• WEATHER 131 m eau 4, i RED TO THE att GIVE Increasing Cloudiness. .0' r i a tt H Little Change in Temperature. CROSS VOL. 45--INo. 20 BULLETIN Additional nominations to the WRA and WSGA slates were made last night' at a meeting in .110 Home Economics building. Candidatei added to the WRA slate were Renee Mowles and Jlscqueline. Wengert, vice-presi dent; and Betty Vandenbeck, in tramural chairman. Other WSGA nominations were Jane Fouracre, Eleanor Kelly, Patricia Kincaid, and Terry Klos_ terman, treasurer. Ruth I-Estfield, Jean Posey, and Jacqueline Zivic, senior senator; Madelyn Bush, Laura Johnston, Elizabeth Parkhurst, Mona Smul yan, and Betty Williams, junior senator. The judicial records and aver ages of the new nominees will be checked, said WSGA President Jetm Nelson. Runner-up fOr WSGA president will be secretary and runner-up Sor vice-president, one of the junior senators. Positions which will be filled by sophomores next fall are sec retary-treasurer, assistant intra mural chairman, -and sophomore representative, all of WRIA. Soph omore Senator is the opening on WHA. and WSGA primaries and elections will 'be held in the dorm tories instead of old Math as was' the custom, according to WRA President Ann Baker. The proposal. came from the WThA Executive Board in : the hope that more girls 'Avould turn out to vote. Polls will he. set up in Ather ton Hall, McAllister Hall, Grange Dormitory, Watts Hall, Irvin Hall, and Jordan Hall. 'Women living in. Mown doninitories and priviate hoines will vote in the Dean of Women's office. • Primaries will held from 9 a.m. , to 15 p.m., March 118, and elec- . tions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March xo , '" : LA COUNCIL • Four vacancie s were filled in the LA Student Council at an election held last night at 7 o'clock in 10 Sparks, according to Ted Rubin, president. Those elected were Herbert S. Abrams, Howard Back, Bunny Rosenthal and Selma Zasofsky. Twenty-five students had been nominated fo r the positions. Lute AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ :WASHINGTON—United States foreign policy is being made on three levels And future security may depend on whether those three levels can be merged. In Moscow, the policy-shapers of the Big Four powers have tak en a step forward in their face to-face conference. 'At Lame Suctess, .the United Nations are still working on a joint program to harness the atom. • And in Washington, President Truman has gone of Congress with a direct bid to invest four hundrdd million dollars in the Mediter ranean. WASHINGTON—The. Chief Ex ecutive told a joint session ol the Senate and House that money. guns and troops must be sent to Greece and Turkey. He admitted that the huge investment would go into, a bulwark agsinst Com munism. But Republican Representative Thomas Owens of Illinois made this statement, "The United Na_ tions died today." WASHINGTON—The United State Chamber of Commerce is sued a report entitled "Commu nists Within the Labor Move ment," It charged that differences with Russia ' ,may inspire American Communists to touch off a round of 1 strikes. The spokesmen for business urged both employers and Workers to oust - Communists frOm , union leadership. - • • THURSDAY MORNDNG, MARCH 13, 1.947L-ISTATE COLLEGE, PENNA Matrix Guest MRS. VIRGINIA G. McCONE, director of Retail Merchandising for the Ladies' Home Journal, will speak at the 10th annual Matrix Table at the Nittany Lion Inn Monday. The dpeaker, formerly adver tising Manager of John Wanna maker's Philadelphia Store, is a graduate of Stanford University. Not solely a business woman, she is the mother of two chil• dren, aged 7 and 10 years. Artists Revive Costume : The.Beaux Art Ball, annual cos tume. dance sponsored by Scarab, architectural honorary, and Pi Gamma Alpha (art honorary) will, again be revived on campus A'Pril; 10, for the first ti - since 1939; .:retitiffed'`EdWita • e er, publicity chairman of the dance. "In past years," said Zenker, "this costume ball was one of the largrest and 'most popular darices of the school year. This year we hope to restore the affair to its former :popularity." Commenting on past danccs, Lenker said that students came to the ball dressed in anything from -orange crates to Franken, stein, and that prizes were award_ ed for the prettiest, most orig inal, most 'humorous, and 'other costumes. Sometimes a queen was chosen - to reign over the dance. The .Beaux Art Ball is strictly a - student affair, Lenker made clear,, and will feature the Campus Owls Orchestra. All advertising and -decorations 'will be original and, done•by students 'in the. art z,nd architectural departmentS. He ailsO said that the dance is being held afterthe 'Easter vaca tion to enable students to look for cbstUrnes at home. Committee heads for the ball ar,, Robert Christensen, chair man; Betty Schmitt, decorations; Patricia 'Melly, entertainment; Edward Ghezzi, program; William Skelly, finances; and Len ker, SU Donations Nearlys6Boo Almost $6BOO has been contrib uted to or 'ear mmarked• for a stu dent union building fund, it was revealed•today by Carl R. Barnes, executive accountant for the College. The Class of 1945, with a gift of $3382:87, and INSGA, contrib_ utor of $2,000, head the list of donors arid were specific in desig nating the money be used toward a student union building. Other contributions intended for "general student benefit" have been, channeled into the fund. They include — WOO - donated by Walter E. Fausel, $2OO from J. A. Anley, <.sloo from C. 11. Mason nd. .$1A2.00 in cash and .war . Ilenehen. • ' . Talent Night Names Judges Five judges have been selected to determine the winners of 'the cash prizes in the Penn State Club's All-College Talent Night program, at Schwab Auditorium Friday. Students on the judging staff are Vera Slezak, Ben French and Stephen Sinichak. Two faculty members will complete the group. A dozen acts are included in the show, and the Modernaires have been signed to provide a musical background, according to Hugh Odza, Penn State Club publicity chairman. . Tickets priced at thirty cents are now on sale at Student Union. PA Films Show World Hunger Europe's need for food will be the theme for today's Public Xs:- fairs Films, announced Miss Jean , Moore, chairman of the Public Affairs .Film committee. There will be only three show ings today, Miss Moore added, at 10 aim., 2:20 and 4:20 p.m. The evening presentation has been cancelled, she said. 'The featured film in 110 Sparks today is "World of Plenty." Its. companion picture, "Our Chil dren," forcibly demonstrates the responsibility, of the United. States to see that food is adectuately dis tributed. . "World of Plenty,," according 'to Miss Moore, shows that there is an adequate supply of food in the world. Both films.. she pointed out, have been: selected in order to cooperate with the current C 4 ,43;riive Ap.. send , food.;„to Europe. "The pro:tiern of feeding Europe is largely one of .distributiim;'' ex plained Miss Moore. "These films show why it is vitally important to us as world citizens to provide food for all, and' thus insure peace, through a healthy new gen eration." Students Plan Capital Trip Fred Kecker will head the Penn State delegation of students at tending the Inter_Collegiate Gov ernment Conference in Harris burg April 1 , 8; said Edward Aber nethy, pulblicity chairman. The entire convention will be patterned after a model state legislature including floor de.. bates, committee reports and other law-making procedures. Governor Duff will present the opening address. All committee meetings will be conducted in the Capitol building. Bvery college and university in Pennsylvania will b e represented at the convention, said Abernethy. The Penn-Harris Hotel has been designate as student headquarters during the conference. All students interested in ma chine politics, legislative pro cedure and governri:ental opera tions are invited to join the dele_ gation. Professor M. Nelson Mc- Geary,. professor of political sci ence, is in charge of the trip. Students who wish to attend the convention should contact , McGeary as soon as possible. A preliminary meeting for all in_ terested students will be held in 119 Sparks at 2:20 TueSday after noon. The political science de partment wishes to remind stu dents that the conference is not limited to those majoring in po litical science. AA Books Students entitled to Athletic Association books who have not yet picked them up , may do so as soon as possible at the Athletic AssoCiation window in Old Main. Forum Speakers H. R. Knickerbocker Walter Duranty Ingipeer i .Gives.