©lt? (CnLU^ttut . PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BV THE COLLEGIAN STAFF VOL^-Hso.^ Arnsls' Course lo Star Chiesa Lotte Lehmann 'Cancels Because oi Illness Vivian Delia Chiesa, leading soprano of the" San Francisco and Chicago Opera Associations,. is being engaged by the Artists’ Course Committee for Wednesday evening. Lotte Lehman was forced to cancel her engagement' for that night because of sudden illness. Stage seats for the concert will be sold at the athletic office, Old Main from il:30 to 4 o’clock to morrow afternoon. They will also be sold in the lobby of Schwab Auditorium between 7 and. 8 o’- clock tomorrow night. They will cost $2.40. Standing room tickets will be sold for $1.20. Miss Chiesa was guest artist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra last season at which time she substituted for Gladys Swarthout. Her success was so great in St. Louis that she was reengaged as the guest artist with the orchestra for the coming sea son. She is a frequent guest soloist on the radio with the Interna tional Harvesters program and the Cities Services program, and recently appeared as guest soloist on a program with Raymond Massey. WSGA Holds Hop - (Heralding the new semester, WSGA withhold an informal:all- College dance to the music oithe '•Campus Owls at Recreation Hall, *9 ip', m. to midnight, Satuiglay, March 9. All proceeds will be do nated to the Student Union fund. According to Jane Healy, chair man, the. dance will offer the first opportunity new students have of gettm-g acquainted with- campus social life. “For that' reason,” she added, “it’s going to be either hag or stag or drag. Fun seekers in the first category will pay an admis sion price of 60 cents, and those in the latter will'be admitted for $1.20.” Assisting the chairman are •publicity .chairman, Ruth Tisher man; ticket chairman,' Ann Berk heimer; and hostess chairman, Janet Taylor. Because of the number of vet . erans entering who have no way of meeting prospective dates prior to .the dance, coeds will'act as hostesses. ' ' Pioneer in Flourmilling Dies at Eighty-five Benjamin. W. Dedrick, a pion eer in flour-milling research and founder of the nation’s first mill ing course at the .College, died Yesterday at the age of 85. He had retired in June, 1937. A native of Milwaukee, Wise., and widely-known in the milling industry, Dedrick achieved inter national attention in 1927 when he perfected a method of making and baking bread in '52 minutes. Two years later he developed an extract which not only cut down the time to 45 minutes, but also improved the flavor of the pro duct. He joined the staff here in 1910. Chess Club : . . will meet in 418 Old Main at 7:30 tonight, Eugene Janiczek, president, announced. Anyone interested in the game or in learning how to play is. in vited to attend. Students are re quested to bring their own chess sets. Chinese chess is a special fea ture, of the club which was re cently organized. TUESDAY (MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1946— STATE COLLEGE, PA. Society Buys Mt. Nittany Mt. Nittany is ours—“signed, sealed and delivered.” This was made possible by the $l7OO pay ment raised entirely 'by Lion’s Paw, senior honor society alumni. This action completed a deal made November 14 when wood cutters threatened to divest the '517-acre mountain of trees for pulpwood. Not wanting- to see a symbol of Penn State spoiled, the iHB local members put in a $3OO down payment toward the pur chase of a $2OOO contract of the Nittany Hunting Club. Other groups offered to make contribu tions toward the final sum, but be cause of quick response from the alumni these were not necessary. It was stressed by Burke .M. Hermann, professor ol: American history, a Lion’s Paw member, that this deal solely for the benefit of the College. Suggestions from students have been offered concerning the mountain’s future ■but no definite plans will be form ed until an expert forest survey is made of the tract. Meeting Opens Interfaith Week Brotherhood Week will be offi cially inaugurated on campus with an all-College mass meeting in Schwab auditorium, 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Sponsored by Interiiaith Coun cil in cooperation with all campus groups, the meeting w'll be high lighted by a mock radio broadcast and "a" trio 'oT three'speafcel’S' re presenting the Catholic, Protes tant, and Jewish faiths. The lay-man. " ■ speakers, are: Nicholas .Brentin, ..assistant pro fessor of' Spanish; Dr. Carroll Champlin, professor of education; and Clifford Nelson, assistant oro fessor of economics. Abe Levy; chairman' of the an nual inaugural meeting, explain ed the significance of Brotherhood Week. '. “It’s a time of the year espec ially set aside. .to make'us aware of what we owe .our fellow man in conjunction with his religion. Emphasis is placed on the fact that we should honor other faiths, not just tolerate .them. Only then can we live in. harmony.” Dr. Malcolm Mussiha, from the Wesley Foundation of the Metho.