Finals , Schedule Page 2 -No. 38 GSO Semi-Formal Features 'Fiesta' Service Group Extends Dance to All Students Congas, tangos, and zestful dec orations set the pace for all-Col lege “Fiesta Dance” to be held in White Hall from 9 o’clock to mid , iiight f tomorrow. South American (atmosphere. wliL occasion semi formal dress. V' entertain !;• ■ merit for the GSOrsponsored dance features a traditional Costa i. Rican song and dance by Odette ■ Hectdr. Elizabeth Fosa and Wal ..ter Camacho demonstrate the tan go, and Odette Hector and Jose Caberera a rhumba and bolero. • Leading , the congo chain will be Jiame Amorocho, Walter Cam i acho, Elizabeth Fosa, and Odette . • Hector. | The dance is open to everyone. . Admission is $1.20 per couple. GSO members must present mem ; bership cards at the door to be admitted free. Black ribbons on the left' wrist will distinguish : them as hostesses. Campus Owls ’ - ' will fiirhish the music. Fhinth and cO-OMCs pWvided by senior hostesses- w!U r b*e Served iii the northeast lounge ,of Atherton . Hall, during intermission by Mrs: . Ralph p. Hetzel, Mrs. Carl P. i , Schott, and Mrs., .Arthur P. War 7 . . nock. ' . . - ; -' fair have .behmsferit to-i.it.' Gomdr. Trusdell Wisnex-, Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills, Capt. Samuel Whittle Jr., {.. ■ Lts. Ray W. Jones, Harry Light, William R. Mueller, William F. • - Riley, and . Joel E. Tajman; and C. W. O. Edward E. Harrrs. i., , Agnes. Coleman and Betty Luch /' - temeyer direct publicity for the dancfej' aided, by A/S Jim Bums, y : 1 A/S Robert Glenn, ASTP member •' ■ Jim, Grady, and Marine. Pvt.. Jim Myers. Shelley Smith . arranged: for Ijhe music and Berttice Grif-' = fxth; planned the entertainment. In charge of hostesses'is Mary - Haines, of refreshments is ' Harri , etWitmer. ‘ Chairman of the decorating ; committee is Shirley Conner with Marion Lerned as her assistant. ( Committee members include! Ger aldine Becker, Mary- Field, Fran :,, ;ces Kiernan, Lois McClelland, ;Mary McMillian, Doris Stowe, Lo . • rrayne Tarr, and JoAnn Weest. | Speech Clinic To Change Title To Reflect Service The title of the College Speech Clinic has been officially changed to read “The Speech and Hearing .Clinic.” This ‘change was made upon recommendation of Dr. Herbert Koepp-Baker, who is in charge of the Clinic. He pointed out the new title “would more correctly and appropriately reflect the services rendered • by the Clinic.” For the past 13 years, the Clinic has assisted large numbers of per sons with either congenital or ac quired deafness. This included quantitative measures of the de gree of hearing loss, assistance in fitting electronic and acoustic hearing aids, and training in speech (lip) reading. With an. increase in the size of the Clinic’s staff, came an increase in services through establishment of a Mobile Speech Clinic—a service directed chiefly to the needs of public schools and health agencies. This included teacher , training in speech reading - and, '■ consultation with supervisors of (education. The Colles URGES COOPERATION— Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel -emphasized the need for cooperation between the X-G-I Club and the admin istration and faculty at an organ ization smoker last-Friday. Cabinet Aids Lecture Plan All-College Cabinet approved action of contributing $25 to the Community Lectures Series Com niittde at a meeting Tiiesday night; Plaits are being formed to bririg prdmment writers and speakers to campus. The committee will be composed of . members from several of the campus and town organizations. ~ . was asked- by Dale Bower, chair man of All-College Cabinet, in conducting the bonc\ fire and. pep rally to be staged September. 29, the ■ night before the Penn Stater Muhlenberg football game. Bower named -the" following to the Student Postwar . Planning Committee for the' Liberal Arts School: Ruth Constad,. chairman, Gertrude Cohen, -Martin . Cohn, Mary Margaret Dunlap; Shirley Levine, Andrew Linn, Gertrude! Rosen, and Mickey' Wohlmari. Football movies -of the 1942 season will be- shown- in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. - Wednesday night.. One week from that date fiims of the 1943 season- will be presented. John- Matternas, Convocation Committee head, announced com plete plans for the . convocation preceding the Penn State-Buck nell football game during Home coming weekend. 'Gridiron Ball' Band Leader Possesses Doctor Of Philosophy Degree In Music Interfraternity Council will pre sent a band leader with a doctor of philosophy degree in music when Les Saunders brings his or chestra to Recreation Hall for the “Gridiron ■ Ball” September 30. Saunders, who was born and raised in Harrisburg, attended Lebanon Valley College and did graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania where he . obtained his Ph.D/ degree in music. When a child his mother en couraged him to study music and practice the trombone. At 13 he played his first professional en gagement with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. In order to finance his college education, Saunders went on sum mer road tours with several well known bands during his vacation period. He appeared with such leaders as Jan . Garber, Paul Whiteman, Mai Hallett, and, oth ers. v - Music has always been Saun ders’ paramount consideration. He says music is his avocation as well Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Hetzel Stresses X-G-l Cooperation Asks Aid of Members In Veterans' Program X-G-I Club must cooperate with the administration and fac ulty in adjusting the present pro gram to the interests of returning service men and women, empha sized President Ralph D. Hetzel at the veteran organization’s smo ker last Friday. “If your club will interest it self in every phase of the life of the educational community, it can contribute greatly,” said President Hetzel. “We need your help in dignifying Penn State traditions and- extra-mural activities, and strengthening the College’s edu cational program.” Before President Hetzel’s mes sage, Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, newly.appointed adviser to vet erans, asked the members to con sult him if they were faced' with problems bearing on their educa tion 1 . Walter Robinson introduced the speakers. EritfertainhSent was arranged by Harbld Hein. Bernie