Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1337 -a I 41 . CTORY I 0 , 4 je, BUY I . attrgt`ttn 1. . r i. A STATE :6 WAR fpr,,,7130 A, N . DS I j r ,V SUMPS 114. • OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE VOL. 40—No. 16 °MOH Committee Plans Weekend Dances, Movies Special Events Begin At 7:30 P. M. Tomorrow Tn an attempt to give students not going home for the Thanks giving holidays, something to do tomorrow and. Friday evenings, a sub-committee appointed by the Old Main Open House .committee has made preparations to hold two dances and present two motion pictures; "The Howards of Virginia," starring Cary • Grant and Martha Scott 'will be shown in Schwab Aualtorium, 7:00 p. m. tomorrow for 10 cents, to cover expenses," Gerald )3. Maxwell Stein '44, gen eral' chairman of the special com mittee, said last night. Square dancing in the firSt, floor 16unge and games in. the second floor lounge,' Old Main, will corn plete special events listed for to morrow evening. • Friday night, the motion pic ture, "There Goes My Heart," with •Frederick March and Vir ginia Bruce in leading .roles will be shci.vn in Schwab at 7:30 p. m. Students wishing to dance will have an opportunity to attend the social &awing session in the Ar mory for 10 cents. Charles W. Thompson '44, is in charge of the social dancing; Paul Alarnar '45, assisted by Herbert Edwin' H. - Soria: bend '46 will head the motion picture event; square dancing will be conducted by James V. Ziegler '46 and the games committee is headed by Philip Lieberman '45,. iiidedby Harris J. Gilbert '45. 4.0. - off Befortitusteeti,;:, •, A'-check-off. system, affecting• all stUdents in. 'the .SchOol of AgrictlV: ture, is before.the College board 'of Arustees•for approval after having ',b'e'en accepted by. ihe Agricultural School- Council. , • ' ' The plan, if passed;• Will raise the lee -of agriculture students to s2.§O' from , the payment of past years.- Thus each student enrolled in the School of .Agriculture will automatically become a member 9f the 19 department clubs, receive The Penn State Farmer, monthly and get a ticket to the annual Harvest Ball. • • • Acceptance . of the 'check-off plan will insure publication of The State Firmer. • • Junior-Senior Ball Receipts In Penn • The, most successful dance in Spivak was paid $2,000. Penn State history, financially and Other expenses were: taX on ad popularly, was indicated by yes- missions, $604.95; programs, $3Ol - • release of the• tentative .50; advertising, (estimated) $118; statement and breakdown of fig- compensations, $150; checking (la ures by Neil Fleming, graduate bor), $9O; telephone and telegraph manager of athletics, for the corn- (estimated), $25; invitations, $5; bined• Senior Ball-Junior Prom ticket seller, $2O; Doormen, $35; held.. last Friday. women's attendant, $5; College la- The greatest number ever to at- bor (estimated), $125; ticket print tend. a Penn State dance, 1635, in- ing, $2B; piano tuning (estimated), chided •an all-time high of 1551 $4; piano rental (estimated), $10; paid Didmissions. The estimated miscellaneous (estimated), $25. profit, also the highest in college 'Senior committee co-chairmen histdry, stands at $3,165.78. William Mazzocco and Thomas The $6,712.83 income is broken Ridge both received $25 compen down into the following sources: sation for their part in planning admissions, $5,630,13; tax on ad- the combined dance, while Harry missions,', $604.95; bdoth rental C. Coleman, junior class committee $215; checking, $262.75. head, receivedlso. 'The $5O paid to Greatest expenditure, as always, the junior class president was also was the fee paid the band. Charlie taken from the dance profits. • TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA New CA President ME= Gerald B. Maxwell Stein '44, was elected president of the Penn State Christian Association at a meeting of the CA cabinet:Sunday evening. Stein replaces Jean Eg- Hersh ‘berger '43, who has served as head of the association for the past eight months. A leader in CA activities, Stein was the originator of Freshman Orientation camp and Old Main Open House programs Which have been held monthly for thousands of students. ..He also helped start the Rural Servicecommittee which, accord ing to farmers in the locality, has done much to help in bringing' in cropS this fall. 