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VOL. 47-1110. 61
Late AP News
Courtesy WMAJ
RR Unions Refuse
To Call Off Strike
WASHINGTON —T h e unions
have refused to call off the
scheduled railroad strike. Secre
tary of War Kenneth Royall has
asked the Attorney General to
obtain a court order to halt the
walkout. The strike is scheduled
for 6 a.m. today. Royall acted
just 11 hours before the deadline
in his last-minute effort to avert
the walkout.
Funds for Air-Groups
WASHINGTON—A Senate and
House Conference Committee has
agreed on legislation providing
more than $800,000,000 for a 70-
group air force. The program
calls for about 6800 active com
bat planes as compared with
about 5500 in the present 55-group
force.
Violence in Korea
KOREA—Voting in the Amer
ican-sponsored election in South
Korea was a violent affair. At
least 25 persons were killed in
election violence attributed to
Cominunists. The bloodshed,
however, did not prevent 6,000,-
000 Koreans from going to the
polls for the first time in 4,000
years.
PICA Continues
Marriage Seminar
Dr. Paul Popenoe, director of
the American Institute of Fam
ily Relations, will continue the
Christian Association's Marriage
Institute today with private con
sultation in the Christian Associ
ation office, 304 Old Main, 9 to
11 o'clock.
Seminars, "The Physiology of
Reproduction," led by Dr. C. R.
Carpenter, 121 Sparks, and "Early
Post - Marital Adjustment," Dr.
Will Smith, 304 Old Main, will
take place at 11 o'clock.
Seminars, "The Spiritual Side
of Marriage," led by the Rev.
Robert H. Eads, 304 Old Main,
and "Sexual Adjustment," Dr. W.
U. Snyder, 121 Sparks, will be at
4 o'clock.
The Institute will close with a
panel discussion featuring Prof.
Jessie Bernard, the Rev. Brtice
Gideon, Dr. Winona Morgan, Dr.
Popenoe and Dr. Snyder on the
topic "Marriage To d a y," 121
Sparks, 7:30 o'clock.
Original Musical Skits Spark
Thespians' 'Great White Bear'
Tickets for "The Great White
Bear," current Thespian show,
are on sal e at Student Union.
Seats for Thursday night's pro
duction, which begins at 7 o'-
clock in Schwab, are unreserved
and cost 75 cents. Curtain time
Friday and Saturday is 8 p.m.
and admission $l.
The show, a product of the pens
of Pepper Birchard and Jack Sal
ing, took first place laurels in
the Thespian Club's script-writ
ing contest. Directed by James
(Sock) Kennedy, the production
is sparked by many original
musical numbers.
Julianne Seashore and Robert
Koser hold th e romantic spot
light as Penny Peters and Bill
Wallmark. Miss Seashore, who
transferred from Northwestern
last semester, is one of the five to
be initiated to the Thespian foot
lights. The others making their
debut are Aaron Osipow who
plays the big-bad director of a
Russian dramatic group; Barbara
Cooper as Miss Pringle, the
Benson University music teacher;
Ted Mann and JoAnn Roroback,
who portray Elmer and Francie,
members of the burlesque troop.
Virgil Neilly, a Thespian vet
is Etvaident Wailmork of
Fee Payment
A 10 dollar 'deposit must be
paid tomorrow to insure a
place for all students who in
tend to return in the fall, pro
vided they meet all other re
quirements. The fees will be
paid in Recreation Hall from
9 to 5 o'clock continuously.
Hal Societies Tap
61 New Members
Sixty-one men were tapped
Friday by Skull and Bones and
Parmi Nous, upperclass men's ac
tivities honoraries, said Richard
McAdams and Gerald Karver,
president and vice-president of
the respective organizations.
Those tapped by Skull and
Bones are Willard Agnew, Robert
Auman, David Barron, George
Bearer, Abram Bosler, Emory
Brown, Harold Brown, Philip
Cease, Raymond Dieterich, John
English, James Gehrdes, Larry
Gerwig, Paul Grove, Richard Hill,
Theodore Hissey, Vance Klepper.
William Lawless, Arthur Lor
enz, James Lotz, Barclay Moyer,
Daniel Pearson, Frank Philippbar,
James Robinson, George Schautz,
Spencer Scheckter, Elliot Sha
piro, Sidney Simon, Joseph Sit
kin, Lewis Stone, Thomas Smith,
Frank Tidona, Robert Troxell, Al
bert Vigilante, Edmund Walacav
age, Arthur Ward, and Malcolm
White.
Men honored by Parmi Nous
include Charles Drazenovich, Jo
seph Drazenovich, James Etters,
John Fast, Harold Hackman, Rob
ert Hicks, Ralph Hosterman, Jo
seph Jackson, Paul Kelly, John
Krusen, John Kulp, James Levin
son, Theodore Lieb.
