i merry 1 | CHRISTMAS | 1 VpL. 42—No- 46 V Charlie Spivak Set for February 8 All-College Dance Rose, Erskine Place Second; Only 379 Vote Claiming its first victory in campus politics, the Independent parly swept freshman elections by a comfortable majority. Heading the ticket of the newly formed In dependents, Charles Hill copped the frosh presidency by a vote of 221. to 105 for Robert Rose, Key candidate. Nittany’s Jack Smith trailed with 52 votes. Ruth Hemler, Hill’s running mate won the Independents’ se cond office by topping Marjorie Erskine, Key, 198-110. Pat Kin kead, Nittany candidate, fell into third place with 71 votes. “The results of the freshman elections are indeed gratifying and I wish to sincerely thank those who supported me at the ballot-box,” stated President Hill, following his election Wednesday. “I wish also to thank the party workers who so unselfishly gave of their free time to put the In dependent party across,” Hill added. •Miss Ruth “Rusty” Hemler, newly elected i'rosh secretary is sued the following post-election comment: “As for Charlie’s state ment, me too. I am very happy that we won, and wish to assure you that we will do our best, with your cooperation, to have the freshman class well represented in campus activities.” Only 379 freshmen elected their, semester officers in an election free from heavy penalties for violations. The only infraction of the- elections, code was the use of a car for campaigning' by the. In dependents, for which they were docked two votes from each of fice. Votes were counted and pen alties determined toy the All-Col lege Elections Committee, headed by Charles Appleman. The Elec tions Committee functions in all semester elections and consists of Woodene Bell, Jack Branigan, Charles Hurd, Clyde Metzger, James 'Payne, Robert Spinen weber, A/S Matt Szeyller, and Ruth Wilson. Ex-Gl's Receive Vet Post Loan The Philipsburg Post of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars has placed the sum of $l5OO in the hands of the College for use of an emer gency loan fund for ex-service men. The money will be loaned to the ex-servicemen for purposes not ordinarily covered by gov ernment and college loans now available. The money has been placed in charge of Russel E. Clark, College bursar. To obtain a loan, the needy veteran goes to Robert E, Gal braith, the Veterans Administra tor, and makes an application for it. He then takes the application to Mr. Clark, who gives him the money. The fund has already helped one ex-serviceman get back to his home in Texas for Christmas. It is understood that the loans are only to be used in case of extreme necessity such as a check failing to arrive or some other such immediate need. The Philipsburg Post is the first outside organization to send money to the College for this use and more money will be available as needed. Hit-Run Driver Strikes Coed Alyce Joyce Chattaway, a first semester student from Charleroi andd'94s Women’s Rifle Champion of Ohio, was the victim of a hit rtui accident at the corner of Beaver avenue and S. Allen street at 6:50 p.m. Tues d ay. More frightened than injured, she es caped without a scratch. The coed was attempting to cross the street at the intersection. A ear heading south on Allen street drove through the red light and struck her as she stepped off the curb, knocking her down. The driver of the car did not stop, Two passers-by, J. Cush Snyder, of State College, and Dean Fetter olf, of Boalsburg, carried Miss Chattaway into Dank’s sture at the corner and summoned a phy sician. She was then removed to the infirmary for observation. F. A. Johnson of the State College police force investigated. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hitt, Hemler Sweep Freshman Elections In First Independent Victory Frosh Note: Customs Off Merry Christmas, frosh. You have just been granted your Christmas wish. ’Tis the decree of Judicial and Tribunal that this day shall be remembered, for as of 8 o’clock this morning no long er can it be said “You can recog nize a freshman by the wearing of the green.” Yep, kids, you can' throw away the tired name card, ditch the wilted ribbon, dye the dirty white socks, carry a cigarette lighter, trade in the sedate black bow tie for a flowing Windsor knot, roll down those pant legs, and don a Stetson chapeau. No more must you look behind that tree before you call for your date. No more must you button and bow to all upperclassmen. It’s all a thing of the past, and now you can claim the blue and white as your official colors, a