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YOL, 38—'No. 132
La Vie Names Duff
1943 Editor; '42
Book Ready May 4
Martin H. Duff Jr. ’43 will edit
next year’s La Vie, according to
an announcement, yesterday by
Joseph T. Reichwein ’42, retiring
editor. Thirteen other ■ juniors
will aid Duff with the yearbook
which will be published next De
cember under the College’s new
accelerated program.
Reichwtejin also announced that
the 1942 edition will be available
to seniors at Student Union, May
4.
Serving under Duff for thfe class
of 1943’s La Vie will be Charles
N. Beatty, managing editor; E.
Richard Booser, photographic ed
itor; Robert R. Sieger, sports ed
itor; Roy O. Allen Jr., art editor;
G'eorge S. Zoretich and Donald L.
Horton, associate art editors.
Ruth E. Morrow, Veronica A.
Karhan, Mary M. Sheehe and Ann
M. Reidy, assistant photographic
editors; Edward P. Petrow and
David E. Garfinkle Jr., assistant
sports editors; aind Irma.F. Win
ter, women’s sports editor.
La Vie’s normal publication
schedule has been completely
changed with the initiation of the
third semester. December’s pub
lication will feature the present
class of 1943 and the volume for
the present class of 1944 will be
issued in August 1943.
Juniors who do not return for
'the summer semester-will be ask
ed to submit photographs before
they leave school next month so
that they may be ready for next
December’s yearbook.
The La Vile staff held its annual
Uinquet at the Allencrest last
night.
According to Duff, the , first
meeting of trie new staff will be
held in the La Vie office, 315 Old
Main, April 20.
Blue Key Will Delay
Tapping Freshman Firsts
Freshmen recently elected first
assistant managers for ' winter
sports will not be tapped by Blue
Key, junior hat society, until they
assume their managerial duties if
was announced by William E.
Murphy ’43, president.
The annual smoker for new ini
tiates will be held Sunday evening
at-7:15 p. m. Initiation will cover
the period from Tuesday till April
28 when informal initiation and a
banquet at the Hotel State College
will be conducted.
The society also offered its serv
ices to the College for the proposed
High School Day, April 20.
'Beautiful People Play Tonight
“Full of skylarking buoyance,
rich humor, and tenderness of the
characters, the symbolism and lyr
ic beauty of the writing ...”
That is what John Anderson,
critic of the “New York Journal
and American,” had to say about
William Saroyan’s, “The Beautiful
People,” which is being performed
by the Players in Schwab Audi
torium at 8:30 o’clock tonight, and
tomorrow as their annuariMother’s
Day show.
Directed by Frank' S. Neusbaum,
and consisting of nixie characters,
the play is a tale of the Webster
family who live on Red Reck’ Hill
in San Francisco. - The plot re
volves around 1000 mice; Owen
Webster, played by James Amban
Inauguration Addresses Emphasize Cooperation 7 ;
Cabinet Appoints Committee To Aid Enrollmen
Davis Appointed Head
Of Enrollment Group
With the appointment of a com
mittee to aid enrollment the main
activity of their initial session, the
new All-College Cabinet met last
night to replace the-retiring stu
dent legislation.
First committee appointed by-
Jerome H. Blakeslee, recently in
augurated All-College president,
was composed of Donald W. Dav
is ’43, chairman; Dorothy K.
Brunner ’44, acting WSGA pres
ident; Gordon L. Coy ’43, Colle
gian editor; 'M. William Lunde
litts ’43, IFC president; Woodrow
Hoch ’43, Chem-Physics .Council
president; and David I. McAleer
’43, class president.
This committee’s job will be :to
coordinate the student publicity
concerning the High School Day
scheduled for April - 25 with the SOLEMNLY SWEAR—David J. ing yesterday’s inauguration cere
work of the administrative com- McAleer and Harold L. Zimmer- monies alt Main Gate. Jerome H.
