-117,4' Weather: Cloudy and -71, 3 ", t. Warmer VOL. 53, No. 140 Ike Arrives ..1 7 .64ay's . - by . .. Train Ugly Man Sherman Wins Penny Contest Ugliest of the ugly, Robert 'Sher — man, sponsored by Beta Sigma Rho, yesterday won the Ugly Man penny-a-vote popularity contest with a total of $112.23. Sherman, eighth semester commerce major, was one of the eight late entries in the contest. Ralph "Rabbit" Breidenthal won the second place position with a total of $109.77. Breidenthal was sponsored by Phi Kappa Sigma. Following him we r e Franklin Kelly, sponsored by Tau Kappa Epsilon, with a total of $93.49 and Thomas Barrett, sponsored by Al pha Tau Omega, with a total of $90.32. Total votes from the 57 con testants plus en tran c e fees, amounted to approximately $B3O. This amount, minus operating ex penses for the trophy and tent rental, will be given to the Cam pus Chest by Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, spon sor of the contest. Last year $250.- 16 was given to Campus Chest. Approximately $75 was collect ed the first day, $l3O the second, and the remaining amount came in yesterday. The biggest rush came yesterday in the last hour of voting. The exact amount collected and the amount given to Campus Chest will be announced when tabulation is completed. Sherman will officially receive his Ugly Man title next week at the Senior Ball. He will receive an Ugly Man key of silver metal. The gold Ugly Man trophy will also be given to Beta Sigma Rho, Sherman's sponsor in the contest. Ugly Man entries may pick up contest photographs at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main, ac cording to Hampton Huff, contest chairman. 3 Independents Win Awards Three senior men from the West Dorm area who excelled in • College activities, scholarship, or athletics during the past four years, were honored Tuesday night by the West Dorm Council at a dinner at the Eutaw House. John Laubach, eighth semester arts and letters major, received the activities award. John Oyler, eighth semester civil engineering major, •w on. the scholarship award, and Joe Yukica, eighth semester education major, was awarded athletic honors. Dean of Men, Frank J. Simes, George Donovan, manager of as sociated student activities, Kent Forster, associate professor of his tory, and Bryson Craine, student adviser, were guests of the coun cil.. Forster showed colored slides taken on his recent trip to Eu rope. Panhel Scholarship Forms Available Applications for Panhellenic Council scholarships are available in the Dean of Women's office, according to Rosanne Monak, Panhellenic scholarship chair man. Three $5O scholarships will be awarded to women with a 1.0 All-College average who are in need of financial aid. Grants will be made before fall semester fees are due. Deadline for applications is May 18. Perihing Rifles Recent promotions in the fifth regimental staff" of Pershing Ri fles are Charles Gibbs to colonel, John Snyder to Lt. colonel., Charles Townsend to major, Lee Wetmore to captain and Fred Wilder and Jesse Darlington to lieutenant. Gibbs was named. new regi mental director and. .J a - m e Yoimg,regimetatial..adviser... . Robert Sherman Ugly Man winner Blood Donors Still Needed Only 250 of the 600 slips for blood donors have been returned, Robert Hance, co-chairman for the Red Cross blood drive, an nounced yesterday: Donors are needed to fill the campus pledge of 600 pints to the Bloodmobile, which will be at the Temporary Union Building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M ond a y through Wednesday. Blood don or and minors' release slips should be turned in at 112 Old Main. Students are asked to list two or more hours when they will be free to give blood so a suitable donation time may be arranged. Blood will be sent to hospitals in the United States, Korea and overseas. Registered nurses are also need ed to help with donations. Hance has asked volunteer nurses to con tact Marie Wagner, 409 Simmons Hall. May Day Festivities Begin Today President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie, more than 2500 parents, and even the sun will be here today and tomorrow for May Day , and Mother's . Day festivities. • According to the College Weath er Station, the weather will be fair, warmer, and sunny for the weekend's activities. May Day ceremonies will get underway at 3:30 p.m. today when Barbara Baker will be • crowned May Queen. The program, on.the lawn .of Old Main, will include 130 women in the May Court. Men's Interfraternity Glee Club