The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 17, 1944, Image 1

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    Parties. Nam- ..Candidates
Key, Lion, Nittany
For Semester Offices
• Candidates arid platforms - of the Key, Lion, and Nittany parties
were announced today by the' respective clique chairmen, as cam
paigning'for campus elections 'on TUesday and Wednesday was inten
'ified by party workers.,
The Key and Nittany cliques , have candidates entered in every
semester, while the Lion party failed to enter anyone in the seventh
semester, election. ,
• .Students will vote for candidates between 9 a. in. and 5 p. m.,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Elections will be held in the first floor
lounge of Old Main.' • - -
' The offices of president and secretary-treasurer are open in every
semester except the first. Freshmen will elect their officers later in
the term.
_ The, clique chairmen this semester are James •Hugo, Key; Guy
Newton, Lion; and Jerry Ciarrocchi, Nittany.
• • Three active campus men are contesting for the important eighth
semester president's post, which includes the All-College presidency.
Herman Weed, with a 2.9 All-College average and a member of
numerous honoraries, is the Nittany party's senior candidate for pre
sident. • •
Lion candidate is Charles Hall, ex-Tribunal chairman and var
sity: wrestling letterman.• Stanley Speaker, Interfraternity Council and
All -College Cabinet member, represents the Key party. •
'Campaigning this 'semester has been More active than in any of
tbe pfevious wartime campus el- -
ections. • The Nittany party will
stage a rally at Schwab Auditori-
UM at 7 'n. tn. Monday. Those who
' participate in - the rally are
Cecillo, yelascoi..,Georgia-z-Stiobk4
and Otis : Caitlebery... Candidates !
will, also - introduced .the
political gathering. ' . -•-•
?lie. platforms as announced 15y
fhe: `clique chairrhen folloWS:
- - • •
;:. r ' Kay Platform
ffisterani rehabitiation
. -
whereby the exGl's may be
, '" : assured of a normal colle_ ge life.
.
t. To deviie a system for the.
'''.Piviection of the Lion
,'Shrine _by
the
,installation of adequate Ugh:.
' fing: facilities - *or 'genie - - othek ef-,
lective Means.
.3. To present, a program for the
_immediate and efficient introduc , -
~
"lion of the organization and funcL
tions of • student government to
first -semester-freshmen and trans
, fer. stUdents.
To -sponsor the program ad
- -7-
•variced by the present All-College
.:.Cabinet
a. TO support the series of
lecturers promOted by College
authorities. *.
b. To reestablish the Dry
• •
Dock recreational programs ev
'ery Friday night.
„ • p. To introduce and *rirtirnote .
•••••itie. plan: whereby the. Pennsylva
',ii4 State College flag may wave
daily over the campus.
.1 (Continued Oa Paeie Twn)
College to Challenge
- Mount Mercy Debaters
lw. First. Home 'Contest
Under `, the chairman Ship of
John H. Frizzell, head of the de
.partment of speech, the first
hoine debate will be held in 121
Sparks, 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Women from Mount Mercy Col
lege for Women, and men from
the College will discuss the fol
lowing proposition:
Resolved, That the welfare of
; • the nation requires the women
war workers (except those self
dependent) return to the home at
the conclusion of the present war.
IMotuit Mercy speakers at this
Cross-examination style debate
• will be Florence Locher and Kath
ryn Sherlock:Those speaking for
the College are Martin D. Cohn
anti Edward P. Zebprelli.
• _Members of. the audience will
•be invited' to participate in' the
'''•ijilic . u - Ssibh thV..debate:
Ovitt Toltrgia
Clinton .L,.. Harris Dies ;
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'Clinton 'Lee Harris,. 58, proles- .
sor of. architectural. engineering
t the. College; died at his home,
129 W. Prospect avenue, State
College, at 7 p.m. Wednesday
following a . heart_ attack. He has
been a member of the College
faculty for 31 years.
He obtained his bachelor of
science degree-in civil engineering
from Citadel Military College in
1909 and an additional degree in
civil engineering from Penn
State in 1916.
Between_ the years 1909 and
1913,'. he served ,is principal and
instructor in mathematics at Lat
ta,. S. C. High School, and as an
instructor in mathematics at Ne
braska Military Academy, Lin
coln, Neb., and at the University
School, Montgomery, Ala. He
came to the College in 1913.
