GIVE 4' TO THE ITS El at o g &it S ar,,,roP l RED CROSS VOL. 45—No. 30 Red Cross Drive To End Wednesday The Red Cross drive, which by 8 o'clock last night had collected $184.40, has been extended through Wednesday, co-chairman Samuel Neely announced today. Collections in Pollock Circle started last night, with John Trumbauer in charge. Neely em phasized that since some campus organizations have not met since the drive started, contributions will be a c cep te d from these groups after Wednesday. Yesterday's contributions: Alpha Tau , Omega $40.10 Phi Sigma Delta 38.00 Beta Sigma Rho 34.50 Kappa Kappa Gamma... 11.32 Zeta Tau Alpha 11.10 Theta Xi 11.00 Alpha Kappa .8.50 Frazier Dorm 5.92 Alpha Chi Rho 5.90 Jordan Hall 5.74 Panhel 5.00 Cwens (supplementary).. 5.00 Frazier Hall 2.42 All money collected should be turned in to the Dean of Men's - office, Old Main, between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight. Collegian Deadline • All'arindimgements and sto ries for , tomorrow's Daily Col legian must be • iri by'4 o'clock this afternoon. This Collegian will.• be .the last published be fore vacation. The first issue following the holidays will be published April 10. Nittany-Indeiendents Chose Clique Chairmen Nittany-Independent party. mem bers ~elected Arthur Lorenz and .„..Limep — Shea . senior 'class and junior 11S - gidareveiiire'llf BOorn'1)0, - Sbark's Building. • 'Huston Br o sfous, co-clique chairman, presided. He stated that party plan * call for appointment of, a campaign ,dhaitmaneirdiCOni mittee at a meeting schedured,'.for April 13. Prelianinakyneriiihetiprii will start on this date , nominations scheduled' ..fdy 20: _ . Brosious explaineci . .lhaFfeighth semester students may 'partiCipate in all-college nbminations but will not, ,be...permitted ..to vote, in . the tene'ral elections. He alga . Stressed that only those students• who have attended a party meeting to date Will , he eligible to vote in the n cm i rlatOns. AVC Discusses Plans for National Convention Informatlon concerning ,the na tional convention of AVC chapters will be divulged to AVC members at tonight's meeting, 1211 Sparks, Get 7:30 &clock, Melvin Katinsky, publicity chairiinan;' said yester day. • Also slated for discussion will be the bonus question. The vetei:- ans' bonus movement, previously defeated in the member chapter of • AVC, has lately received Enough support t o warrant a ref erendum. MADRlD—Spanish Generalissi mo• Francisco Franco has admit ted for the first time that his gov ernment is a . temporary one and that it may be replaced. H e told the Spanish people tlult, he has sent a law of succession to the Spanish parliament which might place a king on the vacant throne of Spain. Franco said the law be comes effective in the event he should die or otherwise be un able to serve. ASUNClON—Paraguayan gov ernment s a.O rc e s in Asuncion claim that a rebel plane has been shot down (in the Piripucu sec tor) 1,10 miles north of the capital. They say the pilot was killed and 'Fools by Other Names Still as Foolish On*April 1 At Blooming 'Glen, Pa., Ho shangabEng, India; and Worsley, England, there'll be April Fools today. Of course, they'll go by different nathes. In gay Paree you'd be an April fish (poisson d'avril). In Scotland you'd be an April gowk (cuckoo). The first April fool will never be famous, for the origin of this worldwide custom has never been decided. A Jewish tradition says April foolery descended from the fruitless expedition of the dove from Noah's ark one April first. In India, April fool pranks mark the end of the feast of Hull. ISOILe say it is a relic of the Roman "Cerealia" held at the be ginning of April. The tale is' that ProSerina was sporting in the Elysian meadows and had just filled her lap with daffodils when Pluto carried her off to the lower world. Her mother, hearing her voice, searched for 'her, but the search was a "fool's errand." . Library Display Honors . :_ Pan American Countries Latin American articles will be on display in the Main Library to morrow afternoon as - part dr' the Pan American Day celebration at the College. Everything from pottery to silverware will be on display, said Prof. Richard Kolakaski, co-chair nwn of the exhibit. Some -paint.. ings and needle work done by Latin. Americans will be shown. Precious stones given the Col lege by the Brazilian government for the work done by. Dean ,Steid le in Brazil ,will be exhibited. The Pan American display will last until April: 19 according to Kolakoski. Britith Stience Group Inspects 'Campus:Labs '404 A delegation of la *ttimivie n ests, are-Kreildrinriwto Yti,!kks in ~his ciountry,..viSited•th:6l€ol44ge .and the Ordnance.:ReSeardp._ 4 l4, ab oratory-on - Friday and; Saturdat,i.- The' roup arrived by plaileZtom Neiviport, • (R. 1. 