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VOL. 42—No. -3O
Research Lab
To Operate
At Full Speed
Naval Ordnance Plant
To Begin By October 1
Work at the Naval Ordnance
Research Laboratory, • the , new
building on west . campus, will
probably be in full swing by Oc
tober 1, according to Dr. Eric A.
Walker, director.
Equipment is already being
moved into the building, which
is. about 95 per cent finished,
while the administrative staff is
being assembled in Offices in Elec
trical Engineerinig.
:Approximately 20 scientists are
here to direct the 'setting-up ac
tivities. In the meantime, research
work, is continuing at . Boston,
Mass., Solomons, Md., and Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
When fully assembled the lab
oratory 'will employ between 120
and 150 people of whom approx
imately one-half will be scientists
and technicians. It will house
shops capable of building proto
type models to be sent to prospec
tive 'ordnance manufacturers. Ex
perimentation will be centered on
electrical, mechanical, and hy
draulic engineering.
The laboratory is also con
structing a field test station on
the lake at Black Moshannon.
This station is designed • primar
ily to calibirate. and test various
types of -underwater devices.
The leboi•atory. , operetee at
diVision of .the-:-School of TEri-:
" gineerlnr•un`der74 - fdantiact:7l3e-
Nreen the 'College• and the Navy
-Department. Its problems are un
der the technical direction of the
Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy
Department, although it main
tains liaison with the . Navy's Of
fice, of Research and Invention
• and with, the National Defense
Research Committee.
The director, Dr. Walker, is al
so professor and head of the de
partment of electrical engineer
ing.. . . _
Alumni Officials Expect
Record Humber To Visit
Homecoming -Weekend ,
, •Altinmi Association officials are
expecting a record number of for
' mer students to return to the Col
.. :lege October 5 and 6 fox the first
peacet:. e Homecoming in four
years.
Many traditional features are
included in the program which has
been 'set up for the occasion. Reg
. istration in the •first floor lounge,
Old Main will be held on both
dates. The executive board of the
-Alumni Association is scheduled to
meet at 5 p.m. October. 5, and a
football rally has been slated for
Recreation Hall at 7:30 p.m. the
same day.
The alumni golf tournament has
been set to 'begin at 8 a.m. October
6. At 9f30 o'clock that morning,
the Alumni Council is scheduled to
meet.
Featured on the afternoon of
October 6 will be the Penn State-
Colgate football game. Fcr those
alumnae or wives of alumni who
- are not football-minded, a tea will
be given in one of the lounges of
Atherton Hall during the -after
noon. The annual cider party will
be, held in Old Main Sandwich
Shop on the evening of October 6.
Starting at 7:30 p.m. both nights,
the Penn State Players will, pre
sent 'Blithe Spirit" in Schwab
Auditorium. The semi - formal
• dance in Recreation Hall on the
evening of October 6 will feature
Brad Hunt.
Deferment Deadline
Students are reminded by.
,Bursar Russell E. Clark that the
deadline for turning in defer
ment forms is October, 1.
Olfw'Tilltrigiatt
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
Gals, Get Guys
For Dry Dock
Say, 'Please!'
"Come to Dry Dock tomorro
night in strictly informal attire"
was the suggestion made by the
Dry Dock committee as they pre
pared for this week's presentation
at Penn State's campus night club.
It will be "Sadie Hawkins Night,"
so the "College, Hot-Dogs" can put
away their pegged pants, gaudy
knitted ties, and don plaid shirts
for the occasion.
Coeds are requested to take the
initiative tomorrow evening and
in the true 'Sadie ' Hawkins"
style. iMale students have request
ed that a first aid station be set
up for the occasion, but similar
cautions won't be necessary if
coeds promise to conform to a few
simple rules.
1. Be fair refrain from
stampeding—it unnerves the
fellows and keeps them from
being at their dancing best.
2. Don't over feed the
boys. More than six ham
burgers, ten cokes• and a quart
of ice cream might proye
harmful physically, if, shock
hasn't already set in.
'T.A. Don't keep the men out
:ter 1 e. m. Violation of this
rule will cause them to be
"Skellered" next week-end.
and "you'll be sorry."
4. Each - house will be
equipped with an atomic
alarm clocip (which won't be
two - minutes - fasth. that,. will
announce:the:- henr - Cif depart
ure: Hovieveic
warning is not heeded, coeds
will be blasted homeward via
the: Milky Way.
•
' 5. Have a good time. •
From 9 to 112, Dry Dock!s open
ing night band will be back to
provide music: Another batch of
entertainers will be presented at
10:30 o'clock when the floor show
takes the spotlight. Freshman
Dick Schultz will be at the mike
as master .of ceremonies.. Again
this week, a special surprise fea
ture will be presented, and some
thing different in the way of a
prize will be given the winning
contests - ht.
Last week the Navy played
host to over 500 Dry Dock visitors.
