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VOL. 50 - NO. 74 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1950
AIM Committee
To Study Dorm
Assignments
Committee To Select
650 Upperclassmen
A student committee has been
set up under the auspices of the
Association of Independent Men
to assist in choosing 650, upper
classmen to live with 1,000 fresh
men in the new men's dormitbr
ies.
The West Dorms Assignthent
Committee for Upperclassmen
was originally suggested by Dan
iel A. DeMarino, assistant dean
of men, and consists of 12 AIM
council members plus Mr. De-
Marino. The group was put into
operation to, help the administra
tion with its allocation problem
and to give the students a part
in the new dorm assignments.
A preliminary application blank
in the form of a questionnaire
will be available to' interested
men around registration time. At
present, the committee is ironing
out details and putting finishing
touches on the questionnaire
which, along with a personal in
terview with the committee„ will
be the basis for choosing the
upperclassmen.
All seniors, juniors, and soph
omores will not live together in
one section, but will be inter
spersed with the freshmen
throughout the three Wilts. They
will be able to room together
and no counseling duties will be
asigned to them.
According to the committee,
responsibleness, leadership qual
ities, and good study habits fig
ure prominently in the attributes
desired of upperclassmen to be
chosen, The committee has met
three times so far, and will meet
several more times before the
semester is over.
William Zakor is chairman of
the group and members include
Roland Bunting, James Holland,
Richard Schoenberger, Paul Wait
kus, Victor Fiscus, Robert Keri
nedy, Howard Fitting, James
Worth, Robert George, Richard
Mills, and Fred Schulze.
NSA To Discuss
Tours. At Meeting
A meeting for students inter
ested in work, study, and travel
abroad will be held by the Col
lege chapter of The National Stu
dent Association at 7 o'clock to
night in 110, Sparks.
NSA is sponsoring a series of
low cost' foreign tours for stu
dents this Summer. The series
will consist of nine foreign travel
pr6grams, six fore i g n work
camps: and two foreign' study
programs. -
News Briefs
No Cabinet Meeting
There will be no meeting of
All-College Cabinet this week.
While there is some business
pending, it will be taken up at
the next meeting on Thursday
of the first full week of next
semester, according to All-Col
lege President Ted Allen.
Graduating Seniors
Seniors who- nave not picked
up their' announcements and in
vitations for graduation this Feb
ruary may get them between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. daily at Student
Union.
Liebig Chem Society
The Leibig Chemical Society
will meet in 105 •Frear Lab. at
7:30 tonight. Officers for the
coming year will be elected.
FTA-SEA Meeting
Future, Teachers of America
and Secondary Education will
meet in 1 Carnegie at 7 o'clock
tonight.
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
Chick Werner, track coach (left), is shown starting five mem
bers of the squad on a practice 880-yard rune' The weatherman
was cooperative with the "boys-in-so-little-clothing" as the ther
mometer hit a record-shattering 71 degrees.
According to Charles Hosler, / meteorologist at the College
Weather Station, the mercury had reached 63-degrees by 11 a.m.
yesterday and broke the record at 3 p.m. 14 o t sinc January 14,
1932 has the temperature reached such heights in the Nittany Vale.
A high of 70-degrees was recorded at that time. •
College To Use
Dial System
Telephone directories contain
ing new campus numbers which
go into effect Saturday at 2 p.m.,
are being distributed today. The
College also will switch to the
dial system at that time.
Dispersion point, according to
R. Y. Sigworth, super Visor of
utilities, will be the basement of
Willard Hall.
Here's how the new system will
change the present telephone sit
uation:
1. In order to make a campus
call, dial the number desired
rather than wait for the opera
tor to answer.
2. For off-campus calls dial 9,
await dial•tone and then dial the
desired number.
3. For, calls to dorms from
campus dial 8 and give the dorm
number to the operator. Calls to
dorms made from off-campue
points will continued to be han
dled as before—by, dialing 5051
and giving the operator the dorm
or room number.
