* .. J Boxing Tickets : Ar Weather: On Sale 1 rl ax H ~:.i.---: e*; 13 rgtatt Fair and Tomorrow Colder ~..., "TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOLUME 49-NUMBER 17 Board Picks Queen Of Campus Freshmen Normally staid and sober Penn State took its first steps on the trail leading to the selection of the outstanding freshman coed in the nation, when the main campus entry, Marjorie Alsberg, wag_ chosen from among nine contenders at the Theta Xi house last night. Miss Alsberg, personable 5-foot, 5-inch brunette transfer from Syracuse University, lives in Melrose Park. Last semester she be longed to the Dramatics Society and was social chairman of her dormitory. At Penn State, she participates in telegraphic swimming, and is interested in Players and Wom en's Student Government As sociation Other Contestants Other contestants for the chance to compete with finalists from seven Penn State Centers were Sonya Brown, Mary Deck er, Nessa Green, Joan Grossman, Patricia Kribs, Ruth Peoples, Jane Strawn and Phyllis Vor sheim. Miss Alsberg will be sponsored by College Sportswear. Entries from the centers will be spon sored by Charles Shop, Sears, Roebuck and Simons Shoe Store. Sponsors will feature their final ist in window displays and ad vertisements. The ultimate winner will be crowned "Miss Penn State Fresh man Coed" and will reign over the premiere of the film "Mother Is a Freshman" at the Cathaum March 10. She will receive $lOO and gifts from local merchants. Judges Male members of the Daily Collegian senior editorial and business boards acted as judges. The final decision was reached after more than an hour of keen and heated discussion. The out come remained in doubt until the final vote was 'taken. Judges were K. John Bargas, John Bonnell, Richard Brossman, Arnold Gerton, Louis Gilbert, Vance Klepper, Brett Kranich, George Latzo, Thomas Morgan, Marlin Weaver and Malcolm White. Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ Clay Confirms Retirement BERLIN—Gen. Lucius D. Clay has confirmed published reports that he wants to retire. Clay says he has informally asked to be relieved of his duties as Amer ican military governor of Ger many. In Washington, Army Sec retary Kenneth Royall" says that no decision has been made— either on Clay's retirement or on the appointment of a successor. Baptists Answer CHICAGO—The North Amer ican Baptist headquarters has answered some charges in the confessions of Protestant church men being tri e d on treason charges in Bulgaria. The Baptist headquarters says there have never been any relations other than religious and missionary contacts between the American Baptist officials and the Bul garians on trial. Minimum Wage Bill WASHINGTON—The House Labor Committee has assembled final testimony for the writing of the Minimum Wage Bill re quested by President Truman. Chairman John Lesinski, of Michigan, predicts the new meas ure will include a jump in the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. Blue Key Dance Blue Key members are re quested to notify William Shade, Delta Upsilon, or Robert Gabriel, Pi Kappa Phi, if planning to at tend the formal dinner-dance Saturday night. Corsages will not be supplied by Blue Key for the dance, Shade said. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1949 VA Notes Cuts In Vets' Checks Waiving of mid-semester sub sistence by veterans at the be ginning of the fall semester was given as the cause for veterans receiving checks lower than the expected amount, the Veterans Administration training officer at the College pointed out yester day. To verify the waiving of sub sistence, said Robert Stroud, the senior training officer, veterans should write to Veterans Admin istration, Registration Section A., 19 N. Main street, Wilkes-Barre, Penna. Stroud explained that veterans who received lower than normal subsistence at one time waived payment for the period from February 1 to February 6 inclu sive and 'declined extension of payment between semesters. Gilbert Lists IBA Ticket Sale Reserved seat and general ad mission tickets will be placed on sale beginning tomorrow for the Intercollegiate Boxing Associa tion title tournament, Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager of ath letics said yesterday. The tickets will be made avail able from 8 a.m. until noon, and again from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the ticket windows of the Athletic Association office, first floor, Old Main. General admission tickets, en titling the purchaser to a bleacher seat on the ground floor of Re creation Building, will be priced at 90 cents per session, or $2.70 for the tournament. Reserved seats on the second floor will be priced at $1.20 each for the first two sessions, and $2.4() for the finals. A series ticket