The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 03, 1959, Image 5

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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1959
Mortimer Crowned King
At Mardi Brawl in HUB
By Amy Rosenthal
Samuel Mortimer, senior in
Industrial engineering from
Johnsonburg, was crowned
Mardi Gras King Saturday af
ternoon at Mardi Brawl, the
jam session sponsored by Chimes,
junior women's hat society. He
was sponsored by Chi Omega sor
ority.
Kappa Delta was awarded the
trophy for the best open booth of
the Mardi Gras and Alpha Zeta
Delta was given the trophy for
the best closed booth. Trophies
were presented by Dorothy Ty
nan, president of Scrolls, senior
women's hat society.
Margaret Hulse, treasurer of
Scrolls, reported that Mardi Gras
took in a total of $1634.56. A total
of $47.50 was contributed in
penny votes cast for the king can
didates, and $1162.06 was the total
of admission and booth tickets
sold. The money will be used by
Scrolls for awarding two schol
arships next fall. r
Mortimer was chosen king on
the basis of voting by admist
sion tickets to the jam session
and by competing in a talent
show with the four other king
finalists.
Mortimer won the talent show
with a clarinet solo of "Lullaby of
ALL MEMBERS OF CREDIT STAFF
1:30 TONIGHT 9 Carnegie
RAY McKINLEY
leading
the band
and
_playing
in the same
tradition with
the authentic
MILLER
arrangements
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Birdland." He was accompanied
by the Pour Demensions Combo.
TWO of the other finalists read
or recited poems. Kenneth Flor
ence, sponsored by Delta Zeta,
read poems by Ogden Nash and
Stephen Ott, after a singing intro
dution by five sponsoring Alpha
Epsilon Phi's, recite] "The Jab
benvock."
Lawrence Byers did a soft
shoe cowboy dance aided by
six Phi Sigma Sigma can-can
girls and Garry Gentzler and
four Sigma Delta Tau girls put
on a gef-rich•puick pantomime
entitled "The Old Man and the
Seaweed."
The Mardi Gras King was
crowned by Jessie Janjigian and
the king and runners-up were
awarded gift certificates from
men's clothing stores and record
shops.
Four hundred and fifty people
attended the brawl to dance to
the music of Don Grebbs and the
Four Dimensions. "Effie," Alpha
Tau Omega's St. Bernard dog also
attended and although she had
bought a ticket she was asked to
leave four times by a disturbed
member of the campus patrol.
OLD and NEW
TICKETS
ON SALE FRIDAY
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
BEAT SYRACUSE
From 9-1 o'clock
Senior FFA Members
Will Speak at Meeting
The Penn State Collegiate
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America will meet at 7 tonight
in 112 Buckhout Laboratory.
The opportunities in extension
work and summer employment
will be discussed by Charles Ault,
David Jayne and Richard Stuby,
senior FFA members.
PENN STATE
Laundry and Dry-Cleaners
Helps
You
Look
Your
Best
You can get 24-hour service at PENN STATE
LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS through your
STUDENT AGENCY or same-day service at the
plant at 320 W. BEAVER AVE.
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
Simi-formal at Rec Hall for
Chem Prof to Speak
Joseph Jordon, associate profes
sor of chemistry, will present a
talk tomorrow in New York, N. Y.,
on "Hydrodynamic Voltamme
try." He will speak before the
Eastern Analytical Symposium
sponsored by Analytical Groups
of the American Chemical Soci
ery; Society for Applied Spectro
scopy and Metropolitan Micro
• chemical Society.
AT THE HUB DESK
it's the
the
Meserole to Address
'Belles Lettres Meeting
Harrison T. Meserole, English
instructor, will be featured speak
er at Belles Lettres Club meeting
7 tonight in Simmons lounge.
He will speak on "Pages From
Forgotten Periodical; Courtship
and Marriage in Early America."
BEAT SYRACUSE
for
the
Junior
Prom
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