safe-1 uJtje iattg A tHoll ’AN! VOL.. 38—No. 124 Plesser, Richards Vie For AA Prexy 'X In Runoffs Today Battle' for president and secre tary-treasurer of the Athletic As sociation starts anew this morn ing, after yesterday’s results eliminated three candidates for the two offices. Bernard A. Plesser and Willialrh T. Richards, both juniors, will vie for the president’s post, since Al len B. Crabtree was eliminated. Herschel D. Baltimore and Leon ard O.- Frescoln are the remain ing - contestants 'for secretary treasurer. Voting this year was lighter than last year when 913 men.stuT dents voted. Only 671 men'turn ed out at the polls yesterday. Two'highest candidates for each office remain in the running, and will be on an even basis at open ing of the Old Main polls at 9:30 this morning. Those who voted yesterday may also vote again to day. Any male student is eligible to vote upon presentation of ma triculation card or AA book be tween opening time and 5 p ; m. Students approved a proposal to change the committee which elects cheerleaders. The new committee will consist of the gym coach,- bandmaster, AA president, president of the student body and head cheerleader. Balloting .for the change were 172 persons •against'.2o'_opposed.‘ Election summaries are listed below. PRESIDENT Allen B. Crabtree Bernard A. Plesser .. William T. Richards . SECRETARY-TREASURER Herschel D. Baltimore 306 Jesse J. Cohen 155 Leonard O. Frescoln 165 Robert J. Koch 45 Medical Treatments Show Decided Decrease The total number of dispensary calls and infirmary patients has shown a decided drop for the •month of March. In the dispen sary, ‘5,215. cases were 'treated as compared to 5,373 for the same month last year, while the infirm ary reported a decrease from 765 to. 563 paitients. In spite of the apparent better health of the student body, the total number of excuses issued for March, 1942, exceeded the num ber .for March, 1941, by 300. An increase in the number of vaccin ations was caused by the inocula tion of advanced' ROTC students against disease. Everybody Gets Money's Wort!/ In Viewing Saroyan's People “Written, produced, _ directed and financed by William Saro yan.” That is what you would have seen on the program for the play, “The Beautiful People,” had you witnessed its performance in New York’s Lyceum Theatre one year ago. Now selected by the Penn State Players’ for their next presenta tion, and directed by Frank S. Neusbaum, the play will be given over Mothers’ Day weekend. “Saroyan has shown repeatedly an insight into human person alities that h'as made his plays unusual c<nd inspiring,” is the way one critic summed up his review STARS , AND STRlPES—Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel participated in the Army Day celebration in front of Old Main yesterday when 21 American flags were formally distributed to .campus buildings. Members of the ROTC depart ment and the ROTC band aided at the colorful event. Senate Releases Student Awards Announcement of scholarship awards and fellowships for the coming year were made at,the re cent College Senate meeting, when the annual ..Evan Pugh and John W. White scholarship awards were released..,. . Highest ~ honor, "the- • White Medal and Prize, was re ceived by'John S. Kookogey ’42. This honor gives Kookogey a gold medal and $75 prize for outstand ing scholarship. - The John W. White Fellowships were awarded to. William E. Har kins and Elliot Volkin, both- sen iors, to , enable them to continue with graduate work at this or any other College. Mary Betty Ander son ’42 was selected as alternate in case neither of the other recipients could accept the graduate fellow ships. 177 223 281 Seniors receiving Evan Pugh medals for outstanding scholar ship are William G. Barger, Rob ert G. Geier, William P. Hindman, Jr., Edward A. Hachik, and John D. Morgan. Juniors who also re ceived 'Evan Pugh medals are Harry D. Cohn, William W-. Coon er, Archibald M. Hyson, William S. Ivans, Jr., Joanne M. Palmer, Jack Paulhamus ’ and Frank P. Smeal. Heler\ Cigoi ’43 was selected for the John W. White Spanish Schol arship, while Alberto Roque ’43, Cuban student, received a. scholar ship for suecess in his English studies. All these .awards will be presented at the Mother’s' Day Chapel service on Sunday, April 19. of the playwright’s latest offering. Going one step farther than most producers,' Saroyan not only brought together personally the several component parts that go into play production, but adver tised the fnct that those unable to pay for their seats should call at the box office and free tickets would be given to them. Sticking his neck out still more was his announcement that any member of the audience who felt he hadn’t gotten his money’s worth would be refunded the pur chase price of the ticket. One New York paper, commenting on this, added, “Everyone got their money’s worth, and more.” OF THE PENNSYLV. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Roethke Featured At Harvard Today ■ Selected by Harvard University to read from his own poetry as part of the annual Morris Gray Series, Theodore Roethke, assist ant professor of English composi tion, will speak alt Cambridge, Mass., this afternoon. Roethke, the youngest poet to read in Harvard’s famed- Poetry Room in their Widener Library, will select readings from his re cently published “Open House,” and original' poetry publish ed in “Harper’s.” Robert Frost, poet laureate of New England, stated that “Open House” receiv ed one of the best reviews ever accorded a first book. Roethke will join a distinguish ed list of American poets who ’■have already been featured at Harvatrd, but along with Paul Engle of. th.e University of lowa, he is the only professor who has been selected. ' Louis ■ Untermeyer, poet and anthologist, and author of “Burn ing Bush”; Stephen Vincent Be net, Pulitzer prize winner with the blank verse epic, “John Brown’s Body”; Marianne Moore, poetess and author of “Observa tions”; an cl Robinson Jeffers, “poet of tragic terror,” are a few of the literary lights who have already read at Harvard. Carl Sandburg, renovv,ned poet dnd author of “Fog,” “Abraham Lincoln, The "Prairie Years,” will be the last speaker in tt}i ( s year’s serlegT'S*^: Established in 1929 by Morris Gray, distinguished alumnus of Harvard, the award left a of $lO,OOO to be applied to the giving of occasional talks, or lec tures on. modern poetry at the University. - “It was .an outstanding honor to be selected by the committee to read my poetry at Harvard,” de clared Roethke before he left, “and one not usually accorded to a man from Penn State.” Some new poetry of Roethke’s was recently published in “Harp er’s,” and the “Virginia Quarter ly Review.” Survey Supports Adviser System A majority of Penn State’s stu dents make specific use of the adviser system for other reasons than scheduling, it was revtealed today in a recent survey made by the Student-Faculty Relations committee. In answer to the question, “Do you make specific use of the ad visory system in your school?” the following results were re corded Yes No No response 1 Students also showed that they approved of the adviser system when they answered the question, “Do you consider the system satis factory?” as follows: No' response 7 Asked to express the most evi dent needs for improvement of the service, the students suggest ed tliat advisers should show more interest in their students, should have fewer students under their care, and should be more thor oughly informed about scheduling college courses and give students greater latitude in choosing sub jects. :a state college Trustees Reject Plan For Class Mural Gift Former Perm. Stater Killed In. Philippines Maj. George F. Fisher, former Penn State student, was reported killed in. action with the U. S. forces in Bataan. During his stay at Penn State Fisher was jun ior Collegian editor. A Commerce and Finance ma jor, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1927. As a reserve officer he wafs called to. active duty and sent to the Philippines where he served until his death. He is survived by .a wife and three daughters and by his mother in Plumville - . 6 Students Enter Speaking Finals Donald R. Taylor ’42, Mary I. Greenberg ’42, Jeanne Kaiser ’43, David A. Young ’42, Frank E. Zab kar ’44, and John Richey ’43 will vie for honors in the finals of the All-College Speech Contest Sat urday night as a result of the eliminations and semi-finals held last night. MacArthur, the war situation, .patriotism, and tolerance were amdhg the general topics on which the contestants spoke. Prof. Clay ton D. Schug, chairman of the committee in charge of the con test, commended nil of the stu dents for their fine efforts. Speaking on “America’s Hour of Decision,” Young gained his way "to the finals by stressing that Americans were still sleeping des