V-Parly Dies; Metzger. Shifts To New Slate Independents '45 Enter Wild Political Scrap • The death knell tolled for Penn :State's 'three-day-old Victory Par ,ty,- the dormant Independent '45 underwent a revival, and one of .the Campus-Mixed Party's candi dates switched to the new '45 slate .of yesterday, as the College's wild est political campaign entered its third day. End of George W.. Smith's war born third party came at 7 p. m. last night, after the clique's nom inee for All-College vice-president, Robert Dennison, was disqualified for not having the required "1" average. Rather than enter the 'race three days late with a new 'running mate, Smith withdrew his 'candidacy for All-College presi dent and thus buried the Victory Party. 'Smith's withdrawal was over .shadowed a few minutes later, when Kathryn . K. Metzger '45, candidate for vice-president on the :Campus-Mixed slate, announced she was withdrawing from the C-M ticket and joining forces with a 'newly formed Independent '45 •clique. '"I didn't knOw all the details when I agreed to 'run', with Cano pus-Mixed; now that I know the facts, I've decided to be a Inde pendent cf r ndidate '45," Metzger stated in making •the switch. Official notification of the forma tion 'of the third sophomore class slate came a few minutes later, when Howard W. Carlson, clique chairman of the resurrected Inde pendents '45, stated that the group plans to back a complete ticket in next week's elections. The new clique plans to support :-,,,,,(Cpntinuctc.L.on,pa4o.4wo) •precipitation for the Inter-Frater- Blue Band Leaves Al 11. nity Ball weekend : , has often been wrong, but occasionally has come Today For 'Philadelphia; - through • with a correct - statement , Of future weather conditions. Will 'Play. M Penn .Game Willing to take a chance on an other of the eight lives he has _ .. , Eighty-one strong, Penn State's left, Dinglebury promised Colleg- Blue Band will leave State Col- ian reporters• that he would corn lege at 11 a. m. today on its first mit suicide again if his latest pre trip, this season, heading for Phil- diction did not come true. adelphia • where it will perform before. gild followers at the foot- Finance And Municipal bril iame against Penn in Frank- lin: Field tomorrow afternoon Instrumentalists making the trip include: - Trombones: William L. Keef- ni.cipal and Local 'Finance Officers 'auver, Robert R. McCoy, Glenn E. of Pennsylvania, conducted by the Oindcrf; Robert Gardner, John S. Institute of Local Government and McKean, George, A. Roye, Samuel extension services of the college, A. Bomgardner, and Olver El- will .be held today and tomorrow. wood. Registration for delegates is Burchuk, George Scarazzo, George scheduled at the Nittany Lion Inn, tContinued on Page Three) 11 a.- M. today. Can Silence Or Quiet Be Found A.nywherz? &ticks Are Overcome By Lack OF Pea:_e In Daily Life • Is-there such a thing as quiet''. Can there be complete silence?• These are two questions which have' been bothering students for a long time and there are many good reasons , for asking them. Let's start with the bieak of dawn, when students.get up to go to their, eight o'clocks, and see if there is such a thing as silence or quiet throughout the day. Students wake up growling at their alarM clocks for making so Much noise in getting them out of bed, interrupting their so-called peace, namely sleep. The next step is .to walk into the washroom to cleanse themselves, and what hap pens here? Water .beats against the wash bowl with anything but a pleasant noise, some are brushing their teeth . and yawning to beat the' b-nd. • -Next on the undergraduate's daily routine is breakfast. Silence is interrupted here by the tingling nose of silverware s.c raping Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 . 41 • .7 ati ,t l r Eittity , v...., 1 Ii I A ll . r . ~..,;• 4, • . . . • . ii. , .di I . .• ( f it ti rg ta tt ...„..„ ...:,...