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Victoria's 'Sin' Hits Top
College Senior
Heads Disc Co.
When Larry Pleet decided to form the Victoria Record Co. last
summer, the thought that the first release—“ Sin” by the Four Aces
might get to be one of the nation’s top sellers seemed little more
than a pipe-dream.
But despite the skepticism of friends who said he “didn’t have
a chance, Larry, who is now part-owner of the company, plugged
the song and saw his “baby” be-'
come the fifth-ranking tune in
the country.
The tall senior in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Finance
became interested in the music
business one night last summer
when he heard his friends the
Four Aces sing “Sin” at the Old
Mill, a night spot outside Fhila
delphia
The reason? Larry says it was
“just for something to do—for the
experience and for what might
follow.”
Interests Major Companies
He got together with the Aces
and Chic Schull and George Ho
ven, who had written the song,
and the work began—polishing up
the arrangement, picking the“B”
side, and making contacts.
News travels fast, and soon
several major companies were
offering to buy them out. Al
though the Mercury Kfecord Co.
made them an offer for the song,
company _ and Four Aces all
wrapped into one package, they
decided to keep on with the ori
ginal idea of producing “Sin” on
the Victoria label.
"There’s no question about it,”
LaiTy said, “we made out better
on our own.”
The future hit was recorded one
hot night last July, and 1000
copies pressed to be sold to local
stations. In three days 35,000
orders had come in from distribu
tors all over the country who had
heard of the record from their
Philadelphia representatives.
Hectic Problem
The problem of getting the rec
ord on the air was remedied when
-a Chester station began playing it
and the Philadelphia jockies fol
lowed their lead. “We expected to
rtm into trouble,” Larry said,
“because big companies exert a
lot of pressure on the jockies to
play their songs and keep others
off the air.”
The company’s most “hectic
problem,” according to Larry, was
getting the record started in New
York. To help solve this Larry
and the Four Aces appeared on
several radio shows.
One day a letter from RCA
Victor arrived, ordering them to
stop using the label “Victoria.”
Larry, straightened things out with
the vice president, however, con
vincing him that the Victoria
label was not an infringement on
the Victor seal.
Larry’s acquaintances, however,
regarded his new venture as a
fly-by-night affair.
Hit Parade Singer
“Before the song broke,” Larry
said, “I spoke with an RCA Victor
executive who quoted chances a
million to one that the song would
never hit the national scale be
cause it was put out by a new
company.” Larry saw him the
other day and reports that his
face was “just a little red.”
The company is now negotiating
a deal with a female singer cur
rently appearing on the Hit
Parade, as the Four Aces have
signed with Decca. Although
Larry plans to stay in the busi
ness as long as he possibly can,
he doesn’t think he’ll make it his
life work as the “music business
is too unstable.”
Victoria’s next record a
Christmas tune will be re
leased sometime next week.
Election Excuse Forms
Available at SU
Excuse forms for students who
will miss classes when they go
home to vote in the Nov. 6 elec
tions are now available at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
In order to get an excuse, the
student must have the clerk of
elections sign the form at the
polls. This form is then to be
taken to the office of the Dean
of Men or the Dean of Women
where the excuse will be given.
By BETTEE LOUX
Disc Owner
Richer to Be
Emcee for Ag
*arty Nov . 3
A. Chester Richer, associate
professor of soil technology, has
been selected to emcee the Ag
Hill Party Nov. .3 in Recreation
Hall, William Nichol, chairman
of the entertainment committee,
announced yesterday.
Harold B. White Jr., assistant
professor of rural sociology, will
lead group singing again this
year. There will be square danc
ing with the music furnished by
Joseph Carrado and his orches
tra.
The Collegians (George Jef
fries, Maynard Hill, William Da
vey, and Jack Kapitanoff) will
give their version of barbershop
harmony.
Also on the program will be
three skits. Alpha Zeta, Delta
Theta. Sigma, and Alpha Gamma
Rho, the three agriculture fra
ternities, will portray the life of
students on the hill. '
Tickets are $1 per person, and
they are available from Ag Hill
club presidents, Ag department
heads, and at the Student Union
desk.
Forum Ticket
Exchange Open
Season tickets for the Commu
nity Forum series may be ex
changed, for reserved seats at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
everyday until Nov. 1.
