8 « (2 | 72 Shopping | K M w Days 'Till $ » 8 t| Christmas | *%StSSg!3SgS3aa3»SSSSiSSgtS!^ Independents Reorganize Nominate Hill, Himler, Submit Frosh Plattorm For the first time in several years, the Independent .party is entering the race for freshman offices by nominating Charles O. Hill ' for president and Ruth (Rusty) Hemler for secretary treasurer. These candidates have been approved by Charles Apple man, All-College Elections Board chairman. They will compete with Robert Rose and Marjorie Erskine, the Key party candidates, and the nominees of the Nittany party, Jack E. Smith and Patricia Kinkead. Elections- will -be held December 19. Independent candidates’ activi ties are as'follows: Charles O. Hill, president—ex- GI, > wrestling, College choir, PSCA. . Ruth M. Hemler, secretary treasurer —PSCA, Outing Club, WRA. The Independent party has sub mitted the following platform: The Independent Party resolves to raise the .status of the individ ual particularly the independent student.- In accordance• with this purpose we propose: 1. To limit over-favoritism shown to. privileged minorities in •the student government. 2. , To abolish .the buying of nominations through the payment of clique dues. 3. '.To enter into, fuller coopera tion with the ISC, IMA; IWA,-and all other independent cdinpys or ganizations. ' " • .4. To encourage organization of independent town bouses and have, them IMA: v M-iWAr'- ■5. To give vigilant attention to the problems of the ex-GI. 6. To organize a bureau to pro vide -full information- concerning the college and college life for: all incoming freshmen and transfer students. Following is the Key'platform: 1. ' The Key candidates are pledged to -support-to the full all those points enumerated in the All-College Elections Platform submitted by -this party earlier in the semester. 2. In order to bring,a fuller un derstanding 'and appreciation of Freshman Customs, the Key party will attempt to have instilled, into both .freshmen and -upperclassmen a knowledge of Penn State tradi tions.' The result will be a smooth (Cohtinued on '.page .four) Every Dorm Hos A Hostess But Irvin Hall Has A Host By JEAN ALDERFER “Eekf A man!” and" hastily re treating feminine footsteps be came'. a familiar, greeting the first few weeks of this semester to an ex-GI who had recently spent months in the Aleutians, where there, were 10,000- men to four women. Liri Cutler resides at Irvin Hall! This lucky man spends his time at home surrounded by 300 or more coeds in the Tri-Dorms. According to Miss Charlotte E. Ray, dean of women, he is the only man who has lived in -a women’s dormitory since days long “before her time.” In those bygone days Women’s Building had not vet been enlarg ed. It housed all of the eight coeds then on campus together with an adult group of -25, consisting of women faculty members and young faculty men and their wives. every fellow who has sat in the Irvin lounge wait ing for his date and seen a man walk up the stairs at the first floor has gaped in astonishment and asked the same question: “tHow did he do it?” It all began out in the Aleutian Islands} , When !Mr. Cutler was Captain Cutler, of the TJ. S. Armk Air Corps, stationed on lqnely.fAdak Island, he dreamed of the day he would return to his pretty blonde ho Colh Dance-Name Contest Ends On Friday; Don't Delay! WANTED: A name tor the coming all-college dance. Up until Friday of this week the student body has an opportunity to submit a theme name tor the all-college dance to be held in Recreation Hall shortly after Christmas vacation. Entries will be accepted at the Student Union office, Old Main, or, may be given to Vaughan Stapleton, Theta Chi, chairman of the- dance committee. First prize is a-free ticket to the dance which will feature a na tionally-famous band. The win ner -will be announced in a future edition Of Collegian. According to Guy Newton,', publicity chair man, the dance. will : be semi-for mal because of difficulty ex-Gl’s would have in purchasing tuxedos. Art Professor Resumes Post A former associate professor of art history at the College, E. Hy slop Jr., returned to this position recently after three years on the staff of the -art department at the University of Illinois. Originally coming to the College in 1934, Hyslop . remained until September .1942, when he left for the University -of Illinois to re place' a member of the art depart ment who had entered the; service. He returned because of the emer gency created by. the death of Prof.. J. Burn Helme, late head of the art department at the College. In 1931,, Hyslop. was graduated mained. there to receive his Mas ter of Fine Arts degree in 1934.. Th new head of the art depart ment to . take the late Professor Helme’s place, has not been, an nounced. Dean To Discuss Writing OnWMAJ Literary Show . Arthur ■R. - Warnock, dean -of men, will speak, on “Non-Profes sional Creative Writing” on the radio- program, “Purple Quill Pre sents,” over, WMAJ at 8 o’clock tomorrow night, announced Guild master-Charles M. Barr. Suggestions for Christmas books for children will be made by Mrs. A. W. Gauger. bride; Ruth, who was teaching music in a high eohool 'back home. 