PAGE FOUR CA To Repair Schoolhouses “The little red schoolhouse is in for a new coat of paint and a new deal,” Kenneth F. Moist ’43, chairman of the PSCA Commun ity Service Committee, stated to day. This Committee is sponsoring a series of excursions to one-room schoolhouses in Sellers, Wattle, and Stony Point. Cooperating with the PSCA group in this pro ject are the Junior Service Board, supervised by Miss Nina M. Bent ley, assistant to the dean of wo men, and the Arts and Education Group, under Miss Amy G. Gard ner, associate professor of art education and home economics.’ The three organizations will make their first business visit to the schools this afternoon. Small er groups have gone out during the week. The purpose of the trips is to repair and clean up the schools and direct games and make gifts for the children. Plans for school Christmas parties on December 19 are now under way. Faculty Extends Holiday Bids Students remaining at the Col lege during Christmas holidays this year will enjay all the plea sures of Christmas at home, in cluding a home-cooked dinner. Faculty members and towns people have invited remaining students to visit their homes dur ing the holidays. Students wishing invitations .to homes should call the PSCA office in Old Main. They will be as- signed to a faculty member or Give United States Defense town family, whose home they will stamps instead of money. Help reside in during the holidays. your country. Ninety Foreign-Born Students On Campus; List Includes Many Activities Leaders Among 90 foreign born stud ents from 22 European countries and 3 United States territorial possessions are found some out standing campus leaders. They include BMOC Jimmy Mc- Adam ’42, Campus Owls’ leader, who hails'from Glasgow, Scotland; A. Pat Nagelberg ’42, Collegian sports editor, bom in Austria; Les Hetenyi ’42, opera authority, and Andy Szekely ’42, active in PSCA and accomplished pianist, both from Budapest, Hungary. The Lee twins, Pearl' ’42' ’ and Ruby ’43, left China before the war. William Fabian Slevin ’45 claims Belfast, Ireland, as his home, while Mary Matry ’44 was bom in far-off Syria. Remzi Gur cay ’44, also from the Near East, calls Turkey his birthplace. Syd-- PSCA, Freshman Forum Cabinet ney Rivenburg ’44, tribunal presi- will entertain approximately 56 dent at Keystone Junior College Bucknell delegates at a reception last year, travelled from India Tuesday.. Plans will.be made in where her father was a medical the Hugh Beaver Room at 4:15 to officer. ' day, according to Claire L. Wea- Jose Lombana, sophomore trans- ver, Forum- president and chair fer, was a soccer player in South man of the reception. TONIGHTI The Gayest DANCE Of The Year Harvest Ball WITH THE PENN STATE ARISTOCRATS IN THE ARMORY An Informal Dance—Come and See the Harvest Ball Queen Crowned. $l.lO per couple (tax included) Dancing 9-12 Army Rations To Be Exhibited As the last in a series of nutri tion exhibits open to the public, United States Army garrison ra tions will be displayed in 209 Home Economics from 3 to 5 p. m. Monday and from 8 a. m. to 12 Tuesday. Daily individual rations used by the 1917-18 army will be com pared with better balanced army rations . today. Also on display will be army field-rations used when away from camps. The War Department furnish ed informjation on amounts of foods to be displayed. Each sold ier consumes approximately five pounds of food daily or about a ton a year. Nutritive value of the new army’s food is higher than food of 65 per cent of the country’s population. DG’s, Wiley Win Sports Events Delta Gamma’s beat out a 2-1 table tennis victory over Miles Street Dorm and Wiley Dorm de feated the Miles’ bowlers, 442- 429 yesterday. “Henry” Hack and Margaret Capers played ping pong for the DG’s and Mary Ellen Sheaffer and Alice Shenk represented Miles’ coeds. Marguerite Chamlrey from Wil ey Dorm ranked first in the bowl ing contest with a score of 126. Teams included Erma Carter, Mary Galletti, Jean Martin, Paul ine Masiko, and Laura Weaver, Miles’ Dorm; Carol Barbour, Marguerite Chamlrey, Veronica Mazur, Jeannette Pairker, and Lu cille Wassink, Wiley Dorm. America and will be eligible for State’s team next year. Joan Herzer ’44 was born in Honolulu where her father was stationed as an army officer. Axel Ander son ’42, from Sweden, and Richard Pierce-Ruhland ’42, a Canadian, can be added to the list. Germany leads the list with 13 students. Italy and Puerto Rico both have 8; South America, 7; and Canada and Czechoslovakia, 5. Hungary boasts 4, while Cuba, Switzerland, Poland, and China have 3. ■ Other students come from Swe den, Holland, England,. Ireland, Rumania, and the Philippine is lands. THE DAILY; COLLEfHAN; Coeds To Hold Dorm Parties Plans for Christmas festivities are forming in several downtown dormitories and will take shape in seasonal parties, dances, and dinners. Miles street dormitory . will hold an informal dance at 9 p. m. December 12. Committees are Jean E. Martin ’44, and Helen M. Chaapel ’43, refresh ments; Erma R. Cater ’43, Mary A. Galletti ’42, Martha J- Haverstick '43, Alice Miller ’44, and Hannah L. Peebles ’44, de corations. Nittany Co-op has made tenta tive plans for a Christmas din ner followed by dancing, distri bution of gifts, and games. Mary H. Steele ’44 and Irvin Kline ’43 are planning the party. A scavenger hunt is part of the entertainment planned by Mc- Cormick’s dormitory, which is holdings a dance at 7:30 p. m. December 12, according to Marie E. Scialabba ’45, social chairman. . A -grab bag holds the spotlight at the Frazier street dormitory, which will give a party from 10 to 12 p- m., December 17, Rosanne Brooks ’45 announced. - Wiley dorm’s annual dinner is being held December 11. Dean Charlotte E. Ray and Miss Nina M. Bentley, assistant to the dean of women, will be the guests. Marguerite H.