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MacMillan Offers Awards For
Manuscripts By Servicemen
To celebrate their centenary,
The MacMillan Publishing Com
pany is offering awards of $2500
for the best manuscripts sub
-milted to them by members of
the American and British armed
forces.
One of the distinguishing fea
tures of the awards is that while
a complete manuscript may be
submitted, a candidate may' enter
for consideration a partly writ
ten manuscript on which he is
working. An ,incomplete manu
script should be accompanied by
an explanatory letter or synopsis
to show how the writer proposes
to complete the work.
The American awards are $2500
for the best novel and $2500 for
the best work of non-fiction.
There will also be smaller awards,
at the publishers' discretion, tot
aling $5OOO. All awards are out
right payments and are in addi
tion to the author's royalties.
All awards are contingent on
the signing of a formal contract
by the nominee for the award for
the publication of 'the work con
cerned. On 'any manuscript sub
mitted, whether complete or in
outline, the author must give the
MacMillan Company in the Un
ited States or Macmillan & Co.
Ltd. in London - or Toronto an ex
clusive option for six months from
the date on which it is received.
American winners must 'be Am
erican citizens between the ages
of 19 and 35, serving in a branch
of the Armed Forces of any of
the Uniied Nations or anyone,
citizen or otherwise, serving in a
branch of the Armed Forces of
the United States.
Manuscripts, which must be
written in English, should be sub
mitted to The MacMillan Com
pany, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York
11, N. Y. before December 31,
1944.
Similar opportunities are offer
ed to members of the British Em
pire Armed or Auxiliary Forces.
There Will be a special Canadian
award of $5OO for the best Can
adian entry in the event of its not
winning a major award.
Winter Ball-
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air on the Burns and Allen show
with Leader Bobby Delan; the
Woodbury Program and on the
Eddie Cantor program, where
Bobby conducted the orchestra,
arranged the music and even act
ed. He also appeared as a guest
artist on the Rudy Vallee pro
gram and the Lennie Hayten
Lucky Strike show.
As part of the publicity pro
gram for the Winter Ball, a pos
ter contest is being sponsored,
Stine announced. Anyone may en
ter this contest, according to Paul
Budzak, publicity chairman. All
posters should be painted on stan
dard poster size (3' by 4') and
handed in to Student Union not
later than January 14. The dance
corinnittee, which includes Peggy
Lou Chapman, Gloria Duerst,
Shirley Fink, John Matternas,
Ray Robb, Horace Smith, William
Winterstein, and Gloria Whyel,
will judge the posters. The winner
will receive an award of $lO.
Alpha Chi, Ath 'West,
Grange Win Cage Tilts
Intramural basketball continued
this week with coed's back in form
after a week's vacation. Tuesday
night's results show Alpha Chi
Omega defeating Chi Omega 31-
13, and Grange topping the Kap
pas, for the second time, by a
score of 54-21. In the only game
.on Wednesday, Ath West defeated
the Downtown dorms 34_26.
Grange will meet Ath West Tues
day.
Practices for interclass basket
ball will begin January 11th and
'will continue January 12th, 18th,
Now on display in the entrance
lobby of the Library are photo
graphs of the Fall of Pantelleria,
the tiny island in the Sicilian nar-
Zonta International Gives southwestbetween t
oTfu
Sicily.
yanTdhe
Al-
Aeronautical Scholarship lied attack of this heavily defend
ed Axis fortress began May 18,
Zonta International, an inter-
1943 and lasted for 24 days.
The exhibit consists of 25 pan
national organization of executive els and is issued by British In
women, has established a $5OO formation services. Mr. Grazier,
scholarship, in honor of Amelia. Exhibits Committee chairman, an
nounced that the photographs will
Eattart, for the encouragement of
graduate study by women in the remain on display thfoughout
field of aeronautical engineering.'
January.
The committee on the scholar- ws6A
ship has approved the College's Coed Drive
engineering course. Majors in
mathematical physics are also el
igible applicants for graduate E xceeds $3OO Goal
work in aeronautical engineering.
