„ • ' 4 4, • ,•"!”" 'utia% i, t t ; • , To the thousands of Penn State men and women on all the fighting fronts of the world,:, the students and faculty of the Pennsylvania State College extend their warmest and most sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas. To stu lents.whose education was interrupted, and to alumni who will return to relive their days at State, we hope for an early homecoming. Choir To Present thristinas Chapel In honor . of the holiday season, the Chapel Choir, under the lead' ership of Mrs. Wilts Tay!or of the music department, will present a program, or all-Bach music at Its annual Christmas Worship Service in Schwab Auditorium at II a.m. Sunday. As a prelude the group will sing "Fantasie and Fugue in A Minor." Following the doxology, invoca tion, and Lord's prayer the audi ence will join in the singing of the hymn, "0 Come, 0 Come Emman uel." John If. Frizzell, College chaplain, will conduct the respon sive reading of "The Prince of Peace," after which the choir will sing "Now Let All the Heavens Adore Thee" from Cantata 140. "Jesti, .Joy a Man'it Desiring," from Cantata I•Ii will be the choir's number after the scripture reading. The choir will next join with the audience in singing "0 Little Town of Bethlehem." As an offertory, Mrs. Irene 0. Grant, or ganist, will play the "Cradle Song" Irom:'The Christmas Ora torio" and "To Us a Son Is Given." During the lime normally de voted to a speaker, the choir will sing all of Flach's Cantata Number 142. This includes 'seven sections: Concerto, "To Ifs a Sim Is Given," "Ever the Name of Cod I'm Prais ing," mid "Alleluia." all by the combined choir; "So Appears the Natal Day" by Michael Rosenber ger, baritone; "Lord. My Thanks to Thee" by Louise Neff, soprano; and "Lord, I Sing Thy Name" by Martha Albert, contralto and a former student of the music de partment now leaching in Belle fonte. -.Joy to lie World" mill be the last hymn the audience will have the opportunity to participate in, As a post Rale, fullewing Professin Frizzell's benediction, the choir will present "in Dulei Ac companists lur lice program arc Mrs, Irene U. Grant, assistant pro fessor of music, awl Guy Woods, new piano Instructor of the music department. library Vacation Hours Millen:Mg are the N'aealion hours for the College Library: Friday, December 22, 7:5U-5:00. Saturday, December 23, Sunday, December 24, .M.:nday, December 25, Closed. Tuesday, Friday, Dec•einber 2t 29, 9:00-5:00. Sulurd:,y, Docenther 30, 9:00 12:00. Sunday, December 3 I, Closed Monday, January I, Closed. Tuesda:•, January 2, Resume re gular ,ela dule of 7:50-10:00 Week days; 7:50-12:00 Saturday; 2:00- 10:00 G.50:',-Fortrat 1 7 6 .- teattirre:.:''' , ':' Dance Exhibit Newly added to the list of at n•actious al the All-College Christ man semi-formal to be held in Rec reation Hall, 9 to midnight tomor row, is an intermission feature, a dnncc exhibition presented by the Masi Studi as. Miss Mare B. D'Adamo and Vin cent .1. Masi, former instructors at Ihe Arthur Murray studio, will do an American Waltz, a Rhumba and Tango. In addition Ruth Hill will ing and Frank Gullo of the Music !rplrtineal will lead the Christ mas caroling. Belly Platt will handle the vo mls f.:r Bud Wills and his Campus )wls while a len-foot, decorated pine tree and a tinsel-hung ceiling will add sparkle to the Christmas home. Many fraternity and barracks bocths have been sold. Those who ill wish to obtain one can do so by calling A/S James Jones, 3392, before noun tomorrow. All civilians and servicemen may get tickets from GSO mem bers, identified by paper• trees on their lapels, or at Student Union tomorrow morning or at the door Lomerrow night. Admission is $1.20 c - tiple and 60 cents for a stag. CSO girls will by admitted free by presenting their curds before 9:30 and their dates will be admitted for (10 cents. There are expected to be many stag GSO girls to enter tain the new servicemen and all other• stags. This is the only big Christmas