4. When calling from a dorm,
give the operator the off-campus
number. (dorms are not
. provide•
with dial phones.)
For calls to the campus, other
than to dorms, 8441 will be dial
ed in place of the number former
ly in _use-6711._ . •
Ag Student Counci
Elects Howes, Fast
Carroll Howes was elected
president of Agricultural Student
Council at a meeting of the
group recently. Other officers
elected are: Robert Fast, vice
president; Ruth Mollenhauer,
secretary; Richard Nickerson,
treasurer.
Installation ceremonies for the
officers, who will serve ' one-year
terms, will be held Feb. 15.
Christian Science
The Christian Science Organ
ization will hold a meeting in 207
Carnegie Hall at 6:45 tonight.
PSCA Bible Group •
PSCA Bible Study Group II
will meet in 304 Old Main at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Forestry Society
The Forestry Society will meet
in 105 Forestry at 7 o'clock to
night. The annual election of offi
cers and Agricultural Student
Council Representatives will take
plaCe.
(Continued on page four)
Pre-Spring Daze
Weather Hits
All-time High
Shades of Sp ring! The
weather station thermometer,
affected by the heat, climbed
to a record breaking 71 degree
reading at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. It was the highest-
January temperature ever re
corded by the College weather
station.
Shirt sleeves were in evi
dence yesterday as were cam
pus bench rendezvous, a com
mon, sight in Spring, but hard
ly believed possible in the
depths of winter.
On January 14, 1932, the
temperature reached 70 de
grees, .but January of 1950 has
been an unusual month as far
as weather is concerned.
Precipitation has been noted
on all days this month except
three, but only one. inch of
snow has been recorded, com
pared with an average January
figure of 11 inches.
Today's forecast calls, for in
creasing cloudiness and -con
tinued. mild, possibly cooler by
late tonight.
$ll3B Pledged
In Dimes Drive
Students, townspeople, and• res
idents of nearby towns pledged
their support to the 1950 March
of Dimes campaign to the extent
of $1,138 via the "Discs-for-Dimes
—and Dollars" show sponsored
by Radio Station WMAJ Sunday.
The total contribution exceeded
last year's efforts by $4OO.
The show, which began at 9
o'clock and continued without
interruption for four hours, fea
tured record requests made by
persons who pledged contribu
tions to the campaign for aiding
sufferers of infantile paralysis.
Pledges were received by tele
phone and the station's staff was
kept busy answering calls from
those wishing to contribute. Staff
announcers presided as disc jot
keys, rotating in half-hour inter
vals.
The Groovology 54 sign -off
theme, Perry Como's "The Lord's
Prayer," drew a pledge in mem
ory • of ex-Boxing Coach Leo
Houck.
Take Penn State with you.
Join the Penn State Alumni As
sociatiian,
Queen Contest
Finds Sponsor
Daily Collegian To Search
For Campus Sweater Girl
Penn State will have its Sweater Queen!
Thomas' Morgan, Daily Collegian editor, announced yesterday
that the student daily will sponsor a Sweater Queen contest next
•
semester.
As many entries as they wish may be submitted by organizations
or individuals at Student Union desk in Old Main beginning today,
Photographs of candidates must
be no smaller than 6 by 8 inches
and must include the coed's face,
as well as her upper body clothed
in a sweater. Only regularly-en
rolled coeds at the College are
eligible for the title. Name and
address of coed .and sponsoring
organization must be placed on
the back of the photograph.
Morgan's announcement came
on the heels of a hurried Daily
Collegian senior board meeting
yesterday afternoon. Following
Froth's refusal to sponsor such
a contest yesterday, the news
paper sthff stepped in to fill the
gap which would have been cre
ated had no Sweater Queen con
test been held.
Students To Vote
Financial Facts
On Junior Prom
Are Released
Profit of $1,434.73
Made by Junior Class
A profit of $1,434.73 was real
ized on the Junior Prom, accord
ing to figures released recently
by the Interclass Finance chair
man, James MacCallum.
