Tradition Suffers Grad Student On Squad Prior To Present Ban Tradition will go by "the boards tonight when Gladys Loti Miller, former cheerlead er, takes over the master of ceremonies slot in the pre- West. Virginia game pep rally. . The rally is scheduled for 7:30' oh the steps of Old 'Main, with Nittany Lion gridders slated to leave for the game early tomor row morning. Miss Miller, now a graduate student in the speech department, was a member of the cheerlead ing squad before the present ban bf 1 feminine participation in ''this activity. First Coed To MC ■ The beauteous and effervescent ex-cheerleader will.be the-..first' coed .in recent times to serve as MC for a rally. Richard Clair, head varsity cheerleader who is in charge of organizing the rally, , yesterday urged a large turnout for the event. ■ “A large turnout at this rally will show that school spirit still is at a high point and will be a pro per indication that the students have confidence in the team. 1 “Penn State spirit has really picked up over the past. several weeks and we’re showing the players that we are solidly behind them;” ! ■ r Blueßand To Appear 'Members of; the Blue Band will be on hand tp provide musical at mosphere. They will .be augments edby the Harmonaires, a quartet composed of Gene Myers', Robert Potter, William Elmore and Glen Landis, which appeared in the re cent Thespian production of “Wel come Willy.” • With the exception •of ' Head Coach Joseph Bedenk, aIP the football coaches are, expected to be present to. speak at the send off.;., Because the team will depart for' the game early tomorrow morning, it would have beerii im possible to .postpone the .rally until" tomorrow, Cla'ir said. • • He, pointed out that most of the student body will not be able to attend .the game itself, and urged that:.tfiiey .give the team a send off boost today to show their'sup port. Speech Conference V The fourth annual undergradu ate ' Speech Conference - will be conducted by the College Speech Clinic - today. The program is as follows::banquet at noon in the Presbyterian Church; panel dis cussion and presentation bf clinic casesdn 316. Sparks; speech clinic at,4 v o’cl6ck; late afternoon tea. Philosophy Club , , ■. Prof. .Edward Abramson of the Sobiplogy. . department', will lec ture at the meeting of the Philo sophy- Club in 316 Sparks, at'7:4s tohight. : ' ,-i today ... The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the Penn Slate Club, in dependent/men's social organi-. xation, which initialed 225 men. Tuesday night. The club more than tripled its membership this fall, a good in dication that -independent men are striving for a social program which wUI match that of the fraternities. A,nd an extra growl for Presi dent Joseph' Hudak and other members of the club's executive committee, Craig Archer, Basil Choman, Arnold Gasche, Emer son Jones, John Kugler, Frank. Robinson, * and William , Zaker, who provide theable' leader ship. as Former <5 jam* + -d 4 4 « Today's Weather: iiJ&iU} Igf) v!iou£jJt£Ut c,ou Z'i%? md tor a Better penn state" 1 VOL. 50 NO. 30 Oxford Students To Meet College Debaters Speech Clinic Holds Conclave The Speech Clinic will conduct its fourth annual undergraduate conference today. All students, interested in speech, from col leges throughout the state are in vited to attend. , Opening with a luncheoh-ban quet in the Presbyterian Church, Beaver and Frazier streets, at noon, the conference will con tinue with a program in' 316 Sparks. This phase will feature speech authorities from the col leges of the state participating in a panel discussion followed by presentation of several clinic cases. Last year, 150 guests from eight colleges participated in the program. More students are exr pected this year. , ‘ Penn State Club Admits Largest Pledge Group .. .The Penn State Club Tuesday night initiated the largest group of pledges' ever admitted into the organization. Two hundred twenty five. men went through the varied tasl?s assigned by President Joseph Hudak arid his cohortSi and all smvived to be recognized as full mem bers of the club. . The large group of ' pledges was v -met ,in 405; Old Main by approximately' 30 old members complete with, handlebar mous taches and long cigars. Each new man donated a record to the club’s collection, and \then pinned on name cards while President Hud ak explained the course of events to follow. . CIO Replaces Leftist Unions Cate AP News Courtesy WMAJ - CLEVELAND—The CIO char tered a,new- union' yesterday to replace v the ousted United; Elec trical Workers . and the Farm Equipment Workers, expelled be cause of alleged leftist leader ship. The CIO’ Executive Board chartered the new organization under the name of the Interna tional Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. Sherman WASHINGTON Admiral Forrest Sherman - was sworn in yesterday as the new Chief of Naval Operations. The oath was administered by Navy Secretary Frank Matthews. Admiral Louis Denfeld, deposed CNO, has been offered the post of commander of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterran ean naval forces. Tribunal Penalizes Parking Violators Tribunal, - men’s judicial or ganization, . continued to crack down on violators of .the campus parking regulation, as it handed down four $1 fines .in a short session Tuesday night. The. four cases were identical. Each defendent pleaded guilty to parking on campus without a permit tag and was sentenced for a first offense. Successive of fenses will merit higher fines, Tribunal warned. Strict measures are necessary, to alleviate the parking jam, chairman Robert Keller explain ed. Last year .there were 5,500 cars and only 1,100 ■ parking spaces, he said, and this year there are more cars and less parking spaces. Other Tribunal members pres ent were: George Dallas, Dave Greenw,aid, John Orgo. and James ..Richards. State Party A meeting: for. those interested in, poster work for the • State Party will be held in 1 Carnegie at 7:30 tonight. STATE - COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 Geoffrey Johnson Smith Polish. Steps The pledges next adjourned to the front steps of Old Main, where they applied much industry and vigor to polishing the stone with toothbrushes.. They then towed the executive committee of the club -out Pollock Road in an old car