®ltp iaily VOL. 50 NO. 40 Large Vote Clouds Trend In Politics State Party Stages Election Upset By L. D. GLADFELTER After the smashing victory of the Lion party in the All- College and class elections last Spring, another landslide would have appeared to be in the /cards for the Lions in Tuesday’s freshman and sopho more class elections. But the State party came back strongly from the lashing it had taken in the previous election— so strongly that its candidates were victorious in all their con tests. Reasons Obscure The large turnout at the. polls, rather than making any ■ trend evident, serves more to obscure the reasons why the vote went to the State party. Most controversial aspect of tjhe election was the dispute between Peter ■ Sarantopoulos, who ran himself as a write-in candidate' for sophomore vice-president, and the All-College elections commit tee, , headed' by William Shade, which ruled his last-minute can didacy through write-ins as con trary to the elections code. Sarantopoulos stated after'the election that his purpose in'run ning was tb publicize the idea of allowing write-in votes, without which he; said'the election could not be democratic, and, to attempt to make the elections code more democratic. Promised Fulfillment After the election, the heads of both parties made the usual statements of thdnks to students who-had voted for their candi dates, and Joel Fleming, State chairman; promised that all State candidates would fulfill their campaign platform pledges.. ■ The figures show that more votes were cast for State sopho more candidates in this election than for candidates of both par ties last Fall. However, tickets for the Soph Hop certainly were the - determining factor in . the large turnout, also helped by a high degree of enthusiasm among freshman women. Shows No Index . Thus, the vote shows ,no au thentic index of party power. Many ' sophomores probably did not care who got their votes— they merely wanted tickets, to their class dance. The State victory was not a landslide of the proportions of the victory. for the Lion party last year, which would tend to verify that the election is indecis ive as to future voting trends. Today ... The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Dan Murray, husky tackle of the Penn State grid team, who arrives back in State College today after a four-day stay in the Temple University Hospital. Murray injured' his knee in the Temple-Penn State game last Saturday. Don will be unable to play in the Pitt game, the game that would have been his last for .the Blue - and White, but the Nittany Dion roars in approval of his sterling play before his injury and purrs for his quick "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" , STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1949 HOUCK TRIBUTE LETTER—Shown above showing the Leo Houck tribute letter to Daily Collegian Boxing Writer George Va dasz is Chuck Dratenovich, Eastern Intercollegiate heavyweight champion and Penn State boxing captain. The letter, which will be mailed tomorrow, measures 26 by 16 inches and has been signed by more than 3,000 students. , (See editorial page 2.) New Class Officers To Take Oath Tonight Newly elected-officers of the sophomore and freshman classes will receive the oath of office at the meeting of All-College Cabinet in 201 Old Main at 8 o’clock-this evening. , The new officers, all ; State, party candidates elected Tuesday, y ' Freshman Class: Marian Whitely, president; Joan Yerger, vice president; and Lucy Barr, secre tary-treasurer. Sophomore class: Joseph Arnold, president; Sara Ellen Shoemaker, vice-president; and John Baron, secretary-trea surer. bate AP News. Courtesy WMAJ Acheson Says US Will Ignore Chinese Reds WASHINGTON —Secretary of State Acheson disclosed yester day that Communist detention of our consul general, Angus Ward, has ended all. chances ..0f.,0ur‘ ognizing the Chinese Red'govern ment anytime soon. He also stat ed that the United States immedi ately will protest the firing upon of our merchant vessels by a Chinese Nationalist warship. CAA Limits Airport Use WASHINGTON—The Civil Ae ronautics -Administration , has moved to prevent any air crashes such as that which cost -55 lives near Washington recently., It has ruled that all combat-type air craft, with the exception of mili tary transports, have been for bidden to operate from the Wash ington National Airport. Another air tragedy apparently has taken place. An American B-29 with 20 persons aboard has gone down in the Atlantic off Bermuda. Dozens of ships and planes have joined in a» search, but so far no trace of the missing bomber has been reported. Dispute Goes to Truman WASHINGTON Federal me diator Cyrus Ching has referred the coal dispute directly to the White House. He said it would be fruitless to try further to bring John L. Lewis and the mine op erators together. I Reds Maintain Army LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. —Bri tain’s Hector McNeil charged to day that Russia talks peace, but stays prepared for war. He also stated that the Russians have not Reduced' their four-million man. army since the close of World War IL . . ..... Cabinet will consider a report by the Interclass Finance , com mittee on the proposal that re imbursement be paid to the mem bers of the Book Exchange board of control and will take up a discussion of the debt of Critique, campus literary magazine. The new student government room, dedicated to Ralph Dorn Hetzel, late, president of the Col lege, also will be discussed.' A proposal on re-wording the name of the room, plus a report on furnishings will be heard. In ad dition, the National Student As sociation committee in charge of drawing up 'an operational plan for the room will present three proposals along this line. NSA also will present proposals on the memorial to Mr. Hetzel for the* room. The Penn State Christian Asso ciation is scheduled to ask the opinion of Cabinet concerning the PSA plan for a date bureau system. Debaters Leave For Vermont A four-man team from the Col lege debate squad leaves thife morning for Burlington,' Vt., the