PAGE TWO First Korean Vet Returns to Campus Penn State’s first returning Korean veteran, who escaped death in two wars, has returned to his Alma Mater td~continue his studies in industrial arts. He is Howard “Howdy” Mason, 24, of Oil City, Pa. Howdy is not a stranger to the campus for he was a letterman in gymnastics, ’49-’5O. Howdy, who has been on campus several days, is now training for his gym nastic season and may possibly turn out to be State’s No. 1 tumbler. In Philippines After spending his freshman year at Slippery Rock Teachers College, Mason enrolled at the College for a year before being called by the Army. While on campus he belonged to the Industrial Educational So ciety and the American Voca tional Society. During. World War 11, Mason was stationed in the Philippines where he received the Asiatic Pacific Battle Star and Good Conduct Medal. Squad Leader As a reservist, Mason was call ed by the Army in October, 1950. He was then sent to Fort Camp bell, Kentucky, for 14 weeks of basic training with the First Cav alry Division. From Fort Camp bell he was shipped to Korea. His rank in the Army was sergeant. He acted as squad lead er and platoon sergeant in his company in Korea. Mason spent January 4950 in a Japanese hospital with a leg injury. The injury occurred, when he “walked into a grenade.” Shrapnel hit both legs. Awarded Medals In Korea Howdy received three major battle stars. He fought in the Chinese offensive in Novem ber, then in the UN counter-of fensive and again in the spring communist offensive. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Korean Service Medal and the Purple Heart. He returned to the United States Aug. 21 and was hospi talized at Indiantown Gap, Pa., until Sept. 20. Mason was re leased from active duty the fol lowing day. Howdy’s ambition after gradu ation is to teach industrial arts. He has a brother, Richard, en rolled in the school of Engineer ing of the College. Recent showings by Italian fashion designers are threaten ing Paris’- title as fashion center of the world. CO GET By SAM PROCOPIO f Kickoff Dance Tickets on Sale At SU Desk Tickets for the Kickoff Dance to be held Friday night at Rec Hall after the football rally are on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main or through members of Androcles, Druids, and Cwens hat societies. The price of admission is 50 cents per person. All profits from the dance will go to the Campus Chest. The football rally parade will start at, Prospect and » Garner streets at 7 p.m. and will pass many of the fraternity .houses, Atherton, Simmons, and McAllister Halls, and the West Dorms. After the football rally at the Lion Shrine, Jack Huber and his orchestra will open the Kickoff Dance. Student talent will enter tain the dancers during the inter missions with comedy, acrobatics, and singing. Patricia .Leis will sing, Frank Lewis and Thomas Smith will do a comedy act, Gail Thrush will perform acrobatic stunts, and the Four Flats and a Sharp will sing. Patricia Marsteller will be mas ter of ceremonies at the rally. This will mark the first time in recent years that a woman student has been MC at a rally. George Wearing of Hats Clair dfeorge, vice president of Hat Society Council and presi dent of Skull and Bones, yester day urged all hatmen to “co operate to the fullest” in wearing their hats through the remainder of the customs period. When the hatmen made their appearance in freshman hazing over a week ago, practically all wore their hats. Lately, however, many hatmen have been lax abuot wearing their hats. ' THE DAILY jSDLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA JV)ail Held by Recorded Mail addressed to students at the College with no other ad dress than the Pennsylvania State College may be picked up at the .recorder’s office, 4 Willard Hall. Chapman is New Drum Major Carrol Chapman, a seventh semester journalism student, has been chosen drum major of the Penn State Blue Band,’ James W. Dunlop, director of the band, said yesterday. Chapman was one of seven candidates who tried out for the post. Band members made the choice. The new drum major, a mem ber of Phi Delta Theta, is from Wilkinsburg. He will make his first appearance at the Penn State- Boston University game Saturday. Since Boston University is not bringing its band, the Blue Band will use most of the halftimfe. The. band will march onto the field playing “Nittany Lion.” It. will sp'ell “BU” to honor Boston U. Then a cheer will' be raised for the visitors. • The band will reform and countermarch into formation “STATE” while playing the “Vic tory March.” It will play the “Alma Mater” and then move in to the numerals “55” to salute the" new freshman class. 