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VOL. 44—No. 17
Board Appoints
Russell, Whirler
Dr. Seth - -AV.. Russell has been
natiied. 'assistant
.
SchoolOf Liberal Arts and profes
,
sor' 2 ok - sociology by the Board of
Trustees and :Dr. Benjamin A.
Whisler . 110;been appointed head
of the' departMent of civil engin
eering and professor of sanitary
engineering. "
Dr. Russell, a graduate of Dick
enson.
Seminary, Williamsport,
and the pollege,..-has been in the
department of' sociology since
1937. Prior to 1937 he was minister
of the 'Methodist Episcopal Church
at Spring Mills. He served as a U.
S. Navy - chaplain. 'for four year
during World War 11, with two
years it:board the light cruiser
U.S'.S. Santa re. He earned eight
campaign stars during his ser
vice in the South Pacific.
. Dr; Whis ler, who received his
doctor science degree in sanitary
engineering at Harvard in 1936,
was formerly associate professor
of civil engineering at lowa State
College: .He served over three
years in the sanitary corps in
World War H, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel,-
Women Won't Play,
Men Form Own Club
Wandering unwanted through
WRA . 'dornains a few weeks ago,
several - male Bridge addicts were
shown that •a least one war-time
shortage was over. It was then
that the idea of a Men's Bridge
club was born..
"No, you _can't -join the bridge
Clufo,".they were tOld.."lt is spoon,
sored ibylthe MIRA. You have not
the TiiiialificationS. You arm' riot
women."
• "But- , z)
frustrated .
"If you want a club tell it to
the, WC or the lIMA, or the AVC,
buf• - as for the WRA, we can do
nothing for you."
- •:The - following, morning • the
proposal was brought to the notice.
Of - Ray Conger, of the Physical
Education department, and The
Men's Bridge Club met for the
.first; .time
,last night
" interposed one of the
ROTC To fill Vacancies
-is--giving comL
petitive-exarninat-kms for the ap
pOintinent of permanent , cadet of:-
'ficerS . to fill the 19 vacancies in
the battalion..
- . -.!These- examinations consist of
three actual tests . in the
tield . , personal interviews, and the
all:college average of the con
teatanC.l.:
A . .rri'Y,f ; ,.„Na..vy Air Corps- Vets.
fil[cothpo4..politicat_posts
NEM
• It's:. all over now even- the;
shoutiptg. ' Cliques are quiet.:
sOnds have ceaseclL-ikei
1.90 facie , f ram, notebooksLliot.:
eit§, have '.been torn tlown. YeS7
el - eotion's over. - • • - %,••••
• .. r , . - - .. .
.1
citialile' statistics show thatr.l
ArairY; Navy, and Air.: Corps
ex-Glls - split campus:. 'efecthihs.i
..evenly with three offices filled• - bY.
each' branch of the S'erV.iCe.',„-:_....,'
.T.hree Wavy RoberP
Foote., Charles Willing,•. and
J•Onies Sheehan, were:all' trained_
the. College:" Ted I,,elevre,
.Ctherles , Pfleegor, - arid Rbako
*ineley ..were former' 'Air 'COrps
liven , the , Army?. inducted
'B6.gene Fulmer. Albert, _Green,
utidßichard Seite - :!" - •
!ictors Comment
POole, all college_presi 7 :.
remarked, "Although the
'Cleetidn was sitocesSfial;
-Wetiild•have been much better
.lUa'lerger percent of, ttle. s:u.dentS .
had : voted. The Nti.tariyr-ijidepeii
dent party intends to. carry out
..oVery plank rr• its • • •.pletforrn7 a's•
soon es poseilble.
"1 intend to back those policies
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Classes will be dismissed this
morning from 8:50 to 9:10 o'-
clock so that the student body
and faculty may join in a send
off rally for the football team
as they leave from the rear of
Old Main for their game with
Colgate Red Raiders.
All students are asked lo
meet at the buses at 9 o'clock
for the rally. Nine o'clocks will
begin at .9:10 and' the program
will be very short: •
dean of the
Late AP News
Coartesy Radio Station WMAJ
WASHINGTON— General
Dwight Eisenhower mentioned
as a possile new ambassador to
London—says- he is wining to
discuss the rumors that General
Omar Bradley might take ever
his jcb as chief of staff. 'Eisen
hower's 'four-year term as army
staff chief has more than another
year to go.
