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. .s. "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOL. tO - NO. 97
Plans for Spring
Week Underway,
Senior Reports
Plans for gala events for the
coming Spring Week, May 16-21,
are now definitely underway, ac
cording to Jack Senior, head of
the Spring Week Committee.
Thus far most of the latest plan
ning by the committe has con
cerned the Spring Carnival, which
will be held . Thursday, May 18.
The Carnival, again this year will
feature booths sponsored by var
ious campus' organization, frater
nities, • sororities, independent
groups, and clubs.
Last Spring 45 booths were en- .
.tered in the • carnival, and more
are expected this year. All organ
izations .planning to enter booths
in the Carnival this year are, re
quested by the Committee to be
gin formulating their plans.
Suggestions for booth ideas
should be submitted in the form
of letters 'addressed to the Spring
Week Comthittee in care of Stu
dent Union Desk in Old Main. At
a later date the Committee will
make available application forms
to the organizations asking for de
finite information on their booth
. .
plans.
. Spring Week itself, has' been
tentatively set up by the'Commit
tee. Other events will be added
later.
Tuesday, May 16—an event,
still undecided, to provide a
• a . Grand Opening for Spring
Week.
Wednesday; May 17—baseball
with Dickinson; tennis with.
Duquesne. Duquesne.
Thursday, May 18—Spring Car
-
• • nival.
Friday, ,May..l9—Senior Ball.
Saturday, May 20—fraternity
• and indepedent houseparties;
triangular track .meet with•
Pittsburgh and ' West Vir
. - ginia; lacrosse with Hobart.
. Sunday, Mary 21—Blue Band
'concert in Schwab Auditor
• .ium.
All-College Cabinet -last month
authorized the Spring Week Com
mittee to change the carnival date
from April 21 to May 18 to fit in
with -the Proposed • Spring ,Week.
Plana for the number, type, and
location of. the booths are still in
definite, but will be announced in
the neaffuture.
Last year the bOoths arid stands
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College Glie ClUb Schedules -0..
Weekend Totir anciCaficert
,The. College Glee Club Will will make the weekend trip, but
make a weekend tour this year in the group will be .cut to 48 mem
addition to its regular Spring tour. bers by .means :of tryouts for. the
This, weekend tour will include Spring 4ourwhiphlwill take place
Concerts at - Johnstown, and • In- theweek of March 26. Itinerary
(liana; Pa., on March 17' and 18. for the latter will - include Erie,
The entire club of abOut 90 men Greensburg, ,„ Cleveland, Buffalo
and Ridgway. •
Soloists appearing with the Glee
Club-will be. Clinton. Greve, bari
tone, a junior in commerce and
finance; and Morris Samuel Jr.,
tenor, a junior in education.
Accoinpanying Abe Glee Club
will be the Varsity Quartet. Mem
bers of the quartet are Richard
Goodling, George Jeffries, Edgar
Raffensberger, and Charles Sulli
van.
College Debators
Vie in Pitt Meet
After winning two tourna
ments in two weeks, Penn State's
men debaters. will be trying for
a third today and tomorrow in
a state match at the University
o Pittsburgh.
Debating the national topic on
nationalizing the basic non-agri
cultural industries will be two
teams consisting of Clair George
and Peter Giesey; David Lewis
and Richard Schweiker..
In addition Marlin Brenner
will enter an extemporaneous
g;teech contest and David Lewis
in a match of original orations.
In' all of ' the debates in the
Past two weeks, teams from the
College have been unbeaten.
At Washington and Jefferson last
week, a gold trophy was won
for the second year in succession.
It is being displayed , in
~a town
storewindow this week.
Tile-, week before . Men's De
bate 'squad swept a tournament
at Mt.erey in Pittsburgh, This
season =marks the 51st year of
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Sweater Queen.
Contest Deadline
Set for Today
Five o'clock today is the dead
line for entrants in the sweater
queen contest. Eighteen prizes
besides the title await the first
queen elected in four years at
the College,
A board of five judges—Ted
Allen, All-Cone g e president;
George Donovan, director of As
sociated Student Activities; Wil
liam S. Hoffman, burgess of
State College; George Kalil, pro
fessor of _WMAJ's Groovology
54; and Bill Coleman, co-owner
r.nd photographer of the • Lion
Studio, will seledt the .winner
from the photos submitted.
Final arrangements for crown
ing 'the queen and presenting
the prizes are being made by,
the promotion staff of the Daily
Collegian, headed by Harold
NAACP Opposes
AKPsi Petition
A committee ,of campus groups
to make a unified protest of a
Senate committee's recent ap
proval of Alpha Kappa Psi's char
ter petition, which includes re
strictive clauses, will be sponsored
by NAACP.
