Successor lo
The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 119
Babcock, Grimes
Chosen For Top
Class Day Roles
Chosen for her scholarship, pub
lic speaking ability, and extra
curricular activities, Jean Bab
cock ’42 has been, named valedic
torian of the 1942 graduating
class. Richard V. 'Grimes ’42 was
chosen salutatorian, second high
est class honor.
Miss Babcock will present the
valedictorian’s address as the cli
max of Class Day exercises May 9.
Grimes will open the Class Day
program with his salutatorian ad
dress.
The newly chosen valedictorian,
a.student in the School of Educa
tion, was president of WSGA and
of Penn State Players. She is a
member, of Mortar Board, senior
women’s honorary; Pi Lambda
Theta, women’s education honor
ary; Phi, Beta Kappa, national
scholastic honorary; and , Kappa
Alpha Theta, women’s social fra
ternity.
Grimes, a mechanical engineer
ing student, was co-captain of the
Penn State basketball squad and
president of Pi Kappa Phi, social
fraternity. He is a member of
Parmi Nous, senior activities so
ciety; Phi Kappa Phi and. Tau
Beta Pi, honorary engineering
societies; and Phi 'Mu Epsilon,
honorary mechanical engineering
society.
Campus Air-Raid Alarm
Proves Much Too Mild
, “Lack of carying power of the
Old Main chime system and the
fire whistle to the out-lying dis
tricts was responsible for the fail
ure of State College’s initial air
raid warning Wednesday night,
was the report of civilian- defense
authorities and members of the
community.
The first attempt scheduled for
9:16 p. m., failed because of an
electrical condition beyond the
control of the operators. It was
not until 9:21 p. m. that the vary
ing electrical note “ was sounded
at the greatest volume possible.
2 Music Honoraries
Give Third Concert
T o morrow A f ter noon
Phi Mu Alpha and the Louise
Homer. Club, musical honoraries,
will present the third Sunday aft
ernoon concert in Schwab Audi
torium at 3:30 tomorrow. Music
by contemporary American com
posers will feature the program.
The Phi Mu Alpha orchestra,
under the direction of Frank Gul
lo, .will present the opening and
closing numbers of the program.
Their opening selections include
“Bolero Ritmico,” by Longas;
“Angelixs,” by Massenet; and “La
Comparsa,” by Lecuouna. Con
cluding numbers will be “Down
South,” by Middleton; “Valse
Dramalique,” by Rapee; and “An
dalucia,” by Lecuouna. -
The Louise Homer Ensemble, 23
co-ed singers under the direction
of Willa Taylor, will rate No. 2 in
the frequency of appearance. The
group will sing “Dirge for Two
Veterans,” by McDonald; “A Mor
ning in Spring,” by McKay,
“Choric Song,” by Deems Taylor,
and “What Do We Plant,” by Cop
land.
Two soloists will add variety to
tomorrow’s concert. Grace M. Seip
’42, playing the organ, and Conrad
H. Hilpert ’42, flutist, will alter
nate with the orchestra and en
semble in the spotlight roles.
Sattg @ (Ball
ANI
865 Couples Attend
Interfraternity Ball
*
Good weather for the first time
in several years prevailed as 865
cpuples attended the Interfrater
nity Ball last night, it was stated
by George L. Donovan, Student
Union manager.
The Interfraternity Songfest, in
which Alpha Kappa Pi, Delta Up
silon and Tau Kappa Upsilon were
to compete for the fraternity glee
club trophy, was called off at the
last moment. No reason was given
for the cancellation.
Melchior No. 3
In Course Series
Stage seats for Lauritz Mel
chior’s Artists’ Course perform
ance will be placed oh sale in
Schwab Auditorium before the
concert next Tuesday, according
to Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, Artists’
Course chairman..
Melchior is a large man 'With a
strong voice, which precisely fills
hi's position as the Wagnerian Hel
dentenor. He believes that to sing
a part well, one must be in the
spirit of that part.
His favorite sport is hunting,
and he has a great deal of game
in his exploits. The deerskin cos
tume he wears as Siegfried is from
an animal that he himself shot.
■A thick steak sandwich, a glass
of beer, and a cigar is sometimes
the most effective measure for
tiding Melchior through a “Lohen
grin” or “Gotterdammerung” per
formance. We may say, “Why
-not?,” .-but- it is the ..practice .of
most opera singers to use sprays,
lozenges, and other pre-perform
ance devices, none of which is
used by Mr. Melchior. His voice
is pampered only by the afore
mentioned menu. .
In Melchior’s New York apart
ment- seriousness is altogether
ruled out. He is indeed a great
lover of fun—sometimes at other
people’s expense, for he is a prac
tical joker.
Theta Chi Elects
Daniel M. Kreider has been
elected president of Theta Chi.
