PAGE TWO i Pseudo Dry Dock As a result of a conference between a repre ,-Tentative of the Cabinet Dry Dock Committee and Dr. Carl P. Schott of the School of Physical Education, the School of Physical Education will sponsor a pseudo-Dry Dock in White Hall to morrow night. .The Cabinet committee asked permission to have White Hall opened for Dry Dock, under the sponsorship of five women’s organizations—Pan liellenic Council, WSGA, Mortar Board, Junior Service Board and Cwens. According to Wihite Hall regulations coed groups can sponsor mixed recreation there —and Dry Dock would certainly come under these stipulations if backed by the women’s organizations. ■But the School of Physical Education has main tained a strict policy of “women only” for White Hall. In answer to the appeal of the women’s groups, Dean Schott offered to have the School of Physical Education sponsor regular Saturday night entertainment aided by any campus women organizations having ideas to contribute. Collegian cannot understand why the School of Physical Education prefers to work along without the aid of Dry Dock Committee, a group willing to do much of the work involved in plan ning programs, but if the School feels that there ' wi 11 be less friction or palpitations of the heart on the part of some of its members if they do all the* work, we are satisfied. All that we want to see if White Hall open regularly Saturday nights, featuring the type of entertainment that the students want. It is of no import who the big frog in the little pond is, so long as there is enough water for the students to splash around in. 'Professor Conger promises White Hall enter tainment of the sort desired if women’s organiza tions will ask for it and help in the planning. It is now up to the students to test the, pro gram fairly by attending and decisively proving that they are interested in using White Hall. Dissolve the Statues While various campus organizations' are cam paigning for a Student Union building, the comple tion of the Henry Vamum Poor fresco, or other gifts to the College which run up into the thousand and million dollar scale, practical and needed gifts are sometimes forgotten. In Schwab Auditorium, for example, there is a definite need for coat racks. Every Sunday morn ing chapel-goers lay their coats on the window sills, toss them over the seats in the back row, or drape them over the statues in the lobby . . . which certainly weren’t put there to- display coats. Or ganizations that are forever searching for some thing “worthwhile” to do for their Alma Mater, could either purchase coat racks for Schwab Audi torium, or see that racks from other buildings are moved in for chapel services. THE COLLEGIAN 'Tor -A Seller Penn Slate" Established 1940.. Successor to the Penn State Colleg ian . established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1877. Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur ing the regular College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as c-econd class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College. Pa., Post Office under the act. of March 8. 1879. Subscriptions by mail at $1 a semester. Member Associated Golle&iate Press Golle6icite Di6est Editor-In-Chief Business Manager Woodene Bel! Mary Louise Bavey <a^£§|^ Managing Editor Advertising Manager Peggie Weaver Rosemary Ghantous EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor ... Women’s Editor Feature Editor . Sports Editor .. Senior Board .. George Sample Barbara Ingraham, Audrey Ryback Junior Board Larry Foster, Kay Krcll, Lynette Lund. QUist, Caroline Manville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCaul ley, David Nalven, Jack Reid, Doris Stowe, Gvvenneth Timmis, Jane Wolbarst. Reoortcrs Jean Alderfcr, Kay Badollet, Frank Davis, Ar leen Greene, Elsie Harwitz, Marilyn Jucobson, Leo Kornfeld, Shirley Lyon, Elaine Mittelman, Kuy