Mary Lou Hollis, vice-president
of NAACP, said yesterday that all
important student 'organizations
would be invited to join a coordi
nating committee. This group will
ask• the Senate either to rescind
the eharter or set a time limit in
which to eliminate the restrictive
clause, / she said. '
Meanwhile, NAACP will send
its own• letter to the Senate com
mittee. This action was announced
by Julian Cook Jr., who was elect
ed president' of NAACP •at a meet
ing Wednesday night. Cook call
ed the committee's action in ad
mitting the'.restricted honorary
and then resolving to • refuse any
like case was a "paradox.". .
Marjorie • Allen, associate sec
retary. of the Penn State Christian
Association, ~ told., the Daily. , Col-.
legian yesterdaV'that PSCA - had
not yet decided on any: course"Of
action. She said, that members
were much concern . ed in this mat
ter.-' . .
Frank Gullo, associate professor
of music at the College, is director
of - the club and quartet. Accom
panist for the club is Harry Reiff
Jr.,. and • the quartet accompanist
is Gerald Daghir. Joseph Rosen
thal Jr., piano soloist, will also
appear with the group on tour.
The Glee Club and Varsity
Quartet have•not made a Western
tour since the reorganization of
these grouts' following the war.
Recent tours have included con
certs in Philadelphia, New York,
Harrisburg, Trenton,' and Scran
ton. Last year while in New. York,
the. Glee Club appeared as featur
ed 'guests on Fred Waring's morn
ing program over. 'the NBC net
work. •
On the club's program, this year
are a new college 'song ••and
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STATE ‘.:OLLEGE, PA.; FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1950
Giesey Reveals
IFC's Opposition
To AKPsi Charter
See Editorial on Page 2
Inter-fraternity Council went
on record early this year as unani
mously opposed to the College's
granting a charter to Alpha Kap
pa Psi, Peter Giesey, IFC presi-
dent, revealed yesterday. The
unanimous stand by the social—
professional fraternity group pwas
by "straw vote," he said.
• ,
AKPsi, commerce honorary,
whose.constitution contains. re
strictive clauses, was granted a
charter recently by the Senate
Committee on' Student Welfare.
The committee actions preceded
adoption at the same, meeting of a
'definite policy of chartering no
more groups which are restrictive.
The AKPsi constitution restricts
membership to "Christians ' and
members of the Caucasian race."
Members of the petitioning. Com
merce Club have expressed disap
proval of the restrictions but said
they - "had to abide .by them" to
affiliate with the national group.-
IFC's action, Giesey explained,
does not affect AKPsi's relations
with IFC since honorary fraterni
ties'are not members of the social:-
professional fraternity group.
As . .IFC president, Giesey is • a
member of the Senate . Committee
on*Student Welfare.
Tifq:To:Discuss •
WorldiNoblem
The topic "Should We Re-arm
Western Germany?" will be dis
cussed by three• professors of the
College •in 10 Sparks at • 7:30
, tonight.
Dr.' Neal Riemer, instructor in
political science; Dr. Walter Cou
tu, professor of sociology; and Dr.
Richard Raymond, assistant
.pro
.fesspr of physics, will participate
in • the second in a series of lec
tures and discussions to acquaint
students and townspeople with in
ternational problems.
The three educators are experts
in their fields.' They were es
pecially selected to discuss one of
the major issues of the day from
the scientific, political and so
ciological viewpoints of the prob
lem.
Dr. Riemer, a comparative new
comer to the campus, is com
pleting second year of teaching.
Now at work on a book of read
ings in America government, he
has already gained § notable rep
utation as a political science
scholar.
D. Coutu is widely known as
the author of a book on Sociologi
cal 'behavior. titled "The Emergent
Human Nature." • . • • • •
.
Now in his .sixth year on the
College's *laity, Dr. , RaYthond
was .a..physicist on' the radar re
search staff at Harvard Univer,
sity v He has written a number of
papers. for publication in the
,a,Physks.
Peter Giesey
Feb. Graduates
Join Alumni Assoc.
In Record Number
A record number of graduating
seniors in February took advan
tage of the special membership
offered in the Alumni Association.
Over 48 per cent, or 326, of the
graduating seniors enrolled at the
special rate of $2 prior to grad
uation. This is a record for grad
uates who have joined the
Association through individual
solicitation, according to 'Ridge
Riley, '32, executive secretary.
