Ball Asks Amendment
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Republicans Conflict
WASHINGTON Two leading
Senate Republicans conflicted to
day over a proposal for Eur-vean
Aid. Minnesota's Joseph Bail in
troduced an amendment to the
Marshall Plan Bill which would
set up an 11 nation council out
side the United Nations to resist
subversion or aggression. No na
tion would have veto power. It
was challenged by Foreign Rela
tions Chief Arthur Vandenberg.
"What overwhelms me." he sail.
"is asking Congress on 24 hours
notice to accept a formula which
would commit the United States
to war on the vote of fore:on
countries."
IFC Contest
Selects Greek
Song Champs
Men who claim that their
house is "the best singing fra
ternity on campus," will have a
chance to prove their statement
April 3 and 4 when the Inter
faternity Council holds its first
sing contest since the war, ac
cording to Jack Cameron, con
test director.
The contest is open to all fra
ternities.
"Blue and White"
Two songs, "The Blue and
White" and the fraternity's own
song are required for the elimi
nation contest. The College song
must be sung as written but the
fraternity songs may be sung
with accompaniment and with
any variations which the house
may care to put into the song.
To insure a representative
group from each house, the IFC
has set a minimum of 16 singers
from each fraternity but no max
mum.
Must Be Undergraduates
Another rule of the contest
says that all members of the
singing group from each house
must be undergraduate mem
bers. This will include pledges.
The elimination contest will be
held April 3-4 and the two best
will sing at intermission time of
the Pan Hel-IFC Ball.
Entries in by March 12
All entries must be turned in
to the Student Union desk by
March 12.
Judging of the contest will be
done through the music depart
ment, and the winning fratern
ity will be given a cup.
Enesco Appears
With Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
of Washignton, D. C., with Geor
ges Emesco conducting, is sched
uled for Schwab Auditorium,
March .1. 1 5 and M. This is the third
program in the Artists' Course
Series for this year.
A number of excellent seats are
still available for both nights.
Tickets costing $3.60, tax in
eluded, will be sold at Student
Union from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 10, and from
7:80 to 8:1.5 p.m., the night of
each performance. No tickets will
be sold at the auditorium, said Dr.
Carl E. Marquatcbt, chairman of
the series.
Enesco, a native of Rumania,
has appeared previously in the
Artists' Series as a soloist. He
has an international reputation as
violinist, composer, and conduc_
tor.
The orchestra, one of the out
standing mu,sical organizations in
this country, plays regularly at
Constitution Hall in Washington,
D. C., but schedules outside con
certs each reason.
Me program for both nights
will consist of Mozart's Overture
to the "Marriage of Figaro,"
Brehm& "SlMPliony No. 3 in
Major," LAszt's "Les Preludes"
and Fresco's awn "Roumanian
Rbogoixly No. /."
Security Council
LAKE SUCCESS—Canada and
China were on the firing line at
the United Nations Security Coun
cil today. The target was the
American Proposal to get quick
approval for the Palestine parti
tion plan. Canada and China said
that the Big Five Powers must
make supreme efforts to settle the
problem by conciliation.
Meat Strike
CHICAGO The CIO Packers
Union announced today that 100.-
000 of its members will go out on
a nationwide strike against most
too meat firms on March 15. The
Union is seeking a wage boost of
29 cents an hour to comoensate
for boosts in the cost of living.
Tickets Available
Tickets for the talk by Rob
ert St. John are now on sale at
Student Union.
St. John will speak in
Schwab Auditorium at 8 a.m.
March 19. Tickets are priced a t
84 cents. tax included. Good
seats are still available. said
Leo Troy. AVC omsident.
Windcresi Elects
Fiedorek Burgess
Leo Fiedorek was elected to a
second term as Windcrest burgess
in Tuesday's elections. He prev
iously held this office during the
Fall semester of 1946.
Thomas Jackson was re-elected
to the council in Zone 4. The
other six zones those new coun
cilmen.
, Other sacckessful .candidates
were Marion Thomas, Zone 1;
Floyd Rose, Zone 2; Samuel
Young, Zone 3; Albert Opperman,
Zone 5; Raymond Robb, Zone 6;
and John Hosterman, Zone 7.
Patrick J. Boner was re-elected
to the Board of Directors while
new members chosen were Wal
ter Wood. Charles Fries, Howard
Hartner, Robert Weitzel, Paul
Jeffers, and Thomas Jackson.
Poetry Festival
Tryouts Begin
Students wishing to try out for
the annual intercollegiate poetry
reading festival April 11 must
sign in 121 Sparks, 7 p.m. Tues
day. At this time rules will be
explained briefly.
Tryouts will follow on March
15. The winner will represent the
College in the nineteenth festival,
being held this year for the first
time at the College.
Poetry selections are limited to
a four-minute length and must
follow the festival theme,
"Through poetry I shall share the
life of my own times of all times."
