The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, August 20, 1943, Image 1

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VOL. 40—No. 104
ROTC Men Eligible
F Captain To Direct
ir. Corps Exam Today
Mental examination for the Air
-Corps will be given in 401 Old
-Main at 9 o'clock this morning,
according • to FAWS Robert E.
Galbraith. This examination will
be under the direction of Captain
Fred Lucas of the Army Air
Forces, Galbraith stated.
According to a correspondence
received from Captain H. S. En
gart, of the Aviation Board Head
quarters in Harrisburg,. "second
:year advanced ROTC students
',.who are remaining in College
under A. G. 354.17 ROTC 4 June,
1943 may apply for Aviation Ca
det training." The- will be ell
. gible to take the test tomorrow.
If these men are qualified by
the Aviation Cadet Examing
'Boarcl,'.they may reqUest a trans
ferf will be. - - submitted" to
the - .Army Air Forces for this
LiurPoSe through channels to the
_.Adjutant; General -• Operations
Branch: ; pirectiVe 'section. If ap
proyeicit,
,
• Gaibraith ,
stated that a plan. for
the - - transfer of AS I TP, students to
the Air Corps. isnow being- con
sidered.. A. definite `decision will
be' reaehed -.by- next week "and
will, be announced.. -
The Naval Aviation V-5 is not
open, PAWS said, but quotas. will
be announced September 1 when
.the prograrm.reppens. - •
Tribunat Holds Court
Fiail Frosh Plead Cases
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In a dimmed out smoke filled
jizoin to the tune-of the . .plaintive
f`What Tribunal has against: me
I. don't knoW,' l wailing; four of the
l'ie•fingermen met: and discussed
the: Cases of'twelve misguided
fro - ..:11, five of whom were repeat
Performers.
1 Issuing one .frOsh a typical Tri
bunal .tee.t, graciously granting
five the -privilege orwearing sand
signs,. and , otherwise giving
Understanding and council to in
timidated ingenues, Tribune con
tinued: its -weekly . worries Wed-'
riesday . night.
Unlikethe bad toys of the mo-
Vie-who:always have a. pretty
ter or 'run down mother , to plead
their case,- the. five . misunder-
Stood repeat .frosh stood up• to the
chosen- members , of the governing
class and gaVe forth with their
-!Own alibis. Feebly reciting that . a
'isunderstanding was reason
punther orie for the • front laWn
not being. cleaned Sunday morn
ing according to -instructions,' the
frosh peacefully left their -case
'rest 'here. Tribunal, admitting the
pcossibility and possible probab
ili of said error, handed down
the following 'decision. Five fledg
lings must report again this Sun
.day' and this time clean the cam
pus in
. front'of Old Main. If they
do a thorough job •.cf campus
,cleaning, they may discard their
cards permanently or until "next
time." ,
. Encburaging fUture failing frosh;
;Tribunal• came through with. sev
..eral-xiew :•apd. , witty. signs • for this
-Weelt!S• sandwich • sign bearers.
`,`•Uniess. forgetful .frosh wise up
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1943-STATE COLLEGE, PA
Open House
Stars Band
Highlighting campus entertain
ment for this weekend is the Old
Main Open House sponsored by a
committee composed of represen
tatives of every organization on
campus from 7:30 p.m. until
.12
tomorrow.
Private Wayne Chaffin's Navy-
Marine V-12 band will begin the
evening with music on the terrace.
The V-12 band will feature a
version of "Southern Fry," "9:20
Special," "Kansas City, Goods,"
and a popular number from Ohio
University, "For Your Heaven."
Chaffin will do solo sax work as
will Tip Lyford, former member
of the Aristocrats. Shorty.. Maloney
will heat the drums and Gene Kel
ler
,will play a solid truznpet.
tative, , . will be An charge of the
full-length: moVie, ."The Ghost
Goes West." "Gypped in Egypt," a
comedy, will also be .shown.
• Julia Gilbert is . in: charge .of
ping-pong tournaments.which will
be, held :throughout the evening..
Classical music; including Tsch
kaikowsky's Fifth Symphony, The
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and start .to think, they'll eat
Thanksgiving dinner .in socks, tie
and • dink,"• is probably the most .
tantilizing. of 'the five new 'ones
issued, while• "The clink• was ab
sent from my head, I saw Tribunal,
they saw red." Tuns a' close second. 1
Tribunal's grand new terrors for
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Interfraternity . Ball
Queen Election Set
For Friday At SU
• • Balloting for IF Ball queen will
begin 'and end at Student Union
next Friday; the date. set for the
semester's only 'big-name band
dance,' Laibe:A. Kessler, chairman
of the semi-formal' event, an
nounced last night. -
• Contestants for the title, select;
ed by the council and representing
three classes and two technical
training groups, are Jane Windell,
senior;' Evelyn Kohler, junior;
Shirley Fierman, sophomore; Jean
Mitchell, Hamilton Propellor; and
Frances Chandler, Curtiss-Wright.
Purchase of a one-couple tioket
will entitle the buyer to one vote
for queen, Kessler said; stressing
that there will be no advance vot
ing. The winner of the contest
will be awarded a sterling silver
cup.
Because only 40 booths will be
available, Kessler urged persons
wishing to engage them to make
reservations-early..by-bringing to
Student• .Union - .checks payable to
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Cabinet Says Nix to Westerns
Group Requests Better Shows
With only one new item of busi
ness on the docket, the smaller-in
number-but-greater-in-results All-
CAteggßPPd.•At§. w§tY
an 'early' adjdurnment Monday
night after having bemoaned the
Wild West situation at local the
atres.