He belonged to , the following
honorary and professional' organ
izations:
American Society of Civil En
gineers, American Association for
the Advancement of Science, So
ciety for . the Piomotion of En
gineering Education, American
Association of University Pro
fessors, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau,
Bolivian Student Finds College 'Jollee'
. Lilia Salgueiro has achieved
national recognition - in her native.
Bolivia as its first woman archi
tectural engineer; but according'
to this dark eyed South 'American
who recently enrolled in the Col
lege, it's far more "jollee" being
just one of the "Ath" girls;
Though she arrived in the Un
ited States only eight days ago
With merely a few dozen English
words at her command, Lilia al
ready will tell you With a flashing
good neighborly smile, "America
—I like eet veree veree much."
Having received the 1944-45
Pan-American Scholarship, award
ed annually by the Pennsylvania
Federation of Womens Clubs un
der the auspices of the Institute of
International Education to an out
standing South American student,
Lilia is enrolled for a year at State
as a graduate in the department
of Architecture headed by Prof.
Published
.Weekly by_ The Daily Collegian Staff
Vie
By RUTH TISHERMAN
Flying Fortress Crash
Kills Ex-Collegian
Sports Editor
Lieut. Benjamin M. Bailey Jr
22, pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress
and a former Penn State student,
was killed in a plane crash over
England, October 11
Lieut. Bailey entered the Coll-
ege in the-fMI- of 1940, where he
became editor and sports editor
of the Daily Collegian, managing
editor of Froth, president c.f Sigma
Delta Chi, and president of Skull
and Bones, men's honorary fra-
ternity
While here, he enlisted in the
U.- S. Army Reserves until called
into the Army Air Force, April
1943. • Lieut. Bailey was attached
to. Gen. Doolittle's Bth Air Force.
Scarab, and-Pi. Gamma .Alpha. He
.Was • also a Mason,• a member of
.the . College "X-Club" and of the
Centre Hills Country Club.
Professor Harris was a register
ed professional - engineer, a- regis
tered architect' in Pennsylvania,
and was, a member of the - research
association of the United States
Bureau of Standards in 1982 and
1933.. He has published a book—
" The Influence .of Neighboring
Structures. upon' the Distribution
of • Wind. Pressure on Tall • Build
ings"—and was associate author
of a recent department of archi
tecture publication, "Building or
' Buying a Home."
Student tar. Owners
Must Obtain Permit
Students who 'own cars and
who wish to operate them with
in Centre County, are required to
obtain a- permit -from .the Campus
Patrol office. A non-transferrable
permit card and a numbered met
al .tag, for a tee of 25c, will be is
sued to those persons who receive
permission.
B. K. Johnstone. At the end of this
time she will take a cross=country
tour of hospitals and - low cost
housing .projects by means of a
fellowship granted her for this
purpose by the College.
Lilia• is particularly pleased with
American boys. "They are—how
you say, lively, laughing, like
boys in my own countree." But
American girls amaze her. "They
Get Collegian Thursday
Next week's issue of, Colleg
ian will be published Thurs
day instead of Friday. The
change in date is caused by.
Thanksgiving Holiday, when
employees at the print shop
will not be working.
There will be no meeting
for Collegian candidates next
week. Staff nierrib'ers repot
*ittl tixisdEty evening:.
!SC Stages
Autumn Ball'
The first semi-formal dance of
the fall semester will be held to
morrow night when the. Independ
ent Student Committee presents
the 1944• edition of the "Autumn
Ball" at Recreation Hall from 9
o'clock to midnight.
In past years, the "Autumn
Ball" was one of the highlights of
the fall social calendar but it was
discontinued because of the war.
The ISC is 'reviving the function
this semester.
Buddy Wills and his orchestra
will. be imported from Johnstown.
His vocalists are Helen Swetz and
Harry Phillips.
Floor. Show
During the 20 minute intermis
sion, Vincent J. Masi, former in
structor at the Arthur Murray
Dance Studio in Philadelphia, will
do some exhibition dancing.
•
Tickets, which• are $1.50 per
coUple, may be obtained at Stu-,
dent Union, at the door, or from
ISC members. In chargé of tick
ets are Art Bohard and Henry
Menge.
Helen Miller,
,chairman of the
dance committee, ; ;is by'
'Robert Barefoot and Salvitore Roc
ci., Ephraim Catsiff and •
.Edwin
Frost are in charge of programs;
James Work and Robert Yurkan
in:will take charge of checking.
Publiciti Committee •
. The chairman of the publicity
committee •is Rose Schulman.