soothing change from Kelly green even for an Irishman. However, it's only fair to be truthful and give “credit where credit is due.” It wasn’t just the Christmas spirit that moved these two august bod ies to such a decision. The freshmen themselves are to be commended for their aver age of 75 in a bluebook which even the upperclassmen agree was a “stinker”. So, frosh, from Judi cial and Tribunal, a Happy New Year to you, a new year minus customs. Don't Bring Ills To College , “Don’t, come back .to .Coliege if ybu’are gick,” urged DrT. , Ritenour, director' of the College Health Service. He emphasized that students who become ill while at home for the holidays should remain at home, rather than bring their ill ness back with them. If a student must remain at home longer than the allotted time, he should bring a statement from a reputable physician who has been taking care of him. This statement should be presented at the health service, where an ex cuse for classes missed will be is sued. Dr. Ritenour cited, as an ex ample what not to do, the story of the boy who became ill while spending a weekend at home, but who returned to the College be cause he believed he would re ceive better care at the infirmary. This, the doctor explained, was very flattering, but it endangered both the boy and other students by the spreading of germs and colds. Retired Prof , Knandel, Dies H. Clyde Knadel, former head of the department of poultry hus bandry died in Lancaster Tuesday after a six week’s illness. With the College 30 years, the late Professor Knandel received' his B. S. at Cornell. University. Prior to his appointment here as an extension specialist, he served as in instructor in poultry hus bandry at the Bristol Agricultural School in Massachusetts. In 1920 Professor Knandel was made head of the poultry husban dry department of the College and remained with the school until his retirement in 1944. State College Preserves Christmas Tree Legend A Christmas tree, tall and full and stately, with glimmering lights hid in its needles and piles of new fallen snow on its bran ches. . . . Thanks to a group of civic minded and Christinas spirited organizations there is one at the Main Gate of the College. , Sponsored for the tenth year by the State College chapter of the Elks Club, the tree was brought out of the mountains in a truck loaned by the Wes£ Penn Power Co. Then, on the spot provided by the College's grounds and build ings department, men from that department wired the tree in place and decorated it with strings of outdoor lights offered by the Alpha Fire Co. According to one legend, the first Christmas tree in America was a furry balsam set up by an old German minister near the al tar of his church. He trimmed it with berries and pine cones and The Collegian Edward Wagner # * Trust Honors State Veteran The first student loan fund or scholarship fund in memory of a Penn State alumnus who lost his life in World War II will honor First Lieutenant Harry Edward Wagner of the class of 1941. Lieutenant, Wagner, a native of Harrisburg, was killed in action in Normandy on June 28, 1944. He had participated in the inva sion of France on. June 6, jumping into enemy territory with an 'air borne infantry regiment that had been attached to. the 82nd Air i jq &*/s'-.>•• . -•• The’ 'fUKaf approved'. at the're cent meeting' of the' executive committee of the Board of Trus tees, was established as a $4OO loan fund by bis mother, Mrs. Maude B. Wagner, of Harrisburg. She will make additional contri butions annually and eventually the fund will amount to $lO,OOO and become a scholarship fund. The income from the investment of the scholarship fund -is to be awarded in, amounts determined by the Board of Trustees to stud ents who reside in the Harrisburg area with awards being limited to male students for their junior or senior years. As an undergraduate, Wagner was president of Interfraternity Council, president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic .fra ternities. He also was a member of .Lion’s Paw. Simons Receives Title For Work on Fluorine Dr. Joseph H. Simons, professor of physical chemistry at the Col lege, has been given the title of Director of the Fluorine Labora tories. He received the 'title in re cognition of his work in that field. The change in title, which was approved at the recent meeting of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of the College, was made with the understanding that the Fluorine Laboratories will continue to function as an integrated