Meet. The President—
"I'll Try My Hardest'
"I want to thank all the people who voted for me and helped me
win this election. I'll try my hardest to do a good job and not let any
cf them down." •
. . That was Stan Speaker's comment when he learned the news that
;.he had just been elected All-College president. Speaker is a rather
i sby;.quiet fellow, but after talking to him for a few minutes you can
tell that he is capable of handling responsibility. He is self-assured
and ready to fight for what he
believes is right..
Coining from Sharon Hill, Pa.,
Speaker attended Sharon Hill
, -
.High School where he wag active
sports. ' He was a member .of
the football, basketball, and base
bfill teams. In addition, he was
editor of the class yearbook and
treasurer of. his class twice,
At- the College he was a mem
ber .Of: the basketball squad 'until
he was nominated by the Key
party as a candidate for All-Col
iege. president. Campaigning took
up . so -much of his time that he had
ta drop off the squad+ and devote
himself entirely to trying to win
the - election.
Now that he has won, Speaker
proinises "to do his best to carry
out his 'party's platform. Work has
already been started, he says, to
have . -.l.ights installed around the
Lion shrine in order to protect it
against 'mutilation.
-In , addition, he will try to have
the Armory open several days a
week.
, as a place , where students
can4n.for recreation.
The .new - All-4C - ollege ,president
thinkg ,;`bhat the - students don't
knoW.Ainough about .campUs poll
tics,,and that a.progiam should-be
inaugUrated telling in-coining
freShMen of their school govern
ment .and getting , them interested
.o,s.o:'Opens.ooeo
draining Series
.first of :three .GSo..train
=Mg _meetings will be- held in 110
-At One 'EConomics -at p. -m.- Wed
;nesilay.• All freshman and-upper
., classwomen Who are interested
:.'beCprningmembers are Invited:-
tris.:Ellzabeth W. Dye -will. be
,sfieakei. at this Meeting:
Attendance at all three of these
will be required, for admission as
, regular member , dmphasized
'',,Nancy( Norton, president.
Christinas formal to be held
Recreation Hall, which new
-: - FOOnbers e will be able to attend, is
being.' planned. The next meeting
"for :old members has been set for
-some iime in December.
)?I*/o,:f . i't'scir'r Tel 4 .. StitY
pf-..Wailjme*. 'Washington
By BENNETT - FAIRORTH •
Since Pearl Harbor, all roads
14ave led to Washington, D..C., the
"madhouse of . the nation.
While Congressmen debated- ov
*.er proposed laws and the Gener-
V Staff mapped battle strategy,
the Administration set up agen
cies to tangle with the problems
of war—and. Dr. Walter Coutu,
newly-appointed associate profes
sor of sociology, was chosen to
head .the research section of the
• Division of Social Protection,
created to safeguard• servicemen
factory workers. against ven
ereal t disease.
State and local police, and. ho
tel, restaurant, and taxi-cab as
sociations cooperated with . Dr.
Coutu's - diVision, 'and houses of
prostitution in 662 communities
were .shut down. •
Scientists . and doctors working
with •the •Government furthered
the work of this agency. Victims
ot,syithilis and gonorrhea are be
fng'eured with penicillin ; and sul
fa.'drugs , at Government rapid
:treatment. medical. centers. ',The
By DOROTHY RUTKIN
ASTP To Sponsor
War Stamp Stomp
ASTP units on campus will
sponsor their second "War Stamp
Stomp" in the Armory from 8 p.
m. to midnight Saturday. Admis—
sion will be a 25 cent war stamp
which can be purchased at
.the
door.
This dance will be the first
step in any contemplated plan to
sell war stamps and bonds on cam
pus, according to. Capt 'Benedict
Hausdorf, adviser to the commit-.
tee. It will alsci be the last dance
organized - by the - ASTP for those
cadets who will be graduated ear
ly, in December. •
At intermission the stamps col
lected as . admission will be awar
ded to persons holding numbers
which will be drawn from tickets
issued at entrance. Each winner
will receive $18.75 in war stamps,
the equivalent of a $25 war bond.
Two •hundred and twenty dol
lars was added to the total - amount
of war bonds sold in this area
during .the Fifth War Bond Drive
as a result of entrances. paid to
the first "War Stahl') Stomp."
The cominittee in - charge hopes
that an .even larger...amount 'of
4.. 4 1/Ws Yirill:Pe.:AQ/dAllitt!ln.q.
'adds that' trioie Whe 'attend the
• dance need not themselves to
the purchase of only one. stamp..
