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Players Turn Back Time Table
As 'Love Rides The Rails' In
Schwab Op ry House Tonight
By M. JANE McCHESNEY
“On stage, everybody! Curtain
going up, first hct in one minute!
Pull out the house lights. Freeze
into position!’’ ,
Those will be the preliminaries
to the curtain that goes up tonight
at 7:30 for the first of three per
formances of the Players’ melo
drama, “Love Rides the Rails or
Will the Mail Train Run To
night?’’
We dropped in on the dress re
hearsal of the show last night to
hear the above directions shouted
across stage. The Phi Mil Alpha
orchestra under the direction of
Bob Fredrickson plays 'a medley
of Strauss waltzes throughout the
show, lending a feeling of gaiety
to the vivid atmosphere of the
melodrama.
The curtain opens to reveal the
Widow Hopewell, as played by
Marion Dougherty, conversing with
..her beautiful daughter, Prudence,
portrayed by Phyllis Rands. Both
are perturbed by the appearance
of villain Simon Darkway, ' Bill
Emmons, who threatens to obtain
their franchise of the Walker Val
ley, Pine Bush and Pacific Rail
road. There are only two weeks
left to pay the interest on the
mortgage and Prudence must pro
tect her mother.
We take leave of these two when
hero, Truman- Pendennis, Bob
Hen-man, champion .of - integrity,
- - appears to- take- ‘Prudence stroll -
ing, chaperoned, of .course, by Har
old Standfast, Raymond Boyle.
The brilliance of the can-can
chorus next comes to. our view as
they dance to “Casey Jones.” '
The serene countryside is
brought to view as we see
dence, Truman and Harold dis
cussing the railroad situation.
, A contrast to the peaceful wood
land scene is that of the villain’s
hideout, where many, schemes are
brewing. The audience is enlight
ened .as to the plans since the
Signal Corps Men
End 3 -MonthCourse
With Farewell Party
Penh State’s- contingent of 49
Signal Corps Enlisted Reserves
will bid farewell to the campus
Apx-il 23 after:a three-months’ stay
since the beginning of February.
Topping their training period
here, the group will have a fare
well party at the State College
• Hotel banquet room from 9 to 1
tomorrow night, according to Mel
vin Kedane, chairman of the af
fair.
: Enlistees range from a lawyer
to a shipyard worker, and include
insurainiee salesmen and former
college students. The Signal Corps
started from the Philadelphia de
pot six months ago, and spent the
first three months in Altoona, the
second three here. They are un
dergoing civilian training in elec
tricity arid radio.
After finishing their Penn State
training next week, the men will
go back to Philadelphia to await
call to active duty in the Army.
Talent is plentiful in the group.
One student, Donald Christ, is a
former leader of an orchestra and
wrote'the words and music to “'To
night,” a published popular song.
Jarie Abramson of Thespian fame
is related to Christ and will aid in
the entertainment tomorrow.
Kedane, general chairman for
the farewell party and dance, is
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sneering side remarks'reveal their
perverted ideas.
A definite highlight o£ the show
is the male quartet composed o£
Bill Christophers, John Struck,
Rodney Wigglesworth and Wesley
Wagner who. sing “All That Glit
ters Is. Not Gold” in stereotyped
barber shop style. .
The next scenes are laid in the
railroad yards and in villainess’
(Carlotta Cortez) chambers in
Paradise Cafe. The plot takes an
interesting, twist in these scenes
as our friends are becoming more
involved in the treacherous plan to
obtain the widow’s franchise. „■
“While Strolling Through the
Park One Day” is sung by an
octet composed of numerous mem
bers of the cast.
Tension becomes even more ap
parent in the next scene when it
becomes apparent, that the fran
chise is in jeopardy as well as Pru
dence.
Will the plan succeed?* One won
ders how the villains will convince
the railroad workers that they will
profit by striking. The brutal as
saults on both the hero and Harold
Standfast, his collaborator, cannot
help but stir the pity of the audi
ence.
Right conquers might, although
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Fleming Releases
Dance Proceeds
Junior-Senior Ball, held last
Friday night in Rec Hall, showed
a profit of $1,195.93, according to
a report issued by Neil M. Flem
ing’s office of student.activities last
night.
Total income derived from ad
missions, tax on admissions, booth'
rental and checking amounted to
$4,175.25, compared to $2,979.32
for expenditures.
