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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.
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: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
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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
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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.
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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.