Thespians Plan Armory Canteen to Entertain Cadets Informal Affair Features Cutting-in, No Dates Thespians' first Backstage Can teen, a hellzapoppin' affair where anything can and probably will happen, will be held in the Arm ory from 9 p.m. to midnight Sat urday, May 1, J. Ewing Kennedy, Thespian director, announced last night. In line with traditional canteen style there will be a refreshment bar and tables lining the dance Prerequisite for admission to the strictly informal dance, which is open to 'all students and Air Corps cadets, is that no couples will be admitted as such. All coeds, who will be charged no entrance fee, will automatically receive hos tesses' badges. Admission price for men is 35 cents. Wally Kazor and his Air Cadet orchestra have been signed to play for the dance, which. will be run on a "cut-in" basis. A "bastille," guarded by coed M. P.'s, will be erected in a prom inent spot, and any fellow who refuses to give up his girl to a cut-inner must take the chance of being thrown in the brig by the female police. "Come and meet the stars" is the slogan. of• the affair, which will be carried out in traditional can teen style, with: Thespian and Players members doing the honors as officials hosts and hostesses. OMOH to Feature Military Ouiz Prizes TO Be Awarded For. Winning Questions "Informgtion Please," with Col onel Edward D. Ardefy and Cap tain M. B. Campbell of the Army Air Corps as experts, will be a fea ture of the Old Maim Open House from 7 p.m. until midnight Satur day, :Louis :H. Bell the questions, :which are to include military. or college. subjects; All questions must be• submitted, with answers and names..and.addressea of contributors, •at Student Union by 5 o'clock tomorrow. Prizes will be , awarded for :the. questions which-cannot be answered by the "board of experts." • In- keeping with the Easter theme, .Co-op houses and Cwens will serve refreshments at a "Bunny. Canteen" in the first floor lounge of Old Main. - .-Square'dancing, sponsored by Panhellenic Council, will be held on Old Main terrace, while Penn State Club and IWA • will lead -. social dancing in the Armory. A variety . show in Schwab .au ditorium at 'TM o'clock will fea ture Walt Kazor and his Army Air. Corps band. Followingthis a movie, "The•" Housekeeper's Daughter," will be shown. • • President Hetzel's office, 203, Old Main, - will be open, from 8 until 9:30 o'clock. The president will be there to greet -students who wish to meet him and see his office. A State College High School drama class will present one-act plays in- the Little Theatre, spon sored by Philotes. Old IVlm"stower will be open all evening. Other features are fortune-tell ing in 304 Old Main by members of the Christian Association; bingo in 405 Old Main sponsored by ping-gongwßA;. in 401 Old Main under . WSGA; and games ,in the second floor lounge. . All coeds wishing to be hos tesses at the dance in. the Arniory should contact Kathleen M. Os ,good, li. Anne Carruthers, or Dor othy K. Brunner. Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1837 ct' ClierglY .....:. 0/. ~ s w.vr • t 4: - • '.-: '; ~ .s .e. " . AMY , ~. '41 . .. ,d - ..'o °l.lg. o , o o.Nr* *7 •Z . P :,, . , `*, y. 4 _ ..... •,. • L i" ilittily -, Tclitegili tt worran STAT/111 f il "'II 1 4114111 Pr Ili 1 .....1 - • Penn Stale Aristocrats Play For Last Big Weekend Dance Mil Ball will spark what will probably be the last big weekend for more than 1,500 Army, Navy, and Marine Reservists who do not intend to return to school next semester. It seems especially apro pos, at this time, that the last big weekend for these men be a mili tary one. The dance will be held in Rec Hall from eight until midnight, Friday, April 30, featuring the Penn State Aristocrats under the guiding baton of Bob Norton, trombonist, and vocalist, Ruth Davey. Mil Ball committee mem bers deemed it more patriotic un der the circumstances to wave away prospects of a big name band. Cadet Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Crabtree, chairman of the invita tions committee for Mil Ball, an nounced last night that invitations are practically all gone, 'although a few are still in the hands of ca dets. Two bids were given to all of ficers, and invitations for the dance were distributed in such a way that a 550-couple gelling 'has been set, according to Cadet Lieu tenant-Colonel Edward Glock, head of the entertainment com mittee. Senior officers may wear their cadet uniforms of formal attire, and basic men may wear their ba sic uniforms or formal dress, Glock stated. • Pershing Rifles, basic ROTC honorary, will handle all checking free .of charge. Other committee members in elude Cadet