site of the University of Vermont, where they will participate in the annual Vermont Debate Tournament, with debaters from more than 40 colleges and uni versities. Peter Giesey, James McDoug all. Richard Schultz and Richard Schweiker will join Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, debate coach at the College, iri\New York and travel to Burlington with him. Profes sor O’Brien left at noon yester day. Last year, the College tied for second place Army, Navy, Wake. Forest, and the University of Maine, IjJates College and Mo- Gill University tied for first place. Grid Seniors To Be Honored In Last Rally Hank Glass, Blue Band To Highlight Activities Traditiorial Lion spirit , will have one last chance to put on a show for the Nittany gridders tonight at the final pep rally of the season. A parade will precede the festivities, and the rally itself will be held on the steps of v old Main at 8 o’clock. Headed by the fast-stepping Blue Band, the parade will start at the corner of Locust Lane and Prospect avenue, opposite the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house. Pitt Weekend Will Feature Smoker, Dance A pre-game smoker on Friday night and a “Grand Finale Dance,” sponsored by the Univer sity of Pittsburgh students follow ing the game, will mark festivi ties at Pittsburgh this weekend. The invitation to the dance was extended to Penn State students in a recent letter to Ted Allen, All-College president. It will be the first such joint activity for students of the two schools in the history of their 57-year ath letic association. The informal dance will be held in the ballroom of the Schen ley Hotel, located on Forbes street directly across from the Cathedral of Learning. Dancing will be from 8:30 p.m. till mid night with Brad Hunt’s orchestra supplying the music. Tickets, priced at $2.50 per couple, are now on sale at the Student Union desk or may be purchased, at the hotel ballroom on Saturday. The smoker, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Club of Pitts burgh, will be held in the ball room of the William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh starting at 8 p.m. Friday. Sever Toretti, Lion line coach, will be present to provide a run ning commentary for the movies of the Penn State-Temple game. Musical entertainment will be furnished by the Blue Band. Philotes A special invitation was held recently by Philotes, independent women’s organization, in the WSGA room in White Hall. Mary Barbara Hardy, Lois Way, Alice Strittmatter, and Dorothy Sten were initiated. News Briefs Naval Reserves Naval Reserve Volunteer Com posite Unit 4-8 will meet in 201 EE at 7:30 tonight. All reserve men are invited to hear Lt. J. A. DeNova of the history depart ment, speak on “Middle Eastern Petroleum and American Secur ity.” :• j Student Association National Student Association picture for La Vie will be taken at the Penn State Photo Shop at 7:30 this evening. All officers, and members are requested to be on time. Dairy Science Club William Juzi,. secretary of the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association, will speak on “Gold en Guernsey and the Milk Com pany” at. a meeting of the Dairy Science Club in 177 Dairy Build ing at 7:30 tonight. Simmons Musicale Simmons Dormitory will pre sent a second classical. musicale in the lounge at 7:30 tonight. In cluded in the program are Mo zart's “Eine Kleine Nachtmusic,” Richard Strauss’ “Death and Transfiguration” and “Electra.” Glass To MC The marchers will go down Lo cust Lane to Beaver avenue, down Beaver to Allen street, up Allen to the Mall and straight to the steps of Old Main, where Hank Glass, veteran campus thespian, will MC the program. Richard Clair, head Nittany cheerleader, working- his . last football game, announced that the rally will honor the 18 senior members of the football team, who are playing their last game for State. Besides Clair and the gridders who will graduate, Michael Ku rowski, Sigma Chi, the living per sonification of the Nittany Lion, will also be putting in his last appearance in this Saturday’s game at Pitt Stadium. Feature Gymnast Kurowski, who has been ca vorting on the field only this past season, is a member of the varsity, gym team, participating in the rope climbing, horizontal bars and parallel bars events. , A member of the team in ’4B, he took part in the Olympic try outs and helped the teairi bring an unprecedented triple crown to Penn State. Lion gymnasts that year won championships in the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the National Ama teur Athletic Union, and the Na tional Collegiate Amateur Ath letic Association of America. Also appearing on the program Will be line coach James O’Hora and backfield coach Frank Pat rick,. a Pitt alumnus, and the popular new quartet on campus, the Harmonaires. Want Large Showing In announcing the program for the rally, Clair stated that con sidering the importance and tra dition attached to the coming game, the rally should be the best of the season. He also expressed the hope that a large enough crowd would attend to make up for the poor showing at last week’s Temple rally. Dendrological Society Dr. Ernest J. Schreiner of the N- E. Forest Experiment Station will present an illustrated lec ture on genetics in 105 Forestry at 7 o’clock tonight. "Chem-Phys Newsletter * The “Chem-Phys Newsletter,” publication by the Chem-Phys Student Council, will be available in the lobby of Osmond tomor row. Windcrest Gates Must Be Closed Donald Glenn, Windcrest safe* -ty councilman, recently announ ced that failure to close the road-, gates across all Windcrest roads will result in action by Men% Tribunal. The six gates, he continued, were built this summer to con trol traffic through the area and safeguard children’s lives. Traf fic through the camp, however; is not restricted. This rule applies 24 hours a day, and signs to that effect wiK be erected in the near future. Glenn also reminds residents that parking on the grass and on streets not designated as panfe ing areas is prohibited.
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