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LA Dean Wins
Land Grant Post
Dr. Ben Euwema, dean of the
School of the Liberal• Arts at the
College, was re-elected to the
executive committee of the As
sociation of Land Grant Colleges
and Universities for a new three
year term at the organization's
sixty-first annual convention at
Washington, D. C., this week.
Dr. Euwema was also re
elected chairman of the Division
of Arts and Sciences, as well as
being named to represent that
division in the association's Sen
ate.
E. L. Keller, executive assist
ant in Central Extension, was
elected to the engineering divi
sion's executive committee, and
was also chosen chairman of the
engineering extension section.
Dr. Harry P. Hammond, dean
of the School of Engineering, was
named to the advisory committee
for engineering instruction and
was also appointed to the Sen
ate's committee on the National
Science Foundation.
Dr. Eric A. Walker, head of the
department of electrical engl
neering and director of the Ord
nance Research Laboratory, was
named to the, executive commit
tee for the engineering research
section.
Dr. J. Lewis Morrill, president
of the University of Minnesota,
was elected president of the As
sociation to succeed the late Dr.
Ralph Dorn Hetzel.
'Frying Pan'
Enters Arena
Players' arena production, "Out
of the Frying Pan," will have its
first public opening at Center
Stage, 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
Tickets for this performance
have been sold out, but reserva
tions for future performances to
be held every Saturday night
are available at Student Union.
The cost, $l.lO. includes refresh
ments after the show.
Fraternities, sororities, an d
other organizations who wish to
reserve all the seats for a Sat
urday night performance may
make arrangements at the dra
matics office on the second floor
of Schwab Auditorium. One hun
dred persons can be accommo
dated at each showing.
Arena productions were in
troduced at the College last year
with Players' presentation of
"Skylark," a comedy directed by
Kelly Yeaton.
In this type of play the acting
is presented in "circus" fashion.
That is, the audience is seated on
all four sides of the stage. Be
cause of the relatively small size
of the audience. and its proximity
to the actors_ a more intimate
feeling between actor and audi
ence is developed.
Warning
The campaign for magazine
subscriptions being conducted
on campus by persons who are
not students at the College is
not authcvixed, according to a
statement Issued last night by
Miss Pearl 0. Weston. dean of
women.
Coeds who may be ap
proached are warned to inves
tigate Wore subscribing as
there Is 4 possibility that this
salmi camps may be a fraud.
Cabinet Backs
Co-op Project
All-College Cabinet last night
decided to back the establishment
of a campus cooperative store
with inter-class funds, provided
the student body approves such
a project.
Harris Gilbert. representative
from the Board of Formal= and
Dramatics, proposed that a ques
tionnaire, prepared with the ad
vice of the psychology depart
ment. be circulated to test opin
ion on establishment of the co-op.
Results would be used as an
index of student support for the
store.
Locatid in SU Building
The co-op would be located in
the Temporary Union Building,
and would use the present stu
dent book exchange as a starting
Point, said Emory Brown. co-op
committee chairman.
Incidental supplies, including
notebooks, pencils. etc., would also
be sold. Eventually a toilet article
counter would be included, Brawn
revealed. Profits above the cost
of operation would be returned in
the form of lower future prices.
On December 5. the co-op plan
will be submitted to the Board of
Trustees. If approved by this
Board, the store should be a real
ity in February. A democratic
ally elected student board of di
rectorc would supervise the bus
iness. Brawn stated.
Interclass Finance Committee
report, given by Eugene Fulmer,
All-College secretary - treasurer,
concerned assessing sophomores
who spent their freshman year
off campus for missed LaVie pay
ments. The sum, $2.50, is equal to
two semester payments of $1.25
made by students who attended
the College for their freshman
year. The La Vie assessment,
which totals $lO in four year, is
included in general fees and en
titles the payer to his class year
book.
Cabinet adopted the Inter
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Christmas Recess
Faculty and students were
reminded today by the College
administration that the Christ
mas recess will begin 11:50 a.
m. Saturday, December 20. and
continue until 8 a.m. Monday,
January 5, 1948.
