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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.
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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
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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.