Any undergraduate student is
Mrs. Harriet D. Nesbitt and
William W. Hamilton, assistant
professors of speech, who head
the festival committee, empha
size the fact that the festival is a
celebration and not a contest.
Jane Staus, who represented
the College last year at the festi
val, heads the student committee
composed of F. Pepper Birchard,
Sarajane Cherashore, Jo Fox,
Raymond J. Ritzz, and Anita M.
Walther.
Home Ec Group Sells
Pies, Candy of Bazaar
Home Economics Club is spon
soring n bazaar in the Home Eco
nomics living center from 9 o'clock
until 4 o'clock today. Mem'.ers of
the grout) will sell homemade
caked goods. including pies, cakes
imd cookies. in addition to cards
and needle work which they have
Prepared.
Proceeds from the sale will be
added to the club's treasury. said
Mary Alice Giger. publicity chair
man.
Tilt Batty -Os
VOL. 47—No. 19 THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4,1948 STATE OOLLEGE, PENNA.
Debate Teams
Enter State
Tournament
Men's debate and women's de
bate teams are participating in
the Allegheny College debate
tournament in Meadville today.
tomorrow, and Saturday.
Approximately 25 schools are
entering this state tournament
and each will send one affirmative
and one negative squad. Each
squad will participate in five de
bates. The College is sending two
teams from men's debate and two
teams from women's debate.
John Sigler and Robert Kagan
are the men's affirmative team,
and David Barron and Richard
Hill are the men's negative team.
Women's debate will be repre
sented affirmatively by H-irriet
Morgan and Dorothy Lees, and
negatively by Helen Dickerson
and Jane Fouracre.
Representatives of men's debate
will also participate in the Ohio
State University conference on
public affairs today, tomo:Toar.
and Saturday.
Subject of this conference will
be "What should be the United
States' foreign policy regarding
Russia?" Over 25 colleges will be
represented and will participate
in the discussion from the form
of a model student congress.
College representatives are Eu
gene Fullmer. Harold E. Brown,
and Royce Nix. • • • -
Senator Wayne Morris. Repub
lican from Oregon, is expected to
address the convention dinner.
Delta Sigma Pi
The following officers were
elected by Delta Sigma Pi. Com
merce and Finance honorary:
Russell Teall. head master: Karl
Spaeth. senior warden: David Hu
ber. junior warden: Edwin Man
beck, scribe: Owen Giblin. treas
urer; George Dorrance, historian;
John Stevenson. social chairman:
and Bert Agnew. reporter.
/RC Meeting
Dr. Larry L. Leonard will ad
dress the International Relations
Club and afterwards lead a dis
cussion on the topic. "Has the U.S.
Let Down on the Palestine Issue?"
at the weekly meeting of the group
in the Northwest lounge of Ath
erton. 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Industrial Education
The Industrial Education So
ciety will meet in 107 Main Eno...
7:30 o'clock tonight. The business
meeting will be followed by The
showing of the movie, "Mutiny on
the Bounty."
Players' Tryouts
Tryouts for the spring Players'
show. "Years Ago." will be held
March 15. Those expecting to try
cut should read the play, avail
able at the dramatics office, in ad
vance, said Hobert Reifsneider.
director.
Speech Class Broadcasts
Round Table Discussion
Third in a series of broadcasts
of the Speech Department wdl he
heard over WMAJ from 9:30 hi
16 o'clock tonight.
The broadcast will be a round
table discussion by Professor
Hulle De Boer's class. The topic
!or discussion is "How Can HAter
Labor-Manacement Relations Be
Attained?"
General chairman for the dis
cussion is John Riggs. Class mem
bers Darticipatine are Ralph La
porta, David Heinze, Donald
Corey. Hugh Callahan and Fred
Resides. Announcer for the br:.,ad
ct.st is John Crouse.
Hoyas Squeeze Victory
Over Lion Five, 49-43
By using the same tactics that helped Penn State to upset its
rivals, the Georgetown Hoyas slowly squeezed out a 49-43 decision
from the Lewtherznen last night at Bee Hall.
The cagers will practice tonight and Friday night and then end
{the season with the Temple Owls Saturday night.
Playing an "off" game, Penn State's team couldn't seem to Hind
the basket during the first half. Time after time shots would hit the
Red Cross Drive
Aims for $l5OO
With a goal set at VW, Cam
pt Unit, American Red Cross,
completed plans Tuesday night
for its annual drive.
Starting Monday and continu
ing until March 15, the campaign
is 'planned to contact every stu
dent on campus. Winderest will
also be oanvassed.
Fraternities and sororities will
be asked Dor $lO from the treas
ury in addition to individual con
tributions.
Coin boxes will be placed in
men's and women's dormitories,
dining hells, and fraternity and
independent living units in town.
