- - - . Ohre BooksWEATHER for Toliggiatt Fair and Mild Ungnan \*,„_ VOL. 47—No. 70 'Great White Bear' Clowns In Schwab for Last Time "The Great White Bear" who, for the last few weeks has been roaming the Nittany Valley, will make his final stage appearance in Schwab at 7 o'clock tonight. Reserved seats at $1 each are on sale today at Student Union until noon. Held over from last week for students and visitors who missed it then, "The Great White Bear" is highlighted by a colorful Russian folk scene which stars Murray Gubin in the Hopah Kolam, an in- i i genioua circle dance. Music bright spots are the orig inal numbers, "Great White Bear," "Culture Vulture," nd One of the Boys." Julianne Seashore and Bob Koser, romantic leads duo in "Culture :Vulture," • and Virge Neilly as President Wall mark of Benson University for gets his presidential dignity to clown in "One of the Boys." Other leading parts are played by Aaron Osipow, as the phony Russian, Krepotkin, Jack Saling as Buzz, the burlesque manager; Billie Cooper, who, with Billie, Burke finesse, plays the role of a flighty music teacher; Candy Mc- Collum, the not-too-bright Eloise, and Cholly Halpern as the hard boiled burlesque queen, Mabel Muir. The plot centers around a burlesque stock company who find themselves mistaken for a Russian art group contracted to give a performance at Benson University. Lingnan Drive Begins Next Week "Books for Lingnan" campaign will start Monday and continue through June 3, according to El liot Rosengarten and Selma Za sofsky, co-chairmen. All used text books are acceptable, partic ularly those dealing with engi neering and agriculture. Collection boxes will be placed in all fraternities, women's dorm itories, Pollock Circle and Nit tany Dormitories, sorority ho'uses and living units in town. Central collection spots will in clude the Daily Collegian office; Penn State Christian Association, Hillel Foundation, TUB, Keeler's, Metzger's and Graham's. Any others will be announced in Tues_ day's Daily Collegian. Music Students to Give Final Recital of Year Students in the music depart ment will give their final recital of the year in 117 Carnegie at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The complete list of soloists has not yet been announced but some of those performing will be Josephine Rotili, who will sing "They Call Me Mimi" and "Mimi's Farewell" from "La Bo heme" and Birdie Berman, vio linist, who will play "Havanaise" by Saint Saens and will be ac companied by Miss Rotili. LATE AP NEWS—Courtesy WMAJ Packinghouse Strike Ends, German Government Set Strike Ends C rIICAGO The CIO United Packinghouse Workers has called off its 67-day-old strike against Swift, Armour, and Cudahy. The strike was settled on the basis of the companies' original offer of a nine cents an hour wage in crease. German Government LONDON—The United States, Great Britain, France and the Benelux countries have reached an agreement on creation of a prov sional government for west ern Germany this year, it was reported. Only technical details stand in the way of a formal communique which is expected osely next week. Speaks In Chapel Rev. Donald R. Heiges, pastor for Lutheran students in greater New York, will give the address in tomorrow's Chapel service, the last of this semester. Reverend Heiges will speak on the topic, "The Christ Who Changes Not." Formerly an instructor in phi losophy, chaplain, and director of freshman orientation and coun seling at Gettysburg College, Reverend Heiges has done work on publications, religious organi zations, and debating. He is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa social fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Sigma Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon, and the active honorary, Pen and Sword. Born at Biglerville, Pa., Rever end, Heiges received degrees from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary, and Columbia University. Special music for the service will include "Fiat Lux," "In Paradisum," "Alleluia," by Du bois, and "He, Watching Over Israel," from "Elijah," by Men delssohn. Hodgins Chosen Finalist In American Coed Contest Joyce Hodgins has been chosen one of the 12 finalists in Samsny Kaye's Miss American Coed Contest of 1948. Each finalist will be saluted on one of the weekly Chester. field Supper Club broadcasts beginning Friday, June 11. The winning coed will be selected in August by judges John Robert Powers, Tina Lesser and Ed Sullivan Among the awards which will go to the girl finally chosen "Miss American Coed of 1948" are a vacation for two at the