as" yM • Thro flatly Tatitgiatt A ki rti l o r9 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Weather VOL. 39—No. 33 Senate Schedules Commencements Commencement for students graduating at the end of the Summer semester will be held Thursday evening, August 27, while _Thursday, August , 6 is the date approved for Summer ses sion commencement, according to Prof. Clarence E. , Bullinger, head of the demtment of industrial engineering. Professor Bullinger, chairman of the Senate committee on public occasions which sanctioned the dates, also announced the tenta tive time for Fall semester com mencement as Thursday evening, December 17. The December .graduation will be moved up about five months for those seniors who' attend College this Summer and Fall, and would not ordinarily have receiv ed diplomas until next May. Robert L. ~Mawhinney '43 and Marjorie E. McFarland '43 were named co-chairmen of the cap and - gown committee for the grad uating seniors, and Prof. Randall S. Stout, department of economics, is in charge of caps and gowns for graduate students. MI Research Director Protests BID Creating Coal-Testing Laboratory Branding it an "uneconomic_ procedure,". Dr. A. W, Gauger, di rector. of mineral industries research, issued a protest 'yesterday , against a bill rieise - d by - the United' — StateS Senate pr6posing creation of a research laboratory in Pennsylvania's anthracite area. "In view of our staff, experienced in anthracite research," Gau-. ger stated, "it would be far more economical for the Federal Govern- Dispensary Totals .. . progress would be- accomplishedin Drop For M onth less time and at a lower cost," the . research director added. Dispensary statistics just re- Gauger's protest follows the one leased for the last two months , made Thursday by . Mark S. James, cannot be compared with a simi- State Secretary of Commerce lar period because of the abnor- Thursday. James termed the bill mal 'situation 'at the College dur- "a duplication of the work now be ing May and June, 1942. Stu- ing done at State College." dents left school early, 'and the "We are interested in any re- Summer , semester was in progress • search work which will aid the an during June. thracite industry," James added, Total calls at the dispensary "but any available Federal funds dropped in May to 202, while-the should go to State College and not June figure rose to more than be spent in establishing a new la double that, 491 cases. At the dn- . firmary, total out-patient calls - boratory." The Senate bill is designed to were, also on the same curve, down "rehabilitate the anthracite coal in for May and up for June. Cases dustry" through investigation of handled in May numbered 415, "methods to conserve resources for while in June '476 patients• were national defense" and to increase treated. safety in mining. . Basis for the dual claims is the MI School's record of intensive re search along the, very lines desig (Continued on Page Three) Late News Flashes ... MOSCOW—Russian sources de clared yesterday •that the situa tion on the' Don river front was approaching the critical ,stage as the German's threw every re source into their attempt to cap italize on their wide break through. • OTTAWA—A member of the Canadian Parliament announced yesterday that three ships in a United Nation's convoy were tor pedoed and sunk in the mouth of . the St. Lawrence river. WASHINGTON The fourth day of the trial of the eight Ger man saboteurs opens today in great secrecy. 'General McCoy announced that the trial will be extended much longer than ex pected because both sides had produced a large amount of un expected evidence. LONDON—The Admiralty ad mitted yesterday that a United Nation's convoy, bound for 'Mur mansk, 'had suffered considerable damage at the hands of German raiders. . Acrobats To Perform An acrobatic performance by Coach Gene C. Wettstone's varsity gym champs has been added to the Thespians-Glee Club Revue, Rob- SENIOR DRAPER Robert L. ert L. Mawhinney '43, program Mawhinney '43, was appointed co- chairman for Victory Weekend, chairman of the senior caps and announced last night. Louis V. gowns committee. • Bordo '43, Solomon Small '43, and Sidney Rudman '43 are the star gymnasts who will participate. Dr. Kistler In Chapel Dr. Raymond Kistler, president of Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa.", will deliver the sermon at the regular Chapel services in Schwab Auditorium at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. ment: to support the MI experiment station. research • program. More 1,458 Students Sigl As Petition Drive Spreads More