FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945 Prof Alarms Sleepy Students With Original Literary Work A sea o£ blank faces. 'Monday morning, 8 o’clock. What could one expect? A conglomeration of drooping eyelids, dr awn-in cheeks, suppressing yawns, and glassy gazes had their effect upon the Professor Lin Cutler, conducting a comp A class in Sparks. Six students were writing the day’s assignment on the boards with slow chalk marks. He glanced from them to the rest of the class sitting motionless in their seats, then resolved to do something about it. (Turning to a vacant blackboard, ihe picked up a piece of chalk and wrote swift lines: “M-m-m-m-m. "What have you done to me, ■Drugged me with kisses'? Never such ecstasy . Sudden as this is! "Who cares for the why of it? Don’t stop to quiz me! Don’t care if I die of it, Just kiss me! and kiss me!” College Red Cross Unit Names New Officers The new officers of the Col lege Bed Cross were announced at the rally, in Schwab Auditorium last Wednesday. They include: Richard J. Mauthe, chairman,; Michael Rosenberger, vice-chair man; Jeanne Hirt, vice-chairman; Carol Dieckmann, secretary; and Anne Berkhimer, finance chair man. V . Walter Falkenburg, Ruth Hill, Patricia Meily, Rosemary Genejdi, and Jean Ford are other mem bers of the Operating Committee. Faculty members are Prof. R. M. Gerhardt, assistant dean of -en gineering, chairman of the State Colleger-chapter; -Miss Lucille An derson, member of the advisory council, and Miss Mary Brown Allgood as faculty advisor of the campus unit. Advanced ROTC . . . courses for all men students who are interested will, be dis cussed at a meeting in 121 Sparks at 4:20 p. m. on Tuesday. Pre liminary applications will be is sued at that time, o • . FRATERNITY JEWELRY L G. BALFOUR COMPANY LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE )iiiiliiiiiiiiii!iii!iiiii::ni!iiii::!iiiii!iiiWiiiii!!iiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!iiiii!i>iini!!i:iiuiiiii!iiiiiii!iiii!i!i!i!iiiiii!iiiiiii!i! | :.iiiiiN!:!itiii:«!i:ii!!iniiii!iiiii::iMii!i!iiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii yOUR filfl-HIS CHBICf So he lovet a ptpel Give him one like ho other. Here's a miniature! pipe in a replica box of CUSTOMBILT'S with a Gift Certificate to be redeemed al hit favorite shop with the real thing. No two /’CUSTOMBILTS" are alike. His fo choose from Bench* fashioned bruyeres for size, heft, draw, bolance, texture, color, let Him make the decision. \ McLANAHAN'S DRUG STORE S.jAllen St. Here and there students straigh tened in their chairs! Smiles tip toed to the corners of a few mouths and undecidedly tiptoed back off. Unknown to those students, that poem was written by the profes sor and was printed in “Holland’s” magazine last year. The profes sor turned to his class. “Well; what do you think of it?” A fellow in the back of the room shoved his hands into his pockets. "I think that’s silly!” “You do?’ said the professor. “Well, then, you’ve never been kissed!” ' By this time the last sleepy eye opened wide. The class howled! Latest reports have it that the student who thought the poem was silly has been suffiently ad monished. He cap. be found over at Atherton every night trying to find someone to help him remedy the situation. Drive Collects $1647 For World Students The World Student Service Campaign has netted $1647 to date, announced co-chairmen Betty Funkhouser and Laurence Driskill. , , The driVe is being_ extended among all men this week. Heading the various drive com mittees are Frank Schneider, fraternities; Walter Pasco, inde-. pendent men; Priscilla Wagner, sororieties; and Vera Slezak, dor mitories. Vacation (Continued jro m page one) cords show, following a vacation period, there is a rather abrupt increase in illness among the students. If students get ill at, home, they should stay there to recover, and not bring the disease back with them. ' 7\,~ $5.00 TO $12.50 Collegian Junior and Senior Board meeting, 8 Carnegie Hall, 4.30 p. m. Lutheran - Student Christmas party, Lutheran Church, 7 p. m. v Dorm Dance, Cody Manor, 7-10 p. m. Sabbath Eve Services, Hillel Foundation, 7:30 p. m. PSCA American Christmas par ty for all foreign students, 304 Old Main, 8-10 p. m. Home 'Ec Club Christmas sing, Southwest , Atherton lounge, 3- 4:30 p. m. Wesley Foundation Christmas party, Wesley Foundation build ing, 8-11 p. m. - Shabbos Tea, Hillel Foundation, 3 p.