PgSS - o*mr 4 w tajUrccroßY I ®lfp la% 0 (Enllwjiatt II OF THE PENNSYLVANIA '- VOL. 40—No v 4a Named Junior-Senior Prom Chairmen ' •J. Robert Hicks ’44, and Carl P. Swope ’45, were named chairmen o£ the Junior-Senior Prom, last night by the Presidents of their re spective classes. Hicks also serves as Tribunal head and clique chair man- of Campus -’44. Names of the committeemeh were also released yesterday. • Presidents Name Hicks, Swope Chairmen of Junior-Senior Prom •'Names of chairmen and commit teemen of Junior-Senior Ball were ■released simultaneously last night by-Robert'M. Paloon, senior class ■president, and Clifford M. St. Clair, junior class president. J.. Robert Hicks, Tribunal head ,:and clique chairman ,of Campus ’44, was appointed chairman in . charge of -the Senior Prom while ‘Carf'PrSwope- was. named by.Sfc • Clair to handle affairs for the jun ior class. ■> ' Committeemen appointed by Fa ;loon include Harold L. Pickel Jr., Gloria Durst,’ James R. Loughiran, Barbara A. Mennies, Jere Y. Heis ler, William J. Campbell, and Stewart LrSussman. Appointed’ by St. Clair to han dle, arrangements- for the junior class were committeemen Richard B', Berk, Christine E. Fox, James H. Hoag Jr., Robert K. Keiser, Del L. Perry, .Russell M. Smiley Jr., and Mary E. Thompson. •’ Appointed as assistants to the .chairmen by St. Clair were E. Ann Fisher and W. Laura. Mulcany. Names of . bands under consid eration.'for the . formal have not been chosen yet.. i As chairmen of the dance Hicks and Swope will each receive 50 dollars of the income from the af fair. , . .Complimentary tickets will be given, each of the committeemen for their services. Aristocrats Present New Musical Style At Lincolns Day Dance ■ - • When Jack' Lord, leader of the ; Aristocrats, takes his band into Rec Hall on February 12 for the -“Lincoln’s . Birthday Ball,” Penn State dancers will get a new mu sical treat. : The outfit now features a new •fiVe-man sax section, the only one •on campus. This new addition pro .vides a great deal more tonal vari -ety than the usual four saxes. ■' On sweet tunes, the saxes blend 'together in the popular Glenn Mil ler and Bob Chester styles. Five 'saxes also permit the band to use 'such fine Les Brown arrangements ..as “Joltin’ Joe” and, “Mexican Hat Dance.” On the swing tunes, the saxes r get' a Lunceford effect, the style ;that most of the “big name” bands .like Tommy Dorsey are using to .day. The section sounds especially (Continued on page four) TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA Thursday Last Day * lo Pick Up Books Thursday will be the last day for'students to pick up money and books left at the Book Exchange ... «\ ■ last month, according to Harry C. IfC Wflf JldlUD UTIVG Coleman ’44, director of the pro- , _ , JI ject , f Starts Today; Quota Coleman has received permis- far r i n sion from the All-College Cabinet 361 TOT I3CiIt!OUS6 to use all money not called for at + , , , .. _ Student Union before next Friday , The Interfraternity Council will to add to the Book Exchange fund. ® tart lts sec ° l ? d Y al ' S tan } p , Dr , l 7f All books still in the Exchange t ° day - according to A 1 Letzler ’44, after Thursday will be sold and chg . irman ' Each fraternity will be. the profit will be put in the fund, f slgned : a definite quota, listed The . following people have f, urth , e f P tbls ai ' h^ e ‘ St ?™ ps wIU money at Student Union and may b e obtainable m 50-cent denomi receive it by presenting their re- nab °” s at , the Student Union desk cbipt for the book that was sold: m Jr. d ,,,f m ‘. ~ . Arthur H. Cooper, William Yohe, . Th ® Rowing are the quotas as- Ruth Clark, Margaret Bowes, Dick Slgned to each fraternity: Gemeiner, Charles P. Miller, Bud- dy Aunkst, B. Oldsey, Jay Farrell, J and W. G. Smith. f pda hl Slgma ?1.00 Alpha Gamma Rho .. 16.00 Alpha Kappa Pi 16.00 Alpha Phi Delta 7.00 Alpha Sigma Phi 14.00 Alpha Tau Omega ... 15.00 (Continued on page four) Cabinet Meets Tonigjit All-College Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in 305 Old'Main, 7 o’clock tonight. Pictured above are Jack Lord and his Aristocrats who along with State Men are stationed. Members of the ‘“Aristocrats” pictured are the Campus Owls will play for the Daily Collegian’s annual dance, back row, left to right, A 1 Feldman, Dick Fuchs, Hughie Ridall, Bob the “Lincoln’s Birthday Ball,” to be held in Recreation Hall on Febru- Norton, Jim Burden, Les Stine and Larry Anesko; front row, Russ ary 12. Entire proceeds of the affair will be spent in sending the Daily Campbell, Tip Lyford, Don Smith, Bunny Rotili, (now in U. S. Army),- Collegian to every army, navy or marine post where former Penn Jim Hertwig and Bill Rankin. Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin LATE NEWS FLASHES! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiHiiiii, LONDON.