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All-College Elections Begin at 9A. A l. in Armory
Agnew, Engle, Lorenz and Sapp
Vie in IFC President Race
Willard Agnew, Robert Engle,
Arthur Lorenz and Walter Sapp
hav e been nominated for the post
of Interfratemity Council presi
dent, according to John Lloyd,
present IFC head. Nominations
were closed Saturday noon.
These four will vie for the of
fice in elections to be. held at the
next IFC meeting, May 7. The
candidates have been investigated
by the Executive Committee and
their eligibility has been estab
lished, Lloyd said.
In the race for IFC vice-presi
dent, six candidates were named.
John. Berlin, Richard Charles,
George Cleveland, William Hol
lenibach, Robert Koser and Leon
Rothberg comprise the list.
Robert Hirsh, Herbert Locke,
and William Widekehr were
Liberal Arts Council
Plans Rating Scale
For Teachers, Courses
Improvement of teaching stan
dards and course presentation in
the LA School is the aim of a
new Teacher-Course Rating Plan
completed last week by the Lib
eral Arts Student Council.
Beginning next week, the Coun
cil will make available rating
sheets to any teacher who desires
them, Fred Keeker, president of
the Council said. The scale will
be passed out by the instructor in
comments and rat
ing of the course and his teaching
by the pupils.
Questions will be answered by
checking a scale, the identity of
the student' being concealed. Re
sults will only be known by the
teacher concerned, although some
departments may tabulate the in
formation, Keeker said.
The Council committee in
charge of the plan is: Jean Moore
and Jack Trumbauer, co-chair
men; Paul Andrews, Natalie
Biederman, and Bob Kranich.
• The Council will collect the
papers and turn them over to the
teachers. If any tabulation of re
sults is to be made, it is up to the
department head. The responsibil
itity of the Council ends when the
papers leave their hands, Mr.
Keeker emphasized.
The Council was aided in de
vising the scale by Dr. Kinsley R.
Smith,,,professor of psychology,
and Dr. Palmer C. Weaver, pro
fessor of education. Professor
Robert Bernreuter’s Rating Sheet
for College Instructors and the
Michigan State‘College Teacher
Rating Scale were’ used in mak
ing the new scale,
Chem Society
. A faculty-student mixer will be
held at the Liebig Chemical Soci
ety meeting in the Delta Theta
Signa house, 7:30 o’clock tonight.
Coeds Name Knox, QueenyLovett, Honor Maid
As Committee Lists 20 Seniors for May Arch
Jeanne KnOx has been chosen
May Queen, it was announced at
a coed mass meeting last night.
Camilla Lovett was elected from
the sophomore class to be Maid
of Honor at the ceremonies May
10,
Senior class runners-up, Nancy
Harrington and Phillis Schmelzle,
will act as senior attendants.
Louise Brice and Jean Terry took
second and third place to become
sophomore attendants.
Completing the Queen’s court
will be Joyce Hodgins and Eliza
beth Fitzgerald, junior attend
ants, who were chosen by the May
Day Committee headed by Su
zahne Romig.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1947—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
nominated for the post of secre
tary-treasurer.
Successful candidates will serve
for the school year 1947-48 and
will preside over th e last IFC
meeting of this semester, said
Lloyd.
Women Choose Rooms
Sixth semester women will
choose their fall rooms in the
Dean of Woman’s Office be
tween 6:30 and 8 o’clock to
night. The schedule will be
numbers 40-80, 6:30 to 7; 81-
120, 7 to 7:30; 121-150, 7:30 to
8. Fourth and fifth semester
women will choose their rooms
next week as announced in the
Collegian.
Forum Presents
Health Discussion
The last of the Community
Forum series will present Dr. F.
F. Borzell of the American Med
ical Association ' and Dr. John P.
Peters of the Yale University
School of Medicine in Schwab
Auditorium at 8 o’clock tonight.
■ They will exchange views on
“Ways to Improve Our National
Health” from the standpoint of
the American Medical Association
by Dr. Borzell and.from,the stand-,
point -of social' medicine • bjr -Dr;
Peters. ,
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Ag Frolic Combines Dance,
Carnival, Offers Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to
booths at the.Ag Frolic, according
to co-chairmen Henry Funk and
Donald Benson. The Frolic, an in
formal dance and carnival, will
take place in Recreation Hall from
8:30 to 12 p.m., Saturday.
Twelve carnival booths and side
shows will be sponsored by the
clubs represented on the Ag Stu
dent Council. A committee' of
faculty members and' Frolic co
chairmen will judgp the booths
on the basis of entertainment : and
educational value. Ten dollars
will be awarded as first prize, five
as second and $2.50 third prize.
