• Miss Penn State •,‘. • •,‘ 0 Coronation Tonight I Tilt Ae Ziattg m s :412 .-:ft* Totirgtatt Today's Weather: Cloudy and Warm Scattered Showers • 5. • "TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 - NO. 140 AIM Elects Bard To Head Governors After four ballots, the Association of Independent Men finally elected Richard Bard as chairman of the new Board of Governors. Other officers elected Wedn6day night were WilliamZak x,r, vice chairman; Richard Mills, secretary; ' and Howard Fitting, treasurer. With 41 voting members present, a tie resulted on third ballot for the chairmanship when one member abstained from vot ing. On the fourth ballot, Bard won by a slight majority. Three other candidates were previous ly eliminated on the first two ballots Bard is a pre-law student and editor of next year's student handbook. He has been active in AIM for the past two years. Next year marks the first year of AIM operation under the new constitution.' The constitution set ting up the Board of Governors, was approved at a meeting last week. Davis Urges Cooperation Robert Davis, retiring presi dent of the Council, urged the new Board of Governors to co operate with the administration and promote the activities of independent men. The title of Honorary, Presi dent of the Board of 1950-51 was conferred on William Norcross, retiring vice-president. Davis ex plained that Norcross would have been recommended by the nom inations committee for chairman but for the fact that he is trans ferring to another college. A motion was passed to con gratulate all retiring officers . at the AIM Moonlight Promenade Saturday 'night. The AIM banquet was discuss ed at the meeting. The banquet will be held at the Eutaw House next Wednesday night. Out standing students in various fields will be , given awards at the dinner. Food Freezing Talk Tonight Hotrie freezing , will be the sub ject for a discussion to be given this evening, from 7:30 to 9:30 in 4, Home Economics Building. Ruth H. Cook, assistant profes sor of home-community relation ships and home economics educa tion, explained that this would be an opportunity for local families to get the answers to their food freezing problem. The discussion will be open to the public and is. offered by the College as a part of the Commun ity Adult. Homemaking program. It will be led by Dr. Rebecca Gib bons, former head of the depart ment of foods and nutrition at the University of Nebraska and local fdod plant operator. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Primary Voting Reported Light HARRISBURG Voting was light in yesterday's Pennsylvania primaries despite the fact that the control of the GOP machine was in the balance. Both factions of the Republican party were sur prised by the poor turnout. \. Army Scandal WASHINGTON Public hear ings start today in Washington on the 157 million dollar scandal which Congressional investiga tors say they found in the army fi nance center in St. Louis. The hearings will include the probing of military personnel at the St. Louis office. MI Elections Scheduled Student Council elections for the School of Mineral Industries will take place today and to morrow on the first floor of the Mineral Industries building. Six ‘ seniors and three juniors will be elected Pershing Rifles Win Competition Company B, Fifth Regiment, Pershing Rifles brought home 'all the honors as it sweat the drill competition at Lehigh Univer sity Saturday. With several months of con stant practice behind them Com pany B, under the leadership of Cap. Conrad Davis, captured first place in standard drill and trick drill. Captain Davis was award ed a medal'• for being the out standing commanding officer in the Fifth Regiment. Ronald Young was presented With a medal for being the 'out stending cadet in Pershing Rifles at the College. Col,. Everell Chadwick, Fifth Regim e n a. 1 Commander, an nounced the results of the elec tions for the new regimental commander and his staff. The new staff will be Col. Carl E. Barefoot, command in g; Maj. Charles E. Miller, executive of ficer; Captain Kenneth W. Yon, S-3; Lt. Jack W. Enterline, fi nance officer;' and Lt. Wesley E. Blaha, S-4. Carlson To Head New Hat Donald Carlson was named first president of Androcles, new jun ior hat society, at a.banquet•of the group Monday night at the Eutaw House. Chosen vice-president •and sec retary-treasurer, respectively, for the first year of • the society's existence were - Curtis • 'Wessner and Samuel Vaughan. Attending , the • banqUet were Androcles members and members of the founding Hat Society Coun cil. Guest speaker was Ted Allen, retiring all-College president. LaVie Distribution All student teachers and other students who