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Koi o umiian
Known By Al
This is the first in a new series of articles concerning promi
nent senior men and women *lto have distinguished them
selves in one or more fields of endeavor at the College.
• Who doesn'l know Harry Kon
dourajian? Whether it be debate,
Thespians, IFC, Lion Party, All-
College Cabinet, orientation-week
committee, All - College talent
show, this fellow is truly "hell
on-wheels," or, as Harry would
say, "I guess I've got a lot' of
nervous energy stored up."
Debate is his present rage. Just
two weeks ago he helped carry
home the Washington and. Jeffer
son debate trophy. But, Harry has
always been a 'natural' at quick
thinking and rebuttal. Even after
his first experience at the Uni
versity of Vermont tournament,
upon awarding the decision to
Harry, the judge remarked, "Ypu
must be an experienced debater."
Talking Feet
His feet also can talk. With
the— now-famous Lee Brothers
(Ugly and Beastly) routine, he
and Sid Manes helped liven-up
the Player's "Ten . Nights in a Bar
Room," won third prize in the
'49 talent show; and entertained
at multitudinous fraternity gath
erings.. In "Bring Back My Wing
back" and "Poor Mr. Varnum"
Harry was a member of the danc
ing chorus. In fact, ever since he
was 15, when, his sister taught
him to fox-trot, Harry has been
adding to his repetoire. In 1945,
it was winning jitterbug contests;
in the summer, it was Russian,
Turkish,.. and Armenian dancing
in New fork City. He picked up
many of these specialty dances
during his 15 months in Europe
with the Army Headquarters
Command.' If Harry ever changed
his mind about going to law
school; he could accept several
offers to dance professionally.
As president of Skull and
Bones, and a member of Blue
Key and 'Hat Society Council, he
has taken an active interest in
freshman customs. He expressed
enthusiasm over their progress
and sees a green future ahead.
"Frosh customs went quite well
for the first year and will get bet
ter each year," he said. "The
Freshmen themselves want cus
toms, and they help to develop
school spirit, which is lacking in
new students. The hat men did a
fine job with their enforcement,
leading the way for the upper
classmen, wh p hadn't been
through it before."
Avid Politician
As a politician, Harry is an
avid worker. He likes to tell the
Ten Chosen
Semi-Finalists
Ten students were chosen as
semi-finalists in the preliminary
tryouts to select students to rep
resent the College at the Penn
sylvania Intercollegiate reading
festival and Eastern Intercolle
giate poetry reading festival.
The students selected were Al
an Adair, James Beaver, Phyllis
Brenckman, Donald Colbert, Re
gina Friedman. Shirley Galla
gher, Betty Lou Morgan, Paul
Reinhart, Kathryn Sheetz. Sonya
and Marcia Yoffee. They
will again read prose, poetry, and
drama selections at 4 p.m. next
Tuesday in 233 Sparks. Five final
ists will then be chosen.
Faculty members of the Speech
department will make the final
selection. Everyone is invited to
hear these readings.
Business Group
Installs Officers
The Future Business Leaders of
America installed John Beiter as
president and Dorothy Green as
vice-president at their meeting
Thursday night.
A proposal was considered 'at
the meeting to unite the differ
ent chapters throughout the state
into divisional units and to begin
a drive for new members.
Members receiving "assistant"
degrees are as follows: Roselyn
Beard. Ina Epstein, and Tema
JANET ROSEN
Harry Rondourajian
story of his initiation into campus
politics. The second week he was
here, cousin John Bdnglian (of
boxing fame) nominated him for
>oph class president at a Lion par
ty meeting. Never having attend
ed a political meeting and not
knowing the party was backing
another, , Harry pr,epared hi s
speech. 'Needless to say, Harry,
th e political ingenue, was de
feated in a landslide. But, being
of a tenacious character, he got
a position on the public relations
committee and did such a fine
job that he was finally asked to
run for the office of junior class
president. He did, and won. To
climax his college political car
eer, the next year he was elected
All-College vice-president.
