Next Collegian Thursday Morning ~~~_; ~.f VOL. 4srL-No. 45- College Observes Decoration Day Military Units, Speaker Take Part in Services All 11 o'clock classes on Thurs day will be cancelled in order that students and faculty may atteneMemorial Day services in front of Old Main at 11:15 a.m., announced the Senate' committee on public .occasions. Campus military units will take .part..in' the ceremony, which will include band music and a talk. .The ,speaker- will be -Judge Ivan Walker of. Bellefonte; Dr. - Hei'bort Koepp-Baker. 'profek.or of speech, will give the invoca tion. The military units will form parallel. to and inside the in ner diagonal walks. The public may gather on the walks, the terrace, the steps of Old Main, and the lawn behind the military) units, the committee an nounced. Color guards and representa tives of the borough .and local veterans' organizations will stand just in front of the terrace be tween formations of the, Army and Navy units. The band will be between the ,flagpoles, .and the speaker's stand will be in front of the band. The program will begin with band music, followed by.' the in :vocation, the address, taps, and the raising of the flag while the National A - at:herr. - is p 7 layed. In case• of rain the flag iceremony will be held. (by the color guard and (bugler, and the remiainder of the ceremony will take place , in Schwab. Auditorium. In that event, the military units will oc cupy the side sections of the main floor and the students, faculty, and general public will sit in the center section and the balcony. Adernlbers of the non-academic staff of the College, as well - as faculty and students, are invited to attend the ceremony, the com mittee said. • Graduates' Caps, Gowns On Order Seniors graduating June 27 may order caps and gowns and commencement invitations at Student Union beginning today and . continuing through next Tuesday, June 4th, George Don ovan, manager,' announced today. Commencement invitations and announcements will cost nine cents each. They will Ibe distrib uted at Student Union ten • days before , coinmencement upon pre sentation of the receipt given at the ,time of ordering. Cap and gown orders require a $5 deposit fee. Gowns will be distributed 'at' the, Athletic Store, upon presentation of the receipt, the week of graduation i . and must be returned there immed- lately following the graduation exercises. A fine of $1 will be levied for late return, and a fee of 215 cents will be charged for duplicate receipts. Two Groups Sponsor All College Dance Coeds, put on your prettiest cottons for the "Calico Caper" in Rec Hall from 9 to 12 Saturday. The informal , vic dance is being sponsored jointly by lIWA and the Penn State Club. Admission will be $.75 a couple and $.40 per person. Committees have not been. announced. . EWA members end their dates will go on a hayride to the Ski ,'bodge for a cabin party {June 15 •;as part of the "big weekend:" PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BY THE COLLEGIA' TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 28, 1946-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA AOPi Takes Panhel Sing First Place Alpha Omicron Pi sang its way into first place at the Panhellen ic Sing on the steps of Old Main Sunday afternoon. The tradition al occasion was held last year for the first time since the war but was not . competitive. The sorority received an engraved plaque. Second place was awarded to Delta• Gamma and third place to Alpha Xi Delta. Frank Gullo and Guy Woods of the music depart ment served as judges. A large audience assembled in spite of threatening weather. It began to rain while Kappa Kap pa Gamma was performing. Part of the crowd dispersed with the first downpour,' umbrellas ap peared albove little groups that remained to hear the. Kappas fin ish their song. The rest of the sororities sang in the lobby of Old .Main. The sororities' singing was judged on musicianship rather than novelty, according to the judges. "There were so many good novelty numbers," - said Guy Woods, "But we judged primar ily on good musicians Mp. • "We chose number three (Al pha Omicron Pi) for first place because of the . contrast, balance and musicianship in their songs." Isabel Myers, an eighth semes ter student in medical technology, directed the• AOPi's.' The judges voiced the opinion that the sing was much better Ithr.n last year'S, and showed Much more effort. Aviation Club Seeks Members • Students, faculty members, and townspeople may still .join the recently— organized Penn State Flying Club, according to William Lewis, temporary secretary. He rnnounced today that anyone in terested in flying should come to the meeting at the Sigma Chi house, Burrowes and Pollack road, at i 8 , o'clock tonight. At their,. last meeting, the club elected temporary officers. They are Harold Lovett, president; William