-■No.*4l WSSF Presents Benefit Dance Board to Pick Queen; Berge Band lo Play Heralding a gay post-war era, the first “victory queen” on cam pus wiil- reign at the World Stud ent Sei’vice Fund informal dance to be held at Recreation Hall, from 9 to 12 p. m. Friday. iDick. Berge and his orchestra will be featured at the benefit .affair. A five-way sax section, with the “maestro” himself on the tenor sax and three trumpets and a trombone providing the brass, headline his music makers. Rhy thm to spare is provided by a piano, .bass violin, . guitar and drums. Jane' Healey and Robert Foote, co-chairmen of the dance an nounce that every campus organ ization may send in a picture of its candidate for queen before 4:30 p: m. tomorrow. The photo graphs. may be any size and should: contain the name of the coed as well as the name of the organization backing her. All pic tures should be taken to 304 Old Main. - A committee of five men re presenting fraternities, indepen dents, (NiRO'TC, X-JG-I’s, and the Penn State Club will select five pictures from those submitted and these girls will be the finalists in the contest Friday night. Popular vote that evening will determine the “victory .queen.” Pictures of the five finalists • will be displayed downtown Fri day. "*-••• . Tickets for the dance at $1.25 per couple, tax included, will he on sale at a booth outside the Corner Room at noon and 4:30 p. m. Thursday. They also will be available at the door the evening of the benefit. . With, an organized solicitation group now-operating on campus, WSSF student leaders hope that the weekend dance will climax the drive and take the College over its goal of $5OOO. At a recent rally for. solicitors, Miss Jane Crichton, a national re presentative of WSSF, explained where this money will go. “Did you know that two Nor wegian students coming to'the United’. States to study dentistry at Dartmouth had to walk on to American soil with cloth wrapped around, their feet beoause their only pair of shoes disintegrated while'aboard ship?” she asked. “Your dollars will help shoe such students this year,” Miss Crichton stated. As WSSF is a national .campaign the speaker "cited the goals of other universities. The University of Maryland has set a goal of $lO,OOO. Franklin arid Marshall College has a WSSF musical show, touring the vicinity and already has topped its original aims; while Yale Divinity school has reaohed ,a per capita gift of $17.80. 'Though student solicitors will reach practically everyone on campus, anyone desiring to . give additional contributions to aid an unknown student ally may do so in jars set up ifor this purpose ,at Student Union and at the Corner Room. HillelTo Hold Classes In Hebrew And History The Hillel Foundation will hold courses in Hebrew and Jewish his tory starting ‘December 3. Special emphasis will he placed on the beginners’ Hebrelw and the Jewish history classes. Ralbbi Kahn invites all non- Jewish students that are interested to join the classes. The classes will meet once a week; beginners’ He brew-—'7:4's p.m. Mondays; inter mediate Hebrew—'4:ls p.m. Mon days; advanced Hebrew —3:15 p.m. Wednesdays; Jewish history—6:4s p.m. Mondays. |g| Staff TUESDAY MORNING, N 0: Cupid' sCornerO pens; Men Get Opportunity To Choose Dates TWA Cupid’s Corner opens to day. This service is intended to help men students on campus solve their dating problems. Coeds are to bring their pictures to the Corner. All photographs will be numbered. After selecting the number otf pictures he wishes, the student reports that number to the attendant. The chooser then receives an application card to be used as an introduction to the girl be has chosen. Cupid’s Corner makes no dates, but is merely an introduc tion center. The organization will operate in the lounge, first floor Old Main. It will (be open from 9 am. to 3 pm. the first week. After that, it will stay open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.‘ ■Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. After the second weelc, it will operate in the IWA’s club rooms, fourth floor Old Main. Coeds may bring their pictures to the center at any time. However, each girl must bring her own pic ture and those brought for friends will not be accepted. The Committee for Cupid’s Cor ner 'consists of Amber Mae Wolf, dhairman; Shirley Bremier, Su zanne Conro, (Laura W. Craig, Cyn thia (Diamond, (Betty Dunkel, Ro salin Ffrom, Frances Epstein, An gela Gorka, •Priscilla Greist,- Betty Keim, Pearl (Mincemeyer-, Florence Plottel, Marie Ream, and Jane Rosenthal. Labor Discussion Heads Common Sense Program l-L Withf ..prpb=. Jems natibn;''Ccjfriifiibn'' Sense, is planning, to discuss .the issue at its reorganization meeting in room (10 Sparks, 7 p.m,, Thurs day. L. Hadly Walters, associate pro fessor of economics, and R. Wal lace, associate professor of political science, will lead the disoussion. They will present both sides of the issue and then the audience will 'be asked to express their views. “Because of the critical labor situation (facing America, this meeting should attract everyone’s attention. Therefore, we’re asking both old and new members to at tend,” explained Irene Wiesenfeld, a former officer 'in the organiza