'EM FROSH Carrol Chapman Thespians Announce 'Bottoms Up The cast for the original Thespian- musical comedy revue, “Bottoms Up,” was announced yesterday, by- Ray Fortunato, pro duction director. - 1 The student-written show will appear in Schwab Auditorium on the' nights of- Oct. 18, 19, and. 20, Homecoming weekend. ■ Ski,ts for the production were written by Tom Smith, John Pakkanen, Sid Simon, Frank Lewis; Dave Wiener, and Ed Menerth. Words and music are by'Dave Wiener and Frank Lewis. Actors Chosen Actors chosen for the revue are Jack Harris, Dick Altman, Terry lyioslak, Jackie Cohen, Ed Korber, Dick Bhigger, Pat Marsteller, Dick Brown. Betty Richardson, Alaii Miller, Ed Rolf, "Nancy Thomas, Chuck Basch, Mike Quigley, Er nest Schonberger, -Don Herbein, Dan ' Grove, Tom Lewis, Morris Sarachek, .Don Barton, Isabella Cooper, Earl Hower, Nancy Mar einek, Doris v Leventhal, and Alec Martin. Dialogue^directors are Tom Smith, Bill Sample, Helen Jaskol, Bob Koser, arid Ed Menerth. Dances will be under- the di rection of Jeanne Wiener and Mike Claysmith. Names of dan cers will be released later 'this week, according to Fortunato. Directing the Thespian Glee singers are Frank Lewis and Gene Myers. Women Gleesingers Women chosen for the Glee singers are , Mary Brown, Isa bella Cooper, Mary.Deemy, Dor othy Lacey, Ginger McTurk, Margie Perry, Pat Reynolds, Bar bara Rollo, Audrey Schultz, Ann Swagler, Esther Swimmer, and Shirley Thornton. Men singers are Robert Bowers, Austin Edington, Richard Gayley, William Greenham, John Kelly, Robert Klug, Lynn McCaffrey, Richard McDonough, Charles Nagijey, Victor Pariso, and Dan iel Stramara. Folk-Dance Club Meets Tonight Circle and' square, a folk and. square dance dub sponsored by the Penn State Christian Associa tion, will meet at’7 tonight in 405 Old Main. ( From 7 to 7:30 Robert James, who .call? the dances, will teach beginners elementary ■ square dance figures, and steps to the polka, schottish and waltz. From 7:30 to 8:30 there will be easy folk and square dances. After 8:30 a group of advanced dancers will practice for public demon strations. " . SEPTEMBER 27, isjsi Daily Papers To Be Sold In 2 Dorms For the first time in the history pf the-organization, the Student News Agency will distribute morning and evening papers in the women’s dormitories, ' The system, which will begin operation Monday, is on a purely experimental basis,' and at pres ent, papers will be placed-only in McElwain and Atherton Halls.;lf the procedure works satisfactor ily, it will be used in all of the women’s dormitories, according-to Bqeton Jones, student manager of the agency. Lobbies will be the distribution points and the system will be on an honor basis., • Those morning papers which will be in the halls-are the delphia Inquirer,, 'Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, • New York Times, New York Herald Tribune and the Al toona Tribune. - Evening papers will ,be the Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph, and the Harrisburg Evening News. ' " • Jones said this method of distri bution has operated very well in the men’s dormitories and hopes that it will be as successful in the woman’s dorms. NSA to Form Regional Office The National Student Associa tion will meet at 7 tonight in IQB Willard Hall to set up a regional office and hear convention re ports. William Klisanin, chairman of the NSA at the College and pres ident of the Pennsylvania region of NSA, will report on the state and national conventions held this summer. Clerical workers will be needed by Milton. Bernstein, regional public relations director, for the regional office to be set up at the College. , t ( KICKOF Cast DANCE
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