Applications must be filed with
Zonta International by March 1. A Three Projects Receive
, committee composed of Zonta In
ternational members will pass on Funds From Organization
the applications and decide the
award. WSGA's 1943 Christmas Drive
Further information and appli- netted a total of $407.82, exceed
cation blanks may be secured from ing the original $3OO goal by over
the Chairman at New York $lOO, Doris Funk, speaker of the
versity, Washington Square Col- House of Representatives, an
lege, New York City. nounced. Penn State coeds living
on campus, in town, and in private
homes, helped to make this the
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Playwnting most successful of all WSGA
Christmas drives and the first
drive this semester that reached
Hot Business and exceeded its goal.
Miss Funk congratulated the
Says Prof members of the House upon their
• splendid work, and the women
students upon their fine coopera-
If you've been thinking of writ- tion. Only through the sincere, un
ing a play do it now, Lawrence tiring efforts of all, she said, was
Tucker, assistant professor of the notable achievement of $4OB
dramatics at the-College, advised possible. "
today, in heralding a new war- The total collection was divid
time shortage—this one in ma- ed among the three projects: the
terial for the nation's booming Mifflin County Child Welfare
theatre trade. Services, the American Women's
'The people have the money, Hospitals, and the Emergency
they need the relaxation, and they Fund for Men and Women Stud'-
want the change, so America's ents, established by Mrs. Hetzel's
theatres from little Podunk Coll- Cc mmittee.
ege right to Broadway are crying From the first came a letter of
for new material to present to appreciation telling of the gifts
them, according to Professor Tuc- the money had bought: "A girl in
ker. a country home got a housecoat
With many of the leading play- and bedroom slippers. Her broth
wrights—such as Robert F. Sher- er got skis to use on the hills of
wood—now engaged in furthering the farm. Two little girls receiv
the war effort, and with the per_ ed doll beds to go with their table
centage of Broadway's successes and chairs they got last year. Sev
higher than ever 'before, the op- eral children received subscrip
portunity for unknown authors to tions to magazines.
win success is unprecedented, he Dr. Zoe A. Johnston, president
added. of the American Women's HoSpit-
The type of play is actually un_ als. wrote, "The care of civilian
important as long as it fulfills the
' sick and injured, many of whom
single requirment of being' en- are little children, in wait-torn
tertaining, Professor Tucker •said. countries is not limited to any
Spectacular musical comedies one nation, but where the need is
and emotional . patriotic themes greatest we do our part .... . . For
are sharing standing-room-only almost six years we have main
crowds with light comedies and tamed emergency medical service
Victorian melodramas on the New in China. At present we are pro-
York stage today, he pointed out. •viding salaries, mostly paid in
"And what's true of Broadway food, for a large number of-doc
is true also of Philadelphia, Chi- tors and nurses connected with
y
theatre groups across the' nation
cago, and all the college and little the West China Union University
'
~, Hospital. The cost of
_sustaining
he observed, adding: "They have
these gallant women is steadily in
the crowds, and they're looking creasing as food prices soar, but
with the. help pi' friends like the
for new material with which to '
keep them coming." young women of Penn State, we
shall not fail them."
Hundreds of students here have
You can call a lady a kitten and been benefited by money made
get away with it—but don't call available through the' Emergency
a man a pup. Fund. "When a small loan means
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THE COLLEGIAN
Library Exhibits
Pantelleria Photos P
Reminder
Valentine's , Day, Is Feb.
We have a large ielection of her
Favorite Perfume and Candy. We
will wrap to assure safe arrival.
Rea & Deritk, Inc.
Allen Street—tiext , to Bank Clock
an-Hel
cashing
Matrix Speaker
Princess Paul Sapieha
Princess To Highlight
Matrix Speaker
(Continued from page one)
the Princess-to-be married the
Prince, although bothfamilies ob
jected to the marriage. Married in
London, the couple made their
home in Poland until the forced
evacuation. At present they" live.in
New York City with their two
small children.
