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The Free Lane',
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VOL. 38—No.
3 Hal Societies
'Choose 21 Men
for Activities
Three College hat societies—
Skull and Bones, Parmi Nous, and
Druids—tapped 27 initiates yes
terday and are now conducting
informal initiations.
Skull and Bones, with nine ini
tiates, began haLing last night.
Initiates are required to wear bur
lap jackets bearing "cross-bones"
on the back and front, in addition
to wearing bones tied around their
necks. All. Skull and Bone initi
ates must report to Old Main at
1 p. m. today, according to Charles
P. Mattern '42, president.
Skull and Bone initiates include
Boxing Coach Leo Houck, honor. :
ary member; James E. Hartman
'42, track manager; Thomas J.
Henson '42,• IFC president and
swimming manager; William S.
Hill '42, baseball; Robert B. Jeff
rey '42, general activities; Robert
R. Mall '42 ) . lacrosse manager;
Joseph T. Reichwein '42, La Vie
editor: Richard N Stevenson '42,
Student Tribunal; Robert F. Wil-
Son '42, general activities.
Parmi Nous , tapped Herschel D.
Baltimore '43, basketball; Charles
E. Fairchild '43, golf; Leonard 0.
Fresco - 1n '43, track; James E. Got
wals '43, lacrosse; Maurice W.
Lundelius '43, tennis; Bernard A.
Plesser '43, track; Robert F. Ra
min '43, basketball; Charles E.
Raysor '42, football; Kenneth D.
Schoonover '43, track and foot
ball; William M. Ziegenfus '42,
lacrosse.
DruidsTaiipe - d - Tiikrit - Melt• -Har
old L. Zimmerman '44, president,
has reqUested that they report to
Old Main at 12:45 p. m. today.
Initiation will take place begin
ning Tuesday at 7 p. m.
The Druid initiates are Theo
dore H. Cauffman '44, baseball;
Robert M. Faloon '44, track; Law
rence E. Faries '44. lacrosse; Allen
S, Hendler '44, tennis•; Charles W.
Continued on page Four
All NYA Students Must
6el Blanks From Deans
Students on approved NYA lists
~ . who have not collected federal
blanks from their ,•espective deans'
offices must do so at once, Frank
E. Whiting, NYA office manager,
announced last . night.
Answered blanks must be re
turned by mail from the student's
home to the College NYA office,
.308 Old Main, before the student
may lake the oath of allegiance
which will be administered Mon
day and Tuesday. Work will be
gin next Wednesday. •
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MOSCOW -- Official Russian
communiques last night said that
German advances on' the eastern
front were practically at a stand
still, and that Russian troops had
wiped out an entire German
mechanized regiment, . The bulle
tin also claimed that 68 Nazi war
planes were destroyed along with
many tanks and armored divi-
sions.
LONDON—German air raiders
‘9ieavily bombed the northeast
coast of England last night in.an
swer to Winston Churchill's
claims that the Reich is suffering
from loss of stir power. Churchill
also warned the British that in
vasion attempts are still possible.
WASHINGTON President
• Roosevelt in a press conference
• yesterday, again vowed to pro
tect American war supplies to
Great Britain.
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Colgate Tickets Available
Today At Athletic Office
Tickets for the Penn State-Col
gate football game in Buffalo's
Civic stadium on Saturday will be
on sale at the Athletic Association
ticket office in Old Main today
and tomorrow from 8 a. m. to
noon and from 1:30 p. m. to 5 p. m.
All tickets are priced at $3.30.
Seats are in a special Penn State
section between the 30 and 50
yard lines. Over 600 tickets have
already been purchased by stud
ents and alumni and 150 are still
available.
5,000 Expected
At Football Rally
Under the light of a • blazing
bonfire, 5,000 students are expect
ed to mass, on the Jordan Fertility
Plots at 8 p. m. tomorrow
for a pep rally, which will
serve as a' prelude to the Lions'
1941 football opener at Colgate
Saturday.
Highlights of tile rally will be
the Blue Band's debut in their
new uniforms, and talks.by Coach
Bob Higgins, Captain Len Krouse
'42, Gerald F. Dilherty '42, All-
College president, and William . F.
Finn '42, football manager. Dur
ing the program,.members of the
football team will be introduced,
and cheerleaders will lead the
students in songs and cheers.
In addition to compulsory at
tendance at the rally, all freshmen
Must also appear at" The Corner"
•at. 7. a. m. Friday morning to par
ticipate kirr - tne -- teatii - sen - crz - oir, - .-ae
cording to Raymond F. Leffler '42,
chairman of Student TribUnal.
Tomorrow night's rally, which
will be conducted in much the
same manner as the Pitt pep meet
ing last fall, is sponsored by the
-College hat societies, with Charles
r. Mattern '42, president 'of Skull
and HoneS, acting as general
chairman.
