WEDNESDAY,' FEBRUARY 5, 1941 ' Viewing The Draft Editor's Note:—This is the first of several articles relative to the college student's role in the draft written especially for Collegian readers by a member of the staff wh'6 has been covering draft de velopments since last August. By JOHN A. BAER Although the., relation of the draft to college students was ap parently settled when the Selec tive Training and Service Act was-passed last fall recent de velopments in Washington have led many observers to predict that the 77th Congress may re open the question. At present college students may'/ upon request, have their military training deferred until July 1, 1941. But what will hap pen, next year? That’s the ques- ' tion which has been bothering prominent educators and legis lators who find.in selective serv ice a threat to the smooth- func tioning of the American educa tional system. With the first hint of conscrip tion last summer, proponents of leniency for students sought ways to lighten the military burden oil college men. These, early efforts were necessarily hastened and ill-organized. For that reason they failed to do all that was hoped for. But being prepared for the new Congress are bills which run the scale from defer ment of students in only a few essential curricula to the substi tution of ROTC or summer train ing for a year in the Regular Army. One bill in particular is re ported to be gaining increased support among legislators. This proposed change in the draft would allow all college students to defer .training until they are graduated. The bill is backed mainly by the smaller colleges and univer sities which feel that the draft as it is now operating will seri ously affect their enrollment. The larger institutions (including Penn State and all other land grant universities) have not given their support. However, they are not actively opposing it but rath er maintaining a neutral posi tion. 'The chief objection to the plan • has been outlined for The ..Daily Collegian by C. F. Klinefelter, j assistant to the commissioner, U. ‘ S. Office of Education, who says: “It was very early .determined ... that it would be extremely ; unwise to ask for deferment of ; college students as a group as this ■ would tend to create an artificial class distinction that would be entirely abhorrent to our Am . erican system . . . and contrary ■ to the express terms of the Act.”. ; This position has been streng thened by Francis J. Brown of the American Council on Educa tion. He says: “Such legislation is . unwise and will create extremely adverse public opinion toward colleges and universities' and • their students.” : : The Subcommittee on Military :: Affairs of the National Commit tee on Education and Defense - adopted, on October 30, a resol : ultion which approves the prin • ciple of the Act. However, the ‘ Subcommittee intentionally in : serted a loophole in its resolution ■ fey reserving final judgment • further information and f future developments.” [ ; As it now stands there is a : r Chance that the 1,554 Penn State : men and thousands of other col i lege students all over the coun ■ tiy who registered last October : 16 may be allowed to'complete ; their education before shoulder ; inig guns for Uncle Sam. A con • certed effort is being made but t the solution to the problem rests : with time and the ?7th Congress : of the United States. :: : . girls’ di « : ...New girls' jormr_.___.re be • ing opened this iponfirby the tJniversity. of Missouri at Colum • *bia. s ® w * A *. Artists’Course Patrons For mmm Campaign To Vote On Has New Plan Dr. Wheeler P. Davey, above, member' of the Artists’ Course committee, proposes that tickets be sold by mail in April for the next Artists’ series. His plan, in addition to others, will be sub mitted to the audience during intermission of Tuesday’s pro gram. PSCA Plans Two Conference Trips High-lighted by conferences at Hershey, and Washington, D. C., PSCA activities will get off to a new start this week, following a let-down necessitated by mid term finals and vacation. Tomorrow and Friday, a stu dent delegation 1 will attend a citizenship conference in Wash ington, D. C., where an oppor tunity will be given to attend ses sions of Congress and committee meetings. Arrangements can be made to accommodate eight or 10 students at an estimated cost of six dollars per person. The international relations conference at Hershey, sponsored by the American Friends Service ..committee, will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Arrange ments may be made for approxi mately 10 students. Interested students have been asked to call at the PSCA office before noon today. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cartoonist Will Speak At LA Faculty Banquet Cy Hungerford, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist, will speak at the Liberal Arts Facul ty Banquet on February 17, Louis H. Bell, assistant professor of journalism, announced last night. All-Liberal Arts faculty mem bers, their wives or husbands, and all office employees have been invited to attend the ban quet which will be held in the Nittany Lion Inn at' 7 p. m. Reservations must be made by 4 p. m. February 13. They are available at Student Union, from Professor Bell or from Mrs. Or melle H. Stecker, assistant pro fessor of mathematics. Tickets are priced at one dollar and dress will be informal. Cornell Offers Several Engineering Scholarships Several scholarships and fel lowships are being offered this spring by Cornell University’s Engineering Graduate School. Engineering graduates desiring to become candidates for ad vanced degrees in engineering should get applications from Harry P. Hammond, Dean of the Engineering School, at once. Among' those fellowships of fered will be 15 John, McMullen Graduate Scholarships valued at $9OO a year. Several others from $2OO to $5OO, will be given in •various'•branches* of* enginering.' