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Senate Cancels
Senior Finals
Registrar Announces
201 Degree Candidates
‘ Candidates for the bachelor’s
degree at commencement on Feb
ruary 28, 1946, will not be held
for scheduled examinations, ac
cording to action taken by the
College Senate.
Classes for graduating seniors
will end on February 23 at noon
and grades for all candidates for
degrees, including advanced de
grees, must be in the Registrar’s
Office by February 25 at 8 a. m.
Registrar William S. Hoffman
announces the! following 201 can
didates for degrees:
Acciarri, Domenic, IE; Adam,
Janet L.,Jr; Adams, David. Met;
Amchin, ‘Howard, EE; Albala,
Hiram, MS; Amorocho, Jaime,
MS; Anderson, Ruth, Psy; Armes,
Ruth, AL; Arnold, George, Phys;
Baird, Jean A., Ed
'Baumgarten, Leah, Ed; Barber,
George, AL; Bennett, Eleanor,
Ed; B'enshoff, Arthur M., Jr., AL;
Blackburn, Elizabeth, HE; , Blani
arik, Elsie, Psy; Bland, George
anna, CF; Bowman, Mary Cath
erine, HE; Braverman, Ruth, Psy;
Brittain, Lois, Sci;
Buganich, Margaret, Jr; Burns,
Paul M., Jr., Ag Ed; Campbell,
Audrey C., MS; Campbell, Will
. iam, AL; Casey, James, Phys;
Chapman, Helen Jr; Chervenak
Marcella H., ABS; Chestmujt, Mil
dred, HPEd; Ciaridge, Margaret,
Psy; Clark, Ruth E., Psy;
, Cleaver,. Lois Mae, Ed; Colbert;
WilliamV'MS; Cbnte, Angelo/ ME
■ Cornell, Ruth, Ed; Day, Margar
etta, HE; Danchelsky, Jerry, IE;
DelCarolis, Julius, MS; 'Dixon,
Wallace, IE; Doerner, Mary Jane,
AL; Dowdell, Virginia, Ed;
Dye, Jane, Psy; Elleaberger,
Herman, MS’; Ely, Charles, PH;
Encina, Victor, MS; Epstein,
Frances, Psy; Erskine, Jean, Psy;
. Faloon, Mary Boyd, Psy; Feins,
Ethel, Ed; Feistel, Janis, HE] Fet
terolf, Bernice, Ed;
MORE GRADUATES
Finkel, Hartley, Arch Eng;
Fisher, Linden, EE; Fomalont,
Mae, MT; Frederickson, Mary,
HE; Freed, Ruth, Pys; Gallup,
John, For; Garner, Sara, HE; Gel
ler, Charlotte, AL; Gillespie, John
HI, C GH; Gillespie, Marilyn, Psy;
Glosser, Harry, M'Ed; Gold,
Margaret, Jr; iGoldberg, Char
lotte, AL; Green, Ruth, Psy;
Greenes, Esther, Ed; Grubin, Vio
let, HE; Grymlco, Sabina M., AL;
Gundel, Mary Elizabeth, HPEd;
Haggard, Homer, PhD; Harry,
Samuel, Psy;
Hartley, Audrey, HE; Hartman,
Howard L., Jr., MngE; Hatton,
Frank, MS; Hause, June Lois,
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Six Coeds Receive Awards
At Senior Coffee Hour
Mary Boyd Faloon was named
Bcw Girl at the senior women’s
coffee hour given by the Dean of
Women’s Office in Atherton Hall
last night. Mrs. Faloon, who re
ceives this highest honor, origi
nated 1 by the women of the class
of 1922, is active in the following:
Players, Mortar Board, PSCA, Fsi
Chi, and was both semester secre
tary and treasurer, and All-Col
lege Cabinet secretary and treas
urer.
As a result of recent balloting
among the eighth semester coeds,
this and the following awards were
made: Fan Girl, Alice Hooper,
active in Lakonides, WRA, Junior
Service Board, Alpha Omicron Pi,
and president of Physical Educa
tion Council.
Slipper Girl: Gloria McKinley,
whose campus activities are: Al
pha Chi Omega, Senate, Fresh
man Council, Tennis Club, Fenc
ing Club, Cwens, WRA, WSGA,
and Red Cross.
MIRROR GIRL
Mirror Girl: Patricia Turk, ac-
tivities: Delta Gamma, Orchestra,
! Newman. Gtuib> - Collegian . staff,
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1946—STATE COLLEGE, PA.
WRA Honors Valentine's Day
WRA President
ill
ALICE HOOPER
Independents
To Hold Party
A Hearts and Clubs Party will
be given by IWA and IMA in 401
Old Main from 8 to 12 o’clock
tonight.- The party will ‘be an
open house celebrating the open
ing of theTWAroo.m., ,
All independent . students are
invited for an evening of danc
ing, bridge, and ping-pong.
