Hl' Ety? ffiflUrgimt ill PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE COLLEGIAN STAFF VOL.,49—No.'GO X-G-l Club Holds Pre-Final Dance Will you get a “bar two” or a “zip?” Are you worried about your finals? Are you way down in the dumps? How are your marks? Will you be back next semester? Forget about it all and “Relax with Music” at the X-G- I Club’s pre-final free dance, featuring Pat Paterson and his Collegians, in Recreation Hall from 8:45 until 11:45 tomorrow evening. “Relax with Music” is the theme of the Club’s pre-final week dance, designed to ease the minds and relax the. bodies of students before finals, Scoring to dance chairman Herman Aulcer. All X-G-I Club members will, be admitted free upon presenta tion of their membership cards at the door. 300 free tickets were distributed at. Student Union Wednesday morning and an ad ditional 200 through' various stu dent and campus organizations. All NROTC trainees will be ad mitted without charge at Rec Hall. As the supply of tickets is ex hausted, Chairman Auker re quests that students that have tickets and don’it plan to attend the danCe would turn them over to someone that could, use them. Committees for the X-G-I “Re lax with Music” dance are as follows: Entertainment: Paul Gift, Har- ry Whitmore; Tickets: Ted Ro ! zelsky,,Pat- Todd; Invitation: Har fi^%j;u^Flslier;-Ruger;t^Ful'ifmiT'Hem'i don Page. Publicity: Robert MacGregor, Mervin Will; Finance: Tom Lan der, John Schwartz. Panhel Fixes Registration! Panhellenic Council recently set up a new requirement: regis tration for all women students in- terested in. joining a sorority. This registration will take place Mon - day, March 11. from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to . 5:30 p.m. in the first floor lounge of Old Main. To be, eligible for. registration a student must have an all-col lege average of 1 and must pre sent her transcript.' This is ob- tainisble at the .time of class reg istration on. March 8 and 9 .from the office of the school from ■which the student is enrolled." _ One of the two transcripts re ceived is : to be,/ presented for .so-, rority registration. : Pi'iscilla Wagner, Panhellenic president, stressed the import ance of every girl’s understand -1: ing' that in order to be rushed by any sorority she must be regis tered. Miss Wagner stated that there are no exceptions to this rule. Since the student’s transcript which must be presented at reg istration does not record the all college average to date, the stu dent should, in order to determine the correct average, divide the total number of credits for all se mesters into the total number of grade points. The student’s ad visor or scheduling officer will gladly- help in determining her all-college average. Dean of Women . . . Miss Charlotte E. Ray, ■ announces that room changes for . - the Spring semester have been ’. carefully arranged by Miss Lu cllle Anderson, and Miss ■ Pearl 6. Weston, assistants to Miss'Ray.' ■Any dissatisfactions or crowded . . .areas-may.be adjusted a few.days v 'eiitef registration next semester. Only emergency cases otf read , justment should be reported to ': . the: Dean of Women’s office be ' foreMai’ch 14. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1946—JSTATE COLLEGE, PA, Book Exchange Opens Feb. 2 7 Designed to save the student money when purchasing text books, the co-operative book ex change, sponsored by All-College Cabinet and Common Sense, will go into effect in Room 5 in the basement of the Main Library on February 27. At that time, students wishing to sell text books that are to be in use next semester are urged to bring them to the Library. Books will be bought from stu dents between 10 p.m. and 4 p.m. on February 27 and 28 and again on: March 1. The exchange is a non-profit organization. However a five cent fee will be charged for selling the book, and the purchasers will pay. the same. This is to pay the cost” of ..the student help, running the exchange. Prices of books are determined by the student; but will gener ally be about two thirds of the price originally paid, '. depending on the condition of the book. The purchase of the! books will begin on Monday, March' 11 and continue until Saturday, March 16 in the Library basement. The exchange will be open from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and From 9 p.m. to noon on Saturday.' All books will be accepted pro vided they will be used next se mester. Lists of such books will be posted at 15 spots throughout the campus including Student Union Office, Library, co-ed dorms and other college build ings. Informal Dance The first social activity of the new semester will be the WSGA informal all-College dance with music by the Campus ‘ Owls. in Recreation! Pall, from 9 p.m: to midnighlji jS.if-Tiikefs iwill go on sale next week at 1.20 per couple and 60 cents per person. All proceeds from the dance will be donated