Successor to ihe Free Lance, Established 1887 37—No. 107 Draftees Offered Physical Course; Begins April i 'A- physical fitness defense course to whip prospective con scriptees into good physical shape to withstand the rigors of their year in the draft 'has been an nounced by the School of Phys ical Education. Any student, faculty member, or townsman may enroll in the course, which will start on April 1 and continue until May 23, and those, interested must sign up at the Student Union office in Old Main before April 1. The course will include exer cise and body-building, close order drill, and lectures on . first aid and care of military equip ment. Lieut. Charles A. Prosser, assistant professor of military science and tactics, will take charge of the drill classes. Classes will meet three hours a week, on days suitable to those taking the course,- and will be held between 3, and 5 p.m. and 7 and 8 p. m. Free towels, lockers, and medical examina tions will be given to those who have registered. Glenn N. Thiel, assistant pro fessor of physical education, is chairman of the group selected to supervise the training. Other members are Eugen C. Bischoff, associate professor of physical education, Lloyd M.' Jones, pro fessor of physical education, Charles M. Speidel, physical edu cation instructor and wrestling coach, and Lieutenant. Prosser. The Draft Answers Given To Student Questions Editor's Note: The following questions were submitted by stu dent draft registrants at second semester registration. Answers have been supplied by the Col lege-draft advisory committee, headed by Adrian O. Morse, as sistant to. the president in charge of resident instruction. Question: Is there any occupa tional deferment for students in selected scientific courses? Answer: In general, no. Indi vidual students whose occupa tion is determined by the local board to be “necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety or interest” may be deferred. Q.: If students are called be fore graduaitng from college, what is their standing upon re turn to college? A.; This situation would seem to toe the same as that of a stu dent who drops out of college for a year for some other reason. Q.: If drafted, will we toe able to start with the positions granted us on our ROTC certificates? A.: No. All those called under Selective Service will begin as privates. It is expected that those who have had previous military training and are capable will be • able to accept greater responsi bility Q.: Does the 'fact that I have taken Civilian Pilot Training course help me get in the air .service? _ - A.: It is our understanding that one who has completed the Civil ian Pilot Training course is elgi •ble to apply for an advanced course and that this leads to serv _ ice in military''aviatioh. Q.: Will physical education ■majors be qualified as instructors in the Army? A.: This will depend upon the individual and the need for.such instructors. 53 h? Smlij @ (Mlwjtait Eight Steps Suggested For Student-Faculty Relations Committee Hot On Drums Ray McKinley, star drummer of Will Bradley’s orchestra, will demonstrate his rating as “the drummer's drummer” when he performs-here at Interfraternity Ball, April 4. Bradley Promises Smooth Dancing Although Will Bradley may be the boogiq woogie jazz king, he definitely intends to make “Sweet swing” the theme of his dancing—music at fnterfraternity Ball on April 4, according to a communication from Bradley yesterday, George L. Parrish ’4l has announced. The trombone-playing maes tro, who spends his spare time composing string quartets, has received a varied musical educa tion under such bandleaders as Andre Kostelanetz, Nat Shilkret, Raymond Paige, Freddie Rich, Red Nichols, Ray Noble, and Glenn Miller. Drummer Ray McKinley, be sides being classed as “America’s Greatest Musical Drummer,” sings all of Bradley’s specialty solos. Six-foot Terry Allen and diminutive Lynn Gardner are the other vocalists. Invitations will be priced at $2.50, .according to Parrish, and will be sold at Student Union from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on April 3 and 4. Booth rentals must be made by noon, April 2. Miriam G. Mensch, a Bucknell University student, became the first entry in the IF import con test when she wrote to the com mittee, “It is a bigger thrill to a Bucknell coed to attend the IF Ball as compared to the sissy' af fairs here at Bucknell University, which is considered a social in stitution.” Carpenter Will Speak AftA Lecture Tonight Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, associate professor of .psychol ogy, will speak on “Non-Human Primate Behavior; Its Signifi cance for the Understanding of Human Behavior” at the fifth Liberal Arts lecture in Room 10 Sparks at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Structural differences between the highly developed apes and man, and the relation of brain development to behavior and modes of social adjustment on the non-primate scale will be the main topics presented by Dr. Carpenter. " OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Quick Action Follows Approval By Cabinet Quick action, including the ap pointment of 14 student members and the suggestion of 8 “immed iate activities,” has followed All- College Cabinet’s approval, Tues day night, of a plan to establish a permanent committee on stu dentfaculty relations. As proopsed by the PSCA, the committee will take a survey to determine what is now being done to better relations, will con duct a discussion forum, and will recommend action or take action itself. The eight suggested activities are as follows: 1. Establish a community sing. 2. Expand the Fireside Sessions program. 3. Assist in planning coffee hours and open houses. 4. Establish a permanent hobby room. 5. Plan more student-faculty recreation days, such as were held last September. 6. Start a student-faculty pro gram for living groups. 7. Establish a student-faculty intramural league. 