will sing four selections and the Modern Dance Club will pre sent three numbers. In base - of l rain the program will he held in Recreation Hall. With the exception of Simmons and Grange, women's dormitories will hold open houses and teas from .2 to 3 p.m. today. •• The .2flth anialai_Daisay- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 9, 1953 President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower and her mother, Mrs. John S. Dowd, were expected to arrive in State College at 7:30 this morning by special train after unfavorable weather forced a change in original 'plans to fly. In an announcement yesterday from the White House, it was revealed the President would leave Washington at 11:55 p.m. His coming directly to the College by train will be the first time in several years a passenget train has traveled on the all-freight Bellefonte Central. The President is expected to return home either tomorri ing, but it is not known whe New School Entrance Units Set The College Senate Wednesday approved a report submitted by the committee on admissions set ting the entrance requirement for the newly established School of Business at 15 units of high school work. In announcing the action, Mrs. Alice A. Royer, secretary to the Senate, said these requirements are identical- to t hose in the School of Liberal Arts. They will go into effect with the opening of the new school this fall. Requirements for admission to the Liberal Arts school, accord ing to ,the College catalogue, are [ stated as, "Entrance requirements are satisfied by 15 units of good preparatory work without refer ' ence to specified fields." The cat alogue suggests work in English, mathematics, social studies, for eign language, and physical and biological sciences be included. The Senate also approved sev eral recommended changes in the courses of study proposed in a report by the course of study committee. Mrs. Royer said copies of all the changes would be passed out to those affected. Cabinet Appoints BX Control Board All-College Cabinet recently appointed eight members to the Book Exchange Board of Control. They are Charles Obertance, sixth semester journalism major; Rob ert Smoot, fourth semester chem ical engineering major; Eliza Newell, sixth, semester• journal ism major; Ronald Lench, sixth semester arts and letters major; Howard Giles,. sixth semester commerce major; Benjamin Low enstein, fourth semester arts and letters major; Richard Niedbala, seventh semester petroleum and natural gas engineering major, and Patricia Ellis, fourth semester arts and letters major. The BX will close May 22. sition will also be held today in the Livestock Judging Pavilion. Tours, contests and shows will be held from '9 'a.m. to 5 p.m. Marion KalbaCh, Dairy Queen, will be crowned at the exposition. Five new Dairy will be open to the public for the• first time. At 8 tonight Players' will pre sent Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor' at Schwab Audi- BleaCher seats for May Queen ceremonies will be reserved until - 3:20 p.m. today, when they will be open to. the public. Remaining tickets will be avail able until noon today at the Dean of Women's office. torium and Pirandello's "Right You Are! (If You Think So)' at Center Stage. Tickets, selling for $l, for both shows are on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Modern Dance Club will pre sent a concert, "The Metropolis," at 8 tonight in White Hall. The -Lion .basebeil - terian: • her he will ret urn by air or tr at the College_ to crown Miss Penn State Monday night as part of Spring Week festivities- SS-Men Investigate James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, has revealed none of the Chief Executive's plans for his weekend "vacation," but it is possible, good weather predicted, he may be able to get in a few rounds of golf or go trout fishing in nearby streams. A general hope among students is that he will attend chapel services tomorrow in Schwab auditorium. His arrival will climax. several days of preparation including a thorough investigation of th e campus by a group of secret serv ice ' men. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, said there is no truth, to his knowl edge, to the rumors that classes in the engineering buildings sur rounding the President's home will be canceled this morning. Extensive press facilities have been set up in Electrical Engi neering building to handle some 50 newsmen and photographers who will cover the event. Movie tone newsreels are already re ported to have taken pictures of the campus and of the five final ists in the Miss Penn State con test. Five Finalists The queen, who will reign ov er the 1953 Spring Week activi ties, will be chosen by Mrs. Eis enhower; Harry Stuhldreher, U.S. Steel executive and one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame; Mimi Smith, Miss Pennsylvania of 1952; and Laura Lou Brook man, managing editor, of the La dies' Home Journal. Finalists are Mary Braun, Kay Lloyd, Sheila - Rosenson, Made leine Sharp, . and Sara Ann Upde graff. They were chosen from 72 entries by movie actor John Wayne. At the coronation ceremony, which will begin at 8 p.m.• Mon day, the contestants for the title will form an honor chain for the queen. Nancy D. White, corona tion co-chairman, said doors will open at 7 p.m. and will close at 7:55 p.m. Miss White asked con testants to meet for a dress re hearsal at 12:25 Monday in Rec reation Hall. ' play the University of Pittsburgh in a double-header at 1:30 today at Beaver Field. Dr. Will W. Orr, president of Westminster College, New Wil mington, Del. will speak on "A Mother's Love" at Chapel serv ices tomorrow. Hat societies will usher for services at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 6.. m. The Men's Glee Club will pre sent a concert at 3 p.m. tomor row in Schwab Auditorium. The Varsity Quartet and the 19yoice comedy group, the Hy-Los, will also perform. Open houses will be held in Simmons and Grange dormgokies from 2 to 3 p.m. lomorrOWr The men's West Dorms Will h.Od open houses from 2 - to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. Fraternity houses will also be open. . The Combined Arts exhibit in the second floor lounge, of Old Main will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. A tea, concluding the - exhibit, will be held from .3 to 5 p.M. to morrow in the lounge. The President Seeks Rest. Let Him— See Page 4 ow evening or Monday morn : in. Mrs. Eisenhower will stay Orr to Give Chapel Talk Tomorrow Two Services Are Scheduled Dr. Will W. Orr, president of Westminster College, will speak on "A Mother's Love" at Chapel 'services in Schwab Auditorium. Two services, at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, will be held in observance of Mother's Day. A native of North Carolina, Dr. Orr received his A.B. from Er skine College and his B.D. from Pittsburgh -Xenia Theological Seminary. He also received the honorary degrees of D.D. from Sterling College, D. Litt. from Carroll College, and LL.D. from Waynesburg College. Pastor at Beaver Falls Dr. Orr has held a number of positions in the public school sys tem in North Carolina. He served as science instructor in the States ville High School, principal of the Sardis-Carmel High School in Charlotte, and superintendent of a group of Mecklenburg County Schools. In Pennsylvania, Dr. Orr was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls. He also served as pastor of the Westmin ster United Presbyterian Church of Des Moines, la. While in Des Moines, Dr. and Mrs. Orr organ ized and developed the "Youth Club Plan." The week day reli gious education program was adopted by many other churches in Des Moines and is presently being promoted on a nationwide scale by the United Presbyterian. Church. Ceiga to Play Chapel Choir will sing as in troit "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" (Luther) and as anthem, "The Last Words of David" (Thompson). George E. Ceiga, College organ ist, will play as prelude, "Sonata VI 'Water Unser' " (Mendelssohn), offertory, "Piere a Notre Dame" (Boellman), and postlude, "Toc catta from 'Suite Gothique' " (Boeliman). Aye Sees Hold Ist Founders' Day Aye See Colony of Pi Beta Phi held the first Founders' Day of the local sorority, April 28, at a dinner in the Nittany Lion Inn. Helene Steinbuchel, president of_Aye Sees and graduate adviser to the group,' presented scholar ship awards to Juanita Hudson, for attaining the highest average, and Louise Glud, for showing the greatest scholastic improvement. Miss Steinbuchel and graduat ing seniors, Sally Silhol, Phyllis Burgoon, and Nancy Bietsch were presented with going -away gifts by Mrs. Robert Murray, of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of State College. WD Council Dance West Dorm Council will hold its final dance of the semester from 9 to 12 tonight in the West Dorm main lounge. Jack Huber's or chestra will provide music. The danee is free and infornaat FIVE CENTS
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