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VOL. 38—No. 146
Glee Club Named Senti-Finalisf
In East Group Of Waring Contest
The Penn State Glee Club' came
■within striking distance of win
ning the championship in Fred
Waring’s Pleasure Time National
Glee Club Competition yesterday
when it was named one of the
three semi-finalists in Group B the
eastern section in the. contest.
The winner in final judging, re
sults of which will toe announced
Tuesday, will-be entitled to com
pete in national finals to be, con
ducted on • Waring’s program the
date for which will be announced
in the near future.
'Should the Penn State club be
come one of the finalists, members
will make, the, trip to New York
for the program, Hummel Fish
burn, professor of music, announc
ed last night.
The other semi-finalists still in
the contest in Group 2 are Union
College of Schenectady, N. Y., and
the University of Rochester.
Judging for the first elimina
tions was based on recordings of
three songs made by the separate
clubs and submitted to the judges
several weeks ago. '
APO Elects Officers
Alpha Phi Omega, national ser
vice fraternity, elected officers
last night. Those gaining office
were Frank Yeaple ’44, vice-presi
dent; Charles H. Taylor ’44, trea
surer; and Horace Weymer ’45,
secretary.
Late News
Flashes...
BASEBALL SCORES
National League
St. Louis 11, Phillies 2
Remainder postponed—rain
American League
New York 3, Cleveland 0 _ , , • _
st Louis 7, Athletics 2 Examining Board Set
Boston 3, Chicago 1 T B ■ ij >
Washington 7, Detroit 0 fO 000111 11115 MOfflillg
LONDON - RAF bombers have Aftei . , having been llnable to get
heavily bombed Stuttgart, Ger- . ~ . . . . s
.. , , , . mu to the campus to begin examina
many despite .cloudy sk.es. The tions yeste , day , th f examining
•British also announce they have boai . d for the £ ir c Enliste d
bombed many, unspecified points Reserve will begin me n t al exami
m German-occupied France. The nations in 305 Qld Main tl
Germans were over southeastern at 8:3() thls moming .
England killing two persons and Applicants are a s sked to have
causing minor damage. papers ready when they report for
LONDON British invaders of examination,
the island of Madagascar have en- ;
Ridenour Heads Hatmen
both sides have been described as Charles H. Ridenour ’43, presi
lieavy. A French submarine and dent of Skull and Bones, was
a gunboat have been sunk by Brit- elected prexy of the Hat Society
ish naval forces. Council, which includes the heads
WASHINGTON Average gas- of all Hat societies on campus. He
oline allowances will be from two replaces Charles F. Mattern. Ber
to six gallons of gasoline per week, nard A. Plesser '43, president of
Doctors and war workers will re- Parmi Nu, was elected vice-pres
eeive more if neebssary. - " ident of the Council.
Daily Collegian Issues
Final Call For Frosh
Both freshman men and wom
en unable to attend thd meeting
of The Daily Collegian editorial
and business staff candidates yes
terday, have a final chance to try
out for leither of these staffs by
attending «i meeting ,in Room 7,'
Carhegie Hall, at 4:30 p. m. this
afternoon.
Student Regisfrafion
For War Ration Books
Continues In Armory
Registration for War Ration
Books continues today when stu
dents L through Z report to the
Armory from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Matriculation cards are required.
Yesterday, 2,379 students, A-K,
obtained Ration Books. Registra
tion officials said students moved
rapidly, and no waiting in line
was necessary, At the start of
the day, students were taking an
average of four minutes to fill
out forms, while toward the close,
the process only averaged two
and one-half minutes per person.
Wives of faculty members con
tributed their services. Edward
K. Hibshman, executive secretary
of the alumni association, in
charge of registration, expressed
his appreciation for the extra
help.
Three students who left ma
triculation cards at the armory
can obtain them at the main regis
tration desk tod'.:y. They are
William J. Kerr ’45, LaVerne D.
H'ewitt ’42, and Frances- C. Hand,
graduate student.
Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
P : '■ ; 4s
Murder Pleasant
In Players' Show
“It isn’t the crimes, but the peo
ple you meet that make the show,”
is the way Collegian critic Goes T.
Ryder reviewed the Players’ last
performance of the hilarious mur
der comedy, “Mr. and Mrs. North;”
and if you saw the play, you’d un
destand why.
Brought back by popular de
mand as the Commencement show,
“The Norths” feature a zany play
wright Jerry and his zanier wife
Pam who get in hot water with
the police when they are accused
of harboring corpses in their
Greenwich Village apartment.
■ Not to be outdone by the crack
ed couple, "who incidentally are
played by Don Taylor ’42 and Sis
Herrman ’42, is the owner of the
house, Buono, who revels in the
notoriety the murders are giving
his place. Add to this five other
suspects, all of whom could have
done the dastardly deeds, and you
have—a moider mystery.
Spice all this with a fuller
brush man, a postman, with a
longing for beer, and cops, and
you have what Ryder says is a
“pleasant offering of murder.”
Ad Honorary Initiates
New initiates of Alpha Delta
Sigma, national professional ad
vertising fraternity, include Rich
ard A. Beker ’43, George J. Cohen
’44, Frank M. Feinberg '43, Rich
ard E. Marsh ’44, Philip P. Mitch
ell ’44, Donald H. Ratchford ’43,
and Curtis C. Stone ’44.
Junior Prom Nets $1,663 Profit;
Highest In Danced Recent History
Junior Prom, last Friday night,
netted a $1,663.88 .profit, the larg
est in the dance’s recent history,
according to the tentative finan
cial report issued last night by
Robert L. Mawhinney '43 and
Wayne C. Shafer ’43, co-chairmen
for the dance.
Final figures showed that 1,227
couples attended the dance; pay
ing a total of $4,454.01. Tax on
admissions amounted to $478.41;
booth rentals, $215; and checking,
$162.
Major expense was Tommy
Dorsey’s music. “The Sentiment
al Gentleman of Swing” got $2,000
for his “one-nighter.”
Other major outlays were made
for tax, $478.41; decorations, $375;
programs, $260; jidvertising, $110;
compensations for dance chairmen
and class president, $100; college
labor, $100; and checking labor,
$9O.
Minor expenses were doormen,
$35; ticket printing, $26.63; ticket
seller, $2O; miscellaneous, $l5;
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Addition of automobiles to trav- Hoffman. There will be no spe
el to each of the fraternities and cific hours for students to register
large rooming houses to help in according to alphabetical listing,
the collection of coat hangers for Instead any student may register
the New Cumberland Training a t Rec Hall between the hours of
camp was announced last night by 8 a. m. to 12 p. m., 1:30 p. m. to 5
committee chairman Robert L. p. rn. on both Monday, May 18,
Mawhinney ’43. and Tuesday, May 19.
Main collection center will be at The dates for the payment of
the base of Old Main steps, where fees have been set for Thursday
students will be asked to deposit a nd Friday May 28 and 29. Classes
coat hangers on 'their way to f o r the Summer semester will be
classes in order that selectees and gi n Ba. m. Wednesday, May 20.
enlistees at the induction center “No undergraduate student who
will have racks for their clothes, attended the present semester,’.’
The “Coat Hanger Day” was or- stated the Registrar, “will be per
ganized after a request from Cap- mitted to register without his
tain Tingle at New Cumberland grade report.”
had been sent to All-College Cab
inet.
