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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ,-/
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