SATURDAY,. OCTOBER' 27, 1951
Belk Ho p Finalists
To - ,,- Vie. for. Crowit
One of filie campus beauties will be jubilant tonight , when the
winner • of the Belle Hop queen contest is selected by audience
applause. The finalists are Patricia Day, Marion Gray, Nancy
Hersel, Jean• Mastin, and Gwen Price.
• One of three freshmen to be selected as a queen candidate,
Misi Day was sponsored by Chi
Phi.. A Thompson Hall resident,
Pat is majoring in home eco
nomics
Beauty •Honors
Besides •being very surprised,
17-year-old Pat was really happy
when she learned that she had
been selected •as a finalist. Pat,
who hails from Bridgeville, Pa.,
has blonde hair and blue eyes,
and is five feet, five, inches tall.
A veteran of beauty contests,
she was• crowned May Queen and
Venus in high school. She plays
the • piano, and is interested in
all sports.
Golf Enthusiast
Miss Gray, a five foot, five
inch blonde, brown-eyed senior,
claims Sewickley, Pa., as he r
home town. The 21:Tear-old coed,
a science major in the School of
Liberal Arts, fihds time to help
the Froth art staff, and to be ac
tive in intramural- spOrts.
Marion is a • member of Kappa
Alpha Theta, which is her spon
sor for Belle Hdp honors. This
past summer she was a college
adviser and model at a Pittsburgh
department store.. '
She spends• her spare time on
the golf course, and in her room
dabbing with paints. -
Miss Hensel
In high school Marion was May
Queen attendant, but when
asked her reaction to her recent
honor she replied, "I was quite
surprised and quite pleased, and
I would like to thank my spon
sors very much." '
. The second of the three fresh
man finalists is Miss Hensel, .of
Camp •Hill, - Pa. The 19-year-old
finalise stands five feet, five in
-ches, and has brown hair and
hazel eyes. A major in elemen
tary education, Nancy" is by no
means a novice in beauty compe
tition.
Honored by Choice '
In addition to being a recent
Froth • Girl-of-the-Month, Nancy
was Miss Cape May of 1949, and
this past summer she had the
honor of being chosen Miss Coast
Guard of 1951.•
When asked her opinion of :the
contest, Nancy remarked,-.7"1- cer
tainly ,think it's an honor to be
chosen as one, of the finalists;
and I would like to thank Nitta*
Dorms for sponsoring me."
• Potato Blossom Queen
Nancy is an . -avid- dance,.fan;
and her singing ability has' en
abled her to become a member of
Four Flats and a Sharp, a campus
vocal group. Nancy is an expert
handler of a motor- scooter, upon
which she • scoots from place to
place in her home town.
.Pert, brown - haired, and green
eyed, Miss Mastin was "speech
less" upon hearing the news that
she was a finalist. Jean stands
five feet, three inches, and is a
20-year-old junior in music edu
cation. Hailing from Quakertown,
Pa., she carries the title of Penn
sylvania Potato Blossom Queen
of 1951.
Last of Quintet
Jean is a'inember. of Alpha Xi
Delta, which is her sponsor in
the Belle Hop queen contest. She
deVotes much of her time to
music. Besides playing the pi
ano, she is a member of Treble
,Singers, and plays the viola in
'the College Symphony Orches
tra. Sports take up some of her
remaining spare . time.
Miss Price, the third 'freshman,
completes the quintet of • aspir
ants 'for the title -of Belle Hop
queen. Gwen, whose home town
is - Narbeth, Pa., is an 18-year
old journalism major. She is five
feet, four iiiches tall, and is a
Jam. Session Canceled
The jam• session•usually held
on Sunday afternoons in the
Tub . will not be held this Sun
day, Jack: be r , resident
counselor: in the_ Nittany Pol
lock: area, announced, yester
day. 2
The sessions will resume
Sunday, Nov.'4, featuring 'the
College All-Stars. •
By NORMA ZEHNER
hazle-eyed brunette." . McAlliSter
Hall is her sponsor.
Gwen commented on her se
lection as a finalist by saying, "I
was shocked when I heard it on
the radio. In fact, I had to hear
it again to believe it."
Gwen, who attended modeling
school, has among her accom
plishments the distinction of be
ing an attendant in the Empress
of the. Sun contest in St. Peters
burg, Fla: Dancing and sports are
her favorite pastimes. ' .•
WRA IM Schedule
Table Tennis
6:30 Women's Bldg. vs. Ledn
ides. Town vs McElwain. ,
7:15 Simmons vs Thompson C
and D. Thompson A vs Thompson
B ,
8:00 Ath East vs Alpha Gamma
Delta. Ath West - vs McAllister.