Major Charles Wel ker, general chairman; Cadet, Col onel Olin Tevendale, chairman of the arrangements committee; and Lieutenant Colonel. John Gerth, chairman of the decorations . corn mittee:— AfEßlrde.rsiMaf. Meafitollegt-.011 Men . in the Air Force Enlisted Reserves may be shipped directly from the College' instead of from their - homes • within a few dayS after the end of the present semes-: ter; according to a letter from the •Oftice" of the Commanding • Gen •eral, Headquarters, Third Service Command, Baltimore, Md. The letter stated that this seems the most practical method, involv ing less confusion in transporta tion and handling of records. After investigation . the office has found that it will be possible to send enough railway Cars to accommo date the number of men who will be shipped. Prof. Robert. E. Galbraith, fac ulty adviser on war service, stated that the men. will receive - letters containing full information at their, homes before the shipping date. He advised Air Force Reservists to take their clothing home during the Easter vacation, since they will have rio need for it after ship ment. Orders for V-1 Men Men in the Navy V 4 pro gram who were recently trans ferred from the Enlisted Ile serve Corps may obtain enve lopes. containing orders in FAWS Robert E. Galbraith's of fice. The professor stated that these men should stop at the office for their orders before they leave for the Easter vaca tion. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE One of the biggest ROTC pa rades in the history of the College will be held Friday afternoon. This parade will be in commem oration of all Penn State men who have been killed in this war. All men in the ignal Corps, Infantry,' and Engineers will participate. On Saturday evening, Scabbard and Blade, advanced ROTC hon orary, will hold a banquet at the Nittany Lion at 7 p. m. Tins ban quet will be closed. PS( Elects Grey For Annual Award All-College Prexy Wins Independent Men's Title Jack R. Grey, All-College presi dent, has been selected to receive the eighth annual Penn State Club award as the most outstanding senior, it was announced last night by Ray A. Zaroda the club's president-elect. In addition to being elected All- College president, Grey also wcn the 121-pound Eastern Inter college Boxing Championship this year. He is a member of Skull and Bones, Lions' Paw, and Druids. He was elected class president in his sophomore and junior years. Grey is also in advanced ROTC, and will leave Penn State at the end orthe semester. Grey will be presented a, scroll at the Penn State Club's annual banquet, and will have his name inscribed on the Club plaque, be neath the names of the following Outstanding non-fraternity men of the past: Johnson Brenneman '37, Russell Gohn '3B, Joseph Peel '39, David E. Pergrin, '4O, Aronld _C.. Laich '4l, Gerald F. Doherty '42, and Bernard. A. Plesser '43: The committee which 'selected Grey for the honor, consisted of A. R. Warnock r dean of men; William A. Briner, Student Union mana ger, and Henry W. Keller, Inter fraternity Council President. Thespians Elect Officers Richard C. Goss was recently elected president of Thespians. Other officers elected include Jo seph G. Cannon, secretary, and James K. Gore, treasurer. Murphy Will Head Daily Collegian for Summer Term 'Jane H. Murphy, present womL en's editor of the, Daily Collegian, will succeed Paul I. Woodland as editor-in-chief. Woodland leaves an unexpired term of office since he will graduate, in May and is a member of the ERC. Action came ,about after a Col legian Board. of Directors' meet ing which confirmed Woodland's appointment of Murphy after dis cussing possible taildidates and taking into consideration numer ous opinions. Woodland's leaving marks the first time that an editor 'has been unable to complete his term in office. Murphy will start dutiei• in June at the start of the new semester, and will continue until the end 'of the Summer semester, although elections for the new positions, following regular procedure, will probably be held in July. It was revealed that three mem bers of the senior board, Benja min M. Bailey, Donald W. Webb, Late News . . . FDR Broadcasts Surprise Speech From Monterrey Cadet Band Sends Player to Pick Up Monroe Arrangements In answer to last Week's ap plause at Dry Dock and to make ready for future engagements, Seymour Rosenthal, piano player in the Army Air Corps band, will make a trip to New York Satur day to secure for the band more arrangements from Vaughn Mon roe. Bruce Unwin, drummer in the new band, wrote to his brother, drummer in Monroe's band, to ex plain about the new band. His brother in turn told all' to the