1 17 Shopping | I Days 'Till | I Christmas | Lundy Delays ftosh Election jjft.l • • Freshman elections will toe ahead to December 19 to ifeomply with, the elections code fwhich specifies the sixth Wednes day of the semester, announced /Van Dundy, president of All-Col • lege Cabinet. iFrosh will cast their '‘ballots a week later because otf the 'unexpected Thanksgiving vaca tion, Dundy stated. Nittany party named Jack Smith ./and 'Patricia Kinkead as nominees Sfor frosh' president and secretary ‘ treasurer. Key party nominated ■ their candidates last week, so the two parties 'will battle for frdsh honors. Nittany, candidates’ activities follow: ' • r r • Jack E. Smith, president—X-G-f . Club, high school fraternity presi dent, class officer, Demolay, trtaok, ;. debating, “Who’s "Who in High . ' ‘ Patricia Kinkead, secretary treasurer—iPSOA First Semester Club secretary,. dorm ■ president, ; Opting Club vice-president,' Bowl ih]j». Club, high. School student board president, senior Class sec retary, swimming, hockey, basket ball, softball, volleyball,. “‘Who’s ; ,Wbo in -High 'Schools,” Victory Corps. ‘ . IRQlCfOpe**® Full Program 'V . The advanced- BJOTC course at £ tlie iCellege has, been reactivated' recent li\Wsr -Department ' directive.■ r The .■.'-.advanced course will begin at the . start : of the spring semester, the ! College • military department an nounced recently. : 'An open meeting will be sched ;' uled in the - near future lat which ' time, all persons who are interested v inimaking' application for the ad advanced course will be : invited Age: not less .than 1® nor more than 26 years at the time of ad mission; physical requirements: all applicants must undergo,a - complete physical examination V within the six-month period prior f • to; enrollment,.Due, allowance will V be'made ifor correctable, physical defects. ■’ Mental and educational stan dards: a minimum Army General Classification Test score of 110. Any applicant making a lower score will !be given one opportu- V nit-y to repeat the test. Enrollment !' ... at" the college level in the institu ; .tipn will-. be accepted insatisflac- , _tiqn of educational requirements. V The- ; applicant must require at , --le6st tiwo academic years to com :;i. ;.plete all- requirements for'gradua 'from t-he CoUege, or 'it a grad v'Vvuatq .student, must require a like , -period to complete all work tor an ‘ advanced degree. \ < , ; Veterans who have been honor :eibly dischiarged will ‘be ' given . ; ; 'bredit in’-lieu of. completion of all a' ii' part of tlhe basic course, (ROTC, jnE Jihe fblowing basis: h- ‘.(Continued on page sepen) ffloUentmt 1. Staff Forgotten Tickets Prove Blessing In Disguise While students left classes last Saturday in anticipation of the weekend, they were unaware of the series of events in which Penn Stater Bob Keller was involved as he went to see the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. This Beta Kappa Sig w.as the central figure of an adventure that nearly turn ed. out to be a futile trip to the city of Brotherly Love % The story all began when Bpb planned to see the great game with his parents, Col. and Mrs. Keller. They, had driven from Pittsburgh Friday to meet their ■son and then go to Philadelphia. The Kellers left. Saturday morn ing at 5: 30 because it was imper ative that they get there by 11 a m. to get a third ticket. The other two tickets Wad already been bought and Bob had them. As they neared Lewistown, Mrs. Keller asked in typical motherly fashion; if her .son -had been sure. to bring everything. Bob was about to assure her when he discovered to his com plete dismay, that he had for gotten the priceless tickets! The tickets to the Army - Navy game. To turn back meant a delay, so they decided to call State College when they got to 'Lewistown. Bob called the fraternity house, but there was no answer. After ■moments of consternation;, they .decided- to continue om their trip/ and call- at the next town. ■ .By this, the only, solution to their - problem .was to call State j (Continued on page seven) In LA Series , “Allied Control in Italy” will toe tlie topic of Dr. Arthur IH. Reede, associate professor of economics at the College, in the second of the Liberal Arts Lecture Series, to toe held in 121 Sparks at 8 ip;iri.- Tues- • Recently returned -to the cam pus, Dr. Reede served as an-Amer ican officer with the Allied Com mission for, Italy. In his speech, he 'will present a firsthand picture of conditions in Italy under Amer ican governmental -control. The talk will be free to tooth students and townspeople. , Dr. Stuart A. IMaihuran, associ ate professor of journalism and chairman of the (Lecture Series committee, will introduce the speaker. Memlbers of the commit tee are Dr. jH. L. Kral-1 of the mathematics department; Mrs. H. D. -Nesbitt, .speech; Dr- H. W:.Wei gle, .German; and Dr. 