TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1956 House Control Forecast Favorable to Democrats Democrats will wins the presidential Dr. Ruth Silva, of mathematics, have 39 Electe To Positij In Leonid Thirty-nine represent;) alternates from women! lory units have been < Leonides, independent organization. Those elected were: Pat Morrison and Care Elm- Cottage; Barbara and Jeanette Spangler, ter Hail: Marian Ahl< Claudette McGee, Worn: ing; and Evelyn Tom Esther Donovan, Grangt 7 Elected from Sin Phoebe Felk and Patr bert. Simmons, Unit Grubbs. Simmons, Uni ginia McHom and He cock. Simmons, Unit II Flory and Claudette Simmons. Unit IV. Helen Mansteller and Harriet Gamer. McElwain, Unit I; Donna Lewis and Barbara McKnight,! McElwain, Unit II; Leona Schrei ner and Joanna English. McEl wain. Unit III; Suzanne Spencer and Ruth Herr, McElwain, Unit IV. 8 To Represent Thompson Janet Edgerton and Judith Kei ser, Thompson, Unit I; Sue Sunderland and Louise White, Thompson, Unit II; Dee Houser and Carol Frank, Thompson, Unit A-B: Ruby Seaman and Nancy Werner. Thompson.' Unit 3-4. Mary Newman and Linda Se gar. Atherton, north east Unit I;' Lorraine Jablonski and Jean Kis sick, Atherton, north east Unit II; Barbara Clouser and Anne Smith. Atherton, south east Unit I; and Elaine Bailey and Marie Russo, Atherton, south east. Unit IL Co-£Jit* The new initiates of Kappa Delta are Audrey Jersun, Andrea Katcher, Barbara Simon, Gail Canouse, Carolyn Dimmick, Jayne Mort, and Constance Hindman. New initiates of Theta Kappa Phi are Vincent Golden, Alfred Massi. James Skok, Richard Tkatch, William Wagoner and Ro bert Weiss. New pledges are Ger ald DeCroce, Richard Dill, Steve Garban, John Hagen, John Hef fron, Murl Hockenberry, Riley Johnson. Donald Nair, Henry Belch, Sever Toretti, Frank Voi tasek, Michael Yaccino, James Zuratt. New initiates of Kappa Kappa Gamma are Nancy Adams, Saun dra Buck, Carolyn Cheverelli, Ellen Donovan, Elizabeth Dunbar, Judith Goodrich, Ruth Johnson. Bonnie Keys, Valentina Kopach, Sara McCoy, Judith McFarland, Mary Peters, Shirley Pittman, Patricia Ulrich. 1 New initiates of Trion sorority are Barbara Howell. Kay Magill, Bonnie Cole, Lorn a Waugh. Cathy Jones, Catharine Stewart,-Valerie Ye c kle y. Virginia Kobylinski, , Helen Doner, Mary Lou Horner, Marion Ernest, Olivia Lauer, and Phyllis Cabelof. New' pledges of Pi Lamha Phi are Robert Farber, Joseph Lev, Don Schrieber, and Surasak Phaungphakdi. a P.enn Slate Player's Production ill 1 <tV y FRL-SAT. CENTER STAGE 8 PM. be in control of the U.S. House of Representatives no matter who election in November, two University professors believe. te professor of political science, and Evan Johnson, professor a system whereby they claim to predict with accuracy the j outcome of Congressional elec-| “Our formula, works and is de- Erie Center signed only for predicting elec tions to the House,' 1 Dr. Silva says. “We cannot tell and do not care to speculate on the outcome of presidential, senatorial, or state level elections.'’ associa< evoKed Use Three Formulae 1 The University specialists use! three mathematical formulae to': |make their forecasts and do not' ■ deviate from what the formulae '• Isay. The formulae, one each for | Republicans, Northern Democrats! and Southern Democrats, include! such factors as winning margin in the last election, “coat-tail" in-' fluence, votes on issues in thej • last Congress, and population densitv. i [tives and [s dormi ilected to women’s I Rloesch, Bonicker McAllis luist and n’s Build asko and Their findings this year indi-| cate that the Democrats will cap-; ture a majority of House seats regardless of the outcome of thei presidential election. The party; now holds 232 seats. ; Democrats May Get Majority 1 If President Dwight D. Eisen- 1 hower is re-elected the Demo-! cratic seats will total not fewer than 214 and probably will ex-' eeed