The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 11, 1947, Image 1

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    Late =AP News
Ciruitgsy - Radio. Station WKLY.
WASHINGTON The Senate
has approved United Naticns con
diltiional power to halt the pro
posed $400,•008,000 American pro
earn to aid Greece and Turkey by
adopting the Vandenberg Amend
ment to the Balkan Aid BilL' The
amendment provides that the :UN
end the Turkish-Greek. • aid pro
gram whenever twO-4tlbirds of the
Ge.neral Assembly, or seven of. the
Security+ Council's members, de
cide the prograrn is unnecessary or
undesirable.
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.—The
UN Atomic Energy Commission's
Political Committee has approved
a,. work plan .submitted by the
Uzlited States 'despite Soviet ob
jeCtions. giving priority to discus
sion- of the establishment of an in
ternational` control agency. •
4 ,l'EXAS—Estitmates on the death
toll in - the tornado that ripped
thteugh the Texas-Oklahoma pan
handle t'anged up to 1.82.
Relief poured into the dieaster
sW'ePt area yesterday. Irardest hit
by. the tornado was the town of
Woodward, Okla., wffndh eounted
mare than 80 dead and 1,080• in
jured. Three hundred: homes were
destroyed by the twister the first
tornado to strike Woodweird, a city
of -5,500 in the clattle • and wheat
ocuntry. • .
EXETER. Pa.—The nation's sec
ond coal mini) explosion in less
thin three weeks took the lives of
,nine miners yesterday, Nine others
were injured as they worked in the
blast-torn Anthracite mine At Exe
ter, Pa.
CALIFORNIA—Mcre than 60,-
0013 square mules of California, Ari
iona and Nevada were rocked
early yesterdtay by a deep-seated
eiartrhquak.e. Although it was sharp
some s ectors, there was no seri
ous dlamlage in heavily-populated
areas.
Alpha Sig, AKPhi
Announce Merger
10mrICon aaptei of Alpha Kap-
pa Pi and: Upsilon chapter of Al
.Signqa Phi', will announce
;,.?;ijheir:‘cOnsolidation at a banquet
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L , PI - ''_house:'Saturday -- eveninC'Eos:
::'z'`Cording to 'Donald Perry, presi_
,
,dent 'of -the new chapter.
• The,new chapter will be known
as Upsilon chapter of Alpha Sig
ma will- be located at the
lornier - Alpha Kappa Pi house on
Fairmount -Avenue, •
The'local Consolidation is a re-
suit- of the consolidation of the
tw. motional fraternities last Sep
ternber.
Dr. Wilbur •Crarolblet, national
president of the fraternity and
president ; of Bethany Coll~►ge,
will. be the principal speaker at
the 'banquet.
'conjunction with the consoli
dation Alpha Sigmi Phi will for
, (Continued on page six.)
;Programs Chosen
...':fot; -. .'.Artist Series
,
Four programs have been ap
-, Proved for the Artists' Course
Series for next year, Dr. C. E.
`;'".Marquardt, chairman of the corn
, rnittee, announced last night.
The Series will feature "Mad
ame Butterfly," in the opening
number on November 17 and 18;
;..:Carol Brice, popular young Negro i
contralto, n mid-February; the
National Symphony Orchestra, in
_• Mareh;
i and William Kapell, pi
anist, n early April. The exact
dates will be announced later by
- the committee.
',:Two new features ' have been
'added to the Series in an effort to
'enable more persons to attend the
programs next year.
, Each program will continue for
two.-nights, and the committee
* - Plalis to hold two ticket sales if
Aonclitions ..prmit, Dr. Marquardt
• 6 8 , 4(3.', The first sale will be held by
Mail, this Spring for faculty mem
-I.4%.,stusients and townspeople.... ;
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VOL. 45-4 No. 313
Latins Present
Mexican Movie
"Flor Silvestre," a full length
Mexican movie, has been obtain
ed by the Circulo Espanol with
the co-operation of the Interna
tional Film Club and will be pre
sented at the Nittany Theatre on
Monday night as part of the Pan
American celebration at the Col
lege.
The leading role is played by
Dolores del Rio, who is now work
ing with the Mexican movie in
dustry. Sub-titles are provided in
English for those who do not un
derstand Spanish. Regular prices
will be charged for this dramatic
story of the love between a girl of
the peon class and a wealthy gen
tleman during the last days of the
Mexican Revolution.
The International Club is ar
'ranging a dinner to be held in.the
Maple room Monday evening at
6 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
for .85 cents.
A flag-raising ceremony in front
of Old Main Monday at 11:40 a.m.
which will be conducted by the
Pershing Rifle Company, will fea
ture the observance of the Col
lege's fifth annual Pan American
Day celebration.
Latin American articles of all
sorts on display at the Library
Will end next Saturday at the
close of the Pan American week
celebration.
