See Smitty Memorial Page 7 VOL. 42.—N0. 40 Army To Hold . '.11.01C Romp' The Army ROTC informal "‘`Romp" scheduled for Re creation Hall from 9 p. m. to 12 tonight will be one of the few social events ever held during Mother's Day weekend, announced the Coliege inflilyary department. The dance, first social event sponsored by the Army Advanced 'ROTC since 'their recent reactiva tion, will. feature Dick Berge and his - band. Pfleegor and Mitchell, Comedy team, will entertain at intermission. Army combat divi sion -insignias wil be placed :around the bandstand as decora tions. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 :Veterans! Dance coupon for the ROTC "Romp" is on page 7. Pre sent this and your discharge but -ton at Recreation Hall. 'Tickets • are Still tav q ilable at Student Union or may be pur chased from , any Advanced ROTC member. Price of admission is. $2 per couple, but ex-servicemen :wi1l:1)e admitted for $1 plus the presentation of their discharge .buttons and the coupon printed in this issue of Collegian. Veterans are invited to' wear their uniforms to the "Romp," which is being held for .the pur pose of acquainting ex-Gls. Reid To lecture About Minorities "Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, professor of sociology at Atlanta University, 'Will deliVer a lecture on "Minori ties--:-Assets or Threats" in 121 Sparks at 8 p. in. Tuesday. He will also address the. Faculty Luncheon Club at their regular meeting Monday- afternoon. 'Professor (Reid, lan eminent Negro sociologist, will be in State . ' College from Monday to Thurs _day on a Negro Lectureship es tablished by the- Amer ic a n Friends Committee and during his stay will address several classes • in 'sociology, rural sociology, and education. He has served as ' Industrial 'Secretary of the New York Urban 'League, and as 'Director of Re search of the National Urban Lea -gue. From. 1936 to 1941, he was 'eonsultant to the Social Security ;Board, end he is now Executive .Director of the Southern Reli gious Council. Dr. Reid's books include "The Negro Immigrant," "In a Minor Key," and "The Ne gro Urban Worker in the United States." Arrangements for Dr. (Reid':; vthit to the campus have been made by a joint committee of ,(Continued on page eight) Film Club Recommends Swiss 'Motion Picture "The Last Chance," a Swiss Motion picture playing at the State theatre Tuesday, has been recom mended to students by the Inter national Film Club at the College, Prof. Edward Abramson, spokes man for the group, said today. "The picture has received good reviews everywhere," professor Abramson said. "Predominantly, dialogue is in English but several other languages are used. It has been made within the past year and is Characterized by some magnifiCent photography and act ing." Its showing in State College is being sponsored by the club which was founded twe years ago. Dur ing this time more than 20 films have been brought to this town by the club. Basis of choice has been the excellence of the pic ture, its enjoyability and often 'the cultural and professional in terests aroused. Tatirgiatt FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1946--.,STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Do You Hear a Whistle? If So, Get Off the Grass 'When you hear the sound of the whistle—get off the grass. The Keep Off the Grass Com mittee gave out 100 whistles to All-College Cabinet members last night. The student representatives will use some themselves and dis tribute the rest. Holders of these noise-makers have strict orders to give a vehement blow whenever someone trespasses on the grass. So—watch out or somebody will whistle at you! . 