'E. J. Niohols, English composition. :. Future speakers ton the program are-E.L. 'Whitaker, associate pro fessor of architecture, Who will discuss housing on March' 19, and a representative from the educa tion -department of the national government, scheduled for -April 9. Dates For Slackers To Slacken. Flash! .Hundreds of X-Gl’s at State College threaten to re-enlist. Reason: girls insist on wearing slacks. Yes, the passive campaign against the fairer sex in pants has taken on an active aspect. With a flurry of advertisements 'down town and ih Collegian (see classi fied ads in last issue) a -group of men who like to wear the pants on campus, have started the anti slack league which appears to be taking on-gigantic proportions. The charter members! are a group of former servicemen of the pelta Sigma Phi fraternity and they’re not just fooling around. They mean business! Those anti-slackers -feel that legs- are to be shown off and-not to be concealed by a pair of un feminine. baggy. 'trousers.. They make the concession that slacks are-all Tight-in a lab but that’s as far. as they’li go. For Corner Room bot-dogging or. regular. Published Semi-Weekly By The Col Forum. Lecturer War, Peace- Sheean Topic “The. Problems of the War and of the 'Peace” is the subject upon which Vincent Sheean, second lec turer in the State College Com munity Forum series, will speak in Schwab auditorium at'B p.m. Mon day. ' 'Mr. Sheean, well-known author, war correspondent, and lecturer, is the author of “Not Peace but a SvVbrd” land- “Personal History.” The lecturer began 'his journalis tic career as a reporter on the Chi cago Daily News and later joined] the Paris staff 'of the • Chicago Tribune.' Among international events .which he 'covered during. a., wbiohlddbl!?him-to IHvurope,; China, and"’ Persia," were Hitler’s march 'into. the Sudetenland and the.fall of Catalonia, : Spain. A veteran of both World Wars, the author' was commissioned a captain in the Army in 11942 and served in the North African, Sicil ian, and Italian campaigns and as a staff observer in China. (He spent five .months on the front with Gen eral Patton’s Third Army. Tiokets for the Forum series still may toe purchased for $2.25 at. Student Union. Single' admissions for Mr. Shee'an’s lecture will toe sold at the door for 75 -cents. College NROTC To, Hold Weekly Open Houses The -College NIROTC .will hold an open house at designated bar racks from 6 to (10. pan. 'every Sun day for the balance of the semes ter, Lieutenant 'Commander Wis ner announced. A different (barracks will hold the open house, -each week. Sun day’s'party will be held. at Bar racks .28, Phi Gamma -Delta house, and' on December 1-6 the c-pen hc-use will be held at .Barracks 13. (. Entertainment will -consist of in formal* dancing and ping-pong. Light .refreshments will toe served for theNayv men and their guests. classes, they’re definitely on the blacklist. Re-enlistment, of - course, will be a last resort;' and meanwhile the men are trying less drastic methods. One of these was a poll taken in the Corner Room which re vealed conclusively that cold weather. isn’t the fundamental reason for the wearing of clacks. ‘The- poll was taken on two. days. The first, on an icy cold day, re vealed ttoat .only one girl was wearing slacks. On the second ( day' the sun was shining brightly >and the weather .was fine. Sur -prinsingly enough, there ' were several pairs of slacks in the Cor ner Room. This, according to the Anti-Slack League, definitely throws out cold .weather as a cause of . slackitis (a disease, symptoms of which are a girl’s insistence on concealing her lower limbs by -pants.) - Members of. the league, have K: * . # WSSF To Honor Coed As 'Victory Queen' One of five coeds will have the honor of reigning - as the College’s first “Victory Queen’’ at the World Student Ser vice Fund dance today, the fourth anniversary of Pearl Har bor. By 1 popular vote at the informal Recreation Hall affair, one of the following five girls will be chosen queen: Jo Peop les, backed by Gamma Phi Beta; Mary Kaye Reinard, put up by Phi Delta Theta; Gerry Rhinehart of Alpha Chi Omega; Eloise Rile, Delta Gamma, or Betty Worrill, presented by the student section of American IFC Organizes Sports Teams Entries for interfraternity bas ketball, boxing, and wrestling are due in Recreation Hall December 17. .Frank Schneider, president of Interfraternity Council, urges that applications foe made as soon as possible so the league can get underway before Christmas vaca tion. Fees for entrance in the leagues are set at $l.OO for each basket ball team, and 25 cents for indiv idual participants in wrestling and boxing. IFC will award a cup to - the winning court squad and -individual keys to the champion wrestlers and boxers. The frater «Jitt>yf.with-Vtiie--anpst's^ittiflng r.p6n testants in