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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
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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.
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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
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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
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'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.