William Meade, Thomas Mor
gan, Negley Norton, Robert Ritz,
Robert Sankey, John Sheehe,
Milton Simon, Carl Sturges, Ste
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Phis Ed School
Elects Officers
Horace Ashenfelter was elect
ed president of the Physical Edu
cation student council at a re
cent balloting of that body.
Other officers elected were
Richard Wertz, vice - president;
Mary Lou Bower, secretary; and
William Bowser, treasurer.
Jane McCormick and Harris
Bragg were named senior class
representatives, and Blanche
Eyer and John Hagerman junior
class representatives. Wanda
Rickard is alumni representative.
Benson University and in this
capacity sings "One of the Boys,"
his own original composition.
Jack Saling, co-author of "Bear,"
holds the role of Buzz Williams,
the burlesque troop manager.
Charlotte Halpern stars as the
love of his life, Mable Muir from
Brooklyn.
Robert Cobaugh, Cynthia Doan,
and Roslyn McCollom are other
members of the burlesque troop.
James Dunaway and Larry Pin
no play the roles of two police
men, and Thaddeus Kornorowski
and Selma Rudnick are the col
lege prexy's servants.
The musical's plot takes a
floundering burlesque team
across the country in search of
an honest dollar. At each stop
they find their prospective jobs
taken by another more artistic
group. In the face of hunger, the
troop decides that "art is sweep
ing the country," and helped by a
maze of circu►nstan:es, they at
tempt to find a place in the hall
of cultured entertainment with
the production of "The Great
White Bear" at Benson Univer
sity. The 'show' with its Russian
pantomime is expected to be the
humor highspa of the show.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1948-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Alumni Plus Brains
Transforms Room
To 'Tavern'
A furniture storeroom in State
College which was once a bakery
has been transformed into a Col
onial-style restaurant through
the planning. and work of two
College graduates, John O'Con
nor and Ralph Yeager. "The Tav
ern" opens today.
In striving for a friendly atmo
sphere where customers can re
lax, the partners abandoned the
idea of furnishing the restaurant
In modern fashion. Instead, they
patterned their place in a Penn
sylvania version of Colonial
America.
O'Connor and Yeager first
conceived the idea of the restaur
ant before the war. When they
returned to the College while
completing their graduate courses,
they finished plans and began
work on the restaurant.
For more than six months they
considered and discarded more
than 100 names for the restr 4 urant.
Then, faced by an opening dead
line, they agreed to the name,
"The Tavern."
National Honorary
Holds Initiation
Phi Kappa Phi, national honor
ary society, initiated 40 under
graduates, four graduate students
and one faculty member at a
banquet Friday night.
The executive committee of
the College chapter was elected
after the initiation. It inc] ides
Dr. John F. Harkins, president;
Julia G. Brill, vice-president; Ma
loise S. Dixon, secretary; Charles
C. Dilio ,treasurer; Edwin H.
Rohrbeck, correspondent.
Other members elected were
David L. Markle and Mary J. Wy
land.
Dean Lyman E. Jackson of the
School of Agriculture spok e on
"Comprehensive Education."
National president of the so
ciety, which covers all fields of
education, is Dean Frank D.
Kern of the Graduate School.
The Colleg e is one of the three
founders of Phi Kappa Phi, along
with the University of Maine
and the University of Tennessee.
Students Meet Faculty
In LA Mixer in Ath Hall
Students will have a chance to
meet their instructors without a
rostrum between the prof and
the pupil in the Northwest
Lounge of Atherton Hall at 7
o'clock tomorrow.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts
Student Council, the mixer will
include professors and students
in every department of the Lib
eral Arts School.
Nancy Hoffman, chairman of
the mixer, urges everyone to at
tend this final socal affair of the
School before the final exam
period.
s, With the value of the prizes
in the "It's in the Ads" con
test aiming toward the $3OO
mark, over 800 post cards have
come into the Daily Colle
gian's contest office.
Latest prize for the identity
of the "thing" is $lO in credit
from G. C. Murphy's. This
makes the total value of the
prizes, $220.50.
The other prizes are from:
Book and Record Store, Candy
Cane, Charles Shop, Clark
Motor Co., College Book Store,
Don Kepler's, Glick Shoe
Store, Harmony Shop, Keel
er's Book S tor e, Margaret
Shop, Mary Leitzinger, Mitch
ell's Dress Shop, Music Room,
McLanahan Drug Store, Penn
State Photo Shop, Schlow's,
Smart Shop, State Motor
Sales, Wolf Furniture Co., and
Young Men's Shop.
Ad Contest
Modern Dance Club
To Repeat Concert
Students and faculty will be
guests of the Modern Danc e Con
cert Group again tonight when
CA Dinner Honors
Chinese Students
The annual Penn State Chris
tian Association banquet to be
held at the Presbyterian Church
at 5:30 p.m. Saturday will follow
a Penn State-in-China theme.
Chinese students on campus
will attend the dinner as guests
of honor, said Mary Armes, pub
licity commissioner.
