Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1337 ( jp§ Stltp Batty @ (EoUwjfatt ||§ VOL. 41—N0.-fif' Penn Stale Host I® 18 Colleges it Debate Confab Or. Bruman Speaks Tonight at Banquet At 6 o’clock last night,-approxi mately 100 stuaents registered for Pennsylvania’s Eighth Annual De baters’ Convention in the first floor lounge of Old Main, Robert S. MacNabb, manager, announced last night. Delegates, who represented 18 different schools, will remain on campus until Saturday. . Hoover and Gibson’s “Problems of Lasting Peace” constitutes the .purpose of the convention. Divided into committees, the group will conduct a program much the same as Congress does in putting through a bill. President of the convention is Frank E. Zabcar of ‘this college, MacNabb announced. Other offi cers are vice-president: Jean Mc- Kinney, of the University of Pitts burgh; and secretary, George C. Deffenbaugh, of this College. The convention starts officially at 10 o’clock this morning with three committees going into ses sion to discuss the “Imfhediate Post-War Settlement” and “Post- War World Organization.” Professor John H. Frizzell, head of the department of speech, will act as toastmaster at the banquet to be held at the Hotel State Col lege at 6 o’clock tonight. Guest speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Henry J. Bruman of the division of geography. Reports of-the three committees will be debated tomorrow morning by the entire convention at a ple nary session, which will. be open to the' public. Results of the com mittee discussion on “Immediate Post-War Settlement” will toe re viewed and acted upon toy the whole group. The convention adjourns at 12:30 tomorrow afternoon after the election of convention officers. Or. Schettler to Speak A! College (o-op, Hillel Dr. Clarence Schettler and Ned Linegar will be guests at an in formal dinner at the Nittany Co op tonight at 5:30. Dr..Schettler will ■ speak on “Cooperatives and , the War” at the dinner. Following the dinner, he will speak at the Hillel Foundation on “How Price !\ ; Control and Rationing Affect the 5 Cooperatives" in an informal dis t cussion sponsored toy the College ; -Cooperative Society. Chapel Speaker Cancels Scheduled Visit Sunday . Because of illness in his family, Dr. Howard McClusky, scheduled to speak at. Chapel services Sun day, has canceled his appearance. Speaker will toe Dr. Fred B. Igler, secretary of the Christian Associa tion ■at the University of, Penn- • sylvania. Dr. Igler studied at the ' University Of Chicago, the Uni versity of. Pennsylvania, and the Union Theological Seminary, and , began his work at the University ; < of Pennsylvania in 1917. Blue Key Holds Formal . Blue Key, junior honorary sopi '■' ety, will hold a formal dance at - the, Nittany Dion Inn from 9to 12 tonight, John T. Watkins, presi dent, announced. The dance will ’ toe preceded by a dinner for all • Blue Key actives and their guests. Cissel Releases Plans For First Dry Dock at Nittany Lion Originally scheduled to be held in the. Sandwich Shop, the long awaited Dry Luck will be present ed in the ballroom of the Nittany Lion. Inn on Saturday evening, March 27, according to an an nouncement issued last night by William H. Cissel, chairman. Cissel was appointed recently by All-College cabinet to head a committee to formulate plans re viewing the popular dry night club, held last year in the Sand wich Shop on open weekends. It was originally planned to use the Sandwich Shop for the site of the entertainment, but Cissel was informed early this week that because of the emergency now in effect on campus forcing the Col lege to use the Sandwich Shop as an auxiliary dining commons for freshmen women and Curtiss- Wright Cadettes, it would be un available for Dry Dock purposes. The management of the Nittany Lion Inn has donated the services of its ballroom for, the first Dry Dock. Tables will not be used this year, however most of the pro gram will remain the same as last year. Dancing to • the music of the Statemen Five, campus orchestra, and an hour-long floor-show will comprise the evening’s program. All proceeds of the first Dry Dock will be. given to the Red Cross campaign, now. being con ducted on campus. . .. ' Plans for further programs Of this type are very uncertain at the present time, Cissel added, be cause of lack of information con cerning the social calendar after the Army specialists and Air Ca dets arrive on campus. Tickts will go on sale early next week at the Student Union desk in Old Main. An admission