Members of the committee are
Birdie Deimel, Betty Jean Lucht
meyer, and Robert Yurkanin. The
decorations committee, heided by
Audrey Peters, consists of Nadia
Lulka, Janet Rosengrant, and
Ruth Zehner.
The possibility of having a pep
rally Friday night to open the
weekend is .being looked into by
Wally McCurdy and Douglas
Guier. Helen Miller and Audrey
P6ters have been placed in charge
of invitations.
The Pause Thai • . .
The 'coke bar will be operated
by IWA and Philotes.
Both Tribunal and WSGA have
granted freshmen permission to
date for the dance.
Fraternities and campus organ
izations can obtain booths at Rec
Hall for the dance by telephoning
Harold Weiler• at 3921.
are more pretty and more high
than in Bolivia," she said.
"I like to: do . ," Lilia en
thusiastically began, and then
pantomined fencing, shooting, and
riding. She is typically American
in her love of sports, for as she
explained,' "Football and baseball
are in Bolivia too."
One aspect of American college
life particularly surprises her.
"How can so manee go, to school?"
she asked. At' the University ,
Saint Andrew from which . she
graduated, 120 men students were
in her freshman class, but only
five received diplomas. "No
mime," - Lithe explained.
A favorite with her classmates
already, Lila finds that there is
one thing that all girls everywhere
now have in common. As she said,
"We have boy friends fighting."
Lilia is engaged to a British en
ineer whom she hopes to marry
g
after the .war.
Lion Squad Seeks
6th Grid Victory
Over Maryland
Navy Trainees Parade
At Last Horne Tussle
Nittany gridders will seek their
six„th . win of the
over
and their
sixth victory over the University
of Maryland eleven when they
meet a squad of civilian students,
underage,
.4-F's, and discharged
servicemen at New Beaver Field,
2 'p.m., tomorrow, In the last
home tussle.
Speedy Johnny Chuckran, who
received - ahip injury in the Tem
ple game 'Saturday, returned to
State College Tuesday• but will
not see action in tomorrow's
game. Tailback El Petchel will
probably be given the starting
nod.
Navy trainees and the V-12
band will parade between the
halves of the Penn State-Mary
land game instead of before the
kickoff as in previous games,
Comdr. Trusdell Wisner said.
Hatmen, Frosh To March
Hatmen will be on the field
only during the halves of the
game, said A/S J. P. Anderson,
president of Skull and Bones.
They will supervise the march
ing of Frosh offenders around the
track.
The Lions will be encountering
an easier. foe than last Saturday,
Maryland suffering six defeats
and one tie this season despite
the return of four lettertnen to
the first string.
Coach Higgins will send Dino
Taccalozzi onto the field as quar
terback, Larry Cooney in the
wingback slot, and. Al Lang in
the ; fullback- Position. Ed Voll - and.
Harry- Muckle 'will see their share
Of action in the 'backfield 'as the
gaine goes on. ' -
Higgins Picks Line
Forming the line will be Don
Miltenberger and Bob Hicks at
the ends, Caskey and Norton as
tackles; and Simon and .Matthews
as guards. The latter will be re
lieved by V-12ers Rutkowski and
Dimmerling.
Kasanovich,. McCoy, and Mil
som will share the duties as cen
ter with Kasanovich opening the
game.
Maryland boasts • the return of
165-pound Towanda half-back
Charles • Ryan from last year's .
team as well as alert guard Les
Daly, 185-pound WaShington
tackle Wilbur Rock, and staunch
end Frank Doory.
Besides Ryan, midget Duane
Bates, Pittsburgher 'Sal Fastuca,
and Les S'mith • will start in the
backfield. The team averages six
feet in height.
Bishop Corson to Speak
In Schwab at Chapel
Thanksgiving Services
Dr. Fred B. Corson, Bishop of
the Philadelphia area of the
Methodist Church, will speak in
Chapel Sunday on the subject,
"A Wise • Man's Question."
" Bishop Corson served as Pre
sident of Dickinson College for
ten years and was appointed Bi
shop this year. He was a member
of the World Peace Commission
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Governor's Com
mittee for Revision of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
He received his A. 8., A. M.
and D. D. from Dickinson, his L.
L. D. from the University of
Pennsylvania and Western Mary
land College. Ordained to the
Methodist Episcopal ministry in
1920, he served as pastor in 8
'churches.
The Bishop belongs to Phi Beta
Kappa, Kappa Sigma and Omi
cron Delta Kappa fraternities.
"Prayer for Thanksgiving," an
Old Netherlands Hymn, will be
sung by the choir,