' Successor To The Free Lance, Established 188/ VOL. -38—No. 4 'Hour Of Charm' Audition Will Be Held Monday Fishburn To Select Ten Coed Singers Are you a coed? Ipiikikmiiii:isi:i*i: If so, can you sing?rP?:::.:... If you can sing, would you s'" like f,o earn more than $l,OOO for 1iki'1iiiii•x::*:.:.:.:............ .. ~..... ~:giinii::: i:. :,. yourself,• a chance to appear on ii:inVilii]ilifi:li: , : . ' 'i! ti a nation-wide broadcast, trips to siiic;Mii:i::':''' ,g New York, and a $4,000 scholar- V ig ship tor Penn State? Next Monday night at '7 o'clock, ten Penn State coeds will have an audition in Schwab.auditor.ura. •::. Three of these will be selected to ?' .n have recordings 'made of their :::::i: ..... . ..... ::: .:::::: voices. One will be given Pi. • • •••• ... an expenses-paid trip to New • ••• .. York, and a spot on the Hour of i Charm NBC Red network pro gram on Sunday, October 12. •‘ :.:: It's all part of the "Hour of Charm" auditions planned for 10 SELECTS SINGERS Hummel colleges—includini.; Penn State . Fishburn, associate professor of with the well-kh wn all-girl (.1- music education, will narrow, the chestra . directed by Phil Spitaln,r. field of would-ibe coed prima don- Two members of the orchest va which down to a lucky three, one of —Vivien,. featured vocalist, and which will finally be chosen to RbSa Linda, brilliant • pianist.— sing on Phil Spitalny'iS "Hour of will arrive - here next Monday Charm" radio program as a repre afternoOn and will select the three sentative of Penn State. • - Penn State coeds along with - Charles Underhill, representative ' • of Batten,, Barton, Durstine, and ROTC- Department Sets Osborn, advertising representa tiVes of General Electric, sponsors Schedule For: Uniforms of the ."Hour of Charm."- All coeds who are interested in a being chosen as one of -the ten *.n ln Mac Had Basement sing next Monday .night : are ask,. , The schedule for issuing uni ed to..see...triaf,::Hurninel Fishburn „f orms _ to --sophomore,students, ~. as at his office in 422 - Old Main irri- released by the ROTC depart medi4tely. ' He will pick the len ment is: candidates.' WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24 The. department of speech will 1-2:30 p. m. . Section A, Infantry. record the voices of the three 2:30-4 p. m... Section B, Infantry. girls selected - by Vivien, Rosa 4-6 p. m. ... Section C, Infantry. Linda,. and Mr.; Underhill. These Section A; Engineers. recordings will be judged by th:. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 entire all-girl orchestra and one 8 a. m.-noon. Sections B, C, D, girl will be-picked to sing on th , . Engineers. program". October 1 2. • 1-6 p. m. ..... Section D, Infantry. After all 1.0 colleges have had auditions on the air, the 'all-tor! Sections E, F, Engineers. orchestra will name three for Ai- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 8 a. m.-noon 1-3 p. m. . Sections peat performances Each of theiz.. will receive $l,OOO and all e",- E, F, Infantry penseg. One of •the three, they , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 **lll' be selected for a final per- 8 a. m.-noon ... All sections not . formance.. Her college will ri- equipped. , ceive $l,OOO pet` , year for four All equipment will be issued years to be_ used as a scholarship from the basement of McAllister for a student determined by n Hall. committee from the College. . 'Lights' Precede Unusual Events - The old superstition that north ern lights foreshadow human con flicts has just received a setb according to Dr, 1-tans Neubc. , rcter, in charge of meteorological re search at the College. "With the war two years old, Thursday's northern lights had such prophetic value," Dr. NE:I.I - said today. "Their influ ence on human behavior is still problematic." Although investigators have found that the death rate of phy sically unstable persons and tne suicide of mentai:y unstable per sons : ncreases after unusual solar activity, the biological connection between the two has not been ens- tablished, he pointed out. "The recent display was the most brilliant Lever saw," he said. "At its peak about 9 p. m. one could read in the open without any additional ligl't." Its coming was heralded early in morning by the fact that short wave radio signals were completely flooded out, indicating a disturbance of solar activity, Firsi becoming visible in the (Continued on-Page Three) Batig , c•, Toll TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, STATE COLLEGE, PA Hat Society To Meet Skull and Bones, junior and senior honorary society, will hold its first fall meeting to discuis tapping of new members in 3113 Old Main at 7 p. in. tomorrow, Charles F. MMtern, president, has