Collegian Receives Safety Award Former Collegian editor, Lewis Stone, receives certificate of editorial excellence and check for $175 from Blaine Platt, repre sentative of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, as second place prize in the 1948 College Newspaper Contest on Safe Driving, in competition with 100 daily collegiate newspapers. Stone is shown accepting the award on behalf of various members of the editorial staff who contributed articles to the contest. Wilmer Kenworthy, executive secretary'to acting president James Mil holland, is shown, at the right, observing the presentation. Speakers Vie For Oral Prize Six finalists will compete for prizes in the John Henry Frizzell Extemporaneous Speaking Con test held in Room 10 Sparks, at 7:30 p.m. today. Contestants and their topics are: Francis Fatsie, “Freedom— Set It In Two Columns;” Martin Brenner, “An Accident of Birth,” John Meszaros, “The Greatest Publicity Stunt Ever Pulled?;” Marion Morelli, “There Are Too Many College Students;” Chris tine Altenburger, “There Are Five Letters in Life;” and James O’Malley, “The Dove of Peace.” Two prizes will be awarded. First prize is the Pennsylvania State College Prize of $5O and the John Henry Frizzell Award of Merit in Extempore Speaking. The runner-up wil be awarded the Forensic Council Prize of $25 and the John Henry Frizzell Award of Merit in Extempore Speaking. Professor Joseph F. O'Brien is chairman, and members of the faculty of the speech department will serve as judges. The contest is over 50 years old, and has previously been known as the Junior Oratorical Contest, the Sophomore Extem poraneous Speaking Contest, aad the All-College Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. An anual con test, it is now in honor of John Henry Frizzell, first head of the department, who retired in 1946 after over 45 years of teaching. New Charges May Be Brought Against Eisler On Extradition Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Washington officials indicate that a new charge may be brought against fugitive Communist Ger hart Eisler if and when he is ex tradited from England. Wide spread discussion of the Eisler case and how it came'about con tinues in Congress and elsewhere in the nation’s.capital. Assistant Federal District Attorney Wil liam Hitz says that prosecution of Eisler on an additional charge of fleeing justice also is likely. The German Communist was under prison sentence when he jumped bail and boarded the Po lish liner Batory. Today, in Lon don’s Bow Street court, the Eis ler case was put over until one week from tomorrow. To be on the safe side, the British magis trate refused him bail in the meantime. Chinese Communists SHANGHAI The C h i n e s e Communists appax-ently are clos ing in on Shanghai at last, but just what the exact situation may be is unknown. An Associated Press photographer arrived in Manila from Shanghai and dis closed that Communist forces had reached a point within two miles of Lunghwa Airport. He added that small arms fire could be heard as he boarded the plane. From the air, flames could be ma m Shanghai'* oMtekkta. Take Penn State With You Tory Ruhlman, senior presi dent of the class of. 1949. is joining the Penn State Alumni Association because "I want to maintain close contact with the College and with fellow classmates as alumni. Full ad vantages of our splendid alumni program can only be gained through membership in this active organization/’ Allen Chosen For Ag Honors Ted Allen, newly elected All- College president, had still anoth er laurel added to his growing list of honors by being named one of three winners of the KD KA Agricultural Scholarships for 1949. Announcement of the award was made by Joseph E. Baudino, manager of the Pittsburgh West inghouse Station. The Penn State junior joins students from West Virginia University and Ohio University who were also named as winners. Allen, enrolled in agricultural economics, was elected president of the All-College Cabinet by the general student body in April. He had previously been president of the sophomore and freshmen classes at Mont Alto Forestry School. Allen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford M. Allen of Spring- Continued on page six Supreme Court Decision WASHINGTON The United States Supreme court has ruled that the right of free speech can not be abridged even if a speak