Lemyre All-College Preside As Voting Record Is S o'llv Bang 0 Citirgiatt VOL.- 53, No. 129 Fee, Re`c Approved All-College• Cabinet last night gave final approval to a proposed 25-cent a semester hike in student fees. The pro posal will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for final approval. Cabinet also approved a Recreation Hall Ticket Exchange plan, presented by Athletic 'Asso ciation President Joseph Lemyre. The 25-cent fee proposal is part of a plan to aid the College in col lecting equal student fees at reg istration. The -College plans to start this new system this fall. The hike was presented to cab inet by, the Interschool Council Board, a group , which studied pos sible ways of equalizing student fees. The plan was passed with three abstentions and two oppos ing votes. Warren Claims Need ' Lemyre's Inauguration Set Monday Richard Lemyre, new All-Col lege president, will be inaugur ated at Honors Day ceremonies at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Schwab Auditorium. In addition, five distinguished alumni and 20 outstanding -stu dents will receive awards at' the program. The new president will be in ducted by James Schulte, Tri bunal chairman. John Laubach, retiring president, and the new president will give short talks. To Honor 5 Alumni President Milton S. Eisenhower will preside over the Honors Day ceremonies, and Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student af fairs, over the presentation of scholastic awards. Presentation of scholastic awards will be by Kin sley R. Smith, chairman of the Senate committee on scholarships and awards.. The Distinguished Alumnus Awards, 'consisting of scrolls and medallions, will be presented to Cloide E. Brehm, president of the University of Tennessee; G. Weidman Groff, agricultural mis sionary; James A. McCrory, Can adian engineering executive; Ar thur G. McKee, consulting en gineer; and Edwin W. Nick, Erie business executive, by Dr. Eisen hower; Lyman E. Jack Son, dean of the School of Agriculture; and Eric A. Walker, dean of the School `of Engineering. These awards are based on the personal lives, pro fessional achievements, and com munity service of the recipients. To Recognize Scholarship Robert Sorth, eighth, semester education major, will receive the Association of Independent Men, award for high scholarship. The award will be presented by Wil liam Shifflett, retiring AIM pres ident. Nancy Ward will present the Alpha Lambda Delta award to Elizabeth Alleman, education ma jor. This award is given to the graduating senior with the highest average who was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women's scholastic honorary. Andirocles Applications Due Tomorrow Noon 'Applications for Androcles, jun ior men's hat society, must be submitted no later than noon to morrow at the Student Union desk in Old Main, Thomas Far rell, president, has announced. Letters of application contain the name, curriculum, address, All-College average, scholastic awards, and list of activities of the a • • licant. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY vo_o I FOR 'A'.BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1953 Hall Plans by Cabinet Under the proposed plan, the total amount collected would be distributed to student councils ac cording to the number of students in each school. At present, only the Schools of Home Economics and Agriculture have fees. The 25-cent fee in the Home Econom ics school is used mainly for the school publication News and Views. Chairman of the ISCB Lincoln Warren. said seven of the eight student councils excluding the En gineering school, needed the mon ey. However, Douglas Schoerke, president of the Liberal Arts stu dent council, said the LA coun cil did not need - :the money. He said the council could find uses for the money, if it were avail able. Suggest Student Lounge The money, Scho e r k e said, could be , used for mixers to -pro mote student-faculty relations in the LA a'nd Engineering schools. But, he added, the councils would probably have more money than they could use. Interfraternity Council presi dent Thomas Schott said money could be used for purposes other than social. He suggested as a plan for the Engineering Council, a lounge for architects on the fourth floor of the Main Engineer ing Building. Approves Seating Plan Another suggestion presented to cabinet was to build up and im prove student publications, espe cially in the Liberal Arts school. Cabinet passed the Recreation Hall Ticket Exchange Plan, which will admit faculty, alumni, •and townspeople to indoor Recreation Hall athletic events. Students would exchange cou pons from their AA books for ad:' mission tickets three to four days before the event. The coupons would be exchanged in offices in Old Main or Recreation Hall. On the day of the event, tickets (Continued on page eight) _ Maurey, Kois AA - Victors By DICK McDOWELL Gerald Maurey, fifth semester arts and letters major, was elected president of the Athletic Associ ation in the All-College elections yesterday and Wednesday. Maurey received 1132 votes, 46.8 per cent of the ballots cast, while Keith Vesling, fifth semes ter education major, who :will serve as vice president, received 682, a 450 vote margin. In the secretary-treasurer race, Adam Kois,, fifth semester animal husbandry major, defeated Huber Kline, fifth semester physical education . major, by 465 votes. Kois received 1331 votes, 60.6 per cent of the ballots cast. Under the AA election methods, the person receiving the second highest number of votes in the . Hail to the Chief THE NEW AND THE OLD meet; as John Laubach, outgoing All-College president, congratulates nresident-elect Dick Lemyre on his victory in yesterday's elections. Looking on are (left to right) Ellen Wendel, Panhellenic president, David Pellnitz, Collegian ed itor, and Thomas Hahn, chairman of the - Dramatics and Forensic Board. Lemyre will be inaugurated at the Honors Day ceremonies Monday night in Schwab Auditorium. Party Captures 6 Ciass Offices Lion 4 of Lion Party captured the presidencies of both the junior and senior class by a considerable margin, according to the final official figures from the class, election. State Party took two of the six class offices—senior class vice president and secretary-treasurer. Richard Crafton, Libn candidate for