Wrestling Princeton- —14 Penn Stale—l 2 VOL. 37—No. 77 Student Board Will Supervise Campus Traffic A new system of punishing student violators of campus traf fic rules—a system intended to strictly enforce all regulations— has been and will pro bably go into effect next week if All-Coliege Cabinet gives its ap proval Wednesday night. Under the plan a seven-man student Traffic Board has' been set up to hear all complaints. Violators will be turned over to the board by the Campus Patrol. The board will probably have power to assess small fines and to revoke campus licenses. Jack W. Brand ’4l has been appointed chairman of the Traf fic Board. Other members are Gerald F. Doherty ’42, Margaret L. Embury '42, Raymond F. Leffler ’42, John E. Long ’42, Marshall D. Miller ’4l and John M. Phillips ’42. Dean A. R. War nock and Capt. William V. Den nis, Jr., will be ex-officio mem bers. Brand intends to call a pre liminary meeting of the group sometime this week. The board will draw up its own constitution and by-laws which must be ap proved by Cabinet. New CAA Course To Start Today The second-semester course in CAA training will get underway today when ground school train ees begin a preliminary course in aircraft regulation, Harold A. Everett, director of the College CAA program, announced last night. From a total of 36 students whose applications have been accepted, the course quota of 30 will be filled, pending the out come of physical examinations which are expected to be com pleted within a week. Offered 1 to students at a cost of $25, the course includes 72 hours of ground school study and from 35 to 50 hours of actual flight training at the State College air port near Boalsburg. Ground school work includes a study of civil air regulations, navigation, meterology, and aircraft regula tions. Although hampered by snow and bad weather, flight training is expected to start soon. If ne cessary, ski landing gear may be attached to the planes in order to provide flight training regard less of conditions. Names of students who have been accepted to fill the quota will be released, Professor Ev erett said, as soon as physical examinations have been com pleted. President And Morse At Draft Conference President Ralph D. Hetzel and Adrian O .Morse, assistant in charge of .resident instruction, will leave today for Washington, D. C., where they will attend a conference tomorrow on. “The Relation of Higher Education and National Defense.” u. |t a liina4 TAnitrhf tiated this semester. This action - All presidents of four-year I*o waulliei I Wllglll was taken by Ray V. Watkins, colleges -rand universities have All-College will not College scheduling officer, after beeh ; invited -to the conference- meet.. tonight.. Because of the. All-College Cabinet suggested called by the National - Commit- t Artists’ Course the - next meet- that it would encourage students tee on. Education and JJefensje of, \ing, wiKbe-heldvat 4 .p.- m. next .to hold extra-curricular .activities @0" American* CddhcU ;on;-Edii-i 9fsat'9.p.mi‘an the;afternoons.', • ; T * -cation.’-. > Tuesday. No major changes have been tFbp Saily @ (EaUwjtan 1 irS. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Basketball Game, Boxing Matches Will Highlight Tonight’s Tripleheader Faces EIBA Champ lip illiii fcv': fc" {< j:- i: Captain Frank Stanko, 145- pound Nittany mitman, who will battle Loren Schoff, last year’s EIBA champ, in one of the feature-bouts- of” the State-Syra cuse varsity boxing match in Rec Hall at 7 p. m. today. Date Changed For Coming Play Dates for the next Penn State Players’ show, “The' Streets of New York,” have been changed from February 21 and 22 to March 7 and 8, Lawrence E. Tucker, director, announced last night. He also said that two parts in the play are being re-cast. The parts are Paul, formerly held by Carroll D. Hippensteel ’43,' and Puffy,-originally played by Leon Rabinowitz ’43. Hippensteel left College and Rabinowitz is un able to rehearse until the new date. Only two bridesmaids, instead of six as first announced, will be used. They will be Doris M. Disney ’43 and Lois A. Reisinger ’42. Other parts are as follows - Edward, Thomas Mr, Rial ’4l; Bloodgood (villain), Malcolm ■Weinstein ’4l; Badger, John G. Bambrick ’42; Captain Fair weather, Edwin I. Carson ’4l; Mark Livinston (hero), Donald R. Taylor ’42; Mrs. Fairweather, Thelma R. Kluger ’41.. A reporter, Frank W. Schnei der ’42; Alida, Catharine E. Cole man ’42; Lucy (heroine), Elinor F. 