entitling the purchaser to a reserved seat at all three sessions is specially priced at $4.00, and will be given prior ity over individual session tickets. The first round bouts will be held Friday, March 11, starting at 7 p.m., with the semi-finals at 2 p.m. Saturday. March 12, and the finals at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Lion Matmen Spike Navy MIGHTY NAVY HAS BEEN SUNK! Navy's proud wrestling team, unbeaten in dual meet competi tion since 1942, was torpedoed by a surprisingly strong Penn State mat aggregation Saturday in an upset comparable to the Army- Navy tie in football. The Lions, disregarding the lofty perch of the Midshipmen, muscled out a well-earned 20-10 triumph from the hitherto-unbeaten Middies at Annapolis, Md. Coach Ray Swartz's Sailors served as perfect hosts for the Lions, and as a result suffered their first loss in 53 matches. The Navy streak was tarnished only by a 14-14 tie with Princeton two weeks ago. FIVE WINS Coach Charlie Speidel's Blue and White sciliad, one of the three teams that last beat the Naval Academy matmen in 1942, thuk closed out its season with five wins in seven tries. By notching victories in the 'hilosophersChoose 'Twixt Socrates And Pig Would you rather be a pig or be Socrates? This is rot part of the once popular song, "Swinging on a Star", but was a question asked in a philosophy two class last Fri day. Some fellow in the back of the room answered, "Pig". When Dr. Mourant asked him to defend his statement the repiy was, " It was just a joke". However, this did not deter the professor. He said, "Someone de fend the life of a pig even though you may not believe it is a better life." Someone volunteered that a pig would not hape the responsib.l ities of a man's life. Another person remarked that Socrates would probably gain more pleas ure from his arguments than a pig from wallowing around in the mud. Defending the pig, one girl be gan, "From a pig's point of view. . ." After the class had calmed down, she explained that what she had meant to say was that a pig couldn't know what he was missing, and furthermore, how could a human know how a pig would feel? McCoy Heads State Nominees Howard McCoy heads the slate of preliminary nominations for clique officers placed before the State party Sunday night. Six nominations were pre sented to the floor, almost all by the State party steering com mittee. In addition to McCoy, who was nominated for clique chairman, the prospective officers put forth were Roger Rowland, clique vice chairman; Martha McMillan, clique secretary; Herbert Arn old, clique finance chairman; and Isobel Greig and Sue Sharbaugh for junior clique chairman. For the remaining offices, which include all senior clique officers and junior clique vice chairman an d secretary - treas urer, there were no nominations offered. Final nominations and elec tions of clique officers will be made at Sunday's meeting. Main business on the agenda was an explanation of the work ings of petition forms which re quire 15 signatures before a rep resentative is admitted as a vot ing member of the party. Peti tions will be turned in at the Sunday meeting. Robert Keller, whose unofficial resignation was reported last week, officially resigned at last Sunday's. meeting. Joel Bachman, clique vice-chairman, is acting as temporary chairman until the elections Sunday. first four weights, the Nittanies grabbed a lead which they did not relinquish. Captain Georgie Schautz, Jack Dreibelbis, Don Arbuckle and Larry Shallcross built up a 14- 0 margin, before Navy wrested its first victory in the '55-bound class when Bill Santel fell into a pinning hold and lost to unbeaten Bart Downes. Shautz, Drc,bel bis and Arbuckle copped de cision wins, while Sl.lllcross was awarded his 145-pound tilt with Charles Dißenedetto by default. CORMAN Bil Corman added threo more points to the Lion total as he de cisioned Floyd Holloway, 6-2, in the 165-pound set-to, and clinched the win for the v,.siting Statemen. Bob Markle lost by a fall at 175 pounds, but big Homer Barr ended his first season by gaining his seventh straight win from Jim Hunt, Navy heavyweight, 5-0. Dreibelbis' bout with Navy's 128-pound Tim Mahoney and the Student Councils Elect 21 Members Education Names Nine Councilmen Nine representatives, three from each of the School's divi sions, were elected to the Educa tion Student Council ,at last week's elections, Robert Gabriel. acting president announced yes terday. Those elected were Robert Ga briel, Erwin Lesser, and James McDougall, psychology. William Brodsky, Ruth Leh man, and Frances Nichols. sec ondary education. Patricia Botkin, Nancy Men denhall, and Jane Swagler, ele mentary. education. This year the elections were moved from May of each year to February according to a recent