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Outstanding Seniors
This is the fourth in a new series of articles concerning prominent
senior men and 1 women who hav© distinguished themselves in one
or more fields of endeavor at the College.
“It all started when Alii Isarri from Iran, who works in the U. S.
Information and Education service, dined with Mr. Richard Dobi,
who works in the ttear Eastern Affairs Department of the State
department,” explained Neil See, varsity soccer manager. And so it
came about that 15 soccer players, their coach, Bill Jeffrey, and
Neil embarked .for 8,000-mile distant Iran, from LaGuardia airfield,
‘at 8:20, Wednesday morning
March 21. . ■
Receive Ovations
“We received tremendous ova
tions wherever we went,” con
tinued See. “Hundreds of people
yelling, ‘Hip-hip hooray’ met us
at the airport at Isfahan. Our
bus was followed by policemen,
motorcycles, and a jeep blaring
news of our arrival and distribu
ting leaflets. People on bicycles
surrounded the bus in an effort
to get close enough to touch us.”
But all was not so pleasant
with the Penn State delegation
in Iran. At one point, practically
the whole team was sick with
dysentery. "If it hadn’t rained on
‘ the day scheduled for the third
game in Tehran, either Coach
Jeffrey or I would have had to
go in,” Neil commented.
Woman Smoking
Along with a few Iranese ex
presions, Neil also brought back
some souveniers—intricate, hand
made silver work and a three
toot tall water pipe. He points
out, in addition, to two other
highlights of the journey: (1) see
ing an Iranian woman, swathed
in the traditional, heavy black
veils ftom head to ankle, with a
cigarette dangling, blasely from
the corner of her coverings; and
(2) going to sleep in beautiful,
clean, verdant Geneva and wak
ing up in Damascus, a new world
of arid deserts and bare moun
tains. Then, there were also brief
gtops in Gander Newfoundland;
Shannon, Ireland; Paris; Lydda,
Palestine; and Rome.
Jeffrey Great
“I guess I picked the right
sport,” Neil reflected'. “My choice
was really facilitated by pressure
lrom the brothers when I was
pledging Phi Gamma Delta. It’s a.
great game, and you couldn’t find
a better man to work with than
Bill Jeffrey.” Iti the words of See,
tjre excursion was “the most un
usual thing that ever happened
to me.” Dr. Harry Grady, U. S.
ambassador to Iran, titled it a
"stunning diplomatic success.”
Tribunal Duties
As chairman of Student tri
bunal, Neil has had somewhat
less unusual experiences. Tri-
Ed Council To
Give 'Edits 7 $5O
In a meeting of the education
student council Monday night, a
sum of fifty dollars was appro
priated to support the council’s
publication, “Edits.” It was also
voted to have a 12-page orienta
tion edition of the publication for
, new students matriculating at the
College next fall.
Another sum of forty dollars
was given to a committee to set
up a trophy award for an out
standing education student. The
trophy will be presented as a
yearly award beginning in 1952.
Ralph Egolf, president of the
council, announced that nomin
ations for next . year’s student
council can be made at 105 Bur
roughs. Anyone majoring in edu
cation may nominate himself.
Ag Council Elects
Stabler President
David Stabler was elected
president of the Agriculture stu
dent council last night and will
represent the council on All-Col
lege cabinet.
. Thomas Jurchak, recently elec
ted All-College secretary-treas
urer, was appointed vice-presi
dent; Donald Lechner, secretary;
and Wally Bu'tz, treasurer.
The new officers will be in
stalled at a special meeting next
Tuesday. Robert Fast, former
vice-president, wil conduct the
ceremonies.
Neil See
By JANET ROSEN
bunal hears about a dozen cases
a week, most of which are rou
tine traffic violations. Of course,
there is an occasional charge of
drunken driving, destruction of
property, or a dormitory viola
tion.
“The committee of eight tries
to decide each case on its own
merits,” See explained. “It has
the power to affix any penalty
up to expulsion from the Col
lege, but the penalty is ordinarily
a fine, which revenue goes into
the inter-class finance fund. Usu
ally, the ofenders are amenable,”
he continued, “and, everyone has
the right to appear before tri
bunal, regardless of the charge.”
