. . • Weather . Attend the 0 , - , t , I,l3 ai t g ~.,.. „ , (t i iiirgtatt Cool ,\ - ° Fair and .! • Pitt Rally *TOR A SETTER PENN STATE" VOLUME 48-NUMBER 41 State, Lion Clique Chairmen Comment on Soph Elections Robert Keller and Harold Brown, clique chairmen of the State and Lion parties respectively, commented briefly yesterday on the results of Tuesday's sophomore elections. Speaking for the State party whose candidates won the presi dency and vice-presidency, Keller said he was certain• the victors would go about putting the party platform into effect at once. "The 13-point platform," Keller explained, "includes four points created by the sophomores. These cover "stimulating the functions of the Association of Independent Men, improving dining commons food, supporting the Interfrater nity Council in its stand on the dating code, and reviving the campus `Hello' spirit," Kenneth Rolston Kenneth Rolston, who was elec ted sophomore president by a 55- vote majority over Lion candidate Lewis Shallcross, will take his seat on All-College Cabinet to night. Votes cast for president to talled 937. Brown, of the Lion party, said that although he was sorry the party did not capture the first two offices, he knows that Lois Ken yon, newly elected secretary treasurer, will do her job well. The party will continue to work "for better student government at Penn State," Brown said. Miss Kenyon, who will become a member of the Inter-Class Fi nance Board, won over Robert Longenecker with an edge of 48 votes, out of 926 that were cast. In vice - presidential balloting, State's Barbara Niesley held a margin of 62 votes over William Snyder of the Lion .party. Cabinet to Induct Soph President All-College Cabinet will meet in 201 Old Main at 8 p.m. tonight to induct Kenneth Rolston, new ly-elected president of the sopho more class, and will hear a re port from the Association of In dependent Men committee by Donald Little, chairman. Four other items are on the agenda. One of these is a report on the coming separation of the home economics department from the School of Education, to be given by Joseph Daniels, member of the education student council. Constitution Revision The student-governing body of which William Lawless is chair man will appoint a committee for revision of the constitution, and another "to look into the feasi bility of the bi-cameral system in student government." Mention of the two-house form of government also was made in the State party platforms of the past two years. The plank called for an investigation of the system. Late AP News Ooixtesy Station WMAJ US Sends Marines to China WASHINGTON T h e United States is going to send 1,000 more marines to China to augment the force of 3,600 already there. The Americans are stationed at Tsing tao, the location of an American task force. The state department did not state whether the ma rines would fight if the Commu nists attacked the city. Berlin Crisis PARlS—United Nations lead ers Trygve Lie and Herbert Evatt continued their efforts to settle the Berlin dispute yester day by urging the Big Four to support the mediation efforts of Argentina's Juan Bramuglia. The plea came after the four powers rejected their proposals for talks on Berlin. Talmage Installed ATL ANT A—A Talmadge is back in power in Georgia. Thirty live-year-old Herman Talmadge took office ee governor in At- STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1948 NSA To Discuss Co-op Research Regular NSA meeting will be held in 8 Sparks at 8:30 p.m. to night. Special research activities concerning student co-operative stores, student employment, health and recreation services and foreign student hospitality head the agenda for tonight's meeting. The student government com mission will study faculty rating systems, student leadership train ing and bicameral legislature for student governing bodies. Pennsylvania region's musicale, planned for late April in Phila delphia and study of a campus chest or consilidated relief drive head the activities of the student welfare commission. This group will also investigate the possibili ties of establishing exchange scholarships and an international house on campus. NSA Officers Officers elected for the coming year are Florence Drummond, secretary, and Leonard Stein, treasurer. Chairmen of the commission are William Ott, student govern ment; Oliver Blackwell, student welfare; and Joel Bachman, in ternational affairs. Critique Offers Pitt Game Trip An expense-free trip for two to the Pitt game with hotel ac commodations in