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VOL. 52; No. 118
Biddle Talk
To Close
LA Lectures
Dr. Francis Biddle, former at
torney general of the United
States, will present the final lec
ture in the Liberal Arts Series at
8 tonight in 121 Sparks. He will
speak on "Liberty and Security."
Dr. Biddle, a graduate of Har
vard University, was admitted- to
the Pennsylvania bar in 1912 af
ter serving as private secretary
to 'U. S. .Supreme Court Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes. In the
same year he joined a Philadel
phia law firm and from 1922 to
1926 served as special assistant
to the U.S. attorney fOr the, east
ern Pennsylvania 'district.
In 1938-39, Dr. Biddle was chief
counsel for the joint • committee
Dr. Francis Biddle
to investigate: the Tennessee Val
ley Authority and in 1939 he was
named judge of the U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals. In 1940, he was
named solicitor general of. the
United States and from 1941 to
1945 was attorney general. Dr.
Biddle was a U.S. member of the
International Military Tribuiial in
1945-46.
He is author of "Llanfear Pat
tern," "Mr. Justice Holmes,'
"Democratic Thinking an d the
War," "The World's Best Hope,"
and "The Fear of Freedom."
The lecture • will be free and
open to the public.
100 Students.
Help in PSCA
Sales Project
Approximately 100 students are
finding that "the customer is al
ways right" -as they assist the
Penn State Christian Association
with their College Sportswear
project which started yesterday.
The PSCA . has taken over John
Balswin's Coll e g e Sportswear
Inc:, corner of S. Allen street -and
E. Beaver avenue, during this
week. Profits on the sales will go
to the PSCA treasury.
This is 'the second year• that
PSCA has ,carried on this project.
Members 'and supporters of 'the
organization are donating , some of
their free hours to act as clerks
in - the store, which will be open
9 a.m. to: 9 p.m. each day this
week.
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Arnold, Laubach
Lion, State Party
Kimmel,
Lemyre on
Class Slates
John Laubach, president of the
Aisociation of Independent Men,
will be the State Party candidate
for the office of All-College Presi
dent in the April 22 and 23 All-
College elections.
Also on the State Party ticket
for All-College offices are James
Plyler and William Griffith for
vice president and secr et ary
treasurer; respectively.
The elections were held Sunday
night, with over 200 in attendance.
Senior Class
Theodore Kimmel won the nom
ination for the senior class presi
dency, with the junior class presi
dential nomination going to Rich
and *Lemyre.
Other senior class nominations
went to William O'Malley for vice
president and Margaret Hepler
for secretary treasurer. Gail Sha
ver won the nomination for junior
class .vice president, while- Ann
Quigley got the vote for junior
secretary treasurer.
The only run-off election held
was that for the office• of All-Col
lege vice president. The contest
was between Howard Wright and
Plyler, -the - latter being the 'can
didate endorsed by the par t y
steering committee. Plyler won by
a vote of 132 to 77.
'Best Qualified'
The candidates for other offices
were unopposed, and all were
recommended by the party steer
ing committee. Following the an
nouncement of the committee's
preferences, all- other candidates
who had been nominated, except
Wright, withdrew from the race.
In explaining the steering_ com
mittee's choices, Thomas Farrell,
party clique chairman, said they
were the candidates who the
committee felt were best quali
fied and most likely to draw the
winning votes.
The party platform turned in
to the All-College elections com
mittee Sunday night and will
probably be released tomorrow.
The election campaigns begin
April .16. •
'Yankee' Tickets
,Now Available
At Student Union
Tickets for Thespians' "A Con
necticut Yankee," based on Mark
Twain's fable of a Yankee who
finds himself back in the days of
knighthood, are on sale at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Prices ar e $1 for Thursday
night and $1.25 far Friday . and
Saturday nights and the 'Satur
daY matinee.
Ed Rolf plays Martin, a young
Naval lieutenant who, 'with the
aid of an eclipse of the sun, and
a little New England' ingenuity,
succeeds in becoming top man in
King Arthur's court.
'ln addition to an 11-man cast,
the 'show includes 37 dancers and
gleesingers who will-present both
the 'traditional Rodgers and Hart
music and , four - Original dance
routines.
Jazz Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Woody Herman
jazz concert to be held Friday in
conjunction with IFC-P anhel
weekend' are now, on sale at the
Student. Union deSk in Old Main.
John - Allison, co-chairman of the
concert, reported 'that there are
still a number of tickets' available
at. $1.25. . .
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1952
To Vie for Presidency
STATE AND LION Party candidates for All-College President
congratulate each other. John L aubach (left) heads the State
party ticket in the April 22-23 elections. He shakes hands with
Forestry Council President Joseph Arnold, the Lion Party candi
date. Both were elected to head their respective parties Sunday
night.
APO/Walks
Campaign
Opens Today
The campus "Wear out the
Walks" campaign, a modification
of the usual "Keep off the rass"
campaign, begins today under
the sponsorship of Alpha Phi
Omega, national service frater
nity.
The object of the campaign is
to produce a better looking cam
pus by giving the grass a chance
to grow, Theodore Van Tassel,
campaign chairman, said yester
day.
We are not asking students to
walk ,around areas where it is
impracticable, he said, but we do
want them to avoid making short
cuts where using sidewalks is
only a few seconds longer.
