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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
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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
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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
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LATE NEWS
FLASHES!
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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
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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
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