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VOL. 47--No. 57
Student Leaders Take Oath of Office Today
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
Allen Proposes
UMT Substitute
WASHINGTON Leo A 11 e n,
head of the House Rulgs Com
mittee, offered a bonus system
as a substitute for selective serv
ice yesterday.
The Republican representative
from Illinois proposed offers of
$l,OOO for all two-year enlist
ments and $1,500 for those who
would sign for three years.
On-the-Job Pay Raise
WASHINGTON—P r esident
Truman signed legislation yester
day which raised the ceiling of
wages for veterans taking on-the
job training undef the G.I. Bill.
Veterans with no dependents re
ceived a maximum of $175 a
month under the old ceiling. They
will now be, permitted to earn
$2lO a month. .
Palestine Situation
PALESTINE King Abdullah,
of Transjordan, in a message to
the UN yesterday said that calam
ities in the Holy Land will reach
a new peak of horror after the
British mandate leaves. Andrei
Gromyko, speaking for Russia,
said that the only way to avert
tragedy is the enforcement of the
partition plan.
Press Censorship
SYRIA—A Syrian government
spokesman said yesterday that
all indications point to censor
ship of foreign press messages by
the Syrian Foreign Office. He
said that censorship may be the
rule all through the Arab states
in a few days.
(wens 'Gingham Fling'
Feafures 'Travelers'
Novel and exciting fun will be
the emphasis for students attend
ing the "Gingham Fling," Cwen
sponsored square dance, at the
TUB from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock
tonight.
Music will be by Andy and his
his Woodycrest Travelers. Fred
Hartswick, contrary to previously
printed informastion, will per
form the calling activities. Phys
ical education majors attending
the dance will supply help in the
individual sets.
Tickets priced at 60 cents each
may be obtained from any Cwen.
Tickets ar e also on sale at Stu
dent Union and at the TUB,
where they may be purchased
during the dance.
'Years Ago' Stars Cohen,
Feline Performer 'Punk'
Mothers viewing the Players
production "Years Ago" may rec
ognize one veteran performer,
"Punk" the cat. The feline ap
peared "Uncle Elizabeth" in "I
Remember Mama," the Players
show running last Mother's Day.
"Punk," who lives the rest of his
nine lives as the pet of Trudy
Bowman, daughter of Thomas D.
Bowman, associate professor of
literature, has an affinity for radi
ators and the amazing ability of
appearing when he isn't wanted.
Seats for "Years Ago," directed
by Robert D. Reifsneider, are on
sale at Student Union. Prices are
60 cents for Thursday and $1 for
Friday and Saturday. The curtain
goes up at 8 p.m. in Schwab audi
torium. Very few seats remain for
Saturday's production, according
to reports late yesterday.
The play, written by Ruth Gor
don,"is based on recollections of
the author's youthful struggle to
break into the stage.
Ruthye Cohen holds the lead
limelight, while Ann Balmer por
trays her "Mother" and Winfield
ehearwater, her "Father," a re
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PEDINA,
MILES S. HORST
Horst To Speak
Al Dairy Banquet
Miles S. Horst, State Secretary
of Agriculture, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the Annual
Dairy Science Banquet to be held
in the Presbyterian Church base
ment at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, an
nounced Seymour Silver, ban
quet chairman.
Secretary Horst, a 1914 grad
uate of the College and member
of the Board of Trustees, has
agreed to. help dedicate this
year's Dairy Exposition to Prof.
A. A. Borland, his life-long
friend: Professor- Borland plans
to retire June 30.
Officers of State Breed Organ
izations and leaders of the dairy
industry are also expected for
the banquet at which all awards
for the Dairy Exposition contests
will be presented.
For many years Secretary
Horst has been a prominent fig
ure in Pennsylvania's varied ag
ricultural activities. He has been
active in the Grange and was
editor of the Pennsylvania Grange
News for four years. He served
on the State Farm Show Com
mission from 1926 until he was
appointed to his present cabinet
position.
Cheerleading Tryouts
Sophomore men who are in
terested in trying out for the
cheerleading squad are asked to
meet on the lawn behind the
armory at 7 o'clock tonight, said
Stanley Eism a n, head cheer
leader.
tired seadog with a gruff manner,
a sailor's vocabulary and a kind
heart.
Highpoints of humor include
the family fracas which ensues
when Ruth attempts to avoid the
of becoming a physical cul
ture teacher, a profession close to
the heart of her father. The phys
ical culturists personified are "Mr.
