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Second Dry Dock Show
Presents New Features
Tickets To Be Sold
At Door Tonight
Dry Dock, student night club,
will open its doors lor the second
time this year in the Armory, 9
p. m. tonight, featuring an hour
long floor show and two hours of
dancing to the music of George
Earnshaw’s orchestra.
Additional dancing space will be
available this week to accommo
date 600 couples. Hefreshmenfts
will be served in cigarette girl
style by Cwens and Mortar Board
girls.
For, the first time this year, a
limited number of tickets will be
available at the door, Bill Cissel,
master-of-ceremonies for the show,
announced last night. Tickets will,
sell for 75 cents including tax and
checking.
Cissel 'has released, the follow
ing program for the floor show,
which begins at 10 o’clock: |
'<Zoot Suiters,” four couples of
jitterbugs.
Helen Schmeltz, vocals a la
Helen Morgan.
Dottie Koush, monologues.
Ed Paytas, accordian specialties.
Jaok Calhoun, impersonations.
- Bill Christoffers, tenor, “That
Old Black Magic.”
"Zoot suiters.”
Walt Kazor, boogie woogie pian
ist.
Betty Friendlander, Curtiss
“"Wright ’Cadette, -t
Jane Abramson, original songs—
“The Dry Dock Boogie.”
“Minnie From Trinidad,” feat
uring Bill Cissel and Minnie
herself.
Essie Campbell, vocalist.
Adele Yablon, comedienne elite.
“Zoot Suiters.”
Finale.
Wrestling, Swimming;
Basketball; Hockey;
Gym Elect Managers
' Last'sighs of the Winter sports
vanished with the announce
ment . of. elections' of managers
and assistants in five sports, re
.leased-yesterday by Neil M. Flem
ing, graduate manager of ath
letics.
Wrestling
Replacing Allen P. Bollinger as
wrestling manager for the com
ing season will ’be James W.
Payne. First assistants in the mat
sport are- Samuel J. Cunningham,
Jack Beezer, and William R. Mc-
Kee. Kenneth G. Houck was elec
ted to the First Alternate Man
ager’s position while John R. Mil
ne was. given the Second Alter
nate job. ...
Swimming
Officiating, , around the pool for
:: Cogch. Galbraith’s swimmers next
; year will be E. Pierre Roy. Asso
' date manager is Paul L. Bost.
Given first assistant
posts were Arthur P. Miller, Jo
seph N. Succop, and Howard O.
. Beaver while First and Second
Alternates are L. Raymond Diet
. rich and Stanley C. Wikler re
spectively;
Ice Hockey
Richard E. Yoder was elected
/manager of ice hockey to be as
sisted by first assistants Charles
,P. Flanzer, George M. Kowatch,
and Guy Newton. First alternate
posts went to Murry Mackson and
John M. Rolin.
Basketball
Taking Milton J. Bergstein’s
spot as manager of the basket
ball squad is Robert F. .Snyder.
(Continued On Page Foy*)
York Takes First
In Debate Contest
John C. York was selected first
prize winner m the Agriculture
Debate Stage contest held in 100
Hort yesterday afternoon. Israel
Zelitch, James E. Hawkins, and
Ernest S. Dunning finished in the
runner-up positions.
For being chosen top debater
in the finals, York will receive
$5O, while the remaining finalists
will obtain prizes of $25, $l5 and
$lO respectively.
The contest, sponsored by the
School of Agriculture With the co
operation of the Department of
! Sp_eech, was judged yesterday by
Dr. John W.Claudy, Prof. Joseph
F. O’Brien, and Prof Fred F. Lin
inger.
Topic of discussion was, “Re
solved, that the best way to solve
the wartime food problem is for
the Federal Government to draft
and subsidize labor for farms at
the average prevailing industrial
wages.”
Thespians Present Final
Production For Duration
Oldest Campus Group
Has Colorful History
“Khaki Waac-y,” the spring pre
sentation of the Penn State Thes
pians,' will- be the 46th and last
production produced by the mu
sical comedy group for the dura
tion.
. The Thespians have the. distinc
tion of 'being the ‘oldest extra
curricular organization on campus,
■and one of the oldest college mu
sical comedy groups of its type in
the country. Started in 1897 when
a group of students got together
’and decided to produce a. musical
comedy show with all men in the
cast, the Thespians have grown to
take their place with the best of
their-type in-the country. •
Today, women are a big part of
the Thespian Tevues. Every pro
duction features girls in leading
parts.- In “Khaki Waac-y,” the plot
revolves around a contingent of
WAAC’s" that are sent to the cam
pus of Penn State. '
The. Thespians have remodeled
their entire program to work with
war-time problems. In addition to
the complete productions'given on
campus during the college year the
“Thespian Mobile Units” tour near
■ by service camps to provide enter
tainment for the men in service.