announced. Feariul Frost Faces Foolish Joe Frosh, we've got to hand it to inform the upper classes of your to you. You're one red'hot potato. chosen university, politely, as to For a week now you'Ve been riding what will be playing at the 'Weal high, in and out of every fraternity movies, you'll have an urge to bow in town, sporting your new going- low in courtly style when greeted away-to-college clothes, your Shiny 'with the salutation: "Button, red cheeks, and your verdant Frosh!"; you'll be eager to proffer greenness. But, Joe, take it from a .matdh to 'those with unlit us, there's a quick autumn chill smokes, before you take time to coming on, due to arrive at noon light your own corncob pipe. tomorrow, and there isn't any "fair You're going to be a real guy—or and possibly warmer" about this else! one. Some fdlks say that you'll get a We don't want to harp on this wee bit tired of walking in the subject, but a sudden uniformity is front door of Old Main and the going to take hold of the class of Sparks building. Others insist that '45 and we know you're going tq it gets boring to dangle a name fall in line. We have a fellow here card on your chest for a month. named Ray Leffler, Tribunal No doubt you'll find that the case. chairman, who's very interested in But yotoll get to know the class of this freshman custom. 1945, and when the first football • Tomorrow/ you're going to be- game comes and you're sitting in come • a real man about town, able the east stands with the sun in your OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Blind Freshman To Wear Customs When Charles Hall, blind fresh man, walked into 'Tribunal's meeting last night it was not to apply for exemption from customs as might be expected, but merely to explain his condition to Tri bunal and let them know that he wanted no privileges and that he wanted to be no different from fellow freshmen. Having already purchased his regulation dink, white socks and black tie, Chuck will join the other freshmen when they don their customs tomorrow noon. As expressed by Tribunal head, Ray Leffler '42, the attitude of this blind student was "a real example of this Penn State spirit we hear so much about, and it should serve as an example to the entire student body." Anxious to get back on the wrestling mat, Chuck will be a candidate for the frosh team. He can play practically anything on the piano by ear including "boog ie woogie." Already getting around the Phi Delt house with little . trouble, Chuck will soon gee to know his way about the campus. The list of those exempted from .frosh customs because of being over. 21 or having served a similar period at another school follows: Over 21 years old: Clarence W. Smith, John • Christman, David Shainer, Phillip Allen, Harold Davis, Dave Dillon, George Adam itis, Louis Milkovics, Robert A. Markle, Telford Fink, James Lego, - jack. Miller, end- George Lager. Transfei students having 'serV: . ed similar customs: James Hile man, Paul Gift, Donald Kay, Em anuel • Schwartz, Theodore Hagg, Frank Coupe, Edwin Sechrist, Elliot Wagner, Richard Van Hyn ing, Donald Kime, Charles Tinguy, Allen Wolford, Russell e.cobson, John Frey, Harold 'Winer, Allen Brown, • James Arnold, and Wil liam Davis. Other exempted freshmen will be listed in tomorrow's Daily Col legian. Fiction Books Removed from Reserve list Fiction books Will no longer be kept on reserve by .the' library, but reserves will continue to be used with non-fiction material, according to Miss Margaret Knoll, assistant circulation librarian. The purpose of this first-come first-served method is to keep the books circulating faster, Miss Knoll said. Under the old sys tem, she added, a book might re main on the shelves for several days waiting for the s person who had ii. reserved. rgiatt Pledging Total Hits 454 At Close Of Fifth Day Daily Collegian Announces New Prices For Draftees A .. new subscription price for draftees who were former Penn State students has been announ ced by The Daily Collegian in co operation with the Alumni As sociation and other campus or ganizations who wish to keep in contact with students who have been called to army duty. The draftees subscription price will be $3, with daily mail charges to be furnished free by the Col legian. Other subscription rates for 15 issues are $3 for local de livery, $3.75 by mail, $2 for one semester delivery, and $2.50 for one semester by mail. Features of the Collegian in clude the campus and radio cal endars, "At The Movies," humor, sports, and editorial .columns, late news flashes, and complete cam pus coverage of news events. Actors To Sign For Players' Trial Freshmen and .upperclassmen wishing to try out for the Penn State Players' initial