Other new officers include Glenn
S. McDowell ’44, vice-president;
Laurence G. McEvoy ’44, secre
tary; William Day Jr. ’44, trea
surer; Thomas lezzi ’45, marshal;
H. Franklin Pierce ’43, Ist guard;
Everett A. Catlin ’45, 2nd guard;
and Theodore R. Hopkins ’44, so
cial chairman.
T hespian
By Eiaoin Shrdlu
How was the Thespian show?
That depends, brother, on what
you expect of a college musical
show put together spasmodically
by a bunch of undergrads.
Let’s skip the fancy stuff and
put it this way: If you expect
chorus numbers executed with Despite its obvious weaknesses,
split second precision, you’re “Hide ’n’ Peek” kept an overflow
gonna be disappointed. If you ex- Friday night throng in pretty reg
pect flawless dance routines, un- ulr.r stitches. Tophole laugh
dergraduate Fred Astaires and makers were Ted Clauss as Rub-
Eleanor Powells, you’re gonna cry berpuss Ryan, Leon Rabinowitz,
big tears. And if you look forwax-d as Batears Bennett, and Marce
to sweet singei's and singerettes, Stringer, as Cox - ky.
you’re gonna look hard. Marce was a riot calling' the
But if you want laughs and turns in a square dance. The way
plenty of them; if you want good- that Stringer gal can wow the
looking gals with costumes that house merely with a “di-oopy
bring out the best in them; if you drawei-ed” stance or a Dead End
want songs that are good and orig- Kid whistle beats all. We hate the
inal, then “Hide ’n’ Peek” is tailor thought that this is La String’s
made for your I. F. Ball week-end. last year—or is it? We were dis-
You know the plot: a couple of appointed, too, thgt Marce didn’t
Rockview convicts ride the x-ails see even moi-e solo action in a
to State College, join a fraternity, show that needed more funny
OF THE FENNSYLV,
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, StfATE COLLEGE, PA,
3 Matmen Advance To Semi-Finals;
Baird TKO's Schoff To Gain Finals
Referee Slops Fight
Midway In Third Round
Special To The Collegian
Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 27
Lion boxing captain, Bob Baird,
scored a third round TKO over his
ancient rival Loren Schoff of Syr
acuse in the semi-final round of
the twentieth annual NCAA box
ing tourney held here tonight.
Baird will meet War
ren Jollymore to decide the title
winner in bouts of the 145
class tomorrow night.
Baird inflicted a. cut over
Schoff’s left eye in 1:22 of the third
round when the referee stopped
the melee. The Lion captain held
the upper hand throughout the
contest and probably would have
won the bout on points if the fight
had not been stopped. Baird, the
only Penn State entry in the tour
nament, proved superior in punch
ing power and boxing abiilty al
though the bout was close all the
way.
Jollymore inflicted, the second
blemish on Baird’s record this year
at Madison, Wis., after Schoff had
decisioned the Penn Star earlier in
the season at the Orange camp.
The Jollymore-Baird encounter,
the last dual meet of the season for
the Lions, was close with both con
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Ml Gallery Holds
Formal Opening
Formal opening of the New
Mineral Industi-ies Art Gallery
has been announced by Dean
Steidle and the faculty of the
school for Monday night. Neax-ly
150 oils, water colors, prints and
ch-awings are in the show which
will be permanent.
Students and faculty are invited
to view the collection beginning
Tuesday morning. Admission to
Monday night’s opening is by in
vitation only, because of the lim
ited space. On the program for
Monday will be Prof. Theodore
Roethke of the English composi
tion department, who will i-ead
an original poem that he com
posed for the dedication.
Prof. J. Bui-ne Helme of the fine
arts department will speak briefly
about the collection and Lillian
Pax-rish will play several piano
compositions.
Show Funny , Tuneful
masquei-ade as a janitor and torch
singer when the govei-nor who
sent them up the river comes to
attend a dance. It’s a reminder of
“Pardon My Glove,” the Thespian
show of about four years ago l-ight
down to the Rho Rho Rho frater
nity.
:a state college
Waring Postpones
Thespian Songfest
Arrangements could not be made
for Fred Waring to play “Nittany,”
Penn State’s newest song by
James A. Leyden, Jr. ’42 last night
as originally planned.
Waring wired that he had re
ceived the musical score too late
for last night’s show, but that he
planned to devote an entire 15-
minute show to new Thespian
tunes on April 24.
The former Penn State student
said that several of the songs may
be published. A special program
of five Thespians tunes will be
available tonight. The show will
start at 7 o’clock.
Civil
Lists
A list of seven Civil Service
examinations for positions which
should be of interest to College
students was released yesterday
by the Commission Examiner.
