e, Established 1887 •g' 1CIORN" -,.. .o.e". . 1 ''ll BUY i itittrgian , ~,. i tr v i Aß A-Pn r a ' ''' gl : rATill , WV ' . i . !jr , BONDS liiiiiP ( 4_ s ai ps 1 "•11 . VOL. 41— No. RS. Thetas, Alpha Zeta Lead Greeks in Scholastic Ave. Mortar Board, • 'Cwens Head All College List Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Zeta have' the highest scholastic house averages for sororities and fraternities respectively, according to a list issued yesterday by the Registrar's office. Runner-up position hi the. frater nkty division was awarded to Tri , angle, engineering fraternity, while : ,Delta Gamma placed second -among the sororities. Mortar Board ..,and Cwens, women's scholastic • honoraries, led the entire list with 2:33 and 1.93 averages. Mortar Board 2.33 Cwens 1.93 , Kappa, Alpha Theta 1.91 Delta oamma • 1.84 .- -Alpha. Zeta 1.80 triangle 1.80 'Kappa Kappa Gamma 1.76 i"'Alpha Omicron ,Pi 1.74 ..';Alpha Chi Omega_. 1.72 . Gainma.,Phi Beta • 1.71 :. , ,Tiaternity Women ' • ' 1.70 •', 4 , :Alpha Chi Delta 1:70 tf Phi . . Mu '1.67 i3eaver House 1.66 k- Zeta Tau Alpha 1.65 Al ha Phi Delta ...... * . .... 1.64 e-Alpha ' Gamma-Rho , L 63 '' % ' - Phi S' • ~ -...fSigma'• Sigma • 1.63 I,egt om,ega • 1.62 :. , : .2 741131ra-,Rpsilortphi... i .... .. -.• 1.59 ' .l44'o=WObViiitY;W :4 cien :- .•:..-.-6..1;:58. ( ~ Katipa•••Delta. , ...; 1.57 All-College Women 1.56 •• Theta Phi Alpha 1.55 Fraternity Women & Pledges 1.54 Phi Sigma Kappa 1.41 ~,..Siima Delta Tau 1.41 Sigma Pi • 1.40 :.Alpha Chi Sigma 1.39 .• Si4ma..Phi• Alpha 1.39 ',•T___au .Phi Delta - 1.36 ;• Kappa Sigma . 1,36 • rPhi 'Kappa . Psi 1.30 •; ..:Phi :,! ...- 11 . College 2,. - rbeta sigma Rho Alpha Chi Rho Delta Tau Sigma ~- B eta Theta Pi '..,tDelta Chi :;wDelta, Tau • Delta : , 'G'ainma Sigma Phi • :;,Non-Praterriity. Men (Continued On Page Two) • • '.r4hestnans Complete for First ,: - Ilackstage Canteen' ••• Tickets for Thespians' Backstage l':,Canteen, to be held in the 'Armory 9 :to 12 p.m. tomorrow night, went, on ,sale yesterday at Student for all men is 35 cents. Coeds Will be ad -4,1) nvitted . free of charge and will 'automatically become hostesses. The strictly informal affair will ,t:','-feature Walt Kazor and his Air :. -- ecirps band, entertainment by ; . '''Thespians, a refreshment bar, and games, for which prizes will . be given at the end of the evening. Thespians has just procured a grOup of song arrangements from York, and Kazor and his out introduce them at the dance Saturday night. Jane Abramson, the Stooges, Yablon, and other Thespian V: stars will perform their acts•dur jiti- two half-hour floor shows. acts will include those that : n they have been giving on their Pjatest mobile unit shows. Two hundred and fifty coeds :'i,- - have been signed up to act as of fictal since the dance is 3,aeing publicized as a "no-date" Mobile Unit Scores Hit at Middletown, Abramson Gets Offer Big news after 'Thespian mobile Unit's jaunt to Middletown Air De pot, Olmstead Field, Wednesday night was that Jane Abramson was offered a contract to sing at the "210 Club," the same Harrisburg night spot where the Three Stooges were offered a' job after their per formance. at Middletown two weeks ago. • "I still haVen't decided what to do abOut the offer," Jane declared last night. She went on to say that she will' definitely follow up some letters 'Of introduction to New York publishers that she received frotn Stith"Hollywood bigwigs as Joshua 'Logan and Eric Rhodes, who are students at the training field. Aside from Jane, the entire Thespian mobile unit, including the chorus, Abramson, the Stooges, Adele Yablon, Ray Fortunato's quartet, Mary Jane Dorner and Tawny. Hill, both of whom did solo songs, took part in the return en gagement at Middletown. Before they took over the stage, they sat in the audience of cadets that heard the local Air Corps band and saw a U.S.O. movie. Two other former Hollywoodites, Bruce Cabot and Robert Preston, who a're now Air Force lieutenants, and were visiting Ohristead Field, also saw the show, and added their rave notices to the long list that the ''pbpular Thespian unit has .been gathering. _ ;.:e.ilttiough this performance. was t6 - 1116"16ii - ' suppoSed •foci duration, Thespians will try to con tinue their. trips during the sum mer because of the great demand from Army, camps for the shows, Cadmus Goss, Thespian president, stated. They, already have .a re quest for a , return engagement at the Middletown depot if they do not disband. WRA Co-Rec Day Set for Tomorrow Boring Becomes thew Senior Senator 1.29 1.27 1.27 1.26 1,26 1.26 1.25 Special invitations to the WRA Co-Rea Day to be