The complete report follows:
Income
Admissions 933@53.63 $3,386.79
75 comps. n
Tax on
admissions 100(<i) .37 372.96
Booth Rental' 43(h) 5.00 215.00
Checking 802(h) .25 200.50
Expenditures
Music „ $1,750.00
Decorations (lights, etc.) 35.00
Programs, 1200(h'3 l Ac 159.00
Advertising—
Froth $40.00
Collegian 60.00
Window Cards,
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Missionary to Speak
About Wartime China
Rev. Claude L. Pickens Jr., who
ax-rived recently from China on
the S. S. Gripsholm, will speak to
students in the interest of .the
World Student Service Fund in 304
Old Main at'7:3o tonight. The topic
will be “Chinese Students Under
Fire.’’
Rev. Pickens is an Episcopal
missionary in charge of All Saints’
Church, Hankow,. China, untii a
few months ago. He will be in
State College today and tomorrow.
Any students intei-ested in prob
lems of education in wartime
China are invited to attend, ac
cording to R. Christine Yohe and
Howai-d W. Carlson, co-chairmen
of the WSSF committee.
Marine, V-l Exam
. Freshman and sophomore
students in the Marine Re
serves and those in V-l who
have completed their fourth se
mester report for screen
ing tests to 105 White Hall from
9 to 11 a. m. and from 2 to 4:15
p. m., April 20. Men in V-7 are
not included in this group.
Students in the Marines
scheduled to take the College
English Usage test at this time
must take the service examin
ation and report to the office
'of FAWS Robert E. Galbraith
to set a new time for the Eng
lish test.
Air Corps Band to
Highlight Dry Dock
Making their premiere perform
ance, Walt Kazor and his new Air
Cadets orchestra will occupy the
feature spot at the final Dry Dock
night club presentation at Rec Hall
Saturday night.
Composed entirely of Air Crew
students, with the exception of
Walt, the leader, the band will
play five numbers during the hour
long floor show. The band is plan
ning on featuring the numbers, “I
Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City,”
“One O’clock Jump,” “In the
Mood,” “Solitude,” and “I’m Get
ting Tired So I Can Dream.” '
• Dancing to the music of Sonny
Roye and his Collegians will be
gin at 9 p.m., with the floor show
beginning a fter v the Players’ show
is over at 10:15 p.m. ' “ ■■
Over fifty coed models are be
ing featured in the Spring Fash
ion-Show, another high spot in the
floor- show. Local merchants are
cooperating in showing the latest
spring fashions for both men and
women.
Also featured in the. floor show
ai-e Miriam Rhein, Betty Freid
lander, Curtiss - Wright tapster,
William Christoff ex's j Ruth Davies,
M. Jane McChesney, and the “Vic
tory Easter Parade”'number from
“Khaki Waac-y,” with Bill Cissel,
blaster; • of ceremonies, singing
“Anatole of Paris.”
Tickets are on sale at Student
Union at 75 cents per couple in
'cluding checking.
Annual Livestock Show
Features Prize Animals,
Traditional Coed Race
$4,175.25
Plenty of pork, beef, mutton,
and horse meat will be on display
at the 28th annual Little Inter
national Livestock Show scheduled
to take place in the Stock Judging
Pavilion, 1 p.m. Saturday.
Sponsored by the Block and Bri
dle Club, the show will present
many featui-es, including the tra
ditional Coed Pig Race, a contest
that tests the patience and per
suasive allure which might be ex
ercised by the coeds to make the
piglings move.
Despite the accelerated program
in operation at the College, men
and women students have turned
out in force to groom the animals.
Prizes will be awarded to winners
of the contest at a banquet to be
held in the Methodist Church, 6:30
p.m. Saturday evening. •-
Students, faculty arid townspeo
ple are Invited to attend the affair,
accoi-ding to Robert R. Pennington,
publicity chairman.
WAVE to Interview Coeds
Ensign Esther .Odell of the
WAVES will be on campus - April
27 and 28 to interview coeds in
terested in that branch of the serv
ice. - -
:a state college
Local Blackout Interrupts
Pan-American Program
Half-Hour Dark Period.
Marred by Store Lights
Only light that didn’t go out on
campus last night during the. sur
prise blackout was the moon. The
siren sounded the first warning at
9 o’clock and the second at about
9:15 p.m. All-clear came through
at 9:30. Latin-American Open
House adjourned to the first floor
lounge of Old Main during the
test.