to the Student Union fund. Jane Healy, chair man, • has announced that there will be hostesses frpm WSGA and other women’s organizations to help the new students get ac quainted. Janet Taylor is in charge of hostesses. Tickets will be on sale in: the girl’s dormitories beginning next week, and there will be a booth at which tickets may be purchas ed in Recreation Hall, during the two days of registration. Joan Bissey is chairman of! the ticket sales during, registration. . . Assisting Ruth fisherman, chairman of publicity, ■ are Betty Herring, Barbara Keefer, Doro thy Caufield, Jeanne. Thompson, and Palma Wakefield. Ann Berk heimer is ticket chairman, and Jeanhe Nelson will be in charge of sending out invitations. White Hall To Feature Vic Dancing, Recreation An informal evening, of recrea tion, will be held in White Hall from 9 to 12 o’clock tomorrow night, announced Ray Conger, as sistant professor of physical edu cation. • Dancing to records .will be fea tured in the main gymnasium and the game room will be open. Re freshments will be served. Ad mission is 25 cents. ■ (Florence Porter has been ap pointed chairman of a oommittee to organize entertainment at these .affairs next semester. Plans are being , made to hold'open house in. White Hall every, Saturday ■night during the spring semester -when the building is not being used by another organization. IFC To Present Battle of Bands Interfraternity Council- will present a “Battle of Bands” to highlight its all-college dance honoring fraternity pledges. Scheduled for Recreation Hall, March 23, the dance will feature continuous music played by the Campus Owls and Dick Berge and his band. Tickets for the informal affair, $1.50 per couple, tax included, will be on sale at Student Union the day of the dance; announced Joseph Steel, dance chairman. Serving on the dance commit tee are Jack Fore, program com mittee; Paul- Pioth, ticket com mittee; Mervin. Wilf, publicity committee; and Clay Zundel, dec oration committee. • Joseph Steel has been elevated to the presidency of I-F.C due to the resignation of Frank Schnei der who is leaving school at the end of the semester. Kappa Sigma and Sigma Phi Sigma were unanimously voted back into the Council at the last meeting. Two other fraternities that remained inactive during the past three years, Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta, indicated that they will reactivate next semester. Mont Alto Opens in Fall Use. of the Mont Alto branch of the department of forestry has been provided for by recent ac ,lion,.of the. Board .oL*Tmstees -or the College. The. facilities at Mont- Alto have not been used since the early part of the war, but it is expected that the branch will be in operation for the opening of the Fall semester this year. Un der normal conditions the fresh man year in forestry was spent at Mont- Alto. Mont Alto ,is located on the edge, of the. Mont Alto Foest and State'; Forest "nursery. The : Col lege maintains dormitories and a large school building, provided with ‘ auditorium, class rooms, li brary, and laboratories. The sit uation of the branch provides ex cellent facilities for observation and participation in the practical aspects of forest, administration. Detailed plans will be an nounced later, but it is expected that the facilities will be avail able to about 100 students. The Mont. Alto branch has been a part of the Pennsylvania State Forest School since 1929 when the Mont Alto Forest School and the State school at the Col lege were united by legislative action. During the school year courses are offered in practical forestry, fundamental sciences, English, mattihematics, and-, me chanical drawing. The branch al so has its own ROTC unit. Ralph Vincent McGrew, Chemistry Prof, Dies Ralph Vincent McGrew, 44, as sociate professor in organic chem istry and a member of the Col lege faculty since 1929, died in the Centre County Hospital, 8 a. m., Tuesday.. A graduate of the University of Nebraska in 1923, Professor Mc- Gi’ew earned his Ph.D. at North western University and from 1927 until coming to the College was at Harvard University on a chemistry l-esearch fellowship. • Professor McGrew was a member of the American Chemi cal Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi .Lambda Upsilon and Alpha Chi Sigma 'fraternity. He is survived by his wife Sara, and four children. Payment of Fees ■ . . . for the spring semester will take place March 29, Bursar Russell E. Clark announced. Seniors Give $2200 Campaign For Mural Carroll d, champlin DrC.D. Champlin To Visit Europe Dr. Carroll D. Champlin, pro fessor of education, will leave shortly for Europe to investigate the effect of the war on the edu cational systems and the thinking of the people there. As a basis for comparison, the professor .will first visit.,lnjliaOc. -npolisrNasfiville,'- -New- Orleans," Louisville, Mobile, and Washing ton, to observe some