Fred Waring, popular, orchestra
leader, is a graduate of the Thes
pian show and still manages to
keep in .contact with his college
group, This year, Waring donated
all costumes that will be used in
“Khaki Waac-y.”
The Thespians present their final
Red Cross Drive Enters
Final Day Of Campaign
Midnight marks the end of the
1943 Red Cross War Drive at Penn
State. Half of' the $5OOO goal has
been attained, and several more
hundred dollars may be turned in
at the headquarters at Student
Union today.
Any student who has not yet
made a contribution should con
tact the Red Cross representative
in Student Union before noon to
day, Robert M. Faloon, campaign
head, said- last night.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Mens Music Honorary
Sponsors Concert;
Fredrickson Conducts
Phi Mu Alpha, men’s music
honorary, will .sponsor the second
complimentary concert in Schwab
auditorium at 3:30 p. m. tomor
row. The society has invited mem
bers of the Louise Homer Club,
women’s music honorary, to as
sist in the orchestra, according to
Robert Fredickson, Phi Mu Alpha
president.
Soloists for the concert will be
Louise Neft, soprano, William
Fritchman piano and James Rob
inson, trumpet, Doris Glahn and
Virginia Manley will play a flute
duet by Mozart.
Robert Fredickson will be the
conductor,- for George Gershwin’s
“I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ ” from
the opera Porgv and Bess. “Mis
sissippi Lament” arranged by
Ferde Grofe will be played by the
entire concei't orchestra.
Officers of Phi Mu Alpha are
Herman Weed, vice-president;
Louis Luin, secretary-treasurer
and supreme councilman; Earl
Robert, warden and Donald Lohr
man, manager.
FeeDefermenlßlanks
Available at Bursar's
Application forms for the defer
ment of fees for the Summer se
mester beginning in June are now
available at the office of the Bur
sar.
In order that the definite'amount
of deferments may be included in
the regular billing for students,
applications must be mailed by the
parent or guardian so that they
reach the Bursar’s Office not later
than May 5, according to Bursar
Russell E. Clark.
Second semester freshmen are
now eligible for fee deferment un
der the Bursar’s installment plan.
; Regular payment of fees will be
made June 24 and 25; deferments
for the Summer semester are due
and payable July- 15 and August
15, according to Bursar Clark.
production for the duration next
Friday and Saturday nights before
students and Air Corps Cadets.
Tickets go on sale, at Student
Union, Monday morning.
Can-Can Chorus Highlights Players'
Melodrama, 'love Rides The Rails'
Today, one of the main attrac
tions in a musical show is the
chorus line, while in the days of
the melodrama, the can-can chorus
was considered very apropos.
Nineteen members of the WRA
Dance Club, under the direction of
Miss Jessie Cameron, assistant pro
fessor of physical education, are
perfecting a dance routine depict
ing that type of dancing, in “Love
Rides the Rails,” or “Will the Mail
Train Run Tonight?”
They will dance to song hits of
the turn of the century, such as
“Casey Jones,” “The Band Plays
On,” and “Ta Rah Rah Boom Dee
A.”
The dance routine is in the clas
sical can-can tempo—with all the
steps, flourishes, whirls, and gyra
tions that were considered so dar
ing and risque in the days of
Book Ready
For Enlistees
In Services
“The college - educated trainee
can have initial advantage over his
fellows in the beginning of his
camp life if he has acquired the
appearance, bearing, and manners
of a soldier before going to his
camp,” says Arthur R. Wamock,
dean of men and chairman of a
special committee on Fitting for
Military Service, in the foreword
of a booklet to be distributed to
men preparing to enter military
service.
The booklet has been compiled
to help the student adjust himself
to camp life when he leaves the
campus and will be available to
every man in ROTC courses as
well as at Student Union and the
Central Library for other men stu
dents.
The committee which compiled
the handbook is a sub-committee
of the general committee appoint
ed by President Hetzel for the pur
pose of aiding in fitting students
for military and industrial useful
ness immediately upon leaving the
campus, according to Dean War
nock. Members of this committee
are Colonel Guy G. Mills, chair
man; Coach Robert A. Higgins, Dr.
Laura Drummond, Director of
Home Economics, and Dr. J. P.
Ritenour, director of the College
Health Service.
