Successor To
The .Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 18—No. 11
Nationwide Network—One• of the four coeds pfctured above
will be named Monday to sing with. Phil Spitalny's "flour Of Charm"
orchestra over a nationwide network on Sunday, October 12. They
are finalists in auditions held at Schwab Auditorium last Monday.
Left to right, they are Miriam L. Rhein '43, Betty Platt '45, Shirley
Louise Ives '45, and Ruth B. Davey '45.
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Upperclgs - Fees Due By 5 O'clock Tonight
The last opportunity for payment of fees by seniors, juniors, and
sophomores will be today, Russel E. Clark, College bursar has an
nounced. Booths in the .Armory will be open from 9 a. m. to sp. m.
continuously.
Payment should be made at 10 alphabetically listed windows as
rollows: A-Bit, Bla-Cry, Cub-Fre, Fri-Her, Hes-Kou, Kov-Mat, Mau-
Pin, Pip-Sga, Sha-Tra, and Tre-Zur. A. A. books will be distributed
at special windows. The usual penalty of $5 for late- payment will
go. into' effect when the booths close tonight.
150 Expected To Attend Annual Accounting Clink
Approximately 150 accountants are expected to register for the
fourth annual accounting clinic which will be held on the campus
this afternoon and tomorrow morning under the sponsorship of the
Harrisburg chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Ac
countants. Students taking Commerce 42, 45, or 46 will attend some
oi—the sessions. Subjects to he discussed include inc .me tax returns,
municipal financial statements, installment accounting problems, and
retail inventory methods.
College Debaters Meet Scranton Today
Thomas J. Burke '42,.and William E. Harkins '42, will accompany
Debate Coach J. F. O'Brien to Harrisburg today where they will op
pose Scranton University in a demonstration debate before the
Pennsylvania Speech Association meeting.
Debaters will participate in two other activities next week when
a smoker 'will be conducted for all men interested in college debat
ing at the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity on Monday. The second activity
will be. 'a preliminary meeting for all men interested in trying out
f6r the debate squad at 7 p. m. Wednesday in 316 Sparks Building.
Radio Station Seeks Student Operators
All students - holding a radio operator's license are urged to apply
at once for positions as assistant operators of the College radio sta
tion WBYA and the Army control station WLMA, Gilbert L. Crossley,
assistant professor of electrical engineering, announced yesterday.
Written applications, which are due no later than Sunday, should
contain certain information concerning applicant's experience, sta
tion call letters of own amateur station, and the grade of license.
750-Pound College Boar Drafted-
But Not Into Uncle Sam's Army
LyliWood Advance, a 3-year-old
Berkshire boar at the College
barns, is a proud little piggy these
days—.for he's been drafted. His
number, 3-7-7-4-9-1, has come up.
But Lynwood will not join -the
armed forces of Uncle Sam. His
call is into the service of the Lyn
wod Farms, Carmel, Indiana, about
six Miles north of Indianapolis.
The call came by long distance
telephone halfway across the
United States, and it got Prof.
Mark A. McCarty, department of
animal husbandry, out of bed.
Professor McCarty has charge
of the pigs at the College and
Lynwood ... Farms wanted to get
back their . prodigal son, • which
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FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, STATE COLLEGE, FA
was sold .to the College three years
ago.
This pig, Lynwood Advance, was
daddy_ to the major portion of the
claSs of 10 pigs that won the
sweepstakes prize for the 10 best
carcasses at the 1939 Inteimational
Livestock Exposition, Chicago. In
1941 he put on a repeat perform
ance by being daddy to the 10 pigs
who won the sweepstakes prize
for the class of 10 on foot as well
as the best class of 10 carcasses.
It will cost about s‘Bo to ship this
750 pounds of pr6ud porker on its
600 mile journey. A specially con
structed crate will be the new
home of Lynwood Advance while
he makes his long railroad trip to
Indiana this week.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Senate Abolishes
Mid-Year Recess
Elimination of the mid-year re
cess and a two-day reduction of
the final examination period were
decided by the College Senate yes
terday as they approved a proposed
calendar designed to compensate
for the week lost by postponement
of the opening of college.
