Ex-Dean Makes 'Tithe' Page 5 -2,.. VOL. 42—N0....2fr Vandal Defaces Lion Shrine Head Cabinet Asks Tribunal To Seek Offender L'pstick and broviii- shoe•polis'.t were used to decorate the face of the Lion Friday morning, Presi dent Mtchael Lynch told Cabinet Tuesday evening, quoting a report from Captain Marks cf the Campus Patrol. Lynch went on to -say that four offenses have been committed since the statue by Heinz War neke, a gift of the. Class of 1940, has been completed. in an effort to locate the vandal, Tr:ibunal was appointed to investigate the case !Robert McGregor will head a committee. to aid Tribunal •in the search. Other members of the committee are Jean Butz, Gene Folmer, James Hugo, and Jesse Panar. Alumni Weekend' Plans Cooperating with • the Alumni Association in making plans for Homecoming Weekend, October 6, Cabinet was told •by committee chairman Jack Seavey that the Colgate football game will be broadcast over station rICtI)HiA. Ac cording to Seavey, the pep rally in• Recreation Hall' the Friday night before the game - may Ihe broadcasted too. Working on • the Homecoming Weekend committee with Mr. Sea vey are Dick Bradley, Ephraim Catsiff, Lois Cleaver, Dorothy 'Davis, Mary 'Margaret Dunlap, June First, Dick Griffiths, Helea Hatton, Judd Healy, James .Hugo, A/S James 'Jones, and • Stanley - . In:conjunction with:these plans, Cabinet approved.the appointritent 'of, Jack Davenport and Jeanne Weaver to send a special invita tion• to the leaders of student gov.• ernment at Colgate to attend a luncheon given by Cabinet Alumni Weekend. June First received a vote of congratulations for her commit tee's. work in making Dry-Dock a success. Miss First announced that Dry. Deck swill, again be open to morrow night and will probably continue Saturday nights' through out September. BOok Exchange, Report Chairman 'of the Student Book Exchange committee, Jos e p Steele, reported that as soon as enough - , students have. been en gaged to work in the Student Book ExChange, • the project will' be ready to operate, next semester. Navy personnel will register for :student. government • elections at registration:or at a later date if they so desire, according to the plan proposed by the Naval Rein ticins-Cominittee headed by Jack Davenport. Final plans for the of ficial registration after the sailors have paid their .75 cent fee will be decided by the Ele;:tions Commit tee,' Davenport stated. An amendment to the Constitu tion' which would grant the privi lege of send!ng an ex-officio mem ber to Cabinet from the X-G-I Club was introduced. In order to (Continued on ,page seven) Four Coeds Nominated For Freshman Senator Joan Mooney, Jean Nichols, Helen Reed, and Rose (Marie Wag ner, first semester coeds, have 'been nominated for Freshman Senator in the Women's Student - Government Association, an nounced Mary Margaret Dunlap, president. All first semester women are • urged to vote at the •primary elec• tions in the first floor _lounge, Old Main, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and (1:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday. • From the four competing in the primaries,. the two who receive the h!ghest number of votes will run in the' final elections. Final voting will take place in - the first . floor lounge of Old Main from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to ;4 o.m. Thursday. - The nowly-elecWd senator will attend the .first WSGA meeting after the election. She: will be tha off'cial representative to WSGA. ,through the remainder of her P-idrclshman year Tatirgian FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA $3 54.1 0 Donated To Wilson Fund Donat!ons amounting to $36.1.10 poured in late last night as the Collegian's Jimmy. Wilson Fund drive neared the finish line In what proved to be a successful campaign. Sometime next week, Jim my Wilson will receive Penn State's gift at the Army Hos pital in Atlantic City. The money will be presented to him through the Philadelphia Inquirer, which ended its own campaign earlier in the week. After getting off to, a slow start, student organizatiGns on campus, along with individual donors, gcal, lied late in the week to boost the total amount higher and higher. Because some contributors failed to make returns before the dead line, Collegian was requested to extend the drive a day longer. For those who still wish to do nate to the fund, the Student Union Office: will accept contribu tions until noon tomorrow. At that time, the campaign will officially end. The ASTP unit was the first organization to' solicit- for the fund. The Army boys gener ously_" contributed:.sB7.42 , be fore they. left on their fur loughs last• Saturday. This is the largest amount contributed by .a single organization thus far in the campaign. Phi Sigma Delta fraternity members donated one dollar apiece for a total of $3O which took ton honors among the fraternities, Beta Sigma_ Rho followe4.cl:oae behind- . with a donatiOn of $28z50... • Private Jimmy Wilson is the 26, year old Army Air Corps boy who lost both 'arms and (both legs in a bomber crash in-Vermont last Oc tober. Since then, he has been re cuperating in the Thomas WI. Eng land Army Hospital in Atlantic City. Jimmy hopes to be released from the hospital by December and then he hopes to begin col lege. Although the Navy -V-12'ers haven't contributed •as yet, theykoromise to.do so as soon as they receive their checks which have been delayed en route. Thanks, Navy. Despite his, tremendous handi cap, Jjmmy looks forward to a bright future.