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VOL. 42—No
I:ife Of Czech
inisfer Speaks
in Adopted Land
iMrs. Jan Papanek, American
born wife of the Minister from
Czechoslovakia will speak before
tit% special convocation of college
women in 121 Sparks at 7 p. m.
'Tuesday. Madame - Papanek has
beeri.concerned with the political,
economic, and social status of
ivonien in Czechoslovakia and the
fblk .music of that country, and
she been discussing
these issues on her'speaking tour.
;:j'A graduate of Northwestern
OniVersity, Madarhe Papanek has
been - c.'engaged in social service
'Work at Howell Neighborhood
kiotiae, Chicago. She has lived in
andapest,. Washington, and Pra
gue and is now residing in New
Nark.
Papanek's lecture• is
I,,:)eirig sponsored b y WSGA, with
sßiAth Bollinger and Florence Por
ter:handling arrangements for the
Arieeting. Publicity for the con-
_vocation is 'in charge of Junior
Service Board and Mortar ,Board
will , usher for the lecture.
VASGA will take Madame Papa
fiek to dinner and Owens will en
'certain at a reception in Women's
lyuilding Lounge at the close of
an
° attempt to revive-.school
',sPirit. among coeds songs and
"cheers will pupplement the lecture,
,i,dl Cynthia Johnson and Ricky
)..Grossman leading the cheeers.
jg?,-DunlaPr-WSGA-president
'4l4iroduce the speaker. . •
limpus Organizations
, s; ?range Fiesta Program •
for Pan-American Day
V 1-
,Campus organizations are co
oberating in arranging . plans for
?.te third annual .Pan-Ameriean
fp.ak - Fiesta-to be held April 14.
7 The chief aim of the Fiesta pro
-4
`ram is to promote closer relation
fslip,and good will between North
and - . South . Americdn. students • on
campus.,;
the program for the
il*yc!nirg will be an' informal vie
'dance in::the'Armory 'from 9 - p.m.
dmidniglit sponsored-by Indepen-'
ent. Women's Association and In
;4tiepenclent Men's Association. Dec
atAtkins will center about a South
k'AineriCan theme and exhibition
dancing will be featured by Latin
tAinerican students.
P.4ickets are 35 cents a person
;-.
7!'"Arid, : :6o cents a couple. .
committees for the dance in-
Harriet Strauber and Rob
(iett,Yurkanin, social; Ephraim cat-
OVX-• .and Betty Keim, publicity;
Zankel and Salvatore
I:Hcicci, entertainment and refresh
itinenta; and Imby Erik, decora-
Afons
The • Fiesta program will be
5; opened by a flag ceremony with
r''N-12 units 'participating on Old
;,Main 'Terrace at 7:15 p.m. Guy
4.•, ! Wocids, associate professor of mu
- • , " will lead songs and the lut-
:Y:'tional anthem.
All 7 College President Karl Erd
rman, will Speak at a reception for
f audents in the Hugh Beaver
- Ropm, Old Main, following the
.
. An attempt .is being
;; made b y
the committee to secure
Eoguest speaker -for the affair.
1 - 4; .-: South American movies will be
in the Little Theatre at ,8:15
f ,::p;m. They are "Argentina Prunes"
describing the social situation of
`the country and "Gratias Amigos"
portraying :•war .effort -eontribn
tions,
i jt; ..ceo.chairmen of the :Fiesta are
Z 4 : - Betty Ann Condroti. and . Dolores
PiaTtilcii;i
, ,
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
'Brother Rat' Scores
With All-Star Cast
At Bat
Players' forthcoming production
of "Brother Rat" touches home—
with enough pitching, batting, and
circling the bases in the Little
Theatre nightly to make Joe Be
denk's men of muscle take a rear
.grandstand seat.
It's , baseball time at V. M. I. and
the Players' cast has been going
through a strenuous workout at
the hands of Coach Tucker. The
Bing Edwards (Portman Paget),
Dan Crawford (John Sadden) com
bination are in the lead. for even
money, with Manager Newsreel
Scott (Robert ,Ernst) and all of V.
M. I. putting their faith and chips
on the two for. the Southern Con
ference championship.
Dan is in the .400 batting league
and holding his own, with rivalry
running high between Bing Ed
wards and Harley Harrington (Joe
Vispi) who are both after the ath
letic award to be presented to V.
M. I.'s most outstanding graduat
ing athlete.
-_The headaches are left to Mrs.
Brooks (Marion Wilder) who has
been done the honor of choosing
the brawniest cadet for the laurel
wreath.
Nothing ersatz will do for a
Players' production, Director
Tucker, Mrs. Scott, and the cos
tume managers have arranged for
a shipment of V. M. I. baseball
uniforms to be sent up from -Lex
ington -in time "for- the production
.
Tribunal Tries, Convicts
1 Freshmen Ouf of 20
Newly . re-appointed Tribunal
C'h'air min Guy Newton and his
'associates set an all-semester rec
ord for leniency Wednesday night
When 'they convicted 2 out of 20
repbrted.',freshma . n custom viola
tors.