Bagley," played by J seph Bird, a
newcomer to the dramatic group,
and "Miss Glavin," played by Joy
Polikoff.
"Fred," Ruth's boyfriend from
Harvard, played by Fred Leusch
ner, bursts into the act bedecked
in a raccoon coat, a vogue of the
times, to offer Ruth the chance to
be a Harvard import. Coeds may
be surprised at the amazing simi
larity between the "New Look"
trend today and the fashions of
the '2o's worn by the female char
acters.
Mary Alice Hodgson and Jean
Bickerton appear as "Anna" and
"Katherine," the heroine's best
and next best friend, respectively.
Thomas Monaghan plays "Mr.
Sparrow "
Phis Ed Students
Choose Council
Students in the School of Phys
ical Education will elect members
of the 1948-49 Student Council
today, tomorrow and Friday at
Irvin, Recreation and White
Halls.
Nominations were made at a
meeting of the school last Thurs
day night.
Candidates for president of the
Council are Horace Ashenfelter,
William Benyish, Josephine Bihl,
and Harry Bragg.
Running for vice- president are
Jim Gehrdes, Helen Milligan,
Jim Mohney, Nancy Smith and
Dick Wertz.
Candidates for secretary are
John Bolger, Mary Lou Bower,
and Helen Milligan. Candidates
for treasurer include William
Beuka, Katherine Butner, William
Bowser and Yvonne Worrell.
Two senior representatives to
the council will be elected, one
woman and one man. Nominees
are Harris Bragg, Ivan Kline,
Joan Cortright, and Jane Mc-
Cormick.
Two junior representatives will
also be elected from among the
following candidates, John Api
chella, John Hagerman, Thomas
Masticola, Blanche Eyer and
Ginny Miller.
Students are requested to vote
only for representatives of their
own class. Nominees' names for
the various offices will be posted
on the ballot boxes.
Correction
Elections for Education Stu
dent Council will take place in
the lobbies of Burrowes, Home
Economics and in 216 Carnegie
Hall all day today.
CORE Completes Drive
For Credit Ticket Salei
CORE Days, three days of ac
tive fund-raising campaigns, con
cludes today.
During the three CORE days,
male students and townsmen are
asked to buy $1 tickets of ad
vance credit toward haircuts in
any non-discriminatory barber
shop.
Students and faculty members
are conducting the campus drive
for funds and State College
churches are approaching their
members for aid in the CORE
drive.
Ad Contest
A "full house" consisting of
five prizes from local mer
chants boosts the value of the
awards in the "It's in the Ads"
contest to $165.50.
Today's prizes are:
1. Nylon hose Mary Leitz
inger's Shop.
2. $lO Blouse credit—Charles
Shop for Women.
3. $lO credit slip—Clark Mo
tor Company.
4. Andre Kostelanetz Album
of Exotic Music College
Book Store.
5. $lO worth of photographs
—Penn State Photo Shop.
The father prizes are:
1. Old Town Trampees—
Glick Shoe Store.
2. Blouse—Smart Shop
3. Record Album—Book and
Record Shop.
4. Swe a t e r—Young Men's
Shop.
5 5-pound box of can d y
Candy Cane.
6. $lO credit—Mitchell's
Dress Shop.
7. Du Barry make-up kit—
McLanahan's Drug Store.
8. Fishing rod—Don Kepler's.
9. $lO credit—Margaret Shop.
10. Mirror-tone r a d i o—Har-
rnoay Shop.
11. Victrola attachment fo r
radio—Music Room.
Miller Pitches
Two Hit Game,
Lions Win 7th
The weather at New Beaver
Field was cold yesterday after
noon, but Lion righthander Cy
Miller was red hot. The lanky
speedball artist set the Bucknell
Bisons down with just two
scratch singles as the Lions shut
out the Lewisburg nine 8-0 to re
cord their seventh win in nine
starts this season.
It was Miller's second victory
of the current campaign, and his
first shut out.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the
Bedenkmen play host to Gettys
burg College on the New Beaver
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Five Men Receive
Class Day Honors
Senior men elected for Class
Day honors by male members of
the senior class are Eugene M.
Fulmer, Gerald T. Karv e r,
Thomas J. Lannen, John J. Nolan
and John P. Tighe.
