Notices Frosh Page 4 VOL. 40—No. 44 Artists' Course Presents 'Carmen' Bizet's Spanish Opera Opens 1944.-45 Series The 1944-1945 Artists’ Course Series will open at the College to night, when the Columbia Opera Company presehts Bizet’s “Car men,” a romance of Spanish gypsy and peasant life, in Schwab Aud itorium at 8 p.m, ■Heading the cast will be Regina 1 Resnik (Carmen) and Donald Dick son (Escamillo) of the Metropoli tan Opera Company. Using the original Paris version of “Carmen” as “opera comique," . with spoken dialogue replacing the Conventional recitative passages, this new adaptation .of the opera will feature an English translation of the French libretto by Lewis Sydonham. Stage effects will. be prepared by Leopold Sachso, former stage manager of the Metropolitan Op era, and the Czechoslovakian con ductor, Herman Adler, will be mu sical director. In. “Carmen” all of the principal singers have their star arias. Car men ■ has two—-“Habanera” and . “Sequidilla;” Don 'Jose sings the well-known “Flower Song;” and Escamillo, the' famous “Toreador ’Song.” ' • • 11 Fraternities LisfNewPiilp With .formal fraternity .pledg ing -now closed,; many of the houses .have released the names of the. new pledges. These fol- : . ......... Alpha Chi Sigriia—Walter B'eies dorf'er, Michael Enyeart,- Robert Youtzy. . • • ' ' ; Beta Sigma Rhto-HLeo' Flax-' •'.goid, - Bruce Fischel, Ricliard Frontman, Arthur .Goldberg, Bret : - Kronich-, Jack Lesavoy, Hilliard : Madway, Davis Marcus, Irv Raf -fel, Richard Rosen, Marvin Rosen, Gabe Roth, A 1 Schultz, Bernard Solot, Leonard Stape,' Jack Seit . chik lambda Chi John Evans, Robert UrEolk, Walfer Glover, William CJraff ius, William Luxion, James Shindel. ; Phi Kappa Sigma Richard ■' .Blakely,' Robert Conrad, Grant Davis,' Walter Lewis, Richard > ; Price, Theodore Ryser, John Sad den, James Stewart, A 1 Walker, . Pat Brenrion and Jack'Strickland. 7f' Phi Sigma Kappa Thomas Davis, Nevin Miller, Gerry Roth. Pi Kappa Alpha—Greg Deng- .ler, James Eaton, Fritz Herbine, ■ Edward Hanford, William Hagar ty, Jack Mayes, Craig Stafford. Pi Kappa Phi—John Brooke, . Jack Bohm, Robert Gabriel, Rob ert’:. Miles, Burt Raymond, Jack ; .Tuttle, Edward Yeager. . ' Sigma Chi—Peter McKillip, Herbert .Wright. . , Sigma Phi Alpha—Domenic Ac ciarri, Jerry Ciarrocchi, John Duich, Albert Lucich, Raymond Maule, Thomas Messina, Jeff Or (Continued on page two) Attention! Following the early sellout of the Artists’ Course series, Dr. C. E. Marquardt an nounced that 150 standing room tickets for “Carmen” will be sold at the box office in the lobby of Schwab Auditorium tonight from 7 to 8 o’clock. Tickets will sell for $3.50 plus I FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1944—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA, SHAO CHANG LEE * t,l «t« Shao Speaks At Chapel Professor Shao Chang Lee, from the Institute of Foreign Studies of Michigan State College, will speak at the chapel service at 11 a. m. Sunday. Professor Shao has traveled ex tensively in China, where he was a member of various research ex peditions, and from 1922 to 1943 has been professor of Chinese lan guage and history in the. Unive rsity of-.Jlawaii. Educated imChinft ■Linghan -University • at’. Tsing Hua College at Peking; Yale University,' -and-Columbia. • v ' • • , In .addition to. speaking at cha.- pel, 1 Professor Shao will attend a: tea' ait ’ Dr. Henry Brunner’s home for the Penn State in' China Committee at 3 p.' m. Sunday, and will ’ address the . Westminster Foundation- Student Group at -6 p.-m. Sunday.