dunce of the year and therefore, in the interest of the student body in genera - I, GSO has made it All- College. Phi Beta Kappa Holds Anniversary Dinner Phi Beta Kappa elected the fol lowing officers at its annual anni versary meeting recently: Prof. Roy D. Anthony, president; Prof. Ralph V. McGrew, secretary; Prof. Wallace E. White, treasurer; Prof. Harrison H. Arnold and. Prof. }LIMIT W. Knerr, executive com mittee. Meeting in the banquet room of the Hotel State College, the Penn sylvania Lambda chapter cele brated the latith anniversary of the founding of the fraternity in the Raleigh Tavern at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Vir ginia. Coeds' Chorus Elects Newly elected officers of Girls' Ch. - rat Group are Carolyn Lerch, president; Betty Herring, vice president; and Jean Diehl and Janet Taylor, librarians. I %; ;'' -'; ;7 !.. : '''- , .." *. :",f7".: l '.'f.';i' ',' '' ‘, ':.. ; . ' ;' , ...:1'.,' : " • '''',',, • ' . '.., '. ' : . 1.. ' . '", ' ,.111,; - -..-,. • ...,..,.... •`,.!••••;', ,, i'; .::, - Q.A. ' , f - • .•.:•;. /....,,',:•.`,, i ~', „'A f ~.1. 6- " 11.0denii:Djscuss Red (foss Plans for a, campus unit of the State College Chapter of the American Red Cross were discuss ed at a meeting of student leaders at President Hetzel's home Wed nesday afternoon. After the purpose and advan tages of the proposed unit pro gram' were explained by Miss M Harriet Allen, chairman of the Ad visory Committee of the Campus Unit, a steeling committee of live students was formed to go ahead with the organization work. 'Co chairmen of the committee are Gertrude Rosen and Edward Zem prelli. Other members are Flor ence Porter, secretary. Nan Bow• man, and Richard Mauthe. Although this campus unit has not been completely organized o . legally recognized by the State College Chapter, the need there it of hurrying to marshal students for blood donors at the blood bans , at Tyrone the week of January 22, leads to the tentative organization plans. The suggested program of train ing will include such projects as contributing to blood banks, train ing in first aid, disaster relief, wa ter safety, accident prevention, canteen corps, nutrition, motor corps, fund raising, and staff assis tance corps. Miss Allen stated that the pro gram is an outgrowth of the Na tional Red Cross' desire to organ ize college units throughout the United States to give students a chance'to become acquainted with and aware of community social and economic problems. There are al ready seven such units in Pennsyl vania. "Through actual projects on the campus," Miss Allen said, "the training program will show stu dents the ways and values of par ticipating as volunteers in their own local community service ac tivities in wartime and peace time." Other members of the Advisory Committee, which will work with the student steering committee, are Miss Edith Melville, secretary, Dr. Laura W. Drummond, Prof. Royal M. Gerhardt, and Prof. Roy D. An thony. Mrs. Ralph D. Hetzel was hos tess to the committee. Customs Off For Dance All freshmen may remove their customs for the All-College semi formal tomorrow night, Tribunal announced Wednesday at its week ly meeting. No Irosh offenders were repoit ed to Tribunal this week. The upperclassmen are urged to turn in all custom-breakers and nicks up for this week's laxity. ta Titr ..Tultrgiatt • tZei7. AAAAA HP/ SY 801/46P . 