FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1949 Reader Festival Expanded Rather than confine the Penn sylvania Intercollegiate Reading Festival to poetry, opportunities for prose and drama readings have been included. This is a change from the East ern Intercollegiate Reading Fes tival, limited only to the field of poetry. In an invitation sent to 75 Penn sylvania colleges and universities, each school was asked to send five representatives to the first state reading festival, May 4 and 5. This festival, the first of its kind in the state, has been initiated by the speech department of the College. This program is arranged, not as a contest, but for teachers and students who have a deep interest in the reading of literature to have an opportunity to share their interests and talents. Among the colleges intending to participate are Beaver College, Dickinson College, Franklin and Marshall College, Uliversity of Pittsburgh, University of Penn sylvania, and all of the Pennsyl vania state teachers colleges. The five students sent from each college will read a prose narra tive; poetry ; . a group of lyrics; Shakespearean sonnets; and dra ma. Edward Armsby, Ted Breining, Ted Mann, Gladys Lou Miller, and Francine Toll will represent the College in this festival. In addition to the scheduled hours of readings during the two days of the festival, social plans include a banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn, a tour of campus, and an informal coffee hour. Mrs. Harriet D. Nesbitt, assist ant professor of public speaking, is chairman of the festival. Wil liam Hamilton, assistant profes sor of speech, is on the festival committee. Amid Convoy Letters to the editor must be signed for inclualon In Ott .2 Salety Valve Safety Valve, although nausea will be withheld on request. Tele. ohone numbers end addressee mast be included to facilitate eerificatlon of authenticity .1 eignatures. Letters exceeding 201 words in length may be cut rhea required by apace limitations. Facts or 'Party-Line'? TO THE EDITOR: Re "War or Peace" in the April 5 Safety Valve. I have read similar articles until my eyes are sore. They "talk" but say little. Granted that they have a point about the secrecy of "The Atlantic Pact," what about the ". . . tiny clique of Wall St. • .", ". . these parasites and exploiters .. ." Phrases? This sounds suspiciously like the old "party-line." Again: It seems as though Wall street has pulled out of the Republican party and is now behind the Democrats. Amazing versatility, wot? In short, the writer has lost a good point by overcrowding it with trite "commie" phraseology. Also, I have newts seen specific incidents cited to back up these accusations. Remember that, to thinking people, facts speak louder than name calling. Yours for clearer, more precise name-calling. —Nam* withhold. _ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Blue Band Gives Spring Concert Displaying a completely differ ent organization from the one of the football season, Blue Band, conducted by James W. Dunlop, will present its first concert of the semester in Schwab Auditor ium 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The doors will open at 3 p.m. and there will be no admission charge. The present Blue Band num bers 12 girls among its metnber ship. Ninety pieces make up the present group and include flutes, piccolos, oboes, bassoons, saxa phones, basses, and percussion instruments. The program will open with the Star Spangled Banner, fol lowed by "My Hero" and "The William Tell Overature". Selections from pr es en t day show music include melodies from Carousel. WV*7l :.. : 4M ::i,'....--.7::..1 TO THE EDITOR: With all ' the campaign speeches and big talk about politics this week and eagerness to attain a high position in government on campus, some individuals make us wonder whether reaching such a goal means any more to candidates than merely personal prestige and satisfaction. Until recently we had been among the many Penn State students who know little about such matters, but it has come to our attention that a monetary incentive is another reason for such spirit and party politics. Out of curiosity we are asking .the Inter-Class Finance Committee or a similar group for the issu ance of a complete statement on expenditures, such as salaries to All-College officers, class offi cers, dance committees, etc. We feel such an an nouncement would be of interest to all would-be student voters. • Although such an announcement was alread too late to interest voters, it shall be made In one of next week's Collegians. Lion Class Presidents, AA Chief AIM To Sponsor Quartette Contest Independent groups wishing to enter the AIM sponsored barber shop quartette - contest are re quested to leave names and phone numbers at the Student Union desk in Old Main. First round elimifiations will be held Sunday at the indepen dents "April Showers" mixer in the PUB with the finals to be run off in May. Originality is encouraged in the quartette presentation of songs. Prizes will be given to the best group. Oehm ler Heads Eng. Council George Oehmler was elected president of the Engineering Stu dent Council for the year. As president, he will represent the council and the students of the School of Engineering on All-Col lege Cabinet. The other officers elected were Harold Bowditch, vice-president; Jesse Kehres, secretary; and Fred Auch, treasurer. Prof. Lawrence Perez was selcted as faculty ad visor. Mr. Oehmler is a sixth semester student in industrial engineering, a member of Tau Beta Pi, and a pledge of Sigma Tau, engineering honoraries. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta social frater nity, and is serving on the house cabinet for the second year. Beside his interest in student government, Mr. Oehmler has musical inclinations. He is a mem ber of the chapel choir and the Statesmen quartet, and a past member of the Glee Club, and Glee Singers. He succeeds Milton Stone as president of the council. Scholarships-- Continued from page one The John W. White Scholar ships in Spanish amounting to $5O each, are made to residents of the United States for proficiency in Spanish, and/or to residents of a Latin-American republic for proficiency in English. Applica tion may be made in Room 300, Sparks Building. Monetary Incentive —Signed by 13 Coeds James Gehrdes Choir To Give 'Requiem' Mass Chapel Choir, under the direc tion of Prof. Willa Taylor, and ac companied by Prof. George Ceiga, chapel organist, will present two performances of its Lenten Wor ship Service, Cherubini's "Re quiem Mass in C Minor" at Schwab Auditorium Sunday. The first service will be held at the regular Chapel Hour, 11 a.m. and the second at 8: 15 p.m. "The Requiem Mass' as an Art- Form has been the major sub ject of study undertaken by the Choir this year. The music to be heard Sunday is a setting of the Roman Liturgical Mass for the Dead. With its emphasis upon future life, the Requiem is con sidered by many to be the most beautiful Mass. The solemn mood of this music is in keeping with the spirit of the Lenten season. Professor Ceiga will play the organ music by composers of Cherubini's period: Guilmant, Marcello, and Couperin. Doors will open half an hour earlier for both performances. News Briefs Square Dance in TUB A square dance, sponsored by the Alpha Phi Omega service fra ternity, will be held in the TUB from 9-12 p.m. tomorrow. Bill Little's orchestra will furnish the music. Proceeds will be used to further service projects. Tickets are $1 per couple and may be purchased from any Alpha Phi Omega member, at Student Union or at the door. Phys Ed Banquet Tickets for the Annual Physi cal Education Banquet are now on sale. They may be purchased through members of Lakonides and Phi Epsilon Kappa. Barbershop Quartet Association of Independent Men is sponsoring a Barbershop Quar tet contest for all independent men. The first round eliminations will be held at the "April Show ers" mixer in the TUB Sunday. Finals are scheduled for May. Psychology Majors Registration for the summer for all students majoring in psychol ogy will be on April 20, 21 and 22. Penn State Club Penn State Club will hold a bowling party at the Dux Alleys at 7:15 today. The club will pay halt the expenses of each mem ber, but guests must pay full price. A sport dance with Philotes will take place in 401 Old Main at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The affair is stag or date, and refreshment : and entertainments have been plan n e (1. Dungarees and old clothes will predominate. A special meeting of the club will be held in 411 Old Main at 7 p.m. Monday. Industrial Ed The Industrial Education Socie ty recently elected officers for the coming year. They are Chester Doyle, president; Charles Habit?, vice-president; Robert Krayer, secretary-treasrer; Ralph Bevan, Malcolm Buyer and Anthony Pi ento, board of governors; and Mr. C. A. Elsworth, faculty advisor. PAGE THREE' Lion Party Sweeps Election Continued from page one "Th e candidates worked hard and I think that they deserved to win," said the victorious clique chairman, Mort Snitzer. "I want to thank everyone why voted for us and put our party into office," he continued. When asked to what he attrib uted the overwhelming success of the Lion Party, Snitzer said "I guess we just had the best men running for office." Senior Class In the Senior Class election, Lion candidate James Balog scored the closest win of the two day election as he took the office with 560 votes as against 446 for Robert Keller. Another close race was record ed in the vice-presidency. Jos eph Reinheimer received 122 more votes than State candidate Francis Eshleman, but in the Sen ior Class secretary-treasurer race, Lorraine Stotler almost doubled Joel Fleming's 335 votes by polling 637. One hundred and twenty four votes separated Harry Kondour ajian, Lion party, from David Owen, and about the same mar gin separated vice-presidential winner John Erickson, from John Meszaros and secretary-treasurer Rudolph Valentino from Virginia Diver. Hard Campaign "This was as hard a campaign as I ever fought," said Ted Allen, All-College president elect. "I didn't expect such a decisive vic tory." A total of 2936 students voted this year, which is an increase of 736 over last year's vote. Although the voting was fin ished at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the Elections Committee didn't re lease the results until 7:10 p.m. Paper ballots which were used for a portion of the second day's voting slowed the counting pro cedure. Waiting Many of the candidates were waiting for the results outside of the Student Union office ane: when Bill McLain announces that the Lion Party had swept every office, the Old Main hall was silent for a moment and then broke out into victorious Lion cheers. As McLain read off the totals of the elections, the State Party members, who had seen defeat in only 3 offices in the last four el ections, turned away from the celebrating Lions and moved to ward the doorway. "I guess you could attribute our defeat to a lot of things," said Robert Gabriel, State candidate for the All-College presidential post. "We put up a good fight, but we just couldn't take care of all of the things that had to be done." According to the results of the A.A. elections in which only men were allowed to vote, a total of 2195 men voted. Cold Spring Drill Ten years ago on April 2, the football managers had to shovel snow oft the field so that the team could hold its initial Spring prac tice. Textbooks are so scarce in Fin land that a student must present a certificate from his professor stating that he needs the book for his work before he can buy it from a bookseller, according to reports received at the WSSF Headquarters here. 27 Men Initiated By Tau Beta Pi Tau Beta Pi, engineering hon orary, recently initiated 27 men. A banquet was held at the State College hotel after the initiation. Those initiated were James Adams, Joseph Allinger, Stod dart Burg, John Cramer, Richard Drabic, Wayne Fenton, Gilbert Friendman, Kermit Hamer, Cal vin Hesser, Calvin Levis, Richard Manchester, Robert Mays, John Miller. Logan Moorehead, Michael Nakonechny, John Nott, George Oa inler, Norman Pomerantz, Richard Pulling, Wayne Rock well, Ronald Saxton, Charles Schellhase, Bennie Slupek, Mal colm Stauffenberg, Donald Stock, Donald Tanner, anti Frank Ter kowski.
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