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Ist Pep Rally Set
For Friday Night
Al Lion Shrine
Ridenour Tells Frosh
To Wear Bucknell Signs
The Lion Shrine will perform
its first, official 'service to . the
students Friday night when it
serves as meeting place for a pep
rally for the Bucknell-Penn State
football game Saturday.
Students will meet at the lion
at 15, p: m. Friday,, Allen
Moses '43, fodtball manager, • an
nounced .yesterday. After . sing
ing 'several songs there, they will
follow the. Blue Band to. Jordah
Fertility Plots.
There, before a large bon-fire,
Jerome H. Blakeslee '43, All-Col
lege president, acting as master
of ceremonies, will introduce
Football Coach Bob Higgins.
mernbers of the team, and cheer
leaders who will lead songs and
cheers.
In connection with the rally at
which all freshmen Must be pres
ent,_ according. to Charles H.
Ridendur '43; Tritmnal chalyman,.
freshman Men must get
. signs
be4ring the words "Beat' Buck 7
ne,]ii" at the Athletic Store before
noon today.
The signs
.must, be .worn
customs, fastened to. the _ . bottom_
tirrialtie' - ' - egid§rfor the' teat of 'the
week and at. the -gathe .§atUrdaY.•
Failure' to . wear signs con
sidered; hy . Tl 4 ilntial as a Vida*Cif
of 'custorns - .regulations and 'the
violator .will be subject to trial by
the body. .
Ridenour asked that hat mere
cooperate with. Tribunal in re,
porting . -violators to :Student
Union or to a Tribunal member.
:Officials of the rally asked that
students remain . off the newly
sodded ground around the shrine.
They said - ruining the grass there
- how would impair the chance of
having pep ~ rallies or. other: Col
lege activities there in the-future.
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110110.11anjesikiaculltiMembers
iii:::10101.0ie Accelerated Program
Police Department
Warns Cycliits
"Cyclists must obey the; same
laws.that apply to motor vehicle
operators: • --
"If they. violate the laws they
Will be sObject to the , samepun
ishment that a motorist would,"
was. the warning issued by the
State ,College police department
last night.
,The warning was issued in re
spOnse to numerous complaints re
ceived by the police force.
Cyclists were reminded that they
are breaking the law when they
ride:
On sidewalks.
Two on a bicycle. .
On the wrong side of the road.
Through stoplights and fail to
obey. signals.
Without using lights and
horns at proper times.
Eligineering Lecture
".Historic Backgrounds of World
War. II" 4111 be the subject of .a
le*ture, by;. PrOf. :Asa E.. Martin,
head'oLthe department of
.history,
zt:•:the senior engineering lecture
In
. 121 'Sparks at 4:10 .p. m.
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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Fraternities Asked
To Reserve Booths .
By 4 P. M. Tod'ay
Fraternities that have not yet
made application for IF Ball
booth reservations at Student
Union are asked to do so before
it closes at p. m. today by dance
co-chairmen Robert H. P. J.
Jordan '43 and David R.
Sharp .'43.
In issuing the deadline remind 7
er, Jordan and Sharp added that
all fraternities reserving booths
for the Ball shotild make immedi
ate
.preparations to have booth
furniture at Rec Hall between the
heurs of 4 and 9 p. in. Friday.
In .keeping. with, the recent
recommendation of Cabinet to cut
down on decoration expenditures,
the dance 6ommittee voted un- .
animously to scrap • plans foi'
contracted decorations, although
several decoration themes had
been under consideration, and to
limit them to the band shell and
fraternity booths. .
The move will not affect pro
grams, which were • also singled
out for elimination by Cabinet,
however, since the order had been
Rlaced. for IF' Ball programs prior
to 'the adoption 'of the. "corner
cutting" policy by Cabinet:
Commenting on the rumored
change in the time of the dance
from the traditional 10 p. m.-2
a. m. to 9 p. m.-1 a. m:, Jordan
and ~Sharp_, issued: the
statement: "At the present no
change in the time of the dance is
being contemplated, Teddy Powell
has . contracted to play from • 10
p. in. to 2 and as far as we
are concerned, the original con
tract will stand."
Block and Bridle Meets
Movies will be shown at a meet
ing of the Block and Bridle Club
in 206 Agriculture Building at 7:30
o'clock tonight. Agriculture stu
dents and faculty are invited, ac-'
cording to Frank W. Spierling '43,
secretary: Refreshments will be'
served.
