Spring : : cainivat Festivities Begin of I-- p.:th.. -Today . . • , %%, ' - . t 40 i Join the Crowd * 1 Carnival Benefits At the ' it Datig ..... - il l j erli trgtatt Worthy Cause— . Spring Carnival— . See Page 3 - , - - , -, , * '',.,, , - '; :_ . • FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 52, No. 144 - - ,cover, and Carl Cross (left) with a space master's hood ornament, inspect Howard Wright's broad-brimmed chapeau with the Christ mas tree topping. All three won first prizes in last night's Mad Hatter parade. 3 Firsts, 3 Seconds Take 'Hat' Prizes Three hats defying description won for Richard Dum, Carl Cross and Howard Wright first prizes in last night's Mad Hatters' parade in front of Old Main. Dum, Alpha Gamma Rho, captured first prize in the spring theme class with a headpiece depicting a spring harvest. Across broad acres ,of wheat a John Deere combine thrashed its way to bring glory to its bearer. A spaceship crashing through the universe brought Cross of Sig ma pi to the head of his class for daring to wear the most unique and modern hat. Wright, Beta Theta Pi, resem bled • a Christmas tree closely enough to give him his trophy for having the largest and most col orful hat in the parade. Three others, Russel John, Eu gene Deger, and Alfred Witten maier received - miniature Penn State cigarette lighters for plac ing second. John's creation was a pheasant in the • brush depicting. s p.r i n g, while Miss Deger sported a Chi nese opium den for uniqueness and Wittenmaier, a bird-In-cage with cascading net, that was corz orful and indescribable. Mary Jane Woodrow, past pres ident of WSGA, pi n c h-hit for Harry Cover as emcee during the finals. Over 800' students participated in the parade yesterday afternoon. By the time for the final judging at 7:30 p.m. that number had been cut to an estimated 120 competi tors. Jane Stieber, co-chairman of the Mad Hatters committee has requested that the hats be brought to the main desk in Simmons Hall. Several of the . hats' will be displayed in downtown stores. TODAY'S WEATHER: 1157 - WINDY AND WARMER - By 808 LANDIS `Blessed Events' Issue of Froth On Sale Today "Blessed Events" is the theme of the May issue of the Penn State Froth which goes on sale today • for 25 cents at the Corner Room, on the Mall, and at the Spring Carnival site. June Conway, a second semester freshman majoring in languages, is pictured as Froth's• Girl of the Month. "Froth Awards," the staffs se lections of the year's "worsts," is the feature article in this issue. Also included are "Parents Pri mer," hints to parents on giving a children's party, by Margot Grossman; "Grim Fairy Tale," Red Hoodingride's experiences at college, by Lenore Feinberg; "Jazz Story," the story of a .jazz record shopper in South Philadelphia, by Peter Wheian; and "Century of Science," cartoons illustrating the newestinventions, by Henry Pro gar. Student Actions In Parks Hit The College has been receiving letters and telephone calls com plaining of student condUct at the several state parks in the vicinity, Wiliner- E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, told the Daily Collegian yesterday. . 'ln a statement, Kenworthy asked students to show respect for,order, morality, personal hon or, and the rights of others when visiting the parks and. picnic grounds. - "It is • not possible, nor is it College policy, to police •these areas," Kenworthy said. "How ever,"_he Added,- "College officers will take disciplinary act i o n whenever specific evidence of conduct prejudicial •to the good name of the College is available." STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1952 Reese Wins AIM Election; Leonides Elects Peterson 40 Per Cent Turn Out For Voting Approximately 40 per cent of the 2000 independent women eli gible to vote elected Vivian Peter son over Elizabeth Johnson for the presidency of Leonides, inde pendent women's organization. Miss Peterson, a sixth-semester home economics major, served as corresponding secretary and social chairman of the group in her two and one-half years of active membership. The president of Leonides has a seat on All-College Cabinet and repreSents all independent women on campus. Hilda Hogeland defeated Su sanne Crumley to become vice president. Both are sixth-semester home economics majors. Guyla Wodward, fourth semester liberal artist, won the office of record ing secretary over Eleanor Weary, sixth-semester home economics major, Gertrude Kreider, sixth semes ter,- hom e economics, defeated Patricia Shaffer, seventh semes ter, home economics, for corres ponding secretary. Marilyn Mc- Comb, sixth; arts and letters, was voted treasurer over Susan Ging rich, second, education. Installation of the officers will take place either Monday or Tues day according to Edna Baylson, retiring president. This ,year's election was the second time that all independent women were able to vote. Officers were previously elected by mem bers of the council: Ballots were counted in the Chimes room in the basement of Grange last night by Edna Bayl son, Joan Grossman, and Patricia Hall. Fifty Booths to Operate At Spring Carnival Day Today is Spring Carnival Day Fifty booths will be open for amusement, skill