Weather Today Partly Cloudy and ' Warmer VOL. 44--4 No. 15 News Briefs Windcrest Nicknames Snob Nob and Red Valley are names applied to the eastern and western ends respectfully, of Windcrest by . residents of the eth er sections of the trailer commun ity. The former was so named because of its residents, among the first to live in Windcrest, were atcused of "snobbery" by later residents. Red Valley Is be liciVed to have gotten its name from the red 'clay soil located' there. Bursar's Announcement • The' , Bursar's office in Old Main is now. open dnring.tile hiur. 7-. IC/lond'a3t Rusi* "E.:Clark, - 13uirsai. amouticed last CommOn, Sense -Program :194'6"' , is the title 'of the ;gammon • 'Sense program to be Presented .in. 41211.* Sparks at 7:3'0 tonight. Mengel,_ a, grad 6 uate. student in ',fuel "technology hei.e on an Indlian governinent scholarship, will give- an account of India today, as he - sees it. As an additional - feature.a - film; "The - Changing Face of Ind'.. , a," be shown. _ . IMA Calls for Bowlers • f-Indeintident Men.'s Associa tion requests.. that all teams and indivic'mal bowlers interested in coir.peting-iii the. IMA League' to tome to the Dux Bowling Alleys. at 7 o'clock. tonight. Frot Studtents For Staff 'Positions Froth 'is calling for,..candidates. Anyone intcrested in trying out 'fon . posijfiOns 66- the littsiiiess, *ea - .itCa.lail,! "act-or-photography staffs of 'the. - College's official burnor -.publication; are urged to attend a meeting. of the combined staffs . in..rooms :2 ,, and- S . Carnegie. Hall, 7:00. on :Thursday, Sheldon .Mermelsteini business manager, announced-last night. Ail present members of both the business and: . editorial staffs are urged to .;attend, as future policy and prpcedure.will be discussed at this meeting, Menmelstein added. ,Editor -Ben I. -French also an nounced . the. - appointthent of MI,- thael Blatz as rfeature editor .and of Marilyn Jacobson as wo men's editor. ' • ' ' Three •members of the pre-war _ have alsobeeh " a_clidesl to tale ,staff reeently:"They are: ; Paul. Wittenberg as cireula- Aanag,er; , and ' 'Milton 'Feld aniail and:Martin ''Satclockyas associates:. • „... ABC Elects I!'li'iiiiii . leflo_Offi.co marl Kellamler is the new chair-. man of the Penn State Branch of ; Vie:: American , Veterans ": Conimit 'ee.fas a result. of elections held at' aqtqcent meeting of the locAl chap ter. 4 H O.l.he r students chosen • for of fiicet were vice -'chairman, Gayle Gearhart; treasurer, Francis Isen berg; recording secretary, Kay Challenger; corresponding secre tary, Donald Benton, and - histOr ian,,Winifred King. Bbsiness transacted at the gath ering . incldded adoption of the main part of the constitution and the .closing of the local organize tioi's charter. . . Quest speaker for the ,evening was Harold J. Fishbein, who has just; returned hoine from ,Berlin, :Germany, where he is head , of one Of the Persons Camps being run by UNRRA. hiptball Tix on Sale Tickets for the Penn State-Col gate game . are now sale•at the ticket office, .107 Old Main; 411 seats are s2.7s—Tickets are also available at $3.00 for the Penn State-(Pitt contest Novemfber 23. 0 . B at ty ottrgi WEriNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1940-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Orchestra Elects Officers The College Orchestra, the larg est and potentially the best, ac cording to Director Hummel Fish burn, recently elected Robert Mulligan president. Frank Hess and Robert Fredrickson were elected co-managers; Dorothy Cor nell, secretary; and Marjorie Rex, Selected for the orchestra were Mary Austry, George Barber, Alan Beuchner, Herbert Baylor, • John Cook, Martha Dennis, Jack Dil lard, Mildred.. Dr+fngoid, Frank Fair, 'Jean 'Farley, Marion .Fister, Jacqueline Heb.kert, Norman Hoy oWitz, .George. Kryger, Milton Curtis Lytle, Pat Manson, Jock 'Martin: . • . . _ . . . . . • -Fred Mazatelli, Penn Minerd, 'Lewis: Rose, .Jbait Schlosser, Ray mond Schlosser, Robert Sturgeon, Fred Swingle; Genevieve 'Tams, Adele Thompson, Charles. Toth, Karl Van d'Elden, Paul Water man, Lillian Weingarten, Ann Wisden, and .Capt. Hirsch ; violins. Joan Bissey, Margaret Cunning ham, Robert Fredrickson, Mrs. Hirsch, Marguerite Horn, James Madenfort, DaVid McKinley, Jo Rotili and George Winnet, violas. Lois .App, Rosalind Givotovsky, Becky Griffin, Margaret Potts, Jo.