The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 01, 1944, Image 1

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Who's Who Lists
38 Faculty Names
Profs. Alderfer, Chandlee
Appear for First Time
Names of thirty-one active mem
bers of the College staff and seven
retired members appeared in the
1944-45 edition of Who’s Who in
America.
Those whose names will appear
are: Harold F. Alderfer, professor
of political science; Chesleigh A.
Bonine, head of department of
earth sciences; W. G. Chambers,
retired; Grover C. Chandlee, head
of "the department of chemistry;
Wheeler P. Davey, professor of
physics; R. Adams Dutcher, pro
fessor of agricultural and biologi
cal' chemistry; William S. Dye Jr.,
retired; Harold A. Everett, profes
sor of mechanical engineering.
Merrell R. Fenske, professor of
chemical engineering; Stevenson
W.- Fletcher, : dean of School of-
Agriculture; Earnest Forbes, pro
fessor of animal nutrition; G. D.
Gardner, retired; Alfred W. Gau
ger,' head of the department of
fuel technology; James E. Gilles
pie;l of history; George
R. Green, hbad of the department
of-nature eßhcati'dii; W. R. Ham,-
retired; Harry P. ftammond-, dean
of the School.of Engineering.
. Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, president
of., the 'College; William S. Hoff
man,. College. Registrar; Frank D.
-o f..th- , Graduate'
" School; T; I. Mairs, retired; : Paul
:,ine; B. Mack, professor of textile
chemistry;- Asa E. Martin, head of
the history department; Carl E.
-.Marquardt, College Examiner;
| Bruce -V. Moore, head of the de
partment of psychology and edu
-V cation; David F. McFarland, head
' .of the- department of meteorology.
Willard P: Lewis, College -librar-1
: iiiri; Mason Long, professor of
: English- Literature; Charles C.
■Peters, professor - of education;- R.
./■L. -Sacketf, retired; -Edward Stei-
dle,-dean of thevSchool of Mineral
Industries; Charles W. Stoddart,
dean of the School of Liberal Arts;
Marion R. Trabue,: dean of the
School of 'Education; R. L. Watts,
retired; Jonathan W. White, pro
fessor .of. soil technology; and
Frank W. Whitmore, dean of the
Schoql of Chemistry and Physics.
Dr. Alderfer and Dr. Chandlee
appear for the first time in this
edition.
Inferfrafernify Council
Sponsors 'Gridiron Bair
, Interfratei'nity Council, will
sponsor a semi-formal dance at
Recreation Hall in conjunction
with the opening football game
September 30.
John Matternas, chairman of the
dance, stated today that the affair
will be called “Gridiron Ball.”
Muhlenberg faces Penn State at
New Beaver Field in the after
noon.
The dance will be open to all
fraternity men and their guests.
Tickets will be sold at Student
Union the day of the semi-formal.
No tickets will be sold at the gate.
Admission to the dance is $2.40 pet
couple.
Arrangements are now under
way to bring an outside band to
the campus for the dance. Matter
nas said that the orchestra will
come from New York, Wilkes-
Barre, or Pittsburgh.
Assisting Matternas with plans
for the dance are:, Vjctor Danilov,
Jack Davenport, John Derick,
Richard Griffiths, -Herbert Hasson,
Herbert Mendt, Guy -Newton, Alex
Reisdorf, George Roe,-. Harvey
. . Sctieiner, Stanley Speaker, Wil
£ iljapi Thomas, William, Winter
’'{steen.and Edward Zemprelli. ■
The Colleg
Nautical Setting Highlights V-12 Formal ;
Navy-Marine Band Plays For 'Ship's Ball'
Servicemen and civilians will
thrill to the music of Pvt. Gene
Keller and his Navy-Marine Band
amid a nautical setting at the
“Ship’s Ball” formal at Recrea
tion Hall from 8:30 o’clock to
midnight tomorrow evening.
Rendering the. vocals will be
Betty Ann Wiser, attractive Col
lege coed now vacationing in
Philadelphia. Several men who
helped make the “V-l!j Follies”
such a hit last semester will also
be on hand for the formal.
The V-12 Band intends to pre
sent a number of popular songs
arranged locally along smooth,
romantic lines. The Navy-Marine
trainees have been practicing for
the past month in preparation for
the dance. Pvt. Keller and his
trumpet will also be featured on
two or three songs.'
During intermission the V-12
Glee Club will sing several mod
ern and military tunes. Frank
Groff To Discuss
Penn Stale, China
“Daddy” Groff will lecture in 10
Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, oh
‘present conditions' and future
outlook in' China as related to
Penn work, for China.”, Ag.
Student ’ Councii'wiir sponsor 'the
program.
Groff will reveal present condi
tions in southern China, empha
size friendship relations, discuss
the rural church, and relate re
sponsibilities of students and
duties of the. college professor in.
