New Fraternity
Goes National
The .Gamma N-u chapter of the
Alpha Rhi Alpha fraternity was
- established on campus Saturday
night. This iis the second Negro
fraternity, to- be organized at the
College and one of four national
Negro fraternities in the country.
IniUa/tii'on was held -Saturday
night followed by a banquet at the
State College Hotel on Sunday.
Present at the banquet-were ad
visers,- Emmanuel Gifford and
Prof. Robert Galbraith.
Officers elected were Charles
Wilson, president; Donald Harris,
vice-president; Herbert Robinson,
secretary; Donald Watson, cor
responding secretary; Calvin Wal
lace, treasurer; William Walker,
sergeant-at-arms; Dennie ‘ Hog
gard, parliamentarian'; and Wil
liam- Brown, historian.
Other members include Wallace
TrJpplett, /McKinley Edumunds,
Harold Dixon, Mitchell Williams,
Rufus Williams, Jesse Clark, and
Perry Smith. '
Alpha Phi Alpha was first or
gariied at Cornell University in
IDO'S toy seven men, and incorpor
ated in '11907. Today there are ap
proximately 'BO chapters and 10,-
000 members distributed through
out leading universities and col
leges..
Froth Announces
Miss Penn State
Joyce Parker is officially named
Miss Penn State of 1047 in .the IFC
Ball, issue <xf Froth, on sale today.
Miss Parker was chosen- by a
board of ccillelge officials in - the re
cent contest sponsored by Froth, to
name the campus queen, who
wouflid also he entered' in ..a. na
tional pontesit to adept Mis s Amer
ican C'aed'oi 194 0, t
Originated by . N.Y.U.- Vlarities,
theI’national-, 1 ’national-, contest features .115
contestants submiibfed by the IS
leading-.de/Heg-e -humor' magazines
.in (the country. •. Frothy
Pd-rker las- v.f
the; Central Eastern-states.!
’ Jcihn Robert Powers, head of .a
New York model agency, is -the
final .judge. Mr, . Powers, who
chose the Queen -of the Spring
Nocturne . dance- on icainpuis last
year, has said that he will stress
naturalness and personality. -
A full-page pin-up picture of
Miss Penn. State..'•i®.;f.qri.e'' : 3Ci# i :ifJif;
special features elf ’Froth''in'iniis
issue. An e^tra. page:.roif:'’c!aibb<i}fe.'
has -also.been added;-and/Frothy,
again yiewts campus li-fe 'thfbuighr
the;media oif -the,photo-page,......
A satire revealing .-.the' , itrdiih:
■abdult Pollcdk,';Oii»le.f..'w?ititeh- ; s}5 f .
onp : ctf' the 'ihhtat4s- is
•this issue. “Wild
ballad of the old wedt, -and an-'
.ether adivenltuire of Penn State’s
ex-serviceman hero; X. Gr -Eye,
are. other features, plus Frothy
Velgulllar columns and departments.
Froth- is. on sale"/(at Student
.Union, the Corner Room, and Gra
ham’s A. C,
tote AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
WASHINGTON—The Navy has
sent to Congress permanent legis
lation that ..would .authorize ini
mediate arming of merchant ves
sels. In time. (of war or national
emergency. The legislation would
replace the ' temporary wartime
authority voted by Congress in
1941; The Navy; says a permanent
law is essential .because. Congress
might hot be in session next time
it is necessary to arm ships.
BLIO DE JANElRO— The'United
States. has’ tuined over to Brazil
all Brazilian air. (bases /that were
built ■ and (manned toy Americans
during the war. \Thp-; Brazilian
Government annouhfcecT 3hifs /'of£i-
WaU t y .after", th§. United' States' Bm
said • all 'tAmericah-'Air -Force
hdve.left ißtaZil. •:
iiAKE ■ SUCCESS—The - United
Nations Security Council yester
day,hear da second Russian.attack
oh President Truman's plan to aid
Greece and Turkoy. Soviet Dele-
State “ Andrei • Gromyko opposed
military aid for Greece and, any
for .Turkey. . He maintained
fhat the question of Greek border
wcidenls. and the. issue of Ameri
can aid to Greece are two separate
-terns .despite American efforts to
TO> . fore r
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Stye Saily
VOiL. 45—No. 34
Players Initiate
17 New Members
Flayers, College, dramatic, soci
ety, initiated 117 new members in
the Little Theatre in Old Main
Monday evening.
