Fischer
'Lectures
Thursday
VOL (T—No. 19
Louis Fischer,
Author, Lecturer,
Speaks Al Schwab
Writer Makes Address
On 'Dawn of Victory'
- Presenting the pattern of World
War
Mar II as •he sees it, Louis
Tischer, outstanding author, Eu
ropean correspondent, and lectur
er, 'will. appear in Schwab Audi
torium 8 p.m. Thursday, to speak
~on the "Dawn of Victory," an
nounced Dr. E. B. Van Ormer,
program chairman of the local
Parent-Teacher Association.
Fischer is expected to empha
size Russia's role in the war, as
he spent 14 of his 18 years as a
European correspondent in that
country, and studied much of that
time in close •contact with minor
ities within Russia. The lecture
will also cover England's role in
the war and America's part in
planning the peace government.
• Students are asked to come with
questions in mind, as there will
be a period for discussion at the
- end of the lecttire. Freshmen
women will be granted ten o'-
clock permission, with the_ custo
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Cabinet. Arranges
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Final 'action ' was taketi at Cab
inet meeting Tuesday night on
several proposals which had been
made at the preceding week's
meeting. Among questions voted
on were the possibilities of open
ing the Glennland pool for civil
ians, and the setting of a date for
freshmen elections.
. Charles Alcorn reported that ar
rangements had been made to
open the IGlennland for male civil
ians on Friday nights and Satur
day afternoons. Attempts are now
underway to allow- coeds admit
tance on Saturday afternoon.
Freshmen elections were set for
Wednesday, April 26, to be • pre
ceded by a compulsory frosh class
meeting this Monday. • Edward K.
:Hibshman, executive secretary of
the Alumni Association, will ad
dress the meeting, and Frank
Gullo, assistant professor of music,
will lead community singing.
Arrangernents - to open Old Main
Tower are still pending adminis
tration approval and for the pres
ent the tower will continue to be
open to the public on Sunday
afternoons only. _
Under the heading of new busi
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Fishburn Announces First
In Band Concert Series
• The Blue Band will present the
first in a series of two concerts in
Schwab Auditorium, 3:30. p.m.
Sunday, Prof. Hummel Fishburn
announced.
"Although it has been a tradi
tion of the music department to
present a series of five or six con
certs in past, years, this year, due
to laCk of material, only two
groups will participate—the Blue
Band this Sunday and the College
Symphony Orchestra next Sun
day," said Prof. Fishburn.
The Blue Band, consisting of 55
members, will present a program
including overtures, marches, and
other standard band music. Among
the numbers to be played are
"Overture Hongroise," "American
patrol," .and , !Pacific Panorama."
Prof. Fie/xi:Rim gromiaes in
teresting concert tend does 'not
I:he Colleg
LOUIS FISCHER
Justice Squad
Snaps Up Nine
Erring Frosh
"Business is good," was the of
ficial statement .of Tribunal,
emerging from' its fifth hour in, the
torture chamber of Old Main. Fig
ures showed that nine frosh had
felt the bitter pangs of injustice,
twelve had 'been warned, and three
were exempt.
Ultimatums blossomed forth in
abundance. Declaration of. a com
pulsory mass meeting for all first
and second semester freshmen in
Schwab Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Monday warranted banner head
lines. Tribunal Chief Milliken an
nounced that second . -semester
frOstfliatiiii:W4 - .611t;• - •thatillands=
in-pockets • was taboo; and that
frosh can date legally and custom
less tonight and tomorrow night
after 6 o'clock. However, bachelor,
frosh must bear 'with their dinks,
bow ties, and other paraphernalia.
Confronted with I-saw-you-dat
ing evitlence, Aldo Dionardo con
fessed, "I haven't had any strict
dates, but I wanted to walk one
girl home." But the odds were
against• him, and Dionardo's new
spring outfit will be a dress, black
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Werner Slated to Speak
In Second War Forum
William' L. Werner, professor of
English literature, will speak on
"Can This ,Be the Last War?" at
the second forum on subjects of
wartime interest in 304 Old Main,
4:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Simon Marcson, chairman of the
advisory committee in charge of
these forums; stated the forum is
open to members of the student
body, townspeople, faculty, and
staff members. Julius Kaulfuss of
the School of Engineering will be
chairman of the meeting.
wish to present any alibis for the
performing group.
