Sorority
Rushing
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Students Meet To Create
Campus Unit Of Red Cross
Ten students were elected to
the Executive Committee of the
campus unit of the 'State College
chapter of the Red Cross which
has just been formally organized
61- the College.
.Those "elected were Ann Berk
himer, Ruth . Bollinger, Donald
Coplin, Mary Margaret. Dunlap,
Jane, Dye, Jean Ford, Ruth Hill,
MicNael Lynch, Richard Mauthe
and William Morton. From this
group a chairman, two vice chair
men, a
' treasurer and a secretary
will be chosen by the group.
Mern'hers •of the local State Col
lege chapter of the Red Cross will
act as advisors.
. The newly elected executive
committee will take over the du
ties of the organizing committee
which consisted of Gertrude Ro
sen and Edward Zemprelli, co
chairmen, and Florence Porter,
secretary, Nan Bowman and Rich
ard Mauthe.
This organization may be join
ed at.: any time by any student
who is interested in aiding the
war effort as much as is possible
in State • College and in doing
community service work after the
war.
The suggested program of
training will include such projects
as Contributing to blood banks,
training 'in first aid, disaster re
lief, water safety, accident pre-
N-ention,
_canteen, corps;.,nutlitlon„
motor :corps, fund raising arid
staff assistance corps.
In the permanent organization
meeting held.in the HoMe.Econo
mics, building Monday evening,
Bose Lammel, director 'of the
College units of the eastern area,
spoke to an. open gathering of
Players Offer 'Twelfth
Night' for 25th Year of
Production at College
• .The Penn State Players wilLpre
sent. their first production of •the
new year when Shakespeare's
comedy "Twelfth• Night" is por
trayed. at Schwab Auditorium,
February 9 and 10.
•The :play will mark the organi
zatibn's 25th year of operation at
the, College. : Prof. Frank Neus
bauni will direct the production.
Technical supervisor is Grace 0.
Clayton, while Dorothy B. Scott is
in charge of designing.
The cast for "Twelfth Night"
-Was announced this week by Pro
-
fessor Netisbaum. Principals•in the
play are Joseph Mayers, Orsino;
Jane Staus, Olivia; Marian Wilder,
Viola; Portman Paget, MalVolio;
Richard . Frontman, Sir Toby
Belch; Sydney Frieaman, Maria;
A/S Robert 'Stabley, Sebastian;
Mickey Bamer, Feste; Morris
Gevanther, Antonio; Gerry Gil
man, sea 'captain; Joseph Vispi,
Valentine; William Morton, Curio;
and Morris Borteck, priest.
Other members .of the cast wffl
'be released next week. The stage
crew will also be named at that
Wickenden to Speak
On 'Creative Religion'
: Dr. Arthur C. Wickenden, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, 'win
speak at Chapel Sunday on the
topic, "Creative Religion."
Wickenden graduated from
tho , University of Chicago where
he , also received his B.D. in 1921
and Ph.D. in 1931. •
He held . the post of Secretary
of the Student Y.M.C.A. at Miami
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FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, trENNA
interested students on the back
ground of the college units all ov
er the nation and the work done
by several of these. units. There
are 122 such units in the coun
try and eight in Pennsylvania.
"The program as presented on
this college campus is an out
growth of the National Red Cross'
desire to Organize college units
-throughout the United States to
give students a chance to become
acquainted ; with and aware of
community social 'and economic
problems.
"Through actual projects on
campus the training program will
show the ways and values of par
ticipating as volunteers in their
local community service activi
ties in wartime and peacetime."
Such is the purpose as outlined by
the committee and as expressed
by Joan Huber, a member of the
student organizing committee, in
her talk on "Penn State's part in
the Red Cross."
Other speakers at the meeting
were Miss Harriet Allen, Dean
Charlotte Ray, . - Dr. Francis
Tschan, Dean Arthur- Warnock
and Mrs. Elizabeth Watts.
The members of the advisory
committee are as follows: Miss
Harriet Allen, chairman, Miss
Edith Melville, secretary, Dr.
Laura Drummond, Prof.- Royal
Gerhardt and Prof. Roy Anthony.
foiliol Sorotily:
Rushing Conlinues
Throughout Week
Formal sorority rushing of fresh
men and transfers began Monday
when tushees and sorority women
were permitted to visit 'each other
between 8 a.m. to 5:30' p.m. This
period of open rushing will extend
through the week of January 15 to
18 inclusive.
Rushing will not be permitted
between 5:30 p.m. and 8 a.m. the
following morning, and will be
limited to the vicinity of State
College. • In addition:church and
chapel dates, luncheon, dinner, or
movie dates will not be permitted.
