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VOL. 40—No. 106
Thespians Offer
Canteen As High
Spol Of Weekend
Campus Owls To Play
Rec Hall Affair
Second Thespian Canteen of the
semester is set for tomorrow night
at Rec Hall. Bud Wills' Campus
Owls will 'play for dancing from
9 to 12 p.m., Paul Galvanik, man
tgerof the affair, stated last night.
. • There will be an admissiori
'charge of .50 cents for men and, as
usual, women will be admitted
tree. Women interested in
.regis
ter:ng as-official hostesses .are re
quested to contact Miriam Zart-
Man i qt 36 Atherton . The dance is
O . p . en-:to all men, both students and
service groups;
. .
Paul Grove will• double for
WillS in leading the Owls'. per
formance. Under the - Owls' new
set-up, Grove takes the ride tfum
._pet, Johnny Setar doubles on the
sax and the clarinet, and Walt
:Kawr is at the piano. Advance
rumors have it that the band will
~give. out with "Stormy Weather,"
• !9Filtie Skies',7, "Rose Room," and
Blue"-Gown." .
4 1 't .
fekiii &I-liiS: 4 BtrorMS;Veather":and
‘,`Sunny'sidp of the. Street." Both
of these arrangements, and a ma
jority .of the others, are originals
by George Washko and Jimmy
fMacAdclam.
- Entertainment-features, which
mere a `highlight-of-last'semester's
Canteen, will not,be introduced at
this affair Garvanilv:.announced.
thdre - Will tie . a cope bar.
300• i*ople 'attpded. - the
first Canteen of the semester which
, . ,
was. held;in• the - A:rMOFy...Galkranili,
stated -that: an -even- larger -crowd
• will-beneeessary-thiwtime to.make
?.s mpoh pf . a. : profit , •as' Thespians
realized on the last affair.
•
State: . 15 - um
„....
North •
African:.
"My. experiAce in North • Af
rica,.. while' not a perfect guide
to what may follow the invasion
Of Europe proper, indicates, be
irorid,'aueStion,- that 'the first and
r"ajor task of civilian • relief in
the'occuoied'countries will be the
Care and, as rapiely as possible,
the relodation and rehabilitation
of the actual war refugees,” de
clared Fred K. Hoehler 'l5 upon
his return from North Africa
where he directed a , special miss
inn for •the Office of Foreign Re
ref. and Rehabilitation _ Opera. ;
•
"Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, and other
Tunisian cities were crowded with
refugees when the Allied troops
Imit,ook over, and our job was to
feed, clothe, and provide shelter
for, those people," he said:
Although . Hoehler Cid not dis-
NE'S it, friends, in the welfare
flcl 4 . in Chicago revealed that his
North African mission resulted in
a close brush with death when
ftc missed a plane that would
have joined hint with some assist-
Outs. The plane carried 35 people
to the:r deaths when it crashed in
jpid•iTanuary at Paramaribo,
putch Guiana.
• Hoehler
said that working
bmong disorganized' peoples had
{nary problems that he could not
nticipate. Relief anc:. aid
given thein hi s . ich a wya that
Tly Tatirgiatt
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943-STATE COLLEGE, PA
LA Council Issues Call
For Candidates; Tries
New Election System
Sophomores and Juniors in the
Liberal Arts School who !have a
1 All-College average are qual
ified to petition for membership
to the council, according to Su
zanne A. Clouse, president.
Eight new members will be ac
cepted from the number who sub
mit petitions to Student Union
before noon Saturday, September .
12. Each candidate must - secure at
least 25 names before the petition
deadline.
Elections of members will be
chosen under a new system. The
council will conduct elections in
the lobby of Sparks ibuilding Wed
nesday, September 46 from 7:30
to 4:30 p.m. Four juniors and the
same number of sophomores will
be chosen. 'Students are reminded
.that as in the past those will be
chosen who qualify scholastically,
primarily, and are engaged in
some extra-dudricular activities.
The council, which meet Tues
day, also submitted names of fac
ulty
.members who will be asked
to serve as advisory 'group to the
council. These faculty members
will serve for one semester, ac
cording .to Miss .Clouser.
Ag Students Meet Today
eleorgamze Cowl
A meeting of all members of
the 'Ag. ',school' has' been called by
Robert :Brawn, president of the
Ag. Stu - dent Council, in 409 Main
Agriculture building at' 4:30 ' o'-
clock today., . •
Tl 4 punpose of the meeting is
to reorganize the council into an
All-Ag society. to function with
the former.. council," .aocoitling ..to
Brawn. Dean - Fletcher 'will speak
at tha.meeting. ".