Pittsburgh will be awarded tonight in a contest sponsored by Critique. Students may become eligible for the contest by purchasing a 60-cent subscription to the maga zine. Those who previously pur chased subscriptions in the Penn game contest also will be eligible. Announcement of the award will be made in 1 Carnegie Hall at 7:30 p.m. today by Ralph Lewis, editor of Critique, and subscrip tions will be on sale throughout the day at the magazine's Corner Room booth. Each 60-cent sub scription will entitle the purchas er to four issues of the magazine. Winner of the trip to the Penn game was Frank McKean, Phi Gamma Delta sophomore.' Critique will be on sale Dec. 1. lanta yesterday, becoming the youngest governor in the coun try. Eugene Talmadge, Herman's father, was chosen governor four times before he died last year at the start of his term. Thomas Case WASHINGTON—HeIen Camp bell, former secretary, pleaded innocent to charges of conspiring with Representative J. Parnell Thomas to pad his payroll. Miss Campbell was placed under $5OO bond for trial, and Thomas was freed under $l,OOO . bail in the case. Marshals Plan WASHINGTON—European aid chief Paul Hoffman said yester day that the Marshall Plan is aimed to increase the income of the workers by one-third. Hoff man expressed belief that the plan can establish a reasonably sound economy in Europe. Blue Band Heftier Than Higgins' Gridmen The Penn State football team is suddenly paling into insignifi cance. Statisticians have come out with this startling announcement after delving into the impressive facts and figures making up the 1948 Blue Band roster published in the Temple game program. Ominously stronger in numbers, with a ratio of 81 members to the team's 51, the Blue Band boasts three more six-footers than the gridders. Tom McDermott, hefti est member of the squad at 220 pounds, appears puny next to 250- pound cornet player :Eugene Golla. All of which information, added to the phenomenal stamina of the Blue Band members, whose nor mal march cadence is nearly three steps per second, leaves us won dering if maybe the Thespians weren't kidding in their predic tion that in a few years the Hig ginsmen will be hollering to the Blue Band to bring back their wingback. Men's Debate Team The men's debate team left this morning for Burlington, Vt., be ginning a tour of 36 colleges and meeting 112 teams. David Barron, Richard Hill, Herman Latt and Richard Schweiker will compose the team. Debate coach Joseph F. O'Brien will accompany the team. Committee Completes Naming Personalities for Who's Who At a special business dinner last night, the selections commit tee of the 1948-49 publication of "Who's Who In the News at Penn State" completed the selecting of approximately 300 names of out standing students to be included in the publication. The committee includes William Lawless, All-College president; Janet Lyons, WSGA president; Joseph Colone, Men's Athletic Asso ciation president; Lew Stone, Collegian editor; Arnold Gerton and Selma Zasofsky, Who's Who editor and associate editor. Biographical questionnaires will be sent to the selected persons within the next few days. Those chosen for recognition are asked to fill out these forms and return them to the editor promptly so that the publication will be out around the first week of January, Gerton said. Who's Who Distribution Sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalism fra ternity, and Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary, copies of the publication will be distributed to the undergraduates whose names appear in the issue, and to all the colleges and uni versities and leading newspapers in Pennsylvania. Other copies will also be sent to fraternities, sororities, and in dependent groups, and to all de partments and administrative of ficials of the College. Pittsburgh Alumni Plan 'Beat Pitt' Smoker The annual "Beat Pitt" rally and smoker, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Club of Pitts burgh, will be held in the Pitts burgh room of the William Penn Hotel at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Arrangements have been made by the club to show movies of the Penn State - Michigan State and Penn State - Penn football games. Tickets may be purchased at the smoker. Students and alumni are invited. An unusual feature is that women are invited also. Entertainment will be provided by the Blue Band. _ The Penn State Alumni Asso ciation will establish service head quarters in the lobby of the Wil liam Penn on Friday and Satur day nights. Workman in