will• not .be on campus the first eight weeks of the Fall semester must have their pictures taken for the 1951 La Vie this semester, William Zakor, 1951 'editor, • announced yester day. The students in question should have their pictures taken at the Penn State 'Photo' Shop between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting ttoday and continuing through Satur day, May 27. Carnival Opens To morrow Never worry, never fear, Carni val will soon be here. In fact, the big event is only one day away. When the booths officially open at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Alpha Xi Delta will be thereto ,"Give Us a Lift." Several of the Alpha Xi's will be on hand to have their weight guessed and this time you can pick up the girl to guess her weight. "Fish in the Sea" at the Kappa Delta booth. Carnival-goers will cast their, fishing lines over a six foot octagonal posterboard for small prizes. PM Kappa Psi will entertain you with the, "Phi Psi Arcade." Flying saucers, cut-a card, and bean bag games are in cluded. Straight Arrow Phi Kappa Tau and CM Omega team up to present the "Phi Tau- STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1950 Senior Awards: Gift of Class On Ballot Today Eleven traditional honor awards and three recommenda tions for the senior class gift will be voted upon today and tomorrow by the class of 1950. The three class gift proposals are: an -ambulance for the Col lege, a Hall of Fame for recog nition of outstanding students, and added funds for a student press. Students voting will take place, in 204 Old Main from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Women will also be able to vote at the desks in the main lobbies of Simmons and McElwain and the offices of Grange and Women's Building. The men will select five names from a list of 15 prepared by the Class Day committee. The ballot will be marked by numbers in the order of prefer ence. The man receiving the most first • place votes will be named Spoon man; second place votes will go for the Barrel man; third place, Cane man; fourth place, Pipe man; and fifth place, Class Donor. For the women, first place votes will count in electing the Bow girl; second place, Slipper girl; . third place, Fan gift fourth place, Class Poet; fifth place, Mirror girl; and sixth place, Class Donor. • The women's awards are given on the basis of service to the College, personality, honor, sin cerity, versatility of activities and scholarship. There is no list submitted to the voters -to fill the women's position. The wom en 'themselves will fill out their ballots in the order of their preferences. A complete list of - the women in the senior class will be posted at the balloting places. At class day, the winners will be awarded gold pins symboliz ing the awards they have won. For the men, Spoon man se lection is usually based on out standing leadership and scholar ship. The Cane man, popularity (Continued on page four) Student Hurt In Collision Alvin Grasse, . 6th semester ag ed student, was thrown from his motorcycle Monday night when he collided with a car driven by Joseph Shisler, a sophomore in industrial arts. Grasse suffered a broken leg, a puncture wound in the head, and lacerations of the face. He was taken to Centre County Hospital. ,Borough police said that Shis ler will probably be charged with a' violation of the vehicle code. Chi 0 Review." The eight-act re view will last 20 minutes and a small band will give it a profes sional touch. Delta Sigma Phi will .hide its members behind a transparent curtain to protect them from the rubber-tipped arrows, shot by you local "Straight Arrows." Leonides' game of chance is the "Speedway" and the College Co op will let you play the "Window Shade Game." Engineers and. mathematicians arise! Now is the time to test your practical knowledge. Just drop around to Beta Sigma Omi cron's "Beta Beanery" and guess how many beans ,there are in a three-foot coke bottle. Alpha Zeta and Zeta Tau Alpha have built the "A to Z Playland" especially for you. It's got every thing from. a basketball shoot hi Spring Week Tonight With Coronation In A parade of campus and town organizations, climaxed by the crowning of Miss Penn State in Schwab Auditorium will officially open the 1950 Spring Week tonight. The parade, which will start at 7 o'clock at the College dairy barns, will go through town and end up at Schwab for the "Coronation Review," starting at 8 o'clock. Shortlidge Road Made One Way One way traffic, moving from North to South, has been estab lished on Shortlidge road between Pollock road and E. College ave nue. The change is effective to day. ' George W. Ebert, director of the physical plant at the College, ex