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VOL.No. 22
Red Cross Drive
Ends With $l9lO
In Contributions
Atherton Hall Leads
Dorms with $278.79
Total contributions netted by
the Red Cross War Fund Drive
have amounted to $1910.84, Mary
V. Brown, chairman, announced
ldst night.
'Representing the combined con
tribution of civilian students and
student groups this sum was col
lected since the beginning of the
drive in March. • •
Leading the women's dormitor
ie's was •Atherton Hall with a to
tal of $278.79. The Tri Dorms fol
lowed second netting a sum of
$192.96, as compared to the - total
campus dormitory donation of
$759.40.
Numerical superiority of the
women on campus, at present, was
striking when the donations were
totaled, showing a sum of $959.25
collected from individual women
students, while the individual
contributions of men students tot
aled $158.68.
Of the group donations, WSGA
was outstanding, having contrib
uted $2OO 'towards the drive. A
$lOO donation was made by WRA,
and the Home Economics Club,
Pi Gamma Mu; and Phi Beta
Kappa made substantial contribu
tions. •
Red -2Gross , "Datices - given;
-during March and April also con
tributed in no small way to the
drive, as the figures showed.
• The ISC Red Cross Dance netted
$163, Pan-Hellenic, $107.17; and
Alpha Lambda Delta $55.06, out
of the total group donation of
$792.91.
BMOCs Sign
Campus Owls
,Campus Owls will provide the
music at the BMOC formal dance
at the Nittany Lion Inn May 20,
Horace B. Smith, acting chairman
of the affair, announced today..
Invitations were sent to campus
leaders earlier this week. Those
receiving bids are students who
stand out in extra-curricular ac
tivities.
The formal will be on the same
order as the dance held last semes
ter, according to Smith. To obtain
entrance passes, persons who have
received •
_bids must -present them
to Student Union before 5 p.m.
May 10.
Special committees for the
dance have not been named. The
dance committee plans to complete
all plans for the formal within the
next few days.
• The dance committee includes
Joseph G. Cannon, Frederick
'Dietz, Shirley A. Fink, •Stephen A.
Herbert, John J. Matternas, Jean
K. Miller, Dean W. Moyer, Charles
Reeder, Raymond H. Robb, Horace
B. Smith, Paulette Stevenson, and
Gloria Wehyl.
Women Faculty Members
Attend Conference
Miss Julia Brill, associate pro
fessor of English composition;
Miss Mary Jane. Wyland,• profes
sor of education; and. Dr. Pear
Weston, assistant to the Dean Of
Women are in Washington this
weekend for a meeting of the In
stitute of Women's Professional
Relations.
The purpose of the conference
is to Study - "War and Post-War
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A ; Egiticational -Adjustments."
The Colleg
Portfolio Extends
Short Story Contest
Deadline To May 20
Deadline for submitting entries
in the short story contest spon
sored by Portfolio and Theta
Sigma Phi, women's national
journalism honorary, has been ex
tended to May 20. All entrie s must
be brought to Student Union on
or before that date.
All students, . except Portfolio
staff members and members of
Theta Sigma Phi are eligible to
compete for the cash prizes of
$lO and $5 by writing a short
story of no more tha i vi 2500 words.
The winning stories will be print
ed the June issue of Portfolio.
The committee of judges will
consist of a member of Theta Sig
ma Phi, a Portfolio staff member,
and the magazin's literary advis
er, Prof. Lynn Christy, of the
English composition department.
Effective Guidance
Necessary in Veteran
Adjustment, Says Trabue
Effective guidance was repre
sented today by Dr. Marion. R.
Trabue, dean of the School of Ed
ucation at the College, as the first
step in a successful program of
veteran readjustment to civilian
life.
Dr. Trabue advocates vocation
al and educational opportunities
for returning servicemen at gov
ernmeht expense. He pointed out
that: two- liirds , ~ t he- Veterans
who took training at government
expense after the last war chose
fields of study unsuited to their
needs and abilities.
Dr. Trabue, who organized and
directed the bccUpatiOnal Re
search Program, now •a division of
the Bureau of Manpower Utili
zation, War Manpowei Commis
sion, • said World War ll's vete
rans will need "experienced and
well-trained' counselors to steer
them into appropriate and un
crowded fields—advisors who will
analyze their aptitudes objec
tively."
This counselling service, ' Dr.