Other members of the commit
tee include: Doherty; Finn; Ross
B. Lehman. '42, editor of The Daily
Collegian; William Murphy '43,
president of Blue Key; William 0.
Meyers '42, boxing manager;
George Pittinger 44, president of
Friars; Elden T. Shaut '42, presi
dent of IMA; and Harold L. Zim
merman, president of Druids.
About 50 Students
Join Riding Club
Of the • 70 students and faculty
members who attended the Riding
Club's organization meeting last
night, approximately 50 signed up
for :membership for the coming
semester.
All students that did not attend
last night's meeting and are inter
ested in applying for membership
should do so at Student Union at
once. All fees should also be paid
at Student Union.
The club now owns four horses,
equipment, and a stable which will
accommodate ,12 horses. Ray M.
Conger, instructor in charge of re
creation, explained that there are
two types of membership: the $lO
fee which entitles students to two
instruction periods a week, and
the $l5 fee which includes as well
outside riding when the student
becomes proficient.
Hours of instruction will be defi
nitely announced at the next meet
ing in the Livestock Pavilion at 7
p. m. Monday.
No Tribunal Meeting
The regular meeting of Student
Tribunal will not be held tonight,
it has been announced by the
chairman, Raymond F. Leffler '42.
The next meeting will .be held
next Wednesday.
OF THE-PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Blue Band Leaves
For Buffalo
Friday Morning
Penn State's famous Blue Band,
80 men strong, will leave at 9
o'clock Friday morning in a con
voy of three buses for the Colgate
football game at Buffalo on Satur
day.
The "boys in Blue" are prepar
ing for the trip with practice
,ses
sions scheduled for this afternoon,
tomorrow afternoon and night, and
Friday morning.
Director Hummel Fishburn, who
usually conducts the band at all
grid engagements, will not make
the trip. In his place, Frank Gullo,
assistant 'professor of music, will
take over the musical direction of
the organization.
Band members making the trip
are:
Royy S. Boyce '42, Andrew C.
Coyle '43, Victor V. Dimeo '43, Jack
M. Elliman '42, Frank Garafalo '44,
R. Hagerty '45, Martin H. Knutsen
'43, George L. Langdon '43, John
K. Lord '44, Charles F. Maclay '43,
G. P. Washko '45, Myron S. Wheel
er '42, Richard R. Angstadt '42,
Robert K. Cochrane '44, Joseph P.
Gavenonis '43, James A. Harter '44,
Eugene 0. Keefer '43, Lawrence
V. Rubright '44, John F. Beck '42.
R. T. Crowers '45, Alfred -R. Gil
bert '42, Albert A. Zimmer '43, Jos
eph L. Boscov '44, Edward T. Cher
vak '44, W. B. Leisey '45, Lawrence
E. Melhuish '44, Herbert F. Turn
bull- '43, !Herman R. Weed '44, Wil
lard E. Dellicker '44, Walter D.
Helsel '42, Walter C. James '42, W.
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'42, Elwood F. Giver '44, Richard E.
Warner '44, R. Troxell '45, Jack B:
Israel '44, Edward R. Pollock '43.
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CPT Applications
Due Tomorrow
. Applications for the College
sponsored Civil Pilot Training
course will not be accepted after
5 p. m. tomorrow, Co-ordinator R.
0. Wickersham, professor of aer
nautical engineering, disclosed yes-
terday.
Students between the ages of 19
and 26 who have completed at least
one year of college work are elig
ible to take the course and may ap
ply at 208 Wain Engineering.
Training will consist of 35 hours
of flight instruction at the. State
College Air Depot and 72 hours of
ground school on the campus.
Ground school will include civil
air regulations, aerial navigation,
Meteorology, and airplane and en
gine "trouble shooting."
Those who complete the course
will receive private pilot's licenses,
which allows them to carry pas
sengers and fo fly any place in the
United States.
Thespians' Frosh Show. Cancelled
But Waring Will Still Dedicate Song
Although the Thespians' fresh- ing during the summer as the
man revue, "Hits and Bits of opener on his 45-minute stage
Known Skits," has been cancelled, show, given after each night's
Fred Waring will still dedicate a broadcast.
musical number to the class of '45 Freshmen leaving last night's
on his radio program at 7 o'clock mass meeting in Schwab Auditor
tomorrow night. ium signed !I petition thanking
The Thespians' show was called Fred Waring for his telegram
off because of conflicts in the which announced the dedication
schedule for use of Schwab Audi- and extended his "best wishes to
torium. The revue may be given the class of '45." -
at a later date. Before the cancellation of the
Waring's song will be "The Hot freshman show it was intended to
Dog Man," written by James A. use the broadcasted dedication as
Leyden, Jr., '42. It was the hit the opening number on the pro
number of last spring's Thespian . gram, with a . radio on stage bring
production, "The Joint's Jump- ing the. Waring show to freshman
in'," and has been used by War- in the auditorium.
