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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 31
IFC Schedules April 12
For Council Elections
Elections for IFC officers have been slated for Tuesday, April
12, announced George Chapman, IFC president.
Nominations for council officers will be accepted at Student
Union desk on April 4 and 5. Offices to be filled are IFC president,
vice-president and secretary-treasurer.
Nomination Rules
Any fraternity member may be nominated or may nominate
himself. All men who are nomin
ated must be sixth semester stu
dents now, or seventh semester
next fall, and eligible to graduate
at the conclusion of the Spring
semester next year. All nominees
must have a one All-College av
erage,
Each fraternity in the council
will be allowed one vote in the
final election of officers.
Jack Fast, IFC vice-prexy and
chairman of the
Panhel-IFC
urges all fratl
nities to turn
fraternity
or banners to
displayed at
ball, to Stud(
Union by Mai
28. Fast also (
courages all fi
ternities to p,
ticipate in t
Spring W
carnival.
IFC sing chair
man, Tom Yemm, reminds all fra
ternity groups that tomorrow is
the deadline for entry in the song
Continued on page four
Late AP News. Courtesy WMAJ
Security Pact
Warns Russians
WASHINGTON Russia can
expect quick retaliation by the
United States if it tries any ag
gressive moves in Western Eur
ope. This warning is contained
in the North Atlantic Security
Pact, the full text of which was
made public yesterday.
The treaty contains a hair
trigger de f ens e clause which
would automatically put the
United States on the side of any
member nation attacked by an
outside power, and includes pro
visions for armed help, even to
the extent of war. However, in
the case of the United States,
Congress would first have to ap
prove such action.
Approve School Bills
WASHINGTON The Senate
Labor and Welfare Committee
approved two bills providing for
federal aid to schools. One bill
would commit the government to
pay out $3OO million a year to
help the states run their schools.
The other would set aside $35
million a year for school health
programs.
Secondary Education
The Secondary Education Asso
ciation will meet in 401 Old Main
at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Students
who have been practic e teaching
will take part in an informal dis
cussion concerning their practice
teaching experiences.
Political Meetings
There will be a meeting of the
State party in 405 Old Main at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The Lion
Clique meets in 10 Sparks at 8
p.m. tomorrow.
Ed Student Council
Educatkm Student Council will
meet in 125 Sparks at 8:30 p.m.
Monday. Robert Gabriel, council
president, announced that mem
bers wishing to order a key
should bring $3 to the meeting.
Dairy Show Drawing
Drawing for cows to be fitted
and showed in the Dairy Show
Ma Dairy
will be held in 117
g at 7:30 9.m. Tuesday.
College Shows
Art Displays
A collection of color prints by
well-known American artists is
currently on display in the Main
Engineering building and an ex
tensive exhibit of • color repro
ductions is being planned for
next Tuesday in the Home Eco
nomics building.
The current exhibit, which is
located on the third floor of Main
Engineering, includes such paint
ers as Leon Kroll, Joseph Hirsch,
Thomas Benton, Millard Sheets,
and Grant Woods. The paintings
are in oils and water colors.
Next Tuesday's exhibit, held
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in 220 Home
Economics, will be conducted by
Conde Kennedy and will include
paintings and drawings after the
old masters. Reproductions ex
hibited will be, available for sale.
Thomas Benton's "Music Les
son" and Adolf Dehn's "Minne
sota Farm" are included in the
current showing. Some of Dehn's
work was exhibited with the
Gimbel Collection at the College
last year.
Chapman
The exhibit, showing work of
18 artists in all, will be open
until March 26.
Library Adds
Micro Reader
The newest thing in books is
not a book at all, but a 3 x 5 in
dex card which carries the text
of the book.
Th e College Library is among
the first in the country to install
a Micro Reader which makes it
possible to read this postcard
size "book."
The card contains the usual
bibliographic material found on
an index card, but also contains
in greatly reduced micro print the
text of the book. As many •as 100
pages may be printed on one card.
To read the "book," the card is
placed in the Micro reader and the
text is projected on a screen. Any
page on the card can be focused
and enlarged.
"Th e new device is not intend
ed to replace books," Mrs. Mar
garet K. Spangler, assistant li
brarian explains, "but will make
available many rare works that
now are out of print."
