Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887
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VOL. 40—No. V
Marine Reserves
Open Enlistments
To 17-Year»olds
■ Must Stay in School,
: Maintain Averages
Seventeen - year - olds are now
eligible for , enlistment in the
.Marine Corps Reserve, for future
training in the Officers’ Candidate
School if they meet certain
'requirements, Frank M. Page,
.USMCR captain, announced last
.night.
. Marine Corps Reservists are re
quired to stay in college and be in
.good standing academically.
Should they fail or withdraw from
college they will be called into the
Corps as a private.
. Candidates must have had one
year of algebra and one term of
geometry in high school and must
be able to pass the physical exam
.ination of the Marine Corps.
■ Because of the difficulties in
.transportation, it is suggested -by
.Captain Page that men try to com
plete. enlistments with one visit.
-The- procurement office is located
In the Keystone Hotel Building,
Pittsburgh.
; Applicants must have a birth
-certificate, passport photograph,
and five letters of recommendation
.(two from members of the faculty.)
, Parental consent papers, which
can be secured from Prof. Robert
,E. Galbraith, FAWS, must be sign
ed before a notary.'
. Complete plans for a new Navy
•College Training Plan will shortly
.be announced, Lt. Daniel E. Dean,
jJSNR, said in a recent letter to
Prof. Galbraith.
> Under this plan, selected men
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Campus Owls To Participate
In 'Battle Of Bands At Dance
v..'-The Campus Owls,’’ under the
. ■baton of George Washko, will be
;one of the two campus orchestras
.[playing at the “Lincoln’s Birth
(day Ball’ at Recreation Hall, Fri
day evening, February 12.
£[•:. The “Owls’.’ have been playing
[around the Penh State Campus
ior'years. In fact, it was back in
'1925 when John Henszey, a local
;contractor, organized a small jazz
-band and named it the “Campus Featured at present is a “band
Owls.” The public liked the new within' a band called the “Owls
type music that-Henszey and Octet” which features Betty Platt,
his boys played and soon their vocalist. The “Octet” renders old
lame spread beyond the Nittariy favorites, that bring back mem-
_ ories, such' as “Where or When,”
: During . summer vacations, the “Sunnv Side,” “All of Me,” and
-"band was booked to play on ocean (Continued on-page four)
George Washko and the Campus Owls Who Will Play at the Collegian Dance, 'Lincoln's Birthday Ball'
PHILADELPHIA— OPA officials
were preparing today to bring an
. indictment against the “black mar-
Piclured above are members of the Campus Owl band which be made at Student Union, the Collegian office, or trom Collegian staff e j.» organizations. At the same
1 will play at the Daily Collegian’s annual dance, “Lincoln’s Birthday members. „.. i , , time, it was announced that drastic
■ Ball,” scheduled to take place in Rec Hall, February 12. Members of the. Campus Owls pictured above are: Seated Betty action woulcl be taken against all
i . Les Stine’s Aristocrats will also play at the affair, which will Platt, Robert Gardner, William L. Keefauver, Joseph G. Canon, Len and C gas-ration card-holders
f feature a “Battle of Bands” between both musical organizations. Singer; Dave Robinson and George Wills. Standing—Jack Canon, ’ ’. . . . Dleaslire • driving in
' Tickets for the dance will be sold to Collegian subscribers at a Frank E. Neish, George P. Washko, Sammy Eyer and G. Dayton P - ehnrtlv
Special price of 55 cents, and to all others for $l.lO. Purchases can Greenly. healings to be held shouiy.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA
14 Members Chosen
For LA Student
Council
Liberal Arts Council, after two
days deliberation, elected. 14 can
didates to fill the Council’s quota,
at a special session last night.
Elected to the council were Mar
tha Ellston, Arthur Miller, Mar
garet Good, Jack Berlin, Betty
Lou Hornick, Ardrita Summers,
Renee Marks, Sue Clouser, Steph
en Sinichak, J.anet Tower, William
Thompson, Ruth Embury, John
Burford and Robert Galley.
“Selection of new members was
made chiefly with,- emphasis on
grades and activities,” Richard B.
McNaul, Council President, said.
They will serve until they grad
uate or become inactive.
Concert Artist To
Make Appearance
Sergei Rachmaninoff, wprld:
famous Russian pianist, conductor,
and composer will be the first con
cert artist to appear on the cur
rent Artists’ Course series which
opens Wednesday, February 3.
for whom more
Artists’ Course subscribers voted
last Spring than for any other top
ranking artist, will arrive Wednes
day afternoon in time to give a
concert at' 8 p. m. that evening..
The pianist is, the latest of the
long lineaf'musical prodigies who
have graced the series in other
years. Sergei , exhibited aptitude
for the piano even before he was
nine, the age at which he-began
his first formal musical education
at the St. Petersburg Conserva
tory.
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liners going 'to Europe and South
■America, where it became one of
the better known college orches
tras in the country.
The nucleus of the present
“Campus Owls” has remained un
changed for several semesters.
The band has always kept up with
the times by adopting the new
musical trends as they came into
style.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Soph
Roye
Coeds Sell War Stamps
As Admission Charge
With music furnished by Sonny
Roye and his Collegians, and a
war stamp admission in keeping
with the “V-Male Special” theme,
WSGX’s annual dance will attract
coeds and their dates to Recreation
Hall from 9 p. m. till midnight to
night.
