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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 45
Cabinet Sets Carnival Date;
Hears Council Fund Report
All-College Cabinet last night set the date for the Spring Car
nival, postponed last weekend because of rain and cold, as Friday,
April 29, with April 30 as a rain date. The motion was proposed by
Abram Bosler, co-chairman of the Spring Week Committee, and
passed unanimously.
Cabinet also heard, in the
report of proposed student coun
cil allocations from Milton Stone,
retiring president of the engi
neering student council.
Fund Proposed
According to Stone's report,
which will be presented in full at
the next Cabinet meeting, a fund
of $lOOO would be set aside for
the use of the eight functioning
student councils. Of that amount,
$6O would be allotted each coun
cil for operating expenses, the
residue of $520 being divided
among the schools in proportion
to enrollment in the fall se
mester.
Student Union Trip
Cabinet also approved an allo
cation of $3OO for a Student
Union Committee composed of
Edmund Walacavage, All-College
Secretary-Treasurer, and his suc
cessor, James MacCallum, to at
tend a Student Union convention
in Colorado Springs.
Committees were appointed by
All - College President William
Lawless to investigate operating
details of the Book Exchange and
to select outstanding seniors for
Cabinet recognition of service.
The group also passed a vote of
confidence for Alpha Phi Omega,
national service fraternity, for
service rendered last week for
the postponed Spring Week Car
nival. Richard Hill, Cabinet par
liamentarian, reported on the
proposed formation of a perma
nent All-College Banner Com
mittee to regulate the display of
posters and signs on campus.
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Committee Asks
UN Trial Study
LAKE SUCCESS—The United
Nations steering committee or
dered a study yesterday of the
trials of churchmen in Hungary
and Bulgaria. With Russia and
Poland in opposition, the vote
was eleven to two.
Price Floor Removal
WASHINGTON—A g r i culture
Secretary Brannan yesterday in
troduced a plan to Congress to
remove the price floors from
many foods. Subsidies would be
paid to producers.
NAACP Conference Forms Plans
For Abolishing Discrimination
Plans or attacking discrimina
tion problems in Pennsylvania
will be formulated here tomorrow
and Sunday at a state-wide con
ference of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People. NAACP members
will register for the conference in
304 Old Main at 11 a.m. tomor
row.
The College NAACP chapter
will be host to representatives
from 18 youth councils; college
chapters from Bucknell, Temple
and Lincoln Universities, and stu
dents wishing to form NAACP
chapters on other campuses.
About 50 students are expected
to attend the conference, which
will open in 121 Sparks at 1 p.m.
tomorrow. Mrs. Ruby Hurley,
NAACP national youth secretary,
and Samuel Rhinestine, of the
Anti-Defamation League's civil
rights division will address the
meeting.
Panksi Discussion Topics
Special atteation will be given
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1949
35-minute session, a preliminary
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James MacCallum
College Opens
Pan-Am Week
Penn State's seventh annual
Pan-American Da y celebration
opened last night with the show
ing of two Spanish movies in
Sparks.
Th e week-long celebration will
feature the showing of the flags
of the 21 American republics from
the flagstaffs of Old Main and a
dance at the Tub from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Pan-American Day observ
ance has been set aside by the
21 American republics to sym
bolize their common bonds and
their common hopes for a system
of international relations based
on mutual respect and coopera
tion.
A special program during in
termission will highlight the
dance sponsored by Circulo Es
panol. Miss Isabel Melendez, pro
fessor of Romance languages at
the College, will present a short
discourse on the history and back
ground of Pan-American Day.
Admission to the dance is free
and music will be furnished by
juke box.
to discrimination in colleges and
college towns at panel discussions
to be held tomorrow from 1-4
p.m. Topics to be discussed are:
1. Discrimination in admis
sions and in social groups and ac
tivities, including the quota sys
tem, dormitory accommodations,
curricula and classes, dances and
recreation, and fraternities and
sororities .
2. Employment, including stu
dent part-time work and employ
ment of Negro professors.
3. Pennsylvania Fair Employ
ment Practices Commissio n and
discrimination in public accom
modations.
4. Organizational structure for
coordinating Pennsylvania NAA
‘2P college chapters.
5. Organization of new college
chapters.
6. Resolutions.
7. Academic freedom.
Delegates will hold a social
mixer in the Simmons Hall re
creation room at 9 p.m. tomor
row;
Allen, McMahon, MacCallum Victors;
Gehrdes, Beatty Take AA Posts
The Lion Party came into its own last night by making a clean sweep of all nine offices, and
dethroned the State Party for the first time since the spring of 1947.
Ted Allen won the All-College presidential race by a majority of 1192 votes over Robert Gabriel,
Harry McMahon took the vice-presidential post by 577 votes over Joel Bachman and James Mac-
Callum registered 827 votes more than James Barry.
In the Men's Athletic Association elections, James Gehrdes
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Independent Queen's
Vital Statistics
Are 'Confuzin'
In the words of Al Capp's 'LH
Abner,' circumstances at the Stu
dent Union desk the other day
were "confuzin" but not a bit
"amoozin" for a red faced Jim
McCallum, S.U. clerk.
The plight revolved around
pretty Claire Hillstrom, recently
elected Penn State Independent
Queen.
