WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 17,. 1954 Leonides Captures First WRA Playoff Leonides, taking a 12-point lead in the second quarter, piled up an easy, victory, 34 to . 16, oyer Pi Beta Phi in the first WRA semi final basketball playoff last night. Eileen Johnson was high, scorer of the game, gaining 9 points for Leonides. Gail Fromer was high scorer for Pi Beta Phi, with 7 points. Leonides, winner of League 5, entered the semi-finals 'Monday with a 29 to 22 victory over. Delta Gamma, League 6 winners. Pi Beta Phi, winner of League 8, beat Delta Delta Delta, winners of Lea gue 7, by a score of 27 to 26. . Starting with a fast first quar ter, Leonides took the lead 8 to 5. The score widened as they .piled up 10 more points in the second quarter. Pi Beta Phi took the first score of the game when Gail Fro mer got two points on the first play. On the Leonides team were Ethel Ross, Miss Johnson, Faith Rojahn, Nell Hayes, Louise Need ham, Joy Oram, Ethel Wilson, Mary Hudcovich, Peggy Trevor row, Beverly Smith, and Virginia Beck. Playing for Pi Beta Phi were Alice Gardner, Miss Fromer, Sue Bryan, Linda Thompson, Nancy Coulter, Marjorie Seward, Louise Glud, and Constance Anderson. Kappa Alpha Theta, League 3 ■winners, will -meet Thompson 3 and. 4, League 1 winners, at 6:45 tonight in the second semi-final playoff. The winner of tonight’s game will meet Leonides tomorrow night for the final playoff. Winner of that game will be WRA cham pions for the intramural basket ball season. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Tri Vi were successful in last night’s ping-pong semi-finals and will meet tonight for the final playoff. The Kappas, League 1 winner, beat the Co-op, winner of League 3. Tri Vi, League 5 winner, won over. Phi Sigma Sigma of Lea gue 8. Next week the interclass games will be played between teams of the different classes. This inter class competition has been a year ly event on the intramural schedule. The annual Army-Navy game, with teams made up of the best players in the interclass compe titions, will also be played next week. Retreat to Be Discussed By WSGA Senate The Senate of the Women’s Student -Government Association will discuss the WSGA retreat at 7 tonight in the WSGA room in White Hall. The agenda is as follows Roll Call Minutes ' Officers’ Reports Adoption of Agenda Old Business 1. Survey Sheet for WSGA 2. Appropriation of Funds for Marriage Conference 3. Reconsideration of Con vention delegates New Business 1. Retreat Appointments Adjournment Joint Square Dance The Block and Bridle Club and the Dairy Science Club will spon sor a square dance at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Temporary Union Building. Ross Lytle will furnish the mu sic and call for the dance. Admis sion is $1 per couple. lota Alpha Delta lota Alpha Delta, graduate guidance fraternity, will meet at 7 tonight in Pollock Dorm 8 to elect officers. A staff for the proposed news letter to be published by the group will be set up. WRA SWEETHEART DANCE Girl Ask Boy (for the past 16 years) SATURDAY NIGHT, FEB. 20 9-12 in WHITE HALL Semi-formal Tickets at Student Union JACK HUBER and his Orchestra 3 Id Present heading Hour Two representatives .to last April’s Pennsylvania Intercollegi ate Reading Festival and a former manager of the women’s debate team will read at 7 tonight in Mc- Elwain Hall at the semester’s first reading hour. The program will open the sec ond half of the sixth annual series of reading hours on campus. Margaret Troutman, eighth se mester English speech major, will read'Robert Nathan’s “Portrait of Jenny.” Miss Troutman was the University’s representative in the short story event at the festival last April. Robert Grundy, fifth semester liberal arts major, will read a por tion of George Bernard Shaw’s “Don Juan in Hell.” Grundy rep resented the Penn State under graduate speech center in Phila delphia in the festival. Marian Ungar Barash, graduate speech major and former manager of the women’s debate team, will read William Faulkner’s “A Rose of Emily.” Philip Wein, fourth semester speech major, is chairman of the program. The reading hours are sponsored by the oral interpreta tion division of the Speech de partment, under the direction of Mrs. Harriet Nesbitt, assistant pro fessor of public speaking, and Wil liam W. Hamilton, assistant pro fessor of speech. 