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You A Spelimker?
Contact Dr. Frost
Do you want to spelwik? Then the man to see is iJr. S. W.
Frost, professor of economic entomology at the College.
Dr. Frost has been spelunking for 25 years. He began his ac
tivities at Cornell university when he became interested in hunting
insects in unexplored caves.
A spelunker, in case you haven’t heard, is an amateur speleolo
gist. A speleologist is a scientist
who explores caves.
Dr. Frost and 11 others a* the<
College have rejuvenated the Nit
tany Grotto, which was formerly
a spelunking society at Penn
State in 1949.
New Members Sought
The Nittany Grotto will' hold
a meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in
315 Frear to propose projects for
future explorations, Dr. Frost has
indicated that he wants, new
members for the society who are
interested, either for science’s
sake or for mere curiosity, to
attend the meeting.
The organization has planned
research in water flow and rock
formations, and will need stu
dents in the School of Mineral
Industries for such work. Mem
bers have already studied fungus
growth, insects, and bat migra
tion.
Field Trips Planned
The society plans to take a
field trip at least once a month.
It was host to groups from Con
necticut and Cornell on April 7.
The three organizations toured
Aitkin cave in Mifflin county and
found bats, banded 10 years ago
by Cornell students, that had re
turned to their habitat.
Members have discovered sev
eral small caves, among them
one that goes 90 feet below the
surface of the earth, near Aitkin
cave. Aitkin is one of the largest
caves in the state, Dr. Frost point
ed out.
Frost Grotto President
The Nittany Grotto is a mem
ber of the National Speleological
society. Dr. Frost is president of
the Grotto, Dr. Charles Rutschky
is secretary, and Edward Raffen
sperger, a graduate student, is
treasurer.
Dr. Frost said he hopes to keep
the organization alive by having
professors head it. Interest has
died out in the past because of
lack in faculty interest.
So, if- you want to spelunk,
band bats, or just crawl around
on your stomach in the dark, the
group for you is the Nittany
Grotto.
Tour Planned
For Summer
A Latin American tour in
cluding a study of Indian cul
tures and historic places of Mex
ico, Guatemala, Peru, and Haiti
will be sponsored this summer by
the College extension service.
Dr. William H. Gray, professor
of Latin American hitsory at the
College, will be in charge of the
instruction program, arranged in
cooperation with Study Abroad
staff members in New York. The
tour, lasting from July 7 to Au
gust 3, wilL accommodate 50 stu
dents, faculty members, or towns
people.
Major points of interest to be
studied are Mexico City with its
floating gardens of Xochimilico
and bull fights; the giant Aztec
pyramids to the sun and moon
at Teotihuacan; the earthquake
ruins at Antigua; the Indian fair
at Guatemala; the voodoo dances
and Emperor Christophe’s citadel
in Haiti; and the celebration of
the 400th anniversary of the Uni
versity of Lima in Peru. “Con
trasts in civiliation for which the
American continents are noted
will be clearly in evidence,” Dr.
Gray said.
Local arrangements for per
sons planning to enroll for ex
tension credits in this course, to
be known as the Colonial and
Social History of Latin America,
can get complete information
from Hugh, G. Pyle, supervisor of
informal instruction for the Col
lege’s general extension services.
A chartered airplane will be used
for transportation.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Eng Council
Constitutional
Change Passed
An amendment to the consti
tution, making it optional to elect
the, president from either the
present or incoming council, was
passed by a 22-2 vote at the En
gineering student council meet
ing Tuesday night. ' .
The new amendment states
that officers will be elected at
the second meeting following
elections of the new general coun
cil. The president may be elected
from either the old or new mem
bers. Other officers will be elect-'
ed from incoming members only.
Only general members may hold
office, and must be elected by a
majority of the voting members.
Council president Raymond
Miller announced that the pro
posed .Student Concessions asso
ciation, which would handle the
concessions at Beaver field dur
ing football games, was approved
by the Student Agency council
and is now waiting to go to the
Student Affairs committee.
Miller also announced that
nominations for next year’s coun
cil will be open next Monday and
will remain open through Friday,
April 27. Elections will take place
May 1 and 2.
The council is nominating Prof.
N. R. Sparks and Associate Prof.
Louis Berger" to receive student
body awards on Honor day.
Three Women
Debaters Win
Over Lafayette
Three members of the College
women’s debate team completed
a five-day tour of four men’s
colleges last week by defeating
Lafayette in a surprise radio de
bate.
Yvonne Carter, Janet Horger,
and Peggy Crooks debated the
affirmative of the national inter
collegiate debate question against
Princeton, Rutgers, Lehigh and
Lafayette. All debaters were sup
posed to be non-decision.
However, before debate time
at Lafayette, the women were
told , that the debate was to be a
decisioned broadcast meet, which
the women won. While at Rut
gers, they also met Michigan
State in a special debate. Michi
gan State and the College women
were debating Rutgers at the
same time.
