p ■ gf two
Hat' Parade
Winners Named
The sign says. "Nine out of 10 coeds are beautiful. The 10th goes
to State."
78 Finalists Vie for Titles
In Three Divisions Yesterday
What looked like rain yesterday morning turned out to be sunny
|nd warm weather for the Mad Hatter’s parade held at noon on the
patio in front of Old Main.
Three winners were chosen in three divisions—artistic, comic,
mri original—from among 76 finalists chosen in the preliminary
parade Tuesday night.
Pollock Council
Elects Waltemeyer
As New President
Robert Waltemeyer, sixth se
mester chemical engineering ma
jor, was elected new president of
Pollock Council Tuesday night.
Waltemeyer succeeds Harry Mar
tini who has been elected secre
tary of the Association of Inde
pendent Men.
Other newly-elected officers
are John Dennis, sixth semester
chemical engineering major, vice
president; Joseph Neville, fourth
semester business administration
major, secretary; Richard Davis,
second semester ceramics major,
treasurer; and David Cummings,
fourth semester business admini
stration major, representative at
large to AIM.
The council heard a final re
port from the Pollock Council
Welfare Committee given by the
chairman. Nelson Seidel.
County Hospital
Releases Miller
John W. Miller, sixth semester
pre-medical major, was released
from Centre County Hospital yes
terday, a hospital official reported.
Miller was injured in an auto ac
cident at the intersection of Fair
mount avenue and Locust lane
April 24.
Miller’s jaw was broken as a
result of the accident. He was in
a coma for a week and a half.
Upon his release. Miller was
taken to the Presbyterian Hospi
tal in Pittsburgh, where a metal
plate will be put in his jaw. The
jaw was set while in Centre Coun
ty Hospital.
The first passenger train oper
ated between Bellefonte and the
University was April 2, 1892 on
the Bellefonte Central Railroad.
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In the artistic category Beate
Maron and Martha Rojahn, spon
sored by Gamma Phi Beta, won
first place.
They wore a hat made of chick
en wire stuffed with white nap
kins in the form of a bridge. Foot
steps in silver sparkle' ran from
one end of the bridge, labeled
1855, t'o the other end, labeled
1955.
Alice Petty and Barbara Cor
man, also sponsored by Gamma
Phi Beta, took second place, and
Veronica Harris, sponsored by
Zeta Tau Alpha,(won third place
in this division.
Ellis Wins Comic Division
James Ellis won first place in
the comic category with his hat
entitled “Anything Can Happen
in 100 Years.” It depicted a coed
wearing approximately 20 frater
nity pins.
Harriet Barlow, who won sec
ond place, was sponsored by Al
pha Chi Omega. Third place was
won by Ruth Grigoletti and Char
lotta Leichel, sponsored by Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Dressed in pink and grey from
hat to foot, Janet Murdock, Mary
Krause, and Elaine Bush carried
off top honors in the original divi
sion. Miss Murdock rode in a
wheel barrow pushed by Miss
Bush and Miss Krause and wore
a tiny chicken coop containing
live chicks on her head.
Second place winner in this di
vision was Mary Anderson, spon
sored by Kappa Alpha Theta,
and third place winners were
Donald Rieco, Donald Sanders,
and Walter Mazur, sponsored by
Phi Kappa Tau.
Winners Awarded 25 Points
The first place winners in the
three categories received a total
of 25 points. Second place win
ners received a total or 20 points,
and third place winners received
Split the Atom
AIM - LEONIDES
THE DAHY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Spring Concert
To Be Given
By Orchestra
Theodore K. Karhan, associate
professor of music and music ed
ucation, will direct the University
Symphony Orchestra in its annual
spring concert at 3 p.m. May 22
in Schwab Auditorium.
This year’s program will in
clude a selection of numbers to
show the evolution of the waltz.
This selection will replace the full
length symphony which is cus
tomarily presented.
The Concerto for Flute and
Harp (Mozart) will feature Mary
Lou Meyer, junior in home eco
nomics from Lebanon, flutist; and
Anne Hosfeld, junior in arts and
letters from Shippensburg, harp
ist. This concerto is rarely per
formed in concerts.
The original Symphony Orches
tra, founded in the 1870’s, was
called the Mandolin Club. The
club included guitar, banjo, and
mandolin players. As the interest
in music grew, the organization
expanded to its present 62-mem
ber group. Karhan has directed
the Symphony Orchestra for six
years.
The concert is open to the pub
lic and no admission will be
charged.
Town Independent
Men Name Cole
To Head Council
Robert Cole, sixth semester po
litical science major, has been
elected president of Town Inde
pendent Men.
Others elected last Tuesday
were: Edwin Dull, sixth-semester
animal husbandry major, vice
president; James Faust, sixth se
mester agricultural education ma
jor, secretary; and James Rhodes,
sixth semester business adminis
tration major, treasurer.
Ray Rubner, former president,
announced that TIM will not join
the Penn State Club in social
functions for independent men as
had been tentatively planned last
week.
A joint council and Penn State
Club committee, which had been
formed last week to investigate
the possibility of locating space
downtown for weekend social
functions, has been dissolved, ac
cording to Rubner.
Council will continue to look
for such space to be used next fall,
but will do so independently o: !
the Penn State Club, Rubner said.
Five Appointed
By Ag Council
Ag Hill Council has approved
five appointments to committee
heads for next year.
Daniel VanDuyane, sixth se
mester agriculture engineering
major, was appointed head of
“Howaie Night” with Jackie
Paules, fourth semester agricul
ture engineering major. Darwin
Braund, sixth semester dairy hus
bandry major, was appointed head
of the faculty rating committee,
John Leasure, sixth semester for
estry major, constitutional revi
sions committee, and William Al
lison, sixth semester agronomy
major, head of open house.
