WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943. Snags Another One ' Bobby Davis, varsity end on last season’s football edition, is noted lor his pass snagging, but tomor row he will be snagging the most .important pass that he has ever .taken as he exchanges marriage [vows with Miss Jane Aubrey of Monongahela. Bob claims that the .fact that he is being married on April "Fool’s Day will have no "after-effects on his married life. .Good luck, Bob! LETTERS TO EDITOR To the Editor of Collegian: ■ It has been rumored about cam pus that All-College Cabinet has -considered the suggestion that our Easter vacation be cancelled and the semester ended April 29. Is this purely a rumor or has it been considered by All-College Cabinet and the administration?. I 'think'it would be a good idea because: 1. It would do away with a part of the transportation prob lem at Easter. 2. It seems foolish to come back ■to State for such a short time- after the Easter vaca tion 3 Final examinations could be eliminated—a blessing to stu dents, faculty, and schedul ing officers. Men who want to work on farms could leave earlier. . Students returning for the summer semester could have a longer vacation. 6. Students who want to work during the summer could start May 1 instead of in the middle of the month. 7. Seniors from “the 24” frater nities and boys going into the service are anxious for the present semester to end, (Although some people might disagree with the plan, I know we all agree on elimination of exams.) Actually what is the score? Sincerely, A Student. P.S. —I would appreciate seeing this letter in Collegian—plus* an answer. Axis Gets Plastered Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini are now having their faces'plas tered with stamps. Bill Cissel’s masterpiece, gracing, the lobby in Old Main, will soon be displaying 1 943 Red Cross stamps, each one representing one dollar. The drive will continue until Saturday night, when the 1 total amount collected will be announced at Dry Dock. The proceeds from Dry Dock will go tp the Red Cross fund. Penn State Class Rings L. G. Balfour Co,. ■ 109 S. Allen Street in Charles Fellow Shop uiiiiiiiiuimiiiiiiiiimiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii COLLEGIAN SPORTS iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii War without horrors is not war. And one of the most dreaded of all war horrors is Death. Death plays no favorites, whether it involves i-he rich man, the poor man, the renown person or ihe lowly beggar. And the Grim Reaper played no favorite when he reached out onto the North African battlefront to pluck the life out of one of Penn Slate's greatest athletes—Ll. Donald Megrail '4l. “Scotty,’ as Megrail was known by his fellow students and team mates died “in the line of duty” February 20. A graduate of Penn State’s ROTC unit in 1941, Lieutenant Megrail moved overseas to England last Fall and then to the Tunisian battlefield when the Ameri can drive go! uned way. Megrail was a member of Bill Jeffrey's famous soccer squad for three successive seasons. He covered the center halfback spot for the first two seasons, but during his final year in the booting sport, Jeffrey shifted him to the center forward position where he increased his scoring average. Along with Bill McCune, Scotty and his brother held the Penn Slate scoring record with a total of 46 goals during their soccer careers. Bill Jeffrey, Megrail’s soccer coach, spoke of him as “an ex cellent fellow and a splendid student, caapable of doing the finer things in life.” Scotty was an above average student in ROTC at College, and during his senior year held the rank of Cadet Second Lieutenant. Although a quiet and retiring fellow, Megrail's abilities were evident on the battlefield. Several weeks before his death, Scotty received a citation from his Brigadier General for exceptional performance of duty. In two hours he had found the positions of two company commanders, de livered messages to both and reported back to his own headquarters by telephone. Completion of this mission by Megrail contributed greatly to the success garnered by American troops at Sened. According to his commanding officer he had displayed initiative, good judgment, energy and tenacity of "the highest order" in carry ing out his mission—a compliment worthy of praise. A few weeks after receiving the citation, Lieutenant Mergail was dead. Betas, Delta Chi Win in Bowling; AGR Ties Beta Sigs In interfraternity bowling con- +•• tests last night the boys from Beta Theta Pi took Sigma Phi Epsilon into camp, 8-0; Delta Chi swamp ed Lambda Chi Alpha by the same tally, and Alpha Gamma Rho end ed their match with Beta Sigma Rho with a draw The high triple for the night was turned in by Larry White, Delta Chi, while the Beta’s Bill Christy took high honors in sin gles with a 232 score. White’s ‘total was 573. In the Beta contest with SPE, the campus fraternity boys were never in danger, winning each of the three games by about 100 points to ‘take the contest with a 2441 count to the loser’s 2054. % The Delta Chi-Lambda Chi match was somewhat closer in the game score column but showed the same count in the final figures. The Delta Chi bowlers won by the total score of 2490 to 2223 .for the de feated Lambda Chis. _ Although down 2-1 in the game scores, the Alpha Gamma Rho boys collected the two points needed to tie their Beta Sigma Rho oppo nents in the totals column. The summaries follow: Beta Sigma Rho—4 79 108 131— 318 177 127 126 430 103 127 126 356 Lyons . M. Wein Epstein Klemow ...... 