® (HuUrgimt ® PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE COLLEGIAN STAFF VOL. 43—'No. p Appointees Fill SoilfHt osts 4lome • Etcoriom ics Head, I Aid Ta Elcafniner Named .V Dr:. Grace,. -Mildred Henderson and Robert’:E. Tschan will take over the, ’College positions of "director and. „ iprofessor of home .economics ; aiid assistant College :Examiner respectively, annoUnc ed-the Board of Trustees. Dr. ' Henderson, head of. home economics at the University of Arkansas- will come to the Col- lege August 1. She succeeds. Miss .- Laura 'Drummond, now a member ; '■*&; the; faculty at Columbia ■ Uni-, ,'yersity. . : . \ . dative -of Nebraska, _ she. re ' ceived her B. :S. degree in home economics in 1924 from Nebraska University, an Ml S. from Chicago .University in 193.1, and a Fh. D % .. degree in. education from Ohio .' Stgte University in, -.1944. ■ The,new director of home eco- mics served.a total of 11 years in .the extension services" of /New YOnk, /Kansas,' and. Nebraska •as ’f hcime. demonstration - agent* and program. specialist, She has- been : affiliated!.with teaching and re-; !;> .-'search -programs at'Cornell . Uni-; ./. versityy the University -of’ Texas,; and'Oregon-State College. . '' ■ ~r r "'piv ;Tschali'"will coine to ..the '/‘College. July 1, from. Notre Dame ; /University where he is serving as assistant professor' of medieval . history.. Before, going' :.to- Notre' Dame two years ago, he was: an. / instructor at -Coluitnibia ■ Univef- ■ sity. ■ ~... '.held/, a. ' * fellowship id ' medieval blistbf y' '.'and: Was -a ’ research 'assistant ; there.. .He.formeriy taught history at Georgetown University For / /eign .-Service School. - AVC Organizes Local Chapter A Centre county chiafpter Of the American Velteba-niS' Committee has -Fbeeh organized ! in • Stalte College AvvCtiW"Edward. Bahyai serving ' .as, chairman. Other, officers elected at -. Sorenson, Jr., Chaun’cey L; Tepel, Ralph Wagner, Jr.,' John D. Chi auoine Thomas A. .Hooldns, Jr., John A. Pryor, John W. P-uniton, Rcumi-lo Quintero, Vernon' T. Smith, Jr,, Frank Tidona, Will iam A. Vail, Jr., William Z. F. Walker. Payment of Fees , . . . for the spring semester will take, place in Recreation Hall M'.rch 29, announced Bursar Russell E. Clark. *- ■ Since it is impossible to Release estimates for individual students, a fee .estimate blank is available at the Bursar’s office. With this blank it is possible for the student to figure the approximate amount due. State Debaters to Meet For Eleventh Convention Thirteen Colleges, Universities Participate; Send Seventy-Six 'Delegates to 'College The eleventh annual Pennsylvania State Debaters’ Convention rep resented by 76 delegates will meet at the College Friday and Saturday. Participating in the convention are the following thirteen colleges and universities: Albright, Allegheny, Dickinson, Geneva, Gettys ' "npcvivamn. p enn State, Seton Hill, Shippens burg, Susquehanna, Temple, and Ursinus. Topics for discussion are The Foreign Trade Policy of the United States and Peacetime Pre paredness. Registration will 1 take place in the first floor lounge of Odd! Main from 3 p. m. to 9 p. m, on -Thurs day and from 9 a. m. to 10 a. im Friday. A reception is to be heidi to the Hugh Beaver-room, 304 Old Main, at. 9 p. m. Thursday. Card! Harshbarger,. president or Foren sic Council is in charge of ar rangements. . ■ An assembly in 121 Sparks, at 10 a.m., Friday will anaifke the formal, beginning of the conven tion. (Here officers will meet del egates and hear Prof. John H. Frizzel, head of the speech- depart ment, deliver the welcome address for the College. . Throughout Friday, committees are to meet on the topics for dis mission. At a banquet held at the' 'State College- Hotel, 6 p. m. Fri day, Broieoaor-Frizzell ‘wtill deliver the after-dinner address entitled' “An Old Fellow Takes A- Walk.” Three representatives of conven tion committees will also address the convention on “Democracy and the Future.” Prof.Jbseph F. O’Brien. will serve as, toastmaster. ’ '■ The assembly, will meet 'for fi nal action on the Foreign Trade Bill in 121 'Sparks, 8:15 p:m., Fri day.. On Saturday morning, Peacetime Preparedness is to be the subject for assembly action, fallowed by election of officers. Student officers presiding at the convention are': Eugene Bray, Geneva College, president; Edward Hoffman, University