Ruth M. Storer ’44, WSGA pres
ident, last night invited all coeds
to attend the function given for
them by their student governing
group. She stressed that by pur
chasing the 25-cent war stamp as
an admission charge they can ful
fill the three-fold purpose of serv
ing their national government,
their student government, and en
joying an evening of dancing. -
.General Chairman Marjorie A.
Margarel explained the reason for
this year’s .admission charge.
“In order to increase the sale of
war stamps on campus, we are
asking. each coed to buy one 25-
cent war Stamp at the door. The
sale of-these stamps will be con
ducted by members of Mortar
Board, national senior women’s
honor society.’'
•Committees who planned the af
fair were: publicity, Helen D. Mc-
Kee ’44, chairman; H. Joyce Strope
’44, Martha E. Elston ’45, and June
R. White ’45; invitations, Marjorie
A. Hazlett ’44, chairman; Gertrude
M. Kortright ’43, arid Patricia A.
Middleton ’44 .
Chaperones will be Miss Char
lotte E. Ray, Miss Nina M. Bentley,
Miss Edith J. Melville, Mrs. Neva
M. Morris, Miss Kathryn Pontzer,
Mrs. Anne B. Searle, Miss Marie
Haidt, Mrs. Gail B. Pope, Miss E.
May Parker, Miss Mary Eastep,
Mrs. Vera C. Furst, and Miss Lois
J. Anderson.
Women Like Poker;
Men Are Big Shots
Men like to be big shots and
women like to play poker, accord
ing to a personal audit test con
ducted by Dr. Clifford R. Adams,
assistant professor of psychology,
among 520 college students from
five universities.
Men, he says, aren’t so much
different from girls. They both like
to act in movies, perform on the
radio and play golf and bridge.
Women get just as excited about
political problems and horse races
as men do.
Hop Committee
Ploys For WSGA
Invites Coeds
t V
Ruth M. Storer ’44, WSGA presi
dent, last night urged coeds to at
tend “V-Male Special,” annual
dance sponsored by the women’s
governing body.
Engineering Council
Elects New Officers
At the second meeting ot the Among the tunes heard often as
semester, the Engineering School played by. Les Brown are “Jolting
Council elected the following offi- Joe DiMaggio,” “My Reverie,” and
cers: Daniel M. Kreider ’44, vice- “AH That Meat and No Potatoes.”
president; Edward R. Hyde ’45, On the “Joe .DiMaggio” number
secretary; and Robert R. Dickey the band stands up equipped with
’44, treasurer. President Boris M. baseball bats and hats to give it
Osojnak ’44 appointed Kreider, a realistic effect.
Melvin M. Myers and Charles S.
Barbour ’44 to the publicity com-
mittee.
Barbour urged last night that wide hit tune “’Tis Autumn”; and
students in the Engineering School he put out a version of “March
should take more' advantage of Slav,” to which the composer
their representatives on the Coun- would probably give credit.
cil in order to obtain consideration Also announced by the Soph
for grievances or suggestions con- Hop committee was a change in
cerning engineering, students’ wel- decoration plans. Every fraternity
Present at the meeting were its furniture an American flag
John F. Melzer, Meyers, and Ray- which will be displayed near its
mond Boedecker representing the booth.
mechanical engineering depart- In each program, according to
ment; Robert C. Updegraff and Kappel, will be a defense stamp
Stephen N. Martin • from the civil booklet in which the .stamps
engineering department; Lester A. bought this year instead of cor-
Nelson, Hyde, Jack Williams, and sages may be placed. After the
Paul A. Waterman from the archi- danpe, the booklet may be de
tectural engineering department; tached, completed, and turned in
Barbour, James M. Stavely, and for a Defense Bond.
Robert Boedecker from the indus- >|llllllllllllllUlllllinmillllllllimilllllllllllllilll!lllltllilli
trial engineering department. _ ___ ________
Representatives from Eta Kappa ¥ lITU Mllf C
Nu, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi Mil A U ■■ ■#
were also present.
PRICE; THREE CENTS
Signs Les Brown;
'V-Male Special'
Flags To Accompany
Fraternity Furniture
Les Brown has been chosen to
play for Soph Hop.
This announcement was made
last night by Wallace J. Kappel,
Soph Hop chairman. After a sur
vey of the situation, including
consideration of transportation
difficulties and availability of the
bands nominated by the clique,
the committee sent a signed con
tract to Brown. This was preceded
by a long-distance conversation
with the orchestra leader when his
verbal agreement with the dance
date was obtained.
During the past three months,
Les Brown’s aggregation has
been hopping between New York
and just about all points west. In
New York the orchestra completed
a one-week stand at the Para
mount Theater where attendance
records went up among the high
est seen by New York music fans.
Across the river at the Meadow
brook, Les and the band played
a month engagement.
Then it was out to the West.
Last week this Southern-styled
swing team played a week at the
Kansas City night club, The Tow
ers.
Brown helped Glenn Miller
make “The Anvil Chorus” fa-
mous ; he introduced the nation-
should send up to Rec Hall with
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RIO DE JANIERO—B razil's
President Vargas expressed opti
mistic opinions concerning the
Allies’ chances of victory after
conferring the past two days at
Natal with President Roosevelt
and other high U. S. officials. The
conference had been held with the
intent of discussing Brazil’s part in
the war.
MOSCOW Russian radio re
p:-rts that the German defense
lines in central Russia have liter
ally “been torn to ribbons.” Two
hundred villages have been recap
tured and 26,000 German troops
slain by the Russian offensive.