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.