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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:. •
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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.
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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
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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—
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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-
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Vice-President