'Kiss and Tell' Opens Tonight • "Kiss and Tell", a feature or Mother's Day Wekend, will be presented by the Penn State Players in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight and tomorrow night. The production is under the direction of Margaret Witt. Eliza beth Dunkel will serve as assis tant director. Eleanor Jean Phil lips will be prompter while Eli zabeth Graeber .has been acting as assistant to the designer, Mrs. Dorothy Scott. Playing the leading role of Corliss Archer is Meg Marcy. The rest of the Archer family includes Mrs. Archer, Elizabeth Adams, Mr; 'Archer, Walter St. Clair;; Lenny, Joseph Vispi; Uncle Geo rge, Jerome Sitkin and Louise, the maid, Carol Dieckmann. Down the street live Mr. and Mrs. Pringle, Barbara Cooper mid Harry Natschke, daughter Mildred, Gloria Trovaioli; and son Raymond, John Serif. The next door neighbors are . Mr. and Mrs.l Franklin, Portman Paget and Helen Joanne Peoples; and son Dexter, Robert Stabley. Pvt. Earhart will be portrayed by -John Landy and the painter, Mr. Willard, by Robert Cole. Heading the•backstage force are William Folwell, stage manager and assistant, David . Pugh. Other crew heads are Advertising: Jo anne Harrington and Nancy Har rington, assistant; Construction: Robert Wickus arid Richard Mau the, assistant; Costume: • Rose mary Smith and Frances Glass, assistant: Lights: Edgar Eddins and William Bensoh, assistant. Make-up: Gertrude Lubow and James Burnham, assistant; Paint Lorraine Meltzer and Farina (Continued from page one) Ethel Gilbert,OPA Director To Speak at Matrix Dinner - Mrs. Ethel Bedient Gilbert, director of the Office 'of Industry Ad visory Committees of the OPA, will speak on the subject "A Virtuods Woman, Who Can Find" at the Matrix Table, to be held at the State College Hotel, 7:15 p. m., Monday. Theta Sigma Phi, national women's journalism honorary, is sponsoring the dinner. Mrs. Gilbert, who has been with the OPA in Washington since May, 1942, is a graduate of Albion College where s he was valedictor ian of her class. While an under graduate, she was a member of Delta Eta Sigma, local predeces sor to Phi Beta Kappa, and Delt - a Gamma sorority. During the last war, Mrs. Gil bert inspected labor clauses in war contracts under the Depart ment of Labor and. Woodrow Wilson's Emergency Fund- - Gtiests at the =atilv.ir will be outstanding women on campus to whom invitations have been i sued. A "feature of the evening will be prpsentation dB the Quill Girl, elected" annually by coeds as the most popular woMan on campus. COmpeting for the, honor arc Ik/f9rjorie Blackwood, Mo r t'a r Board; Jean Nelson, Junior Ser vice Board; Florence Porter, WISGA; and • Rebecca Walker, WEA. Also announced will be the sel ections by Theta Sigma Phi of Cap Girl, the coed most out standing in activities, and Matrix Girl, the' coed who has done the most for the College. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE COLLEGIAN STAFF Traditional Ceremonies First Postwar May Day Concert Features Piano Soloist Paul Team, graduating senior in music education, will be guest soloist or the 'College Symphony Orchestra in Schwab Auditorium at 3:3 - i p. m. Sunday afternoon. The pianist will perform with the orchestra, the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Eduard Grieg, in three movements. An ex-serviceman, Paul practiced the concerto whenever he could find a piano during thp.three years , _he was. Army, performance as a student of Guy Woods, professor of music education at the College, will be his first with a symphony orches tra, The program will be presented as a part of Mothers' Day week end activities, with Overture to the .Meistersingers by Wagner heading the concert. Following will be Prelude, Chorale, arid Fu gue by Bach; Three Dances from "Henry the Eighth" (German), Glooken and Gralsscene from "Parsifal" by Wagner; Hungar ian Dances Nos. 6 and 6 by Bwhms, Waltz of the Fl(Avers from the "Nutcracker Suite" by Tschaikowsky; and Der Rosen-: kavalier Waltzes by Richard Strauss. The concert will be presented as the first of a group o'f Spring musical programs by the music department. Sally Pollard Mrs. Ethel Gilbert Jayne Pollard Dancer, Pianist To Entertain Highlighting a weekend of In ter-American conferences on May 17 and 18 will be a program of Latin American dances and music by Teresita and Emilio Osta, dan cer and pianist, •at Schwab Audi torium, 8 p. m., Friday. Tickets for the entertainment may be procured at Student Union for 50 cents. They will also be on sale in the dormitories and fraternities. The conference for students, faculty, and grade school teach ers will feature ',seminars, sev eral lectures, and an Old Main Open