all the leagues will also receive a cup from IFC; At the meeting of the council this week, the group decided not to sponser a large name-band dance until next semester. How ever, -an all-college dance, honor ing. fraternity pledges, was plan ned for January. The committee in charge of this affair includes Jack Seavy,' chairman; Jack Ful ler, Paul Pioth, Mervin Wilf, and Clay} Zundel. IFC will also sponsor a dupli cate bridge tournament to start after, the Christmas holidays. En trance has been set at $l.OO per team of four men, with each house restricted to one team. Arrangs ments may be made with Albert Green, phone ’2603. All fraternities are requested .by IFC to cooperate with the World Student Service Fund by can vassing their own houses. All donations should be turned in at the Penn State Christian Associa tion office in Old Main Sunday afternoon. The president and social chair man of each fraternity will meet with Miss' Charlotte E. Ray. dean of woman, in the Alumni office, Old Main, at 7 p. fti., Wed nesday. This meeting is compul sory, according to Schneider. placed posters in several down town stores, bearing such mottos as “Don’t be a sad slack”, and “Don’t be a slacker”. However, they have met 'with difficulty on the part of some store-keepers who are afraid to place posters in their windows for fqar that coeds will boycott their store. Says one of the spokesmen for the “Slacks were o.k. on George Sand but not many coeds are potential George Sands.” He goes on to say that “Coeds’ at traction for men is not in their similarity but in their difference.” The anti-slackers’ are going to continue their campaign until the last pair of offensive slacks dis appears from State College. When that happens the men will be able to sit down and relax and forget about re-enlistment. So gii’ls, it’s a choice between men or slacks. Which is it going to be? | 17 Shopping | | Days 'Till | S Christmas £ £ g Ceramics Society. Dick Berge to Play- Music toy Dick Berge and his orchestra will highlight the dance which is scheduled from 9 to 12 p. m. FKROTC men have received special late 'permissions for the benefit affair, announced .Betty Funlohouser, ’ chairman otf. the WSSF campaign on campus. Tickets which are $1.50 per cou ple tax included, will toe available this aiftemoon both lat Student Un ion and at a booth in front cxf the Corner Room. Inasmuch as they will not toe availatole for Thursday purchasers as previously stated, they will toe sold at the .entrance to the dance. Barbara Keefer is handling pub licity for the benefit and Edward’ iSoaa is in charge of the victory qUeen poll. Decorations are toeing, handled by Players members. - Judges Choose Queen The -following .five men chose, the runner-ups for queen from the many submitted: Gene Fulmer representing Independents, Jack Shrum of IFC," Perry Smith from- Barracks 9; and Gilbert Young of the X-G-4 .club. Pictures of the girls will be dis played in the Comer room win dow-Friday. WSSF, for which the dance is being held thus far has collected $350 on campus. The goal, $5OOO, must be achieved by Sunday, the end of'the drive. 'Betty 'Farrow of the Christian Association said, “It’s particularly significant that this dance is being hold on Pearl IBaibor day. This oc casion .commemorates all the ideals we ‘fought for and WSSF com memorates the kind of life and ideals which rwe are striving to maintain and perpetuate abroad.” Faculty to Act as Patrons The following members cf the ■Faculty and Staff have been in vited; to the affair as Patrons and •Patronesses: ‘Miss Charlotte E. Ray, Dr. Pearl Weston, Miss Ruth Anderson, Dean A. R. Warnoek and Mrs. Warnoek, Mr. and Mrs. J. Orvis Keller, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Yeagley. Commander E. H. Taliaferro, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mills, Captain and Mrs. W. McGarry, Command er and Mrs. T, Wisner, Command er and Mrs. G. Halcomb, Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Smith, Rev. Robert Eads, Rev. and Mrs. J. Peabody, Rev. land Mrs. Donald Carruthers. Miss Elizabeth Farrow, and Cap tain George Lucas’. Ex-Servicemen ... of any nationality who spent sufficient time in the (Near East to view 'flrst-bandedly the Palestin ian situation are requested to con tact Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, 2408. These men may be interviewed over Station WMAJ during “The Hillel Hour.” Penn State Radio Club . . . will dramatize “The Monk ey’s Paw,” a horror story in its second broadcast over Station WMAJ from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Sun day. This announcement was made ttfday ‘by Caroline Manville, 'presi dent. Russian Club E'ects Russian Club will elect officers at ia meeting to 'be held in 417 Old Main at 6:30 :p. m. Sunday. Fol lowing the election, plans will 'be laid for the clulb’s semester activi ties.