The dance.is open to the gen
eral public. Music will be sup
plied by - the juke box. It .4 infor
Panhel Ifol,ds Annual Tea
For freshmen, Transfers
• Panhellenic Council will spon
sor ' a tea in the east lounge of
Atherton Hall from 2 to 4 p. m.
Saturday fir women interested
in joining a sorokity.
Each sorority. chapter on cam
ptis will• send three 'delegates, with
the exception of. Kappa. Kappa
Gamma and Sigma .Delta Tau, who
have, been penalized for . violating
the Panhellenic• Constitutien last
year. Sorori - ty , delegates will •not
be permitted to wear their pins at
the tea.
rate :of venereal diseases in the
Army . and Navy-- has hit the low
est figure in history: •. - . .
The, wide open spaces of State
College delight Dr. •Coutu after
the packed : buses, and . jammed
streets .in Washington for his wife
and himself. The professor waited
hours in line -to eat, to buy a
newspaper, to have his hair cut.
From 1935-36, Dr. Coutu work,
ed with another Government
program, the Division of Social
Research of the W. P. A. Six mil
lion persons, the number eligible
for W. P. A., were questioned .in
all 3070 counties throughout the
nation as to their occupations and
skills.
On the basis of these findings,
the Administration blue-printed
projects for each community so
that skilled workers in each com
munity could use their abilities
to the utmost rather, than have
teachers rake leaves and Ipumb
ers dig ditches.
While teaching at the Univer
sity of .Georgia -from 1936441, 13017.
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Key Party Sweeps Election
Cutler's Consumption
Of Collegian
Cancelled
Managing editor of Collegian, B.
J. Cutler, missed a meal of lino
type by the skin of his teeth when
the newly formed Nittany Party
carried. three of their 12 potential
offices during elections yesterday.
Had the Nittany Party success
fully taken seven of the elective
offices Mr. Cutler would have had
to eat all eight pages of the col
lege newspaper in front of Old
Main at high noon, with the entire
student body as witness.
The bet - dates back to the en
trance of the Nittany Party into
politics this past summer when
the Collegian managing editor
vowed that he would eat the front
page of his paper if the Nittany
Party tarried all the freshmen
offices. They failed to do so and
Mr. Cutler ate food instead of
printers ink that week. He was to
devour the entire paper this elec
tion if the Nittany Party carried
the majority of elective offices.
Prior to the election returns the
Collegian managing editor had re
quested some salt, • pepper and
ketchup if should lose the bet,
•_so.tliat lie,niiglitconsume.the
Frosh Star
In 'Our Town'
.Two freshinen . : who starred in
high school dramatic performances
will play-the leading roles in "Our
ToWn," a three-act production,. to
be presented by the Penn State
Player's in Schwab Auditorium on
December 8. arid 9.
- Director Lawrence E. Tucker
has announced that.. Portman Pag
et and. Claire Cohen, Harrisburg
first-year students, will portray the
parts of George Gibbs and . Emily
Webb in the play;
•While .attending William Penn
High School in. 1943, Paget and
Cohen- took part in two .plays to
gether, "Ephrata". and "Out of the
Frying Pan." Paget entered the
Army as soon as he was graduat
ed in June of last year. Since that
time he has been honorably dis
charged. Miss Cohen finished high
school six months ago and now is
a . freshman tat the College.
"Our Town" is a romantic play
which centers around the love af
. fair of George Gibbs . and Emily
Webb, members. of the two most
prominent families •in GroVer's
Corners, N. H. George's father is
a doctor in town, while little Em
ily's dad - is the editor and publish
er ,of the only newspaper in Grov
er's Corners.
The play is a Pulitzer Prize
winner and has been .lauded by
dramatic critics throughout the
country. One of the features of the
production. is that pantomine and
imaginary props are used, in the
performance. No scenery is used
at any time in the play.
The role of the stage manager
will be played by Prof. Arthur C.
Cloetingh, head of the dramatics
department. Professor Cloetingh's
participation in "Our Town" will
marls. his first showing on the Col
lege stage in a number of years.
He will serve as narrator and a
character in the. play.
This is the second time that
"Our Town" will be presented at
the .College. 'rive years Ago it was
well xeeeiv.ed by tile :faculty and
students. " "
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
Speaker Wins Prexy Post;
Ramsey Elected Secretary
Key party again won a majority of the campus political
offices as Stan Speaker defeated his Nittany and Lion oppon
ents for the post of All-College President.
Miriam Ramsey, Lion, secured the secretary-treasurer's
position for eighth semster.