House. The Saturday lun cheon speaker will be Hirschel Brickel, acting chief of the divi sion of international exchange of the*Department of State. Present ing the Latin American theme on Sunday, May 19, in Chapel, will be Kurt Singer, author- and lec turer. Sponsoring the conference are the Inter-American Demonstra tion Center, the Centre-Cultural Inter-Americano, and the Penn State Christian Association, in conjunction with the United States office of Education. Old 'Main Tower . . . lights were turned off again last night, one year after the "black-out" had been lifted lowing peace in Europe. The dim out, which was in effect during the dark days of the war, will be revived, College officials said yes terday, to conserve coal. The en tire College community has been asked to 'cooperate in conserving heat,. , stearn i and electricity. Froth Candidates . . . for the freshman and soph omore business boards are re quested to attend a meeting in the Froth Office, Carnegie Hall, at 4:15 on Monday, Herman Finkel stein and William Cambell, co business !managers, announced last night. See Student Union Page 3 PRICE FIVE CENTS To Fete Pageant See Feature on Page 3 Traditional May Day cere monies will be held in front of Old Main at 4:30 p. m. tomor row for the first time since 1941. This pageant had to be dispensed with because of the war, but will be reveived to morrow. Reserved seats will he provided for hostesses and the parents of those participating in the pageant.• An additional 200 seats will be available for other guests and students. Members of Cwens, Blued Key, and Junior Service Board will usher. Sally Pollard, the queen, wilt be crowned by Florence Porter, president of WISGA. She will also be presented a sceptre by the president of PSCA, Betty Funk houser, and Phyllis James, presi dent, of WIRA will present t.o her the world. Sally is a home eco nomics. major and is a member of Omicron Nu. Ellen H. Rich ards, Junior Service Board, and Mortar Board. Jayne Pollard, Sally's sister and a freshmen majoring in Med ical technology, will be maid of honor. This is the first time in the history of May Day at the College that such an honor has been awarded to sisters. I!Il~lilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!VIII!!D;i121!!VIII!Ilil!I!II~III!Iiiillllllllllllll! In cs.se of rain the pageant will be held in Rec Hall. Reheanial for May .Day will...be held on front campus at 3:20 today. All those participating must be present. They will be excused from class by Dean's excuse. The Queen's attendants will be Betty Rank and Badbara Smith, seniors; Peggy McKnight and Joyce Parker, juniors; Marnie McCall. and Virginia IVlcCluskey, sophomores; Nancy Romig and Mona Smuylan, freshmen. Peggy McKnight is replacing Shirley Kruman, who is unable to attend the ceremonies, as a junior at tendant. One hundred outstand ing senior women will form a hemlock chain. A modern dance will be pre-- sented by' a group of women un- ! der the direction of Claire Parks. Gladdy Lou Miller will give a modern dance solo, and the tradi tional May pole dance will be given. Six To Enter Speech Finals Six students out of the 46 who entered the Extemporaneous Speech Contest will take part in, the finals to be held in 121 Sparks 7:30 p.m. Friday. A $5O first prize and a $25 second prize will be of fered. Students entered and their topics are as follmirs: • Richard Frontman, Great American Personality"; Kenneth Harshbarger, "Bottleneck of the South"; James Jones, "Sovereign ty Versus Law"; Francine Gittel =cher, "Backwash of the War"; Beverley Waugh, "Priests and Prophets Unappreciated"; and Arc_ china Winning, "I'm Finished— They're Famished." Betsy Marshall will serve as alternate. Chairman of the contest is Prof. John H. Frizzell and committee members are Prof. Spencer Davis, Prof. William Hamilton, and Prof. Clayton Schug. Serving as judges are the faculty members of the speech department. Saturday Night Club . . . will hold a dance in White Hall from 9 to 12 p. m. tomorrow. Records will provide the music for d: acing. Admis sion will be 30 cents and refresh ments will be sold in 105.
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