>m.- - . Chapel, Schwab Auditorium, 111 a. m. Annual Christmas choral service of Chapel Choir. •PSOA Bible Study Group, 304 Old Main, 1:30 p. m. Rabbi Charles Shoulson to talk on Zionism, Hillel Foundation, 2:30 p. m. Lutheran Students Association meeting, hyrhn-fest, Lutheran Church, 6:30 ip. m. . Record Concert conducted by Prof. Edward Abramson, Hillel Foundation, 7 p. m. PSCA First Semester Cluib .Christmas iparty, 304 .Old ’Main, ’7 p. m. ; Orchestra, rehearsal, 117 Carne 'gie Hall, 7 p. m. Penn State-Engineer meeting, 2- Armory, 7:30 p, m. . Western Electric . . *«. •• • *; Stale College SOURCE Ofr SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM THE COLLEGIAN Calendar TODAY TOMORROW SUNDAY MONDAY "puil ifieect amact o*t SINCE tlife- war ended, thousands upon thousands of new telephones have been produced and installed. Hundreds, of miles of telephone cable have rolled out of Western. Electric plants to. provide more circuits for you. Central ofliee switchboards'and other equipment are being manufactured .’with all possible speed. Much of this equipment is extremely complex—not only to nm/re but also, to;/// into the Bell System, net work. Naturally shortages caused by four years of war cannot be made‘up for overnight, Supplying materials and equipment for the Bell System’s $2,000,000,000 construction program promises record peace time volume and a level of employment at Western Electric higher than in the years immediately preceding the war. liny all th'e Victory Montis you cun anti hcc/i.tlicin! Coeds Behind Closed Doo Find Traitor Among Them “Help!” The plaintive cry float ed down the deserted hall. “Help!” The cry came again from behind the stout wooden door. There was no response, and the three girls trapped in the room looked at each other hopelessly. They paced up and down. They beat on the door, but it was no use. They were trapped! They began to think of the things they’d never see again or enjoy. The more they thought, the more desper'ate they became. Then someone had a bright idea, “Who looked us in here? Who “Who locked us in here? Who We all know that the lock is •broken, and we can’t turn the knob from either side. Who is the culprit?” Two of them pointed their fingers at the third, who was just disappearing under the bed. “Just think of all the bluebooks, reports, and classes we’ll be miss ing,” wailed one. The other joined in,..“'And I have a date!” Then, in the throes of acute claustrophobia, they took a nail file from ; the drawer. The sharp point glittered as one •of them dragged the third, out from under the bed. Just as .they were about •to - murder the cowering culprit, a knock came at the door.. • ••. - . The murder was forgotten, and .the three of them scrambled for the' door. Outside their rescuer PAGE THREE ■prodded and pried with a small crowbar. There was a small click, and the door swung open. Three Jordan Hall coeds rushed out into the freedom of the hall. Does this sound fantastic? I'll isn’t; it’s an inside story. I wau inside! . Triangle . . . recently elected the follow ing officers: Herbert A. Mendt, president; Carl Pfeiffer, vice president; Joseph J. Perry, cor responding secretary; Richard V. Stamble, treasurer; and J. D. Mc- Ghee, house manager. John Fogle, Frank Pipito, and Blair Thompson were recently pledged to Triangle. S^SWS^J»S)^^S!sr.SB«SaSSSt^S!IS;I r | » if | Please Everyone This J P Year By Selecting jj | Your Gifts At The-l P College Book Store \ | ' Your Choke Of. | i ' The Best In | ,| ...Christmas Cards | I ••• Classical and Pop » f W V | ular Records | . Fiction and non« v jfj fiction l i | THE COLLEGE | | BOOK STORE I 129 W. Beaver OPEN EVENINGS.
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