Only one Freshman Mass, meet
ing will be held during the Sum-
mer term for the Class of ’46, be
cause of the shortened semester,
is “Towards Better Penn Staters,”
h ?n a pfae d e of meetings pamphlets |0 V-5 PrOgraffl
will be issued to Freshmen, cover- „ , ~ ,
ing topics usually discussed. The Thi-ee months have been added
College had diready made plans to °. th «L training program for the
send copies of Dean Warnock’s Wing One unit of Penn States V-5
history of Penn State, so the Mass enlistees and the date for starting
meetings committee will write a their training has been moved up
pamphlet on “College Etiquette.” t° J^ ay 8 ’ Thomas
Senior Counsellors will study a W - Allison,' Jr. ’42, seaman second
pamphlet, “What It Takes to Make clas , s _ aad A wm “, commandei, ie-
Good in College,” and try to cover vealed last night,
the same subject in their meetings Originally scheduled for nine
with freshmen. An attempt >s al- of training the naval
so being made by the committee £* ht trainees will be given a
to have Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha three months physical fi.ness
Lambda Delta, freshman scholas- cour f, “ nder L ' eut Charles M.
tic honoraries, send copies.of their Speidel, former Penn State wrest
folder, “How To Study,” to all ling coach, at North Carolina Um
freshmen - Ye The y rest of the training will be
the same. There ‘will be three
months of pre-flight training and
the same period of basic flight and
advanced flight training programs.
The pre-flight training will be giv
en in the Philadelphia Navy Yards
and the last six months instruction
will be given at a Florida naval
base.
All other Penn State V-5 units
will take the physical fitness
training before they go into flight
training, Allison said.
Registration Dates Set
For Summer Semester
'Hanger Day’ Group
Plans Collections
To Aid Service Men
Series Of Pamphlets
Used To Replace
Frosh Mass Meetings
Phyllis R. Watkins ’44, chairman
of the Freshman Mass Meetings
Committee, announced last night.
The date for the only Mass _ _ _ ail '■
Meeting has tentatively been set J mAllfHf AnflOfl
for June 23, and the topic chosen J S T HUlSlllj MUW'wll
piano rental, $10; telephone and
telegraph, $8; piano .tuning, $5;
women’s attendant, $5; and invi
tations, $4.50.
Incoma totals amount to
$5,309.42 and expenses $3,645.54,
leaving the $1,663.88 profit.
Last year’s Junior Prom, with
Paul Whit.eman’s orchestra the
feature attraction, attracted only
825 couples. This yeai-’s dance
shows an increase of 402 couples
over the 1941 figure.
In 1940, 1,088 couples danced to
Glenn Millei*’s band, with a total
of $l,OBB px-ofit taken in at that
dance. Tommy Dorsey also play
ed Junior Prom in 1939. At thet
time only 756 couples attended
with $214.57 profit l-ealized.
Kay Kyser furnished music at
the 1938 prom \vhich 670 couples
attended. That dance went in
the hole to the tune of $53.64
while a'profit of $411.26 was ideal
ized in 193_7 when Glen Gray’s
Chsa Loma orchesti'a played for
834 couples.
' PRICE: THREE CENTS
Upperclassmen May
Register May 18 Or 19
Registration hours for upper
class students returning for the
Summer semester were released
yesterday by Registrar William S,
The reports will be available at
the office of the Registrar Monday
morning. After registration the
reports will be retained by the ad
viser.
As in former semesters, a five
dollar fine will be imposed for late
registration.
Hoffman pointed out that pos
ters will be placed around • the
campus next Saturday indicating
the location of scheduling officers.
Official copies of the time tables
will be posted on various bulletin
boards, and may be purchased at
Registrar’s office now.
Fredman Elected Head
Of Forensic Council
At the Foi-ensic Council elec
tions last night Samuel G. Fred
man ’43 was elected president for
next year. Other officex'S elect
ed were vice-pi'esident, John B.
McCue ’43, and secretary, C.
Gx-ace Goodlin ’45.
This was the fii-st meeting of
the new Foi-ensic Council which
was appointed yestei-day by All-
College President Jerome H.
Blakeslee ’43. Other members of
the Council are L. Jean Kaiser
’43, Philip R. Thonxforde ’43,
Dorothy K. Bi'unner ’44, Carl E.
Maier ’44, Daniel C. Gillespie ’44,
and William H. Bayer ’45.