PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Belter Penn Stale" Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian* established 1904* and the Free Lance, established 1887. .Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the etudetlts of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5« 1934 at the PoshofClce at State College* Pa., under the act of Batch 8* 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Ross Lehman '42 Jamas McCaugfcer *42 Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office • 818 Old Main Bldg. 119-121 South Frasier St. Phone 711 Phone 4872 "Women’s Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles ’42; Managing Editor— < JTfhn A. Baer M 2; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelbefg Ml; Feature Editor—Willlarri 3, McKnlght *42 \ News Editor— Stanley J. PoKempner M 2; Women’s Feature Editor—‘Alice M. Murray M 2; Women’s'Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon .*42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg M 2; Circulation Man~ ager—Thoihae W. Allison M 2; Women's Business Manager— Margaret L. Embury M 2; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden *42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese M 2. Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Coy, Donald ,W. David, Dominick L. Golab, James D. Olkeln, Dav f id SatnuelS, Robert E. Schooley. Richard S. Stcbblns, Samuel L. Sttoh, Nicholas W. Vostey* Herbert J. Zukauskas* Emily L. Funk* Louise M. Fuoss, Kathryn M. Popp, Edith L. Smith. Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Bach* Roy E. Barclay, Robert E. Edgerly, Philip Jaffe* Frances A. Leiby, John E. McCool, Sara L. Miller* Katherine E. Schott* Marjorie L. Sykes. Managing Editor This Issue David Samuels Assistant Managing Editor Milt Dolinger News Editor * - Larry T. Chervenak Women’s Editor This Issue Edith L. Smith Graduate Counselor Wednesday, December 10, 1941 The Draft Hasn’t Changed • As A. O. Morse, assistant to the President in charge of resident instruction and hegd of tHe, central draft committee of the College, said Mon day, the Selective Servicjb Act was prepared for war and “no rapid* change is heeded.” • That is the best reason why student dra/ft registrants should not becomYj unduly appre hensive, of being called immediately. Of course, no one can dispute the fact that the war has up” thfe draft; no one can overlook the fact that Congress is considering' lowering the draft age to 18, and that this will probably be done. t Nevertheless, it is wrong for students to ijeel that they will be indiscriminately drafted. Just because there is a war, normal conscription pro cedure will not be thrown on the scrap heap. As •far as the draft is concerned, we have been at wdr since October 17, 1940. Also as Mr. Morse pointed out, the draft is selective: each registrant presents an individual problem to his local draft board arid he is not .■called if it is felt he is “necessary to the national health, safety, or interest.” That process is now more tessential than before. ■We are at war, and the soldier who works with •test tubes, flasks, and. beakers is of equal value with the soldier who fires a gun. The Selective Service Act is intended not only to expand the Army but to alllow men trained for valuable civilian jobs to work “behind 'the lines.” It is still trite that many students will be draft ed. But they won’t be called tomorrow or the next day or the next. It is likely that few will ■be called before the timlfe they would have been if war had not been declared. Until then, the best thing to do is what Presi dent Hetael suggested when he said we should “keep our heads and work seriously at our given assignments.” A Change In The Dating Code IFC began consideration last night o| a dating code that is more strict than the regulations now in force and that provides for a changed method of enforcement. The significant part of tlfe code is not its added strength but the new enforcement system. After all, no law is much good if the procedure by which it is to be enforced is not adequate. As in the present code, a committee of faculty members will judge' violations.' Under the pro posed code, however, five students first decide whether a reported offense is actually a violation of the law. Why is this student committee necessary? Be cause violations will be reported to it directly, it does not seem that other students will fe6l free to report fraternities guilty of breaking thh code, Of course, the committee would be pledged to secrecy but it is not natural for most students to risk social ostracism—especially when it would not be for personal gain. A better method might be to have offenses re ported directly to the judicial committee or to an other faculty member, such- as the dean of men. A student might be better protected when turn ing in a violator if only faculty members knew the name of the student reporting. —J. A. B. .... - Loulg H. Bell —J. A. B. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN iiHiiiiiiimiiirtfiiiiHiiiiuiiiniiftiiirHiiiiiiimiimiimimmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii The Faculty AiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiNiwiiiniiiiiHinHiiHiinitiiHiiiiiiinniimilumiiiiiHHiinnifHtnii Unique Research By J. G. ASTON .Professor of .Organic Chemistry 1 wonder how many students are aware of thje unique character of the important scientific work which goes ,on in the laboratories of the several ■ divisiohs of "the Institution. For instance, in the School of Chemistry and Physics, there is the work of Dr. M. R. Fenske in the petroleum re fining laboratory, that of Dr. W. H. Pielemeier on ultrasonics, of Dr. Paulirie Berry Mack in tex tile chemistry and On human nutrition studies, and of Dr. W. R. Ham on the diffusion of. gases ’ through metals which is carried on in the low temperature laboratory. Work in two important fields goes on'under the direction of Dr. J. H. Simons which has received less public "attention than it deserves. Dr. Si mons has initiated very interesting and important work on the chemistry of -fluorine and its com pounds on which he has many graduate students at work. Fluoride will decompose water and •attack most substances with which it comes in -contact so that the technique of working with it is very difficult indeed. When fluorine reacts with water it yields an acid, hydrofluoric acid, which will even dissolve, glass so that it is small wonder that only a few people feel competent to work with this very. interesting and reactive - foment. Perhaps as a result of long association with this work Dr. Simons enjoys difficult problems. His other field of study concerns the behaviour of beams of atoms, groups of atoms and mole cules. He has examined what the individual atoms and molecules in beams do when deflected by a magnet. To do this he. invented a way to sensitize a( screen so that a chemical reaction starts wherever the atoms of the beam strike it thus making a much magnified mark on the screen. All this work must be done in a very high vacuum produced only by a special com bination of large pumps. Such studies have finally led him to examine what the protons (hydrogen atoms without their electron! in a beam do as they approach the moltecules of cer tain gases. He examines the way in which the protons approach and sometimes attajeh them selves to the molecules of the, gas. The informa tion obtained by this unusual method will serve to throw light on why gases do not behave ac cording to the simple laws. A group of graduate students are to We found at work on this problem on the top floor of the New Physics Building almost any time of the day or night. Their apparatus is an imposing affair consisting of high vacuum jaumps, gauges, and complicated chambers of metal and glass connected by an involved system of valves and tubes. In one of the chambers the beam'is pro duced, in another, protons' of all but a single velocity are eliminated while in a third the beam of selected protons passes through the gas, under investigation, at a very low pressure. Most of the complicated metal apparatus is made by the students themselves in the shops of tHe School of Chemistry and Physics as • Dr. Simons considers this a part of their training. ‘Full Strength’ Of Extension Behind U. S. War Effort The full strength of the College’s extension services will be thrown behind America’s war' effort, J. Orvis Keller, Assistant -to the president in charge of extension, said following the official declaration oft war by Congress. The extension Service expects to train 50,000 Pennsylvania workers during the year through its participation in the government’s defense training programs, Mr. Keller said. This program, under which approximately 18,000 students are now enrolled, is expected to continue with little change for the present at least, he stated, adding it is hoped to train 20,000 more in the program that will be started in the spring and an additional 10,000 next summer. “In America ds in England, it seems inevitable that women will play an increasingly important role,’’ he pointed out, “and while the number of women now enrolled is comparatively large, the ratio will undoubtedly increase. “It seems unlikely that there will be any of the hysterical preparations that marked our entrance into the last war,” Keller said, “as we are now organized to train 50,000 defense workers a -year for technical positions in war industries. Cast Named For Players Donald R. Taylor ’42 and Elinor F.' Herrman ’42 will pla[y the lead ing roles of Petruchio and Kath drina in the Player’s next produc tion, Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” to be staged Feb ruary 13 and 14, 1942. . Rehearsals, which Btqgan this