186 121 142 449 V. Wein . 123' 137 149 409 Totals 668 621 674—i963 Alpha Gamma Rho—4 Hasley 119 140 134 393 Pennington ... 118 141 113— ; 372 138 135 Kinney 145 164 i 111— 420 Torrey 138 164 179 481 Pringle Coleman Della Chi—B Wetherill 148 158 157 463 Christman ... 144 174 131— 449 Bretherick ... 167 182 166 615 Li White 201 166 206 573 K. White .... 137 159 194 490 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN By STEPHEN SINICHAK Totals 797 839 854—2490 Lambda Chi. Alpha—o Waples 171 174 158— 503 Dierolf 150 157 451 Maier 122 118 .. 240 Laurin 106 .. . 135 241 Eabian 200 152 142 494 Williams 122 172 294 Totals 749 723 751—2223 Baierl Chi vers Wintersteen .. 127 122 164 413 Bucher 102 79 121— 302 Reeder 158 180 150— 488 Totals 675,681 698—2054 Beta Theta Pi—B Kerchner Larson Sutherland ... 164 178 171— 513 Stiner 187 132 139 458 Giles 133 152 157 442 Christy 232 193 425 Totals 758 831 852—2441 273 122 122 Sigma Phi Epsilon—o 139 169 130— 438 149 131 133 413 154 137 192 483 120 120 Draft T akesßaseball Regulars, But New Team Looks Promising Joe Remembers When! mm 115% ' JOE BEDENK. the Nittany mentor of baseball, really knows that there is a war on when he looks over last year’s lineup, and remembers that all but one man would have returned for the 1943 season if the draft had not inter fered. Air Corps- (Continiced from Pace One) types of the best food it can get. All the chefs do is prepare it ac cording to Air Corps tastes. A' typical day’s menu: Breakfast—Grapefruit, dry ce real, fresh milk, creamed chipped beef, toast, butter and coffee. Dinner Soup, veal cutlets, French-fried potatoes, peas, vege table salad, bread, 'butter and raisin turnovers. ’ Supper—Veal pot pie, broccoli, biscuits, butter, pineapple upside down cake, and coffee. “All right men. Go in and se lect your rooms and remain there. Dinner will be served shortly. Take good care of everything you use because this is probably the finest barracks you will ever see!” These were the instructions given to the pre-flighters as they pre pared to enter the houses. As they marched in columns of two into barracks, one of the men was heard to remark, “Heaven must be like this!” Another sang out, “Home sweet home!” After all rooms were filled-, the men were ordered into the dining room where they found waiting for them on the tables a supper of tuna fish salad, peas, beets, bread, butter, cookies and coffee. PAGE THREE Whifey Thomas Is Only Starling Player Back Coach Joe Bedenk is sure of one thing—there is a war in progress. Since his Lion baseballers hung up their spikes last fall, all but Captain Whitey Thomas have either been drafted or enlisted for voluntary duty with the Air Corps. These men were all varsity play ers last season, and would have undoubtedly formed the nucleus of this year’s nine. Taking a look at the 1942 lineup, the name of Jack Weber is seen at first base—he is an air cadet in Vermont. Warren Pyer, star hurler on the Bedenk squad, was induct ed along with George McWilliams, first team receiver on the battery duo. Holding down the hot comer post at third base was Don San dercook, a sure bet for the 1943 edition of the diamond team. Second baseman Sidler, a regu lar last season, would have again seen action this year, but the draft interfered. In left field was Ed Tuleya, the man who doubled as a pitcher in many games. He regis tered in the accelerated course and graduated in December instead of the normal May date. Bob Peru gini, varsity right fielder, gradu ated from College in the same speeded style as did teammate Tyley. From this aggregation of draf tees, Bill Thomas stepped to the captaincy of the new Bedenk'base ball machine. Last year’s substi tutes and letter winners have been working at a rapid tempo up at Beaver Field lor the past few weeks, so prospects may take a brighter glow after they meet their first opponent at Annapolis on April 12. Chuck MacFarland, playing his first season of ball for Penn State, looms as choice for first base, but is being pushed by sophomore nu meral winner, Fred Shaw. At the keystone sack is Eddie Sebastian elli,- letter man from the Lion Spring team last year. Third base aspects are good, with Gene Sutherland the major contender for the starting nod. In the outfield, freshman Jake Flow ers looks like the most promising man for the left field job, while Dale Bower and Jack Burford line up for the right and center held, fly-catching chores. Heavy competition is apparent in the race for first string catch ing duties. Oggie Martella, var siteer in the Spring season last year, may again gain the starting sign, but must outplay Hen Lasch, George Donovan, Joe Paparella, Ed Holler, and Stan Leathers, other varsity possibilities. Moundsmen appear to have the strongest department, with veter ans Johnny Stover, Mike Wardrop, Kenny Yount, Joe Gales, Sparky Brown, and Matt McKinney re turning until at least the end of the summer. Wardrop is one of the hardest sluggers on. the Bedenk nine, and may be placed in the outfield on several occasions. Gamma Phi Beta Elects Gamma Phi Beta will hold a formal dinner-dance at the Nit itany Lion Inn from 7 to 12 p.m. Friday. George Earnshaw and the Nittany Lions will play. SUBSCRIBE ROW!—FOR YOUR. 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