Players' Show Opens Tonight VOL. • —No Student Group Sponsors Dance for Campus Heads Committee Promises $ll6l - iv,_.MOMCby.: , Owls. - One hundred- sixty-four -campus leaders and their guests wilt dance .Nittany Lion . - Inn - from 9 o'clock.. until. midnight, tomorrow ~..When. . a .group of students - . organ lied for the sole .purpose of .plan the, affair sponsors the BMOC "dbnce,..with music: by the.,Campus Owls. Although. the .work of the group is under the general .super .visina- of. All-College Cabinet,. the student: governing body. is not-its - 'official' sponsor, according to. Ha rold Bucher,-eighth . spinester presi dent: • • dari66 is not an. All-College event-. and may be attended only thoaa::Persons : have ceived'inyitationa . froin the Com mittee it-'was 'stated: -.Bida were issue , l onthe•basis of achievement of positions of leadership in extra- curricular organizations. • additiOn to' dancing, . enter , tab - la - tent' in the Way* of 'a half-hour floor' show will be 'offered, under 'the' direction of• Master: of Cere monies .SteVa Herbert. On the pro gram - are • acts: by -Jane Abrainson; a • dance team. of Patricia Hallberg and' Robert - Scott, and '.Adele Nab- . lon. Herbert, :in a s five-ythinute game . with :audience, participation,. tAkiirciVe' that - 91:4)4W .to• - be • . . . PrOdeeda - of' the dance'will be raffled off. during the- evening, probably, in the, - form of; War Bonds, Bucher said. Punch, .cook ies, and cigarettes will be supplied to gueits, and palm trees will form the chief decoration. • • StUdents who • joined ' . efforts to SPorHor the,affair-are Joseph Can non, Gleria 'Thierst, Shirley Fink, Margaret .Good; John Matternas; Charles Reeder,.Hbrace.Smith, - Les Stine, and Gloria- Wheyel. Cabinet May Ban Smoking At Basketball Games; Lower Servicemen's Fees ,Two matters associated with Rec Hall claimed the attention of All- College Cabinet in a recent Meet ing, when the group considered the Passage and enforcement of a no smoking rule at basketball games arid the reduction of admission ptqce.. , ; for service . men at • these events. :Because of the many requests each Feason by coaches and play ers Tor enforcement of a no-smok. 7 ing role in Rec Hall, Cabinet has • • i / arineonced that basketball onlook- • onlook ers probably will - have to get along a - rives Lle• without ' cigarettes . during. , the • / game. A committee appointed by By" SEMOUR L. BARASH PresiOent Harold Bucher has in- After action a-plenty through vestigated the matter and will pre sent it for passage at Monday's ' out the Pacific theatre of war, meeting, when they will request Marines James P. Stewart, Wilbert D. Greene, and Theodore. G. ari aopropriation for the printing helm have returned to the United Wil of: prsters to remind patrons. Tife camous patrol will be asked to help 'States to participate in the V-12 enforce the regulation. prograM. They are stationed at ! It is probable . that announce- Penn State. • meni:s over the public addressays-• Against the clink of "Coke" tem by a coach or team member . bottles in the background of Old will serve - as additional reminders. Main's Sandwich Shop, they re- Cooperation of the military units luetantly told fragments of their in r' and to the rule has already adventures. Although ' fighting been obtained. Marines, they nervously glanced 'Concerning the lowering of ad- over their -shoulders whenever mission price for service' men, making -a statement. They did-not Bucher said that a reduction of 25 • want to get in trouble with a cen cents per game -from the original sor for saying something they 5Q of 55 cents is likely. Since sea- shouldn't have. son tickets could not be purchased. VETERAN OF 22 . . on a semester basis' and many . Only 22 - . years •ohl, Ted Wil thembers of the military units will helm .is. already . a veteran of four -: .. (Continued on me five) years service in the-Marine Corps. ToWgiatt FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1943-STATE COLLEGE, PA V-12 Units Support Fund; Total Mounts War Fund receipts reached a total of $1,052.29 during the past week as solicitations began in the • Navy-Marine barracks. Of this total, the servicemen contributed $55 during the'• first . - few days of solicitation. • • Winners in • the bond raffle- Saturday night were Charlotte 'Kessler, $5O; Jeannette Ehlers •• and Wilma• Morgan, $25 each: Contributions 'from - . organlza •tion .funds' include •Penn -State - Christian • Association; • $100; 'Women's Recreational Associa tion; • $100; Women's Student Government Association, -s'7s; Cwens, $35; Atherton East units $25; Alpha Lambda:Delta, $l5; Panhellenic Council; $10; Atherton West' units, •$5; Inde pendent Student Committee, $5; and Penn State Club, $5. Miss Phoebe Finds Man On Quality Street Players takes up the case of the shy and modest maiden's quest in search of romance in their production of "Quality( Street" which. opens in Schwab at 8 o'clock tonight. Another per formance will be given tomorrow night, and tickets for both shows may .b.e ,purchased at. .Student Union • for 65; dentS , •.