than one-third of Penn State's undergraduate students have signed petitions opposing the exclusion of two American citi zens from the College because of their Japanese parentage yester day. "Exactly 1,458 students have signed during the first 24 hours," Jack M. Lishan, graduate instruc tor in economics and one of the leaders of the volunteer student faculty committee, stated last night. Favorable sentiment expressed by many of the faculty members, ''Lishan stated, has caused the vol unteer petition committee to make plans for a similar voicing of opin ion by the faculty. Petitions will be circulated to both groups today, according to John •R. Adsit '45, another of the petition leaders.' ' SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 11, .STATE COLLEGE, PA 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Campus News Briefs millimiiiiiiiiiiiniffimmiiiiiiimmillimiiiiiiminimll Fun Night Tonight Both regular and Summer ses sion students will play in a Fun Night program at Rec Hall from 7:30 p. m. to midnight today. Program includes round dancing, square dancing, table games, play ing cards, shuffle board, badmin ton, volley ball, and other active games. Another Fun Night for faculty members, their wives and friends only, will be held in Rec Hall at 8 p. m. Tuesday., IFC Refunds Ready A refund on the deposit requir ed of all fraternities by the .IFC before the .granting of rushing privileges may now be obtained at the Athletic Association office, stated M. Williams Lundelius '43, president of IFC, last night.. He also emphasized the importance of calling for the refund .r ea . rly to avoid unnecessary confusion. Everyone's Singing Summer session - assembly 'and student.;'sing be held in Schwal: , : : Auditorium at 7 p. m. Monday: Regular students are also asked to attend. Engineering Deadline Annual success of Penn State's yearly engineering —• employment booklet seemed assured for 1942 with funds and questionnaires flowing into the . separate com mittee heads. Final time for the technical seniors to support the booklet is Tuesday morning. 700 Couples grave Rain To Attend Hop Approximately 700 couples braved last night's traditional rainy weather to hear Charlie Barnet and his orchestra,_ play for Soph Hop at Rec Hall, beginning the Summer semester's first big social weekend. The class of '4s's dance was as sured of being a financial success at 4 p. m. yesterday' when ,ticket •sales in Old Main went over the 500 mark. This "is the third mon ey-Making Soph Hop in the past four years. The dance of the class of '42 was the first sophomore function to show a profit over a long period of years. Since then only the class of '43's affair regis-, tered a deficit. Weekend activity continues to day with fraternities planning picnics for the afternoon and dances for tonight. The Penn State Players' will stage a repeat performance of their first Sum mer production, "The Rivals," in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Instructor's Course Begins 'Monday A Red Cross Instructor's course, sponsored by the American Red Cross and the College, will be held in 121 Sparks, July 13 to 17 inclusive, 7 to 10 p. m. each night. Completion of the American Red Cross standard and advanced courses are qualifications. Every one enrolled in the course must signify his intent to teach a Red Cross course not later than this Fall. Players Give Hit Show Last Night As 'Rivals' Clicks By LEON RABINOWITZ and BARNEY WEINBERG We approached Frank Neus baum, director of the "The Ri vals," between acts of the Penn State Players' first Summer pro duction to see if we could trick him into a comment on the show. He pierced our incognito. "It's the finest play, the finest sets, the finest cast of actors we've ever had," he , said. Well, it's the difference of opin ion' that makes horse racing and first night reviews, but we'll agree •with a good house, which braved the rain of Soph Hop, that if you want- an eyeful of pleasing color and a night of laughs, you should see the second perform ance in Schwab Auditorium to night. Top mention in the show goes to the sets by Dorothy Scott and Stanley Danowski. Brilliant cam eo coloring against a black back ground makes each one of the five sets give an appealing lift to the show. Lighting, although a dif ficult problem for the type of set used, did not quite measure up to the standard set by the scenes themselves. Costumes from a professional house were pretty, but a little clumsily worn by actors more ac customed to swing skirts than pan talons: More rehearsal in the cos tumes might have done the trick. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 18th-century wordiness make the lines difficult for any cat, but the outstanding victim last night was James • Payne as Jack Absolute, who fumbled the stiff polysyllabic script time and time again. Payne's inexperience on Penn State stages was no match for the integral part Absolute plays in the show. Working hard, but unconscion ably miscast, Harold Chidnoff as (Continued on Page Three) Rhumbas, Music, Will Liven Latin Cooperating with a nation-wide to midnight Friday, July 24, ac program to promote . Pan-Ameri- cording •to Miss Marie Ilaidt, com can spirit, the College Administra- mittee chairman. Penn State has been named a tion and Summer session will national center for the program by sponsor a Latin-American fiesta the Inter-American Education De in Recreation •Hall from 3 p. m. monstration Center project. The Summer Session Art Show Opens Monday Starting Monday at 10 a. m. in other sections; the festival will in the Mineral Industries art gallery, elude an- extensive list of events. student art lovei's will get a chance Rhumba *lessons and contests, to view 80 selections of art works other Latin-American dancing, in a special two-week display. local and foreign exhibits, movies, Lasting from Monday until Aug- will be set to a background of ust 1, the exhibit of oils, water col- continuous music and a spirited ors, and sculpture, owned by. Cen- Latin atmosphere. tre County art connoisseurs, is Food concessions will be station sponsored by the art department of ed on the floor and Latin min the Summer session. strels will rove through the Prof. Harold E. Dickson of the crowds. "We want to use as fine arts department, has charge of much local talent as possible," the exhibit which will be open from Miss Haidt stated, "and interest -10 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. every ed persons who have musical in weekday and from 10 to 12 on Sat- struments or materials for dis urday morning and 2 to 5 on Sun- play should contact us immedi- • day afternoons. a tely." Most interesting work in the Urging students and towns sculpture field are the six original people to "get into the spirit of models of the Lion Shrine as carved the thing," Miss Haidt said, last Winter by Heinz Warneke. "brightly colored skirts and There will be no print division in blouses will add much to the gay this show despite the interest theme of the Latin program and shown by local art owners in that men should not hesitate to wear division because of a lack of hang- sashes " ing facilities PRICE: THREE CENTS Band School Has Original Score Of Rhapsody In Blue A manuscript arrangement of George Gershwin's famous "Rhap sody in Blue," played by special permission from the estate of the composer, will be one of the featur ed numbers at the initial concert of the band, orchestra, and chorus school band in ffont of the Li brary, at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. The concert, under the direction of Dr. George S. Howard, associate professor of music in extension and director of the band school, will climax two weeks of rehearsal under the intensive schedule fol lowed by students in the school. The students, whose average age is 17 years, come from many dif ferent sections of Pennsylvania and other nearby states. Their rigor ous day's work starts at 8 a. m. when the members of the band drill on the State College High School athletic field. At the com pletion of this drill they march to the College flag poles where they conduct flag raising ceremonies at 8:50 each morning. Following the ceremony they have classes in conducting, drilling, and special instrument work for the rest of the morning. After noons are taken up with rehearsals. The students, mostly still in high school, have their own recreation program. The boys live at the Al pha Gamma Rho house, the girls at Wiley •Low Dormitory. The rest of the program for Sun day evening's concert includes Ma laguena Suite of Lecuna; Signorel li's Park Avenue !Fantasy; Overture to Il Guarany by Gomez; Fried man's Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2; March Amperito Roco by Texidor; and John Philip Sousa's Semper Fidelis. The concert will be concluded by a special low-key arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner" by Doctor Howardand Major Howard Bronson. In case of rain, the concert will be held in Schwab Auditorium. Exhibits Festival fiesta, which will be open to ev eryone, is the first feature of the program. Designed as a pattern to be du plicated on a s mailer scale in (Continued on Page Two)
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