Soph, Freshman Election Tod
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VOL. 50 NO. 38 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1949
Proposed Caravan
Ruled Out by Police
State police have ruled out the proposed auto caravan from State
College to Pittsburgh for the Pitt game Saturday. •
All-College President Ted Allen announced late yesterday that
the head of the Holidaysburg state police barracks, headquarters
for this area, had made the decision.
National Student Association, at a meeting of All-College Cabinet
Oct. 20, had proposed that stu
dents driving to the football
game form a caravan and that a
state police escort be procured.
Allen said that Beverly Lehn,
chairman of the NSA caravan
committee, first had presented the
plan to state' police at Belle
fonte, who said it would be a
go.od idea but suggested that it
be cleared with the Holidaysburg
barracks.
After the Holidaysburg station
turned thumbs down," she check
ed again with the Bellefonte bar
racks and learned' that the deci
sion would have to be considered
as final, j£.llen said.
The proposal was. turned down
because it. might create a pre
cedent and encourage other col
leges to ask police;escorts for
caravans to football games, Allen
reported.
Cabinet had granted NSA au
thority to work on plans for the
caravan when the proposal first
was brought up by former NSA
Chairman .Ernest Ott. Less than
two weeks ago, NS As. had an
nounced that a state police es
cort would' be provided for the
caravan, if 50 or more cars could
be scheduled to make the' trip.
The announcement was based
upon first information received
from Bellefonte;
Work on Dorms
Will Continue
The settlement last week of the
national strike of the Bethlehem
Steel company has made . deli
veries of fabricated steel mater
ials for the construction of the
new men’s dormitories more cer
tain, George W. Ebert, director of
the department of physical plant,
has announced.
Mr. Ebert explained that the
shop which is fabricating equip
ment for the buildings now has
most of the necessary steel on
hand and expects soon delivery of
the rest.
The early settlement of the
Bethlehem strike, the department
head said, has eliminated chances'
of a construction delay since that
company is supplying all steel
materials for the dormitory pro
ject. .
today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the ailing Lion boxing
mentor, Leo Houck.
"Fred," as he is affectionate
ly known by friends and ac
quaintances, is still recuperat
ing from a serious operation
last summer.'
A letter, signed by hundreds
of students who knew and liked
the molder of intercollegiate
champions will be sent to his
kancaster home Saturday.
The Lion joins thousands of
other well-wishers in roaring
hopes for a speedy recovery to
Houck, instructor not only in
the art of fisticuffs, but of
•poctimanship.
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" x
Lucy Ban (Si
Houck Letter
To Go Saturday
■ Over 3000 students have al
ready paid their respects to Penn
State’s boxing coach, Leo Houck,
by signing. their names to the
tribute letter which will be sent
to Houck'this Saturday, i
Presently recuperating in his
Lancaster home from a serious
operation. this summer, Houpk is
“getting along fine” according to
latest reports.
. State College Postmaster Rob
ert Miller, will accompany the
letter oh the mail-bus to Tyrone
on Saturday morning.
From there it will travel by rail
to'Lancaster where it will arrive
at 2:20 p.m. It will then be de
livered personally to Houck by
Lancaster’s postmaster. ■'
The letter is expected to be the
largest ever mailed at State Col
lege. Its dimensions are 26 by
16 by 3 inches.
Theaf re / Opens
Second Season
■Five O'clock Theater opens' its
second season in the Little Thea
tre in Old Main at 5 o’clock this
afternoon.
The Theatre’s firsj; production
will be “Losers- Weepers,” an or
iginal student play by Mesrop
Kesdekian.
Persons taking part in. the play
are Barbara Klopp, Richard Fow
drell,. Nick Morkides, Dan ■ Bry
ant and. Iris Goldstein.
Director .of the productibn is
Rita Lang; technician, Dorothy
Jefferis;- and manager, Frank Fat
sie.
Seeks Posts As Secretary-Treasurers
Write-in Votes
Forbidden by
Election Code
Prompted by a rumor of a
write-in campaign in today’s stu
dent balloting, William ► Shade,
elections committee .chairman,
declared yesterday that any name
“written in” on either the Lion or
State Party ballots would be
void under the elections code and
could not be counted. Therefore,
he said, write-in votes will not be
allowed at the polls.
. Shade did not name a particu
lar party, but stated:
“According to a rumor circulat
ing, there is a move afoot to write
in a name for a sophomore office.
The elections code—set up by the
elections committee and approved
by All-College Cabinet—does not
allow us to consider any write
in when we count the ballots.”
He pointed out that .write-ins
for a particular office will not
disqualify votes for other offices
on the ballots in question.
Citing several articles of the
elections code, Shade explained
that—to be considered for office,
a student must be nominated
■within a /party clique for that
office, and must be approved by
the elections committee at least
six days before the election.
“Thus,” he added, “we have no
course but to rule out any write
in votes. The only votes we can
count are those for candidates
whose names are already printed
on the ballot. These are the only
ones who have met the require
ments specified in the code.”
'Beat Pitf Tags
Beat Pitt!
Tags bearing this motto are
now available at Metzger’s, 111
S. Allen street, to all students of
the College. The cards are free,
and may be, picked up any time
during the week.
The tags are the usual diamond
shape, printed blue on a white,
background, and come with
strings attached.
Sophs Receive
Dance Tickets
By Balloting
Polls Will Be Open
From 8:30 Until 5:30
By L. D. GLADFELTER
(See Editorial on Pape 2)
The political campaigns have
ended and sophomores and fresh
men will go to the polls today
to elect their class officers.
The polls, on the second floor
balcony of Old Main, will open
at 8:30 this morning and will re
main open continuously until
5:30 this afternoon including the
noon hour.
Before he is given a ballot,
the prospective voter must pre
sent his matriculation card to
the checkers at the polls.
Some 3133 sophomores and 533
freshmen will be eligible to vote
in the election. Sophomores who
wish to obtain tickets for the
sophomore class dance next
month may do so only by voting,
All-College Cabinet has decided.
Candidates in today’s election
are:
SOPHOMORES
Class President
Charles Wysocki (L)
Joseph Arnold (S)
Vice-President
Jack Haines (L)
Sara Ellen Shoemaker (S)
Secretary-Treasurer
Lois Pulver (L)
John Baron (S)
FRESHMEN
Class President
Jo Hulchon (L)
Marian Whitley (S)
Vice-President
Gerry Brown (L)
Joan Yerger (S)
Secretary-Treasurer
Peggy Hepler (L)
Lucy Barr (S)
Chairman William Shade of
the All-College elections com
mittee yesterday urged all eligi
ble students to cast ballots in
the election which will fill two
seats on All-College Cabinet as
well as determining leadership
in the two classes.
Also at stake in the election
may be the fate of the State
party, which was defeated over
whelmingly by the Lion party
in elections last' spring, failing
to capture any position among
the All-College and upper class
offices. The Staters have shown
vitality by keeping their organi
zation together and molding a
machine for the present ballot
battle after their decisive defeat,
but'should they be overpowered
by the Lions again, today might
toll the death knell for the clique.
Slate Party Needs Win
If the party should survive an
other defeat, it would set a new
mark in campus politics. A vic
tory today would gfye the party
a new lease on life and a
to remain organized for the big
election battle next Spring.
'Students will vote according to
an alphabetical breakdown of
last names, with six tables to be
set up at the polls for checking
voters according to alphabetical
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