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Hibshman Urges All Students To Register Here For .Conscriptioil
bards To Be Sent
To Draft Boards
"It will be advantageous for
students to register at the College
for the draft because their regis
tration cards will show clearly
that they are college students,"
Edward K. Hibshman, chairman
of the student registration com
mittee, said yesterday as he urged
students' not to go home to enroll:
He pointed out that students
will not gain by going home be
cause their registration cards will
be sent to their home counties by
the College. There, he stated, they
will be subject to local draft
boards.
It was emphasized that male
students required to register are
those who have reached their 21st
birthday and have not passed their
3Gth birthday on October 16.
Classes will not be. suspended on
registration day but students will
be excused from classes during the
time necessary for registration.
For this reason, it was stated, it
will not be necessary for the Col
lege to comply with Governor
James' request that all schools de
clare a holiday.
Failure to register at the ap
pointed time carries with it a se
vere penalty. Special arrange
ments will be made to register all
students.
None of the approximately 75
faculty members who will act as
registrars has yet been chosen, it
was learned from the President's
office. It is doubtful if they will
be announced for some time be
cause it will probably be neces
sary for Governor James to con
firm their selection.
Both undergraduate and gradu
ate students will be registered at
the special registration , place in
the Armory. Faculty members
and employees of the College must
register at the regular borough
polling places.
Governor James has ordered all
liquor stores, licensed clubs, and
taprooms closed from 7 a. in. to
9 p. m. on October 16 to remove a
possible "distracting influence"
in the registration of an estimated
1,500,000 men.
Civil Service Will Give
Competitive Examinations
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations for city
planner, plant pathologist, and
junior engineer.
Applications must be on file with
the Commission's Washington of
fice not later than October 24.
Full information as to the re
quirements for these examinations,
and application forms, may be ob
tained from G. C. Snyder, Secre
tary of the .Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, at the State
College Post Office.
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Enlistments Fill
Local Draft Quota
It is "entirely possible" that no
young men will be conscripted
from the 23rd Congressional Dis
trict—Blair. Centre and Clearfield
Counties—according to a statement
released yesterday by Congressman
James E. Van Zandt.
He bases this statement on a
provision in the Draft Bill that
each county be given credit, tow
ard its quota, for Army, Navy, and
National Guard enlistments, pro- 1
vided the enlistment periods have
not expired.
Computing his figures on pre
liminary census reports, Congress
man Van Zandt states that under
the regulations the quota for each
of the three counties is: Blair, 92;
Centre, 33; and Clearfield, 61.
"I have been advised by the
War Department and by Adjutant
General Edward Martin of the
Pennsylvania National Guard,"
Congressman Van Zandt . says,
"that,- on August 31, there were
744 men from Blair County in the
Army and the National Guard, 183
from Centre County, and 391 from
Clearfield County. These enlist
ments more than fill the quotas."
He says that there is a possibility
that quotas may be increased, thus
making it necessary to call resid
ents of the district. Any increase
in quotas hinges on the possibility
that a large number of eligibles
may be placed in deferred classi
fications, he says.
Students Asked To Aid
British War Relief Drive
Announcement was made today
that the College Boot Shop, South
Allen street, would receive con
tributions of old shoes which will
be forwarded to the British War
Relief Society in New York City.
A container will be placed out
side the store in which shoes may
be deposited. Dr. Nelson W. Tay
lor, chairman of the State College
branch of the society,- should be
communicated with by any per
sons interested in giving other
forms of aid.
College Weather Station
Establishes New Record
George T. Christman '4l estab
lished a record recently for bal
loon observation at the College
weather station, when the balloon
he tent aloft reached 36,300 feet,
well within the stratosphere.
He followed the balloon for 66
minutes with the theOtilite. The
wind measured was west south
west with 27 miles per hour velo
city. Christman was assisted by Dr.
Hans H. Neuberger, instructor in
Geophysics. ,
Eighteen colleges and universi
ties sent delegates to a New York
state scientific conference at Vas
sar College.
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lvania State College.'
he Commonwealth
—Published May, 1916)
Van Zandt Reports Draft
Faces Long Delay
Members of Congress were in
formed recently by high officials
in the Army that the first levy of
drafted men scheduled for call No
vember 1 will not be in uniform
until March 1, Congressman James
E. Van Zandt, Altoona, has re
ported.
This means the 400,000 draftees
will have their training deferred,
it being necessary to take them
into service gradually because of
inadequate facilities for housing
together with the shortage in cloth
ing and equipment, and the pbssi
ble detriment to their health.
Out of the 400,000 men sched
uled to be called in the first draft,
125,000 of these will not be called
until February 1 for the simple
reason that the Army is unpre
pared and unable to furnish proper
accommodations, Van Zandt said.
