Buy More War Wands Dean Whitmore To Receive Gibbs Chemistry Award Dr. Frank C. :Whitmore, dean of the *School of Chemistry and Physics at the College, will re ceive this year's Willard Gibbs Medal, the highest chemical hon or in the nation, the American chemical Society announced to day. The award is in recognition of •Whitmore's "outstanding contri lbutions to organic chemistry and his' vigorous leadership... ,in the advancement of chemistry...." The dean is a Iworld authority on organic chemistry related to petroleum. He now has about . 50 men doing war research work on aviation fuels, explosives, lubri cants, anti - rnalarials, synthetic rubber, penicillin, silicones, and airplane camouflage. He is consultant .to industrial groups and to federal agencies, including the WPB, WVIC, tional Defense Research Commit tee. Office of Production Re search and Development, and the Quartermaster General's office. • Dean Whitmore, who was pres ident of the American Chemical Society in 1938, is well-known among' chemists for his chemical publications numbering more than 100 and for his numerous talks dt" the society sessions. The 34th...medalist • since the award •was founded, Dr. Whit more's name will (be added to a distinguished list, including Ma dame 'Curie, isolator of radium,, and six% other Nobel' Prize win ners.' - .•- `Dean•WhitmoreL;did„.hiS imder-• graduate study at:liarvard-Uni— versity; -taught at Williams Rice institute, University of Minnesota and for-many years at Nort•hwestern University. Honor ary- doctorates'have . been confer red 'upon him by four collegoe-- Frenklin- and Marshall, Delaware, Allegheny, :and. the Philadelphia ,College of Oiteopathy; • 'has been' dean of the chem istry- and physics school at the College since 1929: • :13.1 - (*o. - 4 - .1i0160 'Schedule Set 4 Dates for- •blcx:rd typing have ::been set for Thursday, May 29, and May 31 the College. Dispensary; 'Old -Main, announced Michael ..Lynch,' chairman, today. ' 4.-Registration in the 'first floor, lounge -of. Old Main for first and eighth semester students is in its last day. The desk will be open ,from 8 to 12 a.m. and .1 •to 5 p.m. Actual appointments for typing will be made at registration. Cards Stating the blood type of the stu ,dent will be given. No 'dharge will be made. "As the process , involves only a few minutes and one drop of blood, the student can well afford •to have his blood typed," said Lynt;:i. Other members of the commit tee include Doloros Baldwin, reg istration;, Jewell Baran off, contact; Sidney Ebock, investigation; Vera Owens,, Jean Gilbert, laboratory; Midhael Bosenlberger, , cards. The project is [being conducted under the sponsorship of WISGA. New Art Exhibit Opens The second art exhibit - ion in the re-opened gallery, 303 Main En gineering, will start at 8:30 a.m., Monday, and last for one week, announced Prof. J. Burn Heinle. The exhibition, entitled "The 'Hemisphere in Watercolor," will Consist of .25 paintings by Eliot O'Hara, well-known water color painter and author.. • X-O-Ps Warn Offenders X-G-I Olub-wishes to make clear that•lt is a federal offense for•anY onalather .than. an Akonorsibly serskeznat to wear lthe veterans' , xiisoharge 'button. t Totirgiatt Players Prime For First Nite Down in the Little Theatre be tween the scenes of "The Hasty Heart," currently in rehearsal, there's a 'show going on nightly that would make the Helzapoppin crew look tame in comparison. It has become a toss-up whether Director Tucker's nervous break down will be brought on by the cast, or whether the 'construction crew will beat them to it. • Off in one corner stands Dick Frontman muttering to himself as Locklin QPortman Paget) plays the Lochinvar to his nurse (Claire •Co hen), Dick being the off stage lover concurrently. Meanwhile, Blossom (Charles Shultz), Digger (A/S Matt Szyller), and Kiwi• (Illidhard Sibley) are perched on some stage sets, each practicing his. own dia lect in as loud a voice as lungs will permit. The rest of the cast has just 'cajoled them into toning it down into a loud shout when Lock lin stops his love-making and takes up his bagpipes, eliciting the weirdest tones, according to the cast, that the Little Theatre has ever , had to sustain. The only gralcious comment the cast could venture was 'that the script calls for six wounded sol diers, so, they spend most of their time in bed. Construction Manager - Grace Clayton has prdblems too. When you've got a play that's set in a little native hut on the