gij 3 I__ PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE STAFF 2 -7,.... ft3> Haller To Assist Dean Whitmore Cabinet Plans Book Exchange library Becomes Home Of Student Bookstore . A student' book .exchange will operate in the library the first week of next- semester, under the direction '.of. All-College Cabinet. -. This announcement was made at • Cabinet meeting.last week.- .-"... Any student .who desires to sell a used book may take it to a're served room in. the. library, set a price .on the book, and pay a five cent; service charge.: The.huyer.of .. the book will also pay a five cent ; fee, which will cover the'cost of ;: hiring, student: help to work in the • student'exchange.' . This book, exchange, the first one at the College, since 1042, was arranged by : Charles Hill, chair man of a committee appointed by All-College • Cabinet. ■ Larry Fos ter, Jeanne iHirt. and Patricia Meily will assist Hill.". , Also at the -meeting, Prof. Har old E. Dickson, ,of the 'fine'..arts department, appealed.to the stud ents for support in finishing the Henry Varhum Poor, mural in the Old IVlaih lobby. Professor. Dick son explained- .th'at.fihe original plans for the mural called. for'ad ditional frescos .on the side walls of the. second floor lobby, but due to the- outbreak of war, the plans were cancelled. . Professor Dickson read a letter, -from Mr. Poor, -stating that ~he; Would like to finish the frescos. President Van Lundy appointed a committee of yirginia Sykes, chairman, Woodene Bell, Eugene Fulmer, Betty Funkhouser, and Patricia Meily to study the pos sibilities .of . having the . mural completed. . ' , (Robert Foote, chairman of'the Dry Dock committee, • reported thetya'letter .iiadrbeen (sent to: jSrf Carl P. Schott, dean of the. School of Physical Education, asking for permission to use White Hall for Saturday, night recreation. All other action of Dry Dock was postponed until Dean Schott re plies to the letter. James Sheehan, who . has been, j investigating the possibilities of. Sunday movies on campus, re ported that the'Penn State Ghris ...tiariAssociation, has -declined Jjp - finance the movies. Sheehan wais instructed >.to investigate othe.r > means, of-getting-.money. tq] spoh sor the movies. When '.:lCabinet '•rmeets- ragain Thursday night, William Maginn, who was appointed chairman of the flag ’ committee during summer .semester, will.. announce the decisions of the committee on the design entered by students for a Perh State flag.. ’ " toifimon Sense To Hold Discussion of FEFC Bill The Full Employment Bill will (be discussed at the Common Sense meeting in 228 Sparks at 7 p.; m. -tomorrow. All- student's are invited to join the members in the discussion. ;.- Under the chairmanship of •Arthur H. Reede, associate pro fessor at economics, -Betsy Dean will lead the discussion of the House Full. Employment Bill.and •Jeanne Rich, the (bill in the' Senate. ' - - • This bill, if passed,'will take care df future , unemployment arid .will' enable '.the goyerrimerit ’to take measures - against -■foreseen unemployment, such as during a "depression. - . fiirple Quill : '. will-.present “A"'Sympbs ‘ ium .of . .Humor” on its weekly ; vWiMAJ.v 6 -itombfrbw hight. "" 111 ‘ Committee A nnounces 'Winter Fantasy's Prospective Royalty ■Winter Fantasy Queen finalists announced last night by Albert Green, selection- chairman, are Florence Brown, (Marilyn Glo foisch, Eleanor Roberts, Mary Frances Whalen and Barbara Wilson. •. 'Pictures of. the five finalists will be on display in the Corner Room - window ..tomorrow., accord ing -to. Green, while actual voting will take place on Thursday, and Friday at the Student Union Desk. ■ - ‘ Original: plans of .limiting vot ing to students buying .tickets' to the dance were dropped, Green said; because it was feared that there would-be too much confusion at:-the-Student Union desk. ■lnstead, all ■ men and women undergraduates may cast their vote tor • Winter Fantasy Queen, at any time on Thursday and un til 4 p.- m. Friday, by. presenting their matriculation card at the Student. Union desk. , 'Entry.-.pictures not selected as one of the five finalists may be picked-up. at Student Union any time this week. Magazine Holds Story Contest Announcement of This.-Month ''magazine's Tfirst fiction 'contest was made today toy Ada Siegel, editor in-chief of the publication. “We are looking for real, new talent,” Mrs. Siegel explained. “What we want is ‘Reading to Remember’ in fiction. Please don’t send in trivial, routine material. We want unusual, high-standard fiction, stressing good character izations and humaij -interest situa tions.