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VOL. - 38—No. 27
Artists' Course
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jo : - ..:e.-Series
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Itfuth 'Draper, internationally
known actress, will be the open
ing' artist. in the 1941-42 series of
Artists' Course , performances, Dr
Carl- . E. Marquardt, committee
chairman, revealed lastnight.
-- IVlisg Draper, whose character
sketches have -taken her from the
Fijilslands to Loridon in the last
two decades, williaripear in State
College on ,Monday evening, De-
ceniber:,ls.• . ' . stalks On their east porch caught
In" enlisting' the services
. (if this . fire; The cornstalks were part of
celebrated' monologist who, like . the pledge dance decorations. The
COrnelia 'Otis , Skinner, Peoples the VERSATILE MONOLOGIST — flames spread to the furniture,
stage withmany, many' more
Ruth Draper, expert artist in. which 'had been placed on the
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character• portrayal,..• has been. porch, and finally to the porch it
charactefi::llC'the course : .of' an
evenifigihan She herself Portrays, signed to appear on the Artists' se lf . .. •
Course program in Schwab 'Audi
the,Comtnittee :has again respond- The most plausible solution for
torium on December 1.5; .
ecV to • the'..demend which repeats the fire's-origin, according to Beck,
itself -tr.iore•;'insistently -,from .year . ..- was 'that a cigarette probably had
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to, - year for .a dramatic attraction, - • - N . a been thrown into the cornstalks.
Dr: ., ,lVlarquardt saict aval. Flight Unit The pledge dance was ending when
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MisS- 'Draper,': a granddaUghterthe .fire was discovered. .
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of 'the late- Charles A. Dana, .one ,Illam Il• . 411 i' ' - g - - Members of the fraternity form
of .the most prominent figures in WI I I O rganizes - . ed a bucket brigade and used afire
"'extinguisher to hold the flames un
the- histciry.:-of American journal . - - ' -
Students interested in forming a
ism, has '.a current repertory of - Company arrived.
'Penn State flight. unit, which will.
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two . dozen •• character *etches. -- . begin organiz d. training in the The last fraternity fire in State
They are all of .her _Own creation, . Naval Air Corps in June, are urged College, according to the fire de
but , none has. ever-been:printed. -- ,to report at- , 318 Old Main at 7 partment, was at the Alpha Sigma
o'clock . tomorrow night, according Phi fraternity, January 5, 1941. The
Her procedure, is to think of her , '
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characters a - long while;, some-
to .Thomas NV, Allison 42, seaman, fire originated in the furnace room
times 'for ._years; before. depicting second. class, V 5. arid spread. to the dining room
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floor and• partitions for a damage
them. , They; then emerge. "simple - - The purpose - of the unit is- to
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p recess' which l' is.. accomplished by ..dentS - Who will qualify for:enlist-
the . criticism - Of 'friends 'as:, th e‘ ment in
. the Corps, and who will • - - ..
character begins' to take on life. complete the eight-month course as Rhein To Sing TonighT •
Her program will consist of .members of the individual - Penn, -
eighttci*:ten - sketches with 'only . a '
State training unit. • At Last Of Freshmen
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Students . who attend• tomor.-
brief Mass Meeting Series
'intermission - -between them. • ,
. - rernarked - : 'on - : the rows meeting will not be _in a
way obligated to . join the Naval - .
finesse.4ith • WhiCh she: depicts a
mood through
,the simple gesture'
unit, Allison emphasized. After - - :Miriam L, Rheim 43' - will sing
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of flinging a shawl' or the "rising group. is Organized,.preliminary tonight at the last of a series of
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inflection in a, feW, wOrds. This applications will be filed and phy- - Freshmen. Mass, Meetings held in
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sical examinations will be taken. ` Schwab - Auditorium. Jerome
ItoWei7er,c'''Bk•ooks Atkinson, dra-
Successful applicants wil begin Blakeslee, freshman election su-
Mkie -- critic of 'the • New York •
„ rich training at the Phiadelphia Navy pervisor, and president of the- jun-
Tirin - eS;. - haS ,Idescribed. as • Yards in June. After 30 days the for class, will preside.
inisiiery!'-..,aria. "creative .story-te11ing...,:,,_
ing. ..,:, , _ , r : ,-! - , .;:,,. ;. , . ._ , • . trainees should qualify to solo and. Dr. Robert Bet professor
4' i;%. 1 .; "::: ''. • ' - will then • tie - transferred to Corpus of 'psychology, Will address the
Christi, Jacksonville; or Pensacola freshmen on "Ways' to Improve -In
for .advanCed flight instruction. dividual -Personalities. The ma-
Upon • 'completion of .advanced terial for Dr. Bernureuter's talk has
training, members of the Penn been gathered from information
State unit
. .will be, qualified for based on the -psycho-educational
commissions .as NeVal ensigns. .. clinic's experiences with more than
900
,students who. were tested and
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fokiiiiiiiii,Students. . -.,
NeWriian Club,.officials announc
ed y6sterday . that all Catholic
students are invited'to attend dis
cussion 'groups which are held in
the Catholic rectory from 7 to 8
p. m. daily, Monday through Fri
day. , '
The- subjeCt matter for the first
seniesterf is "praying the MaSs."