6,5, V'f h() -MP?' caaLca , Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff _ . CHRISTMAS EDITION Students To Gather For Annual Sing Familiar carols will be the lea .ure of the traditional all -college Jhristmas Carol sing in front of Ad Main 8:30 p. m. Monday. A large Christmas tree trinni xi with lights will be erected by: ne Grounds and Building depart. .vent on Old Main Terrace. Worcla .or the carols will be projected on a screen hung between severd of the pillars. The Film Librar4, .epresented by. Philip Manino upply ••the slides and the pro sector for the songs. A brass quartet composed ,Of .t/S Glenn Orndorf and A/S Fred trombones, and A/S W,al - Schrader and A/S Leonard Jay, trumpets, whkplay, and the Cappella Choir* ': ; directed by .vlrs. Willa Taylor, Will sing. James Smith, PSCA secretary, will deliver a Christmas message,. Prof. Hummel klshburn will lead' students, and townspeci,...' pie in the singing of carols. John Schoening is general chairman for the sing.. Ushers will collect an offering for the, World Student eSrvice Fund, air Jrriergency fund created by the, /MCA and YMCA to buy text-, JoCks, clothing, and food for the unfortunate students abroad and .n prisoner of war camps. , PSCA Quotas Se For Twin Drives. Thirty-five hundred dollars is ',he goal of the annual PSCA - ,.fi, :Owlet drive, announced James Smith, general secretary.' The :itudent, drive, with a quota of ? 2200, will be conducted from :snuary 29 to February 5, and the :acuity drive, with a quota hf 130() from January 15 to 22... • Dr. Arthur E. Wickinder, direc tor of religious activities at Mituni Aiveisky, OXford 0., :I:te, ;he speaker at the faculty riilW 1 1 10 - t- • 'mom 3 t(anuaryo'.• the student .rally Will be 3. .44(4 .n the State College hotel: ban met room 3 p. m. January 27. "A builder of Penn State spirit tnd better human relations, the 'SCA depends upon the Volun- Airy gifts and participation of Audents and faculty," Mr. Smith inserted. "PSCA is beginning its seventi ath year of continuous service to .11 students and faculty on the 'enn State Campus," 'Mr. Smith .ontinued. "Numerous services nd activities are sponsored by his non-denominational organize ion. The PSCA is the YMCA .nd the YWCA. working together n the building of character hrough discussion, groups, out of own speakers, religious programs, he handbook, freshman orients ion and various social activities. We hope the goal xvill be met." 33 Independent. Men Join Penn Stale Club The Penn State Club recently 'vitiated 33 members. All stu dents who were accepted into the organization are either indepen lent men or members of a frater nitywhicti does not have its house tt present. Initiates include: Lawrence Bally; Bernard Byers, H. Karl Beegle, Jack Bennett, James Don ell, Jerry Danchelsky, Philip H. Dewey, Joseph R. Diehl, Leslie T. Edgecoinb, Charles W. Fiero, Ray mond Guile, Ted Gregory, Michael Halikis; Nick Kanuika, George Keller, Claud Kissen, Cail Law - - rence, Robert L. Lovell, John. Mil= ler, James McMaster. David R. Nalven, Hugh M, Odza, John F. Platt Jr:, Vincent J. Prato, Donald E. Smith, Jay Schussel, Andrew E. Sladics, Milton Schaf fer, Aubrey W. Vail, Calvin P. Wallace, Earl A. Williams, James G. Williamson, and Charles G. Wissinger. " • Col. Mills Announces 18 AST's On Honor Roll Lt. Col. Guy C. Mills, ,com mandant at the College, announced that 18 members of the AST? cadets stationed here had qualified for the honor roll. These men comprise the upper ten per cent of the enrollment in each curriculum at the end of the term. They are as follows: Vincent C. Bassett, Mortimer Berl, Ralph B. Conn, Marvin A. Feigen, Abraham Freund, Isaac J. Gitt'email, Irvin Isengerg, Albert Maslow, Roger D. MuMolten, Da vid E. Reese, Lawrence H. Roberts Jr., Richard A. Shaffer, Jack M. Shearer, James F. Smith Jr.„John Steranka, Murray Tobak, and Clarence M. Whitlow Jr. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER - 15, f944=STATE-COLLEGETPA. Fresh m Menuh Artist Lists 7 Selections For Concert Yehudi Menuhin, 28-year-old world - renowned violinist, will make his appearance in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight as the second„performer in the Art ists' Course Series. Menuhin, who believes "music .5 so close Kliumanity that one :Mist go td humanity to develop one's self as a musician," has just :eturned from a six weeks tour of ;England, liberated Europe, and the combat areas. He has been to the Aleutian Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, the - West Indies, and the Hawaiian Islands, playing Bach to cheering