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
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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
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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
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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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