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Thespian Rehearsal Turns Schwab
Into Madhouse Of Wild Activity
Every night at eight Schwab
Auditorium, staid and respect
able all day, is converted into
•a madhouse by a group of stu
dents masquerading as lunatics,
Rajahs, sleep-walkers, drunks,
Superman, and a variety of the
species, Thespian.
It’s all part of the rehearsal
for Thespians’ IF weekend
show, “The Joint’s Jumpin’.”
Ted Clauss staggers around
the stage, getting atmosphere
for his role of a drunk. Mike
Kerns, fresh from his role of
wrestling exponent of the “dou
ble-bubble,” takes over a new
part as a slightly balmy edition
of Superman.
In one dressing room the
Singerettes—Mim Rheim, Bar
bara Gnau, and Janet Hartz—
run over their lyrics for the
show. In the other Les Lewis,
as Mrs. Van Smyth, and Leon
Rabinowitz, as the Russian Ra
jah, practice their duet, “What’s
the Use of It All?”
The Three Stooges Ned
Startzel, George Parrish, and
Roy Rogers—go through one of
their routines in the foyer. Most
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Thetas defeated Mac Hall in
ping pong, 2-0, last night to win
the championship and earn five
points toward the intramural cup.
Elinor Weaver ’4l won from
Frances Angle ’43, 12-21, 21-13,
and 21-14, while Gertrude Bur
well ’43 defaulted to Jane Berke
toile ‘43.
This victory gives Thetas 23
total points in intramural com
petition, with 10 earned from
spring sports, 3 from volleyball,
5 from swimming, and 5 from
ping pong. Chi O’s rank second
with 16 points—ll won in spring
competition, and 5 from volley
ball.
* * *
Ath West triumphed over Ath
East 3-0 in badminton finals of
the independent league last
night, to add 5 points to its score
toward the cup.
Matches played off in the wom
en’s badminton championship
tournament include a victory by
Muriel Taylor ’43 over Katherine
Schoch ’42, 11-6, 11-3; Pauline
Hugh ’43 beat Marge Chambers
'43, 13-10, 11-6; Jan Hartz ’42
won from Betty Widger ’4l.
Muriel Taylor ’43 defeated
Sally Faber ’4l, 11-6, 11-6; Jo
Werner ’4l turned back Ruth
Moore ’43, 2-11, 11-8, 11-4; and
Martha Duffman ’43, defending
champion, defeated Betty Succop
'4l, 11-8, 7-11, and 11-5. _
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Delta Gamma beat AOPi 22-19
in the fraternity basketball
league semi-finals last night, and
will play Chi Omega for the
championship. Scoring DGs were
Marjory Harwick, who claimed
10 points; Sara Faber, 10; and
Josephine Werner, 2. AOPi scor
ers were Betty Widger, 17; and
Evelyn Johnson, 2.
Hours For Observing
Jupiter, Saturn Set
Special hours for observing
Jupiter and Saturn before they
pass below the horizon have
been announced by Dr, Henry L.
Yeagley, associate professor of
physics.
The observatory will be open
tonight, tomorrow, and Monday
through Friday from 7:30- to 8:30
p.m.
Peters At Mansfield
Dr. C. C. Peters, director of
educational research, will address
’die Home Economics section and'
die general session of die School
men's 1 "Conference* at? Mansfield*
State-Teachers College-tomorrow.
of the stage is filled with chorus
girls and boys polishing up their
dance routines.
Downstairs other types of ac
tivities are humming. Tom
Slutter supervises scenery de
sign. Don Russel is busy on
the stage layout. Henry Daley
works on the properties. Aud
rey Dice sees about getting cos
tumes in shape. Bob Lyman fig
ures out stage lighting.
In the basement dressing
room Jimmy McAdams beats
out the tune of “I’m So Lonely”
and Joyce Strope warbles the
lyrics.
Up in the balcony foyer the
Three Beats and a Pick-up run
through their boogie-woogie
number. Jimmy Leyden plays
around with the notes on the
piano while Jackie Reese, Bill
Bogar, and Bill Nesbitt swing
out with the tune.
Director Sock Kennedy
weaves, around through the
maze of activity, corrects a bit
of “business” here, a dancing
routine there, and integrates the
whole show.
PSCA To Install
Officers At Dinner
Recently elected. PSCA Cabi
net members will be installed
and five new members of the
Advisory Board will be elected
at the. annual PSCA dinner meet
ing in the Sandwich Shop on
Monday from 5:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Dr. Frederick B. Igler, secre
tary of the Christian Association
at Penn and for 20 years director
of Baptist Student work, will be
the principal speaker at the din
ner. The topic of his speech will
be “As I Know Them.”
Committees in charge of the
dinner have been announced by
Arlene K. Smith ’42, general
chairman. Ticket committee
consists of Dorothy H. Grossman
’42, chairman, Clifford M. Paint
er ’44, Herbert K. Kraybill ’44,
Marlin S. Savidge ’43, Christine
R. Grant ’43, and Harriet G. Van
Riper ’44.
Publicity committeemen are
Philip B. Pennington 44, chair
man, Kehl Markley ‘44. The
program committee consists of
E. Betty Mason 42, chairman,
Dorothy L. Shaw ’42, and Helen
L. Woodcock ’42. Table arrange
ments are in charge of Shirley
M. Hint ’42, chairman, Ruth Y’.
Francis ’42, Kathryn R. Brong
’44, Miriam V. Musser ’44, Jean
E. Stover ’44, M. Virginia'Krauss
’44, and Dorothy J. Jennings ’44
Beta Theta Pi will entertain
Kappa Kappa Gamma at dinner
tonight.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Fitness Course
Begins Monday
All students registered under
they 1 Selective Service Act who
are interested in enrolling in a
Physical Fitness Defense Course
will hold an organization meet
ing in Room 121 Sparks Build
ing at 7 p. m. Monday.
