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VOL. 55. No. 124
1955 Mr.
Given to
By RON LEIN
John Robinson, eighth semester agricultural engineering
major, has been selected Mr. Agriculture of 1955, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Robinson, the unanimous choice of the awards committee,
is a 1955 La Vie Personality and has been in "Who's in the
News at Penn- State" the past two years.
17 Groups
Approved
For 'Week'
Seventeen groups have been
approved to enter the Spring
Week reviewing committee.
In the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity division are the Associa
tion of Independent Men an d
Leonides, Delta Delta Delta and
Delta Sigma Phi, and Tau Kappa
Epsilon and independent women.
In the Pennsylvania State Col
lege category are Alpha Chi Sig
ma and McAllister Hall, Phi Kap
pa Psi and Alpha Omicron Pi,
Zeta Tau Alpha and Sigma Chi,
Phi Mu Delta and independent
women, Lambda Chi Alpha and
Alpha Chi Omega, and Phi Epsi
lon Pi and Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Groups approved in the Agri
cultural College category are Al
pha Gamma Rho and third floor
Thompson, and Theta Xi and Mc-
Elwain Hall. •
In the Farmer's High School
division, Phi Sigma Kappa and
independent women, Chi Omega
and. Delta Upsilon, Sigma Nu and
Alpha Xi , Delta, Sigma' Pi and
Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Sigma Sig
ma and Acacia, and Sigma Alpha
Mu have been approved.
The committee returned the en
try blanks to groups which were
not approved, who should return
the blanks to the Hetzel Union
desk before Tuesday, Ross Clark,
carnival . chairman, .said.
Milk Machines
Are Installed
Milk and ice cream vending ma
chines will be available starting
today in the Pollock Union Build
ing and the Nittany 20 Post Of
ficb, Otto E. Mueller, director of
housing, said yesterday.
Mueller explained that the ma
chines are available pn a trial
basis under the cooperation of the
Department of Housing, Nittany
and Pollock Councils, and the, Uni
versity Creamery.
Both white and chocolate milk
will be dispensed from the milk
vender. The ice cream machine
will dispense th e creamery's
"Cheerio," which is vanilla ice
cream with chocolate covering op
a stick. Ice cream sandwiches will
also be available.
Ten cents will be charged for
each of the four items. Nittany
and Pollock Councils will receive
a share of the profits.
Harshbarger to Be
Chapel Speaker
The Rev. Luther H. Harshbar
ger, University, chaplain, will
speak on "Life in the World" at
Chapel services at 10:55 a.m.. to
morrow in Schwab Auditorium.
The chapel choir will sing
"Christ, Be Thine the G 1 or y"
(Schuetz). George E. Ceiga, organ
ist, will play "Sarabande Proces
sional" (Harris) as the prelude
and Fugue in B Minor (Willan)
as the poktlude. "Sarabande Pro
cessional" vies composed for the
St. Ceclia Day Festival at St.
Sepulchre's rihurcit Holburn,
Englane
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Ag Award
Robinson
After learning of the selection,
Robinson said he considers it a
"great honor" to receive the
award.
He then reversed the credit and
said he thinks the Agricultural
College is the "best on campus"
in offering extracurricular activi
ties.
Robinson is a member of Sig;na
Chi fraternity, where he has
served as both president and treas
urer. He has been feature editor
John Robinson
Mr. Ag
of the Penn State Farmer and
has held every position on the
staff of the Ag Hill Breeze.
He has served as representative
for Ag Student Council, was
chairman of the 1954 Ag Hill
Leadership Training Program, and
was publicity chairman for the
1954 Ag Hill Open House.
He is a member of the Coaly
Society, Blue Key and Skull and
Bones hat societies, Scabbard and
Blade, and Quarterdeck Society.
His other activities include
chairman of the Kickoff Dance,
Interfraternity Council represen
tative, and member of the Navy
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Drill Team and the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers.
He has a 1.76 All-University .
average.
Robinson has received farm ex
perience working on beef and
(Continued on page eight)
Big 4 to Meet in Spring
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Al—
The Western Allies paved the way
today for a foreign ministers
meeting with Russia this spring
and summer, aimed at restoring
Austria's independence and Ger
many's unity.
