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"TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 22
awther Resigns as Basketball Coach
Staters Elect McCoy
To Clique Chairmanship
Howard McCoy, a junior in the School of Home Economics, will
direct the fortunes of the State party for the 1949-50 year.
McCoy was unanimously elected All-College clique chairman at
elections held in 121 Sparks Sunday night. He replaces retiring
temporary chairman Joel Bachman, who relinquished office immedi
ately after the balloting. Bachman assumed the postion last week
after the resignation of regular
chairman Bob Keller.
An entire slate of all-college
and class clique officers was also
carried into office behind McCoy
in uncontested voting.
Roger Rowland, clique vice
chairman; Herbert Arnold, fi
nance chairman; Martha McMil
lan, secretary; James Richards,
senior class clique chairman and
Isabel Greig, junior class clique
chairman, were all unopposed for
their respective offices.
Every person elected but Rich
ards was nominated by the steer
ing committee at last week's
meeting. Sue Sharbaugh, who
was nominated for junior clique
chairman in opposition to Miss
Greig last week, withdrew her
nomination.
McCoy's first act after assum
ing the chairmanship was to ap
point a platform committee and
publicity chairmen for the com
ing spring elections.
He named Jeff Hathaway, all
college publicity chairman; John
Hunter, senior class publicity
chairman.
Preceding the elections, repre
sentatives of the party submitted
petition forms bearing 15 names
to qualify them for voting. The
forms were distributed last week.
In order to raise funds for the
coming election campaigns, the
clique decided to raffle off a table
model radio. Raffle books were
passed out to representatives after
the meeting.
Preliminary nominations to se
lect candidates for the all-college
and class elections will be held
March 20 for both the Lion and
State party, and final nominations
made March 27. Provision for
joint nominations on the preced
ing dates was made by the All-
College Elections Committee in
its report approved by Cabinet
last week.
The committee also set the elec
tions for April 6 and 7. Ballot
ing will be conducted on the sec
ond floor balcony of Old Main.
Five O'Clock Theatre
"Rewrite," fantasy in three
scenes by Thomas Lyon, will
be presented by the Five
O'Clock Theatre in the Little
Theatre, Old Main, this after
noon.
Steve Perialas is student dir
ector. The cast includes Fran
cis Fatale, Hurley Graffius,
Timothy Hayes and Inga Hoff
mann.
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Appropriation Falls Below Need
Gov. James H. Duff's recommendation for 1949-1951 College
appropriation is more than $3,000,000 below the institution's esti
mated needs.
This was emphasized in a statement by Acting President James
Milholland in a discussion of College appropriations now being
considered by the General Assembly in Harrisburg.
Pointing out that Governor
Duff's total recommendations of
$18,386,000 may lead people to
draw "erroneous conclusions that
funds for general maintenance of
the College have been increased,"
Mr. Milholland declared:
"During the present biennium
the College received $9,050,000
for general maintenance and to
finance a specific group of re
search projects. We estimate that
the maintenance of a comparable
program during the 1949-1951
biennium will require $13,425,000
which is the sum we requested.
The governor's reeonunendation
Dorms Sponsor
Weekly Forums
The Pollock Circle Dormitory
council in cooperation with the
Nittany Dorm council has set up
a committee to sponsor a series of
weekly forum talks at the PUB
on subjects of interest to men
students.
John Ogro, of the Pollock coun
cil, is chairman and Frank Lucia,
of the Nittany council, is vice
chairman.
Two forums on courtship and
marriage already have been held,
the most recent being a talk by
Harrison M. Tietz, professor of
human anatomy and physiology,
on Thursday evening.
Men in to dormitory area have
been asked by Ogro to suggest to
him topics for the forums.
Other committee heads also
have been named by Council
President James Balog. They are
John Kelly, sports and games;
Richard Pioli, publicity; George
Gruber, co-recreational; William
Witsell, music; Jack Moore, hob
bies and crafts and Calvin Mar
shall, movies.
In addition, Balog has named
Marshall as head of public works
and safety, Witsell as chief fire
marshal, and Edward Merkel as
head of the food committee.
Ina . recent meeting, the coun
cil rejected a proposal from the
dean of men's office that men be
segregated into dormitories ac
cording to their schools or cur
ricula.