™ itt ® e x he^ ded b , y H ', RidgG , Rlley man were sworn in as senior and Blakeslee ’43, new All-College
of ;tne office of public * informa- . . president, was also sworn into
tion. Jumor class presidents respective- office at :the ceremonies as well as
A lengthy discussion of the Col- ly by Raymond F. Leffler ’42, re- a i! the other recently elected All
lege’s Summer enrollment prob- tiring student tribunal head, dur- College and class officers
lem brought a-fjout the suggestion _____________________
that the Cabinet aid in any way
possible to assist in the arranging To DrLVG P 'IQS
of adequate entertainment and **
activities in conjunction with the l n Fe*nii ire* r'r\nie*ci
High School Day program. UL rc ULUIC \^UILLCoL
Only other committee selected r\l /;++/_ _/
during the meeting is to deal with Uf LlttLe /literflOlLOrLClL
the recreational program :to be set
up for the accelerated College se
mester.
Headed by McAleer who will
serve as general chairman, the
committee has Bernard A. Ple'ss
er ’43, AA president; Ann Drivas,
WRA president; and James E. Mc-
Kechnie, ’45 class president, as
active members
Scheduling their meetings for
Tuesday evenings at 9 o’clock, the
Cabinet moved that Blakeslee ar
range with a member of the old
Cabinet the explanation of the re
vised constitution and schedule
several talks with administration
and faculty members to better fit
the body for the duties as govern
mental leaders.
Before the 1941-42 Cabinet Sir John, the petite 2100-pound
stepped aside a motion was made Percheron stallion, to Wilkie,
by Robert B. Jeffrey ’42 that the rookie entrant in the pig derby,
proposed printing of the new con- The exposition, sponsored by
stitution be carried out for the the Block and Bridle Club, will
Benefit of the whole student body, get underway' at the Livestock
Judging Pavilion at 12:30 p. m.,
Former Student Killed with beef - cattle judging the open
■ Donald G. Kime, 20, who with- event
drew from College at the end of Climax of the affair will be a
the first semester to enlist in the - banquet at St. Paul’s Methodist
U. S. Marines was killed in an Church, at which cups and medals
automobile accident near Wood- will be presented. to the owners
bridge, Va., Wednesday night. He and trainers of winning animals,
was stationed in the marine nost at The winning coed will receive a
Quantico, Va. cash prize of $2.50.
dos ’43; Jonah Webster, Robert
Herrman ’44; atid Agnes Webster,
Joanne Palmer ’43.
Around these mice there is
woven the story of the shy, bewil
dered daughter Agnes, who is call
ed St. Agnes of the Mice by her
brother, Owen, and how her belief
in the mice keeps alive her -faith
in life.
Owen, a 15-year-old “genius,”
who writes books of one word, is
the sort of boy who ke’eps up Ag
nes’ faith by arranging things for
her and then "saying the mice did
it.
The father who has done his
best to teach his children to get the
most out of living, is the kindly
old Jonah who believes he is doing
Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Eight Penn State coeds will
completely outdo Bob Higgins’
pigskin chasers tomorrow.
The eight women students will
use the pigskin in its original
form, eabh one driving a live,
“oinker” around the Livestock
Judging Pavilion in a race that
promises to be the highlight of the
27th Little International Livestock
Exposition. '
The technical side of the annual
show will featui’e the display and
judging of the College’s finest
ahimals. Contestants will range
from such veteran performers as
nothing wrong in using the money
of a man seven-years dead to sus
tain his own living family
Then there is Dan Hiliboy, J.
Scott Keck ’42, the bibulous Irish
man with the fear of God in him;
Mr. Prim, Milton Dolinger ’44, the
business man who regains his hold
upon himself; Harmony Biueblos
som, Eleanor Freedman ! 44, the
skeptical old lady of Jonah’s past;
and Father Hogan, William Em
mons ’44, the expansive priest.
Harold Webster, ■ portrayed by
Oi-in Stambaugh ’45, is the cornet
playing brother whom Owen hears
3000 miles away in New York, and
Steve, a homeless boy, James Lis
ter '44, is taken in by the Websters
complete the “Beautiful People.”
College Prepares
For Blackouts
With its first blackout success
fully completed last Wednesday
night in a test area on campus, the
College Committee for Protection
is now ready should the Intercep
tor Command again flash a- black
out signal for the College section.
As part of Sector 5, the campus
is divided into 15 sections, with
Wardens appointed mainly ' from
the faculty to take charge ot each
section. In the event the army
flashes a surprise signal from any
where in the country to this area,
the Central Control Board in Old
Main contacts each warden imme
diately.