The Army takes over next week
and the AS'T's are said to have a
super show . in the making. Hos
tesses for tomorrow night will be
supplied by Panhellenic Counel.
IS( To Feature
'Blue And While'
"Blue and White" will be fea
tured as the color scheme in Rec
reation Hall, October '6, when the
Independent Student Council pre
sents their semi-formal dance.
Paper streamers and colored bal
loons 'will be used for overhead
decorations.
• The ISC dance committee an
nounced that stags would be in
vited to attend the dance. They
said, that many alumni would be in
town for the weekend, and that
some would like to attend the
dance even though they didn't
have dates. B!ds will sell at $2.50
for couples, and $1.25 stag.
Brad Hunt and his orchestra
Will come in from Pittsburgh to
play for the affair. Jeannie Birds
eye and Eddie (Myers do the vocal
izing with Hunt's band.
Members of ISC asked for vol
unteers to serve on the decoration
committee.' All interested students
are asked to contact Shirley Leven
son, 124 Atherton.
Booths for fraternities, barracks,
alumni, and visitors from Colgate
will be sold at $3. The dance com
mittee has suggested that the fra
ternities furnish their own booths
with furniture from the house as
was the custom in prewar days.
Booths may be reserved through
E. Cats!ff, ISC president.
Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff
WSGA Heads
Clothes Drive
Cabinel Aids Coeds
In Collecting Garments
Women's Student Government
Association and All-College Cabi
net will sponsor a collection Thurs
day for the Penn State Postwar
Clothing Drive for Europeans who
are suffering privation. Other col
lections will be made Octdber 4
and 11.
Coeds will be contacted for con
tributions in their dorms. Boxes
for clothing will be placed in hos
tesses' offices and second floor
dining room in Atherton Hall,
while receptacles for McAllister
Hall and Grange Dorm will be
found in the hostesses' offices.
Grange will be headquarters and
scene of final collection.
Men students will also be per
sonally contacted .in fraternities
and living units. Clothes will be
gathered in cars by the 'collections
committee. WSGA and Cabinet
will most likely turn collections
over to the State College branch
of the American Friends Service
Committee and the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Associa
tion..
Charlotte E. Ray, dean of wom
en, said in support of the drive,
"For several years at the end of
the semester, there have been
clothing drives. I hope all the stu
dents will keep in mind that this
clothing goes to extremely needy
people who have no means of
cleaning the gifts which come to
them. Many have no soap and
have had none for months or
years. , Le us.poe-that the gifts.of
clothing; ieticr are such that
they be acceptable to young peo
ple of college age:"
Shirley Kruman is general.
chairman of the drive. Members
of the publicity committee are
Rita Grossman, Carolyn Lerch,
Constance Miceli, Ruth Moon,
Gloria Nerenberg, and Jeannie
Weaver. Those' serving on the
publicity committee are Mary
Jane Doerner, Mary Haines, Pa
tricia Reiff, and Gloria Snyder.
Dean Ray said further, "because
of gratitude to those• who have
suffered the starvation and hard
ships of invasions and stood be
tween us and war, we are making
every effort to send as much
clothing as possible."
Enrollment Increases
For. Coming Semester
Since the end of the war fresh
men men's enrollment for the fall
semester has jumped from 277 to
327, according to Registrar Wil
liam Hoffman. An additional am
have been offered admission.
In the'period from_August 23 to
September 5, requests for admis
sion from men increased from 5%
to 696.
The number of women who have
paid their admission fees for the
coming semester now stands at 485
with an additional 3 offered ad
mission. This year the policy of ad
mitting additional women as can
cellations occur will not 'be fol
lowed, the Registrar said, because
the number admitted is sufficient
ly large to allow for cancellations.
Football Buttons Ready
Beat Muhlenberg signs for both
upperclassmen and freshmen to
wear in their coat lapels may be
picked up at the Athletic Store
Thursday and Friday before the
Muhlenberg football game, Gor
don Miller, Penn State Spirit
Committee chairman, announced.
Seniors, Sign For Party
Any seventh or eighth semes
ter student, who plans to attend
the senior party from 2 to 5 p.
m. October 13, is asked to send
his name on a penny post Card
to James Hugo, Phi Kappa Sig
ma. The place where the party
will be held will be announced
later in the Collegian.
Battle of Sexes
Allows Coeds
Third Try
On the afternoon of September
30 the twice-ibeaten coeds of Penn
State are being given a third
chance to win the annual "Battle
of the Sexes" with the confident
men students.
Lou Bell, director of Public In
formation, will start asking the
questions in IZI Sparks at 3 p. m.
Representing the women will be
four coeds, one from each class,
while the men's team will include
an AST, a V-112er, and two civil
ian men.
Forensic Council, sponsor of the
event, announces that Ottis Cas
tleberry is in charge of contestant
selection, Carl Harshbarger head
ing the publicity committee, Sail
or Fred Kecker digging up the
questions, and Sandy Eftaf sky
serving as general supervisor.
