Student Body Names Eisenhower College 1 P rexyf TODAY'S WEATHER: 'TA% FOR A BETTER MOSTLY FAIR 019 Battu T i iit ti fi att PENN STATE VOL. 51— No. 130 Davis Bestows Title On Surprised 'Prexy' Robert. Davis, retiring All-College president, bestowed the title "Prexy" on Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower during yesterday's first Honors Day ceremonies in Schwab Auditorium. The presentation was made by Davis on behalf of the student body. "It has become quite obvious that the door to the President's office swings on well-oiled hinges," Davis said. "It is open and ac- cessible to all students—as much as possible during the day and often many hours at night." He said the hospitality of Dr. Eisenhower's home reached out to embrace and enrich the friend liness and Mutual respect that the Students feel for him. "The time is ripe for us to say we're glad you're here," Davis continued. "What Ralph Dorn Hetzel was so proud of was a title—a name, casual and signifi cant . . . . It must be remembered the trustees can appoint a presi dent but only the students can dub him :Prexy:" - Davis then presented the new Prexy with a silver tray inscribed "To our Prexy, Dr. Milton Eisen hower, from the student body of . the Pennsylvania State College." "This has caught me complete ly by surprise," the Prexy replied. "I would rather merit the confi dence and affection of the student body than receive any other honor that anyone could bestow on me." Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, tenth president of the College, had been dubbed Prexy by the students over 20 years ago. Although the presentation came as a surprise to Prexy. Eisen hower, student organizations had notified their members of what was to happen earlier in the week. Following th e ceremonies, Davis presented Prexy with a stop watch from All-College Cabi net. "This will be an advantage to me at the wrestling matches," the Prexy smiled. Senior. Gift Vote Nears 20 Per Cent A little less than 20 per cent of the senior class voted for their class gift yesterday. Almost 400 voted. Balloting will continue today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobby of Old Main. Backers of some suggestions have been actively campaigning for the seniors' support. Skull and Bones, senior, men's hat society, voted to back the tag campaign for the campus radio station 100 per cent, and will make it their major project of the year, Harry Kondourajian, • president, said. Parmi Nous, senior men's hat society, is also sponsoring the radio station along with a stu dent committee and members of the Speech, Drama and Music de partments. Tags and posters are being distributed. Scarab, architectural honorary, and Phi Gamma Alpha, art hon orary, are supporting "The Lines man," a gridiron statue. The other , gift suggestions in clude a grand piano for Schwab Auditorium, a gate at the junc tion of Route 322 and Pollock road, an ambulance, a student press and a scholarship fund. Seniors are to number each suggestion in order of preference. Ballots appeared in yesterday's Collegian and may be obtained at the poll. Matriculation cards are needed to vote. The winning suggestion will be announced at the Senior Ball on , May I& Fincilists For Queen Are Named Joan Hutchon, sponsored by Phi Kappa Tau fraternity; Bar bara Klopp entered by Delta Tau Delta fraternity; June .Reinhard, entered by Delta Upsilon frater nity; and Sara Sechler, sponsored by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraterni ty were chosen late Tuesday night as finalists in the Miss Penn State contest. The Spring Week committee made the selections from among the fifty photographs entered. Final Approval Given • The committee also gave final approval to 54 applications for booths - in the Spring Carnival. This mumber falls six short of the 60 which appeared in last year's carnival, but a large num ber have been entered coopera tively by fraterniltes and sorori ties this year. The committee also authorized larger cash prizes for the winners of the "Mad Hatters" contest, to be held May 16. • The finalist in the Miss Penn State contest will be chosen from among the four finalists in Schwab Auditorium during the coronation ceremonies May 15. The judges will be President. Mil ton S. Eisenhower, Mayor David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh, and William Jeffrey, soccer coach. Provide Floats The floats on which the final ists will ride in the coronation parade will be provided by Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman wom en's scholastic honorary; Cwens, sophomore women's activities honorary; Chimes, - junior wom en's activities honorary; and Mor tar Board, senior women's honor ary. David Schmuckler, publicity di rector, said yesterday that all or ganizations would be permitted to decorate floats or o , cars for the parade and suggested such floats for advertising booths operating at the Spring Carnival. Mark Suggests Paint Lion As Preventive Capt. - Phillip Mark of the Campus Patrol has come up with a preventive for Lion Shrine paintings. "A uniform paint coating of the .limestone statue," he claims, "would be the best protection." Two weeks ago the most re cent shrine dousing with house paint penetrated deep into the "hide" of the Lion. Despite the benzine and wire brush scrubbing efforts of the physical 131 ant's Charles Reeder, this sixth cleansing of the statue has failed to remove "the terrible look,' as Capt. .Mark put it. "What's more, each success ive scrubbing wears away the surface shape and fine edges," says Capt. Mark, who figures a uniform, paint coloration can. aiWays -tie more ett's i ry' re painted. IME=IM STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3; 