tion. . Following the forum, people will .be elected to work on the nomi nating committee for selection of officers. Common- Sense, founded two semesters algo .by a group of civil ian students and V-12 men, iwas active in bringing to the attention of the campus major national and international issues. Through lec turers and open discussions, they endeavored to keep students aware of their position as citizens of America and of the world. Druids Elects Officers;. Names Pipa President 'Druids, sophomore men’s hon orary, recently elected Andrew Pipa president, John 'Sadden vice president, and Donald (Ellis secre tary-treasurer. The honorary will meet in 417 Old Main at 7 p. m. tonight. All ex-servicemen who were former Druids are invited to attend, i Druids was organized at the College in 1907. Other chapters are now located at "Buclcnell Uni versity, Carnegie Tech, Delaware University, Fi-anklin and Marshall, University of Pittsburgh, and Washington arid Jefferson. Thespians . . . hold tryouts for male dance chorus in 401 Old Main at 7 o’clock on Thursday even ing. Any man who is inlei’ested and can not attend at this time may make an appointment fox some convenient time by calling Shirley Coogan 5051, second floor McAllister Hall. Published Semi-Weekly By The Collegian MBEIT4, 1945—STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Code Defines Panhel Rules Free* association between soror ity and non-sorority women is permitted on campus from the be ginning of the semester until for mal rushing, according to Pan hellenic Council’s new rushing code. Free association is defined as free relations toetweetn sorority non-sorority women on campus only, except in sorority houses, suites and the College Creamery. No association off campus or in town is permitted. “Little” sisters are an exception to this rule but they may not be accompanied by more than two girls from any one sorority. (Women students included in free association rules are all first semester freshman, first semester transfers, freshman who matricu lated in the summer semester, stu dents who entered as freshmen last spring and transfers who en tered in the summer semester. 'Tomorrow' Sponsors $l5OO Writing Contest; College Students Eligible A $l5OO (prize contest open to all officially enrolled college students throughout the United States has been announced toy “Tomorrow” magazine. The toest short story and the best article will each receive a first prize of $5OO, while second prize in tooth of these categories will toe $250. • The choice of subject matter is lelft to the discretion of the con ..testants; Manueopipts will be -judg ed solely on the basis of literary merit and idliarity of expression. “Tomorrow” will publish -tooth the prize-winning story and article in its Decemiber 1046 issue. Length of manuscripts may range from 2500 to 5000 words. The notation “Entry for College Con test” along iwitlh the name and address of the (contestant must ap pear on the envelope and also the first page of each manuscript. Re turn postage must also be in cluded. The contest closes on May 1, •1946. All entries should be mailed to College Contest, “Tomorrow,” 11 East 44th ‘Street, New York 17, N. Y. Frosh Slate Rose, Erskine Making their debut into cam pus politics, freshmen nominated Robert Rose and Majorie Erskine as Key party candidates for the .offices of president and secretary treasurer of the frosh class. Key candidates will compete with a Nittany ticket to be selected at a meeting in 316 Sparks at 7 o’clock tomorrow night. > Frosh will oast their ballots in Old Main’s Lounge from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. December 12, announced Charles Appleman, Elections Committee chairman. Key candidates and their acti vites follow: President, Robert Rose: PSCA finance drive, X-G-I Club, Chi Phi pledge. Southmont High School—Student Council vice-president, Dramatics Club president, Junior Senior play, varsity football, basketball and tennis. Secretai-y - treasux-er, Majorie Erskine: PSCA, WSSF, Rifle club. Shaker High School—varsity hockey, basketball, badminton, sorority secretary and president. ‘Curse o£ Gold’ .... cast Has added Lois Hart swiok to its ranks, today an nounced Henning Nelms,' director of the Players’ next show. Profes sor Nelms also stated that there is a vacancy in the oast for an acrobat of the strong-man type. -"-x-n .fi—. 1 ' . 1. Freshmen To Hear Activity Speeches “The Over All Picture of Student Activities” will be the theme of the Freshman Orientation meeting in Schwab Auditorium at 7 o'- clock tonight. State songs and cheers will- .open the meeting. Guest speaker for the occasion will be William K. Ulerich, pro fessor of journalism, who will discuss “The Pedagogical Benefits of Block-Bridle Reorganizes Block and IBridle Club, one of the largest of prewar dubs on cam pus, inactive since the fall of 1944, will reorganize at a meeting to toe held in 206 Agriculture Building at 7 p.m. Thursday. Chairman of the meeting Will toe Robert L. Smith. Outstanding event of the year for Block and IBridle is its Little International, presented each spring. This is a show patterned after the famous International Livestock Exposition which is held eaoh ybar at Chicago. Prior to war, the club enjoyed wide prestige among -agricultural circles by virtue of its Little In ternational. The entire show -was organized and conducted by stu dents who prepared the livestock for showing. Attendance at the Little 'lnternational was not re stricted to the campus; many in terested in farming and dairying came long distances to survey the show. • ~ . 