*s' l Let's Pull r. For Th. to Eiat illl giatt Timm 0,0 VOL. 46—No. 28 Weekend Features Smoker, Dance In Philadelphia Rally Behind Old Main Sends Off Higginsmen "Beat Temple" weekend will fea ture a push-off pep rally behind Old Main at 10:50 a.m. today, a smoker tonight and a football dance tomorrow night, both in the Hotel Adelphia, Philadelphia. The pep rally will delay eleven o'clock classes ten minutes to per mit the student body to partici pate in the send-off for Coach Bob Higgins' undefeated gridders, who will leave at Ll a.m. for the Lions' ninth encounter with the Owls in a series begun in .1031. Professor Hum m el Fishburn's Blue Band and the cheerleading squad will be on hand to lead songs and cheers. Student football fans will pull the two buses chartered for the team out past Phi Gamma Delta fraternity to start the gridders on their way to the Lions' 500th game in intercollegiate football, 4,000 TICKETS Philadelphia can expect a strong Blue and White representation in Temple Stadium on Saturday af ternoon as' four thousand tickets have been sold for the game. One complete side of the stadium is reserved for Lion fans. Hatmen attending the Temple game are asked to report to the (Continued on page eight) Marines Observe 172nd Anniversary The 172 birthday party for the United States Marine Corps will be held in 200 Engineering E at 7:30 o'clock Monday said Cap tain Edward Cook, assistant pro fessor of Naval science. All marine reserves and ex-marines are invited to participate in the informal affair. The Marine Corps, the oldest service branch in the nation, be gan in Philadelphia in 1775. From a small nucleus of men who or ganized the Corps in Tun Tavern grew an organization of national prominence. State College is in the fourth naval district, and the local Marine Volunteer Reserve Unit is headed by Captain James Mc- Junken. Don't Cover Legs Penn State's latest beauty queen, Betty Gibson, favors long skirts for evening wear with high heels, but she isn't in favor of them for class wear• Betty says, "Legs add to the attractiveness of a girl and therefore they shouldn't be covered." Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Atom Bomb No Secret MOSCOW—Soviet foreign min ister Molotov told his people and the world that the secret of the a tomic bomb ceased to exist long ago. However. Molotov did not sa'• that Russia has an atom bomb. Molotov added that the So viet Union will defend to the end the interests of universal peace. Ht t he charged that the United St rtes and Britain are following a (11 terent V. 'bite House Clucking ATASHINGTON, D. C.—The un at 'ustomed clucking at the White H use yesterday was the proof L im some poultry producers that t 1 ty do not lik e poultryless T:ursday. Crates of chick ens an ,* poultrymen arrived at the rnidential residence and at ckivarters of the Citizens Food raittee. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA College Plans Armistice Rite Armistice Day will be observe• by the College with a formal flag raising and special ceremony con ducted by the NROTC and ROTC units, and the Blue Band in front of Old Main, Tuesday morning, the Council of Administration re ported yesterday. Old' Main's bell will be tolled from ,10:58 to 10:59, followed by one minute of silence. The clock will not chime at 11. At the end of one minute of silence, taps will be sounded, then the flag, which wi ll , have been at half staff since . reveille, will be raised by a member of Naval ROTC and one of Scabbard and. Blade, re presenting the Army ROTC, while, the Blue Band plays the National Anthem. This will con clude the service. The ceremony is under the supervision of Scabbard and Blade, national military honor ary. 27 Who's Who Names Listed Names of 27 Penn State stu dents have been submitted to the national '"Who's Who in Ameri can Colleges and Universities," said Janet Schmidt, associate edi tor of "Who's Who at Penn State." Those students named for work in student government are Wil lard Agnew, Mary Margaret Barnett, Eugene Fulmer, Harris Gilbert, Violet Gillespie, Alan Hack, • Thomas Lannen, Suzanne Romig, H. Ted Rubin, and Robert Troxell. Chosen for athletic activities, are Joan Bissey, Dean Hartman, Gerald Karver, John Nolan, John Potsklan, Raymond Sorenson, John Tighe, Lee Ann Wagner and Jaqueline Zivic. Paul Grove, Virgil Neilly and Adele Yablon were named be cause of their work in dramatics and forensics. Domenico Bibbo, Lawrence G. Foster, Roberta Hutchison, Allan Ostar and J. Arthur Stober were named for their activities on pub lications. Members of the selection corn mitte are David Adelman, co editor, "Who's Who at Penn State;" Thomas Lannen, All-Col lege president; Allan Ostar, edi tor, "Daily Collegian;" Suzanne Romig, WSGA president; Joseph Rudick, co-editor, "Who's Who at Penn State;" John Tighe, Athletic Association president, and Miss