Coeds Vie For Ball Queen VOL. 40—No. 103 Tribunal Straightens Out. Maladjusted Freshmen - Sentencing seven and excusing two, Penn State's Tribunal han dled nine, decisions in record breaking hour-and-a-half time .Wednesday night. The five horsemen, led by Laibe A. Kessler, chairman, discovered that most freshmen eat better when not wearing their official white socks. At least three of this Week's violators testified that rush ing off to late •dinners constituted reasons for watchful upperclass men catching them sans socks. Unreliable alarm,clocks and just plain forgetfulness topped the ex cuses for •forgotten dinks, while actions . of walking on the grass, smoking on campus, and the ever present insubordination took' their accustomed place of "just one of those things" in frosh. maladjust , Betrayed freshmen before the male Judicial were Jcseph Biddle, CeOrge. Chapman, Robert Day . en hall,'• Herbert, E. Keller, Leonard Kurland, William, Martinez, Alfred M. qylazor, Roger- Flail, and Rich ard P. Tarbox: Martinez; a second Offender, -was, excused from pun ishment,: this .time. Two Ostoms-disbelievers " will Carry • large,sticks with them on .t.heir..carnpuA . wanderings . this 'next _ Armv - lurforces Reduce . Eyesl§ht - ReqUitenient . ~ : cAiiptheT , ,Arroi...,Air , •VorceS", EX; \ amination. will be , given by 'Cap tain:: Fred . J. Lucas, aviation pro ' .ciirement . officer, in• 401,01 d Main at. .9 •_.o'clook Ahis -.morning: • Captain LLucas-expects . a great-. el.. numbera.of. -Men - to take this week's - . examination ''.because• : of the.'redUctionsofiayesight , require mehts from 20/20? to: •20%.30:; Other reductions - .Areireilalso...begli made . . .. . • arid ~h e. ,u rgesjall. men • who..-have , beeii: rejected-. for • minor_ defe,cts - .i ,ri' the .past:Ao .4 report -loc. this, exern 7 inaticiti'or to •Robert . E. Galbraith's offiie:for 'consultation as ...to: eligi•;. : bilitY.: ; - Readlts' 'of, last - week's 'examin,, •. ation _showed - , that .12 'of 'the 13 pen.. passed' tile mental qualifica ; 'Pans. Joseph . Durkin has . , passed .. lootli, ~the - mental ,and• .physical -,, equirernents.._Durkin 'is.. a fresh an.' enrolled. •in .cherniCal en i' neering.. • . .. . In a -letter received from John - i A. Brown, assistant chief of the 'aviation 'cadet branch of military Personnel, he stated that •the re .. aporise made in .Army Air Forces recruitment for, this district was Considered "most gratifying." . . - ' FormerßOTC Head . efsts,M'Al . :Nheeler "Brigadie.A • _Genera . l AmbrOie R. Emery, founding father of ,Camp ;Wheeler ; Ga., and the Infantry Tie placement . Training .Center; was 'honored by • the Army • he has served for 38 years when he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal recently. General Emery, who was Col onel Edward D. Ardery's predeces 'sor as head of the College ROTC, began his association with Camp Wheeler soon after he left the Col -lege in December, 1940. At that time it was merely in the blueprint stage, but he has been Camp Wheeler's commanding general until the present. 900 Attend ISO Dance Independent Student Commit ttee's "Nittany Nocturne" totaled 45P :paid admissi ns of which 285 :were soldiers and guests :anct 165 nivilians and .dates, according to .R. Stern, dance chairman. Tatir i FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1943-STATE COLLEGE, PA week. The sticks will carry respec tively a dink and d red painted idea of a match. Best sign ,of the week was made up especially for a chain-smoking frosh: The sign reads, "A nicky fiend who cannot stop, sure makes Tribunal blow its top." Three freshmen, Paul Grove, R. Fred Zeisenhim, and Robert Zei senhim, failed to appear before Tribunal in answer to their sum 'mons. Kessler gave frosh their first sign of encouragement, with the pre-take-Off adviee to learn all songs for a mass meeting which will probably be held about August 27. Skits, Chorus,. klighlightN.emi Variety_ sh.6iivii Thorton Wilder's "The Happy Journey to Camden and Tren ton" will highlight the Variety Show to be presented . in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 .tomorr s ow ev ening. and at 3 pm. Sunday af ternoon. Directed by . Arthur C. Cloe-. tingh, professor of dramatics, "The Happy. Journey" „east incl4des -Marion - Dougherty o Robert 'Lewis F ; Hetty •McKernan, and' Rohn Foley, V-12, Navy.' Another playlet, "Meet ~the Missus," directed by . Eleanor Freedman,. will . ..feature Herman Pivon and Jeanne ' Louden and Mary :Sauer, ;Hamilton Standard Propeller Students, Thespian's contribution'tO . the pprogram ; `,Beguirid," .a. ..chorus; 