- Chambrey ’43 is in charge of the event. Locust Lane is also having a dinner party according to Caro lyn H. Fisher ’45, social chair man. Other dormitories, which ex pect to hold similar parties, in clude Miss Parker’s, Allen Co-op, and Bart’s dormitory. Army Men Located (Continued from Page One)-, pointed out, if students and alum ni cooperate by sending to the Alumni Office any knowledge they may have concerning the where abouts of College servicemen. Fraternities could be of especial aid, and coeds could provide a valuable grapevine through their correspondence. In addition to -compiling the card file, the committee is engaged in other, projects to promote de sired unity. If found possible, Penn State clubs may be formed in the various camps. College publications are being sent, to camp reading tables. Penn State football movies will soon be shown' at the New Cumberland induction center, and possibly'at other camps later. Chi Omega To Initiate Chi Omega will initiate Doro thy H. Fields ’42, Ruth M. Saylor ’43, Francis M. Burke ’44, Janet E. Graham ’44, Mary Ann Krall ’44, Patricia A. Middleton ’44, A. Jane Minnich ’44, and Margaret L. Trump ’44 today. detected ddro&dcasti TODAY WCAU presents the famous -writer, Lin Yutang, at 2. p. m. WCAU features Your Hit Pa rade at 9p. m. . Benny Goodman plays over WCAU at 12:30 a. m. TOMORROW WCAU features Helen Hayes Theatre at 8 p. m. WCAU features the Ford Hour with Eugene Ormandy and Eugene List, pianist, at 9 p.m. Benny Goodman plays over WCAU at 11:30 p. m. At The Movies CATHAUM: “Keep ’Em Flying” STATE: “Two-Faced Woman” NITTANY: “Bandit Trail” Rides Wanted RW—California or vicinity. L. December 18-20. Call 4715. Ask We DL Women A Big Thought Plus A Little ' Action May Prevent Regret l “Today the tendency of govern- Then all relax and accept the fit ment in the United States is to- uation. {; ward state socialism.” With that What we need is additional remark a professor ended his dis- thought about how matters wjill cussion. affect our lives arid" what they, Students closed their books and will mean, to future generations left the classroom. Not one so as well as to ours " £“ ch “ Ib l! nke J hey have prob - We need to perk up; tak&hotiW particular state- P ° nder situationsi - reach“; Eleftnite wnetner tnis particular state- con elusions, and then voice them merit is true or not, lack before deflnite action occurs . t action to matters directly affectmg . , ~ , , t them is typical not only of the This can be applied to camptis student body but ailso of the gen- sl , tu^ l ° ns ’ } oca .l’ sta^e ’ andnatioh feral public. It is a clear indica- si-Affairs, family and other 1 social tion of Mr. General Public’s contacts—it applies to all phases apathy toward situations affect- bves ’ ■_ ~ • ing his life. Each individual can help- direct After tendencies become reali- affairs in the directigAhe <fe|ires. ties, people might feel'antagon- there is-.'umgr/lg.-gfoups. istic toward them. But will they But it takes individuals to! «ijaake' voice objections? Probably not. these groups. - . • The time to change the course Each of us has ah integral ipart of the ship is. before it lands on | n what happens,-when anti [why the rocks. This applies to all it happens, arid where, instead" situations. We are all too prone °f waiting until' things; happen, to sit back and let things become we can make 'realities without trying to alter is if. we care-to: Sjßff them When things are in the forma tive process, people have little to say about them. Once these things become definite, the public reacts' violently for a short time. Ath HaUFood Plant As Well As Dorm Atherton Hall may be just an other women’s dormitory" to. hun dreds, of Pehn State coedis,. but in addition it is a food: plant which manufactures-'mesdis for- 500 : dor — - mitory women, 32 waiters, and kitchen help. The building has its own base ment butcher shop. A butcher is employed to make all scrapple and sausages and to cut all meats. The waiters’ dining room is also in the basement with provisions for. cafeteria meals. ' Huge store rooms, a-freezing plant, and sever al refrigerators f fruits, vege tables, and dairy products are nearby. Ail food is prepared long before meal time in the basement’and sent to the kitchen where it is cooked; Baking , of bread and pastries is carried on in ovens'below the post office. In the morning the kitchen is used as a cafeteria. Meals- are planned a month ahead of time with emphasis on banquet-style for weekends. Dieti cians try not to repeat any meat or special dish more than once a week. Philotes Plans Party Philotes, independent women-s association, will entertain women interested in joining the organi zation at a Christmas party in White Ha|l playroom at 7:30 p. m. Monday, December 8. Helen S. Zable ’43, Shirley M, Tietz ’42, Jane E. Booth ’43, and Flora Van Buskirk ’43 are in charge. SATpSDi I • BRU? lIIJAM GARGAttS WCKfORAN ■ , . 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