WASHINGTON The nation-
R:1 mediation board has opened
conferences which it hopes will
settle the four-day strike of
AFofL pilots on the transworld
airlines. The walk-out by 14-
hundred flyers has left an addi
tional l5-thousand TWA em
ployes without work. The corn
pani said it had refused 'offers by
some cf these 15-thousand idle
employes to work for nothing.
FRANKFURT, Germany —
American military . intelligence
authorities commented yesterday
on Winston Churchill's charge
that Russia has two-hundred (Di
visions mobilized in eastern Eur
ope. Asked for an opinion, their
answer was short and pungent.
Said .one spokesman, in part: "We
can't spy on our allies."
NANKING; — Chitia-the - :chief
of the - Chinese military mission
to Japan; --- General :Chu Shih-
Ming, is expected to arrive •by air
from Tokyo. General Chu is
bearing gifts from the Japanese
for Chiang Kai-Shek. The gifts
are intended as thanks for what
is termed Chiang's "merciful pol
icy toward Japan."
WASHINGTON President Tru
man tonight laid aside problems
of state to make a personal re
quest that the 18 Estonian refu
gees who crossed the Atlantic in
small open boats be permitted to
remain here. Said the President:
"This is the type of pioneering
spirit that built this nation."
-WASHINGTON- Henry Wal
lace anode his stand clear yester-
Oay before a luncheon meeting of
more than one-thousand Demo
crats. The former secretary of
commerce declared that he has no
regrets about the administration
upheaval set off fast month by his
foreign policy speech in New
York.
L . C . •. 4 ; ,
with eh are:r frEci,sf:' , lperieCtie la i e': t
bib!. Heir.
hope ithe . t, v tbe senior., - eTas
thir
- stated, Jim
:Slieelxv.e, settler. . -, elt) ,ko - slaent,
d4Oper - atie# • • • • .
Ttinior' class 'Eugene
•FUllirier; , :announce.el: , ,lf the -junior
Class continues'" . to 'ecielperate
thkoughOut the year:as ~the,y did
tlie'election, thd .;class. , al' 4 48
the Most 'outstanding class
to. ever graduate . from,. , the Col
lege..! •
.restults,:were,.- - of, course,
gratifying," •commented: , ,Richard
po.phomere-;,ciass pre s sident.
'`ll l rucli• credit is. diab ite.Those who.
.I,‘rOrXed , Tor ;Ted Pat% et: I dUring
the . get
be.
t'oY ,
al
lUPtiiditers' andrbandidates'ar their
.re.spe..etive
eratioii and . .freelY • giiien time,"
Lloyd Campus
Ker at,t.d B1111:I:toThglaS,
WAtany Independent -chairman in
a joint statement yesterday.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1946-STAPE COLLEGE, PENNA
Football Send-off
Sophs Sign Ray
For Houseparty
Plan Fun 'Nite'
Program Featuring
Dancing, Games
Ainother 'Tun Nite" program
will be held in Recreation Hall
tomorrow night featuring dancing
and games.
Tickets will 'go on sale at ,the
doors for 30 cents including, tax.
Dancing to records will be in
Fashion from 8:30 4o 111:45
as well as ping pong, checkers,
chess, card games and kick-it.
Fun Nites are held each Satur
day when there is no All-College
dance and is soonsored by Student
Recreation, School of Physical
Education and Athleti'es.
Debate Team
Adds Members
Professor Clayton H. iSchugd
coach, Mrs. Jack Williams, speech
instructor, and Rose Anne Wilson, 1
manager, who acted as judges in
the try-outs have announced the
candidates selected for member
ship in the Women's Debate Team.
Also announced is the annual
topic for national, intercollegiate
delbate. It is "Resolved, that labor
should 'be given a direct share in
the management ef industry." •
New -I me rtibers , '`ate:: , • :. 944o L llows: •
Ruthmary Btery; ',Leona' 'Biala ;,,
Mary Louise Coleman, :Jane.our 7 )
acre,. JO - FOx; Rosemary Halpin,
Patricia Highberger, Annette Lan
ning; Harriet Morgan, Shibley
Rhodes, Bunny Rosenthal, Jose
phine Stanley, and Jane Staus.