- He; Will speak at the Union Sunday School meeting at the Lutheran Church at 7:45 p. m. Sunday. The Sociology 19 class will hear Professor Shao in Sparks at 10 a. m. Monday, and he will address the Faculty Luncheon Club at 12 p. m. Monday. Portfolio To Go On Sale The “Frosh” issue of portfolio will go on sale November 10. Meetings of the editorial and busi ness. staffs and their candidates will be held in 5' Carnegie Hall 7:30 and 8 p. m. respectively Tu esday. • Dr. Warren B. Mack To Open Series Of Liberal Arts Lectures In Sparks “Wood-Block Printing, Oldest of the Graphic Arts,” will be de scribed and demonstrated by Dr. Warreh B. Mack in the first of the annual Liberal Arts Lecture Series in 121 Sparks Building at 8 p.m. November 14. Though associated with the Col lege as a professor of horticulture, Dr. Mack’s avocation, -wood en graving, has brought him recogni tion in national and international exhibitions since 1931. His interest in drawing began in boyhood and continued until 1925, • when he branched into etching and wood engraving, a hobby he still pursues. Dr. Mack’s work has appeared in exhibitions of the Wichita Art As sociation, Southern Printmakers, Print Club of Philadelphia, Art Institute of Chicago, Vanguard Prints, American Woodcut, Socie ty, National Academy of Design, Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff Van Lundy Warns Frosh To Beware Of Tribunal Terrors Injecting an ominous note into the so-far peaceful Tribunal freshman relations, Chairman Van Lundy promised that his group is prepared to “get tough” about vio lations and asked all upperclass men to help Tribunal enforce cus toms by turning in the names of guilty freshmen along with their own names at Student Union. Specifically,. Lundy warned that freshmen are lacking in the “hel lo spirit;” that they will be held responsible for knowing all songs, cheers, ■ names of movies playing in town, and locations of build ings on campus; that dress cus toms only may be removed Sun days; that dating at any time is forbidden. Ex-servicemen who are over 20 years old or who have been in service more than six months, and civilians over 21 are instructed to come to the Alumni Office 7 p. m. November 15 prepared to take a customs exemption bluebook on the material in the freshman bible. - Any ex-serviceman who desir es exemption for a special reason should' appear at the same room 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Lundy said. Freshman excused from customs w'ho' are caught hazing other freshmen will be considered. ser- Thespians Plan Musical Comedy Thespians will stage their .first big musical comedy this, fall after tWo' semesters of inactivity: when all. productions were: curtailed, to supply talent for the USO mobile units, Chairman Paul Galvanek announced.' 1 Returning, veterans arid the. lar-. ge class of entering freshmen will insure the talent necessary for the musical production, he. declared. Tryouts will be held'in Schwab Auditorium, 7 p. m. this Tuesday. Singers, dancers, actors, musici ans, and technicians to,- handle costuming, stage sets, advertising and makeup are needed. Masquer ettes, sister organization to Thes pians, will hold a meeting for.all members in the Thespian room cf Schwab auditorium, .7 p.:m. Sun-, day. WARREN B; MACK Police Continue Search For Lion Shrine Vandals Campus, borough, and state police today continued their search for the vandals who smeared the Lion Shrine with black paint around 2 a. m. last Sunday.. Capt. Philip A. Mark of the Campus Patrol said this mor ning that every effort is being made to apprehend the per sons involved in the defacement of the Lion Shrine. An early investigation showed that the Lion was smear- FDR To Win,' Say Students By NANCY CARASTRO • According to the straw poll con ducted by Collegian this week, 77% of the students' on campus believe President Roosevelt ■ will win the election Tuesday. • The major reason given for his winning was that he had more pol itical and diplomatic experience than his opponent Devvey. Dewey ites, 23%, thought he would win. because the public wanted a change even though it was war time. ■ An analysis of the facts-proved that though 77% think FDR will win, only 39% would" vote for him. Dewey would receive 61%% of those polled. One-half of 1% would cast their ballot for Norman Thomas, .Socialist: • -Quizzing the students on whom their parents would vote for, Col jlegian-; discovered: 60% _; \vould