FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 Air Forces Select Four Candidates Winner To Mount' Throne At Graduation Formal Four coeds have been named by the' committee in charge of plans for the Air Forces Dance to com pete for the title of Air Forces Sweetheart at the graduation for mal in Hee Hall tomorrow night, Betty Shenk will represent - Squadron A; Squadron • B chose lathryn Metzger as its candidate: Marjorie Siebert will vie for the title for Squadron - C..Shirley Fier- Man is The coed selected for . corn- Petition by Squadron D. From these four candidates one coed will lie chosen to reign as •Oueen for one month until the next graduntion dance when font more coeds will be selected. the winner will be selected by Cati tain-Leet and four Air Forces offi cers. Miss Shenk is enrolled in the School of Education. Miss Metzger is a town., coed and the niece of Brigadier-General Earl H. Metz ger. Marjorie Siebert an art ma jor, is a member of Phi Gamma Alpha, fine arts honorary, and Shirley Fierman is a liberal arts Student. The Air Forces Sweetheart will be crowned and will reign over the dance from a regal throne. She will receive a favor- from the Air Forces. DUring the course of the evening she will descend froth her throne to _present awards to the outstanding squadron. The ,win ningrsquadron will have been se lected for achievement in military drill . and bearing. , Each guest . at tending the dance Will - be given a Corsage. - COL and Mrs. Edward D: Ardery, President and Mrs. Ralph-D. Het tel, • Captain Leet, and Lieutenant Commander the will greet the guests at the dance. BoOths have been set up for each squadron., Stee!e To Be Chairman 01 Big-Lillle Sister Tea A big and little sister tea will be 'held on the porch and lawn of Women's 'Building, from 3 to 5 p.M. Sunday, August 22. Each freshman' is to invite her big sister to the affair which, in the event of bad weather, will be moved to the lounge:. Committee heads 'ere as fol law's: Betty 'Steele, . chairman; 'Dorothy , Funkhouser, refresh ments; ,Mary . : .Margaret Thinlap, hoStesses; Jane Watson, clean-up) Pldrence Tickner, decorations; Bernice Rickel, invitations; Pa tricia Turk, music. Sa ify .4 Mate College Creamery ilk and Ice Cream SHIRLEY 'MERMAN MARJORIE SIEBER'r Houck Sets Back Boxing Tourney €Continued from page six) relative to my appearing as ,ref eree at the final boxing bouts to be held Saturday evening, August 21st. I am sorry that I must decline your very kind invitation to at tend these bouts. however. I have already made arrangements to go on leave. the 20th of Au gust. Thanking you for your .invita tion and with kindest • personal regards, I remain, Sincerely Jack Dempsey been asked to referee the bouts,. stating that earlier arrangements would force him to refuse the bid to come to Penn State. 'Dempsey is at present a lieuten ant commander in the Coast Guard, stationed at Manhattan Beach, N. Y. The "Mariassa Mauler" explain ed in a letter to Houck that he had already made plans to go on leave the day before the fights. Houck immediately began cor respondence to other celebrities in the sporting world, hoping to ob tain a referee of national promi nence ,for the finals. Al Pyle, pro fessional referee who handled many of Billy Soose's bouts; will be : the third man in the ring next week. Men who have already signed for the tourney were urged to re port 'to Rec Hall each night next week to go through the final week of conditioning in preparation for their public debut on August 21. Houck has made arrangements to have gloves and punching bags available for any of the entrants next week. Air Force Sweethearts KATHRYN M. METZGER Women Invited To WRA Playnight WRA will conduct an informal Playnight for all woman students in White Hall from 7 until 9:30 tomorrow night, according to Elizabeth J. McKinley, president. All recreational facilities will be available and coeds may play bridge, badminton, and ping pong, and swimming will be offered. Re freshments will be served. Mottie Haverstick WRA Bowl ing Club president; Mary Grace Longnecker, 'WRA Executive Board member; and Miss Dixon, faculty member, 'are in charge of the affair. New club presidents elected during the week-include Madeline Mahurin, replacing Hattie Van Riper, in the Dance Club; Virginia Steinhaur, taking over the Outing Club in place of retiring Carolyn Crooks; and Mary Alice Carswell, replacing Florence Rothman as the Archery Club head. Hayakawa Speaks M Seminar Here Meeting in final sessions today, teachers, psychologists, and clin icians attending the seminar on differentiated reading instruction, will hear Prof. S. I. Hayakawa continue his lectures on the Se mantic (or word study) approach to reading. Havakawa will speak in 10 Sparks at 10:30 this morn im.:. The speaker, a member of the faculty of Illinois University, Chi cago, is the author of "Language in 'Action." "To underline democracy in government with Ceniocracy jn the classroom is the purpose of the seminar," according to E. A. Betts, head of the College read ing clinic. Betts says that "giving Johnny a third' grade primer just because he happens to be in the third grade" is the wrong approach to the reading problem because of the wide. variation in . reading abilities.of public school pupils. THE COLLEGIAN BETTY - M. SHENK lIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Women in Sports In the realm of sports, WRA softball tournament draws the noose tighter as eliminations con tinue and finals approach next week In the semi-final round this week, Ath East triumphed over Ath West scgring . 9-7; Jordan came through with .19 to 3 for the Frosh; Watts defeated Chi 0 by 21-7; and Jordan eliminated Ath East bv 7 runs to 5. Remaining among the unbeatables are Jor dan. Chi 0, Watts. The conclud ing semi-final game will see eith er Jordan or Chi b eliminated bn Monday to determine the two finalists. Team Line-ups-t- Jordan team is composed of the following members: Vi .Leary, Rose Worobel, Mike Landers, Midge Stedman, Joe Segan, Mur iel Baker, Jo Martin, Mal Mut phy, Shirley Goldsmith, Anne Kurylo, Nancy . Williams, Dot . Buchanan, Agnes Savage Watts—Barbara Tietzel, Teddy Oaks, Janet Kendrick, Frances Chandler, Mickey Sonnenberg, J•o Godley, Allison King, Gretchen Mecklenburg, Belle Flack, Jane Joseph, Margaret Cunningham. Chi o—Frances Angle, * Alice Burwell, Frances Burke, Mary Ann Krall, Eleanor,. Wills, Ruth Ernst, Jane Minnick, Jean Runk, Mary Thompson,, Marge Schultz, Jean. Gilbert, Mary Laubach, Car olyn Fisher, Janet Carbaugh. Ath West—Mary Weldy, Gloria McKinley, Nancy Hodgson, Jan Densmore, Mildred Cookerly, Anne Radle, Gladys Fry, Doris Porter, Kip Parese, Neva Peter son, Peggy Childs, Anita Minne man. . Ath East—Doris Huck, Pat, Aloe, Margery Gross, Ella Kirk land, Dotty Boring, Penny Em (Continued on page eight) - Coeds To Be Nostess,s M Thesplan Canfeen Thespians' first Canteen of the semester will featur.i dancing in the Armory from 9 to 12 p.m. Sat urday to the "music of the best bands in the world." Tickets will be on sale at .the door, Paul Galvanek, manager of the Canteen, announced. There will be a charge of 25 cents for all men, but women will be admitted free. All women who would like to be official hostesses should contact Joan E. Piollet at the Kappa Alpha Theta house, or sign up at Student Owen; Dance Features Jimmy Burden ' s MUSIC Cwens' informal dance "Injun Stomp," will be staged in White Hall September 11. according to Ann Louise Decker, president. Jimmy Burden's orchestra will provide the music. PAGE SEVER
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