, Committees for the Frolic will
include: W. Pete Horan and Roy
Gunther, publicity: Nancy Spen
cer, decorations and booths and
refreshments.
Senior Orders
Orders for caps and gowns, in-,
vitations, and announcements for
all graduating • seniors will con
tinue to be taken at Athletic Of
fice windows in Old Main today,
■and tomorrow, according to the
chairmen of the committees.
Heralds for the occasion will
be Sara Levings and Clemens
McMahan whil e Marion Hall and
Barbara Keefer'-will play the
parts of court jesters. >
Four town children have been
chosen to take , part in the tradi
tional spring festival. Lynda
Gauss and Alex Richardson will
carry the Queen’s train.
Jean Nelson, WSGA president,
will crown Miss Knox. Ann Bak
er, WRA president, will present
the leaf covered World and Phil
lis James, PSCA vice-president,
will present a sceptre.
The names of 20 outstanding
senior women were also an
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
Boston 3, Detroit 8
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 3
Boston 4. Cincinnati 0
NATIONAL
Chicago 6, Brooklyn 10
St. Louis 2, New York 7
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 2
•WASHINGTON—Today is pay
less pay-day for nearly 3,006,060
veterans under the GI Bill of
Rights. The Veterans'Administra
tion says it is not able to mail out
the monthly checks due today be
cause the Congressional allowance
for that purpose has run out.
LAKE SUCCESS—Soviet Rus
sia took a stand in support of
Arab demands that Palestine in
dependence be discussed by the
general assembly. The United
States and Great Britain have fa
vored limiting the present special
session to setting up an investi
gating commission.
Group Presents
Gift to Keeker
Fred Keeker, chairman of the
delegation from the College which
attended the Intercollegiate Con
ference on Government in Harris
burg recently, was presented with
a leather., goldi,engraved wallet by
the' group. •'' ’ "" ■ '•' *
“The gift,” said Edwin Aber
nethy. publicity chairman of the
group, “is in appreciation of Fred’s
untiring -efforts as head of the
Penn State -delegation and for a
job well done.”
Abernethy was one of two to get
bills through for the College in the
mock assembly held by all the
delegations.
Dr. McGeary. associate., profes
sor of political science and faculty
adviser of the group, said that this
was without a dloubt. the best
group ever to represent the Col
lege' at the annual convention.
President Hefzel Leaves
To Attend Conference
Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, presi
dent of the College, left for Wash
ington. D. C.. yesterday to attend
a series of meetings on educa
tional affairs. He will, return to
the campus on Tuesday.
Dr. Hetzel will preside at a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Association of Land-
Grant Colleges, attend a general
session of the Americon Council
of Education, and be present at
the executive committee meeting
of the National Association of
State Universities in the oapacity
of chairman of the committee on
military affairs.
nounced last night. They will
form the Honor Arch under
which th e May Queen will walk.
Those selected wer e Jean Al
derfer, Lois App, Bethine Bals
baugh, Jean Dalton, Anne Duna
way, Phoebe Forrest, Catherine
Garrett and Francine Gittlemach
er.
Joan Harrington, Betsy Heagy,
Lynette Lundquist, Margaret
Martin, Elaine Mittleman, Helen
Joanne Peoples, and Florence
Ratchiord.
Barbara Struck, Barbara
Smedley, Janet Taylor, Patricia
Trester and Mary Lou Waygood.
Students To Elect Officers;
Vote on Referendum Questions
All-College Elections will begin in the Armory at 9 o’clock this
morning and will continue until 5 p.m., to reopen during the same
hours tomorrow. John Branigan, Elections Committee chairman, said
the polls will be open during the noon hour.
In addition to voting for All-College officers, male students will
vote for Athletic Association officers.
Referendum questions to be voted on by all students are, (1)
whether students prefer a student union or a field house, (2) whether
students are willing to be assessed $5 per semester to be applied
toward a Student Union, and (3)
whether they are willing to be
assessed fifty cents per semester
for two semesters, starting in the
fall semester, to help purchase
new Blue Band uniforms.
Candidates for Athletic Associ
ation offices are Ernest Closser,
Dean Hartman, John Potsklan
and Jack Tighe, for president, and
Jack Biery, Gerry Karver and
John Reeves, for secretary.
Competing for All-College Pres
ident are Alan Hack, Nittany-In
dependent, and Thomas Lannen,
State. Hack’s activities include
varsity golf, freshman golf, Elec
tions Committee, Driuds, IFC.
Lannen’s activities are Pi Kappa
Alpha, Druids, fourth and fifth
semester president, member of
Cabinet for two semesters, former
member of IFC.
