Liori:; ; ;;7, - ;s:Ote Split 'in Elections VOL. 52, No. 47 Sophs Elect Herkoein, 2 Staters By DAVE JONES Donald Herbein, Lion Party candidate, 'won the sophomore class presidency last night, but the State Party continued its majority hold on class offices as it put its vice president and secretary treasurer candidates in to office. Harry Solomon and Lolita Rob inson, won- the vice presidential and secretary treasurer • office's for the State Party over Lion candidates Charles Obertance and Virginia Moore. Herbein defeated John White 'for the presidency. White ran s on the State ticket last year for, vice 'president of the freshman class. Herbein polled 383 of the 741' votes cast, winning the office by 25 votes, with a 51.6 percentage. Solomon defeated Obertance by, only 18 votes, polling 379 of the votes cast, a 51.2 percentage. Miss Robinson carried 387 votes, de feating Miss Moore by a 35 vote margin, a 52.3 percerftage. The 741 votes cast by the sopho more class represented only- 30.8 percent of the 2409 eligible to cast ballots. This same class in last fall's freshmen class elections polled 62 percent. In last year's sophomore class elections, 44.6 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots. Herbein said he was "naturally (Continued on. page eight) Trapp Singers Open Concert Series Tonight Trapp Singers See Picture Page 2 The Trapp Family Singers will open the Community Concert series at 8:30 tonight in Schwab Auditorium. The doors will open at 7:45. The performance tonight is part of their 12th world tour which has taken them as far as , New Zealand and Australia, and' then to their native Salzburg where they were featured in the Salz burg Music Festival. Four daughters, two sons, their mother, Maria Augusta, and the director, Dr. Franz Wagner, will present both sacred and' fo 1 k music. Costumes, hand-made by Maria and - Agathe Trapp to fit each type of musk will be - worn by the group. \ Besides a capella singing, mem bers of the family will perform on such instruments as the block flute, spinet, and viol de gamba. , Leaving Austria 12 years ago in rebellion against th e Nazis, the Trapps turned their pastime of group singing into a profes sion and became well known for their , unusual organization. - Serving as transportation and hotel both, the bus used by. the family is completely outfitted with facilities for cooking, sleep . - ing, rehearsing, and family devo tions. When not on tour, the Trapps live on a farm in Vermont which they built in replica of mountain homes in Tyrol, Austria. TODAY'S WEATHER j att;. vre- 6 I 1-4 .•' 111 / 1 1.116 I : Oil - e! .1 CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY POPP A SETTEE PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1951 Hearty Congratulations RAY EVERT, (center) Lion Party chairman, receives congratu lations from a group of students after the Lion Party's candidates for freshman and sophomore class presidencies were elected. Only 29 per cent of the two classes went to the polls to vote yesterday. Colloquy Will Open With Banquet Tonight The intercollegiate colloquy on "The Loyalty of Free Men," sponsored by_ the Penn State Christian• Association, opens at 6 to night with a banquet in the Nittany Lion Inn.` • J. R. Wiggins, managing editor of the Washington Post, will speak at the banquet on "A Free Press and a Free Society." After the banquet, Richardson Dilworth, newly-elected district attorney of Philadelphia, will ad dress the first colloquy . session in 121 Sparks at 8:30 tonight. He will speak on "Individual Rights in a Free Society." • Registration Registration for the colloquy is being conducted all day today in the PSCA office, 304 Old Main. The registration fee is $l. The purpose of the colloquy, as stated on the colloquy program, Cabinet OKs Junior Class Weekend ~,All-College Cabinet last night eStablishdd `an annual junior class weekend as a 'permanent function of student government. 'Under the proposal introduced by junior class President Michael Hanek, a junior prom committee and a junior weekend committee will be appointed by cabinel each year to arrange the junior week program:- - •- • The entire weekend's activities will be under the direction of the junior class president, wh o is named junior class weekend co- ordinator in the action. Subcommittees appointed byjairn.