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VOL. 38—No. 142
Swing Hits College
As Dorsey Opens
For Prom Tonight
Boasting an outstanding com
pany of instrumentalists and in
dividual stars, Tommy Dorsey
swings into Penn State tonight
to 'produce the celebrated music
of the “Sentimental Gentleman”
for Junior Prom dancing in Rec
Hall from 10 p. m. to 2 a. m.
Featured baritone soloist will
be Frank Sinatra who was recent
ly voted “America’s Most Popular
Male Vocalist” by the undergrad
uates of 171 colleges. Jo Staf
ford, “Sweetheart of Swing,” will
provide the feminine interest.
Both patriotism and Pan-Am
erican good feeling will be furth
ered by special observances at the
dance. At intermission the “Sul
tan of Swing” will pay tribute to
Americanism Day as proclaimed
by Governor Arthur H. James by
playing a special arrangement of
the Star Spangled Banner.
. Outstanding ins t r umentalists
known to last year’s Senior Ball
dancers is Ziggy Elman, who is
sometimes called . the hottest
trumpet player in the world.
Buddy Rich, ace drummer, will
■also be featured in addition to the
Pied Pipers, one of the mellowest
quartet's. now recording.
A Latin theme will predomin
ate the decorations with a Mexi
cali Fiesta chosen to supply the
atmosphere. Further efforts on
the national front will be promot
ed by the new double-duty cor.-,
sages which will bfr in vogue.
The floral offerings combine de
fense stamp sales with the con
ventional corsage. Arrangements
may be made through local flor
ists.
Women have three o’clock per
' missions for the dsince tonight and
two for tomorrow.
War Production Board Stresses
Need For Engineers In Defense.
Special to The Daily Collegian
WASHINGTON, April 30.
Spurred by repeated demands of
the War production Board, the tJ.
S. Office of Education has called
■again upon all engineering colleges
in the country to exert every pos
sible effort to complete the train
ing of engineering student's as
quickly as possible and to enroll
as many additional students in en
gineering for the new semester as
show interest and abilities in these
fields.
The latest publication of the Of
fice of Education has just been re
ceived. It is entitled “Engineers
Are Needed.” It calls upon every
college and secondary school ad
ministrator to do his share as a
patriotic duty to expand the ser
iously depleted reserve, of tech
nically. trained personnel. The
publication has been widelv dis
tributed among college adminis
trators and secondary school prin
cipals and superintendents.
In its new campaign sponsored
jointly with the War Production
Board and the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Educa
tion, the U. S. Office of Education
is urging the use of all completely
or partially trained engineers in
work related to their training and
the enrollment of a larger number
o£ qualified secondard school grad
uates in engineering schools.
“There is a need for a very
large number of additional engin
eers during the current year, and
an annual supply thereafter for
• (Continued on Page Four) war
TOMMY DORSEY
T ,.. K i4.ni i 600 Indicate Choice
The senior Hot Dog roast has / ftirfee/l Not UnLUCKy
been changed from Holmes Field . » Of FOUT PrOPOSdfS
to the Jordon Fertility Plots, Max pQf /.{ICKV StllClGnt ”
S. Peters ’42, chairman of the 7 Purchase of 20-year defense
party announced last night. The p[flQS A\orLGV bonds to be used later for scholar
party will still be held at 5 p. m. 7 ships is the gift which the class of
Sunday. Thirteen? Who says it's un- 1942 selected, according to vote
Featured at the funfest will be lucky? results released last night by H.
'the crowning of “King Hot Dog of Jean Runk ’43 h'as decided that Leonard Krouse ’42, senior class
1942.” In the running for the it’s both lucky and unlucky. She president.
honor are Laszlo J. Hetenyi, lost $l3 the other day and prac- Although more than 1,200 sen-
Thomas J. L. Henson, Raymond tically gave it up for lost when, i ors were mailed cards to indicate
F. Leffler, Jack E. Morgan, all as a last resort, she went to Stu- their choice, 600 replied, with a
seniors, and a “dark horse,” to be dent Union to report .the loss and majority in favor of the defense
announced later by the commit- have done with the matter for bond-scholarship fund proposal,
tee headed by Peters. good. Also considered were a loan fund,
The king will be elected by the So she went to Student Union a mural in Old Main, and an addi
seniors present at the party. and, wonder of wonders, there it tion for the Riding Club building.