Further information on the tests
may be obtained at the State Col
lege Post Office.
The positions are:
Regional Agent—Trade and in
dustrial education, $4,600 a year.
Special Agent—Trade and in
dustrial education; $3,800 a year.
Ordnance Trainers ( Women)—
Training in inspection work, $l2O
a month during apprenticeship.
Radio Inspector—Federal Com
munications Commission, $2,000 to
$2,600 a year. Assistant positions,
$2,000 a year.
Junior Physicist Government
experimental work, $2,000 a year.
Principal Physicist—Experi
mental work, $5,600 a year.
Motor Transport Instructor
Quartermaster Corps, War De
partment, $2,600 to $4,600 a year.
Sigma Pi Elects
New officers of Sigma Pi fra
ternity for the coming year in
clude Thomas L. Zumbro ’43,
sage; James L. Henderson, Jr. *43,
first councelor; James E. Got
wals ’44, second counselor; Charles
A. Adams ’43, caterer; Ralph B.
D’lorio '43, secretary; and Law
rence E. Faries ’44, herald.
femmes. There was another, red
haired Shirley Tetley, a- witty
little soph who should get more
laughs next year with better lines
and no Stringer to bat against.
By far the funniest spots in the
show centered around Rabinowitz
and Ciauss. There wasn’t an en
core in the show, but the nearest
thing .to it was the reception of
Leon’s moderated rendition of “Off
to Bed” and Ted’s graphic dem
onstration of what he saw through
an Ath Hall window. It’s a takeoff
on Bob Hope’s degirdling skit car
ried right on into the bathtub—
and very funny. Otherwise, “lo
calized” gags, keyed to student
activities, brought most laughs.
Before the audience has hardly
a chance to catch its breath, it is
jolted by the prison escape—a
sudden blackout, sirens wailing,
spotlights, .“calling all cars,” pis
tol shots, a rope climb, madhouse
yelling. That was by far the most
exciting scene.
Mjiatt
Service
New Exams
Weather
Light
Showers
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Ridenour, Alexander,
Harry, Wrestle Today
Special to the Collegian
EAST LANSING, Mich., March
27 Penn State’s three Eastern
Intercollegiate wrestling cham
pions advanced to the semi-final
round of the National collegiate
tournament being held in Michi
gan State’s huge field house here
today and tomorrow. Seventy-nine
hopeful grapplers from 23 colleges
were entered in the competition.
Drawing a bye in the prelimin
ary session this afternoon, 121-
pound Charlie Ridenour exhibited
his usual impressive technique in
gaining a quick fall victory over
Melvin Stiefel of Kansas State to
night.
Speedy Charlie Ridenour scored
a quick take-down by hooking an
ankle and pulling his foe to the
mat. in ten seconds. He then pun
ished the helpless Kansan with a
variety of scissors holds to prepare
him for the final pin. He tied up
the Big Six entry 21 seconds after
the second period started with a
double body scissors and a double
arm lock.
Sam Harry, 128-pound Lion, met
a tough opponent in Harry Mar.
gus of Wyoming but Captain Glen
Alexander had the closest call of
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Four Athletes Nominated
For AA President Post
Four lettermen have been nom
inated to succeed James W. Ritter
’42 to the presidency of the Ath
letic Association. Allan B. Crabr
tree, Bernard A. Plesser, Charles
H. Ridenour, and William T. Rich
ards, all seniors, ax-e the nominees.
Nominated for the secretary
treasurer post was Herschel D.
Baltimoi’e ’43, Sidney Cohen ’44,
Leonard O. Fi’escoln ’43, Robert
J. Koch ’43 and Robert F. Ramin
’44.
These men were nominated by
a committee composed of the
coach, manager and captain of all
varsity sports. Men seeking Ath
letic Association offices are re
quired to be lettermen and have
“1” averages.
Late News
Flashes...
NEW YORK— Heavy weight
champion Private Joe Louis re
tained his title by knocking out
challenger Abe. Simon with one
right hand punch in 16 seconds
of the sixth round in Madison
Square Garden last night.
PORT MORESBY, New Guinea
—One Japanese plane was shot
down in flames and one was driv
en off without causing any damage
yestei’day in the 20th raid on Port
Moresby since the war scene shift
ed to that district.
ROME —The Japanese war gov
ernment yesterday announced the
appointment of Ken Harada, act
ing ambassador to Vichy, as min
ister to the Vatican. Officials
staled, though, that this did not
mean that Japan was opening for
mal diplomatic relations with the
Papal city-state.
LONDON— The war admiralty
yestei’day officially reported the
death of Captain John Henry
Bowes-Lyon, nephew of Queen
Elizabeth, killed somewhere in the
Middle East where he was serv
ing as master of the Glarnis.