• Star.. rio of •the:caSt,consists,.of Betty Reed as 'Miss :PhOebe, , the pursuer, Ray Boyle as Valentine Brown ; the pursued, and Alice R. * Geyer as Miss Susan, "old maid" sister and willing accomplice of Miss Phoebe. Two excellent sup- Porting bits are contributed. by Ann .Radle,.as the snippy .and• in dependent serving girl,, • and Henry Simbh, as . the recruiting 'sergeant. The play . has been directed by Grace 0. Clayton, graduate assist-. ant in c:ramatics, under the sup ervision• of Arthur C. Cloetingh, professor _,in dramatics. , Bc,yle charged• to fame •last se mester as the blufr and hearty Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace," and Simon will be re membered' as one *of the nouchol ant members of New York's finest in the same production.' Miss Radle is a veteran Thespian, while both Miss Reed and Miss Geyer are newcomers to the Penn State stage. * As for the plot, take an inno cent, retiring young lady, place her in " a self-righteous, sedate environment like Quality Street and then have her fall 'in love (Continued on page eight) Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Ste Frosh Candidates Vie For House Extends Christmas Coeds Fa'd to Near Designated-$3OO Goal 'Dissatisfied.with the $lO5 in con tributions:.. toward ..a $3OO . goal ; NSG A Senate, and House. of Repre sentatives .have extended -the an nual Christmas . drive to December 15.'.. ~ Funds . collected • for this • drive from Penn State • •coeds will •be used to support three organizaL• Lions; Mifflin County Children's Aid, American Women's. Hospitals, and lUrs. Hetzel's Committee. •Mifflin County Children's Aid is located in Lewistown. The purpose of his organization is tc.' buy Chrirtmas presents and clothes for adopted children whose foster par ents are unable to do so because of finalcial difficulties. American Women's Hospitals, a world organization, is active in home' and foreign service, with branches in China, Greece, and 20 bombed cities in England. Mrs. Hetzel's- Committee has set up -8 loan fund for women students of tic College. This is one way in which coeds can help claSsmates meet emergencies by loans pro cured 'through the °Hite. of the Dean' •of Women for books, hos pital care, and fees. LaSt. year coeds contributed $261.90 to the drive. With approxi- mac x 4,000 coeds enrolled . .be . 25cent. , i''COntribirtfOn frorn each coed would more thari dou's'e 'that' effort and top the $3OO goal by $125. Dr. Pearl o.•Weston,•assistant 'to the Dean of •Women and House of. Representatives advisor, addressed mernbers• of the House. at the last meeUng. • She stressed the irripor tance of supporting organizations as wt:rthy as those represented by the annual Christmas- drive at the College. . . . . Students:Fug:to:Back Big-Name Band Dance Un.ess studentS manifest greater interest in the proposed big-name band dance being considered by . Cabinet, the plan will probably be dropped, Les Stine, chairman, said yeste cday. Because. only 314 clippings were turned in at Student Union, the committee has decided to use the petition method. The endorsement of at least 1,500 persons must be presented to the administration in order to obtain permission to pro ceed with plans. Battle To Books He was fighting overseas for three and one-half years of that time. Ted, instead of taking a furlough due him for his foreign- service, decided to take advantage of the V-12 program. In order to take the examina tion, Ted traveled to New Zealand. Passing it, he came to the San Diego Officers Candidate Detach ment for one week's training and he was then shipped to Penn State. "I've been in the Marines for three years and seven months," Greene 'admitted. "PULSE• WASN'T TICKIN' " "Yes,". Greene answered. "I shot at a Jap, but honestly I dont know. whether I killed him. There wasn't enough time to see if his pulse was still tickin'," Greene was asked to describe what killing Japs was like. "WEC, it was just like shootin' Ten Freshmen= Confess In Court; Tribunal : Frees Three "I never had a date in 'my 'life," one• humble freshman Violator up before Tribunal for the first time stated emphatically last week when he • was accused •of dating, and the only thing a surprised group of judges could manage to utter was "Why?" The same suspect later gaVe further' proof of his skepticism when . he had only this to say about the 'location of Engineering F. "Well, if there is such a build ing, I •guess it's where the other engineering buildings are." As a result, along with five other Huck Finns of his clasS, he wore a sand wich sign this week to signify his green behavior. • Ten Frosh