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"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.