J. I. audiences. In addition, he has :opted army camps and base hos ?itals for the Red Cross, collect .ng over $150,000 for the Allied cause during his • concerts in Eng land. It has been said 'that part of Menuhin's greatness may be his :espect for the composers; he has avoided modern arrangements and ms 'sought to interpret the music as the composer meant it to be. A . native of New York, the vio linist made his first appearance in San Francisco at the age of seven. :V year later• he began to study abroad, enjoying "historical suc .esses" in Paris. He returned to gew York at the age of ten for a iebut With the New York Sytn phony orchestra: The program for the concert folloWs: Sonata No. 1 in ••D Major, Opus 12' • Beethoven Allegro con :brio Tema -can Valailoid-Andante con motO, .. .. . . Andante Vieuxtemps Adagio religioso Scherzo-Vlvace Allegro Sonata No. 3 in . A Minor, Opus 25 Enesco Moderato Malinconico Andante Sostenuto e Misterioso Allegro Con Brio Ma Non .... Troppo Mosso caprice Basque Sarasate ?erpetuum Mobile Novacek Spanish Dance "La Vida Breve" De Falla-Kreisler aondo Capriccioso .. Saint-Saens Regular seats for the perform ance have long been sold out, but 125 seats on the stage•were made ..Vailable, some of Which may still 'ae left unsold today, according 'to Jr. Carl E. Marquardt, director of he Artists' Series. Combination seats for the Men uhin and Sanroma recitals will be sold at $5 plus tax, while single seats for Menuhin will sell'at $3.50 plus fax and for Sanroma at $2.50 plus tax. Safes will be made at the Athletic window during the regu lar hours today and at the box Arica iii Schwab Auditorium start :ng at 7 o'clock tonight. Speaker, Ramsey To Head Old Main Open Houses Stan Speaker, All-College presi dent, and Miriam Ramsey, eighth semester secretary-treasurer, will be chief host and hostess at the first of a series of. open houses for servicemen and civilian students to be held in Old Main from 2 to 5 p.m. January 8. Commission V of the Penn State Christian Association, which is in charge of campus and wartime service; is sponsoring the open houses to offset a reported need for Sunday afternoon recreation on the campus. The program will be held in the Hugh Beaver Room, 304 Old Main, and the IMA-IWA clubroom on the fourth floor. Included in the preliminary plans are refreshments, popular music, games Including ping pong, and a corps of coed hos tesses. Ilajeun Feldmiller is chairman of Commission V, and the open house committees include Thelma Rosenthal and Tom Reed, host and hostess committee; Bill Benson and Jean Swartz, program arrange ment; Barbara Kilbury and Kay Krell, publicity; and Ilajean Feld miller and Tom Reed, refresh ments. Collegian On Vacation This special Christmas issue is the last one for the current year. The next Collegian will appear January 12, 1945. en To Elect Officers Presents Recital Holiday. Travel Problems Nil Compared With Early Agony By BARBARA INGRAHAM The . ODT may be asking, "Is this trip necessary?", but Penn State students as always are asking, "Is this trip possible?" Or in the words of Dr. E. E. Sparks, former president of the •College, "State College is located at the e)sg . t. fie:4l4)o4f gen i tor of the. ikatel.'ati*ll4:'egliallY been cribed ` to dabeisichi . to' the" seiiti merit of having a state college in the exact center. of .the 'state. The site was a farm surrounded by farmlands and woods, a day's jour ney' by stagecoach from the near est railroad station. The College catalogue for . 