SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1952
Houseparties Set for Tonight
40 Fraternities Plan
Gala Weekend Affairs
Signs of spring will be seen inside as well as out this
weekend ,as flower gardens will be featured decorations at
many; houseparties, while, pin-ups, gangsters, Indians, and
hillbillies also will add a colorful atmosphere to the con
clusion of Greek Week activities. '
Guests will find a garden party atmosphere at Acacia’
where- the annual “Sweetheart
Ball” will be held to music play
ed by Dillon Saup and his orches
tra. Highlight of the evening will,
be the coronation and presenta
tion of a cup to the sweetheart,
who will be chosen by alumni.
Life-like mannequins and pin
ups of all varieties are to be the
main feature at Alpha Chi Rho's
“Pin-up Ball.” Jimmy Spaniel
will play for the affair which is
open to everyone.
The “Bums Rush” will be on at
Alpha Chi Sigma where the Blue
Moon Orchestra will play for all
hobos attending.
In contrast the pledges of . Al
pha Epsilon Pi will be in the
limelight with their presentation
of “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue!”
Jack Jenkins and his orchestra
will play for the semi-formal,
pledge, dinner dance.
The Melody Men will play re
quests for the “Spring Prelude”
semi-formal at Alpha Gamma
Rho, where the theme will be
carried out with arrays of spring
flowers throughout. the house.
During the evening flowers will
be given to the coeds who have
been pinned to brothers since
Christmas. 1
Oriental costumes and smoke
will turn the Alpha Sigma Phi
house into a “Chinese Opium
Den” where the Treuvey Quartet
will furnish music for the party
which is open.
“Wanted Signs” of Alpha Tau
Omega brothers will be posted
for the “Gangsterland” party
of underworld gangsters and their
gun molls' will be on hand to
dance to the music of Joe Zang.
Seaweed and fish nets will give
the Alpha Zeta “Under the Wa
ter Party” a realistic atmosphere
with costumes completing the
scene.
A “Chinese Garden” will lend
an oriental atmosphere to t h e
Beta Sigma Rho formal dinner
dance. Gene Hirst and his orches
tra will play for the affair.
“La Beta Hacienda” will be
the theme at Beta Theta Pi. The
dinner dance formal will be held
amidst Spanish background. Mu
sic will be supplied by Chuck
Metzel and his orchestra.
The Chi Phi's also will hold
their annual formal dinner dance
with music by Jim -Erb.
All hinds will be off duty at
the Delta Chi “Ranch House par
ty” where two cardboard figures
of cowboys will decorate the
front lawn and be on hand to
greet the cowhands and ,th,eir
gals who will dance, to Scotty
Harms’ orchestra.
Organ music will be the mam
attraction at the ’ annual Delta
Sigma Phi pledge dance. The
music will be played by Irene
Stout. The dance will be open at
10:30. . „
In keeping with a Roman
theme the Delta Tau Delta house
will have columns throughout the
house. Jack Huber and his or
chestra will play for the couples :
who will be attired in tunics and :
other typical Roman clothing.
Sawdust and fishnets will set
the mood at Delta Upsilon for the 1
“Beach Combers Brawl.”
The annual “Dance of Roses”
will be held at the Kappa Delta
Rho house. Bob Day and his . or
chestra will play for the affair
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which will be open at 9:30.
' A “Dog Patch Hoedown,” com
plete with hillbilly costumes will
take place at Kappa Sigma: The
party is closed. 'Music for danc
ing will be played by Kenny Sky
and his ■orchestra.
Johnny Brown and his orches
tra will furnish music for the
“Bedouin's Ball” at Lambda Chi
Alpha where party goers will be
enveloped in an Arabian atmos
phere.
A semi-formal dinner dance
will be the affair for the night at
Phi Sigma Delia with Connie
Rucht and his orchestra provid
ing music for the guests. The
party will be open after the din
ner.
“A Shipwreck on Crazy Island”
will set up a night of fun and
frolic for the guests at Phi Sigma
Kappa. Dick Marsh will play mti
sic for dancing.
Balloons will set off the decor
ations at the Phi Kappa Phi
“Rose. Ball” where Dale Clemens
and his orchestra 'will furnish
music for the formal dance. A
queen will be chosen by ballot
of the brothers, and she will be
awarded a cup and flowers at the
closed affair.
