Voting
Ends
Today
VOL. 52;--No. 129
College Employees
Ease Strike Threat
The threat of a strike by College service employees was greatly
eased last night when the union acknowledged that considerable
progress had been iriade and agreed to continue negotiations with
the College. '
The union passed up strike action after Robert A. Callahan,
state union representative, reported that four of the five union de-
88 Register
For EIAWS
Convention
Eighty-eight of the expected
157 delegates to the Eastern In-,
tercollegiate Association of Wom
en Students convention had reg
istered by 8 p.m. yesterday.
“Our Future Is Now” is 'dhe
theme’ for the four-day conven
tion headed by Virginia Miller
and Jo An Lee.
Mary Jane Woodrow, president
of the Women’s Student Govern
ment Association and president of
EIAWS will preside at the open
ing meeting at 8:50 a.m. today- in,
405 Old Main.
Miss Miller; Dean of Women,
Pearl O. Weston; Mrs. Betty Pat
ty Lowman, Ohio State Univer
sity; and Charmion Bolles. region
al representative of ‘EIAW, will
speak.
From 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. a
workshop on Structure and Org
anization of AWS will, be held
in Simmons Hall lounge; Position
of AWS on campus, McElwain
Hall lounge; and Promotion of
Sincere Participation, Atherton
Hall south east lounge.
The convention pictures will be
taken at 12:30 p.m. on the front
steps of Old Main.
President Milton S. Eisenhow
er will speak at a luncheon at
1:15 p.m. at the Allencrest Tea
Room. Miss Lee will preside' at
the luncheon.
Blue Key, junior men’s hat so
ciety, .and Alpha Phi Omega, serv
ice honorary, will guide the dele
gates on a- tour of the campus.
■ A Pennsylvania Dutch informal
tea-and reception will be held at
4 p.m. in Simmons Hall lounge.
. Mrs. Christine Y. Conaway,
dean of- women at Ohio State
University, will speak at a ban
quet at 7:15 p.m. at the Alien
crest Tea Room. '
’ At 9 p.m. the delegates will see
the Players production of “Biog
raphy” at Center Stage.
Informal discussions of’campus
•problems "will be held at 11 p.m.
at fraternity houses.
200 Will Take
Service Test
■ Two hundred 'students, will take
the Selective Service- College
Qualification Test at 8:30 a.m.
today in-121 Sparks, according to
Dr. Hugh. M. Davidson, professor
of educational research, in charge
of administering the test.
Students must bring admission
tickets which were mailed to ap
plicants from the Educational
Testing Service, Dr. Davidson
said. In addition, he said, students
should bring a Selective Service
form 110, classification; 391,
identification; or v SS document,
and a pen or pencil.
Students . who miss ■ classes to
take the examination may obtain
excuses at the Dean of Men’s
office tomorrow 1 .
TODAY'S
WEATHER
COOL WITH |
OCCASIONAL
, RAIN j
Stye latlg HI (Ml
By JIM GROMILLER
mands had been satisfactorily met
and that the fifth was in the
process of negotiation.
• The College has accepted the
union’s steward program and
agreed to certain individual griev
ances, Callahan said. Others were
withdrawn or considered unfound
ed by the grievance committee,
he said. , .
The special meeting of the un
ion had been set a month ago
after union members voted to
postpone strike action in order
to permit the College Board of
Trustees to discuss the five point
demands.
Later the College agreed to a
union suggestion that grievances
be heard on a group basis, and
grievance meetings on a depart
mental basis have been in pro
gress for'some time.
The major factor in the list of
union demands, the wage equali
sation issue, has not been satis
fied, but the report to the union
membership indicated that some
agreement on that point with Col
lege offiicals might be expected.
The action by the union came
after Callahan ask,ed that the Col
lege be given a chance. He indi
cated that a great number of
grievances had been withdrawn
at the'last minute, and these, he
said, consumed considerable time
in investigation on thepart of the
grievance committee. s
- The union is local 67' of the
American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees
(AFLJ.
Police Arrest
Six for Racing
Six students were arrested
Tuesday night by state police for
blocking off a state highway and
attempting to"race hot rods on it.
From 300 to 500 spectators wit
nessed, the racing of about ten
cars in time trials and competi
tion on the road near the College
flower gardens. Members of the
campus. patrol tried to break up
the crowd, but were ignored,
according to ' Cpl. George W.
Finnin, of the Pleasant Gap state
police sub-station.
When students attempted to
race Monday night the police
also broke up the' crowd. While
some students were racing,- others
were putting, on “Hollywood muf
flers.”
The students will probably lose
their, licenses for 90 days or six
months,.' depending on previous
records, Finnin said.
Blood Drive Hits Quota;
200 Sign; More Refused
The present campus blood drive
reached its quota of • 200 yester
day, and more volunteers had to
be turned away, according to Ted
Allen, campus Red Cross repre
sentative.
Ronald Zimmerman, s ec o n d
semester commerce and finance
student, and Donald Ludwig,
sixth-semester electrical- engin
eering student, and a faculty
member,: Ray Conger, associate,
professor of physical education,
aided the drive,'Allen said.
Zimmerman campaigned for the
drive at the Mall from his car.
Allen said that within an hour
Zimmerman had signed up about’
30 persons. Ludwig campaigned
in-the East 1 dormitories, while
Cong'er pushed .the drive in the
classroom. ■ • . '
. Allen' said that the chapter was
sorry .'to .turn' down , the‘extra vol
unteers.- ..However, the. Bloodmo-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY-MORNING, APRIL 24, 1952
Ist Day Vote
All-College
The Last Step -
STUDENTS CAST their ballots in the second floor lounge of
Old Main yesterday during the first day of voting in All-College
elections. They are (left to> right). Joseph Barclay, John Bradshaw,
Richard Matacia, and James Altomare. Watching is elections com
mittee member James Schulte. ‘
Campus'Chest
Total Announced
Students, faculty, and staff members contributed $11,890.67 to
the Campus Chest this year, according to figures released yesterday'
by William Klisanin, drive chairman. The total represents more
than 99 per cent of the Chest’s $12,000 goal, he'said.