\.c.v. .t.,„\,......47... „.......,._7„mw..:. Ismaiiitims , . VOL. 40—No. 9 Finance Committee Proposes Reduced Assessment One Of Newest Players' Comers To Play Shrewd Ingenue:ln New Show "Ghosts" Editor's Note: This is the sec ond in a series of articles on members of Players' next pro duction, "Ghosts." One of the newest corners to the Penn State Players' troupe is Doro thy T. Koush '4.4, a second semes ter junior who transferred to Penn State from Altoona Undergraduate Center at the beginning of the Summer semester. Miss Koush has played three parts since she started working with Players. All three have been of .the ingenue type, although each has had a different personality. In "The Rivals," Miss Koush was the flirtatious Lydia Languish; Dinglebury Predicts 'Awful' Grid Weather J. Solvency Dinglebury, Col legian's weather cat, staggered in to the Collegian office last_ night, the eve of Friday the thirteenth, reeking from chloroform and hold ing an umbrella, and stated with out westing words, "The weather in Philadelphia this weekend is going to be awful." s' Dinglebury, who has only eight more lives to live owing to the fact that he committed suicide inciarreetbr• 4ifedibting Officers Hold Confab Seventh annual meeting of Mu- against chinaware, eggs frying on the griddle, and countermen howl ing at the top of • their voices, "draw two. And then come classes. Besides profs exercising their vocal chords throughout the 50, and many times unbearable, minutes, students keep scratching their pens and pencils against note paper, make crackling noises with their chewing gum, and insist on whispering.. and shifting from one side of their seats to the other, making creasing sounds in the process. Lunch and dinner are about the same as breakfast, but then study hour arrives. Students get all set to "get on the ball" when a tele phone call takes them away from their conscientiousness. The person calling wants to know what the as signment is for this or that course. He does not know it because he was attending Sleep 200 during that hour. The conversation over, the somewhat weary _frosh, soph, OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1942, •STATE COLLEGE, PA in "Ephrata," a one-act play writ ten by Kathryn M. Popp '43 • and Frank S. Neusbaum, professor of dramatics, she was ,a sister in a religious order. • Now, in "Ghosts," Hendrik Ib sen's greatest tragedy, Miss Koush is Regina, a calculating maid whose main ambition . is to associate with "gentle folk," as she calls them. Although she has not yet at tained the ten points that . would entitle her to membership, Miss Koush is an associate Player. She attributes her increasing ease on the stage to the help and construc tive. criticism offered her by the various men who have directed her plays. Debate Entries Due December , Candidates' wild plan to enter the second annual Intercollegiate Radio Prize Debate must register with Prof.' John H. Frizzell, head of the speech department, by. De cember 1. Those who enter the contest will have to submit a complete outline by December. 12 on the debate American youth' inti Port the 'rezegtritiliShmeffi — efter the war of competitive enterprise . as our dominant. economic sys- MA, Penn State Club tern?". ' First prize in the contest is a Join Hands; Agree On $l,OOO, war bond and. $250 - cash.- . • - Second prize will be a $5OO war Cabinet Delegate bond and $125 in cash. . . The. contest, under the auspices Executive committees .of the Penn" State Club and the Indepen dation, last year included 185 uni- of the American Economic foun dent Men's Association met last night to consider joining their in -44 states. Larry T. Chervenak. ?44,• .le. last year's winner at the College, • w ho • oth organizations pledged their was defeated in the semi-finals at 'cooperation to act as one united Buffalo. body with one, man. representing Sixteen qualifying prizes for sec- both associations in All-College tional winners will give $5O to Cabinet. eight first place sectional winners, In an effort to emphasize the im while $25 goes to each of the eight - portance of unification during the second place winners. Traveling present crises, Bursar Russell E. expenses of qualifying winners Clark, counsel for the Penn State who go into the national competi- Clu, saidb "Now is the time to join tion will be paid for by the spon- hands in one common cause and sors of the contest. for one purpose—we must have 'complete cooperation." Although the main theme of the meeting was one of cooperation the representatives 'of both bodies hint ed, 'however, that no - politics 'would be considered in the 'affairs at hand since both organizations are in junior or senior now 'believes that dependent of political standing. he will be able to get some work . done. Campus Groups Honor But along comes someone who asks him what the formula is for International Day • a physics problem and how the formula applies to the problem. All-College Cabinet, ,in collab- Then the studying student is inter- oration with four ,other campus rupted by a friend who wants to groups, will sponsor a special mass borrow a book or a pencil or some meeting to commemorate Interna note paper or anything else that tional Student