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Penn State
To Debate .
With Hopkins
Penn State will debate with
Johns Hopkins in 121 Sparks
Building, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Compulsory military training will
be the tonic for the this only home
debate of the year.
. Fred M. Kecker, holding first
place in 11 out of 13 intercolleg
iate• debates and winner of last
semester's all college speech con
test, will compete for Penn State.
His partner will be Martin Len
nig, participating in his first in
tercollegiate event and runner-up
in the All-College speech contest.
In. Charge of the debate wil be Ot
lis L. Castleberry, winner of 20
out 24 intercollegiate debates.
The first event in the new sea
son which now begins, the . Penn
State debaters will try to equal
the College's 25 victories and four
defeat record of last season.
The debate will be Oregon plan
with two 15 minute constructive
•speeches, two ten minute cross
examinations, and two five min
ute summary rebuttals. It is in
tended to be non-decision, with an
open forum afterwards.
Frosh Hold
Victory Dance
"CV Day," (customs victory)
will be celebrated b'y first and
second semester freshmen at a
mixer' Recreation Hall from
30. to 10. p. m. Friday.
-Th'd bs• , °the
(Pirst :Semester Club of PSCA, will
be primarily a stag affair, al
though couples will be admitted.
James IV.tcKeand, first semester
president, will be master of cere
monies, and at intervals during
the evening will direct mixers
designed for everyone present.
"Vic" music will be provided.
Gene. Minich and Alice Miller
are general chairmen. In charge
of tickets are Chairman Frank
Richardson and Robert Anderson,
'Jane Fouracre and Joan Wolfe.
Publicity will be handled by
Chairman George Vadasz and Ann.
Auchenback, Nick Danyluck,
Charlotte Gomell,. Eleanor Ro
manyshim, Marjorie Thomas and
teverly Witherovv.
Special dances 'and mixers will
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College Librarian Dies
Of Leukemia Al Hotpital
Miss Gladys R. Cranmer, senior
assistant librarian, died of leuke
rnia in the Robert Packer Hospital
at Sayre, 6:30 p.m.. August 24.
Miss Cranmer, a native of Mon
roeton, spent six • years in the
4yraduse, N. Y., Public Library, in
the catalog department, and the
rest of her professional lire at the
College library.
The librarian made many con
tributions to professional meetings,
as secretary of the Pennsylvania
ibrary Association, College and
Reference section 19312- 1 3, and sec•
raary to the Pennsylvania Library
Associat!on during the past year.
. aVliss Cranmer was founder and
builder of the Penn State College
collection at the. Übrary, director
of the ' Wesleyan -League at St.
Paul's Church, and active in the
AAUW. She received the degree
of B.L.E. in 1916 from Syracuse
niversity Library School and B.S
from the College in 1932.
. ,
MIRA Cancels Dance
'Because of the .large number
students.lemng •tlie College
;over. Labor. Day weekend; the
Irotrien's - Recreation Associa.:
t'on square dance and 'football•
t.ally originally scheduled for
;tomorrow night has been post
poned. Alice Hooper, president
12 , 1 the executive board, an-
Inowiced September 22 as the
Xiew tentative date for the af
itair.
Ovl Totirgiatt
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1945--STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
LT. COL. GUY G. MILLS, on
the left, observing the per
formance or. a field problem by
an Advanced R.O.T.C. student.
buy Mills To Leave
Army Service Tomorrow,
Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills, formerly
commandant of the Reserve Offi
cers Training Corps-Army Special
ized Training unit at the College,
will leave tomorrow for Fort
Hays where he will be retired
from active -military duty.
Colonel Mills first came to the
College in May 1941 with the rank
of assistant professor of military
science and taet:cs, and served as
commandant from February 1944
until April 1945.
Colonel iMills expects to return
to State College by September 8.
The •combined ROTC-ASTP units
at the College honored Colonel
Mills yesterday afternoon with a
retreat parade. Members of the re
- viewingHparty - ;-hiclUded , ' 'Colonel
Mills; President Ralph Hetzel,
Dean Harry Hammond, Dr. Don
ald Cryder, and Dr. Joseph Rite
nour.
Before coming to State College,
Colonel Mills was stationed in Co
lumbus, 0., where he was officer
between the Secretary of War and
the governor of Ohio, and also
served as state advisor on,occupa
tional deferments for selective
service.
Players io Give Comedy
Homecoming Weekend
Noel Coward's sophisticated
comedy, "Blithe Spirit" will be
presented by Players in Schwab
Auditorium, home coming week
end, October 5 and 6.
Cast in the leading part, Joseph
Vispi will play Charles Condo
mine, twice-married playboy-au
thor. Dee James will portray El
vira, his first wife who returns
from the dead to take her husband
back to the soiritual world with
her. Ruth, Condomine's second
wife. will be played by Sydney
Friedman.