the 218 needed for a ma jority, the Silva-Johnson team | predicts. If Stevenson is the vie-; Itor, they believe the Democratic majority may reach 25 seats. j | If Stevenson wins the presi [dency, Pennsylvania will divide [its 30 seats between the two par ities, in their opinion. If Eisen jhower is the victor, Pennsylvania should elect 18 Republicans and j 12 Democrats to the House. | Dr. Silva is predicting her fifth I election with her formulae. Des pitc her success, she says that she [still aims for a 100 per cent rec jord. In 1948 she missed only two 'seats and in 1954 was off by ten 'seats. In the latter election, the result came right between her “maximum and minimum” esti mates. icia Hum- I; Anita t II; Vir len Han- I; Sandra! Mitchell, Hie prediction activity origi nated in Dr. Silva’s political sci- 1 ence classes, but the project now has grown so that she and John son also predict for outside agen cies. including large publications. Give Pennsylvania Predictions - Their predictions for the Con gressional elections in Pennsyl vania next month are as follows: ~Tbe fallowing 15 scats will jr© Republi can—€, Scott: 7. J*. Curtin ; «*. Datfue; 12. : IS. McConnell; 14>. Momma: 17. Bush; IS. Sirapswi: 24. Van Zandt: 22. Saylor: 23. Gatin: 24, Kearns: 27, Fulton * 2tV Corbett. Democrat* To Get 12 ~The following 12 seat* will jfo Demo cratic—l. Barrett: 2. Mrs. Granahan: ■ Byrne: 4. Chudoff: 5. Green; 34. Rhode?: 1 15, Walter. 14. Qtrigley : 21. Kelley; 2«. {Morgan : 2R. Eberharter: 30. Holland. Ensign Skrinak was graduated in civil engineering from the Uni versity in June. He was captain of the Scabbard and Blade and is a member ol Tau Beta Pi, honor ary engineering society. He is now ! stationed aboard the USS Brough . jin the Ar.arctic region. Marriages \Paskill-Egizio "These 'iree dbirict* wiU depend «n tbe prffidcntul outcome: \ | **lo. CarripTr IR) or Cfcsey {D") : 13. Flood (Dl or Thom*? iR»; Clark tt)j ot Lockley (Rj." Millei-Wagnei Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner of New Milford, announce the mar riage of their daughter. Ruth Na omi, to Mr. Charles William Mil ler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Miller of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Miller is a seventh semes ter labor management relations major and historian of Delta Zeta. i Mr. Miller is a graduate of the : University and is presently doing graduate work at Columbia Uni i versity. He is the recipient of a ] Guggenheim Fellowship. THE DAItY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA To Observe Homecoming The University’s Behrend Cen ter, in Erie will hold a home coming celebration Nov. 3. The program will include an in formal reception tomorrow night, a dinner dance Saturday night, and men's and women’s basketball games Saturday afternoon with students competing against alums. i At a formal dedication cere mony Saturday morning the class jroom building will be named ; Turnbull Hall in honor of Thomas jH. Turnbull, assistant professor of history, who died last January, j The request was made by the /student body to show its appre-, ;ciation and admiration to Turn-' jbulL who was one of the most; 'popular professors at the center, j ! Irvin H. Kochel, administrative head of the center, said last year’s i 'event drew 125 alumni, including many students from the main who had attended Beh jrend during their freshman or : sophomore years. | Among the Behrend alumni who | have come to the University fori completion of their education is j Robert Bahrenburg. All-Univer sity president. | 1 The center, which opened in 1948 has 236 full-time students.' ;Of these 129 are in the four year: i program and 95 in the two-year, I Associate Degree program. There 'are also 12 students attending the: 'speech clinic on a full-time basis.; ;The freshman class has 101 stu-! 