a€ res Lancs, Established 1337 p§ Sa% @ (EoUpguut !X§ ; OE THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Red Cross Drive Ends in 40 Hours; Still Under Goal Campaign Needs $3OOO To Reach 1943 Quota In approximately 40 hours, the 1943 Red . Cross . War Drive will draw the curtain on what may prove to be the most successful campaign ever operated at Penn State, for less than 45 per cent of the $5OOO goal has been sub scribed. During World War I, ' Russe Clark, now bursar at ■the'College, led the Red Cross drive in the collection of over $7500, for only half the number of students as are novv enrolled. The quota for each individual in that • drive was at le’ast three' dollars, but 100 per cent cooperation was given Clark by all campus men and women. ;Last night Robert M. Faloon, manager of the. current campaign, reported that 'contributions have slowed up for :the past few days, With a total, of only $2147 being reported when Red Cross head quarters in Student Union closed yesterday. Tomorrow night, Bill Cissel’s Dry Dock Show will again give its entire to • the campaign, as it. did last week. The drive will 'officially end following the com pletion of the Dry Dock show. • r “Fraternity ..leaders should bring ktheir iiihdhe-y. 4p4Stud®if rUnionijof r:, flee, by ' tomorrow noon, whether they• have .completed their quota or not,”. Faloori: said;.-Independent men were contacted by represen tatives last night, and a possible influx in the total may be seen. ' ; Men' and women .who were not asked for a contribution may leave their, money.at the. Red Cross of fice; Faloon added. Although mem bership in the drive requires a one dollar . fee, students .should make some' donation, even if it . is only ten: cents. Reserve Men Report for Exams :< “Doors close at 9 o'clock sharp this morning, which means that all men:who plan'-to take either .the V-12 or A-12 examination must be. in" their seats before that time." ' In orcler to prevent' confusion, Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, FAWS, a'gain : issued a bulletin stating that students 'whose last names begin with letters between A-Q: inclusive a're-to report to 121 Sparks, while, .men 'whose surnames start ■ with letters from R to Z will be given ' the- exam in .109. Agriculture- i Results of these tests , will be "sent to the homes of the men who take the exams. A. record , of • the grade received .will be credited to the enlistment jackets of the men .who take it. Galbraith also released the names of 40. men in the Naval Re serve who have not come in for their orders yet. The war service adviser ask's that anyone knowing these boys remind them to drop in at Galbraith’s office. ; Names of these men include G. C. Anthony, F. C. Bayer, C. L. Becker, C. C. Bond Jr., D. H. Brown, W; R. Brown, C. M. Cara mela, J. J. Cohen, A. Daley, J. Dolly, J. S> Ferdinand, J. N. Fow ler, L. B. Howes, R. A. Hilty, T. H. Holt, W. F. Hrin, W. F. Koch, M. W. Kuhn, P. T. LaMont, T. W. Laudedale, A. Levine, and R. E: Lyford. Wins Oratory Contest Francis E. Zabkar, Penn State senior, won the Pittsburgh regional prize of $250 in the Jefferson Bi centennial Oratorical Contest on Tuesday. He leaves. Saturday for Chicago, where he will compete’for the Midwest district title. Gullo Announces Sunday Program The. second Sunday afternoon complimentary ' concert sponsored by the music department will be under the direction of Frank Gullo, assistant professor of music, and will feature the Phi Mu'Alpha orchestra. The program will be presented in - Schwab auditorium at 3:30 p.m. This week’s program. will _ in clude some compositions of the modern. school, according to Mr. Gullo.'' The opening number will be Sigmund Romberg’s “Stout hearted Men.” Other selections will be: “Nostalgia,” Robert Stoltz. ■ “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin,” from Porgy -and Bess, Gershwin, con ducted by Robert A. Fredrickson. “Patrol of the Tin Soldiers,” (Continued On Page Four) WAACS Revue Comes By BEN FRENCH “Wacky”—that’s the word..for it. Yes, we’re talking about the.big new revue, “Khaki Waac-y,’.’ that the Thespians are planning to pre sent before the Junior-Senior’'Ball weekenders next Friday and Sab urday nights.