The five seniors will receive the
names of barrel man, cane man,
class donor, pipe man and spoon
man, the name given to each man
to be decided at a meeting of
Class Day committee Friday. At
the same meeting the name to be
presented to the six honor women
will be determined.
Valedictorian and salutatorian
for Class Day will be selected at
this meeting.
More than 600 members of the
senior class participated in the
voting, said Samuel Neely, chair
man of the Class Day committee.
This represents one-half of the
senior class, Neely pointed out.
Excavation Preparation
Begins on New Building
Work in preparation for exca
vation of a new $885,785 class
room building has been proceed
ing this week on ground between
the Mineral Industries building
and the Armory.
Lumber was dumped yesterday
for contractor's office buildings to
be erected on either side of Pol
lock Road near Carnegie Hall.
Work on these will begin Mon
day.
Forty foot drillings have been
made in the new building area to
ascertain cavities in underlying
limestone. Such cavities will be
filled with concrete to prevent
settling of the new building.
All shrubbery has been re
moved for actual excavation
which will begin within two
weeks.
Pi Tau Sigma
Seventeen new members will
be initiated into Pi Tau Sigma,
national mechanical engineering
honorary, tomorrow. They are
Richard Calvert, George Chap
man, Charles Dandois, Kenneth
Flodin, John Fogle, Lester Hack
enberry, James Hatch, James
Herzog, Robert Jacobus, John
Jones, Donald Keck, Thomas Kil
gore, Charles Luddy, Joseh Rett
ger, Francis Schwenk, - William
Stahl, and Robert White.
Biddle to Speak
George Bidd 1 e, well-known
Pennsylvania artist and author,
will spcik on Modern Painting in
121 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight.
Biddle's paintings are outstanding
for their draftsmanship and char
acter study. He is the author of
"Artist at War" and "Autobiogra
phy_
Blue Band To Play
Al Inauguration
Installation of All-College and
class officers will take place on
the steps of Old Main at 11:50
o'clock this morning in the first
outdoor inaugural in the College's,
history.
Students will be excused trout
classes at 11:45 to attend thi.
inauguration. The installation
will take place regardless of the
weather.
All students are urged by
Thomas J. Lannen, retiring All-
College president, to attend the
ceremony.
Urged to Attend
One-half th e members of the
Blue Band will participate in en
tertaining the audience by play
ing marches before the ceremony
commences.
Lannon to Speak
William Lawless, who will be
come All-College president,. will
be sworn by Alan Hack, Tribun
al chairman. Lawless will then
swear in Donald Little, All-Col
lege vice-president; Edmund
Walcavage, All-College secre
tary-treasurer; Terry Ruhlman,
senior class president; and Robert
Wine, president of the junior
class.
Before the playing and singing
of the Alma Mater concludes the
ceremony, Thoinas Lannen will
speak.
To permit the students to par
ticipate actively in student gov
ernment, All-College Cabinet
adopted the outdoor inauguration
instead of the usual banquet in
stallation.
Students To Pay
$lO Fall Deposit
All students who desire to re
turn in the Fall Semester must
pay a $lO deposit next Wednes
day to insure themselves a place.
provided they meet all other m
quirements, William S. Hoffman,
registrar, said today.
The ruling applies to full time
students, those part time who ex
pect to be in full time in the fall,
graduate, undergraduate, special,
and Navy ROTC students.
This amount will be credited to
the student on his bill when he
enters for the fall. In the case of
veterans under the G. I. Bill of
Rights, the deposits will be re
turned shortly after the opening
of the semester.
Students who fail to pay and
later decide to apply for readmis
sion will be readmitted only on
the basis of a priority list for
admisions applicable to other
students applying for readmis
sion.
News Briefs
AVC Meeting
The American Veterans Com
mittee will meet for the last time
this semester in 110 EE at 8
o'clock tonight.
Cwen Ticket Money
Cwens are requested to turn in
their money and unsold tickets
for the "Fling" to Eva Davies by
6 o'clock tonight.
Sigma Delta Chi
Sigma Delta Chi, men's jour
nalism honorary, recently initi
ated Howard Back, Bennett Fair
orth, Thomas Morgan, William
Pade, and David Malickson.
El Circulo Espanol
El Circulo Espanol, Spanish
club, elected Evelyn Armstrong,
president; Charlotte Abbott, vice
president; Jeanne Hapgood, sec -
r etar y ; and Sara Messina, treas
urer
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