Autumn Ball Relie: Upon Independent: See Page 4 VOL,: 53, No. 27 Lawn Nears Preparation of fraternity lawn displays swings into high gear today, after several all-night work sessions in fraternity basements and on front lawns. Displays must be completed before 7 tonight. Judging will take place x at that time.’ A trophy will be presented to the winning fra ternity, with second and third place runnersup receiving prizes ' land two other houses receiving I honorable mention. ' The theme for displays is “Nit tariy Lion Harvest Time.” Dis plays will be constructed in ac cordance to this theme. Judging will be based on theme appropriateness, originality, eye catching appeal, amount and qual ity of work involved, and general artistic worth. Judges are Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student , affairs; H. K. Wilson, director of the,Division of Intermediate Reg istration; and Carl A. Zoretich, art instructor. The prize, a cup won last year by Chi Phi, will be retired this year. Previously the cup' had to be v/on three consecutive times for permanent ownership. James Carrigan is chairman of the IPC lawn display committee which has released regulations for the displays. Regulations state that a maxi mum of $25 is allowed for . each display. They must be maintained in complete form until noon Sun day unless damaged beyond re pair by weather or vandalism. In such cases,, the house will be permitted an extension of time until completed and rejudged. Use of living creatures, human or animal, is forbidden. Record ings of either, however, will be permitted. Any infraction of the IFC rules will be cause for re vocation of any award or recog nition giyen to-the-house involved. AIM Board Approves $2 LaVie Fee The Board of Governors of the Association of Independent • Men has approved the $2 LaVie assess ment for freshmen and plans to enter a candidate in the Belle- Hop Ball Queen contest. The LaVie assessment, present ed to All-College Cabinet 'last week, would make freshmen li able to $2 a semester for LaVie. At present seniors, ■ juniors, and sophomores are paying the fee. The assessment must be passed at another cabinet meeting before being sentr to the Board of Trus tees .for final approval. Arlene Brant, third semester student, will represent AIM in competition .for the Belle-Hop Ball Queen title. If selected queen,' she will reign over the Belle-Hop Ball Oct. 25 in Recreation Hall. William Shifflett, AIM presi dent, announced that a. float ad vertising AlM’s Autumn Ball will be included in the parade at to morrow’s football game. The Autumn Ball,, sponsored jointly with Leonides, will be held' at 9 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall with music by Jack Huber. Tick ets, on sale at the Student Union desk in- Old Main, will be avail able at the- dance. Howard Mason, chairman of the publicity committee, asked mem bers of the board who are selling tickets to return money and un sold tickets to the Student Union desk by 10 a.m. today. ■AIM- will sponsor a Junior Weekend party' Nov. 15 in the West Dormitory lounge. La Vie pictures of the board will be taken Oct. 21, Shifflett an nounced. ■ Groups to Hold Political Forum .A political forum between the Young Democrats and Young Re publicans will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 121 Sparks with H. J. O’Brien, instructor of speech, as moderator. Democrats who wish to take part in the discussion are to meet at 3:30 p.m. today at the down town Democratic Headquarters, W. Beaver avenue and S.- Ather ton street, according to Kenneth Doverspike, Young Democrats’ president. Guyla Woodward, Robert Hance, Benjamin Sinclair, and Terence McNamee will speak for the Young Republicans. 'Earnest' to Begin Second Weekend Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Im portance of Being Earnest” will begin its second weekend tonight at Center Stage. Tickets for the Players’ show are on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main priced at $1 for tonight and to morrow night. I -TODAY'S WEATHER FAIR COLDER tUto Sailu H) doll Display Work Completion Hahn Elected To Cabinet Thomas Hahn, president of the Blue Band, was eleeted chairman of the Board of Dramatics and Forensics last night. Hahn automatically represents that, group on' All-College Cab inet. Organizations included on the board are women’s debate, men’s debate, Glee Club, Radio Guild, Blue Band, Thespians, and Players. Last year’s cabinet seat was occupied by Clair George, men’s debate manager. Members of the organization expressed interest in jointly spon soring forensic and dramatic events. Hahn appointed Jay Head ly, men’s debate manager, and [Marian Ungar, women’s debate manager, to investigate the or ganization’s objectives, as express ed in its'constitution. Other members of the board in clude Patricia Hathaway, Radio Guild; Richard Brugger, Thes pians; Francis Stridinger, Play ers; and William Harral, Glee Club. Local Color, Originality Spark Thespian Revue Picture on Page 2 By BETTIE LOUX By whipping homegrown talent into home-town situations the Penri State Thespians have come up .with “Don’t Stop Now,” an I original Nittany Valley revue that previewed its Homecoming Week end run last night in Schwab Auditorium. ; The first Thespian show in re cent years to incorporate local color into songs, dances, and com edy routines' should start alumni reminiscing about days spent out side Grahams . . . the problems of sorority rushing . . arid profes sors who depart from the subject at hand. Not so lavishly produced as their last offering, “A Connecti cut. Yankee,” Thespians’ “Don’t FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1952 Joan Hunter Wins Homecoming Title Joan Hunter, third semester art education student from Hollidaysburg, began her weekend reign as Homecorping Queen when she ascended her throne at the opening performance of Thes pians’ show “Don’t Stop Now” last night. Miss Hunter was, presented with a bouquet of roses, and was serenaded by the gleesingersi The Pershing Rifle, drill team performed a special routine in her honor. —Photo by Austin HOMECOMING QUEEN Joan Hunter reigns as the first Penn Stale woman to hold the title since 1940. She was presented at the opening of Thespian's musical revue "Don't Stop Now." The queen was selected by the varsity football squad. Blue Band to Spark Pre-Game Pep Rally The Blue Band under the direction of James Dunlop will spark tonight’s pre-Nebraska game pep rally to be held at 7:15 on the steps of Old Main.