1a t; 'the3V.l,,i2s7hailhon Air Field, Philipsbuig: Friday morning. yvas ,devoted. to • a Jour of the labcittory and confeAllces with staff members, In the:after noon, the group toured the .campus and visited the Ordnance Research Laboratory at Blaclt. lylOshannon State Park. • - - - Esquisse Club Elects John Diehi President John Diehl was elected presi dent of Esquisse,. social' club for all architecture and architectural engineering studentS at a launch ing party held • Friday.. night in Main Engineering, said Budd Ross, publicity chairman. Other officers for the club, which was otricisilly organized at this party, are, Edward Lenker, vice president; Mary Armes, treasuer: Harry McMillin, secretary; and Frank Graham, historian. Late A esy Radio Station WMAJ an observer captured. This is the first time any mention of a plane shot down has been made in the Paraguayan civil war. These government sources 'add thai a new Paraguayan ambassa dor to the United States will be named in the next 24 hours. He was identified as the finance min ister, Dr. Guillermo Encieo Vel loso. • WASHINGTON Wartime rent controls will expire June 30 unless renewed. Yesterday the Senate Banking Committee re jected a fresh bid for a general rent increase. Instead, the corn inittee voted unanimously to con- tinue limited controls through next February 29. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, :1947--STATE COI/LEGE, PENNA News Hawthorne Wins NCAA Mitt Title G 1 e n Hawthorne, 130-pound Lion boxer, added a National boxing title to his laurels Satur day night at Madison, Wis., when he defeated Badger Dick Miya ga wa in the finals of the NCAA tourney. Captain Jackie Tighe and Jim Cassidy were eliminated in the semi-final round. Hawthorne, win n e r of the Frank J. Goodman trophy as the outstanding senior Lion boxer, was awarded the decision over Miyagawa at the end of the sec ond round after the Badger suf fered a cut eye. The Lion boxer had been leading on points. (Continued on page three) Debaters Named To National Meet Penn State was selected yester day as one of, thirty-two colleges throughout the nation to com_ Pete in the first annual National . Intercollegiate Debate Tourna ment to be held at West Point, New York, May 2,3, and 4. Commenting upon this selec tion, Joseph F. O'Brien, head of the speech department and coach of the team, said, "We're deeply pleased to have the Penn State team chosen as one of the con testants in this tournament. This is the highest honor in debate which could come to the College." O'Brien, who served as one Of three judges in this district, stated further that the representatives were selected according to their records over the past three years. Also delegated as Eastern . rep resentatives were , the U. S,. Mili tary. and Naval Academies, Rut gers, Vermont, and Yale. In, thi first presentation of, a national - tOtirney,' - licd . rounds of debate have been listed for the three-day contest. Contest rules call for. an :initial five, rounds, folloyAng„whictr: th'e7s:b te en •teams:.with;'lll4.'?hiEbAt'!'poii,it scores - **ll.l:::'7.eriteji 4 ; ; .ike,',rllo,;.four rounds •to deteyn;iln;e-ttiP.N.Fij - ker- O'Bi.'ieli.•asser,teth.tliatvbe.: has not yet . de9idt.cl.:'-uppil,;•7-:the• two man sqUad. WhiCh'-*illviepresent the College::- The National - nebate ' 'question, `Vtescolve.d,.,That.'!labPr'Slibll ',have a' dii•ee't'Sliar'in'the'fahiikerr.ent of ind u s Will- -be • this tourney's debate question. Betty Farrow Resigns Post as PHA Secretary Miss Elizabeth Farrow, associ ate women's secretary of the PSCA, resigned from her position effective today. She will continue to study at the College this spring and then begin research in the field of visual "education: While at the Colleg e Miss Far, row directed activites in various phases•of PSCA, and will be hon ored for her work at the group's annual 'banquet, April 12. Prior to coming to Penn State sh e was .secretary of the YWCA in Pittsburgh and later Director of Religious Education at White Plains, New York. Miss Farrow has a B.A. 'from Elmira College and an MAIM. from Columbia University. Windcrest Kids, Parents 'Enjoy Diaper Derby, Egg Hunt It's debat:ble which group en joyed the X-GI sponsored egg hunt on' Sunday more—the Wind crest youngsters or their parents. One of the big events of the afternoon was the Diaper Derby, a highly contested crawling race in which David Van Tassle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley V,Yn Tas_ sle,• won in a photo finish. Prizes for finding the golden eggs went to Jimmy Nemeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Nemeth. and Christina Weaklin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luth6r Weaklin. ...•..•,. rgtatt Occasional Rain Expansion Plans Develop; Dorm Construction Begins FCC Grants Permit For College Radio Station The Federal Communications Commission has given the College authority to operate a new radio station in Pennsylvania, it was re ported Saturday 'by the Associated Press. An application for a permit to operate an BM radio station was made by the College but no infor mation has as yet been received, President Ralph Dorn . Hetzel stated. 