The writingl_areer of the . Prin
cess - started 'iiiii-NeW_,York City
1 ,,
where she wr !,itticles for "The
New Yorker" ,
.*hd.-, "Herald-Tri
-bune," before
~ 3, Princess Paul
was Virginia: eterson before her
marriage. Her father, Dr. Freder
ick Peterson, IS7:_the former .head
of the neurolocithal Association of
America. '...-•:, - ..
Frizzell, Bell= Speak
Al CA Henri-Council
Prof. John H. Frizzell and Mr
Louis Bell, both, graduates of- the
College,
,will bgl..test speakers at .
the freshman men's CA council - , GSO Sponsors Dance
meeting in .304.,:p1d Main, 8 pm, .
Monday, TheYi!-. , :wi1l speak on The Girls Service :Organization
'Penn State inpetro.spect," after on campus, With the aid % - of the
which Prof. Frpzell- will present State College Service Center,. is
photographs 01..41ie• College •taken sponsoring another dance for ser
in 1903, and accompany them with -vicemen in the Armory, tomorrow
stories of those - kirly years. . night at 8:30... ..
Louis Bell .!.2,TiTill. present the " Mr.• Joseph Ferro will be , on
views of -a stud nt' in' that far off •handfroml:3o to 8:30 with assist-.
day: All- freshmalvm - en are invited. ing hostesses to instruct service
men
.in dancing. Those who would
so much in the Vile of a student ;like. instruction are 'invited. To
-it is then that :.le. true value of come early, but the regular dane,
this Fund- becorges. evident," Dr. ,ing will begin at 8:30.
Pearl Q. Westo&.assistant .to the
Dean of Woinitti.land . House -of
RepresentativesS7 : advissor, -announ
ced. - .r.
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Memger. of '
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1944
Posts
ates
Pan-Hellenic Council's schedule
for sorority informal rushing par
ties was released by Vice-presi-,
dent Helen Martin at the organ-,
ization's Tuesday meeting.
These parties will be held from
7:30 ;to 9:00 - on the following days::
Monday, January 10—Delta Gam:.
ma, Gamma Phi Beta, Chi Omega;
Alpha Xi Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha;:
and Alpha Epsilon Phi. ,v
• Tuesday, January 11—Sigma
Delta Tau, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Delta;
Phi 'Mu, and Alpha Omicron
Theta 'Phi. Alpha.
• Wednesday, January 12•HDelta
Gamma, Gammi Phi Beta, Chi
Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, and Zeta
Tau Alpha.
Thursday, January 13—Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Sigma Delta Tau;
Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Chi
Omega,- Kappa Delta, PhiMu, Al
p - ha Epsilon Phi, and Alpha Omi.
cron Pi, Theta Phi Alpha. •
Judicial will grant freshmen-ex:
Ira time for the rushing periods',
Each of the four nights of the par:
ties, permission is extended until
9:15 p. m.
Invitations , will be delivered to
rushees at their dormitories by
sorority women. Replies should be
phoned in to the 'sororities no ]at:
er than 5 p. m. of the day for the
Party. Each rushee may attend
one party in an evening. ".
Kappa 'Kappa Gamma will be,
permitted to rush.
,freshmen and
transfers during the second, week
of intensive rushing, January . 10
to 13, from 8 to 5:30 p. m. each .
day. Kappa Kappa., Gamma's „one
rushing party is scheduled . 'for
Thursday, January 13;
Invitations - fOr the rushing•par:
:ties must receive the - Pan-Hellenic
seal. before they may be deliv
ered to rushees. Sororities should
bring their invitations to the Pan:.
'Hellenic post-office at Student-
Union 9 a. in. of the day preceecl
ing their party date and can call
for them at 4 p. m. of the same
day. .
Information as to location of
the various sorority houses and
suites may be obtained from the
Dean of Women's office; •
People who drive at break
neck speed are liable, to! -