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VOL. 50 NO. 131
Class Day Details
Tentatively Planned
Class Day exercises for the Class of 1950 •, are ten
tatively scheduled for the evening of June 11, the f day before
graduation. At this time awards will be presented to out
standing seniors. '
Chairman of this year’s Class Day committee is Joseph
Reiiiheimer, senior class vice-president. Serving "with him
NSA Approves.
Proposed Bill
The campus chapter of'the Na
tional Student Association has ap
proved a proposed bill or amend
ment to the State constitution
providing for absentee voting.
The bill was drawn up. at the
Intercollegiate C o n f e r e n c e on
Government, held by nearly 500
college students in Harrisburg
last week.
The College organization plans
to preseht it to other schools in
the state at the regional NSA con
vention. The whole region will
then try to have the bill or amend
ment approved by the legislature.
A bill, rather than an amend
ment, providing for absentee vot
ing is being drawn up because it
is believed that it will be easier
■to have a bill passed than it would
be to amend the present constitu
tion.
The main argument for absen
tee voting, the campus organiza
tion says, is the inconvenience
that, arises- for- students,,doctors,
salesmen, patients, when through
no cause of their own they are. ab
sent from their homes at the time
of elections.. Because there are ho
provisions for absentee . voting
they, are deprived of one of their,
most cherished privileges.
■Absentee Voting .
The biggest argument against
absentee ' vetting- is that ballot
boxes could be easily stuffed. The
bill would take care of this situa
tion,. NS A says, by having the per
son pre-register at his home and
be sent a ballot, upon request. It
would be returned, via special de
livery, in ap envelope ,on which
would be a printed affidavit stat
ing the validity of. the ballot. The
actual ballot would be in an inner
envelope and would be opened be
fore a judge of elections. The vote
remains secret in this system.
AP News—Courtesy WMAJ
House Group To Vote
On Draft Extension
WASHINGTON—The House Armed Services committee
will vote today on the extension of the peacetime draft law
for two years, Carl Vinson announced last night.'
Vinson predicted a committee recommendation of the
new draft bill, with a provision that no inductions be made
without the consent of Con
gress.
Lodge Doubts Budenz
WASHINGTON Senator
Henry Lodge has proposed that
the Senate communism investiga
tors ask the justice department
what it thinks of Louis Budenz’s
reliability as a witness. Lodge said
Budenz’s credibility is a cardinal
point in the inquiry into the
charges made by Senator Joseph
McCarthy.
'lnclude Russia'--- Austin
LAKE SUCCESS—Warren Aus
tin,’ U.S. representative to the
United Nations, took sharp issue
yesterday with Herbert Hoover on
the exclusion of Russia from a .re
built United Nations. He’said the
door to the negotiation of out
standing differences 'must never
close, i ,
are Charles Beatty, James
Gehrdes, Peter Giesey, and
Robert Keller-
Class Day exercises began in
1874, but it wasn’t until 40 years
later that the designations of
Spoon Man, Barrel Man, and
Cane'Man were given to the three
students receiving the highest
number of votes in competition
with other honor students fdr the
titles. Since -1914, however, at has
been a Penn State tradition that
the three outstanding' male gradu
ates, be given these names. '
Spoon, Cane Men ,
“Spoon” and “Cane” are rather
standard titles for honor gradu
ates in colleges. In the past jthe
Spoon Man has usually been ,the
class president, although a cer
tain scholastic average and certain
other qualifications must be ttiet.
The Cane Man at Penn State has
usually been a popular leader on
campus. The Barrel' Man is usu
ally an outstanding athlete, al
though he must also be a student
leader and have a high scholastic
average. These three tradition
ally constitute those who have
done the most for the class .and
the college.
To Name Others
The -. Pipe Man and the , Class
Donor will also be named at the
Clhss Day exercises.. The Pipe
Man, an older designation than
the others, symbolizes the friend
ship between the incoming and
outgoing senior classes. Freshmen
and sophomores formerly had an
affair at the end of the year in
which they “buried the hatchet”
and the frosh were accepted as
members of the College.