—Official sources here announced ihat Prime Minister Churchill has just completed con ferences with the President and Prime Minister of Turkey at which plans were laid to "strike at the underbelly of the Axis." Churchill flew’ to Turkey after his meeting with President Roosevelt at Casa-', blanca. • MOSCOW. —The powerful Ger man siege force of 330,000 men which Adolph Hitler boasted ngver would be' ousted from Stalingrad has been almost completely liqui dated and its commander, Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, with 15 generals, has' been captured, the Russians announced last night. LONDON.—Dispatches from the North African front stated that a German armored column, after knifing six miles through French defenses in central Tunisia, ap peared to have been halted yester day. by Allied reinforcements in the fiercest fighting on that front in many weeks. The Gentian assault, aimed at Sidi Bousid, about 75 miles west of the port of Sfax, apparently was launched for the dual purpose of widening the corridor linking Col onel General von Arnim’s forces with Field Marshal Rommel and breaking up Allied preparation for a sustained offensive. Jack Lord and the Aristocrats Who Will Play at Lincoln's Birthday Ball STATE COLLEGE Final Artists' Course Ticket Sale Set for Tomorrow Students and faculty members will have their final opportunity to purchase series tickets for the Artists’ Course tomorrow after noon at the A. A. ticket windows in Old Main. About 200 seats,, mostly in the $4.40 and $5 brack ets, still remain. Individual admissions to . hear Rachmaninoff, world-famous Rus sian pianist, tomorrow, evening will be priced at $3.50 plus tax. Admissions to | the Carmen Amaya number on February 22 will be $2 plus tax, and to the Gladys Swarthout concert on March 22, $3 plus tax. The purchase of a series ticket thus affords a 50 per cent saving over single admissions, which will be sold in the lobby of the Audi torium only on the night of the re spective numbers. Les Brown Features Versatile Vocal Group Les Brown, his saxaphone and his orchestra, will be on campus to play for Soph Hop, scheduled for February 26. With him will come one "of the youngest and most colorful groups ever to ap pear with a “name” band. Despite their age these four boys and'girls have a full back ground in the entertainment field. Theif name is “The Town Criers” and their average is only 19. Gor don, .Lucyann, Elva, and Vernon are-brothers and sisters who hail from a small town in Idaho, Cceur d.Alane. They got their start when they appeared on an amateur radio program in Spokane, Washington, where they were so well received that the manager of the station decided to give them their own sustaining show. From Spokane they moved on to Seattle where they did some more radio work, and then toured the major vaude ville theaters on the West Coast and Canada. They • appeared on the A 1 Pierce coast-to-coast com mercial show for a full season. In addition to their radio work, they have made several short mo tion pictures. They' were given the name of “The Town Criers” while riding in (Continued on Page 2) PRICE: THREE CENT! Hetze! Receives Honorary Degree At Pittsburgh 'Prexy' One of Three Honored at Ceremonies (Special lo The Daily Collegian) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. I. President Ralph D. Hetzel today received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the University of Pittsburgh. He was one of three individuals to be honored by the university'in this manner at ceremonies at which 588 candidates were grant ed degrees in course. The two other recipients of honorary de grees were Benjamin Fairless,. president of the United States Steel Corporation, who received the degree of doctor of science, and Dr. Chester A. Buckner, pro fessor of education and director of education courses at the university, who also received the degree of doctor of laws. In presenting President Hetzel for his degree, Vice Chancellor Fitzgerald noted that Dr. Hetzel had been president of Penn State since 1927, that during the 16 years of his administration at the Col lege the physical plant has been, greatly expanded and that the en rollment has doubled. “His charm, his friendliness, his scholarship, his high success as. a college * president have won the" confidence and loyalty of faculty and of students,” the vice chancel lor said in his citation. “His vision,, courage, arid integrity have won the respect and gratitude of the people of Pennsylvania.” In conferring the degree upon President Hetzel, Chancellor Bow man lauded him as a teacher, scholar, and a man endowed with personal charm and a mind loaded with insight into, human nature. “You have won the high respect and admiration of the common wealth and of the nation for your work at Pennsylvania - State Col lege,” the chancellor observed. “As a good and wise neighbor we greet you and welcome you as an alum nus of the TJniversity of Pitts burgh by conferring upon you the honorary degree of doctor of laws, with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto.” The University of Pittsburgh (Continued on Page Two)
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