held in front of White Hall from 2 to 5 p.m. tomor row have been sent to the Air Corps Cadets and the Curtiss- Wright Cadettes. However, the en tire • student body is urged to at tend, according to Elizabeth J. Mc- Kinley, chairman of the WRA club president's board. Square dancing will be featured and A. P. Clark, "the red-headed Texan," will Cali the various steps. Volleyball, softball, archery, bad minton, ping-pong, and table games will also be highlighted, and refreshments will be sold. A Co-Rec supper hike to the WRA cabin will take place Sunday. Cadets and students who attend will leave White Hall at 2 p.m. Tickets for 'the hike will sell for 25 cents at Student Union, the Serv ice Center, or from WRA club presidents. Softball Continues Softball practice will continue at 4 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after noons through final week until Wednesday, April 1. A sports rally will be held on the afternoon of registration day, June 12, for the incoming fresh men. Adele J. Levin, WRA presi dent, will introduce the WRA Ex ecutive Board and explain the or .ganization to new coeds. • Styccessor To The Free Lane OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1943, STATE 'COLLEGE. PA Former Student Gets Air Medal For Anti-Sub Duly Lieut. Levine Aided In Sinking U-Boat . Lieut. James 0. Levine, former Penn State student, recently re ceived a United States Air Medal for effective anti-submarine patrol flights over the Atlantic, accord ing to an Associated Press dis patch. The 25-year-old second lieuten ant, who was born in McKeesport, Pa., and was graduated from the Jamestown High School in 1935, received the citation along with six other.. New Yorkers serving in the U. S. Army Air Force who were responsible for the sinking of an Axis sub. . Lieutenant Levine was a Penn State student for two years before leaving school to enter the armed services in June,. 1941. He was commissioned in the Air Force at Turner Field, Albany, Ga., May 23, 1942, at which time he was serving as a navigator: The flier is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs.. R. Y. Sigworth, super visor of public utilities at the Col lege, and a cousin of Lois Ande'r .son, hostess at Jordan Hall. Richardson Article .A'Opecii: in 'c; es i*:o r Saturday Evening Post Another Perin State author has received recognition by having his article published in a national magazine. This time the author 'is Ralph Richardson, speech . in . - . Structor, whose article, "Tobacco Is a Dirty Weed" appears in this week's copy of The. Saturday Eve ning Pcst. This is the fourth. article that Richardson has had published in the Post and describes a campaign waged against smoking on the campus by certain professors sev eral years ago and the treatment that was given it, by the editor of Froth.• G. L. Hemminger 'l5, the edi tor then proceeded to write the now famous ditty,l"Tobacco Is A Dirty Weed, I Like It," which caught •CTI throughbut the country and gained for Hemminger a good job writing copy for an advertis ing company which he still has. The leader of the anti-smoking campaign. was succeeded,• the ar ticle concludes, by . :a fellow who puts his feet on the desk and blows clouds of smoke out the window. - .•_ More AAF Men Arrive As Training Detachment The Army Air Forces College Training Detachment headquarters at the College announced this week that 100 Air Forces privates have arrived and will start training as crew pilots immediately. According to an ; announcement from President He tiel's office, these men are not replacements, but additions. The new students, arrived from Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss., at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. They have been quartered in Barracks 27 and 34. This official notification estab lished the 330th Headquarters, College Training Detachment (Air Crew), on Campus as a subdivision of Maxwell Field, Alabama. Parade Honors College Men Killed in War as Military Ball Weekend Celebration. Starts Air(orps, Air Force Men Get Orders Engart*Confirms Notice Concerning Shipment All students enlisted in the Air Corps or Army Air Forces, status inactive, must report for' a roster check to 121 Sparks at 7 p. m. Monday, according to a notice re ceived from the Third Service Command. Conferences are now in process between the aviation board for this diStrict and the Third Serv ice Command to arrange dates and times for shipment of all Air Corps enlistees within six days of the close of the semester. Final orders will be announced Monday and will include enlis tees whose homes are in the Sec ond, Third, and Fourth service