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
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d* . if tetzel, tonight
release- iiame s of *suo-conmut
t9q tnernirs' to aid in the organi
zation:of- the State College. Divi
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tiyill„ serve; 0-i committees of pro
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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.
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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.:_ , ,
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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.
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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. ,