War ra//s
Advanced Students
Retain Same Status;
Uniform Rumor False
Almough the United States is at
war ; with Japan', the national gov
ernment dries notexpect to change
»the status of basic and advanced
ROTC students, Col. Edward D.
Ardery, head of the department of
military ysoience and tactics, ‘re
vealed last night.
Dispelling rumors that the cam
pus- would be turned into an arm
ed-camp,. Colonel Ardery explain
ed that ROTC is not a-part of the
regular Army .and that there will
be no change in the present sys
tem.- ’ .
‘‘l believe that students will re
ceive no more added emphasis in
their classroom instructions nor
' will they be compelled 'to take
more hours of military training,”
the colonel stated. “The army has
a careful arid tried plan of instrUc- -
tiori, and this sudden crisis- will
not affect it,” he added.
Advanced and basic ROTC stu- I believe that the greatest service any individual can perform
™ 9t be aS A ed . towear in this emergency is to labor to the best of his ability at the post to
lar class' which he h - ?s been ' assigned. At the present time. \ye are students
pointed out in answer to a report 3nd staff members ° f this College. Our presence here and the pro
that reserve officers must don uni- f ram we pursuing is adjusted as exactly to the national need as
forms. This rule applies only to * s Possible. When the national interest requires that we as indivi
„ regular Army officers and enlisted duals or as a group do otherwise we will be so advised,
men, he said. The organization of national policy and action in these days is
When-asked if senior ROTC stu- much more complicated than at any other time of crisis in our na
+b9V,ColnSCrliPAte? bef °yf tional life. To act impulsively at this time, no matter how noble. .
that hebelfeved the Army wm fol- for °t m ° re an g° od . This is the KEEP YOUR HEADS—That was
low its', custom of allowing these ' / f us *° ° ur beads, to work seriotf&ly at our given assign- the advice given to a group of 18
men !to graduate as reserve officers men^s ’ bave faith in our institutions and in our agencies of govern- student leaders yesterday by Pres
and. then be transferred to active ment > and by so doing guarantee our unity, strengthen our national ident Hetzel, ahove. He talked to
duty as second lieutenants. effort, and assure the .preservation of the democratic way of life. them ..for ran -hour' on campus
k The possibility of. establishing
■another Students’ Army Training
Corps on campus was denied by . . . . .
that ROTC .furriishes ; enough-‘re-’-. Freshman Cliques m> Japanese students students' Dreft
serve .pfficers, while .in World War ' ” t II J. A± /* II J ■. Tf”*
Canvass:Jfofiers- "StaWlif 1 Unalferied ■
. P ° litiCal “es glowed bright- "* will A. O. Morse, assistant to the
the others- ly °* the freshman .Campus and In-' ‘ft W as p oi n t ed out bv *"■“«“* in charge of resident in-
been dependent parties sought yester- Tanger head of the noliHeVl struction ' and head of the central
particularly,fleeted for ROTC as- day with extensive canvassing, the science' department. draft committee of the .College,
non-partisan'votes that will prob- Aliens from enemy countries “V? yesterday . that j; h ® College’s
wa|t4?fpfS'S tTSust!” 7* *7*. t***
"advised. . “To give at the election .in the lower lounge tective CU s to dy. “This means ” caUS ® ? f the war - .
'P‘>i“*»?'ued4 °n Page Four) .of Old Main from 9a.m.t08 p. m. Tanger stated, “that such enemy “ The Selective Service Act was
' ' tomorrow. . aliens would be permitted to con- Prepared for this eventuality,’’ he
-Jerome H. Blakeslee ’43. chair- tinue College work, but would said > “ and no ra P id change is
man of the Freshman Elections have tO . r ?P ort re Sul ar ly at gov- needed.’’
eminent offices and would not be He stated that the situation
, ’ sald last night that the permitted to leave town.” doesn’t change the necessity for
■dnctp!J t r.w^i >ai f n +^. aS been J C ?J I ' ' ' technical workers, adding that, he
ducted cleanly, but he warned the . thinks the need for defprrintx c+n ■
politicians not to electioneer in Old College DefdlSe WOffc dents electively is becoming elil
Mam while voting is m progress. Uf!|| r ir ' dent to local boards."
chairmen may present °any griev- a .HltfCflSC KgIICF Mr. Morse said the best thing for
ances they have concernins/plpp m crease m national defense students to do is to continue their
hon violaUons to theXS m trainin S which is carried-on in education in order to “prepare for
mittee Sections com- 106 state centers by the perm gtate greater service to the'country
- ' • extension service-has been pre- both during the war and after."
■f^ al ‘ ;y "l airdien _^ ra ll ; ® r C. Price dieted by J. o. Keller, assistant Major Wade E. Cleveland of the
(C) and Murray D. Friedman. 01) to the president in charge of ex- ROTC department, formerly state
have both signified .the policy of tension. advisor for occupational deferment
restraint of fantastic stunts to at- Penn State’s extension service in Indiana, agreed with this ad
tract party votes because of the is expected to train 50,000 Penn- vice.
tenseness of student thought over sylvania workers as compared to -“Each student should go right
the War - 17,000 for last year. Continued on page Four
Students Say,
Hitler Started It
. Hitler 1 is responsible for the Jap
anese--treachery in Pearl Harbor,
according to 83 per cent of the stu
dents arid faculty polled yesterday
by The Daily Collegian. ■ .
/ Official' declaration of war
against; Germany' and other Axis
powers was net favored by 54 per
cent of the students, but 51 per
cent of the faculty gave the “go
ahead”- vote.. Fifty-nine per cent
of all polled expressed conviction
the war would last more than a
year. Meri ;, 'students favored UIS
bombing of non-military objectives
while coeds and faculty opposed
it. :
Statistics of the poll according to
men students, women students,
and faculty follow:
“■Do you think the Jap treachery
was part of Hitler’s strategy?”