The United States, Britain and
France asked the Soviet Union in
a formal note to join in a meet
ing of ambassadors May 2 in Vi
enna "to reach the necessary
agreements" on an Austrian trea
ty.
This, the note said, could lead
to "early signature of the state
treaty by the foreign ministers."
The pact would free now-occu
pied Austria.
It was disclosed in London and
confirmed in Washington' that
technical preparations such
things as time, place and agenda
—are about to begin in earnest
for a meeting of broader. scope.
FOR .A BETTIRt PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1955
Birthday Ball
Scheduled
For Tonight
The "Birthday Ball," sophomore
class dance, will , be held from 9
to midnight tonight in the Hetzel
Union ballroom.
Gerry Kehler's orchestra will
play at the informal affair, which
will be open free of charge to all
classes. However, only couples
will be admitted, according to
Robert Gellman, publicity co
chairman.
Kehier's orchestra, well-known
in eastern Pennsylvania, has play
ed at several fraternity parties at
the University, Gellman said.
In keeping with the theme of
the dance, refreshments will con
sist of three large cakes, one of
which will be decorated with
greetings to the University in its
Centennial year, he said.
Ballroom decoration colors will
be predominantly blue and white,
he said, and a paper mache repli
ca of a giant birthday cake will
hang from the ceiling.
Visitors to th e University's
Open House celebration also will
be admitted provided they come
in couples, Gellman said.
Centennial Talk
Set for Monday
The University Centennial and
the Tercentenary Anniversary of
Judaism in the United States will
be commemorated at the Centen
nial lecture to be held at 8 p.m.
Monday in Schwab Audi;:orium.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver will speak
on "Three Hundred Years in
America—Three Thousand Years
in the - World" in celebration of
these anniversaries.
As Rabbi of th e Temple in
Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Silver serves
as the spiritual leader of the larg
est liberal Jewish congregation in
the United States.
A coffee hour and discussion in
the main lounge of Thompson
Hall will follow the lecture.
The Committee of 13 which
sponsors the Centennial lectures
on, religion series will present
three speakers next fall.
Ricker to Explain
Housing to IFC
Ralph R. Ricker, special assis-
Itant to Ernest B. McCoy, dean of
the school of physical education
and athletics, will explain the pro
gram for housing athletes in fra
ternity houses to Interfraternity
Council at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
216 Hetzel Union Building.
An executive secretary and a
sophomore and junior secretary
for the new fraternity affairs of
fice will be appointed. Also to be
appointed are the editor of "Toga
Tales," and the projects commit
tee chairman.
The London report said a com
mittee of diplomats would begin
meetings next Wednesday to pre
pare for a foreign ministers ses
sion on German reunification and
general East-West tension in Eu
rope. The State Department said
it was not sure about the precise
date but that such a move was in
immediate prospect.
What it all boiled down to, ap
parently, was that the Big Four
foreign ministers would meet ear
ly in June to sign an Austrian
state treaty. Depending upon the
state of the cold war e they could
go shortly thereafter into broader
discussions.
The Big Three note was in re
sponse to a Soviet call for a for
eign ministers conference on Aus
trian independence. The Western
powers suggested that first the
ambassadors should meet with
Austria► representatives. is Vi-
rgiatt
8 Colleges
To Visitors
. Visiting high school students will be able to get ac
quainted with the college in which they may be interested
today when they will come from all over the state to the
Centennial Open House.
The students will be taken on tours, will hear lectures,
and will view displays from 1 to 5 p.m. These are designed to
acquaint the students with stan
dards and facilities in eight of the
nine colleges.
The Business Administration
Student Council will hold a stu
dent-faculty mixer for the visit
ing students at 3 p.m. in the ball
room of the Hetzel Union Build
ing. Prior to this Ralph H. Wher
ry, head of the department of
commerce, will speak in 121
Sparks on the departments of
the College
Film to Be Shown
Immediately following, George
Leetch, director of the placement
service, will speak on job oppor
tunities. Then a half-hour film
—"This is Penn State"—will be
shown. Also 500 extra copies of
the Biz-Ad Bulletin which will
come out tomorrow have been
printed for distribution to the
high school students.
The Agriculture Student Coun
cil will sponsor an outside a3sem
bly in front of the Agriculture
building at 1 p.m. Dr. Russell B.
