Successor To The Free Lance, Established lSB‘f ' ______
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OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
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Graduation Plans
Begin as Faloon
Sets Committees
23 Students Win Places
On ’Commencement
Wheels began to turn for moved
up graduation plans in the class
of ’44 last night, when Robert E.
Faloon, class president, named 23
students to commencement com
mittees, and appointed three chair
men as heads of the groups.
Wallace Murfit, president of
Skull and Bones and of Delta Up
silon fraternity, heads ; the. Caps
and. Qo'.yns committee, which be
gins plans on the. near, future for
the May 12- commencement.-
Editor.in-Chief of LaVie,-Harry
C. Coleman, was chosen chairman
of the Invitations, Programs, and
Announcements, while Harold
Bucher, president of Sigma Phi
Epsilon, will supervise the sale of
Lion Cpats through his-committee
of nine members.
. Murfit’s Cap and Gown group
consists of J. Robert Hicks, Trib
unal president; James ,Loughran,
Harold Pickel, Donald Kulp, Vir
ginia Carter, and Harry Coleman.
Faloon has named seven men on
Coleman’s, committee, including
Paul I. Woodland, Robert Davis,
varsity footballer; Wallace Murfit;
Gloria Durst; Harry Kern, senior
class vice-president; Richard Smy
ser, arid J. Robert Hicks.
,lLjoh;,.Gp.at
. named by the senior president are
Jane H. Murphy, Walter Gerson,
• Jere Heisler, William Fulton,
Richard E. Marsh, James Lough
rari, ,A 1 Letzler, Ted Maier,; 165-
pound boxer, and Shirley Tetley,,
former junior class secretary.
Authorities List Vantage
Done by Fraternities
In Weekend Brawl
, State College town authorities
last night announced that Satur
day night’s rampage destroyed or
•damaged 40 parking meters, 9
•street signs, and 21 street lights,
all’' made of materials with high
priorities.
, Police Chief Juba stated that
the- borough can no longer buy
metal street signs' and the West
Penn Power Company pointed out
that they could not replace stu
dent breakage under pri
orities.
Burgess Yougel announced yes
terday, that he was turning the
names-of all known violators over
to the College and. military au
tliorities. As most of the male Col
■ lege • students care in Reserve Corps
or’on deferments from their draft
boards, the most likely ...punish
ment for the violators will be the
cancelling of their deferred status
and .immediate induction into the
Army.
Damage in addition to that of
public property included the fol
lowing to private homes: tourist
sign tom down, furniture, rain
spouting, . door screen, window
glass, window screens, arbors, and
door screens.
In addition considerable damage
was done to several of the frater
nity houses that are to be evacu
ated. • .
Word was issued last night
from College officials that Hie
four fraternities- rumored in
yesterday's Collegian to have
received word to evacuate
have been added to the orig
inal list of 19. New houses
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WEDNESDAY, MORNING MARCH 17, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
President
Abraham Lincoln Hite, well known impersonator of the Civil
War president, is shown above, selling President Ralph D. Hetzel
War Savings Bond. Mr, Hite, who is employed by Grounds and
Buildings for the College, is living up to his patriotic name by
traveling through the County school district, selling stamps to
school children.
ROIC Honorary
Initiates 17 Men
Pershing Rifles, basic ROTC
honorary, initiated 27 men last
night. Initiates are Howard O,
BeayenJr., Richard,E. Black, Her
bert E. Blaicher, Robert C. Boe
decker, Bruce F. Chandler, Rich
ard A. Collins, Robert C. Coutts,
Floyd S. Eberts Jr., Morton J.
G'ollub.
James A. Gustafson, Donald G.
Hamme, Eugene B. Herman, Ar
thur E. Lenox Jr., John R. Lesko,
Gordon L. Morgret, Alex J. Nagy
Jr., Paul L.‘ Robert L.
Pomerene, Theodore M-. Pozelsky,
Donald Sands, Robert R. Saxe,
Matthias J. Schleifer, Harry G.
Starrett, Urban V. Turner, Eugene
S. Wheeler, George R> Wisser, and
Dale E. Wommert.