plained that the action was taken to relieve congestion in response to requests from Student Tribunal and All-College Cabinet. The change will mean that traf fic may only move from Pollock road in the direction of College, avenue. Ebert explained further that parking on Shortlidge Road in the dormitory area will be permitted only on the west side. Parking facilities are available to the east of Simmons and McElwain Halls. Photo Contest Is Extended The deadline for entering the amateur photography cont es t sponsored by the College Alumni Association and the Camera Club has been extended to May 30, Ross B. Lehman, executive assis tant alumni secretary, announced yesterday. The contest is open to all stu dents and faculty members. Prizes will be awarded for the best photographs of indoor and outdoor collegiate life and for campus and local scenes. Photos should be turned into the slum ni Office, 104 Old Main. The deadline was extended so that students and faculty mem bers would have additional time to develop and send in their photos, according to Lehman. He also said that photos taken dur ing Spring Week would now be eligible to compete in the con test. NC Deadline Noon tomorrow is the deadline for the IFC key orders. , Present and past members of the IFC may order the keys at Student Union. The price of the keys is $2.40 and must accompany the order. front to a crazy house in back Lights Out It will be "Open Season" on Alpha Phi Delta members, come carnivaltime. Two clowns, sing ing and dancing, will be open to fire from customers. The Ammu nition? Tomatoes! Nautical men, attention! You will just naturally navigate to Sigma Chi's "Four Winds and the Seven Seas" booth to join in the latest sailboat races. And after wards, why not drop in to ,the Delta Zeta-Pi Kappa Alpha booth to put the "Lights Out?" The Robin Hoods of the campus can go hunting fowl at the the Theta Kappa Phi booth. Rubber suction cup arrows will be aimed at pictures of chickens, and a bullseye brings a prize. Sigma Phi Epsilon will let you "Spill the Milk." PRICE FIVE CENTS Begins Parade, Schwab The four Miss Penn State finalists selected by the Spring Week committee from submitted photographs are: Jane Mullen, sponsored by Chi Omega, Joan Marshall, sponsorel by Delta Gamma, Mary Anne Hanna, spon sored by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Candy Griffith, sponsored by Kappa Kappa Gamma. To Receive Gifts Miss Penn State will be select ed by judges Wilmer E. Ken worthy, assistant to the presi dent; "Rip" Engle, head football, coach; Grace Henderson, dean of the School of Home Economics; James Coogan, assistant director of public information; and Ed ward Leos, College photographer. She will be crowned by Mar lene Carozzo, "Miss Pennsylvania of 1949." In addition to flowers and corsages, Miss Penn State will receive many gifts from various local merchants. The "Coronation Review" is under the direction of Sidney Manes and will be emceed by Hank • Glass. Also on the program is the Glee Club Quarter, a duet, a comedy routine, and a musical combine. Many Organizations The parade befdre the show will include a caravan of cars advertising the various Carnival booths of campus organizations, a decorated float for each of the Miss Penn State finalists, the Blue Band in complete uniform, the State College high school band, the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corp, the ROTC band, volunteer marching units from the Army, Air, and Naval ROTC, and riders on horses from the College stables. Dorothy Werlinich, member of the Spring Week committee in charge of the parade, requested that all cars advertising Carni val booths line up on East Park avenue near the corner of Short lidge road at 6:30 p.m. She also urged all organizations in the parade to meet at the College dairy barns at 6:30. Speech Contest To Be Held The men's debate team will have their annual term-end public speaking contest in 121 Sparks at 7:30 tonight. All member s of the debate squad are eligible to compete for the gold watch charm gavels, prizes for the two winners. The men will be divided into three sections, and two finalists will be chosen from each section. Finals will be held May 24. Subject of the speeches is, "Should the United States Na tionalize the Basic Non-Agricul ture Industries?" Judges for the contest are: Prof. William Hamil ton, Harold J. O'Brien, Melville Hopkins, Robert E. Sinclair, and Bruce Colt, of the speech depart ment. La Vie Pictures Seniors in the Schools of Physical Education, Mineral Industries, and, Chemistry and Physics can secure their copies of the 1950 La Vie at Student Union today and tomorrow.
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