'His dreams approached reality when he received his discharge last 'September. and came to the College as a member of the fac ulty in the English department. 'However,, the tinted dreams threatened to shatter when he tried to find a threshold over which to 'carry his bride! The town was full of ex-servicemen locking for homes, and no homes were to be had. No apartments, no rooms, no nothing. One thing was certain. It was going to be . State College with Mrs. Cutler, or no State College. The Captain put his foot down! His wife’s little foot was on top of his. Miss Ray came.to the i-escue. There were two unoccupied rooms in Irvin Hall and an urgent need for a hostess. A plus B equals Mrs. Cutler! Any protests about a “man in Irvin Hall!’’ were shush ed; Other colleges, had already tried the plan and found that a “house-father” as well as the cus-; tomary. house-mother woi-ked out fipe.! ■So the Cutlers moved in, arid for! the. first i time sinbe the cdeds' sMranned into- the? Tri- Dorms, a man unpacked his socks and -.neckties- within their walls. (Continued on page four) Published Semi-Weekly By T Frosh To Hear War Lectures AH Classes Students To Discuss Plans, Social Events Class meetings of all semesters ■will ibe held at '8 o’clock tonight, immediately following the orien tation lecture in Schwab Auditor ium. The purpose of these meet ings is to help students get ac quainted with their class officers and-to plan social events and pro jects. At the eighth- semester meeting, according to Jack Seavy, presi dent, .plans for eommencejnent will. be discussed. (Locations of the various meet ings, and presidents and secre taries in charge are: Second semester: .105 White Hall, Robert .Russell and Alice Miller. Third Semester: 110 [Electrical Engineering, Thomas Lannen and Patricia (Meily. Fourth Semester: 100 Horticul ture, Frederick Ernst and Eliza beth .Doyle. ■ Fifth Semester: :I'lo Home Eco nomics; A/S Rolbert Foote and Sally Holstrum. Sixth Semester: 8 White Hall; A/S James ‘ Sheehan and Jean Sickel. .... ( • Seventh Semester: 318 Sparks, David Lundy and Jean Hirt. Eighth Semester: 105 Forestry, Jack Seavy and Gloria (McKinley. CabinefcMay Open Dry Dock Starting to work on one of the biggest problems of the semester, All-College President Van Lundy has appointed Thomas Smith to investigate the possibilities of us ing .White Hall for Dry Dock on Saturday nights. Lundy appointed Smith "at Cab inet meeting Thursday night, and also asked Eugene Fulmer to re port to the next Cabinet meeting on the possibilities of erecting a bulletin board on campus. Cabinet voted unanimously to remove an organization’s right to an ex-officio seat on Cabinet if the representative of the group misses three consecutive meetings. Cabinet will attend the fresh man orientation meeting tonight in a body, and sit on the stage. The group will meet this week in the Alumni Office, Old Main, at 7 pm. Thursday. Firestone To Interview Seniors, Graduates E. W. Oldham of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company will interview seniors and graduate students for positions with the company tomorrow and Thurs day, according to an announce ment by George N. P. Leetch, Col lege Placement Service director. Positions are available for B.S. and Ph.D. chemists and chemical engineers, and mechanical, elec trical, and industrial engineers. Those interested should arrange for an interview at the Placement Service, 204 Old Main, at once, Leetch announced. Penn State Hub To Hold lifformal 'Winter Skip' ...The “Winter Skip,” an inform-, at : dance sponsored 'by the 'Penh State Club, will take place in, Rec reation Hall from 8:30 to.’-12 p. nt.f Saturday. - '=>.-■ .“This will be the first post-war sdcial activity of the Peqn State (Hub,''.