*r*.\t;': f: » . .*. /.I i -. Britisli Report Japs Repulsed At Hong Kong 'THbNG' : KONG—The British an nounced" last night that two Jap anese, irttateks.pnt Hong Kong had -DeSif-*.' beaten I '«> 'offpiV(Attempts to force a ' ISflding Vby ' motor boat across The . bay wefe defeated by machine gun fire. The attacking forde was'.si annihilated. Chifiese soldiers, - it >vas .said, entered the " fight ; by, . attacking the Jap troops- in-the rear. ' MARTIAL LAW, IN HAWAII .-■.'WASHINGTON—-Hawaii is now under bjaftial law; : it was an nouilcfed .last night.-' Preparations aref tinder, way for evacuating the diyiliah .- population - in case of further - air.! '•‘raids. There have beep none since- Sunday. The War Department said that a high haval-official, Rear. Admiral Isaac C. Kiddi had been killed in action dUfing; the.,bombing Sunday. CHURCHILL" CONFIRMS LOSS ■ ?:• LONDON—Churchill yesterday conflfmed in Parliament the loss o£ two of the biggest British ships, the;-' battleship', .Prince -of Wales, ahdythe - battle, cruiser Repulse. ijfaeariwhilfei'.'.Tokyo was claiming the-sirilfdng; of the King George V, ■but-.-.there;'.wals absolutely no. con firmStipn-pf; this TbißtiK SlEiSfi HALTED \ <3om : 'tnso;{ s&ffe- Qf To brUfc.;had .been:.lifted' and ithipt German.<andltaiian.unitswere fleeinga'to: the West. ■ NOrBOMB ’ , DAMAdrEt : v>, V - ' were ob-. jeb.ts'ypfefefpcipusy'attacks by Jap damage of casualtife^wer^reported..- • i '‘'p..(Co^inuftdrbns^ a g a 'Two) ; : .^^PeyeiG Tispwk Tonight • : : ;^t.pp^ r Walhelm'-;Meyer, form 'will: discuss. Ec at' 8 li'cfogpis a professor : “at Bucknell Silesia, and" eco.n- of the dests<?y!.ofdoctor Law and Ecohorc^^jViin’dOi^.Ki." Secretary to thgi GeiTnap Ernbassy: in Washing-. ton^^pijyingifrdm'iA? 3 ! until May re signed^ih^o.?us§ti.(rfiy,disagreement wrijjiiAGorm^i^prinoiples. . (^istli^Aspeeoh; .tonight, he will of the war “How Can : Threat of Fas cism^”;.‘‘HbW;;-C.a.iV We Bring the War./to'iari Early- Closte?” and “How Can Wei Develop the Basis for. a. JustJ-aind Durable Peace?” His :visit here is being sponsored by-the PSCA World Problems Committee. Soil Will Be Subject Of Agronomy Ledure “The Soil in Your Own Back yard” will' be the topic of a lec ture by :Dr. Bichard Bradfield, head of the department of agron omy: at Cornell University, in 121 Sparks Building at 7:30 p. m. 'today. -<• The fecture is,,being sponsored by.. Sigma Xi, ' honorary research society. Bradfleld is ai recognized authority in the field of coiloid ''chemistry and has made notable in* th.e physical f-hemistry of clay colloids. LVANr VOL. 38—No. 54 St. Clair Leads Campus Sweep Three Classes To Vote On Mural Continuation Poor Would Finish Ouibreak Of Hoslilllies Big Fresco Projetl will Add Interest To Whether Henry Vamum Poor’s m» m Land Grgnt mural in Old Main »311 1.3001 LcCIUfC will be. continued is the question, , Haying recently been on active to be decided in the next three service with the Navy in Pacific days. The senior, junior, and waters, Congressman James E. Van sophomore classes will vote on the Zandt’s lecture takes on added iii- issiie 'in the lobby of Old Main terest in light of war developments, •from 9 a, m. to 5 p. m. todaiy and Originally planned for engineering tomorrow and from 9 a. m. to 12 faculty members only, accomoda- noon Saturday.' tions have been made for students Proposed by H: Leonard Krouse, to attend in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. senior class president, the com- ENDS CAREER-r-MiUon S. Mc pletion of the murals around the The talk on “Building On The Dowell,, above, will - write. finis mezzanine floor of Old Main 'Present War Situation And Its Ec- January Ito 30 years of service as w;ould require the financial sup- onomic Effects” will be preceded -director of agricultural extension port of the three classes. Ap- by a dinner at the Sandwich Shop at the College. He will be honor proximately' $13,600 would be beginning at 6:30 p. m. . ed at the School of Agriculture needed for the big fresco project. Also invited to the dinner and Christmas party Saturday.' Each class would consider it their lecture are the members qi the traditional gift to College. Centre County Engineering Society >i ■. j The- money donate,d by . the. and the local section of the Amer- M|»||A||fA|l f||{|f classes, if: the election is success- -ican, Society of Mechamcal Engm-' * l? VII ful,' would be used '-to estalblish eers. (Reservations: for the dinner ■ _ ■ - • Henry Vamuni Poor as an.artist- should be made through Frederick |l| AßvOml in-residence _ for: the Job . whichC.Stew;art, professor of mechanical VUI T WJI would fakeraboutr three- . V, " i, 'l-i fliushr ???'":•... ";u.,■ r Milton-;Sv-McDowell, for -30 Jerome-H.