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6 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE STAFF
Two Societies
To Tap 23 Men
Reorganized Honorary
Accepts 15 New Members
Skull and Bones' and Parmi
Nous, upperclassmen’s honoraries
will tap the following at the Lion
Shrine, 6:30 tonight:
Charles Appleman, Jack ißrani
gan, Frank Brown, Robert Foote
NROTC, Walter Funk, Lee Gau
nter, Stephen Green, Harold Grif
fith, Richard Griffiths, (Bronco
Kosanovich, Richard Light NRO
;TC, iDavid Lundy, Warren Neiger,
William Nugent NROTC, Donald
•Rider, > Mich ale 1 Rosenberger,
George Sample, Frank Schneider,
James ‘Sheehan NROTC, Joseph
'.Steel, Wesley Turek, Mervin.Wilf
and Stanley Ziff.
On the steps of Old Main Wed
nesday, 15 were tapped by Friars,
reorganized sophomore athletic
honorary,, for the following sports:
baseball—Joe (Leith; basketball—
Richard Cullison, Walter Hatke
•vich, Jack Sheehe, Milton Simon;
■football —Frederick Bell, Robert
Kritzer; soccer—James Doman,
George Emig, William Kraybill,
Harry Little;, wrestling—Grant
Dixon, Kenneth Magee.
Navy Recruits
V-5 Candidates
..Candidates-ifar, .flight .straining;
whS*Save cbmpibtecirtjwo '•full : ae>
ademic years of college work are
being selected by the Navy for
enlistment as Aviation Cadets,
Class V-5, USNR. Active duty in
Pre-flight . Training will „ begin
without further, college work for
the first group on or about March
. Candidates for this class must
have reached their 18th tout not
their *23rd birthday anniversary
at; the time of, enlistment, ‘must
have had at least two years of high
school or - college . mathematics,
and must be able to pass the men
tal and physical. flight examina
tions.
Educational requirements for
the- .several age groups eligible
for Class V-5 are as follows:
■ I;- Candidates 1"7 or 18 years
of age must be high school gradu
ates, toiit are not. required to have
: completed any college work.
2. Candidates 19 years of age
.must have'completed at least a
semester of college.'*
3. Candidates 20 to 21 years of
age must have completed three
semesters of college.
4. 1 Candidates for enlistment as
.Aviation Cadets, 18 to 23 years of
age, must, have completed! two full
s'ears of college.
Clausen To Discuss
'The House I Live In'
- Dr. Bernard C. Clausen, of the
Euclid Aeenue Baptist Church in
Cleveland, Ohio, will speak on
“The House" I Live’ln” at Chapel
services in Schwab auditorium, ll
a.m. Sunday.
'■’(His- pastorates have included
Moiint Vernon, New York, Hamil
ton", Syracuse and Pittsburgh.
'From 1917 to 1939 he served as
chaplain. in the U. S. Navy, on
board the U.S.S. North Carolina.
iDr. Clausen has written 10
; books and is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho.
■ Graduate Gets Award
For Work On Atom Bomb
Michael C. Chervenak, ‘42, was
recently, awarded a Kellex Key
for his contribution toward the
■ success of the Kellex atomic
’ bomb project.
After graduation from the de
partment of chemical engineering
at the College, Chervenak was as
signed to development of the
-atomic bomb by the M. W. Kel
' ljjgg Co. of New Jersey.
Editorial
‘Mile Of Dimes’
During the depression of the 30’s a common expression was,
“Buddy, can you spare a dime?” For the next three weeks on campus,
the cry will repeat, “Students, can you spare a dime?”
Dimes, miles of them, are urgently needed by the National Infan
tile Paralysis Campaign if they are to continue .to keep up their pro
gram of research in the prevention of the malady and of healing the
torqued bodies of its youthful victims.
The issue is before the students and faculty. WILL PENN STATE
DO ITS SHARE IN MAINTAINING THIS HUMANITARIAN EF
FORT?
' Collegian is sponsoring this drive, but it will be YOU through
YOUR contributions that will put it over. The goal, $lOOO, s eems to
many absurdly low. To meet this goal, the 5000 students will have to
contribute only 20 cents apiece. No one can say that such an expendi
ture will put them on the financial r ocks.
But are we to be content with meeting a low goal? If everyone
were to contribute a dime a week during the three week campaign, we
would “go over the top” by $5OO. Again, this merely amounts to miss
ing a few “cokes” for the duration of the drive.
We students can do more than sacrifice just “cokes”; we can give
and give again until the $lOOO goal is doubled or even tripled.
Friars' Grey Hats Appear
After Three-Year Absence
Tapping of 15 pledges on the steps of Old Main, Wednesday, start
ed the revival'of a reorganized Friars, sophomore men’s athletic hon
orary, a grey hat society organized h.ere in 1912, which has been inac
tive since the spring of 1,943. ■
To be eligible to wear the blue Friars hood insignia, candidates
must win a varsity letter or the equivalent of Freshman numerals.
