• Pan American • fl t WEATHER p ar es WY ° Oat/II -;;. 4: * 03/Iggiatt Continued Cool, C Today Cloud and Rain VOL. 47—No. 42 Campus Parties Announce 1948 Political Platforms The program c pf work of the Lion Party, and the platform of the Bate Party, approved at meetings of the respective 'Cliques Sunday night, are prpeaented below. Because of apace limitations, the Lion clique program la aumatarized. A complete copy ma • y be obtained from Harold E. Brow*, clique chairman, or any Member of the clique steering "committee.. • VON The Lion Party, realizing. that platforms in campus elections as .a general rule have been based on planks of generalities and indefi nitanss, is proposing in lieu of such generalities a definite pro gram of work. This program of work not only states issues which We believe art important to stu dent Welfare, but also states the methods by Which we shall en degsor to seek the solution to these existing problems. 1. Student Co-op. (advocates continuation of the Co-Op Com mittee, presentation of a plan of orginikation to the Board of Trus tees at its next meeting, and stim ulation of s tudent interest through study groups and open forutiw.) 2. CORE. (advocates endorsing present program, endorsing pro gram that College not partici pate in intercollegiate competi (Continued on page Una', Late AP News courtesy iivmA.T Runic, Rejects LONDON According bo Radio Ditoscow. Riassia has rejected the lironoSal at the United States, Britain and Trance that Tr:este be returned to Italy. The broad teat said the Soviet Union has *kilned an invitation to 'a four power conference on the su'-).!ect. Dologates Not Afraid BOGOTA—The chief delegates of the al nations of the Pan- American conference yesterday voted to resume their meetings in Bogota. deSpite the Wrecked con dition of the city. The disorders have been blamed on the Commu nists by nitthy delegate's. includ bag Secretary of State Marshall. 'An acute food shortage prevailed in Bogota. Long lines of people aP444red in the central market. but only fruit was available. Workmen were trying to restore mail. comunications. Trains Roll Again WASHINGTON The gove..m inent yesterday lifted ail restric tions on railroad traffic imposed because of the coal strike. Thou sands of miners have returner - to win*. but many are waiting to see what will eon of today's conteaupt proceedings against John L. Lewis. Billions for Air Powir WASHINGTON The House armed services committee yester day approved a bill to spend more than two billion dollars on new air power, after an appeal from Air SecretarY Stuart Symington for more planes. He told the com mittee that Russia is building the greatest air arm in the world. Sophomores fo Decide Orientations, Refunds Final clarification of LaVie re funds will be decided at the sophomore meeting in 305 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight. Any student, regardless of his semester, who believes that he has. a refund for La Vie paynicrt should attend the meeting, said Ted Allen, sophomore class Pr"s ittent. The orientation committee will report the planned procedure 0 , 1 orientating sophomores next year. Members present w4ll decide what will be done wtih the Goer • -ing finances that remain in the • lea account, and the entertain etit committee will give a le -, at. Ages added. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, MS-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. STATE The State Party was founded on the principle of equal representa tion of all among the various fra ternity. sorority, And indepena , mt groups. TO continue this policy, the State party submits the fol lowing measures to be acted upon ;gy their candidates throughout the ensuing term of office. 1. To support the establishment of a student press for the use of all student organizations on this campus. 2. To continue efforts to replace the now successful TUB with a much - needed PUB to further meet the needs of an expanding student body. 3. To provide the student body with knowledge of all legislation. national. state. and local. that will affect the Pennsylvania State Col lege and students. 