Key - Wins Freshman Elections VOL- Aft—No fishburn Releases Plans For Annual Christmas Sing Brass Quartette To Play For. Traditional Festival .Students,• faculty, townspeople, and servicemen. will 'gather: •in front' of Old' Main 8. p.m: Monday for Penn State's - annual Christ mas Carol Sing, Professor • Htn.:. mel Fishburn, head of the music department, announced. Familiar carols will be sung .to the accompaniinent of '. a - brass quartette made. up of trumpeters John. Sloan and. Richard 'Walton; and tromlionists Kenneth. Hill and Harold _Frith.. Highlighting the evening will be. the „rendition - o f Christmas • A-Capella . number by the . Chapel Choir under the Orection of Mrs; C: Taylor. Led by. Fishburn, carolers will follow 'words to . familiar Christ mas carols. as they are .flashed across. a screen. .Carols which will be sung are "Silent - Night," ``O. Come All Ye Faithful," " "It Came. 'Upon a Midnight Clear," `;so ...Little Town .of Bethlehem," "Joy to' -the. World," "Away 'in a Manger," "The First 'Noel," "Three Kings," - "On Holy Nigtrt." Wendes:las,"..- "jingle Bells;" and ' "The ', -s Christmas . . Hymn." . T. A .College tradition. .started abOtit t‘Venty . y.cars Card Sing li• •the,..,l!erm State;* - ChriStian - *AsSotiatiOti.. COopdfaiiiiiii""With the music, Vand visual eduCation • departments of the -College. Words to • sings are projected :on :a , screen provided through • the cooperation of the visual and the 'Grounds and BUildirigHdepartments. . Fishinirn stated that students, faculty, townspeople and service men are - welcome to take. part in. the, holiday , practice. Navy-Marine Band Plays for Christmas Formal Pjanned By ,Cenfer 6SO . , : ,Laegest-danee yet sponsored by the 10ca1.., servicemen's.- entertain- Men( units- Will. -be. a Christmas FOrmal to ,be..held . .inlSan .appropri ately decorated .Armory •from 8:30 to 12•-p. M., Saturday .:The.jiarnor hostess organization, recently "cepter.l member of the • National GSO, is sponsoring the dance in cdo t ieration with the State Col lege Service Center, Over 400 girls belonging to or . approved . by the GSO 'unit have been issued invitations to the for mal They must be at the.,Armory at 8:15;. and are required to pre sent their cards. at the door. ' Music for the . highly. Organized. aftair . will be provided by • the Navy-Marine band; with . its '"fea-- titre of the evening ," ' Dive Pache 7 bel, first girl vocalist to sing with the band. Members. of the swing team are Wayne Chaffin, maestro and sax player; Gene Keller, trumpet; Jock Martin, bass; Bill Maloney, drums; Bud Wilson, sax, and Ethel Pitman, piano. The GSO, which has been con ducting meetings and training' classes for over two months, is composed of coeds, college .busi nes; 'girls and town girls. In a recent meeting of those accepted' as Qualified junior hosteses it was suggested that since formal dances had ':eportedly been received' with Much favor by the servicemen en tertained at other training centers, Penn State should sponsor a "gla thoor dance." This formal is the result of much planning on the part of both junior and senior hos tesse.:;, announced representatives of the GSO. Tatirgiatt FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1 . 943-STATE COLLEGE, PA Nine freshmen Meel Defeat; Two Make Comeback Nine , freshmen :were the un happy victims of Tribunal in a pace-breaking two-hour court session .Thursday night. For two of the boys; this meet ing meant a• return•. engagement before the board. The one, sub ject to a poor, memory, walked out the side door. of: Sparks .while wearing a sandwich sign to re mind him not to-use •the prOhib ited entrance. The other problem child not only refused to "but ton" to a coed, but made the fatal remark, "Come „closer apd.. say. that." - One, little custom dis-belieVer testified .that although he was nabbed by an upper classman without unk, white socks, bow. tie, and' hand. book he did .have his 'matches: For this • clever •ad- Ebbing, he was awarded the bill board decoration, "They call me cutie, Boy, ain't I a beauty?" After gleefully sentencing sand wich signs to seven new offend ers, the "Big 7" led . by Howard Milliken, relented somewhat and at the freshman mass meeting Tuesday announced . that no lon ger • would freshman boys have to - wear white socks. • CObhiet.! , D. Vet:; -..oo;Recitoltbsues F' Tina:4ol9ll4i. 'y!