In 1922 women students on the
campus initiated women’s honors
similar to those of the men. They
are Bow Girl, Slipper Girl, Fan
Girl, Class Poet, and Class Dbnor.
Later a Mirror Girl was added.
Inkling To Appear
In Fall Semester
The first issue of the Inkling,
newly created .photographic
literary magazine, will appear on
campus within a month of the op
ening of the fall semester, Sam
Vaughan, editor, announced re
cently.
Vaughan also stated that bids
have been received from printers
and the decision has been nar
rowed down to several firms.
. An effort also is being made to
divorce the Inkling from Previpus
attempts in literary magazines at
Penn State. The Inkling staff Re
mains open to fiction writing,
ideas and suggestions that will
help in making the first issue a
success.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1950
Seniors List Three Gifts
,H
To Appear On Final Ballot
labinet Increases
Band Allocation,
Abandons Inquiry
All-College Cabinet heard final
reports frdm committees last night
and abandoned two investigations.
A twenty-five cent appropriation
to student fees for Blue Band was
passed for the second and final
time. ’
On the recommendation of John
Meszaros, chairman of the meal
ticket committee, the effort to ob
tain a concession from the Col
lege for five-day meal tickets was
given up.
Meszaros stated that the results
of a poll taken by the committee
indicated that the disruption
caused by such a policy would
not be worthwhile for “four out of
fifty” students who go home every
weekend.
Meszaros 3aid that the men
“want the change, but don’t want
a price rise.” He said that, the
committee, in consultation with a
hotel administration expert, had
decided that five-day meal tickets
would mean a price rise.
Cabinet also dissolved the con
fiscations committee, set up to
investigate, the dorm , search, on
the recommendation of William
Raymond, chairman, who said
that in a meeting held to hear
none were received.
Cabinet also heard reports from
the committees on campus upkeep
and safety 1 , Spring Week, public
occasions, .and elections.
torch Supported
By Faculty Group
The reappointment of Dr. Lee
Lorch as assistant professor of
mathematics at the College was
set as the primary activity of a
faculty committee for academic
freedom organized Tuesday night.
The organizational meeting
was attended by interested fac
ulty members. Dr. Lorch,' under
a recent idecision of the College
administration, will be • released
from his post next month.
A press; release from the ex
ecutive committee, elected at the
meeting,' stated, “The committee
has as its broad objective the
protection and strengthening of
academic freedom for all fac
ulty members.
“After a thorough discussion,
it was decided that the primary
activity of the committee will
be to work .for the reappoint
ment of Dr. Lorch . . .”
Express Concern
The' statement said that the
faculty committee " “expressed
great concern about the unfavor
able effect the Lorch case might
have upon the reputation of the
Pennsylvania Stare College as a
center of unrestricted investiga
tion and scholarship, and upon
faculty morale.
“The committee believes that
a violation of academic freedom
has occurred, and is concerned
over the possibility that the Col
lege may be placed upon the cen
sured list of the American As
sociation of University Profess
ors."
Members of the executive com
mittee are Dr. Edwin J. Akuto
wicz and Dr. Julian H. Blau, as
sistant professors of mathema
tics; Dr. Scott Keyes, assistant
professor of economics; Dr. Ralph
Simon, assistant professor of
physics; and Jerome C. Steffens,
instructor in aeronautical en
gineering.
Class Considers Ambulance,
Hall of Fame, Student Press
By LIE STERN
Three proposed class gifts were chosen to appear on the
final ballot of the senior class in a sparsely-attended class
meeting Thursday night. They are:
1. Contribution to a student press
2. Purchase of a college ambulance
3. Establishment of a Hall of Fame in the new Student
La Vie of Blue
Today is Due
The LaVie,' which starts dis
tribution today, has a hard blue
cover with the rower of Old
Main super-imposed on the dome
of the State -Capitol building
embossed on the cover. Blue is
also used as the secondary color
throughout the book. Students
may pick up their copies at Stu
dent , Union.
