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VOL. 51 —No. 121
State Party Sweeps Election
Olmsted In By 6 Votes;
Hanek Is Jr. Class Pres.
David Olmsted and Michael Hanek are the new senior and
junior- class presidents, swept to victory in the first State party All-
College sweep in history. '
Six votes were the margin of victory for Olmsted in the first
State party spring election win since 1948.
Hanek defeated Lion party opponent Joseph Haines by 133
! ballots. ' 7
Bryson Craine won the office of
senior class vice-president, and
Sally Shoemaker completed the
State monopoly of the senior class
offices by. winning the secretary
treasurer’s position.
Samuel Marino and Lee Coy
are the 1951-52 junior class
choices for vice-president and
secretary-treasurer.
"Isn't Much"
Two Faculty
Groups Act
On Oath Bill
Faculty action toward the pro
posed state loyalty oath: came on
two levels yesterday, as the Col
lege Advisory • council and. the
Penn Stafe chapter of the Amer
ican Association of University
Professors both announced stands
against the measure.
The advisory council passed a
resolution requesting public hear
ings on the oath bill' before action
is taken in the state House of
Representatives. The council’s ac
tion came after the College sen
ate turned the oath question over
to it on April 5.
No Stand
Emphasizing the fact that 'the
faculty takes no stand on the bill,
the council’s resolution requested
the hearings to determine what
if any constructive purpose will
be served by it.
A stronger slap against the
state measure, which has already
passed the Senate, came from the
local AAUP. The group unani
mously endorsed the national
AAUP’s condemnation of loyalty
oaths, passed in 1950. The College
AAUP also urged public hearings
before any House > action.
California Oath
The national AAUP had taken
its stand in .1950 in connection
with the loyalty oath imposed on
the faculty of the University of
California by that school’s boaird
of regents. That oath was declared
illegal by a state court two weeks
ago.,
A statement this week from the
Pennsylvania oath’s sponsor, Sen.
Albert R. Pechan, hinted that the
faculty section of the measure
may never be acted on by the
House. The senator noted the pos
sibility that it might be deleted
from his bill, and said that legal
experts are now working on the
question.
8 Students, Prof.
Attend Mechanical
Engineers Confab
Eight students and Prof. Ber
tram Garcia, honorary chairman
of the chapter, are attending the
annual regional conference of
student branches of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
at the University of Pennsyl
vania today and tomorrow.
William Richards, winner of
the recent Penn State chapter
student paper contest, will pre
sent his paper “Investment Cast
ing” at the conference in compe
titi'on with 18 other chapter win
ners of the, region.
Inspection trips on Friday to
the Baldwin -Lima- Hamilton
plant and the Franklin institute
and the Awards luncheon will
be the highlights of the confer
ence.
The students attending are:
Gustav Blocherer, James Gresh,
William Dimpelfeld, Vernon. Jor
dan, Donald Hackenberry, Fred
erick Schulze, Arthur Sweet, and
William Richards.
' By BUD FENTON
Olmsted’s comment imme
diately after the announcement
of the final tabulation of votes
that “Six vote? isn’t much!” was
borne out by past election rec
ords. His plurality amounted to
one-half of one per cent.
Election archives show the
State party nominee’s plurality
as the smallest since 1945 when
only 72 persons voted for the
president of the senior class. That
seat was won by two votes.
Hanek said, “I hope to be able
to do as well in the junior class
presidency as I did in the Nit
tany council, but on a larger
scale.”
The new junior clhss presi
dent had an 11 per cent edge on
Haines.
Miss Shoemaker had the larg
est margin of victory in the senior
class election with 24 per cent..
Marino, a varsity boxer, had
the biggest lead among the junior
class victors, 23 per cent.
Some of the hangers-on who
waited outside the student gov
ernment room for the announce
ments .of the new officers were
shocked into silence. Several
whoops indicated that State party
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Gen. Defends
Pacific Policy
WASHINGTON, April 19—(A I ) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur, re
strained but jut-jawed with defiance, defended his entire Far Eastern
strategy in a dramatic speech before Congress today, asserting that
he had believed his views were fully shared by “our own joint Chiefs
of Staff.”
It was a fighting speech, all the wa;
“For entertaining these views,
all professionally designed to sup
port our forces committed to
Korea and to bring hostilities to
an end with the least possible
delay and at a saving of countless
American and allied lives, I have
been severely criticized in lay
circles, principally abroad, despite
my understanding that from a
military standpoint, the above
views have been fully shared by
practically every military leader
concerned with the Korean, cam
paign, including our own. joint
Chiefs of Staff.”
He said that the issues today
are “global” and that Asia ranks
in equal importance with Europe.
“You cannot appease or otherwise
surrender to Communism in Asia
without simultaneously under
mining our efforts to halt its ad
vance in Europe.”
Then he said he “made clear
his belief that Chinese Commun
ist airbases had to be destroyed,
that “The friendly Chinese force
of some 600,000 men on Formosa”
should be used and that the China
coast should be blockaded.