“The majority of the. new rush
ees are ex-Gl’s, so initiations will
•inot-'bel asyrqugh. as,,;UsuaL” ;sjtate<l-
Drue . Kinney"," president’ of
in the spring of 1943. Initiations
will-be held next week.
At the time -of organization,
Richard Harlow, - Harvard foot
ball coach who lost his big game
of the year in the Ivy League
through honesty when a player
admitted he had stepped out of
bounds after ’ making a' touch
down, was senior , class president
.then and advisor to the honor
ary. Neil Fleming, graduate man
ager of athletics and E. E. Miller,
one of the foremost professional
football officials, were charter
members.
Other members have included
such names, as Bob Higgins, foot
ball coach Dave Austen, All-
American football player in 1941
and Leon Gajecki, All-American
football player in 1940. _
Their first postwar annual ban
quet will be held in the near
future.
NROTC Men
Must Sign
In the interests of economy and
efficiency the Navy is requiring
every NROTC student to sign a
statement of his intent to accept
a reserve commission, if offered,
at the end of his college training.
All "men not wishing to bind
themselves to this course will
leave the unit on March 2.
Those who sign are promising to
continue on active duty in the
NROTC till at least July 1, 1940.
The signers are not eligible for
’.discharge,’ regardless of the
points they accumulate, till the
latter, date..
In signing, they also agree to
accept a reserve commission if it
is offered. However, on the first
of July, if they have sufficient
points (either as an officer or an
enlisted man) for discharge, they
will be commissioned but not or
dered to active duty.
Men who wish to join the re
gular Navy may request active
duty, at this time. After six
months service they will be eli
gible for transfer to the regulars.
Trainees who do not sigh will
be ordered to receiving ship or
boot camp, as their individual
case warrants. Sailors set for dis
charges will be sent straight to
separation centers.
Despite Rumors
. “There is absolutely no basis to
the rumor thqt Charlie Spivak
has canceled the contract for
February 8,” according to Vaug
han Stapleton, chairman of the
Winter Fantasy dance committee.
The ’ committee has been .in con
tact with Spivak :this week, and
he has guaranteed, that he will
keep the contract.
Every fraternity and. organiza
tion on campus is eligible to enter
a coed in the Winter Fantasy
queen contest. Photographs .of the
contestants.should be.turned in at
Student Union, or given to Al
bert Green, Phi'Epsilon Pi. The
top five candidates, to. be.selected
by the dance committee, will be
posted in a store window in t'o’wri.
The.: queen' WilLb’e. named at the
dance, and will be presented a
gift by All-College Cabinet.
Booths for the dance may be
rented for $B. Each fraternity is
entitled to use ' not more than
three sofas, which will be moved
to Recreation Hall toy vans hired
by the dance committee. Booths
should be reserved as soon' as
possible, by calling Joseph Cer
roni, Sigma Alpha Phi. All checks
should be made payable to All-
College Cabinet, and turned in at
Student Union.
The committee also expects to
have catering at the semi-formal
ball.
Undergraduate Center
Opens at Dußois
Dubois Undergraduate Center
of the College, closed for the past
two years' because" of a wartime
enrollment slump,, will reopen for
the spring semester at the same
time the main campus’ spring
semester begins, according to an
announcement made By D. B.
Pugh, suoervisor of the College
undergraduate centers.
The College’s other three un
dergraduate centers will begin
their soring semesters February J.
Enrollment quotas for the cen
ters have been set as follows:
Dubois, 8Q: Altoona, 200; Hazle
ton, 135; Schuylkill. 135. These
quotas have been practically
reached in all except the Dubois
center. , .
'January Jump' Tops
Weekend Activities
Players Tickets
Go On Sale
Tickets for “The Curse of Gold”
will be on sale at Student Union
starting Monday morning. Ad
mission to this Players’ production
in Schwab Auditorium on Janu
ary ’25 and 26 will be 50 cents
plus tax.
19th Century Melodrama
A melodrama of the late 19th
century, “The Curse of Gold or
The Broken Chain” was compiled,
cast, and directed by Henning
Nelms, professor of dramatics.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Scott, assistant
professor of dramatics heads the
students who are designing the
set. John Miller, publicity assist
ant in the summer sessions office,
is technical advisor for the crews,
while Miss Margaret Witt, instruc
tor of dramatics techniques, will
direct the special concessions. Lor
raine Meltzer is assistant to the
director.
