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VOL. 39=No. 46
Biggest Penn State Weekend Starts Today
son '44, Doris M. Disney '43, Mir-
WEEKEND BRAINS—Leon Rabinowitz '43, general chairman, and lam L. Zartman '45, and Betty J.
Laslo.Hetenyi '43, dance band chairman, last night urged students to Lyman '45. A special dance will
buy their tickets early for the Big Time beginning tonight. Hetenyi feature Miss Johnson and Rdbert
emphasized last night that the Goodman dance will be strictly L. Hotiser '44.
INFORMAL. Rabinowitz will-be master. of ceremonies at the Thes- The Glee Club will be making
plan-Glee Club Revue, as well as at Dantz-a-poppin tomorrow night, its first performance of the Sum-
Students are guaranteed two full nights and a day of fun and relaxa-
mer. Band 'for the performance
tion, with the slogan, "$4.40-For-Freedom." be a seven-piece outfit le do-For-Freedom." .
by Victor V. Dimeo '43.
.. ,
. • The stooges, a revival of the
'Ephrata Acclaimed 2B I
Organizations former stooges, favored- Thespian
performers of several years ago,
By History Head; -_ . • are Edward R. Clauss '43, Jack
0 D. Hunter '44, and Mellott. Vo
- A . 1 vai, abl e Endorse - Weekend cal numbers by Miriam L. Rhein
Tickets Now
'43 and J. Michael L., Kerns '43
Approved by S. K. Stevens, A total of 26 organizations have will round out the program. —
Tomorrow
,nights performance
. united in a common effort to make
state historian, the , one-act .nlay • • will take place at 7p m •
•- - " . .C.eitain Victory Weekend is Peit-.. • --- -- - - • - -.- ' '
"Ephrata," written by Kathryn State's biggest holiday, according -
M. Popp '43 and Frank S. Netts- to Leon V. Rabinowitz '43, gen-EN I - '
baum,.associate professor of dra- eral chairman of the Army Relief f ina l D ressr Regulations
mattes, will be presented in. the, festival. -
Following is a_list of the organ- For Dantz-A-Poppin Show
Little Theatre Sunday„. Monday
-- izations that have contributed to
and Tuesday nights. Issued By Mawhinney
V-Weekend and the parts they
The story of the Ephrata Cloist- have taken: Dress regulations for Dantz-a
.
ers in the 1740'5, the play de- Intrafraternity Council lawn poppin, tomorrow's anything-goes
scribes the prayer, humility, plain display contest, wjth war bond as battle of band programs, will be
strictly enforced, according to
clothing, chastity, and hard labor prize.
'Panhellenic Council assist- 'Robert L. Mawhinney '43, chair
of the religious 'sect under its man of the madhouse V-Weekend
'ante on publicity, posters, and
leader, Conrad Beissel. Written displays. climaxer. - -
as an experimental dmima to ac- Hat Society Council -- assist- These are the complete dress
quaint Pennsylvanians' with their ante in presentation of Dantz-a- rules which must be followed, ac-
own folklore, the play will be
available to high school, college,
and state dramatic groubs.
pian-Glee Club Revue.
Froth—special Victory Week
end 'issue; handling of Victory
Girl election. ."
Daily Collegian special V-
Weekend advertising rates; stag
irig •of "News Collegian - Couldn't
Print,".'scheduled for the Dantz
a-poppin intermission.
Alpha Delta Sigma—designing
posters and helping with publicity.
Scabbard,. and .Blade—decorat
ing for tonight's dance;-:chOice of
an honorary member for the first
time in three years..
Pershing Rifles—drill. during
Saturday's Field Day.
Tribunal—arrangements for the
men's frosh-soph tug-of-War.
. WSGA's Judicial Committee
arrangements for the coed's trash-
New Malriculation Cards soph -tug-of-war.
All-College Cabinet. !official
Ready For Frosh Today - approval .and support of V-Week
end,• .
In order to relieve congestion in
contribution to
the Registrar's office next week Blue Ke y
during Summer session 'gradua-
A
imy Relief festival's advertis
tion, the_ new photograph-illui- ing*
- When he .viewed a rehearsal. of
the play, the state . historian said
the dramatic method may be one
of the answers to the Cut-and
dried. approach of teaching Am
erican arid local history. -
Directed -by
. Professor. Neus
baum, special music fer the play
has• been arranged by Mrs. Willa
W. Taylor,' instructor of music.
The directors have also revived
some of the hymns written 'and
sung by the brethren and sisters
almost 200 years agO.
AdMiSsion to the play is free,
but tickets mat be obtained at
the dramatics office in 'Schwab
Auditorium from 8 a. m. to noon
today to Ansure - obtaining seats.
trated matriculation cards will be Friars—paying for printing of gaged in the war, will be present
distributed to freshmen this af- V-Weekend tickets. ed •on Old Main Terrace Monday
ternoon and Saturday instead of Mortar Board -- selling of de- at
.8:45 p. m.
