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VOL. 51 —'No. 135
Carnival To Feature
New Ferris Wheel
. Penn State's third annual Spring Carnival, with ferris wheel,
hot dogs, cotton candy, and fifty entertainment booths, is only one
week away.
Taking into account the possibility of rain, which has plagued
both previous carnivals, the Spring Week committee Tuesday night
set. Wed. and Thurs., May 23 and 24, as, rain dates fora the carnival.,
The carnival will open at 1 p.m.
next Thursday and continue to
10 p.m. in the Osmond parking
lot.
Cabinet Wil
Choose Six
Comm ittees
Six new committees will be ap
pointed at tonight's All-College
Cabinet meeting by James Worth,
All-College president. Two other
committees will present reports
requesting funds.
The meeting will begin at 8
p.m. in 201 Old •Main.
Committees To Be Named
The six committees to be ap
pointed by Worth are:
1. Drink colloquy committee to
make arrangements for the fall
meetings to be • held at the Col
lege. Several speakers, are ex
pected to discuss some phases of
drinking.
2. Student public occasions
committee to work with the ad
ministration in planning public
programs such as graduation and
Honor's Day ceremonies..`
3. Committee to choose student
leaders who will meet with the
State College . Chamber of Com
. merce. The student leaders chos
en will discuss with the group
local problems which involve stu
dents.
4. Memorial Day. committee to
plan a program for the College.
5. Co-chairman of the student
radio committee, which will make
a further investigation of the pos
sibilities of having a campus ra
dio station.
6. Orientation Week co-ordina
tor who will take charge of the
program to familiarize new stu
dents on campus with the tradi
tions and background of the Col
lege.
Cash To Make Request
Ralph Cash, chairman of the
displaced persons committee will
request that money be appropri
ated to be used for approximate
ly 30 displaced persons who will
be studying at the College next
year. Although the students will
be working, the funds will pro
vide clothing and entertainment.
The rest will go into a reserve
fund.
Dr. We)il To Give
Fourth Lecture
In Priestley. Series
Dr. Woldemar A. Weyl, head of
the Department of Mineral Tec
hnology and professor of glass
technology, will present th e
fourth in the series of Priestley
lectures at 7:30 tonight in 119 Os
mond Laboratory.
Dr. Edward Steidle, dearl of the
School of Mineral Industries will
serve as chairman and will in
troduce Dr. Weyl, who will speak
on scientific and technical devel
opments in class technology and
ceramics during the last quarter
century.
Born and educated in Germany,
Dr. Weyl conducted research at
the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for
silicate research. He later was
head of the department of glass
research there before coming to
this country, as a visiting profes
sor in 1936.
COMBINED ARTS DISPLAY
Work of students in the various
arts at the College will go on
display this • week as the Com
bined Arts Festival exhibits open
on campus. The displays will
continue until May 20 .
A ferris wheel will be a noted
addition over carnivals of the
past. It will not be in competition
for the $lOO, $5O, and s2s* cash
prizes, but will be operated un
der the direction of the Spring
Week committee.
Osmond Site
The carnival, which in past
years has been held on South
Allen Street and East Beaver ave
nue, stakes claim on the Osmond
parking lot this year.
The Hotel Greeters Association,
organization for hotel administra-
Parking Restriction
All parking will be pro
hibited in the Osmond park
ing lot Thursday, May 17, be
cause of the Spring Carnival.
tion majors, and , Androcles, jun
ior men's hat society, will' be in
charge of food and drink conces
sions...
All proceeds from the ferri's
wheel, concessions, and booths,
will be used to help establish a
student loan fund under the sup
ervision of All-College Cabinet.
Mide'.sBlso
Last year's carnival !earned
nearly $BOO for the Campus Chest.
In 1949 the first carnival made
approximately $5OO which was
turned over to the World Stu
dent Welfare Fund.
Almost 22,000 tickets amount
ing to $2,118.48 were sold by las
year's carnival.
Tickets will be sold at the en
trance to the carnival. They will
be good at all booths. The booths
obtaining the highest number of
tickets will be awarded the three
cash prizes.
