.. . . _ . .. ~;.• . • . Successor to ...x -f• 0 '-,-,llr. Daily (/..43-uk- (it nittglan the Free' Lance, Established 1887 , \ , !. 55 . . . .... ....... L. 37—No. 68 Winter Sports Carnival Planned For february 8 Plans are now being formulated for the first• Penn State Winter Sports Carnival the week-end of February 8, it was announced last night by Edward J. K. McLorie '4l. According to the sketch plans; the Carnival will comprise intra mural competition in skiing and figure skating, a varsity ice hoc key game probably with the Her shey Cubs, -and ice sculpture com petition . between fraternities or other interested groups. Ski manager Henry A. Beers who.will have charge of all ski - competition, has announced that a list of• events will be published lat -er. *Ha stated that the Pennsyl vania Amateur Ski meet is sch'ed- tiled. for February I,and 2 with t alternate dates the following, Weekend., If the meet is pustport ed : and occurs on the latter date, in,tra-murai competition will be restricted but the spectator angle of .the. Carnival will be enhanced. • The varsity hockey game will cliMax a varied program of figure skating ." and spectator .participa tiou following the game. This of course is all dependent on the weather: conditions. Richard W. May -ice hockey manager, will haVe complete charge. of that part of •the Carnival. Regarding ice sculpture, Mc- Lorie stated that although this is a - new idea for State it shOuld meet With success it cold weather pre . veils. There, will be—a trophy awarded to the winner which will be chosen by e faculty committee. He also stated that student opin ion will be sounded :out on the matter of a dance which will serve as a this climax fcr first Winter Sports Carnival. ';:'George Donovan, Student :Un ion, will also serve' on the commit-. tee in an advisory capacity in ad dition to the aforementioned. Extension Enrolls Defense Trainees Over 4;300 trainees, 1,300 in the Pittsburgh area alone, have en rolled in the defense training courses that are to be sponsored by :the. College Extension Service in . 4l - towns and cities throughout Penn Sylvania. . ,• Deadline for applications has been.tentatively set for next Fri day, - While classes are scheduled to begin January 20 and will con tinue for 24 weeks. In order to formulate organiza tion and teaching plans, over 200 inspectors who are to be in charge of :the courses in the various dis tricts will meet here this week end. Most of the new trainees will be men already employed in defense industries and will comprise about one-half of the estimated total to be trained in Pennsylvania. Paid for by the' $9,000,000 - government appropriation, the courses are open to anyone who is a high school graduate. jollege Verse Society Meeting Slated Sunday . • The first 1941 meeting .of ..the ...-.. College VerSe Society will .- tie'hOd, -1: in ,thejoimge of the".•gp).lCo. 4, l3oole ..- .4 .... Store at 11. a.m. Sunda v ,-.:`>.;,..:-,..::::. ~*,,1..•.1:f7,,.4.:.:.':: Lait iprink, the SeciOti4 t 'x iiioi .theyisitO,tWiniai , d4l.o4 l: : r2IgaSO : *:AteriCai pOetAVy :4:LiaSitt, %lA° lectured - here: " • - :.. Check On Vacation Cuts Jumps; Petitions Deadline Noon Tomorrow Coincident with the deadline set tomorrow noon for presenting petitions for exemption from the Christmas 48-hour cut fine period, the Senate Committee on Vaca tion Absences already has receiv ed more reports from classroom instructors than the 628 handed in at Thanksgiving holidays. . Although the committee has not compiled the total student ab sences, the Christmas absences may not equal the Thanksgiving class - cuts because more persons may have gone home early -to work. Probably another reason for the increase.ir. faculty reports may have been the gradual falling into line of instructors who took roll- Average Student Sleeps 1 Hours Parents who worry about their college. sons and daughters not getting = enough sleep will find comfort in the figures compiled in this study of Student Opinion Sur veys of America. Collegians who say they -sleep less than - seven hours each night constitute only one fifth of the national student body. The other four-fifths get at least seven hours, and of * the total 7 per cent say, they spend nine or more h6urs under-the -covers.. Turning from the field of atti tude measurements, the Surveys through