McCor mick, Nancy Sherrif, Jerry Trumper, Lucy Seifing. advertising staff Senior Board FhylJis Deal Junior Board Ria Hdnzlick, Sally Holstrum, Dorothy Lei bovitz, John Neel, June Rosen, Selma Sabel. STAFF THIS ISSUE , Gloria Nerenberg Mickey Blatz, Lois Marks Kay Badollet Leo Kornfeld ... Phyllis Deal ManugiiiK Editor Copy Editors* News Editor Spot i Editor Ad' d«K Marmjyer Distributor of Gloria Nerenberg Patricia Turk Mervin Wilf Old Mania By BARBARA INGRAHAM Let’s face it. The Comer Room is crowded with imports, there isn’t even floor space for rent any place in town, and the profs might as well cancel today’s lectures because nobody is thinking about anything but the Winter Fantasy-weekend. Lots of fraternities have planned parties Cor to morrow night. The Phi Sig Delts are having an informal open party and the Chi Phis are having their Chakett (they tell us it’s the same as pledge) dance. Since Rec Hall will be so crowded tonight that no one will be able to see anyone else, here are some of the couples who will be treading on your feet. Paul Markowitz and Jeanne Anne Covert* . . . SPE Tom Anderson and Mickey Kuehner . . Theta iMary Kay Reinard and SPE Tom Botsford ... .SPE Phil Zoeller and Dee ‘Ross. Dancing to Spivak Delt Herb Boder and' Joan Leach, import ."mm Pittsburgh ‘Delt Jim Doyle and Marion Marsh, from Cynwyd TKE and 1 all-college president Van Lundy and Dottle Lewellyn, import from Pittsburgh Theta Eleanor Roberts and TKE Larry Foster TKE Frank Schneider and DG Lavona Dewald Sigma Pi Jack Reeves and Margaret Roman... .Sigma Pi Wally ©avis and Jaque Zivic. To continue the list... .KD Betty Lindsay and John Bowman, Triangle.... .KD Kay Kesack and Herb Wahl AOPi Jackie Struble andl Delta Sigma Phi Dean Alspach Winter Fantasy Dates Delt Dick Thompson and Eleanor Sherman.... Delt Ross Brown and Betty Nulikerin, Pittsburgh import Delt Jerry Eberhart and (Eleanor Tra nick... .Marilyn Meiser and 'Ed'Taggert... .Marie Nemrod and her Ilance'Ensign Lou Wellenbach.... Lynn Jacobson and Leon Claster... /Beta Sig Ber nie Ashner and Isabel Gordon. Phi Ep Stan Lewis and Frankie Gittelmacher. Still more coming... ,'AOP.i Mitzi Shade and Delt Trunk Harrison.... Delt Ralph Fritts and Mary Ann Kemper... .Delt Jack Townsend and Barbara Ingraham!... .Delt Doug Brady and Car olyn Rice... .TKE Dave Lundy and Marcia Cham bers, gal from Drexel. .. .TKE Earl Miller and Drexel coed June Gammel.... AOPi Janie Wol barst and Chi Phi Hap Hill. Lois 'Hartz and Connecticut boy Norm 'Peter son.. ... Delta Sigma Phi Dick Anderson and AOPi Jean Alderfer . . . Theta Phi Alpha Connie Miceli and Bab Kritzer... .NIROTC Jim Thompson and Theta Phi Alpha Alice Malar-key... .Theta Phi Alpha Ann Patterson and Marshal 8r0wn.... NROTC Karel Yedlicka and Theta Phi Linda Aifano.... ZBT Arnie Perloff end IAEPhi Cholie Halperni... .AtEPhi Missy Le Vine, and Phi Sigma Del-t Syd Wein... .Beta Sig Carole Baylson and AtEPhi Bernice Nalven. More Coming Up ‘There are still lots m'ore... .BG Jean Barinott and KDR Dave Carlton... .Kappa 'Betty, (Meyer arid Lt. Eddie Blaobburn... .Kappa Terrie Kist and Ted LeFevre....SAE Jack ‘Harper and Kappa Lee Yeagley Kappa Nan Charles and Carlton Morehead... .Lampide Tammy Crum and Ensign Robert Spencer... .SPA Dick Hurst and Mercy hurst coed Janice Wirges.,. .Jean Wirges and NROTC Bob Statoley... .ChiO Happy Weber and Bob Burleigh. AChiO Alice (Mendenhall will toe up to go with NROTC Jack Palme... .Mai-y Grace Lovette and import Carl' Wirges.-.. .Phi Sigma Delt Dave Nal ven and Pittsburgh import Gretdhen Seegman.... Phi -Sigma Delt Sy Bram and Janet Wiekoff Phi Sigma Delt Abe Levy and Jane Karnofsky. It looks as if the “Eallen -Sparrow” has regained his wing s for Phi Sig Delt (Lennie Sugarmann will toe there with Phi Sig Sig Avis Goldberg Alpha Xi Delt Ann Baker and Tommy Love Alpha Xi Delt Carol Wilbur and George Po-licas tro... .AChiO Margaret Cook and Theta Chi Vaughn Stapleton... .