The moderators .who are in chargé
each: night are Bernard King,
sistant prcifessor of English; Will
ford R. Foster, research assistant
itc - Mineral Industries; Andrew, W.
Case, , assistant professor of_ fine
. arts; Clifford Lewis, of the de
partment of ptiblic, information;
and H. D. Rix, assistant professor
of English.
IMA To Show Movies
Qi,,Lehigh Game Tonight
Monday morning Auarterbaoks
will have a chance to call signals
again when free football movies of
the Penn State-Lehigh-game will
be shown in 121 Sparks Building
at 8 o'clock tonight under the spon
sorship of the Independent Men's
Association..
The I. M. A. will sponsor movies
er all varsity games to be shown
every Tuesday night; together with
7eontMents by a member cif ,the
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• Two graduates of the College, It is believed that Dr. Bernreuter
Herbert B. Cahan '39, Philadel- will stress the importance of cam
phia, -and William R. Fuchs '4l, pus influences in the development
Mt: Lebanon, have completed.of personality.
their basic flight course training Mary - Betty Anderson, 'chairman
at . Randolph Field, Texas. — Both of the Freshman . Mass meeting
are cadet - lieutenants and will Committee, announced that James
moVe••on to one of the advanced A. McAdam '42 is to lead the mass
flying. schools for final cadet' train- singing while John W. Harkins '42
ing. will be the pianist.
Students Fiown On National Strikes
With President Roosevelt threat
ening to issue a national defense
crack-down on . labor leader John
L. Lewis .unless striking Coal Min
ers resume production, and the
newspapers • full of world wide
events, Penn Stato students voic
ed their opinions on international
affairs last weekend in a survey
by Prof. John S. Naylor's class in
argumentation.
According to the cross-section
survey, students on our campus
do not approve of strikeS that tie
up national defense orders. Of ap
proximately 150 men and women
students who were asked "Should
Strikes in Industry be Prohibited
Until the National Emergency is
Passed?" 83.5 percent. answered
yes. 'Three-fourths of the men
were.. In avor . _ prohibiting
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Phi Kappa Sigma
Estimates $3,000
fire Damage
pamages _amounting to $3,000,
from a fire which broke out during
a pledge dance at the Phi Kappa
Sigma fraternity shortly after 1
o'clock Saturday morning, was esti-
mated yesterday by 'Thomas P.
Beek '42, president of the frater
nity.
A side-porch, ten pieces of house
furniture, and woodwork, were ig-
nited when discarded piles of cortr-
"shutdowns" while 9 . 1 percent of
the coeds favored the idea.
Whether the fact that they are
about to enter the business world
themselves was the reason for d the
large number of seniors to answer
in the affirmative, could not bzi
determined by the poll, but 95
percent of the '42 students would
bar strikes from• industry.
The survey did not show any.
great variation as to classes except
for the Physical Education school
which was 100 percent in favor
of uninterrupted production.
United States lend-lease policy
was approved by 75 percent of
the students interviewed by three
inquirers who asked, "Should the
United States Give All Available
Material Aid to Russia?" Eighty
one „percent...of the. men, contacted
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t*gitt,tt, Cooler
Showers
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Students Contribute $996
As PSCA Drive Opens .
Refund Checks Available
For Drop-Add Changes
Refund checks are now avail
able at the Bursar's office for
student drop-add changes, ac
cording to Russell E. Clark, Col
lege bursar.
. Notices will be sent to students
who have turned in drop-adds
that entail fees in excess of those
paid during the regular fee pay
ment period, Clark added.
Thespians Name
Houseparly Show
"What's Coming Off?" the mys
terious phrase that has. appeared
on campus for the last two weeks,
was explained last night when
Jimmy McAdam, president of the
Penn State Thespians, disclosed
it as the title of the Thespians
Houseparty show, which will be
presented in - Schwab Auditorium
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November 7th and Bth.
'With the announcement of the.
title, names of. production heads
and show personnel were released.