Jones, Snyder, Mong
Win PSCA Elections
Patricia Jones and Donald Sny
der were elected to serve on next
year’s coordinating committee of
the Penn State Christian associ
ation at a business meeting Tues
day night. Robert Mong was
elected as a student representa
tive to the PSCA board of direc
tors. The elections were held to
break tie votes resulting from
last week’s elections.
Draft Test Forms
No Longer Here
Applications for draft defer
ment qualification tests are no
longer available at the College,
the dean of men's office said
yesterday.
Students wishing to apply
for the test must appear in
person at the Bellefonie draft
board or their own boards.
They should have with them
their draft registration or
classification cards.
Each student must get his
own application form.
Debaters .
Capture'
Prisoners
By MOYLAN MILLS
“They’re the kind of women
I’d like to have for my lawyers,”
was one of the remarks overheard
as two College women invaded
Rockview penitentiary for a de
bate with Oswego State Teach
ers college Monday night.
Lois' Pulver and Greta Weaver
debated the affirmative of the
national, collegiate debate ques
tion against OsWego’s Mel Bos
kin and Joseph Bernstein in the
prison auditorium before a large
audience.
Debate Non-Decision
The debate was a non-decision
debate which the women’s de
bate team schedules every year
for the prisoners. The audience
at first seemed to favor the nega
tive side of the question but soon
burst into loud applause as Miss
Weaver and Miss Pulver tore in
to the Oswego arguments.
An open forum scheduled to
follow the debate was canceled
because of a fist-fight which de
veloped among the prisoners dur
ing a similar forum several years
ago.
Mouse Appears
The only disrupting occurrence
this time was the sudden appear
ance of a mouse on the platform
in the middle of the debate. The
debaters didn’t notice it but the
audience did. When a ripple of
laughter swept the hall, the girls
thought the prisoners were laugh
ing at them until they were later
told about the mouse.
' Miss Weaver said she was just
as glad that she hadn’t noticed
the mouse. However, the seven'
members of the women’s debate
team who accompanied Miss
Weaver' and Miss Pulver report
ed they were terrified just from
sitting in the front row and
watching the mouse run across
the platform.
The debate party was taken on
a tour of the prison following the
, debate. Miss Weaver said the
prison was kept in immaculate
condition. She was much impress
ed by the murals which the pris
oners, in their spare time, had
painted on the dining commons
walls.
Weaver Apprehensive
Miss Weaver said members of
the group were apprehensive
when they first entered the pris
on, were ushered through sev
eral thick iron doors, and were
counted. She said the group was
also counted upon leaving. “How
ever, we were very well treated
in the prison,” Miss Weaver add
ed.
Clayton Schug, women’s debate
coach, accompanied the group.
Members of the women’s team
who also made the trip were Ethel
Brown, Marilyn DuPont, Shirley
Gallagher, Alice Murray, Eileen
Olessker, Patricia Shaffer, and
Marlene Zilberberg.
Cercle Francois
And French Class
To Present Play
Cercle Francais, the College’s
French club, in collaboration with
the students of the French 301
class, will present Tristan Ber
nard’s comedy “L’Anglais Tel
Qu’On Parle” tpnight at 7 o’clock
in 405 Old Main.
Constant misunderstanding is
the prevalent theme in this fam
ous play, which satirically treats
the troubles encountered by an
American father in Paris who is
responsible for his five daughters.
His French vocabulary consists
of only one mispronounced word,
but he is still able to triumph
for the cause of law and morality.
Members of the cast are Bar
bara Charles, Prim Diefenderfer,
Norman Duffy, Clark Isenberg,
Nevin Moul, Grace Barello, Elea
nor Pupo, Eva Stein, and Pauline
Trego. Prof. O. A. Haac of the
Department of Romance Lan
guages supervised the presenta
tion.
Three small skits and the film
“Flight to the Riviera” are also
planned for the program. _ The
meeting is open to the public.
Orientation Forms
Still Obtainable
Applications for Orientation
counselors, are still available
at the dean of men’s office,
David. Ludwig, committee
chairman announced yester
day.
The committee has begun
preliminary screening of the
applications thus far received,
he said, but due to the uncer
tainties of the draft status of
most of the men at the Col
lege more applicants are deem
ed necessary.
.He said that many men
must return to the campus
ahead of time and could very
easily fill a counselor’s job,
which requires about three
hours during Orientation week.
He added that fraternity and
independent men alike return
early in order to prepare for
the coming seihester.
Coaly Society
Will Take In
45 Ag Student;
Forty-four men and one woman
in agriculture will receive invi
tations today for initiation into'
the Penn State Coaly society,
new agriculture honorary.
These charter members of the
society will represent the most
active students in the School of
Agriculture, Charles Zellner,
group spokesman, said yester
day.
More than 90 applications for
membership were received by the
selections committee, from which
the 45 were selected. The all-
College average of those tapped
is close to a “2”, Zellner added.
