PAGE TWO Smoky Haze Is Result Of Virginia, Ohio Fires A smoky haze and the smell of burning leaves from more than 500 forest fires in West Virginia and Ohio hung over State College yesterday and had students wondering who was burning leaves all day long. The U.S. Weather Bureau reported the haze was carried across Pennsylvania and most of New York state by winds from the south west. Some fires were also report ed in western Pennsylvania. The Associated Press reported heavy smoke blankets throughout central New York state and over Harrisburg, Erie, and Bradford. The cold front is expected to clear the/ smoke from the central part of the state by this morn ing and drop temperatures into the 40s. The haze cut fire tower visi bility throughout the state to less than two miles and brought warn ings from conservation officials that it might prevent sighting new fires. Council To Sponsor Newsletter The Physical Education Student Council voted unanimously last night to renew the sponsorship of the “Discobolus,” a newsletter for Physical Education students and faculty. It will be the first attempt by the council to renew the news letter since 1948. Kurt Klaus and Ann Barker were named co-editors of the “Discobolus” and Miss Ruth E. McFeeter, instructor in physical education, and Harold B. White, assistant professor of recreation, will serve as faculty advisors. Other editors appointed by Mar garet Lamaster, council president, are Margaret Powell, faculty; Nancy White, feature; and Dor othy Rose, art. Other class editors named are Barbara Benck and Robert Kreid ler, senior; Nancy Kolbert and Theodore Mortensen, junior; Ned alyn Charmbury and Leo Henry, sophomore. The first issue date was tenta tively scheduled for the period between the Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations. The council decided not to pub lish a placement booklet. It also delayed action on a proposed Physical Education “play day” until a fully detailed report could be given at the next meeting. Reserved Seats For Forum Available at SU Season ticket cards for the 1952- 53 Community Forum may now be exchanged at the Student Union desk in Old Main for a set of reserved seat tickets. Ticket exchange began yesterday and will continue until 8 p.m. Nov. 10. Persons must present reserved seat tickets in order to be admit ted to Schwab Auditorium for forum performances. Season tick et cards will not be accepted at the door. Season'memberships are still available for the forum ser ies and may be purchased at the Student Union desk at the time of reserved seat selection. Tickets are being exchanged through two lines, one line for obtaining seats in odd-lettered rows, another for even-lettered. No person may present more than sij? season ticket cards in ex change for adjacent reserved seats. The forum season opens Noy. 10 with the appearance of Marquis Childs, syndicated Washington columnist. Others signed for the series are Elsa Lanchester, night club entertainer and character actress, Walter H. Judd, Repub lican congressman from Minneso ta; Hodding Carter, Southern newspaper editor and author; and Begum Ikramullah, Pakistan stateswoman. A«? Student Council The Agriculture Student Coun cil will meet at 7 tonight in 103 Agriculture. , DRY CLEANING SPECIAL 3 GARMENTS BEAUTIFULLY GLEANED FOR THE PRICE OF 2! Bring your clothes down today „SL FROMM'S wZL THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ' The smoke was thickest in the New York area yesterday after noon, the AP said. Stephen Cummings, state fire warden, said no rain has fallen in many sections of Pennsylvania for about 17 days. He said the danger of fire, due to the dry condition, is now greater than at any time since May. The AP weather forecast yes terday held no hope for rain in 15-states where men were fighting hundreds of forest fires, many of them out of control. “Very dangerous conditions” were reported in rural New Eng land. Midwestern states were re ported in “very critical” condition.. Five hundred volunteers fought 37 fires in six Arkansas counties alone. Board Favors Concessions Investigation The Interschool Council Board recently went on record favor ing an investigation of possibili ties of creating more student concession services. Max Schuster, seventh semes ter aeronautical engineering ma jor who at a previous meeting had presented a plan developed two years ago by the Engineer ing Student Council, was instruc ted to investigate the present situation and work on a tentative plan for student services. As the original plan had been developed when Grahams oper ated the concessions at New Bea ver Field, Joseph Lemyre, Ath letic Association president, ex plained that the Athletic Asso ciation now receives profits from the concessions under the present setup. Franklin Kelly, Book Exchange chairman, told of expansion plans for the BX and warned the group of the difficulties encountered by student-run projects. Charles Henderson, editor of “Who’s in the News at Penn State,’L spoke to the council pres idents, who are on the selections committee of the publication. Osborne Drawing To Be Exhibited Milton S. Osborne, head of the Department of Architecture, has been notified that his pencil drawing “Chateau Frontenac” has been accepted for the World Wa ter Color and Print Show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The show was open to artists in the United