. The initiates are; Martin Baum,
Ern-St Beutner, Henrietta Campi
fell-, Ruth Cchen, Barbara Cooper,
Ann Dunawiay, Betty Dunkel, Wil
bur E'bersole, Henry Glass.
Mary GMck, Terry Klostenman.
Martha Koons, Mary Lou Markley,
Ruth Rosenbaum, Rosemary
Sdhreider, Charles Seatc-n and
Betty Jean Whitney.
Players will continue with their
arena -productions at .fhe State Col
lege Hotel this weekend. Skylark
will be presented to the public
Friday and Saturday nights. Kelly
Yeaton is directing -the perform
ances. Tickets for both- nights are
on sale at Student Union.
Skylark deals with the domestic
life elf an. advertising man, who
bias his troubles, in choosing be
tween his wiife and l his career. The
ticket price of $llllO includes after
theatre supper ait the State College
Hotel.
Skylark marks the first time that
an arena type .production has heen
given at the College. The action of
the play takes place in the center
of the rocm, while the audience
sits on three sides.
The next Playe r production will
be ' the “Barre'fcs- of Wimp ole
Street.” This production will open
April 24 and will run for three
nights. Tickets will go on sale at
Student Unic-n Monday.
Forum to Follow
Chicago Report
• Reports' by College delegates tt
..the .Chicago Student . Conference.
■held;test''©ecember, >
foruini'fdll'awlng these summaries,
will be held in "101. Sparks at 8
o'clock tomorrow night, according
•to Leo Troy, president of the spon
k>ring Common Sense Club. -
Representatives to. the Chicago
Conference Michael Bla-tz. Robert
Foote, Mary Lou Waygood, and
observers Fred Keeker, and Rieh
j-tsrd- Sarge will deliver/Statements
'Is I 'to 'thel r participation. and- will
/'■express their, views of this Con
clave. '
‘All students are urged by Troy
,to attend this- meeting, as student
.reaction will play a part in the
.future participation, of /College
/delegates' to the Constitutional
-/Convention this summer and to
the next Student Conference, he
said. '
Dr. Scarsefh fo Address
Ag Student-Faculty Forum
Dr. George D. Scarsetto, director
elf the American Barm Research.
Association and one of the nation’s
leading figures in agriculture, will
apeak at the Ag Baculty-Student
Forum program in 109 Agriculture
Building at 7:30 tonight, according
to Robert- R. Pennington, student
dhairmlan. The meeting i® open to
the public. .
Dr. Soarseth’s topic Will toe “The
Groat Symphony of Agricultural
Research'” and toils talk will be fol
lowed'toy a .period for questions
from the au'dience.
The organization which he di
rects was formed/ in 1944 by the
Aimeridan Barm Bureau Federa
tlictn “Ita (translate the findings of
the Various state' experiment sta
tions and other scientific organiza
tions . through agricultural Coopera
tive service" agencies direct., to
farthers.” lit is .sponsored bjy the
•Banin Bureau and HO cooperative
farm’ supply, purchasing organiza
tions. v , ‘ •
■ .The... speaker .fe also a prolific
writer oh.' the. importance. of" sod
nutrients ..in improving human nu
trition.
Graduate Exam
‘ •Graduate Record' Examination
will toe administered in-311 ■ Buck
hout Laboratory from 8 a.m. to
12 am. May 5 and lp.m. to '5 p.m.
May 6. Candidates must register
in 210 Buckhout. Laboratory be_
toon Thursday. "
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 115,1947 —STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
eteran Thespian
MES MILHOLLAND
Trout Season Opens;
College Anglers Cast
For Fish and Grades
They hall it“©lack Tuesday” in
“garden hackle” (-Worms to the un
initiated) circles.
'At 5 am, today trout season
opened.. This morning mfany an
gager angler -gathered up his
equipment, Cast aside his texts,
and Wadhedi off to his favtarite
mountain stream to cast a line.
• Someone once said that a fishing
line was a string with a worm on
one end andi a. fool on the other.
Perhaps Profs lecturing to empty
■classrooms today will (confirm this.
But the Studtents enrolled in the
highly publicized 1 “fishology”
course dan trot off -to “Fisherman’s
Paradise” without a tinge of con
science. They’re doing their home
work.;"
iiSipng- ...Creek,. ...Stone-,,.Chreek,.