The council also laid tentative
plans for participation in the As
sociation of Independent Men and
heard a report on dormitory
recreation work by Recreation
Director James Kline.
Stardusters To Play
For Forestry Ball
There will be dancing to the
music of the "Stardusters" in the
TUB from nine to twelve Satur
day when the Forestry Society
holds its annual ball.
Tickets for the dimce are $1.50
per couple and can be bought at
Student Union, Forestry - Build
ing, or from any member of the
Forestry Society. The theme will
be "outdoors" and the dress in
formal, said Walter Gabel, dance
chairman.
Last year's For e s t r y Ball
marked the official opening of
the TUB to organization dances.
for those purposes wa5.510,386,-
000 which is $1,336,000 more than
the 1947-1949 appropriations but
$3,039,000 below our estimated
needs."
Writing on "The President's
Page" of "The College," a maga
zine for the institution's staff,
Mr. Milholland said $570,000 ad
ditional was requested for equip
ment for the new Mineral Sciences
building, the new classroom
building and the plant industries
building, and $15,000,000 for the
construction of "badly needed"
classroom laboratory buildings.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1949
Ed Bulletin Offers
Fifteen Points
For Chairman
At sometime during the four
years the average student spends
in college, he is usually called up
on to preside over a committee or
club meeting. Whether it's a
school student council or only a
"keep off the' stairs and wear out
the banister" committee meeting,
if the student has some idea of
his duties as chairman or discus
sion leader he can do a much
more effective job.
The Education Bulletin of the
Pennsylvania State Education As
sociation has offered fifteen points
for its local association officers to
follow. If student leaders can re
member some of these pointers
when called upon to preside, they
will be greatly aided in doing a
better job of conducting their
meetings.
The Bulletin recommends hav
ing an agenda to help keep the
meeting on the beam and to save
time. Read the agenda aloud and
state the purpose of the meeting.
Keep the meeting moving for in
terest lags when action lags. As
chairman, you are the spearhead
of the meeting and knowing what
it is all about you should be able
to keep the rest of the assembly
informed.
Another point emphasized,
among the fifteen, is to avoid gen
eral hubbub. When everybody
talks at once, nobody can he
heard. The chairman must insist
on order. You should avoid talk
ing to individuals as this will dis
rupt the meeting. Keep the speak-
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Work Manages
Livestock Show
James Work was recently
named manager of Block and
Bridle's "Little International"
livestock show. Assisting Work
with the management is Donald
Clapper.
Drawings for animals to be en
tered in the exhibition will be
held in 206 Agriculture at 7p.m.
Tuesday. Students will have un
til show time, April 30, to fit their
animals.
Committeemen for the show in
clude William Garret and Dennis
Mizdail, beef cattle; Glen Camp
bell, Thomas King, and William
King, sheep; Rolland Herring and
Francis Kirk, swine; Horace
Mann and James Pound, horses.
William Sal om and Waldo
Weaver, special features; Paul
Beck and Cole Price, banquet;
Lois Peters and Donald Thomas,
decorations; James Bookheimer,
Donald Clapper, and Arch Ritter,
awards.
William Bechmann, Robert
Houston, and John Ziegler, cata
log; Samuel Ranck, John Melchor,
and Albert Sheinfeld, publicity.
C & F Honorary
Pledges Rushees
Delta Sigma Pi, national com
merce fraternity, will hold formal
pledging ceremonies for 51 recent
rushees in 128 Sparks at 7 p.m.
tonight, announced Edwin Man
beck, president.
Since there is a Commerce 60
examination at the same time
which conflicts with the 7 p.m.
ceremonies, men taking this exam
will be pledged at 8 p.m. in the
same room.
All Delta Sigma Pi officers and
other actives are urged to attend
this meeting since a photographe'r
will be present to take group pic
tures for the national publication,
the Deltasig.
Tomorrow night the fraternity
will sponsor a lecture entitled,
"Banking and Housing Problems,"
at 121 Sparks at 8 p.m.
This lecture will consist of a
group of three short addresses by
local authorities on vital banking
and housing problems and is open
to all students.
Rounds Out 23-Year Career;
Assistant Gross Takes Post
By Tom Morgan
"I've been traveling with the game since 1919, and I think 30
years of basketball ought to be enough for anybody." Thus John
D. Lawther, Penn State basketball coach, spoke yesterday three
hours after word of his resignation from the post was flashed by
wire throughout national basketball circles.