'Herrman ’42; Mrs. Puffy, Aimee L. Sobbott ’42; Dan, James J. Ambandos ’44; two gentlemen, Lawrence T. Chervenak ’44 and O. William Vanderlin ’42;-a re porter, John W. Fritz .’4l; fire men, Frank W. Schneider ’42, John W. Fritz ’4l, and Jerome VT Sherman ’44. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Mitme.n Test Syracuse, Cagers Face W. Virginia Penn State’s student body treks back to Rec Hall tonight, not to register this time, but to witness the first big athletic night of the winter season—a tripleheader,, including varsity and freshman boxing and a var sity tussle in basketball. • Danny DeMarino’s yearling mit-tossers will open the eve ning’s program with a little number against the Syracuse Little Oranges at 6p. m. It will be the first attempt of the Nit tany frosh under the tutelage of DeMarino, and the Lion Cubs will be tackling an Orange out fit of unknown strength. Following their little ring cou sins, Leo Houck’s varsity slug gers will tangle with their age old rivals, the Syracuse Hillmen. Probably because they will not be at full strength, the Lion leather-pushers will enter the arena slightly the underdogs at 7p. m. Jimmy Lewis, 165 pound Eastern titleholder, is not a defi nite starter for the champion lo cals. '-M After the smoke of the ring warfare has cleared, Long Jawn Lawther’s... Nittany cagers will bump up against the reckless -Mountaineers from down West Virginia way. The cage en tanglement is slated to begin at 8 p. m. Both the Lions and Hillbillies have impressive rec ords and will be out seeking add ed hardwood accomplishments. 3 Couples Take Cheese As 800 Rais Race Approximately 400 couples danced to the music of the Cam pus Owls at the Thespian Rat Race last night in Rec Hall where .three pairs of kings and queens were crowned. The winners of the Smooth Dance were Barbara E. Whit bred ’43 and Joe-Fierro ’3B. James W. Eck ’43 and Marjorie R. Chambers ’43 were crowned win ners of the Jitterbug kingdom, and in the Elimination Dance William C. Stephens ’42 and Jo sephine Parzia ’42 took the hon ors. Second Semester Begins 1:10 P.M. Today; No Recess Until Easter Second semester classes, start ing at 1:10 p.m. today, will launch Penn State students into the longest activity period of the College year when they attend classes for a two month’s stretch until Easter vacation, which be gins April 9. Dropping the usual custom of opening the second semester at 8 a.m., the College has decided to give the faculty an extra half day to prepare for classes. This policy was tried in 1934 but ab olished the following year. ■ The abolishment of practically all 4 o’clock classes will be ini- Poef Auden Will Visit Campus Week Of Feb. 17 Announcement was made to day that W. H. Auden distin guished English-born poet and dramatist, will serve at the Col lege as “poet in residence” dur ing the week of February 17. The unusual visit will enable students interested in poetry, drama, and the dance to meet personally with the author of “On This Island,” “Another Time,” and other well-known volumes. He will lecture before a student-faculty, audience on Tuesday, February 18. Auden, now living in New York, has just written a new poem about America which is to be published shortly. Because of his wide field of writing, which includes lyrics and even movie continuity, he is expected to be of great help in advising students on their own creative talents. 