PI ®lfp Sailg @ (EoUpgtau fH i( OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Weather VOL. 38—No. 133 LiT International c,o * /les ' Mtir * ~ ' , f . Theme Of Ag Frolic Livestock iIIOW In Rec Hall Tonight T_ „ “A rollicking frolic, a good time 10 UeJvII lOQqV or all >” is the promise made by .. Penn State’s Little International ance chairman, to students who Livestock Exposition, patterned Frolic at Rec Hall to after the world-famous “Interna- , , , . tional’’ held annually in Chicago, n £ olmal dan< : in S to music by will open at the Livestock Judg- the Campus Owls wxll be supple ing Pavilion at 12:30 p. m. today. “ w j th $5 Q OO worth ° f f^ e J gambling from 9p. m. until mid , Sponsored by the Block and night. The only requirements for Bridle Club, the exposition will admission, besides a ticket, are old feature approximately 58 of the clothes and a friendly spirit ac- School of Agriculture’s finest live- cording to Rothrock. stock entered in competition in Chairman of committees prepar four classes. ing' for the-“frolic” are William B. Animals crowned champs in to- Johnson ’43.and Robert J. Mueller days judging are slated for ap- ’42, decorations; Harold V. Walton pearance in national competition. ’43, checking; William C. Patter- Since the first “Little Interna- son ’43, and Dorothy M. Boring tional” in 1916, over 100 of the ’ 44 advertising; David J. Brooks animals, displayed in Penn State ’43 tickets; and Irvin K. Curry’43, expositions have captured inter- booths; national awards. ‘ Two special features of today’s show will be the coed-led pig race and the exhibition of six riding club horsey. Climax of the exposition will be a banquet at St. Paul’s Meth odist Church, at which cups, me dals, and ribbons will be pre sented to the owners and trainers of the winning animals. The co ed able to guide her pig. around the Pavilion in the shortest tiirie will receive $2.50 in cash. Chairmfcn of the ' committees directing this year’s show are James. A. Christian ’43 and John A'. Christian ’43, beef-cattle divi sion; Elwood H. Borger ’44, sheep division; Howard E. Wheeler ’42, swine ' division; Robert C.- Ham mond '43, horse division. George A. Krupp ’42, catalog publishing; Murray Blechman ’42, publicity; Richard L. Carlton ’42, decorations; Lyle A. Baker ’42, banquet; and George G. Gayman ’42, awards; Judges of livestock will be Charles O. Werner, Harmony Farm, Douglasville, and Leland H. 'Bull, assistant county agent, Blair county, Hollidaysburg. Late News Flashes... BASEBALL SCORES National League Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 1 Boston 4, New York 3 ' Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis-2 American League Philadelphia 5, Washington 4 New York 1, Boston 0 Chicago 1, Cleveland 0 St. Louis 7, Detroit 6 PHILIPPINES— A communique from here stated that fierce fight- ing was going on between the Un- ited States Ai-my and the Japanese . forces on the island of Panay. William Saioyan s table ot mice and men received tender and sym- LONDON The RAF continued pathetic treatment by the Penn •heavy bombing raids upon Ger- state Players last night in the man military objectives in occu- auditorium. “The Beautiful Peo pled France in its sixth day of pt e ” [ s a hazia’dous undertaking broad daylight raids. They met j Ol . amateurs, who ordinarily re with little opposition and only 1 ] y pretty heavily upon plot and ighter and 1 bomber ware lost ac tj on to car ry much of the show, which showed that the Germans but the able and intelligent hand are concentrating- their air force m ljn iven tQ it here resulted in the Russian battle an English com- an enthusiastic audience response, munique stated last night. The thread of a sto v CLEVELAND Bob Pastor de- which Saroyan hangs his phil cisioned Jimmy Bivins in a 10- osophy is a tenuous one. Nothing round heavyweight bout held here much ever happens in this tale last night. of a father and his three children STOCKHOLM Russian forces who manage to live on a monthly have pushed the Axis armies as pension check mailed to a long tar back as the Russian town of dead former inhabitant of their Smolensk, a broadcast from here ramshackle house on a San Fran announced yesterday. cisco