OW% .Ir.A 4P li r t 41 )) a jig (r, hi VOL. 4t—No. 4 Gilbert New 1(4-A Prexy;Fleming To Head Gym League Two Penn State athletic admin istration officials were honored and an eastern intercollegiate championship contest was sched uled here as the result of meet ings of the IC4-A and gym league committees in New York. Harold R. Gilbert, assistant graduate manager of athletics, . was named president of the Inter collegiate A. A. A. A. organization for a year, and Neil M. Fleming; graduate manager of athletics, was chosen president of the Bak ern Intercollegiate Gymnastic League for the same term. Penn State will be host for the national gym championship com petition when it is held next year, gym league officials announced. Led by Barney Ewell, the Lion trackmen last season annexed both the outdoor and - indoor IC 4-A titles, making the Lion track learn one of the main cinder teams and leading' to Gilbert's election as 1C4.-A president. Lion gymnasts, also were outstanding in national gym competition, although failing to win. Other IC4-A officers chosen by the executive committee are Pin cus sober, College •of the City, of New York, as vice-president, and• Asa Bushnell, Princeton, as sec retary-treasurer. Gilbert succeeds Robert J. Kane, Cornell. Dates apprOved for IC4-A events are cross-country, November 16; indoor track, March 6, and out door track, May 28 and 29, all •to be held in New York. The com mittee voted unanimously to con tinue the association's full sports program for the next 12 months. Pittman Painting Wins Gallery Poll Results of a poll taken among visitors toJthe-Ant in Centre Coun ty exhibit in the - Mineral Indus 'tries Gallery revealed yesterday 'that Spring Morning, an oil paint ing by Hobson Pittman of the Summer sessions faculty, is the most popular work in the exhibit. • .The painting is from the Old Main collection and usually hangs in second floor lOunge, Old Main. It was purchased by friends of the College. Funds were presented half by the College and 'half by subscription . from persons inter ested in the presentation. Hobson, instructor in oil paint ing for Summer sessions, is one of the better known. American artists. His works are owned by Metropolitan and other leading museums in the country. He re ceived an honorable mention award in the Golden Gate exhibi tion art show in San Francisco several years ago. According to Prof. Harold E. Dickson, "Spring Morning is a popular choice that would do credit to any community." second choice painting was a portrait of J. Franklin Shields, which usually hangs in the Presi dent's office. Third choice was a portrait of Miss Julianne Sea shore, daughter of Carl G. Sea shore, ESMWT supervising in structor, painted by Enid Ellison. Fourth choice was a painting, Chesapeake Bay, by Stephen Et nier, loaned by Hon. H. Walton Mitchell from his Lisnaward col lection. LATE NEWS FLASHES MOSCOW—The German offen- attack Russia within two to four sive at Rostov continues with weeks. The Japanese people have great ferocity, but the Russians full faith in the campaign and believe that - they will emerge the are holding back the Nazi advance victors, it was • reported by the at the gates of the beseiged city. Tokyo press. The Germans are reported push- MESA METRUH Allied and ing forth over the dead bodies of Nazi forces are digging in for an their comrades. Berlin has an- expected great battle. The only announced to the German people action on the desert front was the that Rostov has already fallen. British and American bombing at LONDON—TaIk of a second Mesa Metruh, when two thousand front has gradually subsided in shells were dumped on . Nazi Great Britain, as the Royal Air troops and supply stations. Force prepares to intensify their YUGOSLAVIA Italy bombed mass bombings over enemy terri- four Yugoslavian towns merciless tory. • • ly in reprisal for the recent killing WASHINGTON—American of. of two Italian high officials by the ficials have stated that Japan will Slav guerilla warriors. 