of the larger American school systems. During April and May 'he will visit the British Isles, France, Belgium, Holland, and Denmark. In Europe Dr. Champlin will first contact public school offi cials, professors of education at the various universities, and the offices of the American Univer sity Union in large cities. He is , particularly interested, however,, in the type of schools set up for evacuee children during the war. Post-war educational philoso phies and the thinking of the Eu ropean people also interest Dr. Champlin, who will do further research on these subjects when, in the summer of 1947, he will again visit Europe. This year’s trip, from whioh he will return in time for the Inter- Session, will be Dr. Champlin’s fourth visit to Europe. Phi Beta Kappa Admits Three Senior Students Mary Jane Doerner, William T. Powell, and Betty Steele, all eighth semester students, have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, it was announced yesterday. Initiation ceremonies will be held at 4 o’clock Monday after noon in the Women’s Building. Miss Doerner, a student in arts and letters, is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Lamb da Delta, the All-College cabinet, College C-hoir, and French Club. She also was elected class donor. Powell, who also is enrolled in the curriculum of arts and let ters, is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Lambda Sigma, and Pi Gamma Mu. He is president ‘of Beaver House. Miss Steele, .a pre-medical stu dent, who was named class poet, is a member of Delta Gamma, Al pha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Gwens, Pre-Medical Society, and Panhellenic Council. She al so served on the Judicial Com mittee and has been active in swimming, bowling, and tennis. Termination of Classes . . . for all students will be •Monday at 5 p.m. instead of to morrow as previously announced in Collegian atnd the .Faculty Bul letin. PRICE FIVE CENTS Class To Hold Party At Ski Lodge Tuesday The eighth semester class has voted to contribute its $2200 class fund towards the completion of the Henry Varnum Poor mural in Old Main, bringing the mural fund to nearly two-thirds of the required amount. Class members present at the meeting Wednesday night voted unanimously in favor of making the gift to the mural, rejecting a proposition to turn the money ov er to the Student Union fund. Several members expressed the view that a contribution! to the mural would have more immed iate value, • since the complete cost is only $lO,OOO, as compared to the millions required for the Student Union building. The $2200 contributed includes the gift of the summer semester’s graduating class, Which did not vote on a class gift. The first step in the completion of the Old Main mural, which means additional frescoes along the two side walls of the lobby, was made last week by All-College • Cabinet when it contributed $3500 in profits from the Winter Fantasy. Plans were made at the meet ing for a senior party to be held •at the Ski Lodge at 2 p.m. Tuesday. All seniors are asked to make reservations either with Gloria McKinley, Alpha Chi Om ega suite, or at Student Union, _b.y_ Monday, noon,. ..Each senior,. -niay'bring, a guest: Buses will-be provided for the trip to the Ski Lodge at 30 cents round trip. The committee on arrangements for the party includes Jack Sea vy, Gloria McKinley, Janis Feis tel. and Pat Turk. Mary Gimdel was asked to investigate the possibilities of having decorations m Schwab Auditorium for com mencement. Miary Faloon presided at the meeting in the absence of . the president, Jack Seavy. ■ 6th Semester Gives Matinee Sixth semester will present “Martinee in' Rhythm” with Dick Berge and , his orchestra in Schwab Auditorium from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. “Everyone is welcome,” an nounced James Sheehan, sixth semester president. “No admis sion will be charged.” “We will play music both sweet and jump,” Berge said. “It is sort of a preview of what can bo expected of the band next se mester.” The orchestra consists of four teen pieces, five in the sax sec tion, five in the brass section and four in the rhythm section as well as two vocalists. They are Jean Eisenberg and William Lan dy. Starred on the tenor sax are Richard Anderson and Ernest Ro tili while the brass secton fea tures Robert Chacona ,and Paul Holder. Beating out the rhythm are Walter Falkenberg, bass; Pat Lamade, piano; and Jack Shelter, drums. Students . . . are reminded that they cannot register or schedule classes next semester without the receipt for the $lO paid as appli cation. for . admission. Students will not surrender the card, but will show it to their, scheduling o.fficiers and to registration offi cials. Key Party . . . will meet in 131 Sparks, 7 p.m. Sunday to vote for the nom inees for the Spring semester class officers.
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