hill. At the ago of 15, the John W. Rothrock ’44 general Glee Club Ends Concert Series As the climax of the Mother’s Day festivities tomorrow the male Glee Club, under the direc tion of Richard W. Grant, wilt present the last of the Sunday afternoon Complimentary Con certs in Schwab Auditorium at 2:30 p. m. The first part of the program will be a group of three numbers by the. Glee Club. They are “On Parade” . from ' “Sweethearts” (Herbert); “Begin the Beguine,” (Porter); and.. “Stout Hearted Men,” (Romberg). The second group of numbers, to be played by Paul N. Teare ’43 are “Romance,’’ (Schuman); and “Butterfingers,” one of his own compositions. Third on the program will be the Glee Club’s second group in cluding “Lord, I Want To Be,” a spiritual and the intercollegiate choice song; “On the Plains, Fairy Trains,” (Weelkes), a 16th Century madrigal; “Steal Away To Jesus,” a spiritual and inter collegiate prize song; and “This Is My Country” (Jacobs), sung by Shirley L. Ives ’45 and the Club.. The yarsity Male Quartet will present the fourth part of the program followed by the Hy-Los, a small group chosen from the Glee Club. Gunnel O. Bjalme '45 appears sixth, playing “Waltz in F Minor,” (Chopin); and “Danse Negre,” (Scot). The Glee Club will re turn to finish the program with a group of college songs, “Lord Jef frey Amherst,” “Eleazor Wheel ock,” “Fight On State,” and “Nit tany Lion.” Players' Show Is Well Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Full Program Ready For Mothers 7 Day; Enrollment Committee Sends Letters Publicity, Registration Groups Announced Appointment of two sub-com mittees and the distribution of form letters to all the fraternities are the two recent steps of the committee to aid student enroll ment, according to Donald W. Davis ’43, committee chairman. The form letters, inviting high school seniors to Penn State for the High School Day next Sat urday, are to be mailed by the respective fraternities today. Any other students wishing to invite prospective college applicants will be able to get letters at the Stu dent Union desk, said Davis. Publicity ■ committee members are Bernard A. Plesser, Thomas R. Heidecker, and Allan I. Moses, all juniors. This group will be responsible for town win dow displays and posters to- pub licize the activities of the differ ent schools and departments at the College. - The registration committee, whose job it will be to register all the high school guests, con sists of Robert L. Mawhinney, chairman, Charles H. Ridenour, John A. Jordan, and Richard S. Kurtz, also, juniors. Present plans call for this committee to distrib ute buttons to the prospective Penn Staters and escort them on ■tours of the various laboratories, lectures, and athletic events on High School Day. ■ Special athletic attractions to be presented during the weekend r>re a practice football game, the annual All-College Circus, and a golf match. The. Blue and White football outfit, who are playing a practice game today with the Midshipmen irt Annapolis, will scrimmage against the Duquesne University football team in a regular pi-ac tice on the afternoon of High School Day,- while the golfers will meet the Bucknell Bisons in itheir second match of the season. Seats at a'special 15 cent rate will be provided for high schoolers inter ested in the Circus Saturday eve ning. Senator Addresses Alumni Senator James J. Davis and, Congressman James F. Van Za'ndt will speak at a Washing ton, D. C., Alumni dinner, Mon day, .April 20, given in honor of the 19 political science students who leave Sunday afternoon for a three-day tour of the capital. FRANK S. NEUSBAUM SUPERVISES SERIES Dr. J. Paul Selsam, associate professor of history, and chairman of the 1941- 42 Liberal Arts Lecture Series, has obtained the services of Mr. Denys Roper, Malayan educator, who will discuss “Life In Malaya,” in 121 Sparks Building, at 8 p. m. Tues day night. * * * 'Life In Malaya' LA Lecture Topic Color movies and a talk on “Life In Malaya,” will be the topic for the special Liberal Arts Lecture by Denys Roper of the British Colon ial Office in 121 Sparks Building at 8 p> m. Tuesday Dr. J. Paul Sel sam, head of the Sei'ies Committee announced yesterday. The l’egularly