The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 10, 1941, Image 1

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    Successor To
.The -Free banco,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 53
XT"’Mixed Drinking Banned;
* In “conjunction with Governor MW— f* I |% I
fdr—'>ve win win isi»sss |FC' Date Code Proposed
• WASHINGTON —“We are going to win the war and we are going 15 as Bill of Rights Anniversary 1
to'win the peace to follow,” declared President Roosevelt in a “Fire- Week, the library will exhibit a y . . CI-J-la-. r.L! n .l T_
sidie Chat’! fromihe White House last night over a nation-wide.radio c °Py 01 the BiU of Ri ? hts .> amend- HOW LdW IS 3lllliei r IdOlllGl 10 ElllOliO
the American s eU»dc d„r toß th. ta, 4. bom* have Ittt MM! MMb| fc» Mt
ts&sssz ~ sn ~ ~
i&idaa delected as Being apropos or tne in effect was proposec i i as t night drmkmg among students was
: ... . P ' . times, iMrs. Sally S. Carey, chair- a ). a meeting of the Interfratemity passed and an All-College sub
; According to the President, the government will not have to man of library exhibits, announced council. judiciary committee set up to
curtail supply for civilian-use. He claimed that tttefre is that the exhibit will go on display The new code prohibits, any sort handle such cases by All-College
enough food for civilians, the United States Army, and some for t°day and run through the week 0 £ m ixted drinking, in fraternity Cabinet last night,
allied' armies.. _ ~ of the 15. houses, ana will be enforced by a Without change as presented by
Latest War Bulletins
' “This/war proves,” Roosevelt declared, “that wie must abandon
the idea that we can ever isolate ourselves from other nations of the
world.”
faculty committee of three, ap- r OS s B. Lehman ’42,'chairman of
mm a || h - pointed by IFC, and a secret stud- committee on mixed drinking, the
VAffAlllAf I |*A9§U en t committee of five. following resolution was adopted:
WVlJwlllvJ II veil| The student committee will be The Pennsylvania/ State College
appointed by IFC President Student Government Association
I Ail T|f|'f liljM Thomas J. L. Henson’43 and: their prohibits mixed drinking among
Lvll Iv IHI Ed VTCII identities will remain unknown, students of this College.
It will be their duty to detect and A. Mixed drinking shall be con
“ The seeds of the present war consider violations. before sub- sidered as drinking of any al
were sown in the Hall of Mirrors mitting them to the faculty com- coholic beverage by any student,
at Versailles in 1918,” declared Dr. mittee. • - regardless of age, in the company
__________ Kent Forster, instructor in history, IFC also “reserve's the right to D f a student of the opposite sex,
before a small_audience of approx-, investigate and punish any be- provided that they are under stud
£ >»i „ W/ ■«. I \/■ f Cl ■ imately 100 people, in the second havior that is injurious to the rep- ent government regulation.
Jt. Uair, Weitzel Vic TOf tl&CtiQn Liberal-Arts Lecture last night. utation. of Penn State fraterni- b. All mixed , drinking viola
“ Although I am speaking about -ties.” . tions shall be handled by an AIL
"'Ai C | D m I D ■_l *l* \ the past, my remarks will deal. Other provisions of the code are College Cabinet sub-committee.
