Today is Froth Day VOL. 50 - NO. 139 Carnival Comes To Penn State In Two Days Town and Gown Carnival time is breathing down the necks of the local citizenry. Just two days re main before the mottled gray as phalt of South Allen and East Beaver will disappear beneath gay canopies, flaming banners, and other polychromatic devices for absorbing itchy money. Kappa Alpha T het a, spelling like an eighth semester engineer, plans to come out with the KAT Kountry Klub. The klub kounts on kockeyed golfers to kough up the kabbage for the privilege of putting small balls at small holes in a large green. Prizes. Cheesecake Cheesecake rears its delightful head at Alpha Omicron Pi's Cin derella booth, where sever al young ladies will dangle gams be fore the populace, which will try to guess which of the shoes in the booth go on which of the feet. Alpha Phi Omega comes through with the old corny standby where you try to hammer a nail into a board in three bangs. Watch those bent nails . . . Triangle's booth goes under the name of 8-ball. It's another stand ard midway takeoff, with various prizes: Alpha Chi Rho's big wheels plan a big wheel booth with ba loons tied to the wheel. Three darts to a customer. Wet Sponges Fun for the sadistic is the order at, Alpha Tau. Omega's Sponge Toss. Would-be .ATO's will poke disconsolate• heads through a large canvas, and the paying cus tomers can throw wet sponges. at them. .Balloons are also the feature at the Sigma Delia Tau booth, where you can make them go' bang with well-placed darts. Pi Lambda Phi will play dart poker with you. The cards .are hung in the ~back of the booth, and the darts make the hands. Prof Competes In Primaries Arthur_ H. Reede, professor of economics at the , College, today faces the first hurdle in his can didacy for Representative Congress from the. .22nd district as .Pennsylvania voters go• to the polls in this year's primary elec tions. Reede, if successful, will oppose the Republican incumbent, James E. Van Zandt, at the November elections. „' In today's race he faces two other Democrats, Thomas V. Bow en, of Altoona, and Gust J. Me deria, of Grampian. The district includes Blair, Clearfield, and Ceritre counties. Reede is a graduate of the Col lege and has worked in the fields of education, economics, business, international relations, and social security legislation. He also serv ed in World War IL Reede has come out in favor of some form of farm price sup port, a stronger program for re employing the unerriployed, an increase in unemployment bene fits,, a stronger UN, stronger in dustrial safety legislation, in creases in pensions, and a broad ening of pension lines. Froth On Sale Today; Dedicated To Seniors Froth's "this is 'it" issue goes on sale today on town and Campus newsstands. Dedicated to graduating sen iors. the magazine features sev eral articles on the doubtful pasts and still more doubtful futures of these vanishing Americans. • E Tattrg Today's Weather: gllr lattg tatt Clear and Mild 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" May Queen Reigns . . . Saturday. The Queen, a brunette senior. is attended by Jo Hutchon, Maid of Honor. • One of the heralds, Ann Porter, stands by. Miss Stotler and her court were honored at the Coronation• Ball held in Recreation Hall Saturday night. Senior Hat Societies Tap 92 Upperclassmen Sixtey-eight junior men were tapped yesterday -by Skull and Bones and Parmi Nous, senior men's hat societies. In addition, Parmi - Nous tapped 24 gradu ating seionrs. The two societies honor activities men in athletics, dramatics, government. politics, forensics, publications, and other fields.