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GSO To Sponsor
Victory Dance
Allison's Band to Play;
••
'Honey Boys' Entertain
"The Musical Savants" with.
Elrose L. Allison from SUsque
lhanna University will provide
music for the informal "V
-(E
Dance" to be held in Recreation
Hall from 9 to 12 o'clock tomor
row.
Intermission, in addition to a
musical novelty show. featuring
Allison and Holly Wands, will in
clude a program or songs, old and
riew, by the "Honey Bays". This
group first gained its reputation
during the prewar years by sere
nading the campus dormitories.
Decorations have been planned
to highlight the flags of 50 allied
nations. They wil be backed by a
wall of red, white and blue bunt
ing._
' Girls' Service Organization,
sponsors, will Provide hostesses
(for stag men,
Tickets will be available in all
Army and Navy barracks and
Corner Room as well as at the
door. They will be $2 per couple
and $1 fora stag.
Organizations may bt ai n
booths . hy calling Rosemary
,tous, 127 Atherton Half
Youth-:Omanize
New*Omept.:
The organization meeting of a
College youth movement; attend
ed by over 300 students, was held
in 10 'Sparks on Wednesday night.
(Purposes and aims of the group
were dispussed.
Speakers at the meeting were
lE,dWard Abramson and Walter
Coutu, assistant and associate
"professors •of sociology respec
tively, and Joanne. Huber. A/S
Carroll Baylson presided. -
-T h e next meeting of the
group. will be held in 10 Sparks
at 6:0 p,m. Wednesday. Prof.
George E. Simpson, head of the
sociology - department, will speak
onzthe FEPC bill. Officers will.be
elected and a name for the or
ganization will be chosen.
*-Prof. Kenneth a Hutchinson,
- adviser, emphasizes - •that the
campus youth group is not affili
',3ted with any national organiza
tion„lt is a liberal group, he says,
land has no intention of applying
for a charter with any national
movement.
The program of the movement,
, a's' 'presented by Miss Huber
at Wednesday's meeting, is as
follows; To promote informal
current event discussions at
.
• meetings that will i.n for In
:: - students and stimulate them to
action; to present public - . forums
• lan the radio and on campus; to
help sell war bonds and stamps
in town and on campus.
To investigate undemocratic•
procedures on campus and in
town; to cooperate with other
campus 'organizations with vital
programs; to bring cultural- fig
ures to the College; to bring
prominent liberal speakers to the
College; to raise money for ex
change scholarships.
An incomplete list of sponsors
of the movement follows:
Kenneth D. Hut‘thinson, asso
ciate professor of economics, ad-
Viser; Edward Abramson, assis
tant nrofesscr of socio:cgy; Har
rison-H. Arnold, profesor of Span
ish; John T. Baker, associate pro
fesor of philosophy; Thomas D.
Bowman, asociate professor of
English literature; Walter Coutu,
asociate profesor of sociology.
Kent Forster, instructor of his
tory; . Lester P. Guest, assistant
professor of education and psy
schology; James P. Kelly, profes
sor of botany; John S. Naylor, as
sistant profesor of English com
position; James J. Reid,, associate
(Continued? on, paye five)
Ovilr Tatirgiatt
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
ELROSE L. ALLISON
Stuart Chase
To Discuss
'Power Age'
"Unemployment is the major
evil of the power age," says
Stuart Chase, who will speak on
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Tuesday.
Chase, who will be the last
speaker in the State College Com
munity Forum series, has made a
series •of studies of the economic
problems of postwar reconversion.
Says Mr. Chase, "H the planning
is bad and the.timing wrong, un
employment could be far worse
than in 1932."
-The lecturer'e:Jatest - book
postwar problems is "When on Peace
Comes to Main Street." Previous
books dealing with that subject
are "The Road We Are Travel
ing," "Goals for America," and
"Where's, the Money Coming
From?"
A graduate of Harvard, Chase
worked for a time in his father's
accounting and engineering firm
in Boston, then held several gov
ernment positions, and since 1921
has spent his time doing free
lance consulting 'work for busi
ness, labor, and government or
ganizations, and writing books.
The. Community Forum, com
posed of 18 campus and commun
ity organizations, has made plans
for another series of speakers in
the fall. Representatives on the
Forum coMmittee are as follows:
Michael Lynch, All-College Cab
inet; Mrs. Harriet Nesbitt, Amer
ican Association of University
Women; Professor A. •W.- Chase,
American Legion; Mary Cohen,
State College High School stu
dent body; Allen - Kahn, Hillel
Foundation; and H. G. Pyle, Par
ent-Teacher Association.