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN New Plan Mail Sales Innovation Proposed By Davey Opportunity to express their preferences regarding methods _ of ticket sales will be given pat rons of the Artists’ Course dur ing intermission at the Jascha Heifetz number next Tuesday, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, commit tee chairman, said last night. A summary of the advantages and disadvantages of several proposed plans will precede the survey. Among those under con sideration will be a new system advanced by Dr. Wheeler P. Davey, a member of the com mittee. Under Dr. Davey’s plan the Auditorium would first be di vided into blocks of about 25 seats each, with alternate rows reserved for students as at pres ent. Seating diagrams showing these blocks and their prices would be made available with application blanks. He suggests that then, an ad- vance sale be conducted by mail in the April of each year for the Artists’ Course of- the next sea son. “Each patron (student, faculty or towns person) would indicate on his order blank his first, sec ond, third, and fourth choices of the blocks . . . and would en close his check to cover the pur chase price,” Dr. Davey explain ed. “The advance sale would have to be held before the details of the program a.re known, but it is to be assumed that the- present high standard would be main tained. There would be no limit of seats sold to a purchaser. “All tickets not sold in ad vance, and this probably means the majority of the tickets, would be put on sale in the fall.” This proposal retains the pres ent system of 'standing in line with tickets restricted to three per person .for those who prefer this method, but provides the ad ditional possibility of ordering seats by mail for the following year, Dr. Davey pointed out. In-, addition to Dr. Davey’s suggestion, subscribers to the Course will be asked Tuesday night to also consider the ad vantages of a lottery. A newspaper is an accurate reflection of what today is doing with people ... and what people are doing with today. Murder is big-type news. So is a bank stick-up. And so is the dedica tion of a new library or the launching of a new ship or the employment of hundreds in reviving industry. But you have read only half the story, if you stop at murder. In our ad vertising columns can be found news in its most authentic sense. What are people wearing? What are they eating? Where are they go ing? How are they going? Why this style, and why that vogue ? When is the time to build ? Who has the latest ? How much does it cost ? Answers to these and like questions give you real information .. . news ... about this business of modem living. And you will find these answers -by carefully reading the advertisements in this newspaper. WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW '4l k:_ ELINOR L. WEAVER '4l 'Mr. Bartholomew and Miss Weaver last night were named co-chairmen of the Alumni As sociation’s first student member ship drive which will be con ducted in late April, tentatively April 21 to 26. A full story ap pears on page one. Engineer To Speak Robert Hall Craig, Harrisburg, consulting engineer, will speak concerning “The Engineer and Public Affairs” at the senior en gineering lecture in Room 110 Electrical Engineering at 4:10 p. m. Friday. DON’T STOP AT MURDER! Sacks '4l Goes To Movie CapiM From collegiate dramatics to Hollywood success may be a Horatio Alger situation, but Ja cob Sacks '4l is on the verge of gaining recognition in the “Ci- nema Capital.” Sacks was plucked from Penn State by Edward Young, talent scout, when he submitted a play, still without a title, to Young who was in the East attending a dramatics convention. It will bo performed by the Hollywood Theatre Alliance, a guild which stars prominent screen actors. The play, which is centered around a Molly Maguire group of thugs participating in a coal mine dispute, was written for a class in playwriting. Cloetingh suggested to Sacks that he try to find a buyer for his play. Following a call from Holly wood which asked him to como out there to revise and help di rect his production, Sacks re • cently left for the film center without completing his collego course, which would have been terminated at mid-year gradu ation. Sacks is the third Penn Stato graduate who has “gone Holly - wood.” The Epstein twins, Ralph and Philip, have established a reputation for their Lane Sisters series. f I Sand Bags, Flags I© F mm Motive For W Bail It will be amid machine guns, sand bags and flags, that Mil Bailers” will dance to Gray Gor don and his Band at 9 p. m. Fri day night in Rec Hall’s first for mal dance of the semester. All ROTC officers will be in uniform, and at the intermission, the juniors will make a cere monial sabre arch through which all the senior officers and their “dates” will march. Gray Gordon, who will coma to “Mill” Ball direct from tho Lyric Theatre in Indianapolis, Ind., is the biggest “name” ban