-
ister Stalin has r esigned his post
—as minister of the armed forces, a
post - he held for the past six - years.
From now on, Sta/in will devote
all his , time and energy to his
main job as Soviet Prime Minis
ter.
The Moscow radio says the So-
Viet military , command goes to po
litically wise Marshal Nikolai
Alexandrovich Bulganin. Stalin
stepped out of the military office
only a week before the scheduled
opening of the Moscow confererTo
of foreign ministers.
WASHINGTON—Note to Marty
nvil ken. men: gpen your bill-6okt,
take oult your draft registratlon
card and tear it up. The draft
goes auk of existence 'March al
and yOung men no longer will
have to register (upon reaching
thek , ltith barthdaY. The Army
Will discharge all remaining draf
tees by June 30. The Navy already
has released all draftees.
WASHINGTON--This is prac
tically like saying ole man river
stopped rollin' along. The Senate
Atomic Energy Committee has
voted to wind up its hearings to
day on• the nomination of David
Lilenthar to head the Atomic En.
ergy Commission. The hearings
started January 27, and they have
supplied plenty of verbal fire
works ever since'. Maybe by Wed.
nesday Or Thursday we'll know
wlugher 'i
Lilienthal gets the ,job--.
Or • whether he gets the • cold
shoulder. ,
You Can't Afford Cuts
in Groovology 54
Are you halving trouble with
thermodynamics, different ial
equations or quantitative analy
sis? Do you have too many hours,
textbooks, assignments and blue_
books?
If so, or even. if not, what you
need is State College's most
novel course. So said th e ads that
were in Collegian at the begin
ning of the semester.
"Groovology 54" is the only
course without books, fees, quiz
zes, and with unlimited cuts. The
"Professor" is Milton Bergstein,
disc jockey over radio station
WMAJ from 10:35 to midnight
every Sunday through Thursday
night.
Popular Class
Beginning last night, the popu
lar program was extended from
on e hour to one and a half hours
in length. The class is devoted to
sweet and swing records, requests
being mailed in by students and
townspeople.
The cleverest request was sent
in on a piece of plaster torn from
a wall. The program has recently
become one for "fixing up"
broken romances. ReqUests come
hi Tor certain records which
might patch up a quarrel.
Glenn Miller's orchestra and
Louis Jordan's band rank as. the
most . popular, while "Heart_
aches," "Sunrise Serenade" and
"Open the Door, Richard," are
the discs that get the most re
quests.
Penn Stale Grad
"The Old Professor" graduated
. the College in 1943, and
now, (besides his - announcing du
ties •at the radio station, is' tak
ing graduate. world and is a part
tithe instructor in speech.
Contrary t o p o.p u 1 a r
Bergstein does not spend his
r e tune playing. records , —
..:Qt4frg liel4oesjVt.: ay . e
spare time! • .
Race Relations Is
Weekly Film Topic
"Racial Relations" will be the
theme of the Public Affairs Films
to be shown in 10 Sparks this
Thursday. As usual there will be
four showings of the three-film
program, 10, 2, 4 and 7 o'clock.
"Racial Relations" was' recently
substituted for the previously ad
vertised topic, "How Great is Eu
rope's Need for Food?", at a
meeting of the Public Affairs
Film Committee, announced Miss
Jean Moore, chairman.
The main movie will be "Man:
One Family." This picture has
been described as "a hard-hitting
refutation of the theory of a mas
ter race." Translated into 16 diff
erent languages, the film was
shown to liberated •European
countries.
The two shorter filths on the
program are "Brotherhood of
Man". and "The Story of Doctor
Carver."
Engineer Offers
$5O Scholarship
Applidations .for the Penn Stale
Engineer scfholargillp may be
Picked nip 'al - Student Union now.
Deadline for the applications •is
Friday it Student Union or the
Engineer office, 417 Old Main.
Ilhe Engineer awards a $5O cash
scholarehip annually on the basis
of grades, campus activthties, and
necessity. Any student registered
in the Engineering Sdhool is eligi
ble.
The award will be made !this
year at the Slide Rule Ball, March
15, to wlhi • dh .the Winner well; re..
°dive a complimentary ticket. The
seiledtion Will be made by the ex
eauitive committee of the Engthneer.