States and Europe. From 2000 works entered 270 have been selected for exhibition. Altoona has one of the greatest railroad shops in the world. Belle-Hop Ball Queen . —Courtesy Lion Studios BARBARA WERTS. crowned queen of the Belle-Hop Ball Sat urday night, will be feted this weekend at the Penn State-Uni versity of Pennsylvania football game. Among other honors. Queen Barbara will occupy the royal suite at the Penn Sheraton Hotel and will be interviewed by radio and television commen tators. Werts Will Reign For Penn Weekend Barbara Werts, fifth semester home economics i iajor, was crowned queen of the Belle-Hop Ball Saturday night in Recreation Hall by Jean Mastin, last year’s queen. The queen and her escort will leave Saturday for Philadelphia for the Penn State-University of Pennsylvania game. While there she' will reign in her royal suite at the Penn Sheraton Hotel. On Saturday Miss Werts will be pre sented with the keys for the royal chariot a Chrysler Imperial. Saturday morning Barbara will be interviewed by radio and tele vision commentators. After lunch she will attend the game, which she will view from a seat on the 50 yard line. Following the game a reception will be held in her honor at the Penn Sheraton Hotel. Alumni and College students are invited to attend the affair. After breakfast in bed Sunday, Barbara will tour historic sections of Philadelphia. Lunch at the ho tel will complete the queen’s weekend, which is sponsored by the Penn State Greeters: The Greeters sponsor the Belle-Hop Ball each year. Hailing from the small town of Scotch Plains, N.J., Barbara is reigning as a queen for the first time in her life. Local merchants contributed gifts for the queen, Barbara was sponsored by the Women’s Student Government As sociation Senate of which she is vice president. Exhibit Materials Due All material to be used in the Pattee Library exhibit “Penn State Travels” should be deliv ered by tomorrow to Elsa C. Lisle, circulation librarian. ail aboard for Players’ WRA Delegates Attend Chape! Fifty-six delegates from 24 Pennsylvania colleges and univer sities wound up the Athletic Fed eration of College Women, state convention activities Sunday morning By attending Chapel services ( en masse. Centering their convention ac tivities at the College around “WRA and Its Relationship to the College Campus,” delegates spent most of their time in workshop discussions on co-educational rec reation facilities, effective pub licity techniques, and correct par liamentary procedures. Three general sessions were de voted to further discussing work shop topics and drawing conclu sions from the discussions. NY Civic Drama Guild To Stage 'Kiss Me Kate' The Civic Drama Guild of New York will present the musical “Kiss Me Kate” at the Bellefonte High School auditorium Nov. 12. Tickets are being sold by mem bers of the Kiwanis Club and at the Harmony Shop. twentieth === century BE SURE TO VOTE SCHWAB Nov. 6, 7, 8 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1952 Contest Entry Dote Advanced - The deadline for submitting entries for Miss Junior Class Has been advanced to noon Nov. 5, Irvin .White, selections’ commit tee chairman, sajd yesterday. Groups or individuals ' may sponsor entries for the contest. Entrants must be regularly ma triculated juniors at the College. Photographs, 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 inches, should be turned in at the Student Union' desk in Old Main. The name and address of the entrant and the sponsor’s name should be placed on the back of each photograph. ' Personal interviews with the entrants will be held by the se lections committee Nov. 5 and 6. The committee will not meet un til that time. The five finalists and the se lections committee will be pre sented at.-“ Junior Varieties,” iiin ior class talent show, to be held in Schwab Auditorium Nov. 12. Balloting for Miss Junior Class will be conducted Nov. 11 and 12 at the Student Union desk. Fifth and, sixth semester students may vote by presenting matriculation cards. Attend First State Freshman Clique Meeting More than forty freshmen at tended the first State Party fresh man clique meeting of the semes ter in 10 Sparks last night. The program included prelimin ary nomination of chairmen for publicity, social, an d-financial committees of the clique and a talk by All-College President John Laubach. Laubach explained campus po litical organization to the group pointing out that political parties were .an opportunity for students to participate in student govern ment. • Freshman vice clique chairman Jack McMeekin explained the State Party steering committee organization and described the po sitions and work of the freshman clique officers. Sandford Lichtenstein, fresh man clique chairman, who pre sided at the meeting, explained that the “Little Man on Campus” cartoon book is being sold with 20 cents from each book going to each of the two campus political parties. Nominees for publicity commit tee chairmen were Norma Weiner, Stanley Fink, Rose Brein, and Arthur Edwards. Nominees for social committee chairmen were Clayton Garland and Sheldon Chaiken. Nominees for financial committee head were Lewis Men delson, Tamyra Keitz, and James Culbertson. The Witch Is Riding! Do you know why? It's because she found that for best results it's Collegian's Classifieds
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