TODAY'S WEATHER: CLOUDY AND COOL WITH SHOWERS VOL. 51 No. 148 Scholastic Leaders SHOWN ABOVE—Mrs Betty Sellers, class valedictorian, and James Haughwout, salutatorian, right, are pondering while class president John Erickson is explaining the problem. Sellers, Haughw;out Win Senior Awards Mrs. Betty Sellers and James Haughwout have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of, the classvof '5l as the outstanding scholastic students in their class. Announcement of the selection was made yesterday by. John Erickson, senior class president, who selected the students in conjunction , with Dr. Robert T. Oliver, head of the Speech department. Mrs. Sellers and Haughwout will be honored at the annual Class Night program to be held June 10 in Recreation Hall, along with Homer Barr and Barbara Sprenkle, chosen- the most out standingg man and woman in the senior class, and'other class honor winners Barr And Sprenkle Barr and Miss Sprenkle will be honored as Spoon man and Bow Girl. They were selected by a postcard poll of the class. Mrs. Sellers is an English lit erature major in the School of Liberal Arts. She has previously won the junior and senior Evan Pugh medals for scholarship. Haughwout is an agronomy major in the School of Agricul ture and a veteran of the second world war. He has served as a member of the Agriculture Stu dent Council and is a member s df Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honor ary, and Gamma Sigma Delta, agriculture honorary. Haughwout was winner of both the junior and senior Evan Pugh Medals. Other Winners Women to be honored at Class Night ceremonies besides Mrs. Sellers and Miss Sprenkle, are Gay Brunner, Slipper Girl; Mary Ellen Grube, Fan Girl; Audrey Brua, Mirror Girl; Rose Eifert, Class Donor, and Janet Rosen, Crass Poet. Men, in addition to Haughwout and Barr,' are Robert Davis, Bar rel Man; Owen Dougherty, Cane Man; Harold Leinbach, Pipe Ora tor, and Emerson Jones, Class Donor. Gold charms will be presented to all winners. Seniors voting for the award winners were asked to select the men and women in the class of '5l whom they felt made the most sincere contributions to Penn State this year. According to tradition, Miss Brua and Leinbach, as Mirror and Pipe Orators, will speak to the class at the program as represen tatives of the honored ,men and women. Erickson will formally present funds for the campus radio sta tion and the Donald Mclntire scholarship, this year's class gifts, to President Eisenhower, who will accept for the College. Walter Miller, chairman of the Paul Smith Memorial committee, will present the award to the outstanding senior athlete. Pa tricia Roseberry will present the Alpha Lambda Delta award to the senior woman member of the honorary with the highest scho lastic average. i 41. `, 4.1 r , . _ • - .0 . 4 r Batty .fl,ov - r . ;:i., :t . tatagian 1 FORA BETTER 4% l' l. ---, PENN STATE Memorial Day . Wreath Placing Services Set Several brief ceremonies, in cluding the placing of wreaths by President Milton S. Eisenhower, will mark Memorial Day at the College tomorrow. A wreath will be placed at 8:30 a.m. in Old Main on the plaque inscribed with names of alumni of the College who died in World War I. Following this ceremony, wreaths will be placed on the grave of Dr. George Atherton, seventh president of the College, and at the plaque in Recreation Hall in honor of J. D. Debout and L. L. Lamb, two Penn State ath letes killed in World War I. Then three volleys will be fired and taps played by four men from the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC units on campus. The ROTC students will also raise the flag in front of Old Main from half staff to full staff at 12 noon. Major Felipe Vias, assistant professor of military science and tactics, is in charge of the cere monies. Robert Amole and George Jeff ries are co-chairmen of the Mem orial Day committee. The mem bers of the committee are Allen Gibson, Lolita Robinson, and Al lan Sredenschek. Parmi Nous Elects James Wharton was elected president of Parmi Nous for the coming year at their meeting last night. Other officers elected were Jay McMahon, vice-president; and Marvin Krasnansky, secretarr . treasurer. BX Open Until Friday For Purchase Receipts The, book exchange in the TUB will be open until Fri day for receipts on purchases made during the spring semes ter, Frank Kelly, BX boar d spokesman, , said yesterday. The exchange will be open from 9 .to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. today through Friday. A 20 per cent refund will be given on all purchases. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1951 Grades Will Fix W Assignments Rach kowski, Klug Win Star Contest Ra y Rachkowski, comedian, and Robert Klug, pianist, both students at the College, placed first and second respectively in the local finals of the star dis covery contest held last night at the Cathaum Theater. Rachkowski received a com bination radio-phonograph an d $lO worth of records. Kliig re ceived a phonograph and $lO worth of records. Both will travel to th e regional semi-finals in Greensburg. The tw o contestants placing highest in Greensburg will go on to Pittsburgh for th e regional finals. The two participants plac ing first and second at Pittsburgh will receive six-months' con tracts with Warner Brothers. The one who placed third will record two sides for RCA Victor. Rachkowski presented - mono= logue parody of the recent Sen ate crime investigation. Klug played "Impromptu" and "Rush Hour in Hongkong." Contestants were judged by audience applause and the opin ions of three judges, Frank Gullo of the music department, Edward Abrgnson of the sociology de partment, and Wilbur Hoy, local druggist. Other participants, all first or second place winners in the pre vious weekly contests, were the Four Flats and a Sharp, vocal quartet consisting of Polly Potter, Bill Detweiler, David Margolf, Red Baker, and Dick Wrentmore; Pat Leis, singer; Jack "Killer" Malloy, humorous singer; Ed Rolf, baritone; Tom Lewis, tenor; Ross Lytle, guitarist; and Walter Marthouse, vocalist. MORTAR BOARD ELECTS New officers of Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, • are Nancy McClain, president; Greta