er is making people angry and stirring unrest. The five to four split brought some warm words between the justices themselves. On the losing side, justice Jack son told his colleagues they might better temper what he termed their “Doctrinaire Logic” with a little practical wisdom. General Clay to Retire WASHINGTON President Truman has nominated General Lucius Clay for retirement with his present rank as a four star general. The rank went with General Clay’s recent assignment as Commander-in-Chief and mili tary governor in the American zone in Germany. Without the special legislation, General Clay would revert to his permanent rank as a Major General. Truman Gets New Power WASHINGTON The Senate has passed legislation giving President Truman authority to shift around agencies and reor ganize the government. Passage was by a voice vote. The House has passed a slightly different bill. These differences will have Ito be compromised before final HHnngrfWfiinnal antkm. Daily HI (Mlpgian VOL. 49—NO. 67 Three Killed During Weekend; Others Injured In Auto Crash James / Quintet Adds Lustre ToZBT Ball At least part of Harry James’ ban<j played its best music long after the Senior Ball was over. Five of “Mr. Horn’s” all-star musical aggregation, accepting an invitation to participate at Zeta Beta Tau’s “Esquire Ball” Saturday morning, played an un scheduled “jam session” at the fraternity house that lasted un til the wee hours. Alto sax artist Willie Smith and drummer Don Lamond, top jazz men in their field, assisted by trumpeter-arranger Neil Hef ti, bassist Joe McDragon, and Bruce McDonald o n the piano, entertained scores of campus music lovers from 2 until 4:30 Two of the outstanding campus music men, Richard Anderson on tenor sax and Robert “Mouse” Miller on alto, joined the im promptu group for several num bers and visibly impressed the visiting bandsmen. “It was the finest thing that’s happened to us on this Eastern trip,” the members of James’ orchestra commented. “We were very much im pressed with Penn State, particu larly its jazz enthusiasts and the reception they gave us,” saxist Smith added. Beta Sigma Omicron Sorority Wins Console as Carnival Prize Beta Sigma Omicron sorority is winner of the $l9O Magnavox radio-phonograph console awarded as the first prize in the All- College Carnival held April 29. The sorority turned in tickets worth $172. Delta Chi fraternity, collecting $141.40 worth of tickets, was the second prize winner and will receive $25 worth of records. Third prize of $l5 worth of records will go to Theta Chi fraternity with $94.80. Beta Sigma Omicron’s winning booth was a bingo game. By of fering continuous opportunity to play the game and a wide variety of prizes, the bingo game was busy all day according to carnival officials. The Delta Chi’s booth was called “Toss-A-Pie-At-A- Delta Chi”, while Theta Chi sponsored the water dunking “Dunk-a-Theta Chi”. Walacavage The totals for all booths were determined by considering each ticket handed into the committee as being worth 10 cents accord ing to Edmund Walacavage, for mer chairman of Inter-Class Fi nance Committee who handled the finances of the carnival. The real value of each ticket was slightly less due to the fact that the tickets were sold 12 for $l.OO, he added. The groups next in order were: Phi Sigma Kappa— $60.31. Phi Kappa and Theta Phi Al pha—ss7.Bo. Alpha Chi Omega—ss4.Bo. Phi Kappa Psi—s46.B9. Acacia—s4o.6o. Phi Mu—s3l.oo. Alpha Epsilon Phi—s29.7s. Sigma Pi—s2B.lo. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Gam ma Phi Beta—s2s.9o. Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta—s23.oo. Delta Sigma Phi—s23.oo. The net profit of the Carnival, which will be added to the WS SF drive, has not yet been deter- 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE* STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1949 Accidents Raise County Total Of Deaths To Six This Year Doctors at the Centre County Hospital said last night that the condition of the four persons injured in the car accident which caused the death of Miss Teresa Kokut, 21, of Bethlehem on Sat urday night near Woodycrest, is good. Two people were killed and a total of eight were injured in three accidents on Saturday night. Lewis Dillen, 18, of Martha Furnace, died in the Philipsburg Rutgers Prof Speaks to ACS Dr. John F. Lane of the School of Chemistry at Rutgers