Because of the nature of the
roles, many students are taking
two or three parts. Cast in leading
roles are Betsy Heagy (Nellie),
Beatrice Menengo (Flossie), Libby
Peters (Tom Gray), Norma Teit
lebaum (Biddy O’Hara, Marquise
d’Thiers), Marilyn Macadams
(Daisy,' Mimi), Fritz . Troutman
: (KCjfe),-fHserbbrt; ; '--Ro | ssman;- (A'r.i- :
VSriai'JDiies), Roy' Rombergdr : (Kd-'
land Mannering), Richard Front
man (Slugger), Calvin Maynard
(Deadeye) and 'Leroy Weidner <H.
Honeywell Sr., General Xertigny).
Barber Conducts Band
—MMW
A 23-piece band, led by George
Barber, will supply music for the
specialty acts in “The Curse of
Gold.” Myrtle Boch,. Kenneth
Gould, Jock 'Goodovitch, Patricia
Manson, Robert Martrona, Leon
ard Scalise, Betty Slawman, Gen
evieve Taras, and .Anne Wisdeh
are playing violins with this group.
Cellists are Lois App, Ediward Ro
tili, and Herman Slayman.
Other members, of the band are
William Christmas, bass; -Walter
Kleniko\vski, piano; Albert Good
year and Robert Skipper, clari
nets; Esther Thompson, oboe; Ed
ith Murray, flute; Marjorie Rex,
French horn; Eugene Sprague and
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New Portfolio
Goes On Sale
Kenneth Edgar and David
Cummings will head the new
Portfolio, Penn State literary
magazine, which is scheduled to
appear this month.
Larger in size than the preced
ing issues and offering a wider
variety of material, the January
issue presents among its feature
articles, “The Mighty Judges,” a
tribunal farce, “How To Lift That
Fraternity Pin,” and, on the more
literary side, the short stories,
“Colossal Nerve.” and “The Re
turn." An eyewitness account, “I
Was at Belsen,” will also be of
fered.
With the formation of the ad
vertising staff, Frances Glass
takes over the assignment of
business manager. Members of
her staff include Roslyn Gahuse,
Harriet Rockman, John Sadden,
Thelma Silber, and Gwynneth
Timmis. The circulation staff will
be headed by Joseph Peters, the
art department by Robert John
ston.
Application Blanks
. . . for deferment of fees for
the spring semester are available
now at the Bursar’s office. Appli
cations may be filed without fee
up to and including February. 5,
Bursar Russell E. Clark an-,
nounced. .
independent Groups
Hold informal Dance
“January Jump,” an informal
dance, will be held in Recreation
Hall from 9 to 12 p. m. tomorrow.
Sponsored by Independent Men’s
Association and Independent
Women’s Association, the dance
will feature . not only “name
band” records but also a game
room for cards, ping pong, check
ers, and'chess.
Record changer Betty Brown
will hold the baton, and tickets
will be sold at the door for 30
cents each. The dance ’Anil follow
the wrestling match between
Penn State and the Coast Guard
Academy which is scheduled for
7 p. m.
IWA President Jean Edelman
has announced that IWA will of
fer a-scholarship with its share of
the proceeds. Scholarship, parti
cipation in campus activities, and
need will determine the winner
of the award.
Walter Pascoe, president of
IMA, and Shirley Levinson are
heads of the social committee.
Esther Gershman and Salvatore
Rocci are chairmen of publicity,
with Vera Slezak as chairman of
tickets.
Veto Merger
The expected merge of Campus
and Key political parties is off,
according to William Morton, Key
party chairman. In an attempt to
create a party to meet increased
enrollment without any distinc
tion between Greek affiliates and
independents, Key party is reor
ganizing alone, Morton stated.
The reorganization will include
the election of sub-clique chair
men for the sophomore, junior
and senior classes to work under
the over-all clique chairman.
Clique sub-chairmen will b e
elected at a meeting in 4 n fi Old
Main at 7 p.m., January 27. .
In preparation for the spring
semester, sub-clique chairmen
will be elected as follow: one
from the second and third sem
ester, one from the fourth and
fifth, semester, and one from the
sixth and seventh semester. When
the College returns to classes,
rather than semesters, as a stud
ent classification, the subchair
men will move up to take over
their classes, Morton added.
Metallurgy Professor
Receives Aircraft Post
Dr. M. Gensamer, professor of
metallurgy and head of the de
partment of mineral technology,
has accepted the appointment to
the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics, subcommittee on
aircraft metals.
The committee is composed of
representatives of the metal pro
ducing industries and of the gov
ernment agencies interested in
aircraft.
X-G-I's
. . . from Fayette and Somerset
counties are eligible to apply as
candidates to the United States
Academy. Congressman J. Buell
Snyder, of Fayette and Somerset
counties, has offered two applica
tions for ex-servicemen of these'
counties who are superior in math
ematics, .English, and science, and:
will be not more than 21 years
of age on April 1. Any student
interested should report to Navy
Headquarters, 'Engineering E, sec
ond floor, before 12 noon Satur
day.