Successor to 1 -ow the Free Lance, Established 1887 „ ax. 4 756 VOL. 37—No. 54 Artists' Course Seals Available In General Sale Students and faculty members still desiring Artists' Course tic.: kets be able to-purchase them _today in a general sale which will also be.open to out-of-town appli cants. Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, commit tee chairman, announced yesterday that 274 seats in the three price groupS remained at the end of the two . day sale: One hundred thirty of these are stage seats which are priced at $5.50. The same price tic kets are available to 66 main floor seats. Lower priced admissions are not so numerous with six and one, re spectively, • available on the main •floor and balcony at $3.50. Main floor seats also remain at the $4.50 price and can accommodate 47 per Sons. 'Twenty-four balcony seats remain at $5.50. Necessity for continuing the sale was attributed by Dr. Marquardt to the rumor which had been spread about the College and town that students had started fornia tion of the ticket line as early as midnight. "The committee has no means of preventing the formation of early lines and has done nothing to encourage .the practice. When word spread about that students had formed by 12 p.m. Wednesday, some of the old retainers among the faculty. came to •the conclusion that: ft": - Wiinid "be necessarY . to gather earlier than usual to as sure - themselves of the best loca tion," explained Dr. Marquardt. - Plans for changing or facilitating the system of ticket sales , are being considered by the committee and a statement will be released soon. "The use of a proxy is a real convenience to faculty members and townspeople, but the use of a lottery appears to be meeting with increasing popular favor as a•way of eliminating the all-night line. It is possible that the com mittee will consider taking a poll among its subscribers this year to ascertain the popular attitude towards allocated by lottery," re ported Dr. IMarquardt. 1-Year Ags Name Officers Robert E. Craig was elected president of the two-year agricul ture students yesterday. Other officers elected were Samuel G. Fisher, vice-president; Cora C. Bierbraurer, secretary-treasurer; and Loyal E. Ramsey, athletic manager. Senate Awards 22 Scholarships, Okays National Odense Courses Michael Beley '4l was approved as the recipient of the John W. White Senior Scholarship of $2OO by the College Senate on recom mendation of the Committee on Academic Standards at the Sen ate meeting last night. Two other John W. White schol arships were awarded, a junior and sophomore scholarship. Mary A. Galletti, commerce and finance, ,received the $l5O junior award, and Dominick L. Golab, journal ism, was given the $lOO sopho more scholarship. Louise Carnegie scholarships were handed to four seniors, jun iors, and sophomores, with an al ternate named for each class. The ,Louise Carnegie awards at $75 - atiiece are t giyen, to outstanding •members of these three upper es: t , ;The following students receiyed Heads Harvest Ball W. Lewis Corbin '4l, above, is chairman of the. Harvest Ball which will be held in the Ar mory from 9 to„ l 2 tonight. As chairman of Tribunal, Corbin has announced that customs will be off for the dance. Dance And Drama Feature Weekend Another double-feature week end is- . upon Penn State with "Family Portrait" presented by Players, - scheduled tonight and to morrow night, and the annual Harvest Ball, ~Ag school frolic, booked-for- tonight,- . The ball, featuring the corona tion 'of either Betty H. Christman '44, or Margaret . K.: Sherman '43 as Harvest Ball Queen, will be held in the Armory froth 9 p. m. to midnight. Informality and rurality' of -.both dress' and decor ation will be the prevailing theme of the frolic. Music will be provided by the Campus Owls. Tickets for the dance can be purchased at the door tonight for $1 which includes checking. "Family Portrait"—the simple story of Jesus—is the first Play ers production that ever has been released in December. The play is being presented because of the tie-up with Christmas spirit. Mrs. Lucetta Kennedy will star in the production as- the Mother] of Jesus, and Aimee L. Sobbott '42, will portray the other leading! character, Mary Magdalen. Presented in Schwab Auditor ium, the play will begin at -8:30 p. m. both nights. Tickets priced at 50 cents each can be purchased