4. To further continue the oper (Continued on page four) Fuoss Continues Priestly Series Dr. Raymond M. Fuoss. Ster- Ing Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, continues his Priestley series "nevelopmelt of Theoretical Electrochemistry" by discussing "Precision Enters Ex periment" in 119 Osmond Lab c.ratory at 7:3 , 0 o'clock tonight. Chairman of tonight's meeting. third in the twenty-second annual series sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemistry honorary so ciety. will be Dr. R. Adams Dutch er. head of the department of agricultural and biological .hem istrY. The beginning of the electro chemical era was treated in the first lecture Monday night by a discussion of a paper written in leoo by Allessandra Volta, the Italian scientist whp invented the Voltaic pile, first source of cur rent electricity. The difficulties encountered by William Henry in trying to dis integrate hydrogen, chloride gas by spark discharges of static elec tricity, were related by Dr. Fuoss. vs an illustration of the Passing of the era before the Voltaic vile. Potfasch Wins Guesses Hig Jersey Number A midnight inspiration followed by a 12:34) a.m. collaboration won close to $llOO worth of merchandise for Alan M. Pottasch, Phi Sigma Delta, as he guessed the correct answer to the Daily Colle gian's "It's in the Ads" contest yesterday. Pottasch's winning guess was, - The numeral 'l' on Bob Higgins' jersey." When the paper was delivered! late last night, Don Kopelman, fraternity brother of Pottasch's, rushed into Al's room, woke him! up, and with Bernie Barnett, Pot-f tasch's roommate, the trio worked, on the solution. "Alter a while," said Pottaseh, "we arrived at three possible an swers. Don sent in the answer, `number one on a jersey,' Bernie sent in the answer, `number one on Joe Bedenk's jersey,' and I sent in what proved to be the winning answer." Second Contea Won This was the second contest won by Pottasch in a month Just three weeks ago he wrote the second-prize winning skit for the Thespians play-writing contest and collected $5O. "How are we going to divide the prizes?" said Kopelrnan. "We'll each take a shirt and buy ties for the value of the other one, well toss up for the pressure Coal Strikes Present No Direct Threat To College Coal strikes can cut railroad service, and paralyze the steel in dustry, but they never pose a serious immediate threat to op eration of the College. For, safely tucked away in the Mineral Industries Museum, a section of high quality bituminous coal weighing approximately a ton stands ready to serve in any emergency. Eight feet tall and one and one half feet thick, the section is of a quality which appears less fre quently now than it did when the piece was mined in the Connells vine region some 50 years ago, according to Dean Edward Stei dle of the MI School. Besides this solid reserve, the Museum has samples of coal ranging from tiny buck wheat to chunky egg. Circle Men Meet Dining Officials Pollock Circle residents were given a chance to voice their opinions on the food situation to College officials in the first of a series of informal meetings held Monday night. General opinions were that the food was below the standards for the money allotted; that there is not enough variety or proper peparation, and that more imag ination should be used in prepar ing menus. Will Rectify Complaints Miss Mildred Baker, recently appointed to assist Harold W. Lo man, in charge of direction of dormitories and dining commons, said that she would check the causes of these complaints and see that they were rectified. Also at the meeting were Miss Hazel Fall, supervisor of the din ing commons, Mr. Loman and Daniel DeMarino, assistant dean of men, dorm presidents and residents of the Circle. These meetings will continue for the purpose of airing com plaints and to keep a running check on the meals, said Edmund Walacavage, Poll o c k Circle president. Food committees ivill work with Miss Fall in suggest ing and making up menus. Meals Improved Walacavage said 'that the meals have improved since the special meeting of Circle and Nittany Dorm representatives and College officials held last week. Contest, cooker, iron, and lamp, and since Al is pinned, he can use the $lO credit from McMullen's." Group Decides Late Monday night a group which included Walt Diffenderfer, Ronald Shakely, Edward Offer man, W. G. Merritt and Bob Mc- Carthney, all of Dorm 7, Pollock Circle, decided that the "thing" was the number on Higgens' jer sey. Since the card which bears the earliest postmark is the winner in case of identical answers, the men wrote their cards, jumped into a car, and drove to Altoona, 41 miles away. The cards, postmarked 3:30 a. m.