famous orchestra leader who of fered some arrangements to the boys. "We're building up a music .11- brary in a hurry," says Walt Ka zor. leader of the band. "The boys are pretty happy, about their first appearance and now we'd like to keep right on going. At a meeting recently the band' members vowed 'to stick together as long as pos sible under the Army . setup. Most of, the fellows played in profes sional bands before; and' they want to keep pliying 'with a band as long as they can.", The Army Air Corps band will play at Old Main Open House Sat urday night, and • they are also planning a big night at the Thes pian Canteen May 1. Gremlins Hide Froth, But Sale Stails Today ''rothh was delayed yesterday due to circumstances 'beyond the cOn trol of the staff. • It •seems, and this story comes from Gerald B. M. Stein, business manager, that the magazine was lost in. transit. Froth is printed in Williamsport; and as usual it.waS sent out to State College, but - it never reached here, Caught the staff across the hall plenty of worry. However, the magazine will be on the stands for sale today. and Fred E. Clever, are in the Air Corps, and that five others. will either be graduating or in one of the armed services by the end of the semester. They. include Milton Dolinger, Robert Kinter, graduat ing, and Richard B. McNaul and Richard Smyser, who will enter the Army. The Collegian Board of Direc tors also accepted in principle a report of the-publications commit tee of the Council - on Recreation and Welfare, and appointed Bur sar Russell E. Clark, Prof. Donald W. Davis, department of journal ism, and Jack R. Grey, All-College president, to submit a resolution to the Senate Committee on Rec reation and Welfare. Included in the publication corn mittee's report was an opinion that the Daily Collegian revert to a semi-weekly, size of the Centre Daily Times, for the Summer se mester only. Confers with Camacho In Secret Conference President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote another page to history last night when he surprised the nation with a broadcast direct from Mon terey, Mexico, where he was in conference with the Mexican presi dent, Avila Camacho. This was Roosevelt's second war time journey out of this country in the past few months, and mark ed the first time in the history of the United States that an Amer ican president has crossed the Mexican border to greet the citi zens and president of that neigh boring country. Roosevelt began his tour several days ago when he visited war plants and Army posts throughout the. South, and then crossed the Rio Grande in his spectacular visit a few hours before his 11 o'clock broadcast last night. Accompany ing the President was the First. Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. As the two American dignitarier g . entered Monterey. yesterday, huge crowds greeted- them with an en thusiastic welcome, and inspec tions were held for them in the various Army camps and war plants throughout that area. Large, forces of ,the MeXican •Army greeted the President in commem oration of his historic visit. The broadcast last night was known, but the public was una ware of its whereabouts. Amer ican newspapers and radio .stations.... were .released information regard ing the trip last week, but. the voluntary censorship code kept:the z. • momentous happening secretive until a•voice sounded over the net works last night, announcing - that the President • would_ speak from •.. Mexico. Roosevelt. commended the two (Continued On. Page Tivo) Magazine Reprints Student's Article Richard G. Devaney, illustra tion editor of the Penn State En gineer, has just had his Jnuary story, "The Unseen," printed in the Colorado Engineers' Bulletin, according to an announcement re ceived from Charles R. Ammer man, editor of the campus tech nical magazine. This story, written about elec tronics, was published word for word in the Colorado publication, after the Marquette Engineer had carried a monthly review of it in their own technical magazine. An editor's note in the reprint cited the article as one of the "most significant and interesting ac counts of electronics we have have come across." Devaney is a member of the E E Society, the Institute of Radio Engineers, Blue Key, I M E and former:manager of the rfle team. The electronic article was his sixth story to be printed in the Engineer during the past year. Meteorology Seminar A meteorology seminar was held last night in the Mineral Indus tries building. Professor Nelson: Taylor of the Mineral Industries School discussed "Instruments to Record the Duration of Sunshine."
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