l'#C4\ll. • , • • • CTORY 4 \ BUY • t f „ Tilt Battg Totitotan WAR . , ' BONDS AND .• • ,ir,L srAmps VICTCP.Y --"HE VOL. 40—No. 13 illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllll LATE NEWS FLASHES! Laval Will Dictate • VICHY, France Petain signed a decree last night giving Pierre Laval dictatorial powers over France. Laval has been granted the right to make laws . and issue decrees without consultation with anyone else. • • Allies Near Tunisia • ALLIED NORTH AFRICAN HEADQUARTERS Allied forces are advancing in force toward Tun isia, it was announced. The van guard-of the Allied army has made contact -with enemy forces. The air force is moving up with the land forces and paratroops are actively engaged in the combat. Senior Ball-Ju nior- Prom Hours. Set To' . Comply With Curfew Regulations Defense Stamp Sale - -, Will Start Tomorrow . Cisze k Will Manage - "Compliance with All-College Cross Country Team Cabinet's curfew regulations• in- _ • Edward Ciszek '44, was elected eluding 2 o'clock premission. for manager of the Penn State cross coeds was the reason for making country team, seven varsity let the time for Senior Ball-Junior ters were awarded, and numerous Prom 9 • p. m. to 1 .a. m. Friday assistants and special award win night,''' Harry C. Coleman '44, ners were named by the Athletic dance .co-chairman, stated. last Association yesterday. The results night in answer_ to. numerous in-,• of;t.ti . l. ,elettio_pS . were released :by quiries, -to - the. , cornmittee-•on the : . Bernard A. Plessey '43, president subject. - - of the AA. Regular time for big dances, Associate managers .to Ciszek, from 10 p. m. to 2 a. m., was not possible this time because of the in order, are juniors Jerry Heisler rulings, he explained. The change and Jack Brown. was made - With •difficulty because The actual manager for next of necessary alteration in arrange- season—Ciszek will graduate in ments for the time of the band's. August—will be Ted Breisch '45. arrival. Alternates are Lawrence Doyle Players Bill Eminons Stamp sales, announced in yes- and Stanley Wolfe. i'' terday's Daily Collegian as begin ning today, have been postponed First assistants, now elected Sleeps While Ghosts from the freshman class, are until tomorrow because of inabili- Dwight Hower, Robert Pomerene, Rehearse for Show • - ty to get stamps before then. The and Mervin Greenwald. Under the Editor's note: This is the fourth Senior Ball and Junior Prom rib- present athletit set-up which has in a series of articles on members • bons to be made up by the corn- abolished both freshman and ju of Players' new production, bined committee - for . the dance nior varsity, sports the usual po • will be given -with ec,ch purchase sitions of freshman and junior "Ghosts." of four twenty-five cent defense varsity managers have been abol "I can see it now. 'Arsenic and stamps. ished. In their stead three fresh- Old Lace,' starring Emmons. Bor- man alternates have been .named, be' will conductedby is Karloff is r 4 thing of the past." The sale ßobert Halstead, Max Worthing members of the joint committee, Perhaps Frank S'. Neusbaum, ton and George Kahl. professor of dramatics, was overly Mortar Board, national senior wo enthusiastic when he made that men's honor society, and Cwens, Varsity letters were awarded to statement after seeing William F. sophomore woman's honorary, at Captain Norman Curtis Stone, Emmons '44 ; rush across the stage Student Union desk. McClain Smith, Jerry Karver, Joe to kiss Sheridan Whiteside . ..in Temporary place for the stamps Beach, Howard Home and Ted "The Man Who Carrie To Dinner.,, will be provided for in programs Barlowe, manager. which will be given to ticket pur- Special awards were made to Emmons plays the part of Pas- chasers at the Athletic Associa- Robert Kintigh and Archibald Hy tor-Manders in Players' new show, tion window tomorrow. son "Ghosts." He was Father Hogan, an Irish priest, in "The Beautiful People." Both parts are a far •cry from the Karloff category. Emmons is notorious for sleep ing between scenes. It isn't un usual for him to feel an unknown' hand grasp his arm, pull him to his feet, ;and hear a voice shout wildly, "Hey, Emm'cns, wake up, your cued" Jap Ship Off Australia NEW GUINEA—A Japanese, de ttroYer has appeared to the north east of: the Australian. coast. Au thorities believe that the destroyer is preparing to evacuate or to•re inforce Japanese troops stationed there. , Madaaascar ,Freed LONpON—A.nthony Eden, Brit ish foreign, - minister, announced that . 'the administration of the island of Madagaicar, formerly controlled by Vichy, has been turn ed over to the Free French forces. RAF Bombs France 1:6M51:514:LI;h; 41Oiral Air Force has ,made another. sweep across Northern' France. The. objective this time were railroad terminals and lines. Three planes were lost. This was the_ fourth raid over' Northern France in the last ten days. He has, however, offered two solutions to a situation of this type. One is a 30-hour' day. The other is fast and furious ad lib bing on stage until he is sufficient ly awake to remember his correct lines. In addition, Emmons has work ed out a 24-hour schedule for each day. According to this plan, every day is blessed with eight hours of peTzeful slumber. But, unfortu : •nately, this plan has not proved .successful. Eight hours of sleep will not suffice. One of Emmons' greatest fears is that he may become neurotic (Continued on page four) THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA Lights! Action! Quiet, Back Stage! Curtain!; Thespians Dress Rehearse For Gala Show The last spotlight has been fix ed, a few finishing stitches have been nut in the costumes, all props have been permanently placed. A shout is heard. "Quiet, 'back stage! Shut up! Everybody ready? 