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Academy of Sciences Honors
Dr. Whitmore for Leadership
Dr. Frank Clifford Whitmore, dean of the Schoorof
Chemistry and Physics at the College, was officially notified
on Friday of his election to members'hip.in the National 'Aca
demY of. Sciences. He was one of 29 leaders in Anierican
ence to to elected at the spring meeting of the Academy. •
• The Academy, meeting at Washington, D. C., for its
first spring session since
1941, .alio elected Dr. Peter
Kapitaa, director of the Insti
. tute for;Physical Problems of the
Academy •of Sciences of the
U.S.S.R. at Moscow, arid Dr. Syd
ney Chapman, chief professor of
mathematics at the Imperial Col
lege bf. Science and Technology
at London, as - foreign associates.
- These elections brought the total
membership to 390 and the total.
of - foreign associates to forty
four. Election to the. Academy is
the honor most prized by scienL
tiSts
,Dr. Whitmore's election also
brdught him membership in the
third of America's three majot
-scientific societies.. He • already
holds memberships in the Ameri
.-cari :Academy of Arts and Sci
-ences, BOston and the American
Philosophical Society, Philadel
phia.
_l_ Dean Whitmore, who was presi
dent of the American Chemical
---SocietY ' 1938, is well-knoWn
among chemists for his chemical
'APublitations, .and•a year ag6 - IWaS
awarded - the Willard' Gibbs Med
* .41, the highest chemical honor in
~ ..the nation. In 1938-he - was.aWard- -
s Zed,.-t the -Nichble:Medal. ,.
the New . York Section' of the`
.!- . ;••Arnericari- Chemical' SoCiety. - .
The Penn State chethist haS
Served, as consultant to numerous
lndustrial groups 'and to
.federal
‘.:a . gencies,. including the War Pro-.
'Board,:the , War ' Man
;-'.'poWer; COMmission, .the National
,Defense Research Committee, Of-
LI - Lite of -Production Research and
'Deiielopment, and the Quarter
':'master' General's Office.
-*already ' , was a nationally-'
knoil Organic • `.chemist,' teacher,
acid:; administrator when- he was
19.292t0' become dean of
#id''P...chool . of . Chemistry and
atf'the College. - At :that' time
pies . -Was head of the chenaistry de-
Avilmerit :at Northwestern '"Uni
*ersity.t -Prior- • to that' ;he. had
kita - Ught .at Williams, at Rice Insti
i.ite;.'•atid."' at the • University of
,t , '„MirmesOta. . ' •
Rec Hall Wing To Include
Pool, Bowling Alleys, Gym
'.'- • A swimming pool, bowling alleys and a small gymnasium
are included in the plans for the south wing addition to Rec
,.reation Hall. m
,
'Approved by Carl P. Schott, Dean of the School of Phy
siCal• Education and Athletics, the 'plans have, been sent to
Harrisburg to 'be checked by
struction 'begins. The propos
ediS*imn:iing pool is to be us
ed.,fot teaching 'purposes and
the varsity swimming team, Dean
Sehar's:aid:
Planned -FaCilities
In the three-story addition will
-- :;be.'fo.ur handball courts; enlarged
. .-I.cickeir facilities, class, rooms; lab
oratories for . students of the
- of ' , Physical Education, a
:`'trophy room,' officeS for the 'fa
t,aultS7, and team . dressing, rooms..
Dean Schott pointed out. that
:.:the state ntay'ask• - for modifications
hi..the plans. High construction
costS' may make prohibitive the
four proposed bowling alleys but
• space has been allcicated for their
erection at' a later date if neces
sary.
Room fOr 4800 baskets and 560
fleckers on the first floor will
.donble our present locker accom
rniodations,- Dean Schott said. Ar-
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TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1946-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
SU Committee Asks
For Petition Names
Beginning today, the 'all-col
lege Student Union Committee
will circulate a petition in an
endeavor to get at least 4000
undergraduates' signatures • be-
May 11. The netition may be
signed by anyone who is sixth
semester or below.
By signing the petition, the
student indicates that he is will
ing to pay a fee of $5 per semes
ter for membership in the -Stu
dent Union when it becomes a
reality. Seventh and eighth se
mesters' are ineligible because
they will have graduated before
the Union , project is completed.
For •facts -about Unions, read
"The Story of Student Unions"
on page 3. •
Cabinet to_Study
Ho.o4indr..Pti-t6:•.-
: At '., , the • suggeitibri , tif
named- 1 student-=delegate,,!C6binet
'moved to investigate the opera=
'lion . of . the OPA in State/College,
specifically in connection with
the "outrageous., rooming prices,"-
at its meeting Thursday night,
Ted LeFevre was appointed to
check with the ideal OPA. as to
its ability to deal with these pro
' blems,:and a committee of George
Donovan, Lawrence Foster, ,Char
les Willing, and the unknown
student visitor to "discuSs situa
tions of, interest .to cat - rip - Us wet—
fare,'! including housing. _
Also., at the..ineeting, President
Vaughri - Stapleton -, made• the fol.=,
lowing
. ._appointments the
'Moonlight. 'Magic • dance, May 21:
Robert Foote/ chairthan; 'Robert
Waltenbaugh, .decoretions; "and
Richard McAdams, publicity. ,
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he state architect before con-
rangements have been made also
for faculty, team. and. physical
education major locker. areas. •
Small Gym •
'lt is expected that the - small.
gymnasium will aid greatly in
supplementing the main gymna
sium. It will be equipped to han
dle the .gymnastic: team and in
etrUctionel work of male students
in the School Of-Physical . ; Edu
cation, leaving . the main floor
open for more'recreational activi- .
ties. • • .