scheduled lecture by Kingsley Davis, associate pro fessor of sociology, has been post poned until the following Tuesday, April 28. Aspects -of life in the Malayan Peninsula fx-om Penang to Singa poi'e, a teri’itoi’y which has figured prominently in the news, will be illustrated and discussed by the Colonial agent who has spent 18 yeax-s in the Malayan Educational Service. On his way back to Singapore from England, Mr. Roper’s journey was interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and he has since been in this country lecturing on the Far East. . Holding an MA degree from Lin coln Cpllege, Oxford, Mr, Roper has been in many parts of the peninsula as Headmaster and In spector of government schools. Received. son, Owen, “has never -done a day’s work.” His sister, Agnes, devotes herself to taking care of mice and beating off men. Owen, the father, “talks to people on the streets.” The other son, Harold, is seeking his fame. and fortune in New York. From such ingredients Saroyan maintenance shop, has written a play that is whim- Result: One aerial ballet rig sical and poignant, tender and ging to hold four women; a pyra gay. At the same time it is a mid-shaped rigging supporting drama which, if the actors ever three ladders and a rotating tra lose their touch, can simply be peze; a muscle-grind perch pole dull, ridiculous, and inane. (constructed after ones seen in Last night’s performance occa- Barnum and Bailey’s 1841 show'; sionally came close to dullness 12 acrobatic balancing chairs, but for the most part it achieved scientifically grooved to fit into the desired effect. In contrast to intricate pyramids; and many some of the previous shows of the other pieces of essential equip season, where a few key charac- intent, all manufactured in the Col (Continued on Page Two) lege shops. PRICE; THREE CENTS Helzel To Present Awards At Chapel Mother’s Day Weekend, moved up three weeks under the new ac celerated College program will get off to an early start this morning with a crowded calendar of events continuing today and tomorrow as mothers arrive for the weekend in their honor. An expected crowd of 2,000 will hear Rev. Rex Stowers Clements, Ph.D., pastor of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, speak on “This Inconvenient Religion” at the annual Mother’s Day chapel in Recreation Hall at 10:30 a. m. to morrow. President Ralph D. Hetzel will present annual Evan Pugh and John W. White scholarship awards at the chapel service. The College Choir of 100 under the direction of Richard W. Grant, head of the music department, will sing ten to the Lambs,” by Dett, and the Men’s Glee Club of 60 will sing “Steal Away to Jesus,” old Negro spritual. Cwens, sophomore women’s honorary, will arouse freshman coeds in campus dormitories at 7 a. m. today to attend the tradition al Mother’s Day breakfast in Mc- Allister Hall at 7:15. - Freshmen in town dormitories will attend the breakfast to be climaxed by -the announcement of new members of Mortar Board, senior women’s honorary; the 23 new Cwens; 16 new WSGA Junior Service Board members. The varsity golf opener against West Virginia will be playgd at 2 p. m. today, and the lacrosse team (Continued on Page Four) College Shop Crew Pinch-hits As Circus Equipment Builders Wanted—somebody to manu facture equipment for Penn State’s fourth annual All-College Circus to held next Saturday in Rec Hall. Anybody not hamp ered by priorities call Gene Wett stone, 4281. Coach Wettstone did not run the above classified advertise ment, but he might very well have done so, for a few short months ago when plans were be ing made for the circus, the gen ial director was faced with the very difficult problem of adding up-to-the-minute equipment to his existing apparatus which is valued at $4,000. For three years the Circus bought its equipment from a large manufacturing concern that sup. plies many commercial troupes with their machinery, but war de mands made that source impos sible this year. . For a while it looked as if the Circus would have to be cancell ed, or run along the same line as last year. Enter: One Mr. Harry Daily and his men force from the College
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