Otherwise, he said, “we could
hope at best for only anLindedk
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1951
Largest Margin
Victor and
Election Results
ALL-COLLEGE
President
Clair George (Lion) 1668
James Worth- {State) 1927
Vice-President $
Ray Evert (Lion) 1662
Harry Cover (State 1923
Secretary-Treasurer
William Klisanin (Lion) 1646
Thomas Jurchak (State) 1926
, SENIOR CLASS
/ President
John Stoudt (Lion) 567
David Olmsted (State) 673
Vice-President
Robert Flick (Lion) 521
Bryson Crain (State) 614
Secretary-Treasurer
Polly Potter (Lion) 436
Sally Shoemaker (State) 715
JUNIOR CLASS
President
Joseph Haines (Lion) 521
Michael Hanek (State) 654
Vice-President
John Donnal (Lion) 452
Samuel Marino. ,(State) 726
Secretary-Treasurer ,
Barbara Baker (Lion) 563
Lee Coy (State) 614
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President
John Albarano 1 557
Arthur Betts 317
Donald Maurey 793
Jay McMahan 351
•Peter Sarantopoulos 684
•Becomes vice-president
Secretary-Treasurer
Louis Koszarek 689
Patrick McPoland 541
Hardy Williams 1485
sive campaign with its terrible
and constant attrition upon our
forces if the enemy used his full
military potential.”
The General then reiterated the
four points he has voiced before,
actions to be taken against the
Chinese Reds. They were:
1; “The intensification of our
economic blockade against China.
2. “The imposition of" a naval
blockade against the China coast.
3. “The removal of restrictions
on air reconnaissance of China’s
coastal area and of Manchuria.
4. “Removal of restrictions on
the forces of the Republic of
China on Formosa, with logistical
support to contribute to their ef
fective operations.”. ,
TV TRIUMPHS
WASHINGTON, April 19 (/P)—
Somebody profits from every
thing. Capital bars and cocktail
lounges did standing-room-only
business during the MacArthur
parade.. Thousands tired of
standing on the crowded curbs
and decided to watch the pro
ceedings on television—with glass
in hand.
D. Maurey,
H. Williams
Win AA's
By GEORGE GLAZER
Donald Maurey was elected
president of the Athletic associa
tion last night.
Peter Sarantopoulos was second
in the balloting and took the
office of vice-president, and Hardy
Williams was elected secretary
treasurer of the association.
Maurey, in winning, polled 793
votes against 684 ballots registered
for Sarantopoulos. Williams re
ceived the largest number of votes
cast for any of the AA candi
dates, polling 1485 out of the 2715
votes cast. Some 6640 men were
eligible to vote. The total ballots
cast represented 41 per cent of
the number of eligible voters.
Maurey Eastern Champ
.Maurey, an Eastern Intercol
legiate Wrestling association
champion in the 136-pound class,
was at Recreation hall when he
was informed of his victory. He
was coaching two of his fraternity
brothers who had advanced to
'the final round of the intramural
wrestling tournament. He said
that he hoped to do as well in the
job as his predecessor, Homer
Barr. Maurey, like Barr, was also
captain of the wrestling team at
the time of his election.
Sarantopoulos, a member of the
cross-country team, said that he
was “really thrilled at the honor
given me by the students. I didn’t
expect to do as well as I did
considering the fellows running
against me,” he said.
Williams, when informed of his
victory, said that, in cooperation
with the other newly-elected offi
cers, he would try to make the AA
“more meaningful to the students.
As it is now,” he said, “it is a
passive body.”
Williams Polls 55%
Williams polled 55 per cent of
the total votes cast for the office.
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Tribunal Hears
Twenty Cases
Twenty cases were heard be
fore Tribunal Wednesday night,
and a total of'sl2 in fines was
levied for parking and traffic
violations.
Neil See, Tribunal chairman,
said he wished -to call to the at
tention of students that student
driving is prohibited on Pollock
road during class hours. These
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to
noon on Saturdays. See said that
Capt. Philip Mark, of the Campus
patrol, would be checking vio
lators of this rule with the in
creased driving on campus dur
■ing the spring. ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Worth Elected
President In
Close Voting
By MARV KRASNANSKT
The State party broke a
two-year hold of the Lion
party on All-College, senior
class, and junior class gov
ernment last night by sweep
ing into office all of its nine
candidates.
Led by James Worth, All-Col
lege president-elect, the State
party t o'6 k control for the first
time since the spring of 1948. At
that time they won eight of the
nine positions at stake.
■The voting fell short by 70
votes of breaking last year’s all
time record. A little more than
41 per cent of the students, 3602,
cast ballots in the two days of
voting. Last ypar 3671 voted.
The defeated' candidates were
Clair George, president; Ray
Evert, vice-president; and Wil
liam Klisanin, secretary-treasur
er.
Came As Surprise
. The sweeping State victory
wa ? . a . surprise to most campus
politicians. The insiders had pre
dicted a split somewhere along
the line, but it failed to material
ize when the final count was in.
Along with Worth the victory
swept into office Harry Covert,
All-College vice-president, and
Thomas Jurchak, All-College
secretary-treasurer.
In Altoona, Worth was not
available for comment when the
results were announced at the
meeting of All-College cabinet
shortly after 9 o’clock last night.
Prematurely Announced
The results were prematurely
announced outside the student
government room, where the
ballots were counted, to a large
crowd which had milled about
for more than an hour. Loud
cheers went up.
The sweeping State victory
caused expressions of surprise
from cabinet members when the
results were announced by Ed
win Barnitz, chairman of the
elections committee.
The sentiments of State sup
porters were summed up by
Murray Goldman, clique chair
man, for whmo victory was a
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Today...
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the newly-elected State
party officers, who won a hard
fought, close victory in yester
day's and Wednesday's elections
for a complete reversal of form
of the last two spring voles.
The Lion growls long and loud
for James Worth, new president,
his All-College cohorts, and the
senior and junior class officers,
all of whom he hopes will com
pletely justify in the coming year
the mandate given them by the
student body.
Also a proud growl of approval
goes to Don Maurey; new AA
president, Pete Sarantopoulos,
vice-president; and Hardy Wil
liams, secretary-treasurer.