SUCC43IIIIOI' To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL - . 38—No. 37 Campus Division Observes Civilian Defense Week -participating in a nation-wide celebration of Civilian Defense Week, , the newly established cam pita defense division will observe a period, beginning today and con tinuing through Sunday, designat ed. by President Roosevelt as "a time for all .persons throughout the Nation to give thought to the duties, and responsibilities in the defense of . this country . . ." RePresentatives of the camptis unit will cooperate in attending a County Defense Institute in the courthouse' at, Bellefonte at o'clock • tomorrow night.. Speakers of the State Council's staff of structors will -give 'instruction in the fields' of emergency care, first aid; and air raid . damage and in juries. Arthur H. James, in issuing his . state proclamation on Civilian Defense Week, urged that measured be taken so . that . the objectives of the week may be intelligently and vigor- Otisly brought to the attention . of .all ~our ,people, whose duty and desire it is to participate, and urge all to -give thciuht 'and consider:Alen to the part whiCh they will play that our great Commonwealth may con tinue in lts,leadershiP in all things American . ." A. R. Warnock, chairman of the executive committee named last .Prsg s t.- d* . if tetzel, tonight release- iiame s of *suo-conmut t9q tnernirs' to aid in the organi zation:of- the State College. Divi ... ~ : StUden,t,,,,- . ;.a.nci faculty members tiyill„ serve; 0-i committees of pro ,(Constlxined on Page Two) . ~ ka =ma AID R 1 ,Joke . Part lif':'*iii..Gaitiet g.pe04.1 to The Collegian 28TH . DIVISION LN 'C'ArgOttlNAi Nov. 10—Penn State's • MarlOS'Joeing stamped into the reol Of, ,I,e.finsylvania's Iron Di visioii; as participate in ;tlie. First Army's greatest war games - „06 . 1•,..this sprawling six acre, maneuver area in Norm., and South Carolina. ',Tiferale and recreation officer in Infantry is Lieut. Wil- Rain - "'Whitey" Rhoda '29, former Li0n4406.11 and boxing star. Sgt. ',Toe" Coolc, '3l of New Alexandria, 'ci:4l 2 esplan .and Glee Club per fainter; ta a communications ser gafOlth Co. L. 110th Infantry. Reis '2/, a Palmyra physician; now commands Co. H, Imo J;Nledical regiment.. Lieut. t!ean,',Foltz '39, former Nittany fencing captain; Corp. Joe Dobbs '39, ex-TheSpian, and Pvt. Tom Brislin '37 are all with Scranton's 109th Infantry. Maj. George B. Mebus '25 of Philadelphia assists the division supply officer and Maj. J. Calvin Frank '24, former Harrisburg Park. Commissioner, is stationed with the field artillery. Lieut. Col. Marion B. Richardson 'OB of Livingston, N. J., is with the 112th Infantry. T Sywause tong. See Tonight's Vovies Camoas football fans will get a „first-hand view of why Syracuse's Y-formation failed to click against Penn State when movies of the game will be shown by the PMA in 1.21 Sparks at 8 o'clock tonight. -. :Comments, will be . made • by. COach.Roliert A. - Higgins. ' • IP - aft • ‘r - f 110 r Students Celebrate Armisfice Signing Students will celebrate the signing of the Armistice bf the First World War in a 25-minute program in front of Old Main from 10:45 to 11:10 a. m. today. Scabbard and Blade, Pershing Rifles and the ROTC band will participate. 'For three minutes, starting at 10:55 the bell in Old Main will toll followed by two minutes of silence. As a special flag detail runs , the flag to full mast, the ROTC band will play the National Anthem. The President's office has announced 11 o'clock classes will not begin until 11:10. For students with free pre-lunch periods, the PSQA will sponsor a radio play "Moonset" and worship service in the Little Theater, Old Main, at 11:15: Howard E. Wheel er '42, will preside. 2 Froth Injured In Auto Crash John Morris '45 and Christine Fox '45, received head bruises and slight concussions in a three car crash, causing damages of nearly $9OO, which occurred on S. Allen street at 1:30 a. m. Sunday, ac cording to police reports. Miss Fox has been admitted to the College Infirmary for nervous shock and concussion. Another occupant of - the car was Miss Mar garet Kauffman of Reading Who suffered contusion of the left knee. Two other passengers in the auto were. uninjured.:_ , , . . . Police reports indicate that the car driven by Morris and .owned by John . McClelland '45, collided with a car owned by C. W. fieferly of State College and driven by Luther Stover of:l3elle fonte;.when passing while moving north on Allen street at the corner of Nittany avenue. . After bouncing off the car operated • by. Stover, • the student driven sedan hit a sign post, cut off .a streetlight pole, glanced off a - tree and rammed into a parked coupe owned 'by H. M. Stafflet of Philadelphia, knocking it 30 feet down the street. . • :It was feared by the borough police that sparks from the broken light fixture would• ignite the gas oline from the wrecked cars. Streetlights in the south part of town were darkened for some time by the crash. Estimated damages were: ear driven by Morris, $250; car driven by Stover, $125; parked coupe, $350; and light note, $lOO or more. Pi%burgh Alumni Club Plans State Dance The annual Penn State dance, -sponsored by, the Alumni Club. of Pittsiburgh, -will -be held .at the Hotel William Penn froM 10 p. m. to 2 a. m. Saturday, November. 22, Edward X. Hibsman, executive secretary .of the Alumni Associa tion, announced yesterday. The dance will be held in the Ball and Urban rooms of the hotel, with the music being - furnished by Walt James and his Penn State Collegians. Tickets for the infor mal affair have been set at $2.75 with the proceeds going to the Penn State Scholarship Fund for the aid of worthy students. A Penn State smoker will be held in the Hotel Schenley at 8 p. in. Friday, November 21. Road Maps Available If you have planned to take an extensive tr'p during the Thanks giving or Christmas holidays, you can secure rail arrd highway in formation at Student Union. Maps and guides for the entire- country are 40 7 4441)10 '_YpT ...Student: use. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, STATE COLLEGE, PA Marian Anderson Will Present Final Concert Of Artists' Course Series People's Choice—The title is fitting to Marian Anderson, re nowned Negro contralto. Artists' Course subscribers -last Spring voten-' - .thAt more:.than Any to_appear on the next ArtistS' Courk. Series. Miss Anderson will (Sonchide the 1941-42 edition of, the Artists' Course with a, concert in Schwab Audi torium on April,l3. Debate Audience Opposes Lower Draft. Age In Triangular Meet Two hundred students, faculty, and townspeople voted against a Peace Conference proposal to lower the draft age up- 'g . ator To Speak held by the affirmative group in last night's split-team, cross-exam ination debate among students from the University of Scranton, Cornell University and Penn State. A vote was taken at the begin ning dnd at the conclusion of the debate to determine audience sway of opinion , on the ,question, "Re solved, that every al:lie-bodied male citizen of the United States should be required to have one year of full time military training before attaining the present draft age." Tabulation showed that about one third of the audience shifted their opinions from the affirmative to the negative while only about one-sixth changed from the nega; tive to the affirmative. The rest of the ballots remained the same, either negative or affirmative, or were undecided. The total *count showed the audience in favor of the negative argument by a margin of three to two. The affirmative side advocated a national defense program will be permament system whereby all determined tomorrow by Dean able-bodied men would receive one - Carl P. Schott of the School of year of military training between Physical Education and Athletics, the ages of 18 and 19. The negative and John B. Kelly, ASsistant U. S. side renounced this system argu- Director of Civilian Defense in ing that any permanent system was charge of physical training. unwise because of the doubtful Dean Schott will confer with state 'of conditions after this war. Kelly and other members of the Also, men at this age are not men- Civilian Defense Commission in tally, morally and physically de- Philadelphia. Their decisions wilt veloped to undergo the hardships control activities in the Physical of army life,.the negatives argued. Education School starting next The victorious negative team semester, Dean Schott said was made up of Richard Hirsch, Cornell, Thomas Kelly, Scranton, and Thomas F. Burke '42, Penn Cabinet To Meet State. Arguing for the affirmative All-College Cabinet will meet were Lawrence Konowitz, Cornell, in the Alumni Office at 9 o'clock Hehry eLejev . qki, , . Scranton, and tonight, according to Robert D. WiniftFol. 32,,RiggtState. Baird '42, president. • rgian Dr. Vernon Nash, director of the National Peace Conference and paster of the White Plains,' N. Y., Community Church, will speak on "Anglo-American Union, or World Federaiton--- I Which Will It Be?" in 121 Sparks at 7:45 p. in. Friday. • Doctor Nash will continue his discussion on current • world topics in the Hugh Beaver roam, 304 Old Main at 11 o'clock Saturday morn ing and he will speak at chapel service in Schwab auditofluili at 11 a. in. Sunday. PSCA sponsors are the World Problems Committee, and the Pub lic Meetings groups. Phys Ed School Plans Defense Training Work The part the College will take in the physical training phase of the WEATHER Snow Flurries and Cooler PRICE THREE CENTS Celebrated Contralto Signed For April 13 Marian Anderson, celebrated Ne gro contralto, will present the final program of the 1941-42 Artists' Course series, Dr. Carl E. Mar quardt, chairman, announced last night alliss Anderson, voted the na tion's outstanding artist by Course subscribers last Spring, will sing in Schwab Auditorium on Monday evening, April 13. The soft-spoken Philadelphian has attained worldwide recognition in the rendition of Negro spiritualS and other classics. Her interest in religious music stems from .her early childhood training as choir singer at the Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Within the last seven years, she has appeared ,on every important concert platform in the world, singing before more than a quar tet of a million persons annually. Today, as she begins her seventh nationwide tour,. Miss 'Anderson is regarded as the world's greatest contralto, Latest recognition of Miss An dersbn's greatness came this Spring, When she received the Bok Award of $lO,OOO, which goes to the Philadelphian who has achiev ed the most for "his" city. Earlier this year she was also the recipient of an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Temple University. The prbgram which she will pre sent at the College will include some of the new selections which she added to her vast store of mel odies during her first summer va cation in six years. Except for sin g' e concerts in Atlantic City and Ocean Grove, Miss Anderson spent the summer at her 110-acre Con necticut farm. Even then, however, she devoted hours each day seeking to attain ever greater perfection and variety in her singing. As part of her preparation for each tour, Miss Anderson records every one of her songs. "[Records are the best teachers," she explains. "One has the chance to make cor rections before it is too late." Per haps that is why a song by Marian Anderson is said to be a perfect thing. Tickets Available Complimentary tickets for both faculty and students are now available at Student Union for the concert to be given in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock, Friday night. The program will be spon sored by the College Choir and the Glee Club, assisted by Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer and pianist. .1111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 News Flashes 1 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111HIII LONDON Winston Churchill announced in Parliament today that the RAF is now as strong as the Nazi Luftwaffe. He also warn ed Japan that Great Britain would declare war on the Nipponese within an hour if they became in volved with the U. S. BERLIN German sources ad mitted last night that the Crimean drive had been stalled, blaming it on raging snow and sleet storms in that area. They reported gains in other sectors. WASHINGTON Senator Ber ton K. Wheeler charged last night that the U. S. Destroyer Reuben James.-sank two Nazi submarines before being sunk by a Nazi Ü boat. ,
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