pkrt of the School of Chemistry and Physics. Dr. Simons, who first came to the campus as a visiting professor of chemistry in 1933, long has been recognized as an authority on fluorine, with which he has been workipg since 1920. brightly colored papers and put tiny candles on each of its limbs, as he had done as a child in Europe. His congregation, who had never heard of such a thing, was shocked. It was like worshiping a graven image they thought and were all for running the minister out of town. But he spoke to them of the Christmas story and when they saw the candles lighted and saw what a lovely thing it was, they thought, no, this wasn’t wrong, it was just a beautiful way of bring ing nature and their own desire to be merry at the Christmas sea son together. Other churches adopted the idea upd the people, the next year, put up trees in their own homes .... until today .... there is a tree standing at Main Gate, the descendent of a furry, little balsam standing by the al tur of a little country church. Published Semi-WeeklV, By The Collegian Staff ' FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1945-STATE COLLEGE,' PA. Dishwashing Doesn't Soil Paws of Nittany Mascot by KAY KRELL The stately Nittany Lion gave a guttural growl. “When I’m not be ing a mascot,” he muttered into his mane, “I’m just a housewife.” The lanky six-footer who ca vorts at Penn State football games in a somewhat moth-eaten lion’s skin leads a multiple life even now when football season is over. Taking graduate courses at the College, he is also a part-time in structor. And since his wife is also a student, the housework in their three-room apartment some times has to be shared. • Donning an apron and helping with the dishes is somewhat of a come-down for the King of Beasts. But Mrs. Lion says her husband is pretty amiable about it all, except when he occasionally lets out a protesting roar. The current mascot, like .the original mountain lion who started the legend, is a native of Centre County. He was born in State College when his father taught at the College, but he left here at the age of two months. He came back again as a freshman but did not Students Pay Fee Deposit Present students of the College planning to return next, semester are required .to pay a $lO deposit, according to an announcement from. President'Hetzel’s office. The deposit' is, ; to,. help; .the-sprang semester which begins early in March. This plan will facilitate the registrar’s admitting the largest number of applicants. The date of payment will be an nounced . after Christmas. Those who decide not to return and later change their minds will be re-admitted only on the basis of a priority list of admissions ap plicable to new Students.- Those paying the deposit and failing to return will forfeit the deposit. The deposit will be credited to the student on his bill for fees for the semester. Veterans enrolled under the G. I. Bill of Rights .will have the deposit returned in cash. William S. Hoffman, registrar of the College said that it is diffi cult to estimate the number of students who will be admitted for the coming semester. It is ex pected to be between 600 and 1000. The size of the class will depend on the number graduating, the number, flunking out, and the length of the continuance of the NROTC program. The first on the list for re-ad mittance or acceptance has always been veterans, both male and fe male. No new girls will be accept ed except those who were promis ed in May of last year. They were admitted for the fall term, but be cause of .the lack of rooms, they were requested to wait until the spring semester. Their number will not total more than 31. There are more coeds graduat ing this term than in previous years. There are over 100 women in the graduating class. When asked how many have ap plied for admittance for the com ing term, Mr. Hoffman said that it was up in the thousands. During the month of November he receiv ed more than'7ooo letters of ap plication as compared with 1600 requests last year at the same time. Audiovisual Aids Offers New Projection Course The Audio-Visual Aids Library will present its second five-weeks course on the use of the sound projector beginning January 14. •Philip Manino, film technician, will teach the class, which will be free to staff members but will cost other students $5 1 Staff members wijl be given preference in the class, which will be liipited to eight. •Tlie course, which includes five hours of supervised instruction and five hours of practice, will meet for