--CabirlaVat-Sliitin dayznight!s resulted definite ' hat oii . thi king iii 'Rec Hall - during, athletic events and lowering ,of -tha : admission : price fOi. service , men . -ta cents: This price the group decidek will in 'elude all events taking place in Rec Hall during one evening or afterneori. action on smoking came about' as a result of longstanding requests from coaches and play ers. According •to • the original proposal Concerning servire . men's achnlssion,' a committee -was . -to in vestigate. the' possibility' mak ing- Pthletie - bbOks ,to 'military 'groups'. It was decided however that•r eduction of the single admiSsion 'fee 'would result in greater benefits s i n.c e Many serviz'e: . merr would .14 On . campus for only part of a particular 'ath letic season or for some other rea sori,iaight net be able to attend all events provided for in the book. A suggestion. from :the floor brought the student - constitution back far its periodic revision, with the appointment of a' committee to take - care. ,of the matter by Chairman Harold Bucher. • , Members are Peggy Lou Johns ton, chairman, Bucher, Charles Hall, Kathleen Osgood, • Shirley Painter ,and Horace Smith. Twio pro s posed changes might provide that remaining members of the former• Cabinet 'hold office at the beginning of a new semester until the . - Aection of the new governirig group, and that. repre:lentatives of the seven school councils serve (Conrantteci On .:' , age Two) Find. Nets $144139 Navy-Marine trainees, Con tributing $404.50, pushed the tt•tal National War Fund con tributinris to $1441.79 during the past week. A slight lower- . ing of Last week's civilian total was elfected when Cwens re prxted that the organization could contribute only $5 in inFtead. c•f the $35 originally voted upon, because they felt that there was a need for con ti,..uing the Cwens' scholarship. Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff • Stine Lists K ey . C arnes Ist Sem es t er; Name Bands As committee chairmen con- F ros h El ect w oe mi n - g --- -- • • tasted popular dance band lead ers yesterday, the Cabinet-spon sored big-narne, band dance pass- ed from .. - the realm of possibility " . ' into that of the definite. Tenta- Y - 12 Unit Plans tive .dates are January 29 and r • Creates Election Tension February 5, with the former pre- F ormal At Rec Hall; Leigh Woehling, Key, was el lerred, according to co-chairman ' Les .Stine. Final decision between Da nce Honors . Gabel ected first semester president Wednesday when he received 160 these two dates . will depend on The date for the second Navy- votes or 30 more than his Lion the availability of the band sel- ected, he said. Marine Formal, honoring the ar- competitor, Richard Bernhard: rival of Comdr. Walter S. Gabel as Betsy Heagy, Key, edged out her . In order to select a band which Commanding Officer of the V-12 opposition for treasurer when she meets with the approval of the Unit at Penn State, has been set totaled 150 votes or ten more .student. and service , groups, • the for Saturday, January 8, at Rec than Lion opponent Jean Bailey. committee has asked the campus Han. • An election which involved a population to vote for the one it Fifteen are listed as A committee composed of Ma- minimum amount of errors sub prefers.potentially available for the re- rifle and Navy personnel is at work ject to penalization, took on an ironing out the details for the element of mystery at the fresh quired dates, and voters are ask- dance under the guidance of Lieut. aud ed to encircle the name of only (j.g.) Thomas J. Coleman, advisor .man mass meting in Schwab itorium Tuesday night. Following one 'of these. Votes must be turned •in at Student Union by the end for the formal. .. the customary songs and cheers, a Key candidate called upon to formal of its kind on the wartime of the week since the band must New innovation for the second say .a few words to his classmates, be signed- before Christmas, Stine made a statement of questionable said. Pent. State campus will be the In the student poll to deterrn- placing of Barracks Booths to sim- interpretation. plate the effect obtained by the . ine the desirability and possible An All-College dance with a big-name band is to be held on success of' such an affair, 334 clip- collegiate fraternity booths. Each pings and 12 petitions bearing a barracks will have its 'individual er about January 29," the original booth in the form of a group of began. statement It continued, totarof 540 signatures were hand- chairs under a lettered sign signi- "The Key candidates who were ed over the Student Union desk. The committee requests that pe- fying the number of the house. elected are now hard at work to. put the platform in operation, titions still outstanding be turned Unlike former social dances held There has been-a committee ap,- in immediately. It was stressed in Rec Hall before the start of the. . that the ; .Success of this . dance reserve training programs of both action has been tak pointed and * Will D mean - the possible continua- . .Army and Navy, the formal willwillen in Cabinet throughthe persist tion of big-name dances each se- .e restricted to Navy officers and ence of candidates from the Key mester. personnel and invited guests. No party." flowers will be bought, according • , Sttidents and. service men are Statenrnt Offers Ca . mplicatiana . . • . . . to the committee.' • . • , asked 'to.. circle" name of one • . . . . This statement might hay&iii 4;4 the' la band'and, .turn the'lelp , - ... n ..... . . • - .