Van - Tassel said his committee
hopes to make the College notice
that walks are needed in some
places. This can only be done by
a student movement, he said. It
will do little good for someone
to ask for, new • walks until the
students are stirred by the idea,
he continued.
Signs appeared on campus yes
terday urging the students to
"Keep off the Grass," and in some
cases asking "Would a Sidewalk
Here Be Better?"
The campaign is an annual
pledge project of the service frat
ernity. Pledges who worked on
the plans are William Bawer,
Robert Brooks, Dennis Hedges,
Craig Hibben; Richard Hill, and
John Kitzmiller.
Public May View
Moon This Week
The College observatories will
be open to the public tomorrow,
Thursday, and Friday nights for
observations of the moon, wea—
ther permitting.
Members of Alpha Nu, honor
ary astronomical society, will be
at the observatories from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. to o p'e rate the tele
scopes, Dr. Carl A. Bauer, assis
tant professor •of physics, an
nounced yesterday. .
Froth Parody
Of This Week'
On Sale Today
"This Reek," Froth's April Fool's
Day issue, goes on sale today.
"This Reek" is a parody on "This
Week," magazine which has a
circulation of ten million weekly,
and is distributed every Sunday
with the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin and the Pittsburgh Press.
The first photographic cover to
appear on Froth is in thiS issue.
It is related to the main feature,
"The, Trouth about Youth," by
Joseph an d Stewart Feinburg.
"The Trouth about Youth" is a
full report on teen-age crime, im
'morality, and dope addiction,
staunchly defending the' tee n
agers of today.
Froth Girl of the Month Mary
Metford, is "This Reek's Stopper,"
taken in a very coincidental pose.
"Blonde Hair in his Beard," by
Budd Bleutge and "For God for
Country and for Yaroslobnia" are
the two fiction features of "This
Reek." Both are parodies of the
fiction that appears in "This
Week."
IFC to Close
Nominations
NominationS for Interfraternity
Council officers or next year will
close at 5 p.m. to day, Stanley
Wengert, president, announced.
Nominations may be turned in
to the Student Union desk in Old
Main. ' Wengert said anyone may
nominate himself.
At present, Arthur Rosfeld, Phi
Delta Theta, is the only man up
for president. Five men, Clifford
Stewart, Thomas Geffert,•' William
Hirsch, Thomas Judge, and Jos
eph Brown, have' been nominated
for vice. president. For secretary
treasurer the nominees are Rich
ard Bunnell and Thomas Flem
ing. •
An introduction of nominees
will be madd at the IFC meeting
tomorrow night. Election of offi
cers will be held April 7.
April Fool's Day
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FIVE CENTS
Head
Slates
Edmunds,
Kelly Seek
Class Spots
Joseph Arnold, president of .the
Forestry Society and a former
sophomore class president, has
been named the Lion Party can
didate for All-College president.
Arnold was named to head the
Lion ticket in the April 22 and 23
elections at a party meeting Sun
day night.
Other All-College candidates on
the Lion ticket are Joan Lee, vice
president, and Richard Rostmeyer,
secretary treasurer. About 150
students attended the nomination
meeting.
Franklin Kelly received th e
party nomination for senior class
president. Joseph Haines is the
class vice presidential candidate
and Peggy Mayberry won the sec
retary treasurer's nomination.
Freshman Chairmen Named
Theodore Edmunds will be the
junior class presidential candi
date,Robert 'Carruthers is the vice
presidential candidate and Eliza
beth Cr oo k s is the secretary
treasurer candidate.
Benjamin Sinclair was elected
party freshman class chairman.
He defeated Norman Levin. who
held the post last fall and was
running for re-election. Thomas
Umholtz was named party sopho
more class chairman.
Meeting Was Second
The Levin-Sinclair election was
the only run-off contest. All other
candidates were unopposed. All
nominations were made from the
floor with no announced prefer
ences by the party steering com
mittee.
Sunday's meeting was the sec
ond nomination meeting. No nom
inations for All-College or class
offices were made at the first
meeting but Levin and Umholtz
were nominated at that time.
The election campaign will be
gin April 16.
Olympic Gym
Tryout Tickets
Now on Sale
Tickets for the combined 1952
NAAU and Olympic tryout gym
nastic meet scheduled for Rec Hall
April 25-26 are now on sale in
the AA Office, 102 Old Main.
Penn State gymnastic Coach
Eugene Wettstone emphasized
that all students and townspeople
who plan to attend should buy
their tickets early as a sell-out is
anticipated in a short time.
Prices for the meet, which will
cover two sessions both Friday
and Saturday, run from 30 cents
on Friday to $2.40 on Saturday.
All seats will be unreserved
Friday and the prices will be 30
cents in the afternoon and 90
cents in the evening.
On Saturday, a combination
ticket will be' used' with one
ticket covering both sessions.
Prices will be $l.BO for unreserved
seats and $2.40 for reserved seats.
Also featured at the meet will
be the Penn State Blue Band
headed by James W. Dunlop and
the organ music of George Ceiga,
Chapel organist.
Trustee Meeting
No further information con
cerning the results of the meet
ing of the board of trustees
held Friday night was avail
able to the Daily Collegian
late yesterday. It was an
nounced late Friday night that
the board 'had approved the
25 cent fee raise recommended
by All-College Cabinet.