The. council 'has been affected
by -.the ;drop. -in pnballMent :and - in
order 'to (function it :is: necessary
they - merge , with - .other organiza
tions—of fthe schcior. The - present,
enrollment is 'l7O, last semester 'it
was 1,000, Brawn-stated. •
Returns From
Relief Trip
t would nest change the soaial or
economic structure 'of the society.
Rations 'were provided through .
lend-lease, - Floehler said, and the
main Problem was in the obtain
ing of the same. Germans took
what food and other materials
they couolzl use, and left the peo
ple, for the most part, with what
money they had. MuCh of the foo u
and clothing, therefore, was not
charity,,but..purchased by inhab
itants of the counrty.
Before this .project, Hgehler
was cin . einnati safety director
and then moved on as drector of
the American Welfare Associa
tion of Chicago. At :present, he is
chief of the London regioal office
for Office of Foreign. Relief and
Rehabilitatoin Operations.
His post in . London gives him
responsibility for liasion between
American armed forces and those
of our Allies 'and with the Inter-
Post-War Requirements
Committee,
• While in school Hoehler was a
member •of Skull and Bones.
Friars. was business manager of
the 1915 LaVie, and was on the
staff of the Penn State Farmer
along witli many other activities.
He graduate'L from the• depart
ment of forestry and was a mem
ber of Alpha Zeta social frater
nity
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
Coeds, Wives
Vie For Queen
Two coeds and two Air Corps
ivcs will vie for the title of Air
Corps Sweetheart II at the second
Air Corps graduation formal at
Rec Hall Saturday night, Septem
ber 10. Pictures of ec•ntestants ap
pear on page 7.
Coeds are Donna McClintock,
'freshman, and Marion Dougherty,
senior. Miss McClintock will rep
resent Squadron C and Miss
Dougherty has been chosen as the
candidate for Squadron •A. Adel
aide Fitzgerald and Patricia Tolle,
bo h wives of Aviation students,
have been selected by Squadrons
B and D.
From these four candidates one
will be chosen by a committee of
judges to reign as Queen for a
month until the next graduation
formal. The judges are Captain
(Conti:lined on page seven)
Seism Takes State
Department Post
Dr. John Paul Selsam, associ
ate professor of European_ history
will report to Washington, Mon
day, September 6, to be .assigned
to a foreign post to help in Eur
opean rehabilitation war work.
r Eieeecibkkk • .
Selsam, .who has, been granted
ac..l,eoe.:itlfAbOnck3 , 4 rom Ahe .
ulty; - will be Field Organizer
and 'lnspector for the -Office of
Foreign Relief and, Rehabilita
tions Operations of the Depart
ment of State.
When interrogated about his
duties 'he 'said: "Our first task
Will be to see that the people will
get proper nourishment, particu
larly-the women and children.!'
.
'!Secondly,' ,we „ want , to assist
them 'to revitre-their own econom
ic life - -as soon as possible,” Sel
sam added.
.:.Conversant . with' European..lan
guagea- including- German i • Italian:
and French,- the historian has
learned many of, their customs
. his • extensive .Visits
• •and
travels throughout - Europe- :and
Asia Minor.
. .
His first trip in - 1927 helped
to -further his studies of these
peoples. From 1390 to 1923, he
lived in. Europe, studied at the
Hague Academy of International
Law and the Graduate School of
the. University of Geneva. During
this time he served for one year
as manager of the publications
sales office;. of the League of .Na
tions.
Selsam received his Bachelor
of Arts degree at Franklin and
Marshall College in. 1921, his
master of Arts in 1924; his Ph.D.
in. 1931 at Princeton University.
He obtained a diploma at the
Institut Universita.ire de Hautes
Etudes Internationales at Gen
eva, S'witzerlanc:, in 1932:
'War And After' Series
Will Conclude Thursday
The last in a series •of discus
sions on "The War and After" will
be presented when Dr. Nelson M.
•McGeary, assistant professor of
political science, speaks on the
subject, "A Realistic Peace," in
Room 304; Old Main, at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
• The series, which began August
19 and has presented three speak
ers, is being sponsored by Hillel
Foundation and the Christian As
sociation. .
George E. Simpson, associate
pcofessor of sociology, spoke on
"Geopolitics in the Future" last
night, , . ,
College, Town Join Forces
To Boost War Bond Drive
Appoints Committee
Harry Kern, chairman of Cab
inet, appointed eight students to
work on a committee with H. R.