revision of the Council constitu tion. The candidates who turned their pictures in prior to the el ection may pick them up at the Student Union desk today, Five O'Clock Theatre "St. Levy's," a Five O'Clock Theatre production written by Henry Glass and directed by Steve Perialas, will be pre sented in the Little Theatre, Old Main, this afternoon. The cast includes Francis Fatsie, Thomas Lyon, Theo dore Mann, Arthur Ward and Daniel Wargo. Exchange to Halt Payment for Books This will be the final week for students who left books at the BX to claim the unsold textbooks or money, Joanne Hobbs, BX chairman, said yesterday. Hours at which books and money may be obtained this week are: Tuesday-1 to 5 p.m. Thursday-1 to 5 p.m. Saturday-9 a.m. to 12 noon Any books which have not been claimed by Saturday noon will be sold to a foreign ex change, Miss Hobbs warned. Parliamentary Movie Movies on parliamentary pro cedure will be shown at the In tercollegiate Confercnce on Gov ernment meeting in 10 Sparks at 8 p.m. tonight. Seniors Seniors are again reminded by T err y Ruhlman, senior class president, that sugges tions for the senior gift may be turned in to Student Union desk in Old Main within the next two weeks. Streak, 20-10 136-pound battle between Ar buckle of the Blue and White and John Reid were the afternoon's most exciting fights. Dreibelbis captured his fourth consecutive triumph by 10-6, when he managed a takedown, two reverses, a near-fall•and two minutes' time to Mahoney's two escapes, takedown and near-fall. 136-pound Arbuckle slithered by Reid on a 6-5 count by virtue of a "do-or-die" takedown in the last minute. The summary: 121 pound, - -Schantz, Penn State, deci- SiIMICII Ed 128 pounds—Dreibelbis, Penn State, de , famed hlatemey, Ithd 13G Pounds Arbuckle, Pena Slate, de• I,ioned Reid, 115 pounds. Shalleruds, Penn State. woo by default over Diliennetlettu. 155 pounds--Downes, Navy, pinned Santel in 4:4'9 with body press. 165 pound--Cornuin, Penn State. deei soned Holloway. 5-2. Sib pounds— Wisherd, Navy, pinned Markle in 4:31 with reverse cradle. Unlimited—Barr, Yeun State, leciaioned Bunt. 6-4. PRICE FIVE CENTS Sophs Tally Low in Engineering Vote Elections for the Engineering Student Council were held Fri day with 42 per cent of the jun iors and 27 per cent of the sopho mores participating. Representatives elected were William Meholick and William Hendershott, aeronautical; Rob ert Tinstman and Joseph Kel vington, architecture; George Land and James Etzel, civil. Frederick Auch and Blair Fis sel, electrical; George Oehmler and Harold Bowditch, industrial; and Jesse Kehres and Donald Hackenberry, mechanical. The first man named in each depart ment is next year's senior repre sentative. The newly elected representa tives will meet for the first time March 8, together with the old council, which will serve until the end of the semester. Juniors led sophomores in vot— ing percentages in every depart-. ment. They led in Aero 33 per cent to 27 per cent, in architec ture 90 to 75, in CE 23 to 19, in EE 50 to 23, in IE 51 to 21, and in ME 23 to 10, according to Milton Stone, council president. Independents Elect Four Councilmen Four independent men were elected to fill vacancies in the AIM council, said William Nor cross, AIM election committee chairman. Francis Barnes was elected to fill the Ward 10 vacancy; George Fisher to Ward 17 and John Gout to Ward 19. Robert Davit re places Edward Armsby as Irvin Hall representative to AIM. No elections were held in either Nittany Dorms or Pollock Circle. Norcross stated that elec tions in those areas will be held in the near future. News Briefs Belles Lettres Club The Belles Lettres Club will meet in Northeast Atherton Lounge at 7 p.m. today. Mr. Freidrich will speak on the topie "He Called It Melancholy." Sociology Club Drs. Effie Ireland and Cath erine Ed get t, superintendents from Laurelton State Village, will speak at the meeting of the Sociology Club in 121 Sparks at 7 p.m. today. Kodachrome slides on the training program will be shown. Psychological Society Psychological Society will meet in 204 Burrowes at 7 p.m. today to elect officers. Bridge Club Postponed Men's Bridge Club meeting. scheduled for today, has been postponed until Thursday. Meet ing will be held in 418 Old Main at the usual time. /CG Meeting Intercollegiate Conference oa Government will meet in 10 Sparks at 8 p.m. today. Movies on parliamentary procedure will he shown. Froth Love Notes Pinnings. engagements, an d marriages for Froth's Old Mania column must be turned in at Student Union by noon tomor row. Spring Queen Pictures Pictures of contestants fo r Spring Queen may be picked up at Student Union by the con testants or members of al, groups entering them.
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