commands. Students who for any legitimate reason cannot be ship ped with the group should report to the FAWS at the end of the meeting. Captain Engart confirmed noti fication received last week 'that the group will be tr selected .by the adjutant-general,, as :this in .cannot be announced in the press.: New Army Rate Penn State men who will en ter 'the armed forces may re ceive The Daily Collegian by sending their new address plus one dollar to Philip P. Mitchell, business manager. ' This rate for the Summer Se mester will include all mailing costs, Mitchell said. Tomorrow's issue will be the' last for the semester, Phil lip P. Mitchell announced. iIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 11111111 lIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIII llllllllillilil II 111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111 lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIUNIM Late News Flashes . . . . 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111d LONDON—The breach between Russia - , and the Polish govern ment in exile is growing wider as Russian newspapers attacked the Polish cabinet with bitter accusations last night. Observers here felt that only a shakeup in the Polish 'cabinet would bring an armistice between the Russians and Poles. International Aliled diplomats are still continuing•their. efforts to relieve the tension of the situation. WASHINGTON—Russian Ambassador Litvinoff has been recalled by the Soviet government and is already on his way to Moscow. Soviet sources stated that the recall was only for Litvinoff to confer with about American aid to Russia. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRlCA—British forces near ed the rim 'of the Tunisian plain in steady advances yesterday, as American forces in the rear of the retreating Germans were only 20 miles from their objective of Bizerte. Aliled bombers and fightr bombers stepped up their attacks on enemy shipping in the Sicilian Straits and the Gulf of Tunis, sinking or damaging six ,vessels en gaged in ferring supplies and reinforcements' to the shrinking Nazi bridgehead in Tunis. Tweleve more of the Axis air transports were also reported shot clown. LONDON—Baron Mannerheim, head of the Finnish armed forces is reported fo be in Switzerland on what Helzinki sources called a "temporary rest." WASHINGTON—President Roosevelt returned last night from his 17-day inspection trip of Army Camps in the country and his confer ences with President Avila Camacho of Mexico. The President an nou need that a joint Mexican-United States committee to promote cooperation between the two countries is being formed. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES American League National League New York 7, Boston 3. Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 1. Detroit 3, St. Louis 2. Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 3 Washington 5, Philadelphia 1. Boston 5, New York 2. Cleveland 4, Chicago 2. St. Louis 4, Chicago 3. PRICE: THREE CENTS Dancing Begins at Nine O'clock Tonight Penn State men who have been killed in this war will be remem bered at 3 o'clock this afternoon. when 1,500 Engineers, Signal Corps, 'and Infantrymen march in the biggest ROTC parade that this College has ever seen. Cadets will assemble behind Carnegie Hall and in front of the Mineral- Industries Building. Colonel E. D. Ardery will intro duce the following speakers: John H. Frizzell, College chaplain and speech department head; President Ralph D. Hetzel, and Congressman Martin Van Zandt. This parade will start weekend festivities for the last big weekend for the duration for more than 1,500 Army, Navy, and Marine-Re servists who do not plan to return to school. Tonight more than 600 couples will dance to the music of the Penn State Aristocrats at Military Ball which will be held in Rec Hall from eight until midnight. Bud Norton and his trombone and Ruth Davey on the vocals will be feature attractions of the band. The Aristocrats will play some or the arrangements that save made their group one of the more outstanding , .cAinpus bands, and will.play,special music. for. the .im-, pressiVepihriing eereiribilY, a Pecu:: liar characteristic of all Military Balls. Senior officers may wear cadet uniforms or basic attire, and. basic men may wear basic uniforms or formal attire. Two bids for the dance were given to all senior officers, and a limited number of invitations were extended to Air Corps cadets and. Naval officers. Pershing Rifles, basic ROTC honorary, will take care of all checking free of charge. (Contiiiited On Page Three)
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