. . Two Da 'Till ys or.i t Ei tt it H ~:iy.,-,..,,- Totirgiatt Weather : Cloudy with Carnival scattered showers "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" • VOLUME 49-NUMBER 53 Pranksters May Be Clue To Painting Theft A new angle on the theft of the $lOOO oil painting, stolen from the second floor lounge of Old Main last Thursday, is now being considered by the campus patrol. The possibility that the painting was taken as a prank or as part of an initiation by a student here at the College was cited by Capt. Philip Mark yesterday. Captain Mark said that if such was the case, whoever had taken it was probably frightened by discovering the high value of the painting. However, he emphasized that College authorities were more interested in recovering the painting than in prosecuting the culprit and suggested that it be placed in a manila envelope and returned to him. The fact that the painting was not hanging in a prominent place, that it was the smallest of the pictures, and that it appeared to be rather insignificant has led the patrol to adopt their present viewpoint. The original idea that the painting was stolen by an art ex pert has been discredited by the fact that its value was partially destroyed by slashing it from the frame. However, this angle has not been abandoned and art deal ers throughout this and other states have been alerted to be on the lookout for the picture. The portrait, by William Glackens, was of a woman fasten ing her glove and was particu larly valuable for the color scheme used by the artist. A col lection of his works was ex hibited in New York recently and was favorably received. This fact also adds to the value of the painting. Science Topic Of LA Lecture Speaking on the challenge cf science to the person, Dr. John M. Anderson, associate professor and acting head of the philosophy department, will deliver the sec ond talk in the Liberal Arts lec ture series, in 10 Sparks at 8 p. m. today. His subject will be "The Human Spirit and the Challenge of Sc•i ence," and he will present the pro bl e m of determining goal s through science. Dr. Anderson received hc s bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees at the University of Illinois and his doctor of philos ophy degree at the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the faculty at the (Continued on vage four) Outstanding Senior (This is the fiist of a series of articles concerning prominent senior men who have proved themselves outstanding in one or more fields of activity at the College.) Once again plans for Spring Carnival are being put into effect and George F. Bearer, co-chairman of the Carnival, is busy with Snap preparations and announcements. Bearer, who claims Pittsburgh as his home town, has been active in many College activities and has shown himself to be adept at not only one phase of service, but at several. He feels that be ing president of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and serving as co chairman of the Faculty Talent Show and SpringWe Carnival, h a given him most pleas an d experie of all. "I enjoy these posith mo s t," Beai said, "becak they gave me chance to orgy me a progr; and execute They also afford ed me the opportunity of work- OGestilosed eel pegs lour) George it lemley Heads Chem Honorary Jame, Lemley, instructor in hu man nutrition research, was el ected president of Mu chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemistry honorary, following the first Priestley Lecture given by Dr. L. F. Audrieth Monday night. Other officers elected were George McMurtrie, vice-presi dent; Robert Forker, secretary; Harold Clark, assistant secretary; Verne Bidlack, treasurer• and Prof. Albert H. Holtzinger, coun selor. Dean George L. Haller of the School of Chemistry and Physics was recently initiated by the chapter ai the initiation ceremony held in 105 Walker Laboratory. Other men initiated at the cer emony were Winser Actpn, Hor- Ice A ndre w s, John Barnes, Charles Bruch, John Buckland, Frank Castano, Howard Francis, Jr., William Fricke, Jr., Mark Fries, Jack Green, George Herold and Clifford Hilton. Robert Johnson, Benjamin Ka gan, James Keeler, Chih Liang, Keith Lorentzen, Stuart McAl lister, Robert Miller, Burton Moody, Stephen Sincoskie, Wil liam Smith, Lewis Stone, Jr., and Martin Ziv. George F. Bearer By Myrna Tex Hillel Foundation Holds Mixer Hillel Foundation members and Newman Club will join in a mix er at the Foundation, 133 W. Beaver avenue, 7:30 p.m. today. The mixer is being sponsored by the Newman Club. Heading the arrangements are Joe Conzola and Corrine Engels berg. Music will be provided by "The Blue Notes," and refresh ments will be served. Candlelight dancing and special entertain ment will be provided until 10 All members of Hillel Founda tion and Newman Club are invit ed to attend the mixer. Admis sion is free. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1949 Audrieth Gives Second Lecture The "solvent system" concept, the Bronsted-L ow r y definition and the Lewis electronic theory of acids and bases were developed by Dr. Ludwig Audrieth, in his second Priestley lecture spon sored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, cheniistry honorary, last night. "The nitrogen system of com pounds" will be his topic tonight in the third lecture of the series on "Acids, Base s and Non-Aqu eous Systems" in 119 Osmond Lab at 7:30 p.m. Donald S. Cryder. head of the department of chemi cal engineering. will be chairman. Last night's lecture was a con tinuation of Monday evening's narrative inaugural on "Th e his torical development of the acid base concept and its philosophical aspects." aspects." Dr. Audrieth first traced the advances in the field since 1775, from Lavoisier's original oxygen theory and Davy's hydro gen hypothesis. Liebig refined the latter idea and reconciled con flicting opinions about the nature of acid by emphasizing the re placeable hydrogen atoms. The Arrenius concept empha- Continued on page four Skull and Bones, Parmi Nous Initiate 71 Activities Men Two hat societies, Skull and Bones and Parmi Nous, will for mally initiate 71 outstanding activities men at a joint banquet in the State College Hotel, 5 p.m. Sunday. Parmi Nous, junior-senior men's hat society, tapped 24 men, and Skull and Bones tapped 47 men Monday, announced respec tive presidents Joseph Colone and John Krusen. Parini Nous tappee s are Charles Beatty, Edward Belfield, John Bolger, Carmen Cialella, Gordon Drane, Stuart Dunlop, William Men Blue Key Taps 27 Men Twenty-seven men were tap ped by Blue Key, junior men's activities honorary, in an infor mal ceremony on the steps of Old Main on Monday morning. Included in the list of tappees lare Richard Heisler, P elt on Wheeler and Joseph Courtney, boxing; Werner Goldschmidt, Frederick Phillips and Jacob Schwalb, basketball; Harry Kon dourajian and Rudolph Valentino, general activities. Jack Grossman and Howard Janowitz, cross country; Robert Fast, Robert Sharetts and John Wetzel, gymnastics; Donald Love and Ted Williams, fencing; Geo rge Avery, Peter Graff and Don ald Preate, football; Robert Free, Robert Habina and Neil See, soc cer; William Gordon, Walter Vils meier and Henry Schoenfeld, swimming; and Herbert Axford, Robert Busch and Frank McKean, wrestling. Formal initiation has been scheduled for next Wednesday, according to William Shade, soc iety president. Dr. Ludwig Audreith Parmi Nous Novel Booths Highlight First Carnival Friday The first carnival in the history of the College will get under way on South Allen street at 2 p.m. Friday with all the carnival trappings, entertainment booths, games, refreshments and the usetH barkers. Originally planned for Spring Week, the carnival was rained out on the morning it was to be held. All-College Cabinet, sponsors Animal Parade Previews Show Horse-drawn vehicles will ap pear on State College streets Fri day evening, but only as a parade to call attention to the Little In ternational, annual student live stock show to be held on campus Saturday. Show planners have scheduled the parade to leave the campus at 6 p.m. to give a pre view of some of the animals to be shown in the annual show. At the same time, the State College Chamber of Commerce windows are filled with the cups, trophies, merchandise and rib bons to be awarded winners of the show, Samuel Ranck, pub licity chairman, announced. For the parade four wagons will haul some of the animals fitted for the show. The first will be reserved for music, the next for hauling sheep, the third filled with swine and the fourth loaded with beef cattle. Donald Clapper, assistant show manager, will lead "Sir Jewel," the College's pure bred Percheron stallion, which was showed once at the Interna tional Live Stock Show at Chi cago. This year's show which is open