Chinese - community Ufe.
He will illustrate his talk with
colored slides of Lingnan Univer
sity. Dr. Henry S. Brunner of the
Agriculture Education department,
will introduce the speaker. Stu
dents, servicemen, faculty mem
bers, and townspeople are invited.
The agriculturist will address
the Faculty Lunch Club Monday.-
Players Present Comedy
Of Mennonite Family
In Schwab Sept. 29-30
Penh State Players will present
as their second production of the
summer semester the Pennsyl
vania Dutch comedy, “Papa Is
All,” in Schwab Auditorium Sep
tember 29 and 30, Prof. Frank
Neusbaum, director of the play,
announced today.-
“The’story of the play,” Profes
sor Neusbaum said, “concerns a
Mennonite family made up of Papa
and. Mama and their children, Jake
and Emma. Papa is a very mean
man. He is not mean because he
is a Mennonite, he would 1 be mean
no matter what he was because
he is a stinker.
“The title of the play, ‘Papa Is
All,’ means, in the Pennsylvania
Dutch dialect, that Papa is gone,
done for, or finished. How the
domineering 'Papa is disposed of
gives the play its struggle.
“Since live on the edge of
the Pennsylvania Dutch disti-ict
we have been able to select a cast
that comes from this region and
knows the dialect. To present a
play such as this, to an audience
which is largely composed of -per
ions who- also know the dialect, an
authentic performance. will be
necessary,” he said.
The cast as released by Profes
sor Neusbaum includes Sally Von
Nieda as Mama, Gerafd Gilman as
Papa, and Mary Haines as Emma.
The roles of Jake, Mrs. Yoder, and
(Continued on page eight)
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1944—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Gullo of the College music de
partment will direct the singers.
The Military Band will also play
a few numbers.
An imitation ship, the “USS
Nittany,” has been./constructed at
the far end of the dance floor.
Couples will be allowed to enter
the pilot house of the vessel and
inspect. the “USS Nittany.” -
Along the sides of the dance
floor will be for .each of the
V-12 barracks. Marines and sail
ors thus will be able to congre
gate with their dates and friends
at the piers. Plans include simi
lar structures for AST-P and ci
vilian students.
■ As military persons enter the
gymnasium they must salute the
National Ensign and the Officer
of the Deck and ask permission
to come aboard.
Guests of honor at the dance
will be Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Trus
dell Wiser, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Guy
PSCA Denied
Membership
In Cabinet
Penn State Christian Associa
tion was refused an ex-officio
‘ membership in AH-Cbliege'Cabihiel'
at the student government’s meet
ing Tuesday night.
Mary Margaret Dunlap present
ed the Christian Association’s peti
tion at Cabinet’s meeting August
15, at which time All-College Cab
inet- Chairman -Dale Bower ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the matter , more thoroughly.
Bill Jaffurs, chairman of the
committee, made a report at Tues
day night’s meeting, and after a
lengthy discussion, vote was taken
on the question. PSCA was refused
its petition.
Chuck Alcorn stated that the
Armory Sandwich Shop, presented
August 18, -was a success financial
ly, and that the Armory will .be
open again tonight from 8 o’clock
until midnight. There will be
cokes, dancing, and card playing.
Final plans were reported by
John Matternas for the All-Col
tege Convocation to -be held im
mediately before the Penn State-
Bucknell football game October 14.
Capt. Robert D. Workman, Chief
of Navy Chaplains, will arrive
(Continued on page eight)
Tribunal Lifts Dating Ban,
Punishes Frosh Offenders
Freshmen may date! This soul
elevating announcement was
made by Lloyd Barkley, head of
Tribunal, at the weekly meeting
of the student judges Wednesday
evening. The lifting of the no
dating ban goes into effect im
mediately.
But before the deliriously hap
py frosh sally forth in search of
the lucky women, Barkley has a
warning to add. At the first signs
of general Jaxness in customs ob
servations on the part of the
freshman class, dating will be
forbidden.
Barkley suggests that the fresh
men start now 1 to prepare for the
bluebook Tribunal is planning for
them.. The bluebook will cover
facts about the College which the
frosh are responsible for, and
Barkley warns, a poor showing
may cause Tribunal to cancel the
dating privilege.
■ Getting doWri to the business
ian
G. Mills, Dr. and Mrs. Charles C.
Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gullo, and Dean and Mrs. Carl F.
Schott.
A formal review will be held at
1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
The march will begin at the Ath
erton parking lot and proceed to
New Beaver Field by way of Col
lege-avenue. The men will then
pass in review before the offi
cers of the College V-12 unit.
The Military Band will present
a concert of military, modern, and
semi-classical music on the steps
in front of Old Main at 7:15 p.m.
Sunday night. A/S Karol Marcino
is band master, Pvt. Tony Struth
er, drill master, and Pvt. Luke
Huber, drum major.