A strong advocate of the two
party system at Penn State, Har
ry remarked, "Our set-up is ter
rific, being closely aligned to
politics outside." And he should
know, having received his, exper
ience with Pennsylvania politiCs
while working with Democratic
headquarters in his native Phila
delphia. As,. a' result, Harry was
appointed co-chairman, of State
College's Young Democratic Club,
which organization is in the pro
cess of revision. .
IFC Workshop
Another new project which
Harry supported' on the ground
floor is the IFC Fraternity. Work
shop. For five days in October,
fraternity representatives dis
cused their common problems,
e.g. pledge training and finances.
The Greek workshop was such a
success that „its committees have
become a permanerit part of IFC.
"It could help to make the frat
ernities into one big, happy fam
ily," explained Harry. ,
That statement demonstrates
what kind of a person Harry is.
He considers working with peo
ple the biggest thrill in his sun
dry undertakings.
Penn State Club
Membership Open
New members, second semester
and up, to be eligible, must join
the Penn State club before the
club's next business meeting on
April 3, Joseph Lipsky, president
announced yesterday.
-Lipsky said the business meet
ing scheduled for Tuesday has
been postporied. He also said that
initiation for , new members would
be held April 10.
Moylan Mills, vice-president,
said the theater party to Center
Stage was set for next Friday
night. He i said club members
should sign up for the party in the
club room, 411 Old Main before
noon Monday. The club will pay
half the price of the members'
tickets, but full price must be
paid for guests' tickets, Mills said.
THE DAILY COT,LEGIAN, STAT! COLLEGE, PIIIOI,4B7LTANIA
Church Groups
To. Discuss
Faith Topics
Discussioni on faith and% its
meaning will ?pin be . featuied
at meetings of local student
church groups tomorow night.
United Student, fellowship will
discuss "The Significance of the
Death of Jesus" at their meeting
at Faith Reformed church at 6:30
p.m.
Westminster foundation, will
hear a talk on Quaker relief in
Palestine by Ray Hartsough at
their, meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Roger Williams fellowship will
hear Donald Cook tell of his ex
periences at the annual White
House Conference on Youth
which he attended this year. Stu
dents will meet at the Baptist
church at 5:30 for super and
fellowship meeting will begin at
6:30.
The Young Friends will meet
at 6 o'clock tonight for supper
at the home of John . Ferguson,
555 W. Ridge avenue. William
Mackenson will be the guest and
members will continue their dis
cussion of "Quaker Querieg."
Canterbury club, meeting at
6:30 p.m., will hear three students
from Virginia Theologic,gl sem
inary, Lee Richards, Ka r tin
Knutsen and William Glenn speak
about the ministry as life work.
Knutson and Glenn are alumni
of the College and Glenn is from
State College.
Lutheran students will meet at
the Lutheran student house at
5:30 p.m. for supper and will hear
a talk by the Rev. Paido Tuo,
Sarumpaets from Sumatra.
Animal Show
Plans Made
Outstanding animals in all four
divisions of livestock will make
their first collective Public ap
-I:oearance at, the College's 1951
Little International Livestock Ex
position on April 28, according to
William King, co-manager of the
affair.
The four divisions are swine,
sheep, beef cattle, and horses.
Drawings for the show were held
Tuesday.
These animals, many of them
with impressive championship
laurels, were added to the Col
lege's, herds and flocks through
special appropriation by-the 1949
General Assembly, King said.
New additions ha've been made
in the Shorthorn, Hereford, and
Angus beef cattle. Morgan horses
recently purchased by the Col
lege and outstanding Yorkshire
hogs will also appear in the - show.
This year's show is expected to
draw a crowd „that will exceed
the capacity of the livestock pa
+Mon, King added. He-said live
stock men from all- parts of the
state have indicated special in
terest this year. , ,
All 'animals appearihg in the
show are in the College herds and
flocks and are used for teaching
and special research projects.
Penn State, host to the Eastern
intercollegiate wrestling champ
ionships again this year, last held
this event' 'in 1942,
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PETE'S
PLACE
aur Specialties
Boneless Sirloin
Steaks
Ham Steaks
Pork Chops
Sea Foods
Lundhes
Atop Nitt any Mt.
