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Cops History
Page Three
No. 32
Prexy Announces
Limited Admission
Of Incoming Coeds
Lack of Dormitories .
To Present Problem
Because of limited housing
facilities for coeds, the College has
beeti able •to accept only one out
of every three women applying
for admission for the Fall semes
ter :which begins October 30, Dr.
Ralph D. Hetzel, president, reveal
' ed today. The quota of freshman
women was filled more than a
month ago, he pointed out.
"This situation is particularly
distressing," Dr. Hetzel said, "be
cause ,practically all of these girls
rank in the upper two-fifths of
their high school classes and have
been excellently prepared for col
lege. More than 150 were in the
upper one-fifth, and many were
valedictorians."
With 'a .freshman quota of 300
women, the College will be pro
viding accommodations for a total
of 164 more women than ever be
fore, he said.
To make room for the 2,000
women who will attend in the Fall
the College has already taken over
the
.men's dorms ' and more than
twenty houses which will be su
pervised as "downtown dorms,"
and no additional rooming and
dining facilities -are in sight, Dr.
Hetzel said.' • - -
The pereentage 'of wmen who
apply who can be accommodated
at Penn State is decreasing, he
added, in spite of the added phys
ical plant facilities provided dur
ing the past few years.
"The' administration is deeply
concerned, too, with the -problems
which will arise with the return of
men from the services," Dr. Hetzel
said: "Even before the war we
'were unable to take -care of those
who sought admission, and the re
turn of veterans :will make the sit
uation acute. .
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Piano Selection Sets Time
For 'Ladies In Retirement'
Tit • Willow from Gilbert and
Sullivan's "The Mikado" is played
on the piano as the current sensa
tion of the London playhouses in
the first scene of "Ladies in Re
tirement" to indicate the historical
period of this production, to be
presented in Schwab Auditorium
8 p.m. August 11 and 12.
Setting of the play is the richly
fufnished parlor in the English
mansion of ' former chorus girl
Leonora Fiske, played by Anna
Radle. Antique coffee tables and
bric-a-bracs ornament this draw
ing room. Later developments are
built around the old-fashioned
whatnots.
By means of dialogue the char
acters reveal that prior to the date
of the opening scene Ellen Creeds
portrayed by Verna Sevast, owned
an antique shop that failed to
show any profits. Shopping around
in Ellen's curio shop for pieces of
outdated furniture, Leonora has
met Ellen and offered - her the
position of . housekeeper and com
panion when theantique business
closed down.
To recreate the role of Albert
Feather, Bernard Lerner had to
cultivate a cockney accent. In the
first scene Feather visits the estate
to borrow 12 pounds from Aunt
Ellen to pay off his gambling
debts, and flirts with the beautiful
maid Lucy, to be handled by Jean
Dubnoff.
Patricia McClure as Louisa, one
of Ellen's screwy sisters, will con-
The Colleg
DR. FREDERIC T. MAVIS
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Eng. Head Resigns
To Teach Al Tech
Dr. Frederic Theodore Mavis,
head of the department of civil
engineering in the School of En
gineering, has tendered his resig
nation to .become effective Septem
ber 1.
The executive board of the
Board of Trustees will act on the
resignation at its next meeting.
Dr. Mavis plan . s to assume a new
position •as professor of civil en
gineering and head of the depart
ment at Carnegie Institute of
Technology. . •
Dr. Mavis has been head of the
civil engineering department of
the College since 1939, when he
came from the University of lowa
where he had been in charge of
the department of mechanics and
hydraulics and consulting engineer
to the lowa Institute of Hydrau
lics.-
Most of his graduate study and
all of his undergraduate work was
taken at the University of Illinois
where he earned four degrees be
tween 1922. and 1935.
He also did graduate study in
Berlin and in Danzig in 1927 and
1928.
verse in a. squeaky soprano voice
and will scurry across the stage to
portray her frail, nervous person
ality. In contrast, Shirley Silver
stein will enact Emily, the other
dimwitted .sister, as sullen- and
childish, and will tread heavily
and speak in the bass register.
Director Tucker has invented this
character delineation, not written
in the script, to heighten person
ality, development.
In the first scene Ellen's sisters
are invited to the estate for a
weekend, and in the second, after
four months have elapsed, the
balmy ladies have not left. Be
cause of soiling an antique table
with a dead bird and dirtying the
floor witicfirewood, the sisters are
ordered out of the house. From
there on in, the audience will sit
on the edge of its seat, biting its
fingernails off.