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monies conducted by Raymond F.
ON THE SIDELINES—When the Leffler '42, chairman of. Student
Blue Band struts its stuff in Buff-
Tribunal, Cabinet heard reports
alo's Civic Stadium Saturday, Di
of business carried over from last
rector Hummel Fi - 3hburn will not year. William 0. Meyers '42,
be in his usual post at the head was appointed by President Do
of the marchers. Professor Frank
herty to represent Cabinet in the
Gull' is taking over Fishburn's Chapel fund dispute
assignment on the 'Colgate trip
18 New Names
Raise IF( Total
Twenty-egiht additional pledges
have been reported iby Interfrater
nity Council since the close of the
official pledging period, last Wed-
nesday noon. Added to the record
breaking 585 pledges taken in dur
ing the regular period these 28 ad
ditional pledges bring the total to
63.3.
The list of new pledges follows: also made that Cabinet should ask
Acacia—John J. Jaffurs, and G. the College Senate to change the
Alpha Sigma Phi--William Bur- prial fee, since most .. of this ,lee
leigh. eventually becomes part of the
Alpha Tau Omega Alfred class gift each year
Campdon, Lawrence D. Little Jr.,
W. E. Pallman Jr., and W. W.
Thompson.
Delta Theta Sigma George
Espy, Fred W. Jaeger, and Donald
Rush
Gamma Sigma Phi—Morris Bor
teck, Bernard Cohen, • Saul Hanin,
and Gilbert Weinberger.
Kappa Delta Rho—Charles Ar
nold.
Phi Kappa Sigma Welling
Groul.
Phi Kappa Tau Merikin Ras
mussen.
Phi Sigma Kappa Joseph Ap
pleton.
Pi Kappb. Alpha George W.
Warner, and Eugene Wood.
Sigma Phi Alpha Joseph D.
Bardon Jr.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Lutz.
Sigma Pi William Boyd,
Michael L. Monack; and Thomas B.
Wheatley.
Scholarship Awarded
The Coca-Cola scholarship of
$68.50 was awarded to Dorothy M.
Boring '44. Recommendations
were made through WSGA Senate
aid the dean of women's office.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Doherty Starts
Reign As New
Student Leader
When Gerald F. Doherty '42,
took the oath of office last night
at Cabinet meet:ng, he became
the first vice-president to suc
ceed to the office of All-College
president since the beginning of
student self-government at Penn
State: He replaces Robert D.
Baird, ex-'42, who is now in the
Naval Air Corps.
Following installation cere-
Present plans for settling the
dispute call for a poll to be con
ducted during Chapel on five suc
cessive Sundays
,between October
12 and December 7. Under the
direction of College Chaplain
John H. Frizz.2ll, the poll will de
termine whether Chapel collec-
tions shall continue to be sent en-
tirely to Lingnan University in
China, or whether part of the col
lection shall be used for local
charity.
Cabinet approved
. the $375
grant made by the Interclass Fi
nance Board for sending the Blue
Band to the Colgate football garrie
Saturday. Recommendation was
Record If Dinner
Turnout Seen
"With a large number of fra
ternities having already submit
ted reservation lists, a record at
tendance for this year's Interfra
ternity Pledge . Banquet seems
very likely," Robert F. Wilson '42,
chairman of the affair, announced
yesterday.
Both the banquet hall and an
nex of the Nittany Lion Inn have
been reserved for the dinner
Sunday, October 5 to provide am
ple room for an expected attend
ance of over 400.
William
Paul R. Campbell '3O, State
College attorney, has accepted the
invitation to act as toastmaster.
Mr. Campbell, a member of the
Delta Chi fraternity and Pi Lamb
da Sigma honorary fraternity, was
also vice-president of the PSCA
while in college.
Fraternities must submit their
reservation lists to 304 Old Main
by 5 o'clock this afternoon. Fra
ternities wishing to submit reser
vation blanks after the deadline
today must contact James J. Ratti
itin '43, at Theta Kappa Phi fra
ternity.
Ritenour Asks Students
To Defer Extra Trips
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, director
of the College health service, has
requested that during the current
outbreak of infantile paralysis
students stay on campus as much
as possible and not run the risk of
exposure by going into other areas
of the state.
Completely in agreement with
this suggestion, both A. R. War
nock, Dean of Men, and Charlotte
E. Ray, Dean of Women, have
stressed the importance stu
(dents to defer unnecessary trips
home and elsewhere until later.
WEATHER
Cloudy with
Light Showers