AIM Plots New C Student Parade To Mark Start Of Football Rally See Editorial/ Page 2 One of the biggest and best pep rallies of' the year will be held tonight as a boost to the Penn State football team in its game against Boston College to morrow. The entire student body is urg ed to attend. Activities will get underway at 7:15 tonight with a parade of cheerleaders, the Blue Band, and students starting at the Phi Sigma Delta house in the 500 block, South Allen, near the comer of Fairmount street. Pep Rally The parade will move straight down Allen street to the steps of Old Main where the pep rally will continue in full force at 7:30 In the event of rain the program will be moved indoors to Rec Hall. The program will be M.C.’d by Hariy Kondourajian, junior class president, and one . of . the winners of last year’s talent shows. In addition to speeches, songs, cheers, and music,.Head Coach Joseph Bedenk and members of his varsity coaching staff will in troduce as many of the-football players as can be available at the proceedings. Pelton Wheeler, pres ident of Blue Key, will also be on hand to say a few words about'the flash card system now in. use at the football games. Urges Cooperation Richard Clair, head cheerleader, urged - full- cooperation - and sup port by the entire' student body. .Were hoping we can get as tremendous a turnout as is po’s sible,” he said, “to make the team feel that we’re behind, them regardless of the outcome of any one game.” Many new cheerlead ing routines have been worked up, especially for this rally and next week’s Alumni Day rally, he add ed... - ••• ■ ■ As part of the Alumni Home . (Continued on page six) Productions Halted For Artist's Course -Artist’s Course, an annual fea ture of the College for 15 years, will be discontinued this year be cause of insufficient patronage; announced Adrian O: Morse, as sistant to the president, today. In the'past two seasons of the course, 1947-48 and 1948-49, the series bos' not been paying for itself. Not enough people have been buying tickets, stated Morse; The committee met, studied tlie Today . . . The Nit-tony Lion Roars For Dr. Eric Walker, head of the Electrical Engineering department and director of the ?* ▼ 7'» Ordnance. Research' 'Laboratory. Today is a big day for Dr. Walker. The Navy's new $2,- OOO.poq _ water tunnel ■ will ‘. be dedicated, and', become part of —Ordnance lab he heads, be is eminently qualified ;?* ! ™.« job ;is attested. lo by f ®c*’®at he received a cer °* merit from. Presi- Truman fosrhis work in submarine research during. the WV*.. Anchors aweigh and ever* ikiWMd Stye iatlg HI (TuUwjtau VOLUME 50 NUMBER 11 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1949 World's Largest Water Tunnel To Be Dedicated By Navy Official [. Dedication ceremonies of the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel— the World’s largest—will com mence here at 2 o’clock this afternoon with John T. Koehler, assistant secretary of the Navy', making . the dedicatory address. The building is located at the southwest corner of highway U. S. 322 • and Pollock Road. Koehler will .make the address in the £tead of Secretary of the Navy' Francis'P.' Matthews'- 3 Who; 1 because of. pressing duties in Washington,, has notified College situation,' and submitted a re commendation to Acting Presi dent Milholland that the course should be discontinued. The act ing president approved the re commendation. • , Poor . .Patronage Before submitting ' its recom mendation, the committee tried to analyze the causes for the poor patronage during the past, two seasons. They questioned various patrons, but-they all gave vary ing answers. Some said that the course was too high-brow—that they, desired more jazz. Others commented that if the classical style were omitted, they would discontinue their patronage. ■ The committee- also considered the fact that the costs for artist’s performances had increased, af fording a reason for the boost in ticket prices.’ i -f;;' No “matter what the cause, the Artist’s Course -was becoming a losing, proposition, and as the committee did not dersire College subsidy for their program, they decided discontinuance is the best policy. Custom The series of outstanding musi cal artists, which was becoming a familiar custom, at the College, was: originated 15 years ago by a committee headed by Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, who retired as col lege examiner on March 1. As chairman of thie Artist’s Course committee, Dr. Marquardt attempted to bring to the patrons the kind of entertainment they preferred, said Morse. It was his customary procedure to pass cards among the' audience, on which they could indicate the type of artists they desired to see. It is believed that because of this system the Artist’s Course was a - 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" authorities that he will be un able to attend. Among others participating in the dedication of the tunnel pro ject will be Admiral A. G. Noble, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, U. S. Navy, who will make 'he presentation .of the ceremonial key .to the College, and Sir Charles Wright, British scientist, who will pour water taken from the British Towing Basin at Has laf;- England' into'the tunnel. Congressman James E. 'Vah- Zandt will also, be bn hand tot speak. Among the various participat ing college officials will be James Milholland, acting president of the College; Dr. H. P. Hammond, dean of the School of Engineer ing; and Dr. Erjc A. Walker, Dining Halls Open Earlier Nittany and Pollock Circle Din ing Halls are - how opened 15 miputes earlier at each meal for a short time according to Miss Mildred A. Baker, supervisor of food service. .