"Members of the June grad
uating class will be given a sim
ilar oportunity to join the Associa
tion at the special $2 rate if they
enroll on or before the day of
graduation," Riley Said.
Juniors Sponsor
Jazz Concert Sat.
Featuring an array of "real
gone" 'musicians. from the , Penn
State campus plus a feW off
campus instrument-wielders, a
Jazz Concert will be sponsored by
the junior class Saturday after
noon at 2 p.m. in Schwab Auditor
ium. No admission fee will be
chafged.
"Symphony Sam" Vaughn will
act as master of ceremonies, and
the musical work will be divided
between two combos headed by
Arnie Taylor , and Mouse Miller,
respectively.
Taking care , of, the musical
chores will be: Russ Henry and
Jim Riley on bass; Don Yenko at
the piano; Mouse Miller and Al
Koster playing alto sax; Skip
Reider, Gene Sprague, and Bob
DeWitt behind the trumpets; Lane
Ryland and Arnie Taylor on the
drums; and Dick Anderson and
Harry Klaus on tenor sax. Ryland
will also double on the bongoes
and Rolly Van .Hutton has been
billed as the vocalist.
The two groups will play new
music "never before heard here,"
according to Arnie Taylor. Some
of the numbers to be given by the
comboes are "Wail," "Donna
Lee," "Boplicity," and "Kean and
Peachy.:' •
This concert is the first in a ser
ies of events to be sponsored by
the junior class in an effort to
stimulate class spirit.
Activity Cards Distributed—
Date Bureau To Operate Soon
Activity arid interest cards for the newly-organized campus
date bureau are being distributed in the women's dormitories this
week,
, according to Helen Dreher, chairman of the committee,
These cards, along with the
ones already given to two girls,
will be handed in by the end
of the week, and the - actual
working end of the date bureau
will be set up next week. Rep
resentatives from campus or
ganizations are helping to or
ganize the bureau,
All girls are filling out cards,
but only those checking inter
est in the bureau will s be placed
in the date files. The cards are
in two 'parts, one part contain
ing the girl's name and address,
the other indicating her inter
ests. The section with 'the name
oh will be kept in a confidential
file, but the other will be kept
in a file open to men at certain
times, to be announced later.
Only after a man choses a girl
he would like to meet on a basis
of her interests, will he be
shown her name. After that, the
ust is up to the two persons
involved.
Miss Dreher stressed the im
portance of not considering the
date bureau as a "last resort"
but merely as a way for two
people with similar interests to
meet. She added that it is im
portant that everyone realize
there is no obligation connected
with having one's name in the
bureau, and urged, the use of
coke dates to become acquaint
ed, before regular, dates are eon
`siciered,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Charter Sought
For Jr. Honorary
By Hat Council
Hat Society Council this week
voted to petition the Senate
Committee on Student Welfare
to charter a new junior men's
hat society.
The proposed group would
"complement Blue Key, present
junior hat society," according to
Thomas Morgan, Hat Council
president, "and would probably
cover such activity fields as dra
matics, forensics, publications,
athletics, student government
and politics."
Two-thirds of the membership
of Blue Key, only junior men's
hat society on campus, is made
up of first assistant sports man
agers.
Position Clarified
At the meeting, the council
also clarified its position on a
Constitution clause governing re
view of hat society tapping lists
by the council, and heard a progr
ress report of a freshman cus
toms committee headed by Rob
ert Gabriel. ,
'Gabriel said that a plan for
freshman customs would be
ready soon for adoption or re
jection by the Council. "In the
e7ent .that the council passes
this constructive customs pro
gram for next fall," he said, "the
plan must be approved by Tri
bunal and then All-College Cab
inet."
Prime movers of customs at
Penn State. have traditionally
been campus hatmen, who were
charged with customs enforce
ment although the entire student
body took part.
To "Behr Down'
The Council also decided to
"bear down strictly" on future
hat society tappings to "safe
guard the honor of being a hat
man and make sure the most
worthy candidates are tapped."
Morgan explained that the group
would exercise its power to re-•
viewing tapping lists before
they are made public, except in
the case of Cwens, sophomore
women's honorary, whose na
tional constitution forbids divul
ging tappees' names outside of
the group itself.
FOR the representatives of
the Interfraternity Council.
IFC members, by a straw
poll of their attitude toward
the chartering of Alpha Kappa
Psi, have demonstrated their
belief in the democratic prin
ciple of equality.
The Lion salutes this body
,for their action, and hopes
other groups on the Campus
will emulate IFC's stand on
the AKPsi question and make
known their stand to the Sen
ate Committee.