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.
:: : .
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• ing opened this iponfirby the
tJniversity. of Missouri at Colum
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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.
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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<J
ever signed for the annual ROTS
affair, according to Cadet Col.
Thomas G. Tousey, chairman of
the dance.
Rutgers (N.J.) University men,
defeated a New Jersey Collego
for Women team in a cooking
contest.
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