He said this indicates that the
most active students are also the
best scholastically.
Present Constitution
The initiation for the members
will take place April 30 at Sigma
Pi fraternity. At that time, the
honorary committee, formed by
the Agriculture student council,
will present the charter members
with the. constitution. Official
recognition for members will take
place at the Agriculture coffee
hour on May 17.
Thirty-four of those accepted
were seniors and the remaining
11 were juniors. Juniors who
failed to gain membership this
year may apply next semester.
Seniors are being honored
through membership, although
they will soon graduate.
- To Announce Initiates
Members of the society come
from 12 departments in the
School of Agriculture. Names of
initiates will be announced at a
later date. Those receiving in
vitations should return the post
card enclosed at once, Zellner
said.
The honorary committee con
sists of Zellner, chairman; Prof.
Carrol Hess, Prof. David Worley,
Joseph Breisch, Jack Davies, Wil
liam King, Donald Lutz, and Wes
ley Menzel.
NSA Sponsors
Fall Conclave
About 50 student leaders will
meet with administrators at an
off-campus conference this fall,
Clair George, National Student
association encampment program
chairman, said yesterday.
The meeting will take place
shortly before Orientation week
at a camp site such as Mont Alto.
Members of All-College cabinet
and other student leaders will
make plans for . the year’s work,
discuss problems of leadership,
parliamentary procedure, and
ways to improve the College ac
tivity program.
The conference, originally
scheduled for April or May, was
postponed because of lack of
availability of a suitable camp
site.
The “Rides Wanted, Passengers
Wanted” - ’sheets will be moved
from the bulletin board outside
the Student Union desk in Old
Main to the TUB next week, John
Beiter, chairman of a special NSA
committee, announced yesterday.
Each sheet will be for a spe
cific vicinity such as Philadel
phia, Scranton, and
Erie. Beider asks students to
cross their names off the list after
the sheets are filled.
_-/fURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951
State Club
May Direct
Lions 7 Show
The Penn State club may direct
a series of talent shows to be
sponsored by Lion clubs in the
State College area, according to
a report presented by Moylan
Mills at the club’s regular meet
ing Tuesday night.
Mills who, along with Joseph
Rubert, recently discussed the
proposal with members of the
Centre Hall Lions club, said that
the semester is too far along to
carry out such a show now, but
that the Centre Hall club had
signified their intention of spon
soringsuch a show next fall and
other clubs in the area seemed
interested. He said the club would
handle all technicalities of direc
tion and programing for the show,
as well as provide talent if there
was not enough available in the
local' communities.
Club Receives 50 Per Cent. .
. The club,' Mills said, would
probably receive about 50 per
cent of the profits.
Lewis Hoover, social chairman
of the club, announced' that a
stag party will be held this Sat
urday for members at the Ameri
can Legion cabin. He said mem
bers should meet in the club
room Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Mixer Plans Set
Hoover also reported- that plans
had been completed for a‘mixer
with Kappa Phi sorority next
Saturday afternoon.
President Joseph Lipsky an
nounced that the club’s annual
invitation semi-formal dance will
be held May 11. He appointed
committees to make arrange
ments for the dance.
The club approved a motion to
set aside $lOO not to be used by
the club until next semester. ',
Lipsky announced that the next
meeting will be held May 1, and
at that time nominations will be
opened for new club officers.
Elections are scheduled for May
15.
Phi Psi Council
Convenes Here
Delegates from ten colleges will
convene today at the College'
chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity for the Third District
council/ of the fraternity.
Fifty undergraduate and alum
ni members will attend the con
vention which will end Saturday.
This is the first time the council
has been held at the College
chapter.
Guest speakers for' the conven
tion will be A. R. Warnock, emer
itus dean of men; John Henry
Frizzell, chaplain emeritus; and
Seth Russell, assistant dean of
the Liberal Arts School.
The opening social activity will
be an informal' smoker tonight.
Tomorrow night the convention
banquet and a special party will
be held. The annual Third Dis
trict council ball will be held Fri
day night. Skip Reider and his
band will provide music for the
affair.
Colleges sending delegates are,
Washington and Jefferson; Alle-'-
gheny; West Virginia; Ohio Wes
leyan; Wittenberg; Ohio State;
Case Tech; Bowling Green State;
and Toledo.
Egolf President
Of Ed. Council
Ralph Egolf, a sixth semesters
education major, was elected
president of , the education stu
dent council! at the
meeting last Monday night. Mar
ian Whitely was elected vice
president, and Ruth Eddy, secre
tary-treasurer. ■
A report on the council’s con
stitution was read by Jane Stie
ber. The group is in the process
of attempting to adopt a new
constitution, and several sec
tions of it were adopted at thq
session.
It was proposed that the coun
cil write a letter to the state legist
lature concerning the Communist
loyalty oath bill. The proposal
was referred to a committee. }