1803 gave prospective students the fol lowing information, "The school may be reached by students and visitors by the Pennsylvania rail road to Spruce Creek, Lewistown, and Tyrone. From Spruce Creek a stage leaves on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, passing the school for Bellefonte, and return ing on intermediate days. Daily stages run from Tyrone and Lew istown to Bellefonte, which latter place is accessible to the school by livery accommodations." The com mand of early students may well have been, "Home, James, and don't spare the horses." The first railroad train over the newly built Bellefonte Central railroad arrived at the . campus station located where engineering unit D now stands in 1891. Later it was hoped that the new Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, which passed through Lemont to Bellefonte, would build a spur from Bellefonte to the State Col lege, but the intervening hill was a barrier. In 1890 the Bellefonte Central was built frivn Bellefonte to State College over a winding right of way that took 20 miles to cover the airline distance of nine miles between the two towns. For the next 25 years the Belle fonte Central and its one passen ger train carried the bulk of stu dent traffic. Over this winding and bumpy road came crowded coaches and pullmans hauled by wheezy locomotives on the occasions of house parties and athletic week ends. Romantically inclined students still preferred the livery rigs driV en on toll roads with frequent fights between students and toll keepers. Gradually the automobile and hard roads lessened the usefulness of the little railroad, and It be came mainly a freight line. Be fore World War II the classified columns of the Collegian were crowded with offers and requests Profs To Attend Meeting Six members of the College fac ulty will attend a conference of the. Modern Language Association of America in New York, Decem ber 28, 20, and 30. They are Dr. Philip A. Shelly and Ralph C. Wood of the Ger man department; William L. Wer ner, A. Pauline Loeklin and Dou glass S. Mead of the English Lit erature department; and David H. Rix of the English Composition department. — wgier ILlak-11 for rides' to distant points Today with extensive automc bile travel no longer possible, stu dents preparing for a trip spen hours feverishly consulting five o six bus schedules and about 1.6 timetables. A girl with a particu laxly worried frown and more tha ten.fhnetableS is'prebably a fresh 'Whese hoStess believes' tha ;;res*lfri*:Oidi : * retuir4. I'he - PrObleniS 'brough .about, a mass'exedns of the student bod. next Friday are appalling. Silty men shudder at the thought. Som students are even planning •ti carry oxygen masks so that the can avoid being smothered t; death while traveling on a crowd ad train or bus. So with fond dreams of the day when everyone will own a hell 2opter, we'll all be standing to ether next Friday. 115 Students Earn Honor Average In recognition of academic ex 2ellence, approximately 115 stu lents at the College have bee' named to the various Deans' Lists T.n addition to these regular stu lents, 41 Navy V-12 trainees als warned the necessary 2.5 or bette average to make'one of these lists Eleven students earned a per• feet straight 3 average. This grout 'neludes: Marcia Mao Crichton Toel E. Crouch, Alan B. Gralinger Marjorie Jane Houck, Alma June Kehler. Howard Lucas, Marjori E. Mattern, Suzanne J. Reed, Shir !ey Silverstein, Genevieve L Weder, and Helma Weisberg. Latest Dean's List to be release( Is from the School of Engineering Appearing on this list for ttie sev ?nth time is Gunther Cohn, 2.56 while Alan B. Grallnger, 3, h named for the sixth time. Included on the list of the Engi• neering School are: Howard- K Amchln, 2.8; Frederick T. An•' drews Jr., 2.72; Gunther Cohn 2.56; Fred E. Crane, 2.58; Joel E Crouch, 3; Bernard J. Cutler, 2.5 Helen M. Gaardsmue, 2.75; Ala: B. Gratinger, 3; Carl K. Harshbar• ler, 2.63; Frederick W. Herbiru Jr., 2.83; Richard J. Landis, 2.5 A/S George M. Leedom Jr., 2.55 Martin Lennlg, 2.7; John L. Ole• wine, 2.72; Jess W. Oren 3rd, 2.68: Robert B. Rosenfeld, 2.68; Felia Roth, 2.01; Charles H. Smith, 2.83• John J. Stickler, 2.52; George R. Strohm, 2.52; and James F. War ner, 2.83. Professors Visit 'Capital Dr. Harold C. Weigel and Miss Nora E. Wittman are to attend a meeting of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, December 29 in Harrisburg. Dr. Weigel is state president