No dates may be made for the
second week during the first week.
Only alumnae living in State.
College may be used in rushing
and they will be expected to abide
by the same rules as do the sor
orities. No national office of any
sorority may send a person to aid
in rushing.
Each sorority will schedule two
rushing parties during the time of
January 15 to 18 from 7 to 9 p.m.
On Monday, January '15,, Alpha
Epsilon Phi, Delta Gamma, Alpha
Omicron Pi, Gamma Phi Beta, Chi
Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, and Zeta
Tan Alpha will entertain.
(Continued on•puge eight)
Student Cabinet Sponsors
Relaxation at Armory
Through cooperation with the
College, Student Cabinet will spon
sor relaxation for Penn State stu
dents each Friday night in the
Armory beginning next week.
Plans include a similar program
as was followed last semester,
when students danced to recorded
music, played cards, and had re
freshments. Main idea of Cabinet's
proposal to the student body is the
furnishing of recreation for un
eventful Friday nights.
Various organizations on campus
will, be asked .to participate in
:organizing special entertainment.
HCAllinet• asks: the help of the stu
:,atn•i,:bodY in snaking tl , e project
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Shep Fields And His Band To Play
For V-12's All-College Winter Ball
Birthday Gift of Sax
Starts Fields' Career
•Shep Fields, who will bring his
New Music band to Recreation
Hall for V-12 Winter Ball, began
his musical career in Brooklyn
at 14, when his father gave him
a saxophone for his birthday.
He made up his mind to play
it even if he had to form his own
orchestra for a frame-work, and
that's how Shep Fields' jazz or
chestra came into being. His
eight. piece • band gradually ac
quired some of the finish that
experience gives, .and he began
to make a name for himself in
the night clubs of New York City.
It was in a Miami nightclub, how
ever, that he first introduced his
"rippling rhythm,"—a straw in a
bowl of • water, an accordion,
and some violins.
The novel orchestra caught on
fast after that and Fields traveled
from East to West to play engage
ments in such places as the - Wal r
dorf Astoria Hotel in New York,
Palmer House. in Chicago, Mead
owbrook Country .Club in St.
Louis, and the St. Francis Hotel
in San. Francisco. In 1936 he
made his .coast-to-coast radio•
' but; and has .since - played, on three
-rrtijor rietwarks': - •
'He abandoned his rippling
rhythm •to create his new music
of today, a band composed of
reeds and rhythm instruments.
The new style bridges the gap
between the extremes of sweet
and swing, yet it is not a hybrid.
It is music in an original. manner
and instrumentation that is dif
ferent from any. other.
Such ,theatrical magazines as
Downbeat, Metronome, Billboard
and Variety have commented fav
orably on Fields experiment in
music. Billboard said: "It's
well-rounded, always musically
interesting outfit that has all the
power, drive and lift of regulation
crews, 'without relying on scream
ing brass to make it rock. Fields
(Continued on 'page - six)
Campus Heads
Discuss Plans
Plans for a meeting of heads of
campus organizations with the
Student Post-War Planning Com_
mittee of the Liberal Arts School
were announced today by Ruth
Constad, chairman of th 9. commit
tee. The meeting will be held in
the southwest lounge of Atherton
Hall, 4:15
. p.m. Tuesday.
The object of the discuSsion is
to talk over the proposals drawn
tip by the committee for revision
of the Liberal Arts School after
the war. It is expected, in turn,
that these student leaders will
bring . the suggestions back to their
groups for consideration, in order
to determine the trend of student
thought in postwar Liberal Arts
education.
Cabinet appointed the commit
tee in the summer semester of '44
after a faculty committee studying
the problem had been at work
some time. The appointment of a
student committee was made by
Cabinet because it was belidVed
that any proposals put through at
faculty suggestion would directly
affect the students.'
The committee was formed to
give the students a chance to slate
their proposals. independent of the
work being done by the faculty
.members: •
• 'Member* of the committee in
,vltu;le Martin CohO, Phyllis de-
OETtli.l4 LawatSch, Shir-,
V!ohliiiatO
SHEP FIELDS
Blood Donors
Go To Tyrone
As the first project•of the newly
organized Red Cross Campus Unit,
194 students registered at Student
Union to donate blood for plasma
for the armed forces at Tyrone,
January 23, ,24, and 25.
. Buses will . leave the corner of
College. AvenueTand
'dates, °
the blood donoring committee an
nounced.
The students who signed up are
requested to check at Student
Union to find the day they are
'scheduled to go to Tyrone, either
the 15 or 16. These are the only
days' on which this • information
may be gotten.
