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VOL. 37—No. 123
Defense Priority
Causes Cancelling
Of Blazer Order
"Junior Blazers will not be
available this year," William 0.
Meyers '42, blazer chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
"Because of the governments'
need of blazer material for the
war-time production in which
this country is now engaged, we
have - been unable to have our
order filled anywhere."
Although the committee had a
contract signed for the produc
tion of the blazers, the company
was forced to cancel it, due to
the priority of the government
orders for the same material.
Money will be refunded to
more than 100 juniors who placed
their blazer deposits upon pre
sentation of their receipts at the
Athletic Store.
Attempts to Piave the blazers
made by other companies were
made by the committee, but the
government needs have made it
impossible for any company to
fill the junior blazer order.
"We made long-distance calls
over half the United States,"
Meyers stated, "but no concern
could give us a guarantee for the
blazers to be here in less than
three months."
The blazers were to have sold
for $5.50 in either a sport coat or
lounging jacket style.
LA Students Gel
Job Interviews
Job interviews for Seniors and
juniors in the School' of Liberal
Arts are being obtained with
business -men who have contact
ed the school concerning employ
ment of graduating students.
Henry B. Young, assistant pro
fessor of English Composition, is
acting for the office of Dean
Charles W. Stoddart in arranging
for the interviews under a new
program.
Seniors specializing in Ac
counting and Finance are pro
curing interviews through Carl
W. Hasek, head of the depart
ment of Commerce and Finance.
Cooperating with Professor
Young in acquiring interviews
for Seniors in their particular
departments are' the heads of the
departments of the school.
'Lillie International'
Slated For Saturday
The twenty-sixth annual Little
International Livestock Exposi
tion, with 86 men . and women_
students fitting and showing
sheep, beef cattle, swine and
draft horses, will be held in the
Stock Judging Pavilion at 12:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Under the care of student sup
erintendents animals for the
show were fitted and trained.
Official judges for the exposi
tion this year are Prof. H. A.
.Willman, assistant professor of
the animal husbandry extension
at - Cornell University, and E. P.
Fowler, Montour county agent.
Both of these men are graduates
of the animal husbandry depart
ment at the College.
Boards To Meet
Collegian sophomore and jun
ior editorial boards and freshmen
editorial candidates will meet in
Room. 312 at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The freshman meeting ordinarily
scheduled for tonight is can
celled.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Captivates Artists' Course Audience
Blonde Anna Kaskas, reknowned contralto of the Metropolitan
Opera Association, thrilled a capacity audience in the final Artists
Course number in. Schwab Auditorium last night. Immediately
after the concert, she boarded a plane for New Orleans where she
will rejoin the Opera Company.
Anna Kaskas, Blonde Contralto,
Reveals-Superstitions And Peeves
By GORDON COY
Only several minutes before,
she had thrilled an enthusiastic
audience in Schwab Auditorium
last night with a final encore,
"The Lord's Prayer" by Handel.
Nov blonde Anna Kaskas, con
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera
Association, was busily jotting
down a few briefs words on the
program of each autograph seek
er.
As she sat there smiling, jok
ing and adding a personal touch
to each autograph, Miss Kaskas
seemed to be bothered with only
one thing—"ls it still raining
outside," she queried several
times as she glanced up at Stuart
Ross, her accompanist last night
for the first time.
When asked concerning her
pet superstition, Miss Kaskas,
hesitated a moment, then replied,
"I always wear a cross during
each concert. Without it, I feel
there is something lacking. Fun
ny, isn't it?"
She claims to have a pet peeve,
too. When she places an order
over the house phone at hotels,
the operators insist on answering
—yes, sir. "That's what I get for
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Students Invited To
Government Convention
All students wishing to attend
the annual Intercollegiate Con
ference on Government in Har
risburg Friday and Saturday are
invited to attend the meeting of
the Penn State delegation in
Room 412 Old Main at 7 p.m. to
morrow.
Leading Penn State's group to
the conference, centered this
year about a model state legisla
ture, will be John M. Capozzola
'42 and John M. Byerly '4l. M.
Nelson McGeary and Dr. Jacob
Tanger of the political science
department are faculty advisers.
Excuses for a bsent e from
classes will be provided.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
McDowell To Testify
Milton S. McDowell, agricul
ture extension director, will ap
pear before the special House
committee investigating the ex
tension service and the State Soil
Conservation Board in Harris
burg at 9:30 this morning, ac
cording to Rep. Clayton D. Moul
(Dem., York), chairman of the
'committee.
Lehman Chosen Daily Collegian Editor; Stiles,
McCaughey Head Women, Business Staffs
Ross B. Lehman was named editor of the 1941-42 Daily
Collegian at the annual senior board elections banquet in the Hotel
State College Sunday evening. James E. McCaughey '42 will be
business manager, Jeanne C. Stiles, women's editor, and John A.
