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Ossel Painting
leads Red Cross
Drive on Campus
faloon Announces Coed
Campaign Solicitors
Hitler, Mussolino, and Hirohito
were shackled In chains in front
of Old Mam, yesterday afternoon,
but at the expense of artist Bill
Cissel, who has painted a six-foot
mural of the three dictators for
the All-College $5OOO Red Cross
War Drive, led by Robert M. Fa
loon. !
Cissel’s painting will be used
as the committee’s barometer of
contributions, and as "each one
dollar donation is turned in at the
Student Union office, a stamp will
be' pasted' over- the face of the
dictators until the dntire drawing
is completely submerged.
. Faloon said last night that sev
eral fraternities have turned in
100 per cent contributions in the
first few days o fthe drive, and
others will have their lists com
plete by' the end of the week.
Since many houses will be evac
uated. tomorrow, there may be
some' difficulty in collecting the
funds, but the campaign- head said
that most of the men have made
arrangements with their fratern
ity president, to make; contribu
tions.
Sorority women,, and dorm? co-
; eds,have been progressing rapidly,
their.
: several""groups will go over their’
quota before Friday. Independent
men .are being contacted by rep
resentatives of the drive, and
many are making contributions
direct to the Student' Union office
tfhere solicitors are stationed.
‘ Campus coeds will appear in
front of Old Main, in the next few
. days dressed 1 a& Red Cross nurses,
... find will receive contributions
from independent men who have
hot as' yet been contacted t?y "Fa
loon or his assistants.
’. Coed contributions may be made
V through the following women rep
resentatives, while other names
. will be announced at a later date,
-. Falcon added.
SE - Atherton' Mary Hammond;
‘SW Atherton,' Elizabeth Scherholz;
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jLmiacelord to Play on
Spoflighf Bands Tonight
■ Penn State'dancers will get a
listening preview of their band
Choice for Junior-Senior Ball to
night -at 9:30 p.m. as Jimmie
Lunceford and his orchestra broad
casts over Blue Network stations.
Lunceford will climax his cur
rent' ’Southern' tour of . Alabama,
Georgia, North and South Caro
lina, ; Delaware, Maryland .and
Washington, D. C., with his second
“Victory,. Parade, of Spotlight
Bands” appearance.
• The famousi organization scored
'one,of ,the outstanding hits of the
fall'season with its first' appear
ance on the “Spotlight Bands”
•series. Tonight’s program will “be
broadcast from an Eastern sea
board service camp or war plant.
ROTC Movie Tonight
k 'All men in the advanced ROTC
Signal Corps, and all students
jvho plan to enter that branch of
the Army upon induction, • are
urged .to attend a film on celes
tial navigation in 206 Engineer,
ing A, at 8 o’clock tonight, accord
ing to a statement released from
the ROTC headquarters.
Rumor Adds Other Fraternities To Army List
All-College Cabinet Urges Sane Student Behavoir
Ramaley to Attend
USAA Conference
All-College Cabinet, at last
night’s meeting, urged students in
the fraternity district to refrain
from destruction of property. A
rough estimate revealed property
damages amounting to several
hundreds of dollars, wnich must
be paid for out of the class treas
ury.
Margaret K. Hamaley was ap
pointed by Cabinet members to
attend the United States Student
Assembly at Washington Friday.
Discussion on “Inflation cr Stabil
ization” and how it will affect the
college student will take place at
the conference.
A report by Kuth Storer and
George Pittinger, representatives
to the Pennsylvania Student Gov
ernment Association Conference
held at Philadelphia recently, was
given to Cabinet. The represent
atives reported the discussion of
post-war topics as well as current
events affecting the student body.
Colleges within the state were
divided into two sections—the
Eastern and the Western—-to fa*
cilitate'. folding of conferences.
Penn State was placed in the
Eastern Section. The next confer
ence will probably be held at
Gettysburg: or Indiana State Col
.k i. •• ' i
"March 27' was approved by the
governing - group as opening date
for- Dry-Dock-. A motion was ap
proved . by the • group to send a
letter to the Board of Trustees
and President Hetzel endorsing
the construction of a Student
Union building following the war.
A letter was also sent to Syracuse
University’s student governing
body requesting suggestions,, for
the solution of the housing ad
justment problem now confront
ing 0 Penn' ’State" students. Syra
cuse male student body had to
cope with the same housing prob
lem that now affects Penn State.