to the public will be the first to be an all-day event. Preliminary judging of the many fitting and showing classes will begin in the mr•rning, while the main events will be staged in the Ag Hill pavilion, starting at 1 p.m. James Work, show manager, said more than 80 head of swine, sheep, beef cattle and draught horses are being fitted for the events. Fairehok, Calvin Folsbee, John Hagerman, Vane Lee Henry, Ed win Hoffman, Ralph Lewis and William Luther. Ralph Mayle, Harry McCarty, Joseph Mirenzi, Donald Murray, Joseph Sarabok, Paul Q Smith, Eugene Solomon, John Storer, Georg e Thomas, Richard Wertz and James Worley also have been tapped by the society. Skull and Bones Men tapped by Skull and Bones are T. Clayton Allen, Robert An derson, Frederick Auch, Joel Bachman, James Balog, Herbert Beckhard, William Bickford, Karl Borish, Raymond Brooks, Leo Burns, Bernard Carbeau, Ray mond Caton, Leo Curto, Gordon Davis, James Dunaway, David Eldridge, Mackey Emmert, Rob ert Gabriel, Arni Gerton, and Dean Harrison. Others tapped were Dennie Hoggard, Robert Keller, Dean Kis sell, Walter Kmak, Elliot Krane, Wilbert Lancaster, Donald Little, Wendell Loinady, James Mac- C a 110 m, Harry MacMahon, Charles Margoll, William McLain, Roger Nestor, and William Pros ser. Jack Heen, Joseph Reinheimer, William Renshaw, Wilbert Roth, Ramon Saul, Donald Seipt, John Senior, William Shade, Norman Sims, Morton Snitzer, Wallace Triplett, George Vadasz. and Marlin Weaver will :Ilse be in itiated PRICE FIVE CENTS of the event, then set the Carnival date for this Friday. Good Weather "The weather should be good Friday. However, in case of rain, we will have the carnival the same hours on Saturday," accord ing to George Bearer. co-chair man of the celebration along with Abram Basler. He added, "If it rains Saturday, we'll throw in the sponge. That will be the end." Though th e carnival is being put on by student organizations, everyone is welcome to come, townspeople, students, faculty and out-of-town visitors. Hot dogs and cokes will be sold at the Carnival grounds. There will also be musical entertain ment. Organizations "Organizations are reminded that they should start setting up their booths about 8 a.m. Friday morning," Bearer said, "in order that they will be ready to open at 2 p.m." Overhead lights for the carnival area are being loaned by the Alpha Fire Company and the necessary electricity will be pro vided by the West Penn Power Company. "Since this is the first time a carnival has been tried here, the committee is especially anxious to make it a success and insure its becoming an annual event," said committee chairmen Bearer and Bosler. They added, "The suc cess of the carnival will depend on the cooperation of all the stu dents and groups participating." Cabinet Honors Senior Leaders At a special meeting of All- College Cabinet last night, 59 sen iors were unanimously approved for awards as outstanding memb ers of the graduating class. Cer tificates of Merit will be present ed to the seniors selected. Terry Ruhlman, senior class president, headed the committee for the selection of those to be honored, and was assisted by Lois Heyd, Janet Lyons, Donald Little, and Lewis Stone. Miss Lyons made the announcement to cabinet in the absence of Ruhl man. Men to receive certificates will be David Barron, George Bearer, John Bengilan, William Bonsall, Abram Bosler, Harold Brown, Philip Cease, George Chapman, Joseph Colone, Daniel Cottone, Richard Curto. James Dunaway, David Eld ridge, John English, John Fast, Richard Hill, Dennie Hoggard, Vance Klepper, William Lawless, Donald Little, John Lowery. Wil liam McLain, Richard Morgan, Steve Perialas, Terry Rurlman, Robert Sankey, George Schautz, Richard Schlegel, Elliot Shapiro, Norman Sims, Fritz Sipple, Mil ton Stone. Lewis Stone, John Tiley, Edmund Walacavage, Mal colm White, Thomas Yemm. Women Women picked include: Nancy Ault, Susan Bissey, Helen Dicke.. son Jane Fouracre, Jo Fox, Betty Gibbons, Marjorie Gorham, Carol Hecht, Lois Heyd, Joanne Hobbs, Jean Holman, Frances Keeney. Patricia Kinkead, Claire Lee, Janet Lyons, Jean Moore, Lor raine Munz, Nancy Parent, Lois Resler, Frances Welker, Patricia Wood, Selma Zasofsky. Th e International Relatives Club will discuss the Chinese situation at a business meeting in the north lounge of Women's • • • at 7:X) p. bodily
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