Jayne Pollard is in charge at
coeds soliciting fraternities; Mary
Kathryn Rice heads the group
coveribig women's dormitories;
Frank Tidona and Alex Atty are
handaing canvassing of town in
dependents and residents of Nit
tany Dorms - and Pollock Circle,
while Gerald Karver is directing
the sorority solicitation. Alan
Hack is publicity chairman.
News Briefs
Organ Recital
William Glenn. a Junior at the
College. will present an organ re
cital in Schwab Auditorium. 4:15
o'clock today. The program will
consist of Bach's "Prelude" and
"Fugue No. 3," "Dawn" by Nevin.
"Cantilene Nuptiale" and "Grand
Chorus" by Dubois.
French Club
The French dinner scheduled
for tonight at the Anchorage has
been postponed because of inabil
ity to secure reservations. All per
sons interested in the French
Club are invited to attend the
dinner next Thursday evening.
according to Grace O'Dounell.
President.
Forestry Society
James Vessey. Assistant Re
gional Director. Region 7. U.S.
Forest Service, will speak V) the
Forestry Society on forestry serv
ice. the western grazing problem,
and the forestry service in Alaska.
in 105 Forestry. 7:30 o'clock to
night.
Donovan Selects
Group's Itinerary
Colleges to be visited by the ad
ministration committee investi
gating Student Unions have been
named by George Donovan, who
will head the group.
The main trip will be made to
schools in the Mid-West. Those
to be visited are Minnesota, Wis
consin, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan.
Michigan State, and Ohio State.
The trip will not be made until
the end of the semester because
James Maccallum, student mem
ber, and Ridge Riley will be un
able to take the necessary ten
days.
At the beginning of May the
committee will attend a student
union convention in Roanoke,
Virginia.
Fourth member of the commit
tee is a representative of the Col
lege architectural firm, Roy F.
Larson.
otirgiatt
front of the rim, the back of the
rim and the backboard, and then
roll off.
After Rimy and Batnick start
ed the soaring with field goals,
16 minutes in the first half passed
before the third twin-pointer cut
the cords.
Two Hoya oagem, Dan Kraus
and Ken Brown, kept the Lions
from closing the gap in the score
throughout the game.
Kraus, a former All-American,
directed the play and slowed and
quickened the Georgetown at..
tack, wihle Brown played a very
effective game under both bank
boards.
BOX SCORE
Penn State FG
Biery, f 4
Simon, f 2
Parkhill, c 2
Kulp, g 1
Nordblom, g 1
Betnick 1
Ituthirnsan 2
Oosta, c 0
Totals 13
Georgetown FG
O'Keefe, f 6
Alegia 2
Brown, c 5
Kraus, g 0
Corley, g 1
Breams, f 3
Culhane 1
Falvey 0
Ablondi 1
LecidtY 0
Totals 10
Sorority Brings
Mormon Chorus
The Utah Centennial Chorus.
an all-male Mormon choir, will
present a benefit musical concert
for the Delta Gamma "Aid to the
Blind" project in the High Scoool
Auditorium at 4 p.m. March H.
The choir, directed by Elder
Howard Putnam and composed of
12 singers, is a traveling choral
group sponsored by the Mormon
church. They have presented pro
grams of classical and secular
music to audiences all over the
country.
Rebecca Griffin will be the fea
tured soloist at the musical. Tick
ets can be secured for 60c at Stu
cent Union. Candy Cane, or from
any Delta Gamma.
The "Aid to the Blind" project
has been the national fraternity
Project since 1936. Contributions
sent in by collegiate and alumnae
chapters have been used to sup
port local. state and national sight
conservation programs. and to
provide medical care and enter
tainment for the blind and par
tially blind children and adults..
Recently A scholarship fund was
established to help train orthoco
tie technicians. sight saving teach
ers. ore-school blind workers and
workers in the general fleid ol
Prevention of blindness.
Ellis Lists Collegian
Business Promotions
Recent Colleelan business star
move-ups were announced todal
by Donald Ellis. business man
ter. Those promoted to Junk):
Board were Bernie Ashner, Sara
lane Cherashore. Brett Krunier
and Elliot Rosenearten.
New members of the soolvimmx
board are Itvouel Allen. Elois,
Cook. Dalia Edelstein, Ruth Edel
stein. Marianne Gailev. Louis Gi:
pert, Marion Goldman, Barban
McCracken. Pat McLatiehlin, Rut)
Mullen Christie Post. Seeley SZLY
c*r and Sue Stern.
F—FT Pts.
6 8 14
5 6 9
1— 1 5
0— 0 2
2 2 4
1— 1 3
2 2 6
0— 0 0
17-20 43
F—FT Pts.
2 3 14
0— 0 4
3 3 13
1— 3 • 1
1— 1 3
2 5 8
1— 2 3
0-- 0 0
0-- 0 2
1— 1 1
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