Servicemen and civilians are
asked not to buy corsages for
their dates at the “Ship’s Ball.”
Tickets for the formal may be
bought at Student Union until
noon today. No tickets will be
sold at the door tomorrow.
Elm Park Pastor
Chapel
Dr. Harold C. Case, pastor of
the Elm Park Methodist Church,
Scranton, will address the Chapel
congregation Sunday. The topic of
Tiis ' talk hias " riot' yet . been 'an
nounced. The choir, directed by
Mrs. Willa Taylor, will sing
“Praise” by Rowley.
Graduating from Baker Univer
sity at Baldwin, Kansas, in 1923,
Dr. Case continued to study at
Harvard University, Northwestern
University, and the Garrett Bibli
■">l Institute. Boston University
School of Theology awarded the
S.T.D. degree to the clergyman.
Doctor of Divinity degree was be
stowed by Baker University in
1937.
For one year Dr. Case taught
philosophy at Southwestern Col
lege. In 1927 he accepted the pas
torate of North Shore Methodist
Church at Glencoe, Illinois. The
priesthood of the First Methodist
Church of Topeka was offered to
Dr. Case in 1933. He has held his
present post with the Elm Park
Methodist Church since November,
1938.
The minister was a delegate to
the World Conference on Adult
Education in Cambridge, England,
1929. He spoke at the United
(Continued on page eight)
at hand, Tribunal dealt out stern
punishment to wayward freshmen.
Frosh C. B. Jones, customs vio
lator, will toe seen on Campus
sporting knee length white stock
ings, a huge mirror, and a sign
proclaiming him to be “Looking
at a Typical Wise Guy.”
To make convicted customs vio
lator, Jack McCarthy, look like a
barber pole, he will wear five red
stripes painted on his legs below
his rolled-up trouser legs. Mc-
Carthy’s sign will feature the lat
est offering of Tribunal Poet
Laureate Harvey Scheiner.
Committing the heinous crime
of appearing before Tribunal
without white socks, Charles Bar
son . will drag several tin cans
around on a string, carry a lant
ern to help him see his way to
classes, and will shout “Beat Muh
lenberg!” at frequent intervals.
Bob Dougher, a freshman who
(Continued on page eight)
‘Manly'
Is Dead
Page 6
,ucE FIVE CENTS
ASTP Graduates
Win Certificates
Col. Mills to Preside
At Military Exercises
One hundred and thirty stu
dent-soldiers, members of the Ar
my Specialized Training Program
at the College, will receive cer
tificates of completion at the
College’s fourth all-military com
mencement. in Schwab Auditor
ium at 8 p.m. tonight.
Of the graduates, 98 will be
awarded advanced certificates
and will be assigned to troops.
The remaining 32 are 17-year-old
reservists who have reached their
18th birthday and will be sent
to camps for basic military train
ing.
Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills, acting
commandant, will preside at the
exercises and extend brief greet
ing to the graduates. Chaplain
John H. Frizzell will pronounce
the invocation and Reverend John
N. Peabody, the 'benediction.
Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, president
of the College, will award the
certificates. Trainees receiving
basic certificates wild be presented
by Dr. D. S. Cryd'er, professor o’f :
eW&Wi'cal eh'giheering, and those"
receiving advanced certificates
will be presented .by Dr. Harry
P. Hammond, dean of the School
of ■ Engineering.
. Twenty-four states .and the
District of Columbia are repre
sented by the graduates. Largest
delegation is from New York,
w’th Pennsylvania second, and
Massachusetts third.
Marquardf Announces
Next Artists' Course
In response to numerous re
quests, an Artists’ Course will be
given next semester, Carl E. Mar
quardt, chairman of the series, an
nounced. Three numbers will com
pose the sei’ies, the first of which
is tentatively scheduled for a few
days after the new Semester.
As last year, the auditorium will
be divided into two sections. One
portion will seat faculty members
and the other portion students.
Tickets will be obtained by the pri
ority system.
College Librarian Lists
New Staff Personnel
Willard P. Lewis, College librar
ian has announced the following
changes in staff personnel:
Miss Catherine M. Barnhart will
succeed, as order librarian, Miss
Katherine C. Dwyre, who has re
signed after 13 years to accept a
position at Ohio State University.
W. W. Galbreath, graduate stu
dent, will fill Miss Barnhart’s for
mer position in the extension de
partment.
Mrs. Margaret K. Spangler has
resigned as circulation manager to
accept a position as instructor in
the Institute Library School,
Brooklyn. She will be succeeded
by Miss B. Elizabeth Ulrich.
Frosh Violators!
Freshman customs violators
who were punished Wednesday
are asked to ,be present at the
Sandwich Shop in the Armory
at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. to
night.
Students, faculty members,
and servicemen are invited to
attend. There will be dancing,
cokes, and card playing. Admis
sion is free.