Declared a complete success by
George W. Ebert, head of the
committee, last week’s blackout
was confined to Sections 11, 12,
and 14, which consist of the area
west of. the Armory. Entirely
blacked out in the trial period were
the Engineering buildings, the
President’s house, the MI Building,
and the Phi Delta Theta and Beta
Theta Pi fraternity houses.
Before the campus is entirely
blacked-out, every ' section will
have to be tested for problems
which may. arise peculiar to it,
Ebert stated. The next warning,
which may come at any time, he
said, will probably result in the
blackout of Sections 1,3, and 4.
Gambling Devices Await
Couples At Ag Frolic
Fiye hundred dollars wbh each
dance ticket!—That is what each
couple attending Ag Frolic in Rec
Hall tomorrow night will receive.
The money—even though it’s not
the official, government-printed
type—can'be spent at any or the 12
booths that will be installed to
help create the “county fair” at
mosphere. Booths with gambling
.wheels, baseball pitching, and
other typical country-fair amuse
ments will cater to the student
spenders; old-fashioned “barkers”
will vie for their trade.
Co.uples whose fortunes have
been wiped out by the gambling
machines can finish the evening
less extravagantly by dancing. The
Campus Owls will be on hand to
provide the music.
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Blakeslee Takes Oalh
As New Student Head
Pointing out that Penn State’s
part in the war effort must start
here at home and promising an ad
equate administration to solve un
precedented wartime problems,
Penn State’s new student leaders
were inducted in the fourth annual
All-College inauguration before
1000 people yesterday.
“The only really deciding factor
for the solving of problems caused
by the accelerated College pro
gram will be the complete co-op
eration of the student body,” said
Jerome H. Blakeslee, All-College
president, who took the oath of of
fice during the affair.
Promising complete aid from
faculty and administration, Adrian
O. Morse, assistant to the president
in charge of resident instruction,
stated that Penn Staters’ part in
•the war was right here in the Nit
tany Valley.
Gerald F. Doherty ’42 introduced
the speakers among whom was
Robert D. Baird ’42, retiring All-
College president, who thanked the
Cabinet for its help during the past
year and looked optimistically at
the future of Penn State under the
guidance of the new leaders with
a quote: “I see a rising, not a set
ting sun,” from Benjamin Frank
lin. .
The oath of office was adminis
tered by Raymond F. Leffier ’42.
retiring Tribunal head. David I.
McAleer, new senior class presi
dent, made a brief speech before
the Blue Band closed the program
with the Alma Mater.
Other All-College Cabinet mem
bers who were introduced were
Harold L. Zimmerman, junior class
president, James E. McKechnie,
new ’45 president, Thomas R. Hei
decker, Tribunal head, Bernard A.
Plesser, AA president, Dorothy K.
Brunner ’44, WSGA vice-president,
Frances E. Haley ’43, Pan-Hellenic
Council president, Jean Hersh
berger ’43, PSCA px-esident, and
'Muriel S. Taylor ’43, independent
Gordon L. Coy ’43, Collegian
editor, William S. Ivans ’43, pi-es
ident of Engineering School Coun
cil, Woodrow E. Hoch ’43, presi
dent of Chemisti’y and Physics
School Council, and Donald W.
Davis, pi’esident of Liberal Aids
Couneil.
Late News
Flashes...
National League
St. Louis 11, Chicago 6.
Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7
Brooklyn 4, New York 2.
Boston 2, Philadelphia 1.
''American League
New Yoi’k 8, Washington 5.
Detroit 5, Cleveland 4.
St. Louis 13, Chicago 3.
Boston 19, Philadelphia 4.
LONDON—Piloting American
made bombiei's, the RAF last night
smashed power plants and factor
ies in occupied France in the big
gest x-aid on French territory since
the war began. This raid was
stated to have had a two-fold
purpose: to destroy military ob
jectives and to foi’ce Germany to
keep its fighters in that region.
LONDON—Additional Japanese
divisions continued their advance
in Burma. They were reported
within 30 miles of the vital Burma
oil fields.
WASHINGTON Two more
American merchant vessels wei’e
sunk off the Atlantic coast, it was
reported last night.