A reproduction of a western
town will be in keeping with the
“Renegades Reunion” at the Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon party where
costumes will complete the west
ern fantasy. •
A laughing clown will be erect
ed at the doorway where en
trance to the “Mardi Gras” at
Pi Lambda Phi will be through
his mouth. A ''mass unmasking
will be held at midnight and
the coronation of a king and
queen will complete the realistic
theme.
Costumes corresponding to the
partygoer’s curricula will be in
keeping with the “Curriculum
Capers” theme at the Sigma Al
pha Mu party. Guests will dance
to music provided by Plater
Campbell.arid his orchestra.
Big-time spenders will be wel
come at the make believe gam
bling house which will be set up
in the Sigma Chi house. Johnny
Liester and his orchestra will play
for the costume dance which will
be closed until 9.
Arabian nights will prevail at
the “Harem, Party” at Phi Epsilon
Pi where music will be played
by a Lewistown orchestra.
The annual “Fiji Island” party
will be held at Phi Gamma Delia
where , grass skirts, made by the
brothers,will carry out the theme
of the party. The Jay Cave com
bo will be on hand .to provide
music.
A reproduction of the Arch of
Triumph will'frame’the door for
party goers at Phi Kappa. In
keeping with the theme, the
guests will wear costumes typical
of Paris. Bob Swisshelm’s orches
tra will play.
Guessing games will be the
fun of the eyening at Phi-Kappa
Psi where . “Book Titles” will be
portrayed'in the costumes.
Phi Kappa Sigma will hold a
“Greek Baechnal” with Greek
togas and tunics as the bearing
apparel of the evening. The Easy
Melodyeers will provide dance
music. ,
Gangster costumes will be in
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Gym Tickets
Are Selling
'Very Weir
Tickets .for the combined Na
tional Amateur Athletic Union
(NAAU) and Olympic tryout gym
nastic tournament scheduled for
Recreation Hall April 25-26 are
selling “very well,” W. R. Hoster
man, Jr., assistant graduate man
ager of athletics, said yesterday.
Hosterman said that approxi
mately 1200 tickets have been
sold, .including 900 for Saturday.
Out-of-state applications have
also been selling well, he added.
Thus far,, about 200 tickets have
been sold. Applications have been
received from people as.far south
as Louisiana and Georgia and
as far west as California, he said.
Tickets are still on sale at the
Athletic Association Office, 107
Old Main. Prices range from 30
cents to $2.40.
All seats for Friday afternoon
are unreserved and will sell at
30 cents. On Friday night all
seats are also unreserved with
the price set at 90 cents.
A combination ticket will be
used Saturday, with one ticket
being good for admission to both
the afternoon and evening ses
sion. Unreserved seats will sell
at $l.BO while reserved seats will
sell at i $2.40:
The Penn State Blue Band, un
der the direction of James Dun
lop, and the organ music of Chap
el organist George Ceiga will also
be featured.
order at the Sigma Phi Alpha
house where guests will find a
reproduction of a salt mine to
carry out the theme of a “Left
Wing Fling.”
In contrast to the American
side of the underworld, Sigma
Phi Epsilon will feature a “French
Apache” dance with Paris decor
ations completing the, motif. The
dance will be open at 10.
An Arabian Night setting will
also prevail at Sigma Phi Sigma
where John Joiner and his or
chestra will provide music for the
occasion.
A Paris cafe will move into
Sigma Pi where a “Parisian Mas
querade” will be in order for the
evening. The party will be closed
until 10.
“Club Orchid” is -the title of
the annual orchid dance at Tau
Kappa Epsilon. The dinner dance
will be formal and music will be
furnished by the Five Aces. The
party will be closed until 10.
- A realistic Russian setting will
be featured at Tau Phi - Delia
where an iron curtain -will' -be
erected at the front door of the
house. Russian costumes will
complete' the “Behind -the -Iron
Curtain” idea. ■
Theia Kappa Phi will also car
ry out a Parisian theme with a
“French Apache” dance. Gene
Spreague and his orchestra will
play.
Gene Mack and his orchestra
will provide music for- the formal
dinner-dance at" Theia Xi's ‘.‘Mari
ner’s Ball.”
An even, warmer climate will
be parodied at Triangle's “South
Sea Island Paradise,”, complete
with tropical costumes.
