Wm] Site iatig @ dollTgfem I ZET VOL,-37—No. 85 New Record Set ilpSororities Pledge t 63 Coeds Thirteen campus sororities set an all-time record of 163 pledges to top last year’s total of 149-as Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma surpassed the individual house record with 19 each in Sun day’s pledging. ' Alpha Epsilon Phi and Kappa ■Alpha Theta tied for second place with .17 pledges and Emanon came in third with 16. Other houses were Alpha Chi Omega, 14; Phi Mu, 12; Delta Gamma and Zeta Tau Alpha, 10; Alpha Omi cron Pi and Theta Phi Alpha, 9; Gamma Phi Beta, 8; and Chari tides, 3. , This year,-215 bids were sent to 189 women with 163 accepting as compared to last year’s 193 bids to 175 women with 149 ac ceptances. Of 330 freshmen 149 were bid this year .with 124 pledging. Although there were 340 freshmen last year only 119 were'bid and 99 accepted. Sophomores received 28 bids this year and accepted 26 in con trast to last year’s figure of 41 acceptances out of 47 bids. Eleven juniors were bid and 10 accepted Sunday; last year the 8 junior bids were all accepted. A grad uate student pledged this year and a faculty member last year. Refusals this year totaled 24, two less than.last year. Alpha" Chi Omega Colors: red and green, ' Freshmen—Margaret D. Camp bell, Lois A. Dosch, Phyllis E. Garrison, • Helen Grace Hall, Janet M. Henninger, M. . Jean Tittle, Jane H. Murphy, Anne G. Norris, Mary Jo Powell, H. Joyce .'Sli-djgWJp'Tibis 'A.'. i.Wickersham; sophomores—Kathryn A.- Bean, Pauline E. Kennedy; juniors Elinor F. Herrman. Alpha Epsilon Phi* Colors: green and white. Freshmen —Lillian M. Abram son, Jane R. Bartikowsky, Edythe Dobnoff, Sara M. Fisher, Eleanor M. Freedman, E. Doris Gilbert, Doris S. Hammel, Sally L- Hirsh berg, Pearl Kolbe, Pearl E. Kop lovitz, Daisie J. Kranich, Fleu rette MarguLies, Adrienne H. Miller, Betty J. Podell, Marian R. Rabinovitz, Nell N. Wortman; sophomores—Bernice L. Turner. Alpha Omicron Pi Colors: red and white. Freshmen —Eugenia D. Bund (Continued on Page Four) Murals Or Loan To Be Senior Gift Murals or loan fund? Seniors will make the final selection of their class gift at the All-College elections to be held March’ 11, 12, and 13 when they pick one of these two sugges tions, it was decided by the gift committee Sunday night. Selected from a list of seven suggestions the continuation of murals in Old Main received the unanimous vote of the five mem bers of the committee present as oner suggestion to appear on the ballot. After a long and heated dis- cussion the second candidate was decided when four votes were 'cast for a loan .fund. One vote went for a scholarship fund. :One part of the lean fund .would be invested while the oth- er part would be loaned to jun , dors and seniors, W. Lewis Cor bin, chairman of the committee, explained. ■ Approximately $5,000 will be • left bv the Class of 1941 for this - gift; TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Mountain lodge Nears Actual Construction Several recommendations con cerning the 1939 mountain lodge were adopted by the Recreation Committee last night- and the lodge was officially turned over to the department of grounds and buildings for construction. As recommended ! by the com mittee, the .lodge was brought within the $7,300 budget. . It will be located on a .five-acre plot midway between Boalsburg and the ski trail. " The lodge will be two stories high. There will- be no dormi tories. A kitchen and mess hall will be on the ground floor and a club room, 60 feet, by 30 feet, will be on the second floor.. Bill Introduced For Ml Allocation HARRISBURG, Feb. 17.—A bill which would appropriate $75,000 for'coal research at the School of Mineral Industries at The Pennsylvania State College was introduced in the Senate to day by Sen. Robert M. Miller, Rep., Luzerne County. Principal opposition to the bill came from Sen. Anthony Caval cante, Dem., Fayette County, who objected because- there was no allocation in Governor James’ budget for the appropriation. However, Senate minority leader, Sen. ■ Harry Shapiro, Dem., Philadelphia County, hint ed the bill would pass if funds were available. No appropriation for the School of Mineral Industries at the College was contained in James’ budget which he present ed to. the Legislature two weeks TUgo. In the’.'last Appropriation granted by the state two years ago there was an allocation of $50,000 which-was to be matched by Pennsylvania industry. Action has not yet been taken by the Legislature on the propos .ed appropriation of $4,375,000 to the College. This is exactly the same figure which was granted for the 1939-41 biennium. Tryouts Tomorrow Open tryouts for specialty numbers to be used between the acts of “The Streets of New York” will be held in the Little Theatre at 7 p.m. tomorrow. A call has been issued for comic dance routines, blues singers and duets, trios and quartets. ; We Three 7 Team To Entertain At Collegian’s Washington Ball “We Three,” a new comedy team composed of Leon Rabin owitz, Doris Disney, and Don Taylor, will entertain at inter mission of Washington’s Birthday Ball, an informal. dance to be given by the Daily Collegian in Rec Hall from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday. A special comedy skit on the life of George Washington will feature the merry-makers’ pro gram. Impersonations by “We Three,” Don Taylor’s number, “The First Nighter,” and imita- _ tions in costume of Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour will high light the program. Musical scores Will be handled by the Campus Owls. New second semester subscrip tions to the Daily Collegian plus eight cents federal tax will be the admission. General admission will be 75 cents. Although no advance sale of dan'de tickets