- -''.'Music-:will' ', 1 3. - :Sti.lsPlied::by• the --- •ferredi that the Key Party - was ping in at Student Union. todayresponsible for the big-name band. rejuvenated Navy-Marine orches- the baton of Pvt. Wayne or - tomorrow. Among the bands tra under which will be brought to the cam available are Georgie Auld,pus sometime in January. The Mitchell Ayres, Charlie Barnet, - - qtri^kland. Chaffin, . big-name band - dance, hoyever, is, Count Basle, Les Brown, Bob In their initial .appearance of being sponsored .by Cabinet' and' Chester, SheP - Fields, Glen Gray, this semester, the band will play has been put under the co-chair- Coleman Hawkins, Vincent Lopez, 'for the U.S.O. dance at' the Ar- manship of Horace Smith, sev- Vaughn Monroe, Jan Savitt, Bob- mory tomorrow night. enth semester president, and Les by Sherwood; Duke Ellington, 'and Committe for the formal includes Stien, Ke:ir and Lien party mem-• Bob 'Strong. (Continued on page eight) bers respectively, In an effort to clarify the. mis • • t chairmanit Committee of th All College El ections "The ct interpretation, Margaret L. Good, 0 Hare. SailorTelisHow l ßutch t eio -• . Elections Committee has advised Bagged' Ftve Jap Bornbers. John Matternas to release a :clar ification of the statement made • , . -•' . BY REM ROBINSON; - A/S; USNR ": , " at the Freshman elections mass • This week as men of the Navy off the deck of an aircraft car- 'meeting. This statement might mourn the loss. of their ace fight- rier and smashed five Jab bomb- have been misconstrued to mean er pilot, Lieutenant .Commander ers to destruction in five .minutes. that , the - Key- Party is sponsoring "Hutch'", O'Hare, 'Penn .State V-12 . Hartle, then only. 18.. and • al- the All College , big-name band trainee. Joseph S. Hartle remem- reac.y - a veteran of the. Pearl Her- . dance,• which is actually being bers the dark afternoon in Feb- bor infamy and . a second class (Continued on page seven) ruary, 1942, when O'Hare soared radioman, was •at his post in the. . . radio "shack" aboard the USS liatdort Announce s • . , •when the first wave of, • . nine Nipponese . planes attacked :V - 12 Induction Fads his task force. As the second squadron of nine bombers ap : Lieutenant .H.' S. Batdorf, USNR, proached, O'Hare left his own :today adviSed all Navy V-12 qual- carrier in a Grumann fighter, ifiers on their actual enlistment sending a sheet of steel into five :into .this branch of the Naval Re- of the enemy raiderS before they serve. Students who have received could damage any of the Allied statementS confirming their - selec- force. It!on far the V-12 program may.re- "O'Hare started after another port to the. nearest Naval Procure- one," said Hartle, "but ran out :meat Office to their homes while of ammunition and had to return :on Christmas vacation. to his ship." ' Students who will reach their Since leaving Naval Radio 18th birthday prior to the Christ- School at Noroton, Conn., in mas recess are urged to go to the February, 1941, Hartle has seen Navy Office in the Post Office action with both the Atlantic and Building, Altoona, before the date Pacafic fleets, and has sailed from of their birthday. Men awaiting Darwin, Australia, to Reykjovik, . . . an . immediate call to the armed Iceland. fords forcas are directed to phone their His action-packed Naval career local draft boards advising them began soon after he joined the f thlt Navy V-12 acceptances have fleet in Hawaii, for in August, been received. They should then 1941, his ship was caught in a appear personally before these 10- South Pacific hurricane which lasted two .days. When the, winds cal boards during the Christmas settled down, the vessel had sus recess. Lt. Batdorf also stated that these students should forward ac- tamed considerable damage, and ceotonce letters to their dra f t much of the gear had been blown boards. . o‘ erboard. Students with physical defects Several months later his ship who were accepted providing these lay - -at 'anchor in Pearl Harbor as correctable defects were rectified Jap planes swarmed from the by March 1, 1943, must also be skies to pour bombs into the har sworn in if 17, or inducted if 18 bor and to machine-gun deck or older, (Continued on page six) Students Carol-Sing Monday PRICE FIVE CENTS Author Lectures Al Hille! Meeting Marvin Loewnthal, noted auth or, traveler, and lecturer, will de liver a public lecture on "North Africa: Where the American Ariny Meets the Middle Ages" at the Hil lel Foundation, 2:30 tomorrow aft ernoon. A writer, historian, and foreign correspondent, Mr. Loewnthal is a popular lecturer and frequent contributor to leading magazines. For many years he has lived abroad and studied contemporary life in many parts of the world. He is the author of numerous books including "This Was New York," "The Autobiography of Mon taigne," and "The Jews of Ger many.' Hendrik Willem van Loon said of Mr. Loewnthal, "Loewnthal gives the same pleasant exper ience one has when one happens to cross the ocean with a man like Einstein or Wells and is al lowed to spend an hour walking the decks and listening to a first rate mind endowed with learning, lucic:ity, and a grand sense of hu mor. Such people are rare."
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