Cage Tussle Page 7 Honoraries Slate Informal Dance Tickets Go on Sale For 'Spinsters' Skip' Dungarees, plaid shirts, fa tigues, skirts, and sweaters will be the vogue for the "Spinster's Skip" in White Hall, 9 p.m. to midnight, December 9: Theme of the dance is "Li'l Abner in Dog patch." ' • Tickets have already gone on sale. They may be obtained from Members of Cwens or Mortar Board, women's national honor ary societies which are sponsor ing the dance, or at student Un ion. Bud Wills and his Campus Owls will provide music for dancing and will wear informal clothes in keeping with the theme. Betty Platt will be the vocalist and John Setar will be the clarinet soloist with the band. Betty Steele is general chair man of the dance assisted by the following committees: Decorations Betsy McGee, chairman, Nan Charles, Marie Schanbacher, Barbara Smedley, Catta .Garrett, Ann Reese, Doris Stack, Jane-Healy, Mary Field, Barbara Sinith, Lois Appe, Peg gy Keefe, Jean Ford, and Janet Taylor. ' Tickets—Lou Lamade, chair man,-Charlotte Scibetta; atild : jTean ,;,_, Invitations .—," Diana Huffman, chairman, :Ann-Berkhimer, Aileen . da - rber; Barbara-Struck, and - Mary. "Margaret • bunlap: • • •' • • Publicity—Fay; Young, - chair rmah,_:Pat'• Turk, Nancy - -Barring , tan and Joan - Harrington; • • . Freshman men's customs be.: lifted .for the dance, Tribunal head Van. Lundysaid yesterday. G,SO To Sponsor All-College Hop • ; AnAll-College Christmas dance • will be 9 lield ; , in • Recreation Hall . from . p.m. to • midnight Decem ber. 16. All servicemen, and. civil ian. 'students will be welcome. Music for this semi-formal af 'fair will be provided by the Cam pUs Owls. It is being sponsored by tile Girls' Service Organization: Ticicets, will go on sale at Stud eiit Union on Decerhber 11 where they will be $1.20' per' couple. Stags will be admitted for 80 cents. All GSO• members, both regular and those•now in training, Will be admitted free upon pre sentation of cards. ::;Fraternities and barracks may pnrchase booths for $2 by call ing James Jones, Barracks 13, 3392. Under the direction of Nancy Norton, preSident, committees have been formed: Harriett Wit xrier is in, charge of refreshments, While Shirley Conner and her committee will plan the decora tions. Entertainment is under .the direct4on of Bunny Griffith pub licity will be taken care of by co chairmen Agnes Coleman and Bet ty, Lucktemyer. :The committees are as follows: refreshments Grace Hoover, (Continued In page twos Ad Staff Meeting Members of the Collegian ad vehising staff will meet in the Collegian Office at"4:ls o'clock today. Attendance is compuls ory said Evelyn Wasson, ad vertising manager. Tatirgiatt Players Offer Wilder's 'Our Town' December 8, 9 PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES—Two former Harrisburg schoolmates will play :the leading parts in the Penn State Players' production, "Our Town," in Schwab Auditorium on December 8 and 9. They are Port man Paget and Claire Cohen, who are pictured above. Interfraternity Council Schedules Pledge Banquet Nineteen fraternities represented at the Interfraternity Council pledge Dinner at the State ;College. Hotel,. 7. p.: m.• December,charm an Harold . _nein, chairah of the :committee .in charge of the banquet... Main speaker of the evening will beDr..Rex -Stow Clements of `.the -Bryn .Mawr. - :Presbyterian• Church.' Arthur . Warnock,. Dean of Men, and .William Kelley, pre sident of IFC, will: also :speak. Prof. . John • H; - Frizzell- Will s giVe the 'invocation . and , preside' .as toastmaster: • - .Football movies will be shown by: Coach Bob Higgins after din ner. Members of the committee plan ning the banquet are Harold-Hein, Phi Sigma Delta; 'Jack Davenport, Phi .Delta. Theta; Robert Gleich ert, Alpha Chi Sigma; Guy New tonfl Pt Kappa Phi; and Stanley Larrimore, Sigma . Phi Epsilon. ISC Sells War. Stamps, Bonds in Old Main Lobby Independent: Student Committee Is sponsoring the Sixth War. Loan Drive on the campds, • Michael Lynch,.president.of 'the group, an nounced today. Bonds and stamps •are •on -sale every day at the booth in the lobby of Old Main. Christmas seals 'are also on. sale at the booth which is operated by the Penn State Club, Philotes, IMA( and IWA. In. addition the ISC has spon sored past War, Loan Drives selling over $3,000 in War Bonds and Stamps as well as providing the War • . Stamps sold at the ASTP Stamp Stomp last Saturday. Ebert Asks Students To Keep Off Grass No green grass will appear next spring in certain spots on the campus unless students observe the plea sent out this week by George W, Ebert, grounds and buildings superintendent, to keep off the grass. Short cuts connecting the Tri- Dorms with Sparks, between White Hall and Grange Dormitory, and a bare place in the mall in front of Carnegie Hall are the worst temptations to - wandering feet. Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff will be College Coed Makes fir4:,,5010 . ,:.-Flight . : '.....