20 Per Cent Cast Ballots in School Council Races
Prom Committee Expects 1500
Only Boo Vote
During Election
For 6 Schools
45 Students Chosen
For Council Seats .
Nearly 20 per cent of the stu
dents eligible to vote in the stu
dent council elections concluded
yesterday had cast their ballots
when the polls closed at 5 p.m.
Only about 800 students in six
schools had chosen the 46 council
representatives, for nearly 4,300
eligible student voters in the two
da yballoting, *
In fact, ' fewer students least
their ballots yesterday than did so
Wednesday, when nearly 500 of
the 800 votes were recorded.
It was the first time that coun
cil elections for a number of
schools had been held simultan
eously. ~
Chairman William Shade of the
All-College Elections committee,
which was in 1 charge of conduct
ing the election,' said that the re
sults marked “a big increase” over
the vote last year, when council
elections were held separately. ;
Ballots, were’ counted at the
Stundent Union office immediate
ly after voting'ended. /
In the School of Liberal Arts 7
seniors, 11 juniors and 7 • sopho
mores were elected.
Seniors: Oscar Fleisher, Joel
Fleming, Jack Been, Earl Schaf
fer, Dottie Werlinich, Ted Weiden
man and George Vadasz;
Juniors:. Herbert Arnold, Rich
ard Bard Patricia Bender, Mary
Conrath, Russell Davis, Dorothy
Luft, Laura Mermelstein, Ruth’
S’c h e c h t e r, David Schmuckler,
Merrill Sporkin and' Regina : Wil
liams.
Sophomores: William Albert,
Roger Dietz, 'Glair George, Rena
Lachman, Moylan Mills, John
Parris and Edward Shanken.
/A three-way tie developed -in
the senior division of the Mineral
Industries race.' The run-off elec
tion_will be held next week. The
seniors tied’ are:. Robert- Cooper,
Rbbert Menzie and Clarence Whit
low., , .. .
- Sophomores, elected in Mineral
Industries are: Millard Rehburg,
Robert B. Smith, John Ruffner
and Samuel Sanders. ■ '< •'
' Harriet' Stickler was the only
freshman, wpman elected in Phy
sical : Education and - Athletics.
Sophomores elected in that school
are: Nancy Worthington and WiL
liam Mihalich. !
Joanne Conner, freshman, and
Patricia Robinson, sophomore,
were :-elected in Home Economics.
- In Engineering the sophomores
elected are: John Frantz, aeronau
(Continued oh page six)
Today . . .
The Nittaiiy Lion Roars
FOBt W.illiam Shade, chair
xnan - of .the elections commit
tee and all the' volunteers who
so capably assisted him- in
handling the. various student
council elections.
Preparing ballots, checking
matriculation cards, and at
tending to-the numerous - other
: details necessary fori the elect
ions which ended yesterday, is
anything but a glamorous task.
It involves a lot of work, much
of it drudgery.
The Lion emits a gracious
purr for Shade and all the con
sientious students who answer
ed his response for workers
and. did such a workmanlike
job,of-handling the balloting.
lailjj
VOL. 50 NO. 26
Cabinet Allots
Hetzel Fund
To Gov't Room
All-College Cabinet voted last
night to allocate the $BO6 in the
Hetzel memorial fund for the pro
posed student government room
and. to dedicate the room to the
late president of the College,
Ralph Dorn Hetzel.
The action came after Cabinet
rescinded, a motion of the 1947 stu
dent government room as a
set the fund aside, for establish
ment of a shelf of sea stories in
the College library.
Cabinet also: -
1. Approved a list of 28 out
standing students from' the Col
lege. to be included in this year’s
issue of Who’s Who in American
Universities. •
2. Heard a report that students
would be excused from classes to
go home and vote in the Nov. 8
election, provided they secure and
have signed an excuse blank.'
3. Approved expenditure of ap
proximately $595 to purchase
equipment for the student govern
ment room.
After little discussion,' Cabinet
approved a motion by All-College
Vice-President. Harry McMahon
to rescind action of the previous
Cabinet on the Hetzel fund. It was
reported that Mrs. .Hetzel ; had
been contacted informally and
had pointed- out that her late-hus
band had an intense interest in
student government.
Motion Passed
Elliott Krane,'president of the
Liberal Arts council, then moved
that the fund be used for the stu
dentderit government room as a
Hetzel memorial. The motion was
passed with the amendments'that
the room be called the. “Ralph
Dorn Hetzel Student Government
Memorial Room” and that the
Cabinet committee of National
Student Association select an ap
propriate memorial for the room,
with Cabinet approyal. •
Discussion on what would hap
pen to the $l,OOO already set
aside by Cabinet for the room pre
. (Continued on page eight)
Greeks, I independents
Plan Weekend Activiti
Independents
Following the pattern set by the
Association of Independent Men
last year, Leonides will sponsor an
informal independent open house
in White Hall tomorrow night as
part of annual houseparty week
end festivities.