Schmidt. The same committee has also named two hundred students for listing in 'Who's Who at Penn State," Miss Schmidt added. "Who's Who at Penn State" a journalism honoraries publication is tentatively scheduled for pub lication in January. Russia To Boycott LAKE SUCCESS—The Soviet bloc of nations was voted down yesterday as the United Nations assembly Political committee an- Proved the American plan for a little assembly. The vote was 43 to six. And the Russian bloc an nounced that it would boycott the little assembly. which would sit between regular autumn sessions of the U-N assembly. Governor Stassen NEW YORK—Republican presi dential aspirant Harold Stassen said yesterday that he wants nothing of the vice-presidential nomination. The former Minne sota governor made the statement before he left by Plane for Min neapolis. Stassen said that his campaign for the presidential nomination is coining along in an encouraging manner. Grid Pioneer Cheers State There will be a gridiron "pio neer" in the Temple Stadium to morrow when Penn State and Temple collide in the 500th inter collegiate football game that the Nittany Lions have played. This pioneer is Charles C. Hil debrand of Philadelphia. one of six living members of the Col• lege's first football team. Mr. Hildebrand entered Penn State in 1886. and helped organize the team that met Bucknell Uni versity twice in 1887. The Lions won both games. Although a group of Penn State students tried to organize a foot ball team •six years earlier in 1881. it wasn't too successful and the team wasn't officially recog nized until the eleven of which Charles Hildebrand was a mem ber scheduled the two games against Bucknell. Mr. Hildebrand. a retired busi ness man, is one of State's most avid fans and never misses the annual homecoming game at State College, or the Lion excursions to Philadelphia. He boasts that he has seen every Penn-Penn State (Continued on page three) Lions from the Lion Ogontz avenue and City Lion. Dear Gang. Forgot to tell you that I voted Tuesday down here. A man put a dollar on the lion and said, "They won't know you're a lion, just don't roar and go in and vote." I pulled a lever marked "Dillworth" " and the "Tilt" lights went on. So I pulled one marked "Samuels" and 4 quarters rolled out of the slot. It's been lonesome down here without the gang. The Temple bunch has been riding me. They keep reciting "The Owl and the Pussy Cat." Last night I went to sleep counting Slos berg's jumping over a goal post. You fellows must smother the bird. Picked up a hot rumor. Tem ple is planning to use some sandhogs on the squad to dig a tunnel under Sieve Suhey and John Nolan. A special tool rack for picks and shovels has been set up behind the Temple bench. See you tomorrow, The Lion. Headmaster to Speak On 'lnner Compulsions' Wilbur E. Saunders, Head master of Peddie School, Hights town, N. J. will speak in Chapel Sunday morning. His topic will be "Inner Compulsions." Dr. Saunders has been honored for his achievements in the fields of education and religion with the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Colgate University, Doctor of Education from Brown University, and Doctor of Law from Dickinson College. At present Dr. Saunders is a trustee of the Grozier Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.; Colgate- Rochester Divinity School, and of Wayland Academy. Nominations End Today For Chem-Phys Council Today is the last day for sopho mores in the School of Chemistry and Physics to nominate them selves for the Chemistry and Physics Student Council, said Bob Schock, president. Students in any curriculum of the school are eligible and may become nominees by signing a list in Dr. G. C. Chandlee's office in Pond Lab. The only require ment is a one all-college average. Nominations have been coming in very slowly, Schock comment ed, and if necessary the nomi nating period will be extended into next week. Cabinet Probes Pollock Circle Pollock Circle greviences will be throughly investigated by All_ College Cabinet, it was decided by Cabinet last night. A report by Harris Gilbert, chairman of the food conserva tion committee revealed that 325 Pollock Circle residents voted against cooperating with Presi dent Truman's food conservation program while only 91 favored the plan. In his report to Cabinet, Harris pointed out that "the vote is not based on a hostile feeling towards food conservation• Rather there is such a feeling of embitterment as a result of various inequities. "Such complaints as the ones against the quality of the food, the service, the menus. and the financial arrangements are given as the reasons for an embitter ment so strong that it coul ' moti vate a group of men, largely vet erans, to cast a vote against an appeal to patriotism." Appointed to investigate the situation are All-College Presi dent Thomas Lannen, chairman, Harris