Day in Schwab can take him away from his books. Auditorium at 7 p. m. Tuesday. Finally, Joe Stude gets a chance The program will feature music to study without being bothered by the Penn State Glee Club and for a full hour ; only to have to lis- addresses by Miss Kung Pu-Sheng, ten to a clock tick away, the wind Chinese YWCA Secretary; Dr. H. howl 'outside, or the blasting of M. Miller, co-author of the Cze typewriter keys from his room- choslovakian Constitution; and Dr. mates machine. Roy McCorkel of Swarthmore Col- It seems that the only time si lence or quietness is achieved is during the few hours of sleep that the average student gets, and even then 'peace and solitude may be hard to attain. Is there such a thing as quiet? Can there be E. complete silence? Who knows the answers? • Penn State's Interclass Finance Committee made a re commendation last night to the All-College Cabinet which, if approved by this body, will be influential in smashing a seven year precedent. Formerly the College has assessed each stu dent, following his admission to the College, a fee of $4.50 for men and $3.30 for women per semester. Inflicted primari ly to cover the cost of produdng the La Vie and other inci dentals, it has become a custom among the student body to see this tax on their fee sheets. Announces Plan Robert L. Mawhinney '4; Inter class Finance Committee chair man, announced a new plan last night, designated to reduce the Blue Band's annual assessment from 'slsoo' to• $200: • Invitation Orders Tomorrow is the last day for seniors to get graduation an nouncements and invitations at the Student Union desk, accord ing to Frank R. Flynn '43. PRICE THREE CENTS By a partial elimination of the $l5OO sum set aside for the main tenance of the Blue Band, the Committee was in a position to make this proposed adjustment. Since this budget covers only the period between January and September 1943 when the Blue Band is practically inactive, it permitted this reduction in the Band allotment. However, a sum cf $2OO was set aside for dry cleaning and various expenses the band might incur during the intervening, period. "It is hoped that this reduc tion will be effective throughout the war and that the present change will become a stabilized thing even after that time, but of course the dynathic conditions during the present crises cannot permit static plans to be formu lated," said Robert L, Mawhin rey '43, chairman of the board. "College enrollment permitt ing and other conditions remain ing as they are at the present time, we are hoping that the ex rressed plan will become part of the regular fee asesment and that the time will come when it 'can 'be• lowered even further," he added. The new 30-cent reduction, if ;:proved by the All-College Cab inet and if worked in conjunction with 'the _ Collegian Check-off plan, will enable the student body to obtain the annual subscrio tton for 85-cents instead of the criginally planned dollar. Although the Check-off Plan is still in its preliminary state at the present time, it has been em phasized that the reduction will fit into the Check-off Plan with out incurring too drastic a change in the regular fee rates. However, if the Check-off Plan is approved by the general stud ent body at the corning All-Coll= ege elections, it will be listed on the fees as one dollar per semes ter but in reality will only cost 85-cents above the regularly charged rates if the 30-cent re duction meets the approval of the All-College Cabinet. 1 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 i Late News 1111111111111188118111111111111111111111119110111811811111111811 WASHINGTON—The Senate has passed the 18-19 -year - old draft bill and has sent it to President Roosevelt, who will probably sign the bill today. The first draft is ex pdcted to take placd within 30 or 40 days. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. NORTH AFRICA Admiral Dar ien, broadcasting from Allied head quarters in North Africa, asked the commanders of the French Fleet in Toulon to bring their ships to North Africa. CAIRO —Blasted by the RAF and pursued by Lt. Gen. Montgom ery's desert troops, Marshal Rom mel's badly-battered Afrika Korps is fleeing pell-mell and is reported 140 miles into Libya. German rear guards are evacuating Tobruk. • MOSCOW—Russian troops threw back strong Nazi attacks on the Stalingrad front and killed 200 Germans. Winter is settling over Russia and Russian sources be• lieve that the Nazis will not launch any new strong offensives. Weather
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