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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 43
Parties Debate
Election Issues
In Open Forum
Collegian Sponsors
Discussion at TUB
Two representatives from each
of the contending political par
ties in the current elections will
debate party policies and plat
forms at the TUB beginning at
7:30 p.m. today.
All-College presidential n o m -
inee Ted Allen and senior class
presidential nominee James Bal
og will speak for the Lion party
against Robert • Gabriel, State
candidate for the All-C olle g e
presidency, and Robert Keller,
State senior class presidential
hopeful.
The debate is being sponsored
by the Collegian in an effort to
better acquaint voters with the
individuals and issues involved in
the elections which began today.
Malcolm White, Collegian news
editor, will act as moderator for
the discussion.
All candidates for office will be
introduced from the TUB stage
immediately preceding the in
formal debate.
Clique chairmen Howard Mc-
Coy, State, and Morton Snitzer,
Lion, first proposed the political
debate idea last week. Both party
spokesmen said they desired to
have an opportunity to bring
their party platforms before the
public, and to point out weak
nesses in the opposing party's
program.
Because of parades and rallies
Monday and yesterday, tonight
was selected as the only possible
time to air the candidates' views.
The advantages to be gained
from personally acquainting the
electorate with the nominees and
party issues was felt to outweigh
the disadvantage of holding the
debate the night after voting be
gan.
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Army Displays
Power Abroad
FRANKFURT American Oc
cupation Forces in Germany will
put on their greatest display of
power tod a y in celebrating
Army Day.
The nation's for ces in Ger
many have a long way to go be
fore they can be described as a
p o wer f u l offensive force, but
hundreds of guns, tan k s, and
planes will show America's co
signers of the Atlantic Pact that
the army is determined.
Gromyko Accepts
NEW YORK—Soviet Delegate
Andrei Gromyko has accepted
an invitation to attend a party
honoring Secretary of State
Dean Acheson. The party also
will be attended by the foreign
ministers who signed the Atlan
tic Pact this week. Gromyko
was invited along with other del
egat i o n chiefs attending the
opening of the UN General As
sembly.
Caps and Gowns
Orders for caps and gowns
and invitations and announce
ments will be accepted at Stu
dent Union e•e r y day this
week from 2 until 4:30 p.m. A
$5 deposit is required with
each cap and gown order. In
vitations and announcements,
priced at 10 cents each, may
be ordered in unlimited
quantities.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1949
Nittany-Pollock Men Stage
Food Protest Demonstration
Two hundred Nittany-Pollock
area residents staged a protest
demonstration agaihst food con
ditions at the Nittany Dining hall
in front of the dining hall Mon
day evening.
The demonstration was fol
lowed last night by a meeting of
the Nittany Dorm Council which
discussed the food problem, pre
viously subject to wide, discussion
among campus independents.
The unorganized demonstration
followed the pattern established
in a similar situation at East
Stroudsburg State Teachers Col
lege last year, which caused
state-wide interest. '
Signs Posted
Hand-printed signs posted in
Nittany and Pollock Circle dor
mitories early Monday announced
the meeting, which lasted about
45 minutes. Demonstrators were
noisy and heard talks by campus
and dormitory leaders.
At the council meeting last
night, members of the Nittany
executive committee conferred
with Miss Mildred A. Baker, su
pervisor of food services at the
College.
As a result of the East Strouds
burg food strike, students re
ceived better menus but also
were censured by the president
of the college for bringing the
issue before the general public
and calling a strike.
Committees
All-College Cabinet has had
two special committees working
on the dining hall situation, the
first compiling a list of diners'
gripes and the second conducting
meetings with the administration
and dorm presidents.
According to Paul Kritsky,
chairman of the Nittany area
dining hall committee and mem
ber of both Cabinet commissions,
the second group did inaugurate
a program of better food until
about a week ago, when, he said,
the trend toward the worse be
came evident.
Breakdown Delays
Newspaper Truck
Breakdown of the truck deliv
ering newspapers to the State
College area from the wholesale
distribution point in Altoona was
the reason for the late delivery of
papers Sunday according to Joe
Reinheimer, manager of the Stu
dent News Agency.
The Agency would like to thank
its subscribers for their under
standing when such unaccount
able accidents occur.
The Agency is desirous of pro
viding efficient service to any
student in State College warning
such a delivery. _
'Weather Man'
Alters Flags
Weather flag designations have
been altered by the meteorology
department, a spokesman for the
department said today. The flags,
which are flown from atop the
Mineral Industries building, indi
cate the afternoon predictions
during the morning and the fol
lowing morning's weather during
the afternoon.
Changes have been made as
follows. The red and blue check
ered flag indicating a windy fore
noon is replaced by a red and
white checkered pennant. The
cloudy indicator, a yellow flag
which faded. is now represented
by a red, white, and blue, hori
zontally striped, banner.