Benefit Show Combines
Top Campus Talent
For Open House Night
Top entertainers on campus join
hands Friday evening in "the Old
Main Open House show for bene
fit of the current Red Cross Yfar
Drive being conducted throughout
.the. College this week.
Highlight of the show. will be
the appearance of Penn State’s
famed <three stooges in One of their
usual comedy- skits.: Jane Abram
son of Thespian fame will do sev
eral song numbers, while Bud Mel
lott is,slated for a specialty dance
routine., ■
>. Another feature on the united
show is the Varsity Quartet, cam- 1
pus male singing group, which will
Randle the vocal chores for the
night. There is also a possibility,
that the Glee Club will appear asj
a group,'but definite word will be
received. from Director Frank
Gullo in the next few days.
Frank Neusbaum’s drama stu
dents are rehearsing for three one
hour skits, scheduled for a per
formance in Little Theatre. Other
sections of the program will ap
pear on the' Schwab Auditorium
stage.
■Dorothy K. Brunner" also an
nounces a bridge tournament for
the evening, open to all students
who register at Student Union be
fore Friday noon.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
They were given notices to evacuate their houses, so many of
Penn State’s fraternities went on a “last fling” rampage and caused
damage mounting into hundreds of dollars of damage to fraternity,
borough and. private property. No use making any attempt to stifflei
news of the drunken brawl which transpired. To’ hush up the affair
would be undemocratic, and rumors would outdo the truth.
Remember one fine day last fall when an All-College convoca
tion was called to inform the students of what would probably happen
to college programs? And remember the statement that a lot of ad
justment would lie ahead? Then-at least a month ago a statement was
released from the President’s Office, and printed prominently in Thg
Daily Collegian that many of Penn State’s fraternities would have to
combine, or evacuate to make room for an influx of Army students.'. ’
Friday morning reality came crashing down with the announce
ment in the Collegian that nearly a score of fraternities would evacu
ate, although nearly all of them had been notified earlier. ‘
And Saturday night a lot more than reality came cra'shing down.
It crashed ir. the form of glass from street lights, glass from parking
meters, broken street signs, a ruined porch, a bonfire in the street
and a generally rowwdy evening.
LA Faculty, Wives
Will Hear far East
Report At Banquet
Liberal Arts faculty members
and their wives will hear Edward
Angly,;. Far , Eastern.
pondent of the • Chicago '?Sl!ht* m
the annual faculty dinner, Febru
ary 22, according to Mrs. Ormelle
H Stecker, assistant professor of
mathematics, and Dr. Stuart A.
Mahuran, assistant professor of
journalism, co-chairmen.
Mr. Angley, a graduate of the
University of Texas, was one of
the few correspondents who wit
nessed the attack on Pearl Harbor
by the Japanese. He was also the
first accredited American corres
pondent to. be flown from Aus
tralia to the United States.
In his position as manager of
the London Bureau of the. Herald
Tribune," chief of the Associated
Press Bureau in Moscow, and
mid-East and Far Eastern corres
pondent, Mir. Angley has been .on
the spot when and where the news
was made. It has been said of him
that “he has not followed' the war
-■-he has anticipated it.”
' Covering the war has taker him
to Russia, "Great Britain, Greece,
Iraq, Syyra, New Guinea, and Af
rica. Mr. Angley was also on the
scene at the battle of Dunkirk.
In addition to. the guest speaker,
dance numbers will be presented
1 by Miss Jesse Cameron’s modern
1 dance group and music will be fur
nished by the department of mu
' sicsic,- according to the co-ehair
' man;
W. T. Chase, '44,
Killed in Crash
Lieut. Walter T. Chase, ’44, died
Saturday in a Tucson, Ariz., hos
pital of injuries received in the
crash of an Army B-24 bomber.
While at Penh State, Chase was
a member of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity and active in campus ac
tivities.- He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Chase of Bala-
Cynwyd and was a bombardier
with the U.. S. Army Air Forces.
Chase was 21.
Recently commissioned a second
lieutenant, he was taking part in
a practice flight when the 8.24
crashed in the desert two miles
south of the Davis-Monthan air
base at which he was stationed.
Hail, Alma Mater
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Committee Lists
Queen Candidates
Plaid shirts, peanut scrambles,
and apple rolls will be the rule
Saturday night when Harvest Ball
fetfHlrlitigTtliymusic > bf-'-tlie' -Camp
us Owls will take' over' Rec Hall
frofn 9-12 p. m.