-Marie Jackson, Ernest Rotili, and-. Frances . cellos. Ed Abramson, Lucille Cox, Conrad Hilpert, and Edith Murray, flutes. Martha Caldwell, Alden Emery, BUd Francis, Marie Hahn, Virgil Neilly, • Lois Sheaffer, Marie Thompson, and Norman Walter, baSses. James Beach, Antoinette D'Orazio, James Kocher, and Ro bert Skipper, clarinets. • 'Edna .Murray,. Bengt Pulls,. and Esther, Thompaon,.,,rdboes„ ... Ellis Hall, bass clarinet; , Frank Hess, Philip Miller, and R.. Spiker bas soons. William- Laughlin, Creston Ottemiller, Eugene . S'pague, and 'Rudy Yanitto, trumpets... . Susan Bissey, .Dorothy Cornell, Paul Grove, •L. H. Levi, Robert Manning, Marjorie Rex, and Char les Willing, horns. Robert Bechtol, Rclbert Gradner, Robert Mulligan, and William Keefauver; trom bones. iWilliam Barwis, Carl Col tery'ahn, Donald Fredrickson, Jack Shetter,- and Lois Turner; WBYA, College Amateur Radio Station To Reactivate After 5-Year Lapse the . . College amateur - i audio. station,,.. is =issuing Its 'first Cali - for :staff . meMbers since 1941. The radio station, which :includes three transniitters, operating room and; ,a` small , •licensed WBYA . iinder - a Technical and Training license. Initiated' a s, BXE, an experimental station licensed in 1912, the present station has 'been .operating since 1920. Opera - - tion was suspended in 1941, but a new appointment has just been received to continue operation. Aside from all the regular ama teur activities in. which this sta- LA's to Elect School Council Elections for Liberal Arts Stud ent Council will be held in 121 Sparks at 7:30, October 31 ac cording to. Fred Kecker arid Ernest Nagy, co-chairmen of the Interim L'lberal Arts Council, Applications for seats. on the council must be filed in 1:32 Sparks-by Wednesday. A liberal arts student nominating, himself or a friend must give information as to address, semester and esti mated All-College average. The purpose of the• Liberal Arts Student Council is to (a) make re conimendations concerning the curriculum, (lb) to condiact polls on pertinent questions among the student body and (c) to provide for all other matters pertaining to the welfare of the students in the School of Liberal itrts. Hayes to Sing At Recital Roland Hayes, distinguished tenor, will present a recital in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m. November 14. The concert is jointly sponsored by the Penn State Christian Association and the" Citizen's Legislative Action Committee of State College. 'Tickets for the concert are on sale at the Student Union, Keeler's and the Corner Room. Price 'is $1:50 including tax, proceeds be ing used for a program of com munity social education. Mr.; Hayes. has sung in concert halls all over the world and in command performances- before King George and Queen - Mary: During the war he gaVe recitals in London for soldiers on leave froni world battlefronts. Lauded by critics as the greatL eSt negro singer and "one of the greatest who ever trod the concert stage," Roland Hayes has been the reciPient of; many distinctions, in cluding the award of the degree of Doctor of Music from Ohio Wesleyan . University, and Doctor of Laws from Morehouse College, 'Atlanta, Georgia. lii 1944 Dr. Sei•ge Koussevitsky chose him to be soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 'world premier of Gretchani nov's "Oecumenical Mass," dedi catedto the late Mrs. Natalie . KoussevitskY.. His stirring life story. has .been told by a friend, MacKinley Helm, in "Angel. Mo' and Her Son, Ro land Hayes," a best selling Atlan tic Monthly. Press Book.. New Issue Cigars and candy were being passed but in the Alumni Asso ciation office yesterday morning. At 11:26 A.m. a seven-pound, 1 / 2 - ounce baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ridge Riley, Jr., assistant alumni secretary. The baby has not been named yet but, "Sure and she'll have a real Irish name," says Ridge. This is the second daughter for the Rileys. tion is . engaged and , operated by its various 'staff 'members, it has won national recognition on .‘sev eraLpecasiOns. During a_ heavy snowstorm in - 1928 - it was con trol station• for the PRR -emer gency net and later became con trol .station for a Pennsylvania Storm Patrol. The station became associated with the Army Amateur Radio System, first as a local station, and later as district net control station WLQJ. Designated official army contact, it handled all War Department communication with Admiral Byrd. during his last ex pedition to the South Pole as well as a large quantity of personal• messages from his crew. As a result of this service it was appointed Army Net Control No. 2 in 1936 under the call of WLMA. In normal operation thousands of messages have been handled on this net. In time of eniergency, as dur ing the flood of 1936, this station operated continuously for five days controlling all official com munication in the flood area. Cita tions from the U. S. Army Chief Signal Officer and the Navy De partment, and the Western Union 1936 Award for Public Service, were received for this work. Membership ,to the station staff and use of the station facilities is open to all students, regard less •of curriculum, and professors or employees of the College Who have an amateur operator's li cense. All eligible and interested amateurs are asked to write at once to _the Elecctrical Engineering Department, stating the class of amateur