Successor to .The. Free Lance. -.1; '■ Established 1887 VOL. 38—No. 114 {Dartmouth Defeats Lion Five, 44-39 Two ROT C Bands To Play Sunday In Second Concert No longer need patriots strain /their vocal cords in singing the national anthem. The combined ROTC bands will premiere* the Star Spangled Ban ner in A flat, a key deemed best suited to group vocalization, at the second in a series of Spring com plimentary concerts in Schwab Auditorium at 3:30 p. m. tomor row. This will be the first time that an audience in this region will have the opportunity to sing the national anthem in the new key. Edited and approved by Captain Bronson of the Army Morale. Divi sion in charge of music, the ar rangement will be played by every army band in the United States. The Military Bands,. Infantry B arid Engineers B, with Prof. Prank Mi Gullo directing, will present the program which has as its theme American unity through music. The program follows: '■ “Amparito Roca,” Spanish March by Jaime Texidor; “Sleepy Hollow,” descriptive American Fantasy by David Bbnnett; “1776,” descriptive scenes, of the American /War. of .Independence., by ,J. „S., Zamecnik; American Symphonette •by : Morton Gould; “Morning,” fi‘om Peer Gynt: Suite, by Edvard Grieg; and “Vogue, Overture” by G. E. Holmes. : Following a short intermission, Elwood.F. Oliver ’44, will render 'a trombone solo “Air Varie” by Fred P. Harlow. It will be fol lowed by “Pacific Panorama” by David Bennett,, “Flirtations” by, Herbert L. Clarke, “Rio. Rita” by Tierney, McCarthy, and “March of the Steel Men” by Charles Belster ing. IF Ball Committee Asks Independents To March 27 Dance Following the custom of the past two years, independent men have been invited to attend Inter fraternity Ball on March 27, Co- Chairmen Charles F. MrSttern ’42 and Arthur H. Shapiro ’42, an nounced yesterday. Tickets will be sold in blocks to fraternities at Student Union beginning at 8 a. m. next Thurs day, and should be ordered through each fraternity’s social chairman, the dance committee ' stated. Independent men must order their tickets through a fra ternity. Although Raymond Scott’s or chestra is widely-publicized for its startling arrangements, music at IF Bull will be predominantly on the “smooth” side; according to word received from Scott's agents yesterday. In addition to his full-sized or chestra which plays the regular dance repertoire, Scott has two small groups of six and seven men respectively which special ize in “futuristic” sound effects. The six-m?m setup is the famed Raymond Scott “Quintet” with which the 'band leader first at tracted nation-wide attention with numbers like his “Toy Trumpet.” The seven-man small band is Scott’s new “Secret Seven,” from which have come such typical (Continued on Page Four) ©lff iaily ® (!InU ANt Sweater Queen Candidates Evelyn M.Fritz ’43, Janet M, Hartz ’42, and Lila A. Whool ery ’43, pictured above in the usual order, arethe three IMA contenders for the All-College sweater queen crown. • The winner will be an-nouncd at the All-College Sweater Hop in the Armory at 9 o’clock tonight. The Aristocratswill provide music until midnight. Warnock Speaks At Debate Dinner A. R. Warnock, dean of men,, addressed delegates to the seventh annual Pennsylvania State Debat ers Convention last evening speak ing ' on, . ‘‘Student. Speech-Making. In Building Unity and Morale,” The 125 .debating representatives will conclude their two-day meet ing on campus at noon today. Dean Warnock spoke at the con clusion of..a convention banquet in the Sandwich Shop. Principle activities this morning will be action on reports on the convention topic, “What Is Youth’s Part In The War.” Three commit tees have discussed and drawn up formal reports on different phases of the topic. Three sessions will be conducted in 121 Sparks Building at 9 a. m., 10:45 a. m. and 12:30 p. m. today. Besides considering and acting upon committee reports a conven tion president for next year will be elected. In charge of the convention are John B. McCue, debate manager, and general student convention manager, and Carroll P. Black wood ’44, hospitality chairman. New Treasurer Duty In addition to handling all stu dent class funds as was stated in the constitution before. revision, the interclass treasurer will also handle ' the Associated Activities Funds according to Article VII, section 1. One-Tenth Of Students Use Library Daily, Committee Report Indicates Nearly ten per cent of Penn State students use library facili ties daily and 73 per cent go often or occasionally, results 'of a sur vey conducted by the student li brary committee showed. Fourteen per cent admitted they seldom make use of the new structure, and three per cent said they never use the large collec tion of books, reports and period icals. Of those questioned, 90 per cent reported the Library adequate for their needs, although 31 per cent included in the figure qualified their commendations by answer ing “usually adequate.” 'No one said the library fails to meet his needs. OF THE PENNSYLV. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Revised Constitution Appears On Page 5 With this eight-page issue, The Daily Collegian presents the com plete revised text of the Student Government Constitution as pass ed recently by members of the All-College Cabinet. It . will be found on page 5. \ 'At leastj2o sections have been changed, raid two others taken out. Significant revisions deserv ing comment are discussed in ad ditional ’ articles" in this issue. • Another feature is a full page of photographs of All-College, senior, junior, and ( sophomore class cfndidates for president and vice-president oP the respective class and College groups. Those pictures will be found on page 4. Collegian Freshmen fo Receive Assignments • Twenty-two freshmen candi dates for the editorial staff of The Daily Collegian will take on more responsibility ■ Monday when they will.be assigned “beats” formerly “covered” by present, sophomores. The freshmen'will report to the Collegian office in ,the basement of Carnegie Hall at 7 p. m. Monday night to hear Prof. Louis H. Bell, journalism, and- receive assign ments. New candidates may also report. While the freshmen assume some of the sophomore duties, the soph omores will learn junior board re sponsibilities. All-College President Robert D. Bail'd ’42 appointed the student li brary committee to determine whether-the library is filling stu dents’ needs. Responding to the question of “To what degree do-you think the library staff cooperates with the student body?” 92 per cent of the students queried said the Staff is always alert. Two out of every hundred stu dents always have to grope around the building to find books want ed, the survey indicated, but 46 per cent never have any trouble. Eight per cent often are unable to find books, 21 per cent some times, and 22 per cent seldom. IA STATE COLLEGE New Cheerleaders Hit By Change A new system for electing Penn State" cheerleaders was announced yesterday by James W. Ritter re tiring president of the Athletic As sociation. However, the system cannot be made effective until the athletic elections."' A committee made up of director of • the Blue Band, gymnastics coach, of the Athletic Association, All-College president, and the retiring head cheerleader will name the new head cheerlead er from among the junior cheer leaders under the new set-up. This committee will replace for this job an athletic board made up of the retiring head cheerleader, football coach, graduate manager of athletics, Richard W. Grant, head of the music department and Dr. Carl P. Schott, Dea nof the School of Physical Education and Athletics. The two remaining juniors will act as associate leaders in the squad which will work under the direction of the director of the Blue Band and the gymnastics coach. The change was included in a revi sion of the Athletic Association constitution. Forensic Council STCD Class Plan Two Forum Demonstration Programs • Forensic Council and the STCD class in defense l'orum techniques will join to sponsor two demon stration defense forums next Thursday and Thursday, April 2. Faculty members will participate. The purpose of these programs will be .to demonstrate just how public forums may contribute to an understanding of war aims and objectives. The first forum will feature Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, Dr. John T. Baker Ejnd Harold P. Zelko dis cussing, “What Would Be the Re sults of An Axis Victory?” “What Kind of a Pease Do We Want?” is the topic for the second pro gram with Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, Prof. A. H. Reede and Dr. J. Paul Selsam participating. 2000 Attend Open House Nearly- 2,000 students jammed Old Main last night during the second Open House of the year. l sp ' ta9 Weather PRICE: THREE CENTS Egli Leads Attack With 12 Counters Special to the Collegian NEW ORLEANS, March 20— Penn State’s bid for the coveted NCAA basketball championship was halted abruptly here tonight gs Dartmouth’s Big Green court men snripped the Lions’ 12-game winning streak, 44-39, in a close battle staged on the Tulane Uni versity hardwood. Although their chances of win ning the national diadem were blasted, the Nittanymen will meet Illinois in a consolation tilt to morrow night. Illinois, a big fav orite to cop the Eastern Regional crown, was upset by Kentucky, 46-44, in the second and final game on tonight’s card. But for a brief moment in the early part of the game, the Lions were never ahead. The Big Green jumped away to a 1-0 edge on a foul toss and the Nittanymen re taliated on the Seine count to deadlock the score, 1-1. Dart mouth added the initial field goal, but the Nittanymen, led by Elmer .Gross and John Egli, came right back with two field tosses to give the Lawthermen, a 5-3 edge. Failure to capitalize on rebound shots spelled defeat for the Lions, however, as the Big Green cagers shot into the lead- which they never relinquished. The remaind er of the first half 'was a fairly close battle and as the teams left the floor at halftime, Dartmouth had widened the margin to 22-16. Nittany hopes brightened in the early minutes of the second half as the Lion attack caught fire mo mentarily. A jump-up by Egli under the goal initiated the rally, and for a few brief moment it appeared as if the Lions had found . (Continued on Page Seven) Late News Flashes... NEW YORK Ray Robinson won his bout against Norman Rub iole by a technical knockout at the end of the seventh round. Referee Donovan stopped the fight because of a severe eye cut of Rubiole’s. This was the 23rd knockout scored by Robinson in 29 victories in the welterweight class. STOCKHOLM The fall of Rzhev-Vyazma to Russia was re ported by the Swedisfh press. . A cold wave in the Ukraine has freed Russian movement along that front. WASHINGTON President Roosevelt predicts a labor short age within the next 12 months. Al though labor is still sufficient, he thinks that by Fall women and old er men who will register in next month’s draft will have to fill in gaps to prevent a shortage. WASHINGTON— Selective Ser vice Director Louis B. Hershey an nounced yesterday that defer ment from the draft will be de termined by the importance of a person’s job, not bv the number of dependents he has. They will de termine which industries are ab solutely essential. OTTAWA Negotiations with Washington are underway for the exchange of men in the service of each other’s armed forces. It is reported that 16,000 American ci vilians are in the service of the Canadian government. Men in vi tal positions will not be subject to the exchange.
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