Lhurm'Rtin,'-Blld Eagle Careek, are"
of the highly productive
streams in this (vicinity. Here you
Will .be able to find 1 the absentees
from the Comer Room clique.
’Tis said that most fisherman
don’t Cat their datdh. iSinoe fish is
reputed to i-ncrelase the growth of
biiain tissue, its elating should be
encouraged. Then anglers would
develop large powerful brains and
hook S’s in every course.
Raeburn Dance Tickets
Go on Sale at SU Friday
Tickets for Inter-Fraternity
Ball will be on sale at Student
Union all day ,Friday, said James
Jones, chairman of the IFO ticket
committee. Priced at $4.00, includ
ing tax, they will also be sold at
the door Friday night.
Boyd Raeburn and his orches
tra will provide music for danc
ing at this annual affair. The
dance will be a‘ semi-formal af
fair without corsages.
Robert Foote is chairman of the
dance committee. Robert Hirsh
and John Watkins are in charge
of publicity, and booths and re
freshments will be under the
care of John Cameron. Extensive
preparations for decorating Recr
reation Hall are under the direc
tion of Robert Koser.
Men's Bridge Club Plans
Duplicate Tournament
Clark Wahl, president of the
Men’s Bridge Club, announced
yesterday that tentative plans for
a ; . duplicate bridge tournament
wtoch will be open to all Penn
State men’- have been disoussed by
members of the 1 Bridge Club.
' -Explaining that "the club’s ac
tivities will be restricted to . the
campus for th e remained oi. the
semester; Wahl urged all men in
terested :in participating in the
tourney- to meet in 418 Old Main
at 7:30 p. ,m. Thursday.
AVCRaffle
■ Ail AVC .members are asked to
turn in their raffle books at Stu
dent Union .from- 1 to 5 p.m.
Thursday according to Melvin Ka
tinsky, publicity, chairman.. Mem
bers will 'be held responsible for
outstanding books, he added.
CnUpntatt
Thespian Tickets
Slili Available
There are still tickets available
for all three performances of the
Thespians “Varsity Sweetheart,”
Spring music's! , r evue, according to
business manager, Ted LeFervre.
Alii seats for the Thursday night
show will be general admission,
and they are on sale at 75c at Stu
dent Union desk. Reserve tickets
for both weekend) performances
are also on sale at $l. and there
are still good) seats left, said Le-
Fevre.
Souvenir programs of the Thes
pian. musical will be on sale this
week in town and l at the Student
Union desk, said Frances Glass,
program chairman. Programs will
also be sold at all performances of
the dhow at Schwab Auditorium
this week.
"Veteran actors are taking the
major roles, according to skit di
rector Portman Paget. Jame, Mil-,
holla nd and Virgil Neilly, both
members of the Cast of the last
two Thespian revues, and William
MdTurk, performer in the past
Fall show, will have the male
leads.
Production manager, Richard
Frontman, will also be in a few
scenes of “Varsity Sweetheart.”
Featured in the musical revue
will be “Forit'dhie’s Four,” a sing
ing quartet composed of R'ay For
tunado. Peggy Cunningham and
James 'McKechnie. Fortunado is
also- the mu'sical director of the,
show.
The book and original music will
tell the story of a “big” houseparty
weekend at Penn State. The revue
will start as the imports arrive at
the Post House and the action wdi
Carry on to the last nigfttt ana! fne
dance.
WSGA Presents
Portrai! af Tea
. A tea, sponsored by Women’s
Student Government Association,
oonJmemorating th e tenure of
Miss Charlotte Ray of Dean 1 of
Women at the College from 1923
to 1946, will toe held in the Dean
oif Women’s office in Old Main
from 4 t 0 5 ipVm. today. ■
All women students are invited
to attend,, according' to the com.
mittee.
'Feature of the afternoon affair
will toe presentation toy Jean Nel
son, representing upperclass wo
men, of a portrait of Miss Ray to
Jtomig, newly-eleoted
WiSGA president.
[Miss Romig will in turn present
the portrait of Acting Dean of
Women Pearl O. Weston for dis
play in the Deari of Women’s Of
fice.
The portrait of Miss Ray is a
gift of 'coeds at the College, pre
sented in recognition and appre
ciation of Miss Ray’s achievement
as Dean of Women over a period
oif 24 years.
■Phyllis James, Janet Lyons and
Patricia Meily compose the com
mittee in charge of arrangements.