Other flags retain the original
designations: white, fair weather;
blue, colder; red, warmer, and
blue and white, precipitation. All
banners have been increased 80
per cent in size.
Hillstrom Represents AIM
At National Beauty Contest
Blonde, 5-foot 2-inch Claire Hillstrom, who used to be a cheer
leader in high school, was selected as the Independent Queen in a
recent contest at the College sponsored by the Association of Inde
pendent Men.
A resident of Simmons Hall, Miss Hillstrom is now entered in
the National Independent Queen contest which is sponsored by the
National Independent Student
Association.
The National Independent
Queen will be announced before
the 21st of April when she will
reign over the National Indepen
dent Students Convention at the
University of Illinois.
The contestants in the national
judgings will be chosen by photo
graphs, vital statistics, and ac
tivities. Bing Crosby, screen and
radio star, will act as judge for
the national independent contest.
The petit blonds beauty is a
senior in home economics. She is
a member of the advertising staff
of the Student Handbook and also
belongs to the Bowling Club. Miss
Hillstrom resides in Trafford, Pa.,
where she graduated from Traf
ford High School in 1945.
The candidates for the local
contest were selected by the var
ious Independent living units and
social units. A court of four co- :
eds were chosen from among re
maining contestants. They include
Rose Eifert, Marty BaltzLll, Grace,
Schilder, and Phyllis Vorsheiri.
AIM Queen
F*TwIrTITI9
Manson Speaks
On Palestine
Harold Manson's public lec
ture meeting on the Palestine
Middle East crisis, open to stu
dents and townspeople, will con
vene in 105 Whitehall, 8 p.m. to
day.
His itinerary today will consist
of a class lecture addressed to the
History on Eastern Europe section
meetinrin 130 Sparks at 8 a.m., a
second class lecture directed to
the Political Science on Compar
ative Government group assemb_
ling in 127 Sparks at 1 p.m., and
an informal dinner at Phi Sig
ma Delta, 5:15 p.m., a meeting
with sponsoring groups in White
hall at 7:30 p.m., and the general
lecture at 8 p.m.
Sponsoring representatives in
clude thos e from the Penn State
Christian Association, the Inter
national Relations Club, the In
tercollegiate Zionist Federation
of America, and the men's and
women's professional journalism
honoraries, Sigma Delta Chi and
Theta Sigma Phi.
IFZA will serve as official host
at the general meeting, which
will be followed by a question
and answer period.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3,000 Expected
To Cast Ballots
As Battle Ends
Candidates Await
Election Returns
With election speeches and
campaign promises completed,
the candidates for All-College,
class and men's Athletic Associa
tion offices will sit back and, with
the exception of a debate on par
ty platforms at the TUB 7:30 p.m.
today, wait for the final vote
count tomorrow evening.
The political campaigns. which
have been marked by parades and
parties, are expected to draw
3000-3500 students to the polls in
the second floor lounge in Old
Main today.
CANDIDATES FOR
ALL-COLLEGE, CLASS and
MEN'S ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION OFFICES
ALL-COLLEGE
•
President
Robert Gabriel (S)
Ted Allen (L)
Vice-president
Harry McMahon (L)
Joel Bachman (S)
Secretary-Treasurer
James Barry (S)
James MacCallum (L)
SENIOR CLASS
President
James Balog (L)
Robert Keller (S)
Vice-President
Frances Eshleman (S)
Joseph Reinheimer (L)
Secretary-Treasurer
Loraine Stotler (L)
Joel Fleming (S).
JUNIOR CLASS
President
David Owen (S)
Harry Kondourajian (L)
Vice-president
John Erickson (L)
John Meszaros (S)
Secretary,Treasurer
Virginia Lee Diver (S)
Rudolph Valentino (L)
MEN'S A.A.
President
Charles Drazenovich
James Gehrdes
Joseph Tocci
Vice-president
Candidate with second high)
est number of votes
Secretary-Treasurer
Charles Beatty
Edward Belfield
Casimir Borowy
Kenneth Hosterman
To speed the voting and count
ing, William McLain, elections
committee chairman, has secured
two voting machines. Each ma
chine will be manned by an at
tendant who will regulate the
controls since not all students
vote for the same offices.
Second, third and eighth sent.
Continued on page four
News Briefs
'Progressive Education'
Dr. John Wahlquist, Dean of
the College of Education of the
University of Utah, will speak on
the "Future of Progressive Edw.
cation" in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m.
today. The program is sponsored
by the School of Education and
is open to the public. A forum
discussion will follow the talk.
Deutscher Verein
Die Zusammenkunft des dealt
schen Vereins findet heute abend
urn 7:30 im Living Center, Home
Ec. Bldg, statt. Dr. Herbert
Steiner wird über der deutschen
Sprache in Osterreich and der
Schweiz sprechen. Grits
herzlich eingeladen.