Uni versity will be the speaker at the 161st meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society. The meeting will be held in the Lit erature Auditorium at Bucknell University, 7:45 p.m. Thursday. The topic will be “Effects of Structure and of Environment on the Reactions of Pinacols and Related Systems.” Dr. Lane will present some of his findings on the variation of reaction path with the experimental conditions and with the structure of the pinacolic system. He will also discuss the pro blems arising in the preparation of synthetic sex hormones such as dinestral from pinacolis. The Priestley Home and Mu seum at Northumberland will be open to visitors from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, to accommodate mem bers of the society attending the i meeting in Lewisburg. Last Critique Issue Cancelled See Editorial, Page Critique, student literary magazine, will not be published again this year. Subscriptions amounting to 45 cents per person will be refunded to subscribers sometime within the next week. A 64-page issue had been plan ned and completed, but due to printing and financial difficulties the project has been abandoned for the time being, according to Ralph Lewis, editor. Critique was to be a pictorial magazine, and the unpublished issue contained 100 pictures of student activities, several features and a short story. Critique was obliged to as sume the .debts of Portfolio, its predecessor in the literary field (Continued on page eight) Oven Causes Fire At Windcrest An over-heated oven of a gas stove in a Windcrest trailer at the College was named as the source of a fire which caused an estimated $75 damage yesterday at 12:35 p.m. The fire, in a trailer occupied by the Lester J. Shafer family, was put under control by neigh bors using hand extinguishers when Alpha firemen arrived a few minutes after the alarm was State Hospital yesterday from a fractured skull received when his motorcycle overturned near Port Matilda. Third Accident The third accident occurred near Black Moshannon, on the Rattlesnake Pike, about 8:30 p.m. and involved four young people Both cars were returning from a fraternity picnic at Black Mo shannon State Park. The Bethlehem girl, a day stu dent at the Moravian School for Women, was visiting the College for the weekend. Those injured in the Woodycrest accident were: Dorcas Elizabeth Dughi, 22, Lewistown. She has been trans ferred to the Lewistown Hospi tal, doctors said last night. Harry G. Rintz, Jr., 22, a soph omore at the College from Frank ford, Philadelphia. Robert E. Abernathy, 28, Phil adelphia, a senior at the College Baldwin Driver Donald Baldwin, 22, Yeager town, assistant county farm ageni of Mifflin County, and a 1941 graduate of the College. Baldwin was driver of the car. The driver of the car whid was wrecked on the Rattlesnake Pike was Wilbur E. Hudson, 23, Media, who graduated in Febru ary. He, too, was taken to the Centre County Hospital. Doctors there report his condition as satisfactory. The other three passengers wh« were admitted to the Philipsburg Hospital include the following: Dorothy Bradley, 19, student nurse at Forrest City, N. C. Robert Bogan, 19, Chester, a sophomore at the College. Ann Hibbert, 22, Media. Condition Fair The hospital reported that Bo gan’s condition was “fair” and the conditions of the other two were “fairly good.” Four other persons in the car who were not treated for injuries were: Lee Worrilow, 21, Broomall, a senior at the College; Aneta Hardcastle, 22, State College; Robert Jacobus, 23, a senior at the College; and Robert Mana gan, 23, a sophomore at the Col lege. Damage to the car was about $650, police said. James Dillen, brother of the youth killed in the motorcycle crash, was riding on the rear of the motorcycle. He was treated fpr minor-injuries at the dispen sary of the Philipsburg Hospital. The two deaths Saturday, and the death of Mrs. Edna May Mat tern near Skytop on Friday aft ernoon bring the weekend total to three. The County total for the year is now six. News and Features Conflict examination schedule —page 3. Need a loan?—story and cut on page 3. Outstanding senior—page 3, News briefs—page 3. Lacrosse season closes— page 4. Intramural sport s—pages 4 and 5. Michigan State victorious in track meet—page 5. Lions win tenth baseball vic tory—page 5.
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