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VOL. 54. No. 130
Ugly Man Contest
To Begin Tonight
The Ugly Man contest will officially begin at 7 tonight with a
parade of the contestants through the borough and campus.
Ugly Man contestants will form the parade at 6:30 p.m. on
Prospect avenue in front of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. The number
of cars in the parade is unlimited. The parade, led by the Blue Key
band, will end at the Lion shrine.
The Ugly Man penny-voting
contest will begin tomorrow
in or qing and will continue
through Friday. Seven finalists
will be chosen from ,the amount•
of money collected for the Cam
pus Chest.
Several Changes
Committee
To Select
Frosh Men
The Sophomore class committee
has begun selecting freshman men
to honor, Rudolph Lutter, chair
man of the committee, said yes
terday.
At a meeting last night the com
mittee set up a point system to
judge possible candidates. The
system will be similar to the one
used by other campus groups.
Freshmen will be judged ac
cording to scholastic average, ex
tra-curricular activities, and sports
participation.
Final selection of the freshmen
will be delayed until after the
forthcoming student council elec
tions. This will enable freshmen
who are elected to receive more
points, toward recognition.
The committee discussed ways
to honor the freshmen. Four sug
gestions have been, made: award
ing shingles, awarding points
toward a sophomore hat society,
introduction of the honored group
to the All-University Cabinet, and
publication of the names in the
Daily Collegian.
The committee feels that this
is a worthy project because fresh
man women are honored by
Cwens, but outstanding freshmen
go unrecognized, Lutter said. At
tempts will be made to continue
the project in the future, either
by sophomore classes or by a com
mittee chosen by cabinet.
Dwlin Places
Five Students
On Probation
Five students were placed on
office probation by the Dean of
Men's office over the weekend,
one because he had violated a
state law.
A freshman living in the West
Dorm area violated a state law
prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of firecrackers. The student
ordered the firecrackers from an
other state, and the package, was
confiscated when it was mailed
across the border.
He was placed on office pro
bation until February, 1955, and
will have to pay cost of mailing
the package back to the manu
facturer.
Three cases of the use of ball
bearing sling shots were reported
by the Campus Patrol. The sling
shots were confiscated. Sling shots
are classified as a weapon, and
must be registered at the Campus.
Patrol office. The three students
are residents of the Nittany-Pol
lock area.
A student was placed on office
probation until June 7, because
he was found in the east. court
yard of Thompson Hall, talking
to a coed in a dormitory window
after midnight.
Conflicts Due Today
Today is the last day stu
dents ma y
_file examination
conflicts. They may be filed at
the Scheduling office, base
ment of Willard Hall. Students
with three or more finals on
the same day or with two ex
aminations at the same time
may file conflicts. .
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Several changes - were announced
by Alan Pomeroy, contest chair
man, on the conduct of the con
test. He said that on recommenda
tion from the Senate committee
on student affairs, no contestants
will be allowed to promote them
selves In dormitories. This means
that skits and advertisirig for
money for the Campus Chest will
not be sanctioned in dormitory
areas.
- The plan proposed by the ugly
man committee is that partici
pants in the contest perform skits
and other - advertising from 12:30
to 1 p.m. and from 5 to 5:30 p.m.
daily at the booth on the Mall
and Pollock road.
Pomeroy said that this will
make it easier for the judges to
decide who is putting forth the
most effort, and it will also con
centrate the time the contestants
have to spend on promotion into
three hours. Another purpose of
the plan is to eliminate annoying
students who do not wish 'to par
ticipate in the contest.
Painting Windows
Contestants may advertise in
downtown stores by painting win
dows and having signs displayed,
but this action is not encouraged,
Pomeroy said.
The winning contestant, to be
picked from the seven finalists
on the basis of effort put forth,
will receive an ugly • man - key.
The group who sponsored him
will receive a 28-inch-high trophy.
Any organization , winning the
trophy three times will be award
ed it permanently.
The contest is sponsored by Al
pha Phi Omega, service fraternity.
Journ Honoraries
Give Scholarships
Three scholarsh!ps to the De
partment of Journalism we r e
awarded Saturday in the High
School Press conference sponsor
ed by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta
Sigma Phi, national journalism
honoraries.