'Sweetheart' To Swing "The King" will not be the only noted swingster on hand when Benny Goodman and' his orches tra begin "sending" for Friday night's Victory Weekend danc ers. Adding song and sex appeal to the Swing King's program will be one Peggy Lee—blonde, 21, and the "Sweetheart of Swing." Peggy's biography is • a real life version of the pretty-girl with-talent-makes - good stories long ago standardized in Holly wood fiction. The singer% "pretty girl" ca reer , began when, at 16, she won a local amateur contest wider, her, real name of Norma Egstrom. Festive Atmosphere Aviation Board Pervades Rec Hall As 4,000 'Go Latin' To 'Return Aug. 5 A festive crowd went South Lieut. H. E. Engart, recruiting American last night when close to officer with the Harrisburg Avia -4,000 persons attended the Latin- tion Cadet Examining' Board, will return to Penn State Wednesday, American fiesta in Recreation August 5, to hold interviews and Hall. • administer preliminary mental 'ex- With a continuous program, the aminations to new candidateS for festival included dancing, ex- enlistment in the Army Air Force hibits, motion pictures, a varied Enlisted Reserve. • musical program, set to a colorful Lieutenant Engart will again be and typical South American back- located in 407 Old Main. The times set for •the administration /ground. of the mental examinations are Student organizations, Summer 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. during the session members, and townspeople day of his visit. comprised the roving colorful crowd. Paper's Weather Expert Recovers—Back On Job After defying Penn State tradi tion, his owner, and even the edi- tOrial policy of his paper by pre dicting fair 'Soph Hop weather two weeks ago, J. Solvency Dingleberry, Collegian's official weather cat, has again returned to take up his work where he was left off. Staggering into the composing The examining •board is sched room just before press time last tiled to visit Altoona August 6, night, with an odor of chloroform but wil be on campus again the still about him, J. Solvency pre- following day, stopping here on dieted that it would be "very, its return trip to Harrisburg. Fur very hot" for Harvest Ball to- Cher examinations will again be . _ held during the same hours listed "Furthermore," he -a sser t e d, for its first visit August 5. "since most people will be walk- Two more students, Fred T. :ng tonight, there is a slight pos- Meyer '43, and James M. Lego 245, sibility of an occasional thunder- have completed their mental and storm or two." He added that fog phy'Sical qualifications for enlist and hail were not too far out of ment since the examining board's the question, judging from what last visit on campus, arid will be happened during the last big formally sworn into the service weekend. . 'at the next enlistment ceremony. "But since chloroform can't hit Further information and litera twice in the same spot," he con- ture on the details of enlistment eluded, "it will probably be very in the Air Force Reserve can be hot, clear, dry, with lots of hu- obtained from Galbraith in 243 midity, and possible cloudiness." Sparks. OP THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, STATE COLLEGE, PA The ...'.!with talent",_angle was proved six months later when The military films "Wings of Steel," "The Tanks are Coming," and "Winning Your Wings," which picture the training rou tine of Army cadets and officers, will be shown in 121 Sparks at 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, under the direction of Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, faculty Air Force ad visor. The showing of these films the night before the arrival of the examining board has been arrang ed Ito provide prospective enlistees with a first-hand view of the training facilities and. instruction offered by the Air Force. Harvest Ball Highlights Weekend Entertainment A three-way entertainment bill-of-fare, featuring Harvest Ball, an "I Am An American" parade and show, and three varsity athletic contests, will be on tap today for Penn State's -summertime student body. • George Wasko's Campus Owls will do the Harvest Ball music-making in Rec Hall from 9 p.m. until midnight. Tradi tionally informal dress, combined with moonlight-on-the farm decorations, will provide the setting for a down-to-earth good time, according to Harold V. Walton '43, dance commit tee chairman. Name of the Harvest Ball Queen, not announced during last night's Pleasure Time radio broadcast through a mixup .night's dance, Walton stated. With, • Ktng The "I Am An American" pro gram, townspeople's contribution to today's entertainment program, she was given a singing contract begins at 8 p. m. when twentymusical and drill units step off in over a Fargo