Laubach Paces 6 State Winners
As Record Vote Is Tallied
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VOL. 52, No. 130 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY 'MORNING, APRIL 25, 1952 FIVE CENTS
'Biography
To Open
Tonight
By BETTIE LOUX
1 What happens when, a certain
lady artist with a nefarious
background decides to write her
autobiography will be seen at 8
tonight when the Penn State
Players open “Biography” at Cen
ter Stage.
S. N. Behrman’s .play, a high
comedy with a plea for tolerance,
•Will run for five weeks at the
downtown theater, comer of S.
Allen street and Hamilton av
enue.
Tickets for tonight's perfor
mance of "Biography" are on
sale for 90 cents at the Student
Union desk in Old Main. Those
for tomorrow night are avail
able for $1.25.
The play is under the direction
of Kelly Yeaton, assistant profesr
sor of dramatics, who brought the
theater -in-the-round to Penn
State from the University of
Washington where he was an in
structor.
Politician Fears Book
Fran Stridinger has the prin
cipal role of Marian Froude, the
portrait painter, who is indis
criminately friendly With every
one.
Bill Sullivan will portray Rich
ard Kurt, a magazine editor, and
Morris • Sarachek will be seen as
Nolan, an ex'-lover who fears
Miss Froude’s biography will
ruin his political career.
The cast also includes Carol
Grosky as Minnie; Ivan Ladizin
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Council to View
\
Ml Assessment
The Mineral Industries Student
Council heard last night a pro
posal by John-Ruffner, senior in
mineral preparation engineering,
that it consider a request to All-
College Cabinet to raise student
fees at least five cents to finance
Mineral Industry field trips.
Ruffner said it is unfair that
some trips are financed for-stu
dents while the MI students must
bear the entire cost of their trips.
He said that since some of the
trips are required for MI students
and that the College finances
trips which were classified as
extra-curricular, it would be only
fair to have the College finance
MI .trips.
David Fleming, junior iii cer
amics and newly elected presi
dent of the council, appointed
Ruffner, to head a committee to
investigate the possibility of ob
taining such a fee.
New officers elected at • last
night’s meeting were Fleming,
president; Robert Decker, fifth
semester mineral preparation,
vice president; and Norman
Bowne, fifth semester meteorol
ogy, secretary-treasurer.
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Photo by McNeillie
STATE PARTY clique chairman Thomas Farrell (1). watches
as Ray Evert, Lion parly chairman, checks ballots in the senior
riace elections for the fourth time. Evert only succeeded find
ing an extra vote for State candidate Theodore Kimmel, who
eventually won by three votes.
State Cops 4
Class Offices
The State Party last night swept all three of its senior
class candidates into office and won the junior class presi
dency in a record-breaking All-College election that saw
more than 50 per cent of each class voting.
Theodore Kimmel, William O’Malley, and Margaret Hep
ler, State Party, won senior class_ posts as president, vice
president, and secretary treas
urer, respectively.
State candidate Richard Lem
yre took the junior class presi
dency. Lion candidates Robert
'f arruthers and Peggy Crooks won
posts as class vice president and
secretary treasurer.
Kimmel, polling 50.7 per cent
of class votes, edged out Frank
lin Kelly for the top senior class
office, polling 618 votes to Kelly’s
600. Election ' officials - counted
ballots five times in that office
race. All State Party candidates
were. docked 15 votes for elec
tion violations, so Kimmel’s ac
tual margin was three. ■ _
Lemyre won a landslide vic
tory over Lion candidate Theo
dore Edmunds in.the junior class
presidential race, polling 820 votes
to Edmunds’ 301. Lemyre won 73.1
per cent of class votes, largest
percentage in either- class elec
tion.
Hepler Polls 741 Votes
. O’Malley polled 54.8 per cent of
senior class votes - in. defeating
Lion vice presidential candidate
Joseph Haines by a 669 to 551
vote. Miss Hepler defeated Lion
candidate .Peggy Mayberry by the
largest-margin in the senior class
elections, polling 60.8 per cent
of the votes- to "win secretary
treasurer by a 741 to 477 margin.
% All-Time Record
In the junior class vice presi
dential race, Carruthers defeated
State candidate Gail Shaver by a
625 t 0.497 vote, getting 55.7 per
cent of .the votes. Miss Crooks
won the secretary treasurer post
from Ann Quigley, polling 53.2
per cent of the votes for a 590
to 537 victory.
Of. '2334 students eligible to
vote 'in the senior class elections,
an all-time record number of
1220, .or ,52.3. per cent, went to
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n't Know About This One
By DAVE JONES
the • polls. The previous record
was 48.1 per cent, set in' 1951.
51.4 Per Cent Vote
Of 2229 students eligible to
cast ballots in the junior class
race, 1127' students voted for a
percentage of 50.6. The record is
59 per cent, set in 1950,
In both classes, 2347 students
cast ballots. This represents 51.4
per cent ..of the 4563 eligible to
vote in both class elections.
The State Party, in winning
the two class presidencies, re
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Home Ec School Expects
1500 at Spring Weekend
More than 1500 Pennsylvanians are expected to a’ttend the annual
Spring -Weekend program sponsored by the School of Home Eco
nomics today and tomorrow.
Gove Hambidge, who played an important part in the establish
ment of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Na
tions and now is North American regional representative, will be the
featured speaker.
Hambidge will speak at 4 p.m.
today in Schwab Auditorium on
“Bread and Peace.” The public is
invited to attend.
Food Demonstrations Highlight
The theme “Food and People”
will be carried out with movies,
panel discussions,' exhibits, dem
onstrations, and talks by experts
in various fields. The events are
designed to be of interest to home
makers and professional home
economists as well as high school
teachers and.students.