Basketball .
Monday .
7:00 Ath East. vs McAllister
Ath West vs Co-op.
8:00. Women's Bldg. vs Leon
ides. Town vs. McElwain.
Local DG Chapter Wins
National Activity Award
The local chapter of Delta Gam
ma has been awarded first place
in the- annual Delta Gamma cam
pus activities contest for 1951.
Outstanding interest and par
ticipation in extra-curricular ac
tivities was the basis for the
award. The contest was conduct
ed by, the Milwaukee alumnae
chapter..
The chapter at Texas Western
College placed second and the
University of British Columbia's
chapter was awarded third place.
Insurance Club to Give
Insurance Exams
The Insurance Club will meet 7
to 9 p.m. Tuesday in 214 Willard
Hall to give insurance aptitude
:tests.
this time, membership certi
ficates will be given out. Twenty
members will receive shingle
awards. The club will also discuss
'plans fiir a student personality
file. The file, once compiled, will
serve as references for members
seeking jobs.
Woven Coverlet Given
To Home Ec School
Donna Runser, food supervisor
in Simmons dining halls, •pre
sented a 111-year-old woven cov
erlet to the textiles department of
the School of Home Economics
this week.
The coverlet, which belonged to
Miss Runser's grandfather, dates
back to 1840 when it was woven
by Emmanuel Ettidger at Aarons
burg.
The population of Hyderabad,
India, is 14,436,148 and. is mostly
Hindu.
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15 to Run in
Mardi Gras
King Contest
Five names have been added to
the list of candidates for King of
the Mardi Gras, according to
Robin Brunner and Marilyn Wil
liams, co-chairmen of the king
contest committee. This brings
the total number of candidates to
15.
The new candidates' are Walter
Conti, sponsored by Alpha Omi
cron Pi; Donald Cook, sponsored
by Alpha Xi Delta; Stanley Sil
berman, Phi Sigma Sigma's nom
inee; Donald- McMahon, spon
sored by Theta Phi Alpha; and
Michael Hanek, Leonides' candi
date.
The Mardi • Gras, sponsored .by
Mortar Board, senior women's ac
tivity honorary, will be held
from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday
in Recreation Hall.
_Twenty booths, ranging from
tests of skill to variety shows,
will be sponsored by 18 sororities,
Leonides, and the Women's Stu
dent Government' Association
Freshman Council.
Proceeds from the carnival go
to the Charlotte E. Ray Memorial
Scholarship Fund, income from
which is used for scholarships to
help .worthy women on campus.
In addition to the booths spon
sored by•women's campus groups,
Mortar Board will set up• a re
freshment stand at the carnival.
Alpha Delta Sigma
Alpha Delta Sigma, profes
sional advertising fraternity, will
hold its fall rushing smoker at 7
p.m. tomorrow at the Phi Sigma
Kappa house.
Donald' Gapp, advertising di
rector of the Meadville, Pa - ., Trib
une Republican, will be guest
speaker. A film, "This is Penn
State," will be shown. Refresh
ments will• be served at the end
of the program.
Ag Hill Party Tickets
Tickets for the Ag Hill Party
next Saturday are on sale for
$1 at the Student Union desk,
the TUB, • and the George Butler
Barber Shop on Beaver Avenue.
Members of the Ag Hill clubs
and departments will also sell
tickets.
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Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta entertained local
alumnae of the sorority at a tea
in the chapter suite last Tues
day night in honor of Founder's
Day. ..
Delta Gamma
- Delta Gamma recently initiated
Avis Hummel.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta entertained
Phi Gamma Delta at a costume
party Thursday night in the re 6.
reation room of McElwain Hall.
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sigma Kappa entertained
Delta Gamma Thursday night.
Entertainment included a skit on
blind dates.
Faculty Women's Club
To Honor Mrs. Sparks
Mrs. Ethel Sparks of Riverton,
N.J., the only woman member of
the College Board of Trustees,
will be the guest of honor at a
Faculty- Women's Club reception
to be held in McElwain Hall from
7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Sparks is the daughter of
Dr. Edwin Erie Sparks, who was
president of the College ;fr o m
1908 •to 1920. She was elected to
the trustees by the alumni last
spring.
New women faculty members
and wives of new faculty mem
bers have been invited to the re
ception.
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New Commonwealth Flag
A new Commonwealth flag has
been raised on the flagpole in
front of Old Main in place of the
one stolen last Saturday.
W. H. Wiegand, supervisor of
physical plant extension, said the
flag is valued at $ll2. He asked
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