Assam- Burma front bamlboo is simply es (Continued on page &even) Economist Stuart. Chase Brings Forum Lecture . . ,!Where. Do -We Go,Frorn „Here?" till' lecture by Economist Stuart Chase. postponed tram ,last Feb ruary, will 'be presented by the State College Community- Forum in S'chwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. May 29. " • ' A broken ankle and then an attack of pleurisy prevented Mr. Chase. from fulfilling his Febru ary and March • lecture engage ments, 'so his lecture will now be the last in this season's series. The lecture" will .deal with the economic_ trends and forces which 'produced the - Great - Boom, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and other recent 'shattering -changes in •ways of thinking and behaving about money, saving, investment, government control, relief, farming, and labor. A fall• series has been planned by the 17 campus, and community organizations comprising the For urn, and will 'begin in November. Student Constitution Amended By Cabinet The-establishment of a new judicial system and the return of All-College officers are the major revisions to the Student Govern ment Constitution which were unanimously passed by All-College Cabinet Tuesday night. Other changes included the addition of, five'reppresentatives to ex-officio 'positions, a provision which would set definite election dates for every semester, and sev eral minor alterations. All the recommendations as proposed by the Constitution Re vision committee met with uni versal approval. Chairman Vic tor Danilov read the revisions and each was voted on separately. The judicial set-up calls for a new system of appointment to Student Tribunal and Judicial Committee.. A nominating com mittee has been established to select members for the judiciary bodies. It will be composed of the Judicial chairman, Tribunal chair man, and two representatives from. Cabinet and WSGA's Senate. The deans of men and women are ex-officio members of this group, while the All-College president will be chairman of the commit tee. Members 'of Tribunal and Ju dicial will be chosen for two semester terms. Two representa tives each from the ;fifth, Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff Deans Fletcher, Resign College ::., t ,,,:.:.: ~..,, .:,,„:„,::,:.:, :,.....,,..,,:. r:.„..,:.... e . .:':•. ; : • CHARLES W. STODDART All-College Cabinet Plans Memorial Day Exercises Because of the proximitycf V-E Day and Memorial Day, All-Col lege Cabinet alas decided to have an extensive ceremony with a guest speaker, preferably a 'mem= :ber of the armed forces., • ,-• - Cabinet stresses that its ' plans are .only tentative -at this ' date. Maj. Gen. Philip Hays, command ing officer, 3rd Service Command, Baltimore, has been announced as the probable guest speaker. He will be the guest of. the Cabinet during his visit to State College. Also. tentative on the program, to iba held at New Beaver Field, is the plan for a military review by, the Army ;and Navy units. " All townspeople in State College and surrounding communities will be invited to attend the ceremony, announced Stan Bernheim, •chair man cf. the Memorial Day Com mittee.. - Other members of the commit tee 'are Judd Healy, Van Lundy, Michael Lynch; and Harold Rahn. A sponsoring committee to con tact the student body •has been formed and is composed of all the organizational presidents on cam pus. seventh, and eighth semesters will be on judicial councils. The chairman of each (body must be a senior with at least one semes ter's experience. All members must have a "1" or better average and meet all the requirements as set down by the nominating com mittee. A Senior Board, , composed of senior memlbers of Judicial and Tribunal, will meet during the semester to coordinate .actiyities and determine regulations and policies having to do with the men and women students. "This board will permit closer cooperation between the two ju dicial bodies," pointed out Chair man Danilov. "The time has come when it is necessary for Tribunal and Judicial to act together on certain matters." The offices of All-College pres ident and secretary - treasurer (Continued on page seven) nk..