Having the boxing
,and wrest
ling teams practice in the, small
gyth will also clear the
floor.' As - in the past, all .compe
titions and sporting events are
to be held on the main floor.
The size of the pool has not
been determined as yet but pro
posed dimensions are 40 feet by
75 feet. The width of the wing
bars the erection of .qeats for
spectators. •
ÜBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE COLLEGIAN STAFF
Students Elect
Queen, Maid
Six Coeds Vie 'For-Title;
'Committee Selects 'Court
Final elections for May queen
and Maid of Honor, to preside ov
er the May Day festivities, are
being:held in the first floor lounge
Of Old Main from 9 to 12 and 1:30
to 5 today. All students mhy vote
in.this,plection. Fioalists for queen
are: '
Roslyn Gahuse, Jeanne • Hirt,
Nancy McGeary, Sally -Pollard,
Betty Rank, and Barbara' Smith.
Maid• of Honor finalists . are:
Grace !Fuchs, Lois May Heyd,
Camilla Lovett, Jayne Pollard,
Nancy Romig, and Monti 'Smul
yam •
The May Day ;festivities will be
held on the front campus at 1 p.
m. on Saturday, May 1;1. This pro
gram,
,presented by the women of
the College under the auspices of
Women's Student Government
Association, is a revival of a cus
tom started in 1914 and discon
tinued during the war years.
Ann Berkhimer• is !chairman of
At a . mass meeting in Schwab
auditorium at 7 p. m. Thursday
night, the May, Queen, Maid of
Honor, two attendants from each
class, 20 honor women, two
heralds, and two jesters will be
announced.
the 'festivities, and her assistants
are Jean Nelsen- and Suzanne Ro
mig.
c. Candidates for queen were cho
sen from the senior w : omen, while
.candidates.for Maid of Honor were
; , -chosen..from- the , freShman women ;
In' . j)rhnary elections laSt ;week.
In addition to the Maid of Hon
or, the May Queen, will have as
attendants two women from each
class, to be chosen by the May
bay Coinmittee.
. • There will also be a Hemlock
Chair , which consists of a chain of
hemlock carried by senior women
to form a lane through which the
queen and her court twill walk.
Mortar, Board
Plans Carnival
...The Mortar Board "Parking Lot .
Prom" to be held!' On Friday night
Will be the scene - of the first car
nival type entertainment to b;
held at the College in recent years.
Doughnuts and cokes will be
sold at a Moratr Board refresh.
ment stand, and sororities will sell
everything from popcorn to can
died apples at their respective
booths.
Strip tickets for the affair may
be purchased in front of the Cor
ner Room Thursday and 'Friday
and at the dance. The parking lot
in back of the Sigma Chi frater
nity will serve as the dance floor
for •the prom:
Committee members include
Barbara Smith, chairman; Nancy
.Bartch, sorority booths; Woodene
Bell, tickets; Joan Schearrer and
Sally Pollard, publicity.
100 More Trailers
Okayed For College
The Federal Housing Author
ity today approved 100 addi
tional trailers. for housing . . vet
erans attending' the College and
their. funlilies.
This brings to 267 the total
trailers expected to be avail
able for the Fall semester.
College' officials, said the ads
dition • vibu;.l make it possible
to accommodate 1,107 veterans
in September. This includes 840
Single men who will be housed
i n prefabricated dormitories
now being erected.
More than 150 new trailers al
ready, have been set up above
Windcrest, the•' veterans' hous
ing Community' on • campus.
Cabinet To Consider
Spring Elections
Whether or not elections for class officers for 1946-47
should be staged this June was tossed about like ,a political
football at aid' Fast meeting of All-College Cabinet.
Joseph Steel. ,ehairman of the constitution committee,
.suggested to Cabinet Ttliat.elections be held this Spring,
as was the custom before, the war when student government
-.was .on the yearly basis.
Steel read the following a
mendment to the constitution,
which must have two additional
readings, before it can b& put to
an official vote by Cabinet.
Following the reading of the
suggested amendment, Cabinet
members went into a lengthy
discussion of the pros and cons
of having Spring elections, with
the sentiment being about even.
Dissenting members thought that
politics are too corrupt at present
for elections, that there is not
sufficient time for cliques to
choose the best candidates and
interest the student body in gett
ing out to vote, and that Spring
elections do not give the veterans
who will 'be returning in the fait
a voice in student government.
On the pro side of the slate,
Cabinet members thought that
Spring elections would speed up
the operation of student govern
ment in the Fall, and would be
in keeping with the policy of the
new constitution, which the com
mittee is converting to the yearly
basis. / with elections in the
Spring.