„,. Awards at Ball Preientation of two awards will be featured at th e annual Engineer Slide Rule Ball this Sat urday. Winner of the $5O scholarship given annuallyby the Penn State Engineer will be 'announced. This scholarship was open to any stu dent registered in the School of Engineering and was awarded on the basis of. necessity. The queen, who has been chosen by Edward Thornton of the New York model agency. from coed photos snbmitted, will re ceive a loving cup engraved with her nam e and title as queen. (Charles Hoyt, ticket chairman, requests that all Engineer Student Council memlbers and Engineer staff having tickets. turn them in to 416 Old Main by 5 o'clock to day. Tickets will go on sale at Stu dent Union Friay morning and at the Athletic Store Saturday. Only 1500 tickets will be sold, said Hoyt. PSCA Divides Dance Class Registration for the PSCA dancing clas s is so large, accord ing to Bruce Wenneristrom, direc tor. cif the class, that he has de_ cided to conduct two classes per night. The first class in the Fox-Trot begin. gat 7 and • a Lindy class at 8 tonight. Due to this large nunilber no more students can be accepted in either class at the present time. All students interest ed may sign the waiting list at the PSCA office. Any student having suifficient experience in dancing and is in terested in instruction assistance is requested by Mr. Wennerstrom to contacit ,fie CA secretary or report to roam 4117 Old Main at 6:45 todaY. • PRICE FIVE CEINICS Forum Lecture To Feature Russia Debate Walter Duanty and H. R. Knickelibocluer. veteran journal ists and foreign correspondents. will debate on "Can Russia Be Part of 'One World'?" in the fifth of the series of Community For um lectures in Schwab Auditor ium at 8 o'clock. Knickerbocker, roving corre spondent for International News &vice and Pulitzer Prize winner. says of Russia, "Its government if; neither by nor of the people although it claims to be for . the people." Duranty, the Author Duranty, author of several books on Soviet Russia. maintains that Russia wants, only to live in peace in order to develop its own vast resources and to repair its war damages. "It has so much territory at ,home," he says, "to be thinking about imperialism or world com munism, which Stalin and its present leaders have progressive ly thrown overboard." A native of Texas, Knicker bocker went to New York at the age of 20, after study et Southern Methodist University and Texas A. and M. and took a course in journalism at Columbia Univer sity. • Four years later. - a succession of newspaper jobs 'Behind him, in cluding positions with the New York Sun and the New York Post, he sailed for Germany and enrolled at the University of Munich to study psychiatry. Launched as Journalist The Beer House Putsch in 1223 put an end to Knickerbooker's studies and launched him upon a career in journalism. Since then ..dubbed by Alexam der Woolcatt '"The-Richard }Lloyd ing• Davis of our time." (Continued on page two) News Briefs PSCA Movie "‘Fliflestinie POW-- der Keg," a sound movie, will be shown at the jOint meeting of the CA Club and Commission VI of PSCA in 304 Old Maim at 7 o'clock. Following the film, Dr. Raymond Shibli, of the mathemw tics department will speak on Pal estine. There will be dancing and refreshments after the meeting. . Dairy Science Dr. Clare W. Pierce, professor of agriculture economics, will speak to the Dairy Science Club. 111 Dairy :building.• 7 o'clock to night. Dr. Pierc e has been bean on leave of absence iwith the Pitts burgh Dairy Council. Andrew A. Borland. professor of dairy husbandry, will speak about the Dairy Exhibition to be held at the College May 10. Circulo Espanol Elaine Mahuran was elected president of Circtilo Espanol, newly formed Spanish club•, at its first meeting Tuesday night. Mary Velasquez wa s elected vice president: Sylvia Schenfeld, sec retary; and George Ginty, trea surer. Hobby Bulletin A bobby bulletin has been post ed on the Student Union ;bulletin beard for registration of individ ual and group hobbies. Students possessing or desiring hobbies are requested to sign their names on the placard, said F. F. Morris, chairman of th e Committee on Hobbies. X-GI Club Dance X-GI Club is sponsoring a dance at Woodman's Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday. Men from Pollock Circle will be guests and will be admitted by their mgal tickets; regular club members will be admitted on their membership cards, said Mort Grossman and Mar tin Freedman, co-publicity' chairmen.
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