• Succ i ess t or t o The Free Lance, Established 1887 ••• • • • n l / 4 4r • Weather VOL. 39—No. 84 Atherton Epidemic Rumors Halted As Cases Abate Rifenour's Absence Delays Official Word With few cases reported yester- Main's first-floor steps, stopped at day, the rumors of an epidemic. in the landing, and looked at the Atherton Hall were squelched by Land Grant Mural as if it ,were reliable authorities last night. Be- a mirror. _ cause of the absence of Dr. Joseph The scene that stopped student P. Ritenour, head of . the College traffic in Old. Main -yesterday af- Health Service,. no official state- terrtoon was engineered by Pub ment as to cause of the ailment or lic Information for publicity pic 7 number of victims could be made. tures planned for possible publi- However, approximately 50 cation in a national magazine. cases were cited by the Health Actor in the role of our Civil Service, which 'has been working War program was one of the Col in cooperation ,with the depart- lege janitors, whose remarkable ment of dining commons to deter : resemblance to Lincoln had been 'mine cause - S. It was 'thought that emphasized by a makeup-job by food poiscming had been the cause. Robert H. Herrnian '44, a mem- Abatement of - such cases has made ber of the Penn State Players. any indication of an epidemic ,seem doubtful. Abe's beard and mole were ar -.- Uncial, the - top hat was a prop, First signs of the' illness came but the famous name is really his Monday when several , of the dor- —the College. employee chosen mitory coeds -took reports- of •What tor the publicity stunt was one medical authorities called gastrO •: •-; enteritis to the Atherton Hall -. ....• - .Abraham Lincoln Garber_ Hite. nurses. and hostesses. Signs read 7. ing `.`.130 Not Disturb" large, nuinbeys throughout, the" • a'Peal*dhlebalers Meet. _ building, according .to ••women >i ri neighboring, roorns. • The illicesses - Whieh - havd_praved ,. ' ~ 1 9Addedlo- S quad to be, f short duration, hav'been • .=••• •• A1at4,04,...40444Dg4,07414„4:i...*„. 0 4 3 _1, - .tten-VA fl - i'-'•digpansary staff. Two 'Students -43 debating season • • -. ~• living - in Watts, - -Hall, wha,_ 'Are way when -the 21 members Of .the graduate nurses, _Were appointed 'fdrensio, squad retained from, last '• as, deputy - • - -season, . 2 elong .with -19 , new mem- Evidence that the ailments were: bers; meet - in - 316 . Sparks':at localize& in the campus:dorm was The topic under discus deduced from inforinal Daily -•ision will be "Problems of - the Collegian survey in f.Which few Peace." - ,-_ , isolated cases Were reported in , This- topic is the• general ~ sub -downtown' livingquarters: ject - decided :on' for all debates - `persons• were'affected` in McAllisr• and.',ditcussions this year, Eobert ter Hall or . Women's MacNabb • '45, student debate ; .College,health anthorities.Streis-.• Manager, :saki. The .meeting is ed that . adeciiiater•TreSt was 'in - Pa:for :the purpose of acquainting iniportant in combating . Such'siek: 'team members,' with the topic and • • ... • its - various ramifications and to _ Aitiate intra-squad debates, Mac- W.aisrabb said '' Added to- the •squad as a result OnapOtittv tryouts last week, •:eNabb.T . eleased-the names of 12 men: -and •.seven. upperclass -5.‘.-,TERSFOr thes:SeVentif.:Wo.loo,nen who "made out!' John Audit, Paul'Maer, - Zelman . i ..-TAPFw*ii:bl;'•!-11 ) '' the .1 • ..sbigittlfs l ..diiarson; Robert - Boedecker, Ray • igonritairiS;s'in--New.:dUine4!fekkiknond Britton, Martin Cohn, • Mor 'k:,,ing-,Japanese,-.Columni,ba*,..fi,tten Gellop, Arthur High, • Sidney their; lyf ; Port izikesby.!gbiectiiii:- 4 4 levy, Samuel N. Neeley, , Harry e.So omon theatre, the Japanese:L eynolds, and Edmund Zemper - seem _.to.. be .:driving :for -show- elli are the' freshmen. Upper ,T; &W o n ‘battle, • haVirig IsuCcessfully classmen are: Nathan M. Cohen Lite News mod a '45, Bernard Feinberg 1(0_ ' landed 'additional. troops on .. tl ,, r . '44, Henry • Dyrnza '44,• William h ld 'Guadalcanal island ymz 1 rd,W..Greenlee '45, Saul ,' 5. '''ll4 -tkte.' n e lk• • In 'the 4 : 04..04.W5 1, ± , e ,. :,..•-y. Jp4......, — ,.. •d• bttfeefth „4-z.acit - 7 I f i fie - tight foi••stalTgr' '..• •.,.•-• ••••• ii4f. .. - a.Y,_°,A5 and Stanley I_, Siegel "'45. •`-*;l.a..t . - ''reiistanca once again .s 491:i . ...,...„ . aught withiliAthealli ..t•,-,i, -pve.rjr,Go#rian ohs....,..,....‘iiii„iid.„The The,. ..,:, '. . •,i,-11Ortified str et s i. or co ll i gl ciue , ,, ,, il ,ittt e 4, !in . vie . s -Change Starling ' l7 "'• SCIV*t ..fri ldrigh 1 . breik-thbillg'26- " ,r k e •' l t • a , ; O -i ie ••, Nazi ~ .;•If in Af Cabinet:Request_ : t iiit, -. stated the advancing *-f . 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' " arge of cutting down ' 'gas ' once ' Ag ‘ a 11 ' iligiit',:s 21:10;1z . 1 to the students o cooperae - ;•:•••••:011owiiii1V1011daY: , . ‘..., .1,,,pi,d is up . . noinglsittu.dthehatt _ , totheaters earlier to ~...1.41d on Essen. . • • .7./..4:by getting, d . g He . :--•: ‘• NEW YORK—Short ... . ~...._,,A t 'Wave s t a r/ • • • te crow in . ''c 4 h -. have'heaid furthET .1.2.,.".... void '"u• last milnl .. _ w . 1,,...,.th5h5•.-..orc ; .flititig.,,of,.....,tryiN*piaihed that - ex th pe is rirh icl :- •'' ' .. - epoits ',of...the., si 1 ian. r,, . fh , - , time is - only. . 