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VOL. 4S—No. 40
Engineer Council Sponsors
First Post-War Open House
For the first time since the war,
the School of Engineering will
open its doors to the public with
an “Open House” program from
2 to 10‘o’clock Saturday.
- Sponsored by the Engineer
ing Student Council and operated
by the combined efforts of the
faculty and students, the “Open
House’ ’is held so that the pub
lic will get a better understand
ing of what the various curricula
offer in the field of engineering.
There will be no conducted
tours through the buildings, but
visitors can see all the demon
strations by following the red
arrows which will be put at ap
propriate places.
The circuit starts in Main En
gineering at the Architectural
Engineering exhibits on the third
floor. There a series of interiors
of buildings and construction
All mechanical engineers in
terested in the "Open House"
are urged to report to the Main
Engineering'Laboralory anytime
tomorrow morning.
drawings of different types of
buidings will be shown. An ex
hibit of water colors, oils, pencil
and charcoal drawings will be
presented by the fine arts depart
ment.
In the basement of Main Engi
neering the civil engineering de
partment will have displays con
cerning the, treatment of water
pertaining to - public health. ' In
Engineering A they will have a
transportation- section showing
bituminous and non-bituminous
testing equipment and' samples
of road paving materials.
The industrial engineering dis
plays will be shown in Engineer-
Council Adds
24 Members
Twenty-four students were
•elected to next year’s Chemistry-
Physics Student Council, accord
ing to John Branigan, chairman
■of All-College Elections Commit
tee, which supervised the ballot
ing.' >
Successful candidates will be
installed Tuesday and will serve
far the 1947-48 semesters, accord
ing to Raymond Shiibley, now
president of the Council. He add
ed that new officers will be cho
sen from among the group after
the • installation.
Sentor.Council members include
Edward - Holler, John Keller, Ro
bert Schnock, Garth Seavy,
Gladys Stryker, Richard Tarbox
and -Jay. Tenzer, representing the
three chemistry curricula.
Physics seniors will be David
Barron and Paul Wilkins. Annette
tanning was uncontested for the
senior science post. Winning the
senior pre-medical seats were
Howard Fugate, William Jaffurs
and Joseph O’Tousa.
Chemistry curricula juniors
will be Douglas • Brace, Malcolm
Johnston, Jeane Nye. Robert San
key ■ and Robert Stokes. Martha
Kremens was the only junior sci
ence nominee.
James Deets and Russell Wad
dell represent the physics juniors,
while Afbram Bosler and Michael
Kutsenkow gained the junior
pre-medical posts. .James Fessler,
a sophomore pre-medical student,
will also serve on the Council.
Pershing Rifles
The College Pershing Rifles
Company will pay tribute to the
man for whom the national so
ciety was named, General of the
Armies John J. Pershing, at the
Walter Reed General- Hospital,
Washington, D. C., on Sunday,
Col. Ben-Hur Chastaine said to
da*.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1947—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA,
ing B and C and consist of mod
els of a production line used by
Curtiss-Wright, and activities in
forge and machine shops.
The aeronautical engineers are
going to put a P-59A Bell Air
craft jet model through wind tun
nel test to show air-flow char
acteristics, They will have a mu
seum of cut-away models of
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Dairy Club Holds
Mother Day Show
Demonstrations in ice cream
manufacture, tours of the Col
lege'’ creamery and a coed milking
contest will be among the events
on the Dairy Science Club pro
gram at the College Stock Pavi
lion 1:15 p. m. tomorrow.
Stages in the manufacture of
dairy products and tests used in
manufacturing will give variety
to the fitting and showing classes
in five breeds.
Following the Dairy Show,
students will join in the annual
Dairy Science Club banquet at the
Presbyterian Church.
The- College’s three-generation
Holstein trio of- pure bred cows,
which will be on display, are the
■only three-generation' trio to be
classified l as • “excellent” .in the
Holstein-Fresian Association.
Jig-Home Ec Picnic
Plans For 300
The, Ag-Home Ec picnic com
mittee is making plans for three
hundred guests at the student
faculty. outing in Hort Woods 1
to 6 p.m. May 17, Dorothy Sher
wood and ' Frank Campbell, co
chairmen, said today. Dinner will
be served at 5 p.m.