week, are under the direction of Prof. Frank S. Neusbaum, depart ment of dramatics. Miss. Herr ffrah and • Taylor' were' teamed to gether as leads in Player’s ‘‘Streets of New' York” staged last semes-, ter. They alsb played important roles in the recent production of “The Male Animal.” The main unabridged plot of the Bard’s rowdy comedy will be used, according to Neusbaum. It is interpreted as the tempest uous wooing and wintfing of a high-spirited, self-willed, quick tempered girl by , a man as head strong and dqlf-willed as she, who teasingly holds up the 'mirror to her shortcomings and still retains the power to charm her and win her love. Other members of the cast in clude Robert H. Herrman ’44 as Baptista, fatllqr of Kate and Bi anca, played by Jean E. Hersh berger ’43. The drunkard, Sly, will be portrayed by Harold J. Raab ’42. Lucentio, the love-sick lad, will be played by Leonard Notis ’44. James J. Ambamdds ’44 will take tile, part of Trahio, who is very adept at sneaking up back stairs. His fellow worker, Bio nello, will be played by Harold Chidnoff ’45. Elinor M. Freed man will portray the wealthy wi dow. Addittional pairts have not been cast yet. Police Watch For Evergreen Thefts A request that the stealing an’d destroying of the Christmas trees lining* College avenue and Allen street be stopped, was made yes terday by Chief of Police John R. Juba to Thomas J. Burke ’42, student representative on towfn council.- ■ Several trees, one decorated with $l3 worth of lights, have al ready been stolen. Jubai request ed that the IFC and the IMA co operate in stopping the thefts of the evergreens, which were plac ed throughout the town by the Commerce Club. Engineers Sponsor Van Zandt Talk Congressman James E. Van Zandt of the 23rd district will speak in. 121 Sparks Building at 7:30 p. m. Friday. He is expected to discuss the United States-Jap anese conflict. The meeting is being sponsored by the School of Engineering fac ulty, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Centre County Engineering Socie ty. Van Zandt recently served with the United States Navy in the Pacific ocean, the main scene of the war. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES MAKE Practical Westinghouse Appliances Bendix Home Laundries MARSHALL ELECTRIC WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941'-' iiiiiiriiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii)i[iiii(i((iiniin(ifritmiiimiuimum(i CAMPUS CALENDAR iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiimiF. AATJW tea for senior women, _ Southeast Atherton Hall at 7:45 p. m. Thursday. Mrs. Gertrude M. Williams will discuss - “Opportune... ities for Young Women. Out in Life.” , * Theta Sigma Phi meeting at’ Kappa' Alpha Theta hoUSe tomor row at 6:30 p. m. 'Christmas Carol Sing' Commit tee, RoortrE, -405 Old-Main', 4 ,p. m. Arty announcements .to be made.'at the sing- should be lef t in. the PSCAj office by 5 p. m. Friday, ’ ’Worship .Study group under. Miss lone. V. .Sikes, Hugh Beaveriß.oom,' 4:15 p. m. /A BSC A Cabinet meeting at. hpm'e. • .of Dean Ralph L. W&ttS, '225,;E,, ; , Foster ave., 8:15 p. m. A; .«,*• vr>r . Christian r Science , testimonial meeting,- 118 Home .Economics- Building, 7:30 p. m. ■ Pi Lambda Sigma meeting,,.Sig ma Nu fraternity, 7:30 p. m. . Camera Club -lecture, .‘‘Snow Pictures,” Room 309 Old (Main, 7:30 p.m. College observatory open for the last time until next Spring, tonight; 'and tomorrow night from ,8 to ,9 p. m. Observations will be "of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturh . The Community _ Service, gpj nV mittee maeets- in Penh .State,, In, China Room, Old Main; .7. o’clock today. All-College election .committee,’. 305 Old Main, 5 p. m. TOMORROW • Theta Sigma Phi meeting,-6:30! o’clock at the Kappa Alpha' Theta-. Penn State grange, election' 1 0& officers, 405 Old MhinfrT-p; «is>i -Ik-. Lecture on “The Soil iii Your>f Own Backyard” ' by- Dr.;'ftidhSrd v Bradfield, head of the' department.! of agronomy, Corrielt 'University', ■ (Room 121 Sparks Building, 7:80- p. m. J Speech by Erffst Wilhelm Meyer,-/ professor of political science at : OBucknell University and former secretary of the German Embassy - in Washington, 110 Home Econom ics Building, 8 p.m. All senior women are invited .lo t join the local branch of'the'Amer- * ican, Association of University/ Women for tea in the Southeast!.-’ lounge of Atherton Hall, 7:45 p. m.- Mrs. Gertrude Marvin - Williams* will speak on “Women in' World Affairs.” ' :J * All senior members of/. Blue Key. have been invited to attend the Blue Key dande. at-the-Nittanyi Lion Inn at 8 p: m. Saturday. ,-/ READ THE COLLEGIAN 1 CLASSIFIEDS . ;.V HEADING FOB HOME? Start right and .easyj>Sehchypilt' luggage round-trip by trusty, loyir-" cost Railway Express,’ and : 'tak& ' your train with peace of mind. 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