' Turn Right At
Pleasant Gap
Dn Route 53 .
Lion, State, Parties
Have Lo(jgest Life
• The present campus political picture, a battle for supremacy be
tween the State and the Lion parties, is the;most stable in the histOry
of hectic student politics. • •
Since the inception of the political
,paity system in November,
1943, seven parties have been established. • ,
and,
. Both the Lion nState part
other factions organized on cam
pus for the purpose of gaining
control of student government
, The. State - party:is entering its
fifth Sre a r of political conflict,
while the Lion .party is a year
younger.
Key Group
The party with the longest
Ord previously,' was the "myster
ious" Key group, which dissolved
at the peak of its success. The par
ty entered candidates in five elec
tions through'. 1943-45; winning
the last, three by :.overwhelming
margins, gaining 29 offices in less
than one year. (Office - holders
were elected by semesters then /
instead of classes, 'thus creating
eight class presidents instead of
four.)
Following the three consecutive
successes 'the party dissolved.
Records do not show why this
phenomena occurred but it may
be imagined' that some student
government conscious persons de
cided to disband the party in or
der to avoid possible delay ,of the
two (or three) party system.
Three Party Elections
Two , campus elections 'were
subjects of three party fights.
'Both the March and November
elections in 1944 were three party
elections but in neither case was
the third party successful.
The present Lion party is a. re
birth of one of the 'original_pol
itical factions on campus. The
first Lion party entered four elec
tions in the first days of the party
system but was forced to disband
becauSe of its inability to cope
with the powerful Key group.
It was re-formed in 1948 in
order to try to stop the surge of
the successful State machine. The
State -- Party, born in 1947, won its
first four elections, go completely
dominating the political scene as
to lose only three offices out of
the 24 contested in 194748.
Lion Finally Wins
After 'two losing attempts, -the
Lion, machine finally defeated the
State group i in the spring of 1949.
Since then the Lion party has
repeated by sweeping the 1950
spring election While the k State
party has won the, last two fall
election battles.
'Next month, when the" Lion-
State conflict flares again on
April 18 and 19, the Lions will
be working to continue the suc
cess of the past two springs. The
Staters will be striving to once
more show the power and gain
the support-that gave Ahem the
spectacular two-year domination
of the political scene they enjoyed
in 1947 and 1948.
Gamble Against Us
Center Cleaners Will Not
Charge For Any Dry
Cleaning - That Is • Not
Ready On. Day Promised
(Day Ends at 5:30)
Center Cleaners
SATIMDAY, .MARCH. 26, .1954
By BUD FENTON
es. have long outlived any of,,the
Ed Honorary
To Initiate '
New Members
. Phi Delta Kappa, graduate edu
cation honorary, will initiate 35
new members at a meeting Tues
day.
The initiation will be held in
the /Hugh Beaver room, Old Main
'at 5:30 p.m. A banquet at Allen
crest will follow at .6:30, p.m.
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, chairman
of, the College committee on re
search, will speak , on "Problems
of Graduate School. and Research
Administration.
The initiates ,are graduate stu
dents Forest Benford, Bernard
Brosius, Paul Cauffiel, Emery
Chickerinz, William Cond o
George (.7tritsantine, Charles
Cooper, Edwin Cottrell, Merle
Coulson, Robert Cox, Raymond
I Farley, Quentin Felch, Richard
1 Garber, Alfred Goetschius.
Roy J. Haring, ,George Hayes,
Harry Hutton, David Kintzing,
Roy ,Lady, Leonard Mathey, Vic
-tor Menegus, John Metzler, Ro
bert Moore, Melvin Robb, Clin,
ton Ruby, Kenneth Sleets, R.
Dwight. Troutman, Hugh Urban,
and -Earl Zimmerman.
Dr. Henry Brunner, pofessor
in agriculture education; Harry
Gasser, instructor in elementary
ecT; Norman Hoover, instructor in
agriculture •education; Thurston
Reeves, assistant supervisor of
Aud-Vis aids library; William
- Williams, assistant professor of
industrial education; and Dr. E.
A. Glatfelter, principal of York
high school, will also be initiated.
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