70 Colleges Asked To Convention Seventy colleges have been asked to the second annual Pennsylvania Student Govern ment Association convention here from February 21 to 23, the association president, Thomas C. Backenstose ’4l, reported yester day. With the deadline set Febru ary 10, acceptances have already been received from five: Lafay ette College, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, Wilson College, the Pittsburgh College for Women, and the Allegheny Undergraduate Center. The principal speaker at the convention, Dr. William Mather Lewis, president of Lafayette and state director of the selec tive service, has chosen as his topic, “The Part of the Student in the Selective Service Pro gram.” Another possible speaker is Lyman Beecher Stowe, grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and president of the Authors’ Club of New York City. Funeral Tomorrow The funeral of George E. Hurst Jr., the sophomore dairy manu facturing student who was killed in an automobile accident on his way back to the College Sunday night, will be held in Mechanics burg, his home town, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. made in classroom arrangements, except that Carnegie Hall base ment and ground floors will be used for ROTC drilling and class work, Watkins indicated. Highlights of the second se mester are included in the fol lowing dates: payment of fees, February 13-14; winter courses in Agriculture end, March 1: mid-semester below grades, April 2; Easter recess begins 11:50 a. m., April 9, and ends 1:10 p.m. April 16; final examinations be gin 8 a.m., May 27; Memorial Day recess, May 30; second se- mester ends 5 p.m., June 5; elec- tion of Trustees by delegates, June 6; Alumni Day, election of Trustees by graduates close 11 aan., and annual meeting of Board.of Trustees,.2 pan., June 7; Baccalaureate Day, June 8; Com tnencement and Class Day, June 9. : ; - , PRICE THREE CENTS Committee Plans Alumni Drive For Late April An undergraduate - alumni committee decided, last night that the Alumni Association's first undergraduate membership drive should be conducted in late April, tentatively April 21 to 26. William B. Bartholomew, sen ior class president, and Elinor L. Weaver ’4l, WSGA president, will serve as co-chairmen for the campaign which will be conduct ed along the lines of the PSCA’s fall finance canvass. An intensive person-to-person solicitation will be carried among members of the three up per classes to have the students pay eight dollars for Alumni As sociation membership which will extend for five years after their graduation. Sophomores and juniors will be asked to pledge the money to be paid with their fees, two dol lars a semester for the sopho mores, and four dollars a semes ter for the juniors. Seniors will be asked to pay the full amount outright. Representatives who met to discuss the plan last night were Edward K. Hibshman, executive secretary of the Alumni Associa tion; Alice I. Thompson, assist ant executive secretary; William K. Ulerich, members of the exe cutive board of the Alumni As sociation; Arnold C. Laich ’4l, William B. Bartholomew ’4l, Elinor L. Weaver ’4l, H. Edward Wagner ’4l, Adam A." Smyser ’4l, and H. Leonard Krouse ’42. Quiz, Floor Show Carded For Drydock Saturday In addition to the regular en tertainment card, the Drydock will feature a short quiz pro gram on things around campus Saturday night, Leon Rabinowitz ’42, the soft drink night club’s program chairman, announced last night. Headlining the floor show will be Jimmy Smith and Jane Par sons, j itterbug dance team, Marce Stringer, Jackie Reese, Rabino witz, and Ned Startzel, who will serve as master of ceremonies. Table reservations, at 50 cents: per couple, may be obtained at Student Union until Saturday noon. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiituuuimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiitiiiiiitn Late News Bulletins iiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimmiimitmiimniiiuiiir. WASHINGTON Senator Wheeler -of Montana declared that the United States Air Force does not have one single modern; airplane, although some have good features. President Roose velt said that Wheeler’s state ment would be enjoyed by Hitler. LONDON—The British report ed the capture of Cayrenve, a power of the ancient Grecian Em pire. Meanwhile, the British con tinued to advance in Eritrea and Ethiopia. The London govern ment declares that it will give full support to Haile Selassie for a free Ethiopia. HAVANA—Batista, head of the Cuban government, declared a martial law of 15 days duration, following an insurrection there. LONDON—Wendell L. Willkie visited King George for 35 min utes yesterday. He also paid a visit to President de Valera of
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