Committees for the party are:
Entertainment Vera Slezak,
Violet Grubin, and Suzanne Con
ro; Publicity— Alice Beach, Es
ther Gershman, John Galz, and
James Williamson; Refreshments
—Angela Gorka, Anita Gaylburd,
Francis Epstein, and Shirley Le
vinson; Clean-Up—Jean Edle
man, Audrey Peters, Alice Beach,
and Vera Slezak.
PSCA
. . . . Second Semester Club
plans a George Washington party
in 304 Old Main from 7 to 9 p.
m. on Monday. Every second
semester student in the College is
invited to attend. Gene Menich
end Sally Henry, social chair
men, announced. This affair
marks the last meeting of the
present Second Semester Club
members, since the next semester
they will join the PSOA Upper
class Club.
Tennis Club, Cwens, Mortar
Board, Freshman Council, and
Theta Sigma Phi.
Class Poet: 'Betty Steele, active
in Delta Gamma, swimming, Ten
nis Club, Bowling Club, Alpha
Lambda Delta, Cwens, Panhellen
ic Council, Judicial, Pre-med So
ciety, and Freshman Senator.
Class Donor: Mary Jane Doer
ner, whose activities include: Kap
pa Alpha Theta, Choir, Alpha
Lambda Delta, French Club, and
All-College Cabinet.
CLASS DAY
Prior to the war the awards
were a part of the Class Day cere
mony in the spring, at which time
the top three coeds were - given
tiny gold pins, designating the
honor they held. The Mirror Girl
read the class prophesy, and the
Class Poet wrote and read her
contribution, while the Class Do
nor served as mistress of cere
monies. Class Day was discon
tinued during the war, but the
awarding cf the honors and pins
to outstanding coeds has con
tinued: - ■ *
Campus Owls Play At Sweetheart Dance
Girl-Ask-Boy Tradition Highlights Ball
Carrying out.the old-fasluioned St. Valentine’s day theme is the traditional girl-asks
boy “Sweetheart Dance” ati White Hall, 9 o’c'ock to midnight, February 16. This is the an
nual semi-formal affair sponsored by the Women’s Recreation Association.
Dancing will be to the music of Bud Wills and his Campus Owls. Special arrangements
by the band and quartette will be featured during the evening. There will be special lighting
effects achieved by a color wheel.
MURALS TO DECORATE WALLS
ISC Members
Plan Banquet
'ISC' members last week laid
plans for their semester banquet
to be held l at the University Club
at 7:15 p.m. Monday. Other busi
ness transacted included! the elec
tion of officers, voting of keys for
this semester's officers and! the ap
pointment of a committee to re
vise the constitution.
Highlighting the Independent
Student Council banquet (will be
Nicholas M. Brentin, assistant pro
fessor of Spanish, guest speaker,
and Eugene 'Fulmer, master of
ceremonies. Members of the com
mittee planning the banquet are:
Gloria Freedman, chairman; Ruth
B. Friedman; and Shirley Levin
son. ''
OFFICERS ELECTED
T.he following were elected l to
servepext semester: Walter Pas
coe, president; Salvatore (Rocci,
vice-president; Shirley Levinson,
social chairman; Margaret Cha
ney, secretary; Ruth Brenner,
treasurer; and Michael Horen, his
torian.
Officers of this semester who
were awarded keys are: Michael
Halikis, president; Walter Pascoe,
vice-president; Shirley Levinson,
social chairman; Esther Pennay,
secretary; Robert Moore, treasur
er; and Clayton Wilson, historian.
TO REVISE CONSTITUTION
These who will be. working on
the revision of the constitution
and the organizations which they
(Continued on page three)
March Of Dimes
Tops $lOOO Goal
When the official report of the
recent “March of Dimes” cam
paign is sent to the National
Foundation, Penn State will go on
record as having reached, and
even topped its goal of $l,OOO.
Total contributions, as of Wed
nesday night amounted to $l,-
000.12.
When reading in Tuesday’s is
sue of Collegian that the drive
was $6.11 shy of the goal, Eugene
Fulmer and Theta Chi fraternity
decided that something ought to
be done. The next day, Fulmer,
who was the only student to cel
lect $;10 by his own efforts, turn
ed in an additional $6.11 needed
to attain, the campus goal.
Late, but always welcome,
Theta Chi’s initial contribution of
$6.(12 put the campaign “over the
top” by exactly that amount.
All costs of the polio drive were
paid by the Collegian, and there
fore, every cent contributed will
be spent to aid the sufferers of
the disease.
Portfolio Names Winners
Of Subscription Contest
The following prize-winners of
a subscription contest held re
cently among the members of the
New Portfolio circulation staff
have been announced by Kenneth
F. Edgar, editor: Peggy Langdon,
Richard - Lewis, and Elaine Mit
tleman.
The next issue of the magazine
will be off the press about Feb
ruary 25, said Edgar. 1 '
Two large old-fashioned valentine murals will decorate the walls
of White Hall gymnasium and there will be dozens of balloons float
ing down from the ceiling. Black and red checked hearts will cover the
bandstand and black and red plain ones will cover the basketball bas
kets.