the first time in 5, Cen tral Library, at 7:30 p. m., Janu ary 14. Do you like your Collegian full er. newsier, longer—a la Centre Daily Times? This, our special Christmas edition, is the first giant Collegian to grace Student Union since last year's holiday publica tion. If the shock is too great, relax — the new year will find Collegian once more a tabloid. Surprise begin his career as lion until his senior year in 1943. Last year the student-Lion was serving in the Navy during the football season out he returned this fall with his wife, an archi tecture student. They were mar ried during the summer of ’45 after a romance which,began when she lived in a dorm next'door to his fraternity house, and was driv en to nightmares by a lion’s head Which gaped at her from the win dow sill across the lawn. Being a, lion’s wife has its dis advantages, as the current mas cot’s wife can testify. At the first game this fall she attracted more attention than the players when the lion came bounding into the stands, sat down beside her, and wrapped his paws around her. When her amused neighbors asked, “Who was that?” she re plied in great disgust, “That was tqy husband!” And she is even less amused when he tries the same tactics with the cheer leaders. There are a lot of difficulties connected with being a lioness, Mrs. Mascot will agree.. But if anyone should ask her her favor ite song, she has her answer ready. Of course, it’s “Hail To The Lion.” 'Colyum' Dean Tells Formula Practice, practice! Don’t give up! There; is no substitute for ;writing thousands of , words in (learning. ; |o write, : ; j He is both dean of men, and dean of writing'at the College.; During the years he has been counseling men as they enter and progress through the College he has been expressing a hobby. For 23 years he has been writing his Daily Half Colyum for the Centre Daily Times. He 'believes in helping other writers, too. Speaking on the re cent Purple Quill, Dean Warnock gave advice and encouragement to both members of that literary club, and to all embryo writers. The non-professional creative writer, writing for his own pleas ure, must work long to acquire the skill that is gained only through training and experience. He should learn to write clearly, the first sign of the master, before he should attempt any fancy writing. And even though it seems hard to the college student, he must have something worth-while to write about. Still, the dean repeats, there is no substitute for practice. . In commending the purposes and work of the Purple Quill' Literary Guild, Dean Warnock said, “I am a convinced believer in frequent association of those persons interested in creative writing and art.” Speech Prof. Returns • Following Navy Service Mr. Ralph Richardson has re turned to his- former position as speech instructor ■ after sixteen months service with the U. S. Navy. After having attended San Diego boot camp, Chicago pre radio school and Oklahoma A & M, he became a radar technician. According to Mr. Richardson, the only time he left the States was when he was assigned to teach radar at Ward Island, Texas, locally known as “Weird Island.” While there he served with the U. S. Navy Tech. Training Command as an Aviation-Radio Tech. 2/c. Among his many students were several ex-Penn Staters. At present Mr. Richardson’s greatest problem is in finding a furnished house for himself and his family. f New Education Head Receives Bronze Star The Bronze Star Medal has been awarded to Dr. Willis E. Pratt, newly-appointed head of the department of education at the College. • Recently returned from Italy. Dr. Pratt was with the Allied military governments for the American Fifth and British Eighth Armies. The award was for his meritorious achievement during the period February 5, 1044 to May 12, 1045. Effective November 1, 1045, his date of relief from active duty, Dr. Pratt was promoted to the grade of major in the United States Army, according to an an nouncement from the war depart ment. Sweet Trumpeter College Opens Vets' Counsel In connection with the Veteran’s Counseling Center at the College, a Veteran’s Counseling Service opened on Monday in Harrisburg under the administration of the Central Extension Office. . The counseling service will as sist veterans, in the Harrisburg area who are seeking training un der the provisions of Public Laws 16 -arid 346. Named vocational appraiser and director of the service . is. Mrs. Hazel I. Stoll, who previously served with , g . special , training unit' at - Indiantown Gap' Military