George W. "Daddy" Groff, 'O7,
will speak on "What Can Amer
ica and China Share." For many
years "Daddy" Groff was associ
ated with the agricultural depart
ment at Ling n a n University
which is partially supported by
Penn State chapel collections.
Movies depicting college life in
China and scenic views of the
country will be shown.
The Board of Directors will be
elected at the meeting. Tickets
may be purchased at the Chris
tian Association office in Old
Main until Friday.
Colleges Take Part
In NAACP Meeting
A Central Pennsylvania Con
ference of th. National Associa
tions for the Advancement of
Colored People will be held at
the College Saturday and Sun
day. Four colleges, Penn State,
Lycoming College, Bucknell Uni
versity, and Wilkes College will
participate. •
The conference will open with
a closed meeting in 304 Old Main
2 p.m. Saturday. At this time
there will be discussions of or
ganizational problems, discrimi
nation in Central Pennsylvania,
and future action on legislation.
A co-ordinating committee for
Central Pennsylvania will also be
appointed.
Sunday's program begins with
breakfast at 9 a.m. for visitors
and Chapel Service at 11 a.m. Re
ports will be given by attending.
colleges on -the impact of dis
crimination at an open meeting
in 121 Sparks at 1:45 p.m.
Conference delegates and vis
itors will then attend a tea in
Southeast Atherton Lounge at
3:30 p.m. Paintings by Rufus
Williams and John Biggers will
be on display.
Concluding the conference will
be another open meeting in 121
Sparks at 4:30 p.m. when Dr.
Walter Coutu, professor of soci
ology at the College, will speak
on "Racial Discrimination in Our
Society." A vocal selection and a
reading will be presented by
William Himes and Mrs. JamLs
Smith respectively. The confer
ence will culminate in the NAACP
membership drive now being
conducted.
First Traffic Violators
Appear Before Tribunal
The students listed below will
be brought before the Student
Tribunal Committee for reported
violations of the College traffic
regulations in 201 Old Main at
7:30 o'clock tonight for those in
the first group and at 8 o'clock
for those in the second group,
according to Alan Hack, Tribunal
Chairman.
Hack said that over 90 students
have been reported by the Camp
us Patrol officers to date, but
that only the 32 cases of May 4
will be tried tonight. He stressed
the fact that students will be
fined, if guilty, as previously
stated in the Daily Collegian.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
the Spring Recital is repeated lot
the Combined Arts Festival.
The concert, originally present
ed three nights in April, will be
given in the modern dance room
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Mildred Taylor Shaw, Boston
violinist, will provide music be
tween dance numbers.
Included in the program are a
solo by Miss Dorothy Briant of
the physical education staff, a
duet by Mary Barnett and Louise
Grossman, a comedy number by
Miss Briant, Gladdy Lou Miller
and Lee Ann Wagner, and an
other duet by Miss Miller and
Miss Wagner.
Two of last year's most popular
numbers, "Fantasy of a Big City"
and "Jungle Rhythms," will be
repeated for this program.
All choreography is done ter
members of the dance group as
sisted by Miss Bryant. Accompan
ist for the program is Mrs. Her
mance Reese.
College Named
As Convention SIL
The College will again be the
site of the National Student As
sociation Regional Conference,
Robert Troxell, regional vice
president, said yesterday. Two
hundred and twenty-five dele
gates are expected to represent
Pennsylvania's 45 member
schools at the convention, which
will be held June 10 to 13.
Anticipating All-College Cab
inet's approval of the conference
and selection of an administra
tive committee and 12 delegates
from the College, the local chap
ter will formulate plans for the
event in 16 Sparks, at 6:30 o'clock
tomorrow night. Topics which
will be considered are student
welfare and government, a Penn
sylvania Culturale, and election
of regional officers.
Cultureles, successfully organ
ized in several other regions, con
sist of musical and dramatic pro
grams to which member schools
contribute Players' and Thespi
ans' productions, choral groups,
bands, and orchestras.
News Briefs
PanHel-IFC Refunds
Fraternity and sorority repre
sentatives may pick up refunds of
assessments from the PanHel-IFC
Ball in 102 Old Main at any time
today,
La Vie Photos
All students graduating this
summer who are not in the 1948
La Vie should contact the Penn
State Photo Shop immediately for
senior photo appointments for the
1949 La Vie.
In order to have a senior pic
ture appear in the 1949 La Vie
seniors must be photographed be
fore May 25, 1948.
Students for Wallace
A special meeting of Students
for Wallace will be held in 418
Old Main, 7 o'clock tonight, for
the purpose of planning summer
campaigning in and around State
College.
ASCE
Students attending the meeting
of ASCE at the Civil Engineering
Camp are asked to form an auto
caravan in the parking lot be
hind Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory at 7 o'clock tonight.
Penn State Club
Installation of officers will be
held in 321 Old Main at 7 o'clock
tonight. Plans for a combined
picnic with Philutes will be die
vssed.