The show will be in the style of a
revue, With individual acts and
skits filling in the comedy spots
and a •20 voice mixed • glee club
and 28 chorus dancers working
to the .music of the Aristocrats,
new campus band. •
Production heads were an-;
nounced as Jimmy Leyden '42,
production manager; Leon Rabin
owitz '43, director of skits; Jim-
my Smith '43, Mildred Johnson
'43, and Sally Harshberger. '43, in
charge of dancing num,bers; Bob
Lyman '42, lights; Don 'Russell '43,
stage crew; Leyden, director of
glee club; and Rabinowitz and
Marjorie Siebert ; '44, advertising.
The dancing chorus consists of
three separate u nit s , each working
in several musical numbers.
Eighteen girls and ten boys make WASHINGTON—In a Navy Day
up the "jitterbug" corps.
address last night, - President Roose-
Ten male and ten female voices velt paid tribute to the dead of the
form the glee club. The group battleship Kearney, and said that
will be used in background and
Hitler expected to scare the United
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featured spots for the musical States off the high seas by this act
numbers: of piracy_ However the "shoot on
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Tickets for the Friday evening sight" order still goes, and the
performance of the Houseparty President emphasized that the navy
Weekend show are priced at 50 slogan, "Damn the torpedoes, full
cents and Saturday night tickets speed ahead!" still goes.
will sell at 75 cents. "The forward march of Hitler
can be stopped and will be stop
ped," the chief executive added.
Referring to the present bottle
necks in the defense program, the
President said, "The nation will
speak from every. assembly line—
yes, from every coal mine. The
small but dangerous minority of la
bor leaders are a menace to labor
itself as. well as the nation as a
whale."
Council Elects
Thoinas J. Burke '42 and Lois
E. Notovitz '42 have been elected
president and vice-president. re
spectively, of the Forensic Coun
cil. The office, of secretary .as
well as a vacancy on thecouncil
will be filled at the next meeting.
believed that the aid should be
continued, but only 68 percent of
the coeds shared their views.
As a whole, the various schools
showed a direct tendency - toward
the continuation of helping the
Russians
"Should the United States Im
mediately Declare War on- Ger
many?" AccOrding to 150 stud
ents asked that question, staying
in our "own back yard" is much
more advisable. Eighty-nine per
cent .of the men answered in the
negative and 87 percent of the
women don't want to see our army
travel abroad.
An outstanding number of
freshmen expressed their belief
that the World War No. 2 should
be fought without manpower be
ing. furnished, .
WEATHER
PRICE THREE CENTS
Faculty Canvass Nets
$lOO Of $1,200 Goal
Solicitors for the PSCA finance
drive collected $996 of a $3,600
student goal yesterday in the
opening day of an All-College
campaign which will last until
Friday.
Charles M. Speidel, chairman
of the faculty canvass, announced
that- faculty contributions receiv
ed on Sunday reached .the $lOO
mark of a $l2OO goal.
Andrew P. Szekely '42, is
chairman of the men students'
drive which has a $2,500 goal,
Five section chairmen, Harold J.
Berger '42, Clarence E. Kunz '42,
John J. Long '42, Kehl Markley
111 • '43, and J. Howard Menden
hall '42, are under Szekely and
have charge of 30 divisions with
nearly 250 solicitors -and division
chairmen.
Headed by Arlene K. Smith '42,
women students are trying to raise
$l,lOO. Assisting are section
leaders Janet Herzog '42 and
Dorothy L. Shaw '42.
Robert D. Baird '42,- All College
president, told solicitors and PSCA
officials at a kick-off dinner at• the
Nittany Lion Inn Sunday night, "I
sincerely believe that the educa
tional, religious and social pro
grams Which are fostered by the
Christian Association on our cam
pus are as important as any pre
gram- fostered by an organization
at the College."
• Introduced by A: Jelin Currier,
Jr. '42, co-president of the associa
tion, Herbert King, associate execu
tive secretary of the - National
YMCA Council, wished solicitors
success in reaching the goal. , Ger-
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News Flashes
-Claiming to possess secret infor
mation that the, Nazis have plans
for dividing South America into
five vassal states with the abolish
ment of all present form of relig
ion, in order to etablish their own
Hitleristic idealogy, the President
said such dreams will never
materialize.
WASHINGTON For the third
time; President Roosevelt pleaded
last night with John L. Lewis,
ITIMWA head, to call off the strike
of the 55,000 miners in the inter
ests of national defense. The Pres
ident said that it is essential that
the mining of coal go on without
delay, but Lewis replied that the
coal industry is in no way imperil
ing national defense. Congressional
action has been hinted at if Lewis
refuses to yield.
SAN FRANCISCO Three lost
army planes and their pilots may
not be' found until Spring because
of the snow• blanketing the Sierra
Nevada. Mountains.