' Opening the cinema discussion
'with, a plea for pictures of a
higher caliber at amusement spots,
especially during weekends, Law
rence E: Faries received the sup ,
port .of. ex-officio service repre
sentatives who attended the meet
ing..
Servicemen, it was revealed; Ob
ject mainly . to the 'current' horse
shows and , "propaganda"
The suggestion that a slump in - the
Hollywood industry might be re
sponsible for: the local dearth of
good entertainment • called forth
the idea of reopening the Nittany.
Theatre for the purpose of show
ing old but better movies. •
Result of the discussion, was the
appointment of a committee to
carry student sentiment to local
theatre managers and confer with
them on possible remedies: Allem
bers of the group are Larry T.
Chervenak, Faries, and Horace B.
Smith.
Coming from committees and
through the ' Cabinet-as-a-whole
clearing house were the questions
Thespians Come Across-With Title—
Once Over Lightly' Goes Into Rehearsal
It's. finally official! After innu
merable discussions pro and con,
Thespians' BMOC's have decided
"Once Over Lightly" as the
title of their forthcoming show.
Vocal chorus for "Once Over ..."
will be recruited from candidates
who report to room 200 Carnegie
at 2 p.m. Monday. Frank Gullo,
assistant professor of music, who
is in charge of the group, plans to
build the glorified glee club - on
eight male and eight female
voices.
The chorus will be featured in
the production numbers centering
around Gershwin's "I Got Plenty
of Nuthin' " and "Isn't That Great
—Gettin' Up in th' Mornin' ", de
scribed by Jimmy Burden as "an
'old—spiritual with a shot of hot
PRICE FIVE CENTS
of student driving and the activi
ties curfew.
James Hugo, head of the com
mittee on cars, reported that con
ferences with Capt. Phillip A.
Mark of the campus patrol and
Ray V. Watkins, head of the State
College rationing board, confirmed
the advisability of enforcing the
student driving ban in effect last
semester.
The ban provides that no stu
dent may .keep a. car at the Col
lege, except those granted the
privilege because of some special
situation. Failure to Obey the reL
quest carries punishment up to
and including expulsion from Col
lege. Student Tribunal will be the
enforcement agency.
Faries, revealing investigations
of the curfew committee, recom
mended that the 8:30 p.m. limit on .
activities be abOlished since the
number of students and active or
ganizations on campus this . semes
ter makes such a ruling unneces
sary.
Passing the resolution which
made the deadline past tense, Cab
inet qualified its action by stating
that it still endorses the principle
behind the curfew. and urged that
early adjournment hours be ob
served by activities heads despite
the lack of a resolution governing
the situation.
Burden .is using his band as the
nucleus for the show orchestra
which will accompany all of the
show -numbers. Thus far, the
band's high spot numbers are "St.
Louis Blues," for a blackface
boogie number, and "Sibone,"
which will set the keynote for a
touch of Latin America in the
show.
The •band's vocalist, Mary Jane
Doerner, will accompany the or
chestra and will be featured in the
black-face number. Several of the
boys in the band will have solos,
but at this point the only ones
that are 'definite are Jim Storch's
trumpet work and Len Singer on
the clarinet.
In addition to the regular Tiles
plan dancing chorus, there
be several da l I nce specialties. Que
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At Election
Rounding out four weeks of
campaigning and leaving their
original eighteen competitors far
behind them, the team of Chap
man and Chapman, new first se
mester president and treasurer, re
spectively, made out in final elec
tions held in Old Main yesterday.
In a burst of enthusiasm which
preceded the finals but which was
even more apparent in the pri
maries, the freshmen came all out
for elections with class spirit. The
eighteen candidates who competed
in last week's elections worked
hard in what were the first pri
mtiries of the semester. The large
number of candidates is due chief
ly to the elimination of specific
Parties in this year's elections.
When elections were put on a se
mester basis, the party setup was
disregarded, thus allowing more
candidates to run.
John Chapman, president, and
George Chapman, treasurer, led
their opponents, Gib Parnell and
Ted 'Rubin, by 32 and 24 votes re
spectively.
Seven votes were declared void
by the All-College elections com
mittee since these voters made the
mistake. of voting for two. presi
dents or two treasurers. The seven
votes, however, were not of suffi
cient number to make a difference
in the final tabulation.
Other students who ran but
were eliminated in last week's
election 'are presidential candi;
dates David Barron, Jay Fieldman,
Richard Glickman, 'llobert Himler,
Theodore -Jentleson, Louis Levi,
Jeanne Jordan, and Robert Shad
ley; treasurer candidates Barbara
Cotton, Morton Grossman,
.Mardy
Humphries, Robert Lauer, and
Virginia Pershing.
Two hundred and thirty fresh
men voted at the final elections
yesterday, just ten less than the
number who turned out for last
week's elections. Under the new
system, students just elected will
remain in. office for one semester
only, and will compete for office
again next semester.
Old Main Tower Open
Old Main tower will be op
en from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, George W. Ebert,
Grounds and Buildings, an
nounced.
that is already in rehearsal is the
team of Tony Hale, Navy V-12,
and Priscilla Schautz, veteran
Thespian chorine.
And again comes the now-fran
tic call from Marty Skapik, pro
duction manager, for some campus
beauties for the large production
numbers. All girls who can qualify
are requested to report to Schwab
any evening between 7 and 8
Contrary to Thespian precedent,
there is no special theme connect
ing the various numbers in "Once
Over Lightly." The show will be
built around large production
numbers, and the orchestra will
•be highlighted.
The dancing chorus, under the
direction of Mim Zartman, is fully
organized and has been rehearsing
li.unbers nightly.
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