Seniors To Honor Classmates On Traditional Class Day Class Day, traditionally held on the eve of graduation, will take place in Rec Hall at 7:30 p.m. June 5, announced Fritz Sipple, Class Day committee chairman. Five senior men and six senior women will be elected by their classmates to honorary positions denoting preeminence during their college careers. Assisting Sipple on the com mittee are Will ia m Lawless, George Chapman, Janet Lyons, and Jean Moore. The committee has reduced the number of sen iors on the ballot to about a dozen of the most outstanding on each ballot, one for the men, the other for the women. According to the number of votes received, five graduating men will be designated as Spoon Man, Barrel Man, Cane Man, Pipe Man, and Donor. Postcard ballots and in the mailfortheelec- Closf Day On ffie Way VOL. 49—NO. 63 Popular Emcee Hank Glass Helps Write, Direct 'Varnum' Hank Glass, inimitable emcee of many recent programs on cam pus, is the co-director of dialogue for “Poor Henry Varnum’’ which opens a three day run .in Schwab Auditorium Thursday night. A graduate student in drama tics, Hank is also the co-author of this production. He has been re sponsible for many of the comedy routines and has helped to work out the comedy punch lines. As a prominent figure in the Penn State Players and emcee of the Talent Shows in 1946-’47-’4B, Hank is well acquainted with act ing and directing. He has also been in charge of the sophomore orientation programs for the past two years. Hank has been influential in reactivating the “stooge” comedy routine. ' He is a member of Theta Alpha Phi. Henry Varnum Poor, whose na tionally famous Old Main mural Inspired this show, has consented to be introduced from the audi ence, when he attends the Friday night performance. Mr. Poor said he has not read the script entirely, so that he can enjoy it as a member of the audi ence. He is sympathetic with mu sical comedy groups, he said, partly because his son has been the production manager of a mu sical for the past two years. He said he thinks Penn State is one of the most active colleges he has visited. With his daughter assisting him Shovel, Caterpillar, Truck Attack on Campus Continues The well-groomed campus in front of Old Main is now bearing the brunt of a combined shovel, caterpillar, dump-truck attack as excavation continues for laying the new storm sewer running from Pine street to Ree Hall. The new drainage line was necessitated by the many new buildings being erected and is designed as the main line for drain- ing rain water from the 250 acre campus. The line was planned some 15 years ago and appropria tions were only recently made for it. It is designed to handle any run-off caused by further construction. Depths Vary The depth of the excavations vary at different points across the campus—the deepest being 20 feet in front of Old Main. Ob stacles, in the form of solid rock ledges, have now been encount ered on the main campus and Ag Engineers The Agricultural engineers will hold the annual elections with a cabinet party at the Christian As sociation cabin today. Those wishing to attend should meet at,.-6.,.p, Bfe, at the Agricultural iagHMjßg’faiflddsigi tion of the five. The return post cards must be postmarked not later than midnight Friday in or der to be counted. Women to be honored will re ceive the titles of Bow Girl, Fan Girl, Slipper Girl, Mirror Girl, Class Poet, and Donor, in order of number of votes. The ballots for the women’s voting will be distributed through the House of Representatives. Any eligible wo man who does not receive a bal lot in this way may obtain one from the office of the Dean of Women. All ballots must be re turned to that office not later than Friday. After the tagulation of the bal lots, the seniors elected to the positions of honor will have their names and designations printed on the graduation programs. An noncement of the winners as well as the class valedictorian will be made at a later date. Stiff iailg HI (EoUfgian STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11. 1949 on his fresco, Mr. Poor hopes to have it finished by this year’s graduation. Seats for all three performan ces of “Poor Mr. Varnum’’ are still available at the Student Union desk. 