production of the season, "The Male Animal," should sign up today at Student Union for individual appointments. will Players board of control. meet this — afternoon to assign heads of the technical de partments to handle the play which is scheduled to open on Alumni Homecoming Day, October 11. Tryouts for actors arid actresses will be held in the Little Theatre of Old Main at '7.p. m. today. Pro fessor Frarik S, Neusbaum, depart ment of dramatics, urged fresh man women arranging for appoint ments to Obtain late permissions from their dorimitories. The first • call will concern the acting company and a later call will be made for a technical crew, Neusbaum explained. If candidates find their scheduled appoint ments inconvenient, he • stated, they should make special arrange ments with the Players' office in 413 Old Main. Three Courses Added Three courses not listed in the time table were announced yes terday. The courses, and the times of their first meetings, are: Bioclimatology 505, by appoint ment in 313 Mineral Industries Buildirig; Russian 1 and 3, no Sparks Building, 4 o'clock 'to morrow afternoon. Frosh eyes, you'll get. on your feet and sing your class Song louder than 111111111111111111111111111111111111t111111111111111111111111111111t any song you've ever sung in your life. Soon a couple of your fellows are going to forget themselves nd slip, 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 and those hat men who have been showing you a good time this past WASHINGTON— The State De week are going to give,their names parment announced last night the to Ray Leffler, who will be inter- sinking of the former Danish yes ested. Then , freshmen wearing sel Pink Star near the scene of the • dresses, dragging tin cans, Greer incident in Icelandic waters. skiing on campus, carrying planks, The Pink Star was flying the Pan and doing othel• friendly antics will amanian flag, according to the re make their appearance on campus. port. But don't let it worry you, Joe. Ydu won't like it, or you'll love it, WASHINGTON Storm warn but regardless of how you feel, to- ings were sent out last night to all morrow at noon Freshman Week is coastal cities from Cape Cod to coming to. a sudden stop, and you , Texas. Two separate storms were had better get your green dink, moving up the Atlantic coast from bowtie and white socks ready for a the Gulf Of Mexico. close inspection by five thousand upperclassmen. WEATHER Fair, Continued Warm PRICE THREE CENTS Beta Sigma Rho Gains Lead With 20 Names Results of five days fraternity pledging lakt night passed the rec ord of last year for the same period by 73 as 181 pledges were reported to Intenfraternity Council raising the total to 454. The number - of pledges at the Mlnd of five days last year was 381. The 454 total reached yesterday is only 56 short of last year's final total of 510 for the official rushing season. Beta Sigma Rho yesterday gain ed the lead with 20 pledges. Gam ma Sigma Phi and Phi Sigma Del ta, each with 18 pledges . fell to sec ond place. John Pearson has pledged Phi Kappa Tau and not Theta Chi as announced yesterday by Franklin D. Yeagle has similarly pledged Triangle instead of Sigma Nu. New pledges only are listed in the following record. Numbers in parenthesis refer to the total num ber pledged at each house. Fig ures are subject to change by the IFC. . Yesterday's pledges: Acacia (6): Lawrence A. Shef fer, Elmer Strunk, Schell Teets, Robert Troxell, William F. Whitby, Thomas Wiggins. Alpha Chi Rho (8): •A. Raymond Dodge. Alpha Chi Sigma - (12): Joseph Cannon,. and`James Newcomb. Alpha Gamma Rho (8): William H. Colteryahn. Alpha Kappa Phi (11): Ronald B. Adams, Ernest H. Beutner, Dean S. Choopel, C. David De Long, Wil liam H. Gross, Edward R. Crosser, Jack Penrod, Stanley J. Ryczak, Paul D. Shaffer Jr., Ellis V. Weed, and Wayne Yoder. Alpha Phi Delta (2): iCurto and Frank Lippo. Alpha Sigma Phi (14): William. James Campbell, Samuel A. Cu. ter, William D. Forsyth, Stephen Koven, Horace B. Smith, Jr., and, Eugene D. Stone. Alpha Tau Omega (4): Alpha Zeta (5): George W. El der and David Warner. Beta Sigma Rho (20): Irvin Ros of, Morris Wein, Jack Weiss, and Mortimer Weisenfeld. Beta Theta Pi (14): Rdbert Blair, Russel T. acdtison, Donald P. Kay and William J. Van Pelt. CM Phi (7): William G. Eben, Robert L. Beurket, Henry F. Daley, Harold G. Dersam, Harry W. Hardy, Robert K. Rhoades, Emer son Woolever. Delta Chi (14): Paul L. Bost and John Cercher. Delta Sigma Phi (9): George Kerr and Howard Williams. Delta Tau Delta (8): Delta Theta Sigma (1): Edward .Civiaey. Continued on page Four • News Flashes Baseball Scores On Page Eight Dick A
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