‘ This action was taken to alle viate .' the crowded conditions which have • been in evidence since the beginning of -the sem ester. It'will not, however, be' a permanent' change, Miss Baker said. ; ...She said that last year die hnes were also Jong, but were much shorter as the semester progressed. \ ~ Miss Hazel Fall,, assistant' sup ervisor of food service in'charge of the men’s dining halls,- said that the dining commons would be less, cramped .now that most students are being kept in their classes for full scheduled periods. Bums Nip Yanks, 1 -0, To Tie. World Series The Dodgers scored a • run in the second inning and Preacher Roe hurled brilliantly to hold the scant lead- and return the Bums a 1-0 victor over the Yankees before '*'' 70,053 thrilled fans to even the ’49 Series. Vic Raschi, Yanks’ moundsman, hurled mag nificently in defeat, allow ing seven hits, and strik ing out four. Roe gave up six - hits, struck put three, and ‘ issued'mo walks. (See details on page 5.) onstitution director of the Ordnance Research Laboratory here. The tunnel is being construct ed J? y the Bur eau of Ordnance, U. S. Navy, and will be used by the Ordnance Research Labora tory here for testing underwater devices. / ' _ guests will include State Deputy Secretary of Mines W. Garfield Thomas and wife, of Cplver, and parents of the; late I*. W. Garfield Thomas, Jr., for (Continued on page six) IFC Chooses Display Theme “Beat Nebraska—Welcome Al umni —has been chosen- by the Interfraternity Council as the joint theme for the annual lawn display contest to be held over Homecoming Weekend, October 14 and 15. Judging of/ these displays will &ke place, on Saturday morning October 15,. with displays to : be completed: by;eight o’clock that same morning, 'Announcement of ti ?\ v Ci Ilr ! lng h °uses will be made at half time during the afternoon game.. - fudges will be Prof. F. Cuth bert Salmon of the Architecture Department, Prof. John Y. Roy of the Art Department, and Ross h ehman, Assistant Executive Sec retary of the Alumni Association, who represents the returning graduates. Soph, Freshman Offices At Stake in Elections Two spats on Ali-College Cabi net ancT leadership in the sopho more and. freshman classes, will be at stake in the class elections* to be held Nov. 15. A victory for the State party, which w.as defeated for all elect-' ive and class offices in last Spring’s balloting, would give that clique direct, representation on Cabinet. The elections committee of Cabinet, under the chairmanship of- William Shade, at present is formulating plans for the sopho more and freshman class elect ions, and also is rewriting last year’s elections code, an annual problem. The. code must be sub mitted to Cabinet for approval. It will be. the first freshman class election in several years, with some 553 freshmen women bow on campus for the first' time* Council To Spur Program Action; Plan Publication by Jack Boddinglon AIM, the Association of Inde pendent Men, is in for a face lift ing this year, according to James MacCallom, head of a committee which will meet soon to begin for mulation of a new constitution for the group. The association, founded last year, is presently governed by the AIM council made up of-in dependent men elected both from town and from the campus dormi tories. It is designed “...to foster a 'closer relationship between in dependent men, to insure equal representation in student govern ment, and to provide better social and athletic opportunities. . .’’ac cording to the constitution now in force. Since the proposed reorganiza tion would alter structure and functions of the council complete ly, said MacCallom, a newly drafted constitution and charter would be necessary to put the ma chinery in , motion. Chief reason for the. change, he said, lies in the cumbersome nature ofthe present 70-man council and difficulty en countered in drawing the quorum necessary for action on matters coming before it. New Council Under the new program, the council would be composed of about, 12 members including • of ficers of the now-functioning but separate dormitory councils. Pur pose of this compact group would be to more closely coordinate ac tivities of all the dorm councils in an effort to benefit independent men as a whole. Emphasis has been placed on the fact that the ultimate purpose of AIM will re main unchanged and the programs begun, last , year will be contin ued. John Ogro, pu blicity. chairman for AIM, is cur currenily draw ing up plans for a n independent men’s publication which will keep members inform- MacCallom ed regarding the ■ group’s activities. Meanwhile AIM win continue to function through the present council, since completion of the new program will take some time: William .Norcross will head, the councii as acting president. James Balog, president of the Pollock Circle Council, has expressed con fidence that the independent men of the College are beginning to take more active interest in their representative groups, an attitude expected to make AIM more ef fective. On the list of AIM activities last year were the Spring Frolic, the independent Queen competition several mixers, and numerous other social events. \ since the program of sending freshmen to centers and cooperat ing colleges was inaugurated. A total of 3133 sophomores Witt be eligible to vote.‘However, the (Continued on page stxj 'Books Of Year* Exhibited at Library The annual exhibition of the “Fifty Books of. the Year” has opened at the College Library and will continue through Oct. 16. The books, chosen from among those published in the United States in 1948 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, are selected for excellence in design, typography, and manufacture. For the first time book jackets wese considered in the judgi*.
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