. 1 v 4 1 . .% 44 • 4 ' 44 44 I Today's Weather: Wear A t it _ . 'Crazy I ' A - ,r, T Ar 13“,..1 ,t., .4.0 Tatitt.gtai., Widely Scattered Hat' Thunder Showers • e' • "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 50 - NO. 142 Dance, Houseparties Highlight Weekend Weather Fails to Halt Activities Of Annual Gala . Spring Festival Staggered by yesterday's downpour, Spring Weekend :will at . tempt to recover its steam with tonight's Senior Ball. , Weekend merry-makers are destined to be burdened by rain coats, however, if the weather man can be taken for' his word. Al . though fair weather is expected for today and tonight, showers are •expected, for both tomorrow and Sunday. Today and tonight are expected to be cloudy, but warm and fair. Considerable: cloudiness; warm, humid temperatuies, and showers are expected to prevail tomorrow and Sunclay. Miss Penn State' Named The festivities of the gala week end were opened Wednesday with the naming of Mary Anne Hanna as "Miss , Penn State of 1950." Miss Hanna, crowned in Schwab Auditorium following a huge parade through town, will reign over Spring Weekend. Charlie,Spivak, the man who plays the. "sweetest trumpet in the world," will provide the music for several thousand Penn Staters and their guests who are' expect ed to attend. the :Senior • Ball in Recreation Hall :tonight, Dancing will start at 9' o'cicick and Mr. Spivak and his' cohorts ,will play until I am. Mad Hats To Go On View Today Want to win $5 for Senior Ball tonight? All yob. have to do is wear a screwy, novel, or Springish hat today,• and you have a good chance to walk away with one of three 'ss cash prizes. Elliot' Krane, who is in charge of "Mad Hatters Day" said yes terday that judging of the hats will be decided on the .basis of cleverness, humor, and Spring Week motif.. Make or buy a hat to fit one or all of these three categories, and then do this: By Old Main Wear your hat all day, but be sure to pass in front of Old Main sometime between c 10 o'clock this morning and 2 o'clock this after ,noon. You will be reviewed by a group of judges who will decide 'whether or 'not ..your lid has. the necessary qualifications to •be considered for the final judging. If your hat is considered out standing, yotr will be presented with „a tag, and then you re turn to Old Main at 2 o'clock this , 'afternoon.. There a four member board of judges will give, all the hats a final once 'over and"award the three cash prizes. Final Judges Krane announced the final judges as Dr., Margaret H. Zook, associate, professor of clothing and textiles,.at the College; Mrs. Betty .C. Dela.van, instructor 'of clothing and • textiles; and two wives' of ne*spapermen who will be . attending the PNPA conven tion here this weekend. In 'case of rain; the judging • (Continued on page. sixteen) C - 01 . 0ge::Cabin . et.GiiiOti Announced by Davis .:'• .Tribunal appointments, com mittee chairmen and members of stand in g All-College Cabinet gimps were announced by Rob ert Davis, All-College president, at the first meeting of the new Cabinet last night. The list of appointments: Tribunal: Neil See, chairman; Edward Sykes, secretary; Richard Schoenberger, Carlton Durlin4 George Demschock, Raymond Evert, Bryson Craine, and Harry Cover. All-College Elections Commit tee: Edward Barnitz, chairman; George Glazer, Mary Foucart, Al lan Woolford, Victor Fritts, Joyce Baer,• Frank Lewis, Mardi Chris tensen, Jean Davidson, John Vas ilakis, Jane Ashenfelter, and Jos eph Lenchner: BX Board of Control: Robert Fast, Hugh Stevens, Milton Bern stein, Clair George, Walter Miller, and Otto Grupp. Orientation Week Committee: Harry Kondourajian, chairman; Harold Leinbach, Nancy George, Richard Bard, Rose Eifert, Ed ward Piddlebock, James Kohl, Toros Simonian, Clair George, Ro bert Sabina, John Stout, John . ‘fiCooiWind' ow,. page sixteen) . Tickets At 'SII Tickets, which sell for $4 per couple, can, beat the Student UniOn desk in the lobby. of Old Main, today from b. a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.' Tickets will; also be on sale at the door. . • With the, -g`Town and Gown Carnival" the, out,•,`,lGrad` Hat: ter's Day will Provide sonrie Cf the comic relief. The event, directed by •Elliot Krane, Rimier editor of Froth, will award three $5 Prizefs to, those wearing the, cleverest, most original, and.daring chapeaus. ' The Carnival has been re scheduled for next Friday. : There are some tickets •remain ing for tonight's performance of the Players production, "Yes; My Darling Daughter" at Centre Stage. Tickets may be purchased for tonight's, - performance at the Student Union desk. Admission is 90 cents. ' • House Parties •Saturday • Saturday will be replete with house parties, -picnics; athletic events, a Players. production,, and an Association of : Independent Men dance. • ' • • (Continued on page five) Masse Meeting To Hear. Lorch A mass meeting, in which both sides of the controversy over the dismissal of Dr. Lee Lorch would be heard, is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday night. Plans for the meeting, to be co sponsored by the student and the faculty committees for academic freedom, were disclosed last• night by Seymour Schuster. Schuster, chairman of the stu dent committee, also' announced that approximately 1000 signa tures have been counted on a student 'petition which .requests the administration to reconsider its dismissal of Dr. Lomb. He said that not all the petition . blanks have been returned and that tabu lations will not be complete until early next week. Neither the administration nor Dr Lorch hasbeen approached yet in connection 'with the mass meeting, the ' student committee head said. He explained- that in the meeting "each'side would pre sent its stand and be' subject .to question& froal the • audience." STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1950 Cabinet Hears Proposal For 'New Appeal Court Why,so sad , and wan, fair ladies? These cute coeds, disappointed 'with yesferdaY's weather, nevertheless have ventured _ forth equip pad' for, the occasion; and hoping for better on the big ,weekend. They are (left to right) Pat Owen, Nancy -Anderson,. ,and Lois Pondy. . . Rain ~:ptits DaMOr--;.. Qii.':sfring Cc4il.7i-41 It rained. And it rained. And it rained some more. For the second consecutive year, old Jupe Pluvius scowled dark, ly . on the Spring Week ,Carnival yesterday.. An,, early' mOrning-doWn pour augmented' by intermittent showers throughout the day forced postponement, of the big event.. Next Friday has been set as the tentative date for another go at. the Carnival.