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Individual Seats
For Artists' Course
Still Obtainable
Sale of Tickets
Set For Monday
Individual seats for the per
formance of Carmen Amaya and
her troupe of Gypsy dancers and
musicians will be sold Monday af
ternoon at the A. A. ticket win
dows in Old Main and in the lobby
of. Schwab Auditorium at 7:15 p.
m.Monday evening., .The perform.-'
ance will begin at 8 o’clock. Tickets
will be priced at $2 plus tax.' -
If the Carman . Amaya troupe
lives up to advance expectations,
the performance they will give in
Schwab Auditorium will be one
of the liveliest that has character
ized any Artists’. Course in the his
tory of the College. Miss Amaya
is reputed never to repeat herself.
•“Flamenco music can bewitch
you,’’ she explains. “You cannot
reason it out. It is a Gypsy dance,
or many kinds of Gypsy dance, to
the music of a guitar. When, you
hear that Flamenco music it is as
if all the Gypsies were dancing
since time began. Your body dances
too.”
For one who is only twenty,
Amaya has a long list of achieve
ments to her credit. At five she
danced in her bare. feet on the
roads leading to the bull rihg in
Granada. At eight she danced with
the' celebrated music hall, actress,
Raqiiel Meller in Paris. At fifteen
she was already a star in her oym
right.
Amaya’s first New York appear
ance was at the Beachcomber
where she was a-sensation for 17
consecutive weeks. Last winter
she gave her first concert series
and sold out the, 46th Street the
atre for every performance. Final
ly, she appeared at Carnegie Hall
where the audience hailed her per
formance with major salvos and
critics began to herald her as the
“human Vesuvius.”'
, Appearing with her will be her
...dancing sisters, Antonia and Leo
nor; : guitar-playing .papa , Jose;
brother. Paco arid cousin Sabicas;
.the great niale Flamenco dancer,
..Antonia Triaria; pianist Raymond
iVShchse; and Lola Morites. - ; :
Tribunal Orders Frosh
To Attend Pitt Game,
Meet At Lion Shrine
All freshman men must attend
the Pitt basketball game in Rec
Hall tonight and . then gather, at
tlie Lion Shrine if the Lions.are
victorious, announced J. Robert
Hicks," chairman of the Tribunal
board. . - «
•“The Frosh will be required to
wear their dinks and name cards
throughout the entire game,”
Hicks warned. “Any Frosh found
out of customs or not at the game
will be considered a violator of
customs and will be dealt with
accordingly by Tribunal.”
The custom of having the Frosh
■gather at the Lion Shrine in front
of Rec Hall was originated last
fall after the football victory over
Colgate.
• Frosh . custom violators’ names
still may be. handed in to Student
Union in care of J. Robert Hick's
by upperclassmen. The violators
will then be called to appear be
t'or. a meeting of the Tribunal at
-which time a suitable punishment
will be inflicted:
To Make Appearance
Carmen Amaya, dark - haired
gypsy who has been thrilling
theatre and concert-goers with her
•flamenco -footwork, will he the
second artist to appear on the cur
rent Course series scheduled for
Monday evening.
The fiery gypsy is making her
first major tour of the United
States, during which she will re
pair to Hollywood for her second
visit to the movie lots.
Tucker Announces
Tryouts For 2nd Straw,
love Rides The Rails'
Tryouts for the Players’ second
production of the semester are x
scheduled for the Little Theatre
at 7 p. m. Wednesday,. according
to Laurence E. Tucker, instructor
in dramatics and director of the
show. Interested persons should
sign, up. at Student Union, by Wed
nesday, it was announced.
With-a cast of can-can dancers,
Beaturice Kay-like singers, and a
gay “90’s” atmosphere,- the dra
matics group , will present “Love
Rides The Rails or Will The Mail
Run Tonight?”, typical melodrama.
Further tryouts for the chorus and
singing cast will be set later, Tuc
ker stated!
To illustrate the type of acting
required for such a production,
members of the department will
give a short skit with a bit of
“heaven will help the working
girl” atmosphere, before the Wed
nesday tryouts. -
“Persons planning to try out
should see the skit,” Director
Tucker pointed out.
'Band Of Renown Sets Record
- By ART MILLER
It was less than two years ago
that Les Brown was ready to give
up all ideas of ever becoming a
band leader and owning his own
orchestra. Two record companies
said that they couldn’t give away
his recordings. Things were going
badly.