Zela Bela-Tau will hold its sec
ond annual “Zar Bar Tee” cowboy
party where cowhands will con
tribute to the western atmos
phere. Music will be provided by
Carl Winters and his four men’ of
ryhthm.
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service began in 1753 when Gov
ernor Dinwiddie of Virginia made
him a lieutenant colonel of mili
tia.
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Beaver House
New officers of Beaver House
are James Paterson, president;
Edward Haag, vice president;
Frank Hutchinson, secretary;
George Evans, treasurer; Gerald
Hoyer, house manager; and cater
er Myron Fetch.
Delta Sigma Phi
Initiates of Delta Sigma Phi are
Richard Call, William Cook,
Thomas Elston, Michael Homa,
John Jelinek, and George Padar
off.
John Hampford and James
Scheetz have been pledged by the
fraternity.
Sigma Chi
New officers of Sigma Chi are
Raymond Reed, counsul; John
Moyer, pro consul; Walter Redel,
annatator; Warren Snyder, tri
bune; George Alburger, magister;
and Richard Christensen, quaes
tor.
Zeta Beta Tau
. New officers of Zeta Beta Tau
are Ascher Barmish, president;
Herbert Cheskis, vice president;
Theodore Matlow, treasurer; Stan
ley Bushkoff, secretary; and Jor
dan Smith, historian.
Air University
To Command
Local AFROTC
The command under which the
Air Force ROTC, unit at the Col
lege operates will be changed
August I s ; the Air Force Ijas an
nounced.
The command will be operated
under the direction of the Air
University at Maxwell Field,
Montgomery, Ala., the Air Force
said. At present the ROTC unit
is controlled by the Continental
Air Command, Mitchel Air Force
Base, Long Island, N.Y.
The change will consolidate and
centralize the program’s control,
the Air Force said, and make pos
sible the direct supervision of the
ROTC and the Air University
under one command. The pro
grams will be handled by Brig.
Gen. Matthew K. Deichelmann,
director-of education at the Air
University.
One hundred eight-six other
Air ROTC units throughout the
United States are affected by the
order.
Public Utility
Night Planned
Public Utilities Night, a pro
gram designed to acquaint stu
dent engineers with opportuni
ties in the public utility field-,
wil be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday
in 110 Electrical Engineering.
Three graduates of the College
who are working in public utili
ties will assist George L. Harvey,
of. the Philadelphia Electric Co.,
in presenting the program. They
are John Walton and J. L. Ever
ett, ’4B, and W. J. deMauriac, ’3l.
The program, open to all stu
dent engineers, will include films
taken at the Philadelphia Elec
tric Co.; movies and slides of con
struction work' on the new Dela
ware generating station, and voca
tional discussions.
Press Conference
. Invitations are being issued to
the high schools in Pennsylvania
for the' annual High School Press
Conference April -26, Franklin C.
Banner, head of the Journalism
department, has announced.
Approximately 500-delegates at
tend the conferences which last
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$.98-$3.49
Associate Dean
Elected Head
Of Sigma Xi
Dr. Elburt F. Osborn, associate
dean of the School of Mineral
Industries, has been elected pres
ident of the College chapter of
Sigma Xi, graduate science hon
orary.
Other officers are Dr. C. O. Jen
sen, professor of phytochemistry,
vice-president; Dr. B. A. Whisler,
professor'and head of the depart
ment of civil engineering, secre
tary; and Dr. Paul M. Kendig,
professor of engineering research,
treasurer.
Dr. David H. Rank, research
professor of physics, spoke on
“Planetary Atmospheres” at an
open meeting following the an
nual dinner Thursday night.
Named to the admissions com
mittee are Dr. William C. Bram
ble,. School of Agriculture;- Dr.
Frederick R. - Matson, School of
Mineral Industries; and Dr. Har
old L. Black, Ordnance Research
Laboratory.
Honorary Pledges
To Present Papers
Pledge papers and other pledge
requirements will be presented
by 16 candidates of Pi Tau Pi
Sigma, ROTC Signal Corps hon
orary, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the
Armory.
Vaughn Lang, commander, said
that papers each on a technical
phase of Signal Corps work, will
be presented orally at the meet
ing. Each pledge, he said, has
been instructed to prepare a 15
minute speech.
The formal initiation of the
pledges into the society will be
held April 14, Lang said.
Humans close their eyes from
the top down, while chickens
close theirs from the bottom up.
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