Rally Sets Off Weekend Coeds to 'Drag' Males to Dance Dungarees, Plaid Shirts, Odd Corsages in Vogue Dungaree Drag, the Cwens' an nual girl-ask-boy affair. is sched uled for Whyte Hall 9 to 12 o'- clock tonight. Hank Glass and Bill IVLeTurk. Thespian comedy team. will pre sent their new mind-reading act during intermission. As Pr‘ofessor Glass said when interviewed in his Quiet studio. "I aan isairte to call upon the spir its to hypnotize the Swami Mc- Turk who has Just arrived from the mysteriou. country of Belle fonds." Dungarees In Style Admission requirement for this act are a ticket. a faded pair of dungarees. nn old plaid shirt. a nondescript corsage--and the most important item, a man. This item can be secured for a tele phone call costine five cents plus a touch of the lean-year spirit. said Dorothy Park. chairman of ,the dance. Shortly before intermission the Campus Owls will swing out on a number for the Balloon Soot Dance. Anyone who buys a bal loon for 10 cents from a Cwen may enter this contest. Dancing. ability is not reouirecL lust the gambler's luck to be standing on Continued on page eight Fraternities Dine Pennsylvanians Dinner arrangements for Fred Waring's Pennsylvanian have ,ben made for Monday, Willard Agnew, IFC President, said yes terday. Fraternity houses have been turning in bids to have as their —guests two to four members of Fred Waring's organization. The various fraternities will be noti fied as to whom their guests will be and are to contact them as soon as possible, he stated. Robert Koser, IFC vice-presi dent, and Ray Fortunato are in charge of dividing the singers so that no one house will get two basses, or three altos, in case the dinner guests are called upon for a little entertainment. Pennsylvanians who are fra ternity men will probably go to their respective chapter houses. The names o f th e women vocalists will be picked out of a hat by the fraternities to insure no partiality Clique Meetings State and Nittany-Independ ent campus political parties will meet Sunday night for the election of sophomore class clique chairmen for each group. State party will hold its meeting in 121 Sparks. Nit. tarry-Independent party will meet in 10 Sparks. Both meet ings are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Blue Key Defers Initiation Rites Initiation ceremonies for Blue Kev hat society have been temp orarily postponed. according to Lawrence G. Foster. acting chair man of Hat Societies Council. Foster explained that the Coun cil is investigating reported tan ning irregularities by the iuhior class honorary. Robert W. Tomlip.son. society president. was informed last night of the Council's decision to investigate the 'alleged violations of the society's constitution and stated that initiates would not be required to wear their signs after today bending clarification by the Council. Bob Higgins To Present Grid Squad Homecoming alumni will join students in the first pep rally of the 1947 gridiron season on the steps of Old Main at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Coach Bob Higgins will speak and introduce his Nittany Lion football eleven at this pre- Syracuse cheering session. A street parade led by the Blue Band and the cheerleading squad will leave from the Phi Sigma Kappa house in the 500 block of S. Allen street at 7 o'clock. The procession will pass through the fraternity and dormitory section, down College avenue, and to the rally site. Students Join Parade Students are asked by Hat So cieties Council, sponsors of the rally, to join the parade at its starting point or as it passes their section of the town or campus. Thomas J. Lannen, All-College president, is master of ceremonies for the rally and will introduce the cheerleaders, Professor Hum mel Fishburn, head of the Blue Band, and football coach Hig gins. 1 - Cheers and songs projected on a large screen will be led by a squad of nine cheerleaders, head ed by Stan Eisman. The rally program will be carried by a pub lic address system. Chief John R. Juba's local po lice force will assist the progress of the street parade by directing and diverting the traffic. Rallies were begun again last year for the first time since the war. Before the war, pep meet ings were held on the Jordan fer tility plots, present site of tern porary buildings and women's dormitory construction. Bonfires, a part of pre-war ral lies, have been discontinued be cause of the fire hazard. Lute AP News Taft Candidacy COLUMBUS Senator Ta ft says he will announce his de cision whether to seek the presi dential nomination next Wednes day. Appearing at a party rally here, Taft described the Truman administration's foreign policy as what he called a "riot of incon sistencies." The Ohio senator added, "Neither the people nor Congress have been advised what the real facts are" and "we do not know whether the adminis tration is leading us to peace or war." Grain Gambling Charged WASHINGTON—P r esident Truman yesterday blamed high food prices largely on what he termed "gambling on the grain exchanges," and he disclosed that Attorney General Clark is in vestigating. Although the President sug gested that the Justice Depart ment might have details about the investigation, officials there declined to comment. Eisenhower Campaign NEW YORK—An official spokesman for General Eisen hower says that the General had no prior knowledge of any plans to organize presidential nomina tion campaigns for him. But, ac cording to an o ffic i a 1 of the Draft - Eisenhower-for-President League, the General had been infor m e d by letter of the League's purpose. Attention, Hatmen All hatmen and hatwomen are askied by Hat Societies Council to participate in to. night's football pep rally and parade wearing the hats of their respective honorary so cieties. Hatmen are also requested to meet at the southwest gate to the playing field on Now Bea• ver Field at 1:45 p.m. tomor row to form the traditional double-line. MN Bang Vol. 46—No. 15 FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1947—STATE COLLEGE, PFNNA. Price Five Cents Pennsylvanian FRED WARING No Tickets Leff For Broadcasts The last of the tickets for the Fred Waring broadcasts from Schwab Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday were distributed at 9:15 o'clock. the