Highlights of the weekend,-iff
elude food demonstrations,-a play
Kimmel 5 Plyler Win
In First Split Since ’4B
(See Pictures Page Two) .
1 By DAVE PELLNITZ
The State Party won six of nine offices in the All-College
and class elections' completed yesterday as an all-time record
of 44.3 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots.
John Laubach, James Plyler, Theodore Kimmel, and
Richard Lemyre led the State Party to victory by winning the
All-College, senior, and junior class presidencies, respectively.
A total of 4151 students cast ballots Wednesday and yes
terday, 480 more than the previous' record set in 1950.
Al 5 vote penalty, levied against
all State Party candidates by the
All-College elections • committee,
caused recounts in the votes for,
All-College vice president and
senior class president. The pen
alty was levied against the party
because of the “Vote State” signs
painted on the steps leading to
Old Main. Carrol Chapman, elec
tions committee chairman, said
the signs were illegal because
they defaced public property and
that the fine was levied in order
to curb such actions in the fu
ture.
Ray Evert, Lion Party chair
man, opposed the levying of the
penalty. Neither Evert nor Thom
as Farrell, State Party chairman,
placed charges of illegal cam
paigning with the elections com
mittee.
The recount for the office of
All-College vice president re
sulted in the election of James
Plyler, State candidate, by a 79-
vote margin over Jo An Lee. The
final figure was released at 12:15
this morning. The race for the
senior class presidency was de-
Joe Lemyre
Wins U
Presidency
By JAKE HIGHTON
Joe Lemyre, Eastern Inter
collegiate and National Collegiate
wrestling champion, polled the
highest number of votes yester
day and Wednesday 'in the .All-
College elections to become the
third straight EIWA champion
wrestler to win the presidency of
the Athletic Association.
Basketball captain-elect Herm
Sledzik captured the second high
est number of votes to get the
vice presidency and Don Frey,
another wrestling standout, was
elected secretary-treasurer of the.
AA.
■Do His Best'
Lemyre piled up 1074 votes
out of the 2819 ballots cast to win
over Sledzik who polled .762 votes
for second place.
Lemyre, naturally “glad he won
it,” said he had run against some
“pretty good boys” and since he
won he would be “trying to do
his best.” •
2d NCAA Champ
Lemyre succeeds Don Maurey,
captain of Charlie Speidel’s EIWA
champions last winter. Maurey in
turn- was preceded by. Homer
Barr, Nittany mat captain in 1950,
who polled the highest number of
votes ever to win an AA presi
dency, 1381:
The Nittany junior won the
EIWA 167 pound championship
last' March and then went on
to become the second Penn Stater
in wrestling history to win an
NCAA championship.
Of the other presidential can
didates Bill Leonard, football and
baseball star, was third with 480
votes; Sam Marino, boxing cap
tain-elect, was fourth with 292
votes and Bob Kenyon, diving and
tumbling ace. tallied 2,11.
Frey scored a whooping ma
jority of 1452 out of the 2757
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by Dramatics 2 and 501 students,
and a demonstration of foreign
eating habits by students from for
eign countries.
All home economics
are participating in some way,
and over 250 have specific duties
today and tomorrow. Classes in
the Home Economics building will
be suspended for the weekend,
and exhibits will be closed during
Hambidge’s lecture in Schwab
Auditorium.
''Elizabeth Cook of Armour and
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Election Results
ALL-COLLEGE
President
John Laubach (State) 2247
Joesph Arnold (Lion) 1890
Vice President
James Plyler (State) 2115
JoAn Lee (Lion)' 2036
Secretary Treasurer
Richard Rostmeyer (Lion) 2106
William Griffith (State) 2006
SENIOR CLASS
President
Theodore Kimmel (State) 618
Franklin Kelly (Lion) 600
Vice President
William O'Malley (State)
Joseph Haines (Lion)
Secretary Treasurer
Margaret Hepler (State) 741
Peggy Mayberry (Lion) 477
JUNIOR CLASS
President
Richard Lemyre (State) 820
Theodore Edmunds (Lion) 301
Vice President
Robert Carruthers (Lion) ———62 s
Gail Shaver (State) 497
Secretary Treasurer
Peggy Crooks (Lion) 590
Ann Quigley (State) 537
(All State Party totals are before
15 penalty votes were subtracted)
ATHLETIC' 7 ASSOCIATION
President
Joseph Lemyre 1074
Herman Sledzik 762
William Leonard - 480
Samuel Marino 292
Robert Kenyon 211
« Secretary Treasurer
Donald Frey 1452
, Robert Bowers 501
Kurt Klaus - 474
James Herb 330
cided after the fifth count, with
Kimmel finally taking the office
by a 3-vote margin. Last year
the senior class presidency was
won by six votes.
Richard Rostmeyer, who in
taking the post of All-College
secretary treasurer, caused the
first split in an All-College elec
tion since 1948, and Robert Car
ruthers and Peggy Crooks, jun
ior class vice president and sec
retary treasurer, were the Lion
Party winners.
In the All-College race, Lau
bach had the greatest lead, re
ceiving 2247 votes, 357 over Jos
eph Arnold, his Lion opponent.
Laubach said, “the most gratify
ing thing about the election was
the record vote.' This indicates
that student confidence in student
government has reached new
people and should give each
elected officer an added incentive
to make good on his or her cam
paign promises.
“I am certainly pjoud and
'grateful to Penn State students
for giving me this chance to serve
during the coming year as their
All-College president. I will do
so to the .best of my ability.”
Joseph Arnold, defeated presi<-
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