--:. - • had no time to be frightened. All I wanted to do was to • get that plane into the . air and back down on: the 'ground again," is 'the an ewer coed Virginia 'Klaus gave When: qtiestioned about her first solo flight 'Sunday. • . , . -Miss KlauB, -, • a sixth 'semester journalism'student 'Majoring in'the adVertising field, started taking flying lesSons at the beginning of November. By. spending every spare minute of her time •at the State College Air Depot nee; Boalsburg, •she \vac.. able to- com plete the nine and one-half re quired hours of dual-flight with her instructor, Sherm Lutz, in ap proximately three weeks. According to Miss Klaus, she had rio great urge to fly until last spring. After she made up her mind . to • take lessons, she stated 'that she decided to work during the summer rather than attend school so that she would be able to pay for the flying instructions herself. Although` Sunday's flight was only a take-off, a rectangle around . (Continued on page two) Artists' Series To Present Menuhin As Guest Soloist , Yehudi Menuhin will appear at Schwab Auditorium on December 15 at the second performer of the Artists' Series. • The noted violinist began to prepare for his career at the age of five. When he was seven years old he made his first appearance on the concert stage in San Francisco. A year later he began his studies in Europe. After per forming in Paris, he returned to America and made his debut with the New York Symphony at the age of ten. Since the beginning of the war Menuhin has played overseas for troops in the Aleutian Islands, Panama Canal Zone, West Indies, Hawaiian Islands and England. In the latter country his concerts netted $150,000 for the Allies. Play Acted In Pantomime Without Props, Scenery Penn State Players will present "Our Town," a three-act play without scenery or property, for the second time in five years on the Schwab Auditorium . stage on December 8 and 9. The production was an immediate success when first introduced to the 'College faculty and student body in 1939. Director Lawrence E. Tucker believes that the play next week will be equally as well received. Professor Tucker is especially - pleased with the cast this year, Despite wartime conditions the veteran theatrical director has ex- Lecture Series Tickets On Sale Tickets for the State College Community Forum lecture series will be put on sale today, James T. Smith, chairman of the series, an nounced last night. • , • The sale is open to everyone. Any person may buy from one to five tickets at one time. The price of reserved seats is $l.BO for the entire series of lectures. At the time of purchase receipts will be given to the buyer instead of tickets. These receipts will then be turned in for tickets at the Ath letic Office window, Old Main, on December 12. No preference will be, shown to anyone h _the • selec tieri. of - reserved - seats, pointed Out Chairman Smith. Any extra tickets will be sold for 50. cents at the door of . Schwab Auditorium the evening of each lecture. The series will include five speaker's. The first will be Edward Tomlinson on January 11. Other, lecturers are Stuart Chase, Febru ary. 13; Dr. Shridharani, March 15; Drew yearson,. date not set for April; and .Max Lerner, May 3. Receipts may be . procured from the following representatives: .Mrs. Harriet Nesbitt, American Associa tion of University Women; Prof. A. W.• Case, American Legion; Mary Cohen, State College High School student body; Allan Kahn, HiTlel Foundation; Dr. Carroll D. Champ lin, Kiivanis Club; Hugh Pyle, PTA; Harvey Marcy, .PSCA; and Rose Cologne, the College. Dr.. C. Et Marquardt, Phi Beta Kappa;' Dr. E. B. Van Ormer, Phi Delta Kappa; Dr. B. V. Moore, Phi Kappa Phi; Jessie Haven, Pi Lambda Theta; Joseph Hays, State College Public Schools; Dr. C. O. lArilliams, Rotary Club; Mrs. E. M. Grove, State College Women's Club; and Gertrude G. Rosen, WSGA. YEHUDI MENUHIN Cadets Graduate Page 2 perienced an unexpected find in Portman Paget and Claire Callen, two freshmen who play the prin cipal, parts in "Our Town." The supporting cast has shown up well in rehearsals so far. Those who have leading roles are Hen rietta Campitel, Richard Front man, Abraham Levy, Judy Men dell, William Silverstein, Leonard Stein, Leatrice Strober, and Mar ian Wilder. The persons who attend the Players' forthcoming production will probably mutter, "There's a war going on," as they see actors mowing non-existent green lawns with invisible lawnmowers and unseen coffee being poured from imaginary percolatorS. It's not the lack of red and blue stamps of properties which account for • the curtailment of stage properties. Instead, it is the author's version of a play_ with out . scenery, or props.. When Thornton Wilder wrote the. Play he wanted the audience to use its ..imagination. And the aud ience did. "Our Town" became a Broad way hit overnight.- Xt was -some thing. different, 'sainething out of the ordinary. Critics showered (Continued On rage Two) Halmen Announce 1944-45 Officers Complete officer and member ship lists for the three campus hat socities—Skull and Bones, Parmi Nous, and Druids—were released today by the respective organization presidents. A/S Julian, Anderson heads Skull and Bones • this semester. Guy Newton is secretary-treasur er, while the vice-president has not yet been named. Members are Charles Alcorn, Edward - Carson, Bernard Cutler, James- Hugo, Fritz Huntington, Emil Kubek, John Setar, Stanley Speaker,' and Edward Zeinprelli. Officers of Perm' Nous are WiMain Kelley, president;. Wintersteen, vice-president; and Herbert Mendt, secretary treasurer. Members are Karl Erd man, Robert Gridley, Judd Heal ey, Van Lundy, Michael Lynch, Marino Marchi, James Ray, and. Terrell Ruhlman. Harold Frey this week replaced Charles Winter as president of Druids. The latter withdrew front college to enter the army. Other officers are Steve Greene, vice president, and Ivan Kline, secre tary-treasurer. Members of Druids are David Binns, John Chuckran,William Gregar, Joseph Drazenovich, Fred France, Robert Hicks, William Jaffurs, Peter Johnson, Floyd Lang, Robert McCoy, Donald Mil tenberger, William Morton, War ren Neiger, Jess Panar, David Pincus, Robert Weaver, and Lee, Woehling. Three hat societies are inactive for the duration of the war. They are Lions Paw, senior activities; Blue Key, junior activities; and Friars, sophomore activities.
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