- We heard a lot of advance in formation about this new Thes pian edition, the -46th of its kind, so we thought that we would drop into Schwab auditorium last night and. see for ourselves. Nothing seemed to make sense, until Cad Goss took us to one side and explained the plot to us. It seems that a contingent of WAACs are sent to State College for train ing. (In what we don’t know.) The new arrivals set up tent barracks on the Old Main lawn and that starts things rolling in a big way. Head of the WAAC contingent is comedienne Adele Yablon. Adele really has a tough time keeping order among her ranks, especially among three of them played by Successor To The F: Zabkar Wins $250 In Oratory Contest; Goes lo Chicago Penn Slate Debater Has Chance for National Title First place prize of a $250 War Bond went to Francis E. Zabkar, Penn State senior, when he won the Regional Jefferson Bicenten nial Oratorical Contest, held Tues day at the Foster Memorial Audi torium in Pittsburgh. . Zabkar was chosen from the cream of forensic leaders repre senting 86 colleges and high schools in this section of the state. Second to the star of the Blue and White squad came Arthur Thompson of Pitt, who claimed a $lOO prize as his reward. Third was Lois Sulli van from Mt. Mercy College who was' awarded a $5O bond. The other five finalists in the first leg to the national crown won $25. each in War Bonds. The oratorical tourney, sponsor ed by the Hearst newspaper chain in all the major cities in the coun try, is divided into district, re gional, and finally national con tests. . ' Zabkar, representative of. the Pittsburgh district, leaves for Chi cago Saturday where he will com pete in the Midwestern zone finals Sunday afternoon. Winners fi-orri the. Chicago, Milwaukee, and De . trqii districts as well as Zabkar ■from.,.the Pittsburgh district will ■ *:'„■>«' • • Subject for the Chicago speech, conforming to the over-all subject for the debates in all contests leading up yto the national, is “Thomas • Jefferson The Great American.” • Each contestant will speak no' longer than six minutes. • The two zone winners; the high school champ and the college win ner,' will. then' move on to the finals to be held in New York City April 9. There they will compete against leaders from the Eastern and Western .loops for the national crown, the national winner to pre sent his oration at the dedication of the Jefferson Memorial in Washihgtonj :D. C., April 13. Col lege and high school contests will be run off separately. At the Chicago competition Zab kar will face perhaps his toughest opposition -to the national title. (Continued On Page Three) Mim> Zartman; Taffy Brine and “Tet” Tetley. ' ■ . ' • The three girls are sure to be the, big hit of- the show with' their attempts at -love : makin'. In one scene the girls find the Three Stooges under their cots, during a morning inspection;' The fight that soon develops is no fake.- The girls have bruises to prove it from last night’s rehearsal. Taffy can be described as the coy and- sweet type while Mim is the typical-all-around gal. “Tet” is what can only be described as a Peck’s Bad Boy in khaki shirts. Everything goes fairly smoothly with the three WAACs until they run into the Three. Stooges;, who are a trio of fraternity pledges. To tell any more of the plot would only spoil the entertainment value of the show, for something new is happening every minute. The revue has- -eight original songs that are sux-e to prove big hits on campus. Jane Abramson’s “So Thei-e” will be featured at Junior-Senior Ball next Friday night by Jimmie Luncet'ord and Senate Fails To Move On Finals; Prexy Acts A committee ol student leaders, faculty and administrative rep resentatives wilL be appointed by President Ralph D. Hetzel to dis cuss- the possibility of eliminating final examinations. It will meet earlv next week, since the President will be away. Announcement of the propsed appointment of a committee came after it was disclosed that no action was taken on the matter at the monthly meeting of the College Senate yesterday, when it was ex pected “no finals” would be discussed. Many Senate members were agreed that the student plan of eliminating finals would have been defeated by a big majority had it beer.