„ will arrange the cotona tion_'7°`ofmthe junior ,class queen.. floats for the queen's reception at Beaver Field, and other week end , abtivities which may be es tablished. Hanek informed cabinet of , sug gestions for broadening the week end and said they would be taken into consideration in planning the activities for next year. Among the suggestions were: 1. A parade of costumed men to - be held on Beaver Field at half-time of the• football game to publicize 'fraternity houseparties. 2. The wearing of tags by mem bers of the junior class to improve class spirit. 3. Inclusion in the publicity of weekend activities—a reference to junior class sponsorship. Florenz Fenton, editor of -the Inkling, , reported to cabinet -that the second issue. of -the publica tion might be ready before Christ mas. The first issue last spring netted $175 profit,. he said. All-College • President James Worth appointed' the following to (CO2ztinned on ~page eight): • Photo by Sussman A few tickets for tonight's colloquy banquet at the Nit tany Lion Inn are still avail able. They are on sale for $2 in the PSCA Office, 304 Old Main. is "to discover, the relevance of religious faith in maintaining democratic tradition and to- assist students and faculty in making an application of •their religious faith to concrete political situ ations." In addition to Wiggins and Dil worth, six other men prominent in religion or in politics will par ticipate in the colloquy. They are Francis P. Miller, consultant to the State Department; James G. Fulton, congressman f rom the 31st district of Pennsylvania; Dr. John C. Bennett, professor of Christian ethics, Union 'Theologi cal Seminary; Dr. Liston Pope, dean of the Yale Univ.ersitY-Di- Vinity School; Father Charles Owen Rice, Duquense UniVersity; and Harry Butcher, secretary, Committee of 70, Philadelphia. Prexy Honorary Chairman President Milton S. Eisenhower is honorary chairman of the col (Continued on page eight) 'Who's in the News' The deadline for submitting biographical sketches for "Who's in the News at Penn State" has been extended to Monday, Nov. 19, 5 p.m. Editor Len Kolasinski announced yesterday. The forms should be mailed to 115 Carnegie Hall. • Lions Take Both Presidencies, Capture Two Seats on Cabinet For the first time since its inception in 1948, the Lion Party gained a split in fall elections as it took both freshman and sopho more class presidencies and the freshman class vice presidency ; yesterday. Only 29 percent of the total number of eligible voters partici pated in one of the closest elections in years. Only 1509' out of 5199 eligible voters cast ballots. No candidate received, more than 53.9 percent of the votes. In last year's fall lelections, 62 percent of the freshman class voted, and 44.6 of the sophomores cast ballots, for a combined per centage of 50.7. •• Harry Solomon, winner of the sophomore class vice presidency, won by the narrowest margin, 18 votes. John Apgar, winner of the same office in the freshman class, won by 19 votes. Phoebe Powell, secretary treasurer of the fresh man class, was elected by the greatest margin, 60 votes. Win Cabinet Seats Election Returns Sophomore Class President votes gin Ptc. D. Herbein (L) 383 25 51.6 J. White (S) 358 48.4 Vice President H. Solomon (S) 379 18 51.2 C. Obertance (L) 361 . 48.8 Secretary Treasurer L. Robinson (S) 387 35 52.3 V, Moore (L) 352 47.7 Freshman Class President R. Smoot (L.) 406 44 52.8 D. Lewis (S) 362 47.2 Vice President J. Apgar (L) 392 19 .51.2 B. Kay (S) 373 48.8 Secretary Treasurer P. Powell (S) 413 60 53.9 D. Ebert (L) 353 46.1 Smoot Cops Frosh Class Presidency Ey ANDY McNEILLIE Lion Party candidates took two of three freshman class posi tions yesterday with the election of Robert Smoot as president and John Apgar as vice president. Phoebe Powell, State Party candidate, was . elected freshman class secretary treasurer. Only 27.5 per cent of the fresh man class voted in the elections, or a total of 768 of 2790. Last year, 62 per cent of the freshman class voted in the fall elections. Has 44-Vote Margin Smoot's 406 total votes gave him a margin of 44 votes over the State Party's candidate, David Lewis. Apgar polled a