Lewis, secretary; and George Peffal, treasurer. Formal s - Will be held June 18. Conditions for .membership in the club incitide an initiation fee of $ll5, Of which the student pays 05 upon joining; $5 per month for his first year, and a $5 per month assessment for in surance on the , plane. This means that a member pays $lO per month fees his first , year, and $5 per month thereafter. Cost of flying time is $2 p.er hour. The club owns a new Piper Cub which -- it purchased on May 15. Plying is done at the Belle fonte airport. Both those with flying experience and those who want to learn to fly are eligible for membership. The charge for .beginners instruction at the field, with use of the club's plane, will be 's4 per hour. At present the .olub is selecting an insignia for the plane. Twelve designs have been submitted to the club by students and others. The winning design will be "blown-up" and painted on the plane's side. The person who de signed the winning insignia will receive an hour ride in the plane, While -the second best design will win its originator a half-hour ride. • Seniors . . . interested in entering their Lion coats in a :contest to select the most attractively marked coat have .been asked to sign at Student Union desk this week by A/S James Sheehan, :chairman of the Lion coat committee. Women's Groups Elect Officers WSGA, WRA Elections Take Place in Old Main Elections for WSGA and WRA officers and senators for the Fall semester are 'taking place in first floor lounge of Old Main from 9 to la amt. and 1:30 to 5 p.m. to day. Candidates for W'SG I A posts, with their activities are listed be low: PRESIDENT Jean ' , Nelson: WSGA; Senate, treasurer, !House of Repyesenta times, secretary, Junior Service Board, president, Tau Phi Sigma treasurer; PSCA, WRA Council.of Presidents, Gamma Phi Beta cor responding secretary. . - Mary Lou Waygood: WSGA junior senator, PSOA Cabinet, Owens president, Ag Student council, third semester secretary treasurer,__Block and Bridle club, Freshman Council, Freshman Cus toms Board, Delta Gamma presi dent. VICE-PRESIDENT Violet - Gillespie: . House of Rea,- esentatives, Cwens, Elementary Edudation clulb secretary, PS'OA, commission V. Suzanne Romig: WiSGA sopho more senator ; Freshman Council, Owens, Treble Singers, 'Freshman .Customs Board: , . TREASURER ,Marjorie 'Gorham:, C we ri abr . ' 'Educe tion club secretary. Patricia Kinkead: Cwens, PSOA Ist Semester club secretary, 2nd Semester. , club president, Delta Gamma pledge. SENIOR SENATOR Catherine Garrett: Owens, As sociate Player, Alpha Lambda Delta, Thespians, 'La Vie candi date, Alpha Chi Omega. 'Margaret 'Martin: Junior Serv, ice Board secretary, PSOA, Alpha Lambda Delta, Psi Chi president, Panhellenic Council secretary, Kappa Delta. JUNIOR SENATOR Patricia Melly: House of Repre senaltive, Judi , c ia 1 comimittee, Owens, soPhomore class president. iB un n y Rosenthal: Collegian candidate, PSOA, Common Sense club. SOPHOMORE SENATOR Betty Lou Horn: Owens, Fresh man Council, PSCA, Collegian candidate, Alpha , Ohl Omega pledge. Janet Lyons WSGA freshman senatdr, PSCA, Cwens, Thespians. TOWN SENATOR Susan Bissey: Collegian candi date, Cwens, Orchestra, Blue Band, Chapel choir, Kappa Alpha Theta pledge. . Joanne Pepper: ,Cwens, PSCA, Wesley Foundation. INDEPENDENT SENATOR Frantcine Gittlemacher: Elem entary Education club president and organizer, president of Jor dan Hall, Pi Lambda Theta, Tern playeus and Temple Univiersilty Neiws at Temple University. Phyllis James: WSGA freshman. senator, - Cwens, Freshman Coun cil, Freshman Forum, Freslhman Customs Board, WRA acting vice president. WRA candidates for offices are as follows: (Continued on page four) Morning Watch Service Miming Watch Services will be conducted in Hort Woods at 7 ,!a.m. tomorrow under the di-; rection of the Penn State Chris tian Association. Mary McMillan and Barbara Struck. wilil be in charge of arrangements , for the service and the breakfast to fol low. Upper-Class Club will spon sor a picnic and treasure hunt for its members in Hort Woods at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Registra tion must (be made in advance at the PSOA office, 304 Old Main. Donald Brutout, Mary Lou Elder, and Margaret Paxton will plan the program. N STAFF Students Offer Plan To Reorganize LD A student-Written proposal for a reorganization of the Lower Division of the Liberal Arts School was presented to All-College Cabihet last Thursday night by Ernest Nagy, chairman of the committee. "Believing that the Lower Division curricula is not jute• grated enough," reported Nagy; "we have suggested four ba sic studies: the Social Scienc- es, Humanities, Biological Sciences, and Physical Scien ces." Nittany-Independents Change Colors; Choose Brown The Nittany-Independent po litical party changed colors. Sun day night when Evan