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VOL. 52, * No. 142
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5000 View
May Queen
Coronation
Recreation Hall was filled to
capacity Sunday afternoon - as
Robin Brunner was crowned 1952
May Queen by Mary Jane Wood
row,.past president of the Wom
en's Student Government Associ
ation.
Despite the unfavorable
weather conditions which inter
ferred with the May Day festi
vities in particular, an estimated
5000 persons visited the campus
to witness the ceremonies and to
take - part in Mother's Day, fes
tivities.
Originally scheduled for • Satur
day afternoon on the front cam
pus, the annual May Day cere
mony was postponed_ until 2 p.m.
Sunday in Recreation Hall be
cause of adverse - • weather- condi
tions. In the event of rain the
coronation was originally sup
posed to be moved to Redreation
Hall Saturday afternoon, but the
men who could move the neces
sary equipment were not available
at that time.
This was the second,, straight
year that May Day
,ceremonies
were rained out into Recreation
Hall. ,The only other time that
the - ceremonies were moved there
because of rain was in 1948.
Unlike last year, when the
weather cleared Sunday and tem
peratures rose to 80 degrees, the
scattered showers predicted for
State College prevailed through
out the weekend. However, all
open houses, 'exhibits, and teas
went on as scheduled, as parents
and guests braved the storms.
Traffic for the weekend was at
its peak, with many vi sit or s
traveling out of State College for
their meals because of the long
waiting lines. Because of the ad
vance reservations for rooms in
State College, many . guests had
to lodge in surrounding towns.
2 Professors
To Describe
Fresco Filming
Prof.' Frank S. Neusbaum, head
of the College motion picture and
recording studio, and Harold E.
Dickson, professor 'of fine arts,
will speak on "Filming the Land
Grant:Frescoes" at 8 tonight in
121 Sparks.
Dickson will present the history
behind the frescoes, which decor
ate the foyer of Old Main.'Neus
baum will explain the problems
that arose in filming the day-to
day work of artist Henry Varnum.
Poor., who painted the frescoes.
- .
A black and white "work print"
of 'thi:s "P.ainting and True
Freseo," will also be shown. The
film is still in the editing stage.
Other combined arts activities
scheduled• for today include a
demonstration in sculp turin g,
modeling, - and casting at 2 and 3
p..m:•in - .l37„Temporary classroom
Building and a puppet show at 2
p.m. in the TUB. A stenciling ex
hibit will be held by home art
students• from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight
at the TUB.
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY
AND
COOL
Misi Penn State
—Photo by Schroeder
NANCY QUEER is being crowned Miss Penn State of 1952 by
'5l queen Barbara Klopp on her throne on the stage of Schwab
Auditorium. She will reign over the Spring Week activities.
AXO, TKE Victors
In IFC-Panhel Sing
• • Alpha- Chi Omega sorority and Tau Kappa. • Epsilon fraternity_
won the Interfraternity-Panhellenic sing Sunday before a 'standing
room-only audience in 10 Sparks.
Stormy weather did little to keep away a large audience from
the finals where eight choruses—four sororities and four fraternities—
competed for gold cups and the title of the outstanding choral groups:
• Alpha Chi Omega sang two
sorority songs, both unaccom
panied. Tau Kappa Epsilon, win
ning for the second consecutive
year, sang the Collegre song, "Blue
and White;" and a fraternity song,
also both unaccompanied.
Winners Get Gold Cups
Other groups competing in the
sing were fraternities Phi Kappa
Psi, Phi Delta Theta, and Delta
Upsilon, and sororities Alpha Xi
Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Delta
Gamma. Delta Gamma won the
sing the pas t two consecutive
years. These choruses were se
lected last Tuesday from the elim
ination .round in which 31 groups
were entered.
The winning groups took home
gold cups presented immediately
after the sing by their respective
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He-Man to Be Chosen Tonight
The All-College He-Man contest
to determine the male who will
rule over Spring Week with Miss
Penn State will be held tonight
following the Costume Parade.
Five high school bands, the
Spring Week string band, and 49
marching groups with• about 2000
marchers will be in the Costume
Parade, which will start at 7 to
night.