„ ' Traveler, Author Presents Lecture Under the 'auspices of the Amer ican Association of University Women, Mrs. Eleanor "Bumpy" Stevenson, veteran American Red Cross worker and author of "I Knew Your Soldier," will speak in 121 Sparks, 4:•10 o'clock today. The public is urged to attend. Mrs. Stevenson, a graduate from Smith,•will talk about her experi ences abroad Where she served with her husband, who was head of the American Red Cross in 'Eng land and later in North Africa and Italy. The Red Cross • worker and her husband might be called a first couple, for they were the first cou ple to serve overseas together and the first and only couple to receive the Bronze Star, awarded them by General Mark Clark. Of "Bumpy" the late Ernie Pyle wrote: "She is a sort of roving delegate,, - olkeerer 7 upper, smoother over, and finder-outer for • the whole Red Cross . . . and hail the Army too. She lends her ear to tales of woe, turns her smile on generals and privates •without dis tinction." Richard Mauthe, campus Red Cross ,chairman, will introduce the speaker. Autographed copies of Mrs. Stevenson's book will be on sale in the lobby of Sparks (before an,d after the lecture. The proceeds of the sales will go to the !Ameri can Red Cross, courtesy of Keeler's Book Store. Coeds Name WSGA Slate; Hold Primaries Thursday Nominations for WSGA will be accepted from the floor in 'a mass meeting at 1.10 Home 'Economics at 6:30 p.m. Monday. All coeds are urged to attend to supplement the slate offered by Senate. Primaries will be held in first floor lounge Old Main Thursday, and :final elec tions in Old Main are sdheduled for the following Monday, May 28. 3 Coeds Honored At Matrix Dinner Mary "Pete" Faloon has been elected "Quill Girl," most popular coed, it was announced at the !Mat rix Dinner last night. Ruth Constad was made "Matrix Girl," coed who has contributed most to the Col lege, and Joan Huber, "Cap Girl," most versatile coed, by Theta Sigma. Phi at their annual dinner, STEVENSON W. FLETCHER Buy More War 'Bonds Stoddart ositions Dr, McFarland, DuMont Retire Retirement on June 30 of two deans of the College was approv ed at the meeting of the executive committee of the Board of Trus tees over the weekend and an nounced today. They are Dean Stevenson W. Fletcher of the School of Agri culture and Dean Charles W. Stoddart of the School of the Li beral Arts. Each will be retired with the rank of dean emeritus of his school. • Dr. Fletcher, 69, has been dean of the School of Agriculture since 1940, having been a professor of horticulture at the College since 1917. He had previously served at Washington Agricultural Col lege, West Virginia University, Cornell University and University of Michigan. Dean Fletcher received his bachelor of science. from Massa chusetts Agricultural College, and master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees from Cornell University. Dr. Stoddart, 69, has been dean of the School of Liberal Arts since 1920. He came to the College as a professor of agricultural chemistry in 1910. He also served as acting dean of the School of Natural Sciences from 1920. to 1924. - • Dean Stoddart received bache lor of arts and master of arts.de grees frOm Columbia University, and a doctor of philosophy de gree from the University of Wis consin. • The executive committee also approved the recommendation of Dean Fletcher that Prof. J. W. White be designated as acting head of the• department of agro nomy from May 1 when the re tirement of Dr. Charles F. Noll became effective, until July 1, • (Continued on page seven) GSO Slates 'V -E Dance' John baby's "Honey Boys" will be the intermission attraction at the "V -E Dance" to be held in Recreation Hall, 9 to 12 p.m. May 26. The "Honey Boys," a pre war campus tradition, were reor ganized this semester. In a setting of red, white and. blue bunting and the flags of al lied nations, Elrose L. Allison and "The Musical Savants" will pro vide the music. Holly Wands is vocalist at the All-College infor mal dance. At intermission "The Musical Savants" will also present a nov elty show featuring Allison at the piano. Tickets will be available in all Army and Navy barracks and at the Corner Room next week. They will bee $2 per couple and $1 for a stag. The dance is sponsored by CSO. Booths may be of by or ganizations by calling Rosemary Ghantous, 127 Atherton. Committee chairmen are as fol lows: Lois Burkey, hostesses; Gloria Friedman, tickets; Rose mary Ghantous, posters; Lynette Lundquist, publicity; A/S Robert ()Miley and Harriet Kirschner, decorations; Marion Williamson, entertainment. A/S Robert Oltiley and James Sheehan have 'been appointed V -12 representatives on the GSO Council. Gloria Roulet° was recently lected GSO historian.
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