Professor J. C. Tanger, chairman
of the Senate Committee on Calen-
A dar, stated that all other holidays
would remain the same length as
last year's.
The new calendar provides for
final examinations to begin at 8
a. m. on Monday, January 26. Mid
year commencement exercises will
be held on Friday, January 30. Of
ficially, the first semester will end
at 11:50 a. m., Saturday, January
31 and registration for second
semester will fall on Monday and
Tuesday, February 2 and 3.
Tan'ger explained, "The Commit
tee, in arriving at this recommen
dation to eliminate mid-semester
recess and shorten the exam per
iod, considered it important not to
extend the school year further into
June beCause defense • demands
make it desirable that students
complete ,their college training as
soon as possible.
"A reduction in the nunber of
days set aside for final examina
tions in the new calendar will ne
cessitate the return to the two
hour period this semester instead
of the three-hour sessions given
last year."
Grant Annoitnces _
160 Choir Voices
Following highly selective tests
given this week, 160 students-58
female and 102 male voices—have
been chosen by Director Richard
W. Grant to sing in this year's
College choir.
Students selected are as folloWs:
First Soprano—Martha Albert
'43, Joyce. Ash '45, Joan Baker '45,
Frances Brown '44, Jane Brugler
'43, Ruth Embury '45, Anne Gar
ber '45, Shirley Ives '45, Marie
Lesh '45, Jane Ludwig '44, La-
Verne Ludwig '45, Jane McChes
ney '45, Ann Morris '43, Joanne
Palmer '42, Marie Parker '45,
Margery Plyler '43, Rhoda Ruth
'44, Phyllis Schluderberg '42, Ilse
Springer '42, Joyce Strope '44,
Doris Taylor '44, Martha Tobias
'43, Margaret Waddell '44, and
Jane Windle '44.
Second Soprano—Anna Civitts
'42, Margaret Cupp '45, Ruth Dav
ey '43, Lois Dosch '44, Jean Hersh
berger '43, Betty Lindemuth '43,
Virginia Manley '45, Jacqueline
Schafer '43, and Kathryn Walker
'42.
First Alto—Mildred Austry '42,
Eleanor Crawley '44, Alice
DruMm '45, Evelyn Godfrey '45,
Dorothy Jennings '44, Marian
Jones '43, Helen Keefauver '44,
Anita Knecht '42, Jean Miller '45,
Grace Nesbitt '43, Betty Platt '45,
Helen Schmeltz 44, Mona Shobli
'45, Natalie Siebert '43, and Mar-
Continued on page Four
Students To Play Profs
At Ag-Home Ec Picnic
A battle of youth versus wis
dom in a student-faculty mushball
game will be one of the principal
features at the Ag-ilome Ec Pic
nic - scheduled for Hort Woods at
2 p.m. tomorrow.
The Interclass Finance Board
will sponsor free picnic lunch to be
served at 5:30 p.m. All those in
attendance will also receive free
tickets for admission to the Ag-
Home Ec Mixer in Eec Hall from
Q to 12 p.m. tomorrow night.
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SIGNS BAND Jack' R. Grey,
sophomore class president, an
nounced yesterday" that Jan SO
itt and his Top Hatters have 'been
signed to play for Soph Hop.
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Savitt 'Signed
For Soph Hop
Jan Savitt and tiffs Top Hatters,
who , "ated above Gene \ Krupa in
a recent student poll,, were signed
yesterday to play for Soph Hop
Friday night, November 7. Danc
ing will be in Rec Hall from 9
p. m. to 2 a. m., according to Jack
R. Grey, sophomore class presi
dent.
Although Savitt was tentatively
signed over a week ago, final ar
rangements were delayed to en
able a possible booking of Glen
Gray, Harry James, or Krupa, Coath Bob Higgins told the pep
should_nne_of_these_lieenme_avail,—allv..pnl-himiaßtchar_,,_thr,..th4..,,
-isle - within - 10 - days.. Krupa an student body has a better team
Savitt were the only "name" spirit than the oldtimers,' and
bands with open dates, so Savitt attributed the 1939 football vie
was ~igned at a cost - Of $1,250. "tort' over Pitt as a result of the
Admission to the dance will be Pitt rally that year.