Senator Hotel in Atlantic City with all expenses paid, a gold Benrus wrist watch, and a silver loving cup She also will receive a screen test given by a leading film stu dio and a $5OO wardrobe of Hor ton and Hubbard Cari-Lite lug gage. Nominated by Sigma Phi Epsi lon fraternity, Miss Hodges, of Wynnewood, was chosen the Col lege's entry in the national con test April 13. She is a senior in home economics and a member of Chi Omega sorority. Coal Negotiations WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis has ignored the soft coal opera tors' invitation to resume nego tiations on a new contract. The contract talks collapsed Wednes day night and the operators yes terday urged Lewis to renew ne gotiations. The United Mine Workers chief met with his ex ecutive board at Washington to day, but the union said Lewis would have nothing to say about the operators' invitation. 70 Group Air Force WASHINGTON—P r esident Truman signed a bill yesterday appropriating more than three million dollars to start the Air Force toward a combat strength of 70 groups. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 22, lOU-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. %dent, Faculty Co-op Committees Review Proposals Members of the Student Co-op Committee met in 201 Old Main at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon with Howard J. Lamade and William D. Harkins, members of the corresponding Board of Trustees committee. Emory Br own and Eugene Wheeler, retiring and new chair man .of the student committee, respectively, presented the pro posed by-laws of the Co-op and the general outline and back ground of the problem. Mr. Lamade and Mr. Harkins will present this material and the general student attitude con cerning the Co-op to Board mem bers on June 5 when the Trus tees meet at the College. At that time Board members will decide upon whether to accept or reject the student proposals. Previous rejection of the Co-op by the Board of Trustees caused such feelings of injustice and ,criticism that further student ac tion was stirred up in order to affect a reconsideration of the issue. Other student committee mem bers who attended the meeting were Paul Kritsky, William Rer shaw, John Repsher, Richard Schweiker, and Edward Wala cavage. Allan Ostar, former edi tor of Collegian, was also pres ent at the meeting. W. Stewart Taylor, third mem ber of the Trustee committee, was unable to attend the meet ing. Printinn Trouble l'elays '4B La Vie Due to printing difficulties, the 1948 La Vie will not be available until approximately late August or September, Roberta Hutchi sr,n, editor, announced recently. The year book will be mailed to student's home address as listed on the La Vie cards. Over 2,100 graduating students will re ceive La Vie this year. Those not receiving their copy by next fall are asked to be patient as pres ent printing facilities are limited. All inquiries should be made di rectly to the La Vie office. This year there will be a new feature in La Vie entitled Future Penn State concerning the recent building developments on cam pus. 1948-49 Calendar Cwen Dance Alumni Homecoming Oct. 23 Mortar Board Carnival Oct. 29 Junior Prom-House Party Harvest Ball . Artists' Course Military Ball All-College Talent Show WRA Dance Soph Hop . Artists' Course Feb. 28 AIM & ALW Dance Mar. 4 Forestry Ball Mar. 12 Panhellenic-IFC Ball . . Apr. 1 Beaux Arts Ball Apr. 30 WSGA Dance May 6 Senior Ball May 13 Fraternity Flings Spark Weekend Top hats and gay costumes will be broken out and dusted oft tonight in observance of activities planned by most of the College's 50 fraternities. Costume themes ranging from "Heaven and Hell," as staged by Acacia, and "Evening in Paris," as depicted by Phi Kappa, promise to compete strongly with more sedate themes. Tau Phi Delta and Delta Sigma Phi will jointly hold a "Carna tion Ball," while Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Gamma Rho will get together to present a "Spring Nocturne" dance. "Beachcomber Ball" Beach clothes will be in order at Phi Kappa Sigma for its an nual "Beachcomber Ball." And at Sigma Alpha Epsilon, activities will strike a transient note with a "Hotel Hop" planned. The "Club Phi Ep" will open its doors to the public at Phi Ep silon Pi, while at Lambda Chi Alpha, activities will be in the form of a "Maytime Soiree." An old-fashioned square dance at Delta Theta Sigma will give students who go in for rural life a chance to strut their stuff to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw." By contrast, Alpha Sigma Phi will hold its annual "Club Top Hat," a