of thg organization and Miss Wittman is secretary-treasurer. At this meeting, which marks the twenty-fifth year of the or ganization, there will be a panel discussion of the "Interrelation ship of High School and College Teaching of Foreign Languages in Pennsylvania." PRICtTIVE - OENTS Key, Nittany Parties Name' Candidates Eight hundred and twenty-eight 'reshmen will be eligible to vote •or first semester officers at Class lections in the first floor lounge .f Old Main between 9 a.m. and :30 p.m. Tuesday, Ruth Kauffman, :lections committee chairman, an•• ounced today. "Only two political parties have' 'ecided to enter candidates in the reshman election,"- stated Miss "auffman. "The Key and Nittany liques have nominated candi ates, while the Lion party has nnounced it will not back anyone us semester." Candidates for the office of resident are George Pritchard, ey, and Grady Marler, Nittany. he two entries for the position of ucretary -t reasurer • are ' Claire arks, • Nittany, and Shirleyhompson, Key. Marler - is an • ex-serviceman um North Tarrytown, N. Y. Be-' ire enrolling at the College, Mara.. sr serted with the 32nd division • 3r nine months in New Guinea nd took part in three major en-1- sgements at Buna, Gona, and • ananadria. During his four years i the army field artillery he was 'ounded twice.. He was, honorably ._ ischarged recently,-, • Pritchard was graduated from langor High School=this summer... a Bangor he' was a. three-letter ian in basketball ; and . football„„ resident Of the Hi-Y, and 'ern of '• his 'junior , and. :senier, - ,; lasses. The 17,•year7;31r1 freshinark;: a pledge, at Alpha' Chi Sigma. Miss Thompspn, Key, candidate 3r aecretary:tiessureri ~Is. a. gt:acti, ate, of.7.Pililikabiirt#lll,l4,'Schiial.' ) ',. •' 'brims frorn4;*llliarri,TenrGiftgli,, was viee- 7eaident of her senior class, an.. onorstudent, and cheerleader for 'wee years. The Elections committee will ieet with all' candidates and lique chairmen in 318 Old Main t 8 p.m. Monday to answer ques ons, clarify the elections code, nd to hear complaints. • Platforms of the Key' and Nit my parties follow: Key Party We, the candidates for first se ,ester offices, shall try through .ir voice in Cabinet to ,carry out le following ideas:, 1. To 'give our support to the sues advocated. by the Key party i the previous election. 2. To. emphasize the. fact that plan of orientation ,to the or anization and functioni of campus olitics should be formulated.. 3. To suggest that an ex-officio oice in Cabinet be given to fresh en on the All-College Cabinet ntil our representatives are dttly lected. 4. To ask that more freshmen iixers be sponsored so that' we lay become welded more closely Dget her. Nittany Party Otw alms are • 1. To give all possible aid to ahabilitation of students and ex nv I cemen. 2. The formation of a Student Jnion building containing a cafe wiu, lounges, dance floor,, and ther recreational facilities.. • 3. The creation of abetter Penn ;tate spirit through class meetings nd rallies. 3. The creation of a student )011 at the end of each semester to valuate courses and. attempt„.to etter them. 5. To administer student aptly.- ties on an Impartial basis, regard ess of student affiliations. )enn Male Club Revive; Sall Room Dancing (lass Right "In the groove" is the ?enn State club's latest venture, bull room dancing class for el- Aliens Lind servicemen. Reviving a popular campus Eke. Way started several years, age by the members of this club, the course will be offered from Jan- Lary ‘I•to February 5, at 7:30 on Mondays and Thursdays. The price of ten lessons will be $2.50. The course offered for fun and recreation as well as for novice dancers, will feature two separate dancing groups, straight ballroom lancing and Jitterbugging. Stu dent' experts will teach it. The members of the committee In charge of arrangementi are: Don Browne, Robert Gruver, Kenneth Harshberger, and. DIAS Stein,
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