Trabue added, should not be re
stricted to the immediate post
war period but should extend over
a period of years. •
All-Out Allied Military Drive
Necessary For Nazi Defeat
By VICTOR DANILOV
Only an all-out Allied military
push on the German mainland
will bring about_ the collapse of
Hitler's Fortress Europe, believes
Philip Whitcomb, Baltimore Sun
foreign correspondent, who spoke
at the College Monday.
"The only thing that will aid
the United States in getting the
desired peace is irresistible mil
itary force and nothing else," de
clared Whitcomb.
American and British aerial at
tacks on Nazi-controlled areas
have not been as successful as
originally anticipated, accorang
to the Baltimore correspondent.
"Take the city of Mannheim for
instance. Ninety per cent of the
.buildings in the city are unusable;
one-third. of one per cent of the
population has been killed; and
nearly_ all of the city's 285,000
population has been evacuated be
cause of Allied air raids.
"However, total war production
in Mannheim has been hampered
only slightly. This is because all
the big assembly buildings are
underground where nothing on
earth can hit them,' explained
Whitcomb.
The .former • German .newsman
said that the Nazis are so effec
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, . PENNSYLVANIA
V-12 Follies Heads 'June Weekend'
Players Select Cast For
Tucker Names Heads,
Begins Play Rehearsals
With casting completed and
technical crew heads selected, re
hearsals for "Claudia," next Play
ers production, began this week.
The play will be presented June
9 and 10 under the direction of
Lawrence E. Tucker, instructor in
dramatics, who announced the fol
lowing cast:
The title role will be taken by
Jean Francis, a Player alumnus,
who took important parts in many
productions before her gra - duation.
Since then she has also appeared
in "Moor Born" and "The Little
Foxes."
David Naughton, Claudia's hus
band, will be played by Prof.
Tucker, and Janet Dayton will
take the part Jof Ma's. Brown,
Claudia's mother. Miss Dayton has
had ,major roles in many plays,
beginning with "The Little Foxes"
and most recently in "Janie."
Two newcomers to Players,
Joan Huber and Michael Rosen
berger, will take the parts of Ber
tha and Fritz. Mim 'Zartman, star
of many Thespian shows, will also
make her debut as a Player in the
role of Julia Naughton.
The part of the opera star,
Madame Daruschka,,Nru.be taken,
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enne. Miss Radle has appeared in
many productions, including "Love
Rides the Rails," "The Moon Is
Down," and "George Washington
Slept Here."
Joseph Mayers, who plays • the
role of Jerry, the British author,
appeared recently as Mr. Colburn
in "Janie."
The following technical staff
managers have been named by
Prof. Tucker: stage and construc
tion manager, George Rowe; paint,
Mary G. Davis, with Norma Lee
Hciover as assistant;' costume,
.Florence Zankel; advertising, Pa
tricia McClure; properties, Allene
Babbitt and Ruth Anders; electri
cians, Earl Riker and George Fer
guson; and design, Polly Huber
and Nan Charles.
tive in the art of camouflage that
they have tricked Allied airmen
into bombing empty, net-roofed
factories. The Germans have even
gone to the trouble of having
smoke come out of the chimneys.
"The raids have cost the Ger
mans a lot of trouble and ex
pense, but it has also ,intensified
the people's war energy," point
ed out Whitcomb, who just re
turned to the United States on the
Gripsholm after spending 13
months of internment in Ger
many.
"I remember an important rail
road junction in Germany which
was bombed 88 times. After each
raid the Germans would repair
the junction and have it in serv
iceable condition within a few
hours," Whitcomb said.
Whitcomb stated that Germany
is divided into three physical
sections at the present time. They
are:
1. Ninety percent of the coun
try which has not been bombed.
2. Cities which have been hit
by Allied raids.
3. Places where people have
evacuated bombed areas.
The first section looks about the
same as in peace time, according
to Whitcomb. Churches are still
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tan
Jivers Take
Limelight At
'Dutch Treat'
Highlighting the IWA-IMA
Dutch Treat dance in the Armory
Saturday night will be a jitter
bug contest, John Heffron and
Helen Miller, co-chairmen, an
nounced. The chairmen will act as
judges and contestants are re
quested to sign up at the door.
"Under the artistic touch of the
decoration committee the Armory
will be transformed into a bit of
old Holland," Jack Murray, pres
ident of IMA, said. Hosts and
hostesses, dressed in the true
Dutch spirit will be available as
dancing partners for the male and
female stags.