- Somewhere in his dreams is a girl. Generous Ameri cans from all over the nation have helped him face his great problem with the assurance that•his people, you and I, would not fail to come to the aid of one of our most at- (Continued on page five) Hunt To Play For ISC Prom Brad Hunt and his orchestra will play for the "Pig Skin Prom". Alumni Homecoming. Weekend, October 6. He is heard regularly on station KDKA Pitts burgh and plays at Kennywood Park. Alumni servicemen will be especially honored. The dance will be held in Re creation Hall from 9 to 12 p. m. The hall will be decorated in the theme of a football stadium. It is hoped that the dance will be broadcast on. KDKA, said Flor ence Zankle,:lSC social chairman. Independent Student Council is sponsoring the dance. Ephraim Catsiff, president, has appointed •the following committees: Fi nances: Robert Moore; • social: Florence Zankel, chairman, Mary Bitner, 'Martin Lennig, and Pearl MincemoSier; program: Burdie Dimel, chairman,* Michael HaE lms, Jackie Ladoux, and Walter Pascoe; publicity: Jacqueline La doux, chairman, Mary Bitner, Lorraine Cerrarra, Dorothy Davis, Adele Ernst, Martin Lennig, Joy Levine, Robert Johnston, Pearl Mincemoyeri and 'Barbara Ritz man., Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff 'Blind Date' To Highlight Dry Dock After registering a smashing hit with students and servicemen on opening night, Dry Dock will make its second appearance in the Sand wich Shop, Old Main, from 9 to 12 o'clock tomorrow night with a complete new floor show and. band. Hundreds of students and serv• icemen welcomed 'Dry Dock back into campus activities last week, and showed tremendous enthusi asm toward having it continued indefinitely. Among this week's surpris.n, "Blind Date" takes the spotlight. The show will 'be conducted simi larly to the nation-wide radio pro gram aired . each week. Special prizes for all contestants will be furnished 'by the Dry Dock com mitted with June First as chair man. Jack Sack will 'be master of ceremonies tomorrow night, head ing an entirely new floor show which will feature "The Three Stooges." Other entertainment will include singers and dancers from among the student 'body. The sec ond Dry Dock-band will make its debut, providing music from 9 ti 12 o'clock. Again this week, hostesses from a coed group on campus will be present. Xtefreshments will be served in the Sandwich Shop cafe teria all evening.. Among the future entertainment features planned by the Dry pock committee are a "Navy Night" with the sailors doing their own floor.: show,. and,. a. `l.r.Ath or - sequentee show" with faculty' memfbers as contestants. Players To Present Gay 'Blithe Spirit' farce Homecoming Weekend Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," to be staged 03y Players in Schwab Auditorium Homecoming weekend, October 5 and 6, is a gay, imprdb able farce that haB delighted the ater-goers since it first opened in Manchester, England, in 19421. Now completing the second of a six-week rehearsal period, the cast of. the Players' show 'feels firmly convinced that 'Blithe' Spirit" 'will provide enjoyable entertainment to all who see it. The story deals with CharleS Condomine (Joseph Vispi), play boy-atithor, and his two wives, Ruth (Sydney Friedman) and El vira (Dee James). Doing research" for a book on mysticism, Charles invites Madame Arcati (Verna Se • vast), a mystic herself, to his homa to hold a seance. Present at the performance are Ruth and Dr. and Mrs. Bradman (Portman Paget and Fanna Broiin), with Edith, the maid (Libby Peters), running •in_ and out of the room at frequent intervals. To the complete surprise of ev eryone, in'cluding Madame Arce, Elvira, who has been dead for seven years, is brought back from the "other side" to heckle Charles and Ruth and attempt to breaK up their marriage. For two acts Elvira, visible only to Charles an - 1 the - audience, prances about the stage, completely confusing the rest of the cast by carrying on conversations with Charles that no one else can hear. Ruth in the meantime thinks that her husband has lost his mind until she realizes that ;Elvira is really on the earth again and is attempting to murder CharleS in order to take hiol back to the world of- the surernatural with (Continued on page seven) Loft Photos LaVie photographs of seniors. Iraduating in October will be `aken Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Friday at the Penn State Photo Shop. All grad uates are requested to make an appointment for one of these days, Doris Stack, acting editor :0 Finnnunced today. 'The Hig' Drives Hole-In-One Just twenty-six years after Bob Higgins be'came an All- American on the gridiron, he also became one of the "greats" in local golfdom. Playing on the College course with his daughter, Ginger, Saturday, he shot an eagle hole-in-one on the 200-yard twelfth hole. According to the College's golfing coach, Bdb Rutherford, this feat is the first hole-in one scored on the twelfth hole since the course was built. Bursar Offers Defermenf Forms Students wishing deferment of fees may secure standard appli cation forms in the Bursar's Of fice, 110 Old Main now. Forms must be filled out by the parent or guardian and receivea in the of fice of the bursar on or before October 1, 1945, according Ito Rus sell A. Clark, College bursar. The total amount deferred in any semester is limited to 60 per cent of the fees over and above senatorial 'scholarships or