total of 392 votes to Barry Kay's 373, Cay was State Party candidate for vice president. Phoebe Powell piled up a 60 vote margin—high est of the election—over Dorothy Ebert, Lion Party secretary treas urer nominee. Smoot said the total vote of the freshman class was "very disap pointing." When asked if the Lion Party would be able to car ry out its platform planks, he said, "I'll stay quiet on that." Smoot will replace Gerald Mau rey, last year's freshman class president, on All-College Cabi net. Second hi Class In high'school, Smoot was sec ond in a graduating class of 65 and was on the editorial staff of his school paper. He also partici pated 'in scholastic football, la crosse, and track Smoot carried 52.8 of the votes cast for class president, while Apgar, vice president elect, re ceived 51.2 per cent of the votes for that office. Miss Powell gained 53.9. per cent of the votes cast. Warnock Featured In 'Times' Article The late Arthur R. Warnock, dean •of men emeritus, Is featured in the "Press" section of the cur rent issue of Time , magazine. The a r t i c l e, titled "Deadline Missed," tells the story behind the late dean's reason for writing his last "Colyum." At a memorial service 'yester day in Schwab Auditorium, John H. Frizzell, chaplain emeritus, said 'that Dean Warnock's serv ices as dean of men were not routine, but' "were• a matter of big-heartedness :that most of us were too slow to see." The Rev. Luther H. Ha r barger, chaplain, assisted Chap- Jain .Frizzell with . the service. By 808 FRASER The split was the first in poli tical party voting on campus since the fall elections of 1943 when a now defunct Lion Party tied with the Key Party. That was the first time party voting was used at the College. In all other elections one party gained at least a majority of offices. Although a split resulted, the Lion Party holds the top offices in that they control both seats on All-College Cabinet. A total of 741 out of a possible 2409 sophomores voted for a per centage of 30.9. The percentage of freshmen voting was 27.5 with 768 casting ballots out of 2790. Officials Disappointed "Although the vote was close, there was a majority of split bal lots. I was glad to see so many of them," Carroll Chapman, All- College elections committee chair man, said. Chapman said he was sorry to see that so few members of the classes voted. Both party clique officers, Robert Amo]e of th e State Party and Ray Evert of the Lion Party, expressed the same opinion. "The split was.a good thing for Penn State student politics, but I wish we could have gotten the class presidents," Amole said. Expected 80 Percent He was still claiming the Lion Party exceeded its $l5O budget limit at the conclusion of the bal lot counting. Amole expressed disappoint ment in the turnout and said he had hoped for about 80 percent turnout instead of the 29 percent of both classes that voted. "Students voted intelligently— I was glad to see so many split ballots," Evert said. He added that the elected Lions Party officers will "do a good job and will live up to their promises." James Worth, All-College presi dent, said he was disappointed in the turnout and added that if better student government is to be obtained, more students will have to take an interest in voting. Blood Donors Give 185 Pints To End Drive Penn State students donated 185 pints of blood yesterday in the last day of the campus blood drive Yesterday's new one day high 'brought the final four day donation total to - 652. Red Cross officials who con ducted the drive at the TUB termed the operation a "big suc cess." They said they had not ex pected such a large turnout dur ing the donation period. The unit will return Dec. 13 •to the State College American Le gion to secure blood from about 200 students who pledged but did not donate due to time limita tions. Those students will receive appointment cards in the future, drive officials said. Few student's failed to keep their appointments Elizabeth Jankowiak, staff nurse in charge yesterday, said. She said the number turned away for health reasons was remarkably •low. About 18 students donated blood yesterday without appointments, by merely walking into the pro cessing line.
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