The unlucy'pair, E. - W. Sprague
and Oscar liberner; drew stiff
sentences of wearing unique corn
tbinatinns of huge cigars, ..poetic
signs„ dunce art.'s, water buckets,
and turned-around clothes.
Closing the meetein.g on an om
inous note, Chairman Newton.re
quested continued
...co-operation
from cipperclass.inen in. :.appre
hending • violators. All names
should be - turned in •to Studen't
T.Tnlio.n with 'the nature 'and date
of the offense . together with the
name End semester of the turnee,
he said.
Collegian Office Hours
The Collegian office in Car
negie Hall will be open to so
cept news stories, classified ad
veiltisements, and subscriptions
Monday through Friday, 1 to
2 p. m.
Modern Art Loss Serious, Says Helme
By LYNETTE LUNDQUIST
"Once the armies on the western
front get past the Brandenburg
Gate they can smash Berlin and
not ruin anything of great historic
art value- except maybe a few
paintings," says J. Burn Helme,
head of the fine arts department.
"What I am worried about are
the fine examples of modern ar
chitecture. on the outskirts. Berlin
is not an old city but it is the home
of . the best. in modern architec
lure," he said. .
The soldiers on the" western
front will see examples of loss . . .
if .they. have-time to , look. On the
road frcim Paris to Berlin are•his,
tonic 'cities with buildings much
treasured in _the art world.
"Cologne? Newspapers • have
playetkup the safety,. of. the catlie
Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff
GSO To Feature
Musical Savants
Al Formal Dance
"Starlight Formal," an All-Col_
lege dance, will be presented in
Recreation Hall, 9 to 12 D. m.,
April 14 by OSO.
Under a starlit canopy, Elrose
L. Allison's "The Musical Sav
ants" of Selinsgrove college and
Holly Wands, vocalist, will pro
vide music. Allison, a professor of
music at Selinsgrove, conducts an
orchestra and a choral group
there.
Intermission will feature Paul
Pioth, master of ceremonies, and
three entertainers. Guy Woc.:3,
assistant professor of music at
the College, will play "Rhapsody
in Blue" and.boogie-woogie sel
ections.
A surprise song will be sung by
Ruth Hill who will also sing
"Without a !Song" and "Begin the
Beguine." Nadia Lulka and Kath
ryn Tyriw will dance a Russian
number known as the Kolymeka.
Booths will be available to all
organizations and grobps for $2.
Reservations may be made with
Rosemary Ghantous, 127 Ather
ton Hall. The dance is semi-for
mal.
.Admission has been. set at $1.20
per couple and '6O cents. for a
stag.. GSO members will be ad
mitted unon presentation of their
cards and• their dates for the. stag
-" , lllfary ' Haines, ,QSa. --president,
_releaSed names of chairmen yes
terday. They are Lois Burkey,
hostesses; Rosemary Ghantous,
publicity; Harriet Kirschner, dec
orations; Doris Stowe, refresh
ments; and Marion Williamson,
entertainment.
Also on the planning committee
are representatives from the V-12,
the ASTP and the X-GI Club,
A/S James Jones and A/S - Robert
Bulmer, Pvt. Stanley Lasoski and
Pvt. Richard Walker, and Paul
Pioth and Robert Whitehall.
Margaret !Rose was recently el
elected, recording secretary of the
Girl's Service Organization. •
Thefa Alpha Phi. Admifs
Five Drama Students
Five students, recently elected
to Theta Alpha Phi, national dra
matics honorary, will be initiated
at the QA Cabin April 15.
Active members of the honor
ary have . selected Patricia Mc-
Chire as the outstanding graduate
of February '45. Her name will
therefore be engraved upon the
plaque in the dramatics office, E,
J. Phillips was awarded a scho
larship as an outstanding drama
student.
dral but in the photographs I can
not find what is infinitely more
valuable. I cannot find the little
13th century churches which used
to dot the city," Helme continued.
"These represented the finest in
German churches, built at the
peak of German art by inspired
craftsmen, and outrank, in an art
ist's mind, the cathedral which is
essentially an 18th century copy of
old Gothic. Only the choir is old
and it is intact.
"We are glad. the cathedial at
Aachen • still stands. • The newer
parts were hit but the octagonal
chapel built by Charlemagne is
undamaged."
The Americans found when- they
arrived in Bohn, the home of Bee
.thoven.. had been . destroyed. • In•
Heidelberg ',the. famous ruined car.-
Semester's OMOH Features
Five-Hour Entertainment
Dancing, movies, ping-pong, for
tune telling, and a lecture will
highlight the activities of the Old
Main Open House, from 7:15
o'clock to 12 midnight tomorrow.
PSCA, in cooperation with other
student organizations, is sponsor
ing the affair.
All proceeds will go to the World
Student Service Fund, announce
Barbara Smith and Harold Grif
fith, co-chairmen. This fund pro
vides direct relief for students and
professors who are victims of war.
Interest spots in Old Main, such
as the President's suite, the deans'
offices, the Penn State Club room,
and the tower, which will be open
for the evening. Ping-pong,_ for
tune telling, and a fish pond will
also be offered.