Music for dancing from 9 p.m.
until midnight will be furnished
by the Cavaliers orchestra.
Though the affair is not the first
independent function ever plan
ned for a houseparty weekend, it
is unique, in that it represents the
first time an open invitation-has
been extended to all fraternities
and sororities as well as indepen
dent men and women. Last ■ year,
AIM staged a dance at the Uni
versity Club on the Saturday
night following the Junior Prom.
Members .wereumpressed with the
interest shown in it.
Invitations
Leonides, organization for inde
pendent .women, mailed written
invitations to all fraternities and
sorprities this week, according to
Rose Eifert, president of the
group. She also announced com
mittee chairmen, who are: Flor
ence Freeman, decoration; Myrna
Knight, publicity; and Nancy Lou
-Hollis, coat checking. Regulations
{Continued on.. page six)
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1949
'Ah Wilderness!’
Proves Satisfying
A skimpy but appreciative audience turned out for the opening
of Players’ “Ah, Wilderness!”.last evening—and probably went home
quite satisfied. Under the direction of Robert E. Kendell, professor
of dramatics, the; Players presented Eugene O’Neill’s comedy of 1933,
with plenty of spirit and zip.
The action of ONeill's play
takes place in a "large small
town" in Connecticut and is
centered • around Richard, 16-
1 year-old son of the typically
middle-class Millers. Richard
spends much of his lime, w.ith
his books, from • which he
quotes every chance he gels.
He does take off enough lime,
however, to see his girl, Muriel,
and write occassional notes to
her' which include 'quotations
from his books.
Upon discovering some of these
notes, .Muriel’s father forces
Richard and her to' “break-up.”
The young man proceeds to p.ut
his family in a dither when-he
secretly takes off that night to
show himself he can' get. along
without Muriel, ’ and he spends
the evening at a local dive with
a village tart.
Richard behaves himself fair
ly well but he does come home
drunk, • to. the' horror: of his fam
ily. .
Turn For Better
From there ,oh things take a
turn for the better, Richard hav
ing learned his lesson and Mur
iel’s father .having had a change
of heart. In the final scene the
Miller family is once more ...back
to nomal.
Outstanding in the . cast ■ was
June Williams, who played Rich
ards mother‘i with just enough
fluttering- and. bustling. Miss
William’s performance was a
well rounded portrayal of a‘typi
cally .patient but worrisome
mother.
As Sid Davis, Richard’s galli
vanting uncle, Hank Glass, read
some of the play’s better lines
Fraternities
Forty-four fraternities have re
ported plans for a wide variety
of dances, hayrides, cost u m e
balls, parties, and general get
togethers ■ in observance of an
nual houseparty weekend .tonight
and .tomorrow night.-
The informal dance has proved
to be the most popular,of func
tions with some 20 houses bas
ing affairs on various themes.
Among these are Acacia’s “Har
vest Ball,” dances at Alpha Chi
Sigma, Alpha Phi Delta,, Beta
Theta Pi, Phi Delta Thelta, Phi
Kappa Sigma, .Phi Sigma Kappa,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi,
and Tau Phi Delta.
Pink Elephant
Delta Sigma Phi will hold its
“Pink. Elephant-Ball,” Phi' Sigma
Delta will stage a' dance on the
“South Pacific” theme, Pi Kappa
Phi is planning an atmosphere of
Devils, and Sigma Phi Epsilon'
calls its dance the . “Dixieland
Hop.”. The “Broomstick Bounce”
(Continued on page six)
Weather: .
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Warmer, Partly Cloudy
(CnUnirau
By BILL DETWEILER
with much feeling. Glass was
particularly good in the scene in
which Uncle Sid came to dinner
in a state of intoxication.
Not Reserved Enough
Richard Pioli’s characterization
of Richard was hot reserved
enough. He was defiant, dreamy,
and apprehensive, as O’Neill de
scribes Richard.. But his moods
were too much alike and could
have been more contrasting. We
feel that Richard Evans would
have handled the’part of Rich
ard-much better.
Evans was cast as Richard’s
collegiate mari-of-the-world big
brother, a small part which he
played well.
George D. Miller, who played
Richard’s father, looked the part
very well, but in his actions and
speech did not quite portray the
shrewdness and maturity one
would expect to-find, in a father
,of, four' and editor of a small
town paper. r " - —'
The role of Lily Miller, Rich
ard’s aunt, was very well played
by Joyce Rexford in the gfentle
and somewhat shy manner of a
kind old maid.