radio station. The parade formation. The units will following year saw her in Holly- march through the town's main wood, singing in the Jade Room. streets and will pass under the From then on her rise was ty- lights of the State College High pically meteoric. She was offer- School stadium at 8:30 p.m.; drill ed, and turned down, a contract competition begins-- at 9 o'clock. to appear in a series of Western Three national champion organ movies. Songstress spots with the izations and three state champs Sev Olson and Will Osborne will be included in the lineup of dance bands followed in rapid crack exhibition units scheduled succession. to appear in the patriotic festival. Today she reigns as featured Part proceeds of the program, songstress of Benny Goodman's sponsored by the State College orchestra, the band voted top Drum and Bugle Corps, will be swing group in the nation in this contributed tc. the Victory Week year's Downbeat poll. end Army Relief Fund, according Also belonging . to Peggy Lee,, to C. W. Taylor, committee chair the Norma Egstrom of the Fargo man. Tickets for the "I Am An beauty contest, is a new title— American" show are on sale at "Sweetheart -of - Swine ) .- • - - - Student Union. On the sports front, the Lion 3 9 Town Merchants baseballers will be out to repeat yesterday's victory over Colgate, Unite In Su in a game to be played on New pp ort _ Beaver Field at 2:30 p.m. Coach Rutherford's golfers aim -01 Victory Weekend ing at their sixth straight win, Wholehearted community sup port of Victory Weekend was as sured- last night, when 39 State Dr. Bryant To Speak College businessmen joined to A provide a full-page Daily Colleg- t Che mical Meeting ian advertisement commending Speaking at the 110th meeting the Penn State student body for of the Central Pennsylvania Sec their benefit-holiday plans. tion of the American Chemical As further indication of State Society, Dr. W. M. D. Bryant will College support, the merchants use as his theme, "A New Look have placed cardboard placards At Chemistry." The address is in their store windows, express- scheduled for 119 New Physics ing their approval of the Army at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Relief' festival. Dr. Bryant is in the Research Interfraternity Council, mean- Division of the duPont Ne while, yesterday stepped up ef- mours. Company. He is a native forts to insure success of its V- Pennsylvanian, well known for lAreekend lawn display contest. M. his research work in organic ana- Williams Lundelius '43, IFC lytic chemistry, and is particular president, warned all fraternities ly famous for his work on crystal to cooperate with displays. optics. Neusbaum-Popp,' Playwrites, Cast 9 In Original One-Act, 'Ephrata' 'Furthering student-faculty rela tions, and taking up where the Epstein brothers, Philip and Jul ius, left off with their play writing, is the new play-writing team of Katherine M. Popp '43 and Frank S. Neusbaum, associate professor of dramatics. With their first effort, a "long" one-act of Pennsylvania history entitled "Ephrata" scheduled for production in the Little Theatre August 2 and 3, the duo is already contemplating greater things. Long a dream of Professor Neusbaum to write a play dealing with Keystone 'State lore, his dreams came to a fruition when he discovered "Katey" Popp in his play-writing class. The drama of the religious sect was unearth ed by Neusbaum after six weeks of research, with Miss Popp writ ing the dialogue while he turned out the scenario. All in all, the Weat PRICE THREE CENTS in dates, will be revealed at to- (Continued on Page Two) play took two an d one half months to assume its present form. Starring Joanne Palmer '43 and Robert Herrman '44 in the roles of Tabea and Conrad Beissel, re sriectively, the one-act is divided into two parts, with two scenes in the second section. Only other man in the cast is Rodney Wigglesworth '45 cast as Daniel. Verna Sevast, graduate student, plays the part of Felici tas, while Dorothy Koush '44 acts as Maria. The part of Amanda is por trayed by Pauline Rugh '44; Jean Hershberger '43 is cast in the part of Frederica. Playing Anna will be Anne Carruthers '44, while Florinne Olson '45 as Sabina rounds out the cast. Prompter and bookholder for the show will be Aleda Snow '43. Professor Neus baum will direct.
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