Cash prizes will be awarded to lay ready for her to pick up and Of the 601 votes, 306 were cast
the coed, and senior man whose take home. William D. Mund- for the bond-scholarships, 105 for*
’Lion Coat, in the opinion of those wiler ’44 had picked it up and un- a loan fund, 96 for the mural plan
present is judged the best. concernedly as anything turned it and 84 for the Riding Club recre-
One of the entertainment fea- in just as though that was what ation room
tures of the roast will be a “jam he was supposed to do with it. It s timely in helping the wai
session” by several members of effort and at the same tune will
the Blue Band. Leon Rabinowitz || IV |* l llect ; ly a ,f fect the
’43 is in charge of entertainment. KflAUf IjrV DAfAM the class,” was Krouse s comment
•Hot dogs and soft drinks will 1/1 1 KvUH U in announcing the result _
provide refreshment for the class - , _ . Under the accepted setup the
of’42. The entire program is free Cnj| All'll lass will purchase $5 500 mde
to all seniors. In the event of rain. jGI 1/UllllQ A Will bonds which will mature in
the date has been set for sp. m. . yeals - a 1 ’ , , '
Mnnrlav Mav 4 Th e dry spell is here to stay— is to be converted into a scholar
_J | or so it seems. Penn State, the ship fund for the children of the
home of rain, snow, hail, sleet, and ’42 class members. Detailed parts
Thro A tnnllAttWWOC Namofl almost every other maladjustment of the plan have not been laid out.
Iflree jupnumuie* nciilieu of natur6| has ju st experienced The gift will be formally ac-
MAccicfanfc In Anil the dryest April in 27 years—at- cepted by the College at gradua
fl J jSilCllllj - 111 will ‘ mospherically speaking. tion exercises May 9. Official ac
* ju the golf, manager’ elections According to Prof. Hans Neuber- tion on the proposal will be taken
held recently, Jav M. Gross, Doug- ger, College meteorologist, the 1.63 at the trustees’ meeting May 8, but
MELLOW MUSIC-MAKERS las W. Purdv, 'and Richard A. inch total rainfall for April has is expected to be approved.
Tommy Dorsey, t and-Frank Sin- Hastings were named first assist- been the lowest for that month Originally the class voted .o
atra, featured soloist, will' swing ants. Harold Federman was elect- since 1915, when a record low of its funds with those of the junioi
it both “hot” and “sweet”- at jun- ed manager of the freshman team. .94 of an inch was registered. and sophomore classes to sponsor
ior Prom tonight when Nittanv Two alternate selected were Neuberger added that the 1.63 completion of murals, but the plan
socialities celebrate the last big Robert A. Speidel and William F. total was less than half the normal was rejected on the basis that
weekend of the semester. Schultz. All of those named are rainfall for any previous corre- funds from the lower classes weie
■ sophomores.- The present manag- spending month. not adequate nor certain.
er, Arthur H. Jaffe ’42, is the' third Most of the total precipitation
this year, the two previous man- for the month was contributed by . .. _ - .
agers having left school. - the late snowfall which remained POnTOHO Uli 5316
on the ground until Saturday, The April issue of Portfolio
■ M TniHArmui April 12, a rainfall of .01 of an w jh be on sale at Student Union
.Uiailra wOnTaD HJlHQiiOilf j nc h was recorded at the College. an< t the Corner Room today. Fea-
The seventh annual One-Act Other than that, the nearest this t U red in this issue are winner's
Play Tournament sponsored by the community has approached actual 0 j- the All-College Contest.
, j<~\ I r\ • , •/ ,• Division of Dramatics will be held dampness has been an occasional -
LCL VLG ULStrLDUUOn bn campus' tomorrow with seven prediction of cloudiness in the up- ——— “ —— ~~~
high schools, from throughout the per right corner Daily Col- T TVTriTiTTfi
IO DG MadG Monday state, entered. With plays sched- legian front page. JjlCLI© IN ©WS
FRANK SINATRA
Distribution of the 1942 La Vie uled lor afternoon and evening Strangely enough, although _
will be made from the Athletic As- performances in the. Little Thea- Penn State holiday weekends are I- ICLSIIGS
sociation ticket window starting trer the public will be admitted traditionally accompanied by rain, * IVAUiIVU . .