{Stated. Robert Moore,, pres ident. "J- - \ .Walter. Pascoe is chairman of the dance committee: Tickets will be sold at the door. To Meet Tonight Have A Cold , Cough.? Join The Masses Cutting Classes Do you have a 'cough? Is your nose running? WELL, BLOW IT!! Seriously though, you’re not the crily one. The Infirmary " and dispensary are doing a rushing business. "December ~an average oT 220 stu dents a day wheeezed into the dis pensary for treatment. Three thou-, sand five hundred forty-three stu dents called during November, averaging 154 a day. The reason for the sudden popularity of this establishment is-the common cold. The Infirmary is busy, too. At present it is almost completely inhabited by flu cases. The build ing is equipped to care for 30 patients, but in an emergency it can accomodate 48. • Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, direc tor of the College Health Service, believes that if students would take proper care of themselves by getting enough sleep, proper food, and dressing to keep dry in wet weather, the number of colds on campus would soon decrease. LA Speaker To'Discuss Allies' Problems In Italy “Allied Control in Italy” will be the title of this semester’s sec ond Liberal Arts lecture, to ibe given by Dr. Arthur H. Reede, as sociate professor of economics, in 121 Sparks at 8 o’clock tonight. Dr. Eeede’s talk will describe in detail American moves in Italy, the Italian reception to Allied ap pearance oh the war scene, and difficulties of government and co operation there. From his back ground as an American officer with the Allied ’Commission for Italy, Dr. Reede will endeavor to give a realistic picture of what went on in Italy during the months preceding final capitula tion of the Nazi forces in Ger many. The lecture series is free to all students, faculty, and townspeo ple. ’Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran, as sociate professor, of journalism and chairman of the Lecture Ser ies Committee, will introduce Dr. Reede. Niftany .... party will hold a .meeting in 10 Sparks tomorrow at; 7 ,p. m.. as announced by Michael Rosen-; berger, clique chairman. . All freshmen are invited to 1 attend regardless of party affiliation. | 72 Shopping | | Days 'Till | | Christmas | g ’ ft s*Sj^JBSSSSStSBS*JBKSSS3.BS> Whitmore To Discuss College's Contributions "Penn State’s Contribution to the War Effort” will toe the sub ject of the Freshman Orientation meeting in Schi\Va'b auditorium at 7 o’clock tonight. Upperclassmen and faculty members, as well as freshmen, are invited to attend. Dean Frank C. Whitmore, head of the school of chemistry and physics, will discuss the work done in his school on penicillin, super explosives, and other ma terials for the war effort. This will 'be the first time Dean Whit more has discussed this work at a public meeting on campus. Other, speakers and their topics are: Hugh R. Riley Jr., assistant executive secretary of the alumni office—" Alumni in .the Service.” Wilmer E. Kemvorthy, assistant to the president—“ Special Mili tary Programs.” Michael A. Farrell, head of the department of (bacteriology—“ A gricultural Research.” Royal M. Gerhardt, assistant dean of the school of engineering —“Engineering Research and Special Programs.” A. W. Gauger, head of the de partment of fuel technology— ‘‘Mineral Industries Research." Toni Hummel and Stanley Ziff are co-chairmen of this program, the fourth in a series of freshman orientation meetings sponsored by All-College Cabinet’. Ziff will in troduce the speakers..-.,. '■ '■’ilSemhers of All-College Cab inet will attend the meeting in a body, and sit on the stage. Land Grant Association Elects President Hetzel To Executive Position Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, president of the College, has been elected vice-president of the Association of Land Grant. Colleges and Uni versities for the 1945-46 term, the association announced recently. During the periods 1924 to 1932 and 1935 to 1937, Dr. Hetzel ser ved on the executive committee of the association.' In the past year he was a member of a special committee on association organi zation which resulted in a com plete revision ’of the constitution and by-laws. ’ The revised con stitution and by-laws were adopt ed at the meeting held in Chicago in October. Dr. ’Hetzel in 1934 served as president of the-National Associa tion of State Universities and at present is the senior member of the organization. For the past two years he has been chairman of the military affairs committee of the association. Common Sense Club Plans Nomination of Officers The Common Sense Club will hold its second meeting of the se mester in 10 Sparks at 7 p.m. Thursday to complete nomin ations for new officers. The nominations committee consists of two members of the executive board, two members from the general assembly, and the group’s faculty advisor. Nom inations will also toe taken from the floor. AH members are urged to at tend and assist in the choice of candidates for executive posts. Home Economics Club . . . will sponsor a Christmas sing and tea dance in the south west lounge of Atherton Hall from 3 to 4 p. m. Saturday. Home Economics faculty members and students are invited.
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