Dr. Searle To Speak
On 'Thy iKngdom Come'
"Thy Kingdom Come" is the
title of the topic to be discussed by
Dr. Robert W. Searle, guest
speaker for the Sunday morning
chapel 'services at Schwab Audi
torium, 11 a. m.
Dr: Searle . 112 s been General Se
cretary Of the Greater New York
Federation of Churches since 1934
Prior to that he was Associate
Minister of the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church. Also an
author, Dr. 'Searle has . written
several books pertaining to
During 1944 Dr. Searle went on
extended trips 'for the Natian'al.
Conference of Christians and
Jews. Together with a Roman
Catholic Priest and a Jewish Rab
bi be spoke in more than 50 Army
caMps and Navy stations to some
3QO - ,000.-•Men , ,on :- the • question:
•" , 3,04 , t .iAre'• We Fighting .For?".'
Choir music for - the , - servineSr. Is.
under the direCtiOn: - of Mrs:••Willa
W. Taylor. Accompaniment will
be' DrOvided 'by eMrs. ;Richard :W.
Grant. • • •
Raissicin Club Supper
.
.. Supper, sponsored by St. An
drew's Episcopal Sacred. Heart
Club, will be given ter the Ameri
can Russian Organization at the
Episcopal Church parish house,
5:30 p.m. Sunday. Rev.• John N.
Peabody will be the main speaker.
All members of the club are re
quested by Michael Fedak, presi
dent,• to meet at the parish'house,
on Frazier and Foster streets, by
515 p.m. Sunday. •
Collegian 'Meeting •
All Members • of the editorial
staff •of The • Daily Collegian are
required to meet in 8 Carnegie
Hall at 4 oclock today, News Ed
itor Lawrence G. Foster announ
ced. 'Excuses fo r absence to the
meeting must be phoned in to the
editor by 4 o'clock.
total
Former Leader of Glenn Miller Air Corps Band
Brings New Ex-GI Orchestra for Big Dance
Ray McKinley and his new band will furnish the music for the
Soph Hop, a Houseparty Weekend highlight, at Recreation Hall, No
vember Bth, it Was announced last night by Charles Prutzman and
Richard Sarge, co-chairmen.
Ray is lately noted as the G. I. bandleader who took ove r Glenn
aVliller's Army Air Forces band in England after Miller disappeared
in an airplane flight over France.
He did over 509 broadcasts while
overseas, of which more than a
hundred were the "Swing Shift,"
Ray's own program.
McKinley organized his own
bland in '1942 and opened in New
York City's Commodore Hotel.
The band did some guest spots on.
the Camel radio program and
Mad e a Hollywood film, "Hit Par
ade of
. 1944."
While overseas, Ray co-author
ed th e hit song, "My Guy's Come
Back" which became England's
No. 1 hit and later swept the A
merican musical scene with con
siderable success.
Rhythm Singer
'McKinley is noted as a rhythm
singer after the Johnny Mercer
style and was titled "Mr. Rhy
thm" for his lazy, drawling, non
chalant style of vocalizing.
His vocal interpretation of
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the
Bar" and "Scrub Me Mamma with
a Boogie Beat" helped these songs
reach national fame. Bing Cros
by nominated McKinley one of
his five favorite mal e vocalists i n
pre-war days.
Now discharged from the ser
vice,, Ray :McKinley has organiz
ed' a new` band of ex-G.l.'s. Fea
tured "voCaliSts *e Chris Minis'
and Teddy Norman, with arran
gements by Eddie Sauter.
To Play at Cornell
McKinley and his band are
booked for an engagement at Cor
nell University at Ithaca, New
York, on the night following Penn
'State's Soph. Hop.
Committee members making ar
rangements for Soph Hop, in ad
dition to the co-chairman, are
Robert Hirsh, 'William Jarful's,
Ted LeFeVre, Richard McAdams,
Mary Maggas, and. Morton Pless-
News Briefs
Newman Club To Initiate
Initiation of new members for
the Newman Club will take place
at the Hillel Foundation, 133 W.