23 Women Register For informal Rushing . Twenty-three women have reg istered this week for sorority in formal rushing, according to a re lease from the Dean of Women’s office yesterday. Sixteen students had registered by the end of last week. Women students N interested in rushing are requested by Panhel lenie Council to register at the Dean of Women’s office, 105 Old Main. Their names will be re ferred to sorority rushing chair men. , To be eligible for rushing, wo men must be at least third semes ter students with a 1 All-Univer sity average. Stohl Is Appointed KDR National Officer Donald Stohl, January gradu ate in fine arts, has been appoint ed assistant national expansion director of Kappa Delta Rho, Don ald C. Wolfe, national executive secretary of the fraternity, an nounced recently. Stohl, who served as social chairman and rushing chairman of the local chapter, will serve as expansion director while the pres ent director is in the service. His job will be to create new chap ters for the national fraternity. Phi Mu Phi Mu recently installed Au relia Arre as 'president; Mary Heckman, vice president; Bar bara Lederer, corresponding sec retary; Mary Benner, recording secretary; Margaret Shnyder, treasurer; Catherine Carr, rush chairman; and Marilyn Black and Georgene Huber, social co-chair men. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE .COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 'Bloomer Girl' Cast Announced By Thespians The cast for Thespians’ spring production of “Bloomer Girl” has been announced by Moylan Mills, graduate assistant in English com position. The musical will open April 1 in Schwab Auditorium for a three day run. Actors in the show are Jeanne Lippy, Alec Beliasov, Renee Ro goff, Elsie Ford, Patricia Farber, Charles Sciotto, Russell Courtney, Ernest Swiggett, Robert Martz, Marvin Jackson, Aaron Kaye, Louis Fryman, Alfred Klimcke, David Williams, Robert Hertz, and Patricia Mansfield. Dancers are Joseph • Fleming, Joseph Beck, James Keener, Sey mour Goldstein, Raymond Wasil ewski, Stokes Lazarus, Harvey Schneider, Peter Lang, Gail Skol nick, Charlotte Fink, Dorothy Dramble, Tatiana Armstrong, Mary Ruth Feemone, Delores Spathis, and Terry Dolson. In the chorus are Donna Laf fertferty, .Joan Herbst, Martha Bauder, Fay Holden, Judy Koenig, Irving Segal, Blaine Best, Phillip Beard, Richard Hurlbrink, George Kutska, Harriet Barlow, Irma Abramson, Carolyn Kirchner, Rennee Janoski, Ann De Furia, and Carolyn Baer. Gleesing'ers are Morlene Chase, Cardie Schmitzer, Nani Ku, Aleen Holtzman, Dorothy De May, Don ald Zeigler, John Reno, Carl Held, James Ellis, and Dale Vuncannon. Alpha Chi Omega New officers of Alpha Chi Ome ga are Marilyn Moore, president; Carol Scott, first vice president; Margaret Fleisher, second vice president; Marian Freyermuth, re cording secretary; Mary Braun, corresponding secretary; Peggy Troxell, treasurer. Virginia Coskery, rush chair man; Harriet Barlow, social chair man; Ann- Wylie, activities and scholarship chairman; Barbara Siefert, warden; Donna Lafferty, historian; Dorothy Stone, Lyre ed itor; Jane Kratz, chaplain; Bar bara Kellenberger, housekeeper; Ruth Kronenwetter, intramurals chairman; and Diane Haines, song leader. Phi Sigma Delta Phi Sigma Delta recently elect ed new officers. They are Harvey Reiseman, president; Lynn Mey ers, vice. president; Barry Bredt, treasurer; Dick Gordon, record ing secretary; Gordon Pogal, cor responding secretary; Sidney Blecker, historian;- Arnold Endel man, caterer; Bernard Kleinstub, social chairman; Hillel Rosen, house manager; and Don Zappin, pledgemaster. Beta Sigma Omicron The alumnae of Beta Sigma Omicron were entertained at a Valentine party Monday night. Balloons and valentines were used to decorate the suite. Both active members and alumnae took part in skits and refreshments were served. Alpha Tan Omega Alpha Tau Omega recently pledged Thomas Barnes and Peter Swoger. ISD^J[ EUROPE, 60 Days. 5490 I expense incl. steamer) Bicycle, Faltboot, Ski, sgy jy Motor, Rail. Also Latin America, West, Orient. ■ i TRAVEL 0 Around the World, $995 all fi. expense. Low cost trips to B every corner of the globe. Jffi Congenial groups for those who wish to get ■''uL -? off the beaten track • • ■ even * r 'P s * or ’sWZHtn explorers. P STUDY LANGUAGES, ART, DANCE, MUSIC, vs« More i College Credit. Some ( Spend scholarships available. . Your Travel Agent or International =- rroyot Asiatiatien M 8 FIFTH 4VE., HEW YORK 17 • MU 2-8544 Co-£<kh Dance Will Benefit WRA Foster Child Marie Aftanas, 14-year-old Polish refugee, will again receive the proceeds of the Women’s Recreation Association’s Sweetheart Dance from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in White Hall. Jack Huber and his