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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
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in dates, will be revealed at to-
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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.