of Pennsyl vania, first vice-president; Mil dred -Ann Ditty, Allegheny Ccti secorid vice-president; Eugene Fulmer, Penn- State, treasurer. Parties Enter Full Slates Penh State's political parties iwlll have candidates entered in all/selrr.estters in . the All-College elections to be (held in ifhe first (floor. lounge of Old. -Main on March 26 and 27. ■Folowinig are the Candidates and their activities as listed -'by Chanties Plfleegor, iabairm!an of the Key -oUque and Albert Green, 'ohiaiirmian of the Nittany-Indepen dlsntt clique. All. College President • . Wafllter Falkenberg, Key; F.ed 'Cross Fund;- Drive Co-Chairman. '1845 and 1946, Fourth semester ■president, Past. Historian of X-. G'l Cliub, Orchestra, American Society of IMecbamica'l Engineers, Penn State Engineer, 'Freshman Councilor Summer and Pall’ of 1945, Obi Phi. (Vaughn Stapleton, Nittany-In-. 'dd&endenit:All; Ccheg-e Sdcretary--. Treasurer, president- of Tihetiai’Chii' president of Hat .Societies, presi dent Ranmli Nous, lions • Pa.v, ■varsity boxing, Who’s 'Wlho among students in Amarioan UniiveiEi fies, iwinner of Dandonth Fellow ship, chairman All-College danice, ■co-dhainmam PjSjC.A. drive, Penn State dub, agriculture .Student counoil, Red Cross iblood donlor committee, Future Farmers of America, X-GI. club, freshman counselor,' Block and Bridle club, Riding. eliulb, reception loommiibtee for .trailer camp X-Gl’s. All College Secretary-Treasurer. ... June Firslt, Key; Dry Dock chairman, (House of Representa tives, vice president of dormi tory unit, Key clique secretary 1944-4'5, P.S.CjA. campaign dnive division leader, Aquacade, swim ming club, W.R.A. board. ReJbecca Walker, Niittany-Inde pend'ent: Secretary Chi Omega, senior advisor W.R.A., president of phyuicul education- bonortoy, Junior Service board, secretary of Physical Education ddh'col, intra-. mural chairman of W.R.A., intra mural sports. (Continued on page seveni New Thespians Cali Dancers Thespians, musical comeidiy or ganization, hiais issued a Pali for all Interested in dancing to re port for chorus (tryouts at Schwab 'auditorium tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ilnaldtilve for tiwo years, the Thespian chorus was a featured part cif all Thespian productions in . the past. Bud) Mellot, dance direotor, urged l all idianlcers, men ■and women, to report for the try outs or to leave 't/heir names at Student Union. (He stressed thalt professional experience lis not needed. “AH we want to see is ainlcere interest,” he added. • iMellot was dance direictior for (the - Thespi'an chorus in 1042-43 when the Thespian pcfliCy was to produce two muaibal comedies a year. Also several “Mobile Un its” were sent to various army ealrrips dni ithe vicinity. Thespians, oiMeslt organization) on campus, was founded toy Dr. Fred Lewis Patltee, author of “The Alma Mister,” in 1897. J. Ewing “Sock” Kennedy was direotor Of Theepian shows before the group dEffoanded. PRICE FIVE CENTS Red 'Cross Unit Sets Contributions 'Deadline Deadline for all contributions to the Red Cross' Fund is tomor row night, announced Carol Diecikman and Jinx. Falkenberg, co-chairmen of the drive. All solicitors and organizations are requested to bring their money to the Dean of Men’s of fice, 111 Old (Main from) 7 -to 9 p. m. tonight and tomorrow. The latest figure released was $3OO collected toward the goal of $l2OO. The sorority, fraternity and other organization contribu tions have not yet been tabulated. A booth has been set ip at the Comer Hoorn and section leaders are contacting all students. GM Vice-president Establishes Loan Fund The Ethel and Bayard Kunkel Loan fund, will be established at the College, according to the exe cutive committee of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Kunkel is a vice president of General Motors Inc., and a graduate of the College in. 1907. The principal for the fund will toe obtained from the sale of 200 shares of Class B stock of General .Motors. Loans will be made to married veterans in, full-time. at tendance at the College in amounts not exceeding $l5O in any semester and will foe used for emergencies or to supplement in come to meet current expenses. Purple Quill . . . will nresenf a panel dis cussion, “Critique of the Modern/ Novel,” over WiMAJ alt 8 o’clock tcmorrrw night. Henry Hall, Ross. Jcl'.rinijom, and David Wagoner wilt participate.