In other action, the council de
cided to drop their leadership pro
gram to giye full support to the
All-University Cabinet program,
and to support the proposed Penn
State series fee.
a 15-point total.
Judges for the parade were
Mary Filer, assistant professor of
art education; Agnes Doody, in
structor in speech; Dean Smith,
resident of Potters Mills; and G. S.
Zoretich. instructor of fine arts.
Scholastic Failings
Drop 242 Students
Two hundred and forty-two students were dropped from
the University for scholastic reasons at the end of the fall
semester, according to the office of the registrar.
Of the 11,822 students enrolled on arid off campus for the
fall semester, 1717 were placed oh 1 scholastic probation and
91 were placed in the Division of Intermediate Registration.
All together, 2044 students, or
17.3 per cent of the student body,
were accorded some type of schol
astic action at the close of the
semester.
Further statistics show that stu
dents who graduated in the lower
two-fifths of their high school
classes fared better percentage
wise in receiving scholastic pen
alties than the remaining three
fifths.
Upper Fifth Rank
Seventeen point nine per cent
of the 2044 subject to scholastic
action were ranked in the upper
fifth of their high school class,
31 per cent were in the second
fifth, 30 per cent were in the third
fifth, 13.3 per cent were in the
fourth-fifth, 6 per cent were in
the fifth fifth, and 2.2 per cent
were not classified.
The greatest number of stu
dents to be dropped, placed on
scholastic probation or in DIR oc
curred in the second-fifth cate
gory. Of this group, 531 men and
102 women were cited. Of these,
259 were male freshmen and 70
were female freshmen.
No Freshmen Dropped
However, since under Univer
sity regulations no freshmen may
be dropped from the University,
the 259 and 70 only incurred
scholastic probation entry into
DIR.
Closely following the second
fifth rating was the third-fifth
with a total of 525 men and 82
women, broken down into 271
freshman men and 58 freshman
women.
In percentage form, 31.1 per
cent or a total of 852 freshman
men and 37 per cent or a total of
271 freshman women in the sec
ond-fifth high school rating in
curred scholastic action. The wo
men's percentage was the high
est of the five class ratings, with
30.7 per cent out of 133 listed as
second highest in the third-fifth
class.
Highest Percentage
The highest percentage of fresh
man men was 32.5 out of 656 in
the third-fifth high school rank.
Of the 2044 students involved
in scholastic action, 210 men and
26 women were dropped from the
University; 1463 men and 254 wo
men were placed on scholastic
probation; and 86 men and five
women were placed in DIR.
The number of men invblved
in some sort of scholastic action
was rhore than six times the num
ber of women. The statistics cited
1759 men and 285 women.
AFROTC Drill Team
Wins Drill Competition
Air Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps drill team won the
annual Milton S. Eisenhower All-
University Drill Competition Sun
day afternoon in front of Old
Main. It was the second year the
drill meet was held and the seoond
win for AFROTC.
Navy Reserve Officers Training
Corps drill team won second place
in the meet, and Pershing Rifles
drill team placed third.
George W. Hoskins in 1892 was
appointed as the first instructor
in physical education at the Uni
versity.
Complete Laundry
and
Dry Cleaning Service
High Qualify
2-Day Service
REED'S
Laundry and Cleaners
Established in 1912
IN S. Pugh Si.
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THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1955
BusAd Dean
NamecTto Head
Concert Group
David H. McKinley, assistant
dean of th>e College of Business
Administration, has been elected
president dl the State College
Community Concert Association
for the 1955-56 season.
He succeeds Henry S. Brunner,
head Of the department of agri
cultural education.
Other officers include Mrs. A.
H. Forbes, of State College, vice
president; and Earl B. Stavely,
assistant dean of the College of
Engineering and Architecture,
secretary-treasurer. '
Leland S. Rhodes, professor of
civil engineering is campaign
chairman and will direct tne
membership campaign to be con
ducted during the week of Octo
ber 3.
Faculty members elected to the
board of directors for two-year
terms include Theodore K. Kar
han, associate profeßSpr of music
and music education; Edward
Abramson, assistant professor of
sociology; Frank T. Kocher, in
structor in mathematics; and Mc-
Kinley.
Mrs. A., W. Hajiar and Mrs.
Forbes were named town repre
sentatives for two-year terms.
Students elected for one-year
terms are Jeanne Maxwell, sixth
semester education major; Stan
ley Michalski, sixth semester
music education major; William
Mills, sixth semester music edu
cation major; George Buckhout
Jr., fourth semester arts and let
ters major; Barbara Kabakjian,
fourth semester Education major;
and Frank Podleiszek, fourth se
mester music education major.
Cloudy and Warmer
Forecast for Today
Today will be mostly cloudy
with afternoon temperatures
slightly warmer than yesterday,
the department of meteorology
predicted.
The high expected today is 78
and the low will be around 50.
PROFESSIONAL
WRESTLING
T.V. STARS
FRIDAY MAY 13
AT THE
CENTER
THEATRE
LEWISTOWN, PA.
A GREAT CARD
Art NEILSON and
Reggie LISOWSKI
. vs
Pat O'CONNOR and
Roy McCLARITY
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Jack VANSKY
George T DRAKE
* * *
Leon CAVALIER
vs
Sandor FOZO
•
Reserved Seats now on sale
at Center Theatre and Rub
in's Sports Shop and Heod
ing’s Drug Store in Lewis
town.
Mall Orders Promptly
Attended
Admission - $l.OO. $1.50. $2.25
Confer Thoqtro -
Friday, May 13th