showing, and fun from 1 to 11 p.m. today on the west parking lot. Groups may start construction of their booths anytime this morning. Classes- are canceled for • the day according•to a decision made by the Council on Administration May 5 . on a suggestion by All- College Cabinet. Cabinet will. not meet tonight due to the holiday. , With the tabulations of* points from the Mad-Hatter's 'prelimin ary contest complete, Theta Kap pa Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha are the leading contenders for the Spring Week first-place trophy with 960 points, according to Parking will not be permitted on the west parking lot anytime today due to the Spring Car nival. standings released last night by James Geffert, • chairman of the Spring Week committee. Ten points were awarded for ; each entry in the Mad-Hatter's contest. Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Chi Omega dropped from first place when only 55 marchers showed for the contest. . Triangle and Phi Mu' are see ond with 895; Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Delta, third with 850; Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Chi Omega, fourth•with 805; and Delta CM and Gamma Phi Beta, and Phi - Kappa - Sigma and Kappa Kap- By LIX NEWELL AIM President Franklin Reese Leonides President ''.r7 04;' , 44 Vivian Peterson pa Gamma, tied for fifth with 720. Since these points are very close, the proceeds from .the car nival will determine the winners of the trophies, Geffert said. Trophies will be awarded at the Senior Ball tomorrow night for the first, second, and third high est number of points from Spring Week activities. . The 50 groups. sponsorine booths in the carnival and the names of their booths are Acacia, Acacia Full House; Alpha Epsilon Pi, Dart Poker; Alpha Chi Rho and Delta Zeta. Blues and Burlesque; Al pha Gamma Rho, AGR Skill Test; Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Sig Snake' Pit: Alpha Tau Omega, Shooting Range; Alpha Zeta, Duck-a-luck ; •Barons. 'the Passion Meter; Beta Sigma Omicron, Beta Blossom Show boat; Beta Sigma Rho;• Pie-in-the-face; Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Chi Omega, Dog patch Follies; Chi Phi, Fool's Pool ; Col lege Co-operative Society, The Peeping Tom Booth; Delta Upsilon. DU Diamond; Delta Chi and Gamma Phi Beta, Throw a Pie at the Gamins Phis and the Delta Chis; Delta Tau .Delta and' Kappa Delta. Squeeze-a delt; Delta Sigma Phi, Skee-ball ; and Lambda Chi Alpha, Carnival' Capers. . ' (Continued-on ',page eight) Haines Gets Independent Veep Post By BILL JOST Franklin Reese was elected president of the Association of Independent Men at the meeting of the Board of Governors last night. Reese, who will represent the independent men on All-College Cabinet, is at present a sopho more and vice president of the town council of AIM. Joseph Haines, the only other nominee for the presidency, was elected AIM vice president on the third ballot. William Shifflett was elected secretary and Michael Popowniak, treasurer. A proposal that the executive committees of AIM and Leonides would meet to discuss the 1952-53 independent social calendar was the only motion passed by the board last night. In his qualification spee c h, Reese presented a five point pro gram. He suggested that an AIM representative sit on the Student Union committee. He said this committee makes up the annual social calendar and does not have independent representation. Reese also suggested that AIM have social affairs for which ad mission would be charged to sup plement AIM income. This in creased income would go to fi nance additional independent so cial affairs and other activities. Reese said he would like to ha v e an independent weekend featuring a big dance. This week end would be held during a month in which independent activities (Continued on page eight) EMS=II Lamaster Wins As Phys Ed Council Head Margaret Lamaster, a sixt h. semester Physical Education ma jor, was elected president of next •emester's Physical Education Stu dent Council in the two-day vot ing held yesterday and Tuesday. -- Fifty-six per cent of the school voted in this year's election, ac cbrding to William Mihalich, cur rent council president. Mihalich said that the women's turnout at White Hall was "excellent." The closest race was for the vice-president's post where Ann Barker edged Hubert Kline by five votes. Margaret Powell- was elected secretary and Nan c y White, treasurer to complete the all-female group of officers. Donald Cook won as alumni representative. Two representa tives were elected from each class as members of the council. Sen ior representative;' Ann Ewing Renck and Robert Kreidler. Jun ior representatives are Alice Col bert and Donald Bell and sopho more representatives, Nedalyn Charmbury and. George Sipe. Others running for council offi cer posts were Kurt Klaus, presi dent, • Kline, vice-president, Joan O'Connor and Patricia C o 1 g a secretary, and Sally Durfee, treas urer. Other losers were Marilyn Wil liams, alumni representative; Bet ty Gleim and John Goshorn, sen ior representtaive; Ann Ewing and Theodore Mortensen, junior representative; and Elea n o r Gwynn, sopohomore representap tive. FIVE CENTS