Harvey Marcy, Penn State
Christian Association; Miss Rose
Cologne, the College; Dr. Charles
E. Marquardt, Phi Beta Kappa;
Dr. Edward B. Van Ormer, Phi
Delta Kappa; Miss Jessie Haven,
Pi Lamibda Theta; Jo Hays, State
College Public Schools; Dr. Clar
ence 0. Williams, Rotary Club;
Mrs: E. M. Grove, State College
Women's. Club; Annabelle Jams
son, Women's Student Gov4rn
ment Association; Dr. Malcolm
Mussina, Wesley Foundation, and
Dr. Bruce V. Moore; Phi Kappa
Phi.
Kecker Wins Top Place
In Speaking Contest
A/S Fred Xecker won , first place
in the All-College speaking con
tPst Fridsy. 7.c.eoker spoke on "The
Ends and Means of Education."
The College awarded the $5O 'first
prize.
Martin Lennig. placed second in
the contest. His topic was "There
Are No Islands Anymore." Second
prize was the Forensic Council
.award of $25.
John H. Frizzell, head of the de
partment of speech, acted as chair
man of the Anal contest. Ushers
were Bernice, iGreenes, Gloria Ja
cobson, Barbara Morrison,- and
Dorothy Swartz. Approximately
200 persons attended the contest.
Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff
Players Present
'The Hasty Heart'
New York'Post Calls Hit
Best Show During War
Players' production of "The
(Hasty Heart," the 'Broadway
show which has been called by
the New York Post "the best
play yet to come out of this war,"
wilt be presented in Schwab Au
ditorium at 8 o'clock tonight and
tomorrow • night.
The student cast will be led by
Portman Paget (Lachlen) and
Richard Frontm'an (Yank), both of
whom distinguished themselves in
Players' presentations of "Our
Town" and "Twelfth Night."
Charles Shulte (Blossom), Claire
Cohen, (the nurse), and A/S Matt
Szeyller are veterans of "Our
Town," and John Miller (Colonel)
who received his M. A. in dra
matics at the College, has retur
ned after being with the Army
Air Forces in England. Gerald
Sitkin (Tommy), Richard Sibley
(Kiwi) and Calvin Maynard (Or
derly), are newcomers to the or
ganization.
Playwright Capt. John Patrick
tells the story of a group of hos
pitalized -soldiers on the Assam-
Burma 'front who teach a dying
Scotsmdn the meaning of cam
raderie. A New York critic has
said of it that "it is written with
imagination and passion, and its
comic asides never fail to make
the show .a splendid contrast of
light and shadow."
. "The Hasty Heart" will be the
last show this season to be, dir
ected 'by Lawrpnce E. Tucker,
:whlet--will be on leave of absence
frorn the College.
Tickets - will be on sale at Stu
dent Union and at the box office.
Seniors Order
Caps, Gowns
Graduating seniors may order
their caps and gowns and com
mencement announcements at
Student Union from today until
next Friday.
A $5 deposit is required on cap
and gown orders. The Athletic
store will distribute the caps and
gowns during the week of grad
uation, upon presentation of the
receipt given when the order is
made. The senior outfit must be
returned immediately' following
the exercises. A fine of $1 will be
charged for late returns, and' if
receipts must be duplicated they
will cost an' additional 25 cents.
Announcements, which will cost
nine cents each, will be distri
buted at Student Union ten days
before commencement, upon pre
sentation of the receipts given
when the order was made.
All checks should be made pay
able to The Interclass Budget
System.
Professor Gerald J. Stout, 24
Horticulture Building will order
caps and gowns for candidates for
advanced degrees.
Commencement,Exercises
Open to Town Guests
In accordance with.a recommen
dation of the Committee on Public
Occasions, the earlier statement
that no one except members of
the graduating class would be ad
mitted to commencement has been
rescinded. '
Simple commencement exercises
will be held in Schwab Auditorium
at 3 p.m. June 21.
Commencement exercises will
be in keening with wartime travel
restrictions. The College will in
vite no out of town guests, and it
requests the members of the grad
uating class to issue no invitations
to those out of town.
Defermeht Forms Due
Deferment of fee application
forms for the summer semester
must be returned to the Bursar's
office by June 1,
General Catron To Talk
At Memorial Day Rites
Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Catron, chief of staff, Third - Service Com
mand, will be guest speaker at the College Memorial Day services to
be held in front of Old Main at 11 a. m., Wednesday, announced
Stanley BernbeiTn, chairman of the Cabinet committee.
Replacing the tentatively announced speaker, Major General
AWARD WINNER—Victor Dan
ilov, retiring editor of the Col
legian, announced today that the
paper has been awarded All-
American rating by the Associ
ated Collegiate Press for last
semester. At that time he was
editor of the sports page, which
was given a aoo per cent ranking.
