Decorations Around Campus
Indicate Saint Nicholas Still
Holds Place in Student Hearts
College people still believe in Santa Claus, dbspito their sup
posed sophistication, if a survey of Christmas decorations and activi
ties in town and on campus has any significance.
' • Painted windows, wreaths, streams of colored lights, tinseled
trees and smiling St Nicks are appearing everywhere through the
efforts of decorators in State College from fraternities, sororities,
independent areas, offices, town homes and even the. Alpha Fire
company.
AIM To Carol About Town, Campus
The AIM carol sing, which starts at 8 tomorrow night in the
Nittany Dorm area, will also spread cheer to townspeople this year.
Permission has been granted by the borough to allow the group to
circulate throughout the town after caroling in the dorniitory areas.
Women have been granted 11 o'clock permitpions for the carol
sing. Men in the Nittany and Pollock dormitories, and independent
men living in other quarters, will meet in Dorm 29 at the sound of
the siren, and then will be joined by the women as they carol at
Simmons, McElwain and Mac Allister Halls.
27th All-College Songfest Scheduled_
The' annual All-College Ch - ristmas carol sing, will folloW through
its 27th year on Monday at 8 p.m. in front of Ol&Main.
Included in the program are the singing of the fainiliar Christ
mas hymns. Slides with words• and musib will be provided by the
PSCA. The students will be assisted in their singing by a brass
quartet.
The chapel choir under the direction of Mrs. Willa Taylor will
highlight the program with two selections, "AbOve the Savior's
Manger Hangs a Star," a Hasque carol arranged by Kinscella, and
"This Endris Night," arranged by Whitehead.
A short speech will be given by Dr. H. K. Wilson, dean of men,
followed by more carols.
Service Clubs Give Kiddies Party
, A party for ail the children of State College and surrounding
communities will be held in Rec Hall Friday afternoon lE4'2 p.m.
Several State College organizations, which formerly held pri
vate parties, have combined this year to sponsor an affair for 2;500
youngsters.
' The organizations are Alpha Fire Company, Veterans of Foreign
'Wars, American Legion, Elks, Kiwanis and Lions. .
Choir To Hold Midnight Service
The midnight service of the Chapel ChoiF Will be lield Schwab
Auditorium at 11 o'clock tonight. A brass quartet will play from the
tower of Old Main before the beginning of the performante. •
The doors will open at 10:30. Students, faculty, acid to*nspeople
are invited to attend.
Alumni Associations To Hold Dances
The Penn State Alumni Club of
Greater Harrisburg , is sponsoring
an intercollegiate dance for college
students and alumni in the Ball
Room of the Penn Harris Hotel,
Dec. 30. The Statesmen, popular
campus band, will furnish music.
Tickets may be obtained by
writing or calling William C. Mc-
Lain,. 410 Telegraph Building,
Harrisburg, Phone 2-4994; or
Thomas C. Zerbe, 4 North Market
Square, Phone 4-3289. •
The Berks County Alumni As
Windcrest Children Welcome Santa
Two Christmas parties will be
held for the children of Windcrest
this weekend. . Santa Claus will
arrive at the party, sponsored by
the Stgte College Elks Club, via
a fire engine at the PUB at 2:30
this afternoon..
The jolly gentleman will:again
Panhel.=lFC To Give
Santa - Claus and some friends
will pay a visit to 125 children
from Woodycrest today. His visit
will be sponsored by' the Penh*
lenic Council and the Interfra
ternity Council.
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Gerinan Carohng Set for Monday
The 20th annual German Christ- Tannenbaum," and. George J.
mas Sing
i will be held at 7 p.m. Wurfl, professor emeritus of Ger-
Monday n Schwab Auditorium. man, who originated the . series,
The audience will sing three will read the Biblical account of
trrditional German carols, "0 du the Nativity, Professor Wurfi also
frohliche,- o du seelige," "Stine will speak on "The Christmas of
Nar'ht, Heilige •Nacht," and "0 My Youth in Germany."
Altft To Hold Dance
At TUB Tonight
The Association of Independent
Men is sponsoring a round and
square dance in the Tub from 9-
12 o'clock tonight.
The dance is open to everyone.
Music will be furnished by Fred
Ilartswick and his Keystone Four.
Peter Sarantopoulos will act as
emcee of the intermission enter
tainment, which includes a bar
bership quartet and a baritone.
The quartet - is comprised of
George Jeffries, Gordon Seward.
Theodore Meyers and Herbert
Allison. Michael Maddock,, will
sing several selections.
Merry . Chiaistrnas!
sociation Will hold its Christmas
Dance at the Reading,-Country
Club from 10 p.m..-to' 3 .aark; Dec.
26. George Marlowe and his or
chestra will furnish music.
Reservations, at $6 per couple,
are available at . 1707 ()live st., or
by calling Reading 2-6798.
, Reservations for the ' Lancaster
County'Alumni Association of the
College Christmas Dance to 'be
held Dec. 30, may ,be obtained
through Cheater L. Wilhelin, LanL
caster.
appear at the PUB at 2:30 p.m.
tomorrow. The party . is being
sponsored by the me;l iA Nittany-
Pollock dormitories, and was ar
ranged by Thomas Cook, Charles
Edwards, Charlea Morrison,
Charles Skovira, and William
Zakor..