Tickets, priced at $3 apiece, will
be sold at'Student Union until the
seating capacity of Schwab Audi
torium is reached. A little over
ten percent of the seats are un
sold to date, according to Dr. Ger
ald B. Stein, ticket chairman.
Members of Chimes, junior
women’s hat society, sold 200
tickets, more than any other or
ganization, Stein said.
Single tickets for Robert Voge
ler’s lecture Nov. 1 will be sold
Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 for $1.50 at
Student Union.
Vogeler is appearing on pro
grams throughout the country to
“make every American realize
that What happened to me could
happen to anyone.”
Other speakers on this year’s
program are Eric Johnston, eco
nomic stabilizer, Nov. 28; Arthur
Schlesinger Jr., historian and
author, Jan. 8; Dr. Bernard Idd
ings Bell, education consultant,
Feb. 14; and Kurt Von Schusch
nigg, former Austrian chancellor,
March 25.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE 6£EiI.EGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Larry Pleel
Tourists May
Interview
Truman
Only a few reservations are left
for the Washington “See Your
Government in Action” seminars
next Sunday, Monday and Tues
day. Reservations must be made
by 5 p.m. Thursday.
Efforts are being made to .in-
terview President Harry S. Tru
man, and some assurance hal
been received from Sen. Edward
Martin that an interview can be
obtained, Luther Harshbarger,
PSCA executive secretary, said
yesterday.
To Visit Supreme Court
The group will have a three
and-one-half hour consultation
with the State Department Mon
day morning and will visit the
British embassy Monday after
noon.
Other places scheduled to be
visited are the Supreme Court,
the Mediation and Conciliation
Service, UNESCO, the Korean
Embassy, the Korean Pacific
press, the American Council of
Education, the Washington office
of education, and the United
Press.
The purpose of the trip is to
give students the opportunity to
see their government in action.
The' trip is being sponsored by
the Penn State Christian Associ
ation in cooperation with the
School of Education and the Poli
tical Science Department.
Orientation Meeting
Reservations for the trip may
be made at the Political Science
office, Dean Ben Euwema’s office
in Sparks building, the Educa
tion office in 109 Burrowes build
ing, or the Penn State Christian
Association in 304 Old Main. The
cost is approximately $25.
A short orientation meeting for
those going on the trip will be
held at 7 Friday night in 304 Old
Main.
SNA Losses Drop,
Use New
Losses of money previously re
ported at the West Dorm daily
news stand have dropped con
siderably since a locked desk with
slots for change was installed,
Burton Johns, manager of the
Student News Agency, said'yes
terday.
He said yesterday’s losses were
negligible and the stand will re
main open as long as the present
situation remains.
As originally set up by SNA,
students purchased daily papers
in the West Dorms by putting
their money in an open dish, thus
working it on an. honor system.
However, thefts of $6 to $7 were
reported daily, and the agency
was operating at a loss.
If the thefts continued, the
SNA would have been forced to
close the stand.
Johns said the agency “regrets
the inconvenience” of not provid
ing change, but added that
change can be obtained at the
Lion’s Den or the post office.
Kaulfuss Will Run
For Prothonotary
Julius Kaulfuss, professor of
civil engineering at the College,
is the . Democratic candidate for
prothonotary of State College.
Kaulfuss was a former State
College councilman.
He is a member of the plan
ning commission, former Red
Cross chairman, secretary of the
commerce club, and a past presi
dent of Kiwanis.
" Kaulfuss has practiced as a sur
veyor and as a civil, municipal,
and transportation engineer in
1935 and 1936 while on leave from
the College. He was also named
manager of the Pennsylvania
state highway planning survey.
GADZIK SALES COMPANY
FOR PERSONALIZED PARTY FAVORS
Beer Mugs - Dance Programs - Top Hal Drunks, Etc.
“We Have the Favors You Name the Theme”
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ON CAMPUS
Today and Tomorrow
Chest prive to Give
Benefits to WSSF
. The World Student Service Fund will be one of the organiza
tions benefiting from the Campus chest fund drive which begins
Oct. 27 and continues through Nov. 10.
The WSSF is the American Committee of the World Uni
versity Service, an international association of students and
professors in 34 countries banded together for the purpose of build
ing better international under
■ standing.
