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VOL. 39----Icro. 39
Queen Of Harvest
Ball To Receive
Threefold Honors
A victor's cup, recognition on
Fred 'Waring's 'radio program, and
the lead spot in the grand march
will be the triple honors to be be . -
stowed on the coed chosen Har
vest Ball queen, according to
Harold V. Walton '43, general
chairman •of the Ag School's an
nual dance.
Waring, once again "plugging"
his "alma mater," will announce
the name of Tenn State's newest
queen on his Friday broadcast,
the dance chairman stated. The
trophy cup, to be presented to the
Harvest Ball queen, will be. on
display this week in one of the
downtown stores.
Coeds themselves will do the
nominating of the dance's leading
lady, Walton stated.. Representa
tives of the dance committee will
appear at all women's dining halls
to receive suggestions today. The
coeds suggested most often will be
placed on' the ballot for final All-
College consideration Thursday,
according to Walton.
"Every effort will be made to
insure - a 'fair Harvest Ball queen
election," the dance chairman
stated. "To that end,. members
of the dance ccihimittee will be -on
hand in 'Old Main throughout
Thursday, to supervise the voting."
Freshman Applicants
Already Pass 1,500 Mark
Between July 8 and 15, 120 ad
ditional applications were made
for admission to the freshman
class. ' Applicants for matricula
tion in September now total 1,540.
The number of "paid up" fresh
men for September is 818, includ
ing 319 women. Additional ap
plicants, numbering . 276, includ
ing 82 women, have been granted
admissions.
"Our biggest worry now," Re
gistrar William .S. Hoffman, stat
ed last night,: "is not getting
enough Students, but in finding
dormitory space for the increased
number of coeds who will be en
rolled neat semester.
No Graduate Dinner
Eliminated from the Summer
session program for patriotic rea
sons, the Graduate Dinner will
not be held this year in order to
save money. The funds and ef
fort ordinarily expended on' the
dinner . can. be used to a much bet
ter advantage in. furthering the
"war effort, it was said.
Players Give First
Since. Last Summe
Last Players' show otlf the Sum
mer, and the first "heavy" show
since last Summer's "Moor Barn,"
"The Little Foxes' promises to be
a "thriller" If Broad Way and Hol
lywood performances are any in
dication.
With a cast in which every per
former is a "character,' to use the
vernacular, the "Foxes" is a story
of greed and selfishness during
the halcyon days of empire build
ing at the turn of the . century.
Laid in a small Georgia town, the
theme of the play still has a uni
versal application in, that can
be applied to any like situation
at any time.
Essentially a tale of the Hub
bard clan, the - story - - revolves
around the efforts of Ben, Regina,
and Oscar to bring a slave-wage
cotton mill Into their slumbering
community with the exploitation
WPB ADVISOR—Dean Frank C.
Whitmore, School •of Chemistry
and Physics, was one of 12 noted
American 'chemists named to a
committee to advise the War Pro
duction Board on technical pro
cesseS related to the war effort.
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Whitmore Named
To WPB Group
Penn State's contribution to the
war effort became larger today
with the announcement that Dean
Frank C. Whitmore, School of
Chemistry and Physics, has been
named to,a
.cortunittee...of,l2_of, the
nation's leading chemists to ad
vise the War Production Board
on technical procegses under .con
sideration by the board.
According to a Washington re
lease from the Associated Press
yesterday, Dean Whitmore' will
work under Dr. Ernest W. Reid;
chief of the chemical branch of
the 'WPB. Donald • Nelson heads
the War Production Board.
Explaining the function of the
committee, - Dr.. Reid stated that
the 12 men would pass upon mer
its of competing chemical pro
cesses and give the government
the benefit of "unbiased, factual
testimony as to which of a num
ber of proposed chemical methods
is the best to pursue."
The government is confronted
with making choices from several
methods of prOducing synthetic
rubber and other war materials,
and considers impartial advice
from expert chemists necessary:
. Dr. Whitmore was president of
the American Chemical Society in
1938 and was awarded the highest
chemical award of the society, the
Nichols medal, in 1937. He is a
member of the American Aca
demy of Arts and Sciences. '
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rleavy Drama
r In ' Li tt let Foxes
of Negro laborers as the object.