1951 Program Honors Students, Grads President Becomes 'Prexy` —Photo By McNeillie , . . ROBERT DAVIS (left), retiring All-College president, looks on as Preky Milton Eisenhower examines a silver service tray presented to him during yesterday's Honors Day program in Schwab Audi torium. The title 'Prexy' was given to the President by Davis in behalf of the student body. 1419 Students Vote In Council Elections Twenty-nine per cent of the student body voted in the student council elections which closed yesterday after two days of voting. Only 1419 students out of a possible total of 4862 voted. Last year 1231 out of 4100 eligible students voted, making 30 per cent. The Mineral Industries School polled the best percentage of votes when 46 per cent out of the 320 students voted. The Liberal Arts School had the most votes-370, but also had the lowest - percentage as only 23 per cent of the 1629 eligible voters cast ballots. Forty-three per cent of eligible Home Economics School students cast their ballots; 30 per cent of the Engineering School voted; 28 per cent of Chem-Phys School cast ballots; and 27 per cent of the Education School voted. MI Council Elected as senior representa tives to the MI Council were Don Harrison, Eugene Feidorek, and Harold Meabon. Norman Browne and Stewart Wright won the MI junior representation and Clark Breading and Allen Deibert are sophomore representatives. The LA School elected Barbara Klopp, David Lewis, Paul Poor man, Lois Pulver, and Hardy Williams as senior council mem bers. LA junior representatives are Elizabeth Agnew, George Al lison, Joyce Buchanan, Thomas Durek, Bernadine Fulton, Marion Morgan, Douglass Schoerke, Wil liam. Slepin, William Harral, and Donald Wood. Elected as sophomore LA rep resentatives were Thomas Far rell, Philip Greenberg, Ronald Isenberg, Mark Loevner, Jean Marohnic, Jay Poser, Ann Quig ley, and Guyla Woodward. ' " • Komi Ec School The Home Ec School elected Mary Jane Dean, Nancy Fergu son,. Elaine Notari,• and Bruce Rethfon 'as its senior council members. Junior representatives 'fat:Wetted on page eight) 111=111= Cecil. Brown To Address Final Forum • Cecil Brown will switch his talents from radio to the ros• trum when he appears as the fi nal Community speaker at 8 to night in Schwab Auditorium. Brown, noted radio commenta tor, now home from a recent trip abroad, has chosen "Crossfire in Asia" as his subject. Tickets priced at $1 are still available at the Student Union Desk in Old Main, and will be on sale until 8 tonight. Holders of season tickets may present the Eric Johnston ticket at the door. Brown gathered information for his current lecture subject when he visited Formosa, the Philip pines and Japan last year. In For mosa he watched 300,000 mem bers of the Chinese Nationalist Army in training and interview ed Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. ThiS army, he reported, is the largest fighting force in Asia ready for fighting the Communists. Travels• In Europe He has also traveled extensive ly in Europe. Before leaving for Europe in the winter of 1949- (Continued on page three) PRICE FIVE CENTS 'Worth Takes Oath At First Honors Day By 808 FRASER James Worth took the oath or office yesterday to become All- College president officially at the first Honor's Day ceremony in Schwab Auditorium. Neil See, tribunal chairman., administered the oath. "Student government is for the students and not the student leaders, and through the vigi lance of the students we will work toward this aim," Worth said in his acceptance speech. Thirteen students were pre sented scholastic awards. A surprise addition to the pro gram was the naming of Presi dent Milton S. Eisenhower as Penn State "Prexy." The title was conferred on him by retiring All-College" President Robert Da vis. President Presents As a part of the ceremony, President Eisenhower, assisted by Adrian 0: Morse, College pro vost, presented the Distinguished Alumnus Awards to Charles E. Denney, Clarence G. Stoll, Bay ard D. Kunkle, and George D. Stoddard. Ray I. Throckmorton was un able to attend the ceremonies. His scroll and medallion will be given to him at a special Penn State Alumni meeting in Kansas, May 27. Mrs. Oleta Amsler, arts and letters senior, won, the John W. White Medal, highest honor con ferred on a student by the Col lege. She has a 3.00 all-College average. Eugene F. Apple, Chemistry major, was awarded the John W. White Fellowship, which carries a $6OO cash award. The award is made to a student with outstand ing scholarship who has i Shown the best qualifications for grad uate work. Senior Awards Senior winners of the Evan Pugh Medals were Anthony Stemberger, poultry. husbandry; James Haughwout • Jr., agricul ture; Betty Sellers, arts and let ters; Frank Szymborski, ciVil en gineering; William Forest, arts and letters (graduated in Febru ary); and Andrew Skumanich, physics. Junior winners were Jean Richards, education; John Jeff ries, mechanical engineering; George Duff, arts and letters; and Margery Gordon, arts and • let ters. The Evan Pugh Medals were supplied by the Honors Society Council. Evelyn G. Black was awarded the President Sparks Medal for the-highest semester average and the greatest improvement over the preceding semester. Cites Three Fallacies Dr. Stoddard, principle speak (continu2d on page eight) LaVie's Ready Now At Student Union The 1951 Penn State LaVie's will be distributed at Student Union according to the follow ing schedule: May 3,4—Liberal Arts May 7,8, 9—Engineering May 10, 11, 12—Agriculture May 14, 15—Home Econom ics and Education May 16, 17—physical Educa tion, Mineral Industries, and Chemistry and Physics.
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