Authorized by. - the College
Senate, President Ralph . D. Hetzel
has appointed a committee of 18
Trom the faculty to appraise the
accelerated program up to its
present point. The committee will
inquire into means. of - improving
-the speeded setup, and requests
faculty members. to submit any
suggestions to them for improve
ment of the program.
Chairman of the committee is.
Adrian O: Morse, assistant to the
president in charge of resident in
struction. Fellow members are:
Col, Edward D. Ardery, Professor
of military science and tactics
Eugene C. Bischoff, associate pro
fessor .of physiCal education,
Clarence E. Bullinger, professor
of industrial engineering.
Grover C. Chandlee, professor
of chemistry, Laura W. , Drum
mond, professor of home econom
ics, R. Adams Dutcher, profesSor
of agriculture bio-chemistry, Mi
chael A. Farrell, • .professor of
bacteriology, John li. Ferguson,
:assistant professor of • political
science. •
• Edward 'C. Henry, assistant
professor. of ceramic engineering,
William -S. Hoffman, • registrar,
Lloyd M. - Jones; professor of
(Continued on page three)
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Cabinet Joins '43 Ball, '44
Frosh, Juniors. Pick Political
Davis, Grey To Vie Registrar 'Makes;
for '44 Presidency Nation's Newspapers
Final nominations for five With Cartoon Idea Senior Ball and Junior Prom
freshman an dtwo sophomore will be combined as one dahce to
class offices last night brought "Local boy made good" in the be held November 20
round one of the Fall semester
nation's newspapers yesterday All-College Cabinet, meeting
political battle to a close in a when a cartoon suggested by Penn last night at 7p. m. in compliance
flurry of surprises. State's versatile- registrar was with the new 8:30 activities cur-
Robert B. Davis (1) and Jack featured in the Hearst papers, few rule, voted to join the - two
R. Grey (C) will battle it out for "They'll Do .It Every Time." "big dances" on a recommenda
the presidency of the junior class Act lof the cartooned yarn de-
tion from the special committee ap
in the special October 9 elections, • pitted one "Cannon Ball" Mc- pointed to "cut corners" in Col
with Jack Berlin (C) and Joseph Slug, "the great football star of lege extra-curricular activities and
Colone (1) vieing fOr the posi- -1920," built like one of the tough- social events. •
tion of freshman 'class president. er supermen, asking a smiling Col- William S. Ivans, chairman, cited
Running mates of the class of '44 lege registrar to take good care of the following reasons for • the
party standard bearers will be his son when he entered. college. change:
Robert M. Faloon (C) and Wil- Finale to -the two-act drama 1. The proposed Junior Prom on
Liam Shoemaker (1). comes when an anemic-looking December 11 falls at the end of the
Completing the frosh political
four-footer creeps into the regis- semester in the. midst of final ex
slates, are Robert Cowell (C) and trar's office, introduces himself as amination period • and within 'six
John Grimes (1), vice president; Cannon Ball's son, and asks to en- days of graduation and Christmas
.
Ray Joiner. (1) and Lorrie Van
roll in clinical psychology. vacation.
-
Deusen (C), treasurer; Betty
Above the picture of a disillu- 2. This date is also only three
FUnkhouser (1) and Betty Shenk sioned registrar are the credit weeks removed from the proposed
(C), secretary; and Eleanor Ben- rues,
i"Thanx to Wm. S. Hoffman, Senior Ball date.
State College, Pa." '3. The suggestion to have Jun
net (1) and Evie Williams • (C) t
• for Prom change dates with Mili
histonian.
- tary Ball on October 30 .is unsound -
preliminary nominations - • 1. ,
of both junior class parties the pera Tickets : because it would permit three big
dances, Interfraternity Ball, Sen
closely guarded secrets of special for Ball and Junior Prom, within
nominating committees, 1a s tOll '
_ ,I SS
• 4. Authorities report that the
e Today a period of seven weeks.
r
night's final slate-naming was ap- .