aAS rresnmen «ICK I resident I Oddy most significantly with the.future,” essentially the. same as those in This judiciary group shall consist
' - ■ : ' - Dr. Forster went on to say. “The the old one. . ~ of the All-College president as
Trnriaar Aiilli/iwSta Versailles ’song’ was ended when Robert F. Wilson ’42, chairman chairman, All-College Cabinet
11 USIGtrV AUIfIOriZG ‘ the peace conference came to a of the committee in-charge of this representatives of WSGA, Panhel,
w || n|| - , close, the‘melody’lingered on and proposed code,, wi11... submit the Philotes, IFC, IMA, and the Col-
IWO MOreIeIIOWSIIIDS - bjttsti*prtbr'i«a&! fftton' wheii'- • -*' on--page legian Editor;- The‘Student.-Trfc
“ V'V Germany started anew its attempt - - -- - bunall-. chairman ■ and - the chair-
Draft Registrants
poultry husbandry, amounting to tempts at a neigotiated pe.ee were |v|USI lllG KCpOTI
$l5OO was authorised TT nrip r made in. 1916 and 1917, but these " ents only causing conauct unoe
this fellowship, established by an efforts did not.materialize because All male students who have al- comm g to the College shall be
agreement between the College - a few men in key positions, ready registered in the draft must (Continued on page four)
and the Pennsylvania Farm Bur- schooled in the poisonous pre-war report to the Registrar’s office by *
eau Co-operative Association, E. diplomacy,' clamored for an' all- noon Saturday to fill out a| ques- j m WnonJtn Vnn—
V. Hammers ’4l will investigate out. victory. tionnaire, according to an an- otuuvmts, t uvuuy uuy
the nutritive value of plant pro- '“ln view of the psychological nouncement released by President f*J Mg Mi
tein feeds in growing, laying, and issues that were at stake, and the Ralph D. Hetzel yesterday. EuBJCcIIIOeI KMIQJ
breeding rations for chickens. A obstinacy of the peace factions to The statement, which, is in com- *■***■*' w
reriewal for 1942-43 of a s7so.post- agree on proper settlements and pliance with a request from the mm 4 I I_
graduate fellowship in chemistry, reparations, it is not at all remark- selective service headquarters, .IHUAI* IjAVANCA I All
offered by E. I. DuPont de Ne- able that it ended up'the way it follows: Vwvl VwlwDlmv
mours and Co., was also authoriz- did,” Forster said. “The Versailles “In order to determine whether A ,- Q i, n i
.d by A. Board. ‘“’Sw 5 9 Mff? Tf* f Td'
" where -we are .today, he further lfl g satisfactorily for coUege stud- according to 57 cen t.of over
1 • ' '', * u CntS ’ + the natl ° na d !*l Ct ° r T 2,000 students and faculty polled
Bringing his talk to bear on the quests every male student who vesterdav bv The Dailv Colleeian
present eonfiict, Dr.. Forster point- lias registered for selective serv- he C oeds, however, showed only
ed out that no compromise can be ice to supply certain information sli ht favor to higher educat i o n,
made with Nazi rulers, “whose about his prestent status. This while men students and faculty
Z >f rellable - He study was begun some days be- see med convinced of its worth,
added, however, that a compromise fore the outbreak of war with Fifty-five per cent of all polled
is possible with the other element Japap sSnd is not related to it. thou ght that Russia would not lose
in Germany, the one that cherishes “Every male student who had the war to Germany; with only the
decency and peace. reached the age of 21 on or prior faculty giving high odds to Red
Cpncluding that military victory to July 1, 1941, is Required to re- victory. Everyone, especially men
is our immediate war aim, Dr. For- port at the office of the registrar students, believed the U. S. should
ester declared that when the mo- some time between 8 - a. m. today use poison gas if the Japs intro
ment for peace arrives, the forces and noon Saturday to fill out a duce jt j n the present conflict,
of ultranationalism must not be card which hals been sent to the iSixty-three per cent of men stu
permitted to triumph again as they College by the national director of . dents- and coeds opposed the low
did during 1914-1918- . selective service." er j ng 0 f the draft age to 18 years
while the same percentage of the
faculty favored it.
Statistics of the poll according to
men students, coeds, and faculty
follow:
“Would you postpone your col
lege education (or career) for a
lucrative defense job?”
iM C F
22% 43% 36%
.71 47 54
7 10 10
Cuba Joins U.S. In Jap War
'• HAVANA —The Cuban .government declared war on Japan last
night and asked the rest of the Latin-American nation's to join the
United States in the war in accordance with-their agreement in Pan
ama and Havana.
VoterM#faisenf
Matric Card, AA Book
Freshman poiilicians took, their
last stab, at intensive electioneer
ing "yjesti»rday and both the Cam
pus Independent party pre
dicted victory at the polls. Cliff
orisrM:: (C) and Robert D.
