ee iance, bsiai ■ed 1887 P§ laily @ (EnUpgtatt Ig OP 'THE PENNSYLVAN' Hue Band to Make Appearance at Second Rattle ; Prizes To Be Awarded . During Intermission . ■ Feature attraction of the. second Victory Raffle, sponsored .-by five campus, hat societies and' sched uled-for the Pitt-Penn State bas ketball. game, .will- be’, the appeal ance .of the Nittany Blue Band. The .Band, under .the direction of Hummel Fishburn, will play to the singing of the Natipnal Anthem, by the fans. Music will-also, be pro vided before, and during intermis sion of the events scheduled for Saturday night at Rec Hall. 'The game basketball and two $5 credit slips, contributed toy Paul Mitten and the Charles Shop, will be included with the prizes for the evening’s raffle. •Members of Skull and Bones, Druids, Friars, Parmi Nous, - and Blue Key hat societies will aid .in . .the selling of War Stamps for the /affair. Stamps will be sold at the Corner Room from 8 to .11 o’clock . tomorrow night and from 2 to. 4:30 p.m. Saturday. .Before game time, purchase of .War Stamps may he nxa.de at en .trapeesof the main floor and bal cony of Rpc Ijtjill. Albert Swan, president of hat, society council, will draw the lucky numbers for the awards. / Raffle tickets will be given with the purchase of. stamps from hat sopietyjn,phib^rs_at : .t : he_ designated -places. .A. .purchase of.’a" 25-cent stamp entities the buyer to one chance for-the awards, while three raffle tickets will be given to buy- of a s(Pcent War Stamp; V ‘Victory Raffle, • originally sup ported by'A.ll-rCollege Cabinet, is under the direction 1 of -Chairman /.William M. ' Briber ’44 and nine committee members. /' Success of the initial raffle in ;; sured the promotion of three more ' suirh. affairs. ..The .third and- fourth 'raffles' will be conducted- during ' the two remaining home basket ball games of the current season. /The $3OO for the.purchase of the stamps was. lent by WRA. Mem- bers' of?-Mortar Board; and Cwens conducted the first' Victory Raffle. Material Wanted For Next Portfolio K; Next 'issue': of; Portfolio, campus literary magazine, will be on the stands March 10, it was decided •>at a f .staff business' meeting, last : nigjh't.-.- ... ;; .V Special feature in the new. num ber; will he .art. professor Harold . -iE. Dickson’s. "Art. Penn. State;”- one,: of .'the-few .articles by a fae i'. uityj merniber' to be printed 'in the magazine.'. \; > ; .- :: A; request; was; made by Rosa-. 'y ;iind;B'. SchfiitzerJ Portfolio editor, . for stories,- poems and articles- by . - Students: Manuscripts may be left , ;at Student-Union or turned in at 'the' Portfolio office,' 5 Carnegie "Hall; “We want' onore articles from the - general; student body,” Miss SchnitZer explained, “for we want to ;, make Portfolio, a representa tive, student publication.” Cosmopolitan Club Meets '.- The • Cosmopolitan Club will • meet‘at the horde of Professor and Ralph:'P^N-ielsen,-172 Harts- Awick; avenue, at;B o’clock tonight. ' All foreign-born,students' are urg e'd to" attend; meetings of the, club, '■ according to Gunnel O. Bjalme, acting president. Number Two William M. Briner, chairman of the Victory Raffle committee, an nounced the contribution of two $5 slips as prizes for the second raffle scheduled to take place during intermission of the Pitt-Penn State basketball' game Saturday. Coeds Play Big Part In Success of First Daylight Air Raid Test “Success of yesterday’s air raid drill was completely due to the .efficiency of local and student as sistants,” stated Walter W. Train er, assistant professor of landscape construction- and chief .air raid warden for this area. ' , . “Coeds who serve as wardens in the dormitories 'should' tih’pfartlcu larly cbmmended for the interest and cooperation they have shown. The*, test could not have been car ried on successfully without their help,” Mr.-Trainer continued. The wardens to whom Mr. Trainer referred are stationed at Posts 1,2,. and 3, and have com pleted -a basic course in -blackout and air raid instruction. They in clude: Post I—McAllister Hall: Allene Babbitt, Yvette J. Bermak, Laura J.'Davis, Mary T. Davis, M. Louise Elder, Nancy - N. Ferris, Shirley Fierman, Joan W. Finn, Jean- R. Gilbert, Martha J. Jacobs, Virginia A. Ladd, Esther B. Leff ler, Andrea G. Lewis, Margery A. Lyon, Miriam I. Meyer, Alice Mil ler, Feme G.-Mountz,. Margaret Saby,' Sara 'J. Schmidt, Jean S. Smith, Leila E.' Thompson. Post 2—White Hall, Atherton Hall,; and: Grange Dormitory: A. Jane Bollinger, ‘ Anna J. Brown, Mary V. Brown, Janet F. Dixon, Bernice C. Griffith, Fay C. Hazel- Wobd, Betty L. Hornick, Ella W Keichline, Ruth ,E. Kocher, M. Vir ginia Crause, Elizabeth L. McGee Elizabeth .J. McKinley, Elaine L Parke, Helen L. Shaffer, and ,M. Patricia Strittmatter. Post -13—Jorden Hall, Watts Hall, and Irvin 'Hall: Evelyn M Benjamin, Marcella B. Chervinak, Mary G. Davis, Janis L. Feistel, Esther Greenes, A. Elizabeth Hen ning, M. Anne Hoffman, Eleanor L.