8. Hold a student-faculty ex change day. The committee in charge will consist of two students and one faculty member from each school. Faculty members will be named next week. Names of student members follow: Harry W. Korb,~ _ Jrr ’42' and Clarence E. Kunz ’42, Agricul ture; Vincent N. Hurd ’4l and Ro bert B. Jeffrey ’42, Chemistry and Physics; Jean L. Lininger ’42 and Helen L. Mazur ’42, Education; Walter N. Shambach ’42 and Thomas C. Young ’42, Engineer ings , Mary G. Procter ’42 pnd Char les H. Ridenour ’43, Liberal Arts;. John J. Raves ’42 and Warren H. Williams ’42, Mineral Indus tries; Katherine A. Loesch ’42 and Paul C. Whitmoyer ’4l, Phys ical Education and Athletics. Lyle E. vonWeissenfluh ’4l had an average of 3 in the School of Education last semester instead of 2.82 as previously reported. Weil-Liked Politicians Occupy Four Student Presidencies Tossed up to student presid encies by the All-College elec tions last week were a football captain, an ace boxer, a Corner Room kid, and a fair-haired lad. All widely known, they are about as well-liked as politicians can be among their fellow stu dents. Bob Baird, new All-College prexy, had the distinction of being the youngest CIO lodge president in the country - when he headed the Clairton organiza tion of the Steel Workers Organ ization Committee, Lodge 1557, before he came to college. He’s a top-notch boxer and a varsity debater, besides being a dean’s list student and a hat man. The most thrilling moments in the 1940 football season were provided by Len Krouse, who succeeds himself as leader of the 1942 class, when he snatched a pass right from the midst of a group of Syracuse gridders and Average Corrected Tribunal To Decide r 45 Class Customs Tonight Customs for next year’s fresh men will be decided upon at Tri bunal’s meeting at 7:30 o’clock tonight in Room 302 Old Main, it was announced by W. Lewis Cor bin ’4l, present head of Tribunal. At the end of the meeting, Corbin will be finished as Tri bunal’s chairman, and Raymond E. Leffler ’42, next year’s chair man, will take over his duties. Other members on next year’s Tribunal have not as yet been announced. Riding Club Buys 4 Saddle Horses Four horses purchased for the new riding club will arrive in State College tomorrow and be displayed by experienced riders in the Stock Judging Pavilion at 2 p. m. Saturday. Purchased in Philadelphia, the horses have been approved by Dr. James F. Shigley, professor of veterinary science. Designs for a barn to be erect ed on campus are being drawn up and will be considered. by College authorities. If approv ed, the plans will be submitted to the executive committee of the Board of Trustees at their meeting March 28. Temporarily, club members have arranged for the horses to be kept in town stables. Club membership for the re mainder of the semester will be $l5. This entitles riders to two hour-and-a-half rides each week and three weekly instruction per iods. Xollege Representatives Asked To Washington WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 20 —(IW P ) The Pennsylvania State College will be invited next week to name representative stu dents to participate in the 1941 Institute' of Government in Washington, it was announced here today. The National Institute of Pub lic Affairs and the U. S. Office of Education, sponsors of the five-day institute to begin April 14, said 50 to 75 outstanding stu dents are expected to participate in the program, which will in clude informal round-table dis cussions with leading government officials and visits to Congress and committee hearings. dashed across the goal line for a tying touchdown. Said “The Hig,” “I don’t see how he did it. We’ll have to wait for the movies of the game to find out.” Hig looked at the movies. He still doesn’t see how. “Bus” Blakeslee, new junior prexy, is a popular boy with studies and coeds alike. Bus doesn’t seem like a politician— right*now he aspires to be a box ing “first.” Whenever there’s a Sigma Phi Epsilon intramural team in action you can identify Bus as the blond sparkplug of the outfit. A phototype of Arnie Laich, his Comer Room colleague, Smil ing Jack Grey, new sophomore head, has a greeting for every body and hopes to follow Arnie’s footsteps to the All-College prexy post. Arnie started, too, with the Corner and the sophomore pres idency. WEATHER— Fair, Rising j Temperatures. j PRICE THREE CENTS IFC Dissatisfied With Penalties On House Dating Apparently dissatisfied with the present method of meting out dating code penalties, members of Interfraternity Council last night set up a committee to con fer with the IFC’s Judiciary Committee on the problem of en forcement. Several proposed changes in next fall’s rushing code were also discussed. Although they agreed with the code itself, several members felt that it was unfair to have a whole fraternity suffer for the mistakes of a few in breaking the dating code. Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, IFC adviser, pointed out that if indi vidual fraternities would punish their members breaking the code, it would eliminate much grief, and would be acceptable to IFC’s Judiciary Committee. H. Edward Wagner, head of IFC, appointed the following committee to work with the Ju dicial group on the problem of enforcement: William E. Fowler ’4l, chairman, Thomas G. Rob inson ’4l, Robert B. Gammon ’43, John R. McCracken ’4l, and Ar thur; H. Shapiro ’42. According to Thomas T. Ains worth ’4l, head of the rushing code committee, the suggested rushing set-up is substantially the same as last fall’s, that of a liberal rushing code. Under the proposed system summer rush ing would end at 7 p. m., Septem ber 8, and a rushee may not be pledged until after 5:30 p. m., September 11. Rushing parties outside the borough are also pro hibited. Oldest Petroleum Still In Western Hemisphere Exhibited In Ml Museum The oldest relic of Pennsyl vania oil refining, a still invent ed in 1854, will be placed on dis play in the museum of the School of Mineral Industries today after brief ceremonies. This oldest petroleum refinery in the western hemisphere, in vented by Samuel Kier, ante dates by five years the more widely known -accomplishment of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, who is credited with inventing the first well in the world drilled for oil. The Kier invention, which un til recent months was rusting and disused in a Salina brick plant, -will be restored according to old records under the super vision of Dean Edward Steidle. Along with Drake’s develop ment of. a drilling method, the still made possible the billion dollar industry underlying much of modern transportation and heating. To Kier and Drake must go the credit for obtaining oil directly from the earth rather than through the second ary materials, coal and oil, the sources utilized by most of their predecessors. Books To Be Reprinted T\*o books—“ Machine Design.” written by Prof. L. J. Bradford of the College and Prof. P. D. Eaton of Lafayette, and “Kine matics,” written by Prof. G. L. Guillet of the College— will be reprinted this spring following a successful four-edition printing last fall. Delta Sigs Entertain Delta Sigma Phi entertained Alpha Omicron Pi at dinner last night.
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