Harold E. Dickson, professor of
tine arts, will•lecture on the Land
Gleichert Installs Erdman
As All-College Chairman;
Prexy Names Committees
Karl Erdman, new eighth se
mester president, was installed as
chairman of All-College Cabinet
by Robert Gleichert, Elections
committee chairman, at the Cab
inet meeting Tuesday night.
Immediately following the in
stallation Erdman reappointed
Evelyn Wasson as Cabinet secre
tary. The senior president then
nahned several committees to con
sider unfiniShed business from
the . P.revions-Cabinet...,
Guy Newton was reelected
chairman of Tribunal after a pro
longed discussion which lasted
half an hour. Seven other men
students were unanimously chos
en as members - of Tribunal. They
are Patrick Brennan, Frank
Brawn, Edward Carson, Martin
Cohn, Judd Healy, Michael Lynch,
and Glenn Smith.
. New Elections committee_ chair
man is Helen - H'atton. Also on - the
committee are Charles Appleman,
Gertrude Faddis, Jean Gilbert,
Richard ..Griffiths, Elizabet h
Hutchinson, and Harold Tarpley.
A committee- was named to re
vise the . existing All-College
Cabinet Constitution. Victor Dan
ilov was appointed ch'airtman 'by
Erdman. ..Also on the committee
are Charles Alcorn, Michael.
Lynch, Betty Shenk, and Evelyn
Waes.on.
Jeannie Weaver heads the Penn
State School .Spirit committee.
Her aides are Ruth Constlad and
Hal Rahn, third semester presi
dent.
William Morton, chairman of
ithe Swing Inn project, stated that
the •Armory would be open to
night to all students.
Next Cabinet meeting will be
in 104 Old. Main at 8 p.m. Tues
day.
tle was in its pre-war condition
until German patriot guns hit it in
an attempt to fight the occupation
forces.
"And the cathedral at Stras
bourg is covered with such deli
cate sculpture that the resounding
of gunfire might shake the decora
tions down," he said. "We don't as
yet know .about that or the cathe
dral at Ulm which was built in
1377.
"Then too there are cities our
armies have not yet reached. There
is Nuremburg with its clock and a
medieval walled town. There is
Dresden with its • world-famous
porcelain works, .a city which has
already been.bombed.We can only
hope.that will he saved,"
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Grant fresco in the Little Theatre
at 8:15 o'clock. Slides and a movie
will accompany his talk.
In conjunction with the semes
terly Open House, a vic dance and
dry dock will be staged in the
Armory by GSO and IWA. X-GI
Club, Cwens, and Mortar Board
are arranging a talent show for
intermission, with prizes of $3, $2,
and $l.
"The Miracle of Morgan's
Creek," starring Eddie Bracken
and Betty Hutton, will be shown
in 121 Sparks at 8 o'clock, and
again at 10 o'clock.
Organizations cooperating and
their representatives are Cwens,
Barbara Smith; GSO, Mary
Haines; Interfraternity Council,
Charles Hurd; Independent Wom
en's Association, Mildred Gross;
Junior Service Board, 'Betty Hos
terman; Philotes, Martha Irwin;
Women's Student Government As
sociation, Phyllis James; X-G-I
Club, Ted Harmatz; and 'WRA,
Doris Handwerk.
Other organizations assisting
which have not sent representa
tives include Mortar Board, Inde
pendent. Men's Association, Penn
State Club, and Panhellenic Coun
cil.
ASTP Personnel Mark
Army Day wifh Brief
Program at Old Main
All officers and men of the
'Army - BPecializer, Training" Pro. ,
gram at the College will partici
pate in a brieif ceremony in cele
bration of Army Day in front of
Old Main at 5:20 o'clock today.
The War Department, in . desig
nating today as Army Day, has
requested all military units to
celebrate in a manner that will
not interfere with their training.
The review at the College will
last approximately 20 minutes.
Civilians and Navy personnel
tare invited to attend the cere
mony.
Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills, corn.-
mandant of the AST P unit at the
College, says of the. celebration,
"It is indeed fitting that we pause
a m'oment to celebrate .the birth
day of our army, and recall .the
fact that this. army is scattered
over all the world in the success
ful struggle to
.maintain the insti-
Itutions of free men."
Health Service Treats
More Men Than Women
More men than women sought
medical care at the College during
the winter season, according to Dr.
Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the
Health Service.
Dr. Ritenour pointed out that
women were responsible for only
398 bed days at the Infirmary,
while men (military and naval
trainees included) accounted for
867 bed days. The study extended
from October to January, inclu
sive.
At the dispensary, 5485 men
sought medical attention over this
period as compared to 4468 wom
en. Civilian men students repre
sented three-fifths of the former
total.
Newman Club Elects
Newman Club recently elected
the following new of icers: Ray
mond Hensler, president; Leonard
Scalise, vice-president; Patricia'
Sheffer, recording secretary; Bea
trice Shaw, corresponding secre
•tary; and Vincent Quinlin, treas
urer.
Initiation will take place at the
.Phi Kappa house. April