Last year's carnival had 55 en
tertainment booths in addition to
refreshment booths. .This year's
carnival will have only 50 enter
tainment booths, but a larger
number of the booths will be joint
fraternity-sorority' projects.
"Parisian Burlesk"
Beta Theta Pi fraternity will
set up a "Parisian Burlesk" and
has secured the services of Al
pha Chi Omega sorority as danc
ing girls.
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity will
hand out gifts in what it will call
"Hit For Two"—providing you
can strike the baskets set up.
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
will bring a putting green from
the Penn State golf course to the
Osmond parking lot for its "Golf
land."
"The Pie Flies"
Theta Kappa Phi fraternity has
planned "The Pie Flies." Contes
(continued on page eight)
Top Coed Debater
Will Win Trophy
A silver cup to be engraved
with the winner's name will be
at stake next week as coeds argue
the question, "In the advent of
all-out war, should women -be
drafted?"
Tomorrow is the last day to
register for participation in the
intramural discussion which is
sponsored by Delta Alpha Delta,
women's professional speech so
ciety.
All entrants must be sponsored
by a campus organization, a so
rority, •or a dormitory living
unit. Each organization- may. enter
as many women as it wishes. They
have been asked to register with
Lois Pulver, 22 Simmons Hall.
Eliminations • will be held at
7 p.m. Tuesday in 2 Sparks. The
finals will be held 'on Wednesday
at the 'same _time and place.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1951
Laubcich Elected
New AIM Leader
Players Director
Prof. Robert Reifsneider
College Quintet
Places First
In Star Contest
The Four Flats and a Sharp,
a vocal.quintet of students frort
the College, •won first prize in
the second weekly , star discov
ery contest held Monday night
at the Cathaum Theater.
In the quintet are Polly Potter,
William Detweiler, Richard Whit
man, David Margolf, and Earl
Baker.
First and second place weekly
winners of the contests, will re
appear at the Cathaum in the
finals on May 28. , The- first and
second-place winners will then
appear in a show at Greensburg.
Winners there will go to Pitts
burgh for the regional finals.
Two six-month contracts with
a Hollywood movie company will
be given the two regional win
ners. A recording contract will
be given to the third•-place win
ner.
Walter Bankhouse, baritone,
won. second prize Monday. night.
Other participants were Alan
McChesney, baritone; Angelo
Vespa, violinist; Dean Hample,
tenor; and Phyllis Rishel, panto
minist.
Barth, Hornas To Be
Dancers At Festival
Margaret Barth and Warren Homas, two freshmen at the College
will form one of the five couples in the Edelweiss Schuhplatters
dance group which will do "Heitauer" or the "Dance of Courtship"
at the Folk Dance Festival in Recreation Hall to be held from 8
to 10:45 tonight.
Miss Barth, a freshman in home economics from Woodbury,
N. J., says she dances for plea
sure, but doesn't plan to dance
professionally. This is the first
time she has danced with the
Edelweiss Schuhplatters group.
Homas, a freshman in engineer
ing, has always been interested
in dancing. He started folk danc
ing with the Edelweiss Schuh
platter group when it was begun,
two years ago.
In the last two years the group
has participated in several folk
dance exhibitions around Read
ing and New York. They always
do German, dances in costume.
Dancers In Costume
In tonight's exhibition, the
men will wear black knee-length
pants, white shirts, green vests,
'leather suspenders,. and dark
John Laubach, president of the Nittany Dorm Council, was
elected - president of the. Association• of Independent Mep last night
by the association's Board of Governors. He defeated David Mutchler
by an lirto 11 vote on the third ballot,
Fireworks were provided dur
Weston Tomlinson, member of t,
Players
Show Opens
Tonight
The Players' production of Moss
Hart's musical play. "Lady in the
Dark," opens at 8 tonight in
Schwab Auditorium.
The' play" will continue tomor
row and Saturday nights. Tickets
are available at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main. Prices are
60 cents for tonight's performance
and $1 for tomorrow and Satur
day's showings. Only a few tick
ets remain for •the Saturday per
formance..
The show has music by Kurt
Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
Robert D. Reifsneider, assistant
professor of dramatics, is direc
tor; Ed Menerth is musical direc
tor; and Dennis . Sherk is assistant
director and stage manager.