La Vie
All groups which have not pick
ed up their proofs, selected one
and identified those in. the pioture
are requested to do so at once,
Seymour •Rosenberg, editor, said.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PA
Thornhill To Play
Piano Specialties
Claude Thornhill, back in
musical action after 32 months
in the Navy, will feature his own
unique'piano stylings and orches
trations at the Slide Rule Ball,
March 15.
Sponsor'ed by, the Penn State
Engineer and the Engineering
Student Council, the fifth annual
Slide Rule Ball will be a semi
formal, no-corsage affair.
Thornhill, whose orchestra is
rated second in the country in a
Metronome poll, has a set-up
which includes six reed, eight
brass, and four rhythm, Paced by
hit" own piano.
Most of the band have played
under Thornhill's baton in the
"Rangers", top Navy band, which
he took over from Artie Shaw
when Shaw was transferred to
another station;.:-14.414ed: Att: l 7A
• 'and:by - Navy:men
'throughout the Pacific, Thorn-,
hill's band has added two vocal
ists to complete the civilian out
fit.
"Snowfall," the Thornhill theme
was composed by the leader him
self and displays his distinctive
piano style. Other arrangements
played by the orchestra also em
phasize his talents as an arranger.
Thornhill's classical training re
ceived at the Cincinnati Conserv
atory of Music and the Curtis In
stitute of Music give his arrange
ments a typical Thornhill stamp.
His classical training also shows
in his use of the two French horns 1
which he blends successfully into
the brass section.
Mine Sweepers Fail
To Locate Watch
Failed by all his mine sweep
ers, including ,a home-mode one
from the Geo-Physics department,
Herman Lotstein said, yesterday,
that he had temporarily given up
the search dor his lost wrist
watch.
The Radar Mine Sweeper, put
to the test Friday afternoon by
Lotstein and' Captain Harold W.
Yount, ROTC department, picked
up hard bits of ice, breaks in the
snow line, and even a wrist watch
when it was dropped in % front of
it to try its effectiveness, but
Lotstein's watch ,remained in its
hiding place.
In the Mineral Industries build
ing, where Lotstein and Captain
Yount next went, they were told
of ta home-made mine sweeper,
last used in an unsuccessful • at
tempt to turn up 2, metal box tfor
a woman whose husband had
died without telling where it was.
The homemade mine sweeper,
however, was !found to dbe out of
order. At this point Lotstein de
clared 'himself discouraged, and
went home, he said, to wait tor
the Spring thaw.
All-College EleOions
John Branigan, chairman of
the All-College elections com
mittee, said today that 'All..College
elections will .be held Wednesday
and Thursday, April 30 and
May, I.'
He asked that campus clique
chairmen contact him.
.Band Leader
Claude Thornhill
rgian
MBS To Broadcast
Summary Of Boxing
PS( Show Offers
Cash Talent Prize
First prize of $l5 has been of
fered by the Penn State Club for
the best performance at the All_
Collegetalent show in Schwab
Auditorium, Mardh 14.
Huigh Odna, publicity chairman
of the Penn State Club, also dis
closed that second and third prize,
of ten and five dollars respective
ly would be offered. All graduate
or undergraduate students are
eligible to compete for the prizes.
Odza requests that anyone wish
ing to participate in the show „ign
up at Student Union on or before
Mardh 7, so that definite 'plans for
the evening may' be made. The ad
miission dharge to the' public will
be 25 cents plus tax.
Bridge Team Vies
in National Meet
A College bridge team, com
posed of Tour squads of two men
each, recently completed peptic:l
- in the 1947 National Inter
college Bridge Tournament.
Clompeting*mlith 140 othe r col
leges
ithroulghout the nation, the
College team • will be notirfied
Within 'a week as to the outcome
of their Pray.
. The 1. 1 10 sdh'ool s . were divided
into eight zones according to nu
" Mer l -cal- 4 idistribittion, -and -adja.- -
coney 'of the. linstitutionS. Penn
State wias entered in the Middle
Atlantic seotor along With seven
teen other colleges from Dela-
Ware, Maryland, and Pennsyl
vania.
Under the direction of Prof. El
ton W. Jones, an eight-span dele
gation: idomPosed of. William Neck
er, Donald Marviin, Howard Steth
ers, Jules Dresner, IrVine, Hirsdh,
Stephen Skaipik, Joseph De:Matt
and Paul Oultier played the mail
round.
