Late AP News, Courtesy WMAS
House Passes
Vets' Pension
Rankin's Plan Gives
Veterans $9O a Month
WASHINGTON The House
has passed a veterans' pension
plan which would be based on
length of service. Rep. John Ran
kin's (D.-Miss.) plan called for $9O
a month pensions for all World
War I and II veterans at the age
of 65.
Federal Rent Control
WASHINGTON—The country's
mayors have told Congress that
it is wrong to turn rent controls
over to local governments. The
United States Conference of May
ors adopted a resolution which
said that the state and municipal
governments are not equipped to
protect city people on rents.
Middle-East Assured
WASHINGTON Secretary of
State Acheson again assured
Greece, Turkey, and Iran that
the Atlantic Military Alliance
does not mean they are being
forgotten. The United States, he
said, is as determined as ever to
prevent the Red tide from spill
ing over into the Middle East.
Engineers Make
10 Nominations
Student Council Names
Officer Candidates
Nominations for Engineering
Student Council officers for the
1949-50 school year were made
at the session of the council on
Tuesday night.
Jesse Kehres, George Oehmler,
and Robert Tinstman were nomi
nated for president. Harold Bow
ditch, Donald Hackenberry, and
William Hendershott are in the
running for vice-president, and
Frederick Auch, Blair Fissel, and
Joseph Kelvington have been
proposed as candidates for sec
retary.
Nominations Open
James Etzel is the lone nomi
nee for treasurer, and Prof. Law
rence Perez was named for fac
ulty advisor. All nominations will
be held open until the next coun
cil meeting on April 5, when the
election will be held.
Other business conducted at
the meeting included a report on
the progress of the Faculty Tal
ent Show which will be present
ed by all the student councils as
the first big event in Spring
Week on March 29.
The council considered the
merits of bringing politics into
student council elections, and in
a straw vote turned the plan
down by an overwhelming ma
jority.
A four-man committee consist
ing of Frederick Auch, Walter
Bowditch, Milton Stone, and
Robert Tinstman was appointed
to investigate the possibility of
establishing an Engineering Day
room.
The constitutional revision
committee will present its pro
posals at the next meeting.
7 Days to Carnival
With the deadline past for entries in the Spring Week Carnival,
the groups that have entered booths are settling down to the busi
ness of gathering props, rehearsing acts and "recruiting" pledges to
serve as targets.
Delta Delta Delta has put a new twist in the "throwing things"
idea. At the Tri-Delt booth the ticket holder will again be given
ping pong balls to heave but his
reward will be the unusual fea
ture. If one ball goes through the
hole in the canvas backdrop, a
rabbit will slide out; if two balls
go through a pig will slide out
and if the thrower is lucky and
puts three balls through, a Tri-
Delt will slide out. This should
provide tough competition for
the other target booths.
Another gambling booth will
be supplied by Beta Sigma Rho.
A ball will be rolled into an area
of colored cups and persons plac
ing their bets on the color that
the ball rolls into will receive
cour ess %edeemable for a prize.
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'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 34
Glee Club Visits
Three States
In Concert Trip
New York, Philadelphia
On Group's Itinerary
Penn . State Glee Club will
cover three states and five cities
in its concert tour of Scranton,
New York, Allentown, Trenton,
and Philadelphia, starting March
28. Alumni Clubs are sponsoring
four of the five concerts, the con
cert in Trenton being sponsored
by the Optimist Club.
The time and place of the con
certs and location of ticket offices
are listed below. StUdents from
these cities are requested to clip
this article from the Collegian
and sent it to their homes so that
their parents will have the neces
sary information about the con
cert.
Scranton Tickets
Scranton, March 28: Sponsored
by the Penn State Club of Lacka
wanna County at Central High
School auditorium, 8:15 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at the
concert.
New York, March 29: Spon
sored by the Penn State Club of
New York at Hunter College
Playhouse, 68th Street between
Park and Lexington Avenues, at
8:30 p.m. Tickets may 'be pur
chased from William Linden
muth, 40 Wall Street (Hanover
.2-6767), Paul Bender, U.S. Steel
Export Co., 30 Church Street, or
Donald Leyden, 60 E. 42nd Street
(Vanderbilt 6-4721).
Allentown Concert
Allentown, March 30: Spon
sored by the Penn State Club of
Lehigh County at the Allentown
High School auditorium, 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale at Allentown
—Color Bar, Eastern Bar, Eastern
Light Co., Ge r mania Hotel,
Hook's Diner, Kramer's Music
House, Smith and Peifly, and
Wickerstrom's Campus Shop;
Bet hleh e m—Kempfet, Huff's,
Goodenough's, and Phillips Mu
sic Stores; Easton—Frick Co.