Brown was eledted Clique chairman to re place Al Green. Brown, Phi Delta Theta dark horse, got the brass ring on the political merry-go-round when the Pi Lambda Phis turned out en masse to get their man in as chairman. The old regime, caught com pletely off-guard by the surprise move, called for a live-minute recess to go out and round up some of their friends.. Twenty-five minutes later, while .1\ 1 1.r.. Green and _company were still frantically trying to round up support, the Pi Lambda Phis [called for a vote and actin chairman, Richard Sarge, was forced to ask for nominations and a vote. The vote, 29 to 3 in favor of Brown, was completed just as Green and his friends entered the meeting room. Other Clique elections were made with a minimum •of fan fare. Charles Hill, second semes ter president, was elected sub- Clique chairman without opposi tion. On the policy-making commit tee of the party, Richard Heim was elected by frater Pi ,Lambda Phi's to fill a vacancy created :by the resignation of Richard Lose. Reappointed policy committee members are Gene Fulmer and Mary Kane, independent student representative; Jeanne Shrumpf, sorority iwomen's representative. NeWly elected Clique chairman Brown said that Katherine Pow ell will continue to serve as par ty secretary. dross Speaks In Altoona Burgess Stanley !C. Gross of Windcrest attended an Alumni Association dinner in Altoona Friday night. He spoke on "Trail er Camp Administration, Im provements, and Future Plans." William Locke presided in the absence of Mr. Gross at the Windcrest borough council meet ing Friday night. 'Complaint forms were distrilb uted. It was decided to obtain in formation about the number of cars owned by Windcrest resi dents so that ample parking space may, be provided. Steps -are being taken to pro vide more medical care for the residents of Windcrest. Elections Close Tonight For Hillel Executives . Elections. for the executive committee and members at large of the Hillel Foundation for the coming year will close at 9 p.m. tonight. Voting hours are 3 p.m. •to 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Only members who have paid heir dues are eliglible to vote. t Next Collegian Thursday Morning PRICE FIVE CENTS Social Sciences Studied The Social Sciences, Nagy ex plained, will include history, so ciology, economics, government, geography, and psychology; the Humanities, philosophy, world literature, history of 'civilization, art and music; Biological Sciences, botany, physiology, zoology, and anatomy; Physical Sciences, math ematics, chemistry, physics, geo logy, and astronomy. Each liaslie Group would be studied during the first two years, with classes meeting four times weekly for lectures and recitation. Provi§ion would also be made for such required subjects- as Eng- Hall composition, speech, foreign languages, physical education, and ROTC. Cabinet To Approve When Calbinet meets again Thursday night, Nagy will ask for a vote of apprOval,.. so that the report can be presented to the - administration. Copies of the re port -will be available at Student Union tomorrow. Before the Lower Division re port was presented, Calbinet op ened discussion on the 'Constitu tion and handled the routine busines. Charles Willing reported that the whistle campaign was offici ally over, but Neil De . Vries, a memlber cif his committee, is paint ing signs to urge students to keep off the grass on the campus. Hello Campaign Priscilla Wagner, chairman, of the hello campaign, announced that the five organizations which gave money to the hello cam paign wish to donate the unused balance of $4l to the cancer drive (Continued on ea. e our) Three Groups To Show Film On Hodern Spain "The Spanish Earth," a docu mentary film on the conditions of modern Spain, will be presented in a film forum by the Hillel Foundation, Penn State Christian Association, and the American Veteran s Committee in 405 Old Main at 7:30 p.m. The film presents the issues behind the Civil War in Spain and the role of the 'Nazi and Italian military. A discussion of political and economic affairs existing in Spain today will fol low the presentation. After the discussion, the AVC will adjourn for a business meet ing, where by-laws will be adopted. Further plans will also be made for sending delegates to the National Convention at Des 'Moines, lowa in June. Plans will also be drawn up for oper ation of the group during the summer session. 6th Semester Signs For Ski Lodge Party Sixth semester students are asked to sign at Student Union this week if they plan to attend the Sixth Semester• party Friday and to indicate whether they plan to (bring a guest. Dancing, refreshments, and en tertainment will highlight the evening at the Ski Lodge from 6 to .12 p.m. Arrangements for transportation will be made by e committees.
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