Depending for its successful frui
tion upon a loan of money from
Horace, Regina's husband, the
plan almost fails when he refuses
to
. grant the money.
Only a minor deterent to the
Hubbards, however. Leo, weak
son of Oscar, and tool of the fam
ily, is urged to steal the necessary
amount of money. from Horace's
bank. The fireworks start when
Horace, sick abed with heart dis
ease, discovers the theft.
Threatening to throw a wrench
into Regina's dreams of conquest,
Horace tells her he is making a
new will cutting her off except for
the sum of money her nephew has
stolen. How Regina drives Hor
ace to his, death and gains her du
bious triumph is one of the most
moving scenes of the play.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Three More Campus
Organizations Join
V-Weekend Planners
Three more campus organiza
tions hopped on the V-Weekend
bandwagon yesterday, offering
their services in a united effort to
help make certain the Army Re
lief benefit is Penn State's big
gest social holiday.
Penn State's Campus Patrol
broke tradition yesterday by of
fering to serve during the entire
weekend without pay. It will be
the first time in College history
that the student policemen serve
without regular compensation, ac
cording to Patrol Captain Dennis.
Members of Cwens, sophomore
women's activities honorary, have
decided •to serve as ushers at the
Thespians-Glee Club' Revue being
presented Friday and Saturday of
the all-out holiday. Mortar Board,
senior women's national honor so
ciety, , will contribute printed
handbills to the Victory Weekend
advertising campaign:
Another precedent was set to
day by Skull . and Bones, senior hat
society, when it• bought a full
page advertisement on the big
weekend. The senior honor or
ganization is also planning to co
operatg with the other hat societies
in carrying out the executive com
mittee's Dantz-a-poppin plans.
Nineteen other leading campus
groups had already offered to take
part in the V-Weekend program,
according to the executive com
mittee.
Blackout Ordered
Wednesday Night
A series.Af blackouts have been
ordered for the state of Pennsyl
vania during the coming months,
the first of which will occur some-
time Wednesday night, according
to the State Council of Defense
Complete plans for the test have
not yet been announced.
However, it is known that there
will be a half-hour total black
out alarm in State College Wed
nesday night. All - precautions
must be taken by the citizens to
eliminate all sources of light when
the signal sounds.
The director of the State Coun- tion, will present a Latin-Ameri
cil said at a meeting recently that can musicale at the All-College fi
the blackouts have been ordered esta in Recreation:" Hall from 8
by the • Army Interceptor Com- -- p. m. to midnight Friday, accord
mand in charge of this district as ing to !Miss Marie Haidt, commit-,
a means of evaluating the protec- tee chairman.
tion setup against bombers that
"may come at any time."
Publicity will be given the crowds and entertaining indivi
blackouts only in so far as the dually. Accordianists, guitarists,
dates are _concerned. The exact and - other instrumentalists will be
time of night will not be announ- welcomed for the program, Miss
ced, but will be received by the Haidt ' said. Interested persons
communities over the air raid should contact her in White Hall.
warning system. • Phi Mu Alpha, national music
All local regulations will be in honorary, will 'prepare a program
effect, and penalties will be im-
of South American music for the
posed on anyone refusing to obey
festival, which is first in a series
their air raid warden's instruc-
of College sponsored programs.
tions. No lights -will be permit-
The Summer session will coop
ted, all traffic Must cease, and pe-
erate with the administration in
destrians must get off the streets. fulfilling its pad as a national
center in this Pan-American pro-
Mock incidents will be staged gram, as designated ,y the Inter
to further train the Civilian De- American Education ,Demonstra
fense Workers in meeting emer:- tion Center project.
gency situations. A Latin dance will be provided
-by Mrs. Victor L. Quinones of
State College. Ballroom dancing,
rhumbas, and congas will be fea-
Tribunal Meets Late
The Tribunal meeting schedhled tured for younger persons.
for Wednesday night will not be Townspeople and faculty mem
mers will have interest in exhib
held until Thursday, Charles H. its and movies. Three projectors
Ridenour '43, Tribunal- chairman, will continue all evening, accord
announded last night. The meet- ing to Miss Haidt, in the handball
ing is to be held in the Alumni courts under the balcony. Food
Office in Old Main at 7 p. m. All concessions will be stationed to the
freshman violators who received left of the main entrance.
cards this week are to report at "We want to stress the appeal
this time, according to Ridenour. (Continued on Page Four)
NSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
112 Coeds
In Sorority
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CAUTIONS GREEKS—Pauline E.