The vacation had originally
been scheduled to terminate on
January 2 and that date ap
pears on the calendars pub
lished in the General Catalogue
and other publications. An ex
tension, was approved. how
ever, at the May 1 meeting of
the College Senate.
PM Dance Tickets
Available at SU
A limited amount of tickets for
the William Penn dance on the
Saturday of Pitt weekend are
still available at Student Union,
according to Ray Kelly, enter
tainment chairman.
All students wishing to attend
the dance are urged to purchase
their tickets before going to Pitt.
No one will be admitted to the
dance without tickets, which are
$3.60 per couple.
Joey Sims and his orchestra
will supply the music for the
dance to be held in the main
ballroom of the hotel from 9 to
12 p.m. The football team will
be honored by the Penn State
Alumni chapter of Pittsburgh.
Reserved tables will be avail
able in the Silver Room, the
Adonis Room, and the Urban
Roof. Refreshments will b e
served cabaret style.
Rooms are still available at the
William Penn for Friday and Sat
urday evenings at $2.50 a night.
Reservations may be obtained at
Student Uni o n. Information
about the rooms can also be ob
tained at Student Union or by
calling Jack Cameron at 3938.
Lions Battle Navy
Early Birds Spend Night
In Old Main for Tickets
By JOHN HALL
A large delegation of students
will be on hand for the open
ing kickoff of the football game
between the University of Pitts
burgh and the Nittany Lions
next Saturday if the advance
ticket sale is any indication.
The first block of 943 tickets
went on sale at the AA window
yesterday and was completely
sold in less .than an hour, accord
ing to Harold R. Gilbert, graduate
manager of athletics.
The first batch of 4000 ad
ditional tickets to the Pitts
burgh game will arrive today
or tomorrow, Gilbert said.
Students who are away over
the weekend need not worry
about their tickets as they will
be held for them until Wednes
day. Orders will be filled in the
order in which they were 1-
ken, he added.
First place in a long line went
Players Echo 'Sound of Hunting'
"A Sound of Hunting," Play
ers' all-veteran show about a
group of infantrymen in Italy
during the last war, will be pre
sented in Schwab Auditorium at
8 o'clock tonight and tomorrow
night.
Tickets at 84 cents, including
tax, may be purchased at Stu
dent Union today, tomorrow
morning, and from 6 to 8 o'clock
tonight and tomorrow night. All
seats are reserved.
Judged Worthy Play
Tonight marks the second per
formance of the play reviewed
by George Jean Nathan, when it
ran' on Broadway, as "the worth
iest play of the season."
Burton Rascoe of the World-
Telegram compares "A Sound of
Hunting" to the post-World War
I hit, "What Price Glory."
"Although the humor is sar
donic, the dialogue is wittier,
less inhibited, and infinitely fun
nier than in 'What Price Glory.' "
' The play is about a squad of
reconnaissance-p atr o I infantry
riflemen of the 34th Division who
have been cornered by enemy
fire for 17 days in a battered
farmhouse near Casino. When
they finally get their chance of
being relieved, one of the squad
members is hedged in another
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'Madame Butterfly' Opens Artist Series
Blue Band To Go
'All Out' for Navy
Making it s next-to-the-last
appearance of the football sea
son tomorrow at the Navy game,
the Blue Band "is going all out
to put on a show for the Navy
personnel," according to Prof.
Hummel Fishburn, director.
He added that besides the
usual quick changes, the group
will perform as a glee club by
singing one of the traditibnal
Navy songs.
"The Band will also do an
adaptation of the last home game
routine that is entitled 'A Day at
the Academy.' "
Leaving at 11 o'clock *is
morning from Carnegie Hall, tie
Band will arrive in Baltimore in
time to present a public concert
in Sun Square, 7:30 o'clock to
night. In previous years the or
ganization has performed at an
indoor smoker.
to Donald Holtzman and Iry
Duchovnay, Beta Sigma Rho,
who arrived at 12:15 a.m. and
slept in Old Main. Holtzman slept
on a mattress in the corridor out
side the AA office and Duchovnay
slept in the basement.