Choreographer is Harry Wool
ever and Elmer C. Wareham is
musica_ advisor.
Sets and costumes were design
ed by Charles Schulte.
Featured in the- cast are Sonya
Tilles, as • Liza Elliott, whose
dreams form the basis for the plot
of the play; Dave Owen as Char
ley Johnson, advertising mana
ger of the magazine "Allure";
Joe Bird. as Kendall Nesbitt, pub
lisher of the magazine; Robert
Amole. as 'Randy Curtis, movie
idol; Joe Hudak as Russell Pax
ton, photographer; Marilyn Stew
art as Maggie Grant, fashion
editor; Betty Lou Morgan as Ali
son DUBois, fashion columnist;
and Don Colbert as Dr. Brooks,
psychiatrist.
The play alternates between
realistic and fantasy sequences,
and will ••require 15 set changes
during the .course of the show.
More than 150: costumes will be
used: There,•are 40 cast members.
See Picture Page Two
green caps with white feathers.
The girls will'wear heavy pleated
blue skirts, white peasant blouses,
and white stockings.
There are twelve other dance
groups in the festival. The Ly
coming Senior Extension group
will present the "Quilt Dance,"
which was originated by Mrs. Ar
thur Davis, of State College. This
dance was demonstrated last fall
at the State Farm Show in Har
risburg.
Hillel Foundation ,will demon
strate "Mayim," a He br e w
dance. This dance, which means
water, originated on the shores of
the Galilee River. The words to
the song are taken from the Book
(continued on page. eight)
By DAVE JONES
ing the election proceedings when
e West Dorm Council, challenged
the 'right of Howard Sprenkle to
sit as alternate for Stanley Zim
merman, West Dorm Council sec
retary. Tomlinson said Zimmer
man had instructed him to sit in
the position.
Charges Block, Voting •
Tomlinson said Mutchler. John
Stoudt, Ray Evert, and Joseph
Haines were prominent in the
Lion party and said he had been
informed that five representatives
from the West Dorm Council had
been instructed to vote in a block
for these Lion party members.
Other candidates for the office
were William Raymond and Rich_
and Mills. Joseph Galati, in a let
ter to the board, withdrew his
name from among the nominees.
Richard Schoenberger, sitting
as alternate for Blair Green, pro
tested Tomlinson's remarks and
said he would vote for whom he
thought most capable.
Stoudt Elected
Stoudt, was elected AIM vice
president by the board. He de
feated William Brown, 15-14.
After Stoudt's nomination, Tom
linson charged that Stoudt had
approached him prior to the meet
ing and asked him to vote for
"the four Lion candidates."
Stoudt replied "I did not state
that." William Zakor, a board
member, said he felt that politics
should be kept out of the AIM
board. Richard Bard, board presi
dent, requested that members
keep political affiliations out of
the meeting.
Tomlinson said Richard Kling
ensmith, a board member, told
him before the meeting that he
had been approached to vote for
the four candidates.
William Brown was elected sec
retary and Ray Evert was elected
treasurer.
Laubach gained 11 ballots,
Mutchler seven, Mills six, and
Raymond five on the first vote.
In the second vote, Laubach held
his 11 ballots, Mutchler polled 11,
and Mills polled seven. The final
vote went to Laubach, 18-11.
(continued on page eight)
Amendment
To Charter
In Court
A proposed amendment to the
College charter which would
equalize representation of agri
cultural and industrial men on the
Board of Trustees will be dis
cussed at a hearing before Judge
Ivan Walker at a session of
Centre County court tomorrow in
Bellefonte.
The charter, as it stands now,
requires 32 members on the
board, twelve of which are chosen
from agriculture and industry.
The new plan would limit repre
sentation to six members each.
Representation of the two fac
tions has been nearly equal in
the past, but there have been
times when one or the other group
controlled the membership.
The amendment was approved
by a 13 to 9 vote at a trustees
meeting Jan. 20. The petition to
Harrisburg for the change was
also approved by the Council of
Education.
In opposition to the amendment
is the State Council of Farm Or
aanizations, which filed excep
tions on the grounds that it would
ham agricultAire.
PRICE FIVE CENTS