Monday morning. - free oi ' charge. The tournament is snow, hail, etc., tonight will mark
Any senior who has spent less under the direction of Frank S. the third consecutive diy Junioi
than eight semesters on the cam- Neusbaum, assistant professor of Prom in- as many years—atmo
pus, or who has not been a regular dramatics. spherically speaking, of course
four-year student while on the
campus, should be prepared to pay I ■ ■ k I f"* A II I
the difference between the dues bireamlininq, iNew Vjags r\ dded
he has paid and the $lO cost of the *■'* **
book. Payment is usually split -ri . / /|l. I D I I
into eight $1.25 fees as part ol | q | heSDISnS MldC IN l ZZK
class dues each semester. ■
Transfer students, two-year ags, Stream-lined and with many the core of the musical comedy
and students who originally en- new g-g s that center about cur- which tells the story ,of what
rolled at Mon't Alto or an under- ren j. even t s 0 n campus, “Hide ’n’ might happen if a couple of con
graduate center before coming p ee j t> ” forty-fifth annual produc- victs would escape from Rockview
here are also affected by the p on 0 |- Thespians’, will be given Penitentiary and end up at Penn
standing iuie. again in Schwab auditorium at State.
fniirca AnnflßinrPfi Actors and dancers were kept Clauss, and “Batears Bennett,”
tIPUiSC itsHiyiliJVGU from rusting by the numerous ap- Leon Rabinowitz, are the two con- NEW YORK Downtown Man
ln War pearances they nude on mobile victs who come to Penn State, dis- hattan was plunged into black
-111 vvai wcuyiajjliy unit trips since ‘‘Hide ’n’ Peek” guise themselves as college boys ness i as t night in a 20-minu'te
A new course dealing with the was first given last month, and then get into a mess when practice blackout.
geographic background of World Changes made in the gags were Bud Mellot ’45 and George Wash-
War II will be given during the tried on the army men; only jokes ko ‘45, as Stinky Lewis and Eddy LONDON— Hitler and Mussolini
Summer semester, Dr. Raymond that went over with them were Jtmes, pledge Rubberpuss and are scheduled to meet today at
E. Murphy, associate professor of kept. Batears to Rho Rho Rho frater- Munich, according to Berne dis
geogrdphy, announced yesterday. In spite of the many changes nity. patches reaching here.
Listed as Geography 5, the there has been no censoring of the Plans have been made to install
course will consist of a series of original script which was written a radio on the stage of the audi- WASHINGTON President
lectures each concerned with by Leon RfJbinowitz '43 and “Bar- t or j Um that early arrivals can Roosevelt’s fireside plea for the
some area critical in the present ney” Weinberg ’43. ' n nation to support his drastic cost
war. Territories studied will be Seventeen tunes, written by . ol living control program was be
gove'rned by the course of the Jimmy Leyden Jr. '42, Jimmy Me- P- 111 ■ Waring will play three \i evec j to have weakened Congres-
Adam '42 and Jane Abramson are numbers from the show. sional opposition to his program.
Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 1, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
Senior Hot Dog
Parly Changed
To Fertility Plots
7:30 o’clock tonight
Seniors Select Defense
Bond Plan For Class Gift
“Rublhrpuss Rysn,” Teel
PRICE: THREE CENTS
BASEBALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 6, Athletics 1
New York 3, St. Louis 0
Boston 8, Detroit 3
Washington 1, Chicago 0
National League
St. Louis 7, New York 3
Boston 3, Chicago 2
Brooklyn 11, Cincinnati 8
Phils 6, Pittsburgh 3
STOCKHOLM— New anti-Nazi
outbreaks and widespread sabo
tage were reported here yester
day. Eighteen Norwegians were
executed in reprisal for the death
of a Gestapo agent.