*’- ' : ' • ; '■ •'■>!• Deadline on submissions is March 1, 1946. Required length is about 3,000 words. Three prizes are being offered and all three prize-winning -stories will be pub lished. In addition to the pur chase price on each story, about $250.00, the prizes -will be: a $5OO victory ...bond and two $lOO vic tory bonds. No.entry blanks are necessary, and the contest is open to all,. with no geographical or olther restrictions whatsoever. Both amateur and professional writers are welcome to partici pate. .■ War Correspondent Hindus To Discuss Soviet Union 'Maurice Hindus,' recently re turned" from Russia after a year and a half as a war correspon dent' for the - New York Herald- Triibune, will speak in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m. Thursday in the third of the Community Forum series. .The speaker will discuss the Soviet, where he was born 52 years ago. (He . left his native country ,at the age of 14, but re turned in later life to investigate and write about collective farms for the Century magazine. Hindus’ research at that time resulted in his first books ’“Red, Bread” and “Humanity Uproot ed.’’-Books published more re cently: include' his autobiography, ‘‘Green ' Worlds;”; “To Sing With the-'Angels,” a’ novel, “Hitler Cannot Conquer Russia,’-’ arid (‘Mother Russia.?’ " The lecturer, who holds a mas- degree,, from Colgate Uni yprsity.";apd-hhs^studied- at -Har vard 1 , does hot expect another major whr in .Europe for at least a fjeneratibri. “Nor r do I think 'th,er^,'Wfll'i-he. a minor -one,’’ ..he :ad®>'.';f*Tljis'.time | the. ..big- TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY -S,I946—STATE pa March Of Dimes' T0fab5477.37 With only three days left in the College’s “March of Dimes” cam paign only $477.37 has been turn- ed in toward the' $lOOO goal. Groups who have collected money and have not turned it in as yet ai-e urged to do so at once. - Eugene . 'Fulmer -is the first student. on campus to ■ win a •year’s free subscription to. the Collegian by • personally solicit ing $lO toward the “March of Dimes” _ drive. He has requested that'his prize subscription be. sent to' the.'veterans convalescing at the Valley : Forge General Hos pital.- ; • .' - Saddest.blow to the; campaign was the pilfering of contributions in the "wishing well” which.was transferred from Old-Main' to Re creation Hall for Saturday’s three athletic events. The bucket sus pended in the “wishing well” con tained ■ a sizeable collection, of coins when . the well was remov ed from near Student Union. Added to these wias the -money tossed in before and during the athletic, meets. Most of the collec tion had disappeared 'by.the time the spectators had left Rec Hall. Contributions to date are: Players- Show $168.56 Beta Sigma Rho 55.22 Phi Sigma Delta 45.00 Phi Kappa Sigma 38.00 ■X-G-i Club -i.V.:.. v:. ...... 19.72, Corner Room and Hotel . . 18.30 Recreation Hall 17.02 Alpha Epsilon Phi 15.92 Carnegie Hall (Faculty, and- Staff) ..... 10.00 Eugene Fulmer 10.U0 Penn.-State Christian j- Association 10.00 | McAllister Hall ~...... . - 8.28. Jordan Hall 8.02 Southwest Atherton Hall 5,27 Northeast Atherton Hall . . 6.80 Northwest Atherton Hall .. 5.37 Southwest Atherton Tall 5.72 Kappa Kappa Gamma . . 5.04 Frazier Street Dormitory 5,00. Delta Tau Delta 4.17- Zeta Tau Alpha 4.11 Alpha Omicyon Pi 4:05 Theta Phi Alpha 2.85 Horticulture (Staff) - 2.12 Sparks-First Floor (Staff) 1.80 will not permit" it.” • ' iSirigle ■ admission tickets -, lor Hindus! .talk, will he sold for 75 Forum. Speaker cents.- Series .tickets are still oi\. sale, Union for ; .'s2." MAURICE HINDUS Will Aid In Reconversion From Applied Research Col. George L. Haller, special assistant to the chief of the electronics subdivision at Wright Field, 0., has been named assistant dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, Dean F. C. Whitmore announced today. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haller, of South Allen street, State College. Dean Whitmore explained that Colonel Haller, who will * * '* ' begin his duties July 1, will have a large , share in-the dif ficult problem of • -reconvert ing from a very large .amount, of applied research' and' ■at small amount of.