Samuel Fisher, Mill Hall, was
awarded the $3OO Howard J. La
made Scholarship; Janice Hoyer,
Huntington, was selected for the
$l5O Joseph F.. Biddle Memorial
Scholarship; and Donald Barlett,
Johnstown, was awarded th e
George E. Graff Memorial Schol
arship of $lOO.
Indochina Foes May Confer Soon
GENEVA, May 3 (N)—The an
tagonists in the bitter jungle war
of Indochina probably will face
each other across a Geneva con
ference table within the next
three days, it was believed today.
Official French sources said the
two most imposing obstacles to
the peace parley had
. been re
moved.
The Russians agreed to send the
invitation to the Communist-led
Vietminh rebels and the Vietnam
ese formally agreed to meet their
enemies provided no recognition
of the Vietminh regime as a . state
was implied.
.The Russian invitation will be
countersigned by Red China's
Foreign Minister Chou En-lai, the
French said, but- that is a face
saving gesture granted to Chou
by the Soviet Union.
The Western, and particularly
U.S. insistence that Red China
could-not-be-recognized-as. an in-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 4. 1954
5 Queen Finalists
Chosen by Judges
Phoebe Erickson, Ruth -Grigoletti, Nancy Hagy, Nancy Van Tries, and Jane Yahres
were selected as finalists from 36 entrants in the "Miss Penn State" queen contest by 15
townspeople last night
finalists
55 Tapped
By Senior
Hat Groups
Skull and Bones and Par mi
Nous, senior men's hat societies,
tapped a total of 55 sixth, seventh,
and eighth semester men yester
day.
Tapped by Skull an d Bones
were sixth semester: Alexander
Ayers, John Carpenter, Ro s s
Clark, Frederick Cutler, Marshall
Dawsey, Robert Dennis, Jerry
Donovan, John Fink, Kirk Gar
ber, Richard Gordon, War r e n
Gran.
Otto Hetzel, Robert Hom a n,
John Hershey, Watson Lees e,
Diehl McKalip, Galen Robbins,
John Robinson. Robert Rohland,
Ronald Safier, Benjamin Sinclair,
Robert Smoot; Andrew Zerban,
and Robert Xitchell.
Seventh semester: John Sherry.
Tapped by Parini Nous were
sixth semester men: R onald
Weidenhammer, Donald Balthas
er, Oliver Sax, William Wismer,
Keith Horn, Howard Guenther,
Allan Pomeroy, John Greisner,
Philip Austin, Richard McDowell,
David Carvey, John Speer, An
drew Stavres, Alan Schneirov,
Jesse Arnelle.
Jerome Kidd, Charles Larson,
Richard Favro, Harry Sawyer,
Alec, Beliasov, Irwin Weiner, Ells
worth Smith, Carl Nurich, Benja
min Sinclair, Ted Kamsler, and
Ronald Ruth.
Seventh semester tappees are
Frank Cressman, Joseph Barnett,
and Donald Bell.
Horace Mitchell was the eighth
semester student.
Collegian Promotions
Nine students have been pro
moted to the junior editorial
board of the Daily Collegian. They
are Alfred Klimcke, Nancy Gray,
Inez Althouse, Gay Snodgrass,
Norman Miller, David Bronstein,
Phyllis Propert, Dorothy Stone,
and Virginia . Hudgins.
Beverly Dickinson has been
promoted to the senior board.
viting power at this conference
was respected.
It is expected in conference
circles that when the peace talks
get under way Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov may ask
to have India included. But it- is
not believed he will press the
point to the extent of wrecking
the parleys The United States is
opposed to the participation of
India.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister
Nguyen Quoc Dinh is scheduled
to leave for Paris tonight by train
for last minute consultations with
Prince Buu Loc, premier of the
war torn Indochinese state of Viet
Nam. It is understood the leader
of the Vietnamese peace delega
tion has not been selected.
The conversations of Korea re
sumed today with a statement by
South Korean Foreign . Minister
Pyun Yung Tai against "the stran
gling python of communism."
Following Pyun's statement, Red
judges held short
from those totaling
rgiatt
By BEV DICKINSON
informal intery iews with each contestant and selected -the
the most points in the final tally. The finalists will vie for the
title of Miss Penn State at the
coronation ceremonies scheduled
for 8:30 p.m. Monday' in Recrea
tion Hall.
Miss Erickson, who was spon
sored by Kappa Kappa Gamma
and Tau Kappa Epsilon, is an
eighth semester liberal arts major.
A member of Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Miss Erickson's home town
is Dußois.