Veterans
Dr,, Ernest H. Coleman, medi
cal officer for the Veteran's Ad
ministration, has moved his
offices from the College infirm
ary to the second floor of 'the
Metzger Building, he announced
today .
- Red::-.'Ciaoi*oifi4e
Past $.1:20.0. Goal
The Red Cross committee went "over• the top" in its recent drive
by collecting $1210.44.•This total is'exclusive -of contributions, from
hat societies and other organizations which have not met recently.
In a joint statement, co-chairmen Samuel Neely and Carol
Dieckmann said, "We wish to thank everybody who contributed and
especially those •volunteer solicitors who helped in the drive."
Contributors have been broken down by fraternities, sororities,
dorms and organizations as follows:..:.
FRATERNITIES
Alpha Tau Omega $40.10
Phi Sigma Delta 38.00
Phi Gamma Delta 35.00
Beta Sigma Rho 34.50
Phi Kappa Tau 31.11
Phi Sigma Kappa 24.90
Phi Epsilon Pi - 23.00
Theta Xi • 21.55
Tau Kappa Epsilon 21.25
Tau Phi Delta _ 20.55
Lambda CM Alpha 20.01
Sigma Alpha . Epsilon 19.55
Pi. Lambda Phi 17.75
Phi Kappa Psi 17.18
Delta Sigma Phi 16.76
Delta Tau Delta 16.25
Kappa Sigma 14.75
Delta Chi 14.50
Pi Kappa Alpha 14.00
Phi Kappa 13.29
26 Married Veterans
Achieve Dean's List
Twenty-six of the more than
300 married veterans living in
Windcrest were named to. the
Dean's List at the College during
the fall. semester.
They are: Andrew R. Tvaggs,
Francis L. Bohannon, Rolb.ert C.
Bolger, Jack N. Brown,. William
T. Butz, : Thomas W. ; CraWford,
Harry W. Ernest, .Williarr: G. .F!ad-;
dis, Lester S. rHackenfberry„T.
Glenn Hawthorne,' Donald.. 'L.
Horton, William E. Keppier;
Michael: Kudelke, Carl :FL Lunt
Jr., George E. May.
Clare
• (Robert W.. Mezg'er, once P.
''Moore; ~ JOhn L. O'Brian, Jon
L. Pfirmaik; James H.
James- S. Rdese,• .11"1( 4 1. X, AI j.sh
lbdrger,. Floyd .E. :Rost,
Sward, Jr., George E.
Jr., :and.. Williaul, F1,,1,7443.ue;-'
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1841--STATE COLLIDGE, PENNA
Parisian Atmosphere
Pervades Arts Ball
Recretation Hall will 'be turned into a Latin Quarter scene in Paris
tomorrow night wllren Pi Gana Alpha, tart) .honorary, and Scarab,
architecture honorary, present at 8 o'clock the first Beaux Arts Ball
since '11989, said. Edward Lenker, publidity bead.
Tickets priced at $2 plus tax are on sale at Student Union, until to
morrow noon. • They will also be
sold at the dance.
The ends and sides of the dance
floor foran a background of bright
Colors to• represent a Paris street
scene. Chairs and cafe tables typi
fying a Paris street Cafe will be
placed around file floor.
Mitin
Sigma Chi 13.20
Phi Delta Theta 13.08
Alpha Gamma Delta 11.67
Phi. Kappa Sigma . 11.29
Alpha Gamma Rho 10.51
Chi Phi 10.00
Sigma Pi 10.00
Alpha CM Sigma 10.00
Triangle 9.96 1
(Continued oa page three)
Inside Collegian
Page
Fut:net appointment was
"high - class politics" 2
Coeds debate at Rockview.. 3
Six soccer players leave for
• Olympic preliminaries ... 4
Baseball team meets Dick•
inson at bonier - • 5
Campus News Briefs
Classified advertisementi .. 7
Do you use the library for
reference? . 8
Vets to. Fill. Applications
For Hospital Positions
• The Veterans 'Administration
announced today that apPlioations
for hospital attendant positions at
the Co: - .tesville, Veterans Hospital
are now: being accepted by the. U.
S:. Clvil-SerWco Commission. •
Enterestea veterans should db. :
troll- and. complet e Civil Service
•ti •ibrni 60 - arid"' • card
fowl 154(1.1.•-.Af IC, lankl. Irian them to
g.,xecutive Secretary, Board of
Examlners, Vete-
Ailministrartion Hospital,
Pennsylvania,' not
Lof t . thayi. 31, . •
total" 1 Showers. Mild with
Strong Winds.
Costume prize winner at the
traditional Beaux Arts Ball in
1936 was soccer coach Bill
Jeffrey Art photograph at left.
The leopard skin garb was
brought from South America by
Jeffrey's soccer captain that
year, Ted McHune.
Instead of Itthe cu'stornary low
ceiling dancpy, 2;000 balloons will
make a sky of clouds ablove the
dancers, according to Betty,
Schmitt, decollation chairman. The
entrance will resemble a Parisian
metro or subway with ,paintect
posters decorating the sides.