-AChiO Joyce Leet and Bill Phillips... .Phi Kappa Sig 'George Mills and DG Ethel Kirk. ' Other Couples To go on with the list of tonight’s dates. . . .Phi Kappa Sig Bill Beam and- DG alum Scotty Glenn . .. .Phi Kappa Sig Leon Scott and Grace Kelly ~. .SDT Marion Papernick and Gamma Sig' Marv Breslaw... .SDT Eileen Ersliler and Gamma Sig Stan Wirtchaster... .SDT Raisa Poser and Phi Ep Joe Garner... .SDT Lee Shane and Sid Dickstein ~ .Phi Ep Burt SchofY end SDT Roz Dulberg. Sigma Pi Stoney Foster and Ann Condrim... Phi Sig Sig Ruth Eractman and Irv (Leving, Phi 1 Sigma Delt from Penn... .Phi Sig Sig Fran Sorin and (Harris Gilbert... .Phi Sig Sig Harriet Sabel and Eddie Goldring, Phi Sigma Delt from Penn. THE' COLLEGIAN Back In Mufti The Eleventh Airborne Division 'had 'been resting for nearly a month on the shores of Leyte Island in the Philippines. It was a well deserved rest after a solid month of routing out the Japs entrenched in the hill's of the island. Staff Sgt. Marty E. Baum, a member of the 51H th-Para troop Regiment, felt uneasy. Something was in the air; rumors were various and numerous. On the morning of January 28, 1945, the order came to prepare to invade Luzon by air within a few days Dawn of February 3 saw hun dreds of planes flying over the Philippines laden with paratroop ers. The minutes ticked off one by one. Finally the lieutenant began to baric the orders. The men stood tensely waiting for the signal. This was it, Marty thought to himself. He jumped. •Then it happened. You must have heard the stories about the parachutes that didn’t open in time. •Maybe he heard those stories too, but this wasn’t the place for humor with the ground coming up to meet him. In the few seconds he was plummeting downward, a hundred thoughts flashed through his mind. Everything went wrong. The plane was traveling too fast and a thick fog had set in. Strained in a jack-knife position, Marty was about to pull the emergency cord when a terrific shock made him senseless. The ’chute had opened at about 200 ieet above ground. The para trooper recovered consciousness as he reached the earth. Though he was ibadly stunned,- he dragged himself to his feet and went into battle with the fellows. They fought the battle of Nich ols Field l and the Battle of Manila after that. Two weeks later Marty came down with a 104.5 fever and the medics'turned him over to die nearest hospital. Finally the army doctors discovered that he hadl a fractured neck and a head concus sion. He had fought with the i'el- SALLY'S FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1948 lows those past two weeks, all lire time suffering with a fractured neck from the terrific shock he had received' when the ’chute almost didn’t open in time. The. fellows didn’t erven have the heart to make a crack .about sending the para chute back if it didn’t work. Not after those last two weeks of hell. 'Evacuated to a hospital in New Guinea, he spent six months re covering. Something new was add ed! to his collection—Parachute wings, Combat Infantry Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic- Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons, and now the 'Purple Heart. Finally in September, 1945, he was discharged, and now Staff Sgt. Marty E. Baum is just plain Joe Civilian, studying aeronautical en gineering at the College. MARILYN JACOBSON Scheduling Officer Moves Headquarters to Armory The office of the scheduling, of fice Jay V. Watkins, is now in the Armory. Entrance to his of fice is from the door facing the mall, and his phone number is the same, 347. Mrs." Rebecca Doerner, in charge of the paper work "for the " Veterans Administration, will oc cupy the off ice previously used by Mr. Watkins in 108 Old Main. Her ' phone number is Extension 183.
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