Parking A Problem
“The parking situation is ter
rible, he went on. “There are
only 1200 parking places on cam
pus and 5500 cars.” It seems it
would take quite a sleight-of
hand trick to fit the 5500 cars in
to the 1200 space, but maybe Neil
could arrange it. At least, he
claims to be a prestidigitator with
cards. However, the highlight of
his 12 years of card-tricks came
in Tehran, at an ambassador’s
party, where he used -a general
"" his accomplice.
Committees Named
For PSCA Auction
John Cox, all-College Talent show emcee, has been named auc
tioneer for the Perin State Christian association auction' to be held
at 2 p.m. in the TUB on Friday.
Marjorie Allen, PSCA'associate secretary, also announced com
mittees and committee members for the auction which is part of a
three-section program to further erase the PSCA budget deficit.
Other parts of the program in
clude a square dance May 5 and
a violin concert May 14
J. Bertram Kessel will be fac
ulty chairman for the auction and
Irene Jeffress will be' student
chairman. Other; committee heads
are Susan Neuhauser, faculty
contacts committee; Marjorie Tel
ford, PSCA and town contacts
committee; Miss Jeffress, campus
personality contacts committee;
Lavonne Althouse and Moylan
Mills, publicity committee; and
Charles Douds, physical arrange
ments committee.
Members of the committees-in
clude Mrs. C. A. Anderson, R. E.
Armington, Nancy Barth, Betty
Byrem, Dr. Russell Dickerson,
Audrey Dodds, Mrs. W. C. Fer
nelius, Albert Hayes, Betty John
son, Lois Keener, Mildred Lucey,
Dr. James Moyer,
Also, Gilma Olson, Dr. Austin
Ray, Dr. Seth Russell, Dr. Gerald
Stein, Norman Thielke, Carol
Thompson, Dr. Henry Yeagley,
Norman Yu, C. C. Hsiao, and
Robert Fellows.
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Nejl See
The chapter also will elect next
year’s officers. The meeting will
be an open one.
Dr. Friel is an alumnus of Drex
el Institute of Technology and is
now a member of the Drexel
Board of Trustees. He is president
of Albight and Friel Inc. He,has
been in private engineering prac
tice for 28 years.
During the last 19 years Dr.
Friel has been in charge of 1450
projects involving construction
costs exceeding 950 million dol
lars.
Ex-Chaplain
Tells Power
Of Prayer
The Jcey to brotherhood and
peace lies in the power of prayer
—prayer based on an understand
ing of the nature and allness of
God—declared Arthur C. Whit
ney of Chicago Monday-night in
a public lecture on Christian Sci
ence.
A former Army chaplain now
on extended lecture tour, - Whit
ney was brought to the campus
by the local Christian Science or
ganization. His topic was “Christ
ian Science: A Foundation for
World Brotherhood and Peace.”
Whitney quoted the Dean of
Yale University Scientific school
as saying: “Man, not matter, is
the chief problem of the world
today.”
What we need is a change on
the hearts of men first more than
a change in governments, said
Whitney. Governments will im
prove in the measure that we
improve.
Whitney emphasized through
out his lecture the conviction that
Christians not only can and
should live their religion in their
own lives, but that their thoughts
and prayers, when based on
spiritual understanding, are ef
fective to help their home, com
munity, nation and world become
free of tyranny, fear and strife.
Star Contest
Starts Mon.
So you want to be a star. If
you’re 16 years of age or over,
amateur or professional, who Can
entertain in any way, you can
enter the “Star Discovery” con
test which will begin Monday at
the Cathaum theater.
Sponsored jointly by Warner
Brothers and RCA-Victor Corpor
ation to find new .faces, names
and talent, the contest will be
run simultaneously in 35 theaters
in Western Pennsylvania.
Four weekly eliminations "plus
one week for semi-finals will be
held at the Cathaum theater. The
winners will compete in the re
gional finals at the Manos thea
ter in Greensberg where the win
ners will compete in the Grand
Finals at the Stanley theater in
Pittsburgh .
Grand prize winners will re
ceive six month contracts to War
ner Brothers picture studio in
Burbank, Cal. and a contract to
make two records for the RCA-
Victor recording company. Week
ly winners will receive RCA
products.
Civil Engineers
To Hear Dr. Friel
Dr. F. S. Friel, national direc
tor of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, will speak on
“Highlights of Three Internation
al Conferences in India” to mem
bers of the society in 107 Main
Engineering at 7 o’clock tonight,
president Wilber Hankey an
nounced yesterday.