Two years after that Les Brown
and his orcnestra had completed
successful stays at Los Angeles’
Palladium, the Blackhawk Cafe
in Chicago, the Hotel Astor in
New York City, and the Meadow
brook in Cedar Grove, N. J., there
by accomplishing a feat never be
fore equalled in U. S. band history.
It is the ambition of every popu
lar orchestra in the nation to at
one time play in each of these
four spots. Les Brown’s band had
played at all four within a period
of one year and had been held
over by popular demand beyond
his original contract by every one.
The “Banc’, of Renown” has play
ed for many soldier and sailor
audiences during its ;short life.
Among the camps visited by Les
Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1847
HNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Students Register
For Ration Books
Ration Book No. 1 Must
Be Presented At Armory
Student Hegistration for War
Ration Book No. 2 will take place
Tuesday in the Armory. This is
in accordance with'the request of
the district office of the of Office
of Price Administration, and all
students must register, Mr. Rus
sell E. Clark, bursar, announced
yesterday.
Prior to registration, students
'are asked to secure the official'
OPA form R-1301, consumer dec
laration at Student Union, fill out
tjie declaration, preferably type
written, and procure their War
Ration book No. 1. If their first
ration book is at home, students
are to have their parents forward
it, since their parents cannot reg
ister for them, and they will be
required to present it before they
are allowed to register for War
Ration Book No. 2.
Students will register alphabeti
cally at the following times: A to
Car, 11 a. m. to 12 noon; Cas to
Far, 1 to 2 p. m.; Fas to Hep, 2 to
3 p. m.; Heq to Lav, 10 to 11 a.
m.; Laq to M, 3 to 4 p. m.; N to
Rus, 9 to 10 a. m.; Rut to Te, 4
to 5 p. m.; Th to Z, 8 to 9 a. m.
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News Honorary Initiates
Six Men Tomorrow Night
Sigma .Delta Chi. professional
journalism * fratel i hity, '‘'>'viil -initi
ate six pledge in the apartment of
Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head
of the journalism department and
advisor ,to the honorary, Sunday
evening.
After the initiation a banquet
will be held in the State College
Hotel’s banquet room.
Men to be initiated are William
Adkins, Adolph Belseiy Michael
Blatz, Fred Clever, and William
Denlinger.
Ml Society Meets Thursday
Dr. P. D. Krynine and F. T.
Races will speak at the M. I So
ciety rneeting next Thursday, on
the subject of ■ “Oil Finding
Through the Microscope," and
“Mineral Identification by X-ray
Diffraction Methods,” society of
ficials announced last night.
and the orchetra during fhe past
few. months are Camp Meade,
Maryland; Denver’s Lowry Field;
Camp Suffrage, Detroit; and the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion near Chicago. They have par
ticipated in Defense Bond drives
in Washington, D. C., Hollywood,
Chicago; Paterson, N. L, and New
York 'City.
Maestro Brown, who organized
the Duke “Blue Devils” while at
tending Duke University, has had
six students of the Southern
school as his guests at each of
Duke’s football games since his
graduation from there in 1936. At
the beginning of each season he
sends a check to the manager of
the team requesting that he-select
each week, six students to see the
game who otherwise might not be
able to do so. ; .
The Browri band is also right up
there in the field of sports. The
band holds the mythical cham
pionship for intra-orchestra base
ball among the big-name bands of
the country. They have played
many of the other popular com-
Hat Societies Offer Awards
At Second Victory Raffle
the Blue Band making Its appearance, the first since last Fall,
‘in Rec Hall tonight, the second Victory Raffle will get under way with,
the awarding of four prizes to lucky ticket' holders.
The game basketball, a Soph Hop dance ticket, and two $5 credit
slips will be raffled during intermission of the Pitt-Penn State cage
game.
Musical accompaniment to the singing of the National Anthem
by the fans will be provided by the Blue Band under the direction
of Hummel Fishburn. Nittany melodies and other tunes will be played
bv the .Band throughout the even:
LD Men, Engineers
Directed To Take
Exams For Navy
All Lower Division men,, fresh
men and sophomores enrolled in
the School of Engineering are di
rected, to take special examina
tions on Tuesday, February 23, for
use by the United States Navy,
Mr. Adrian O. Morse, assistant to
the president in charge of resident
instruction, announced last night.