I. Fifty He-Man contestants will
go through a series of tests on
the lacrosse field following the
parade, about 8:39.p.m.
Paraders will form on Hamilton
avenue in their . assigned places,
David Bischoff, chairman of the
parade committee, 'said. The par
ade will begin at T p.m. and will
follow Garner , street, Prospect
avenue, Locust ' lane, Fairmount
avenue, Pugh street, Beaver, ave
nue, Allen street, East College
avenue, Shortlidge• road, and Pol
lock road to the golf course.
Two floats will be in the par
ade, one for Miss Penn 'State and
one .for her attendants.
Judges will be - stationed at the
Pugh street gate along•_College
avenue and will award points
toward..the. Spring. Week: prizes.
The .best costumed group ,re-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1952
'5 O'clock' to Give
Play by Stewart
"And I Shall Never Cry," a
one-act play by Marilyn Stewart,
senior in arts and letters, will be
presented script-in-hand by the
Five O'clock Theater. at 5 p.m..
today in the Little Theater, base
ment of Old Main.
Members of the cast include
Betty Rice, Velma Kaiser, Marcia
Yoffe, Doris Leventhal, and Nancy
Levit.
Director will be John Pakkanen
and Anne Peifer will be technical
director.
No admission will be charged
and the play is open to the public.
ceive 150 points, best comic group
100, most talented group 90, and
the group with the most original•
idea 75 points.
If rain threatens, an announce
ment will be made • over WMAJ
at 5 p.m. as to whether the parade
will be held. The. He-Man contest
will be held rain or shine.
Bischoff said that 49 marching
organizations will be entered in
the parade. He asked that all
groups leave markers at Delta
Tau Delta. These markers should
be cards mounted on sticks so
that they can be placed along
Hamilton avenue to indicate
where the organization is to form.
Bischoff added that this will be
the - biggest parade to be held
around here, and that the people
will see some things never before
seen in a parade.
, He-Man contestants will be
gradually eliminated until only
five' are left for the final few
events. The first elimination will
be a long distance S run from the
Mall at College avenue, up the
Mall .to Pollock road, and then
to route 422. The fifty contestants
will be divided into ten-heats of
five'. men' each. The first two men
Miss Penn State to Reign
Throughout Spring Week
Nancy Queer was crowned Miss Penn State of 1952 last night
in Schwab Auditorium to open the College's Spring Week festivities.
Miss Queer was crowned by Barbara Klopp, Miss Penn State
of 1951, after passing under the arched swords of eight members of
Scabbard and Blade. She will reign over the remaining Spring Week
activities.
The judges took 10 minutes to
pick the winner from the field of
five. Meanhile, Arnold Paparazo,
played Dark Eyes, Accordian Boo
gie, and Stardust on his accordian.
Home Ec Senior
When Harry Haenigson, one of
the judges and the creator of the
comic strip Penny, announced
Miss Queer the winner, almost
two minutes of resounding ap
plause came from the near capa
city crowd.
Miss Queer, a home economics
senior, was sponsored by Sigma
Nu. In a preliminary interview
she gave her main interest as
golf.
The other contestants formed
the queen's court. They were Pa
tricia Hathaway, sponsored by
Kappa Kappa Gamma; Louise
Robertson, Alpha Tau Omega;
Nancy Scofield, Phi Gamma Del
ta; and Joann Terhune, Kappa
Delta.
Thomas-McChesney Skits
The judges were Haenigson;
Martha Nold, representative of
the Grace Downs Air Career Stu
dio; Norma West, representative
of the Barbizon School of Model
ing; and Charles Petnick, owner
of the Charles Shop.
Nancy Lou Thomas and Allen
McChesney sang and acted three
numbers for the new Miss Penn
State.
At the end of the program, Miss
West and Miss Nold . presented a
trophy to the new Miss Penn
State.
Attend Dinner
Norman Alpert, master of cere
monies for the coronation cere
monies, ithroduced each contes
tant at the beginning of the pro
gram. The judges then retired to
make their decision.
Finalists; judges, and members
of the Spring Week committee
attended a dinner at the Eutaw
house before the coronation.