The Penn State Christian As
sociation will receive $6073.82
from the Chest drive and the
World Student Service Fund will
receive $1676.06. Other groups
receiving funds will be Scholar
gram Program, $769.13; Heart
Fund, Cancer Fund, Salvation
Army, Women’s Student Govern
ment Association Christmas Fund,
and March of Dimes, $576.90 each;
and State College Welfare Fund,
$96.60. The Chest committee used
three per cent of income, $356.50,
for working capital.
Student pledges accounted for
$7OOO of Chest income and student
cash contributions amounted . to
$676.06. Faculty and staff mem
bers contributed $2275.42. The
fall semester Kickoff Dance pro
ceeds going to the fehest totaled
$689.03 and receipts-from the Al
pha Phi Omega Ugly Man con
test totaled $250.16.
Due to' action taken early in
this year’s drive, faculty and
staff members contributed only
to the PSCA and WSSF.
March of Dimes officials said
in February that it could not
accept Chest funds due to a na
tional ruling prohibiting accept
ance of money from joint fund
raising groups. The March of
Dimes had already been'included
in the. drive. According to infor
mation released ye s terday by
Klisanin, the group is to receive
$576.90 from the Chest.
Last year’s Chest contributions
totaled $10,402.67. Last year’s
goal was $14,000.
Slavonic Society Elect's
John Mallick was elected presi
dent of the American Slavonic
Organization recently. Also elect
ed to office were Irene Buck, vice
president; and Dorothy Fletcher,
secretary treasurer.
'Biography 1 Tickets
Tickets for S. N. Behrman’s
comedy “Biography,” which
opens at Center Stage Friday,
are on sale at the ‘ Student
Union desk in Old Main. They
are priced at 90 cents for Fri
day and $1.25 for Saturday
performances. The Players’
show will continue at the
downtown theater for five
weeks.
bile can only handle from 185 tb
200 donors per day. The unit, he
said, could be at the College only
one day, as it is here on a hold
over from its scheduled visit in
the borough. The regular drive
on the is usually sched
uled for the Fall, Allen explained.
Those who have signed a pledge
should receive an appointment
card by Monday, or by the latest,’
Tuesday,’ ; AHen said. The. appoint
ment cards are scheduled to be
completed and mailed to the vol-.
unteers over the Weekend.
The Bloodmdbile will be at the
TUB on Wednesday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
_ Allen reminded those who have
signed up that they are expected
to fulfill'the pledge, and that no
arrangements- haye been made for
a return' visit.
Photo by Schroei
Library Blackout
Scheduled for Tonight
Lights in the Pattee library
will be shut off tonight for ap
proximately one-half hour, Ealph
McComb, College librarian, said
yesterday.
- The shutdown will be caused
by a defect in one of the new
transformers which will >be re
paired from 5 to .7 tonight, Mc-
Comb said.. He said that the one
half hour will be the maximum
time required for repairs.
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Loan Funds
Available-
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FIVE, CENTS
Sets
Mark
2250,24%,
Cast Ballots
Despite Rain
By DAVE PELLNITZ
Despite bad weather, an
estimated record of 2250 stu
dents cast ballots yesterday
for All-College, senior class,
junior class, and Athletic As
sociation officers in the 1952
All-College elections.
The vote, the largest first-day
balloting in the history of Penn
State, represented almost 24 per
cent of the students eligible to
vote. A total of 9367 are eligible
to cast ballots.
The ballot boxes will be open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the
longe on the second floor of Old
Main.
About 1420 votes are needed to
break the all-time record of 3671
set in 1950.
Ballots will be counted after
the, polls close tonight, Carrol
Chapman, chairman of the elec
tions committee, said yesterday.
Chapman said he was “very
pleased’’ -with the large turnout
and said he hoped to see a new
record set. He pointed out that
the larger the vote cast, the more
representative student gov em
inent would be next year.
Those eligible lo vote for:
All-College officers—all stu
dents.
Senior class officers sixth
and seventh - semester students.
Junior class officers—fourth
and fifth semester students.
Athletic Association officers
—all male students.
Matriculation cards must be
presented before a student may
vote.
Party leaders also expressed
bleasure at the large vote. Ray
Evert, Lion Party chairman, said
he hoped at least 50 per cent of
the students would vote, adding
that such a percentage should
not be difficult to attain in a
community the size of the Col
lege.
Thomas Farrell, State Party
clique chairman, also said the
sound truck used by the elections
committee to encourage the stu
dents to vote was an important
factor in the large tum-out. The
elections committee said yester
day that the sound equipment
would be used only - during the
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Blue Key Presents
Gift to Dean Schott
The third annual Blue Key
gift to an outstanding faculty
member was presented yesterday
to Carl P. Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education, by
Arthur Rosfeld, president of the
hat society.
Dean Schott, who is retiring in
June, was selected by the so
ciety’s awards committee as. the
faculty member who has done
the most for the College this
year.
Schott was given a wallet. Last
year Charles Speidel, wrestling
coach, received the award.
Also present when the award
was made were Walter HaH, vice
president of Blue Key, Nathanial
Ha m i 1 ton, secretary, treasurer;
and William Shomberg.
Veterans' Refunds
The second refund of vet
erans’ book checks will be
made today at the bursar’s of
fice, Richard Baker, coordinator
of veterans’ affairs, has an
nounced.