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VOL. 47-NO. 40
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
Mobs Sweep
Colombia City
BOGOTA Wild mobs swept
Bogota. the capital city of Colom
bia. as a revolutionary junta
seized power.
Three - United States cabinet
members. Secretary cd State Mar
shall. Treasury Secretary John
Snyder and Commerce Secretary
Harriman. were in Bogota at the
time. attending the Pan-Amer
ican Conference. They were all
reported sate by Secretary Mar
shall himself. The assassination
a the liberal party presidential
candidate. Jorge Gallen. set off
the riots.
Guns or Butter -
WASHINGTON—P r e s i d en t
Truman's Council of Economic
Advisers says it is either: guns
or butter. The President's ad
visers recommended these moves
to meet deammds of the govern
ment and congress: indirect man
power controls. firm administra
tion of controls on scarce raw ma
terials. new limits on bank lend
ing and installment buying and
a plan for both • rationing and
wage-price controls which could
be used at any moment.
Walkout Spreads
SCRANTON —T h e sympathy
walkout of hard coal miners has
spread into the Scranton area of
Pennsylvania and made idle a
total of 32.000 anthracite diggers.
Union leaders continue to call the
strike unauthorized. Two-thirds of
the 'hard coal miners in eastern
Pennsylvania still are on the job.
600 Vets Affend
NSLI Meetings
Approximately 600 veterans at
tended the National Service Life
Insurance meetings in Schwab
Auditorium Thursday, which were
conducted by John D. Guest, re
gional insurance officer for the
Veterans Administration.
Mr. Guest explained the rights
and benefits that World War II
vets received ' under the NSLI at
the meetings. Changes that were
made in the act in August. 1946,
were also explained.
The regional insurance officer,
whose headquarters are in Wilkes-
Barre. remained on the campus
yesterday to meet with Persons
who desired-a clearer understand
ing of the law.
Political Cliques To Select
Final Slates of Candidates
Both political cliques will elect final slates of candidates for
the Spring elections at meetings at 7 o'clock tomorrow night, clique
chairmen announced yesterday. Lion Party will meet in 10 Sparks,
and State Party in 121 Sparks.
Members of the All-College Elections committee will be in
charge of balloting for Lion Party nominees, and all clique mem
bers must bring their membership cards to participate, said Harold
E. Brown, chairman. Those who
have attended a previous meet
ing but have not received their
cards may pick them up at the
sleeting, he said
State Party will hold an in
' formal mixer at the Chi Phi fra
,ernity from 2 until 5 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, Robert Keller,
clique chairman, announced. A
fampus band will furnish music
or dancing, and refreshments
will be served. The affair is de
ligned to acquaint members with
nominees for the party slate, he
said.
John R. Cameron has been ap
pointed all-college campaign man
ager of the Lion Party by the
clique steering committee, Brown
said. Cameron will appoint the
respective class campaign manag
ers. he said.
SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
1941 La Vie Wins
National Award
The 1947 issue of La Vie re
ceived All-American national
honor rating among college year
books, according to the "Year
book Guidebook," published by
the National Scholastic Press As
sociation.
La Vie, edited last year by Sey
mour Rosenberg, was commended
especially for its title page and
introduction, history of the class,
coverage of school work, layout,
and editing of copy.
Photography in last year's La
Vie was rated excellent in inter
est and quality, as were type ma
terial and general coverage of the
school. Athletic coverage received
a unanimous rating as excellent.
General groupings under
which yearnooks were judged
are plan of yearbook, opening
pages, administration and instruc
tion, senior or album sections,
underclassmen coverage, school
life coverage, organizations and
activities, and athletics coverage.
In the over-all rating, the year
book was judged excellent on its
personality and readability.
Faculty Seeks Suggestions
Concerning Elective Program
Suggestions and information concerning elective programme in
the various curricula are being sought by the faculty committee on
elective program.
The committee was appointed last year by the late President
Ralph D. Hetzel. It studies the information and suggestions received
and makes reeotranendations to Adrian C. Morse, assistant to the
president.
