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.