"However," he says, "The
music orginizations are an
other example of the difficulties
experienced in organization work
'during these war years." The Blue
Band has lost 33 members since
the close of the last semester. •
The concert will be under the
direction of Profs. Frank Gullo
and Hummel Fishburn. Student
officers are Joseph Cannon, presi
dent; Fat Lamade, secretary; Her
man Weed, manager; and John
Sloan, librarian. The personnel oof
the group consists not only of reg
ular college students, but includes
musicians from the State College
High School and the high school
faculty, the College faculty, -and
a few graduate students and
townspeople. .
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Capt. Charles A. Prosser,
Five Other Instructors
Leave ROTC Department
Capt. Charles A. Prosser, former
basketball
star at the College and
a member of the military. depart
ment, left today for Camp Butner,
N. C., a reassignment center near
Durham.
With him went another member
of the military staff, Major A. P.
Mowitz. Each held the rank of .
assistant professor of military sci
ence and tactics.
Departure of four other officers
also was announced. Capt. David
E. Bauer and Lt. H. L. Dodson
have gone to Ft. Belvoir, Va.; Lt.
George P. West, to Ft. 'Monmouth,
N. J.; and Capt. W. D. McSweeney,
to Ft. Bragg, N. C.
Capt. Prosser has been well
known in State College since he
began as a student in 1935. He
played three years of varsity bas
ketball and was elected captain of
the 1939 team at the season's end.
Following graduation in .1939, he
entered the Army as a second
lieutenant, spent nearly a year
with troops in Ft. Meade, Ft. Ben
ning and at .other camps, and re
turned to join the department of
military science and tactics in Sep
tember, 1940.
Capt. Prosser was commissioned
a first lieutenant February 10,
1941; }lnd was . rnade captain,May 3,
.1943.1
Second Pan-American Day
Features Latin Program
Movies, Forum, Exhibit '
Highlight Celebration
The second annual Pan Amer
ican Day celebration will be held
tonight in Old Main, !according to
Dr. William H. Gray, .fiesta pro
gram chairman. Opening exercises
in Old Main lobby at 7:00 will be
followed by a Latin American
forum, movies, a Latin American
exhibit, and a Latin American
dance. .
After the presentation of flags
by N. M. Brentin, master of cere
monies, C. F. Lauer, captain,
Military Intelligence, U. S. Army,
retired, representing the Anierican
Legion and the Veterana. of For
eign Wars, will give Pan American
Day greetings. This will be fol
lowed by a group of songs by the
State College elementary school
choir, "Greetings from Latin
America" by Americo Albala, and
three Spanish songs sung by Miss
Louise • Neff. Mrs. Betty Aim
Plummer will accompany Miss
Neff and lead the choir while Miss
Suzanne Hartswick_ accompanies
the choir.
"Pan-Americanism, Anti-Amer
icanism," an open forum, will be
held in the Hugh Beaver Room
from 8 to 8:45 p.m. tonight. Those
Participating are Americo Albala,
Chile; Jose de la Torre, Cuba;
Jorga da Costa Lino, Brazil; Jaime
Amorrocho, Colombia; and Pvt.
Charles Weber, USMCR.
In commenting on the forum, N.
M. Brentin, chairman, said, "It will
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Fresh Matric Cards
"F re s h man matriculation
cards are now ready for distri
bution at the Registrar's office,"
William S. Hoffman, registrar,
announced today.
All students are asked to
bring their temporary cards
-.Atli them.
•
tan . Celebration
New Draft Ruling Cancels
College Deferment Quota
New draft regulations have cancelled deferments for 140 stu
dents at the College and approximately 10,000 technical men
throughout the nation under the quota system according to a tele
gram received by the President's Office from Leonard Carmichael,
director of the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Per
sonnel, Washington, D. C.
Carmichael's statement will of
ing in engineering, physics, chem
Freshmen Schedule
Semester Elections
Freshmen elections are sched
uled for April 26, and are to be
governed by the original election
code rules, announced Edmund
Koval, chairman of the elections
committee.
Succeeding Peggy Good, former
chairman of the committee, Koval
takes over his new position in
time to supervise the coming elec
tions. His appointment was made
by James Bell, All-College presi
dent.