of 7 cents a couple will include checking facilities. Notice Fraternity Men All men who have had to move from their fraternity houses are urged to report to -Student Union today. There they will fill out forms, stating their new addresses and phone numbers. It is to the interest of the stu dents that they may be easily contacted in case of emergency and for general information, ac cording to. Arthur R. Warnock, dean of men. Blackout Gone Army Officials There won’t be another Blackout for the duration ... at least not at Penn State. But this has noth ing to do with ah- raid precau tions. Blackout, former mascot of Phi Epsilon ..Pi fraternity, is the dog owned by Mel Wainer. And Blackout is leaving to serve in the armed forces. Instead of enlisting in the WAACs or WAVES, Blackout has joined the Wags, the canine di vision of the armed forces. is the first dog at Penn State to join the army. She isn’t very old; one year and four months of age, but she has had a broad and varied cultural back ground. She’s seen quite a bit of the county, having traveled from Maine to Texas, and has spent l some time right here in State Col lege. Having been an active spec tator at ROTC drillings, she might 1 make good officer material. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA Hetzel Urges Aid Of Student Body In War Fund Drive As Penn Slate’s All-College Red Cross Drive ended its first week of campaigning last night, Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel made a plea to the student body to put the $5,- 000 goal over the top in the next few days. Hetzel said he was sure Penn State men and women know the important job being done all over the world by the Red Cross, “and will do their part to make it pos sible for these helping hands to be at the right places, with the right things, at the time when our men need them most.’’ Meanwhile, the Beaver House | registered as the first men’s hous ing unit to rach the 100 per cent contribution mark, but was close ly followed by Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Phi Alpha fraternities. Surtiss-Wright Cadettes turned in the top amount for any group, with the exception of WSGA, which collected $3OO for the drive in one night. ' Robert M. Faloon, student direc tor of the campus war fund drive, urged fraternity men who have been evacuated this week to con tact their house president with a Dram Students Present Three One-Ads Tonight Three'one-act plays will be'pre sented by dramatics students in the Little Theatre, Old Main, at 8:30 tonight, in. conjunction with Old Main Open House. Admission is free, but a collection will be taken for the Red Cross Drive. The first play is a comedy direct ed toy Robert R. Liebacher. Actors include William H. Bayer, Anne R. Hazard, Mitzy Mishkin, Janet Ward and Yvette Bermak. The second sketch, of a more serious nature, is directed by Martin J. Skipik. Billie Weinberg, Patricia McClure, Anne Sampson, Hannah Franlcel, Gordon L. Fiske and Cad mus L. Goss will act. The last play, an original farce written by Mildred Greerfberger ’42 for Professor Frank Neus baum’s play writing class, is direct ed toy Grace O. Clayton. Cast in cludes Gloria Whyel as Carol Har vey, Larry Chervenak as Stanley Harvey, Betty Henning will toe seen in the role of Edna, the maid, and Jack Sproat is played toy Jack Calhoun. For Duration; Take Charge Blackout meets all canine army specifications: she is free from worms, at least 18 inches high at the shoulder, and not in the least gun-shy. Dogs for Defense, Inc., is the sole procuring agency for the 20,- 000 dogs which are needed by the United States armed forces for sentry, pack, messenger, and other war duties. The method used in obtaining dogs is very similar to that used in inducting men into the serv ice, excepting that Dogs for De fense, Inc., maintains its own in duction centers and delivers dogs to army training centers at no cost to the government. Blackout came back to College last week to say goodbye to her old friends. She had been home on a vacation enjoying.one last fling I before leaving to enlist in the war I effort. (Continued On Page Four ) Directs Open House Dorothy K. Brunner, together with Robert R. Dickey, is co-chair man of Old Main Open House to night. With Red Cross as the theme, tonight’s entertainment will feature a variety show, danc ing, movies, and other events. Galbraith Calls For More Marines Professor Robert E. Galbraith, FAWS head, last night announced the names of Marine Corps re servists who must report to his office