vote for Dewey and 34% for Roosevelt. Six percent were split" between the two. Students thought the major is sues'of the campaign were mak ing the peace, reconstruction at home, 'Winning the war; and for eign policy, in that order. Conclu sion drawn from the fact that the war'.was placed' third, was that most students think of the war as won arid the next Presidential term as a peacetime, postwar one. ' Reconstruction at home included such items as employment, reha bilitation of veterans, and econom ic stabilization. On the question, “which man do you think is most capable of hand ling these issues?” fifty-one per cent thought Roosevelt the man for the job, while 49% believed Dewey could best cope with the problems. Manpower Shortage Because, of the manpower shortage at the print shop, Col legian is a four-page issue this week. • Artists for Victory, American Na tional Comihittee of Engraving, Metropolitari Museum,' Carnegie Institute,: Smithsonian 'lnstitution of Washington, and the Library of Congress. His prints are included in the permanent collections of a number of museums and libraries. In this, the first of five Liberal Arts lectures, the speaker will dis cuss briefly the history of wood block printing from its European beginnings in the 14th century to the present. A description of meth ods and techniques will follow, and the styles of several distinguished wood-block printers will be illus trated by examples of their work. Tire lecture series has been ar ranged by a committee of which Dr. William H. Gray is chairman and Dr. John C. Major, Dr. Stuart A. Mahurah, arid Clayton H. Schug are members! Student Election Poll PRICE FIVE CENT? ed with black tractor and ma chinery enamel. The parts of the Shrine that were marred include the Lion’s face, paws, and tail. The word “hepcat” was pain ted on one side. The only evidence uncovered so far is a partially-used can of paint and the brushes used by the van_ dais to do the disfigurement. They were found in the shrubbery be yond the statue. The Lion Shrine was checked by Patrolman Frank Gaut at 1:25 a. m., Sunday. At that time the Lion was in perfect order. At 8:30 a. m. Patrolman Fred Haite dis covered the paint on the Shrine. It is believed that the crime was committed sometime around 2 o’- clock, according to Captain Mark. George W. Ebert, superinten dent of Grounds and Buildings said that there is some belief that the vandals who smeared the Lion Shrine were from out-of-town. The Lion was erected in the spring of 1942 at a cost of nearly $6,000. It was a gift of the class of 1940. College Observes Armistice Day ASTP and Navy v-12 trainees will participate in the College’s Armistice uay ceremonies, which will take place this year in front of Old Main beginning at 10:58 a. m., November 11. According to an announcement made by President Ralph D. Het zel, the military units will form on the diagonal walks in front of Old Main, “in such manner as their commanding officers shall determine.” They are to be in place before 10:58 a. m., at which time Old Main bell will toll for a minute, followed by a minute of silence. Taps will be sounded at the end of the period of silence, after which the flag, which will have been at half staff since reveille, will be raised to full staff by re presentatives of the two military units. The V-12 band will play the National Anthem while the flag is being raised, completing the ceremony. .Instructors have been asked to allow Navy V-12 trainees to leave their 10 a. m. classes at 10:40, and to delay opening of all 11 a. m. classes until 11:10. Old Main clock will not strike or chime at 11. Debate Tryouts The preliminary meeting for Men’s DebateT tryouts will be held in 316 Sparks at 7 pan. Wednesday, announces Edward Zemprelli, manager. The topics and nature of the speeches will be announced for the ac tual tryouts to be given Wed nesday, November 15. All freshmen and upper classmen are.hrged to come out.
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