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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
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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.