- Over 55 organ izations had entered the Carni val yesterday and will be forced to wait until next Friday for the big affair. Spring, Week opened under ideal conditions Wednesday night, but the good weather just didn't hold out for the second big Spring Week event. - Will Continue Spring Week, however , will continue as planned. Today will be "Mad -Hatter's Day," followed by the Senior Ball tonight. To morrow afternoon's agenda will indlUde several athletic events with -houseparties in the even ing. 'Sunday afternoon the Blue Band will present a .concert in in front' of the Library. The big event - ,opened Wednes day night with a colorful parade of campus and town organiza tions, ' which was witnessed by several thousand town and Col lege people. .Shortly after the parade dis banded, the "Coronation Review" opened in Schwab Auditorium formally' to initiate the big week. Mary Anne Hanna was selected and crowned as Miss Penn State for 1950. She will reign over the entire week •of festivities. Other Finalists. The other three finalists, Candy Griffith, Jane Mullen, and Joan Marshall, ,will be her attendants. The 'winning coed was' selected by the five-member board of judges at the end of the gala show. Sidney Manes directed the program and Henry "Hank" Glass was emcee. The climax of the show was the coronation of Miss Penn State by Marlene Car ozzo, Miss Pennsylvania of 1949. The winner,. Mary Anne Han na, went through an honor guard formed by snappily-dressed mem bera-ot Scabbard and Blade, boa- orary of the advanced Air, Army, and Naval ROTC units. Many gifts from . various -local mer chants were.,presented to her as the grand finale closed :out the show. Parade Held The parade which preceded the Coronation Review - was an. • im pressive array of local groups. In addition'to. four 'decorated floats for each of the queen finalists, cars appeared' with each of five past campus queens. Cabinet Approves $l5 Fee To Finance Student Union BY . MARY KRABNANSKY All-College- Cabinet last night took the first step toward a $l5 student assessment for the com ing scholastic year- as a means of financing• the proposed Student Union Building. The vote was 21 to nothing with 3: abstaining. Cabinet will have to approve the assessment at, its. next meet ing before it becomes official. The motion will come up for final approval next Thursday. As approved last night the mo tion calls for a $7.50 assessment on every student for each se mester of the 1950-51 scholastic year. The assessment then will be upped •to ,$lO a semester "for so long as it is practical." The cost of the • building was placed at between two and three million dollars by James Mac- Callum, former All-College sec retary-treasurer, wh o recom mended the motion. The motion was put on record by Harry Kondourajian, All-College vice president. Final plans for the building 'are ready, 'MacCallum said, and construction should start in the Fall. The building would be complete, he said, by the' following , year. • • • ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Added Body Would Review Student Pleas By GEORGE GLAZER A constitutional amend ment evolving from the re cent controversy over powers of the Women's Student Gov ernment Association and All. College Cabinet was given first reading at last night's All- College Cabinet meeting. Ted Alien, ex-All-College presi dent, brought in a recommenda tion from a meeting of WSGA and Cabinet representatives held pre vious to the Cabinet meeting re r garding powers of WSGA's Judi cial committee and Tribunal. In his recommendation, Allen advocated the formation of anew judicial body, the Student. Court of Appeals. This Court would act as, a supreme court on all appeals by students of Judicial and Tri bunal decisions, with the follow ing exception: • Student Appeals • In cases involving men's and: women's living unit regulationsi, men would appeal Tribunal decis ions to All-College 'Cabinet; worn- , en, to the WSGA Senate. On all decisions involving All College regulations, final decis. ions would be decided by the new; Court of Appeals. The . Court also would decide what rules wili be considered All- College regulations and what will be known as living• unit rules. .. •The members of the proposed body will be the. All-College President, ' chairman; the presii dents of Interfraternity Council; Pan-Hellenic Council, Association of Independent Men, Leonides, and 'WSGA, and the All-College vice-president. Women's Cases • In cases involving women, the head of Judicial will be present; In the trying of men, the chair; man of Tribunal will attend the meeting. The chairman would vote only in case of a tie. The proposed change in the judicial setup is' a' constitutional amendment and must be passed three times' by Cabinet before"it (Continued on page five) ~ If the assessment receives Cabr inet's approval next week, and the approval of an alumni-Board of Trustee committee, the pldn will be submitted to the trustees at their June 10 meeting. Trustee reactioh has been favorable to date, McCallum said. The building will be financed. by the floating of a loan, which would be payed off by the stu dent assessment, gifts from al umni and friends of the College, and dividends from the recently innovatel insurance plan. Refunds from BX Available Now The 20 per cent refund on all cash receipts from purchases made at the Student Book Ex change from Feb. 7 until Monday, May 29, inclusive, can be picked up at the BX in the TUB now. Re ceipts may be cashed in until May 29, when the BX will cease oper ations for this semester. Bluebooks will continue to be on sale at the used book agency in the TUB until June 7. If those who have receipts fail to present them by May 29, they will not ,be paid.
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