Gilbert of the State College War
Finance Committee. The committee
will work to increase the sale of
Way Bonds at the College in the
nation-wide driiie for. September.
IF Council Goes Under
$306.90 In Las, Week's
Final Big Dance
Expenditures for IF Ball, held
last Friday evening, as released
by, Henry Keller, IFC president,
are as .folloyvs: ' •
Income comprised of admissions,
booth rental, and -checking totaled
$1,587.30.
Major.: expenditures ' including
music, decorations, and - programs
amounted to
. $1,258.50.
.•
Advertising Which covered Col
legian,. Froth, window cardS, and
- signs was estirnated at $63.75.
Labor. wages for the committee
chairman, College workers, check
ing clerks, doormen; women at
tendants, and ticket seller totaled
$212.25.
Twenty dollars was spent for
telephone and telegraph expendi
tures, while the tax on admissions
was - $134.70.
Minor and miscellaneous fea
tures reached the $165 mark,
Grand total amounted to
$1,894.20 with an 'estimated deficit
of $306.90.
According to Keller, this lack
(Continued on page eight)
Weekend Opens With
WRA Skating Party
Tomorrow afternoon's• social
program will feature an All-Col
lege skating party from 2:30 to 5
o'clock at the Coliseum, a half mile
east of College avenue on the road
to Bellefonte. Servicemen, wom
en's service groups, coeds, and all
regular students are urged to at
tend, according to Elizabeth Mc-
Kinley, president of IArRA.
It 'has been suggested by WRA
that sororities and dormitories
plan "skating parties" for the
afternoon. Tickets may be obtain
ed at Student Union or from Miss
MdKinley, Elizabeth J. Pike, Alice
Hopper, Mary Grace Longenecker,
Margaret Gucd, Mary Ann Jen
nings, Joan K. Miller, and Barbara
J. Smith. . , . ,
Pitch in For
September's
Bond Drive
PRICE. FIVE CENTS
Directing its attention toward
the sale of Series E War bonds,
$25 bonds purchased by average
citizens, the College will work in.
conjunction with the town to
boost the' sale of war bonds in the
nation-wide drive, which starts
Thursday and will continue
through the month of September.
Fifteen billion dollars is the
nction's goal for this latest drive
and the sale of E bonds is ex
pected to account for at least four
billion collars of this. While both
the. State and Centre County have
kept up their sale of bonds, the
actual sales has been" from large
corporations and not from the
Bale of E bonds.
Students appointed by Harry
F. Kerns, cabinet chairman, work
on the committee with H. R. Gil
bert of the State College War
Finance committee are • James
Casey, Gloria Duerst, Harold
'Fetterman, Peter Johnston, Re
nee 'Marks, Frank McKa.in, Helen
McKee and RaymOnd Parks. Vic
tory weekend, concerts and other
entertainments are being planned
to stimulate individual sales
among students and stue,ent or
ganizations.
The defense council passed a
motion Tuesday promising sup
port for the drivel It was rec
ommended that the block leader
organization be placed in charge
of a house to house canvass of the
town to solicit bond sales.
Grid Till High Mes
'Victory Weekend'
A 1943 edition of last summer's
successful Victory Weekend has
been, planned ,as the main event
for September, according to Robert
Brawn and Larry Faires, co-chair
men of the affair. ,September 25
haS been selected as the date for
the All-College weekend because
it is the first football game of. the
season. The Lions will meet the
Bucknell Bisons on that date.
Other such details as the selec
tion of the band, the possibility of
refreshments, the price of admis
sion, and the completion of plans
for the weekend are still unde
cided.
Dancing will continue from 9 to
12. The Victory Committee is now
in the process of selecting an or
chestra. Four groups have offered
their services for the dance. They
are Jimmy Burden and his orches
tra, Bud Wills and the Campus
Owls, the Army Air Corps Band,
and the Navy-Marine Band.
RPlans are now underway to
make the purchase of War Stamps
the admission fee. However, noth
ing definite has as yet been acted
uppn.
The co-chairmen plan to meet
with the members of the Victory
Committee some time next week
to act upon all unsettled problems.
All tentative plans will at that
time be made definite.
Two new appointments were
made during the past week when
Leon Cialella was named publicity
chairman and Horace Smith can
teen chairman. Other members of
the committee are Margaret Ra
matey, Ann Serraco, Joan Clark,
Ray Zaroda, and Mary Jo Powell.
Vocal tryouts for Thespian
chorus will be held in 200 Car
negie Hall, 8:30 p.m. Monday, it
was announced.