FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1945
Campus Groups
To Sponsor OMOH
PSCA, with the cooperation of
12 campus organizations, \yr.]
sponsor the semesterly Old Main
Open House, 7:15 p.m. to mid
night, April 7.
Barbara Smith and Harold
Griffith are co-chairmen of the
committee planning the affair. All
proceeds will be given to the
World Student Service Fund to
purchase books, study materials,
food, clothing, and medical care
for students in Allied countries.
A Blue Band concert and com
munity sing on the steps of Old
Main will open the events of the
night. Fortune telling, fish pond,
ping pong, tours of Old Main
Tower, and a talent show will be
featured. Philotes and Junior
Service Board will present popu
lar moving pictures and a movie
of the mural in the Little Thea
tre.
An informal dance and drydock
(Continued on page seven)
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PENN STATE CLASS RINGS
L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
Men's Debate Squad
Wins 22 el 25 Trials
With but the Eastern intercol
legiate Championship Tournament
remaining for the season, Men's
Debate Team has chalked up 22
victories in its 25 debates, accord=
ing to Sandford E. Rafsky, man
ager of the team.
Penn State men took the follow
ing three tournaments: Mount
Mercy, won 7,. lost 1; Shippens 7
burg, won 6, lost 1; and Seton Hill ;
won 7, lost 1. The team also d&
feated U. S. Military and. Naval
Academies in dual meets.. •
Records of the indix . ricival mem
bers of the. debate squad are: Otis
Castleberry, won 8, lost 1; Martin
Cohn, won 8, lost 1; Jay Goldstein,
won 3, lost 1; Ralph John, won 4,
lost Q; A/S James Jones, won 11,
lost 2; A/S Fred Kecker; won 6,
lost 2; and Sandford Rafsky, won
8, lost 0.
Members recently added to the
squad are Malcolm Goldstein, Jack
Green, Leroy S. Harris, and Robert
Kaufman.
FTTimllwmrra
RED CROSS CHAIRMEN—Jinx Falkenberg and Betty Shenk,
co-chairmen of the campus Red Cross drive, which exceeded its
goal last week. • -
Red Cross Raises $2,525;
Training Programs Start
Red Cross contributions have
reached a. total of •$2,525 in the
past week, announced Betty Shenk
and Walter Falkenburg, co-chair
men of the drive, yesterday.
Coeds have. now given $1339.02
and the men's donations amount
to $453.87.• The returns will not be
complete until the end of March.
Several more organizations have
contributed. - They are: Colonial,
$5; Cwens, $10; Sigma Phi Alpha,
$5; WSGA, $300; and Zeta Tau Al
pha, $5.
Under the Operating Commit
tee, seven other committees of the
College Unit have begun their
training programs.
A series of lectures has been
scheduled for the Staff Assistance
Carps headed by June Daniels and
'Patricia Enright. These lectures
are •planned to cover all phases of
Red Cross work.
Evening practice hours in addi
tion to a home economics home
nursing course are being required
for those who wish to qualify in
the. Red Cross. Sally Pollard is
chairman.
Paul Pioth and Dorothy Mor
row, chairmen of First Aid, an
nounce classes taught by Lorin
Elder. Red. Cross certificates will
be given those who qualify.
Thirty-one Motor Corps mem
bers will join _with the First Aid
Corps in their course. Further
plans include instruction in motor
mechanics and map reading. Judd
Healy is chairman.
The Blood Donor committee re
cently conducted 'a campaign and
filled their quota, under the chair
manship of Michael
. Lynch. All
public speaking, poster, newspaper
and mimeographing work has been
done by Jeanne Hirt and the Pub
lic Information committee.
The program of the Canteen
Corps is still undecided, according
to Mary Catherine Bowman, chair
man..
College Library Adds
300 Books To Collection
Over 300 books have been ad
ded to the College library col
lection this month, according to
a bibliography published this
week.
Included in the compilation are
biographies, literature, fiction,
sciences, geography, history and
military affairs.
Outstanding in the group of
biographies are "The Truth About
de Gaulle," by A. Riveloup,
"Leonardo da Vinci; His Life and
His Pictures," by R. L. Douglas,
and "My Aunt Louisa and Wood
row Wilson," by M. R. A. Elliott.
"They Dream of Home," N.
Busch, "Go. Down, Moses," W.
Faulkner, and "No Mortal Fire,"
E, Valentine, are a few of the
additional fiction titles.
Supplementing history and gov
ernment volumes are Ernie Pyle's
"Brave Men," H. B.. Cave's "We
Build, We Fight!" a story of the
Seaßees, and D.Y. Dallin's "The
Real .Soviet Russia."
Parking meter receipts in Penn
sylvania municipalities topped a
million. dollars in. 1942 and 1943, a
study by the Institute of Local
Government at the College shows.
Tips On
School Day Meals
Davis' Sandwich
Shop
PAGE THREE,
Dr. Charles Noll
Plans To Refire
Dr. Charles Franklin Noll, pro
fessional farmer who has succeed.
ed in combining research and
teaching with administrative work
at the College during the past 31
years, will retire. April 30 as pro.
lessor emeritus of agronomy.
Although he claims he has been
getting "all kinds of advice" on
how to spend his coming leisure
time, Dr. Noll insists his future
plans are still indefinite.
But the farm-bred, earth-minded
department head admits he'll prob
ably do a little gardening—both
flowers and fruit—and maybe try
some landscaping.
Born in Green Park, Pa., on July
22, 1878, Dr. Noll spent two yearn
studying at Cumberland Valley
State Teachers College, after
which he taught school in Perry
county from 1900-1902.
He holds three degrees: a bathe •
for of science (1906) from the Col
lege, and a master of science (1911)
and a doctorate (1923) from Cor •
nell University.
From 1906-1908, Dr. Noll served
first as special field agent in the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture and then as superintendent
of the Nostrand Fruit Farm, Shel •
ter Island, New York.
He took his first job with the
College in 1908, to do experiment&
field work in agronomy. While he
has taught and served as depart.
ment head since 1937, his main
interest, Dr. Noll said, has always
been plant breeding.
His specialty is small grain
cereals—wheats and oats—with
emphasis on the development o.t
smut-resistant varieties. Outstand
ing among the grains which be
has developed are Nittany wheat
(Pennsylvania 44), and four oats
varieties Patterson, Keystone',
Beaver and 90A-27. •
Each of Dr. Noll's four children
was graduated from the College
and all of them are now serving
overseas. His daughter, Alice, is a
Red Cross staff assistant stationed
in Alexandria, Egypt. All three
sons are serving in the Army avia
tion photo intelligence division-.
Capt. John in the Aleutians, First
Lt. Joseph in Saipan, and First LL
Edward in England.
Notice
Men students, especially X.- :
Gil's, are wanted by the Cam
pus Patrol to serve as student
patrolmen, Captain Philip A.
Mark said yesterday,
_ Student patrolmen officiate
at all campus affairs that re
quire traffic or door controls
The pay while on duty is 50
cents an hour.
Anyone interested should
apply immediately at the
Campus Patrol office, third
floor, Old Main. •