FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1944 Another Homecoming weekend has rolled around, the third one since the war began .'. . Many alums will not be able to attend 'until after the war, and some will never attend, again because of the war . . . But welcome to those alumni who are here this weekend ... Have lots of fun for your selves and for those who couldn’t make it . . . 'Let’s look forward to the. first reunion after V-Day . . . It ought to be a gala affair ... Here’s hoping it’s soon ... . Juniors and seniors as well as alums will miss the decorations that formerly adorned the lawns of every fraternity and sorority Alumni Weekend . . , The huge and elaborate decorations always carried a welcome - back - alums ttieme, or a beat-so-and-so-out-of so - and - so - at - the - game - to morrow-theme ... A prize was always awarded to the fraternity '-and sorority having'the cleverest 4 lawn display ... Standing Room Only The old, town- is. going ,to be crowded this weekend; Can’t \ say.about the.fraternities but lots ; of sorority women will be coming up. to - visit.. Alpha Chi’ alums' returning- wiU be Kathy Clouser, -Mollie Gilbert, Sue Sickler,- Jane Murphy,, and Phil Parsons . . . The ’Zetas wjll hang out their welcome sign for Polly Boyd, Ann Emery, Betty Mock,' Cassie Hays, Naomi .Wolever, and Jane Brader . . . Not to. be outdone are the Chi Omegas who ,are holding a tea for their alums . . . Mary Thompson, Ruth Ernst, Mary Laubach, Mrs. Ted Green (Carol Kane), Rita Rokosz, Fran Angle, Pat Middleton, and. •Friz Burke . . .- Marty Albert, Skeets Knecht, and Mary Lou .Wentzler (nee Johnson), all Delta (Jam alums, are returning ... V I Some old cjelts will be-back . . * Art Masters ’32 and his Mrs., and Pvt. Kermit Staaf ... The Marine farewell dinner dance Friday was a ;big success from all reports . . . Chow hall was transformed by the presence of many beauteous Penn State co eds, . and ’twas quite romantic eat ing by candlelight . . ; Some of the Marines and their dates pres ent at the . steak, dinner .were Pvt. Don Gaudio:.and Ellen Boorman ... Pvt.' Pete Trynosky and Jen Poor- • man . ." . we presume she’s Ellen’s i sister . Pvt. Park'Burgess arid : 'frosti Ginny Pierson . . Pvt. Jack ; Foley and Nancy Fernaii . . .'Pvt. J Harik and. gamma phi Dot j Taylor ... Pvt.■•.WaltjKem \.merer’ ahd.:froish, Evelyn.'iyilliams ’Pvt. Ray Jackson'and Beatrice , Menago '. . Pvt!; Don 'Wells and ■. CliiO Laura: Jeay 'Davis . y f'Pvt.' Ray Peterson and kappa Nan . Charles . . . Pvt. Fred Olsen, and Odette Hector . . . Pvt. Handsome ; ~Harry~Powers-and Virginia Durbin' V: too relation .to. Deanna) ... ; G;Brien Rates Roosevelt, Dewey Good Speakers ' ; President -Rooseyelt and Grover-;, nor: Dewey, are first-rate verbal combatants, but . their speaking styles are radically different, em phasized Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien of the . speech department, today. Both contestants, possess the ability to adapt their speeches to their listeners, pointed out Pro fessor O’Brien, coach of the men’s debate team. “Roosevelt is a master of the conversational style of speaking warm, earthy, find informal,’’, as serted the professor of . public, .speaking*. "On .the. other ■. hand, Dewey is the typical 'courtroom .prosecutor—striking hard, making ■j heavy, use of facts,' and pressing for an indictment.” • j Admitting, that people’s, reas- *■. ons > for choosing a_ political can : didate afe plural and complicated, ihrofesspr O’Brien said public >speaking." is , pf supreme iippor^. Old Mania By NANCY CARASTRO Change of Heart Handsome Harry, by the way, is at the off-stage with the coed from Washington University, contrary to Maniac’s late flash two weeks ago that said they were together again . . . We waited two weeks just to make sure, so it looks like their romance is definitely on the shelf . . . But don’t believe every thing you read ... Wally Shaffer, phi delt, expects to take final vows with hometown girl Jeannie McDermott between semesters . . . Wally is tall, blonde, and handsome only seventeen!, Doris Stack, AOPi, and delta chi Bill Clark, Marlise Muller, AOPi, and Jack Davenport, phi delt, traveled to Annapolis last week end to see the Middies roll over State . . . SDT alum Ray Wein stein was married to Dr. Irv Kimche recently •. . . Ann Cohen and Ens. Paul Bohm were also married, last. Saturday to be ex act . . . Pris Schautz, theta alum, was in town . . t ditto gamma, phi Ginny Carter .'