+' AGE FM It Barbara Troxell g 37 To Sing in Metropolitan Auditions ' Was Musk Assistant, Soloist For College Having competed with the sev- Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head ci al hundreds of applicants who of the journalism department, • ;Ire considered each year, Barbara M. Troxell '37 will sing on the spoke last night at the Pennsylva- Asso ,Metropolitan Opera Auditions of nia Newspaper Publishers' ,d.he Air program over station WJZ ciation convention at Harrisburg. nt 6:30 p.m. tomorrow. Banner's report, given at the an nual dinner of the PNPA advisory Appearing with one other con- committee to the department of • tr:stant on this week's schedule, journalism, concerned activities of Miss Troxell will be one of those the department during the past 'considered for the group of final- year. •.;:lts to sing later on in the season. Stuart A. Mahuran, assistant •Yfinal winners in the program's professor of journalism, addressed .contest will be offered contracts a group ofpublishers of Pennsyl with the opera company. ' vania weekly newspapers. His . The former coed will sing the topic was "Problems Facing aria, "Non Mi Dir," from Mozart's Weekly Publishers in Wartime." opera "Don Giovanni," and "Sea The convention will continue to- Moods" by Tyson. She will be day. Other faculty members at ;heard in a duet from "Simon Boc- tending are Braton R. Gardner, .canegra" by Verdi with the bass Otto W. Prochazka, and Helen , I..aritone who will appear with her. camp. • Teaching now on the faculty of ;tile New School of MusiC in Phila.- delphia and giving private voice instruction in New York City, Miss Troxell is a dramatic soprano. Miss Troxell acted as graduate zu;sistant in the music department 'for two years upon her graduation. She was then accepted as a schol .arship student at the Curtis Insti tute of Music, Philadelphia.. She .was graduated from there in 1942. She holds her Master of Education degree. Soloist for the College Choir while in College. Miss Troxell was rrominent in the Sunday after )loon concerts presented at that 4:ne by the music department. f;he belonged to the Louise Homer Club, local women's music honor my. Active in the College Glee Club nd Thespians, Miss Troxell was .1 member of Pi Lambda Theta, »ational senior women's honorary. Mortar Board Sells Stamps Members of 'Mortar Board, na tional senior women's honor so ciety, will sell defense stamps- at the annual WSGA dance in Rec /3:all, Saturday, January. 30. The dance, to continue from 9 p. m. to midnight, will be titled "V -pale Special." Admission will be one 25 cent defense stamp per couple, and music will be provided by Sonny Roye and his Collegians. fIUBSCRIBE • NOWT-FOR' YOUR DAILY' COLLEGIAN. • Banner Makes Report At PNPA Convention Gallyaf Reports Captain Bruce S. Gilliard, pro fessor of military science and tac tics, has received orders and will report for duty at Camp Croft, South Carolina, on February 1. CLASSIFIED WANT-ADS FOR Li:gar—Clean, large. stain; room close to campus. Call Kim mel 3332, or apply 243 South Pugh street, 5t 19 comp BK WANTED—Journalism 13 text in good condition. 'Call French at Collegian or 4304. • FREE—One Great Dane dog. For details, call 247. ATN. 2tch.-1-23REM LOST=Monarch wristwatch and green Schaeffer pencil. Please return to 138 S. Allen St. or call Hubert. 2936.. Liberal. reward. 'FOR RENT—Single floor-room in private home near campus. 625 N. Allen Street, Phone 2720 for in formation. PASSENGERS WANTED—Har risburg. Leave Tuesday, 5 p. m. Return Wednesday evening. Call 2220, ask for Woody. lcompßMß-1-23 TI-M. DAILY COLLEGIAN Cvvens-Mortar Board Combine For Dance , A combined 'committee repre senting • Mortar ,Board; ,national women's honor society, and Cwens, national sophomore women's hon orary, will meet in . the WRA Lounge at 1 p. m. tomorrow, to begin plans for the Cwen-Mortar Board Dance, March 12. Mortar Board members include H. Ann Carruthers, Nancy E. Gos ser, and Margaret K. Rameley, announced Dorothy L. Jones, act ing president. Cwens are Florinne E. Olson, Marjorie H. Schultz, and Miriam L. Zartman, according to Mary Grace Longenecker, presi dent. The dance was announced as a combined affair by All-College Cabinet and Student Union Board yesterday. Penn Stale Ranks Fifth In NIC Rating According to statistics recently issued by the committee on Public Relations of the National Inter fraternity Conference, Penn State is tied with Michigan for fifth place in the number of active chapters of NIC member frater nities. Cornell leads with 47. Then 'follow Mint,is with 45, California and Ohio State, 37 each, and Mich igan and Penn State, 36 each. These are national social fraterni ties. The percentage of male under graduates belonging to these fra ternities is as follows: Cornell 49%; Penn State 32%; Michigan 20%.y California 16%, Ohio State 15%, and Illinois 14%. 