■Reporting to. the Ag Student
Council, F. Rudolph Brannaka,
president, said two hundred cou
ples paid in $290.74 and expenses
were $372.80, a net loss
of $82.06.
Penn State Club To Honor
Michael Blatz With Trophy
Michael A. Blatz, former Col
legian editor, has been chosen by
the Penn State Club as this year’s
outstanding independent ■ senior
man. The winner wiil receive a
cup on Class Day and his name
will be engraved on a plaque in
the' club room, Albert Lucas,
president, said yesterday.
Blatz won the ninth annual
award, revived after a lapse of
three years, for his outstanding
work in extra-curricular' activi
ties, according to Hugh Odza,
publicity chairman.
The eighth semester journalism
major was chosen for the highest
non-fraternity man’s award by a
committee composed of Arthur R.
Wamock, dean of men; George L.
Donovan, Student Union manager;
and Fritz Lloyd, former Inter-
Fraternity Council president.
Blatz has been a member of
All-College Cabinet, Blue Key,
Skull and Bones, Lions Paw,
Penn State Club, and Sigma
Delta Chi.
He also held the positions of
Froth feature editor, a managing
editor of La Vie, and head cheer
leader. ,
Previous winners of the Penn
State Club award were Johnson
Qlollfgtan
Seniors Limit
Ticket Sale
“Only 1500 tickets will be sold
for the Senior BaU,” said dance
co-chairmen William Dietrich and
John Matternas today.
, Tickets will be placed on sale
at the Athletic Office in Old Main
at 8 a.m. Friday, May 23. All per
sons who wish to buy tickets,
which are priced at $3.60, are
urged to get them there, as there
may not be any left for sale at
the box office that night.
Fraternities are encouraged to
make every possible effort to find
lodgings for their imports as early
as possible.
■lf it is impossible to find rooms,
they are asked to notify John
Matternas, telephone 881 or 3118.
Problems will be discussed after
facts and figures are assembled on
housing needs.
In order to allow maximum
dancing space, there will be no
fraternity booths, said the co
chairmen. All available chairs on
campus will be used to afford the
greatest possible seating capacity
under the balconies.
Charlie Spivak’s music, which
will be heard on May 23, is de
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Best Speaker
ToWinAward
The Johrt Henry Frizjell, Ex
tempore Speaking Contest will be
held Monday through Friday,
next week. All under-graduates,
except previous prize winners, ar e
eligible.
Awards of $5O and $25 will be
given respectively to the first and
second place winners. Both cham
pions will receive the John Henry
Frizzell award of . merit in extem
pore speaking.
According to the committee, to
be eligible each entrant must re
gister in 10 Sparks at 7:30 p. ih.
next Monday. At this time, topics
will be chosen and elimination
section assignments will be made.
Subjects may be picked from the
list provided at the meeting, or
may be of the contestants own
choice, subject to the approval of
the committee in charge. Mem
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MICHAEL A. BLATZ
Brenneman, 1936; Russell Gohn,
1937; Joseph A. Feel, 1938; David
E. Pergrim, 1939;.Am01d C. Laich,
1940; Bernard A. Plesser, 1942;
andJaak R. Greif, 1943.
Knox Crowned May Queen,
Mothers Honored at Teas
May Queen
JEANNE KNOX
VA Office Asks
Veterans to Report
Veterans who plan - attendance
at summer school must report im
mediately to the Veterans Admin
istration campus office, John H.
Bone, Sr. VA Training officer
advised today.
He said that those failing to
report prior to May 15 will be
interrupted without leave as of
the last semester day.
. Meanwhile the VA again urged
all veteran students planning to
transfer to other schools for the
summer session and who have no l
made... t r aasf er . arrangements
through VA to declare their in
tentions as soon as possible.
Mr. Bone said that subsistence
cards will be mailed within the
next few days to veterans who
have reported subsistence pro
blems to their office. Veterans
receiving these cards are asked to
complete and return them to VA
so that prompt action may be
taken to clarify and adjust indi
vidual situations, Mr. Bone said.
Alpha Delta Sigma
Plans Dinner
James W. Egan, advertising
manager of the Toledo Blade and
president of the National News
paper Advertising Executive’s As
sociation. will be the speaker at
the annual banquet and initiation
of Alpha. Delta Sigma, national
professional advertising frater
nity, in the State College Hotel,
Sunday,
Before the dinner Mr. Egan will
b e initiated into the fraternity as
an honorary member. At the same
tin-e 12 undergraduates of the
College will also be initiated.