Student Reaction
In an effort, to determine stud
ent sentiment on the question,
Collegian interviewed the fol
lowing students, chosen at ran
dom from the student body.
WALTER FA LK ENVE R,G
eighth semester: "I think it
would be a good idea. It would
giVe the 'student s an opportunity
to get to know each candidate
and therefore hold a better elec
tion. Then everything would ',it
right in. gear and ready to oper
ate when the -students get back
in the fall."
'STANLEY ZIFF, eighth semes
ter:, "I think holding elections in
June is-a good idea. It used to be
done that: way. With officers
changing every semester there
isn't much efficiency. There
would be snore efficiency and
more work done if officers stay
in for a year."
'MARIAN BRYAN, eighth sem
ester: "What about returning
veterans who might make good
officers? Also, they won't be
able to vote or have a 'voice hi
government,' so to speak."
ED SOZA, seventh semester,
NROTC: "I've always thought
officers should be elected at the
end of the semester so that the
new officers could go in at the
beginning of the semester, get or
ganized, and start working im
mediately. I think it would be
better for officers to hold office
on the semester rather than the
yearly basis."
SALLY BERNSTEIN, sixth
semester: "I can see one advan
tage in that the person elected for
a year will have a chance to do
something instead of leaving
cabinet just as he is getting
started and learning cabinet
procedure. The disadvantage is,
though, that if a person is in
capable he would be in office for
a year and would prevent some
one more capable from taking
over the position."
ISOBEL LOGAN, sixth semes
ter: "No, I am against it because
it is unfair to returning ex-Gl's
who will cpme back to find their
clasS officers already elected." •
MARY 'BETTS DOBS'ON fourth
semester:, "It sounds like a good
idea - but it doesn't make much
difference to me. What if the of
ficers elected don't come back?"
ROBERT GROSSMAN, fourth
semester, "It's 0. K. from the ef
ficiency standpoint, but it
doesn't make provision for those
students who will be returning
next fall from the armed forces."
Critics Praise
Kiss and Tell
"A well-regulated farce," said
Theater Arts, "fast, furious and,
eminently satisfying" . . . "fresh
and, funny," said Life, "a stalze
full -of witty dialogue" . . when
"Kiss and Tell" first opened on
Broadway. "Kiss and Tell" will
come to Schwab Auditorium May
10 and 11 as a !Players production.
Corliss Archer (Meg Marcy) is
the leading lady, a spirited 15
year old who tries to act a so
phisticated 19. On her trail is
Dexter Franklin (Robert Stab
ley,) the boy next door . . . "a
gawky but engaging youth who's
favorite expression is' 'Holy
Cow' ". says the author F. Hugh
Herbert (no relation to the Hol
lywood Herbert.)
"He's so crazy about her," is
the comment of Dexter's mother
while !Corliss' mother agrees,
"Yes, poor dear, and hOw she
loves to torment him."
But Corliss works her wiles on
one iPvt. Earhart (John Landy)
who has "eyes . Tyr one
PoWeV r rin'thefirSt act, Dori Ame
che's and Charles Boyer's in the
second act .. . "you know . .
sort of sleepy and tender -end
noble."
Helping out in the • love inter
est is Lenny Archer (Joseph
Vispi), "a lieutenant in the Army
Air Corps, who smokes a pipe
without looking silly . . . and
Writes the most beautiful letters,"
according to Mildred Pringle
(Gloria Trovaioli). The fact : that
they are secretly married adds in
no small measure to the compli
cations which ensue.
A comedy element: all by him
self is (Raymond Pringle (John
Serif), the local brat and sales
man of articles, ranging from can
openers to Tine Love Stories. At
(Continued on page five)
SU Meets Tonight
The third meeting of the All-
College Student Union commit
tee will be in 405 Old Main at
6:30 tonight. All sororities, fra
ternities, a nd independent or
ganizations are urged to send
representatives. Other students
may attend at will.
Faculty's Second Tea
in Atherton Hall Today
Faculty women and wives of
faculty men will hold their se
cond annual tea from 3 to 5 o'-
clock this afternoon in the
lounges of Atherton Hall.
The following women have
been asked to receive guests:
Mrs. R. D. Hetzel, Mrs. S. K. Hos
tetter, Mrs. J. 0. Keller, Mrs. A.
0. Morse, Mrs. H. P. Hammond,
Mrs. L. E. Jackson, Mrs. F. D
Kern, Miss Charlotte E. Ray, Mrs.
C.-P. Schott, Mrs. Edw4ard Steidle,
Mrs. M. R. 'Trahue, Mrs. C. C.
Wagner, •and Mrs. A: R. Warnock.
Mrs. E. B. Forbes, , Mrs. H. A.
Everett,. and Mrs. T. E. Gravatt
will pour.
Guests' . will be introduced, by
Mrs. D W. Davis; president or the
State 430lege chapter at the
American Association of Univer-.
sity Women' and by Mrs.. W.
Loman, president of the State
College Women's Club.
Catering for the tea will be
done by students in institution
administration courses rt the Col
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