_,- , j ,,tww-_,... Enrollment . , t. ,;, WEATHER Four to 'ff.'t 4 ,' allt Batty ~-,..,.- Tatirgiatt Partly Cloudy One '+4.,,,, and Cold VOL. 47—No. 20 Lion Committee Appoints Hinkle Publicity Director The steering committee of the Lion Party met Wednesday eve ning and appointed Ed Hinkle chairman of the publicity corn rMttee. Other members named to the committee are Dave Eldridge. Claire Lee. Jack Lowry. Marion Holmes. Nancy Kester. Dorothy Richardson. Robert Ritz. and Vance Klepper. The next general meeting of the Lion Party will be held 7 p.m. Sunday in 10 Sparks. A song fest will be held before the meeting under the direction of Bob Koser. Candidates for the offices of clique chairman, assistant chair man. secretary. and treasurer will be nominated as well as luni:ir class clique chairman. assistant chairman, secretary. and sopho more class clique chairman, as sistant chairman, and secretary. Historian Speaks On Slate Heritage Sylvester K. Stevens. State His torian for Pennsylvania. will sneak on "Conserving Pennsylva nia's Historical Heritage" in 12] Sparks. 8 p.m. Monday. This is the second in a series of lectures sponsored by the Liberal Arts School. Dr. Stevens is a graduate of the College and was at one time a member of the history depart ment. He is now president of the National Association for State and Local History and secretary to the Historical and Museum Commis sion of Pennsylvania. Dr. Stevens has done more than anyone in our generation to create interest in the importance of Pennsylvania history and of loca3 history in all states. He is respon sible for the marking of known historical spots in this state, and the reconstruction of many of them. Dr. Stevens is credited with discovering many documents and historical soots. Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Southern Democrats WASHINGTON Hot - un the-collar southern Democrats i, e still making their feelings plain in regards to the presidential Civil Rights Program. Two Dixie senators denounced the proposed FEPC law in a minority report to the committee on Labor and Pub lic Welfare. A majority of the committee recently approved the fair employment practices legiQa tion. Louisiana Senator Ellender and Alabama Senator Hill attacked the bill as "laden with the ingre dients of strife and ,unrest." Job Training WASHINGTON—S enate and House conferees have agreed on providing more money for veter ans taking on-the-job training Program. The conferees fixed ceil ings of $2lO a month for vetet - ans with noidependents. $270 for those with one dependent and $290 for those with two or more depend ents. The agreement is subject to approval by both houses, then goes to the White House. Partition Plan LAKE SUCCESS The United States has called for a showdown on whether the United Nations Security Council is behind the UN Palestine Partition Plan. The first test ballot in the council may come today. Although chances for a "yes" vote look slim, the United States is reported standing fast behind its resolution for aceciPl arice of the elan. KayeSeeksCampusßeautyQueen Sammy Kaye is looking for the most beautiful girl on .the Penn State campus to compete for the "Miss American Coed of 1948" crown. The orchestra leader is spon soring the second annual Miss American Coed contest. The girl finally chosen by three national judges will be crowned on his radio program. Judges will be Ed Sullivan, Broadway column ist, Tina Leser, New York design er; and John Robert Powers, head of a model agency. Anyone can be a beauty scout ROTC Reopens Advance Training Advanced courses in Air Force, Engineers, Infantry, Ordnance and Signal Corps will again be offered in the Fall semester, the ROTC department announced yesterday. These courses, which. upon com pletion of tour semesters, lead to a reserve commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the specified branch, or if requirements are met, a reg ular Army commission. Those eligible for enrollment in these advanced courses for which a total of 14 graduation points are granted, are juniors who are veterans or who have completed elementary Reserve Officer's Training. Advanced ROTC cadets are paid a total of $560 plus uniform for four semester's training. The department also reported that if the Universal Military Training program goes through, Advanced ROTC cadets will be exempt. Students interested in these courses are requested to inquire at 101 Carnegie Hall during the week of March 8. Sororities Choose New Dorm Suites All the suites in McElwain qnd Simmons Halls have been selected by the first sixteen sororities drawing. according to Dr. Pearl 0. Weston. dean of women. Two in Atherton Hall and one in Grange Dorm will be ayailal.;e for Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega. and