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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
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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
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. 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
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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.' '
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Campus News Briefs
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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
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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-
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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
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