Sponsored by Phi Delta Theta,
Miss_ Grigoletti is a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma. A fourth
semester home economics major,
she is from Butler.
Miss Hagy was sponsored by
Chi Phi, and is a native of Haver
town. An eighth semester educa
tion major, she is a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Miss Van Tries, State College
resident, was sponsored by Alpha
Sigma Phi and Delta Tau Delta.
She is a sixth semester journalism
major.
An eighth semester liberal arts
major, Miss Yahres was sponsored
by Kappa Alpha Theta and Beta
Theta Pi. She is a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta.
15 Townspeople _
EVELYN AY, "Miss America
of 1954," will be one of several
judges, including Mary Pick
ford, who will choose "Miss
Penn State" from the- five fi
nalists at coronation ceremon
ies to be held at 8:30 p.m. Mon
day in Recreation Hall.
Druids Selects
19 Sophomores
Nineteen third and fourth se
mester men were tapped yester
day by Druids, sophomore men's
hat society, Norman Hickey, pres
ident, has announced.
Third semester men tapped are
Francis Bowman and Joseph
Krufka.
Fourth semester are Bruce Aus
tin, Charles Blockson, Earl Fields,
James Ginsberg. Paul Heim, Rob
ert Hammil, Frank Lakatus, Rob
ert Matz, Richard Matacia, Doug
las Moorhead, Dean Mullen, Rich
ard Packer, Frank Reich, John
Stokes, Edwin Selling, Earl Shu
maker, and William Straub.
Men tapped by Druids are se
lected for their participation in
varsity sports, Hickey said. They
must be third or fourth semester
and have a 1.0 All-University
average.
China's Premier Chou En-lai, pro
posed formally the creation of a
seven-nation commission to help
the Communists get back 48,000
Chinese and North KOtean prison
ers of war still unrepatriated.
Delegation deputies are to carry
on the Korean talks concurrently
with the conference in Indochina.
• A Soviet spokesman said tonight
the Vietminh regime had accepted
the invitation to the peace parley
and would arrive within the "next
few days."
He said Chou had countersigned
the Russian invitation because
Britain and the United States had
joined France in inviting the three
associated Indochinese states of
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
During an intermission in to
day's session of the conference,
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault talked with Deputy So
viet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-
myko, presumably about arrange
ments
for bringing in the Viet,
minh delegates.
Cca' gicm
Policy
See Page 4
The five finalists were chosen
by 15 townspeople who included
Jack Harper, Harper's Haber
dashery; Robert G. Neilson, local
theater manager; Charles Pet
nick, Charles Shop; Eugene M.
Fulmer, head of Chamber of Com
merce; Wayland F. Dunaway 111,
local lawyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Imbt;
Mrs. F. L. Bentley and Charles W.
Stoddart, Red . Cross Agency; I.
Paul Griggs, Griggs Pharmacy;
M. Martin McFeatters, dentist;
Margaret Buyers; Mr. and Mrs.
Kay Vincent, Kay's Korner; and
Maebelle Taylor, Music Room.
Pickford, Ay Judges
Mary Pickford, star of stage
and screen, and Evelyn Ay, "Miss
America of 1954," will be among
the judges who will select the
queen from the finalists at the
coronation ceremonies.. The queen
will be awarded a trophy and
will receive numerous gifts from
borough merchants.
Sponsors of each finalist will
receive 100 points toward the
Spring Week trophy, according
to 'George Richards, Spring Week
chairman. Miss Penn State will
be awarded 150 points for her
sponsors. No points are given to
entrants in the contest, he stated.
Jurcis Elected
To Presidency
Of WD Council
West Dorm Council last night
elected Stanley Juras, fourth se
mester engineering science major
president, succeeding Ross Clark,
sixth semester business adminis
tration major.
Juras advocates smaller living
units for the West Dorms, contin
ued mixed dining with Thomp
son, and a larger social program.
He will appoint a social chairman
at the council's next meeting.
The council's banquet will be
held at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the
Eutaw House. Robert Solomon,
eighth semester agronomy ma
jor, will be emcee. David H. Mc-
Kinley, assistant dean of the busi
ness school, will speak.
West Dorm awards will b e
presented at the banquet. Joe
Somers, former Association of In
dependent Men president, will be
cited for his all-around activities,
and Richard Oswald, eighth se
mester electrical engineering ma
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