Gamma Phi Beta. The three sororities will select their suites ir. that order Monday. ' In Wednesday's drawing Kum:. Alpha Theta drew first floor southwest; Alpha Omicron Pi. ground northwest: Kappa Delta, ground northeast: an d Delta Delta Delta. ground north ;;enter all in McElwain Hall. Alpha Epsilon Phi selected ground center: Delta Gamma. first floor southwest: Sigma Delta Tau. first north center; and Al oha Gamma Delta. ground ra;rth center. all of Simmons HAI. Allen Requests Students Attend Class Meetings "Less than one per cent of Penn State students attend their class meetings," Ted Allen, soph omore president, said yesterday. Calling for greater future at tendance, Allen issued a plea to all sophomores to plan to attend their next meeting in 121 Sparks, 7:30 p.m., March 10. An Easy Job WASHINGTON -- Here's a fld for an easy lob. The Civil serv ice Commission in Washing Lia has listed some lobs and describes one of them as follows: "A sacer visory employe who. together with the chief cook and a meat cutter. maintains discipline m the kitchen." FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PA and help select Miss Penn State, said J. Arthur Stober, Froth ed itor, in announcing the contest. Anyone seeing a beautiful coed, he explained, should get her name and ask her for a snapshot that the campus judges may use. This picture should be submitted to Student Union, not later than 5 p.m. March 19. The name of the scout should be attached to the photo. Fraternities, sororities, and other groups may act as scouts. The scout whose choice becomes Miss Penn State will receive pub licity almost • equal to hers in Who's Who Available Students who are entitled to copies of Who's Who are asked to pick them up this week at Student Union in Old :Wail.. Each person who is listed in the directory will receive two copies. Remaining copies will be sold to other students next week. Enrollment Figure Shows 4 to 1 Ratio Enrollment at the College, in cluding students at the four un dergraduate centers and the Mont Alto branch of the Penn sylvania State Forest School, to tals 9903 for the second semester. Of this number, 6603 men and 142 women, or a total of 8,248 are attending classss on ,campus. The registration at Mont Alto-I'n eludes 101 forestry students arid 57 Naval ROTC trainees. Enrollment of veterans totals 5291, including 31 women, ac cording to figures released yes terday by Mrs. Rebecca Doeiner, secretary of veterans' affairs. The total shows a decrease from last semester's figure, which was 5362 and included 47 women. Veterans represent 78 percent of the "on campus" student body, compared with 79 per cent last semester. Undergraduate veterans num ber 4848 men and 22 women; vet_ erans attending the graduate school total 389 men and three women, and 29 special students make up the total. These figures do not cover vet eran enrollment at the under graduate centers and Mt. Alto Forestry School. Mrs. Doerner said she believes last semester hit the peak veter an enrollment, since most ex- Gls who expected to go to college, had enrolled by that time. College Receives Top Grid Award Official recognition of the Col lege's 1947 football achievements was ;crunoleten Wednesday night when Jack Lavelle. member of tne Lambert Trophy committee. Presented the huge bronze cur) to the College. John Potsklan and John Nolan. - captains of the Blue and White's undefeated 1947 eleven. :Iceepted the award in short Hee Hall ceremony. Next season's captain, tullback Joe Colone. named members of the varsity squad as they re eived individual vold-engraved nhoto trainc:.;. Although the trootiv wi:l be held only one year. an a. -, :om- Panying plaque will Pe retained permanently by the College. Per manent possession of the trophy is granted for three wins. The presentation preceded the State-Georgetown ba4.4ketibcall con• test. Froth, said Staber. In case of dup lication of entries, the picture with the earliest submission time will be given priority. Last year's Miss American Coed was Mimi Hart of lowa. Penn State's Joyce Parker came in third out of ten finalists. The coed selected by the camp us judges will have a special pho tograph made for entrance in the national contest. "You may be going steady with Miss American Coed," said Stob er. "Submit your best girl's pic ture and find out." Library Exhibits 28 Show Years Twenty-eight years of dramat ic production is represented in an exhibit of photographs of Play ers' shows, currently being shown in the second floor lobby of the library. Former Players now on the professional stage and screen are featured in the 40 pictures of scenes from plays ranging from "The Wonder Hat," first produc tion in 1920, to "Three Men on a Horse." Among those pictures in their undergraduate roles are Joanne Palmer, seen professionally in summer stock at Saratoga Springs„ N. Y.; Robert Herman, now in the road company of "Dream Girl," and Eddie Binns, playing on Broadway in "Com mand Decision." Don Taylor, Players star of pre-i t var years, is• shown in the 1939 production of "Hotel Uni verse.' A photograph as he ap pears in his latest movie role, "The Naked City," opening in New York this week, is included in the exhibit. 