- Tapping lists were released yesterday by Morton Snitzer and Negley Norton,' Skull and Bones and Parrni Nous presidents, res pectively, Skull and Bones Men Those chosen for Skull and Bones ate: Herbert Axford, Rob ert Bailey,. Edwin Barnitz, Mar lin Brenner, John Dalbor, Rob ert M. Davis, William Detweiler, John Erickson, Russell Herman, Carrot Howes, Thomas Karolcick, Harr y Kondourajian, Joseph .Lane, Carl Llachowitz, Robert I. Miller, William Norcross, James Richards, Neil See, Robert Shar etts, 'John Smidansky, David Schmucker, Hugh Stevens, Rich ard Weisburg, Curt Wessner, Clarke Young and William Zak or. Juniors tapped by Parini Nous are: Henry Albright. George Avery, Richard Bard; Homer Barr, Philip Benedetti, John Bod dington, Clarence Buss, Ronald Coder, Owen Dougherty, Robert Fast, Nathan Feinstein, Victor AP News—Courtesy WMAJ No Progress Seen In Railroad Strike WASHINGTON—AIthough government mediators met' again with union chiefs, there seems no sign of an early break in the strike of locomotive firemen against several big rail systefns. A federal spokesman comment ed: "It, seems like the same old story of an immovable object meeting an irresistible force." McCarthy Accuses Again ATLANTIC CITY Senator Joseph McCarthy has demanded the discharge by President Tru man of both , Secretary of State Acheson and A in bass ad o r-at- Large Philip Jessup. McCarthy said Acheson betray ed the United. States in Asia by STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1950 Fritts, Charles 'Godlasky, Otto Grupp, Marlowe Hartung. Pat rick Heims, Emerson Jones, Ray mond Koehler, John Kurty, Louis'Lamie, Owen Landon, Har old Leinbach, Harry Little, Rob ert Longnecker, David Ludwig, William Mathers, Edward Merek, Walter Miller. Vincent O'Bara, Harry Papacharalambous, Robert Parson s, Frederick Phillips, Michael Rubino, Henry Schoen feld, Rudolph Valentino, Samuel Vaughan, Walter Vilsmeier, Rod ney Waters, Charles Williams, Harry Woolever, William Yerkes, and James Yerkes. Graduating Seniors Tapped Selected_ in the graduating senior category by Parini Nous are: Lloyd Amtirim, Allen. Baker, Seymour Barash, Anthony Bow man, Spencer Boyer, Martin Cos ta, Joel Fleming,' LoUis Gilbert, Richard Hannah, Raymond Hed derick, Frederic k Leuschner, Robert Louis; Sidney Manes Ralph Meier, Augustus Pierce. Richard Pulling, Francis Rogel, Harry Schaffer, Thomas Smith, Albert Tkac, James Maurey, Jo seph Tocci, Daniel, Wargo,. and Philip YedinskY. • Skull and Bones already tapped some senior men this month. Both senior hat groups have been active at the College for about 35' years. .1"; buying a plan for the Far East devised by Owen Lattimore. s Truman Boosts 'Fair Deal' CHICAGO—In a major political address yesteiday President Tru man pledged a continued vigorous fight for his "Fair Deal" proposals: This speech climaxed a 6,000- mile tour of the West. Mr. Tru man appealed to all Democrats to rally behind his social and eco nomic program to which Congress has given only partial support. Parade. Heralds Spring Events Spring Week will officially open with a bang tomorrow night when a huge parade of campus queens, floats, bands, cars ,and prancing horses will make its way to Schwab Audi torium for the "Coronation Review" and the crowning of Miss Penn State. Miss Penn State, who . will reign over all the Spring Week 'activities, will be chosen by an impressive five member board of judges. The lucky coed will be crowned by Marlene Carozzo, "Miss Pennsyl vania of 1949." The Coronation Review" ceremonies are sched uled to start at 8 p.m. The judges who will select Miss Penn State. from the, four coed finalists are: Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant to the presi dent; Charles "Rip" Engle, head football coach; Grace Henderson, dean of the School of Home Eco nomics; James' Coogan, assistant director of public information; and Edward Leos, •College .photo grapher. The four coed finalists have been selected by the Spring Week committee from previously submitted photographs. Parade. To Start At 7 The huge parade, which will conduct the queen finalists to Schwab, is slated to start at 7 p.m. at the College dairy barns. It will travel • down Shortlidge road past the women's dormi tories to East College avenue. Then right on College avenue through the main part of town to the College - power plant on the corner of College avenue and Burrowes road. Then the groups will file up Burrowes to Pollock road and continue over Pollock to Schwab Auditorium •for the "Coronation Review." Each of the four Miss Penn State finalists will have a float. The four decorated floats are being built by the women's hon orary societies, Alpha Lambda Delta, Cwens, Chimes, and