Monday as previously announced. fense stamps throughout the
Freshmen are asked .by the Re- weekend. • ings committee of the PSCA, pic
gistrar to bring their old matric WSGA . presentation of four tures shown will include: "Con
cards to •his office in Old
_Main, "Victory Awards," $75 scholar- trasts in China," "The BOmbing of
and receive In return the new ships, thiring the intermission of 'Chungking," and excerpts from
photo cards. - . (Continued on lotto Four) "The Good Earth," . .
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poppirx.
Thespians—co-workers in Thes ;
pian-Glee Club Revue.
Glee Club—co-workers in Thes
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 31, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Thespian Glee CluL
Revue Sets Off Big
Weekend Festivities
First local feature- of Victory
Weekend festivities tonight will
be the Thespian-Glee Club Revue
in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Under the MC-ing of Leon Ra
binowitz, general chairman or the
Victory Weekend committee, the
show will include numbers by the
entire College Glee Club, chorus
dance numbers, novelty dance
numbers, blues sung by Jane
Abramson, and skits by "The
Three Stooges."
The dance line, under . the di
rection of Kevert V. Mellott '45,
will be made .up of Mildred John-
cording to Mawhinney, by all
those who expect to enter Rec
Hall tomorrow evening:
1. Men must be without: ties,
coats, top-coats, spats, or long
slqeves.
2. Men may wear: rolled-up
sleeves, polo shirts, numeral or
"S" sweaters, and Boy Scout
shorts.
3. Women .must be without:
high-heeled shoes, one-piece
dresses, evening dresses, and
stockings.
4. Women may wear: skirts and
blouses and low-heeled shoes.
5. Both men and women will be
permitted to come barefooted if
they wish.
6. Couples , bringing dogs or
cats will be required to keep them
on a leash.
Far East Pictures
Next .in PSCA's Series
An evening of motion pictures
on the Far' East, the third of a
series of similar pictures present
ing the background of the vari
ous battlefields and peoples en-
Presented by, the Public Meet-
Burgess Proclaims Town Holiday;
Freshman Customs Off Al Noon
By LARRY T. ,CHERVENAK
The biggest holiday in Penn State history rolls under
way today.
Four hours of dancing to Benny . Goodman, a Thespian-
Glee Club Revue, and an official send-off ceremony on Fred
Waring's "Pleasure Time" broadcast, will be included in the
first day of Penn State's holiday contribution to Army Re
lief.
As V-Weekend preparations went into the home stretch
on all fronts yesterday, the Army Relief festival gained more
than 5,000 additional supporters when Albert. E. Yougel,
State College burgess, proclaimed Victory Weekend an offi
cial town holiday.
• Student Tribunal, in another holiday eve statement,
cleared the way for frosh participation in the all-out cele
bration with the announcement that freshman customs will
be off at noon today. Return of customs depends on
whether the frosh win the big-of-war that is to be staged as
part of tomorrow's V-Weekend Field Day.
Sale of tickets for the entire Victory Weekend program
will begin at 8 o'clock this morn
.
Burgess Makes Weekend ing at the AA ticket 'windows.
Tickets will be on sale until noon,
Official Boro Holiday . and again from 1 until sp. m., or
A "Victory Weekend Proclama- until 2,000 tickets have been sold,
tion," issued yesterday by Albert according to Leon V. Rabinowitz
E. Yougel, made an official. holi- '43, general chairman.
day of Penn State's Victory Week- Official sendoff to Victory Weekend comes at 7p. in., when
end.
-•- • Fred Waring starts off Penn
Following ig the text of"Yotigers State's biggest bolidaY before' 'a
proclamation of "cooperation and nationwide audience.
support:" During Waring's "Pleasure
Time" broadcast, which will be
"Whereas the students of The .Time"
by loud speaker. from
Pennsylvania State College are . the front of Old Main, the famous
celebrating Friday and Saturday, College alumnus will also be con-
July 31 and August 1, as Victory ferred with hOnorary member-
Weekend, during which time var-
ship in the Penn State chapter of
Scabbard and Blade, national hon_
ious events are being scheduled orary military society.
from which the proceeds go to the Fenn State Thespians and the
Army Relief Fund, I hereby offi_ College Glee Club will share the
at 8 p. m., when they
cially proclaim this Victory Week- spotlight
present their musical comedy in
end for the borough of State Col- Schwab Auditoriu m. Featured
lege and request all business' will be veteran Thespian come
houses and dwellings to display dians, the entire Glee Club, a new
their flags and cooperate in all edition of the famed "Three
Stooges" act, and a streamlined
Ways to provide for a successful coed dance chorus.
event. On the heels of the musical
comedy revue will come the juilg
(Continued on Page Four)
Signed,
Albert E. Yougel"
NO COMPS TODAY—To get their ducats for the big show, V-
Weekend executive committee members put $4.40-for-Freedom on the
line at the AA office ticket window this morning like any other V-
Weekender. The holiday planners pictured above are Seniors Leon
Rabinowitz, general chairman, David J. McAleer, Donald W. Davis,
Jerome I. Blakeslee, Bernard Plesser, and Bernard M. Weinberg.
Robert L. Mawhinney '43, also an executive committee member, is
not included in the photograph.
PRICE THREE CENTS