'Friends' °dine Summer Projects Sixty summer service projects for college students will be spon sored by the American Friends Service Committee. James E. Bristol, representative of the counmittee, will be in State Col lege March 10, 11, and 12 to re cruit students for these projects and acquaint them with the work of the Friends. Students interested should cal Larry Gara, 2598, for appoint ments with Mr. Bristol. The projects range from re building war devastated com munities in Europe to studying cooperatives in every section of the United States to Mexico, Nova Scotia and Europe. Problems of International co operation and peace will be stud ied in International Service Sem inars, and Institute of Interna tional Relations. Institutes last about ten days. Seminars last for seven weeks. Institutes in the East will be held at Albright Col lege, Reading, Pa.. Cornell Uni versity, Ithaca, N.Y., and Welles ley College, Wellesley, Mass. Another project is the Institu tional Service Units. In these units students work as attendants in mental hospitals or correction al institutions. They receive a reg ular salary and attend a course of lectures at the same time. Information on these and other projects sponsored by the com mittee may be obtained from Mr. Bristol during his visit. IFC Key Orders IFC.: representatives who wish to order keys should turn a check in to Student Union fur $2.40 fur each key. said Bob Hirsh, IFC secretary Members should write the initials they de , 4ire un theit keys on the back ot the check. PRICE FIVE CENTS IFS Surveys Seek Student Opinion On Discrimination Interfraternity Council took the first step Wednesday night to sound out student opinion on the problem of discrimination in bar ber shops when it instructed its members to survey the fraternity houses. Willard Agnew, president of the council, gave the members of IFC three questions. Each mem ber was instructed to conduct an opinion poll in his fraternity house and turn the results in to RH Sparks for tabulation. "I urge all houses who haven't taken a vote yet to do so." said Agnew. "since we would like to give the complete results to CORE by this afternoon." The questions, decided upon at a meeting of the Committee on Racial Equality, are based on the committee's suggestion of starting a new non-discriminatory barber shop in State College. The three questions asked were: "Would you favor the establish ment of a non-discriminatory bar ber shop in State College?" "Would you favor conducting a boycott against other shops while encouraging students and towns people to patronize a non-discrim inatory shop?" "Would you advance one dollar towards a non-discriminatory shop, the donation to be redeemed 25 cents at a time as you receive a haircut?" News Briefs Wesley Party Wesley Foundation is sponsor ing a "Backward Basketball" game in which the girls play the fellows in the gymnasium of the Methodist Church, 8 o'clock to night. Campus Centre Club Campus Centre Club will hold a bowling party at the Dux Alley, 7:30 o'clock tonight, according to Florence Fein berg, publicity chairman. All club members as well as transfers from the Potts ville, Hazleton, Dußois, and Al toona centers are welcome. Westminster Foundation Students attending the West minster Foundation swimming party will meet at the Founda tion, 7:30 o'clock tonight. The swimming party at the Glennland Pool will be followed by refresh ments at the Foundation. Grace Lutheran Church Dr. Harrison M. Tietz will lead a discussion an "Science and Re ligion" at the Grace Lutheran Church, Atherton street and Col lege avenue, 7:30 o'clock tonight. A bowling party will follow at 9 o'clock. Music Students Observe Conducting Techniques Senior music students, on n. field trip this weekend to Lo,": Haven State Teachers' Colieu will Observe conducting techniques employed by the central district orchestra of the Pennsylvantt, Music Educators' Association. The orchetitr;l ion,ists of dt)- Proxitmtel.y 200 outstanding. lift;il (.11°01 musicians. Theodore Kar l:in. former strine.ed instrument nstructor at the Colleu.e, who is noW n€ au of the music 1,1).11t- S!i opery Ci.iLleLie. is west con- C , tictor of the concerts Jame., W. Dunlop Blue Ballo anu fituranel t:op,o . talentLad. ~CCU/11 t;lr ectot
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