will be made, sub scriptions to the Qollegian may OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE H. Auden Here For Week’s Visit; I Give First Speech At 8 Tonight These Two Men Speak On Campus Tonight Robert -C. Mackie, left, will speak in Schwab Auditorium at 7 o’clock tonight and W. H. Auden, right, will talk in Room 121 Sparks Building at 8. Mr. Mackie’s speech will be the opening signal for All-College Cabinet’s drive for funds for the p.ritish War Relief So ciey and the World Student Service Fund. Mr. Auden’s visit to the campus is sponsored by the College. Mackie Opens British Relief Drive At Mass Meeting In Auditorium Dollar-A-Sfudenf Goal Set For Campaign ' All-College • Cabinet's ctollar per-student war relief drive of ficially opens at a mass meeting in Schwab Auditorium at 7 p. m. today, with Robert C. Mackie of the World Student Service Fund speaking. The drive will con tinue through Friday. Mr. Mackie, through his recent extensive travels in Europe, In dia, China, Japan, and North America, has intimate knowledge of the needs of students through out the world. A mobile feed kitchen to be used for feeding civilians in Great Britain will be displayed near the main gate Thursday and Friday and arrangements will probably be made to serve tea and coffee for 10 cents. The varsity debating team di vided first place honors with Houghton College- in the debate tournament at Shippensburgh, Saturday. State won five out of six debates with Albright, Am erican University, Bucknell, Po tomac State, and West Virginia, losing only to Farmersville State Teachers College. State’s team was composed of David R. Benjamin ’4l, Bernard M. Weinberg ’43, Thomas J. Burke ’42, and John R. Wishart ’4l. Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien accompanied the debaters. The topic discussed was ‘'The hemi sphere question.” William E. Harkins ’42 and David R. Benjamin ’4l started an eastern tour yesterday in which they will meet teams from six different colleges. The trip will .-be highlighted by two radio de bates with Columbia and City College of New York. The debate with Columbia, Friday, will be broadcast over station WNYC at 1:05 p. m. State will uphold the affirmative side of the question, “Resolved: That the United States should gain and maintain a position superior to be obtained at Student Union or that of any other country in the Collegian office, land, sea and air armaments.” ‘We Three’ c i I'!-,- Cabinet To Hear Report On Traffic Board Keports on tfle nzuaem rramr Board and chapel collections'will be heard at the All-College Cab inet meeting in Room 305 Old Main at 9 p.m. tonight. Cabinet will also decide the date of the inauguration of All- College officers and may pick the football holiday for next fall. Progress reports will be given by representatives of Interfraternity Council, Independent Men’s As sociation, Philotes, Dramatics and Forensics Council and Panhel lenic Council. Debaters Tie At Shlppensburg PRICE THREE CENTS Students Can Schedule 1 Personal Appearances W. H. Auden, noted English poet and playwright, will make his first appearance on campus in Room 121 Sparks Building at 8 o’clock tonight when be will speak on “English Poetry of the Thirties.” Mr. Auden’s one-week visit here is being sponsored by the College. The program committee •is composed of Librarian Willard P. Lewis, chairman, and Profes sors William L. Werner, Robert E. and Theodore Roe thke. For those students who wish to consult Mr. Auden on prob lems of creative writing, informal conferences can be arranged through Professor Roethke, de partment of English composition. His tentative speaking sched ule, except for the talk tonight, is as follows: Wednesday—noon, Atherton Hall; 1:10 p.m., Room 239 Sparks Building; 4 p. m., Little Theatre; .Thursday,—noon, McAllister Hall; 6 p.m., Sigma Phi Sigma; 7:30, Rhythm Room of White Hall; Friday—7:3o p.m., lounge of College Book Store. Nine volumes of poems and plays have come from Mr. Aud en’s pen since 1930. Among his latest works are “On This Is land,” “Another Time,” “Letters from Iceland,” and “The Ascent of F. 6.” In 1937 he was led be fore King George VI by John Masefield, poet laureate of Eng land, to receive the King’s Gold Medal for the best poetry of the year. He has been particularly im pressed wn/i xxititsuuciy to a recent radio interview, first from reading American litera ture and now from personal ob servation, by her universal lone liness. “America is a dangerous and challenging place in which to live, and the only place for a writer today,” Mr. Auden told an interviewer at Swarthmore Col lege recently. New Bus Depot Will Be Erected A modern bus terminal, com plete with all station facilities including a cafeteria and restaur ant by July 1, H. C. Crawford, regional manager of the Pennsyl vania Greyhound Lines, Inc., an nounced before borough council last night. Plans are now being drawn up to have the new treminal, which will be operated by Greyhound Post Houses, Inc., conform with College architecture and face the campus. It is expected that the College will cooperate in provid ing a walk to the building. Council was faced with the re fusal of Burgess Wilbur F. Leit zell to permit an extension of the deadline which abolishes the present bus stop on Thursday. Unless Leitzell permits buses to stop on-College avenue until the new terminal is completed, Crawford stated that the bus company would be forced to re ceive and discharge passengers at a make-shift shelter on the new site. ■ ’44 Candidates Meet There will be an important compulsory meeting of all fresh man Collegian candidates in Room 405 Old Main at 7:30 o’clock tonight. All sold subscrip tions must be turned in.
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