Verna Sevast will take the part
of .Madame Arcati, mystic fortune
teller: The parts of Dr. and Mrs.
'Bradman will be played by Port
man Paaet and Panna Brown, and
Libby Peters will play Edith, a
maid.
Students To
By LARRY FOSTER
What does the future hold in
store for Private First Class Jimmy
Wilson?
You can answer that , better•thars
he.
In h!s bed at the Thomas M.
England General Hospital in At
lantic City, he has more than
enough time to dream of the fu
ture. But whether he can. make
those - dreams come true, without
either arms or lags to help him
along, depends upon his fellow
Aniericans in whose name he gave
everything short - of life itself.
Jib' Gift -Front Penn State
Twenty-year-old Timmy, comes
from Starke, Fla., nnd entered the
Army Air Forces two years ago.
Last October he lost his four limbs
in a 'bomber crash.
This coming week, everyone at
Penn State will have .the opportu
nity to "fall in" with the generous
Published. Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff
Dry Dock Reopens
Labor Day Holiday Granted
President 'Declares
Labor Day Holiday
On Monday Penn 'State will
have what is probably the first
proclaimed Labor Day holiday in
the history of the College.
When the President proclaimed
a holiday for the College on Lab
or Day; it may well have been the
first time such a proclamation was
ever issued here because, previous
to the 'accelerated program, Labor
Day always came during the sum
mer vacation.
After the College adopted its
wartime schedule in 1912, not only
Labor Day, but Memorial Day,
Fourth of July, Armistice Day,
Thanksgiving, and all of the na
tion's , other one-day holidays
were just another school day at
Penn - State. Thus, on Monday, the
College will have its first single
holiday since the beginning of the
accelerated program, with the ex
ception of the recent V-J Day
spree.
President Hetzel made the an
nouncement of the Labor Day hol
iday on Monday, declaring that
there should be no classes and
'that all College, offices would be
closed except those which must
remain open for necessary opera
tions. Thus, peace has brought to
the College its second long week
end within a: month.
Parthel-Holds
Card Party
"Coed Card , Party" is being
sponsored' by -Panhellenic Council
in the southiweFA lounge of Ather
ton Hall at 7: 1 30 o'clock tonight,
according to Jeanne Weaver, preS
ident.
Bridge as well as other card
games will be played by the men
and women attending. Tickets for
the affair are 30 cents per person
and may be purchased at the door
or from any sorority member.
Geraldine Reinhart, chairman
for the oarty, has announced that
all games will be over by 10
o'clock to permit students to at
tend the ~eopening nfght of Dry
Dcck in the basement cif Old Main.
Punch and cookies will be served
to all who attend the card party.
The presentation of four prizes
will , climax the evening. Two of
these prizes will be awarded to the
highest scorers at bridge; the third
goes to low scorer for the evening;
and the other one will be reserved
as a prize :or high man for the
other card game most popular dur
ing the evening..
Assisting Miss Reinhart in ar
rangements fcr the affair are.
Betty Berman, Sydelle Buckwal
ter, Patricia Reiff; and Delbert
Weiner.
ive To Jim Wilson Fund
Americans all over the nation who
have unselfishly contributed over
$50,000 to the Jimmy Wilson Fund
sponsored 'by the Philadelphia In
quirer. At the end of the week
long campaign, the College hopes
to send Jimmy a sizeable check
representing donations from the
faculty, servicemen, and students
at Penn State.
Leaders To Collect
Barracks leader s, fraternity
presidents, dormitory presidents,
and club chairmen are asked t 6
assume responsibility for collect
ing contributions in their houses.
A list will be compiled and pub
lished in next week's issue of Col
legian giving the name of each or
gan'zation and the sum collected.
Students can help by mailing
donations to the Jimmy Wilson
Fund, Collegian Office, Carnegie
Hall-Contributions will also be re-
After five weeks of intensive preparation, Dry Dock will be held
in the Sandwich Shop, Old Main, from 9 to 12 o'clock tonight.
Revived at the College by the student body after an absence of
almost two-and-a-hale years, Dry Dock will have a night club atmo
sphere with a six-piece band, floor show, decorations, and refresh
ments. There will be no admission charge.
Tables wil be set up for small parties, and there will be plenty of
Coeds to Receive
2:30 Permissions
For Midnight Show
Senate of Women's Stuctent
Government Association has grant
ed special 2:30 o'clock permissions
to all coeds for Sunday night so
that they may attend the Midnight
move in town at that time.
This is the first permission later
than 2 a.m. granted to coeds since
the College began its accelerated
program, according to Charlotte E.
Ray, dean of women. Dean Ray
stated that she believes this per
mission a wise though unusual
step 'because of the desire of stu
dents for addit'onal recreation
over the long holiday weekend.