Preliminary checkups will be
given at the College Dispensary
from 3 to 5 p.m. the day previous
to going to Tyrone. This •checkup
will consist of temperature and
blood pressure determinations
which may show a student tmfit
to. give blood. A trip to Tyrone
may be saved, leaving the space
for the transportation of others.
It has been found that some
who - registered need to sign an
enrollthent card while others have
still to turn .in a Minor Relda3e
Notice signed by their parents.
These Minor Release Notices may
be obtained at Student Union. The
committee
.urges that theSe mat
ters be, Settled as soon as possible.
Men Debaters Challenge
Penn, West Point
The Men's. Debate team will
travel to Philadelphia and West
Point to challenge the teams . of
the University of Pennsylvania
and West Point January 19 and
20.
Martin D. Cohn and Edward P.
Zemprelli will take the affirma
tive for the College in the fol
lowing question:
Resolved: That the federal gav
el nment should enact legislation
requiring the compulsory arbi
tration of all labor when volun
tary means have failed, consti
tutionally conceded.
The following weekend a team
will travel to Annapolis and Hay
erford to debate the negative side
of the same question.
Kern to Head Societies
Dr. Frank D. Kern, dean of the
Graduate School at the College,
has been named to offices in two
national professional organiza
tions. Dr. Kern has been chosen
vice-president of the American .
Association for the Advancement
of .Science, chairman. of the' sec
tion "on botany;, :and .president of
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Phys Ed
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PRICE FIVE CENI-$
Semi-Formal To Honor
Nittany Lion Coaches
Shep Fields and his New Musie
will play for students attending
the V_l2 Unit's. All-College semi
formal Winter Ball in Recreationi
Hall from 8:30 until midnight Jans
nary 20. •
The dance, although having no
special theme, will honor the Nit*
tany Lion coaches.
• Intermission time will feature
the crowning of an All-College
queen, to be chosen from among
five semi-finalists by those at the
dance. The V-12 Glee Club, di
rected by Prof. Frank Gullo. will
be on hand to 'sing.
The five coeds chosen and theit
sponsors are: Lois Cleaver, Bar.
racks 9; Shirley Fierman, Alpha
Epsilon Phi and Phi Sigma Delta;
Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Barracks 26;
Shirley Painter, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; and Patricia Tompkins,
Theta Phi Alpha.
Admission price is $3:60 includd
ins tax.
Early in his career as a ban 4.
leader. Shep Fields introduced the
famous rippling rhythm, but aban..
doned it at the height of its popu
larity to experiment with "new
music." Billed as "the only band
of its kind in tile. world, the pe*
Fields combination consists of nine
saxophones, and woodwinds witti•
the usual rhythm section, plant?,
drums, guitar, and bass. Trumpets
and trombones have been com
pletely eliminated.
The New• Music band featureS
Meredith Blake as vocalist, Gene.
Martin, and Tommy Lucas
The five candidates for queea
were chosen from approximatel4
30 entries by the nine chairrnexi
of the dance committee. They are
A/S Andy Anderson, general
chairman; A/S Jim Jones and A/S
Willis Rorke, tickets; A/S Leslie
Jacobs,. programs; A/S Al. Koorey,
decorations; A/S Dave Doan, re
freshments; A/S Dave Wagner,
entertainment; A/S Fred Vogel,
publicity; and A/S Ralph Cronie
leigh, checking.
Bdotlis for fraternities and bat.•
racks will be available for $5 by,
(Continued on page eight)
Ramsey. Named
All-College Prexy
For the first time in the history
of the College a coed has beeni
appointed. as acting president of
All-College Cabinet. Miriam Ram
sey, eighth semester secretary
treasurer, 'is taking the place of
Stanley Speaker, former All-CoL
lege Cabinet head, who is now in
the Naval Air Corps.
' Miss Ramsey, a member of the
Alpha' Chi Omega sorority, is at
present also serving on the LaVie
senior board and on the commit
tee working for the opening of the
Armory as a student social cen
ter. While an underclassman, Miss)
Ramsey was a member of the
WSGA House of Representatives)
and served on the Lion Clique
publicity committee.
Alice Mendelhall, second semes
ter secretary-treasurer, is replad
ing David Binns as president of
that class. Binns was drafted fot
service just before the Christmas
vacation.
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Fee Deferment Blanks
, Application blanks for the de
ferment of spring semester fees
may ,be, obtained at the Bursar's
office. Applications may be Oiled
Nvithput fie until February 1. Fees
Eire 'to'lie Paid Itifaivh '2,3.
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