Committee Plans
Name Band Dance
Cabinet set up a committee to
begin work on planning an All-
College name band dance next
semester at its regular meeting
Tuesday night. Vaughn Stapleton
will head the committee consist
ing of the following members:
John Branigan, Lorraine Carrera,
and Joseph Cerrani.
An amendment to the Consti
tution which proposes that X-G-I
Club be given an ex-officio rep
resentation .on Cabinet was read
-for: - the • second time.— Following
the rules of the Constitution, the
amendment can be voted on at .
the next Cabinet meeting.
Dry Dock Chairman June First
reported that $55 has been spent
to date - by the committee for such
things as prizes, candles, and dec
orations. Pr esiden't Michael
Lynch reported that President
Ralph D. Hetzel has appointed a
faculty committee under the chair
manship of Arthur R. Warnock,
dean of men, to investigate the
possibility of continuing Dry Dock
next semester.
Joseph Steel, chairman of the
Book Exchange committee, an
nounced that there- had been no
reply to the request made in last
week's Collegian editorial for sug
gestions for the establishment of
a Student Book Exchange. Cab
inet interpreted this lack of action
as a sign of indifference by the
student body and the project was
abandoned for the present.
Judd Healy, Tribunal chairman,
admitted that as yet the vandal
who painted the Lion Shrine with
lipstick and brown shoe polish is
at large, but added that the search
is being continued.
Dr. Ferguson Resumes
Dutie.s On College Faculty
Dr. John H. Ferguson, asso
ciate professor of political science,
has returned to the College after
working with • the American
Friends , Service Committee since
June 1943.
. .
Dr. Ferguson first served as
director of the civilian public
camp at Gatlimhurg, Tenn., and
later as an administrative assist
ant• in the peace section at Phil
adelphia.
He hopes to complete a text
book, "The American System of
Government," before resuming
his teaching duties - this fall.
Scholarship Forms Ready
Application forms for the John
W. White, Louise Carnegie, and
the Class of 1922 Memorial schol
arships are now available in 101
Forestry.
The information requested on
these forms should be returned to
Victor Beede, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Academic
Standards, by September 30.
`Outer
The Lights'
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
All - College
Flag Contest
To Open Soon
Designer To Receive
Award from 2 Sponsors
Monday will mark the begin
ning of an all-College contest to
determine the official design of
the College's flag. The contest is
open to all undergraduate stu
dents. This includes the men en
rolled in the Navy V-12 program.
A worthy prize will be awarded
to the winner of this contest
which will continue on into next
semester. Deadline for entries
will be 5 p.m. November 15, ac
cording to William Maginn, chair
man of the Flag committee ap
pointed by All-College Cabinet.
All designs should be submitted
to Student Union sometime be
fore this date, Maginn added.
Judging Committee
Judging the contest will be the
Flag committee members which
include Janet Dildine, William
Maginn, Robert McGregor, and
Geraldine Rheinhart. Other judges
will be Arthur R. Warnock, dean
of men; William S. Hoffman, reg
istrar; and Andrew W. Case, as
sistant professor of fine arts.
The following rules have been
passed by the judges to govern
the contest. Any question con
cerning them will gladly be clar
ified by Chairman Maginn.
1. The designs for the flag
must be drawn to a definite scale.
The proportions of the flag must
correspond to those of the Amer
ican flag, although a slight dev
iation in length will be permiss
ible so that the frayed end of the
flag can be cut off after the flag
has flown for some time.
2. Two designs must be sub
mitted by each contestant. The
second design should be the same
as the first, except that the color
scheme, preferably following the
school colors, should be reversed.
3. This contest . is open only to
undergraduate students.
4. The contest will end at 5
p.m. November 15.
5. The design of the flag must
look the same from either side.
6. The decision of the judges
is final.
Sponsored By Cabinet
This contest is sponsored by
All-College Cabinet. The selection
of a design will culminate ef
forts made by Cabinet for several
semesters to establish an official
College flag.
Although there will be a prize
awarded to the winner, Maginn
emphosized that perhaps th e best
award would be the satisfaction
that the winner will have in
years to come when he reads in
the history of the College that he
is credited for the flag's design.
Last Call For Orders
Of Senior Caps, Gowns
Today is the last day that grad
uating seniors may order com
mencement invitations and an
nouncemerlts, and caps and gowns.
Orders must be placed at Student
Union before 5 o'clock.
Cap and gown deposits are $5
.and invitations and announce
ments cost nine cents apiece. Up
on presentation of order receipts
students will be able to pick up
their invitations and announce
ments two weeks before com
mencement at Student Union.
During the week of graduation
gowns will be distributed at the
Athletic Store upon presentation
of the cap and gown order re
ceipt. Immediately folio wing
commencement exercises gowns
must be returned there. For late
returns a fine of $1 will be charg
ed and for duplicate receipts the
student will be required to pay
25 cents.
Checks for the orders Should
be made payable to the Interclass
Budget System.