In stating the committee's assignment last year, Dr. Hetzel
quoled in part a letter from the secretary of the American Association
of University Presidents which read "....It seems reasonable to as-
sume that by giving similar at
tention to the selection and de
signing of courses which lie out
side of the immediate field of a
given curriculum, students might
be better prepared to assume re
sponsibilities beyond those of
their specialty."
Students who have construc
tive criticism to offer for the im
provement of the elective pro
gram should present them to the
following members of the com
mittee, which is headed by Rob
ert L. Weber.
They are Deans Royal M. Ger
hardt and Seth W. Russell, and
Professors A. Leland Beam,
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V. E. Frost's Design
Wins Ski Lodge Test
Prize-winning model in the
contest conducted to obtain stu
dent designs of a proposed new
Ski Lodge was submitted by Ver
non E. Frost. it was announced
today by Milton S. Osborne, head
of the architectural department
at the College. William A. Roach
an d James A. Younkins won sec
ond and third place. respeccivtly.
Three other students were ac
corded honorable mentions by the
committee, which found all the
models modern in style and es
recially designed to fit into the
mountain landscape surrounding
tne site. Winners of honorable
mention were D. H. Adolphsen,
A. R. Bigatel. and A. J. Grosek.
Cash Prizes totaling $3O were
awarded the first three entries.
Matrix Table Honors Coeds;
Theta Sigs Present Speaker
E:::3
Guest Speaker
Mrs. Mary James Cottrell, Ma
trix Table speaker, operates a
news bureau that serves over 10
newspapers in six states. A mem
ber of het staff, Mrs. Lois Lewis,
who graduated from the College
in September 1946 with a B.A. in
Journalism, will make the trip
with her.
Mrs. Cottrell, born in Hunts
ville, Tennesee, attended Milli
gan College and the University
of Tennessee. From 1922 to 1938
she taught social science in the
Knoxville schools.
When she married Jesse S. Cot
trell in 1938 she became associated
with' his news bureau which she
took over after his death four
years ago. In addition to regular
news stories of Capitol Hill she
writes a weekly society column
of doings in Washington.
Mrs. Cottrell was also a guest
on the coast-to-coast "Meet the
Press"
Groups Sponsor
'Save Peace'Rally
"Save the Peace" will be the
topic of a rally open to all stu
dents. faculty, and townspeople in
121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
John McKelvey. chairman of the
committee in charge, announced
yesterday.
Dr. Alfred Pundt, associate pro
fessor of historw will discuss the
impact of UMT and peacetime se
lective service upon International
affairs, and William G. Mather,
Professor of rural sociology. upon
domestic affairs. Another speak
er. to be announced, will discuss
impacts upon religious and moral
spheres.
The rally. sponsored lointly by
PSCA. YPCA. Students for Wal
lace, and Common Sense Club,
will be conducted in forum fash
ion, with questions from the au
dience to the speakers welcomed.
McKelvey said.
"The meeting will reflect a defi
nite anti-UMT sentiment." he
said. "and we hope to arouse
some definite feelings against
A note of Summer in the
face of yesterday's icy blasts
is Saturday's prize in the "It's
in the "Ads" contest, a croquet
set given by the Centre Hard
ware Company. This four-ball
hardwood set made by the
South Bend Manuflacturing
Company brings the total value
of the prizes to $84.10.
The other six prizes are•
1. Four Essley Shirts—College
Sportswear.
2. Electric iron—Hartman Elec
tric Company.
3. $lO credit—Bill McMullen.
4. Pressure cooker Marshall
Electric Company.
5. Two portraits and gold
frame—Lion Studio.
6. Choker or cuff links—Crab
trees.
Mrs- Mary James Cottrell,
Washington newspaper corre
spondent, who will speak at the
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Theta Sigs on Issue
Members of Theta Sigma Phi
are the staff on this issue, from
managing editor to copy girl.
The idea is partially one of
celebrating their Matrix Table
Monday and partially one of
honoring women in profes
sional journalism.
Students for 'lke'
Discuss Petition
Plans for the circulation of pe
titions urging the nomination of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for
the presidency on the Democratic
ticket were discussed at an or
ganizational meeting of Students
for 'Eisenhower Thursday night.
Spencer Scheckter and Corbin
Kidder were elected co-chairmen
of the group. They will serve with
Jean L. Israel, Michael Horen,
and Martin Light as members of
the executive committee.