M W F
Ves 83% 82% 84%
No 11% 11% 6%
Undecided 6% 7% 10%
l 'Do you believe the UIS should
declare immediate war on the Axis
Powers?”
y es 37% 32% 51%
N 0....;... 59% 49% 49%
Undecided 4% 19% 9%
‘‘Wiil -the US-Japanese War last
more than one year?”
Ye s ■ 60% 56% 62%
N0..; ; -.; 37% 32% 31%
yndecided. .... ‘3% 12% 7%
r “Should US bomb non-military
objectives?” ,
Yes .... 59% ‘ 18% 25%
37% 71% 68%
badecided 4% 11% 7%
To Change ROTC,
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VOL. 38—No. 52
Hetzel Advises Students
President’s Statement
To Students and Staff- Members
Our. country has been treacherously attacked. The natural im
pulse of bach of us is to jump into action in defense of all that we
nold dear. Will impulsive action best serve our high purpose? This
question needs immediate and serious consideration.
War Stirs ' All-Out' Campaign
War with Japan swung Penn
State student and faculty attention
to- local, “all-out” defense cam
paigns as campus committees be
gan to initiate concentrated de
fense programs.
Formerly, considered as a far
fetched plan, the need for a com
plete defense organization on cam
pus has suddenly struck home, ac
cording to Dean A. JR. Warnock,
College defense chairman. Dean
Warnock was appointed executive
secretary of the State Committee
on American Unity recently. Dr.
Daniel A. Poling of Philadelphia is
chairman.
“The sudden attack on United
States by Japan is an act of the
kind for which the defense pro
gram, both military and civilian,
has been prepared,” the dean said.
“Our program will go ahead with
increased speed and vigor,” "he
OF THE PENNSY:
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
added.
“All students will be asked to
use this defense program as a
guide for their individual activi
ties,” Dean Warnock said.
Warnock revealed that campus
committees are already expanding
from skeleton groups which had
been formed hurriedly, and an in
structional campaign' on various
defense units will soon begin.
The Committee on American
Unity which will sponsor campus
activities during Bill of Rights
Week, which began today, and
will commemorate the 150th anni
versary of the Bill of a
memorial service next Monday.
Prof. Julius E. Kaulfuss, committee
chairman, suggested that the Bill
of Rights be read at all patriotic
meetings.
There will also be a display of
Bill of Rights books and manu-
Co I. Arclery
INIA state college
problems .created by’the. war with
Jdpari. ' , .- '
R. D. HETZEL
scripts at the Library this week.
' At a joint .meeting of campus de
fense committees on Thursday 7 a
borough and campus warning sys
tem will be_ planned. Mapping of
zones will be considered.
Almost 250 Penn State graduates
or students who are now in the
army have been contacted by Ed
ward K. Hibshman, executive sec
retary of the Alumni Association.
Plans are underway to furnish
these men with cigarettes, reading
material, and up-to-date informa
tion about Penn State.
A physical culture and first aid
instruction program is being de
veloped by the Committee on First
Aid and PhysicalTitness with Prof.
Charles M. Speidel as chairman.
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, is cooperating.
pgtatt
President Hetzel yesterday cau
tioned students and staff members
not to “act impulsively” and told
them flatly that “this is the time
for us to keep our heads, and to
work seriously at our given as
signments.”
. The President’s message was
contained in a statement which he
released after an hour-long con-,
ference with 18 student leaders
who were called together for the
purpose of having an “informal
discussion” and an “exchange of
ideas” about the war’s effect upon
the College.
“The only sound thing to do is to'
do the best we can in the job un
derway,” President Hetzel empha
sized, to the students. “We should
transfer the strain of war out of,
the 'emotional area to one of con
centrated action such as studies
. and other phases of our usual ac
tivity.”
He quoted President Roosevelt
as saying, “The best thing colleges
can'do is maintain a normal pro
gram.”
President Hetzel explained that
the College is already aiding the
war effort by research, by engin
eering defense training in exten
sion, and by resident teaching.
“The record of this institution in
this respect is second to.none in
the nation,” he added.
Asked specifically whether the
College will allow seniors to grad
uate-ahead of their class if they are
in danger of being drafted, the
President said that cases will be
dealt with individually until the
number of men leaving the College
becomes relatively large.
“We will be helpful and sympa-
Continued on page Four
Late News Flashes —
Jap Aircraft
Off West Coast
SAN FRANCISCO—The War
Department announced -last night
that airplanes were sighted about
20 miles off the Pacific Coast, but
turned back. However, a black
out in the greater part of the
West Coast areas weis ordered
left in force all night, all radio
stations west of Idaho were ord--
ered off the air, and motor traffic
was restricted. .
NAZIS QUIT, IS REPORT
NEW YORK—NBC last night
heard reports that Germany has
abandoned her offensive against
Russia for the winter after suffer
ing severe setbacks in recent days.
JAP TROOPS AT LUBANG
MANlLA—Japanese troops are
reported to have landed on Lu
bang Island near the entrance to
Manila Bay with the aid of Fifth
Columnists disguised as fisher
men.
3.000 CASUALTIES REPORTED
WASHINGTON It was an
nounced last night that 1,500 were
killed and 1,500 wounded as a re
sult of the air raid on the Hawaii
(Continued on Page Four)
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WEATHER
Cooler with
Snow Flurries
PRICE THREE CENTS
Cautions Against
impulsive Acts
In War Crisis