'Successor to The Free Lance. Established 1887 VOL. 38—No. 12$ President's Salary And 1942 Budget Fixed By Cabinet Before a crowded room of present Cabinet members and Cabinet members-elect, Penn State’s All-College Cabinet un animously accepted the budget submitted by James W. Ritter .’42,. Interclass Finance . Board chairman, for the coming school year.. Another important acceptance made by the Cabinet was the date of April 16 approved by the inauguration committee headed by Gerald F. Doherty ’42. Main points changed in the $19,536 budget from the past year was the. raising of the All<- College president’s compensation to $4OO instead of the previously allotted $3OO and the raising of women’s class dues in order to piace them on a three to one ra tio. This made the coed’s class dues $3.30, increase of 30 cents over previous years. Ritter pointed out that the College had suffered a decrease of 25 per cent in its male enroll ment and for that reason had found it necessary to increase the . coed’s fees .to equalize the debit. Reports were made by Clar ence E. Kunz ’42 'on the prob ■ lems anticipated by the Admin istration because of the accel erated Summer program arid Jerome. ,H. Blaßeslee, present junior class president and .All- College president elect, on the activities of the: Student,. Housing; Board; Final -plans- for the inaugura tion'ceremonies will be drawn up by- the committee of William Q. Meyers.r: Robert E. Jeffries, Ross B. Lehman,- and Charles F. Mat tern, all seniors, said Doherty in his report. However, the defin ite hour and date of 4 p.' m„ April 16, will be added to the College calendar as the time for the iftauguration ceremonies. ASME Conference Attracts 9 Schools > Nine colleges will send repre sentatives to the campus this weekend for the ninth annual •eastern conference of student branches of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. One feature of the conferencce will be the final round of the Eastern Intercollegiate Engineer ing Report Contest. Winners in the competition, which will be staged in 110 Electrical Engin eering from 9 a. m. - until noon, Friday and Saturday, will receive cash prizes totaling $ll5. Penn State’s student chapter'of the ASME has arranged indus ■ trial inspection trips for- the delegates with the American Vis cose Corporation, Lewistown, and the Woolrich Woolen Mills, Lock Haven. The 156 delegates now plan ning to attend the conference will represent Ohio State Uni versity, Univez-sity of Akron, University of Pittsburgh, Cai’ne gie Tech, University of West Virginia, Bucknell, Geoi-ge Wash ington, Ohio Northern University, and University of Maryland. PiKA Elects Officers Officers elected last night at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity were president, Henry C. McCall ’43; vice president, Howard W. Irwin ’44; treasurer, Samuel O. Patter son ’43; and house manager, Har old E, Machamer ’43. Sty? Satly @ (Hall 'ANI '45 Athletes Get Hat Society Bids Forty-six freshmen athletes were tapped last night to sophomore ath letic honoraries according to Har old L. Zimmerman ’44, Druid pres ident, and George R. Pittenger ’44, Friar head, who released the lists last night. Plans formulated by the two so cieties in tapping meetings held last night call for formal tapping of the selectees on the Old Main steps at 1 p. m. today. The 19 members tapped by Druids and then- respective sports are as follows: David Alston and Leo Nobile, football; William Sa lom and Gerald McKenna, soccer; Glenn Smith and Daniel Valenti, wrestling; Jack Tighe, Alley Davis, and John Graf, boxing; James Bell and Herbert Hivshfield, swimming; Raymond Sorenson, gymnastics; J. Welling Groiil and Charles Hellie, fencing; Gerald Karver and John McCall, cross country; Kenneth Yount, rifle; Robert Beck, basket ball; and James McKechnie, hoc key. Friars tapped 1-7 top ’45 athletes (Continued on Page Two) Senior 'Hoi Dog' To Reign At Roast With “King Hot Dog” reigning, the senior class will hold their an nual hot dog party at' the Jordan Fertility Plots. on Sunday after noon, May 3. Awards for the out standing Lion’s coats will also be made during the afternoon. Max S. Peters '42 has been nam ed Jby. H. .Leonard .Rrouse, -senior class president, to 'head the: com mittee in charge of completing the arrangements for the spring fun fest. Candidates for the “goat of the day” will be selected at a'later date. Two Lion’s coat awards will be made. One will go to a senior man and the other will go to a sen ior coed. ‘All seniors are invited to this free afternoon of fun, Krouse said. Entertainment and free food and drink will be provided. . Aiding Peters in preparing for the party are'the following seniors: Krouse, William F. Finn, William O. Meyers, Charles F. Mattem, Robert