Refreshments will be served
under the supervision of Peter
Palmer, chairman of the commit
tee. Stephen Marshall is publicity
chairman, and Betty Lockmeyer,
Rosemary kaiser, and Betty Kein
.are in charge of tickets. June
Rosen and Katherine Arbogast
will serve at 'the coke bar.
Tickets are 35 cents and a door
'prize will be given to the lucky
holders. •
WSGA Issues New
Dating Regulation
Dating privilege s until 10 p.m.
Wednesday nights in dormitory
lounges were granted second se
fester freshman women at the
WSGA meeting Wednesday. The
privilege is open only to those
coeds taking their weekly 10 o'-
clock permission that night.
Revised regulations and cus
toms for freshman women were
also approved by the WSGA Sen
ate and will take effect next se
mester.
Dates of the combined WSGA
and WRA elections • were an
nounced, beginning with a nom
inations mass meeting May 23.
Primaries are scheduled for
May 26 and final elections for
May 29. The room in which the
mass meeting will be held will be
announced later.
A revised method of keeping
record of coed activities was
adopted, suspending the practice
of evaluating activities by points,
but keeping a file of all activities
to be available to honoraries.
Attention, Seniors
Eighth semester seniors
should check their activities
lists at Student Union next
week, requests Fred Dietz, edi
tor. These lists may be checked
from 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 5
p.m. Tuesday ; Wednesday, and
Thursday.
Seniors should make the list
of their activities correct to
date, check the speling of their
names, and be sure that their
latest correct home address is
on the card.
Any student whose picture
and list of activities has already
been included in an issue of the
yearbook, and who has received
a card to have his photograph
taken, for LaVie, should notify
Student Union of this error at
once.
Claudia
Announced
PRICE FIVE CENTS
'Claudia'
Navy-Marine Campus
Activities Debut Nears
The Navy-Marine debut in cam
pus activities is nearing, with the
V-12 Follies, Third Navy-Marine
Formal and full-dress parade on
New Beaver Field, going into their
final stages of preparation.
The sailors and marines, taking
time off from strict academic dis
cipline, will initiate the first "June
Weekend" of its kind at Penn
State and probably the first in
this section of the country. At
tendance will be limited by invi
tation.
Executive committee for the
weekend, announced this week,
includes A/S Rus Parker, general
chairman; A/S Thomas Hughes,
formal chairman, and A/S Man
nie Herman and Pvt. John Foley
at the helm of the follies.
A/S Arthur Miller will head
publicity for the weekend with.
Pvt. Jerry Sapienza, sales and
house manager, and A/S Fred
Feld, business manager.
Dancing in the follies, under the
professional guidance of A/S Rob
ert Houser, will feature a mock
ballet, Apache war dance, and fast
tap number--Lall by the G. I. all
male dancing beauties. Houser and
A/S Tony Hail will come in for a
solo selection in the tap number.
Under •the HellzaPOpPiri' type of
continuity with Foley as ace mas
ter of ceremonies, music will be in
charge of A/S Meyer Raskin, cos
tumes under Pvt. James Myers,
and the stage crew in charge of
Pvt. Tony Strother on the lights,
A/S Howard Graham, make-Up,
and A/S Carl Dimmerling, scenery
head.
More than 100 men have report
ed for work on the production,
offering theinservices in the skits,
dances and music as well as back
stage.
The Glee Club, under the direc
tion of Prof. Frank Gullo, who has
volunteered his services for the
weekend, will be patterned after
the smooth and mellow Fred War
ing type of musical harmony.
"Marine Hymn," "Anchors
Aweigh," "This Is My Country,"
"Set Down Servant," and "Navy
Blue and Gbld" are a - few of •the
offerings.
The Third Navy-Marine Formal,
with music supplied again by the
V-12 orchestra, will feature the
selection of a June Queen at dance
time.
Tribunal Slates
Frosh Bluebook
Weary from questioning, Tri
bunal cast a ray of hope to in
quiring frosh by announcing that
namecards and black bow ties
may be packed away in mothballs
Monday.
Bent on making this class the
best-informed in College history,
Tribunal hit upon the brainstorm
of quizzing the cherubs at their
next mass meeting. Time and
quests that all applications for
announced next week, according
to Chairman Howard Millikin.
Questions will be taken from
Student Handbook material and
campus publications.
If the test results are favorable
customs will be removed, Millikin
promised.
In line with this school spirit
campaign, all male frosh must re
port to the track manager at New
Beaver Field 2 p.m. Saturday,
Tribunal decreed. Frosh are re
minded tnremain.seated until the
stands are vacant after the meet.
Cast