Mor tar Board. In addition coed queens from the current College year will appear in the. parade with the Miss Penn State final ists. Then will' follow an outstand ing array of organizations: Bands To March The Blue Band will march in complete uniform, along with the State College high school band and the American,Legion Drum and Bugle Corp. The various ROTC heads were contacted by the Spring Week committee, and they have agreed to have the ROTC band, plus volunteer marching units from the Army, Air, and Naval ROTC all participate in the parade. All sororities, fraternities, and campus organizations which have booths in the Carnival were urged by the Spring Week com mittee to enter decorated cars (Continued on page two) Instructor To Talk About Bolshevism Father Constantine Auroroff, instructor of Russian, will speak on "The Essence of Bolshevism" in 124 Sparks at 7:30 tomorrow night. The lecture is sponsored by Alpha Rho Omega, honorary Russian society, •. Dr. Seth Russell, assistant dean Of the School of Liberal Arts, will preside and moderate. Father Auroroff was a member of the Social Revolutionary party in 1905-1907 and knew Stalin per sorially. Instrumental in obtaining rec ognition fOr the Soviet Union, he was allowed to travel in Russia in 1934 as a• result. He was the first native-born Russian-Ameri can preacher allowed to re enter the country. PRICE FIVE CENTS Class To Vote On Senior . Gift Tomorrow Graduating seniors will begin to Vote for their class gift and for the awarding of traditional honors to the 11 outstanding men and Women of the class tomorrow. Voting for the men will take place in 204 Old Main. The women will vote in their living units at places to be listed in tomorrow's Daily Collegian. Starting at 9 a.m. and continu ing until 5 p.m., tomorrow and Thursday, seniors will cast ballots for one of three gifts: An $B5OO contribution to the student press fund, the purchase of an ambul ance for the College hospital, or the beginning of a fund to open a Hall of Fame in the proposed Student Union Building. The contribution toward the press, if approved, might bring the needed amount to the fund that will enable all campus publi cations to be printed at the Col lege. College Needs Ambulance The ambulance is a much need ed addition to the College Health Service's facilities. At present, a station wagon belonging to the campus patrol is the nearest thing to an ambulance the _C o 11 e g e owns. A suitable plaque would be put on the ambulance indicating the name of the class and other in formation, according to Joseph Reinheimer, chairman of the sen ior class gift committee. The .Hall of Fame would be used to honor graduates who have excelled in various fields and have made names for themselves after leaving the College. A room would be set aside in the proposed Student Union Building to house the hall if the money is appropriated. Men, Women to Vote Men and women will have a chance to honor those members of the graduating class who have done outstanding work in various fields. The men will vote for the tra ditional Spoon man, Barrel man. Cane man, Pipe Orator, and Class Donor, while the coeds will bal lot for Bowknot girl, Class Donor, Slipper girl, Fan girl, Clas poet and Mirror girl. The men will vote for five from a list of 15f while the women will list six outstanding women on a ballot, with the awards going to girls in the order of the number of votes they receive. In case of a tie, the girl with the highest number of first place votes will be the winner. Riley Exonerated In Auto Accident DOWNINGTON A coroner's jury has exonerated Ridge Riley, alumni secretary of the College, of all blame in a May 4 fatal accident in which he was driver of the automobile involved. A verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury in• the case of Warren W. Jackson. 38, of West Chester, who was killed when struck by Riley's car. The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning near Downingtown, as Riley and. Penn State Coach Charles Speidel were returning to their hotel after addressing a Penn State alumni club in Coatesville.
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