Three nominees for Harvest
■Queen have been selected by co
ds, in balloting at th dorms. They
are . Jane Vernon, Curtiss-Wright
Cadette, Margaret L. Good, and
Elizabeth J. Bratton.
All-College voting for the
Queen, to be chosen from these
three choices, will begin Thursday
at Student Union and the Corner
Room. The winner will be an
nounced during intermission. at
the dance, according to Harry J.
Hofmeister, dance chairman.
Committee for the dance was
released by Robert I. Brawn '44,
president of the Agriculture Stu
dent Council, general chairman,
Harry J. Hofmeister; advertising
chairman, Arnold R. Chiquoine;
tickets chairman, Wilbur S. Bull;
decorations chairmen, Jack F. Dol
ly and John Hulbert; and check
ing chairman, David C. Warner.
Plans for decorations will be an
nounced later, said Hofmeister.
However, informal dress is to be
the rule.
Swarihout to Appear
In Final Artists' Course
Gladys Swarthout, third and
final concert artist on 'the spring
Artists’ Course program, will give
her performance.in Schwab Audi
torium, 8 p. m., Tuesday, March
23.
Miss SwarthoUt was originally
scheduled to appear next Monday, j
but it was believed that she could |
not make the trip to the College
in time for the concert and a post
ponement until Tuesday was made
to assure her appearance.
The noted mezzo-soprano of ra
dio, stage and screen fame, was a
child prodigy. Her career began
at 13 when she pretended to be 19
and obtained a position in a Kan
sas City choir. Financing of her
career by her wealthy parents was
never much of a problem, and the
gifted singer went on to enjoy
tremendous popularity throughout
[ the country.
; Word Is Not Confirmed
* By College Officials
Although no official word has
come from College officials, it is
rumored that additions have been,
made to the list of fraternities
that have voluntarily offered their
living- quarters to the United
States Army for 127 men, com
posed of 500 Army Air Corps ca
dets, 500 Army Specialized Train
ing Program students, and 267 ad
vanced ROTC cadets present at
the College now.
These fraternities, if the rumor
proves to hold water, will be ad
ded'to'the list of 19 . fraternities
that' ,have already offered their
facilities to the Army for use in
housing and feeding enlisted men.
Fraternities which will house
cadets have been ordered to va
cate by tomorrow evening so that
the houses may be ready for use
immediately upon the arrival of
the troops that will come to Penn
State within the next two or three
weeks. New fraternities added
to'the list will have to leave their
quarters in the very near future,
too.
Men who arrive here for train
ing, will be instructed by College
professors and ; instructors, and
will be subject to, strict military
discipline. Advanced -ROTCt'ca
'detsp-'altiiqt^frthey' will
.in uniform .and housed, fed and
paid by the Army, will be'permit
ted to continue their, present ser
mester’s work. At the completion,
of the semester, these men will
probably be sent to Army camps,
just where is unknown at the
present time.
Evidence of the fact that fra
ternity men were none too happy. .
about leaving their present houses
was expressed this past Satur
day evening when a number of
them took a “last fling” attitude,
absorbed a great deal of liquor,
and all in all committed a near
riot. Expressions of this .sort are
likely to lead to serious trouble
with the Army, any may result in
drastic measures taken on the
Army’s part, although nothing has
been done about the rumpus ..up
to this point.
Penn State is one of the few in
stitutions in which fraternity
houses were approved by the
Army for barracks. This is solely
because houses are well concen
trated and can be zoned.
Selection of the fraternities was
determined by a plan of the Army
officers to make zones. Eleven far.,
thest zones from campus are in
the Ah' Corps zone; the Locust
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Commiltee Announces
Class Honor Candidates
Nominations for Senior Clals 3
honors, which will be given -to
selected students on 'Commence
ment Day, May 11, were made-by
a 'committee of school council
presidents last night.
Selection of a Spoon Man, Bar
rel Man, Cane Man, Pipe Orator
and Class Donor will be made by
members of the Senior Class on
return post cards which will' be
mailed to them within the next
few days.
Seniors nominated for class
honors include Benjamin Leh
man, Jack Grey, Robert Faloon,
William Briner, George Pitten
ger, Charles Lebow, J. Robert
Hicks, Harry Coleman, Don
Kulp, and Robert Davis. , ,