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PENN STATE
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VOL. 51— No. 29
Residents Cause
Extended Damage
In Thompson Hall
. Residents of Thompson hall in
the West dormitory area have
done several thousand dollars
damage to the building since the
beginning of the semester, a
member of the College adminis
tration said yesterday.
"Estimates vary as to the
amount of damage done in the
Thompson hall. Some damage of
this nature was to be expected;
possibly there will be even more,"
an official statement said.
Students have. torn a shower
out of the .wall and twisted the
pipes on several others so that
they point to the ceiling. A toilet
bowl has been broken in one of
the washrooms. A fire hose was
turned on in one of the hallways.
Footprints On Walls
The floors of the hallways are
scarred from roller skating there,
and on the second floor, there
were footprints up one hallway
wall, across the ceiling, and down
the other wall./ These footprints
were made of tar and the area
had to be repainted.
Ever since someone discovered
that the fire alarm could be set
off, the fire bell has been rung
'several times almost every night.
The administration recently an
nounced that anyone caught set
ting off a false alarm would be
expelled permanently.
"There are some hopeful signs,
however," administrators said.
"Most promising of these ,is the
fact that the great majority , of
the fellows living in the West
dorms resent what they feel is
more than just boyish pranks;
many of them have spoken to me
about it—some with considerable
feeling. With these men moving
into positions of leadership in the
councils there is every expecta
tion that conditions in general
will improve at an early date,"
one administrator• commented.
Members
For Lion,
Elections for important clique posts of the Lion and
State parties were held Sunday evening.
Freshman and sophomore clique officers were elected
at a meeting of the Lion party attended by, more than 300
students Sunday evening.
Lion all-College clique chairman Huber Stevens an-
nounced at the meeting that nom
inations for freshman and sopho
more class officers would be
made Sunday and that the final
nomination of the candidates to
run under the banner of the Lion
party would be named Nov. 5.
Freshman Clique Chairman
William Clymer was named to
head the freshman organigation,
polling 54 of the 94 votes cast.
The sophomore chairmanship
went to Thomas Smith, who drew
143 of the 194 votes cast.
Other freshman officers elected
were Ronald Zuilkoski, vice
chairman, and Catherine Lloyd,
secretary - treasurer. Zuilkoski
polled 63 of the 90 votes cast.
while Miss Lloyd drew ,61 out of
93.
Henry Pitt won the post of
vice-chairman of the sophomore
class, drawing 112 of 165 votes
cast, while Nancy Nelson defeat
ed Barbara Coker by a 5 vote
margin in a special run off elec
tion for the position of secretary
treasurer. Miss Nelson polled 65
votes on the first ballot, to 42
for Miss Coker and 41 for Eleanor
Forman. In the runoff, Miss
Nelson polled 65 votes. Miss
Coker 50.
State Party Elections
State • party members elected
all-College clique secretary and
treasurer at their meeting.
The new secretary is Lucy
Continued on page eight)
McELWAIN HALL'S Men's Club, made up of waiters who
serve in the hall's dining rooms, were flushed with victory after
their candidate, blonde-haired Marilyn Franklin, was named Belle
Hop ball queen Saturday night. Here, the first of Penn State's crop
of 1950-51 queens poses with (1.-r.) Jim Shaffer, Hal Birch, and
Club Pres. Glenn Gamble.
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Belle
Goes
Blond, blue-eyed Marilyn Franklin, a freshman in the
school of Home Economics, received the title of Belle Hop
ball queen Saturday night at Rec hall. She was selected
from a group of five contestants by applause from the audi
ence and a panel of three judges.
The queen was presented with a large gold cup and a
Officers
Elect
Cliques
State
4-H Club Gives
flag To College
Members of the student 4-H
Club at the College, as part of
observance of United Nations
Week, Sunday presented to the
College a United Nation Flag that
was made by members of the
club.
Presentation was made by J.
Paul Strock, and Mary Alice
Eshelman, president and secre
tary of the club, at chapel serv
ices in Schwab auditorium.
Ken*orthy Accepts Flag
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant
to the President in charge of stu
dent affairs, accepted the flag in
the absence of President Eisen
hower.
Leonides Elect Council
The new Leonides executive
council was elected at a special
meeting last night.
The new officers, who will be
gin their duties on Nov. 1, are
Joan Wentzel, president; Doris
Sher, vice-president; Yvonne Car
ter, recording secretary; Soreli
Snyder, corresponding secretary,
and Elsa Pasline, treasurer.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1950
Hop Ball
To Freshman
crown of red roses by Jo Hutch
on, last year's winner. In addi
tion she was given a bouquet of
red roses by Don Carlgon, vice
president of the junior class. All
contestants received compacts
and chrysanthemum corsazes.
McElwain Club Was Sponsor
Eighteen year old Marilyn was
sponsorea by the McElwain Men's
club. Last year she was the win
ner of another beauty contest at
her high school in Mt. Lebanon:
being crowned as Snowball
Queen at the annual Christmas
dance. Marilyn is 5 feet 2 inches
tall, weighs 96 lbs., and is major
ing in commercial consumers ser
vice in the Home 'Economics
school.
Carolyn Hamilton, sponsored
by Kappa Delta Rho fraternity,
was runner-up in the contest.
Master of Ceremonies for the
program was William Whittle,
chairman of the Hotel Adminis
tration Greeters club. Acting as
judges for the contest were John
D. Lee, manager of the Nittany
Lion Inn, R. M. Bower, assistant
professor of hotel administration.
and Robert Davis, All-College
president.