orchestra, assisted by vocalist Frances Spat afore, second semester arts and letters major, will play for the dance. Tickets are on sale for $1.75 per couple at the Student Union desk Leonides Seeks Queen Entry Independent women who wish to enter the Pittsburgh Press cam pus queen contest may submit photographs to -Leonides Council which voted Monday night to sub mit an entry to the contest. Ruth Hammel and Shirley Pritchard were appointed by Hil da Hogeland, president, to be co chairmen of the committee to select the Leonides’ finalist. In dependent women may submit photographs or be interviewed by the committee. Entrants for the contest should contact Miss Prit chard, 358 McElwain, by 5 p.m. today. Leonides will pay the cost of the photograph submitted in the contest. Leonides also voted to hold ex ecutive committee elections April 1. Independent women will be eli gible to vote for the executive committee. New officers will take office the first Monday in May. A banquet with the Association of Independent Men will be held after elections, at which time the new president will receive her gavel. Fifteen extra Leonides pins were ordered by the council for independent women. Pins may be purchased by contacting Miss Pritchard. Lois Nissley was appointed to the committee for World United Service. 7 Coeds Appointed T© Magazine Staff Seven coeds recently appointed to Mademoiselle’s' College Board are Dorothea Ebert, Barbara Edwards, Margot Grossman, Renne Janoski, Lois Lehman, Loa Packard, and Nancy Snyder. They were selected from 700 students who competed from col leges all over the country. They will complete three assign ments in competition for guest editorships to be awarded at the end of May. .The 20 guest editors will go to - New York for four weeks in June to work on the Au gust college issue. Newman Club “Your Religious Problems” will be the subject of the second New man Club lecture-discussion at 7:30 tonight in the Catholic Stu dent Center. Andrew W. Case, professor of fine arts, will head the discussion. EUROPEAN . STUDY TOURS I French. German, Spanish, Scandinavian, Art, Music, Dance, Romance Language Rates Begin at $675 includes: OCEAN PASSAGE and Four Weeks At A European University Stop in for an exciting new “SIT A” booklet for detailed information. State College Travel Bureau State College Hotel Phone 7136 Loaetta Kensbaam Jo Gettig in Old Main. “Alice in Wonderland” will be the theme of the traditional Val entine girl-ask-boy dance. Marie, adopted by WRA through the Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children, Inc., has been receiv ing about $lBO a year from WRA since October 1952. Living in Germany- At the present time Marie is living with her mother and two older brothers in a displaced per sons camp in the American zone of Germany. They have been liv ing there since the spring of 1945 when they were liberated by American troops. Marie and her brothers were born in Alexandria, Poland, where their father worked as a fisher man until July 1941 when he was seized by a German patrol. De spite unceasing efforts to locate him, no trace has been found of him. Worked on German Farm Following the Ribbentrop-Molo tov agreement for population dis persement, Marie and her mother and brothers were deported to a German farm to work as slave laborers. They remained there un til liberated in 1945. The Aftanas now live in a poorly equipped wooden barracks. The wooden floors are bare and there is no running water. The furnishings are broken and only a small stove heats the barracks. After deductions for light and fuel, the family’s income totals only $20.63 a month. Marie Is Serious Child Marie is a demure, serious child. She has grey-green eyes and long dark hair. After receiving one package from WRA, Marie wrote: “I am very happy that my dear foster parents do not forget me, and I believe now that God has not for gotten me.” Hillel to Host PSCA The Hillel Foundation will en tertain the Penn State Christian Association at 7 tonight at Hillel. The program will include a tour of the building, a color movie, “Your Neighbor Celebrates,” and a discussion led by Rabbi Benja min Kahn. GroWn-up s *!) Enter Sylvania's Great 1954 Flash Photo Contest "F9&KSARE FUM" COM£ JN TODAY SNHtf eIANK AHO RULES. WIN PRIZE TWO CHEVROLET CORVETTES TWO 27" SYLVANIA TV SETS WITH CHAIRSIDE CONTROLS frizes (Half for Young Folks—Half for Adults) HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! Contest closes April 30,1954! McLANAHAN'S DRUG STORE PAGE nvE
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