3t.compl9-22 When the Summer semester 'ended and the school teachers, who used to come to dinner late, left, dormitory eaters figured that din ing common troubles were over. That's where they were wrong. And it isn't just the Frosh about :Whom we're going to 'complain; Supervisors of the commons and head waiters, who •are experienc ed in 'arranging the seating and eating facilities, follow .a scale- of averages which aids in settling how many people to prepare for. Because 'certain - weeknights and several weekend meals are gener ally sparcely attended, a propor tionate number of tables are ne cessarily closed. • • • Although this has always • been the. coeds' gripe,. trouble has never been so noticeable before. In those days, :coeds...went in two's three's to empty ' seats at nearby tables with just a little pouting and disappointment in sight. Now, the temperarhental beings try "stand-up" strikes or else refuse to eat. • • • Persons coming in late will have to be .resigned' to the fact that, since .tables are closed, "first come —first served." If it means that the sorority or dorm group will have to be - separated 'for a half hour,: womeh should start learning. to take 'it. Womeh...shOuld begin to realize that they have the easiest of the jObs:' 'waiters race . ab6ut serving; cooks and the kitchen staff pre-. pare all-the food; the head waiter -arranges • for the seating of the Fotir .Coeds:Make .Choir The following coeds have been added. to the Chapel Choir: Helen M. Casamo '45, Helen G. M,eColgin '45, Ann A. 'Chaste* '46, and AI • she STATE--: • 7 .. • . "The Palm Beach Story" INTITTEN - 17— "Two Fisted Justice" CATHAUM— "Casablanca" _./late Worrtert vu, First Come, First Served; Stragglers Take Orders miuniumuninnummuniniummuniummunitmummummullummoomonumimtimunnumimmim WOMEN IN SPORTS By LEE LEARNER 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 As if it weren't enough that Tonight's White Hall playnight WRA sponsors athletic tourna- is being sponsored by WRA.bad ments and clubs and White Hall minton club, under the leadership play nights in an effort to get of Nancy Ferris. As usual, all gym coeds all-out for sports, a special- facilities will be available, and re ly'• organized exercise program is freshments will be served. being planned to put over the idea of physical fitness. A fifteen minute 'exercise period, week for White Hall pool • have led by specially trained students, been changed, due to, conflicts with will be held every evening during extra-curricular swimming activi noisy hours in frosh dorms, and ties. New plunge hours, which will directly after 10 p. m. in Grange 'stand for the rest of the semester and Atherton', according to Adele are: J. Levin, '43,.WRA. president who Monday-7:30.9:00 p. in. is now contacting dorm hostesses Tuesday-4:00-5:00 p. m. to make final arrangements for Wednesday-9:15-9:00 p. m. the project. • ' Thursday-7:30 p. in. swimming cl Coeds' unjustified complaints Friday -4:00-5:00 —4:00-5:00 p. m. (until • against going to White Hall activi ties have always been that the Feb.ls): • 7:30-9:00 p. tn. p. in. programs were too 'unorganized Saturda y-7:30-9:00 4. * * and that it was too much trouble to go over to the gym. - Plunge hour on Friday from 4.t0 5 p. m. will be eliminated after Now that a completely organiz- February 15, because at that hour ed program is being brought di- the pool is .scheduled for the use rectly to their front door s *omen of women taking the Curtis will have a chance to show just Wright course. how sihcere they ane lin their The advanced aquatics class will claims that they'd really like to meet at the pool on Mondays from have a chance to put in a few min- 4 to 5 ID. m. and Tuesdays 7 to 9_ utes of honest exercise every day. p. m. The course may be dropped Since they have gone to the for this semester, however, because trouble to initiate this pft-discuss- •only 12 women have signed ,up for ed plan, WRA should settle for it, and if it is to be given, 15.stu nothing less than 95 per cent at- dents must be enrolled, explained tendence every night, but if coeds Miss Helen' Swenson, swimming respond as they. usually have to instructor, in charge of•the course, athletic programs, 45 per cent an- Anyone interested in enrolling swering to the roll call would be should see Miss Sweri§on at the a good record. pool office. host;. and all coeds have to do is sit and eat. Punctuality, politeness, and pride should prompt persnickity per sons to eat what is prepared, when it's -prepared,-and where it's pre pared. I=l=2l Old Man Rumor is on the wild again. This time, if he's right, there ought to be a lot of disgust registered. They say that. he told someone Monday morning, of the sixty4lve who right. away reported it •to his new 'bluejackets; sixty have' corri-• neighbor who said that he told it pleted a four-mOnth course st An 'to the•other fellow and he said that "napolis, and font.' have repOrted STUDENTS ARE BUYING CAN- . from -: sea duty. .„ .. ~ NED GOODS AND SENDING IT • The ensigns • hail. _from .twenty HOME. • ' five states and from forty-eight ~ . . Let's hope .that, as usual, he's. all colleges A for Mer .- Penn ''Stas: wet: Let's hope that - College stu- loOtbalr player; ,Walter A.• Sating', 'dents realize the diSasterous ef- ''4l; is in' this. group'. The men will:,` fects of a project which .to State .remain here for a sixteen-week College, would have the same ef- . instruetion period, feCt as a crowd of people hoard , ing Delta Gamma •members were dinner guests of Tau Kappa Epsi- DON'T. FORGET:PENN STATE'S lon Thursday night. . VICTORY. RAFFLE! - • The _ . •-• First National Bank Of State. College Member oi - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1943. CM= Plunge hours announced last Wife Ot Former Dem Dies In New York Word came yesterday • to the of fice of Dean of Men 'Arthur:R. Warnock that Mrs. R. L. Sackett, wife of former Dean of Engineer ing Sackett ; died in New • York; where they were living. She had been' ill for several years. • ;• • Dean Sackett • was Dean of .. En gineering from 1915 to 1937 - and is now , Dean Emeritus. 7 •• • • New Ensigns Start Engineering Training The ninth_&ew of ensigns st?rt ed cldsS'es - in Diesel engineering. SUBSCRIBE NOWI-FOR -YOUR DAILY COLLEGIAN. •
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