'Prices are 90 cents for Thursday night and $1.20 for Fri day and Saturday nights. Choir To Give Two Recitals Tickets for two musical events will be available at Student Un ion beginning at 1:30 p. m. today, according to Mrs. Willa W. Tay lor, director of the Chapel Choir. ‘‘Goethe in Song” featuring soloists Barbara Troxell, soprano, and Paul Ying, baritone, will be presented in Schwab Auditorium May 16. The recital is sponsored by the department of music and German, and the choir, commem orating the 200th anniversary of Goethe’s birth. Students may purchase tickets for 55 cents. All others are priced at 85 cents. The second event is the choir’s presentation of Brahms’ German Requiem in the auditorium May 18. Although there is no admis sion charge, tickets must be ob tained at Student Union by those wishing to attend. progress has been slowed con siderably. The rock ledges have made necessary the frequent use of dynamite causing the rather viol ent explosions which boom across the campus from time to time. From Pine street the line runs along Colege avenue past Ather ton Hall and then turns to pass along the side of Holmes Field. It continues between the Home Ec and Textile Chem buildings and across the main campus m front of the flag poles. From here it will snake its way across the campus between the Armory and Main Engineering to the service drive between M. I. and Willard Hall. From the service drive it will run out Pol lock Road to Burrowes Road and up Burrowes to Rec Hall. The pipe will be placed beneath both Pollock., and Burrowes Just Call On Had For Dough For The Ball Men of the College, do you need $5 to see you through Senior Ball weekend? Would a little ex tra cash come in handy to get your girl a corsage, have your hair cut or get two tickets for Poor Mr. Varnum? Well, fellows, Ed Hall, the owner of a dry clean ing shop, is going to answer your prayers. For today the “lettuce box”, located on the door of Ed’s shop under the Corner Room, is hav ing its debut. The “lettuce” in this box is of a strange variety ten $5 bills. These bills are hang ing between a wire screen and the glass door at the entrance. To get in on one of these super loans, a student of the College merely has to present identifica tion; thereupon, Ed will remove the lock from the wire screen en closing the “lettuce” and present Continued on page two -FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" NSA Program Will Go Into Effect Today Experience is the best teacher. The truth of this adage can hard ly be disputed but there are times when it is necessary to find a good substitute. From this necessity arose the National Student Association campus chapter’s dream of an orientation program for all new officers in All-College Cabinet, which will be carried out in 304 Old Main at 2 p. m. today. Born as a fleet» .g notion on the part of Harry Brown, regional president of NSA and Dean Ar thur Warnock, the idea was pre sented to Ernest Ott, chairman of NSA at the College. Realizing that many of those who are elected to seats on the Cabinet each year are novices in the sphere of student-government or alien to the methods utilized in the Cabinet, the members of NSA decided that some definite action should be taken. NSA members felt sure that the new members of Cabinet should be initiated into the pro cedure of that body with the ad vice of the old members who could undoubtedly pass on many “tricks of the trade” proving val uable. Forty Take Part In Plane Meet More than a thousand specta tors watched the model plane con test at the Nittany-Pollock recre ation are a on Sunday afternoon. Forty model contestants partici pated in the meet, held in four divisions. William Musser, Pleasant Gap, placed first in the free flight gas model contest. The plane re mained in the air on the three flights for 4 minutes, 28 seconds. Richard Gavalis, Scranton, was second. William Clark, State College, took the combination contest. His three trials totaled 7 minutes. 6 seconds. 'Robert Hoenstine, State College placed second. Clark also won first place in the speed division. His gas-powered plane was clocked at 90 miles per-hour. Jack Cox, Oakdale, placed second. Stunting honors were carried off by Nathan Rambo, Wynne wood, and Kenneth Marsteller of York. The contest was under the dir ection of James Kline, student re creation director at Nittany-Pol lock area. History Round Table The History Round Table will hold its last meeting in Simmons lounge at 7 p. m. today. There will be election of officers for fee faU teem. New Cabinet Assumes Control of Government In their first official meeting, the new members of All-College Cabinet last night assumed the responsibilities of student govern ment for the year 1949-1950. Newly elected representative* of school councils and other organizations on campus were introduced by secretary-treasurer James MacCallom. President Ted Allen inaugurated the class and All-College offi cers not already installed. Harry McMahon and MacCallom, All- College vice-president and secretary-treasurer; John Reinheimer and Lorraine Stotler, senior class vice-president and secretary-treas urer; John Erickson and Rudy Valentino, junior class vice-president and secretary-treasurer, took the oath of office. Cabinet, voting at the second time of consideration as required under constitutional rules, passed the proposal that up to $lOOO of the surplus from the year’s financial activities be appropriated to establish