. AEPhi Doris Levine Seigal . . . SDT Arline Rabinowitz . . . Jeanne Tracey came up to visit,;AEPhi Phyllis Schweitzer . . . Garnet LeVan was seeing the town 1 . . Peggy Trump Matz, former ChiQ, and her hus band, Pvt. William Matz, former KDR, were up . . . Alpha Xi Delt Bunny Milich is flashing a sparkler from former soccer star Jose “Jake” Lombana, phi kap ... Jose is working in his native Central America. at present . . . ASTP Pvt. Bob' Ger ber and SDT Til Bronstein dre going to the ASTP formal -to morrow •. . . Hollywood Romance Pvt. Tommy Kent returned from weekend leave ,to find pic- s tures of Shirley. Temple plastered all over the wall of Room 16—his room. . . . Seems the barracks won’t let him forget he once had a date with the lovely lady . . . But who wants to forget?- . . . Maniac heard rumors to the effect that Pvt. Kent permed a note to Shirley and-now waits with bated breath and an anxious look when mail is handed out. — MANIAC Award Degrees On Merit, Says Education Director A plan designed to speed the education.. of servicemen was ad vocated today by Dr. C. C. Peters, director of education research at the College, who said-.that college academic degrees should be awarded on . the' meht ratber than' time require ments. ' - - v According to Dr. Peters, a stu dent should be awarded a degree as‘. soon as he has successfully passed a series ; of comprehensive examinations,... whether he has been attending college - for two months .or .twb.years.- “Colleges,”, he said, “must de- - : “I; wish you the happiness , ? your heart should know," : A floral message your thoughts will show Artistically arranged with sincerity supreme, ; \ Flowers , ; l fulfill every.dream! THE COLLEGIAN Front and Center Second Lieutenant Don Webb has been awarded the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement in aerial while participating in sustained operations against the enemy” in Italy. Veteran of Air War Lt. Webb is a 15th Air Force Liberator pilot and already a vet eran of the air war ... He and his ten man bomber crew have rang ed the skies over, occupied Eu rope and he has watched bombs plunge into heavily defended Nazi installations at Vienna, Munich, and Blechhammer . . . Sgt. Whitey VonNeida, basket ball star of 1941-42 played 44 games on a serviceman’s team and scored 1,066 points to set a na tional record Sgt. VonNeida is now serving overseas with a paratrooper unit. . . ;. . Two Lieutenant Colonels There is news of two Penh.State boys who are now Lieutenant. Col onels in the Army . . . Lt. Col. James F. Reed, air inspector at the Big Spring, Texas, Bombar dier School, has received a rat ing as senior pilot in the Army Air Forces Col. Reed has almost 1700 hours flying time ... To qualify for the rating, a pilot must have served five years as a rated pilot and have more than 1500 hours.in the air . . Our other Lt. Col. is Ben Tra pani, class of ’3B, who is serving with Pennsylvania’s famed 28th Division ... In a recent letter he said, “I’m in Germany,'and I don’t like it near as much as France, Belgium, or Luxembourg . . . And I don’t like any of them as much as I like good, old Penn sylvania . . . That’s what we like to hear, Colonel! Two more Penn State women have joined the ranks of the WAVES . . . Chris Yohe, ’44, Phi Mil, and Rosemary Halpin, Delta Gam . . . Sepond Lt. Jack Smith, ndw a B-17 pilot, was recently assigned, to an AAF Flying Fort ress unit of the l'sth Air Force. vise a practical way to treat ser vicemen. Educators must realize that the boys who come back will have knocked about over the world, will possess a new matur ity, and will know what they want.” , Under this plan, he explained, .students would be given an, oppor tunity to utilize the general: .and specific education which they have received while in service.’ The old system, involving cred it and time-in-residence require ments, should be retained, he said, for the students who prefer it. However, he predicted many vet erans will balk at the old mechan ical routine and insist upon edu cation as fast as they can take it. Ship Ahoy Ahoy there, you swabbies! Let it be known that on the night of 14 October, Bks. 26 will be trans formed into “The Shackque Rus ticque” for their house party. It will be Dogpatch style with all on board in dungarees and the lasslfes in pigtails instead of an exotic coiffure. The corn will be plentiful but after all, this is the season for it, More Operations Bks. 9’s party proved to be a big success. A large crowd was on deck and entertainment hit a new high. The Marines’ farewell dinner dance last Friday night officially brought to an end the social side of the Leathernecks’ participation in this Nittany Campaign. Below Deck A/S Danny Hopkins and A/S John Riley were the ones who painted Pittsburgh a bright red . . ( Pvt. Whitey Kurowski came back early .from Annapolis on Saturday night and within ten minutes was occupying a sofa at the Theta Phi Alpha house . . . Current scuttlebutt is that Whitey will pledge and be granted mem bership ... A/S Stan Snyder tried his best to' spend Saturday night at a Harrisburg hospital ... It seems the nurses there keep his heart beating in double time . . . A/S. Herb Locke, after eight months in the Navy will put on a “civilian outfit” ... As a cheer leader, .for Penn State, he hopes to spur the team onto' victory against Biicknell on Saturday . . . It was Pvt. A 1 Shine who made Lancaster “shine” this past week end . . . A/S Joe Haddock, per ennial V-12’er, may merge with a local banking institution. Off The Port Bow ' A/S Brandenberger, Bks. 26’s own oriental mystic, a la V-12, also specializes in Yogi and Bud dah ceremonies . . . A/S Anthony Robert Joseph Black may now be referred to as an “Indoctra trainee” . . . His next station will be Fort Schuyler which is an in doctrination center . . . A/S Paul Rowland will schedule h Sociol ogy course next semester . . . He’s trying to get in good with the family ... That Army Lieuten ant didn’t pull his rank on A/S Harry Dunham to get a date with that (co-ed . . . Dunham just doesn’t wear a pair of silver wings . . . A/S. H. L. “Cutie” Graham wasn’t banging ears with Battalion Commander Ted [Dje- Veas . . . Apprentice Seamen-Itey Holmes, Clay Richmond ajid rt Stet” Stetler are planning a .big party during leave . . . All Phil- to SENloi&SmM^ BEFORE YOU LEAVE PENW STATE JOIN the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION y. ;• ij I j Keep in touch with your College ■ / jj j ( Through the Pehn State :v ji \ i ' >' -: V | J'j ; Membership '' ■ sl4Ml):f®irj ear Call at 104 Old Main for Details ij 11 ■ " - jj j I The Penn Stale AlHirniiAssocfelwi By A/S FRED VOGEL adelphians are invited . . . A/S Sam Benkowitz probably won’t be speaking to beautiful women for sometime . . . That is, be fore he finds out their name! and telephone numbers. To The Windward Gordon Bronson, small but mighty private from Bks. 13.,, has officially opened a new cam paign . . . These Marines really go far Mac Hall. The target he is aiming for in this case, is a blond resident . . . A/S Mort' God shall and A/S Chuck “Fatty” Grube will establish a convoy service next semester . . . Bks. 20, the • only off-campus Navy barracks, will be surrounded by no less than 5 dormitories full of beautiful coeds . . . Some will cheer for .Notre Dame, North western, Penn, or Duke, but tho bulk of the swabbies shipping ouf will-be- matriculating at-dear oh? “Raspberry Tech” on New jersey’ s sunny shores . . . A/S Bob Salo mari former V-12’er at Penn State is now at the Naval Academy . . . After having seen a full- ad miral at Annapolis, A/S - Paul Berg is finally convinced that be ing right guide of the second pla toon (the best one in Bks. 20) is. one of Ihe minor positions in the naval service. ... to the ladies itv the infirmary—Marge is the ob ject of Pvt. Phil Jones’ affec tions. Attention Hat Men! Guy Newton, newly elected president of Hat Societies Coun cil. has announced that members of all Hat Societies should be pre sent. on New Beaver Field prompt ly at 12:30 Saturday-for the con vocation ceremony. Saturday ..... Evening ,: AEireay.te.;. 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