0. K. —curtain!" In this atmosphere, the final re hearsal for Thespian's annual mu sical comedy, "Kurfew Kapers," or "For Whom the Bell Tolls" will be held tonight. The show will be presented to students tomorrow night and Saturday night in Schwab Auditorium at 7 p. m. Busy practicing for the last few weeks, the cast will put finishing touches to its skits, gags, and dances tonight. One of the best features to be THOMAS RIDGE a L EallMfLmimumiffamm.• •a• OF T presented in the show is a extrav agant production number styled after a scene, from the motion pic ture, "The Great Ziegfeld." Amidst the flashing of various col ored spotlights, eight lovely coeds dressed in beautiful gowns will come down some steps while Wil liam Christman sings "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody." "War priorities have caused us to •use less and less materials in each costume," Kevert chorus director, said, "however, we have obtained many new cos tumes." Another humorous and funny part of the show is a "Housing Skit" built around "what happen ed to the fellows who were kicked out of the dorms." Ball-Prom Co-Chairmen HARRY C. COLEMAN 4,000 Yet To Ridenour Releases Pep Rally Details "With student spirit `up' for the rally as well as for the game with Pitt Saturday, the 'Beat Pitt' pep rally Friday night should be the best the campus has seen for years," Charles •H. Ridenour '43, president of the Hat Society Coun cil said last night when he releas eddetails of the rally. With the Blue Band and cheer leaders starting the rally in the Locust Lane district at 7 p. m. Fri day, the body will march around the fraternity sector, continue downtown and will terminate at the Jordan Fertility Plots.. Through the cooperation of George W. Ebert, head of Grounds and Buildings, a huge bonfire at the Fertility Plots will be pro vided for the rally Ridenour sta ted. Coach Bob fliggills, several members of the team zind Cap tain Lou Palazzi will address the last scheduled rally of the season. In addition to the rally, 'Beat Pitt' tags, similar to the ones used last week prior to the Penn game, have been prepared. by All-Col (Continued on Page Two) No Thanksgiving Fine "No 'fines - will be_, imposed for cuts, taken next` Friday af ter Thanksgiving," Dean of Men Arthur M. Warnock an nounced last night.. Spiking the rumor that pen alties would be put on those who left school for Thanksgiv ing week-end, Warnock ex plained • that there' has never been a fine for a one-day holi day also that fines for cuts 24 hours before or after vacations were - suspended by Senate last semester. Ration Board Restricts Campus . Coffee D rin k ers 111111111119111111111111111111111111111111111119111191111111111111111 Coffee rationing goes into effect Morse To Speak • next Monday morning for all Col- A. 0. Morse, assistant to the lege units, including fraternity President in charge of resident in houses, with no organization being struction, will be the speaker at permitted to purchase coffee after the annual banquet of Phi Kappa that date unless it has registered Phi, general honor society, at the at the local board. Presbyterian Church this evening. Registration will be held next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday The banquet will begin at 6 o'clock and dill be followed by for the allotment which must last t 'until January 31, 1943. Subsequent the initiation of senior, graduate, applications will be for two-month and ft.culty members periods Students may obtain the No vember issue of Portfolio, College literary magazine, at either the Corner Room or the Student Union office, Dorothy Bosley edi tor of the publication announced WILLIAM C. MAZZOCCO today. Students Have Cast Ballots Polls Open At 9 A. M. For Last Day's Balloting More than 4,000 of Penn State's 6,000 undergraduate students have still taken no part in the selection of their next year's officers this morning, as polls open at 9 o'clock for the final day of voting. Finale to the All-College political contest that has featured striking innovations in traditional two party politics comes at 8 p. m. to night,, when the campaign and election are officially halted. A meeting of the Elections Com mittee with. clique leaders to hear complaints of code violations will follow immediately, preceding 'the ballot count. Results are expected by about midnight, according 'to Donald W. Davis, Elections Com mittee chairman. Balloting hit the 1,000 mark one hour before the polls closed, withal Indian Summer combining with well-organized vote drives to bring out approximately 200 more votes than were registered in Tuesday's opener. 'Thirty-five per cent of the fresh men have cast .ballots during the first two-thirds of the election that will decide on Collegian's check off plan, both All-College officers, and 13 class officials. Sophomore balloting climbed in to second. place-.ln the twr=4ay_ totals, with two out of every seven '4sers having already indicated their choices. Junior class vote totals rated a close third spot, but less than one out of 10 seniors have visited the polls. Fraternity men again led the polling parade, with independent and Women's votes running neck and-neck for second place. 111111111111111111111111111111111011101111111111111111111111111111111 t Campus News Briefs Business Candidates Freshman candidates for the business staff of The Daily Col legian are requested to report to the News Room in the basement of Carnegie Hall at 4 p. m. today, Philip P. Mitchell '44, business manager, announced last evening. 'Lion Skin' Tryouts Any freshman or sophomore man interested in trying out for the "Lion Skin," Penn State's two legged lion mascot, should report to Gene Wettstone in Rec Hall to day after 4 p. m. Men trying out should be about six feet tall. The man selected will be in the `skin' at the Pitt game. New Portfolio On Sale PRICE: THREE CENTS
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