- instruction tothe-heav iest- instructional load' which--the School- has ever carried .and 1 a smaller- but highly - coordinated program.in fundamental research in the lines in which .the members of the staff have become estab lished. Assistant Dean ; 'cbL: GEORGE - HALi,EH r X-G-I sTo Hold Pre-Final Dance “Relax-with Music”,-will be the .themei of X-G-I Club’s danee to. be held at Recreation Hall from 8:45 to 11:45 p. m. Saturday, February 23. ■Featuring the.music of Pat Pat erson and his Collegians, the dance- is designed ■to relax ' the minds of the student body before they face the week pf final exa minations. . Free to all club members upon presentation of. their membership cards, X-G-I Club also will in vite 500 couples to, be their guests at the dance. Present plans call for distributing 300 free tickets at Student,,Union, and .the .remain ing 200 through various - campus organizations. Dates when these tickets can be obtained .will ~be announced in Collegian next week. , - . Further arrangements for the dance will be made at the club’s meeting in ' 121 Sparks, 8 o’clock this- evening. All members ' who have not obtained their member ship cards as yet can get’them at this time., In addition .to discussing -plans for the dance, other matters of business will include nominations for the organization’s first sem ester and all-club mem b e r achievement award. Application Blanks . • . . for deferment of fees must be filed today at the Office of the Bursar. These blanks to be accepted, must be filled in and signed by the student’s parent, Bursar Russell E. Clark stated. A fee of $5 will be added for late application. Payment of fees for the spring semester will be March 29. Officers''Names ... of every fraternity soror ity, honorary society, club, or other, organized group on campus ■must be handed in to Student Union this week if they are to be included in the forthcoming Stud •ent Union Directory, according to. George Donovan, manager. PRICE FIVE CENTS “Chief among these,” said Dean Whitmore, “•will he .fundamental work-in electronics to all'-of its phases;” .'He pointed out that du plication will he avoided between this program and' the very exten sive. program jotf applied- electron ics to. the SohooL of Engineering, under Dr. Eric iA.-'WaLker,'head of ..Electrical Engineering arid the .Ordnance 'Research,•Laboratory. In physics, nearly a ll phases of inves tigational work w ill .'be represent ed with the exception of nuclear research, Dean Whitmore added. Starts Career in ,1927 . _ Colonel Haller began his career in electronics’during the summer of 1928 when he was employed as a radio - engineer - with the West inghouse Electric and Manufac turing Co. of East (Pittsburgh. He also was employed there.from 192f7 to 1929, and from 1929 to 1933> was an engineer with E. A. -Myers and Sons in Pittsburgh. In 1935. the new assistant dean went to,-Wright Eield.to work on aircraft tobtoimmications • and '-'H June, 1942, as senior radio engi-. neer of the Communication and NavigationDivisiion.of the. Aircraft Radio Laboratory,- he’was commis sioned a major to the Signal Corps and made assistant-chief of that division. In November, .1042, the Research Division was authorized', and Col onel Haller was selected to organ ize and direct it. -He was'responsi ble for .the . establishment .of the ultra, secret radio and; radar coun ter-measures- program;- submarine •detection -from aircraft, and radio and radar control of, guided* mis siles. Under his-direction;-this lab oratory cf 20;people-was built into .an organization that, had a war-, time strength of 250 persons, m • (Continued On Page Three) PSCA Extends Deadline Of UNRRA'Clothing Drive Extension of the UNtRRA cloth ing drive has been granted by the Christian Association to . accom modate contributors ■ who ' were unable to make yesterday’s dead line. Clothing will be received to day and tomorrow at dhe PQCA office in 304 -Old Main, or pre ferably in the Lutheran Church on College and Atherton streets. The donations will-be packed by the Boy Scouts under the direc tion of W. H. Passmore, supervis ing principal oij State College schools, and shipped on a special box car coming to. the town. (Miss Charlotte E. Ray, dean of women, urges that -even students who may . have • contributed all their worn .clothes .at Christmas give something which -will mot be missed by them but. which will help save a life in Europe. Miss Ray suggests that several girls might even take advantage of the January sales by going - together to buy an item. The .dean consid ers .it-imperative that we give to those .who have .born so-muchrof .the .destitution .of .war oo ;our be half.
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