Rudolph Bloom, captain, has
been preparing the men for in
duction into the Army by present
ing lectures and films on gas at
tacks, and teaching map reading,
scouting, and use of a compass.
Before the semester ends, there
will probably be a short hike to
acquaint them with terrain fea
tures, according to Captain Bloom.
At a banquet to be held May 3,
medals will be awarded to three
members for- various accomplish
ments.
Candidates for Players;
Special Ads Tryouts
Candidates for. specialty acts to
Ibe • utilized between acts of the
Players’ melodrama are urged to
apply at the dramatics office,
| Schwab Auditorium this week,
| according to Lawrence E. Tucker,
instructor in dramatics and direc
! tor of the play.
I Specialty song numbers and
I persons to collaborate with the
can-can chorus and the comic
male quartet are needed, Tucker
explained.
■ “Father, ■ Dear Father Come
Home,’’ “Fallen By The-Wayside,”
“The Man Who Broke The Bank
At Monte Carlo,” “Heaven Will
Protect The Working G ! rl” ahd
other songs will highlight the
show which is parallel to “Streets
of New York,” given by Players
in 1940.
ells Bond To President
3 One-Ad Plays Given
Tonight, Friday By 5
Dramatics (lasses
Three one-act plays, one of them
an original farce by a Penn State
coed, will be presented in the Lit
tle Theatre,'•'Old Main, at 7:30 to-',
night. Admission is free, but tick
ets should be obtained at the dra
matics office, Schwab Auditorium,
any time today.
Under the direction of Frank
Neusbaum and Lawrence Tucker,
professors of dramatics, and
through the combined efforts of
the classes ,in . acting, . directing,
staging, lighting, make-up, and
stage management, the plays will
also be given Friday night as part
of' the Red Cross Drive in con
junction with Old Main Open
House.
“Thin as a Fiddle and Ready,”
the original play, was written by
Mildred Greenberger ’42 for Pro
fessor Neusbaum’s playwriting
class, and will have its world -pre
miere tonight. The play is under
the direction of Grace O. Clayton,
graduate. Fifty -Curtiss-Wright' co
eds will be guests at -the plays to
night.
Portfolio Features
"Art In Penn State"
Third issue of Portfolio to come
out this semester will be on the
stands this afternoon, according to
Rosalind B. Schnitzer, editor.
Special feature this month is an
article by Harold E. Dickson, as
sociate professor of fine arts, on
“Art in Penn State."
Information concerning a $5O
prize contest sponsored by the
magazine, “New Directions,” will
also be found in this issue.
IFG Considers Housing
An important meeting of In
terfratemity Council will be
held at Beta Theta Pi at 7:30
tomorrow night, according to
IFC President Henry Keller.
Members of the council will
attempt to find a solution to the
pressing housing, situation
which arose when the Army
and Air Force took over a great
number of fraternity houses for
uife as barracks.
Harvest Ball Decorations
Announced; Balloting For
Queen Begins Tomorrow
Rec Hall will be transformed
into a hayloft when Harvest Bail
ers sponsor their annual informal
dance Saturday night. Corn shalks
and bales of hay will contrast!
with the plaid shirts of the dan
cers, according to Harry J. Hof.
meister, chairman.
Voting to choose the Harvest
Ball Queen from the three coeds
nominated in balloting in the dor
mitories will begin tomorrow when
ballot boxes will be placed in the
Comer Room and Student Union.
The winner will receive a cup
during intermission at the dance.
The three women nominated are
Jane Vernon, Elizabeth J. Bratton,
and Margaret L. Good.
Jane Vernon, president of the
Curtiss-Wright Cadettes, was edu
cated at Knox College,'Galesburg,
111., not far from her hometown of
Rock Island. At Knox she was
president of her Pi Beta Phi social
sorority and also of Mortar Board,
women’s" honorary.
Miss Vernon taught swimming
at Knox and had time left over
to participate in women’s student
government, journalism, and to
make Delta Sigma Rho, national
debate honorary. She is five feet
I six inches tall and has blonde hair.
Betty Bratton, of Clearfield, is a
sophomore in Education at the
College and is treasurer of Alpha
Omicron Pi sorority. She is five
feet seven inches tall and is a bru
nette.