-Letchak, Jo-Ellen Loop, Mary L,- Morrett, H. Elizabeth Ness, E. Vesta Roser, and Jeannie Weaver. Ritenour Warns Students Dr.. Joseph P. Ritenour, head of the College Health Service, an nounced yesterday that cases of measles and mumps are prevalent in the eastern part of the state. He advised students who were plan ning to-visit communities in this area over vacation to be especially careful,- pointing out that a few days absence from classes means a few weeks of extra work. There is one -case of measles and several cases of mumps • reported in the College; Successor To The Fr»e Est< 'Radio Daily' Votes Les Brown's Soph Hop Band One of Nation's Top Ten Les Brown and his orchestra, scheduled to play for Soph Hop, February 26, have many interest ing sides. In addition to being voted one of the top ten bands in a recent poll by “Radio Daily’s” recent countrywide poll of radio editors, the orchestra was featured in the Him “Seven Days’ Leave,” star ring Victor 'Mature and Lucille Ball. A hit in. theaters throughout the country, the Brown band numhera among its appearances stays at New York’s Paramount Theater, Strand Theater, Astor Bar. and Arcadia Ballroom; Chicago fam ous Blackhawk Cafe; Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theater; the Log Cab in at Ai-monk, N. Y.; Frank Dai ley’s New Jersey Meadowbrook; and Los Angeles’s star-studded ballroom, the Palladium. The orchestra records for OKEH discs. The first day that their wax ing of “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio” was released, more than 50,000 platters were sold. - • Other popular recordings by the outfit include “Alexander the Swoose,” “The Procession of the Sardar,” “’Tis Autumn,” “All That Meat and No Potatoes,” and “When the Lights Go On Again.” Les Brown made a hit on the University of lowa campus recent ly when he brought the band out there for .the lowans’ Military Ball. Twenty-four hours before the first of the 1200 tickets for the dance was sold,. 300. students had lined up before the box office ■equipped--with -cots, 'blankets, pil lows,' phonographs, 'coffee,' and ■ sandwiches to make it easier wait ing until dange'time. The line grew and bonfires were built before the doors, were open ed for the ball and the capacity 1200 ticket-holders made their way into the crowded hall. Less than 30 days later, Les Brown and his organization came back to the ■ same school and smashed the record he and the band had set only a few weeks earlier. SDT to Become Active Chapter ; Senate Committee on Student Welfare recently granted permis sion to the Phi pledge chapter qf Sigma Delta Tau to become in stalled as an active chapter Febru ary 19-21. Sigma 'Delta Tau, founded at Cornell University in 1917, has 17 active chapters and 18 alumnae clubs. The Phi chapter will be the eighteenth active chapter. The tea rose is the official flo.wer. The badge is a jeweled torch with five pearls on the cross bar and one on the handle. Above the pearls are the three Greek let ters and a diamond set in the flame. Betty Friedman is president of the Phi chapter; Betty Aaron, vice president; Rae Weinstein, treasur er; and Lucille Rosenblum, secre tary. Charter members are Elea nor Bermak, -Yvette Bermak, Peggy A; Glazier, Muriel Meisel rrian, Sylvia Milberg, and Ruth Posner. Mrs. Harold Zelko,.advi sor of the group, is an honorary member. Interfaith Group at Hillel The second of a series of inter faith discussions will be. held at Hillel Foundation at 7 o’clock to night. Topic for discussion will be “The Catholic Tradition and the Post-War World.” IA STATE COLLEGE IFC To Push Red Cross Drive; Keller Names Salvage Group Vacation On—Hoffman Two new campus rumors were spiked last night by Reg istrar William S. Hoffman, when he said that under pres ent plans, the Spring vacation will definitely proceed as sched uled, in spite of the fact that some persons believe it has been cancelled. The Registrar also announced that another falseho'od circulat ing in the College is in refer ence to the' closing of the Col lege in' May. ' He added that over 600 freshmen will be en rolled for the summer semester.' Frosh Debaters Meet Lewisfown Finding matches with other col lege teams difficult to schedule, the freshman debate squad trav eled to Lewistown to debatg with the Lewistown High school team in a non-decision debate. The. Lewistown High school team was district champion in the National Forensic League in 19.42 and was recognized as one of the leading high school debate teams in the east. Topic for debate was "Resolv ed: That A Federal World Gov ernment Should Be Established.” Members of the freshman team who ' made the :Lewistown trip were John' Arbia, and'Sam Neely on the' affirmative side and Mor ton Gollub and Zelmar Barson. for. the negative. ! • . The freshman team journeyed to, Scranton.. earlier this month where they, debated with the Uni versity of Scranton varsity team.. Another debate,is scheduled with Lewistown in the near future, with a possibility of a match with the freshman team from the Uni versity of Pittsburgh later this month. Pre-Medical Society Meets Pre-Medical Society will meet in 110 Home Economics from 7 o’clock to 8:30 this evening. Guest speaker will be Dr. Joseph P. Rite nour, head of the College Health Service. The meeting is open to all pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veter inary, bacteriological, and medical technology students. Late News ALH E D HEADQUARTERS, North Africa —The new 25-mile Nazi drive into American lines is still continuing. It was accredited to Rommel until further reports stated that Rommel is in Germany recuperating from wounds, Airier-, iman losses were reported to be extremely heavy. GENERAL MacARTHUR'S Headquarters, South Pacific—A lgte communique issued by the United States Army command an nounced that Jap troops were re treating to the coast of New Guinea. An 80-foot Japanese schooner was reported sunk as the Japanese, were retreating. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Madame Chiang-Kai-Chek, wife of the Chi nese generalissimo, who has been recuperating from.g recent appen dectomy in a Washington hospital, will address the House of Repre sentatives and the Senate at noon today. She will be the guest of the President and Eleanor at the White House for the next two weeks. r - ■'+' Penn State’s Intrafraternity Council met Tuesday evening and agreed to help further the $5OOO contribution requested from the student body for the Red Cross. The group also voted to have In terfraternity Ball next semester, and appointed a scrap drive com mittee. Asked by local Red Cross au thorities to try to reach a quota of $5OOO from undergraduates, graduates, and .faculty members as the College’s contribution-, to, the State College Red Cross Drive which has set a. goal, of $14,600, senior class president Robert M. Paloon addressed the fraternity assemblage and- asked them to help push the drive. A. unanimous vote was received from those present to do all. in their power to help the College reach its quota. • Interfratemity Ball, which was to be held this semester, and ten tatively set to be combined with the Eanhellenic Dance, was scheduled for next semester be cause of the crowded social cal endar as it now stands and be cause of a request from College officials to keep social functions at a minimum because of the war. Date for the dance next semester will be agreed upon, when the Student Union Boafd meets at the start of the sumipef? term. 'ln keeping within a policy set by the Interfraternity Council to do all it can- to help in the war effort,. Prexy Henry •. Keller .’ap pointed a scrap drive committee. Men . chosen to -participate ‘ as, members of: this -group ■-include' Frank Kiicoyn, chairman, Robert Savard,. and John Rush. The War Stamp drive • carried on by the . council will mot be held during-the month of March, ac cording .to . .chairman- Alton. Xe tyler. .. Reason. given for discon tinuing, this. action wa3 to allow the council to :expend all its ef forts in carrying out the -Red Cross drive. " Philip P. Mitchell was elected to the office of secretary-treasurer for the group, and will, assume duties immediately. Froth Meeting There will-be a meeting of all members of . the Froth - editorial staff at the Froth office, Carnegie Hall, 7 o’plock tonight, -according to Leon Cialellaj editor. Flashes... WASHINGTON. D. C OP A Chief Prentiss . Brown. announced last night that the sale of all can ned fish and canned meat has been frozen. MO SC OW-rThe Soviet high command 'midnight communique last night announced'that Russian assault troops” have recaptured more than a dozen towns, five thousand - German prisoners, and more than one month’s supply of booty. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United States Naval Department issued a complete list of Japanese ships sunk since Pearl Harbor. Over 150 Jap war ships were listed as sunk with 33 others partially, if not completely, disabled. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR TERS, South Pacific—The United- States communique issued here last night announced - that: 5 Jap anese ships have been, sunk in, the South Pacific battle area by Brit ish warships in the past few weeks.
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