Misses; 12,000 Spring Carnival Rain Visit • Over 12,000 students and townspeople visited the annual Spring Week Carnival yesterday, and for the first time in the four-year history of the carnival, it didn't rain. The annual show featured skill tests, shows, dunking, a ferris wheel, shouting barkers, chorus girls, walking advertisements, and hatmen in freshman dinks selling tickets. The carnival was "100 per cent better than last year," James KAPsi Gets Charter Tomorrow Kappa Alpha Psi, fraternal so ciety, will receive a charter af filiating it with the national Kappa Alpha Psi organization at a ceremony from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow in 405 Old Main: The charter presentation cere monies will highlight a weekend of activities starting at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow when the new chapter will hold open house for the pub lic until 4 p.m. at the chapter house. 513 W. College avenue. a r old W. Perkins,' assistant dean of men, will speak at the charter ceremonies. Other speak ers will include Stanley Wengert, past president of the Interfrat ernity Council; Barton Fields, new house president; and the,. re gional director of the Kappa Al pha Psi organization. After the presentation, the frat ernity members wi l l attend a closed banquet at 6 p.m. at the State College Hotel where the new officers will be installed. They are Fields, president; Wil liam Snead, vice president; Wal ter Hutchins Jr., secretary; and Allen Haile, treasurer. Beginning at 10 p.m. the chap ter will have an open house party with a combo !supplying music. A fellowship !luncheon for the fraternity members and their guests is scheduled fo r 2 p.m. Sunday. . The 'organization, founded over a year and a half ago, recently had its application to the national organization approved by the Senate committee on student af fairs. It has taken an active role in the Interfraternity Council for the past two semesters. Smith Named Chairman Dr. Kinsley R. Smith, professor of psychology has been appointed chairmab, of a panel on Antisub- Marine Warfare Training of the National Research Council. Geffert, chairman of the Spring Week committee, said. Last year it rained intermittently through out the day. ' Pushing and shoving carnival goers could be seen wearing leis and hats, eating cotton candy, and Judg,ing of the Lion coats will take place at 4 p.m. today in front of .Old Main. walking around with pockets full of lollypops, cigarettes, and other prizes. By far the messiest entertainers were the Chi Phis, whose "Fool's Pool" was a pool of mud. By toss ing a volleyball at a Chi Phi, an other slid into the mud. Other booths dunked or drenched mem bers for simple skill-showing by the players. Theta Chis and Tri- Deits took their Saturday bath several times yesterday, one each time a carnival-goer hit a tin can. The Players and Radio Guild presented "Flicker Follies" with such acts as "The Shriek," "Skip a-long Katastrofey," and chapter 1952 of the "Escapades of Esther." Froth artists -were on -hand to sketch anyone for the price of two tickets. Tickets were purchased from (Continued on page eight) Ball to Feature 'Versatile Band' Tonight's Senior Ball will fea ture the music of Ray McKinley and his "Most Versatile Band in the Land." Drummer McKinley and hi s musicians, named by Look and Down Beat magazines as the best all-around dance band in Amer ica, 'will play from 9 to 1 tonight in Recreation Hall. The band's most popular re cordings"' include "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," "Civ ilization," "All the Way. to San Jose," "Red Silk Stockings," and "Arizay." • ' In the last two years the band has , played at more than 100 col leges in addition to its hotel and theater 'engagements. Helped by Miller McKinley, born in Fort Worth, Texas; ;was leading "kid bands" there at the age of 12, after tak ing drumming lessons and play ing, tom-toms. He was on the same bill as the dance contest in which Ginger Rogers won a screen test. • Through - the effortS of ' Glenn Miller, Ben Pollack, and , Benny Goodman, McKinley got a job drumming for a Chicago band in 1926. From there he began drum ming for Pollack, Beasley Smith, the Detroiters, Smith Bellew, Jack Petis, and Red Nichpls: • • In 1934 McKinley played with the Zorsey....Brothers Orchestra Ti lt „a 1.4, t <z) . 4Tottrgitti tt VOL. 52, No. 145 . STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1952 FIVE CENTS AIM Calls Meeting To Discuss Reese By BILL JOST • Because Franklin Reese, who was elected president of the Association of Independent Men Thuriday night, does not have the necessary All-College average, a special meeting of the AIM Board of Governors has been called for 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in 104 Willard .by John Laubac h, president. Laubach said that no decisi, Choir Concert To Be Presented On Two Nights The Chapel Choir will present its annual spring program at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in Schwab Auditorium. This is the first time the program has been presented twice, Carrol Chapman, president of the choir, announced, yesterday. Two students who participated in previous concerts will be in cluded in the 123-voice choir . They are Barbara Troxell, so prano, and Chester Watson, bass baritone. During the past five years the choir, directed by Willa C. Tay lor, associate professor of music education, ha s twice presented "Elijah" (Mendelssohn); Verdi's "Requiem"; and "A German Re quiem" (Brahms). Th e doors to Schwab Audi torium will open at 7:30 p.m. each night. 2 Ag Changes Get First Vote Two amendments to the consti tution of the School of Agricul ture Student Council received a first vote of approval at the last council meeting. , The first amendment proposes to delete the section from the con stitution which states that a rep resentative to the council must be enrolled in the department which he represents. The second states that if a rep resentative be absent from two meetings per semester without sending an alternate the council may act on the eligibility of the representative. - The amendments will receive a second vote Tuesday. The council also elected to have next year's Harvest Ball on Dec. 6. and then with Jimmy Dorsey on the Music Hall radio show which co-starred Bing Crosby. Received Bronze Star With Will Bradley in 1939, Mc- Kinley formed a band which played "boogie woog i e" - and "eight-to-the-bar." Included in its numbers were "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar," "Celery Stalks at Midnight," and "Boogie Woogie Washerwoman." The "I Sustain the Wings" ra dio orchestra, which McKinley helped Glenn Miller organize while in the Army Air Force, re ceived the Bronze Star in 1944 and played a command perform ance in Washington for President Harry S. Truman - and the Press Club. McKinley formed another band in 1945 • with Eddie Sauter and Deane Kincaid e, emphasizing music-for-the-masses -and versa tility. 