pite the war. Tolerance was emphasized in Miss Greenberg’s speech, “What ever It Might Be?” as the only way for unity in this country. Too many people mistake an outstanding man for a great man, Miss Kaiser stated in her speech entitled, “How Judge A Man Great?” Advising college students to prepare for problems which will arise after the war, John Richey qualified for the' finals by talking on “The Hereafter.” Much in the same vein was Frank Zabkar’s talk, “A Call To Youth.” He stated that every one of us must contribute to the nation’s war effort. Don Taylor’s “Causes Make Men” won him the right to the finals as he pointed out that Lin coln and Rev*ere were famous be cause they stood by_ their beliefs. The contest attracted 57 stu dents. In the eliminations, also held last night, only 11 entrants gained the semi-finals. They were Sara R. Lipser ’42, Michael Ku liclc ’43, Laurence L. Anesko ’44, Harold Epstein ‘44, Letrick Har ris ’45, and those already men tioned as the winners. 27fh Annual Livestock Show Here April 18 Penn State’s twenty-seventh annual Little International Live stock Exposition, featuring live stock exhibitions and judging, will be held at the stock pavilion Saturday, April 18. Sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club and managed by sen iors in animal husbandry, the show will include rating classes of purebred beef cattle, horses, sheep, and swine. I Warm—Probable I Thunder Showers Weather PRICE: THREE CENTS Bureau Of Business Research Organized Pointing out the uncertainty in regard to future class enrollments and funds, the College Board of Trustees “declined with regret” to accept the proposal of the 1942, 1943 and 1944 classes for a joint class memorial gift for the com pletion of Henry Varnum Poor’s mural in Old Main, President Ralph D. Hetzel announced yes terday. The board also approved the establishing of a Bureau of Bus iness Research and took' action relative to granting leaves of ab sence to staff volunteers in the U. S. armed forces. The mural plan as advanced by H. Leonard Krouse ’42. senior class president, and approved by a vote of the classes involved, last De cember, would have appropriated the three, class funds for the work. “Inasmuch as funds for the class gifts of the classes of 1943 and 1944 were not yet accumulated, the board declined with regret the proposal of the classes of 1942. 1943 and 1944 that their class gifts be accepted as one fund for complet ing the mural in Old Main,” the report from the board stated. ' In view of the trustees action, Krouse last night appointed a com mittee to serve under him to con sider suggestions for a new senior class gift. The committee includes Jean Babcock, Robert D. Baird, Gerald F. Doherty, Thomas J. L. Henson, Ross B. Lehman, Charles F. Mattern, William O. Meyers, and Jeanne C. Stiles, all seniors. Coordinating the various investi gations and research relative to commerce and industry will be the main duty of the Bureau of Busi ness Research set up by the trus tees. Dr. Carl W. Hasek, nead of the department of economics, will head the bureau established on the recommendation of Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Lib eral Arts. College staff volunteers to the U. S. armed forces will receive the same consideration as those called, according to a new itnerpreta tion by the board of the rule ap plying to leaves of absence for those in military service. The for (Conlinued on Page Two) Late News JAPAN—The Indian city of Mandalay is supposed to have been nearly leveled by heavy bombings last Saturday and Sun day, Japanese sources reported to day. It was estimated that there were 3,000 dead and 5,000 wound ed as a result of this action. WASHINGTON War Pro duction Board officials announced yesterday that American canning and packing companies would re ceive all the sugar they need, pro viding their products go directly to the public. They also an nounced that there will be no more tin foil used in cigarette packages. NEW YORK—German bomb ers swept the coasts of southeast ern England yesterday. Little damage resulted from this raid. The RAF smashed many of the seaports of Occupied France and Germany, according to English reports. WASHINGTON The Su preme Court ruled today that any strikes aboard American ships in home ports, from this time on, will constitute mutiny, and will be dealt with on that basis.
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