W S&tlij (EOII -FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL 48—No. 20 PSCA Sets Up Clearing House To Aid Voting A drive r-passenger clearing house is being set up to aid stu dent voters to find economical transportation to and from their homes on Election Day, Novem ber 2. The clearing house, operated by the commission on social respon sibility of the Penn State Chris tian Association, will post lists of drivers who want passengers, and of passengers who need rides. Because citizens of voting age are required to vote in the dis trict in which they are registered, student voters will have to go home to cast ballots. Persons interested in the driver-passenger system are in vited to contact the PSCA or to sign up at Student Union giving both name and destination. Dor othy Fleagle heads the commis sion. In cooperation with PSCA, the Daily Collegian will publish lists of drivers and passengers in every issue next week. Hort Show Gives Exhibit Forest fire prevention will be the theme of the special exhibit being arranged by the Forestry Society for the Hort Show fea turing the Homecoming week-end at the College, announced Heinz J. Heinam-an, president of the society. The Hort Show will be held in the livestock pavilion on Ag Hill, with- no admittance charges.- While emphasizing the need for preventing forest fires, the display also includes special equipment used by the foresters to fight forest fires. Each piece of equipment will have a descrip tion with _ it, and in addition to the familiar pieces, the display will have such lesser-known items as the pulaski, rich-rake, alidade and others. Blotters and educational liter ature have been obtained by the Forestry Society from the State Department of Forests and Wa ters and also the U.S. Forest Service for free distribution. Arrangements for exhibit are in charge of S. Theodore Gilbert, William Ludwig, William Ritch ey, Alan Schmidt and Frederick Trexler. IftC Meets The Berlin situation and its im plications will bg discussed by a recently,returned coed who serv ed in Berlin with the WAC’s dur ing the war at the International Relations Club meeting in 8 Sparks tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Committees for the three day IRC Conference on November 19, 20 and 21 will also be named at tonight’s meeting. All interested students are invited to attend. Newman Club The Newman Club discussion group will meet in the church rectory at 7 o’clock tomorrow evening, John A. Novotny, pres ident, announced. Professor Case will be in charge. Late AP News Courtesy Station WMAJ Soviet Tightens Blockade Rods Tighten Blockade Paris —The Western powers have told the UN Security Coun cil that the Berlin crisis can be solved only by lifting the Soviet blockade. Russian officials are tightening the blockade even while the Security Council con siders how to solve the problem. The council adjourned until Fri day afternoon. french Mines Taken Paris —Twenty persons were injured near St. Etienne as French soldiers and police seized several strike-bound coal mines. Several pohce and strikers were injured at Carm a u x in southwestern Prance. A crowd led by a Com munist deputy had protest police STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 20, 1948 Players Choose Production Crews Production crews for “Ten Nights in a Bar Room,” a Play ers’ arena production to open at Centre Hall on November 12, were recently announced by Robert D. Reifsneider, director. Those on the advertising crew are Richard C. Shultz, chairman; Kosti J. Bargas, assistant; Eileen Bonnert, Sally Brooke, Jeanette Cohen, Reita Fein, Samuel Harsh burger, Phyllis Kame, Helen Keller, Ray Koehler, Richard Laher, Margaret Lapp, Dorothy Mayer, Sarabelle Mazer, Nancy McDougall, Marthann McMillan, Gladys Mummau, Nancy North, Lou Olson, Betty Osterhout, Dor othy Radack, Kathleen Robb, Jacqueline Warner, Patricia Weaver, Ella Louise Williams, Betty Wurth. Costume Crew On the costume crew are Flor ence Ciplet, chairman; Polly Bra der, assistant; Jo-Marie Jackson, designer; other members are Shirley Betts, Polly Carmin, Eva Davies, Jo Ann Esterly, Virginia Frances, Phyllis Freidlin, Bernice Goldberg, Marion Goldman, Ruth Knoebel, Muriel Stamps, Helen Stolcoski and Ruthe Taub. Steve Perialas heads the con struction crew and is assisted by Oliver Blackwell. Others on the crew are Phil Barke, Bill Clark, (Continued on page jour) LA Elections Sparks lobby will be Hie scene of the Liberal Arts Stu dent Council elections from 9 o'clock to 4 o'clock today and tomorrow. All Liberal Artists are eligible to vole and must present their, matriculation cards. However, each student may cast a ballot for. candi dates >n his own class only. In yesterday's Daily Colle gian James Yochum, a senior nominee, was incorrectly nam ed Earl Yochum. Greeks Invited To Marc// Gras Mortar Board invites fraterni ties for the first time to partici pate in the Mardi Gras Carnival, to be held in Rec Hall October 29. All fraternities interested in setting up a booth alone or in conjunction with a sorority should contact Janet Lyons at the Kappp Kappa Gamma house im ■ mediately. The Mardi Gras is „ new idea for the carnival sponsored by the Mortar Board. As in previous years, sororities and independent groups will be requested to oper ate bdoths, refreshment stands or provide some other entertain ment The highlight of the evening will be the selection of a Mardi Gras King from the contestants entered by the sororities.’ All sor orities are requested to hand in photographs of king candidates at the Student Union desk by Tuesday noon, October 26. Proceeds from th e carnival will go to the Charlotte E. Ray Schol arship Fund to which Mortar Board contributes every year. occupation of a power plant con trolling mine pumps. Generally, resistance was slight as soldiers and police moved into plants from which maintenance and safety crews have been with drawn. Attacker Held Detroit—A Detroit recorder’s judge has held Carl Bolton for trial on a charge of attempting to kill pnion chief Walter Reuther last April. Bond was set at $75,000 after a formal examination. Reu ther testified yesterday that he knew Bolton as a local union of ficial but that he had no reason to suspect any animosity. If con victed, Bolton can be sentenced to life imprisonment. Lines from the Lion Dear Gang, I am writing this epistle from Cave Inn, a place used as a stopover exclusively by trav eling Lions. The place has sure changed since 1 was here last but now is no time to be sentimental. It sure made my big heart pound harder and faster when I heard that “Ike” Gilbert has me scheduled to meet Army’s Cadets on the gridiron next year and the year after that. With Penn, Nebraska, Army and Pitt on next year’s menu I’ll really have a job on my hands. I guesss 13 is a lucky num ber for me, anyway it was last Saturday. Fourteen should be just as lucky. Just ask Owen Dougherty about number 14. That’s his jersey number when he was on the receiving end of one of Petchel’s aerials against the Mountaineers. On the way up here I read that Louisiana State Univer sity has recently issued a new college regulation. It is now forbidden for LSU students to bring intoxicating beverages to athletic events since a student was hurt seriously at a recent football game when someone threw a beer bottle at him. I was glad to see that Beaver Field commandos have more sense than that. They drink beer out of cans and everyone knows that no one can get hurt by an empty can. I should get to East Lansing by tomorrow. Write you then. For the glory, Mailing Causes AIM Vote Delay Failure to obtain sufficient help in preparing post cards for mail ing to independent men students living in town has caused delay in scheduling AIM representa tive elections in town wards. Donald Little, AIM committee chairman, had originally planned to have the postcards, telling the time and place of elections in each ward, ready for mailing early this week. The elections were to have been staged in all town wards Wednesday and Thursday nights. With no one to address the cards, however, the mailing date has been put off until next week, and elections have been tenta tively rescheduled for two days later in the week. Tri-dorm elections were also set back from Monday until later this week to coincide with the regular dormitory meetings. Elections in two town wards, those comprised by Cody Manor and Beaver House, have already been run off, making a total of 40 men who have -already been elected to the AIM council. Osmond Auto Lot Ready Saturday Enlargement of the parking area behind Osmond Laboratory will be completed by Saturday, if the weather permits work to go on all week, said George W. Ebert, director of physical plant. Capacity of the area will be raised by 70 cars, as part of a program which will add an esti mated 237 parking spaces to cam pus facilities. One phase of the plan will bring one-way traffic to Pollock road, effective Novem ber 1, with bumper-to-bumper parking except ip construction areas and other danger points. Work already under way on the parking area north .of Patterson Hall on Curtin road, will provide an additional 68 spaces when completed. Ag Group Picture ' Members of Ag Student Coun cil are requested to report to the Penn State Photo Shop at 7 o’clock this evening for a group picture. Following the picture the group will adjourn to 103 Ag Building for a wort business meeting. Committee Solves Explosion in Lab Cave Inn A special committee investigat ing the explosion that claimed the life of Ernest J. Teichert Mon day, reported today that a mix ture of undetermined inflam mable substance and liquid air caused the explosion. Mr. Teichert, research assist ant in metallurgy, was working alone in a laboratory in the Min eral Industries Building October 7, when the explosion occurred. He was working on research having to do with the mechan ism of fracture of steel, a pro ject conducted for the Army, when the apparatus, especially designed to prevent contact of the inflammable substance and liquid air, blew up. The committee said it was un able to determine how the mix ture took place, but believes that “frothing of the liquid air is be lieved to have, in some manner, penetrated the barrier separating the two materials.” “Such experiments are always carried on with great care,” said Dean Edward Steidle of the School of Mineral Industries, and “our researchers get the finest equipment that science can sup ply.” The explosion, he said, was the first serious accident in the school in 20 years. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii Vets Turn in Receipts All veterans are requested .to lur n in their book receipts at the Bursar's office by noon Saturday. These receipts should be filled out .as specified on the forms signed, and placed in an envel ope. THE LION If all receipts have been turned in by Saturday, the veterans can pick up their checks by approxi mately November IS. Any veter ans who lurn their receipts in at a later date will not be able to receive their checks until Decem ber 15. imiiiiiitiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiuimiiiiiiii Two Groups Offer Programs A program of recorded classical music is being presented three time a week under the joint sponsorship of Phi Mu Alpha, men’s music honorary, and radio station WMAJ. The program, which started last March, is now being broad cast Sundays from 8:15 to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Members of Phi Mu Alpha take turns serving as disc jockeys on the program. The following are now active members of the fraternity: Dean Alspach. Richard Balen tine. Abram Bosler, David Brin er. Robert Chaeona, Franklin Cree, Frank Fair, Donald Freder ickson, Robert Gardner, Eugene Golla, Henry Heckert, Maynard HiU. Paul Holder David ingra ham, John Kelly. James Kocher, Thaddeus Komorowski, William Laughlin, Paul Margolf, Walter Lrtkiewicz, Philip Miller, Russell Nickerson, Creston Oltemiller, Benjamin Pulls Francis Keltzo, Floyd Schlegal, Ralmond Robin son, Steve Raytek, Clyd e Shive, Robert Skipper, Owen Spann, Ralph Spiker, Joh n Sloan, Eugene Sprague, George Thomas Ru dolph Yannitto, Charles Zoslau. Aero Department The Institute of Aeronautical Sciences will hold its first techni cal meeting at the S.P.E. house, 8 o’clock tonight. Students and fac ulty are invited. Last Call All radio amateurs who have not sent letters of application for a position on College radio station W3YA/ALMA should send them to Prof. Gilbert L. Crossley, 102 Electrical Engineering, before October 22, j pgtatt News Briefs Weather Partly Cloudy and Warmer PRICE FIVE CENTS Dormitory Men Register Gripes With Group Nittany Dormitory students submitted approximately one thousand “gripes” to a group from the College Cabinet Inves tigating committee. The food sub-committee is currently sur veying conditions of Campus dining commons. Richard Schlegel, chairman of the investigating committee an nounced yesterday that the Nit tany Dining Hall survey proved to be a success. About four hundred students registered an average of three complaints with the six com mitteemen stationed through out the Nittany Dining Com mons.. The investigators were occu pied almost continually during the hour and a half alloted for the students to voice their opin ions of the dining accommoda tions. Coeds in the Simmons, McAl lister, and Atherton Halls will have an opportunity to register their criticisms; however, sug gestion boxes will replace the sub-committee on complaints. Committee chairman Schlegal announced that the next meeting of the investigating committee is scheduled in the second floor lounge, Old Maine, at 6:30 o’clock tonight. Greeks Pledge 471 This Fall Nearly complete returns for fall fraternity pledging showed a 471 total yesterday as four addi tional Greek organizations’ totals were tallied. Forty-six more pledges were added to the tally with 38 fraternities’ reports com plete. A list of those recently re ported follows: Della Tau Della * Arnold Budroni, Robert W. Busch, E. Thomas Donahue, Rich ard R. Evans, H. Philip Ferris, Thomas F. GrifTerty, William G. Mathers, Quinton G. Toews, Gil bert C. Welsh. Kappa Della Rho Robert Calhoun, Robert Chap man, Richard DeCarlichi, Robert Dermott, Tuck Frazier, Robert Hosier, Peter Howachyn, Jeff Naylor, Lew Rave, Robert Ravd, George Riggs, Robert Scott, Ken neth Simons, George Staisey, Woody Stein, Leonard Tananis, Oscar Tissue, Ray Ulinski, Rob ert Vandergrift and Joseph Young. Phi Sigma Kappj, Alfred B. Chieppor, Joseph N. Jammel, Gilford B. Phillips, Har old L. Singleton, Theodore G. Wilhelm. Tau Phi Delta Richard Bell, Donald Close, George Ferance, Allen Fine, Jo seph Frew, William Grubb, Sam Hall, William McDonald, Robert Reese, Alvin Weborg. The names of Richard Yeagley and John Wetzel were omitted from an earlier list of Phi Gamma Delta pledges. Football Movies Football movies of the West Virginia game will be shown in Schwab at 7 o’clock. Coach Michaels will interpret the plays. Newly Elected The newly elected officers of the Cercle Francais Club are Edward Wizda, president; Evelyn Hall, vice-president and program chairman; Carolyn Reese, secre tary-treasurer; and John Graves, publicity director. Sociology Club The newly organized Sociology Club will meet in 418 Old Main at 8 p.m. Monday Carol Hecht ;nd Sylvia Schwartz are co chairmen for the meeting.
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