News Briefs
World Series Film
"The World Series of 1948", a
movie sponsored by the 4-H Club,
will pe shown in 121 Sparks at
8 p.m. Monday. Ernest Yocum,
4-H Club publicity committee, an
nounced that the doors will open
at 7:30 p.m. for all agriculture
students interested in seeing the
film.
Penn State Players
All Playecs and associate Play
ers are cordially invited to a spe
cial performance of Prof. Warren
S. Smith's new play, "This Side
of Bedlam," to be held at Centre
Stage next Thursday, announced
Hank Glass. Please sign up at
the Dramatics office not later
than Monday to be sure of a re
s erv,a tion.
Thespians
The cast, crew heads and crew
members for Thespians' produc
tion of "Poor Mr. Varnum" have
been asked to report to ..101 Old
Main at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1949
Speaks Tomorrow
Dr. Hornell N. Hart, profes
sor of sociology at Duke Uni
versity, will speak on "The
Inner Light and the Future of
Civilization" in 121 Sparks, 8
p.m. tomorrow.
Dr. Hart, author of many
books in the field of social
ethics and religion, will be
sponsored by the Penn State
Christian Association and the
State College Friends Meeting.
Belles Brave Slush
To Button Hole
Subscribers
A little bit of the South blew
into State College Friday, along
with• the snow.
Students shuffling through the
slush on the Mall were being
button-holed by some sweet,
you n g, Southern things who
wanted to know if they would
mind answering "jus' one li'l ole
question—want to buy a maga
zine subscription?"
Some wondered just what a
Georgia "Reader's Service" was
doing peddling magazines• on the
College campus and others were
just interested in such sales pro
moting remarks as: "My, but y'all
have pretty eyes. O'cawse that
isn't paht of mah regular sales
talk."
Honorary Picks
New Officers
Alpha Phi Omega, honorary
service fraternity, elected officers
recently. Those elected were Rob
ert Cook, president; James Rich
ards, vice - president; Rob e rt
Dieckmann, treasurer; William
Zeller, recording secretary; Paul
Shogren, corresponding secre
tary; Robert Keys, alumni secre
tary; Richard Kustin, historian;
Elwood Rittenhouse, f a cult y
chairman.
The fraternity has also pledged
44 men. They are Richard Al
bright, Donald Aurand, Ned Bell,
Hugh Black, Harold Bowditch,
Robert Brumherg, Robert Cza
piewski, Maurice Durand, George
Duvall, Albert Fegley, Oscar
Fleisher, Carl Fry, William Glov.
Hubert Haugh, Arthur Jaffe,
Arthur Keen, James Kohl, Wil
liam Lancaster, Owen Landar.
Thomas Larimer, David Lock ard,
Bernard McC o y, Russell Mc-
Lauchlan, Edward Merek. Ken
dall Me r rit t, Robert Moser,
Vance Moyer, Herbert Oxford,
James Phillips, Donald Reinhard.
Thomas Rickert, Richard Rit
tenhouse, Kenneth Rockey, Paul
Rowling, Thomas Sadler, Charles
Schlotter, Clifford Sellers, David
Silverberg, William Smiles, G6r
ald Smith, Theodore Williams,
Clarke Young, William Zakor,
Robert Zarr.
Gift Vote Tomorrow
The senior class will meet
in Schwab Auditorium at 6:45
p.m. tomorrow to vote on ac
ceptance of senior gift pro
posals.
College Debaters Meet
For Annual Convention
Fourteen representatives of men's and women's debate team
at the College are participating in the 14th annual Pennsylvania
Debaters Convention which is being held here.
Student delegates from approximately 25 Pennsylvania colleges
and universities will attend the convention, which began yesterday
11 discuss and act upon problems
peace and the improvement or
education.
and ends at noon today. They w
concerning the maintenance of
Britain Sends
Debaters Here
Anglo-American relations will
be approached semi-seriously as
two Cambridge University stu
dents come to Penn State for the
International Student Debate
which will be held in Schwab
Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday.
Topic
Topic of the debate will be
"Resolved: that the world would
have ben much happier had not
the American Revolutionists left
the British Empire."
To make the debate more ob
jective the teams will be split.
Richard Hill, Penn State, and
Duncan Macrae, Cambridge, will
argue from the affirmative view
point, while Percy Craddock,
Cambridge, aNd John Fedako,
will take the negative side.
