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"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
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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