Lerner was blaster of cefemoriies lor the vari ety show and began each act with a “Sam La Petis” gag. Betty Platt, vocalist, formerly with the Thes pians and Campus Owls, sang “Stormy Weather” and “Emb'rac able-Yoji.” - Betty. Lyman, Audrey Kreiger, and; Bubbles Zinn tapped a mili tary step. Refreshments were ser ved; during the program. Student Athletic Books Ready for Distribution Students can get -their summer semester athletic books at the ticket office, 107 Old Main, be tween Monday, and September 23, Harold R. Gilbert, assistant grad uate manager of athletics, stated today. Everyone must have a receipt from the Bursar’s Office in order to receive an athletic book, accord ing to Gilbert. The book will be good for the two home football games scheduled for this semester. They are Muhl enberg, September 30, and Buck nell, October 14. as vocation. His other hobby is fishing. While on trips he makes mental notes for the orchestral arrangements for his band: Saundets has surrounded' hltn self with a youthful and versatile ian Marine Unit Disbanded; Leathernecks To Leave All Marines receiving instruction at the College will be shipped out to other schools or stations at the end of this semester, Lt. Comdr. Trusdell Wisner, commanding officer of the College V-12 Unit, announced this morning. One hundred and twenty-eight leathernecks are affect ed by the announcement. Those men who will have satisfac torily completed four semesters of college training by Novem ber will be sent to officer candidate schools, while the re maining Marines will probably go to Villanova College for continued instruction. The Marine Unit at the College is one of several sucK Alumni Plan Homecoming Plans for Alumni Homecoming on October 14 include a convoca tion prior to the Penn State-Buck nell football game, a golf tourna ment, varsity soccer game with Colgate, and a cider party, Ed ward K. Hibshman, executive secretary of the Alumni Associa tion, announced today. The convocation, starting at 1 p.m., will include a military re view by the Navy. V-12 and ASTP units and an address .'by Capt. Robert D. Workman, Chief of. Navy Chaplains. A -summary of- the~convocation from 1:45 to 2 p.m. and a. play by-play description of the game’ afterwards, will be radioed over station .KDKA, Pittsburgh. Cap tain Workman will review his ad dress between halves. The broad cast is being sponsored by the Atlantic Refining Company. 'Following the football game, military and naval authorities have granted permission for fra ternity alumni to visit their re spective houses now used as bar racks. Other homecoming activities will be a golf tournament Satur day. morning, a varsity soccer game with Colgate at 1:30 p.m., and a cider party in Old Main Sandwich Shop at 8' p.m. The Executive Board of the Alumni Association will meet in 104 Old Main on October 13. The Alumni Council, comprised of representatives from various al (Continued on page eight) group of musicians. His vocalist Rosalind Stuart possesses a love ly personality as well as a low pleasing voice. Two other standouts in the or chestra are Robert “Goosey” Gan ter and Johnny Leffler. Ganter is a drummer and Leffler the lead saxophonist. Both of them have many specialties. The orchestra, which has play ed at leading colleges in the East, has made stands at such ballrooms as Sunnybrook, Cai'sonia, Willow Grove Park, and the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. At the present time Saunders and his 14-piece orchestra are playing a two weeks 1 engagement in Boston. Saunders plans to re turn to Philadelphia for a few days and then come to State Col- College for the “Gridiron Ball.” The semi-formal dance will be staged in conjunction with the Penn State-Muhlenburg: football garrtfe bn September 30. Dancing will c'ofttlfiue'frbm 0 p. m. to triid night. ■ - Frosh Go To Jail Page 6 ciVE CENTS detachments, that will be dis banded at the conclusion of the summer semester. Villa nova is the only college in this Naval District that will continue its program. Marines were in the first contingent of V-12 students to arrive at the College In July -1943. Lt. Comdr. Wisner pointed out that the number of Navy men on the campus next semester will al so be decreased. The new Natty quota is 359 -feductidii of 75 men. As a result of the new mov'&v six more fraternity houses will be returned to the College. Those houses which will bei vacated are Sigma Pi, -Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma, Kappa Sigma, Delta Upsilon/ and- the Meyer House. All of them are located off campus. , Samuel K. Hostetter of the Col lege stated today that owners of the fraternity houses have been notified of the new arrangements and that there is a possibility that some of the houses will be occu pied by fraternity men when the government lease expires on Oc tober 31. The addition of six fraternity houses boosts to 30 the number of barracks that have been retur ned to the College after being leased by the government. Other service groups which have returned houses are the Ar my and the Air Corps. At one time the ASTP occupied 21 fra ternities, but 14 of this, number have been turned back to their owners. All of the 10 houses the Air Corps used as barracks have also been returned. 558 New Students Pay Required Entry Fee Of the 625 students offered ad mission to the College for the fall semester, 558 already have made the required payment on their fees, according to Registrar William S. Hoffman. A total of 1327 sought admission. Women outnumber men about two to one in the incoming class, he said, in explaining that of the 67 students who have not yet paid their fees, 50 are men and 17 are women. A previous announcement by President Ralph D. Hetzel pointed out that admission of wom en had been curtailed because of limited housing facilities. In the new group, 301 or 54.9 per cent, graduated in the upper fifth of their high school class. Those who graduated in the upper two fifths represent 78.7 per cent of the total; and those in the upper three fifths represent 94.1 per cent of the total. While individually these per centage figures are slightly below the same figures for last .year, the registrar said they are higher than thejy were for any incoming class in the ten years preceding the fall of 1943. • 1 -I
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