-The Blue Band will start parading at 7:10 tonight at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, going around the West Dorm area, and marching to the front of Old Main. The Homecoming rally, spon-1 sored jointly, by Parmi Nous, sen ior men’s hat society, and Owens, sophomore women’s- hat society, will be the next to last rally of the_ year. The rally, according to Alan McChesney, head cheerleader, will feature senior football play ers Bob Pollard and Bob Smith. Assistant coach Frank Patrick will also speak. Each will speak briefly on tomorrow’s game, tell ing of the team spirit and team outlook fo x’ the coming game. Nebraska has four wins to its credit with no losses, and the Lions have three wins and a tie with Purdue. The rally is being held -earlier than usual to catch the Thespian Stop Now” offers a score of good, catchy melodies and clever lyrics in addition to several off-the beaten-track specialty numbers. Four skits round out the all-Penn State revue—an admirable pro duction considering that it was , worked up in less than a month’s , time. The college atmosphere running through the numbers gives the show unity—a factor missing in previous Thespian revues—and jibes at campus organizations and rulings are a real delight. Although Thespians genei-ally make up in enthusiasm for -what they lack in talent, it wasn’t en thusiasm alone that put over Phil Wein’s ventriloquist act—a riot ous job that bore the stamp of a professional. Wein’s boy Sylvester . New Hat Society f See W p°a^~ and Player crowds,' McChesney said. He said that hopes were high that a large number of alum ni will attend. He added that it would be a good start for the weekend and a sure way to im press the alumni with school spirit for the game. The cheerleading squad will be present, .but no emcee has been definitely announced. However, McChesney said that Donald Her bein, fifth semester liberal arts major, may be available for the post. Other activities slated to follow the rally are the Thespian pro duction, “Don’t Stop Now,” var ious alumni meetings,' fraternity homecoming parties, and frater nity lawn display judging. Pine, a sassy individual who en joys living in Woman’s Building, not only talks ... he sneezes as convincingly as the coldest stu dent arising for an 'eight o’clock. .An inovation this year is the in clusion of faculty talent, and Lynn Christy has it both on the drums and along the comic line. In this case an English professor takes off on- a music prof and, joined by men on trumpet, trombone, bass and piano, climaxes the day’s lec ture with a fine rendition of “When the Saints Come Marching In.” A 1 Beliasov and Pat Layman put lots of zip into “Strollin’ ”, a black-face front-curtain spe cialty act. The Campus Patrol comes in (Continued on page eight) “I just couldn't believe it, when they told me I had been selected,” the queen said. “I feel like a cele brity.” Miss Hunter was spon sored in Thespiajjs’ queen contest by Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. A pledge of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, she transferred to the College this semester from Colby Jun i o r College, New London, N.H. Queen to Be Feted Never an entrant in .such a con test before. Miss Hunter claims it is “just wonderful.” She is Penn State's first Homecoming Queen since 1940. The queen will be presented at “Don’t Stop Now” tonight and tomorrow. Along with the four other contest finalists, she will attend the alumni luncheon to morrow, and will be presented with a cup. The queen and fin alists will ride one of the floats in the Pennsylvania Week motor cade, scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow on Beaver Field. Judges Select Finalists Miss Hunter’s picture will be sent to the Eighth Army in Korea, where it will be entered in com-, petition with ohotos of'homecom ing queens, from other colleges diroughout the country. Troops then will select “the” girl, thev would most like toTome home-to.” The five contest finalists were chosen from 61 entries by a board, of judges. The judges were Dan iel .DeMarino, assistant dean of men; Ridge Riley, executive-Sec retary of the alumni association; Ray Fortunato, Thespians’ direc tor; and Louis H. Bell, public in formation director. Pinal selection of the queen resulted from a 'secret ballot of the football squad Monday night, when the girls paraded before the squad with numbers on their backs. Her name was not an nounced until she was presented last night. Pinalists . and their sponsors are Betty Smucker, Kappa Alpha Theta; Nena Moses, Kappa Alpha Theta; Phoebe Erickson. Kappa Kappa Gamma; and Marjorie Perty, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Council OK's $2 Lea Vie Fee The proposed $2 increase in the La Vie fee was approved, and Frank Leader, fifth semester aero nautical engineering student, was elected treasurer, at a meeting of the Engineering Student Council last night. . Leader was elected to the coun cil, after Samuel Nowell resigned from the council. Freshman elections have been set for Oct. 30 and 31, Robert Wat son, council president, announced. Engineering students will nomin ate themselves in department of fices, he said, between Tuesday, Oct. 21, and noon Saturday, Oct. 25. Engineering organizations and honoraries were requested by vice president Gifford Albright to list the date and time of meetings, initiations, and banquets in order to complete organizational, co ordination. Albright requested that this information be submit ted by -Tuesday. . Hatmen to Reserve Flashcard Section Hatmen will report to the Penn Siate-Nebraska game to morrow as early after noon as possible to reserve seats for the flashcard section, James Ply ler, president of Hat Society Council, announced. The flashcard section, Ply ler said, will probably put on it's biggest display of the-year tomorrow. FIVE CENTS
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