Jeanne Young very effectively
portrayed Richard’s kid sister,
not missing an opportunity •to
use all the girlish gestures and
giggles possible without over
doing it.
Kathryn Scheetz, as Belle, the
village • doxy,- played her part
well in the right loud, cheap, and
tawdry way.
Ruth Johnson was pretty and
very convincing as Muriel, mak
ing Richard’s . concern over her
seem all the more worthwhile.
Other roles were adequately
handled by Edwin Grove, Joel
Kranich,' Ruth Ann Tranter, Tony
Bowman,’ Herbert -Yingling,- and
Bud Bernstein.
Both Oren L. Stein and
Dorothy B. Scott deserve much
credit for the® settings and cos-,
tumes, respectively. Mr. Stein de
signed his settings very clearly
so as to allow the four scenes, all
of whi9h were very true to the
early century era which they
(Continued on page six)
Service Bands
Play Saturday
The combined Army and Air
Force ROTC bands will perform
withHhe Blue Band before and
during Saturday’s Penn State-
Syracuse game at .New Beaver
Field. The reserve organizations
will combine with the Blue Band
to play the National Anthem, arid
then will alternate with the Blue
Band in playing selections during
the game.
The- Army and Air Force
groups, marching as a unit, will
parade to midfield. There they
will join with the Blue Band to
play the Star Spangled Banner. A
color guard will be provided by
the Pershing Rifles, ROTC honor
society. - r '
The reserve bands will then oc
cupy section EE, next to the
Navy Pre-Flight Drill Team. They
will entertain throughout the
garite.
Critic Smiles
Sale of Tickets
Starts at 9 A.M.'
For Big Soiree
J. Dorsey Orchestra
To Provide Music
About 1500 persons are expect
ed, to attend 'the Junior Prom be
ing held this evening: at Rec Hall,
John Erickson, prom committee
chairman, said yesterday. Music
for the affair, which starts at 9
o’clock, will be provided by Jim
my Dorsey and his 17-piece band.
Tickets for the dance—House
party Weekend’s, first big event—
go on sale at the Student Union in
Old Main this morning at 9
o’clock.
$4 Per Couple
At $4 per couple, the tickets can
be obtained from 9 o’clock until 12
noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 this af
ternoon. Tickets will be available
at Rec Hall during the dance. ■
New York City, decorators will
begin decorating the hall early
this afternoon. To create a
“Jungle Time” theme, the decora
tions will include designs of voo
doo . and primitive • culture and
this will blend with a false ceiling
over the entire interior.
The Dorsey musicians-will ar
rive in State College early, this
morning. To complement the
dance music, special numbers will
be staged by, the Dixieland Sex
tette, featuring the drum rhythms
of'Ray Bauduc.
Charlie Teagarden, brother of
orchestra leader, Jack Teagarden,
will be featured trumpeter for the
dance band..
All available downtown ' room
ing 'space has been rented for
hece.to. attend .the
dance and to take part in the
Houseparty Weekend activities..
Serving on the prom committee
with Erickson, who is junior class
vice-president, are Joseph La
nutti,' Walter Miller, Carlton Dur
ling, and George Gruskin.
i Final Fixings
Final details for the dance were
presented to the junior class meet
ing Wednesday night when Erick
son said that two flavors of punch
will be served. He described the
prom programs, which will be
available with each ticket.
Peppy Crowd
Greets Rally
Over 600 howling students spill
ed al lover the Mall, following the
Blue Band up to Old Main in "one
of the hottest pep rallies this sea
son Thursday night:
Led by Dick. Clair and his crew
of cheerleaders, the Band parad
ed from Locust Lane, along Fair
mount avenue and down S. Allen
street, cheered by students and
townspeople who lined the side
walks.
Joe Reinheimer handled a short
program of songs, cheers and
speeches. Representing the team
were linemen Bob Hicks and Neg
ley Norton, who reminded the
crowd that this is the week Penn
State can.even its won and lost re
cord.
Catcalls
Good natured catcalls and jeers
were thrown at Aaron O.ssipow
who electing himself coach, and
described to a skeptical throng his
own new plays, including Singer
midgets and circus giants. He
claimed he receives private sub
-sidies.
James McCallom, of All-College
Cabinet, requested that students
at the game stand up and give a
rousing cheer when the team
comes on the field before the
game and at half-time.
■ The Blue Band, conducted by
James Dunlap, played the tradi
tional songs between cheers, and
added a new combination tune
and cheer of their own.
Richard Clair, cheerleader head,
called the rally “one of the best
we, have had this year.” He said
that the. snappy program had been
purposely kept short to keep pace
with the excitement