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ILLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1949 ' r.
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49—NUMBER 25 PRICE FIVE CENTS
STATE CO
VOLUME
EIBA Releases First Round Pairings
United Jewish Appeal
Sets Goal at $4500
The opening kick-off of the
Csllege United Jewish Appeal
campaign will take place at the
Hillel Foundation 2 p.m. Sunday.
The goal for 1949 is $4,500. This
amount is 12 1 / 2 percent higher
than the 1948 goal.
Open Meeting
Sylvia Levy, general chairman
of the drive urges all students in
terested In helping th e campaign
to attend the opening meeting.
Highlight of the campaign will
be the Purim Carnival to be held
at the Foundation Saturday night,
March 20. Proceeds from the car
nival will go to the United Jew
ish Appeal. Booths will be spon
sored by fraternities, sororities
and independent groups at the
carnival.
King and Queen
Ballot for a Purim king and
queen to reign at the carnival will
be cast the night of the festivities.
Nominations are being received
at the Foundation. Corrine Eng
elsberg and Murray Bernstein are
in charge of carnival arrange
ments.
"Empty th e camps in 1949" is
the theme of the United Jewish
Appeal campaign. Funds raised
by the drive will be employed to
transport 180,000 displaced per
sons to Israel during 1949.
Besides moving the displaced
persons to Israel. campaign funds
will be used to build homes and
create a new life throughout Is
rael, Miss Levy pointed out. The
funds will also be used for the
maintenanc e of American Jewish
cultural, religious, and philan
thropic institutions.
News Agency
Persons who have subscribed
to the Student News Agency's
Sunday .paper .delivery. and
have changed address should
contact Joseph Reinheimer at
6711, extension 212 immed
iately.
Subscribers who do not re
ceive their papers before 10:30
a.m. on Sunday should call
6711-212 to insure delivery.
Mine Workers May Strike,
Says Official to Congress
WASHINGTON A United
Mine Workers spokesman has
hinted to Congress that a new coal
strike may be in the offing. Union
Secretary-Treasurer John Owen,
told a Senate committee that "the
miners are becoming impatient
and angry" over what he said
was the delay on safety. The
immediate point at issue was
union opposition to the appoint
ment of James Boyd as director of
the federal Bureau of Mines.
Danes View Pact
COPENHAGEN Denmark's
foreign minister has told his
country there is no doubt Den
mark must look to the Atlantic
Pack an agreement which he de
BILL KELLUM
Army Heavyweight
WSSF to Choose
Foreign Project
A final decision on a campus
World Student Service Fund pro
ject will be made at an open meet
ing of WSSF committees in 304
Old Main 7 p.m. Sunday. WSSF
will also decide whether to ac
cept Cabinet's proposal to han
dle the Spring Week Carnival
with proceeds going to WSSF as
designated by Cabinet.
Although Cabinet criticised a
proposed WSSF plan of sending
money for medical supplies to
Bulgaria, Mark Mean and Donald
Copelin, co-chairmen of the cam
pus WSSF committee, stressed
yesterday that the project was
only a tentative one and decision
will not be made until Sunday
night.
Other projects being consider
ed are books and medical supplies
to the Philippines, a student tu
berculosis sanatorium in Bul
garia or a general allotment for
medical supplies to a number of
selected countries.
"This Is'Their Story," a movie
sponsored by WSSF and UNES
CO will be shown at the meet
ing. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
scribed as "of peace and defense."
The foreign minister said the
choice is between the defense
pact and "complete isolation."
Taft vs. Filibuster
WASHINGTON Administra
tion efforts to break the South
ern filibuster are having hard
going but influential Republican
Senator Robert Taft is lending
his support. The Ohio Senator
told newsmen that if Vice Presi
dent Barkley rules that debate
can be limited on a motion to
take up the controversial change
in Senate rules, he will support
the decision.
Rosemary Larsen
Draz Opposes
Kellum; Corleto
Meets Crandell
Pairings for the 26th annual
Intercollegiate Boxing Associa
tion Tournament, the largest
since pre-war days, were held at
the Nittany Linn Inn last night.
All teams will be represented
at full strength except Western
Maryland's Green Terrors who
failed to enter a man in the 125-
pound division. Catholic Univer
sity's Coach Eddie LaFond at the
last minute withdrew his alter
nate heavyweight entry, Frank
Strasburger, from the lineup and
Virginia's Coach Al York fol
lowed suit by withdrawing his
entrant, Allen Smith.
Heavyweight
Only four heavyweights re
main in the tourney and after a
short discussion it was decided
to have the semi-finals of the un
limited class staged on Friday
night instead of the planned Sat
urday afternoon date.
Since only four heavyweight
contestants are entered, all four
automatically move into the
semi - final rou n d. Defending
Eastern crown-wearer, Chuck
Drazenovich of Penn State, meets
lanky Army heavy Bill Kellum.
Earlier in the season the .two met
in a Rec Hall dual meet which
ended in a draw.
Sophomore Syracuse sensa
tion, dynamite - punching Marty
Crandell opposes ring-wise Joe
Corleto of Western Maryland.
Corleto has competed in three
EIBA championships and was the
lone conqueror of Drazenovich
last season.
Bang Han Draws Bye
Lion Captain John Benglian
drew a bye in the first round of
fisticuffing as did Western Mary
land's Henry Mueller. These
two meet in tomorrow after
noon's semi - finals in th e 130-
pound weight division.
Top-seeded in the 130-pound
Continued on page four
News Briefs
Senior Engineering
Mr. J. C. McKeon, of Westing
house Electri.c, will deliver the
senior engineering lecture in
Schwab Auditorium at 4:10 p.m.
today. The topic of his speech
will be "The Induction Period in
Industry Following Graduation."
