Saturday, may 21, 1949 Proffitt Assumes College Duties As Store Manager, Foods Buyer Robert C. Proffitt, of Altoona, has assumed his duties as stores »nd foods buyer at the College, James Milholland, acting president, announced recently. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees also approved the appointment of Margaret V. Vance, foods supervisor in Simmons Hall, as assistant manager of food stores, in charge Of food production ! Chicago Man . Proffitt since 1938 has been em ployed by Libby, McNeill, and Libby, and served as manager of the Altoona district of the com pany. His home is in Chicago, Hi., where he was associated livith the Bowman Dairy Co., and also the National Tea Company prior to accepting his position with Libby, McNeill, and Libby. Proffitt served six years in the Army, working with foods as an officer with the Quartermaster Corps in the South Pacific. He Was relieved from active duty with the rank Of major. He is married and has two children. Mies Vance Miss Vance came to the Col lege a year ago from Mansfield State Teachers College. She also had served as director of din ing hall at Phillips Exeter Aca fdemy, Exeter, N. H., and has had experience as a hospital die tician and in private tea rooms. jShe is a graduate of Battle Creek | Mich., and received her master of-science degree from Columbia University, New York. L. 4? manager of food stores and m£MS. buyer, Proffitt will serve tttjjoer JMudred A. Baker, direc 'tof Of food service, and will be reapOityifalO for the general man .agg*ttg«t J -df food stores and the WBSBnaa-of foods and supplies. He also' will be responsible for "'he employment and supervision >ersonnel in the newly-con 'ed Foods Building. ■a Pi entertaned its gradu eniors at a steak banquet lay. David Hajjar, presi ■ presented each senior with ■ ted tie pin on behalf of the rVar, “.■«;moud Williams received THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Mortar Board Elects Lehman President Ruth Lehman was elected president of Mortar Board by new members shortly after their initiation into the organization Thursday night. Anna Keller was elected vice president; Mary Cohen, secre tary; Nancy Smith, treasurer; Shirley Gauger, editor; and Eliza beth Taylor, historian. The nine girls initiated were Mary Cohen, Shirley Gauger, Marilyn Guillet, Anna Keller, Ruth Lehman, Virginia Miller, Pauly Moss, Nancy Smith and Elizabeth Taylor. A future meeting for organiz ing next year’s activities was planned for 6:30 p. m. Tuesday. Foreign Study Data Available A supplement to the Inter national Handbook, entitled “Study Abroad,” containing full information concerning fellow ships and educational exchange for foreign study, is available to interested students at the office of Robert E.' Galbraith, faculty counselor of foreign students, 109 A Old Main. The information is published by the United Nations Educa tional, and Cultural Organization. Among the countries cooperat ing in the program of student exchange are Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Sweden and Switzerland. the scholastic award for having the highest average in Sigma Pi’s Beta Province for 1947-48. To Present Paper Dr. H. B. Curry Paris Congress Invites Curry Dr. Haskell B. Curry, professor of mathematics, has been invited to present a paper at the Inter national Congress of Philosophy and Sciences in Paris, October 17 to 22. Dr. Curry, who says he doesn’t think he’ll be able to accept tbe invitation, was requested to ad dress the session on Logic. Last summer Dr. Curry ad dressed the symbolic logic ses sion of the 10th International Congress of Philosophy in Am sterdam, Holland. He has also presented papers at the Inter national Congress for the Unity of Science, a similar organization, at Cambridge, Mass, in 1939 and m Chicago, 111. in 1941. Room and Board All Summer At THETA CHI Excellent rooms, home-cooked meals, recreational facilities. Room and Board $l6 PER WEEK Make reservations now Phone 4702 McDougallTops Men's Debate Final Contest Men’s Debate team, after win ning a total of 60 decisions and dropping 27 in intercollegiate events, wound up the year’s ac tivities with a term-end speaking contest. The final contest was won by James McDougall; second place was awarded to David Barron. Topic for the contest was “What program should be undertaken in the interest of improving ele mentary and secondary education in the United States?” Other finalists in the contest were Harold E. Brown, John Fedako, Richard Hill, and Rich ard Shultz. Thirty members of the team took part in the year’s activities and ten tournaments were at tended. The team participated in THE TRANSITION FROM COLLEGE TO A CAREER I Interboro Institute, a leader in the field of business training for more than a half century, affords you a wedqe - Secre tarial Training in specialities: • Executive Secretarial Train ing • Foreign Language Secretar ial Training—French, Span ish, German, Italian, Portu guese • Medical Secretarial Training An attractive, business-like en vironment in the heart of the world’s business center. Lim ited enrollment. Registration open for Summer and Fall Sessions. Registered by Board of Re gents; Veterans eligible under G. I. Bill 152 West 42nd St.. New York 18. N. Y. PAGE SEVEN 108 debates, of which 21 were non-decision contests. At the Grand National tourna ment at Mary Washington Col lege, the team won five events and lost two to place eighth among 63 colleges and third ia the Big Ten of the tournament. Four members of the team—Bar ron, Fedako, Peter Giesey and Hill—reached the finals of indi vidual contests. The squad won the champion ship of tournaments at Mt. Mercy College and Washington and Jef ferson College, and took the best school record in the Old Domin ion tournament at the University of Richmond with 12 wins in 16 debates. Richard Schweiker has been named manager of Men’s Debate for next year. At Your Warner Theater NOW! dathaum BING CROSBY WILLIAM BENDIX "CONNECTICUT YANKEE" in technicolor Slate CLAUDETTE COLBERT FRED MacMURRAY "FAMILY HONEYMOON" Iflitlanu JOHNNY MACK BROWN in "GUNNING FOR JUSTICE"
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