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Sophomore, Junior. Societies
Tap Outstanding Women
Junior Service Board Cwens Select 28 Coeds
Chooses Ten women For ' Activities, Grades
Ten first semester juniors were
tapped for Junior Service Board
at a breakfast given in Atherton
Hall Sunday morning.
In their short addresses to the
group, Charlotte E. Ray, Dean of
Worhen, Pearl 0. Weston, assist
ant to the dean, and Patricia
Diener, president of WSGA, out-
lined the purpose and .work of
• Juniol. Service Board. It serves
the College by . helping :transfer
women :.students to - get .adjusted
and:oriented ,to the College, they
stated.,
- Coeds who met the . require
. ments of • a 1:2 all-college-average,
..:.student ..leadership,' and. . extra
curricular - activities . are Ruth
'Anders,' Nancy. Carastro, Eliza
*.beth ..runkhauser,...Rosemary .Hal
..phi, Ann Henry,..Doris.Huck,-Lois
:MCCoOI, * taurene -Newbold, Re
becca Walker, . and - Elizabeth
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Wolfram.
Ccintinuing their activities, -last
• night 14 Junior 'Service .• Board
• members:were - enterthined at . din
: nei in Old Main - Sandwieh 'Shot)
the_Atainilipri Standard . Pro,
peller wQpien while 14 41amliton
ate* in 'Mhel'Ori: dining
rooin, as* vests of the ' Juhior
:service _Boai'4. -
'•-Service ' - Board is now
planning - to -give a - --te4.;...`:„:forl:zial
41entlIt*ritudah'ts "'
east` lciiirige ,At :E4heritlii , figifitYlii
to 3:30 Sunday afternoon. •
Another tapping breakfast, this
time for second semester sopho
mores who lintend to remain dur
ing the summer session, i s sched
uled to take place sometime • in
• June. - :
KObek, Hasson, Vogel
To Manage Collegian
fouSummer.Semester
Emil A. Kubek was elected edi:
for-in-chief of the Collegian for
'next semester, it was announced
a staff banquet last Saturday.
:.Herbert .Hasson was 'nained bu
siness' manager and. Kathryn, Vo
.
ge
,advertising manager.
_
pth 9 r.• members of the staff
;were adyinced -in rank -are
;j34rnat'd rCutiei,.iTianaging editOr;
Hatton; pews editor; igen
.
‘Carastro,,feature' editor; and
.
yietor . Danilov, sports
_editor.-
'...' . . Coeds Compete For Queen
...,Ql . !s4s./.01/larine-Wpekend •
Six - of the campus's most gla
morous.• coeds will: vie for the
crown. of Navy-Marine. Queen at
the - Third Navy-Marine . Formal
in:Ree Hall next Saturday-night,
The chosen Queen will have
the honor of reviewing the troops
at . the- full-dress parade on New
Beaver Field on Sunday, and will
stand at the side of Lt. Comman
der Trusdell Wisner, who recent
ly arrived at Penn State to com
mand the V-12 'Unit.
Awaiting the final selection by
the Commander are 'Sally Duffy,
Mary Lou Waygood, Dorothy Mor
rOw, Harriet_ Haas, Rita Horton
'arid Marilyn Globisch.
,The six finalists for the honor
were narrowed down from an or=
iginal twelve, with one co-ed re
presenting each •of the twelve bar.
ricks. Under the scrutinizing eye
o the Unit officers, the group was
'cutto the six candidates from
which the Comman,der will-choose
14 winner at dance time.
Navy-Marine orchestra, which
The C 9.1,10-
Twenty-eight coeds were chos
en for membership in Cwens, na
tional women's activities honor-
Mary Catherine Garrett, Joan
breakfast in the Old Main Sand
wich Shop Sunday morning:
They are (Lois App, Mitzi Arch
er, Jeanne Barinott, Elizabeth
Ann Berkhimer, Nan Charles,
Mary Margaret Dunlap, Mary
Field, Jean Ford,• Aileen 'Garber,
Mary Catherine Garrett, Jaon
Harrington, -Nancy Harrington,
Jane -Healy, Joan'Huber.
Diana , Huffman, Margaret
Keefe, ' Mary Louise Lamade,
Mary 'Ann -Reese, Marie Schom
•bocker, ..Charlotte Scibetta, Bar
bara Smedley, -Sarbara.'.. Smith,
Doris -.Stack,-,:Betty Steele,.•Bar
,bara -Struck, Janet Taylor, , Pa--
tricia,Turk, .and , Fay - -Young.: -
Active •Cwen- -members' chose
these women .:from -second,.third,
and :fourth semester: classes on - the
basi s .6f •,their • participatiqn • in
trarcurricular activities, . schol
astic average, . and leadership
ability.
APproNimately 100 cpeds• who
had, been -awakened at the.dorms.
at 8 a.m:by the Cwens were prer
sent .at the 'breakfast when the
giay _blazers trimmed
with .red were presented to "the
r ••-
- cla7af tern° 'the- WSGA...reioirs<
White - :Hall, the :new Cwens 'ex--(
pressed their desires to become
-members - of the organization.