The play is rapidly shaping up,
Directbr Tucker admits, and the
cast has caught on to the peculiar
individuals they • are portraying.
The only weak phase of the re
hearsals is the love scenes, he con
cludes, "but I intend to smooth
over these spots by demonstrating
the romantic touch to the lovers
myself."
The Mineral Industries art gal
lery at the College contains 165
oil paintings of Pennsylvania min
eral industrial scenes, all painted
by Pennsylvania artists.
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING; AUGUST 4, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Armory Open
For Weekend
Dancing, Fun
Informal recreation and relaxa
tion will be provided for students
every Friday and Saturday night
this semester in the Armory, ac
cording to Gloria Whyel, chairman
of a committee which has . been
probing into the possibility of the
idea since last semester.
At its second meeting of the
semester Tuesday night, Cabinet
approved of the initial opening,
which has been set for Friday.
August 11. Saturday of that week
has been set aside to the Russian
Club, which is sponsoring a dance
in the Armory that.night.
The weekly programs will in
clude dancing and other forms of
entertainment which might bring
together the ideas of a "Sandwich
Shop" and "Dry Dock" of pre-War
days.
Cabinet has also set Tuesday,
August 15, for Freshman Elec
tions. A special meeting of Cabinet
has been called for Thursday.
when freshman elections code will
be revised and submitted for ap
proval.
Dale Bower, chairman of Cabi
net, named Fred Dietz head of a
committee to investigate possible
reorganization of the Library ex
amination files in order that a
more complete file would be avail
able to students •as reference for
bluebooks.
Dance Highlights
Recreation Night
Fun, dancing, entertainment,
and refreshments for all students
and servicemen at the College will
highlight the first recreation night
of its kind in State College when
the Church Door Ganteen opens
at the palish house of St. An
drew's Episcopal Church, South
Frazier and Foster streets, 7:30
p. m. Wednesday.
The Canteen which will follow
the - pattern of the renowned Stage
Door Canteen will be open every
Wednesday evening, according to
Rev. John N. Peabody.
Navy-Marine band will • play
for dancing during the evening.
Pete Johnson will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies for the enter
tainment program and Andy Linn,
V-12, will play several piano
selections. Games and skits will
also be featured.
Lucy Cox is in charge of re
freshments and Betty Farrow is
heading the publicity committee
for the affair.
Coeds will serve as hostesses
from week to week. Wednesday
the following will be present: Ro
sella Adamitz, Carol Broberg, J.
Ann Beaver, Dorothy Colyer, Ann
Dunaway, Mary Margaret Dunlap,
Grace Gray, Sally Knapp, Betsy
Ross.
Chaperones for the evening will
be Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Boerlin,
Lt. CO. and Mrs. Guy Mills, Mr.
and Mrs. James Poole, arid Mrs.
Paul Mitten.
Prexy Meets AST Board
President Ralph D. Retzel will
attend a series of advisory board
meetings of the Army Specialized
Training Program in Washington,
D. C. Tuesday.
While in the capitol he is also
scheduled to attend a .session of
the Military Affairs Committee of
the National Association of State
Universities, as National Com
mittee chairman.
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Boxing, Dancing Featured
At V-12 Athletic Night
Five boxing bouts, fotir wrestling matches, and dance
music by the Navy-Marine Band will highlight the "V-12
Athletic Night" scheduled for Recreation Hall from 7:30 o'-
clock to midnight tomorrow evening. Admission is a 25 cent
war stamp per couple and the event is open to the public.
Feature of the boxing part of the program will be a
novelty six-man slug fest. Trainees ranging from 120 to 225
pounds will participate in the bout. All of the men will be
blindfolded. It will be a fight to the finish.
(Of the six boxers, only the identity of the "Masked Mar
vel" is unknown. The other competitors are Pvt. Dan Orlich,
220 lbs.; Pvt. Otto Paris, 120.1b5.; Pvt. Paul Swiggum, 235
lbs.; A-S Bab Keagy, 120 lbs. and Pvt. Don Stoff, 165 lbs.
In the main event, Pvt. Charles Klausing meets Pvt. Al
Shire. Klatising, a member of
last year's boxing team, and
Shires, Kwajalein veteran,
are middleweights. Boxing Coach
Leo Houck will referee this match
as well as the prelims.