AAUP To Hold
Panel Discussion
The American Association of
University Professors at the Col
lege will conduct a panel discuss
ion on "AAUP at Penn State:
Past, Present, and Future."
The meeting will be field in 217
Willard hall at 7:30 tomorrow
night and will be opeii to all fac
ulty members.
Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, presi
dent of the chapter, will be chair
man of the panel consisting of Dr.
Bruce V. Moore, L. S. Rhodes,
Allen E. Wierman, and Dr. R.
Wallace Brewster.
Harold P. Zelko, chairman of
the program committee, said the
program was arranged to ac
quaint faculty with the functions
and accomplishments of the chap
ter on the campus.
—Collegian Photo By Barto
Title
IFC To Discuss
I•
On Drinkin*
A proposal to re-open the drinking problem for discus
sion with the administration has been drawn up by the so
cial committee of the fraternity workshop to be presented
to Interfraternity council for final action.
The proposal, which was presented by social committee
co-chairman Robert Mundy at the workshop summary ses-
Belle Hop Queen
Official Starter
7 or
. 10 Of ''Jar
By PAUL BEIGHLEY
Marilyn Franklin, newly
crowned Belle Hop ball queen,
will be official starter for the tug
of war between freshmen and
'iatmen tonight.
The contest will be held at
the intersection of Burrowes and
Pollock road and is scheduled to
get underway about 8 o'clock.
The two teams of 50 men each
will be competing for the prize
of a barrel of cider, to be on tap
at the TUB for the winners. The
fPeshmen will be after an ad
ditional prize, removal of dating
customs.
Stream of Water
To make the battle more in
teresting,• a stream of water from
a fire hydrant will be the divid
ing line. Edward Monahan, chair
man of the arrangements com
mittee, warned both participants
and spectators to wear old
clothes. Monahan . also thanked
Capt. Philip Mark, of the cam
pus patrol, for his help in ar
ranging the event.
The 50 man team to represent
the •freshmen was chosen on a
voluntary basis. Frosh interested
in competing were asked to leave
their names with Robert Davis,
all-College president, last week.
Ten Extra Frosh
Davis said yesterday that only
Freshmen who had signed with
him would be allowed to compete.
Davis signed ten extra freshmen
as alternates.
Hatmen will be represented by
10 men from each of the 5 hat
societies. The names were turned
into Robert Fast, Hat Society
council president.
End Of No Dating Rule
Made Tug Of War Prize
Dating restrictions and the ban on association with women will
be lifted if the freshmen win the tug of war tonight, it was decided
by Tribunal last night.
Neil See, Tribunal chairman, said he hoped the removal of these
restrictions would be an incentive for freshmen to support the con
test between upperclassmen and the frosh.
Fourteen men appeared before
Tribunal on charges of violating
freshman customs. Men who were
caught by upperclassmen without
customs dress were Richard Dor
shimer, Ronald Kimmich, Lloyd
Eddings, Ted Wohlan, and'John
Shield.
Frosh Plead Guilty
Daniel LeVan and John Grove
pleaded guilty to charges of talk
ing to women and of failing to
wear dinks and bow ties. Fred
Triggs did not have the freshman
bible in his possession and was
lax in wearing his dink and bow
tie. Two other freshmen who also
pleaded guilty to 'talking to wo
men were Gilbert Unangst and
Gerald Henderson.
Charges brought against Ron
ald Lacue were negligence in
wearing customs dress, failure to
learn the College songs and loca
tions of buildings, and wearing
his high school letter sweater. See
(Continued on. page eight)
By ERNIE MOORE
sion Saturday afternoon, will be
discussed at the IFC meeting
Wednesday night before any ac
tion is taken.
After the proposal was an
nounced at the summary session,
the Daily Collegian reporter
covering the meeting was asked
to leave while the particular's of
the committee's meetings were
presented.
Following the summary session
Saturday afternoon, IFC Presi
dent Harold Leinbach summar
ized the results of the workshop
at a banquet held at the Nittany
Lion Inn that night. Patrick J.
Boner, economics instructor, was
the guest speaker. President Mil
ton S. Eisenhower, who was to
speak, was unable to attend be
cause of Mrs. Eisenhower's ill
ness.
Eight committees reported their
results at Saturday's summary
meeting. The general opinion of
the committees was that the
workshop program was a big suc
cess and that lack of participa
tion by a few fraternities was the
only drawback.
All committees reported that
either a permanent committee
had been formed or that the
present committee would meet
again in the near future.
The committee on pledge train
ing, made up of pledge masters,
reported that one of the major
problems of the pledge master
was "keeping the pledges on the
ball."
Representatives suggest ed
three methods for doing same:
the black mark system, pledge
court, and the point system
whereby a pledge would have to
have a certain number of points
before becoming a brother.
It was also suggested that an
advisory group be set up to
which a pledge could go for ad
vice.
The committee on rushing
problems proposed that IFC ap
point a committee to obtain a
(Continued on. page three)
By 808 SCHOOLEY
Cabinet To Name
Two Committees
The appointment of two new
committees, one standing, will
come before All-College cabinet
tonight, according to Robert Da
vis, All-College president.
The standing committee will be
known as the All-College cabinet
awards committee.
Davis said its purpose will be
to make awards to faculty mem
bers and students for outstanding
service.
A student committee on Col
lege enrollment will also be ap
pointed. Also under new busi
ness will be the approval of the
complimentary list for all clasF
dances for the school year.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Workshop Banquet
Pledge Training