Draft Will Not Affect
College Now, Poll Shows
Chances that any students will
accept the conscription call until
the end of the academic year are
almost negligible, it was shown by
a student opinion poll completed
yesterday by members of the Daily
Collegian staff.
Fifteen per cent•of the male stu
dents eligible for the draft were
interviewed. They were asked: If
called for conscription would you
defer training until the end of the
academic year?
Only one student out of the 262
questioned answered in the affirma
tive. He was a freshman and gave
as his reason, "I could be more
certain of what I want to take in
college."
Anti-Aircraft Unit Plans
Temporarily Shelved
The anti-aircraft ROTC unit, ap
proved by All-College Cabinet last
spring, has been temporarily shelv
ed, it was revealed yesterday by
CoL Ambrose R. Emery; head of
the College military department.
The Board of Trustees has never
acted on the proposed addition to
the military unit, he said, because
necessary finances have not been
available. Consent of the state gov
ernment is also needed but this,
it has been learned, is virtually a
certainty.
However, Colonel Emery expres
sed a belief that the anti-aircraft
unit will become a reality after
the Army gets conscription and
rearmament problems out of the
way.
Airport To Be Improved
State College Airport has been
included in the CAA airport de
velopment program
. for *Pennsyl
vania.. The improvement to the
'field $35 4,000; . will be a part of a
. $49,116,893 nationwide program
that Congress will ask to be
bunched-this year. ' ,
Red Cross Urges
War Preparedness
A call for American college stu
dents to prepare themselves for
the necessities of national defense
has been fssued by the American
Red Cross,•Washington, D. C. -
The text of the announcement,
as released to The Daily Collegian,
follows:
"College men and women should
prepare for the tasks that lie
ahead for they are the future lead
ers of our people. To them will
fall many opportunities to prove
themselves. Those why are pre
pared will go forward; those who
fail will fall by the wayside.
"Army life is neither all work
nor all play. There will be calls
for instructors in swimming, life
saving and first aid. For many
years the Red Cross has been qual
-ifying college students as instruc
tors in these subjects. -
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A recent announcement by the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery;
U. S. Navy, calls attention to the
fact that individuals holding - Red
Cross standard Exit aid certifi
cates may qualify in the Naval
Reserve as hospital apprentices,
first class; those holding advanced
certificates may qualify as phar
macist's mate, third class; while
holders of instructor's certificates
from the Red Cross will be elig
ible for petty officer ratings as
high as chief pharmacist's mate.
"At present every effort is be
ing made to increase the Red Cross
Nurses' Reserve so that, in case of
need, naval and militar-y hospitals
will not be understaffed. At the
same time there must be a great
increase in the number of young
women trained in home care of
the sick and methods of prevent
ing illness and its spread.. In case
of emergency, such as confronted
this country during the great in
fluenza epidemic of 1918; the serv
ices of these trained women may
prove a most important factor in
guarding our national health and
wellbeing. In the Red Cross course
in home hygiene and care of the
sick, college women will find a
valuable adjunct, not only in their
desire to be of service to their
country but in*their later home
and' family life.
"America's colleges and univer
sities and the Red Cross can work
together in national defense pre
parations. For the past year a
growing army of volunters, now
numbering more than half a mil
lion, has been at work producing
garments and surgical dressings
for use in European war zones. In
case of national emergency affect
ing thiS country, this volunteer ef
fort must be greatly expanded.
"The inherent strength in a vast
volunteer army, is beyond calcu
lation. It is to the colleges and
universities that the Red Cross
looks for leaders in this great mob
ilization of humanitarian effort
and all who have the ability owe
it to their country, their Red Cross,
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Students, Conscription
To Be Discussed On Air
"Specific questions of
dents' and faculty members re-r .
garding the Selective Service!
Act and potential military train
flag" will be the subject of a na
tionwide broadcast over the
lumbia Broadcasting Company!
network at 10:15 , p. in. Tuesday;:,
the Daily Collegian was inform 7 '
ed yesterday.
The questions will be answeri
ed by Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Her ;
shey, executive officer at the:: !
National Selective S ervic
Headquarters, and Dr. Frederick
Osborn, chairman of the Advis
ory Committee on Selectiv.
Service.
Questions will be asked by:
Dr. Harry W. Chase, chancellair ,
'of New York University, arid.
Dr. C. C. Williams, president of;
Lehigh University:
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and themselves to offer their sere-
ices for this important- phase •of
national defense.
"There are 3,721 Red Cross
chapters. Each of these' sponsori
volunteer services and each offers
free instruction in first aid, swim=
ming and life saving,' and home
care of the sick. From November
11 to November 30 these "chapter%
will conduct their annual Roll Call
of members for the coming year:
Chapters located in college and
university towns will make every
effort to interest' students, riot
only in affWating with 'the organ
ization, but in those Red Cross ac
tivities that will help strengthen
our country to meet any, possible
emergency.
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