Keller '43, Panhellenic Council
president,. reminds sorority women
that a two week silent period is in
effect for coeds who are still
eligible for rushing. At the end
of that time women may be pledg
ed. •
OPA Consultants Discuss
Price Ceilings, Rations
,Price ceilings, rationing, . rent
control, and other problems of the
Office Of' Price Administration will
be discussed at an open meeting
in 121 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight.
Dr. Edward Redford and Proctor
W. Maynard, consultants of the
educational branch of the OPA,
will participate in the discussion,
and Dr. Kenneth D. Hutchinson, of
the department of economics, will
be chairman of the session.
Fiesta Includes
Special Dances
A costumed group of 20 stu,
dents, directed by Mrs. Willa W.
Taylor, instructor in music educa-
Local persons will act as solo
ists, wandering through the
PRICE THREE CENTS
Accept
Rushing
Kappas Lead Pledging
As 12 Receive Ribbons
Climaxing women's first Sum
mer semester rushing season in
College history, 14 national soror
ities informally pledged 112 coeds
Sunday. Pauline E. Keller '43,
Panhellenic Council president, re
minds sororities that there will
be a two week silent period for
women still eligible for rushing.
Coeds now wearing ribbons in
clude 89 freshmen, 14 sophomores,
8 juniors, and 1 senior. Kappa
Kappa Gamma leads the list with
12 women accepting bids. Sorori
ties, their . ribbon colors, and
pledges include:
ALPHA CHI OMEGA
Colors: red and green. Phyllis
Parsons '44, Victoria Grace '45,
Suzanne Sickler '45, and Fresh
men Patricia Halberg, Betty Hea
cock, and Virginia Klous.
ALPHA EPSILON PHI
Colors: green and white. Mar
got Diamond '45, and Freshmen
Rita Biele, Lois Cohen, Rochelle
Meisel, Marilyn- Shultz, and Eileen
Ritz.
ALPHA OMICRON PI
Colors: red and white. Fresh
men Barbara Anderson, Ruth Ba
mer, Annamae Blount, Peggy
Chapman, Constance Guy, Mary
KatherAne Hoppel, and Virginia
Ladd.
ALPHA XI DELTA
Colors: double blue and gold.
Helen Sterling '43, Jeanne Ship
man '44, and Freshmen Miriam.
Breneman •and Jean S. Smith.
CHI OMEGA
Colors: cardinal and straw.
Louise E. Cummings '45, and.
Freshmen Sally Elizabeth Duffy,
Mary •Elizabeth Glenn, Mable 0.
Parks, Ann Grace M. Sampson,
Eleanor P. Wills, and Joan M.
Workman.
DELTA GAMMA
Colors: pink, blue, and gold.
Elizabeth Stripple '45, and Fresh
men Carolyn Blass, Ann Harwick,
Peggy Lou Johnston, and Ruth Ott.
GAMMA PHI BETA
Colors: mode and brown. Mar
ion Crawford '45, Jeannette Jones
'45, and Freshmen Jeannette Eh
lers, Irene Fedan, Shirley Gauker,
(Continued on Page Two)
Late News
Flashes . . .
MOSCOW Germans have
made some advances toward Ros
tov, a midnight Russian commun
ique admitted. Russian troops
have counter-attacked in the Von
onezh sector with some success.
WASHINGTON The House
approved a new tax bill of $6,250,-
000,000. The new bill raises the
tax on corporate income and pro
fits. The House also passed a bill
authorizing $120,000,000 for the
OPA.
CHUNGKING American
planes carried the war to the Jap
anese when Japanese-held Canton
was bombed five times yesterday,
according to Chinese sources. Six
ty Japanese planes were destroy
ed on the ground. Meanwhile the
Chinese consolidated their posi
tions on the Nanchang-Chekiang
railroad.
CAIRO—Dust storms have stop
ped fighting in the desert but Brit
ish and American planes have con
tinued to bomb Tobruk and
Mersa Matruh, Axis supply bases,
Allied officials reported last night.