Expenditures amounted to $4,-
379.76. Receipts from an attend
ance of 1368 couples and check
ing for 1243 couples reached
$5,814.49. The profit is a gain of
$286.09 over last year's profit of
$1,148.64. The money will be
added to the Interclass Finance
fund.
Receipts—
Admissions
Tax on admissions ....
MEM
Total' Receipts .. . $5,814.49
Expenditures—
Orchestra $2,000.00
De&rations 500.00
Tax on' admissions 948.00
Programs, 150.00
Advdrtising 177.42
College Labor 173.60
Catering 133.00
Checking 75.00
General bills and misc. . 222.69
Total Expenditures $4,379.76
Late AP News, Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
Coal Crisis Appears
To Be Close --- Boyd
ministration official hag . said
President' Truman is not likely
to 'act in. the coal situation this
week. 'James. Boyd,. chief of the
Bureau of •Mines, says he has told
the President that a national
emergency. in coal may now exist
--or at least appears to be close - .
The number of striking soft
coal diggers rose to 87,000 yes
terday as 12,000 joined the work
stoppage , in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. John L. Lewis is
expected 'to confer in Washing
ton today with leaders of some
.of the areas affected by the mine.
strike.
Chrysler Strikes
DETROIT—Most of . Chrysler's
CIO auto workers went on strike
yesterday' in a pension dispute.
As a result thousands of workers
at the Briggs Mfg. Co. ' a Chrys
ler supply firm, were laid off.
In New York the stock market
declined sharply and then regain
ed a good part of the lost ground,
the fluctuation being blamed
partly on• the auto strike.
Western Cold Wave
WASHINGTON Bitter c o 1 d
has beset' the Rocky Mountain
and Northern Plains states. The
temperature fell to 57 below zero
in Chester, Montana. But the
Midwest, South and much of the
East has. had weather more
reminiscent of Spring or Sum
mer.
Alger Hiss
WASHINGTON Secretary of
State Dean Acheson has told
newsmen he "does not intend to
turn my back on Alger Hiss."
Acheson's statement came a few
hours after Hiss was sentenced to
five year's imprisonment for per
jury. He is - free on bail pending
an appeal. ,
Jtidith Coplon's attorney an
nounced that he and Valentin
'GubitcheV's lawyer disagree on
A panel of five judges will
select finalists from the photo
graphs submitted. The queen will
be chosen by popular ballot at
Rec Hall. A selection of gifts, in
cluding a free ticket to the IFC-
Panhel Ball will be awarded the
title winner.
In.addition to the crowning of
the winning coed, a complete
talent show will be staged in Rec
Hall that night, tentatively sched
uled for the• end of February or
the beginning of March.
George Donovan, director of
associated student activities;
George Kahl, radio station WMAJ
disc jockey, and William . S. Hoff
man, burgess of State College,
have already been named to the
Board of Judges. •
Ted Allen ,All -College Presi
dent, and James Coogan, director
of sports publicity, are expected
to round out the quintet of pulch
ritude purveyors.
$4,555.44
948.05
311.00
$1,434.73
a number of points. Miss Coplon
and Russian Gubitchev are co
defendants in a spy conspiracy
trial. One point of disagreement
is whether Miss Coplon's earlier
conviction in Washington should
be mentioned.
Last On Saturday
The last issue of the Daily Col
legian this semester- will appear
on Saturday. First issue date for
the spring semester will be an
nounced later this week.
Today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the staff of the Daily
Collegian.
Editor Tom Morgan pester.
day announced that the Col
legian will answer one of the
campus's crying needs and
sponsor a contest to elect a
Sweater Queen.
The Lion rears back his
shaggy head and gives forth
with one of his loudest roars
of the year for an organization
that has the . intestinal fortitude
to recognize that a co-ed's
curves, too, deserve recogni
tion. Ames.