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Famous Father No
To Keenan. Wynn's
By JIM GROMILLER
Having a successful actor for a
father is not necessarily an aid
for an enterprising son, at least
not in the mind of actor Keenan
Wynn.
"My dad held me back terri
bly," Wynn said in a 3000 mile
telephone conversation with a
Daily Collegian reporter yester
day.
Wynn, who appears in "Texas
Carnival" which is currently play
ing in State College, said that
in the early days, when he men
tioned his father's name in at
tempting to land a job invariably
he got one of four replies:
Ed Wynn's Son!
"1. 'You're that stinking \ Ed
Wynn's son. How could you pos
sibly be any good.'
"2. 'You're Ed Wynn's son. You
ought to be good.'
"3. 'How did you get in here
father buy your way in?'
"4. 'Well, Ed Wynn's son! Say,
how is your father these days?
Good bye'."
The hindrance of an actor
father couldn't have held - him
back for long. Since moving to
Town Council
To. Hold Dance
Tentative plans for a town
basketball league and a benefit
dance were made by AIM Town
Council at last night's meeting.
The benefit dance will be held
on December 15 in Recreation
Hall. The dance, called the "Can
Can Dance," will start at 8:30
p.m. end admission will be two
cans of food from each person.
The food will be given to the
Centre County Home.
Neil Lehman, vice president,
asked council members to try to
get ten men from each of the 23
wards and organize them into
teams for the league.
Thomas Taylor and• Thomas
Mears were appointed to find out
if playing space was still avail
able in Recreation Hall. A sag
geslion was made from the floor
to try to obtain a church basket
ball floor if Recreation Hall was
not available.
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Hollywood in 1942. He mentioned
52 pictures.
Wynn recalled his visits to Cen
tral Pennsylvania fr o m 1934,
when he appeared in his first
professional show on Long Is
land, N.Y., until he moved to
Hollywod in 1942. He mentioned
stops for shows in Oil City,, Her
shey and Altoona which he re
membered most vividly.
Wife Aftended College
"My father," he said, "was
born in Philadelphia and atten
ded Central High School there."
Wynn hesitated to compare
college coeds with non-college
women. "My wife and my pre
vious wif e were both college
girls," he said. "I haven't tried
the non-college girls yet."
Theatre work in college, hoW
ever, is the best way to get good
acting experience, be said, al
though talent for acting must be
inborn.
When the name of Esther Wil
liams, the star of "Texas Carni
val," entered the conversation,
Wynn commented that it was
with her that he got his start in
Blue Key Applications
Must Be Filed Today
, Deadline for applications to
Blue Key, junior men's hat so
ciety, is 4 p.m. today.
Rosfeld said letters should be
turned in at the Student Union
deA in Old Main and should con
tain the applicants' interests and
qualifications for membership.
Selection of members will be
based on activities, he said.
Hillel Holds Services
The Hillel Foundation will hold
regular services at 8 p.m. tonight
at 133 West Beaver avenue. Rab
bi Benjamin Kahn will give an
other in a series of talks based
on -"Basic Judism".
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Hollywood. "When you first get
to Hollywood," he — said, , "your
first job invariably is filling in
on tests, and the 'first test .I
worked on was with some girl
swimmer. The name didn't mean
anything to me at the time," he
said, "but she turned out to be
Esther Williams." ,
• Wymi explaineji that his part
in "Texas Carnival" is limited
to a four minute sequence which
took two days to make, "one on
location and the second resting
up in bed."
Called 3 Times
For a hobby, Keenan Wynn has
long held to motorcycles. Racing
them for the past 20 years, he
is a 16-year man in' the Ameri
can Motorcycle Association. A
present sidelight to his, acting is
a motorcycle and stock car shop
in, Hollywood.
' The call to Wynn which re
quired three trials to complete,
was routed through Bellefonte,
Pittsburgh, and into the offices
of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hol
lywood.
AIM Delegates
To File Petitions
Nominating petitions for the
two positions of delegate-at-large
from the West Dorm area for the
Association of Independent Men
board of govern_., must be filed
by 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the Student
Union desk in Old Main or in
the main West Dorm lobby.
Any independent undergradu
ate student living in the area
is eligible for nomination by ob
taining a petition containing - the
signatures and room numbers of
50 West Dorm residents.
For Best Results
Use Collegian Classifieds
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ENNSYLVATqI'A
Sigmc:i Pi , Ties
Beaver House
In. Blood Drive
Tabulations of contributois in
this year's blood drive show that
Sigma . Pi fraternity • and Beaver
House iead all . campus groups in
donation pledges with 25 pints
each. , . Acacia fraternity has
pledged 22 pints to the drive,
The deadline for the return of
pledge forms will be 5 p.m. Mon
day, M illard Rehburg, drive
chairman, said. A Re d Cr os s
bloodmobile will be at the TUB
On Nov. 14 and 15 to gather the
pledged blood. The drive goal is
400 pints.
Another leader in the donation
drive is Dorm 13 with 15 pledges.
Of some 175 pints pledged by
y ester day afternoon, 0n1y,15
pledges have been received from
women.
Pledge forms may be secured at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main, the TUB, women's doimi
tories, West Dorm main lounge,
and, 112 Old Main. _
Grad'to Hold Party
The Graduate Student Associ
ation will hold a roller skating
party at 8 tonight at the Colli
seum Roller Rink.
Members intending to go were
asked'• to notify Sonia Marquet
at 105 Pond Laboratory or call
her at State College 2505. Trans
portation will be proyided.., -
IT'S FACT
that the football game with Purdue tomorrow will
mark the first time that the Nittany Lions have.ever
met the Boilermakers on the gridiron.
And, do you know that Vic's take-out service
is the finest- in town? Bulk ice cream, shakes, sun
daes, are all freshly wrapped for your added con
venience and enjoyment. Take a snack ba6k for
your roommate.
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Players' 'Doorstep'
Begins 4th .Week
Players' produCtion of the play
"The Great Big Doorstep" begins
its fourth of a Six weekend run at
8 tonight in Center Stage. .
One change. has been 'made in
the cast of the three act comedy.
Carl Wagner has a fractured' foot,
so William Sullivan* will be sub
stituting in. Wagner's)" role ' as
Arthur Crochet. "
• Tickets are on Sale 'at the Stu
dent Union desk- - Old Main.
Tickets Rix. tonight cost' 90 cents
and for tomorrow $1.20.
A,.specia'l road performance of
the Show is scheduled on Nov. 13
and 'l4 for the Penn State Center
at Altoona.
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Foreign Ag .Aid
Information Available
Students , interested' in agricul
tural aid to nations overseas •are
asked to confer with Ira Moo
maw at the Penn State Chris
tian Association, 'L. H. Harshbar
ger, executive secretary of the
PSCA, announced yesterday.
Moomaw will be on campus
Mouday and - Tuesday. Further
information is available at the
PSCA office in 305 Old -Main.
TAXING A CIVIL SERVICE TEST?
Junior Professional. Management-Anal
Agricultural Assistant applications now
open. Jobs start $24100.119 a year. Cones*
seniors apply NOW at ear post office.
Many failed these teats last year: W.
offer complete, coaching .material 43.05
(plus postage) COD. Money bads if net
satisfied.
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