'One. of the purposes of'the club ds to acquaint its members with the principles of fitting and Show ing livestock. The Little Interna tional gives the student an oppor- . display , the techniques. wfiietotHe'has'ldarned. ' All students in the Animal toandry or Pre-Veterinarian- ricula, and any others who are in terested in better livestock, are urged toy Chairman Smith to attend the first meeting. Meily Invites Students To Red Cross Meeting All students are invited to the All-College Red Cross rally, ac cording to Patricia Meily, College Red Cross Unit publicity chair man. The rally will be held in Schwab Auditorium from 7 to 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. A number of short speeches about the Red Cross and the func tions and operations of the var ious committees will be given. “These talks should not scare anyone away as they are limited to three minutes each,” stated Miss Meily. “There is an interesting job for every fellow and coed in the Col lege Red Cross Unit, and this will be everybody’s opportunity to sign up for one of the commit tees.” 'Cabinet Opens Contest To Name College Dance All-College Cabinet opens a contest today for the best theme for its next dance, Vaughan Staple ton, chairman of the dance com mittee, announced Sunday. The dance will be held in Re creation Hall shortly after the Christmas vacation and will fea ture a big-name band. All entries should be given to Vaughn Stapleton, Theta Chi House. First prize is a free ticket to the dance. The -winner will be announced in Friday’s Collegian. Phi Kawa Psi . . . formally pledged the fol lowing men on Sunday night: Charles Calhoun, Robert Heinz. Paul Holder. Allan Johnston. Fred Keeker, William Landy, Vincent McCabe, Samuel Magie. and Glenn Morrow. Officers for the fall semester are: Dick Light, president; Vernon Condon, vice president, William Bissell, secra tclry, and Winfield Llewelyn, treasurer. PRICE FIVE CENTS Student Activities.” Mr. Ulerich recently resigned hi s post as edi tor and associate publisher of the Centre Daily Times to become pub lisher of the Clearfield Progress. He will assume his new position on January 2. He will also con tinue serving in his present cap acity as manager of radio station WIMAJ. Present president of the Penn State Alumni Association, the editor-professor was editor of the Collegian during his College days. While a student here he also ser ved as vice-president of Student Board, equivalent to All-College Cabinet of today, and vice-presi dent of Student Union, another former All-College student body. As an undergraduate he became a member of Skull and Bones and Lions Paw. Other speakers for the meeting include Kenneth Harshbarger and Carolyn Lerch. These students will try to explain to the fresh man men and women their own schemes for balancing studies and extra-curricular activities. Among Harshbarger’s activities are Varsity Debate, Penn State Club, Independent Student Coun cil, and Westminster Cabinet. Miss Lerch lists. Treble Singers, soro-. rity president,>and Senior Sponsor on her activities card for this se mester. Patrick Brennan will serve as master of ceremonies for the af fair. Betty Herring is general ar rangements chairman for the ac tivities meeting. Staff members serving on the arrangements committee include: ■Mrs. Louise Baer, former news assistant at Public Information; Russel Clark, bursar; James Coo gan, assistant director of Public Information; 'Hummel Fishburn, head of the music department; Neil Fleming, graduate manager of athletics; and Marie Haidt, as sociate professor of physical edu cation. Cabinet -will sponsor a customs bluebook for freshmen in Schwab Auditorium, at 7 -p. m. December 12. The results of this blue book will determine how soon customs will be removed. X-G-l Club To Discuss Proposed Amendments Voting on two proposed amend ments to the constitution will be the main topic of the monthly business meeting of X-G-I Club to be held at 101 Sparks. 3 p. m. Tuesday. Because of-the nature of the meeting, it is imperative that all members attend. At a recent meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the Club, a resolution was adopted to award the outstanding first semester member and the outstanding all club member the Penn State X- G-I Club key in recognition of their meritorious service to the organization. Members of the executive com mittee are Wesley Turek, com mander; Walter Kish, vice-com mander; Tom Lander, finance of ficer; ' John Schwartz, adjudant; Robert MacGregor, chaplain, Jack Sack, historian; William Duetsch, Paul Gift, and Mervin Wilf, exe cutive committee. Phi Delta Theta . . . entertained the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at an in formal party Friday night. Jack S'hrum, president and Sam Kin ney, social chairman, were in charge.
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