Trenton, March 31: Sponsored
by the Optimist Club of Trenton
at the Junior High School No. 3
auditorium, 8:15 p.m. Tickets
will be sold by Richard L. Eld
ridge, 38 W. State St., Trenton 8,
N. J.
Philadelphia, April 1: Spon
sored jointly by the Penn State
Club of Philadelphia and Radio
Station KYW at the Academy of
Music, Broad and Locust Sts.,
8:30 p.m. Tickets may be pur
chased from Central City Ticket
Office, Gimbel's, Haly's, Mort
Farr (89th St.), Taylor's Music,
Academy Box Office, or J. N.
Riley, 616 Pine St., Philadelphia.
have be e a accepted by the
committee.
"Knock Over Your Favorite
Faculty Member" through the
the courtesy of Sigma Chi. The
customer will try to knock over
a Schmoo - with a heavy ball on
a cord. As an added attraction,
Sigma Chi patrons will be given
the chance of securing the com
plete services of the Senior Class
president for a 24-hour period as
their stooge. Could it be that
Terry Ruhlman is a Sigma Chi?
Just to prove that "Life's a
Bang a tPenn State," Sigma Delta
Tan will have a booth at which
customers will try to shoot out
mode* Awes milk a water Sun.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS
Wanted: Doodlings
On Campus Life
For Daily Collegian
Amateur cartoonists and dood
lers enrolled at the College are
invited to send in samples of their
work for possible publication in
the Daily Collegian.
These cartoon sketches must be
about some phase of student life
at the College or any humorous
situation familiar to students any_
where.
Each cartoon submitted, if ne
cessary, should have appropriate
words for the caption accompany
ing it. Words applying to the
cartooti may also be originated by
the editors.
All sketches submitted will
not be printed. The choice of the
best cartoons will be made by the
Collegian.
Original cartoons should be
done in black or India ink on
enameled or slick white-paper and
should not be larger than five by
seven inches. All sketches should
contain the artist's signature
somewhere in the body of the
cartoon.
Cartoons may be sent to the
Daily Collegian office anytime,
sinc e this plan will continue the
remainder of the semester.
Shattering Doors
Raise Curiosity,
Not Business
Did you ever hear of glass ex
ploding?
You shouldn't feel too bad if
you haven't, for neither had many
of the onlookers who gathered
around Rea and Ilerick's drug
store, at 1:15 Tuesday when one
of the glass front doors shattered
without anyone's help. The ex
plosion scattered glass onto the
pavement and inside the store.
One of the onlookers explained
that the glass used for doors had
air pumped into it, requiring that
the pressure be equal throughout.
The glass explodes when it is
deeply scratched, which renders
th e pressure unequal.
Robert Brazier, a clerk, was
standing outside when the acci
dent occurred and received a cut
on his right hand when the force
of the explosion sent th e glass
shooting out onto the pavement.
One of the observers remarked
to Robert Heiser, manager of the
store, that the accident had caused
more curiosity than business.
To which Mr. Heiser replied:
"I won't do it again if it doesn't
bring in more more business."
News Agency
Student News Agency will
now deliver the Sunday Pitts
burgh Post Gazette, said Jo
seph Reinheimer, manager of
the agency. All orders should
be placed at the Agency's of
fice in the TUB or by phoning
6711-212.
Student Council
Holds Ag Frolic
Agriculture Student Council
will hold its Ag Frolic Square
Dance at the TUB from 9 to 12 p.
m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the dance will
go into the council treasury. A
portion is earmarked for a $2,000
bulletin board, according to Rob
ert Fast, dance co-chairman.
James May, co-chairman and a
member from each of the Agri
cultural clubs make up the dance
commitee.
"Covered Wagon Boys" will
provide the music. Tickets are
$1 a couple and are on sale at
Student Union and by Agricul
ture students. Stag tickets cost
ing 75c for men and 25c for wo
men will be on sale at the door.
Froth Ad Staff
Advertising staff of Froth must
turn all copy in by 9 p.m. today.
The office will be open from 2-5
and 7-6
WSGA, WRA To Hold
Preliminary Elections
Coeds Can Vote In Hall Lobbies
Primary elections for WSGA and WRA will be held tomorrow
with final nominations having been made Tuesday evening at a mass
meeting attended by about 100 women.
Voting will be held in the lobbies of Mac Allister, Atherton and
Simmons Halls from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, except during the
noon hour when the ballot boxes will be placed in the dining cote-
Representative
Talks on WSSF
Henrik Virkkunen
To Speak Sunday
A representative fr o m the
World Student Service Fund
headquarters who has experi
enced the difficulties of student
life in postwar Finland will be on
campus Sunday to give students
and townspeople a firsthand view
of WSSF's student relief work.