'AISS-eiected- to -thec- cabinet were 12 members of the CA wh6 will serve as committee heads for dif ferent CA projects. Newly ejected cabinet members are 'Patricia A. Middleton '44, Rob ert G. Kintigh ..'43, Herbert K. Kraybill '44, Howard 'W. Carlson '45, Reagan Houston'4s, Grace Gray: '45; Betty Funkhouser: '46, *Louise Ai itittei.'46 . . • • • • Catherine L. .Miller '45, Claire L. Weaver. '45,, John •C. Burford '44, arid Richard K. Titley '46. . Proposed Reservists Must Enlist Now . . • Students planning to enlist in any •of the: Enlisted Reserves be fore .the' Dec: 15 closing deadline were.. again -reminded 'by Faculty War 'AdVisor Galbraith to wire or 'send .a special . delivery letter to their ,hometown draft board, ask ing for, releases immediately. • These releases must be present ed at the time the. student is . sworn into ..the AReserve:. • • • • - Draft boards reluctant . to fill out the forms, more commonly known by the number 190, should be re ferred to Prof. Galbraith Nets Largeit State History Pittenger, Stephens Take AA Inauguration Dance Chairmen Voted More Compensation . • Tentative plans for inauguration of All-College and class officers were presented to Cabinet last night by Bernard A. iPlesser '43. ''he official march will start from the rear of Old Main at 4:45 p. m. Monday, arriving at Co-op Corner about . 5 o'clock. 'Further details will be released later. • One per cent of the profits from class. dances in the future will be given in addition to the regular amount to chairmen of the com- mittee as compensation, according to a proposal made by David J. McAleer '43, and 'paSsed by the Cabinet. McAleer said, this would in part compensate the, chairmen tor the hard work .they - dp on these dances. ' Howard J. Merrill, president of the Ag School Council, moved that any organization holding an All- College dance be compelled to pub lish in the Daily Collegian an item ized statement of income and ex penditures along with a cornplete list of complimentary tickets. ~Cabi net passed 'the motion. -Robert H. Mawhinney '43, chair- Man of the Interclass .Finance Board, presented the budget for the period from January to Sep tember,--,l943,:,:,amounting• 236; and estimated the income at $lB, 495 on prospective enrollment figures obtained from the Regis trar. .Two changes were made in the budget this year. Cabinet voted to take away from - the junior class president a $35 gift 'presented to him each year. by. the freshman class, and .to reduce the Bltie Band grant, from $1,600 to $2OO. This gift, according to. tradition,. was the president's reward :for. or ganizing the freshmen class for elections.-Since the Elections Corn inittekchairman now perform's this function, *Cabinet voted to award the gift to hint as compensation: With no other changeS, the budget was accepted as presented. Mimeo graphed detailed copies of' the bud-. :get are available to -all interested Studeents•in - the Associated:Student (Continued on Page Three) ' Senior taps, Gowns Now Available al SU • Caps and gowns are on sale for seniors graduating December 17, David J. McAleer, senior class president announced. Seniors may leave their five dollafs deposits at Student Union until Friday 5 p. m. Refunds will be made when the Caps and gowns are creturned. • A charge of 25 cents. will be made for duplicate receipts, which must. be presented in order for seniors to get their caps and gowns. William Richards and Pauline Kline, co-chairmen of the Cap and Gowns Committee, stated that the caps and gowns may be picked up at the Athletic Store at some future date to be announced. - Refunds Av ai lable On Thespian Tickets Refunds will .be made to those who bought tickets to Saturday's performance of Thespians "Kur few Kapers", but were unable to see the show becduse no more room was available, Edwards. R. Clauss stated today. Holders of un used tickets may get their money back by presenting tickets at Stu dent Union. E COLLEGE Set For 5 P. M. Thanksgiving Decree In an effort to 'keep • students and faculty members in State Col lege during the coming Thanksgiv ing holiday on Thursday, President ißalph D; 4etzel has issued the following letter: "During the Thanksgiving week end the College will be in full op eration except for Thanksgiving Day. The nature of 'the accelerated pprogram.'