Student Union stated yesterday. For those unable to obtain tickets to the broadcasts, the committee handling them ar ranged to have all three shows broadcast locally. WMAJ to Beam Show By special permission of the National Broadcasting Company, and with the consent of Mr. War ing himself, State College Radio Station WMAJ has been granted the privilege of broadcasting all three shows. Station WMAJ will air the, morning shows at 10 a.m. both Monday and Tuesday, and the Monday evening show at 10:30. Fred Waring travels with his full organization of 110, includ ing such standout vocalists as Jane Wilson, Stuart Churchill, Joan Wheatley, Joe Marine, and entertainers known to Waring radio audiences such as Daisy Bernie r, Poley McClintock, "Lumpy" Brannum, Joe Sodja, and Mac Perrin. Waring Background A former student of the Col lege, from 1918-1920, Mr. Waring was born June 9, 1900, in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. While a student of Continued on page eight Thespian Alumni to Stage 50th Anniversary Show Graduates of more than 25 years ago will take part in the 50th anniversary Thespian alumni revue at Schwab Auditorium, 8 o'clock tomorrow night, and anything can happen, said J. E. "Sock" Kennedy, director. Alumni must register with their class at Recreation Hall before they can purchase tickets for the show at the Thespian booth in that building. Thespian alumni who bought their tickets through advance sale may oiek them up at the booth any time before the foot ball game. In the program which is still tentative. Fred Waring will do a routine from a 1921 Thespian show and perhaps a black-face. banjo number. Graham In Skit Bob Graham. of Grah.irn's A.C.. with Roy Nelson will do an act from the 1926 shuw "The Kid Himself." The comedy teaari of Bims and Edwards will do their own version of "The Boy Stood on the BurninE , Deck" from the 1026 show. Hummel Fisriburn. head of the department of music. will also be a member of the cast takint! Dart in a piano trio. Some of the performers . naven't Continued on page eight • I Student Leaders Meet Alumni at Luncheon Homecomers Arrive Today Student leaders, sports champions, and campus personalities will be introduced to homecoming alumni at the Alumni Luncheon in Rec Hall at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow, said Ridge Riley, executive secretary of the Alumni Association. The Association, said Mr. Riley, has never tried to serve a buffet luncheon to as many guests as are expected tomorrow. Alumni will register in Recreation Hall today starting at 2 o'clock. Thespian alumni will have a special registration at the same time. Executive Board Meeting The Penn State Alumni Associ ation executive board will meet in the Nittany Lion Inn at 6 o'clock. Lions Paw alumni will be served dinner at the Inn at that time. Saturday morning will feature exhibits, tours, and sports for homecomers. After the football game there will be a cider party and smoker for the returning graduates in Rec Hall. Last event of the for mal program is Thespian Alumni revue, in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock. In the student program de signed to last more than an hour, Continued on page eight Lines from the Lion . New York City Dear Gang, What a dull town this is. They tell me that you don't have to be here for long before you get to be a part of the place. Don't you believe it. The otter dey we went down to thoity thoid street to see how the rest of resodence survive. Believe me, dey don't do bad. Haven't gotten over to da zoo park as yet to see me rel atives. Yesteday, some guy insulted me. He said I had an old mane. I told him. I sez to em, "Where I come from everybody has an Old Main. It doesn't look like I'm going to make the game on Saturday. Transportation to the Valley is rough these days. For the glory, The Lion P.S. Don't know where I'd even sleep if I did come up in time for the weekend. J. E. "SOCK" KENNEDY Tatirgiatt Troxell Proposes Cabinet Change Robert Troxell rekindled dis cussion of proposed additions to the Student Union Committee in Cabinet last night, when All- College Cabinet approved his proposal to substitute the sopho more vice-president-elect for the AVC representative. Samuel K. Hostetter, assistant to the President in charge of business and finance, advised that the Co-op committee submit a memorandum of their proposed campus co-operative to the Board of Trustees for consideration, re ported Emory Brown. This meth od was used by Windcrest resi dents in securing their co-op. Five thousand "Beat Pitt" tags stringed and printed on both sides, will be ordered for student and alumni use at the Pittsburgh game. The entire project is be ing financed by the Athletic Store, Frank Tidona stated. Cabinet voted to act on Allan Oster's recommendation to con tact the American Heritage Foun dation in an attempt to bring the Freedom Train to the College. Oster expressed hope that this invitation would lead to an or ganized tour of American col leges. Elections Code was submitted by William Staley and amended in cabinet by moving the sopho more election date back to No vember 20. All other election campaign dates were moved back a full week. Members believed this would bring a better turnout at thq polls, since the original election date was the Monday following Pitt weekend. Special Issue A special Alumni Homecom ing issue of the Collegian will be distributed tomorrow, ac cording to Allan Oster. editor. Copies will be available at Student Union and at New Beaver Field. Line-ups for the Penn State- Syracuse football game will be listed on the front page. Frafernifies Unveil Lawn Exhibitions Students will be treated to the best that fraternity ingenuity can devise when over a score of houses unveil their Pennsylvania Week motif lawn disolav, latr this afternoon. Although oil wells and coal cars seem to have captured the imaginations of Greek display chairmen throughout the fra ternity sections, several varia tions on the two fuel industrie are sure to capture the student's fancy. Judging of the displays will take place both late this after noon and tonight by a three-man committee from thu art depart ment. A cup will be awarded to the winning fraternity by lIC.
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