For the purpose of becoming
acquainted with - each other and
with the present Cwpns, who will
now automatically becomeinac
tive; a party' is planned in -the
WSGA room, White Hall, Friday
at' 6 p.m."
__Formal initiation will be at an
English banquet at the State Col
lege Hotel, June, 11.
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"IMA Elects Officers .• . •
Independent Men's Association
has elected Michael Lynch, presi
dent; Omar Lerman, vice presi
dent; Richard Lee,. secretary; and
Peter Palmer, treasurer.
Robert Barefoot has been nam
ed:social 'chairman, Steve Green,
athletic, chairman, 'arid,: R. J.
France,- publicity .chairrhan..
An installation banguet will be
held June 6, the time and place
to- be announced later. -
will also provide much of the mu
sical accompaniment of the "V-12
Follies" the same. night,' will a
gain swing out for the Formal.
Most of the members of the or
chestra will even go further in
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ROTC .Rated Excellent
By Inspecting"tolonel
Perin State's 400 ROTC students
were rated excellent as a result
of 'their performance last Friday
when they were inspected by Lt.
Col, John C. Peth, University of
Maryland, it 'was announced by
Lt:-: Col. Guy G. Mills.
This classification is the highest
that can be awarded :to a ROTC
Members of the College's ROTC
unit will again he eligible to wear
the blue star of merit on the
right sleeve. This emblem of su
periority was removed from uni
forms January 31 by order of Lt.
Col. Guy G. Mills.
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Stat
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
In the arty, cobwebby, and
semi-Bohemian atmosphere of the
Thespian Cellar of Schwab Aud
itorium, from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight
the Thespians and Masquerettes
will play host at their first Jam
Session, to as large a horde of
Penn Staters as will chok , to be
come acquainted with the show
people of the' campus.
Their purpose in holding the
affair is to uncover any talents
their guests may possess, as well
as to establish friendly relations
with all students who will subse
quently be interested in some
phase of Thespian production.
The round of entertainment
which is to spark the Jam Ses
sion will continue throughout the
affair, with specialty dance num
bers, vocals, scenes from past
shows,• and music . from the Jam
Band. ,Guests are ~ expected to
"drop, down": any time within, the
hours designated, for food, danc
ing,. chatter, and • entertainment.
Committees in charge of the
session are . headed by Shirley
Thompson,. decorations; Harriet
Leyiden, 'entertainment; Lee
Thompson, foods, • and Mariam
Zartman, general chairman . and
presidefit, of -.Masquerettes.
Entfrefollegi .-
MeitiiiiioMat . ' :.
Memorial Day will be observed
by College officials, faculty, mili
tary personnel, and students in a
prograth arranged to begin 9 a.m.
Tuesday.
- At that time Mrs.. Charles E.
Govier, daughter of President
.Atherton, accompanied by All-
College president James' Bell,
WSGA president Patricia Diener
and Edward - Koval, ISC president,
will place a wreath at the World
War I plaque in Old Main. The
party will then proceed to Presi
dent Atherton'S grave adjacent to
Schwab • Auditorium 'where Mrs.
Govier will lay a wreath. A third
wreath will be placed on the
World War -plaque in Recreation
Hall: .
At the , placing of each - wreath,
taps 'will be sounded by a member
Of the ASTP unit.
By order of President Hetzel,
classes will be dismissed at 11:40
a.m. in order that all may attend
the flag raising ceremony in front
of Old Main, which is scheduled
to begin approximately at noon.
The ASTP units will form in
back of Carnegie Hall, while the
V-12 personnel will take its place
behind the Armory. These serv
ice men will march to Old Main.
The Artily occupy the east
diagonal walk, and the V-12 the
two west diagonal walks.
The lower front -steps of Old
Main will be reserved for Presi
dent Hetzel, College'officials, com
mandants of the service units on
campus, All-College Cabinet and
faculty.
The V-12 Band will be situated
east of the flagpole, and will face
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Thespian Catacombs
To Shelter Arty
Jive Party
Convocation for Coeds
All coeds are urged to attend
a convocation in Schwab Audi
torium 4:15 Tuesday afternoon
when Sarah Blanding, dean of
the Home Economics School,
at Cornell University will
speak.
• Miss 'Blanding will speak 'on
the positiOn of women in the
pok-war world.
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Memorial Day
Coeds To Vote Today
In WSGA, WRA Primary
Culminating the WSGA mass meeting in Schwab audi
torium Thursday evening May 18, ,nominations for candi
dates for WSGA and WRA offices were released. These
nominees, with the addition of those named Tdesday evening,
will be chosen as candidates in the primary elections held in
Old Main lounge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
General elections will be held this Monday, according to
Kathleen Osgood, chairman of the Elections Committee,
with the exception of WSGA president, which will be elected
during primary voting today.
All students must present
some means of identification
at the • polls before being permit
ted to cast their ballots, the chair
man stated..