. The main work of the WSSF
is a mutual assistance program to
provide aid to students and pro
fessors of war-tom and under
developed countries. This aid is .in
the form of medical supplies,
scholarship help, educational ma
terials, and used clothing and
books. It is distributed oh the bas
is of need, without regard to race,
creed or color. .
Graduates Get Positions
Through the World University
Service American students and
professors have the opportunity
to ally themselves with people in
similar positions in other, coun
tries and to develop friendship
and unity with them. -
The importance of this has been
shown recently by the fact that
all 37 lawyers graduated from the
University of Indonesia last year
were given positions as judges
within 3 months of their gradua
tion. The current Minister of Edu
cation of Burma, was only grad
uated from the University of Ran
goon three years before he was
appointed to his job. The fact
that these students go directly
from college into important po
sitions emphasizes the need for
our friendly relations with them.
Receives 11 Percent
Band Directors
To Have Own
Homecoming'
The 24 high school bands and
their directors who will attend
Band Day this Saturday will have
a small “homecoming” of their
own.
Invitations to bands were re
stricted to those whose directors
had earned at least one degree in
music at the College. Thirteen di
dectors are graduates of music
education, 14 earned their master
of education degrees here, four
are candidates for master of edu
cation degrees, and five earned
both their master of education
and bachelor of science degrees
at the College.
Four of the attending directors
were presidents of the Blue Band.
They are Forrest Hunsicker, ’36,
Bedford band leader; -Elliot Trees,
’39, Hollidaysburg band leader;
Walter James, ’24, Huntingdon
band leader; and Albert Lyford,
28, Milton band leader.
More than 1600 band members
will participate in the pre-game
mass formation in which a num
ber of songs will be played under
the direction of one leader.
CPA Approved
By Ag Council
The Agriculture Student Coun
cil last night voted, 28-6. in favor
of having a central promotion
agency for student publicity..
Walter Sachs, chairman of the
committee for the CPA, spoke on
the advantages of the agency.
He said that the CPA would be
a standing committee and a non
profit student organization.
Twenty persons from the Agri
culture Student Council were
asked to donate blood to help
fill the 400 pint quota that Penn
State will donate to the armed
forces in Korea.
David Stabler, president of the
agriculture council, named a com
mittee for the Harvest Ball.
Members are:
Timoleon Rodriquez and Al
bert Zimmer, co-chairman; Nan
cy Bigley, Wesley Menzel, Les
ter Burdette, Roger Strait, John
Doppel, John Kalafus, William
Nichol, Douglas Pease, Howard
Miller, Donald Wadington, Wayne
Akers, and Pauline. Monz.
SFC to Consider .
i Lam Appeal
The Interfraternity Council
will hold a special meeting at 7
tonight in 105 "Forestry to con
sider an appeal by Pi Lambda
Phi for release from the penalties
imposed on the House by the
IFC Board of Control for viola
tion of the pledging code.
An appeal to the board of con
trol made Monday night was un
animously turned down and the
special council meeting was
called so the fraternity could pre- j
sent its appeal to the entire body.
Pi Lambda Phi made the ap
peal on the grounds that the de
pledging and subsequent removal
of the two men from the frat
ernity would cause a financial
hardship on the house.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1951
One of the main efforts of the
organization this year will be to
combat emergency situations due
to health conditions. Aid will be
sent to Greece, where 85 percent
of all students have some sort
°f tubercular disease: to Japan,
where one of every six students
hgs tuberculosis; and especially
to Assam, where earthquakes
have destroyed the only medical
college.
The WSSF will receive 11 per
cent of the funds raised in the
Campus chest fund drive.
Androcles Appoints, Six
As Reception Ushers
Androcles, junior hat society,
appointed six members last night
to serve as ushers for the presi
dent’s reception to be held next
Monday and Tuesday nights.
The society also announced
that approximately 20 members
would donate blood when the
drive begins, Nov. 14. President
Richard Rostmeyer said that the
society had not yet decided who
the persons would be.
Also discussed at the meeting
was the possibility of the society’s
sponsoring a girl for Miss Junior
Class. Arnold Bloom and Lincoln
Warrell were appointed to con
sider this.
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