Baer, managing editor.
Pictured above are—sitting, left to right: Margaret L. Embury,
women's business manager; Alice M. Murray, women's feature edi
tor; R. Helen Gordon, women's sports editor; Miss Stiles; A. Pat
Nagelberg, sports editor; William J. McKnight, feature editor; Leh
man and Baer.
Standing are McCaughey; Thomas W. Allison, circulation man
ager; Fay E. Rees, assisimnt office secretary; Stanley J. PoKempner,
news editor; and Paul M. Goldberg, credit manager. Virginia Ogden,
office secretary, was absent when the picture was taken.
Adam A. Smyser, retiring editor, was presented with a ring
and Vera L. Kemp, present women's editor, a pen and pencil set.
by the new senior board. A wallet from the business staff was pre
sented to Lawrence Driever, business manager. The new senior
board will assume its duties next Tuesday. when the present offi
cials retire for,the year;
Hetzel Offers College
Cooperation In Defense
PHA Talk Postponed;
Lecturer Here Soon
Postponement of the final
speech in the "After War—
What?" lectures, sponsored by
the PSCA, was made when Dr.
W. Emory Hartman, former pas
tor of the Westley Foundation,
was detained in Carlisle. A new
lecture date will be announced
soon.
Dr. Hartman's discussion was
originally scheduled for the Home
Economics auditorium at 8:15
o'clock this evening.,
The "Role of Religion and
Religious Institution in World
Reorganization" will be Dr. Hart
man's theme when he visits the
campus. He will analyze the con
tribution of religion to the world
future.
Refilling Of Old
Library Started
Contractors began work on
Carnegie Hall yesterday as plans
for the alteration of the old li
brary and the Agricultural Ex
periment Station got under way.
The buildings are expected to be
completely refitted for occupan
cy next September.
Carnegie Hall, formerly Car
negie Library, will be occupied
by the departments of music,
journalism, and military science
and tactics. Additional space
will, be. assigned to the Collegian,
Froth, and Portfolio which will
move from the student publica
tions rooms in Old Main.
The Agricultural Experiment
Station will house the work in
agriculture correspondence, rur
al education, agricultural eco
nomics, and wildlife research.
The reassignment of space in
the Experiment Station will be
made possible by the moving of
some activities to the new agri
culture buildings erected by the
General State Authority. The
experiment •station is one of the
oldest buildings on the campus.
Weather—
=;M
Warmer
PRICE THREE CENTS
10,000 Trained Workers
At Disposal Of State
Complete cooperation of the
College national defense program
has been offered to the Penn
sylvania Council of Defense by
President Ralph D. Hetzel in a
recent letter to Gov. Arthur H.
James.
In a offer to correlate the Col
lege's present defense activities
with the committee's program,
President Hetzel wrote, "Please
command us for such service as
you think we can helpfully
render."
Penn State's engineering train
ing program, involving more than
10,000 students and adults, is the
largest of the 90 colleges par
ticipating in defense instructions.
Other projects, already under
way include Army and Navy re
search projects, civilian pilot
training, emergency instruction
for 30 Naval Reserve officers and
30 civilians, and the grooming of
150 seniors for possible Army
and Navy commissions.
President Hetzel pointed out
that an increase in the number
of students that the College can
admit next fall will be necessary
to fill vacancies in upperclasses.
Due to selective service and the
need of guaranting a maximum
use of facilities in order to supply
sufficient trained gradutes, the
College must offset upperclass
losses.
Research contracts assigned to
faculty specialists by the Army
and Navy lead other campus de
fenSe projects in importance.
Present enrollees in the civilian
pilot training, in progress a year
and a half, bring the total trained
at Penn State to 120.
Ground school instruction at
nine of 12 non-College pilot
training centers in the state is
provided by Extension Services
of the College.
Another group of thirty Naval
Reserve officers will arrive here
next month for Deisel training in
engineering laboratories to, take
care of the demand for engine
technicians.
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BATON ROUGE An army
plane crashed 12 miles north of
here, killing two student fliers,
Albert Fisher of Hammond, 111.
and Elmer Gibbons of New York
City.
BERLIN—A Nazi communique
admitted that German troops are
mobilized on the Spanish frontier
for an anticipated attack on Gib
raltar.
OTTAWA President Roose
velt will visit here sometime be
tween May .10 and 15 for a con
ference with Canadian officials,
the Canadian government has an
nounced.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
National League
New York 7, Brooklyn 5
Boston 8, Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati - Chicago, cold
weather.
American League
New York 14, Philadelphia 4
Washington 6, Boston 5
Chicago - St. Louis, cold
weather.
St. Louis
weather
Cleveland, cold