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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.