After 13 years of coaching Nittany basketball teams, Lawther
resigned to devote his full time to teaching and his assistant, Elmer
A. Gross, was immediately ele
vated to the position.
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, stated that Lawther had
asked to be relieved of his coach
ing duties earlier in the year but
had been persuaded to finish the
present season.
RECOMMENDED
John Lowther
Men Can Make
Calls Until 12
Men living in dormitories on
campus may make telephone calls
or receive calls until midnight un
der a trial plan placed in effect
this month, George W. Ebert, di
rector of the Physical Plant, said
today.
Last September, when ail dor
mitory telephones were connected
to the switchboard in Simmons
Hall, telephone service was dis
continued after 10 p.m. Prior to
that time, pay telephones were
used in the dormitories.
One of the reasons for discon
tinuing service after 10 p.m. was
the inability to employ operators
who would be willing to work un
til midnight. The test plan will
enable the College to determine
the telephone load after 10 p.m.
and to study the possibility of em
ploying the required personnel.
Hasslocker Tries
For E.E. Prize
George J. Hasslacker will rep
resent the Penn State student
branch of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers in a prize
paper contest in Pittsburgh today.
Winner of the Penn State con
test, Hasslacker will present his
paper entitled "Transistors" in
competition with winners from
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Pittsburgh, and West Virginia.
Prizes Mount for Contest Winner
A photography contest, complete selection of patrons, partial
list of prizes and a special dinner are the latest innovations to the
hullabaloo leading up to the selection of "Miss Penn State Fresh
man Coed" and her crowning Thursday night
As tokens of her success, the
gifts of merchandise, will reign ON
Is a Freshman" at the Cathaum
theater and will compete with
freshman coeds from 15 other
universities for a week's vaca
tion visit in Hollywood
Aspiring shutterbugs will strive
to take the best picture of the
queen, for a $23.30 tripod, donat
ed by the Penn State Photo Shop,
sponsors of the contest.
Details and rules will be ex
plained to contestants in the Col
legian office, Carnegie Hall at
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Dr. Schott also said that Gross
had been appointed to the vac
ancy on the recommendation of
his predecessor. Commenting on
Gross' appointment to succeed
him, Lawther declared:
"I thought my assistant, Elmer
Gross, could take over and do as
well or better than I. If I didn't
think this, I never would have
given up the job."
A professor of physical educa
tion, Lawther will continue as a
member of the faculty, while
Gross will assume command of
next year's basketball squad im
mediately and also will continue
in his present capacity of instruc
tor of physical education.
Gross, the new coach, expressed
elation over his appointment,
stating:
"I have the greatest admira
tion - Tor Lawther. He knows
basketball inside and out. I'm
happy to have the chance to fol
low him and, as for next year's
team, I shall try to fit a system
to the players available. Lawther
has done a magnificent job in this
respect, and my aim will be to
follow in his footsteps as well as
possible."
SUCCESS
The 49-year-old Lawther, who
came to Penn State from his alma
mater, Westminster college in
1936, enjoyed considerable suc
cess over the years and Saturday
night's 61-32 victory over George
town brought his season record
to seven wins and 10 losses, and
his 13-year Penn State mark to
149 wins and 93 losses. This means
that Lawther won 62 per cent of
his games while a Penn State
basketball tutor.
At Westminster, where he had
previously coached, he enjoyed
even greater success. His 166 wins
and 35 losses in ten years there
bring his all-college record to
315 victories and 128 defeats, or
a winning average of 74 per cent.
His successor, a star player un
der Lawther during the 1940,
1941 and 1942 seasons, returned
to the campus as a graduate stu
dent and assistant coach in 1945,
and two years ago was named as
a full-time instructor and assist
ant coach.
Lawther had done outstanding
work in educational psychology
and will continue in the field. Be
sides several other courses, he is
the instructor for physical educa-
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ucky beauty will receive $lOO and
er the world premiere of "Mother
p.m. today, by Marlin Weaver,
promotion co-manager.
Coed beauty finalists, selected
from four off-campus centers and
the main campus, will be spon
sored by State College business
men, by means of window dis
plays, advertisements and other
promotion schemes.
The finalists, their origin, spon
sors and gifts are:
Marjorie Alsberg,
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