"Faced with a choice among the
ineptness of the Truman adminis
tration. the anti-labor stands of
the Republican nominees, and the
irrationality of the Wallace Third
Party." a statement issued by the
group said. "we are affiliating
with the national Students for
Eisenhower movement in support
or Ike's candidacy.
"In endorsing Eisenhower," the
statement continued, "we loin
some of the leading progressives
in the country, including Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Chest
Bowles, and the Liberal Party of
New York."
Chemical Society
Initiates 29 Men
Phi Lambda Upsilon. honorary
chemical society, recently initated
29 men
They are—fifth semester: Luth
er D. Dromgold, Ronald L. Sax
ton, Robert L. Shobert.
Sixth semester—D ougl as G.
Brace, Leon W. Cottrell, Edmund
L. Van Dauson, James S. Dixon,
CharlesJ. Marcincavage, Robert
K. Mays, Richard F. Urban.
Seventh semester—Lawrence J.
Kuhns, Wallis A. Lloyd.
Eighth semester—R obe r t B.
Giles, Charles G. Judge, Jr., Wil
liam A. Junk, Robert B. Man
ning, John W. Putman, Robert
W. Snaich.
Graduate students Verne C.
Bidlack, Louis E. Colteryahn.
Robert L. Cowan, William H.
Cramer, Nelson Eldred, Jack
Gold, Hendrik Heystek, James A.
Knight, Sebastian Mastrangello,
George J. Palick, William J.
Stadelrnsul.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy
and cool
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Matrix Table
Matrix Table, dinner honoring
outstanding women on campus,
will be held in the Nittany Lion
Inn at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Quill Girl, Cap Girl, and Ma
trix Girl will be announced at
this eleventh annual dinner
sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi,
rational women's journalism hon_
ary. Quill Girl was elected by the
Reservations for the Matrix
Table must be made at Stu
dent Union by noon today,
said Mary Ann Pletcher, In
vitations chairman.
coeds from the four presidents of
leading w ome n's groups on
campus.
Cap Girl is the senior coed who
has the most varied activities, and
Matrix Girl title :lonors the sen
ior who has best served the Col
lege.
Five women journalism majors
will be pledged in a short cere
mony preceding the dinner.
Bridge Players
End Third Round
In the third all-College dupli
cate bridge session Thursday
night. Joan Berchtold and Regi
nald Kimble won north-south
comoetition with 411/2 points, and
Henry Rea, and Frank Ortolani
excelled among east-west pairs
with 361/2.
North - south runners-up were
Bob Dunn and Arnold Levine
with 38 1 / 2 . while Bill Bemus and
Rex Meyer finished second among
east-west teams with 34 1 / 2 .
Robert Tobias. president of the
Men's Bridge Club. sponsor of the
event, said yesterday that the last
aualiiying round will be held in
208 Electrical Engineering build.
big at 7 p.m. next Thursday.
Final elimination to decide the
College bridge championship will
be a Howell duplicate playoff the
following week.
The College title will be sym
bolized by an inscribed traveling
troohy, to be held one year by
the winning pair. Two smaller
trophies will be awarded the win
ning team for permanent posses
sion.
News Briefs
Dairy Contest
Any student of the College is
eligible to compete for the cash
and merchandise prizes in the
Dairy Cattle Judging contest this
afternoon at the Dairy Barn, &add
James Bonsall. chairman,
NAACP Picnic
The local chapter of the Na
tional Ass ociatio{l for the Ad
vancement of Colored People will
hold p picnic at Whipple's Dam
tomorrow afternoon. The group
will leave from Women's Build
ing at 2 o'clock and tran9porta
tion will be provided. Anyone
may attend, said Eleanor Casey.
secretary.
Rifle Teams
All members of Varsity and
ROTC Rifle teams are requested
to meet at the Armory at 1 o'clock
today fur election of cautains.
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Members of Phi Lambda Up
silon are urged to attend the ban
quet to be held at the Nittany Lion
Inn Thursday. April 16. All me.lL
'oers, except recent initiates. may
purchase tickets for the banquet
from Robert Dunlap, 303 Osmond
Laboratory. Tickets must be pur
cLased before April 13.
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