Gilbert, Edward Banyai, Allan Ostar, and Robert Troxell. Banyai later pointed out that the food bill at Pollock Circle averaged $1.73 per clay while the average fraternity food bill aver aged $1.32 per day, according to a report he had received from the Pollock Circle Food Committee. President Lannen also appoint ed a committee headed by Robert Troxell to investigate the advis ability of changing the All-Col lege Constitution to include a re presentative from Winderest. Hal Society Taps 24 New Members The Blue Key Hat Society tapped 24 new members on the steps of Old Main at 7:45 this morning. Two students, found in eligible earlier this semester. were not tapped this morning, but two new students were added to the tappees, keeping the num ber at 24. Those eligible for tamping were students serving on Junior Boards of Publications, as first assistants in all sports. as cheerleaders, and as general activities men. Those tapped are as follows: Robert Bench, William Bick ford. James Brew e r, Richard Clair. Francis Felder, Carl Gold enberg. Clayton Hill. Warren Hicks. Albert Hirshfield. Arthur Jenkins. James Johnson. Richard Kranich. Stanley Laurimore, Donald My ers, Jay Meyers. Ross Pillsbury. Richard Shafritz. Richard Smith. Edward Tylkowski. Daniel Ve lorie. Malcolm Whit e, Robert Witman. and Thomas Yemm. EE Honorary Party Eta Kappa Nu, electrical en gineering honorary, and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers invite all sophomore electrical engineering students to a party in 110 EE at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, said Ted Miller, com mittee chairman. Hillel Shows Film Classic The Hillel Foundation invites the public to a showing of "The Golem" at the Foundation, 133 W• Beaver avenue, at 7:45 p. m. Sunday. La Vie Belle Deadline Tomorrow noon is the deadline for entries for La Vie's Belle section, said Majorie Mousley, photo editor, yesterday. Candi dates for the section must grad uate by June, not in June as previously stated• WEATHER Partly Cloudy and Cabinet Proclaim: Short Skirt Wee Beginning Today Publications to Spark Attack on 'New Look' Today is the opening day o' Short Skirt Week, declared Tam Lannen in a presidential procla mation to the student body at thy All-College Cabinet meeting last night. Allan Ostar, Collegian edi tor, proposed the issue from the floor and the president then madt the proclamation with the ap proval of Cabinet. Opening the week's series of events will be the Short Skirt Skip, informal dance to be held in Rec Hall at 9 o'clock tonight al_ which a queen will be chosen a: , best exemplifying the girl with the "Old Look." An all "Old Look vs. New Look" issue of Froth will come out next Tues day and throughout the week features and opinions by campus figures on the "New Look" will appear in the Daily Collegian. Judges lo Measure One of the requirements for a coed's entry into tonight's dance, the "Short Skirt Skip" will be the stipulation that she must wear a knee-length skirt. Judges armed with tape measures will circulate among the dancers to make sure that the requirements are met. To the girl who fulfills the re quirements set up by the judges will go the title, ' Corkie, Qu - , ri of the Old Look," plus the dis tinction of being featured in the Christmas issue of Froth. Stem the Hem, • "Men stem the hem" will be the theme of the Short Skirt Week issue of Froth, the campus (Continued on page eight) Druids Place Box For Lion Suif Fund Contribution boxes for the Lion's new suit have been placed in dormitories and in town, said John Benglian, president of Druids, sophomore men's honor ary. In addition to these collection boxes, Druids will ask all sorori ties and fraternities for contribu tions, Boxes are now in the Pollock Circle and Nittany Dorm Dining Commons, Student Union, Wind crest Co-op and laundries, Ath erton Hall, Grange, Watts Hall, Irvin Hall, Jordan Hall, the Cor ner Room, and Graham's. There will soon be collection boxes in the New College Diner, Cody Manor, Cook's, and Locust Lane Lodge. A list of contributors toward the Lion's suit will be printed in Wednesday's Collegian. News Briefs Luncheon Club Speaker The speaker at the . faculty Luncheon Club meeting at noon on Monday will be David B. Pugh, director of arts and science extension and supervisor of Un dergraduate Centers. His topic will be "Undergraduate Centers." MA Plans Mixer Plans for a mixer with Pollock Circle dormitories will be dis cussed at the IWA meeting in 104 Temporary Building at 7 p. m. Monday, said Sylvia Schenkld, publicity chairman. All indepen dent women are invited to the meeting. PSC Discusses Show Plans for the Penn State Club's annual All-College Talent Show will be made at a meeting in 321 Old Main at 7 p. in. Monday, said Albert Lucas, president. Colder PRICE FIVE CENTS
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