a student government office in Old Main. No exact amount can be set aside since the surplus depends largely on the success of PRICE FIVE CENTS Music Students To Give Recital The department of music will present a student recital in 200 Carnegie Hall, 7 p. m. today. The recital will consist of vocal, piano and violin selections. Vocal solos will be sung by Barbara Bowlman, Richard Evans, Harriet Fox, Paul Margolf and Shirley Peet. On the piano will be Richard Clair, playing the 2nd Gershwin Prelude in C sharp minor. Olin London will play the Ist move ment of the Beethoven Sonata, 27, No. 1 in E flat, major. The third piano selection will be by Dorothy Cornell, who will play Brahms’ “Intermezzo in A ma jor,” Opus 118, No 2. Raymond Dombrowski will lead off the violin selections with Dorothy Miller accompanying him at the piano. They will play “Divertimento for Viola and Piano,” by Haydn-Elkans, parts adagio, minuet and allegro. Jacqueline Heckert, Steve Ray tek and Genevieve Taras will play “Turkish March for Three Violins and Piano,” by Mozart, with Floyd Schlegel at the piano. Genevieve Taras will play a violin solo, “Concerto in E Mi nor,” second movement Opus 64, by Mendelssohn, with Gay Brun ner at the piano. Outstanding Senior Men <Tliit) U the fifth of a series of ar ticle* concerning pflominent senior men who have proved themselves out standing in one or more fields of ac tivity at the College.) By Myrna Tex Terry Ruhlman, former senior class president, has set aside this week for bluebooks. Now that his school days are almost over and his many activities are drawing to a close, he wants to do something he has never had time to do be fore and devote one week to study only. As president of the senior class, Ruhlman served in that capacity on All-College Cabinet. He was also on All-College Cabinet in 1944 when he was elected presi dent of his sophomore class. He was president of his fraternity, Sigma Chi, and assumed the position of vice-president of the Hat Societies Council. He is a member of Lion’s Paw and serv ed as secretary-treasurer of Parmi Nous, senior men’s honoraries. Sports Sports are one of Ruhlman’s greatest interests and he took an [active part in varsity basketball I during his college career. He al- New Office the Senior Ball. Cabinet pro cedure demands that two meet ings are necessary to pass any appropriation of sums greater than $lOO. A proposal from the Bellefonte- Central Railroad was brought be fore the Cabinet concerning a special train direct to West Point on the occasion of the Army- Penn State football game early next fall. Allen desired the Cab inet members to find out the opinions of their various groups on the idea. 10,000 seats at the game have been allotted to the College at a cost of $4 each. The railroad made tenative offers for transportation to and from .West Point and the price of the ticket for less than $2O, with a possible stop-over in New York City. However, all details are as yet inderterminate pending the re action of the student body. Appointments Richard Schweiker was ap pointed All-College Parliment arian, Robert Gabriel represent ative to the Student Agency, Virginia Miller representative to the Religion-in-Life Week gen eral committee, and Robert Kel ler CORE representative. The new Elections committee Continued on page two Penn State Club Elects Officers Joseph Hudak was elected president and Emerson Jones, vice-president of the Penn State Club at a special meeting Monday night. Also elected as next year’s offi cers were: Basil Choman, secre tary; Frank Robinson, treasurer; John Kugler, parliamentarian; Arnold Gasche, athletic chair man; Robert Richardson, social chairman, and William Zaker, publicity chairman. The club will hold a banquet for graduating senior members at the Allencrest Tearoom, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Terry Ruhlman so considers baseball as one of his favorite sports. Ruhlman was the student rep resentative for the Alumni As- jma sociation and • was on the La- Vie Board of Di- W~ ißpff rec^ors - He is ** in who’s ! Who in Ameri- Tt? iffi. can Universities 'VU and Colleges and Who's at ;J,.. kK\ ". 4’ He was in the •’ Merchant Mar lifcvrVPP# ine for . tw « years and spent Ruhlman most of the time (raveling the Atlantic Ocean. He did, however, spend a year in South Africa. Several Activities Warren is Ruhlman’s home town. He majored in chemical engineering and would like to go into some type of sales en gineering work after he grad uates. He feels that it is import ant for students to take an in terest in not only one phase of work or activity, but in several. “It helps one during his college days”, Ruhlman continued, “and it is of inestimable value when looking for a job or meeting either obstacles or succgfig aAv graduation; - Army Game
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