Tickets are on sale now at Student Union or may be purchased
from WRA Executive Board members in the dormitories. They will
also be on sale at the door on the night of the dance. The price of the
tickets is $1.20 per couple, tax included.
7th Semester
Slates Skip'
The Seventh Semester Skip
will be held at the Tau Kappa
Epsilon house, Prospect and Gar
ner street, from 9 to 12 o’clock
tonight.
Features of the informal affair
will be dancing to “the sweetest
victrola this side of heaven,” en
tertainment' by Pfleeger and Mit
chell, bridge, and doorprizes of
nylons and cigarettes. There will
be no charge.
AIL seventh semester students
are invited and each may bring a
guest, according to David Lundy,
class president. Because of in
complete semester lists, invita
tions have not been sent to every
one. Therefore, they will not have
to be presented for admission.
Committees and members for
the dance are publicity: Jean
Ford, chairman, Marjorie Med
land, Esther Spence; decorations:
Jane Wolbarst, chairman, Char
les Appleman, Donald Kay, John
Neel, Frank Stevenson, Jackson
Townsend; invitations: Jean Hirt.
Watkins Lists
Final Changes
Ray V. Watkins, College sched
uling officer, announced the fol
lowing schedule for final exami
nations in which conflicts have
been reported:
Bot 3 February 27 8 ’2OB EL
EE 8 February 28 8 200 EE
Ger 3 February 27 8 234 Sparks
J6ur 24 February 27 8 1.11 CH
Meteor 300 February 26: >8 121 MI
Mchs 12 February 26 8 10a M'Eng
Psy 2 February 26 1 '209 BB
Rur Soc 11 February 27 8 208'Hort
Neusbaum Casts Eight
In Roles For 'Macbeth'
Frank Neusbaum, professor of
dramatics, today announced the
names of eight additional students
erst in roles for “Macbeth,”
Players’ ir.ext dramatic produc
tion.
•Additions to the cast include:
Kenneth Gould (Angus), Joseph
Kelly (Sergeant), Raymond Kelly
(Soldier), Harry Kohn (Donal
bain), Thadeus Komorowski (Si
ward, First Murderer), Virgil
Neilly (Second Murderer), Jack
son Reid (Menteith), and Karl
Van D’Elden (Lennox). Extras,
soldiers, and gentlewomen are
yet to be selected, according to
Professor Neusbaum, director.
La Vie Candidates
.... will meet in 412 Old Main
at 6:45 p. m. Tuesday. ' 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COMMITTEES ASSIST JAMES
Assisting Phyllis James, chair
man of the dance committee, and
Alice Hooper, president of the
WRiA Executive Board, are the
following committees:
Decorations Phyllis Reigle,
chairman, Pauline Globisch, Nan
James, Barbara Keefer, Virginia
MoCluskey, and Ruth Tisherman;
invitations Jo Ann Lieb and
Isabel Logan; publicity Rebec
ca Walker, chairman, Nancy Ro-.
mig, and Jeanne Thompson; tic
kets and programs Lucille Mar
tin, chairman, Alice Hooper, and
Lila Leaman.
The members of the WRA Exe
cutive Board are:
Alice, Hooper, president; Phyl
lis James, vice-president; Phyllis
Reigle, secretary - treasurer; Jane
Schlosser, club activities chair
man; Ann Baker, intramural chair
man; Claire Parks, assistant in
tramural chairman; Lucy Seifing,
publicity chairman; Rebecca Wal
ker, senior counselor; Virginia
McClusky, Pauline Globisch, and
Nancy Romig, freshman represen
tatives; and Mildred Lucy, fac
ulty advisor.
Blue Band Gives
Concert Sunday
The Blue Band will hold its
•first concert of the semester at
Schwab auditorium, 3:30 p. m.,
Sunday. The band, under the
direction of Prof. Hummel Fish
bum, will present a program of
diversifie_d music, part of which
will be broadcast over WMAJ.
The program which Professor
Fishburn has planned will con
sist of selections of classical and
modern music. The Polka and
Fugue from “Schwanda,” by
Weinberger is one of the compos
itions which the college organi
zation will perform. Other classi
cal selections will include “March
Grandioso” by Selta, and “Over
ture Hongroise" by Skbornicka. A
highlight of the classical composi
tions to be played is (Handel’s
“Royal Fireworks Music,” which
will feature, besides the full
band, a small group of musicians
performing the five-part com
position.
Among the selections of mod
ern band music will be “Ameri
can Salute,” an adaptation of
“Wheini Johnny Comes Marching
Home,” arranged iby Morton
Gould. Raymond Scott’s “The Toy
Trumpet” and Meacham’s “Amer
ican Patrol” are two popular
compositions which will be per
formed.
A novelty number, “At The
Gremlin Ball,” by 'Hill, a jazz
selection, will be another high
light of the Blue Band concert.
The program is to be concluded
by “The P S C March” a medley
of Penn State songs.
The band has been rehearsing
since the beginning of the semes
ter and further concerts have
been planned by Profssor Fish
burn.