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.
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Today's Weather:
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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
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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.