license held and the sta tion call letters assigned. Light Vote Armory Polling New Director Dr. Grace M. Henderson, new director of the department of Home Ecoriomics in the School of Education. Pollock Circle Residents To Pay Room-Board Fees All residents of Pollock Circle dormitoridg .inu , st pay the first quarter installment df . room and board fees today at the! Bursar!s- office sell t. Clark ai r inotiiieed: last night.. Three. windows will be •. set aside, for collection of the fees, Clark stated. Last 'names begin '' ninc , in. letters A-H pay at the first 'window while the second window will have bills I'm' I-P, and Q-Z at window three. • Bill's may 'be paid front 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clark stressed that the office would be open during the noon .hcYLIT. . . Single: room occuparits should come prepared to pay $02.76 for the first"insfallnierit 'while those Shar:ng . a doable room will be as sessed '580.40. These sums include' $40.08 fbr meals and a $5 key deposit which will be refunded when the key is returned.. Artists' Course Tickets Go on Sale al AA Office - Artists' 'Course *tickets will go on sale at the Athletic Associa tion office 'windrow in Old Main at 8 o'clock this ' - mopriing, Dr. Marquardt. chainmian .of the committee stated. 'Students holding priority stubs will buy tickets today while faculty and townspeople may purchase their tickets tomorrow. Times listed on priority stubs will be observed in calling Tor tickets. Danish Prof Exuberant At Dean Whitmore's Text By LEWIS STONE That the fame of Prank C. Whitmore; dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, has spread far from old Mount Nit tany was 'discovered in this Col legian reporter's visit to the cam pus of Aarhus University in Den mark. At the mention of Dean Whit more's name, the Danish chemis try professor excitedly shouted, "Why, we know him. We use his glorious book here." This book, "Organic Chemistry," is well known to graduate students studying Chem 535 at the Col lege. In the chemistry department, as elsewhere on the campus, this reporter was greeted with excep tional friendliness, courtesy, and In This Issue 1 . , a P R o a l d it io ics - .-:: ...- p P g g : 1 1 . Forecast - - - - Pg. 3 FIVE CENTS A COPY Polls Open Until Five O'clock Today Between 1,100 and 1,200 stu dents cast their ballots in the first day of All-College Elections, Jack Branigan, All _ College Elections committee• chairman, announced last night. Branigan stated that the first day's balloting was fairly heavy but he urged all students who Haven't voted to do so today. The Armory polls will be open this morning at 9 o'clock for the final voting dayand will close at 5 o'clock. Voters are asked to use the rea r door of the Armory as the front entrance is restricted to Naval personnel. For those who have a full Sche dule of classes, Branigan stressed that the polls would be open dur ing the noon hour. In the All-College offices, vot ers must choose between Robert Foote and Russell Smiley, Nit tany-Independent, and Clifford St. Clair and James Duff, Campus- Key, fo r the posts of All-College president and vice-president, re spectively. For the post of All-College secretary-treasurer, Campus -Key offers Raymond Shift)MY • against Nittany -Independent Albert Green. Male students will also be asked to choose a president and secre tary for the Athletic Association. Candidates for, president are foot ball captain William "Red" Moore and cross-country captain Curt Stone,• while Dave Hornstein op poses Bronco Kosanovich for the secretary position. Other candidates seeking elec tion are: SENIOR CLASS President Arthur P. Miller— Nittany-Independent James Sheehan—Campus-Key Marshall Brawn— Nittany-Independent Charles Pfleegor—Campus-Key Secretary-Treasurer Rosemary Genetti— Nittany-Independent Barbara Mcelearyearnpus_Key JUNIOR CLASS President Eugene Fulmer— • Nittany-Ipdepencient Pete -Johnson--Campus.-Key Vice-President Howard Maxwell—Campus-Key Charles Willing— . Nittany-Independent • Secretary-Treasurer Louise 'Grossman—Campus-Key Jacqueline Zivic— Nittany-Independent SOPHOMORE CLASS President Emory Brown—Campus-Key Richard Sarge— (Continued on page two) cooperation. Everywhere students, faculty, and staff members eager ly interpreted, explained, and pointed out items of interest which might otherwise have been passed unnoticed. Aarhus can justifiably boast of the "campus beautiful." It is small, occupying a space about the size of four city blacks, on gently rolling ground, on the outEßirts of the city of 107,000. All• the build ings are new and harmonious, with simplicity and numerous, large, gleaming windows as their most eye-catdiincf features. Founded in 1933, and forced un. derground during the war, the Danish university resumed in- (Continued on jlage three) Vice-President
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