-Wditzel' (I). : are - the opposing pres
idential candidates,
continue in the lob
p,4jjtni\jtoday:.. Matriculation cards
will be the requir-
for each fresh
main voter. ,
*• * ‘ 1 f • •
Jerome. Hi- Blakeslee, chairman
the: Freshman Ejections com
mittee;,.isaidii that the election re
stiits ,v\yill;i be, released as soon as
-aompiled tonight. Blakes
ite^isqi-aniiounced^that-an eiec- Last Observatory Session
wlll be investigate TheCollegeobservftorywill.be
SfeSiA '*•»«* IK. last Spring
closed. . tonight and tomorrow from 8 to,?
candidates for the p. m.‘according' to an announce-
will include: men t by Howard S. Coleman, ih-
Robert E. Becker, structor in physical science. Venus,
**• Mitchell (I); (Mars, Saturn' and Jupiter are the
secretary,; Ru th A. Embury (C) planets to be observed at these ses-
Trovaioli (I); trea- sions.
C. Masseth (C) and
Joim,;lV -Nolan (I); and historian, lum
(o and Postpones meeting
Mifiam^iS,. Zartman (I). ‘The IMA central council meet-
elections violations, scheduled for to
tHefeoimfettee in chares night has been Postponed until
penalized for unfair politics. Some - —■■■ w
of the. Elections Code violations 111 I p I f* \A /
sasssYffssss’st Peart Harbor Frosh Scans war
versation .with prospective voters,
and use of cars for vote-getting. Close as the war may seem to used continuously can dfetect an even more than those which havq
; - ■ ' approach Penn State students, the approaching plane two to three happened.”
.home; of Leighton D. Riess ’45, is hours away, he explained. Another student on campus
follOflO I iVPflntk just about 6,000 miles closer to the ■ Riess expects no word from his whose home is-in the path of Nip-
WM5*S® H"CjIWjII r lOICj scene of action. family as to how they fared in the ponese war machine is Shuk-Yee
Fiffl Af Inlfirnafional In fact Riess’ family lives 'in recent bombing of the island for Chan from Hong Kong, China. Her
I ll«| Ml llllGlllCllllmul Honolulu, only seven miles from dt lteast two weeks—probably comment about the recent Jap-
For the second successive year Pearl Harbor, location of the main longer under the present condi- American war was, “It’s too bad
the College pen of ten Berkshire Japanese attack on American ter-, tions. He came to far off Penn that this country has to become
barrows captured the sweep- ritory. State, attracted by its Chemistry involved in the war. I don’t
stakes, award on foot at thle Inter- “i think I was mofie, surprised and Physics School. know when I will be able to go
national Livestock Exposition in than most people when I heard of Having a rather complete home again or even hear from
Chicago last week. The College Japan’s sudden attack,’’ Riess ex- knowledge of the island Oahu, he my homle,”
placed •first in the carcass contest plained yesterday, “because my pointed out that should the Japan- There are at present alien stud
for. the; tjiird time. knowledge of, and experience with ese planes bomb the two main ents on campus from the follow-
Of first prizes which Japs on the island has led me to roads leading from Pearl Harbor, ing countries: Hungary, China,
have been awarded in this class believe that they were too easy the island would have serious Syria, Turkey, India, Sweden,
since 1936 on foot and in carcass, going for such action.” trouble in transporting supplies. Germa’py, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Undecided .... 1 7 10
the College has taken nine. Col- . Another- problem that puzzled “Before. Japan could land troops Cuba, Switzerland, Poland, Hoi- “Should the draft age be lower
lege exhibitors tank second of 42 Riess was how Japan’s planes ever at Pearl Harbor they would have land, England, Ireland, and Ru- ed to 18 years?”
in the amount of prize money reached . the island without any two formidable forts guarding the mania. Foiteign born non-aliens Yes
earn'ed at the International Ex- warning signals. The mechanical entrance to knock out,” he said, come from Philippine Islands, Ha- No
position. , ... ■*. ‘ listening ears that are supposedly . “and. this feat would surprise me waii,. and Puerto Rico. Undecided
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
OF THE PENNSYLVAN!
•ATE COLLEGE
Wjfettt
WEATHER
Cooler with
Snow
PRICE THREE CENTS
Yes
No
Undecided
“Do you believe that Russia will
lose the war to Germany?”
42% 30% 14%
45 50 72
13 20 14
Yes
No
Undecided
“In your opinion, if the Japs use
poison gas, should U. S. retaliate
likewise?”
95% 72% 65%
4 21 25 '
43% 19% 63%
51 75 3
6 6 34 ■