• . this _ necessary. Only three weeks •lr.iter the cur . - rent semester will end, 'six weeks earlier than heretofore, and stu dents will return to their homes for ,the Christmas vacation. Student Travel Unnecessary "War agencies of our govern ment have asked that all citizens conserve rubber and gasoline by eliminating unnecessary automo bile - travel, • and that travel by train or bus on weekends and hol idays.be limited to necessary uses. They have indicated very clearly that holiday travel bY-cpllege §tu- ! dents is not considered a neces sary use. "For these several reasons all members of the faculty and stu dent body:will be ekpeeted.tci car ry on their college 'duties as usucl during the weekend: • • - • Social •Programs Planned - `Thanksgiving Day will' be holi day around the campus and I hope that we all will observe it locally, as a day of thanks' and rejoicing. Social rictivities open to all stu dents have been planned .. for the weekend. On the • morning', of Thanksgiving Day special. services will be held in the College hudi-. torium." SeMester Ends December 19 Students, during the past week, have become - the victims of a ru mor that the current semester will end a week ahead .of schedule on December 12 instead of December 19 because of reported transpor tation difficulties. Mr. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary to the President, hro informed The Daily Collegian that classes wilt end as scheduled on Decem ber 19. • PSC Plans Bowling Party Thanksgiving week-end enter tainment will be provided in part by the bowling party planned by the Penn State club at the New State Bowling Alleys, 7 p. en., Fri day, John Foreman '45, committee chairm, announced last night. Students interested in the party are asked to contact the Penn State Club, 321 Old Main, Friday. =l=2l Signed: Ralph D. Hetzel, President. PRICE: THREE CENTS Offices Monday Receive Majority In First Day's Voting George R. Pittenger and Rich ard A. Stephens were elected president and secretary-treasurer respectively of the Penn State Athletic Association for the com ing• school year. . The, elections, which took plaCe in. Old Main, ordinarily run over a two-day period, with the two high men for each office at the end of the first day engaging in a run-off vote the second: Pittenger and Stephens both ob tained a majority of the votes cast yesterday, however, making un necessary the second day's voting. The vote on the candidates, all of whom are second semester ju niors with at least a "1" All-Col lege average and a varsity letter, was as follows President— Pittenger Ghent Hairy Smith Secretary-Treasurer— Stephens Faires . Williams Lebow Ross .. Pittenger 'succeeds' Bernard . A. Plesser '43 as AA president. Ste phens will take over the job of Herschel D. Baltimore '43 as sec retary-treasurer. Second high man in the presi dential voting was •L;fwrence D. Ghent, who automatically assumes the vice-presidency vacated by William T. Richards '43. Pittenger obtained a. clear 82 vote majority of the total number of ballots cast while StephenS, running against four candidateS, tames through -with seven more votes than the total of his-compet itors. 1 11111111111111111111111i71111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 LATE. NEWS FLASHES! 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111 MOSCOW Russian troops smashed 'across • Don River 100 miles northwest of Stalingrad.Nali forces are reported stalled near the Volga River to the east, while the Red army advanced 12 'miles to join other Russian troops com ing froM the south. DAKAR—Dakar is reported to have fallen to the Allies after much bloodshed. All French North Africa is under control of Admir al Darlan. Meanwhile Vichy re ports that Petain made an appeal to French West Africa to remain faihtful to him. NEW GUINEA—AIIied ground troops have penetrated Japanese defense lines near Buna. Ameri can forces are pressing in from the west, while MacArthur's bombers are guarding the water ways which offer the only escape for the Japanese. ITALY—In the face of concen trated Allied attacks on Italy. Mussolini called a conference of Fascist leaders to discuss ways to erse the tension of civilian morale. The possibility that the Vatican might arrange a separate peace was reported. Ankara reported the German decision to build a sec ond line of defense in Brenner Pass in case Italy falls. 431 178 439 82 379 165 122 47 38
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