Successor'll) the Free Lance/ - Established 1887 -VOL. 37—No. 101 Engineers Ready For Annual Open House Saturday . Planning to throw “labs” wide open with displays that will prove interesting to liberal ar tists and engineers alike, all departments of the Engineering School are preparing for their third annual open house, which will be open from 2 to 10" p. m. Saturday. . Beginning in Main Engineer ing and progressing to Electrical ' Engineering, guests will be shown exhibits of architectural, civil, industrial, mechanical, and electrical engineering. A Jitterbug egg, a radio broad casting and reception demonstra tion.in the electrical engineering lab, a miniature railroad, com plete ROTC exhibit, and motion pictures of Pennsylvania’s new “Dream Highway” are only a few of,the many exhibits. Some of the displays that will be sliown in the mechanical en gineering lab are a cross-section model of a Diesel engine, a fluid drive model similar to the one used in new automobiles, an op erating wind tunnel, a modern .tractor containing all the conven iences found in a modem auto mobile, and an aviation display. in addition to the Jitterbug egg and radio hookup, the elec trical engineers, under the direc tion of Louis F. Grafinger '4l, will illustrate long distance tele phoning with a dial switch board, and show an oscillograph, oscillo scope, and an electronic exhibit. Y .Coincidental with the dedica-. itiori'rof the' Library, the new' Electrical. Engineering building will also be open for inspection Saturday. Faculty members and others will be welcome anytime after 4 p. m. ... This year's open house is un der the direction of Co-chairmen •-Eugene W. Fickes '4l and Rich ard W. Geissinger ’4l. Viewing The Draft By JOHN A. BAER . Norman E. Blankman ’4l, the first student to • voluntarily drop out. of the College and enter Se lective Service, is now at Fort George G. Meade, Md., getting what he calls a “liberal educa tion.” He was called in the draft on January 9, about three weeks before he would have been grad uated at mid-year commence ment, but will receive his degree “in absentia” as soon as he com pletes certain work. He refused deferment so that his year of service would be finished in time for him to enter Harvard Busi ness School next February. Blankman has been assigned to duty as a Classification Spe cialist. His work consists of in terviewing new selectees to de termine for which branch, of service they are best suited. He considers this his “liberal edu cation” because he is getting a chance to become technically familiar with many of the theor ies he studied as a commerce and finance student. : Blankman gives his ROTC training credit for getting him what •he considers a “pretty /good” job. He'says that without -previous military instruction he never would have qualified' for .the -position which ordinarily would go to a more experienced man. (Continued on Page Four! QJlir @ (Mfrgum WEDNESDAY-MORNING, MARCH 12, 1941, STATE COT-T-TTITr t>a Waring Gives Trophies Fred Waring ’is shown with one of the trophies which he will present to the winners of the inter-fraternity singing contests, soon to be held in over 25 major colleges. Various collegiate groups will compete, all singing the-official school song which Waring composed in response to their petitions. Waring composed “The Hills of Old Penn State”, last fall. The songs were first pre sented on his NBC Pleasure Time Broadcasts, heard Monday through Friday. Penn State is not yet entered. Thespian 'Brains' Turn Out Script This is the story of a collossal show in the process of manu facture, revealing the genius of five collaborative minds, work ing dutifully to turn out a spring Thespian production, a gag-lad en musical comedy to brighten the eyes of coeds, and bring hap piness and light, into the life; of study-worn students. The scene: Allen Street apart ment of Ned Startzel and George Parrish two thirds of the Stooges, and Mike Brotman, their accom panist. Roy Rogers,, the other third, is cradled in an armchair. Leon Rabinowitz, popular cam pus entertainer and Thespian comic, is lying on the floor. In this stage of creation the script has reached the scene in which the Three Stooges enter Mrs. Van Smythe’s home, a hav en for unemployed actors, and meet her three daughters, por trayed by the Singerettes. There is a clinch, and a resultant need for gags. Startzel breaks the silence, thick with the grinding of brain cells, with: “How about if, after we 'kiss the girls, George turns around and says ‘she kisses like a coed.’ Then Roy says, ‘How do you know, you’ve never been to col lege.’ Then George comes back with, ‘No, but I have friends who have.’ Then Roy asks, ‘Did they live in a frat?’ and George says, ‘What’s a frat?’ then Roy ex plains ‘a frat is a place where fifty fellows live under one roof and spend their time trying to avoid each other.” “Thats good,” Startzel breaks in. “Hit the box, George.”' (Box in theatrical lingo means some thing which has keys and plays a tune.) . Finally, last night, the complete book for “The Joint’s Jumpin’,” the spring Thespian show, was finished. Then the five brains starting to think about business and advertising angles for the production. They take care of that, too. Concert Tickets Available Complimentary tickets are now available at Student Union for students who wish to attend the Glee Club concert in Schwab Auditorium at 3:30 p.m., Sunday. A.A. Books must be presented. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE College Training Committee Will 300 Students Apply For Advanced ROIC; Summer Camps Listed A special advisory committee for students seeking alternate Selective Service duty because of conscientious objection to mil itary training has been establish ed by the Student Religious Workers Council of the PSCA. Appointments for advice may be made with individual mem bers of the committee: Dr. John- H. Ferguson, assistant professor of political science; Rabbi Ben jamin Kahn, director of the Hillel Foundation; D. Ned Linegar, as sociate secretary of the PSCA; Adrian' O. Morse, assistant to the president; and Rev. C. Gail NOr ris, student pastor of the Wesley Foundation. Meanwhile, - another effect of national defense on the College became evident as more than 300 sophomores applied for 90 open ings in advanced ROTC. Fifty two of the available positions are in the infantry and 38 in engin eering. The ROTC department is at tempting to make all selections before the end of this semester so that students who might be called in the draft may be ex empted. The ROTC department also an nounced that summer camp for juniors will be from June 13 to July 24. For those in the infan try it will be at Fort George G. Meade, Md., and for engineers it will be at Fort Belvoir, Va. It was announced yesterday that engineering students who have applied for commissions in the U. .S. Naval Reserve, should report immediately to Room 202 Engineering E to make appoint ments for interviews tomorrow and Friday. An announcement was made by John W. Hulme, instructor in physical education, that special fraternity classes in first aid will (Continued on Page Two) Alexander, Krouse Head Senior Tickets; Voting Enters 2nd Day R. Glen Alexander and H. Leonard Krouse head the senior class ticket as Independent and Campus candidates for president in the All-College and class elections which entered the second of a three day election period today. The polls will be open from 12:30 to 8 p. m. Despite yesterday’s bad weather, student voting was on par with last year’s first-day balloting, according to Richard C. Peters ’4l, chairman of the Elections Committee. Little electioneering was evident as both parties were forced to conduct their campaigning indoors. 10,000 For Defense; Aid Draft Objectors Dickinson Students Plead Guilty In Forgery Case Carl R. Beutner and George Kirkpatrick, Dickinson College students, were sentenced to pay costs, make restitution, and were placed on probation for one year after they pleaded guilty to charges of forgery before Judge Ivan Walker Monday morning. The students were arrested by State College police on March 1 after they had cashed a $12.50 check and attempted to pass an other for $2O. 5000-Waif Radio Station Studied Sub-committees for the pur pose of drawing up a report on the proposed 5000-Watt radio station were named at a meeting of the Penn State Radio Commit tee last night. This report will be presented to the Board of Trus tees for study. Richard E. Haskell ’42, chair man of the committee, appointed the following chairmen of the sub-committees: Technical, John A. Daelhausen ’42; Program, Ar thur R. Thormann ’43; Publicity, Jeanne E. Ruess ’43; Alumni, Paul J. Leahey ’43. Every school and organization on campus will be contacted in an effort to gather .opinions. In the past three months the com mittee has contacted the 32 col lege stations in the United States and have been studying their, systems. Prof. Gilbert L. Crossley, as sociate professor of electrical en gineering and director of the former Penn State station, WPSCJ and John O. Keller, assistant to the president, also a worker on the first station, have been coop erating with the committee. PRICE THREE CENTS Engineering Program Is Largest In Country; Operates In 50 Cities The College program of engin eering defense training, largest of its kind in the country, is now operating in 50 towns and cities of Pennsylvania and giving in struction to more than 10,000 men, a progress report revealed yesterday. All of the classes are financed by the federal government under a $9,000,000 nation-wide pro gram in which 90 engineering colleges are participating. Most of the colleges conduct classes only on their own campuses. The 10,000 enrollees embraced in yesterdays report represent about one-half of the total being trained by colleges in Pennsyl vania and about one-fifth of the present total for the nation. Practically all of the men en rolled are defense factory work ers who are being “upgraded” by 24 week courses to take over more responsible jobs. They work at their regular jobs during daytime and attend classes three nights a week. A temporary staff of 380 part time instructors, the majority of whom are working engineers by day, are in charge of the Penn State classes, giving instruction in 22 different engineering sub jects. In addition, part-time ad ministrative heads have been hired for the 50 localities, and approximately 60 new clerical, ' supervisory and administrative workers have been added to the College’s extension staff to han dle extra duties connected with the emergency program. “One of the biggest difficulties we have encountered,” said J. O. Keller, assistant to President Ralph D. Hetzel in charge of ex tension, “has been to get deliver ies of text-books, drawing instru ments, and other equipment on short notice. However, delays in supplies have not been allowed to interfere with any classes or deadlines.” Towns and cities in which the largest Penn State emergency classes are located are Pitts burgh, Altoona, Beaver Falls, Clairton, Erie, Greensburg, Har risburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Monessen, Pottsville, Scranton, Sharon, Uniontown, York, Allen town and Williamsport. Advertising Students Plan Philadelphia Trip Advertising students will jour ney to Philadelphia on April 7-9 for their annual field trip spon sored jointly by Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity, and the department of journalism. The schedule of the trip, as announced by Professor Donald W. Davis, faculty adviser of Alpha Delta Sigma, includes visits to the plants of the Phila delphia Bulletin, the Curtis Pub lishing company, the N. W. Ayer and Son advertising agency and to several other organizations in the printing, engraving, and ad vertising field. The Poor Richard Club, nation ally famous Philadelphia adver tising group, has invited the stu dents to attend their weekly luncheon on Tuesday, April 8. Senior advertising students may obtain further details from Ralph S. Routsong Jr., ’4l, Alpha Delta Sigma president.
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