'Miss State' Crowns He-Man Tonight's ball, and housepar ties tomorrow night, will climax Spring Week festivities opened Monday night with the corona tion of Nancy Queer, Miss Penn State of 1952. A costume parade was held Tuesday night in which the entry of Phi Kappa and Theta Phi Alpha was -judged most orig inal, Triahgle and Phi Mu; best Costumed, Beta Theta Pi and-Al- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE on has been made as to the course the board will follow at the meeting. The board will discuss the situation and then will de cide upon and act out a solution. Over 1.0 Average Required Reese, when contacted yester day, would not make a statement. Section D-2 of article V of the AIM constitution states that "Any independent • male undergraduate student of the College who has maintained an All-College aver age greater than 1.0 is eligible for election to any office of the Board of Governors." The AIM president has a seat on All-Col lege Cabinet. Cabinet members must also have an average greater than 1.0. John Stoudt, chairman of the nominating committee, reported yesterday that Reese's average is less than 1.0. He said that the committee was given the impres sion before nominations we r e made that Reese - had the required average: Reese expects to have the necessary average by the end of this semester, Stoudt said. Meeting Will Be Open Laubach said that if no sug gestions are made at the special board meeting, he will suggest that a new election be held. This election would be held at . this special meeting after the newly elected officers, have been given an opportunity to resign, if they so desire. Since the meeting may include elections, the meeting will be open. Averages of the other officers and candidates are being checked by the recorder's office and will be given to the elections commit tee today. Reese is Sophomore If elections are held tomorrow, nominations will again be opened from the floor. It has not been decided whether the elections committee is expected to do any nominating. , Reese is at present a sophomore in commerce and finance and is vice president of Town Council. The officers elected Thursday are Reese, pr e s i d e n t; Joseph Haines, vice president; -Michael Popowniak, treasurer; and Wil liam Shifflett, secretary. pha Chi Omega, best Comic group, and Delta Chi and Gamma Phi Beta the most talented group. The He-Man contest, also held Tuesday night, was won. by John McCall, Alpha Tau Omega, who was crowned by the new Miss Penn State. Both are reigning over Spring Week. Richard Dum, Alpha Gamma Rho, captured first prize Thurs day in the spring theme class of the Mad Hatters parade in front of Old Main. Alum to Give Guidance Talk Dr. Walter Jarecke, counselor trainer at West Virginia Univer ty and alumnus of the College, will speak on "Are You Doing All You Can in Guidance" at the Guidance Day program at 5 p.m. today at the University Club, 331 W. College avenue. The program is sponsored by lota Alpha Delta, graduate guid ance honorary, and is open to all seniors in the School of Educa tion. There will be a dinner for the seniors at 7 tonight, also at the University Club. The charge for the dinner is $2.2.5. 2 Groups Get Senate Approval Two social groups, Athenians and lonians, were approved yes terday by the Senate committee on student welfare after they had fulfilled requirements as poten tial sororities. The approval is ef fective Feb. 1, 1952. The Athenians eventually -ex pect to petition to Delta Sigma Theta and the lonians to Alpha Kappa Alpha, both national sor orities. To fulfill the requirements set up by the committee, the two or ganizations submitted letters stat ing that they understood an d would abide by the restrictions,. In these letters, they affirmed that they knew there are no suites available for them and that no suites are planned for the future. Submission of the new names is one of the requirements. Each group must petitiOn a na tional sorority one year after, its approval and continue to operate as a local group for an additional year, according to Senate regula tions. Since no suites are available, the sororities will have to hold initiations and other meetings in College rooms on a scheduled basis. Charlotte Page, is president of the 22-member lonian group. Oth er officers are Anna Layton, vice president; Bettye Gaye Phillips and Carolyn Morris, secretaries: and Ethel Brown, treasurer. Irene Johnson is president of the eight-member Athenian group with Barbara Abele, vice presi dent; Wilma King, secretary; and Lois Truxel, treasurer. WMAJ to Air Lonsdale Talk About Russia Excerpts from talk by Dr. Kath leen Lonsdale, prominent British Physicist, will be heard by edited transcription at 9 tonight over station WMAJ. The recording is of Dr. Lonsdale's discussion of her visit to Russia. presented March 30 at the State College Friends Meetinghouse. The Quaker professor of phy sics at the University of London talked before a capacity audience when she visited State College, and many per Sons were unable to get in to hear her. This program, one of a series sponsored by the peace commit tee of the State College Friends, was prepared in answer to re quests from those persons, accord ing to Dr. Scott Keyes, assistant professor of economics. Dr. Lonsdale, who is vice pres ident of the British Association for Atomic Scientists and the au thor of several articles on crystal ography, was one of seven Quak ers who visited Russia last sum mer. She describes her impres sions of the country on the pro gram. Dr. John H. Ferguson, profes sor of political science, will in troduce Dr. Lonsdale. The half hour transcription was prepared by Warren S. Smith, associate professor of dramatics, and Mrs. Barton Jenks.
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