The representative, Henrik
Virkkunen, will address three
campus groups. WSSF solicitators
will hear Mr. Virkkunen in 401
Old Main at 4 and 8 p.m., and
members of the Canterbury Club
and the Westminster Foundation
will hear him at a joint meeting
in the Episcopal Church, 6:30 p.m.
All interested persons are invited
to attend.
Mr. Virkkunen received his
bachelor's and master's degrees
from the Commercial University
in Helsinki. He has also studied
at the City of London College,
London, and Columbia 'Univer
sity. While studying at Columbia
he worked with the Manage
ment Association of Finnish In
dustries.
The campus drive will be con
ducted from April 4 to 9. It has
been endorsed by President Mil
holland and the deans of each of
the eight schools.
Tribunal Fines
27 Violators
Tribunal has begun to crack
down on students who are in il
legal possession of campus licen
ses.
Four of the 27 fines adminis
tered by the campus judicial body
during the past two weeks have
been on charges of illegally pos
sessing campus parking permits.
Twelve other traffic violators
were let off without fines, five
of them being dismissed outright
and seven others receiving sus
pender/ sentences.
The 39 cases handled over the
two-week period represented an
increase in campus regulations of
over 200 percent over the pre
vious two-week period.
Eighteen of the fines were for
$l, three were $2 assessments, five
were for $3, and one violator was
fined $4. The bulk of the offenses
were parking violations.
Statesmen To Play
At Record Dance
The State►nen Quartet, a pop
ular musical foursome composed
of Bob Cobaugh, William Mc-
Lain, George Oehmler, and Har
old Leinbach, will liven up in
termission time at the Cwens'
Glenn Miller Record Dance
which will be held at the Tub
from 9 to 12 p.m. tomorrow.
Miller fans will have a heyday
dancing to the music of their old
f a v or it e. Highschool fashions,
skirts and sweaters, will be in
vogue, and a photographer will
be on hand to snap the Miller
fans in action.
Proceeds of the dance will be
given to WSSF. Tickets at $1 a
couple can be purchased at SU
or from members of Cwens.
mons entrances
At Tuesday evening's meetino
in 121 Sparks, new nomination
were added from the floor to the
slate presented by the WSGA
WRA executive board.
Town women will vote at Me•
Allister Hall.
Sinc e no new names' have bees
added to executive committees
slate for WSGA president and
WRA president and vice-presi
dent, these offices will be exclude.
ed in the primary election.
Primary Candidates
WSGA primary candidates
be, for vice-president, Mary Con
rad and Jessica Lightner; for
junior senator, Bettina DePalma,
Lois Evans, Carolyn Henshaw,
Helen Ponds, Barbara Sprenkle,
and Jeanne Smucker; for senior
senator, Marie Card, Mary Cohen,
Louise Drozdiak, Isabel Lavella,
and Ruth Lehman; and for town
senator, Joyce Fosa, Anna Keller,
and Susan Scurfield.
Candidates in the WRA prit
mary will be, for intramural
chairman, Betty Lou Jones, Mary
Anne Krepps, and Lois Van Vac
tor; and for junior assistant in
tramural chairman, Meg Grube,
Lucy Mitinger, Helen Rusinko, Jo
Anne Wagner, and Regina Wil
liams.
Coed Vote
All coeds may vote for presi
dent and vice-president of WSGA
and for all officers of WRA. Only
juniors may vote for WSGA sen
ior senator; sophomores, for jun
ior senator; and town women, for
town senator.
With only two candidates re
maining for each post, the final
elections will be held Tuesday.
Photographs of the candidates are
on display in Old Main.
News Briefs
NSA Meeting
National Student Association
will discuss faculty rating, pur
chase card system and campus
chest in 11 Sparks at 7 p.m.
today.
Pan He! Sing
All song leaders for IFC Pan
Hel Sing will meet in 10 Sparks
at 8:30 p.m. today. It is impor
tant that a representative from
each group be present.
Cercle Francais
Cercle Francais wilt hear Dr.
Eric Auerbach of the romance
language department speak at
the meeting in Simmons Lounge
at 7:30 p.m. today.
Handbook Ad Staff
The advertising staff of LAe
Student Handbook will meet in
304 Old Main at 7 p.m. today.
Summer Work-Camp
Persons who have worked io
volunteers in Summer Work-
Camp projects are requested to
report to Marjorie Allen in 304
Old Main to aid in advertising %lig .
year's project.
WSSF Program
Franci s Fatsie will direct the
WSSF program on radio station
WMAJ at 7:45 tonight, announced
Carol Hecht, publicity chairman
of the local chapter of the World's
Student Service Fund. The theme
of the script is the background
and history of WSSF, includiag
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