In order to relay Miss Hill
strom's body measurements along
with other vital statistics to the
national independent queen con
test, McCallum sent the Simmons'
resident a phone call.
The AIM beauty was asked if
she could give her measurements.
. . . "Okey," replied Claire," but
where should I take them?" Con
fused, McCallum thought that she
meant where on the anatomy she
should take them.
"In the usual place. I guess," he
answered. Nonpulsed Miss Hill
strom came right back to ask
where that was.
Completely routed, McCallum
was about to go into finer points
when the situation was cleared
up—much to the relief of both.
Miller To Speak
At PSCA Meeting
Alexander Miller will be the
speaker at the PSCA conference
to be held at Watts Lodge tomor
row and Sunday. "Where Marx
ism Comes From", "What Christ
ians Have to Say", "What Christ
ians Have to Do", will be the top
ics discussed.
Mr. Miller resides in New Zea
land where he served as general
secretary of the New Zealand
Student Christian Movement. He
is an ordained member of the
Presbyterian ministry.
The registration fee for all three
sessions is $l.OO and those who
are interested in attending should
contact the PSCA office no later
than noon today. Meal costs total
75 cents.
Mr. Miller will speak at the
Presbyterian Church 8 p.m. Sun
day for the benefit of those who
cannot attend the conference. His
subject will be "The Christian
Significance of Marxism."
Harry McMahon
Ted Allen
College Offers
Scholarships
Senate Committee on Scholar
ships and Awards at the College
has announced that it will take
applications for the John W.
White Fellowship and for the
John W. White Scholarships in
Spanish until April 11.
Dr. E. F. Osborn, chairman of
the committee, explained that
each applicant for the fellowship
will be interviewed on April 12.
The John W. White fellowship
of $6OO is given to the member of
the graduating class, of highest
standing, who possesses, in the
opinion of the committee, those
qualities of ability and personality
that will enable him or her to
profit best by graduate study.
The recipient of the White fel
lowship must spend the year in
advanced study at this College
or elsewhere, under the direction
of the president of the College.
Application blanks may be ob
tained in Room 221, Mineral In
dustries Building.
Continued on page three
NSA Requests Congress Pass
Federal Aid Scholarship Bill
The U. S. National Student As
sociation has called upon Congress
to enact legislation to provide a
national program of federally
financed scholarships for approxi
mately 300,000 college students.
The 'Civilian G I Bill" would
provide for direct support to the
individual on the basis of need
and ability, and would be ad
ministered by the states without
discrimination as to race, creed,
economic or social status.
Support Legislation
More than 700,000 students,
represented in NSA through 289
colleges and uni.'ersities, were
called upon to exert full support
for such legislation. The urgent
need was stressed by the Associa
tion's National Commission on
Educational Problems when it in
dicated that another 10 percent
increase in general tuition was to
be expected for the coming year.
NSA has launched its program
on three levels. In the first two,
its member coleges and regional
organizations have been called
upon to solicit public and con
PRICE FIVE CENTS
polled more than both his rivals
as he received 1096 votes against
649 for Charles Drazenovich and
450 for Joseph Tocci. Drazeno
vich, who received the second
highest number of votes, will take
th e vice-presidential A.A. post.
ALL-COLLEGE CLASS and
MEN'S ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION OFFICES
ALL-COLLEGE
President
Ted Allen (L) 1972
Robert Gabriel (S) 780
Vice-president
Harry McMahon (L) 1602
Joel Bachman (S) 1025
Secretary-Treasurer
James MacCallum (L) 1776
James Barry (S) 849
SENIOR CLASS
President
James Balog (L) 560
Robert Keller (S) 446
Vice-president
Joseph Reinheimer (L) 545
Frances Eshleman (S) 423
Secretary-Treasurer
Lorraine Stotler (L) 637
Joel Fleming (S) 335
JUNIOR CLASS
Harry Kondourajian (L) 599
David Owen (S) 475
Vice-president
John Erickson (L) 592
John Meszaros (S) 443
Secretary-Treasurer
Rudolph Valentino (L) 659
Virginia Lee Diver (S) 382
MEN'S A.A.
President
James Gehrdes 1096
Vice-president
Charles Drazenovich 649
Joseph Tocci 450
Secretary-Treasurer
Charles Beatty 1001
Kenneth Hosterman 308
Edward Belfield 227
Casimir Borowy 176
Charles Beatty ran away wits
the Athletic Association secre
tary-treasurer post by poling
1001 votes as compared to 308
for Kenneth Hosterman, the next
highest Opponent.
Continued on page three
gressional support for national
scholarship legislation.
On the national level, the staff
of NSA has appealed to House
and Senate Committees to recom
mend national scholarship legis
lation. The NSA Subcommission
on Legislation in Washington is
preparing to circularize all indi
vidual members of Congress to
enlist their support.
Need Cited
Since veteran enrollments are
expected to end by 1956, federal
appropriations under the present
G.I. Bill could be diverted, coin
cident with the 17 percent de
crease in G.I. enrollments in the
past year, to non-veteran students
of ability and need. Seventy-five
percent of the nations 17-18 year
old group were not enrolled in
college last year, and 50 percent
of this group conic from families
with an income of less than $3,00(,
per annum. Since average tuition
and living costs range between
$750 and $l,OOO yearly, it is evi
dent that there is a dire ueed for
financial assimikunai.