SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1951.
Martha Baltzell Is
27th May Day Queen
When Martha Baltzell is crowned May Queen this afternoon, she
will become Penn State's 27th May Day Queen.
The first May Queen, Mildred Ride, was crowned on. May 23,
1914, in front of Woman's Buiding. That May Day was a charity
affair, with a charge of 25 cents for reserved seats and 15 cents
for general admission. Proceeds were contributed to a hospital fund.
Although this- first May Day
was planned as an annual affair,
it was discontinued in the next
several years and not revived un
til 1921. •
Holmes Field
In 1921 ceremonies were again
held on the lawn of Woman's
Building, but in .1926- the -cere
mony was moved to Holmes Field,
and in 1927 to the front campus.
Because of construction work
there, the ceremony was again re
turned to Holmes Field, where i
has been held for the past two
years.
This year is the first since 1948
that the cermonies have been held
in front of Old Main.
Originally May Day was con
ducted by the Department of Phy
sical Education, but as the cere
mony expanded, the major, re
sponsibility was placed with the
WSGA house of representatives.
May Day Chairman
Virginia Miller, former vice
president of WSGA, is chairman of
this afternoon's May Day cere
mony. Barbara Sprenkle, past
president of WSGA, will have the
honor of crowning the queen.
May Day has expanded into brie
of the major spring activities on
campus, with great crowds, in
cluding many parents, attending
the ceremony every year.
Heralds, jesters, Maypole danc
ers, members of the hemlock chain
and honor arch, and attendants
•are all a traditional part of May
Day. . .
Musical organizations partici
pating in this year's program are
Treble Singers an d the College
Prep Band.
Every year the question of whe
ther the State College weather if,
going to come through with a
sunny, gay May Day causes a lot
of headaches and bad nerves. In
case of rain this afternoon's cere
mony will be held in Recreation
Hall.
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that I never have been and never
could be (a Communist)."
Student members of the forum
committee wired Lerner that they
still desired to have him speak,
but that they lacked the funds to
Pay his 'expenses, let alone the
$3OO fee. 'Lerner replied that he
would' 'forego the $3OO fee. Stu
dent backing for Lerner seemed
strong, and unless we are misin
formed, the money will be raised
to pay his expenses. .
To replace Lerner on the Uni
versity Memorial Forum the com
mittee hes chosen none other
than Sen.. Joseph McCarthy. The
committee might find millions of
Americans, who would contend
that Lerner would better serve
"to develop a citisen program for
bringing distinguished speakers
' to the campus," which is the pur
pose of the series.
There are minions who die
, agree with what the Wiscon
sin senator has to say. But we
cannot afford to allow anybody
to interfere with his right
to say it. We. especially dare
not false a public forum away
from a man on charges as flimsy
• as thorn which have been made
against Lerner. If being charged
with being a Communist were
sound enough reason for such
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Mother's Day
Also Honors
Housemothers
Tomorrow is Mother's Day. For
weeks radio announcers have
been oozing, "How's Mother?
Have you remembered . . .?"
Those who read have seen the
same question posed, "How's
Mother?. Come in to our special
sale, and choose a lovely . . ."
During all this commercial
propaganda, has it ever occurred
to you that the phrase "how's
Mother" sounds 'very much like
"housemother?"
HouSemother—that word can
start a mental chain reaction
faster than almost any other
word in a campus vocabulary.
Everyone at Penn State knows
some routine housemother jokes,
and every dorm-housed coed
knows what she considers some
routine housemothers.
Housemothers Different
Unknown to some is the fact
that there is no stereotyped house
mother, with a standard person
ality and old-fashioned attitudes.'
Every house .mother is as dis-.
tinctively different as is our cam
pus architecture.
Because of the exercise of a
strong women's student govern- I
ment, housemothers are relieved
of much disciplinary control.
Their most important duties
are not to conduct room inspec
tion, check 'the sign -out sheets,
or saunter through the lobby at
1 a.m. but to be available when
need_
ed to lend advice..
Interest and Guidance -
A dorm hostess, concerned
with the health and happiness of
"her girls" does many unnoticed
things for their benefit. She offers
them security, affectionate 4nter
est, and mature guidance—need
ed by every girl when away from
home and parental say-so.
The duties of housemothers and
home mothers are closely paral
lel, which brings us back to the
subject at hand—Mother's Day.
Just as mothers often do not
receive due credit, except when
publicly recognized, so gratitude
toward housemothers and appre
ciation of their adthirable work
generally is somewhat lacking.
Tomorrow is the day when the
whole nation pauses to honor the
greatness of mothers. And in
cluded in this honor is the dormi
tory, hostess, the housemother.
action, the President of the
United States, the Secretary of
State, and countless other repu
table people would also become
ineligible.
Charges of Communism
are serious. People who make
such charges—like Sen. Mc-
Carthy—should be compelled
to prove them.
Lerner said he has accepted the
invitation of the students "be
cause it is important for students
everywhere to have the chance
for competition of ideas."
Both Lerner and Sen. 1 1 4 c
. ace scheduled to speak
tomorrow. Th e competition
should be keen. it should prove
to be the kind of competition
of ideas which is characteristic
' of American democracy.
*MN as Ea* ler
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Sigma Nu
David Bischoff is the new com
mander of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Other officers are John Hoerr
111, lieutenant commander; James
T. Wharton, treasurer; Joseph
Rosshirt, house manager; Stuart
Butz, assistant treasurer; Michael
E. Kirshner, recorder; Ralph De
Lucia Jr., chaplain; Samuel Lem
-lon Jr., reporter; Leo Lemley,
alumni contact officer; Richard
Cripps, marshall; Frederick Big
ony, sentinel; and James Diehl,
historian.
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority en
tertained Kappa Delta Rho fra
ternity at a picnic and scavenger
hunt at the fraternity house. The
sorority also entertained Beta
Theta Pi fraternity.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Members of Beta Sigma Omi
cron sorority will hold a combin
ed bazzar and bake sale this
morning from 9:30 to 12 at the
Nittany Electric Co. 'on College
avenue.
West Dorm Dance
Skip Reider's orchestra will
play tonight from 9 until mid
night at an informal dance in the
West Dorm lounge.
Delta Tau Delta, in 1872, was
the first fraternity established at
the College, but the faculty dis
approved and it was promptly
eliminated.
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Penn State Club Holds
Semiformal Tonight
"Pageant in Purple" is the
theme of the Penn State Club's
spring semiformal dance which
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midnight at the University Club.
I Admission to the dance will be
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ARO TO ELECT OFFICERS
Election of officers will be held
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Omega, Slavonic society, in 304
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