senior class president, de .ndsor by a 332 vote margin. He received 649 votes to Windsor's 317, or 67.2 per cent of the juniors' voting. feated State candidate Henry W Dairy Queen Entries Due Entries for the title of Dairy Queen must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday. The queen will reign over the 28th annual Penn State Dairy Exposition on May 9. Any fraternity, sorority, or cam pus group may • submit entries. Photographs must be at least 4 by 5 inches. On the back of the photograph should be written' the name, address, measurements, the name of sponsoring organization of the coed and ,her farm exper ience. Entries should be addressed: Dairy Queen, Dairy Building. A committee will select three finalists from the candidates, and members of the Dairy Science Club will'choose the queen. presidential race becomes vice president. Only male students were permitted to vote. Maurey, a varsity wrestler for the past two years, succeeds Jos eph Lemyre in the presidential position. As president of the AA, he will work with Harold Gilbert, assistant director of athletics, who is in charge of the organization. The Athletic Association is en trusted with the job of supervising management and promotion of the Penn State athletic program. Maurey made this statement following announcement of his election: "I'm very happy about the victory and I'll do my best to live up to the standards of my office. I would like to offer my thanks to all . the • - voters for ex pressing their confidence in me." By MARSHALL'O. DONLEY Joseph Barnett, Lion Party's junior class presidential candi date won by a margin of 142 votes over State's John Carey. Barnett received 657 votes, Carey 515. Barnett received 56 per cent of the vote. Of the 1923 juniors eligible to vote for senior class officers, 1005 cast ballots, for a total percent age of the class of 52.3 per cent. Of the 2396 sophomores eligible to vote for junior class officers, 1282 voted. Total percentage of sophomores voting was 53.5 per cent. This was the highest per centage of the four classes. Both classes ran higher, per centagewise, than the overall fpur-class average of 44.9 per cent. State Party's two winners in the class elections were both sen ior class candidates. Both won by margins less than 100 votes. Wal ter Back, State Party candidate for senior class vice president, defeated Fury Feraco, Lion candi date, by 97 votes, receiving '524 to Feraco's 427 votes. Back tallied 55.1 per cent of junior class voters. . Other State winner in the senior class was Carolyn Pelczar, who copped the senior class secretary treasurer position by the tightest margin in class balloting. Miss Pelczar won by 47 votes, defeat ing Lion Partys candidate Betsy Seigler, 503 to 456 votes. Lion Party swept every office in the junior, class by substantial margins—as high as 399 votes in the case of Jesse Arnelle, Lion candidate for junior class vice president, who won over Benja min Sinclair (State) 782 to 383. (Continued on page eight) 4 Cabinet Posts, 6 Positions Won By Lion Party FIVE CENTS Lion party won six of the nine offices in All-College and class elections that brought out a record-breaking 44.9 per cent of the eligible voters yes terday and Wednesday. Continuing a trend that started building since last year's All-Col lege and class elections when the first split occurred since 1948, Ed ward Haag, David Arnold, Rich ard Crafton, Joseph Barnett, Jes se Arnelle, and Katherine Rey nolds brought victories to th e Lion party. State party took the top posi tion with Richard Lemyre win ning the All-College presidency. Walt Back and Carolyn Pelczar won the two lower posts in the senior class contest. The elections brought out 4132 of the 9212 eligible voters. Last year 4137 of 9367 eligible voters went to the polls producing a per centage of 44.3. Lemyre scored the largest lead over his opponent, Robert Car ruthers,(with 573 votes. Lemyre's total w s 2295 or 57.1 per cent of the votes. Haag drew 2181 votes or 55.5 per cent of the vote to Wil liam Shifflett's 1747 producing a lead of 434 votes. Temple Rey nolds lost to Arnold by 406 votes. Arnold received 2163 votes, or 55.2 per cent of the votes while ReynoldZwon. 1757. In taking six of the nine offices, Lion party won four All-College Cabinet seats—All-College vice president and secretary-treasurer, senior class president, and junior class president. State party won one seat with the All-College pres idency. Ronald Thorpe, elections com mittee chairman, said that the election and campaign were "the cleanest I've seen in a long time." Neither party was fined votes or accused of illegal practices. The sophomore class turned otxt the greatest per cent to vote-53.5 per cent. The senior class, 27.9 per cent of them, provided the smallest number. The junior class had 52.3 per cent at the polls and the freshman class had 47.8 per cent. The class vote totals of possible votes are senior, 589 of 2113; jun ior, 1005 of 1923; sophomore, 1282 of 2396; and freshman, 1280 of 2680. Only a handful of State party faithfuls were present when the vote was announced. This was evidenced by a cheer which went up when the winner of the All- College presidency was announc (Continued on page eight) ALL-COLLEGE , President Richard Lemyre (State) ^"B5 Robert Carruthers (Lion) 1722 Vice President Edward Haag (Lion) +l6l William Shifflett (State) 1747 Secretary-Treasurer David Arnold (Lion) *163 Temple Reynolds (State) 1757 SENIOR CLASS President Richard Crafton (Lion) Henry Windsor (State) Vice President Walt Back (State) 524 Fury Feraco (Lion) 427 Secretary-Treasurer Carolyn Pelczar (State) ____ Betsy Siegler (Lion) JUNIOR CLASS President Joseph Barnett (Lion) _. John Carey (State) Vice President Jesse Arnelle (Lion) 732 Benjamin Sinclair (State) 383 Secretary-Treasurer Katherine Reynolds (Lion)" 654 Joan Shierson (State) 500 (Lion party won 6 offices, State 3; Lion party won 4 All-College Cabinet seats, State 1.) ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION President Gerald MaureY 1132 Keith Vesling —....... 632 John Sherry- 604 (Vesling; runnerup, will serve se vice president.) Secretary-Treasurer Adam Kois 1331 Huber Kline 866 nt et By DICK RAU 4 Cabinet Seats Vote Totals Election Results _-____ 649 311 557 .-- 515 503 .__ 456
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