Collegian Wins
'Superior' Rating
The Collegian has been award
ed All-American rating for last
semester in a critical newspaper
survey conducted by the Asso
ciated• Collegiate Press, it was an
nounced today by Editor Victor
Danilov.
The rating is the highest honor
presented to. college publidations
by the ACP, which has its head
quarters at the University of
Minnesota. This is the first se
mester since The Collegian re
turned to a weekly that the paper
has won the "superior" certifi
cate.
The judging was done by the
association staff and it covered
news evaluation, writing and ed
iting, headlines, typography,
makeup, special features, and de
partment pages.
The Collegian staff last semes
ter included Emil Kubek, editor;
B. J. Cutler, managing editor;
Helen Hatton, women's editor;
Nancy Carastro, feature editor;
Victor Danilov, sports editor; Bet
ty Federman, business .manager;
and Evelyn Wasson, advertising
manager.
Group Types .
Student Blood
All students desiring to have
their blood typed should register
in the first floor lounge of Old
Main from to 5 o'clock tomorrow,
announced Michael Lynch, chair
man of the operating committee of
Penn State Student Blood Typing.
Students who register at this
time will 'be typed in the dispen
sary on Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m., or
Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m. Because of
limited equipment, only the first
409 students to register can be
typed.
Upon registration, students will
get appointments and as 20 people
can _be typed in 15 minutes, the
actual typing is a very short pro
cess.
Only 103 appointments have
been made so far. Lynch encour
aged students to cooperate with
the project.
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Hays, who can not attend the ser
vices because of military reasons,
General Catron will be accom
panied by Col. R. W. Cooksey,
head of the School Division,
Third Service Command.
General Catron has had an
Army career of almost 40 years
service. He commanded the First
Army Intelligence School, set up
at Langres, France. There and as
an instructor at the Army Staff
SchoolS at Fort Leavenworth, he
helped to fix methods and polici
es of intelligence education, many
of which are still used throughout
the Army.
A graduate of the United States
Military Academy at West Point
in 1909, General Catron, was lat
er the assistant Commandant
there for four -years.
General Catron retired from
the Army March 3.1, 1936 but in,
February 1941 returned to active
duty which has been continuous
ever since.,
Bernheim also announced that
the Council of Administration has
approved Memorial Day plans
submitted by the Committee with
the following two recommended
revision: that the program bo
held in front of Old Main (in
stead of New Beaver Field as or
iginally planned) since the flag
raising ceremony has been tradi
tional, .and. that in _case
_of rain
the convocation be • held .in
Schwab auditorium.
The Memorial Day program
will be as follows:
Military review, 11 to 11:12.
Star Spangled Banner and in
vocation, delivered by Dr. Friz
zell, 11:12 to 11:15.
Introduction of General Cat
ron by President Hetzel, 11:15
to 11:17.
General Catron's address,
11:17 to 11:37.
Flag raising ceremony and
benediction, 11:37 to 11:42.
Banquet in honor of General
Catron at Nittany Lion Inn,
sponsored by All-College Cab
inet, 12.
Council of Administration ap
proved excusing of the 11 a. m.
class for the convocation. It was
emphasized that only this one
class will be excused.
Cabinet urges all students to
attend the services as the pro
gram this year will have an add
ed significance in its theme. Me
morial Day for the Allied Nati
ons. Flags of the Allied Nations
will be displayed on the terrace
and speakers' rostrum in front of
Old Main.
Fraternities, Barracks
To Select Candidates
For Oueen of JFC Ball
All fraternities and barracks are
requested to select a candidate for
queen of the .Interfraternity Coun
cil Ball, according to Stanley Ziff,
chairman of the queen selection
committee.
Photos should be 'turned in at
the Corner Room desk by Wednes
day noon. From the photos sub
mitted, the dance committee will
select five finalists. These coeds
will be announced in next week's
Collegian.
The winning candidate will be
crowned queen at the IFC semi
formal dance in Recreation Hall,
June 8. Vincent Lopez and his or
chestra, with Gerry Larson and
Bruce Hayes, vocalists, will play
for the ball.
The committee in charge in
cludes Harold Hein, Phi Sigma
Delta, chairman; Jack Braunigan,
Theta Chi; Edward Carson, Sigma
Pi, program and tickets; G. Fred
erick Dietz, Pi Kappa Alpha,
booths; Harold Griffiths, Phi Kap
pa Tau, publicity; Stanley Laurri
more, SPE, decoratic ns; Stanley
Ziff, Phi Epsilon Pi, queen.