In addition to the foreword by
Dean Warnock, Coach Higgins has
written an article, “Report In
Shape,” citing the. need.for physi
cal preparation under “Uncle Sam,
the big coach,” as well as in col-
legiate competition.
A message to men preparing for
military service by Dr. Ritenour
advises that any physical defects
be cleared up before entering the
services in order that men will, not
have to undergo a period of con
ditioning before they acquire the
degree of fitness required.
“When you join the ranks of the
armed forces you become a mem
ber of the best fed army any na
tion has ever had,” says Dr. Laura
Drummond in her article, "Your
Food and Your Fitness.” She has
prepared a list of daily dietary
requirements. ' Colonel E. D. Ar
dery, PMST. has compiled a list of
the prerequisites to make' a man
“Every Inch A Soldier.”
The last article entitled “Final
Note” is written by Lieutenant
Colonel Guy G. Mills and warns
future members of the armed
forces of the danger of failing in
officers’ and other advanced train
ing schools because of a lack of
physical preparedness.
Grandpa, and especially Grandma.
To complete the picture, the co
eds will wear appropriately ruffled
full-skirted dancing costumes. The
chorus has . been worked into the
show in the barroom scene as a
sort of a “show within a show.” As
the plot unfolds, a group of miners
go on strike, and in this rowdy
mood go to the cabaret where the
can-can chorus led by Beulah
Belle, played by Anna Radle, en
tertain them.
The members of the club have
created the dance routines them
selves, keeping in mind the styl
ization of the original can-can
dance, Miss Cameron stated. They
appreciate the opportunity to work
with the Players in this gala thea
trical production and are practic
ing every night, Miss Cameron
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PRICE: THREE CENTS
Zabkar, Hewitt To
Represent College
In Affairs Contest
Debater In Chicago
To Speak Over Radio
Francis E. Zabkar, who left last
night for Chicago where he will
compete in the Midwestern zone'
finals of the Jefferson Bicenten
nial Oratorical Contest, has been
named as one of Penn State’s two
representatives to the Internation
al Affairs Discussion Contest.
The other student nominated is
Ruth E. Hewitt, a senior in the
school of Liberal Arts.
Zabkar and Miss Hewitt gained
the right to represent the College
by surviving local eliminations. In.
these contests, 1000-word speech
manuscripts were submitted on
“How the American Republics Are
Co-operating in Winning the War.”
Representatives in the contest
whose manuscripts survive the re
gional eliminations will compete
in the regional discussion and
speaking run-offs. Pennsylvania is
in the Central Region along with
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
The Central Regional elimina
tions will be held at Ohio State,
Columbus, Ohio, May 4. New York
City will play host to the national
finals, which will be broadcast over
the .Blue Network on the “Town.
Meeting of the Air.” The Nation
als take place May 20.
The judges of the local contest
were Dr. Henry J. Bruman, divi- t
sion of Geography; Prof. Paul R..
Daugherty, department of Span
ish; and Prof. John S. Naylor, de
partment of English Composition.
The local contest has been in
charge of a committee of the de
partment of speech composed of
Profs. Joseph F. O’Brien, C. H.
Schug, and H. P. Zelko.
Meanwhile, Zabkar is facing
perhaps his toughest competition
to the national crown in the Jef
ferson contest. Three excellent
orators from Detroit and one from
Northwestern will take the floor
against him tonight in the Chicago
zone final, when the competition
will be broadcast over NBC and
CBS hook-ups from the Council
Chambers in Chicago’s City Hall.
Time of the broadcast will be an
nounced in the local papers.
Love Auman, Zabkar’s fiancee
speech coach, will accompany the
Penn State speaker on his Chicago
trip with expenses paid by the
Hearst sponsors. Love lives in
Bellefonte.
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-MOSCOW— A communique from
Russian headquarters said that the
spring rains and thaws had stop
ped all operations after twenty
weeks of pushing the Germans
back 372 to 432 miles. The Russian
high command stated that.
000 German soldiers were either
killed or captured during this
great offensive. Five thousand
planes were shot down and much
booty captured.
WASHINGTON— The Japs have
opened an aerial offensive against
Allied bases in the South Pacific.
Naval headquarters in Washing
ton stated that more events con
cerning this menace would develop
in several hours.
NEW YORK —Beau Jack de
feated Henry Armstrong in a
lightweight bout in Madisto'n
Square Garden last night. It was a
hard fought and evenly matched
affair, but Armstrong weakened
in the last few rounds, enabling)
Jack to cop the decision. ~ 4 ,