(Continued on page three)
Chinese Theatre
Presents Program
"An Evening in Cathay" will
be presented iby The Chinese Cul
tural Group in Schwab Andlitorium
at 8 p.m. tomorrow as a 'special
free dividend number of- this
year' s Artist. Course Series.
, This co.mpany of fourteen young
, :rnen.:and, Women, :leading actors
and artiSts:-7'''have -been
coached "arid costumed by Mei
Lan-Fang, one of China's greatest
actors.
In America , for a nation-wide
tour, the Chinese Theatre Group
presents ancient and treasured
arts—the , musical instruments.
dances, - !costumes. and plays of
twenty centuries ago:
The Chinese Cultural Theatre
comes here under the sponsorship
of Madame Chiang Kai-shek on a.
Good Will mission. Their earn
ings will go direct to China's fund
for the relief of refugees• of war
and famine.
The program consists of selec
tions from classic drama don. in
full costum m of the conventional
theatre, 'dances whic , h have been
refined , through 2,000 years of
practice and tradition and musi
cal number s featuring the age
old
instruments of the country.
Thespians Begin Ticket Sale
For 'Varsity Sweetheart'
Tickets for all three perform
ances of the Thespians' spring mu
sical revue, "Varsity Sweetheart,"
will be on sale at the Student
Union desk, Monday, 8 a.m.
The all-student production will
run Thursday, Friday, and Satur
day nights. The price of admission
for the first performance will be
75 cents and tickets for the two'
weekend nights are priced at $l.
All seats will be reserved.
Performances will start at 7 p.m.
to give couples enough time to at
tend the IFC Ball and houseparty
dances.
The show is made up of two
acts. There will be six scenes in
the first ' act and seven in the
second. 'Varsity Sweetheart," the
title song, is sung in the first scene
by Eleanor Brumbaugh and Rob
rt Koser.
When a lonely import steps oft
the bus and her date fails to meet
her, Koser tells her that he is
minus a date also. Singing this
song he asks her to be his spring
housepartydate.
The play goes on from there ts.
portray ••college life during thc
bouseparty 'weekend.
WEATHER
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Campus Cliques
Choose Slates
Prelminary nominations for
campus politiml parties will be
held Sunday evening in compli
ance with the Elections Code.
The code states that prelimi..
nary party nominations will be
conducted April 13 and final par
ty nominations (primaries) will
be held the following Sunday - ,
April 20, .according to Jack Brahi_
gan, Elections committee head.
At th e preliminary nominations,
parties will declare preferred
candidates and nominations.froni
the floor will be accepted. Final
selection of the party slate will
be mad e by ballot the following
Sunday evening.
Names of the accepted party
candidates must be presented to
the chairman of the Elections
committee on Monday, April 21.
Lists of party members who will
be eligible to participate in the
voting at th e final nominations
meetings must b e presented to
the Elections committee today.
For the preliminary norninia.-
tions meetings, the NittanyJlnde
pendent party will meet in 121
Sparks at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The
Slate party will meet in 10 Sparks
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Block and Bridle
Holds Exposition
The Little International Live
stook. Exiposition , sponsored by
'the — Penn State Chapter of • the
Block and Bridle Club, twill be
held in the stock pavilion at one
o' c lock, Saturday afternoon,
April 2,6,, according to Robert R.
Pennington, show manager.
In charge of the four divisions
of ...animals for fitting and show._
ing are Art G. Whittier, horses;
Samuel H. Laub Jr., sheep; Ro
bert N. Houston, beef cattl e and
Francis S. Kirk, swine.
The chief judge will be Max...
well N. Smith, assistant county
agent in Lancaster and advisor
for 4-H clubs that have won state
and national awards. He will be
assisted by W. Brooke Ball who
will judge swine; J. R. Henderson,
sheep and Georg e Christy, beef.
Extra features of the e3vosi
tion will be a pig denby for coeds
and a sheep shearing demonstra
tion by Lou F. Nichols of Lehigh
County.
ROTC Enrollment
Ends on Monday
Closing date for enrollment iii
Advanced Army Reserve Officers
Training Corps will be April 14,
Col. Ben-Hur Ohcstaine annotm_
ced yesterday.
He said that the War Depart
ment has authorized quotas for
Infantry, Engineer, and Signal.
Corps courses offered at the Col
lege, and that there are a limited
number of vacancies at present.
The quotas for Air Corps train
ing has as yet not been received
from the War Department.
• Applications are available in
101 and 104 Carnegie Hall. Firs
priorty will be given to qualified
students now on campus, Chas-
Wine said.
Forrr.er servicemen must bring
a copy of their discharg e to the
ROTC department, if credit i t
th e basic elementary course Is de..
sired. Students that have coax_
plated Basic ROTC are also e!g..
'able, he .added.