Stat
SHOWN ABOVE are Penn State's champion chess team. From
left to right they are Jerome Movsovich, Theodore Yudacufski,
Peter Belley, Mitchell Lobron, David Keller and Carl Segner.
Air Force Ordered
"Stop Sounding Off
Excessive noise from Air Force personnel in the Nittany dorm
area is to be eliminated in the future. That promise was made yes
terday to Resident Adviser Joseph Errigo and Nittany council rep
resentative Charles Wolff by. Capt. W. L. Mitchell, commanding
officer of the Air Force group on campus.
James Mellish introduced the matter at the Monday night meet-
PSCA Plans
Cut In Staff
The position of associate secre-
tary of the Penn State Christian
association will be temporarily
discphtinued as of June 30, Dr.
James Moyer, chairman of the
PSCA Board of Directors, said
yesterday.
This action was necessitated by
the reduced budget under which
the PSCA is currently operating.
Marjorie Allen, present associ
ate secretary, will remain with
the PSCA until June 30. Miss Al
len came to the College in .Sep
tember, 1948, to work with the
PSCA. Previously she served as
acting director of the Young
Women’s Christian association at
the University of Texas.
Before coming to the College,
Miss Allen also worked for Amer
ican Airlines, and served with a
voluntary Peace Caravan under
the American Friends’ Service
committee. She served as a mem
ber of the Quaker International
Voluntary .service, and spent ten
weeks ‘at a wofk camp in Bel
gium, and four in Germany.
Miss Allen received.her B. A.
degree in 1941 from Southern
Methodist university, and in 1944
received her Masters’ degree in
American literature from the
University of Texas.
WD To Invite
Army Airmen
1 The West dorm council passed
a motion at its meeting Monday
night to send invitations for spe
cific social affairs' in the West
dorm lounge to Air Force men
on campus. The action was taken
as a “good will measure. ”
The council’s public relations
committee will conduct a poll of
area men to determine the ad
visibility of having laundry box
service from the West dorm post
office.
James Dunlap, welfare com
mittee chairman, said his com
mittee had taken over the duties
of the food committee and would
discuss food problems with the
food service.
Thomas Durek, council presi
dent, „ urged members to stimu-
in the blood donor
drive. The council granted -the
the Penn State club, use of the
West dorm lounge on May 11 for
its semi-formal dance. The dance
will be free and open to the
public.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951
Chi
ing of Nittany council, and after
discussion, Councir President Johii
Laubach named Wolff to accom
pany Errigo in a conference with
Captain Mitchell.
Complaints Received
Mellish said'that he had heard
complaints regarding the shout
ing by the Air Force personnel
during the early morning hours.
He added that at times the men
drilled in the area proper in the
evening and definitely interfered
with studying.
Errigo said yesterday that he
had been promised that Air Force
personnel would be told to refrain
from excessive singing during
area study hours, which are from
7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
In other business taken up at
Monday night’s meeting, Laubach
told the council of a proposal to
be brought before tonight’s meet
ing of AIM, which would limit
the great majority of social ac
tivities sponsored by AIM.
Larger Appropriations
Laubach said that under the
plan individual councils ' would
receive larger appropriations in
grants to sponsor their own 1 social
activities. AIM would limit itself
to about three dances a year. The
proposal was drawn up at a recent
meeting of dorm council presi
dents and the AIM board of gov
ernors.
Michael Hanek told the council
that the washing machines sched
uled to have been installed in the
Pollock Union building this week
for use of area men, had not been
received as yet by the College.
He said they had been shipped
from Philadelphia last week, but
apparently were being held up in
transit.
Extends Invitation
Dorm adviser Errigo extended
an invitation to Nittany-Pollock
men from the West dorm council
to attend a semi-formal, no cor
sage dance, this Friday from 9 to
12 p.m. in the West dorm main
lounge. The dance is free to area
men, and Jatk Huber’s orchestra
will play.'
Dance Recital Tickets
still Being Refunded
> Tickets to the canceled Pearl
'Primus dance recital scheduled
for last Saturday- in Schwab
auditorium are still being re
funded, it was announced to
day.
The dance group of the
Women's Recreation associa
tion, who sponsored the recital,
indicated yesterday that no
plans have been made to re
schedule Miss Primus.