Holtzman had his pick of
tickets when the window opened.
The best he could get were be
tween the thirty and forty yard
lines.
Another Early Arriver
Second place in line was filled
by a representative of Delta Tau
Delta fraternity, Jack Wallace,
who arrived at about 3 a.m. Wal
lace was relieved after an hour
and this hourly relief was main
tained until the window opened.
Dave Billing, representing Phi
Sigma Kappa, arrived about the
same time and occupied third
place in line.
By 7:30 a.m. an estimated 200
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State;Mt. Mercy To Debafe
Undergraduate Marriage
Eugene Fulmer and Royce Nix,
representing the Men's Debating
squad, will oppose Margaret Mc-
Gill and Joan Schmitt of Mt. Mer
cy College in 121 Sparks, 7:30
o'clock tonight.
The men will defend the pro
position—Resolved: that under
graduate marriage should be en
couraged while the women op
pose it. Jack Sigler, acting presi
dent of the Forensic Council, will
be chairman of the debate.
The style of the debate will be
cross examination. Each team will
present a constructive speaker.
Following these talks, the other
members of the teams will cross
examine the opposing construc
tive speaker. The cross-examiners
will then speak for five minutes
in a summary rebuttal based on
the original speeches and cross
examinations.
"Madame Butterfly," colorful
Puccini opera, will be presented
as the opening number of the Ar
tists' Course Series in Schwab
Auditorium 8 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday nights.
Tickets for these performances
will be on sale from 1:30 to 5
p.m. and from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday at Student
Union, said Dr. C. E. Marquardt,
chairman of the committee.
McArthur Conducts
Edwin McArthur, who has been
guest conductor for many of the
leading symphonies, will direct
the melodious Puccini score. He
will preside over an orchestra of
New York musicians, a well
trained chorus, and the complete
cast of young singing stars. Ar
tistic director for the production
is Desire Defrere, stage director
for the Metropolitan Opera for
the past 16 years. The opera is
produced by the Charles L. Wag
ner touring company.
"Madame Butterfly," an Ital
ian opera, is based on the story
of a U. S. Naval Officer, Lt. B. F.
Pinkerton, located in Japan, and
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WEATHER
Continued Cold
and Cloudy
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Sparks will fly in Baltimore
tomorrow when Penn State's
rugged grid juggernaut encoun
ters what Coach Bob Higgins calls
"Probably the biggest obstacle in
our patr—Navy, in one of the
nation's top weekend tilts. Kick
off is elated for 2 p.m. in Balti
more Stadium.
The 24th renewal of State-Navy
football relations, tomorrow's
struggle marks the end of the
current five-game contract with
the Middies. who are not sched
uled to battle the Lions next sea- ,
son.
Skipper Higgins' grid machine,
which has flattened seven foes to
date, will seek to repeat last
year'c 12-7 triumph over Tom
Hamilton's team and advance
closer to notching the first unde
feated, untied campaign since
1912.
Spunky Elwood Petchel. who
was top offensive cog in last year's
bruising win over the Middies.
will not see action tomorrow be
cause of a knee injury sustained
in the Temple mudfest.
The Lions' stalwart forward
wall., one of the country's fore
most, will line up with John Wo
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PSCA Holds
Cabin Party
The second PSCA-sponsored
all-College cabin party of the se
mester will be held this weekend
at Ralph Watts Lodge.
Twenty persons are registered
now for the party which means
20 more students can still pur
chase tickets, said Alex Atty, as
sociate secretary of PSCA. Any
students of the College who wish
to go may sign up in 304 Old
Main before 5 oclock today.
The party will leave the rear
of Old Main at 2 o'clock tomor
row afternoon and return Sun
day morning. Those attending
should bring blankets.
Chaperones for the weekend
will be Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Sparks, of Windcrest.
MARY HENDERSON