Weaver, vice-president; Jeannine Bell, secretary; Lois Pulver, treas urer; Robin Brunner, historian; and Carolyn Barrett, editor. Lois Pulver Wins Frizzeli Contest Lois Pulver last night won this year's John -Henry Frizzell Ex tempore Speaking Contest, the oldest contest on campus. Miss Pulver, one of six finalists, is manager of the women's debate team, and a junior majoring in sociology. Marian Ungar, a freshman in liberal arts, was runner-up. Miss Pulver used an Omar Khayyam quotation, "The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on" as the subject of her speech. She said that the youth of today must accept the world as it is and move -onward, in stead of "crying over spilt milk" and blaming adults for present N;orld conditions Miss Ungar's speech, "What Are We To Do?" dealt with the pre sent increase in sex crimes. She quoted Pearl 0. Weston, dean of women, as saying that there is not a semester when at least one girl is neither chased nor moles ted by an unknown campus prowler at the College. Other finalists and their topics were Ethel Brown, "Who Says It's So?"; Yvonne Carter, "And Quote—"; Janet Horger, "Look To This aly"; and Sylvia Silver, Scholastic achievement based on All-College average up to this semester will determine what students will be living in the West Dorms next fall, it was decided by the'committee yesterday. The step system will be used; present seventh, sixth, and fifth semester students who had previously , stated their de- Kondourajian Named Hetzel Award Winner Harry Kondourajian was named winner of the second Ralph D. Hetzel Memorial Award recently. This award is given to the sen ior whose achievements scholas tically and in the other activities of college life give the highest promise of that kind of useful citizenship in national life ex pounded by Dr. Hetzel, President of the College until his death in, 1947. Members of the committee which chose the award winner were R. 0. Weber, chairman of the senate committee on scholar ships and awards; H. K. Wilson, dean of men; Pearl 0. Weston, dean of women; George Donovan, director of Associated Student Activities, and Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student af fairs. • Kondourajian,_a pre-law major, is a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and has held the of fices of Skull and Bones presi dent, All-College vice-president, and junior class president. He has also been a member of Blue Key, and the debate team, and chair man of the class ring committee and the fraternity workshop. Last year's winner of the Het zel award was George Ohmler. Zeilner Receives Powers' Award ICharles Zenner received the William and Edward Powers' •iward at the Poultry Club picnic 'ast Saturday. The award of $25 is presented annually to the outstanding poul try senior. Zellner has been ac tive in the Poultry Club, Ag Hill Breeze, Penn State Farmer, and Coaly Society. . By BETTIE LOUX "This Above All." John Henry Frizzell, professor emeritus of public speaking, pre sehted th e Pennsylvania State College prize of $5O to Miss Pul ver, and the Forensic Council prize of $25 to Miss Ungar. The winners will also receive Frizzell awards of merit. According to Prof. Frizzell, this is the first time in the history of the contest that only women reached the finals. Each contestant spoke from eight to te n minutes without notes. Robert T. Oliver, head of the speech department, was chairman of the contest. The six finalists were selected Thursday. night from among 30 students who entered the elimi nations. PRICE FIVE CENTS sire to live in the area by sub mitting council housing pledges must have a 1.29 All-College av erage. Freshmen wh o enrolled in February, 1951, will not be re quired to live in the dormitor ies in the fall unless They desire to do so, the Collegian learned yesterday. They may pledge fraternities. Present f our t h semester stu dents must have an All-College average of 1.6 and freshmen must have a 2.00 average. Through this system, there will be approximately three seventh semester. men in the West Dorms, 93 sixth semester men, 10 fifth semester men, 80 fourth semester men and 25 freshmen or special students. 211 Total The total according to this plan is 211. The committee decided not to fill completely the quota of 225 because of the great flex ibility of the step system. The 1.29 average was decided L.pon for seventh ; sixth and fifth 3emester students on the grounds that the independent men's av erage All-College grade for last semester was 1.29. The committee set as require ments for West Dorm admission the following items: 1. Housing pledges sent out by the individual dorm councils. 2. Official housing pledges sent out after the council pledges. To morrow is the deadline for the director of housing forms. 3. Semester seniority according to All-College average beginning with seventh semester students and working down. 4. All-College average of 1.29 for top three semesters, 1.6 av nage for fourth semester stu dents, and a 2.00 average fo r freshmen. 3:8 Ratio There will be a three-to-eight ratio of upperclassmen to fresh men in the Nittany dormitory area. The priority system will be used in screening upperclass ap plications. Upperclassmen will select ei ther a single room or a corner room. Under this plan, upper classmen will have 12 of the 44 vacancies in the area. Russell Clark, housing director, said corner and single rooms were most desired by upperclassmen in the area last year. Pollock Circle will operate un der the same system next year. At the meeting were Paul Za zoni representing Town Council; Joseph Haines, Pollock Council; john Laubach, Nittany Council; Thomas Durek, West Dorm coun -;i1; Clark, housing director: and Frank Simes, chief resident ad viser of the West Dorms. Penn State Farmer Names New Staff The Pe n n . State Farmer ap ncinted next year's staff last The staff is: David Stabler, editor: Herbert Kulman, managing editor; Lowell Lewis, feature editor; James Cr'raef, advertising manager; Tho mas Scott, business manager: Robert Kaufman, circulating, , nanager; Albert Zihrner, adver tising layout editor; Boyd Wol '— editorial layout editor.
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