at Student Union. All seats will be reserved. the $75 awards: seniors, Ray A. Dutt, John W. Rothrock, Leo Som mer, and Frank J. Brecher; jun iors, Harry L. Baker, Margaret A. Cole, Thomas B. Hoover, and Karl H. Norris; sophomores, Stuart Patton, William S. Ivans, William R. Seuren, and Herbert Zukaus kus. . Albert L. Myerson '4l, Robert H. Kough '42, and Robert L. Ellis '43 were named alternates by the Senate Committee. The Senate' also approved two basic courses which will be given for national defense. These courses. in Diesel Engines and Pro duction• Engineering are the larg est units to be given at any col lege, or ,university, the College En gineering School forming one sixth of the entire national train ing course. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA New Constitution Read Before IFS The revised IFC constitution was read to 'the Council at last night's meeting by Thomas Robinson '4l, chairman of the revision commit tee.' The members will each take a copy of the constitution back to their fraternity for discussion and at next month's meeting ~ v il I take final action on it. Included in the proposed con stitution are sections setting up two affiliations of the Council; a Treasurer's Association and a Cat erer's Association. It also provides for a Board of Control to serve as a coordinating body between the Council and its two affiliations. Robert Robinson '4l, was ap pointed by IFC president H. Ed ward Wagner '4l, 'as chairman of a committee to continue last year's program of giving Christmas bas kets to the needy and inviting poor children to the fraternities before Christmas. La Vie photographer, Jay R. Ellenberger, presented a plan to the Council whereby La Vie would have individual rather than group pictures of fraternity men. This suggestion was passed on by the group. Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, faculty adviser, spoke on the enforcement of the dating code, and expressed the hope that the fraternities would individually reprimand any violators in their own house. William Kirkpatrick '4l, secre tary, handed out printed flnancial reports which were gone over 'by the members. Three-Day Parley Begins Here Today Approximately 100 students from 20 universities representing the Student Christian Movement of the Middle Atlantic region will register here for a three-day par ley starting today and continuing through Sunday. Acting as Penn State'S host to incoming students, the PSCA has arranged registration, ' which be gins at 4 p. m. today, housing, re creation, and a program which in cludes platform addresses, panel discuSsions, sm a 11. workshop groups, and worship services. Walter N. Shambaugh '42, is chairman of the university con vention while M. Jean Seanor '42 holds the other executive position as associate chairman. Other cam pus figures who will participate are Professors John H. Ferguson, department of political science, George E. Simpson and Duane V. Ramsey, sociology department. Dr. Harold Bosley, a former chapel speaker, Edwin Espey, sec retary of the 1939 Amsterdam (Continued on Page Two) 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 1 11 1 1 1 College Awarded Honors At Livestock Exposition Special To The Collegian The College took' the cham pion and reserve champion prizes on their lamb carcasses shown at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago yesterday. Prior to the awarding of the honors to the College lamb car casses, Penn State took first, second, and third places on its exhibits. Nine of the ten prizes award ed were to Nittany Valley lambs, fourth, fifth, and eighth places going to the Willowbrook Farm entries owned by Claude Aikens, prominent State College busi nessman. , 1111111111110111111j11111111111111111MIUM1111111111111111111111ff ggiatt Finn, Casnoil To Manage '4l Football And Soccer '4l football Manager William F. Finn '42, above, was elected late yesterday aft ernoon .to the post of football *manager for the 1941 grid sea son. '44 Parties Hand In Petitions Today Political fever among the fresh man ranks is •slowly heading tow ard its zenith as party chairmen have begun 'to swing their follow ers along the political trail with petition and party platforms of both cliques due at Student Union today noon. All candidates are required ,to have 100 freshman signatures on their petitions, 25 per cent women. The petitions will be examined by the Freshman Elections Commit tee, which is headed by H. Leonard Krouse '42. Political soap box orations will get underway on Tuesday nigh c when the annual freshman mass meeting will be staged. Candid ates will be introduced iby Krouse. John B. Cramp, Independent, and Paul 0. Frey, Campus, will vie for the class's presidential vote with brief speeches. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Late News Bulletins 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Athens—The Greek army swept northward last night, on through Albania, with little defense being shown against them. They cap tured the city of Portoedda and late reports told of the conquering of Albridon. The Greeks have al most conquered the entire country of Albania. In the central section of the warfare, they completely demolished an entire column of mechanized Italians. Berlin—The war in Germany was defined as being "the blitz krieg coming home to roost." RAF bombers again last night com pletely devastated sections of Ger many which included plants that the Nazis depended on to carry on the war. It was reported that the most crucial moment of the war throughout the world for the past years is the economic situation that exists in Italy today. The Italiani are now relying on aid from Germany and are depend ing more than ever on the Germans Weather— Cloudy With Snow Flurries PRICE THREE CENTS 43 Varsity Letters Given For Fall Sports William S. Finn '42 and Theo dore S. Casnoff '42 were elected managers of football and soccer for 1941 respectively, it was an nounced yesterday. They suc ceed Charles E. Reid '4l, football, and Roger S. Findley '4l, soccer. Allan I. Moses '43, Frank J. Perna '43, and Irving C. Wilhelm '43 were named first assistants in football. Philip A. Barnhill '43 was elected freshman grid man ager and Harve S. Bair '43 and Luther W. Richards '43 were sel ected as alternates. Robert E. Moritz '42 and Jack E. Morgan '42 became associate managers. The newly elected soccer first assistant managers are A. Edward Leitzinger '43, M. William Lunde lius '43, and Charles B. 'Rutten berg '43. Samuel G. Fredman '43 was voted freshman manager and J. Edward Husted '43 is the al ternate. Daniel T. Balmer '42 and Paul M. Etters '42 are the as sociate managers. Varsity football awards were earned by 22 players of whom 15 were seniors. Five juniors and two sophomores also received varsity letters. Six special awards were given out. Fifteen soccer letters were awarded to six seniors, five jun iors, and four sophomores. Three special letters were also awarded. Six harriers received - cross country letters, three going to seniors and the other three to juniors. Two special awards were made. Football awards: Varsity letters to Earl F. Brown. '43, Leonard Frketich '42, Leon J. Gajecki '4l (captain), Michael Garbinski '42, Walter M. Kniaz '4l, John M. Kerns '43, Leonard Krouse '42, Wade E. Mori '4l, Charles M. Peters '4l, Lloyd J. Parsons '4l, John R. Patrick '4l, John A. Petrella '42, Frank M. Platt '4l, Ben R. Pollock '4l, Wil liam R. Smaltz '42, Carl Stravin ski '4l, Thomas E. Vargo '4l, Craig White '4l, James Wood ward '4l, Samuel J. Kopach '4l, Aubrey G. Nonemaker '4l, Charles E. Reid '4l (manager). Special football awards . to Ken neth D. Schoonover '43, Ralph F. Ventresco '43, Paul E. Weaver '43, Robert G. Clark '4l (associate manager), Edward B. Harris '4l (associate manager), and Robert, (Continued on Page Three) 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IL for their foodstuffs. Mussolini ad mitted yesterday that the farming in Italy is practically nil . and he will make a new agreement on food with Hitler in the near fu ture. Berlin Berlin reported last night that Russia will stand firm on their notification to aid China in their war against Japan and that they will not help the 'bellig erent nations, Italy and Germany. London The House of Com mons in England voted yesterday on the question of compromising with Germany on the war. The final vote was 341 to 4 for fighting the war to the finish against Ger many. Munich—Again Munich is the scene of an important meeting. Prime Minister Pierre Laval and von Ribbentrop will meet at Mun ich today to discuss the granting of several French colonies to the Italians who have received no property from the Germans yet.
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