Beaver avenue, at 7:30 p. m. Sun
day.
JSR Fireside Chat
Junior Service Board, junior
women's honorary, will hold a
in the Hugh Beaver Room, Old
fireside chat for transfer students
Mt:- in, from 7:30 to 9 p. m. Sunday.
.Speakers from WIRA,* WSGA,
PSCA and Alpha Lambda Delta
will be present.
Engineer Offers Prizes
Two prizes of $l5 and $lO are
offered by the Penn State Engin
eer for the two best articles on
any subject in the field of engin
eering or labor-management
which are written by students and.
submitted to Student Union be
.tra-kk, asloyeniber 15.
Players Hold Tryouts
Fenn State Players will hold
tryouts for "The Imaginary In
valid" in Schwab Auditorium at
7 p. m. !Monday and Tuesday.
Those interested in trying . out.
should sign up at Student Union
with the approximate time they
can come to iSchwalb. Rehearsals
will not begin until after the pro
duction of "Angel Street."
Trustees Ratify Change
Of 'Department Names
The names of two departments
have been changed and a scholar
ship fund that will benefit seniors
in the School of Agriculture has
been established, President Ralph
Dorn Hetzel announced today.
The executive committee of the
Board of Trustees at its weekend
meeting approved the. change in
title of the Institute of • Animal
Nutrition 10 Department of Ani-
Mal Nutrition. The Department of
Naval Science and Tactics here
after will be known is's the Depart
ment of Naval Science, in con
formity with Navy policy.
The trustees also approved the
estAlishrnent • of. the !Morel'. Smith
"Scholarship setup und4:r the will
of the late Charles B. and M. Anna
Smith, "of Philadelphia. - •
Pollock Circle Residents
Elect Semester Officers
Permanent semester presidents
to, serve on Pollock Circle Council,
representing the 4300 dorm resi
dents, were elected in polls at the
mess ' hall at noon todEy These men
will replace the temporary offi
cers previously elected.' Presi
dents; vice presidents, secretaris,
and trasurers of each dorm are
and treasurers of each dorm are
Dorm No. I—A. Serafini, P. J.
Garth, W. Nutaitis, T. W: Pstrok
Dorm No. •2—. T. P. iGreen, H.
Smith, J Reins, D. Forethan
• Dorm No. 3—D. W. Mitchell, J.
Patfrath, 'M. Peck, A. Siegler
Dorm No. 4—T. Reissmann, E.
Hinkle, A. PollArd, C. Tendler
Dorm No. 5-0. Litphkoff, J.
Anderson, D. Gregory, R. Harris
In This Issue
Soph Hop
Chapel
Women's Page
FIVE CENTS A COPY
McKinley
Weekend
Electrical Engineers
Gather for Conference
The Americzn Institute of Elec
trical Engineers, district No. 2,
will hold a , conference for student
mernlbers and counselors in 110,
Electrical [Engineering from 9 to
5 Saturday. Speakers will include
Harry P Hammond, of the School
of Engineering, "Engineering So
cieties of America", and C. A.
Powell, assistant to the vice presi
dent of Westinghouse Electric,
"What Industry Expects of the
Electrical Graduate." • •
• Victors will•be.shown.the power
plant and various research labor- -
atories.
Dorm No. 6—F. A. lanni, T. Wil
helm, T. Kuinan, A. H. Brooks
Dorm No 7—F. Maguire, G.
Yeagley, A. Ostar, .J. Trumibauer
Dorm No. B—A. 'H. Lentz, John
Kelly, Sol . Roshal, A. Vigilante
Dorm No. 9—E. Koval, D. Jami
son, J. Boreland, J. Bellas
Dorm, No. 10—J. B
Pollard, J. O'Grady, P. Boyle
Dorm No. 11—M. Phillips, K.
Hayes, D, Mathews, W. Aliwoer
der
Dorm No. 12—P. Davis, W.
Wood, A. Jenkins, W. King
Dorm No, 13-4 M. Shapiro, V.
Cowell, S. Turley, and E. Taren.
(Ile), L. IMeyers
Dorm No: 14---AY. Wilson, -B.
Barteaux, E. Rifkin, J. Dolan