to. McElwain. Hall, where they broke- up into four groups to ser enade the -nearby girls’, dorms. The singing completed, the party met at Mac Allister, Hall - "where they sang as a body for the girls in that building. The club then went back to its rooms in Old Main where a short business meeting was , held, and membership cards ‘ were given out. The club plans a stag outing for members at Fairmont Park Saturday afternoon, and has set November 15 as the date of the next meeting.. Along with the “Old Guard” who administered the initiation proceedings, the club now num bers over 250 men. • * , The. following were initiated into the club: Julian Abele,- PeL*“ Abramczyk, Bern ard Ames, Raymond Amsden, Harry Ankeny, George Armbruster; Josef Aus tra, Edward Barber, Oscar Barkman, Glenn Barnes, Lee Barnhart, Paul Baum gardner,*. Arthur Benning, Martin Berko witz, John Beyer, Edward Bield, Clinton Bittner,. William Brechue, Leroy Bren nen, Andrew Stanley Budny, Louis Brotzman, Bernard Brosius, Jack Boyle, (Continued ori page three) Collegian Releases Board Promotions Six members of Sophomore Board were moved up to Junior Board .and two Junior Boarders were' elevated to Senior Board in action taken yesterday by Sen ior Editorial Board of the Daily Collegian. ■ The promotions, announced by Thomas Morgan, 'editor, include Shirley Austin, Wilson Barto, John Dalbor, Harry Endres, Hel ene Krebs and Herbert Stein from Sophomore to Junior Board, anftrßoX.. McHenry and Robert Kotzbauer from Junior to Senior £oar<* irl Cheerleader Runs Rally Men Caperers Serenade Girls Hallowe’en capers were the order of the day as a crowd of men from the dormitories made life interesting • for c6eds in Mc- Elwain, Simmons and Atherton Halls about 9:30 p.m. Monday. A group of men estimated be tween 50 and 100 shouted and sang songs ' aro.und McElwain Hall, and chanted, “We want women.” Some reportedly tried' to enter , the building buthos tesses prevented them. they continued to Simmons and Ath erton Halls presumably; enroute to a Hallowe’en parade in town; • However, both Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston and Capt Philip Mark of the campus patrol dis counted rumors that the : disturb ance was anything out of the ordinary. Dean- Weston described it as “just for fun,” and Captain Mark declared that this was the “quiet est Hallowe’en around Penn State in years.” NSA To Select New Nominees See Editorial on Page 2 The local committee of Nation al Student Association will ac cept nominations for the current year in 20 Sparks at 7 o’clock tonight, according to Lynn Lapp, newly-appointed chairman. / Miss Lapp will receive nomin ations for the following offices from the floor: vice-chairman, secretary-treasurer, and. publi city chairman. She emphasized that ample''opportunity exists for those new in the-group, to obtain offices,- provided they are “suffi ciently qualified.’’. Reports from the campus chest subcommittee, headed by Joel Bachman and Mary. Fox, will be presented. David Keller will out line progress made-on the facul ty rating program. . ■ Inquiries have been made' into the feasibility of a caravjan to the 'Pitt football'game. Barbara Lehn will report the findings relative to this., Present officers urge that every active member be present to take part in the most important task of nominating officers for the homing year. Phys Ed Mixer The first student-faculty mixer in the School of Physical Educa tion and Athletics will be held at 7:30 tonight, sponsored by the school council. • , All students and faculty are in vited to attend in informal dress. Refreshments will be served and dancing will be’a main feature. Robin Day. PRICE FIVE CENTS College To Take Negative Side Of Argument One of the largest features of the debating season at the College, the international de bate with students from Great Britain, will be held in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow. This meet has de veloped into an annual discussion of topics which are pertinent and lead to friendly rivalry among the debaters. This year’s discussion will be “Resolved: That public ownership of basic industries and essential services is in the best interests of a democratic society.” Richard Schweiker, manager of men’s de bate, and John Fedako will pre sent the negative side for the Col lege and Robin Day and Geoffrey Johnson Smith, of Oxford Univer sity, England, will present the af firmative. Both of the visiting debaters are unmarried and 25 years of age, and both held the rank of captain in the Royal Artillery during the last war. Day is at present an undergraduate study ing law at'St. Edmund Hall, Ox ford, and regards himself as a liberal in politics. Smith Smith is studying the modern greats, (politics, philosophy and economics). He is an ardent sup porter of the British Labor Par ty. He has done both stage and film acting and some, production in his work at Oxford. His . am bition is to become a well known journalist. In 1948, two students from Cam bridge University teamed up with Fedako and Richard Hill of the College to discuss the topic, “Re solved:. .That the world would have been much happier had not the American Revolutionists left the British Empire.” Duncan Macrae, Oxford, teamqd up with Hill on the affirmative, and Percy Cradock, Oxford, with Fedako, on the negative. No de cision was reached as there was no judging, and an audience parti cipation forum followed the de bate. Oxford Wins Oxford won the meet held at the College in 1947. The topic was, “Resolved: That the danger of war can best be averted by an all pur pose Anglo-American alliance.” The Oxford team, comprised . of Sir Edward C. G. Boyle and Hon orable Anthony N. W. Benn, car (Continued on page three) News Briefs Science Student Council LaVie pictures of the Chemis try and Physics Student Council will be taken at the P.enn State Photo Shop at 6:40 tonight. An important meeting will follow in 417 at 7 o’clock. Zionist Federation Intercollegiate Zionist Federa tion of America will meet in the Hillel Recreation Room at 7 o’clock tonight to discuss the education program and plans for the semester. Earth Science Club Earth Science Club meets in 121 Mineral Industry building at 7 o’clock tonight. Professor Wayne M. Felts will be the guest speaker
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