$3.85 per, couple. Capain Krouse spoke as a re-
Following the plan introduced presentative of the team and said,
by the Student Union Board, Soph "We're not going to Colgate for
Hop will be held jointly with fall Continued on page Four •
houseparty in order to offset
dance financial losses an sav n
money for fraternity social d
bud-
Reservations Complete
Student Faculty Group
Meets For First Time;
Considers 3.Projects
An attempt to beak down walls nounced last night.
of misunderstanding and establish A record reservation list of 470
a clearing house for student-facul- peldges will fil lthe 'banquet hall
ty interests gained strength last and annex of the Inn.
night as the Student-Faculty Com
mittee met for the first tune with OnUMINIMINIMMUMMIHMINHO
All-College backing as granted by
Cabinet. Late News
Committees were named to in
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all-year-round Community Sing,
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and the functioning of the faculty
advisory system. —Story on Page 3
The Committee is composed of
two students and one faculty
member from each school. Mem-
bers are: Frank Flynn '43, and
Mrs. Tiarriet Nesbitt, co-chairmen;
Thomas C. Young '42, Walter N.
Shambach '42, and Maclean M.
Babcock, Engineering; Jean L.
Lininger '42, Helen L. Mazur '42,
and Clarence R. Carpenter, Edu
cation; Clarence E. Kunz '42,
Harry W. Korb, Jr., and Ernest
W. Callenbach, Agriculture; Mary
Gene Proctor '42, Flynn, and Mrs.
Nesbitt, Liberal Arts
'John' J. Raves '42, Warren H
Williams '42, and Chesleigh A. LONDON—Sugar rations have
Bonine, Mineral Industries; Kath- been boosted 25. per cent due to
erine A. Loresch '42, Charles H. increased supplies from the 'United
Ridenour '43, and Eugene C. Bis- States, although clothing rations
choff, Physical Education; Robert have been cut one third.
B. Jeffry '42, and Harry L. Van-
Velzer, Physics and Chemistry; WASHINGTON— President
Col. Ambrose R. Ardery, depart- Roosevelt remains undecided con
meat of military science and tac- cerning the pending changes in the
tics; Andrew P. Szekely '43, Doro- Neutrality Act and as a result he
thy L. Shaw '42, and D. Ned Line- will discuss the issue with Con
gar, ex-officio. gressional leaders on Tuesday.
WEATHER
Cloudy
and Cooler
PRICE THREE CENTS
Heizel Commends
Penn Stale Spirit
At Gridiron Rally
Captain H. Leonard Krouse '42,
ignited the bonfire to officially
usher in the Penn State football
season as more .than 5,000 stud
ents, according to Nittany Lion
tradition, kindled the fire of 1941
gridiron enthusiasm at the pre-
Colgate pep rally on the Jordan
Fertility Plots last night.
As the flames began to light the
entire area, . President Ralph D.
Hetzel said to the crowd, "As these
flames have grown, so has the
spirit and morale of our College.
This is more than an emotional
spree; it is an evidence of a mass
collegiate spirit which is alive and
consistent.
"Our Penn State spirit is grow
ing bigger and better, because we
understand what it means," Presi
dent Hetzel continued. "It can't
be broken, and anything which
portrays the fine attitude of the
student body exemplified in this
rally is bound to persevere."
President Hetzel concluded,
"Let's . build our College morale
powerfully strong, and the lack
of team support will melt away
before such a rally as this. Our
spirit can't be licked."
The Blue Band, under the direc
tion of Frank Gullo, and cheer-
leaders, led the students in songs
and cheers as William F. Finn '42,
football manager, introduced the
football squad
For IF Pledge Dinner
"No more reservations will be
accepted for the ninth. annual In
terfraternity Pledge Banquet to be
-held at the Nittany Lion . Inn on
Sunday," James T. Rattigan '42, in
charge of dinner reservations, an-
MOSCOW -, Russian armies
counter-attacked near Odessa and
Leningrad to temporarily halt the
German advance.
BERLlN—Executions of eighteen
more Czechs last night brought
the total of Nazi hostage killings
for the past two days to 141. Ger
mans estimated that a total of
1000 executions have occurred in
Nazi occupied territory during the
past two months, including 645
in Bulgaria alone.