Debaters Place Third
In National Tourney
Debaters Peter M. Giesey and
Fred M. Keeker, negative team
representatives to the recent
Grand National Forensic Tourna
ment at Fredericksburg, Va., re
ceived the award of third best
team debaters in winning six out
of their eight matches.
Eighty-six debate teams, repre
senting forty-three colleges
throughout the nation, partici
pated in this, annual tourney.
Composed of Richard K. Hill
and Samuel E. Neely, the, Penn
State affirmative squad won
three of its eight contests.
However, Hill and Neely at
tained individual distinction in
other events. In impromptu after
dinner speaking, Hill gained a
second place, and Neely, entered
in an extemporaneous response to
occasion event, advanced through
three rounds before losing in the
finals.
Campus Parties ]
i
Close Slates *
Alan Hack, of the Nittany-Jnde
ipendemt clique, and Thomia® 'Han
non, of foe State party, will com
pete. for the office o,f All-OcMege
President at the All-Oo'lege Elec
tions April 30 and May 1.
Both cliques held nominations
Sunday night, and slates axe now
closed except for the junior class
secretary-treasurer post cn the
State slate. Since there were two
nominees for that posit, a final
election will be held in 10 Sparks
at 7:30 pjm. Sunday. ,
Niliany-Independeni 1
Other Nitt any-Independent nom
inees inclulde Samuel Neely for all
college vice-president, Eugene Ful
mer for all-college secretary
treasurer.
Edward Czekaj, senior president,
Ted Rubin, senior vice-president,
Patricia Meily, senicr secretary
treasurer. ■
William Wilson, junior presi
dent, John Hayes, junior vice
president, and (Marjorie Gorham,
junior secretary-treasurer.
Slalel Nominees
The State slate includes Robert
Troxell, a 11-College vice-president,
Leo Fiedorek, all-ocliege ■ secre
tary-treasurer.
Edward Blanyiai, senior presi
dent, Richard Green await, senior
vice-president, JcAnn Rorabaok,
senior secretary-treasurer.
Martin Biaum, junior president,
Alex Marrow, junior vice-presi
dent, Laura Johnston, and Arlene
Spencer, junior secretary-treas
urer.
AVC Jam Sessions
To Start Sunday
Jam sessions to he heard and
witnessed every Sunday evening
beginning with. IFC weekend is
A VC’s newest plan for Sfcytop,
Publicity Chairman Melvin Katin
sky said yesterday.
The “heft lick” meeting, will be
under .the direction of Hugh Ridall,"
and will begin at 5 pm.
“When they will quit,” said
Tffiatirisfcy,' “is beyOnd mel Can you
predict things for musicians?” ■
Concerning the National Con
vention of AVC chapters in Mil
vfaulkee’ Klatinslfy stated fen dele
gates would 1 be selected at the
next meeting to represent the Col
lege.
The current AVC drive £cr.
memberEihiip will toe over at tihie
end of the month. At that time the
present $3.60 membership fee will
be raised.
ISC Members Discuss
Racial Discrimination
A special Independent Student
Oouruci'l meeting will be held dm
the Penn State Club Room, Old
Main, 'at 7 ohlOdk tonight, said)
EWank Tidon'a, council president.
Tidcnia said that among the sub
jects to be discussed will be.AVC’Is
dtaive against racial diiscrimination
and whether Pollock Oil'd e will
be given Voting seats in the ISC.
News Briefs
Ml Society
There 'Will toe a meeting of the
Mineral Industrie* Society in 121
Mineral Industries '7:115 fo’dlock
tonight. Dr. William M. Myers
and Dr.lDavid 1 R. 'Mitchell will re
port on the World Conference on
Mineral Resources.
Varsity Rifle Team
There will be a meeting of all
Varsity rifle team -members and
managers in the Armory at. 7
o’clock tonight to elect the team
captain and managers for. next
season. The awards of varsity let
ters will also be announced.
Collegian Ad Staff
All members of the-ad staff <x£
•the Daily- Collegian. . are . -bn
attend a . compulsory meeting in
$ Carnegie Hall 7'o’clock tonight,
according to Rosemary Ghantorus,
business manager.
Critique Ad Staff
There will be a compulsory
ad staff meeting off Gritciue in 9
Carnegie Hall at 6:30 o’clock to
night.
Delta Zeta
Correction pHdase—Gloria Nesa
is president of Della Zeta.