Marred only by the brilliancy
of the show window lights along
College avenue, the darkened town
could be seen from Old Main tower
only when the moonlight shone on
the rooftops. Eventually, after
about 20 minutes, the store lights
were doused' and the blackout was
complete.
Latin-American Open House was
in full swing on four floors of Old
Main when the warning sounded.
Music and dancing ceased while
the crowd went to the shelter in
the first floor lounge. The re
freshment stand there did a land
office business, having been prac
tically deserted a few minutes pre
viously.
Players continued with their
dress rehearsal in blacked-out
Schwab with the singing and or
chestra audible on the campus in
that neighborhood. Simon Dark
way and Dirk Sneath took full
advantage df the blackout to per
petrate their vilest deeds.
All posts on campus were man
ned, and several incidents staged
were completed, successfully. A
plane landing on Holmes Field, one
of the incidents, burst into flame,
but was put out policemen
on the spot and six persons were
captured.
Articles Returnable
Af Student Union
Articles 'ranging from fountain
pens and slide rules to typewriters
and wallets. containing money
have been found and are return
able to owners at Student. Union.
A wallet containing a rather large
sum of money was found outside
the check room at Junior-Senior
feall. The owner may obtain it
upon identification.
Tickets for the Players’ show,
“Love Rides the Rails or Will the
Mail Train Run Tonight?” may be
purchased for 55 cents. Dry Dock
tickets go on sale today and will
•be sold at Student Union for the
rest of the week.
Coeds Absent From First
Symphony, Now Take Over
When 50 men don’t want any
women, that is news; It was a sit
uation contrary to all psychologi
cal fact in which Hum Fishburn
found himself when he attempted
to increase the size of the College
Symphony Orchestra back in 1929.
In that year the department of
music and music education was
formed and Professor Fishburn
acquired, along with the orches
tra, this anti-feminine atitude on
the part of the men in the already
established symphony. The wom
en in the department wanted to
be included in the organization
and Hum knew only one way to
quiet this “unwanted element.”
Wno knows but that Phil Spi
ts lny got his idea from Hum’s
solution? He formed an all-girl 40
piece symphony orchestra and
Morse Discusses
Other Nations' Views
Air raid sirens at 9 o’clock last
night interrupted Pan American
Open House in Old Main where
125 Penn State students, faculty
members, and townspeople gath
ered to celebrate Pan American
Day. •
Beginning at 7:30 p. m., the
celebration endured the short
spell of darkness, then continued
ns i crowds gathered in the first
floor lobby, which was bordered
with Latin-American flags, to join
in the festivities.
The introductory program was
conducted in an informal fashion,
with All-College President. Jack
It Grey, acting as master of cere
monies.
After the “Star Spangled Ban
ner” and an introductory com
ment by Grey, the girls of the
Louise Homer Club and the Mu
sic Department sang a group, of
Latin-American Folk Songs, con
ducted by Mrs. Willa 'W. Taylor,
Following these selections,
Senorita E. Castaneda, of Mexico,
gave a short talk on the Latin-
American Viewpoint. ;
Adrian O. Morse, Assistant to
the President, gave the-Penn .State
Viewpoint on Latin-American re
lations in a short address, Mr.
Morse stressed the fact that the
College is for a better understand
ing between-' the- Americas. He
believed, however, that this un
derstanding can come only
through interest, knowledge, and
then understanding.
Mr. Vito J. Di Vincenzo, of the
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Cap and Gown Orders
Orders for caps and- gowns
will be taken at the Student
Union desk from 8 o’clock today
until noon Saturday, according
to Wallace M. Murfit; president
of Skull and. Bones. All seniors
graduating in May are urged to
place their orders during, the
specified time.
A deposit of five dollars will*
be necessary when the order is
placed. Murfit stressed the fact
that duplicate receipts will be
issued this year since many, stu
dents lost ones they received
last year. A charge of 25 cents
will be made for these receipts’,
and one dollar for the late re
turn of the garment.
for a year the College boasted
two symphonic groups.
In 1930 the men broke down
their barriers and all because of
a French horn, an oboe, and a
’cello. The male group wasn't its
mellow self without these orches
tral stand-bys and in order to get
the instruments the men had ty
take the musicians too, who un
fortunately were women. And so
it began.
By 1937 The Symphony has a
woman concertmeister. Dorothy
Anderson ’36 claimed individual
ity not only through this honor
but also by being the only coed
ever to receive a varsity tennis
letter.
This year two coeds are officers
of the Symphony Orchestra Asso
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