For seventh semester, Key candidates Bill Kelly and
Peggy Susanin defeated Edward Zemprelli and Helen Schmi
dle. Lion party had no candidates entered for this semester.
`Get Li'l' Abner,'
Honoraries Advise
"Get .your Li'l Abner for the
Spinsters' Skip December 9," Mor
tar .Board . and Cwens advise co
eds. Li'l Abner cartoons display
ed on the campus and in town will
characterize the traditional dance
to be held in White Hall.
As a special feature the two
honoraries will present the Cam
pits:Owls in their first appearan
ce on campus this semester. Bud
Wills and his band will simulate.
Dog Patch inhabitants in keeping
li=itli.:the post i. theme.;,:a . fort.y
Board and CwenS. Betty Platt will
appear. With the band as vocalist
and • Johnny Setar will present
clarinet solos.
Tickets ,may be bought at stu
dent tinion and, will go on sale in
dormitories; as well-as being sold
by membere of Mortar'B9ard and
Cwens.
All nroceeds are appropriated to
the scholarship - fund from - which
$5O scholarshipS will be awarded
by Mortar Board and Cwens to
the coed chosen with regard to
active and personal contribUtions
to the . College, showing coopera
tion and attributes of a good Penn
State student.
South American Journalist
Pays Visit To Campus
If the College kept a guest
book, one more South American
visitor would be included in the
section titled "unofficial ambassa
dors of good will."
Most recent of the visitors from
the Southern continent is Robert
Levy, foreign correspondent for
"Las Ultimas Noticas"• (The Last
Word), leading newspaper ilzkf
Santiago, Chile.
Commissiooned by his paper to
prepare a series of articles on the
war • and relationships -between
North and, South America, Levy
decided to combine business with
pleasure• to pay a visit to Penn
State.•~•~l
'He is interested, he said, in ob
serving • the workings of a large
Ainerican educational institution.
In a visit to a South American
history class, he spoke to stud
ents on "Chile and the Monroe
Doctrine."
The pleasure is in the nature of
a. family reunion. His brother-in
law, Americo Albala, has been
a student at the College for the
past two years. He secured his
master's degree in fuel technology
and is now working for his doc
torate.
Since his arrival in the States
on November 2, Levy has spent
moat of his time in New York
City where he visited newspaper
By NANCY CARASTRO
Mike Lynch wcn for Nittany as
sixth semester president. His sec
retary-treasurer will be Mary
"Pete" Faloon, Key party. Fifth
semester winners were Judd
Healy, Lion, and Jean Bosch; Key.
Key running mates Jinx Falken
burg and Jo Saverwein are fourth
semester president and secretary
treasurer respectively.
Heaviest voting was in third se
mester where Don Coplin and
Mary Lou Waygood carried Nit
tany party to victory. Dave Binns
and Alice 'Mendenhall won for-Key
in• second semester.
Approximately 1325 student vot
ers turned out to cast their ballots,
indicating a renewed interest in
campus polities.. TWo out of the
three
. .parties, • Key and Nittany,
- Were: - .Penalized • for violation of
the Elections Code..
Nittany was docked 12 votes,
one for each candidate entered,
and Key penalized 14 -votes, one
for each of its candidates. Reasons
for • the penalties were freshman
campaigning and putting campaign
posters in Old Main.
Eighth Semester
President:
Herman Weed fNittany)
Charles. Hall (Lion)
Stanley Speaker (Key)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Betsy McGee (Nittany)
Miriam Ramsey (Lion)
Welling Graul (Key)
(Continued on page eight)
and press association offices, a
government housing project, and
exchanged interviews with Gene
vieve Tabouis, editor of a French
paper.
.One of the most interesting
things he has done in this country,
Levy said, was to spend the night
of the election mingling with
crowds on Times Square until 3 a.
m. the following morning.
"The civic spirit displayed.. by
the American people is truly won
derful," he said. "I am amazed
at the tolerance displayed by the
nation despite opinion differenc
es over the election."
(Continued on page eight)
Thanksgiving Service
Set for Schwab Today
To celebrate Thanksgiving Day,
Interfaith Council will sponsor an
All-College service in Schwab-Au
ditorium at 12:45 o'clock this aft
ernoon. Rev. John N. Peabody,
pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church, will deliver the message
and lead the meditation. .
Jean Huver, organist, will. play
the prelude. Alan Hahn will lead,
the responsive reading, and Mary
Margaret Dunlap will read the
scripture. Ruth Hill will sing "The
Lord's 'Prayer" by Mallott