' 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::*:.:.:.:............ .. ~.....
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yourself,• a chance to appear on ii:inVilii]ilifi:li: , : . ' 'i! ti
a nation-wide broadcast, trips to siiic;Mii:i::':'''
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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
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voices. One will be given Pi. • • ••••
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an expenses-paid trip to New • •••
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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
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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.
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