'The permit was requested as a preliminary step in cooperating with the State Department of Pub lic Instruction and with other in stitutions in Pennsylvania in a proposed plan- to establish a State wide chain Of non-commercial fre quency modulated radio stations for educational purposes. • It is understood, Dr. Hetzel said, that a bill is tbeing introduced in the State Legislature to implement the plan. Housing Syndicate To Relieve Shortage A total of $28,000 • has been pledged for a proposed building syndicate to alleviate the commu nity housing shortage. Future plans for the organize ti.on were drawn at a preliminary meeting, sponsored by the Bor ough-College Coordinating Com mittee's unit in charge of housing, Friday. At this time, the nucleus of the corporation subscribed the initial pledge of $25,000. Guy G. Mills, chairman of the Borough - College sub-committee on housing, .emphasized that the subscription list is open to all per sons wishing to invest $5OO to $lOOO in the project. Mr•. Mills de clared that within the next-three: yeats • the community must pro vide • homes - for. 11,000 expected' residents. State Clique Elects Zora Junior Chairman • John Zora was elected junior class Chairman of, the State party at, a meeting Sunday. Announcement was made of a mixer to be held at the Ohi Phi house Saturday, April 12, and .of a meeting in 10 Sparks .Sunday',. April..l3. Jeanne Foust, senior class pub licity chairman, said. that the party platform! will be read at the next meeting. Herbert Locke is chair man of the platform committee. Other clique officers are Abram Rosier and , Robert Frankhouse, co chairmen; Jane Eouracre, secre tary-treasurer; Robert• Gabriel, publicity dhairman; Joseph Kelly, campaign chairman. Edmund Koval is senior class dhairman, Jack Boehm, senior class .campaign dhairman, Herbert Locke, senior class nominations chairman. Junior class publicity chairman is Richard Morgan and junior class nominations chairman is Emory Brown. Grid Practice Game . . . Penn State's gridders were out scored two touchdowns to one by the Army in an informal practice scrimmage game at West Point Saturday afternoon. Naval Reserve An organized Naval Reserve will be set Lip in Altoona, according to Ensign E. M. German, USNR ad ministrative officer. Officers in terested in transferring from their present voluntee r status to the, organized reserve in Altoona 'Earth Sciences Club should contact Ensign German,l USNR Administrative Officer, 4th Dr. Hans Neuberger, professor Battalion, Altoona. of meteorology, will speak to the Earth Sciences Club in 12)1 Chess Team cral Industries at 7:30 o'clock to- Mernbers of the chess team are 'night. The subject of Dr. Neuber requested to attend an important ger's talk will be "Visible Hie meeting in 7 Sparks at 7 o'clock ncmena of the Atmosphere." tonight to discuss this month's There \vitt be a short business chess matches, Ray McKinley, meetin:* for members afterwards, president, 'said. ' although anyone is welcome. Pittsburgh Firm Receives Contracts for 15 Dorms Contracts for the building o.f 25 dormitory units for unmarried men students have been awarded to the Steel-Bilt Construction Co. of Pittsburgh by the executive committee , of the Board of Trus tees. The Steel - Bilt Construction Company i s headed by Mr. R. L. Tucker, Phi Kappa Tau, a Com merce and Finance graduate af 1936, and IMr. E. J. Mihalyi, an Architectural Engineering alumnus who graduated in 1940. Both men are from Coreopolis. The mass-produeed, semi-per manent units, which will hicuse 1000 men, will cost an estimated $1,000:000. They will be located south of the Poultry Plant and east of the new College entrance road behind Pollock Circle. Work on the first six buildings will begin April 7, with a cornple ticn date set at September az, said George W. Ebert, superintendent of grounds and buildings. The new dorms will be one story high, rectangular, and heated by a central plant. Each unit will con- . tain 20 double bedrooms and four single rooms. A cafeteria unit with a seating capacity ,cf 66 , 0 persons has already been secured trc,m the federal' government and will arrive soon from Ft. Washington, Md. Excavation work will begin to day for the $6,,000,00.0 permanent dormitories which are to be lo cated across Shortlidge Road from the new classroom building now being erected. Of Georgian colonial design., the two new units will be constructed of .brick and .w 4,11 house and pro- Vide 'ac4ornrnodatlons Tor 1043 students.' '• Henry E. Baton, Inc.,- the con tractor, was the builder of GNI Main, Home Econcimics and Dairy Buildings, and AtilicTton. and White Halls. LaVie Chooses Six For 'Belle' Section Diana Ho'fitman, Joyce Parker, Eleanor Roberts, Jo Peoples, Kitty Welch and •Barbara Wilson have been selected for the Belle Sec tion of LaVie by th e senior board of the yearbook. The girls chosen will be photo graphed in evening gowns at a later date, said Seymour Rosen berg, editor. Appointments for the pictures will be n.ailed to the women selected. The contest was open to senior women students and entries were submitted for women's organiza tions. Class Time Changes The adult sewing' class taught by Miss Melinda Fiat win hold its next meeting in 223 Home Ec building on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, from 7 until 10 o'clock. This will be the last class before Easter vacation. News. Briefs Journ Seniors All replies to the jcib placement questionnaire sent to journalism seniors should be returned before April 3, according to Frank Davis, chairman. • WEATHER PRICE FIVE CD
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