Reservation.';: She' is* a ,< gfatßiate oi. .AMon jCollegerj and; : has ■: taker Medical 1 ’ College, University oi Michigan., - '• College Plans Diesel Courses A short course for College teachers of Diesel Engineering, thf first of its kind, will be offered at the College during the period June 24 to July 6, 1946, Dean Harry P. Hammond announced to day. The course, which will enrol) forty teachers from all sections of the country, will be conducted by the School of Engineering in cooperation with the Diesel En gine Manufacturers Association The sessions composed, of both lectures and laboratory exercises will be taught by leading engin eers from the Diesel Engine Man ufacturing and Research Labora tories and faculty members from the College. Among the faculty members listed as instructors are I. J. Brad ford, P. H. Schweitzer, K. J. De- Juhasz, E. E. Ambrosius, Robert D. Fellows, and P, J. Reber. The local committee in charge of ar rangements is composed of Dean Hammond, Ambrosius, Schweit zer, H. A. Everett, F. G. Heohler, and K. L. Holderman. Thomas B. Keith . . . was promoted from assistant to associate professor of animal husbandry, it was announced by the executive commitee of the Boaivi of Trustees at a recent meeting.. Alum Stages Christmas For Calcutta Veterans It was Christmas in Calcutta. Painted ping pong balls and burnt-out light bulbs decorated the scrawny Christmas tree, but no one thought it looked forlorn. There were tropical flowers blooming on a terrace outside the room where it stood, but the bat tle-weary men from forward areas in Burma and India didn’t mind. At home it was time for the Yule log to ibe burning, but in India they turned on the fans. At the American Red Cross club, "Jungle Dream” named by some of the men at a nearby rest camp, they were singing Christmas carols. Since October, Miss Ruth Zang, ’3B, had been planning a Christ mas celebration for the men—a celebration that would be as near ly like one at home as she could make it. She had a real problem to find enough of the scai.t na tive trees to bunch together to make one acceptable Christmas tree. The club’s staff saved and tinted old ping pong balls and Receive 2 O'clocks; Coeds Fraternities Plan Parties Charlie Spivak, “the man who plays the sweetest trum pet in the world,” and his orchestra will play for the first post war semi-formal ball in Recreation Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m;; February 8. This announcement was made today by Vaughn Stapleton, chairman of All-College Cabinet’s dance commit tee. Miss Charlotte E. Ray, dean of women, has granted all coeds 2 o’clock permission to attend the ball. Fraternity hous es have also been granted permission to hold house “parties for this weekend. This is the first time Charlie Spivak has played at the College since 1943, when he was featured at the Sopho more Hop. CaJbinet’s dance committee plans to reproduce ' the big weekend Spivak’s first appearance created. Spivak is the nation’s outstand ing sweet band of 1945, accord ing to the poll conducted by the foible of popular music, “Down beat.” This selection was made' over such competition as Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Duke Ell- ' ington, ■ Sammy Kaye, Hal Mcln tyre and Vaughn Monroe. Jimmy Saunders, featured voca-; list with Spivak’s band, was re cently discharged from the armed forces. Before entering the Army, he toured the country for eight months with Harry James. As yet,' no theme for the ball has been selected. All suggestions should be sent to Vaughn Staple ton, Theta Chi. Booths may 'be'" , reserved by calling Joseph Cet- : roni, Sigma Phi Alpha. Those assisting Stapleton with arrangements for the dance: ajre: 1 ■ Mary Faloon, finances; Guy ’H^rP.ublic|ty-;-'ErissHun;t2inger, vitattons. and.:tickets;, jack-Brgnjtesn' gan, .-decorations; Albert' Greene,’'"' ball queen chairman, and Joseph. Cerroni, booths and programs. Sub-committees will be named af ter the Christmas holidays. Snow Helps Sailors To See Upstairs Of Coed Dorm ‘Twas the first day of the big mow and all over campus not a creature was stirring except those suckers with eight-o’clocks. A group of girls from E. Fairmount, who forcibly “went fraternity” this semester, from A. T. O. to be specific, were battling their way past Barracks 22. A few of the more ungallant of the “swabjockeys” (quote Cas sius) were snowballing the poor defenseless .coeds from their bal cony. When one turned to protest a blow she had received in a flank attack, she failed to see the steps in front