The special examinations will
include tests in English and other
subjects. Scores made on these ex
aminations are to be used as a
basis for comparison with those of
naval recruits to be assigned to
selected colleges for specialized
instruction.
Results made by Penn State
students will also be ‘compared
with those made by first and sec
ond year undergraduates in other
colleges. Mr. Morse pointed out
that it was therefore important
both to this college and to the
United'States-Navy that edch" stu
dent give the tests his best efforts.
Students will report for these
examinations at the following
places: 10 Sparks for those whose
last names range' from A-G; H-O,
121 Sparks; and P-Z, 105 White
Hall. ' -
A limited number of freshmen
and sophomores from other tech
nical schools of the College may be
permitted to take.-these tests on
Tuesday afternoon by registering
their desire to do so with Dr.
Bruce V. Moore, 112 Burrowes, on
Monday. **
Students Claim Checks
Students who have dropped a
course and are entitled to a re
fund or any form'of adjustment
should stop in 11*6 Old Main for
'their checks, according to Russel
E. Clark, bursar.
■ bines and s have never lost a game.
• Once the manager was almost
forced to cancel a road trip be
cause the band boys were so in
voUsd in a baseball tilt they
couldn’t find time to pack their
instruments.
An interesting point about Les
himself is that he can take the
long hours necessary of popular
musicians better than many of
the other players. He built up a
resistance to this type of life while
working for his father, a Reiner
ton, Pa. baker. He used to get up
at 4:30 in the morning, help with
the baking, make the deliveries
around town and, then go to
school.'
Following bread and biscuits era
came the band. The real turning
point in the career of Les and the
boys came last winter when they
were booked at Mike Todd’s Chi
cago Theater for four weeks. The
band did so well that they were
held over for four months.
Then followed in quick succes
sion, the Armonk Log Cabin, the
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ing, beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Originally sponsored by All-Col
lege Cabinet, tonight’s raffle will
be under the supervision of Penn
State’s hat societies. Skull and
Bones, Parmi Nous/ Friars, Druids,
and Blue Key members will aid in
selling'War Stamps.
Sale of stamps will take place
this afternoon at the Comer Room,
from 2 to 4:30 p. m., and this eve
ning at both entrances to Rec Hall
before game time.
Purchasers of a 25 - cent War
Stamp will obtain one chance for
the prizes, while those purchasing
50 cents worth of stamps will get
three raffle tickets for the awards.
Albert Swan, hat society council
president, wi'l draw the ducats for
the awards.
Two hundred and fifty dollars
were borrowed from WRA to
purchase the stamps for the raffle
affairs, which will include two
more for the remaining two home
basketball games.
The first raffle, held during the
Colgate Red Raider game with
the Lions, netted a sale of $232.50
in War Stamps and a War Bond.
The raffle is under the direction
of .William M. Briuer and nine
committee members which were
appointed by Cabinet.to supervise
the event.
Mortar Board and Cwens, wom
en’s honorary organizations, con
ducted the first raffle.
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WASHINGTON The Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
yesterday that the nation’s latest
severe cold spell has seriously
damaged crops in Florida that they
hoped' would ease any new ration
ing restrictions.
WASHINGTON The House
Ways and Means Committee
threw out, yesterday, all old
pay-as you-go income tax bills,
and are now starting to rework
"from scratch" to adopt some
new method to ease the financial
strain on the nation's pocket
books next March.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA —Reports from
Tunisia indicate that Field Mar
shal'Rommel’s 66-mile thrust .into
the 300-mile-long Allied front in
that country has been broken. The
fighting, reports stated, has settled
down to nothing more than minor,
skirmishes.
CHUNGKING Chungking
announced last night that all 1
Japan's drives in China have
been either repulsed or greatly
slowed down.
NEW DELHI Governmental
sources here announced that fast
ing Ghandi’s condition continues
to grow worse and it will be a
miracle if he survives this fast.
Ghandi announced on February 10
that he was going on a fast of fruit
juices and water for 20 days. He
still has 11 days remaining to com
plete this time.
LONDON—London announced
last night that British and Can
adian Air Force planes bombed
a Nazi submarine base in north
ern Holland. Four planes failed
to return, two of which were
from the RCAF. /