P6ggy Good, sophomore journal
ism'.student, is-a'member of the
Collegian Junior Board and of the
Liberal Arts Student Council. She
belongs to Alpha Chi Omega, wo
men’s fraternity, and is active on
the Executive Board of WRA. She
is five feet four inches tall with
light brown hair.
The Campus Owls will play’ at
the dance.
Senior Honoraries
Tapidive Men
Skull and Bones' senior activi.
ties honorary, collaborated with
Parmi Nous in spring tapping
when the organizations extended
invitations to seven new members
Monday evening, according to
Wallace Murfltt, Skull and Bones
president.
Newly-elected hatmen include
A 1 Bollinger, wrestling manager;
Bob Galley, spccer manager;- Bob
Morgan, heavyweight wrestler;
Glenn Hawthorne, boxing; Ben
Bailey, Collegian sports editor;
Oggie Martella, football and box
ing; and Frank ' McKain, head
cheerleader.
Formal tapping took place in
Old Main at noon yesterday.
Panel Group Highlights
Consumers Conference
Consumers'Problems Conference
has been under way since Monday
with Dr. Clarence Schettler, Col
lege and University Specialist of
OP A, and Dr. Benjamin Andrews,
Columbia University, as speakers.
This evening’s panel discussion
in 121 Sparks is the highlight of
the conference, featuring all the
speakers of the conference, Dr.
Schettler, Dr. Andrews, ' Lomea
Barber, regional nutritionist; Du.
ane Ramsey, field representative,
FHA; and Mrs. Conway Zirkle,
chairman of the Advisory Com
mittee on Consumers Interests.
“Rationed Living—How Will It
Atfect You?” will be discussed.
PRICE: THREE CENT!
Army Begins Plan
For College Men
Not Yet Enlisted
Qualifiers Will Return
To School For Study
Men who pass the Navy exami
nation April 2 will be able to ask
for service under the new Army
training program, or the Navy V
-12 plan for continued college work,
Robert E. Galbraith, FAWS heqd,
said hast night. ;
If students ask for Army train
ing, they will first 'be required to
take the basic 13 weeks training
at one of the Army camps, and
then be transferred back to a col
lege of their preference, providing
the choice meets with official ap
proval.
Students who qualify for this
new program will be able to plan
their own curricula, but, like the
Navy plan, several courses will .be
required, and all must be recom
mended by the Army.
Identification cards must be pre
sented by each student who de
sires to take the examination, but
only those men not enlisted in any
branch of the service will be elig_
ible. Galbraith will announce the
date for students to receive the
cards in the next few days.
Simultaneous with this an
nouncement came a bulletin from
Washington clarifying student de
ferment chances for the next few
semesters.- Under present plans,
men studying in the following
fields, who will graduate before
July 1, 1945, may apply for defer
ment:
Aeronautical engineering, auto
motive engineering, bacteriology,
chemical engineering, chemistry,
civil engineering, electrical engi
neering, geophysics, .marine engi
neering, mathematics, mechanical
engineering, meteorology, mining
and metallurgical engineering.
Mineral technology, naval archi.
tects, petroleum engineering,
physics, astronomy, radio engi
neering, safety engineering, sani
tary engineering, and transporta
tion engineering.
Deferments will be given to men
enrolled in college as agriculture,
forestry, pharmacy, or optometry
students, providing they have com
pleted at least one-half of their
undergraduate work.
Bolton Informs
Freshman Council
Chief Petty Officer William Bol
ton, instructor of • naval physical
education, will speak before the
PSCA Freshman Council in the
Hugh Beaver room, Old Main, 7
o’clock tonight on the subject of
“The Navy at Penn State,” Mal
colm Fox, publicity chairman, an
nounced.
Bolton, former director of phys_
ical education in the Naval train
ing program at Dartmouth, will
tell of the widely varied training
his men receive in swimming, box
ing, and other sports.
Bolton entered the service in
April 1942 after training at Nor
folk, Virginia, for nine weeks. He
came to Penn State last semester
arid acts as instructor to the men
who train primarily on their own
initiative.
Following this council meeting,
the PSCA's two freshman organi
zations, the council and the co-ed.
forum, will unite for the rest of
the semester and hold joint meet,
ings each week. -_J