Block and Bridle
from Springfield Mass.) College,
able for students interested in
fitting and showing them in the
Block and Bridle's "Little Inter
national" show April 30. Inform
ation can be obtained from James
Work, show manages.
Bible Fellowship
The Rev. George McNeely will
speak on "Christ, Our Priest" at
the meeting of the Penn State
Bible Fellowship in 417 Old Main
at 7:30 p.m. today. The Rev.
Frank Gabelein will lead the
Bible study in the same room at
4 pan. Sunday.
Erie Queen Crowned at Premiere
A new star of beauty and tal
ent arose over the Penn State
firmament last night when Rose
mary Larsen of the Erie center
was named "Miss Penn State
Freshman Coed" at the Cathaum
theater premiere of "Mother Is
a Freshman."
A painter and model, both
photographer's and dressmaker's,
Miss Larsen is a 5-foot, 5-inch
blonde, who is majoring in edu
cational psychology and is a
member of the Spanish Club.
Her photograph won first prize
out of 500 prints in a Chicago
photo exhibit. The 19-year-old
queen, who will compete for a
national award of a trip to Hol- 1
lywood, was head drum major of
Erie Academy High School's band
For four years.
Presented by Henry Glass, per
ennial master of ceremonies, the
Finance Committee Aids
Spring Week Carnival
MARTY CRANDELL
Syracuse Heavyweight
'Moon' Ticket
Sale Opens
Tickets for "Dark of the Moon,"
Players production being pre
sented next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, will go on sale
at Student Union, 1 p.m. Mon
day.
Opening night seats are avail
able for 60 cents, and those for
following nights are priced at $l.
The play, written by Howard
Richardson and William Berney,
will be directed by Robert Reif
sneider, instructor in dramatics.
Diane Scuderi and Richard Evans
head a cast of 29, which includes
singers and dancers.
Mountain ditties and Burl Ives
styled songs add flavor to the
poetic fantasy. Dance sequences
include the lively, zestful gyra
tions of the square-dancing hu
man characters and the weird,
unearthly grace of witches.
The theme of "Dark of the
Moon" is based on the supersti
tion and folklore of the Smoky
Mountain region. Elements of
comedy, tragedy and fantasy com
bine with mystery and suspense
to make what is said to be an
intriguing and coherent whole.
Queen Finalists To Continue
Whirl of Campus Activities
The whirl of activities for
Rosemary Larsen, "Miss Penn
State Freshman Coed," and her
cote ie of four fnali-ts, ci.d not
end with lu.t night's premiere of
"Mother Is a Freshman," at the
Cathaum
Among today's events are a
phologr.Aphy contest, tour of the
campus and lunch at Cook's res
taurant.
Entrants ,n the Penn State
Photo Shop contest for the best
photograph of Miss Larsen will
take the picture:, at the Allen
crest between 10,30 a.m. anti
noon.
Those signed up so far to com
pete for a tripod are Arthur Ben
aing, John Curter, Marlin Fun
finalists from four off-campus
centers and the main campus,
were judged on the basis of popu
lar vote, beauty, artistic taleak
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES
9:00 - 10:30—Tour Campus
10:30 - noon Winner photo
graphed by
contestants, at
Allencrest
noon - I:oo—Lunch at Cook's
extra-curricular activities and
scholastic achievement.
Judges were William Lawless,
All-College president; Terrell
Ruhlman, senior class president;
George Chapman, Interfraternity
Council president; William Pros
ser, Association of Independent
Men; and Lewis Stone, Daily Col_
legian editor.
Interclass Finance Committee
decided last night to give full fi
nancial support to the Spring
Week Carnival to be held March
31 from 2-10 p.m. on South Al
len Street. The Committee,
through All-College Cabinet, will
present the sponsors of the best
booth at the Carnival with a $l9O
Magnavox console radio-phono
graph.
Promotion and publicity will
also be financed by the Committee
along with a $l5 allowance for
each booth to cover construction
costs.
Immediately after the meeting,
the Spring Week Committee re
leased the rules for the construc
tion, and maintainance of the
booths.
$5 Deposit
Each group sponsoring a booth
must make a five dollar deposit
to insure a place at the Carnival.
The deposit will be returned after
the Carnival provided the booth
is cleaned up by midnight of
March 31.
Each organization will be al
lowed up to $l5 for booth con
struction expenses. Money for
booth prizes may be deducted
from the gross receipts after the
booth construction allowance has
been covered.
Although the sponsors will be
allowed expenses for construc
tion, the risk of the booth prizes
is held by its sponsors.
Organizations competing for the
grand prizes may not sponsor
food-selling booths, and activity
must be restricted to the confines
of a booth.
Other Prizes
In addition to the Magnavox
radio, the Committee will present
$25 worth of records to the sec
ond place winners and $l5 worth
of records to the third place win
ners.
Prizes will he awarded to the
organizations turning in the larg
est receipts earned by their booth.
All booth sales will be conducted
by the use of tickets which wil/
be available the day of the Car
nival.
Applications sl mild be turned
in to the Spring Week Committee
at the Student Union Desk before
5 p.m. March 18.
ka, William Geiger and David
Winton.
In addition to Miss Larsen, who
represent s Erie, other finalists
were Marjorie Alsberg, main
campus; Patricia Bowles, Swarth
more; Shirley Lung, Harrisburg;
and Mary Lou Pollock, Hazleton.
Phi Mu Alpha
Phi Mu Alpha, music honorary,
under the presidency of Russ
Nickerson. is now going into the
end of their first year in putting
on classical music programs over
WMAJ.
These programs are designed
for listening while studying. They
are on Tutsday and Thursday
from 8 to 8:30 p.m. and on Sun
day from 8 to 9 p.m.