'number -with Priscilla • SchOti,; Helen - SeliiieliV - tforOthY • •1 1 .0iT9 w and Pat Lama de. . The "Services are well ' repre sented in 'a novelty quartet corn= poSed of William. Shelley, en gineer, C 9.. D; . Wesley . Wagner, advanced ROTC; and Frank Fer tig and Paul' Morris,- Navy V-12: Other specialty numbers • are Drovided by Players Anne Radle .and Janet Dayton as : the Two (Continued On Page Three) American Soldiers In Tunisia Take A Beer For APlane Ride Beer on tap—out of an air plane tank—might be one of hte milestones of progress future generations can list in the ledger as owed to . World War II dough-. boys. Reducing the • population ot Axis nations .isn't the• .only • use American soldiers in the North Africa-to-Sicily campaign have found for the airtaane, according to First Lt. Phil D. Rogers, Army Air Corps pilot and former State man recently returned from hos tilities in the Mediterranean area. It seems the current problem of a dried-up 'Skellar didn't both er the boys in Tunisia, but they had a closely-related difficulty to overcome. . "We could , get plenty of French beer," Rodgers says, "but ice just wasn't available. We finally hit upon the idea of cleaning and sterilizing the belly-tank of a plane and filling it with beer. Then before meals one of the fel lows would take the ship up, and fly it around long enough to cool the brew. When he brought it clown - we'd tap the tank." ,Things like that are what make combat duty so much more fun Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff Kessler Releases Names Of Coed Candidates For IF Ball 011een Five coeds will battle at the ballot box for the privilege of reigning as aueen when Inter fraternity Council brings the se mester's only big-name band to Rec Hall August - 27. Names of can didates for the title, released by Ball Chairman Laibe A. Kessler, are Curtiss-Wright Cadette Fran- LAIBE%A. KESSLER ces Chandler, Hamilton Propeller Student Jean Mitchell, ' Senior Jane, Windell, Junior Evelyn Koh -ler and, So,phomore _Shirley Vier ma-U, Contrary to the practice of. for mer years, booths will be avail able for non-fraternity. as well as for fraternity groups at a charge of .$2.50.• Persons wishing -to en gage :booths should bring checks payable. to to --IFC to • Student 'Union, Tessler said - ' Behind: . Will Behind-.the baton will':be • Osborne, with a Musical style- orig inal enough ito have received' , a ,patent-from the United-States Pat ent Office. • As a result of. keeping .his finger on . the public pulse to predict trends in musical taste, - Osborne's career has been dotted with 'shifts from sweet to swing. The current phase is more, sweet than swing. Graduated from St. Andrew's • (Continued on Page Three) than the usual home-base camp routine, the lieutenant believes. A veteran of the attacks in North Africa, Malta, and Pantell- aria, the lieutenant ,who flies a P-38 has to his credit two Ger man and two Italian planes and three decorations. He wears the Airman's Medal, given for de struction of one enemy plane or ten sorties; Twelve Oak Leaf Clusters, for downing additional planes; and . the Distinguished Flying Cross for general service. "German pilots are excellently trained and equipped," Rodgers revealed, "while the Italians, al though fine civilian flyers, are (Continued On Page Two) Collegian Meeting There will be an important meeting of all freshmen' and sophomore candidates for Cot legian editorial board in the Collegian classroom 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. . Beats will be changed. Those who do not attend will be au tomatically dropped from • the staff. Semester Students Clark President Fifth Elect Froth Schemes To Animate Coming 'Big' Weekend With Usual Lurid Drivel Featuring on its already-shamed face what has been termed an "artistic montage," Froth once more plans to bubble forth with the purpose of adding flavor to IF weekend, August 27 and 28. The dominant motif of this cover is to be a sporty photo involving Mt. Nittany standing in the back ground and an equestrian in the foreground. Illogical as usual, Froth plans to surround this ele vating scene with more intriguing pictures of sex on the campus . . . since it can't get off. Inside the publication, assuming he gets that far, the reader will find feature-profiles of Dean Char lotte E. Ray and Captain Charles Prosser, as well as complete cam pus coverage, smearage, and pol lution. Mitchell Releases New Pick-up Rules For Equal Collegian Distribution Because of the confusion result ing from Collegian's new system of distribution, Philip P, Mitchell, Collegian business manager, last night released a clarified account of the pick-up rules. • 1. Professors may obtain their papers at the main offices of the following buildings: Main Agricul ture; Main Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Liberal. Arts, the• Li brary, Burrowes, •Home Economics, Chemistry, and Physics,' Rec Hall, IVliheral Industries,' • Dairy .Building (room -105), Frear:Labotatory, and the -Infirmary. - , • - 2. •Papers will 'be sent to Army, Navy, and Marine barracks, so servicemen are asked not to take copies from Student Union. 