1 dents, the sophomore class 28. j Behrend Center was formerly, :the estate of Ernest Behrend. ' founder of the Hammer-mill Paper! j Company, and was given to the •University by his widow in his' •memory. j Engagements f Skrinak-Smith ! Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Smith 'of Pittsburgh, announce the en gagement of their daughter Mar jgaret Anne to Ensign Vincent' Michael Skrinak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Skrinak of Portage, j Miss Smith is a senior in ele mentary education at the Univer sity. I Announcement has been made I of. the engagement of Corinne Egizio of Allentown to Mr. Daniel Paskill Jr., of Mahanoy City. Miss Egizio is a senior in art education and social chairman of Delta Zeta sorority.. Mr. Paskill is a sophomore in •business accounting and finance at LaSalle College. No date has been set for the wedding. TRAMPLE Granted you've demolished the rest Beware of your approaching the ground Beware of your opproaching test For you’re to meet the best around OHIO STATE Little Man on Campus hy Dick Kb, «* . So lie asked His adviser bow to improve His grades.** Center Stage— 20 Seniors Named (Continued from page two) To Class Board 1951 Action in the plav was given a’ Tw ‘ e ’? t >' students have been ap realistic quality bv locatmg the point £ d l ° U ’ e * e . n "> r a , dv ‘ ! r , sound at its origin 'with the aid of ory . oc J ? se ? h HarlneU ' 'several different speakers. The; 5 c correct background, which in this; ..i. ' play included the splashing of n ch ’ lrT s a ”’ waves, the creaking of wharf tim- 2ii 0 ?. nor ’• J . oan ?f bers. haroor noises, passing motor- !?“£• , I boats, and the sounds of a bell- p‘ sh Marl . lyr ’ S £?T % buoy, helped create a powerful 1°!?’ 5, ichard KuTle ‘ ! illusion for the audience in 3- dimensions 1 Catharine Vandenburg. Her- bert Kotler. Elizabeth Catnn. Ed- Creates Fading Sound win McLaughlin. Carl Hiester, The lapping waves and creak- David Hamrick. Thomas J.ansen, ; ing timber sounds came from Daniel Watanabe. Curtin Schafer, ! within the boat, while the harbor and Patricia Lombard. ! noises and sounds of a nearby j amusement park came from op- p_~-U n—i *_ g ' posite comers -of the auditorium. * 1 w ’ n *usnces to see A fading device involving two Film on Fraternity Life speakers made it possible for the; . “Toast to a Brother." a movie sound boat to approach, pass f or freshmen interested in pledg *md , d 'sappear Into the harbor j n « a fraternity, will be shown „L1 1C- .... , Tuesday and Wednesday in the Sound-m-the-round has nev- Httzel Union building. ' Sf P sec * since he Gentle For the freshmen whose last because of the many names begin with letters A-L*. the speakers that must be msUlled win shown from 7 . 9 pjn . handle the various sounds needed Tues day. For the freshmen whase in the production of a play. : last names with kltei * M _ Zi Searches for Expert [the movie will be shown Y:3O to 1 In directing "Sound of the 9 p.m. Wednesday. Hunt," Yeaton searched the cam- pus for an expert who could dis-' production. "My 3 Angels." Yex tinguish between the sounds of a ton has again experimented with J German MG 42, a Browning Auto- ' sound and used tape recording jmatic Rifle and a Thompson -ma- of actual sounds instead of rec chine gun that the authentic sound ords to suggest a tropical environ could be reproduced in the play, merit. I Another time, during the stag- r Another "first" that came to tbe 'ing of “Mr. Roberts” in summer University with Yeaton was the [stock, Yeaton insisted that the mtroductiop of musical overtures actors climb to the highest part of [and entr’actes, which serve to the theatre in order to sound as quiet the audience, suggest a jif they were shouting from the mood, and cover tbe sounds of the opposite end of a transport. -actors as they enter in tbe black- I During the present Players’ out. PAGE FIVE
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