Dickerson, director of resident
instruction, will tell of the var
ious careers for which agriculture
training can prepare the student.
The program will include special
educational displays demonstrat
ing the 19 curriculumssof the col
lege; tours of the classrooms, lab
oratories, and barns are planned.
Players to Present
Players will present two scenes
from their current production,
"Taming of the Shrew" as a part
of the program of the Liberal
Arts Student Council. There will
also be tours of the Pattee Li
brary, which will include exhib
its of the great classics in all
fields of liberal arts, and a spe
cial exhibition of the works of
Walt Whitman.
Burrower' will be the center
of exhibits of the College of Edu
cation which will include displays
of methods used in elementary
and music education, materials
and equipment used by the indus
trial arts department and a tour
of the Visual Aids laboratory. The
art education depaitment will
have displays of enamel work and
will also have a potter's wheel.
Refreshments and souvenirs will
be available for all visiting stu
aents.
The College of Physical Educa
tion and Athletics will sponsor
guided tours of Recreation Hall
and White Hall, and lectures by
representatives of the health,
(Continued on page eight)
enna May 2. The note continued
- .
"As soon as the necessary pre
parations have been completed,
the earliest practicable date
should then be set for the foreign
ministers to meet and sign the
treaty."
The "earliest practicable" time
appeared to be early June. May
will be largely given over to a
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion meeting at Paris, Italian gov
ernment inaugurations and Brit
ish elections.
Of course, the foreign ministers'
meeting on Austria could shift in
to consideration of German re
unification and other European
issues. This is provided for under
the 1945 Potsdam agreement
which established a "Council of
Foreign Ministers," made up of
the Big Four plus China's for
eign minister, to consider peace
settlements and "other matters,"
Russian's
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Open
Today
Nominations
For Council
Due Today
Today, is the deadline for sub
mitting nominations for election
to four college student councils.
Elections will be held in all
colleges except Agriculture on
Wednesday and Thursday.
All students except those in
riculture will be able to vote in
the two-day election for members
of next year's councils.
Nominations for Liberal Arts,
Business Administration, Physical
Education and Athletics, an d
Chemistry-Physics councils are
due at noon today.
Nominations will be accepted
until Tuesday for Mineral Indus
tries council. Nominations have
closed in the four other council
elections.
Liberal Arts freshmen, sopho
mores, and juniors may submit
self-nominations in 132 Sparks by
signing their name, semester, and
All-University aver ag e. A 1.5
average is required for nominees.
Fifteen signatures are required
on the nominating petitions for
the Physical Education and Ath
letics Council. Petitions may be
turned in at 215 Recreation Hall.
A 1.0 average is required of nom
inees. •
Students seeking to serve on
the Chem-Phys Council may sub
mit self-nominations today in the
lobbies of Pond and Osmond lab
oratories. Nominees must have a
1.0 All-University average.
Five freshmen—two chemical
engineering majors, one chemistry
major, one pre-medical major,
and one physics or science major
—will be elected. Sophomore va
cancies are for two chemical en
gineering majors, two chemistry
majors, and one pre-medical ma
jor. Three junior delegates-at
large will be chosen.
The chem-phys "professor of
the year" will be elected at the
same time.
Business adminstration majors
with an All-University average
of 1.2 may obtain nominating
forms for the Business Adminis
tration Student Council today in
106 Sparks. Five senior members,
eight junior members, and six
sophomore members will be
elected.
Mineral Industries majors have
until Tuseday to nominate them
selves for seats on the Mineral
Industries Student Council by
signing any one of a number of
lists which are on bulletin boards
in the Mineral Industries building.
Nominations for Engineering
and Architecture, Home Eco
nomics, and Education student
councils have closed.
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Ag council representatives are
selected in the fall
WDFM Seeks Queries
On University's Future
Campus radio station WDFM
will sponsor a documentary broad
cast, "The Future of Penn State,"
on next Friday's Weekly News
Review program.
News director Philip Austin has
requested chat persons desiring to
ask questions about the future of
the University should send their
questions to the station's office,
307 Sparks, before Tuesday. Stu
dent leaders and members of the
faculty and administration will bit
interviewed on the broadcast.
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