other exemptions. The 'deferment may not exceed $5O for students not living in dormitories, or $l5O for women living in dormitories. Deferments must be paid on or before December 15, 1945, and January 15, 1946. That portion of the fall fee not deferable is pay able November 16, 1945. Since only:,the-Stildent - cairstirnate th - total - charges for—the semester during the three-week period be tween registration and the days for the nayment of fees, he should notify his parents of the exact amount that wil be needed on the specified day. Entering freshmen and transfer students are not granted defer ment privileges since the new stu dent's academic life may be han dicapped by unaccustomed finan cial problems. The deferment procedure is granted to parents and guardians without charge and according to the above regula tions. The credit already established by the parent at the College is the basis of approval •of deferment ap plications. If exceptional circum stances' make it necessary for a parent to make late application for deferment, the same regulations will be enforced and a fee of $5 wil be assessed. Lion Debaters Face Columbia Columbia University will make an unexpected visit to the Col lege for a .debate in 316 Sparks at 8 p.m. tonight, on the subject "Resolved: That the full employ ment bill is not necessary to na tional reconversion." Johns !Hopkins University can celled - its debate with the Col lege team suddenly Wednesday night, and a substitute team of Penn State debaters took over the audience-decision type dis cussion of compulsory military conscription. Ballots were distributed among the audience to determine wheth er their opinions had been changed by the debators' oratory. Seventeen shifted their opinion to the negative, nine to the af firmative, and 29 did not change. Originally scheduled for the debate with Johns Hopkins were the members of the affirmative team, A/S Fred M. Kecker and Martin Lennig. The substitute de baters, whose negative arguments won the audience's decision, were Ottis Castleberry and Ken neth Harshbarger. Lennig and Kecker will debate tonight for the College. The de bate will be informal, and there will be no decision. Tell Me If You Know ! Page 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS College Augments Teaching Staff 7 New Appointments Await Final Approval Several new appointments to the College teaching staff were an nounced today, pending approval by the Board Of Trustees. The appointments follow: Arthur J. Mix, physiologist in the botany 'department, for period from July 1 to January 1, 1946, to engage in project for the Quar termaster Corps. He's on leave as professor of botany department and chairman Of the department at the University of Kansas. Lucille Anderson, as assistant to the dean, of women, effective De cember 1. A graduate of Geneva College, with her master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, she has been engaged as a teacher of • Spanish and English in the Beaver school district. Donald W. McKinstry, as as sistant professor of bacteriology. A graduate of Franklin and Mar shall, with his master's and doc torate from the College, McKinstry formerly worked at the Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, N. Y. Posey G. Craddock, as assistant professor of entomology extension. A graduate of Virginia Polytech nic -Institute, he formerly was as-, sociated with the' apiary extension department at the University 'of Georgia. New Pyhs Ed instructor Dorothy:N.,Briant.instructor in physical education. A ldua ..of Trenton State Teachers College and New York University, she formerly taught in the Dover, N. J., public schools. Joseph F. Bradley, instructor in economics. A graduate of the Col lege, he formerly taught econom ics at West Liberty State College and also taught The. College cor respondence courses in account ing. Myrtle Swanson, assistant pro fessor of home economics. She formerly was employed by the College on a temporary appoint ment, and for .the past year has been teaching in the home eco nomics department at the Univer sity of West Virginia. It was also announced that K. D. Hutchinson had submitted his resignation• as associate professor of economics, to accept a position as professor of marketing and head of the department of marketing irb the College of Business Adminis tration at Boston University. Grove Teaches In France Capt. Alvin R. Grove, Jr., form erly a member of the botany de partment and also associated with the forestry school at Mount Alto, is teaching biology •at the army's largest overseas university—the newly established center at Biar ritz, France. Captain Grove, who holds a . doc tor's degree from the University of Chicago, formerly taught at the University of New Mexico and later worked on a government pro ject to develop belladonna in the tobacco-Growing counties of Lan caster, Chester, and Montgomery. Students To Obtain Summer AA Books Regular summer semester stu dents can get their AA books upon presentation of their fees receipt at the ticket window, 107 Old Main, any day from 8 to 12 a. m., and from 1:30 to 4:30 p. m., an nounced 'Harold R. Gilbert, as sistant to the graduate manager of athletics. Ex-servicemen can obtain their books by appearing at the window with identification. "It is important for the students to get their books," said Mr. Gil bert, "as it contains the tickets for the two home football games to be played this semester."
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