New members of the elections
committee include Julia Gilbert,
Ruth Steiner, Polly Huber, Kath
leen Osgood, Alma Kehler, Walter
Baxter, and Hugo Larsen. Helen
Hatton and Paul •Galvanek com
plete the committee.
All party chairmen should sub
mit their reports as soon as pos
sible to Student Union in accord
ance with the elections code, Koval
sta r • '
Pan-American Committee
Gives Dance in Armory
Latin American music will sing
out from the Armory tonight when
the fiesta committee presents its
Pan American Day dance froth 8
to 10:30 p.m. Admission will be 10
cents. An intermission feature •con
sisting of exhibition dancing will
be given by several Latin Amer
ican students at Penn State and
their partners; Conga, Miss Pa
tricia Dibble and Anibal Rojas;
tango, Miss Elizabeth Fosa and
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'Janie' All Dressed Up: For
Schwab Invasion Tonight
After weeks of Players' rehears
ing, set-building, scene-paintnig,
costuming, hairdressing, hair
tearing, and ballyhooing, "Janie"
is all dressed up and ready for her
debut in Schwab Auditorium, at
8 o'clock tonight and tomorrow.
Prof. A. C. Cloetingh, director
of this first Players production of
the current semester, has stated
his satisfaction with the show.
"The cast has improved a great
deal since the start of rehearsals.
The play is light and frothy and
I feel confident that it will af
ford a relaxing evening's. enter
tainment."
In speaking of the difficulties
of presenting the play under cur
rent campus conditions, Cloetingh
gave unstilted praise to the girls
on all the crews working in the
show for the manner in which
they took over jobs formerly held
by men.
"They have pitched in and per
formed all but the most heavy
manual tasks in an efficient
manner. The audience seldom
realizes theL amount of work ne
cessary to put on a play. We have
Pan-American
Tonight
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ect 140 men at the College major
stry, geology, and geophysics.
ments follows:
"Regret to advise that defer
ments of college students in
fields of . engineering, physics,
chemistry, geology, and geophy
sics under quota system has been
rescinded by Selective Service
Local Board Memorandum 115 is
sued in revised form April 4,
1944.
"Question of continued defer
ments for students who can grad
uate before July 1, 1944, and for
pre-professional students in me
dicine, dentistry, osteopathy, vet
erinary medicine, and theology is
now being reconsidered."
Latest news out of Washington
says that all students, except pos
sibly, those who will graduate be
fore July 1, 1944, will take their
pre-induction physical, be reclass
ified into 1-A, and become subject
to immediate call by local draft
boards.
When asked to comment on the
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Panhel's Spring Formal
Swells Red Cross Fund
Hoping through entrance dona
tions to swell the coffers of the
Red Cross drive, Pan-Hellenic
Council will hold its annual for
mal at the Nittany Lion Inn, from
9' p. m. to 12 midnight tomor
row,- according to Mary Ma
try, dance chairman.
The mood of the affair will be
tuned to , the music of the Camp
us Owls, the Spring formals of
the coeds, and the frivolity and
excitement usually attending one
of +he infrequent social affairs of
'a wartime college semester.
The evening of the dance may
even be cited as having some of
the aspects of a "big week-end"
of the past, with a Players' show
scheduled before the dance and
formals, tuxedos, and uniforms in
vorue.
had about 100 students working
at varied jobs to make possible
this production," he stated.
Head of the costume crew is
Violet Grubin. Props are under
the direction of Patricia McClure,
scenery under Mary Ann Mason,
and lighting under John Zubler.
The set was designed by Alice
Geyer, who also was assistant to
the director, in addition
,to play
ing the part of Tina on the stage.
In order that the audience may
show its appreciation to the hard
working but little publicized tech
nical crews, for the first time in
the history of the Penn State
theatre, they will be presented
after the show in a curtain call.
Playing the leading roles in the
show, Janet Daytori will be seen
as Lucille Colburn, with Joseph
Mayers as her apoplectic spouse.
The adolescent love-life is han
dled by Palma Wakefield as Jan
ie, T. J. Monaghan as Scooper
Nolan, and Walt Robinson as Dick
Lawrence, while the more senile
love scenes are enacted by Grace
0. Clay - ton and Kenneth ThOmp.
son.