1 :': 'Arherieire•!battleship , in' •--Q ?. Aft t-is -withbut, , v4irtic.tbat it Niv .eentalmoavinde [ Atih.tie.. The rep:. its-worth. , .. ill be Alp to the students ~..,,,„ifte,;tionfr°in' y other. sourei.T . ""to:-prove WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, STATE COLLEGE, PA Walking, Talking Abraham Lincoln Pops Up InOldMain Abraham Lincoln strolled through Old Main yesterday. , Before the' flashing of news paper cameramen and the wide eyed gaze of student onlookers, Honest Abe slowly mounted Old Or THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE '46 Presidential Candidates Stress Programs In Opening Addresses War Robert B. Davis •44 (I) Jack Bailin . '46 -(C) (wens Give $5 To 'Campus To Camp' fund •The campaign to send the news from "the campus to the camps" received a boost yesterday when Mary Grace Longenecker '45, president of Cwens, announced that her organization decided to contribute five dollars to the fund. ..This brings to 23 the total nuni ber of subscriptions mailed to camps and training stations in all parts of the United States. More than 200 men were known to be stationed in these places when heard from' last. Penn State History Collection Boosted Contributions , by faculty mem bers and alumni are increasing the collection, of historical. materials concerning the"•early days of Penn State- as part of the I Penn State Collection, according .to Miss Gladys R. Cramner, assistant li brarian,'in charge of the collection. 'Recollections of Penn . State •Of '5O years ago, as told by Dr. Fran cis J: Pond, class of 1892, are now being used by. Dr. Wayland F. Dunaway professor of American History and College Historian, in the history of the College which he is compiling. Presidential Candidates First Visual Aid War Films Will Be Shown Tonight In Schwab . "Target for Tonight", the first a series of films relating to the various phases. of the . war effort, will be shown in Schwab Audi torium at 7 o'clock 'tonight under . the sponsorship of the ,audio visual aids service of the. College. AWarded the • International Academy Award, the picture is open to all students, faculty members and townspeople free of charge. The picture, an account of an actual air. raid over Germany by the Bomber Command of • the Royal . Air Force, includes au thentic photographs • taken during the bombardment. The . program, which includes two war song shorts, "Anchors Aweigh" and "The' Caissons Go Rolling Along", is presented by the audio-visual • aid service in cooperation with . the . United ,States'Office of War Information. Elections Committee An important meeting of• the All-College Elections committee will be held today at 7 p. m. in 305 Old Main, according to an an nouncement by Donald W. Davis '43, chairrnan. All members are urged to attend. Jack R. Grey '44 (C) Joseph Colone '46 (I) PRICE: THREE CENTS 500 Attend Official Campaign Sendoff Penn State's Fall semester stu dent political campaign is roar ing ahead on all cylinders today. The battle for votes that will be climaxed by Friday's election was officially opened last night by Donald W. Davis '43, Elections Committee chairman, at a mass meeting of freshmen and juniors. Within a few moments after. Davis declared -the . campaign.. open, student politicians of both parties swung into action. Pu blicity • representatives of both junior class parties swept through town and campus buildings, put ting up posters supporting their cause. A house-to-house 'vote drive had begun in one of the town "districts" by 7:30, a class of '44 clique leaders stated last night. . Almost 500 students, most of them • "dinked" first - semester freshmen, heard three presiden tial and one vice-presidential candidate • present their parties' _platforms and goals at last night's political "first-nighter." ' Leadoff speaker was JaCk .Grimes -.. irtdePencle,ntilaaldatt i':•.Vice-presidento,pinch-liteting, for 'Joseph Colone who was de tained by football practice. Grimes, reviewing : his pdrty's platform; emphasized . the neces sity for "coordinating freshman class .activities with the College War program as defined - by" Pres ident Hetzel." "Upon our class _falls the -major share of - .the College's wartime program,"' Jack Berlin, '46 (Continued on page four) Pledge Deadline Extended Today Fraternities have until 5. p. m. today Aci enter names at the CA. office of pledges who are going to attend the Interfraternity Pledge Banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn, Sunday evening, October 11. Reason for extending the •deadu. line, according to Joseph V. Swet erlitsch '43, chairman, was that many fraternities did not hold house meetings until Monday eve ning, after the original deadline was passed. Two hundred and twenty-five reservations have already been taken for the banquet, sponsored jointly by the Interfraternity Council and the Penn State Chris tian AssOciation. Since dining facilities at the Inn are limited, fraternities are asked to return reservation lists as soon as possible to the Christian Assoc ciation office, 304 Old Main.' . Professor Hummel Fishburn, act ing head of the department of mu sic, will lead in the singing, while Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, Faculty Advisor on War Service, will serve as master of ceremonies. Dr. Arthur C. Wickenden, di rector of religious activities at Mi ami University, Oxford, 0., is the main speaker. Charles E. Peck '43, head cheer leader, will lead the freshmen in cheers. Coaches Robert Higgins and Earle Edwards, School of Phy sical. Education and Athletics, are scheduled to present football pie 'tures on their return from the Le high game at Bethlehem. •
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