3. Students should pick up Col legians at Student Union only. 4. All papers at Graham's store are for sale only to townspeople, and should not be taken by any one else. The paper shortage has severely curtailed the number of copies that can"be printed, Mitchell ex plained; but if everyone abides by the above rules, there will be enough to go around. Colonel Tells Of Juvenile Shoe Shine Trade In Africa Arriving in State College from Washington in the same amount of time that it took him to come from London to Washington, Lt. Col. George Haller, '27, just back in the States from action in Africa and Sicily, admitted yesterday that Africa is the place for shoe shines. "If you went a shoe shine, Africa is the place to go for it," Col. Hal ler said. Since Africa first became the scene of battle and forces were shipped there, the children in the towns quickly went into the shoe shine business. They run around' with a shoe polish kit on their shoulders and succeed in drumming up business by gayly calling everyone "Joe." It's just "Shoe shine, Joe?" that is address ed to everyone, including a full general. Commenting on the dress cus toms of the Arabs, Col. Haller re vealed that a mattress cover with a few min ..r dj us tments makes Houck Postpones Tourney PRICE FIVE CENTS 240 Fresh Cast Votes To Eliminate For Finals Receiving 28 votes of a possible 64 cast, Joan M. Clark was elected president of the fifth semester yes terday. just four votes ahead of her opponent, Robert C. Hastedt, who received 24. In the semester election which was originally delayed at the time other All-College elections were held because of the few number of candidates running, Renee U. Marks was elected treasurer with a total of 33 votes. Turning ' • ut en masse, 240 fresh man voters made Penn State's first primary election a mass `produc•- tion unit with 18 students in the running. Gib Parnell polled 63 votes, while John. Chapman fol lowed closely with 51. Both men will vie again for top honors on. August 19 when final elections are held. • Leading their opponents by a. large margin, George Chapman , and Ted Rubin tied for treasurer. with 66 votes each. Freshmen will have their final elections in the first floor lounge, Old Main, Thursday Polls will remain open as usual from 9 a.m. to. 5:30 p t in. Robert J. Glass, carididatefar the fifth semester, received a total of 12 votes; Gunther Cohn, 2. Tab-, ulations of treasurer candidates for that semester are Dean W. Moyer, 16 votes; Shirley Painter, 15. Eight freshmen • who lost had the . following number of votes: David •Barron, '25; . Jay -Fieldman, 11; Richard• Glickman, 3; Robert In - filer, • 7;•*-Theodores• .Jentledon; 7, LOuis .Levi, , 18; 'Jeanne Jordan; 24; and Robert Shadley,.3l. Results of treasurer 'candidates for• this semester :are: Barbara Cotton i • 22; Morton• Grossman, 15; Mafdy Humphries, ' 14; Robert Lauer, 15; Virginia Pershing, •27. V-I2 Liberty Hours According to an announcement from Dr. C. C. Wagner, chairman of the Navy College Training . Pr ogram, when a V-12 trainee is given a liberty or a pass to leave town for the weekend, the exact hours of the liberty are stated in the written order. the ideal dress for the Arab, even likening him to a king. • Asked about the attitude of the• Sicily population, the colonel said , that they think a lot of the Amer icans. "They're awfully hungry, though. I guess the Germans took about everything they had." Col. Haller went on to stress that when you 'get to the fighting areas you realize just how important gov ernment rationing is. "The amount of supplies sent to our men is largely responsible for the vic tories we are now enjoying." Col. Haller smilingly admitted that the first thing he wanted to do when he reached the States was to buy an ice cream cone. In the month and a half he has just spent on fighting fronts, he has had ice cream only once. This occurred when an Italian prisoner acting as cook made what he termed "Neo- , politan ice" for the fellows. 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