The staff, this year employed
art work done in blue, black,
yellow, and red on a gray matte
stock that is tipped in the book
instead of using color photo
graphs for the four main di
viders, as has. been done in the
other post-war books.
A full-color view of Mount Nit
tany in Fall is included in the
frontispiece of the book.-
This year’s La Vie is the larg
est volume to be published in
recent years. There are 488 pages
in the issue.
June graduates who still owe
money for their 1950 La Vie will
receive postcards indicating the
amount, to be paid before their
copies of the year book will be
given to them.
Schedule of distribution is: Ag
riculture, May 4 arid • 5; Engin
eering, May 9 and 10; Liberal
Arts, May 11 and 12; Home Ec
onorriics and Education, May 15
and 16; Phys i c a 1 Education,
Mineral Industries, and Chemis
try arid Physics, May 17 and 18.
Miss Perm State Coed
Contest Closes Today
Noon today is the deadline for entries to the Miss Penn State
contest. Photographs are still being accepted at Student Union desk
in Old Main.
The coed chosen as Miss Penn State will be crowned in Schwab
Auditorium the night of May 17 to formally open Spring Week. She
will reign over the entire week, including the Carnival, May 18, and
Senior Ball, May 19.
The three finalists, chosen by
the Spring Week committee from
the photographs, will be taken to
Schwab Auditorium in a float par
ade. Three floats, one for each
queen finalist;. will be sponsored
by the women’s hat societies.
Chimes, Mortar Board, and
Cwens..
Variety Show
The three coeds will be judged
in formal dress for beauty, poise,
and photogenic attractiveness. In
addition to the crowning cere
mony, a variety show will be pre
sented on the same program in
Schwab that night.
The priginal deadline for turn
ing in Miss Penn State photos was
last Saturday, but because of dif
ficulty many coeds encountered
in having photos made, the dead
line was. extended to today.
A program of activities'has been
planned for the remainder of the
Week. Iricluded are the Carnival,
May 18; Senior Ball, May 19;
housepartieS; May 20; and Blue
Band concert, May 21.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Union building.
There will also be space on
the ballot for write-in votes.
Approximately $B5OO is in the
fund for the class .gift.
Over 600 members of the Class
of 1950 who were graduated in
February will be notified and
sent ballots by mail. Polling
places for seniors on campus will
be announced later.
In reporting the feasibility of
a student press, Thomas Mor
gan, former Daily Collegian edi
tor, emphasized the need for
lower printing costs for the stu
dent publications.
Increased Costs
“As the student population
steadily increases, the facilities of
Collegian are fast becoming in
adequate,” he said. “Increased
printing costs and dependence!
on advertising curtail the size of
the paper, and the early dead
line necessitated by the use of
the Centre Daily Times lino
type machines and press makes
coverage of late news virtually
impossible.” ■
Lower printing costs and a
later leadline' could’ be made
possible by a. student press, he
added.
The classes of 1948 and 194:9
have already contributed a total
of $12,750 to the. student press
fund. With the $B5OO in this
year’s fund, the total would be
brought to over $20,000. Although
an ordinary printing arrange
ment’ would cost much more than
that, a combination of new de
vice, the Varityper, with an old
process, the offset press, would
(Continued on page four)
Reading Festival
Continues Today
The second annual Pennsyl
vania Intercollegiate Reading
Festival will continue into its sec
ond day as the more than 60 stu
dents from Pennsylvania colleges
and undergraduate centers will
participate in the event sponsor
ed by the department of . speech.
Yesterday, the participants pre
sented long poems in 304 Old
Main, and last night read narra
tives at the Nittany Lion Inn.
This morning at 10 o’clock, groups
of short poems will be given, and,
at 1:30, dramatic cuttings, both in
304 Old Main.
James Beaver will read a group
of short lyrics this morning and
excerpts, from “The Glass Me
nagerie”, a drama by Tennessee
Williams will be presented by
William McCarty.