Hospital After Falling 15 Feet Edgar Wallace, workman of the Moyer Brothers Construction Co., is in the Centre County hospital in Bellefonte today after falling 15 feet from the Plant Industries Building project on campus yes• terd ay. Mr. Wallace was taken to the hospital by the State College Bor ough ambulance after his accident ,yesterday afternoon. Although no external injuries were evident, x-rays will be taken today. Book Exchange Many students who sold books through the book ex change have not turned in their receipts at Student Union, Jo anne Hobbs, chairman of the student-operated exchange, said yesterday. Receipts will be cashed in on presentation at the SU desk. Miss Hobbs said. Campus IRC Convention Draws 78 Delegations Delegates from 78 colleges and universities throughout the middle Atlantic region and Canada will arrive tomorrow afternoon for the beginning of the International Relations Club conference which will continue until Sunday afternoon. Problems of United States and Russian relations will be dis cussed at five round table discussions this weekend when Interna tional Relations Clubs meet at Penn State for their annual Mid dle Atlantic Conference. Each round table will discuss a different phase of the relations, between the United States and the Soviet Union, including ideo logical, political, and economic problems, and the position of the United Nations in solving prob lems of the two countries. Russian Relations Talks on relations between the United States and Russia will be given by Dr. Clyde Eagleton, di rector of the• graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University, Dr. Philip Morrison of the Department of Physics, Rockefeller Hall, Cornell Univer sity, and Dr. Herbert Feis, former special advisor on economic af fairs to the Secretary of State. Round table discussions will be conducted Saturday morning between 9 and 11:30 in the east and west lounges of Atherton Hall, and in Rooms 307, 401 and 405, Old Main. There will also be a faculty advisors' round table conducted at the Nittany Lion Inn. _ _ _ Dr. Clyde Eagleton News Briefs Vacation Work Students wishing part-time work during Thanksgiving vaca tion are urged to call 231 or leave their names at the Student Employment office in the PUB. In correction of yesterday's state ment that the PUB will be open during the vacation, it was an nounced that the Student Em ployment office, and not the PUB, will remain open during the Thanksgiving holidays. Emergency Meeting Collegian advertising staff will hold a special emergency meet ing in the Collegian office at 4:30 p.m. today. Everyone must at tend. Leonides Leonides will have their pic tures taken for La Vie at the Penn State Photo Shop at 7 p.m. today. Bar Bell Club Bar Bell Club will meet in the PRICE FIVE CENTS The conference staff includes Dr. Larry Leonard, club advisor; Steve Perialas, program chair man; Pat Botkin, secretary; Rob ert Keller, chairman; Dick Schle gle, secretary general; all are ex officio members. The staff includes Bill Rick etts, Ginny Hartman, Charles Edwards, George Keenen, Car men Stanziola, Mike Ritz and Charles Wilson. Publicity Committee Publicity, Nancy Cray, chair man; William Herrmann, assist ant; Anne Allan and Dorothy Richardson. Program committee, Steve Perialas, chairman; Dale Hetrick, (Continued on page four) Towel, Paint Can Clues Point to Lion Dauber A white towel tinged with red, and a paint can are chief clues of the College Campus Patrol and the State Police today as they search for the culprit who painted the "T U" on the Nittany Lion shrine. Police today asked any State College resident who provided a room for a Temple student and missing a towel to call the Cam pus Patrol. Information received will not be disclosed. balcony of Ree Hall at 7:30 p.m. today, announced Roy McClertag han, president. Penn State Club Penn State Club members will report to the Penn State Photo Shop at 6:45 p.m. today to have their pictures taken. Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega will meet in 3 Sparks at 7:30 o'clock today. All actives and pledges are urged io attend this important meeting. Phi Epsilon Pi Phi Epsilon Pi and Pi Kappa Phi held mutual congratulation parties for each other on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in celebra tion of capturing the intramural touch football and swimming championships, respectively. AIM Photo Photographs of members of the AIM will be taken at the Penn State Photo Shop at 6:30 p.m. today
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