All-College vice-president:
Samuel Neely, Nittany-Independ
ent, freshman and varsity debate,
Players associate member, Scab
bard and Bladge pledge, Military
Ball Committee, Junior Prom
Committee, co-chairman Red
Cross drive, chapel usher, Alpha
Tau Omega rushing chairman;
Robert Troxell, State, past presi
dent of Acacia,, member IFC.,
All-College - secretary-treasurer:
Eugene Fulmer, Nittany-Inde
pendent, junior class president,
IMA president, X-GI Club presi
dent, Forensic Council, debate
team, delegate National Student
Union Convention, Student Union
Committee, Agriculture Student
Council, member Cabinet for
three semesters; Leo Fiedorek,
State, past burgess Windcrest.
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Health Filins Top
Weekly PA Show
Films. on public health will be
shown by the PA Film Committee
In 10 Sparks tomorrow, an
nounced Jean Moore, chairman of
the committee. The films will be
shown, she said, as a supplement
to the Community Forum topic
tonight, “Methods of Improving
Our National Health.”
Thp 40-minute movie program
includes “The Story of Doctor
Jenher”; a John Neslbitt “Passing
Parade” film portraying the dis
covery of vaccination; “Defending
the-City’s Health,” a documentary
on thp city health
and the feature film, “Seeds of
Destiny,” a picture of Europe’s
health which private exhibitors
could not show. 1
Public* Affairs Films are a
weekly presentation of a commit
tee from the School of Liberal
Arts, the School •of Education,
PSCA,. and the College film li
brary. - . .
Pehrson To Speak
At Ml Banquet
Elmer W. Pehrson, chief of the-
Economic and Statistics Branch of
the U. S. Bureau of Mines, will
speak at the annual banquet of the
School of Mineral Industries at the
Nittany Lion Inn, 6 p.m. Thurs
day. The subject of his talk will
be “The Mineral Position of the
United States.”
The speaker recently returned
from London: wharcj he attended
an International inference on
world supplies of metallic tin. Due
to his position with the govern
ment. Mr. .Pehrson has had the
opportunity to observe the mineral
requirements of the country. He
has also seen the means by which
these requirements have been sat
isfied by domestic production and
imports from foreign sources.-
Having been graduated from
Stanford University a s a mining
engineer. Mr. Pehrson has spent
his professional life in connection
with the production of minerals
and the study of their economic
significance. “The Minerals Year
book,’’ one of tiho most important
publications related to the min
eral position of the country, is is
sued annually under his direction.
News Briefs
Common Sense
Petitions regarding barber, shops,
setting the date for election of of
ficers and discussion of possibility
of getting Philip Wylie, all are in
cluded in the business to be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Com
mon Sense Club in 121 Sparks,
7:30 o’clock tonight. A March of
Time film, “Music in America,”
will precede the meeting.
Bowling Party
The weekly bowling party spon
sored by the athletic committee of
the Hillel Foundation will be held
at the Dux Club, 128 S. Pugh
street, at 7 o’clock tonight. AH
members and friends of the Foun
dation are invited. Participants
wUI pay their own expenses.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Phi Lambda Upsilon,
Chemistry Honorary,
Initiates 33 Students
Twenty undergraduate and thir
teen graduate chemistry students
will be honored by formal initia
tion into Phi Lambda Upsilon, na
tional honorary chemistry society,
at a semi-annual banquet tonight,
according to Raymond Dickison.
secretary.
Joseph Sherrill will replace Dr.
Theodore Polansky as president
at the banquet. Th e other officers
to be installed are George Kerr,
vice president; Robert Dunlap,
secretary; Edward Yorkgitis, as
sistant secretary: and Edward
Pietrusza, treasurer. Dr. Albert H.
Holtzinger, associate professor of
chemistry, remains as faculty ad
visor.
Junior initiates are Anthony
Atieri Jr., Paul Berg, Richard Coi
l'ins; Robert BJali, John Keller,
William Price Jr.. Paul Schaefer.
Jack Schwander, Lawrence Son
ders and Donald Stevenson.
Lloyd Barkley, John Clapper
ton, John Leech, Adolph Lena.
Leonard Levitt, Richard Nailor,
Raymond Shibley, Richard Sibley,
Robert Swope and William Wills
Jr. are th o new senior members.
Graduate students being initi
ated are Robert Porker, Milton
Frankel, Frederick Gray, James
Henderson, John Herring Jr.,
John Hosier, James Lemley, Wil
liam McAleer, Lowrie Sargent
Jr.. Kenneth Smith. Elmer TewksT
■bury, Phelps Trix and Joseph
Zelinski.
IRC Meeting
“The Truman Doctrine” will be
discussed at a meeting of the In
ternational Relations Club at the
home of Dr. Henry Janzen, 825 W.
Beaver avenue, at 8 o’clock to
night