B. Jeffrey, James W. Ritter, Leon Rabinowitz, Alice M. Murray, and Ross B. Lehman. SU Wanis Officer Lists The names of the new officers of all fraternities, clubs, and other College societies must be handed in immediately at Student Union. Office in order to be included in the Student Union Directory., Anderson Ends Artists Course America’s greatest contralto and hardest woz-king concert art ist, Marian Anderson, will appear as the fourth and final number on the 1941-42 Artists’ Coui-se Series next Monday night. Recipient of the Bok Award and. the $lO,OOO check which goes to the one who has contributed most to the honor of Philadelphia, Miss Anderson is at present on her seventh consecutive tour of the United States. Temple Uni versity also conferred an Honor ary Doctorate of Music upon her, c/nd in 1939 she received the Spin gard Medal. Last summer was the first time in six yeai-s that the Negro sing er did not have a concert schedule, but she is making up for it now in her tour that started last Oc tober and will last until the end of May by presenting more than OF THE PENNSYLV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Plesser Noses Richards To Head AA As Baltimore Takes Secretary Post National Honorary Picks 44 Seniors Phi Kappa Phi, national honor ary society, has initiated 44 sen iors, selected two honorary faculty members, and awarded a cash prize of $5O to the student who has maintained a high all-college av erage, Mary L. Willard, local secre tary, announced yesterday. • The Penn State chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, one of 49 located at universities and colleges through put the United States, limits its undergraduate membership to seniors who have achieved an av erage of 2.55 and above, regai-d -less of the curriculum in which they have been enrolled. The $5O prize awarded annually by the local chapter of society to the senior who has an outstanding scholastic average went to Edward A. Kachik. Kachik’s all-college average was 2.88. Seniors elected to the society were-Julia, A. Adams, Mary Betty Anderson, Charles G. Arnold, Jean Babcock, Harry L. Baker, William G. Barger, Albert W. Batten, M. Cordelia Beach, James H. Cusack, Harriet S. Dannenhauer. 'Frank G.. Dickinson, • Miles J. Ferree, Robert. G. Geier, Richard V. Grimes, William E. Harkins, John W..Healy, James O. Hinkle, A'bram Hodes, Edward A, Kachik, Johp „ S_. K-ookogfey, • Robert H. Kougtu" Mae'' t).‘ Leth bridge, 'S'aiva dore P. Lio. Jeanne G. McAdam, Ei’riest F. Marshall, Clarence B. Monk, John D. Morgan, Jr., Alice M. Murray, Lois E. Notovitz, Arthur Peskoe, Ruth J. Plessett, Drew, Schwartz, (Continued on Page Two) Scabbard And Blademen Will Celebrate Founding Penn State’s Scabbai-d and Blademen, Company H, First Reg iment of the National Society, will celebrate the 30th anniversaiy of their founding in 1912 at a dinner dance at the-Nittarzy Lion Inn, at 6:30 p. m. today. Major Guy G. Mills, Corps of Engineers, assistant professor of military science and tactics, will speak. Installation officers will also feature the evening. ■ Joseph F. Garbacziaz will succeed Rich ard C. Tozer ’42 as captain of the company. Walt James’ orchestra will play from 9 to 12. 80 recitals in 70 cities. On that vacation, Miss Ander son spent her time in looking up new songs to replenish her reper tory which already includes hun di-eds of numbers. The program she will present here will include some of these new selections. - “Not just another singer, but a representative of her race,” is the way the “New York Times” de scribed her. With her fee among the top five in the land, Miss An derson has 27 fan clubs through out the United States named after Her. “Our Marian,” as she is affec tionately known in Philadelphia, was the first singer ever to be publicly espoused by the United States Government when 75,000 persons stood hushed and breath less in lront of the Lincoln Me morial in Washington, D. C., in :A STATE COLLEGE In one of the closest campaigns in the history of the Athletic Bernard A. Plesser ’43 nosed out William T. Richards ’43 by an 18-vote margin to become AA president. Herschel El. Balti more doubled Leonard O. Frescoln’s votes in winning the secretary treasurer position, 541 to 242. According to results released head of the AA, Plesser collected Vocal Groups Give Benefit Concert A combination of songs by the College glee club, Barbara Troxell ’37, the Hy-Los, a small male group, and the Varsity Quartet will make up the program for the Red Cross benefit concert under the direction of Richard W. Grant, head of the music department, in- Schwab Auditorium at 8 o’clock Friday night. Announcement of the program was made yesterday by Professor Grant who said that rehearsals for the concert were being held up by