Tots Party
The party, to be held at 4 4 e TUB,
from 2 o'clock to 4:30 this' after
noon, will star Alai Dhl, Delta
Chi, as Santa. Claus. His helpers
will be two girls from every soror
ity.
No Snow for Mule? '
-The "White Christmas" glori
fied by Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby,
and sentimental. Christmas cards
is practically non-existent in State
College.
For the past nine years there
has been snow at Santa-time in
State College • only three times,
only once in any large amount.
For variety, though; Dec. 25 has
produced such weather conditions
as sleet, glaze, drizzle, 55 degree
temperattires, and fog.
In 1948 there was some snow,
l inches according to the weather
station, It snow 'fella this Christ
mas, it will be the first time in ten
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VOL. 50 - NO. 58
Cabinet Approves NAACP Plan
To Hold Negro History Week
Last Collegian
'Til Jan. 5, '5O
This is the final pre-Christ
mas holiday issue of . the Daily
Collegian. Vacation begins_Tues
day at 5 p.m. and will last until
Wednesday, Jan:4, at 1:10 p.m.
Next issue of the Daily Col
legian will appear Jan. 5, 1950.
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
Truman Ridicules Rumors
Of Eisenhower Rivalry
KEY WEST—Prelident Truman scoffed at stories concerning the
possible candidacy of General Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency.
Speaking yesterday for the President, Charles Ross asserted that
Mr. Truman knew of no basis for the stories circulating. Mr. Ross
ion there is for the alleged stories.
said, "I can't imagine what founda
The President wants it on the
record that he and General Eis
enhower are good friends and al-
Ways have been.
Ir. Ross also stated that the
President has no objection to any
body running for anything. Neith
er has Mr. Truman mentioned if
he considers the General as a
future candidate.
Newsmen who circulated the
first stories remained silent. They
did not disclose the basis for their
stories. •
Payments Continue
PITTSBURGH—A highly placed
source in the coal industry said
years that two consecutive Yule
tides have been white.
Before last year one must go
back to 1944 for Christmas snow.
Four inches covered the ground
in. State College that year.
No snow fell on Christmas be
tween 1944 and last Dec. 25. In
1945, however, sleet rattled on
roofs of homes brightened by the
usual yuletide trimmings.
Santa must have felt like shed
ding much of his foul-weather
gear IDec. 25, 1940, when the tem
perature reached a. monthly high
of 54 degrees. Need it be said
there was no snow?
"FOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1941
Campus Chest Tabled; Committees
Appointed; Soccer Awards Proposed
All-College Cabinet has approved the week of Feb. 20-26
as Negro History Week. At its Thursday meeting Cabinet approved
a proposal presented by William Meek, president of the campus
chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, tc recognize the week as an official college activity and to
appoint a member of Cabinet to the planning committee.
yesterday that soft coal operators
are expecting to continue their
payments to the mine union wel
fare fund.
This payment of 20 cents per
ton of coal mined is due Dec. 20.
"No contract" had been the
ground for speculation that the
operators might reuse payment.
Youngstown Agrees •
YOUNGSTOWN, o. Youngs
town Sheet and Tube Company,
the nation's sixth largest steel
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Orchestra Planned
By Independents
Plans for the formation of an
AIM-Leonides orchestra to be or
ganized early next year were dis
cussed at a meeting of AIM repre
sentatives Wednesday night.
The orchestra composed of in
dependent men and women would
be available for functions spon
sored by independents.
.Plans were also discussed for
the AIM open house to be held
the night of the IFC Ball, March
25 and for a mixer to be held in
January or February when no big
dances are scheduled.
Happy New Year!
NAACP proposes to bring three
lecturers who are authorities on
Negro history to campus. Other
activities would include moving
pictures, and panel discussions
with faculty members participat
ing, on the racial question. Cabi
net accepted the proposal unani
mously.
Joel Bachman reported for Na
tional Student Association on the
campus chest which would elim
inate separate financial drives by
various student and charitable or
ganizations. A motion to accept
the report intact was defeated, 11-
10, the closest Cabinet vote this
year. The plan was tabled for NSA
to do further work on the project.
Robert Fast reported on ice
skating, outlining regulations for
the rink to be constructed on New.
Beaver practice field during
Christmas vacation, weather per
mitting. The College has appro
priated $4OO fcir the purpoSe.
James Gehrdes, president of the
Atheletic Association, presented a
proposal to obtain trophies for
members of the varsity soccer
team which went undefeated in
14 games this year. Since the ex
penditure would be more than
$lOO it must be considered again
at the next meeting of Cabinet.
A letter from James W. Dunlop,
director of the Blue Band, re
questing a Cabinet appropriation
for the Intercollegiate Band Festi
val at Carnegie Tech Feb. 23,- 24
and 25 was also tabled pending 'a
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Holiday Greeting
President and Mrs.'James Mil
holland have extended holiday
greetings to students at the Col
lege. Their holiday statement:
"To All Penn Staters:
Mrs. Milholland and I join in
extending to all of you our sin
cere best wishes for a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year. •
James Milhplland
Acting President"
Today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the . Christmas holidays
which start officially at 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
While he'll miss the hordes of
students who daily pass his rest
ing place near Rec Hall, the wise
old cat realites students, too,
need relief from the daily grind
of bluebooks and lectures.
To all the students and fac
ulty the Lion roars forth in his
cheeriest voice with best wishes
for a pleasant holiday and a
Merry, Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year.