The WSGA lineup is as fololws:
president, Gertrude G. Rosen and
Ann Louise .Decker; vice-presi
dent; Mary. M. Dunlap. and Mar-.
jorie Blackwood; treasurer, Joan
Huber and Barbara -Struck; se
nior senator, Rose Devecka, Betty
Shenk' and Julia Gilbert; junior
senator, Annabelle Jannson, Mar
ty Herr, Floy Robinson, and Jane
Dye; sophomore senator, Janet
Taylor, Barbara Smedley and Ann
Reese; town •senator, Arch
er and Betsy Merkle; independent
senator, Sarah Masurovsky and
Florence Porter.
The ballot for senior senator
,will .be open to all'seniors and sec
.
-f or
junior. •senator.- to. first semester
juniors and - second semester soPhs.
Only ,second semester frosh and
first semester sophs may vote for
the sophomore senator. The vote
for town senator, and indepen
dent senator will be open to town
girls• and independent girls re
spectively.
Bidding for the WRA presi
dency are Mary Anne Jennings,
and Betty E. Pike; vice-president,
17 Men Leave
For Services
'Seventeen student s have
drawn from the college within
the• past two weeks to enter the
armed forces, according to an. an
nouncement from the • Registrar's
Office.
Following are the withdrawing
students:
Seymour L. Barash, LD; Herb
ert Beckhart, ME; Roderick W.
Cook Jr., EE;Robert J. Crawford,
EE; Ernest R. Emmers, ME; Louis
F. Glasier, Met:; Leroy S. Harris,
Aero; Ned R. Heimbach, ChEng;
Herbert S. Hollenberg, CCH;
Robert H. Kranich, CCH; Earl L.
Lentz, ChEng; Edward R. Seel,
MM; Norbert G. Smolukas, TE;
Mervin M. Wilf, CCh; Theodore J.
Wolfe, PhysEd; James N. Wood,
PhysEd; John Lynn Zubler, ME.
The School of Engineering
leadd with the largest withdrawal
of nine. Chemistry and physics
majors number .four.
Mac Hall Cover Increases
'Engineer' Circulation
Mac Hall has brought returns to
the Penn State Engineer!
Sporting, on its cover a colored
photograph of Mac Hall, the Engi
neer has in four Flays distributed
1000 copies, Eugene Von Arx, edi
tor of the Engineer, announced to
day.
The June issue of the Engineer
will be published for the most part
by the newly appointed staff. This
issue is expected to serve as an
indication of what the Engineer
promises for next semester.
College
To Observe
Marilyn Globisch, Betsy McGee
and Eris M. Huntsinger; treasur
er, Mary E. Gundel, Harriet B.
Miller and Rebecca Walker; soph
omore representative, .1 oanne
Black, Marcia A. Conroe, Doris
E. Handwerk and Fay H. Matulis.
Candidate Activities
All the candidates have partici
pated' in '.numerous campus or
ganizations.
WSGA president—Gertrude G.
Rosen: freshman senator, WSGA.
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Campus Owls to Play
Al Second: Ude 'Rule Ball
Campus Owls will provide the
music for the second annual Slide
Rule Ball in Rae Hall from 9 to
12 p.m. tomorrow. Theme of the
informal' dance,' - will' be a.: trylon
syhibolized by a slide rule and a
perisphere.
Sponsored by the Penn State
Engineer, the -affair 'will feature
program s in replicas of the En
gineer itself. All features of the
regular edition including special
stories, "Sly Drools," and a sal
ute to .the class of '45 will be con
tained• in this miniature maga
zine.. Guests of honor will also be
listed as on a regular program.
The Engineer staff formulated
plans for the first Slide Rule Ball,
introducing the theme of the try
lcn and perisphere, last Septem
ber. Judged by the turnout, this
first Ball was a success and it is
the hope of the committee that
'the Slide Rule Ball will become a
Penn State tradition. Since there
are a limited number of tickets
available, students are urged to
obtain them
_immediately accord
ing to the committee.
Walter G. BaXter and Walter R.
Berg are co-:chairmen in charge
assisted by Eugene F. Von Arx,
invitations; Thomas J. Thomas,
adVertising; Robert E. Petersen,
decorations; Robert T. Kimmel,
business; Conrad P. Walck, check
ing; and Harry L. Bell Jr., re
freshments.
Cap and Gown Orders
Must Be in Tomorrow
Graduating seniors are urged to
order commencement invitations,
announcements, and caps and
gowns at Student Union today or
tomorrow if they .haven't already
done so.
Announcements and invitations
are seven cents each. Cap and
gown orders require a five dollar
deposit fee. Gowns will be given
out at the Athletic Store the week
of graduation and must be return
ed immediately following the
graduation exercises. A. fine of
one dollar will be levied for any
late returns.
Academic costume s will be ex
pected of all graduates except
those students who are now in the
armed forces.
Candidates for advanced de
grees should order caps mid
gowns through Prof. Q. 3. Stout,
24 Horticulture.