—Altoona, arrived at the Col legian office this morning, but all of the entries neglected to name the number on the jersey and finished out of the money. Thursday a new contest will start with first prize of a dress ing gown from Hur's Men's Shop. Dinner, Musical Mark Pan American Activity Flags of the 21 Pan_American nations are being displayed today between the main campus flag poles to celebrate the sixth annual Pm-American Day on the Penn State campus. The Maple Room will be the scene of the traditional Pan-Ameri can dinner at 6:45 o'clock tonight. Dr. Harriso n H. Arnold, professor of Spanish at the College, will deliver the main address. Pedro Margaret Webster, prominent Broadway play director, will speak on "The Adventure of Acting" in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Engineers Elect Student Council Engineering Student Council elections will be held tomorrow from 8 until 4:30 o'clock. Matricu lation cards Will be checked against registration lists. Each student can vote only for his own department nominee, said Alexan der Petrowski, elections commit tee chairman. Ballot boxes will be located in each department, Aeronautical Engineering—ground floor of En gineering D, Architectural Engi •neerinq—library on third floor of Main Engineering. Civil Engin ter ing—ground floor of Engineering A, Electrical Engineering--lobby of Electrical Engineering. ludas trial Engineering—ground floor of Engineering B, Mechanical Engi neering—in front of library on first floor of Main Engineering. Nominees for Engineering Stu dent Council are Aeronautical Engineering (Senior) Alfred J. Koorey, Franklin G. Richardson, James M. Trego: (Junior) Elmer M. Bauer. John T. Kutner. John I•. Wozer. Architectural E ngi n e e ring (Senior) Paul M. Kossman. Albert K. Sauer, lAwrence M. Scalera; (Junior/ Donald R. Langer. Civil Engineering —lSenion Alan G. Feldman, Charles N. Hurl. George F. Potter: (Junior) Charles H. Budinger, George A. Kendra. Richard H. Young. Electrical Engineering—(Sen for Joseph Joseph R. Burgess, Clinton (Continued on page two) Fouracre, Brown Extend Student Service Drive WSSF drive for funds has been extended until the end of this week, announced Jane Fouraere and Eirnory Brown, solicitations co -chairmen. All students who have not been contacted during . the regular drive last week will be contai_tecl bi.y so licitors this week. Students who did not vet contribute may leave their contributions at Student Union. Faculty members will also be contacted during the extensicn of the drive. Complete results of the drive will not be announced until next week. PRICE FIVE CENTS Suarez, Centro-Inter-Ainericano president, is serving a s chairman. Jack Lowery, committee chair man, will be master of ceremonies for the Pan-American musical program in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight and will read President Truman's Pan-Ameri can Day proclamation. Blue Band To Play The Blue Band under the baton of James W. Dunlap will play several Central and south Ameri can selections and Mrs. John H. Truby, soprano soloist, will pre sent a group of Latin American songs, accompanied by Mrs. Cal vin G. Reen. A highlight of this evening's program will be the rendition of the Brazilian National Anthem by a group of South American stu dents, accompanied by Josephine Roth A Mexican film, "No Mataras" —"Thou Shalt Nat Kill"—will be show T , at the State Theatre to• morrow evening as a part of cam. pus Pan-American Week activi ties. Idea Began in 1930 The celebration of Pan-Ameri• can Day was begun in 1930 173 the Pan-American Union. It is the only holiday set apart by the gov ernments of the Western hemis. phere to commemorate the com mon bonds of the 21 American republics and their aspirations to ward a peaceful world. Committee members servini with chairman Lowery are Wil lard Agnew, IFC; Evelyn Arm strong, IRC; Frederico Bascope, Inter-American Club; Lois Bur rell, Cwens; Philip Cease, API- College Cabinet; Dr. William Gray, history department; Phyllis Griess, geography; Frank Hess, Blue Band; Doris Jelacic, Pan- Hel; Ivor Jones, Pi Gamma Mu; Richard Kolakowski, Circul o Es panol; Ellen Miller, Chimes: Diva Petrucci, IRC; Richard Surge, Collegian; and Dr. Palmer C. Weaver, Inter-American Educa tion committee. News Briefs NSA Meeting The National Students' Associ• :Ilion will meet in 8 Carnegie at 7 o'clock tonight to discuss local, national, and international z‘spects of possible campus pro grams and activities. Delta Sigma Pi Delta Sigma Pi. commerce and finance honorary, will sponsor a roundtable discussion on banking in 121 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight. All seventh and eighth semester students should attend. Dairy Lecture Prof. Max L. Dawdy wll dem onstrate the fitting and showing of cattle for the benefit of those in the Dairy Exposition in the dairy barns at 7:34) o'clock - to night. 'Old Mania' Fraternities, sororities. and in denendents who have recent pin oings. engne,ements. and rr.lr rtages to announce in Froth "Old Mania" should torn the name.; in at Student Union by tomorrow. IFC Meeting IFC will meet in 210 Elec trical Engineering building at 7:15 o'clock tonight, said Jo seph Succop, 11 , s(' publicity chairman, instead of in Sparks us previously announced in the FC 'Newsletter.
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