-brought up at the Senate meeting yesterday Au semester student opinion has been against.final examinations, Four lo Compete In Debate Contest Final debating of the Agricul ture Debate Stage contest will be held in 100 Hort, 4:10 this after noon. . Finalists John C. , York, James E. Hawkins, Ernest S’. Dun ning and Israel Zelitch are the four contestants who will seek top prizes in the event. Chosen last week during elim inations which saw 29 contestants competing, the fihalisis will battle it out among themselves for the awards, ranging from $lO to $5O. Top debater this afternoon, will receive the $5O first prize, while the three. runners-up will obtain aw'ards'o l f $25; : 515,-'ahd' Debaters this afternoon will have ten minutes to speak on either side of the -question, “Re solved, that the best way to solve the wartime food problem is for the' Federal Government to di'aft and subsidize labor for farms at the average prevailing industrial wages.” Refutation or reference will not •be permitted concerning the re marks of preceding speakers. Basis for judging will include con sideration of agricultural content, speech organization, development, originality, speech delivex-y, and platform manner. Altei-nates Harry W. Ex-nest and Bernard Feihberg were also chosen by the judging committee consist ing of Dean S. Wi Fletcher, Prof. E. H. Rohrbeck, Rev. W. E. Wat kins, Rev. E. H. Jones, Px-of. G. P. Rice, and Prof. R. W. Tyson. To Campus his ox-chesti-a. Other hit songs •from' the show include the “WAAC Song,” “The Feeling I Have for •Y.ou,” “We’re iii -Heaven, That’s Us,” • “At the Victory Easter Pa-, rade,” “The Melting Pot,” and “Orders from Headquarters.” .' Jack'Lord and his Aristoci-ats, one of the top campus dance or chestras, will' furnish the musical backgrounds for the show. The Aristocrats received their start working for a Thespian x-evue and have since then worked their way to the top. “Coffee,” popular canine star of last spring’s i-evue, “Hide ’N’ Peek,” will attempt a comeback when he appeax-s in “Khaki Waac-y.” Bud Mellot has his bevy of beau tiful chorus gix-ls working through paces that l-emind one of Broad way shows. The cast and chorus of the show numbex-s over 40 pex-sons, most of them women. Cx-edit for directing the produc tion goes to “Sock” Kennedy, di x-ector, and Marty Skapik, assistant director. (See Editorial) Cabinet Sends Letters ’■•especially since three semesters have passed under the wartime accelerated program without them. Student opinion was finally voiced at the beginning of March when All-College Cabinet went on record as opposing finals and rec ommended that no change be made in the calendar, (But final bluebooks and review classes be substituted during what is scheduled as final exam week. At the same time it approved the plan of sending letters to 65 department heads and deans, arid, after a delay, the letters were sent out: At first it was thought that ac tion on the student plan would have to be taken by the Council of Administration, composed most ly of deans. An informal canvass revealed most of the deans to be ■in '•favoKbf the * fi’nfll'ejf am "week as it now stands, and that ap proach was dropped. Sloddari With Students Dean Stoddart, of the Liberal Arts School, is. of the opinion that final exams have no place in a wartime program, especially in a semester such as this, and thus is one of the few deans who agree with the ■ student viewpoint. Another method of abolishing finals became appax-ent ■ when •it was learned that the College Sen ate, also composed mostly of de partment heads' and deans, could take action at their monthly meet ing. A contact was made with a Senate member to bring the mat ter to the attention of the Senate at the meeting yesterday, but his absence delayed a probable nega_ ive decision. The student proposal could go before the Council of Adiminis tration, but opposition there prob ably is expected to be so great that the President will appoint a better balanced student-adminis trative committee. Dry Dock Features New Campus Acts Tickets ai-e going fast for ■the second production of Dry Dock, to be held in the Ai-mory tomorrow night, Bill Cissel, chairman of the project, stated last night. Many more features are being offered to the liquorless night club goers this week than even in the sell-oxxt show of last week, Cissel stated. Refreshments will be sold by Cwens and Mortar Boax-d coeds dressed in typical cigarette girl at tire. Dancing from 9 to 12 will be to the new music of George Earn shaw and his oi-chestra. Featui-ed in the hour-long floor show are many acts new to cam pus audiences. The revue has been titled “New Campus Faces o£ 1943.” Adele Yablon, comedienne elites from the Thespian shows, will sing the song hit, “Nobody Makes a (Continued On Page Three)
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