formal dinner dance, with the Campus Kings of Bucknell providing the music. Phi Sigma Kappa "Oasis" On "Oasis" dance will be held by Phi Sigma Kappa, and an other Parisian theme will be staged by Delta Tau Delta. Leaning more to formal doings are Alpha Chi Sigma and Alpha Zeta with "spring houseparties" planned. Semi-formals will be held at Pi Kappa Phi, in conjunc tion with Alpha Gamma Rho; a "Final Fling" at Zeta Beta Tau and a "Pledge Formal" at Beta Sigma Rho are also planned. Among the fraternities plan ning Saturday afternoon picnics are Phi Delta Theta, Delta .Tau Delta, Chi Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Pi Lambda Phi. Cabinet Appoints Six NSA Delegates All-College Cabinet, in the final meeting of the semester Thursday night, appointed a six member committee to the nation al NSA convention, approved the student press constitution, and urged support of the Collegian sponsored drive for used text books to be sent to Lingnan Uni versity in Canton, China. In recognition of the gymnastic team's winning the national col legiate title and the national AAU championships, Cabinet voted to award a plaque to each member of the team who participated in national AAU and NCAA finals. Cabinet selected a committee to work with the College adminis tration in improving food in the dining commons• A suggestion to investigate the possibility of five and seven day meal tickets in the comons was disapproved. Bernard Miller, senior class vice-president, and Arlene Spen cer, senior class secretary-treas urer, were installed into office. Named as representatives to the NSA convention are Joel Bachman, Harold Brown, Lee Burns, Jane Fouracre, Richard Morgan, and Allan Ostar. Alter nates to the convention are Har old Fahringer and Jane Schwing. Ad Society Holds Dinner, Initiation Alpha Delta Sigma, profession al advertisig fraternity, will hold a banquet and formal initiation at the Anchorage at 6 o'clock to morrow. Charles H. Eyles, president of the Richard A. Foley Advertis ing Agency in Philadelphia, will be initiated as a professional member of the fraternity. Students who will be initiated are Louis►W. Clark, Wayne DeOr ment, A. Raymond Dodge, David R. Eldridge, William Friedman, Gerald A. Gilman, S. Murray Gu bin, Michael L. Horen, Vance C. Klepper, George E. Kline, Stephen R. Krysko, Robert Levine, Jo seph H. Maday, Norman J. O'- Connor, George A. Ohlman, Fred A. Peruzzi, Owen H. Spann, Mar shall A. Zimmerman. Thespian Picnic Members of the crew and cast of "The Great White Bear" are invited to attend the Thespian Club picnic at Roosevelt Dam (Camp 62) at 2 o'clock tomorrow• For those unable to get a ride, two buses will leave for the pic nic from behind Sparks at 2 o'clock. Oct. 16 Nov. 12 Dec. 4 Dec. 9 Dec. 11 Chimes Chimes will hold a compulsory meeting of all old and new mem bers in 105 Old Main at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Plans for Orientation Week will be discussed. IMA Bowling Jan. 14 Feb. 12 Feb 18 Team members who are plan ning to attend the Annual IMA Bowling League outing at Whip ple's Dam today are asked to meet in front of the Dux cJ at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon. Dunlop Replaces Brunner As FFA Band Director Prof. James W. Dunlop, con ductor of the College Blue Band, will assume the directorship of Pennsylvania State Future Farm ers of America Bard, succeeding Dr. Henry S. Brunner, head of the College agricultural educa tion department, when it assem bles on the campus June 9. Professor Dunlop was director of music in Farrell until joining the faculty last yew.. He was pre viously supervisor of music for the Mt. Jewett and Emporium schools- He is also a past presi dent of the Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association and was recently elected secretary of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Band master's Association News Briefs World Federalists Maclean W. McLean will speak to the Stat e College Chapter of World Federalists in the High School Auditorium, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. A business meeting will be held afterward to elect new officers. • Pre-Medical Society New officers of the Pr,-:Medical Society are Theodore Pirozek. president, William Besser, vice president, Phyllis Mowrer, secre tary, and Frank Burnstein. trea surer. These officers, two sopho mores to be named next se mester, and Jack Rcsenberg make up the executive committee. Alpha Rho Omega Alpha Rho Omega will hold election of officers in 304 Old Main ~t 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night. PRICE FIVE CENTS