_parently -planned :as a - cOrriplete".l.' :. rs -4 :- ':''-. ' - - • combination of the two dancei is
surprise to the remainder of the • Student' ifketS - " fOr' - Artists'
financially practical.
class .of '44. ' Course: . preseritation of Puccini's
opera,."La Boheme," will be on 5. Cutting out one. big weekend
In• the freshman ranks, the In-
sale at the Athletic Association is in line with the Cabinet policy
dependent politicos juggled their to cut down in social events.
ticket 'Windows during regular
entire preliminary nomination College hours today. FaCulty and' 6. War Department officials are
list before making their final townspersons may purchase their asking Colleges to prove their.War
choice of party candidates. tickets tomorrow. , time worth. Curtailing social
Colone, the party's presidential Tickets will be sold on the single .events is in line with this request.
nominee, was never suggested as number basis, and no more than 7. November 20th is 'a logical
a possible contender at previous six seats will be sold to each ap- date for the dance as it coincides
clique meetings. Grimes, the plicant. •As for former Artists' with the Pittsburgh football game
vicepresidential candidate, was Course productions, the Auditor- •at New Beaver Field that week
on the preliminary slate as a pos- ium will be divided equally among end. ,
sible presidential nominee, while students and faculty. 8. The switching of Junior Prom
Joiner was first considered vice- The presentation will be the first into next semester as was origin
president material. Miss Bennet, full-fledged opera to appear on
- ally suggested would be unwise
like Colone, was nowhere on the the campus and will feature because of the uncertainty of Col
preliminarythe Performance of a company
slate. lege enrollment after December.
change would crowd
Campus '46 choose its candi- of 70 made up almost completely of . Also this
next year's social calendar since
dates from. the - preliMinary list Metropolitan Opera Company per- two Junior. Proms would be neces
.of 24 freshmen suggested at last sonnet sary.
Week's cliqtie meetings. Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, Course - -Harry C. Coleman '44, chairman
Petitions approving of the can- committee chairman, said this of the Prom committee stated that
didacies of all nominees, signed would probably be the last chance his group is heartily in -favor of
by at least 25 coeds and 75 male during the war that a-large corn-- theh
c ange. He explained that ac
students, must be filed with the pariY will be able to appear on the . (Continued on Page ,Three)
chairman of the ,Elect r ons corn- campus beCause of the - difficulties -
mittee'by 5 p. m. today. in transportation.
Party platforms and glossy The performance of the opera Late - News
prints of the candidates should will be in English which, accord- __
accompany the petitions, accord-
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ing to Laszl. Hetenyi '43, who Fl
has just completed a book on op- ashes . 111 I
' ing to the official elections code.
'era appreciation, will improve it
MOSCOW The situation is
_for the layman who doesn't know
grave in Stalingrad as midnight
Riding Club TO-Begin . ihe story of the opera.
• communiques tell of a Nazi break
. In leading roles will be Hilda through
in the northern part of the
Series Of Lectures.
r Burke and Armand Tokatyan,
city. Field dispatches say the
4 both with long experience at the situation was never more serious
New Ring Is Added Met. for the Nazi spearhead has pene-
The orchestra of 30 pieces -will
sateddeep into the city. Russian
•
The first of a series of weekly be 'directed by Guiseppe Bambos- •
military authorities report that
theory lectures of the Penn State chek, former Metropolitan conduc- the Germans 'are using more than
Riding Club will be given in the for and present accompanist to 1,000,000 troops in the attack,
Stock Judging. Pavilion at 7 p. m. Miss Jeannette MacDonald. 45,000 in Stalingrad alone, land
tomorrow, Eugene S. Stull'--AR
, Hetenyi stated yesterday
that ing them by troop planes. They.
.president, announced. this is a good chance for students claim, however, that the Germans
- Students, faculty members, and to see one of the greatest operas have paid heavily for their gains.
College employees may. make ap- performed in such a way that they WASHINGTON President
plication for Club membership at can understand and appreciate it. Roosevelt will ask Congress for an
Student Union. An initiation fee it. additional three billion dollars,
for a membership card entitles Washington sources report. The
each new.member to membership money will be used to build planes
in the club as long as he is con- Mark Calls Patrol. Meeting for the Navy.
nected with the College. There will be a meeting of the • WASHINGTON Chairman of
•
Ari additional fee for a learner Campus Patrol in 318 Old Main at the War Manpower Commission,
card entitles .him to twenty per- 7 p; m. tomorrow, announced Cap- Paul B. McNutt, will soon submit
iods of instruction. The learner lain Phillip A. Mark. Students in- to Congress a bill to enable the
card is exchanged for a rider card terested in participating in Cam- Commission to draft .and _harness
when a member successfully passes pus Patrol work are urged by . Cap- manpower wherever and when
the club riding test. thin Mark to attend the meeting. ever it is needed.
Weathel
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Prom;
Slates
Both Class Dances
Combined November 20