- dist Church, will announce the speakers, while Ann' Berkheimer, president of Interfaith, Council, will act as Mistress of • Cere monies. • Dick Frontman is directing “The Three Rings,” mock broad cast to be presented by Hillel Foundation. Following the meeting” all per sons are invited to. attend a re ception. in the Hugh Beaver room. Deans' Offices Release Summer Class Schedules A proposed schedule of classes for the Summer sessions has just been released and may be ob tained at the offices of the deans of the various schools.' These schedules and a questionaire will be distributed to all students in the beginning of the Spring sem ester to determine revisions. There will be no priorities for admission although it.- may be come necessary to limit the num ber of registrations that can be accepted in the Inter-Session. Re gistration in the Summer sessions dpes not establish any privilege or priority for admission to a subse quent Fall or Spring semester of the academic year, either as a re sident student or as a candidate for a degree. The Inter-Session, which will meet the last three weeks of the' Spring semester, will be given at some nearby institution. All classes will meet daily for 80 minute periods .and the normal amount of work permitted is one credit for week of approved study. Cabinet Donates Dance Proceeds To Aid In Completion of Mural Collegian Names Future Staffs At their semester banquet held at the State College Hotel Satur day,- the Collegian editorial and business departments named their new staffs for next semester. Woodene Bell as editor-in-chief will head the editorial depart ment while Mary Louise Davey will be business manager -and Rosemary Ghan.tous, advertising manager. Co-managing editors will be Audrey Ryback and George Sample, and Barbara In graham will fill the post of news editor. Jane Wolbarst has been named feature editor, Gwynneth Timmis; photo editor; Jackson, Reid, sports editor; and -Doris Stowe, women’s editor. Also on the Senior Board of the editorial staff will be Katharine ICrell and Lois ‘Marks. Phyllis Deal will be assistant advertising manager and John. Neel, ciixula- J;ion manager. The new Junior Board .of the editorial staff will be: Michael 1 Blatz, Lawrence Foster. Marilynn Jacobson, Leo Komfeld, Lynette Lundquist, S'uzanne McCauley, Kathryn McCormick, Lucy Seif ing, and Ruth Tisherman. Reporters have been named as follows:, J.ean . Alderfer, Katherine fiadollet," Alan (Baskin, Prank Davis, Eleanor ' Fehnel, Elleen- Sue Friedlander, Elsie Harwitz, Shirley Lyon, Roberta Hutchinson Elizabeth Marshall, Marjorie Mousley, Elaine Mittelman. Gloria Parks, Helen Reed, Lewis Stone, Nancy Sheriff, Jerome Trumper, and Selma Zasofsky. Junior Board for the business staff will be: Claire Harvey, Sava Jane Holstrum, Dorothy Leibo vitz, June Rosen, Selma S'abel, and-Jeanne Thompson. Independent, Nittany Unite Independent and Nittany politi cal parties officially decided to merge at a meeting on Sunday night. Since the policies of both parties were somewhat similar and .stressed proportionate repre sentation and high calibre candi dates to.campus, elective, posts, party members, believe the move will.be benefical .to both groups. A committee to determine the new party’s policy was formed consisting of Vaughn Stapleton; Charles Hill, Gene Fulmer, Neil DeVries, Evan Brown, Joseph Woolsey, Lynn Robertson and Sid ney Eboch. Plans and agreements of the committee will be announced in Friday’s Collegian. A Nittany-In dependent meeting is scheduled in Sparks at 7 p. m. next Sunday. Nominations of candidates for the coming elections will probably take place immediately following the semester .vacation. Matinee in Rhythm . . . featuring Dick Berge and his orchestra will be presented by Sixth semester in. Schwab Audi torium from 2:30 to 3:30 p. m. Sunday. It is free and open to the public. Music, both sweet and jump, will he played by the fourteen piece orchestra and sung by two vocalists, Jean Eisenberg and William Landy. A semester activ ity, it is also a preview of the or chestra's coming attractions. $3,500 Gift Constitutes One-Third of Fresco Cost (Editor's Note: See editorial, "Mural Appro priation/' Page Two.) All-College, Cabinet took the first step towards the completion of the mural in Old Main by turning all profits from Winter Fantasy Ball over to the Mural Committee, at a recent meeting. The gift of All-College Cabinet is slightly- more than $3,500; over a third of the estimated $lO,OOO needed to complete Henry Varnum Poor’s frescoes. After hearing reports from ch: X-G-l s Offer Dance Tickets Three hundred free tickets l for the X-G-I Club’s “Relax with Music” dance will be distributed at Student Union .beginning at 9 o’clock tomorrow mtarning, ac cording to Herman Auker, dance chairman. Only one ticket, which admits one couple, will be given to a person for the pre-final affair to be held at Recreation Hall from 3:45 to 111':45 p.m. Saturday. The dance, featuring the music of ‘ Pat Paterson and his Colleg ians, is free to all X-G-I Club members", upon presentation of. their, membership cards at the door. In addition, NROTC stu dents will be admitted to the dance without charge, and 200 tickets will be distributed to various campus organizations. Highlight of X-G-I Club’s meet ing, to be held in 121 Sparks, 8 o’clock this evening, will be a double feature. Films to be shown are “Football Highlights,” show ing the . outstanding Penn State games of the past ten years, and a “Fatty” Arbuekle, . star of the silent movies, comedy. • Announcement of the winners of the Cluib’s outstanding fresh man and all-Club member awards will be made at tonight’s meeting. This will also be the last time members can obtain their mem bership cards and! applications for membership for this semester can be made. Belles Lettres Discusses "Famous Lovers in Lit' Belles Lettres Club, literature majors’ organization, met ■in the northeast lounge of Atherton Thursday. The program followed the Valentine theme with talks on famous lovers as authors, and a quiz. on famous lovers in litera ture. Those on the program were Carol Ruth, Ruth Fergus, Ruth Winterstein, Harriet ■ Haas, and Robert Shaw. The following officers were elected for the spring semester: James Warner, president; Gloria Freidman, vice-president; and Carol Ruth, secretary-treasurer. Election of Officers . . . will highlight the meet ing of Common Sense in 228 Sparks at 7 p. m. Thursday. All students are invited to attend and take part in the election. Questions on the book ex change,- which Common Sense is sponsoring in conjunction with All-College cabinet, will be an swered at this meeting. Sigma Phi Alpha . . . elected the following offi cers Burdsall Taylor, president; Edwin Frey, vice-president; Le roy Shutt, secretary; and Jack Styer, treasurer. PRICE FIVE CENTS airmen of Winter Fantasy Ball and the Mural Committee, £>avid Lundy made a motion that profits from the dance should) be contrib uted to completion of ■ the mural. Cabinet members present voted unanimously for the motion and the matter was then turned over to the Inter-class Finance Com mittee for their approval. The finance committee also voted in favor of the .plan. In her report on the mural, Vir ginia Sykes said) that' it would! he possible to have work begin al most immediately on the mural'if a concentrated and! organized’ campaign is started soon. Winter Fantasy Ball- profits were an estimated $3,5511;70 ac cording to the financial-statement released by dance chairman, Vaughn Stapleton. Receipts .totalled $8,64#.7-0 with - expenditures-coming: to $5;097r Itemized, the statement reads; RECEIPTS Admissions 1918 at $3.50 . $6,713.00 37 Complimentary Tickets Adjustments 1.10 Tax on Admissions 1,368.50 Checking 238.10 Booth Rental 205.00 Hauling Furniidre for booths Total EXPENDITURES Music Decorations . Programs ... Invitations Ticket printing Tax on Admissions .. 1.368.50 Gift for Queen .... 18.00 Pictures of Queen Candidates . Catering (est.) Advertising (est.) ... 95,00 College labor (est.) . • 100,00 Hauling, furniture (est.) 135.00 Telephone, Telegraph (est.) .......... Ticket seller ... Doormen, (two) Checking (labor) Women's Attendant . 5.00 Compensation-Chairman 50.00 Piano Tuning Miscellaneous (est.) 25.00 Chiarles Hill, first semester pres ident ancl chairman of- the' Book (Continued on page lour) Navy Unit To Vacate 3 Barracks Next Term Turning the catnipus' further back towards its prewar status, the Navy will vacate three oil the six barracks it now hold's iby the end of this semester. Commander Holcombe, execu tive officer of the NROTC unit, said that barracks 22 (Kappa Sigma), 38 (Sigma Chi), and 26 (Phi Gamma 'Delta) .will be re turned to their civilian owners. Wife tills reduction in living quarters, fee personnel at the unit will be reduced 1 to 1-96 trainees for the Spring semester. Phys Ed Department . . . will present the fifth in a series of informal dance and game evenings to be held in White Haßt from 9 to 12 p, m, Saturday. 'Ad mission is 25 cents. . 123.00. $8,648.70 $2,500.00 400.00 156.00 25.00 20.00 20.00 85.00 $5,097.00
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