the work required in arranging for and making the recordings to re present the Glee Club in Fred War ing’s national competition. Recordings for the contest were made last night with 'the assistance of a technical sound, advisor repre senting the Waring organization. The glee club recorded as their entry in the central-eastern sec tional competition, “Steal Away,” intercollegiate prize song required of. all -clubs in the section, “Lord, -I Want To Be,” the club’s choice, and “Fight On State,” the club’s choice for a college song. These recordings will be judged along with recordings from the other 16 clubs in the section. Win ner from -this section will compete in the finals in New. York City. The national winner will be chosen there. The program for Friday night’s concert, as it will be presented, is divided into eight groups. In the first group by the glee club are “On' Parade” from “Sweethearts” by Victor Herbert, “Shenandoah,”' a traditional chantey, “Stout Hearted Men” by Sigmund Rom •berg, and “Climbin’ Up The Moun (Continued on Page Two) Pi Kappa Phi Elects Pi Kappa Phi officers elected fox next semester include Joseph R. Quickel ’44, archon, Edwai-d F. .Jones ’44, secretai-y, Walter C. Gwinner ’43, historian, Harry J. Ashbaugh ’45, chaplain, and Wil liam W. Heim ’43, warden. her now famous concert in the Spring of 1939. Having "appeax-ed on every im portant conctert platfoi-m in the world, and 'facing annually a quarter of a million people, Miss Anderson’s appearance here will mark the first time she has per formed in Schwab Auditorium. When the dusky contralto sang seme of Jan Sibelius’ own works in the 'Finnish composer’s home, the creator of the “px-ophet-like music” murmured at her con clusion, “My roof is too low for you.” “She is like a high priestess of song—she wants the audiencce to forget Marian Anderson and to become aware only of Bach and Schubert and the others who ptfured their innermost emotions into music,” was the statement made by the “Times” after she appeared in New York, pgiatt Weather Occasional Rain PRICE; THREE CENTS by James W. Ritter ’42, retiring 51 per cent of the total 812 votes cast, compared to 49 per cent for Richards. Final coilnt was 415 to 397. ■ Four candidates, including Charles H. Ridenour ’43 and Allen B. Crabtree ’43, started the race for the office, but Ridenour dropped out early. Crabtree was eliminated Monday when he fail ed to get in one of the two top vote brackets to qualify for run offs. The contest became more heat ed yesterday. when Crabtree threw his support behind. Pless er, and last year’s boxing captain endorsed Richards, captain-elect. Richards led 281 to 223 in quali fying for the runoffs yesterday. Original candidates in the sec retary-treasurer campaign, beside Baltimore and Frescoln, were Jesse J. Cohen and Robert J. Koch, both juniors. Robert F. Rtitmin ’43 announced his with drawal at the same time Ridenour dropped out. The only issue at the polls was a proposal to change the commit tee which selects cheerleaders. The new plan was approved 172 to 20. Under the old system, cheerleaders Were elected by the head cheerleader, football coach, Deain Richard S. Grant, depart ment of music; Dean ' Carl P. Schott, School of Physical Educa tion, and the All-College presi dent. Under the change, the select ing group consists of the gym coach, bandmaster, AA president, All-College president, and the head cheerleader. Final election summaries fol low: PRESIDENT Bernard A. Plesser William T. Richards SECRETARY-TREASURER Herschel D. Baltimore 541 Leonard O. Frescoln 242 Late News Flashes... WASHINGTON The suspen sion of all civilian industries using iron or steel in the production of non-defense goods may he expect ed in the very near future, accord ing to Donald Nelson, United States’ production chief. BATAAN —General Wainwright and his valiant American and Fili pino forces face their gravest crisis (tonight as Japanese troops admit tedly move forward through ex hausted American lines. MOSCOW As Russia moved her first relief train into Lenin grad since the Nazi seige was par tially broken, the Red High Com mand announced that in the last nine days of fighting 494 German planes have been shot down. WASHINGTON Nazi subma rines attempted only two attacks on Atlantic coast shipping in the past week, Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, announced yesterday. Whether this lull was merely a shuffling of the German undersea fleet or a permanent condition was not ventured by the secretary. BURMA Japanese ground troops have moved to within 65 miles of Burma’s vital oil fields, essential to the operation of China’s already sorely pressed mechanized forces and to her motorized supply trains.
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