The new initiates include Ro
bert W. Bruce Jr., Robert K.
Cochrane, Bruce C. Dietterick,
Samuel B. Eyer, Eugene C. Judd,
Charles W. McClintock, Robert
L. Sheck, Charles B. Strain, Lee
Strickland, Adrian Swain, Robert
B. Stevens, and Robert H. Weiss.
Players Stage Show
By Popular Reguest
Because of popular request, one
more performance of the Penn
State Players arena production,
“Skylark,” will be staged May 16
at the State College Hotel, accord"
ing to Kelly Yeaton, director.
Tickets will go on sale at Stud
ent Union, 8 a. ir:. Monday. The
price, which is $l,lO, includes
after-theater supper.
“The last performance, a week
ago, was scheduled as the end of
‘Skylark’s’ season. However, we
had to turn so many people away
that we decided to give one more
showing,” Mr. Yeaton said.
WEATHER
Sunny and slightly warmer.
A colorful May Day procession,
climaxed by the crowning of the
May Queen, the Player’s show, “I
Remember Mama,” Mother’s Day
teas in campus dormitories, and
the annual concert by the College
Symphony Orchestra ar e among
the events scheduled for May
Day weekend.
Jeanne Knox, attended by her
court, will be crowned May
Queen in a ceremony in front of
Old Main, 4:30 Saturday.
Heralds Sara Levings and Cle
mens McMahan will announce the
beginning of the procession from
the steps of Old Main. Marion
Hall and Barbara Keefer will per
form as court jesters.
Camilla Lovett, Maid of Honor,
will be preceded in the proces
sion by Nancy Harrington and
Phyllis Schmeizle, senior atten
dants. Joyce Hodgins and Eliza
beth Fitzgerald, are junior atten
dants and Louise Brice and Jean
Terry, sophomore attendants.
A hemlock chain of fifty senior
women will form in two lines,
and senior honor women will bear
the arch under which the May
Queen will pass.
Crowning of Queen
Miss Knox will be crowned by
Jean Nelson, WSGA president.
Ann Baker, WRA president, will
present the leaf covered world,
and Phyllis James, PSCA vice
president, will present a sceptre.
The Modem Dance Clulb and
May Pole dancers will perform
before the Queen and her court.
Phi Mu Alpha will play the pro
cessional and recessional music,
and the Louise Homer Clulb will
sing.
Mother’s Day teas, honoring all
visiting mothers, will be held 2:30
p. m. Saturday. Information con
cerning the teas may be found
on page 3.
I Remember Mama
“I Remember Mama” will have
three performances this week
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Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 7, Cincinnati 4
Boston 12, Pittsburgh 5
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1
Philadelphia 9, Chicago 8
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 3, Chicago 0
LONDON Winston Churchill
has decided to resign from the
House of Commons Privileges
Committee. He said the with
drawal of Prime Minister Attlee
and Deputy Prime Minister Her
bert Morrison weakened, the com
mittee’s authority.
WASHINGTON—The adminis
tration's program of aid to Greece
and Turkey received a series of
test votes in the House yesterday.
Republican George Bender of
Ohio offered a motion to eliminate
the enacting clause of the bill.
The motion was defeated 127 to
37 by a standing vote.
NEW YORK—Settlement in the
long lines phase of the nation
wide phone walkout was up to
the nine-member executive board
of the American Union of Tele
phone Workers. The board has be
fore it the proposed settlement for
ratification. The increase in base
pay for long distance operators
would range from two to four dol
lars a, week in most parts of the
country.
WSS Fund Campaign
Collects First $3OO
The College’s World Students
Service Fund campaign, which
began Sunday and will continue
through tomorrow, has so far
realized only $3OO of the campus
goal of $3OOO, according to Charles
Miller, general chairman.
However, Miller pointed out
that these were only the first re
ceipts, and that later receipts
probably would bring the total
near the desired goal.
Phi Kappa Sigma has been the
largest contributor to date, having
donated $3B. Miller said that so
licitors will contact residents of
dormitories, fraternities and pri
vate homes.