at once to answer a series of questions -regarding transpor tation facilities . available near their home towns. Statements must also be made by the men giving their tentative address for the latter part of June if they do not intend to return for the summer semetser. Students listed by Galbraith in clude Seymour I. Horowitz, How ard W. Irons, William E. Means, Stanley J. Silverman, John A. Grimes, Cyril J. Ivory, Ewing E. Lynn, Earl A. Ryland, Cyril Stein, Carl P. Swope, Graham T. Wil son, Stewart H. Bums, Frank W. Doyle, Otto P. Frey, and Carl F. Gerhard t. Dancing Class Admits Coeds Free of Charge Coeds will be admitted free of charge to the All-College dancing classes and are urged to attend by Harry L. Bland, chairman. The price to males for the re maining eight lessons, held every Friday, 7-8, and Saturday, 3-4, is two dollars. Preliminary instruc tions for those who missed the first two lessons will still be given, al though advanced work has already begun on the rhumba, shag, tur key trot, waltz, fox trot, jitter bugging and all the other types of modem dancing. • Bigger, Seller Froth To Hit Newsstands Soon Froth, Penn State’s foremost humor magazine, will appear on the newsstands of the nation on March 24, according to G. B. M. M. Stein, business manager. This issue, the March Spring is sue, is the largest ever published by the foolish gentlemen. It will contain an extra large section of the best jokes available, along with feature stories on Art Davis, Old Penn State, Jimmie Lunceford, the Thespians and their brother artists, the mighty Penn State Players. PRICE: THREE CENTS OMOH Features 'Stooges/ Movie, Dancing, Plays Admissions, Donalions, Will Go to Red Cross Whatever may be their tastes in entertainment, Penn State stu dents will find their favorites in tonight’s Old Main Open House. Second in the new series of All- College Open Houses, tonight’s event is being held in conjunction with the Red Cross Drive now be ing pushed on campus. Booths to receive students’ contributions will be placed throughout the building. Dorothy K. Brunner and Robert R. Dickey, co-chairmen of the All- College . Open House committee, have announced one of the most complete programs of its type ever held. To start the evening’s proceed ings, Robert M. Faloon, chairman of the Red Cross drive, has ar ranged a variety show to be held in Schwab auditorium at 7 p.m. Featured will be such top campus performers as the Thespian Three Stooges, Bud Mellot, Jane Abram son, and the Varsity Quartet. Sev eral other numbers are being ar ranged. Following the stage show a fea ture-length Hollywood production of a few years ago, “Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round,” starring Jack j Benny, will be shown on a large 1 professional-type screen secured from the Department of Visual Education. Several short subjects depicting the work of the Red Cross on the battlefields of the world and at home will also be shown. The feature will be shown again at 10 p.m. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged for both the stage show and movies. Social dancing will be in style at the Armory from 8 p.m. until midnight with recorded music. Hostesses will be on hand to greet stags. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged. Coeds will be admitted free. Three one-act plays will toe giv en by the Dramatics department in the Little Theatre beginning at 8:30 p.m. No admission will be charged but a collection will be taken for the Red Cross drive. In the first floor lounge of Old Main, devotees of square dancing will dance to the music of record ings. A. P. Clark, famous barn (Continued On Page Four) 'iiiiiiiiimniiiiiiimniiniiiimmmmimmiimminuimt LATE NEWS FLASHES! iiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiiH CAYENNE.—French Guiana has broken away from the Vichy gov ernment and is now under the control of the Free French forces under the leadership of General DeGaulle. WASHINGTON. D. C.— Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, will be in New York tomorrow ta confer with Mayor LaGuardia and Wendell Willkie. WASHINGTON. Americans are making attacks on Bremen submarine work shops. Nothing has been released on the results o£ the attack. WASHINGTON. The Allied High Command has voted to re lease more information on subma rine warfare. Complete details aa to the number of ships will not be released, but battles and other in formation not informative to the enemy will be released for pub lication.
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