Flowers were presented to the
members of the court by the at
tendants, Andree Bloom, Nancy
Dahl, Margaret Hepler, Grace
Jeffries, Carolyn Pelczar, and
Betsy Siegler.
Rain during the day forced the
cancelation of the parade that
was scheduled to precede, the
Schwab Auditorium program.
from each, heat will enter the
lacrosse field finals.
The lacrosse, field events will
start' with. a short run and a 150
foot sack race. The last five men
to finish the sack. race will be
eliminated.
The remaining 15 men will be
entered in a contest in which they
will roll softballs 'l5O feet. Again
the last five will be dropped.' The
'next event is - a cup and saucer
race, in which the contestants will
run with••saucers on their heads
and filled cups in their hands.
Five will be eliminated and the
remaining five , will go into the
final events.
These final events will include
a 150 foot dash to a pit filled with
flour where the contestants will
take two somersaults. They will
then run to a table 'where each
will eat a pie and run to the finish
line. The first man to break the
finish line tape will be declared
the All-College He-Man.
The He-Man contestants chose numbers
at a meeting Wednesday night. The 50
competitors and their numbers are John
Albarano, 00; Jesse Arnelle, 22: Robert
Axtell, 73; James Babb, 37; Donald Brain
erd, 21; Richard Cameron, 42; Hugh Carr,
41; Allan. Cetron, 18; Ronald Coleman, 11:
Richard Cripps, '75; James Darcy : 59; John
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By BILL JOST
6 Speakers .
Enter Finals
Of Contest
Six students have been chosen
to compete in the finals Monday
for _the annual John Henry Friz
zell Extempore Speaking Contest,
sponsored by the Department of
Speech.'
Those chosen were Shirley Gal
lagher, who spoke on "Television
—Where Do We Go From Here;"
Susan Holtzinger, "Shall It Be
Nationalism or Internationalism;"
Irene Kolber, "How Much Can a
Man Give . . ." _
Walter David Lewis, "The In
strument of the Immortals;" Sally
Lowry, "Female Bureau of • In
vestigation;" and Mary Yandow,
"One Needs Hardship in Life to
Develop Character."
The other six students who com
peted in the semi-finals were
Daniel Kist, "Do We Have a Stake
in Europe;" Florence Lauz a r,
"Progressive Education;" Barbara
Me,napace, "An Ounce of Preven
tion is Worth a Pound of Cure;"
Barbara Metzgar, "Can Money
Buy Happiness;" Jane Montgom
ery, "Lifelines to Japan," an d
Nancy Nelson, "Freedom of the
Press—Does it Exist in America."
Finals will be held at 7 p.m.
Monday in 10 Sparks. The six
finalists were chosen fr o m 48
undergraduates. Finalists must
speak on a topic other than the
one used previously. Topics must
be selected in conference with
Clayton H. Schug, chairman of
the contest committee.
Voting Starts
For Phys Ed
Council, Today
Elections for the Physical Edu
cation Student Council will be
held today and tomorrow in White
Hall for the women and Recre
ation Hall for the men.
`The voting will take place from
10 a.m. to noon on both days.
Booths will be set up in both
White Hall and Recreation Hall.
Juniors are eligible to vote for
all officers of the council, the
senior representative, and the al
umni representative. Sophomores
are eligible to vote for council
officers and the junior represen
tative; freshmen, for the council
officers and tthe sophomore rep
resentative.
Those nominated for council
president are Margaret Lamaster
and Kurt Klaus; vice president,
Ann Barker and Huber Kline;
secretary, Margaret Powell, Joan
O'Connor, and Patricia Colgan;
treasurer, Nancy White and Sally
Durfee.
Nominated for alumni repre
sentative are Donald Cook and
Marilyn Williams.
Those named for senior repre
sentative are Barbara Ben c k,
Betty Gleim, John 'Goshorn, and
Robert Kreidler. Nominated for
junior representative are Anne
Ewing, Alice Colbert, Don Bell,
and Theodore Mortensen. Nomin
ated for sopohomore representa
tive are Nedalyn Charmbury,
Eleanor Gwynn, and George Sipe.
The voting, originally scheduled
to close today, was extended until
tomorrow noon by the elections
committee.
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