The School of Physical Edu
cation and Athletics in coopera
tion with the department of
military science and tactics Us
sponsoring the course to pre
pare students who may soon
enter army training camps.
Interested draftees are re
quested to register for the
course at Student Union as soon
as possible. However, students
may sign up at the meeting on
Monday.
Charlie Speidel, wrestling
coach, has been placed in full
charge of the program. Classes
will be arranged to suit the ma
jority of the group. If regis
tration 'is sufficiently high,
classes may meet both afternoon
and evening.
“Army authorities claim that
.it will take from four to six
months to get the average draf
tee in good physical condition.
We feel that with our facilities
three months would be a con
servative estimate of the time
required to get the average col
lege draftee in shape to stand
the rigors of army life,” Glenn
N. Thiel, committee member,
stated.
Approximately 45 students
have already enrolled. The
draftees may be joined by ad
vanced ROTC men who have
been urged by Colonel Audrey
to participate in the seven
weeks program.
IF Bridge Sections
Complete Preliminaries
With the winning IF bridge
teams being determined Wed
nesday night in sections G, H,
and I, the preliminaries in the
men’s division of the tourney
were completed.
Delta Tau Delta took top
honors in Section (x, with Phi
Kappa Tau second. First in
Section H was Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, and the runner-up was
Phi Sigma Kappa. Sigma Phi
Sigma came in first in Section
I, and Tau Kappa Epsilon was
second.
The first and second place
winners from each section will
take part in the semi-finals at
the Nittany Lion Inn, at 7:30
p. m. Monday, along with the
five top sorority groups*. These
teams will all be announced in
tomorrow’s Collegian.
Storeroom Hours
The military storeroom in Mac
Hall basement is open only on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Bradley Gets 7 Good Find 7
In Singer Lynn Gardner
Vocalist, Lynn Gardner, per
sonal discovery of Will Bradley,
will handle the singing assign
ments for Bradley’s orchestra
which plays here at the IF Ball
next Friday.
17 Debate Teams
In Forensic Meet
Seventy debaters from 17
western Pennsylvania hi g h
schools will arrive on campus
tomorrow to enter the sixth an
nual Forensic League District
High School Tournament.
The tourney, scheduled for
Saturday and Monday, will start
with registration in Room 121
Sparks Building at 9 a. m. Sat
urday. The actual elimination
debating rounds will begin at
10 a. m. and continue through
the day until only five or six
teams remain undefeated.
These teams will meet on
Monday afternoon to decide the
two teams that will meet in the
final debate in Room 10 Sparks
Building at 7:30 o’clock that
night. The winner and runner
up team of the tournament will
compete in the National Cham
pionship Tournament at Lex
ington, Kentucky, on April 28
to May 2.
The members of the Penn
State varsity debate squad will
act as judges for the elimination
rounds and Profs. Joseph F.
O’Brien, George P. Rice, and
Edward D. Couch, all of the de
partment of speech, will judge
the final debate. The tourney
is open to the public.
Prof. John H. Frizzell, head
of the department of speech,
will be toastmaster at a dinner
for all of the participants,
judges, and coaches to be held
in the Old Main Sandwich Shop,
Saturday at 6 p. m. Prof. Ar
thur H. Reede, of the depart
ment of economics, will give the
main speech, followed by talks
from heads of the National For
ensic League.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28; 1941
Lynn Gardner, 19-year-old
pretty vocalist who will appear
here with Will Bradley’s Band
for the Interfraternity Ball, per
sonifies the little girl who came
to the city to make good, and did.
A native of Union City, N. J.,
Lynn did her first public singing
less than a year ago over a small
radio station. Guided by Jimmie
Rich, the vocal coach who helped
such stars as Bea Wain, Barry
Wood, and Nan Wynn, she was
“spotted” by Will Bradley a few
months ago and was offered a
contract immediately.
When she sings Cole Porter’s
new hit, “Fresh As A Daisy,”
with drummer Ray McKinley,
her vocal style and personality
portrays the “boogie woogie”
theme of Will Bradley’s orches
trations.
Paralleling Lynn’s shooting to
the top of the music world, Will
Bradley organized his band a
little over a year ago. Today,
with his sensational trombone
playing, and Ray McKinley at
the drums, Lynn Gardner and
Terry Allen as vocalists, and
pianist Freddie Slack, Bradley’s
band has been chosen “the band
of 1941.”'
Reminiscing about the older
days in radio when he played for
Tommy Dorsey, Ray Noble, and
others, Bradley feels, that he
gained much pratical experience
while playing so many different
styles.
From working with so many
top-notch band leaders Bradley
formed a distinctive style of his
own, the boogie woogie rhythm.
This style of playing, Bradley
admist, wa sstolen from “Pine
top” Smith melodies which were
played from the waterfront hon
keytonks of New Orleans, Mem
phis, and Chicago at least 20
years ago.
Polished with an original in
terpretation by Bradley, this
“wacky” rhythm is best illustrate
ed in “Beat Me Daddy Eight To
The Bar,” and “Scrub Me Mam
ma With A Boogie Beat.”
Marine Physical Exams
To Be Held Hex! Week
Students already interviewed
for commissions in the Marine
Corps Reserve may obtain a pre
liminary medical examination at
the Armory on Tuesday or Wed
nesday. Second Lieut. R. T. Raby
of the Marine Corps will be on
hand with a medical officer.
Other interested juniors or
seniors not in advanced ROTC
will be interviewed at this time.
Further information may be ob
tained at the Armory.
Bob Higgins played varsity
end here for four years, as
there was no freshman rule.