Close Should Get Courtesy- See Page 4 VOL. 52, No. 122 'Ugly Man Whelan Crowned by Engle Peter Whelan, eighth semester student in arts and letters, was crowned “Ugly Man of 1952” at intermission of the IFC-Panhel Ball in Recreation Hall last night. Whelan was presented with a silver key by head football coach CJiarles A. “Rip” Engle. Phi Kappa Sigma, the group that sponsored Whelan, will receive a plaque. Alpha Phi Omega, sponsor of the contest, last night turned over the $250.16 contest proceeds to the Campus Chest. The new Ugly Man also re ceived a kiss from Barbara Klopp, “Miss Penn State.” The Ugly Man contest was held March 26-28 on the Mall at Pol lock road. Whelan .won the title by se curing the highest total of money votes cast among 35. contestants. Students contributed $64.62 to Whelan’s ugliness. John Albarano was second with $25.24. Other leaders were Edward Shanken, $24.37; John Schwering, $19.55; and Robert LeybUrn, $19.44. Most handsome of the 35 con testants, as far as voting went, was Robert Shultz, who amassed 28 cents. He' was close pressed for the honor by Bryson Craine, 31 cents, and Myron Demcio, 33 cents. Before After Peter Whelan Graduation Exercises Set For June 9 Spring semester commence ment exercises will be held’ at 10:30 -a.m. Monday, June 9, on Beaver Field, President Milton S. Eisenhower announced yesterday. If weather conditions do not permit the outdoor exercises, two commencement programs will be held in Recreation Hall. The first, at 10:30 p.m., will be held for stu dents in the Schools of Educa tion, Home Economics, Liberal Arts, and Physical Education and Athletics. Students to be grad uated in the Schools of Agricul ture, Chemistry and Physics, En gineering, and Mineral Indus trie would receive their degrees at 2 p.m. Students in the Graduate school will be graduated with the school in which they have ma jored. Graduates will receive three tickets for the indoor exercises when they pick up their caps and gowns. No tickets will be needed if the:weather is fair and the pro gram is held in Beaver Field. TODAY'S WEATHER » COLDER . WITH 1 RAIN j altr m fflnll STATE COLLEGE, PA.,„ SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1952 College To Provide Fire Funds The College has agreed to con tribute $14,000 to the borough toward the purchase of an aerial ladder fire truck, and-has agreed to pay.. $4OOO annually to the bor ough for fire protection for Col lege property, according to H. K. Hostetter, comptroller. The annual $4OOO payment will be made under the terms of a ten 7 year agreement which was approved March 28. ■Of this amount, $3200 will be applied to maintenance and operation of equipment, and $BOO will enter a sinking fund. The agreement also provides that the borough shall maintain in a constant state of readiness the fire fighting equipment which it now owns or which may be pur chased later, and shall answer fire alarms received from the Col lege. Hostetter also explained that negotiations between the College and the borough for construction of a joint sewage disposal plant and the extension of sewage lines in the borough are continuing to make progress. In announcing completion of the fire protection agreement, Hostetter. said that the College is appreciative of the efficient fire protection services rendered by the borough through the Al pha Fire Co.’ in past years! Tuesday Is Miss Fern Stale Deadline Noon Tuesday is the deadline for submitting entries for the 1952 Miss Penn State contest. Any undergraduate coed spon sored by a campus organization is eligible to enter the contest. All entries must be five-by-seven inch portraits, submitted with the following information: name of the contestant, curriculum, age, height, hometown address, College address, and name of the organi zation sponsoring the contestant. - According to ' James.. Geffert, Spring Week chairman, the por traits will be sent Wednesday to Don Taylor, Hollywood star and a-142 College graduate, who will pick the five finalists for the con test. Geffert said that there was a 50-50 chance that Taylor would be present for the final judging of the contest. Miss Penn State will be crown ed'May 12 in a special' ceremony in Schwab Auditorium, and will FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Hillel Hits Close, Disavows Lecture WOODY HERMAN, right, and his Herman Herd give with the jazz at yesterday's concert in Schwab Auditorium. Over 800 en thusiastic fans received a preview of Herman's musical style before last night's IFC Ball in Recreation Hall. Parties , Plays To Complete Greek Week With half o'f the Interfraternity Council-Panhellenic weekend al ready gone in the form of the Woody Herman jazz concert yes terday afternoon and the IFC- Panhel Ball last night, weekend ers windup their activities today with open houses, parties, and dramatic performances. Hundreds of students packed Schwab Auditorium yesterday afternoon to hear the 1952 Her man Herd give a jazz concert. Not too long after, many of these same students, and more, tripped the light fantastic at the IFC- Panhel Ball at Recreation- Hall-.