of her. The expected thing happened. Books flying in all directions, the poor gal landed at the bottom [in a heap. Kiddingiy the • gobs offered to carry her home if they only' had - joking, stoppe'd' they, sgw she- was really unable to walk. In true Navy tradition 3 of them came to the rescue and the much-envied coed was carried in style’ the 3 blocks back home. The tale doesn’t quite end here. At the door, it was discov ered she couldn’t walk the flights 7f stairs up to her third-floor room so the hostess waived the tong standing “no-men-past-first floor” ruling and the NROTC boys continued chivalrously upstairs with their burden, much to the amazement of the other inmates who were just getting up. T wo Faculty Members Return From Europe Two faculty members have, re cently turned from Europe, where they did postwar scientific work. Dr. R. Adams Dutcher. head of the department of agricultural 'and biological chemistry, left this country in August and served as a scientific consultant to the for eign economics administration and the Office of the Quartermaster General. He was stationed in the American zone of occupied Ger many. K. J. DeJuhasz, professor of en gineering research, visited Eng land, Germany. Austria, Italy, Denmark, and France, inspecting laboratories and engineering plants. He left the United States in 'July. Glee Club ... at its regular Tuesday meeting elected the following of ficers: John Holmes, president; James McKecknie, manager; Vir gil Neilly, secretary. small light bulbs to hang on the tree. From salvaged mosquito netting she cut out 50 stockings. A sleigh for Santa Claus to sit in was made by some of the men from packing crates and wooden boxes. Calcutta. hotels and res taurants gave candy and fruit to add to Red Cross supplies for fill ing the stockings. To make the candy look more festive, Miss Zang huntedout a jute mill which was rumored to have cellophane. She found the cellophane and wrapped each piece of candy in it. At a children’s party several days before Christmas, 50 men from the rest camp “adopted" 50 orphan Indian children. Every child received a gift . from St. Nick who sat resplendent in his sleigh. , •Later on, when the men had their own celebration they were as tickled as little boys with their stockings. But every last man, in his own mind, was far from Cal cutta remembering past Christ mases at home. I HAPPY I I NEW YEAR | Baritone Star Sings Concert A concert iby Richard Bonelli; Metropolitan . Opera . Company baritone, will be the second Ar tists’ Course prognam, in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m. January 10. ißonelli was bom in Port By ron, N. Y., and grew up in Syra cuse, where he attended the uni versity as an engineering student. He began his musical career when the dean of fine arts at Syracuse persuaded him to give up engin eering and turn to singing. The singer studied in Europe, and made his operatic Modena, Italy, in 1923. LateiThe sang with the Monte Carlo Opera Company and finally made an ex tensive tour of Europe. Following this trip. Bonelli was engaged by the Chicago Civic Opena Company, where he sang for six years '.before making his debut with the Metropolitan in “La Traviata.” Two more Artists’ Course pror grams remain, following Bonelli’s concert. Witold Malcuzynski, or iginally scheduled to appear De cember 17, will be heard February 6. The final number will be the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, April 5. AAUP Chooses Rhodes To Head State Chapter Professor Leland S. Rhodes of I lie civil engineering department, is the newly-elected president of the Penn State chapter of the American Association of Univer sity Professors. Dr. Corliss R. Kinney, of the fuel technology department, is vice-president. Secretary is Or. Evan Johnson Jr., associate pro fessor of mathematics. Mrs: Willa W. Taylor, assistant professor of music education, is treasurer. These officers, elected last week, will serve for four years. On the executive committee aro Dr. Bruce V. Moore, retiring president; Dr. Francis J. Tschan, chairman of the Association’s na tional committees on member ship, and organization and policy; Professor Louis J. Bradford, chairman of the standing com mittee on faculty welfare; and Professor Louis A. Bradford, chairman of the standing com mittee on instructional pro grams,. 1 Dr. Roy D. Anthony of the School of Agriculture, Dr. David C. Duncan, School of Chemistry and Physics, and Professor Wil liam L. Werner, School of Liberal Arts, are delegates-at-large. PRICE FIVE CENTS