The two -man team Which at
tains the highest score far a zone
Will journey to Chicago April 18
and 'l9 l'or theface-to-,'lade final
to dot irdine the national - pair
champlionAlip.
Ray McKinley, secretary of the
Bridge Club, has issued an invita
tion to all beginners and advanced
players to attend the weekly meet
ings of the club in 401 Old Main
at 7:3'0 o'clock Monday.
them-Physics Council
To Discuss Graduation
Suggestions proposed in All-
College Cabinet to improve Com
mencement exercises will, be dis
cussed by the Chemistry-Physics
Student Council in 409 Old Main
at 7: 15 tonight, according to Ray
mond Shibley, council president.
Another Cabinet proposal on
the agenda is the exemption from
finals of all students with a 90
average in the course. Shibley
said that any student is welcome
to attend the meeting.
Competition ?
When Glenafton Montvic
Marksman was asked who he be
lieved was the typical Penn State
coed, he lowered his black and
White head and let out a mighty
roar.
"Glenn" who tips the scales at
a neat one ton, and comes from
pure Holstein stock, nominated his
girl, lovely Pennstate Cowslip
Dream Sue of the brown eyes and
dark complexion.
"Why did you choose Cowslip?"
"Glenn" was asked.
"Easy," he said with a snort
"She has the neatest calves."
And that's no bull!
Be a Sport, Fella;
Don't Smoke in
Rec Hall
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Minn's 'Parade'
To Air Tburnament
Stoney McLinn's "Sports Pa
rade," a weekly feature of the
Mutual Broadcasting System, will
devote 10 minutes of Saturday's
program to the Intercollegiate
Boxing Association's tournament
over a nation-wide hookup. The
tournament will be staged in Rec
reation Hall.
Gilbert. secretary-trcas
urer of the association and assist
ant to the graduate manager of
athletics at the College. said ar
rangements had been completed
for a coast-to-coast broadcast
from 4:02 to 4:12 p. m. as the
opening feature of "Sports Pa
" rade." The program will be initi
ated' in the WIP studio in Phila-
I delphia.
Locally, the program will be
handled by Bob Wilson, of station
WMAJ, and Jim Coogan, of the
College publicity staff. The 10
.minutes will be used in inter
viewing the visiting boxing
;coaches of the association.
WMAJ will be the origination
point for a national hook-up for
the first time, Wilson pointed out.
Of Mutual's 400 stations, 250-300
carry "Sports Parade.'
The plan to broadcast from
the boxing tournament was first
suggested by the newly-formed
I AI1-College Publicity Committee.
Tough Job
"Most of the Penn State co-eds
are sophisticated and artificial,"
declared a gpaduate Mineral In
dustries student. "Therefore,
Froth.had hetter.loolt carefully to
find • ,§1" -- giiT 'who Meets ' , their re
quirements."
News Briefs
Forestry Society
Ogden Samler 'was recently
elected president of the Forestry
Society. Others elected are Fran
cis X. Kennedy, vice-president;
Robert Berkholder, treasurer; Ed
ward Stout, corresponding secre
tary; Bert Herstine, recording sec
retary; Karl G. Thompson, ath
letic manager; and Edward Plank,
Don Berison, and Larry Walker,
Ag Student Council representa
tives.
Alpha Epsilon Delta
All alumni members of Alpha
Epsilon Delta, pre-med honorary,
who have not contacted that or
ganization, are requested to get.
in touch with Norman Halpern,
4933.,
Red Cross
The annual Red Cross campaign
on campus began yesterday.
Dormitories will be solicited dur
ing the next two weeks.
Druids
John Benglian was recently
elected president of Druids,
sophomore men's national athletic
honorary. Other officers are Wil
liam Bon sal 1, Vice-president;
George Schantz, secretary-trea
surer; and Mitchell Williams,
chaplain.
WRA. Outing Club
The WRA Outing Club will hold
a social get-together in 3 White
Hall at 6:45 o'clock today. Women
interested in ice skating and ski
ing are asked to attend, Jean Wil
cox, club president, said. Women
students may use WRA equip
ment to ski on Holmes Field from
3 to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri
day, with instruction for begin
ners, Miss Wilcox added.
Players
Portman Paget was recently
elected secretary of the Penn State
Players. Lois Hartswick was
made social chairman.
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones, senior men's
honorary, recently approved a
list of potential tappees and will
hold tapping services Friday at
noon.