Pvt. Bill Christmas faces A/S
G. S. Pack in the semi-final bout.
The boxers are in the 160 pound
division. Both of them are fast
and hard hitters
There will be two preliminary
matches. Pvt. •Stan Miller will
battle with Pvt. Lloyd Carson in
the first bout, and Pvt. Dorsie
Booker meets Pvt. Chuck Long in
the other three-rounder. Both of
these bouts will be in the welter
weight class. •
Two chief petty officers will•
tangie in the feature match of
the wrestling card. Bill Sherman,
former Big Ten champ, grapples
with Ray Gedeon, another wres
tling standout, in- the main bout.
Two varsity wrestlers will take
part in the prelims. Pvt. John
Peters, 160 pound veteran, goes
against Pvt. Hal Paige, while Pvt.
Dick Little, varsity 174-pounder,
tackles Pvt. Whitfield Owens. •
A heavyweight clash between
A/S Jack Riley and A/S George
Meeker also is scheduled. The
match will precede the main go. '
Summer Students
Receive Degrees
President Ralph D. Hetzel pre
sented 28 bachelor's and 41 ad
vanced degrees at Summer Ses
sion commencement exercises in
Schwab Auditorium yesterday af
ternoon.
Of the advanced . degrees, which
included five doctorates, the ma
jority were received by element
ary and high school teachers,
while most of the bachelor's were
given to students of the School
of Education.
Those receiving degrees were:
Edythe V. Augustine, M.Ed.;
Helen Black, 8.5.; Sara E. Black
well, M.S.; Marion Breakstone,
8.A.; H. T. Childs, M.Ed.; Made
line F. Coleman,
_Ph.D.; Frances
L. Collins, M.Ed.; Dorothy J. Cro
mis, 8.A.; Esther J. Davis, M.
Ed.; L. G. Dick, M.Ed.; Alice C.
Drake, BS.; Ruth A. Ernst, 8.5.;
Raymond S. Farwell, 8.5.; Wil
liam R. Fish, Ph.D.
Martha J. Foster M.Ed.; George
C. Fryburg, M.S.; Edna Fetter
olf, M.Ed.; Jasper M. Fritz, M.
Ed.; Mary J. Hall, M. Ed.; Mary
B. Harman, M.Ed.; Shirley V.
Hadley, 8.5.; M. E. Highberger,
M.Ed.; F. W. Hoy, M. Ed.; Marie
L. Hubbard, M.A.; Martha E.
James, 8.A.; William R: James,
M.S.; Eva L. Keller, M.Ed.; Al
ice A. Kelly, M. Ed; Mary A.
Kosker, B. S.; Philip W. Legal,
M.Ed.; Edwin B. Long, D.Ed.
Joseph G. Leeder, Ph.D.; Esther
(Continued on page, eight)
War News
Analyzed
Page Seven
1-HICE FIVE CENTS
MA Dale Bureau
Resumes Business
IWA. Dating Bureau . will once
again open for business this week.
This semester the bureau will be
located in 401 Old Main, the new
IWA office. Office hours have
been set for 2 p. in. to 3 p. m.
every Tuesday, 6:30 to 7 p. m.
every Wednesday, and 6:30 to 7:30
p. in. every Thursday night.
Each applicant will
. fill out a
card with his or her physical des
cription and general interests. A
fee .of 10 cents will be charged for
every application. When a person
fills out a card he will usually im
mediately receive one filled out
by some member of the opposite
sex with the same interests.
Marie Macario, Eleanor J. Phil
lips, Jean Pretter, Norma Shan
holt, and Harriet Strauber have
volunteered to take charge of the
bureau this semester.
The first successful dating bu
reau was founded three years a
go by Margery Magargel, now
with the Waves. June White, now
an eighth semester student, was
one of its first operators. For the
past two years Norma Stern also
a Wave and Helen Schmidle have
been successfully running the bu
reau.
A good number of students first
introduced by the Dating Bureau
have since been going steady. Ac
cording to Helen Schmidle, sever
al engagements have resulted and
the bureau has even recorded one
marriage.
Salvage Collection
Exceeds Record
The College has put more than
half a million pounds of salvage
materials into the war efort, H.
W. Loman, chairman of the Corn
mittee on Conservation of Defen
se Resources, reports.
The salvage consisted of 254,-
547 pounds of paper, 212,465
pounds of iron, 11,305 pounds of
brass, copper and zinc, 27,875
pounds of tin cans, and 31,775
pounds of fat.
The report revealed that 15,-
595 No. .10 tin cans were sold un
der the sanction of the Office of
Price Administration and/ that fat
from the dining commons is sal
vaged in peace as well as war
time.
Mr. Loman said he believed this
record will stand up with that of
any other university in the cm.m..
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