To prevent a rush on the theater
late Sunday night, members of
WSGA House of Representatives
will collect money for tickets ,fo:
small groups today and tomorrow.
They will deliver these tickets to
the purchasers s•.metime tomor•
row.
Special 1;1 o'clock permissions, to
be used interchangeably with the
usual weekend 1 o'clock, have been
granted to ell—first• semester coeds
for this weekend. Senators state
that these 11 o'clocks are being
given to enable tireshmari women
to attend tonight's• reopening of
Dry Dock.
Mary Jane Doerner has been
named as senior senator to serv2
in the place of Lois McClelland
who leaves at the end of the Post-
Session.
Dr. Ritenour Denies
One Way Travel Rumor
"There is no foundation to the
current . rumor that due to the
prevalence of infantile paralysis,
students who visited. or will visit
Trenton, N. J., will not be permit
ted to return to the College," an
nounced Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour,
director of the College health
service.
Dr. Ritenc.u.e however said that
students should refrain from trav
eling, especially to areas where
the disease is widespread, to avoid
contact with large groups Of peo•
ple. He points out that the theory
is that polio is a communicable
disease spread by direct contact
with carriers of the infection.
"There is no need to invite
trouble by traveling," continued
the health service director. ,"A
pleasure trip could end in a most
unpleasant way. Don't travel if it
isn't necessary."
ceived at Student Union in Old
Ma!ri. The total amount collected
from fraternity houses, Army and
Navy barracks, and coeds' dormi
tories should be brought to the
Student Union Office.
Containers have been placed in
stores in town for the benefit of
those who wish to make their con
tributions in that manner.
The drive will .end at noon
Thursday. All .donations should be
made before that time.
Plans To Attend College
Fitted with artificial limbs
which enable him to walk and to
perform many of the - everyday
tasks done by people without his
serious handicaps, Jimmy hopes to
leave the hospital in December for
his home in Starke, Fla., on the
!first part of a journey that wiil
take him to college and then into
'business for himself.
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PRICE FIVE CENT'
in Old Main;
room for dancing, according to
June First, chairman.
' William Reutti and Jacy Sack,
masters-of-ceremonies, will pre
sent skits. %Included in tonight's
flcor show will be Bruce Rizette
and Edward Silverburg, dance
team; Rita Mittleman, specialty
singer; and irgil Neely, who will
offer original musical composi
tions. .
In addition to , the regular floor
show, a surprise feature will be
presented each week.
Talent night will be conducted
in the Sandwich Shop, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, to recruit talent for fu
ture floor shows. Singers, dancers,
or anyone who can play musical
instruments are urged to attend
tryouts.
Murals and college banners
will decorate the walls of the
Sandwich Shop. Colored lights
will be used to give the rom a
night-club atmosphere, and tables
will have•waxed decorations.
Hostesses representing Wom
en's Student Government Associ
ation will be present. Each week
a different coed group will send
members to Dry Dock to act as
hostesses.
For future entertainment plans,
Dry Dock 13iariS to hold amateur
nights - and faculty nights,- when
the faculty will offer their talents
to all present.
- June First is Dry Dock chair
man. Serving under her are Stan
lew Ziff, publicity chairman;
Frank Snyder, chairman of the en
tertainment •comimittee; William
Morton, refreshments; Arnold
Taylor, music; Maurice Hymo
witz and Kay Ryder, decorations,
and Lee Rongaus, lighting effects.
Fishburn Announces
Rand Reorganization
Prof. Hummel Fishburrr any
nounces a meetina b in 117 Carnegie
Hall 7 p.m. Wednesday for all
those interested in playing in the
reorganized Blue Band. Musicians
should bring their own instruments
or contact Prof. Prank Gullo, 117
Carnegie Hall, 6:45 p.m. Wednes
day, if they wish to borrow a col
lege-owned instrument.
Both men and women are eligi
ble for this band which will play
at the home football games. There
will be no tryouts since there are
a good many students who have
not had an opportunity to perform
recently. The band will serve as a
training period for tryouts for the
concert band which will be or
ganized at the close of the football
season.
News Series Reprints
Available At PI Office
Public Information Office, 310
Old Main, announces that reprints
of the newspaper series, "From.
Combat to Campus", which re
cently appeared in the Pittsburgh
Press, are available for mailing
purposes.
The reprints recount the ease
with which ex-servicemen are
fitting into campus life. Persons
mailing copies of the newspaper
series are asked to address them
to friends of the College and more
especially to to prospective ex-
G.l.'s.
No Chapel Services
Chapel services will not be
conducted Sunday, announced
Chaplain John H. Fezzell, Pres
ident Hetzel has authorized • a
weekend holiday from Saturday
roan -until Tuesday morning.
Deans
Predict