mischief makers were brought before the seven justices during court proceedings which took two hours and 15 min utes. When the weary group of up perclass•• monitors left their head quarters in 114 Old Main they had sentenced seven men to ap pear in front of Old' Main daily for a customs checkup in addition to subjecting six of these seven wearing sandWiek• •signs. : =•= ,. • • • ••,:: . _ Relenting -somewhat duiing the course of the trials, Tribunal de creed that freshmen will not have to wear name cards after Thurs day. However, the group swung hi the opposite direction a few minutes later with the announce ment that hands of first semester freshman boys must not be found in pockets. One confused youth, in his ef fort to answer correctly put the "only oil derrick on campus in front of the Engineering build ings," which would locate it •right on College avenue, preferably in front of the State or Cathaum theaters. Still another violator snowed complete faith in human nature when he confessed that he had never gone without his customs. "I could swear to it," e said. "And I wouldn't swear to it if I didn't mean it." His trust was misplaced, how ever, before the fatcual proof the judges submitted, and this young man like five of his brothers was given a complete set of instruc tions on how and what to wear on his billboard decoration. coon aver in Clearfield." Before entering the Marines, Greene lived in nearby Clearfield. On& of his favorite pastimes was hunting. Often, when Penn State played ba:,keiball games or • had boxing matches he was among the spectators, Of course, he was an ardent rooter for the State team. Greene had planned to come to college here, but instead he en listed. SAW ACTION AT SOLOMONS James Stewart, a graduate of Northeast Catholic High School, .Philadelphia, saw action through out the Solomons. Among the is lands Jim visited were Fiji, Tulagi, Society, Australia, and New Zea land. Greene landed at Guadal canal on that eventful August 7. Before overseas duty, Greene instructed Marines, at the Parris (Continued on page eight) Frosh Cast Votes Wednesday PRICE FIVE CENTS Office; Drive Lion,. Key. Select Nominees For Semester's Top Posts "Remember elections Wednes day.". Peggy Good; chairman , of. the Elections Committee,• cautions all first semester freshmen. Candi. 6 dates will vie for office• in the .Sandwich Shop from . 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. • Wednesday, Miss Good added.• Dick. Bernhard and Jean. Bailey will represent the Lion party. as nominees for president and .trea - surer respectively% Leigh WOehling •is the Key's candidate for presi dent and Betsy Heagy, its prospec tive treasurer. Mies Good, announced that the Elections Committee will meet with candidates in 305 Old Main.at 5 p.m. Tuesday to answer any questions and to hear. any com plaints concerning code violations. They shall meet with candidates again after the closing of the•polls and • before the counting of .votes Wednesday, when . further - com plaints will be heard, she stated. According to the eiectiOns code s an itemized expense account must be turned in to Student - Union by noun Wednesday for the approval of the Elections Committee. This budget must state the method of collection and the amount orig inally received, together with all clique. expenditures. To be consid ered Valid - tills budget - iriuSt - te signed' by the clique chairman arid ecre.iary. If any voter has failed to fill out a registration card during regis tration, he may do so at the polls. The Elections Committee will check his name with the Regis trar's list. Since only one candidate sub rnittod a glossy print at Student Unica, no posters will be printed: Pictures of the four candidates will be fV.splayed at the polls, however, Miss Good concluded. e firms Interview Senior Fngineers "Three companies will send sepresentatives to interview sen ior engineering students next week," George N. P. Leetch, di rector of the College Placement Service, stated. C. J. Stehman, representative of the Monsanto Chemical Com pany, Dayton, 0., will interview electrical and mechanical en gineers Tuesday. Interested stn dents should arrange for appoint ments as soon as posSible in•• 204 Old Main. . Senior chemical engineers, commercial chemists, chemists, and physicists will be interviewed by Dr. Earl S. McColley of the Celanese Corporation of Ameri ca on Wednesday. Arrangements for interviews should be made at the College Placement Service of fice. Three representatives of the General Electric Company will visit the campus Wednesday and Thursday. They plan .to interview seventh and eightlr.semester sen iors in electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineering. The de partment of electrical .engineering will handle all appointments. for interviews.
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