Last Year's Debate
Last year Penn State enter
tained two students from Oxford
University, England, when the
topic was "Resolved: that Britain
and the United States should join
in an Anglo-American alliance."
A sway-of-opinion vote of the
audience will be taken before and
after the debate. An open forum
will also be held. The debate will
be open to th e public and there
will be no admission charge.
Student Admits
Guilt in Mishap
Beecher F. Russell, a senior in
Liberal Arts, was released on
bail yesterday after pleading
guilty to charges of drunken
driving.
State College police report that
Russell, while speeding east on
Beaver avenue, smashed into a
telephone pole and backed against
a parked car owned by E. T. Fle
botte of State College.
Russell, charged with drunken
and reckless driving and failure
to stop at the scene of an accident,
was brought before William Bell,
Justice of the Peace, of State Col
lege.
Damage to Russell's car was
estimated at $225 by police, and
to Flebotte's car about $75.
12 Days to Carnival
Hurry, hurry, hurry, step right
up and put your organization in
the running for the Magnavox
radio console to be awarded to the
booth collecting the most tickets
at the big Spring Week Carnival.
With the extension of time lim
it until Wednesday, you still have
five more days for the brain
wheels to start ticking and maybe
come up with the winning idea.
Meanwhile more groups have
entered the rapidly expanded
Carnival. Alpha Chi Sigma will
have a screen of cloth with three
holes cut in it at one end of their
booth and at the other end a
counter. The fraternity members
will place their heads through
the holes and patrons will have
the chance to throw eggs at the
"protected" heads.
Bet Theta Pi will have a horse
racing booth, refusing to commit
themselves further at this time.
"Phi Delt Spongies" is the name
of the Phi Delta Theta entry. For
10 cents the customers will have
the privilege of throwing a wet
sponge at the unlucky Phi Delta
whose head happens to be stick
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Penn State Members
Members of the Penn State
delegation are Richard K. Hill,
convention president; James Mc-
Dougall, convention secretary;
Harold Brown, Frank Glackin,
Marion Morelli, Alfred Musrey,
Charles Petri e, and Richard
Schweiker.
Women's debate delegates are
Christine Altenburger, Jo Anne
Esterly, Jean Hootman, Margaret
n e s, Pauline
itser, and Ella-
Lae Seitz.
'Gavel Girr
A feature of
.e convention
'as the selec
m of a "Gavel
irr from
mong the
omen dele
ttes last night.
Irbara Bounds,
Jf Allegheny
College, was
_....
chosen at a ban
quet meeting of the visiting de
baters at the Hotel State College.
Her competitors were Jean Hoot
man, of Penn State, and Peggy
McGill, of Mt. Mercy College.
The three contestants presented
Continued on page four
College Reports
Fewer Veterans
Although 249 below that of
the first semester, veteran en
rollment at the College for the
present semester continues to
form 57 per cent of the total en
rollment, R. M. Gerhardt, dean
of admissions and registrar, an
nounced yesterday.
Of the total of 5348 veterans,
47 are women students. Under
graduate veterans number 4766.
There are 546 graduate students,
33 special students, and three
two-year-agriculture student s
studying under the GI Bill.
By years, the breakdown re
veals 1550 seniors, 2101 juniors,
and 1115 sophomores.
A total of 276 undergraduate
students, veteran and non-veter
an, were admitted to Penn State
from other colleges for the second
semester. Of these, transfers from
102 colleges in this country and
from schools in Canada, China,
and Austria were recorded.
ing out of the curtain at the rest
of the booth.
Alpha Epsilon Phi has a tricky
title for a tricky booth. "Getting
Gertie's Garter" is the title and
the booth is just that—an effort
by the customer to ring the gal's
ankle with a loop thrown—from
behind a counter.
Hoping to repeat the success
won at the Mardi Gras last se
mester, Theta Phi Alpha will
have a dart-throwing booth.
Not one, but two, pitch penny
games will attract people to t h e
Pi Lambda Phi booth. One game
will have customers throwing
pennies at a board, and the other,
more original, will find Pi Lam
patrons trying to hit two saucers
floating in a barrel.
Theta Xi, SPCA willings, win
draw its customers with a "ring
the goose" idea. The object win
be to throw the ring around Us
animal's neck.
Remember there is still time to
enter a booth in the Spring Week
Carnival, so don't let your pow
be left out. Estes nowt