- Here again, the Herman Herd provided the music and the enter tainment. Though it was cloudy ..yester day, the rain contained' itself until late afternoon. However, College Weather Station officials predicted continued rain for this morning, probably until noon. This afternoon is predicted to. be a windy and cloudy one in State College. It is expected that it will clear up by evening, and tomor row’s weather will be cool; and (Continued on page eight) reign as queen over the ensuing Spring Week activities. Barbara Klopp, Miss Penn State of 1951, will crown the new queen. For the first time there will also be a king of Spring Week. He will be the winner of the He- Man contest which will be held on the lacrosse field the evening of May 13. Deadline for entries in the con test is April 26. Any undergrad uate male is eligible for entry providing he is sponsored by a campus organization. The - field events in the contest will include sack races, a greased pig chase, and a pole-climb. Early in May a semi-formal round of eliminations will be held to cut down to about 15 the num ber of contestants in the final eliminations. The semi-final will be a type of I. Q. test. Harry Cover, former All-Col lege vice president, will provide nititit PSCA Ends Store Project Af 9 Tonight Today is the final day for the Penn State Christian Association to operate College . Sportswear, Inc. PSCA took over the store last Monday at the suggestion of own er John Baldwin to make money for the PSCA treasury. The or ganization will get ten per cent of the gross sales made during the week. Approx imately 100 students, members and supporters of the PSCA, and members of Alpha Phi Omega, service honorary, worked in the store during some of their free hours. The store will :be open today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. David Bain is general chair man of the project, assisted by Doris Price, personnel manager; Elizabeth Byrem, poster commit tee chairman: and William Grif fith, publicity chairman. This is the second year that the PSCA has undertaken the project to raise money for its treasury. Baldwin will give a party or picnic later in the spring for the. StU’d’ehtsT 'who helped with the project. a running commentary of the events, which will be a burlesque of the jousts of the feudal days and the carnival field events of Scotland. James Schulte is in charge of the events. As an added incentive to in crease the Miss Penn State con test entries, - Geffert announced that the five finalists chosen by Taylor will be entered in a na tional contest to discover the girl who best personifies the “fresh, young, natural American look.” Winner of the contest, which is being conducted by Max Factor & Co., will be crowned “The Max Factor Girl.” She will be awarded many prizes, including a $lOOO scholarship, an all-expense-paid oqe-week summer vacation trip for two persons to Hollywood, a 17-jewel diamond-and-gold wrist watch, a three-piece set of lug gage, a portable record player, and a -table model radio. The Phantom Strikes Again— See Page 4 Drops Tie With Forum For Monday See editorial, page fourj By RON BONN The Hillel Foundation yester terday disaffiliated itself from Community Forum sponsorship of Upton Close, on the eve of the controversial speaker’s appear ance Monday. Citing Close for attempting “to weaken America through foment ing racial and religious dissen sion,” the statement issued to the Daily Collegian by Hillel yester day said, “This is one case i . . in which we cannot go along with those who would, on the basis of a doctrine of absolute free speech, give a platform to a person whose past identifications and attitudes would destroy our system of de mocracy in which free speech (re sponsible, not absolute) can flour ish.” Close, .whose scheduled appear ance aroused a wave of contro versy after the Daily Collegian uncovered his allegedly anti-Sem itic background, will speak on “Is It Time for World Govern ment” at 8 p.m. Monday in Schwab Auditorium. Close was engaged as bonus speaker before the forum execu tive committee knew of his rec ord. When it was revealed, the committee retained him, primarily on the grounds that to cancel his appearance after he had been con tracted for would be an infringe ment on his freedom of speech, but it emphasized the fact that no forum member or group en (Continued on page eight) Chapel Choir Will Present Easter Music The College Chapel Choir, as sisted by 39 members of the Symphony Orchestra, will pre sent a special program of Easter music at 10:55 a.m. and 3 p.m. to morrow in Schwab Auditorium. The 110-voice choir' will pre sent “O Sacred Head Now Wounded” by Hassler-Bach; “O Vos Omnes,” Victoria; “Lamb of God, Our Saviour,” from Canta ta 23 by Bach; “Jesu Word of God Incarnate,” Mozart; and “Stabat Mater,” Verdi. .. The orchestra alone will pre sent Handel’s “Adagio from the Faithful Shepherd”; “Intermezzo from the Seven Last Words of Christ,” by Ceiga-Haydn; and “Wilt Now Walk Before the Lord,” by Valerius-Kindler. Three students will assist Chaplain Luther H. Harshbarger in the reading of the Scripture. Clark Receives White Award Ralph Clark, senior in mathe matics, has been awarded the $6OO John W. White Fellowship, Robert L. Weber, chairman of the Senate committee on scholarships and awards, announced yester day. , Robert Alderdice, senior in arts and letters, was named alternate. The award is given annually to a member of the graduating class who possesses, in the opinion of the committee, “those qualities of ability and personality that will enable him or her to profit best by graduate study at this College or elsewhere under the direction of the president of the College.” FIVE CENTS
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