- junior THrCe PfOfj Attending SonSf^of'he'Sm (class president, and Jack R Grey, , f , . f , figures in the agricultural life of sophomore class, president, • .have VOCaVlOnal lOnVeiUlOll Pennsylvania, will retire on Jan both agreed that the project , . facultv members are at . uary 1. “Flasting 6 tributTto 3 the l CoMfie -fending'the American Vocational In announcing Mr.'McDowell’s f Association convention in Boston, retirement, the Board of Trustees t representation of in session lrbm today until Satur _ has designated.him director emeri ns nistory. day tus of agricultural, extension. His “It ,is important that all voters John F. Friese, associate profes- retirement signalizes the comple fcxpress their approval', or disap- sor 0 f industrial education, Dr. F. tion of a long career devoted to proval, since the money is theirs Theodore Struck, head of the de- bringing the findings of the Agri and it is -their class ..project,” par tment of industrial education, Cultural Experiment 'Station to (Continued on Page Two) an( j G eorge H. Resides, assistant the farmers of the state. . profesor of practical mechanics are A graduate of the College in the professors attending. 1892, the retiring director spent Professor Friese will speak on his whole professional carter, “•Learning through the Sense of . with the exception of five years, Touch, a Neglected Phase of Pro- as a member of the College staff, gram Planning In Industrial Arts,” He was associated with the Am at one of the meetings and Dr. erican Phosphate and Chemical Struck will preside over the ses- Company of Baltimore as chemist sion on Teacher Train- from 1892 to 1894; with 'the North ing for National Defense: a Dis- Carolina Experiment ' Staltion. at cussion of Problems and Trends.” Raleigh, N. C., from 1894 to 1895; .—! ——, and with the Elk Tanning Com- Physical Exams Due . ? 8 a 9 n 8 y o£ Ridgway - from 1896 t 0 All freshmen and transfer stud- In ‘ the interim between his as ents who have not completed their sociation with the North Carolina physical examinations arejnquest- Expe riment Station and 'the Elk ed to do so . immediately. Dr. Tanning Company, he returned to Joseph P. Ritenour, director of College as an assistant chemist the College Health Service, an- Continued on page Four nounced yesterday. - -. Saturday Noon Deadline For Draft Information The president’s office yesterday, reminded all male students who havte registered-in the draft that ' they • mtist report to- the regis trar’s office before noon Satturday to fill out a questionnaire sent to the College by the national. direc tor of selective service. It was - repeated that the re quested-information is'needed to determine whether thfe Selective Service Act is working satis factorily for college students and has no relation to the war with Japan. Student Question Box— Why Did Japan Declare War? Male student opinion on Japan’s reason for declaring war on the United States varies' from lam basting the Nipponese to blaming our Administration, according to a questionnaire of 100 men stud ents—selected at random from the Directory—by .The Daily Col legian lh£>t night. In answer to “Why did Japan declaite war?” the two following replies were selected as most representative: “Japan wants control of the Pa cific and a share in'the spoils of the war. As a member of the Tri ‘Party Axis Agreement, Japan has had considerable pressure put on her by Germany to engage our at tention in the Pacific and so en able Germany to better fight her war in Europe. The principle rea son, however, is the desire of every imperialistic nation for power,” OF THE PENNSY: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1-1, STATE COLLEGE, PA. stated .William B. D. Harris ’42, mechanical engineering. An opposite viewpoint was up held by C. Philip Moore ’43, arts and letters, who said, “Japan is at war with the United States be cause of a change in our foreign policy by the present administra tion which began with President Roosevelt’s now famous quarantine speech given in Chicago in 1937. c “ln this speech the President went against the existing neutral ity laws and advocated the quar antining of any aggressor nations. At that time there were but three, and Japan was one of them. The Administration followed this pol icy from that point on.. “Another eonuioutlng factor is the men now in' power; Secretary of War Stimson for example. In 1931 as Secretary of State, Stimson [IA STATE COLLEGE asked Great Britain to join us in a blockade of Japan who had just begun her invasion of China. Brit ain was only lukewarm and the plan fell through. Again in 1938 Stimson, then in no official capa city, advocated and got the eco nomic blockade of Japan. “The final factor was the ulti matum issued to Japan last June, when the U. S. began the negotia tions that continued until the out break of open hostilities. This ul timatum was never tempered, and Japan could either back down and lose face Japan is a na tionalistic country which believes in saving national faces at all costs. Instead of speaking softly and carrying a big stick, it appears that we spoke loudly and carried a toothpick. We are now at war with Japan!” * ★ ★ WEATHER ' * Cooler with Snow PRICE THREE CENTS Wins Freshman Presidency By 1 To 1 Margin 'Clifford M. St. Clair was swept into the office of freshman class president on the shoulders of the Campus party last night with more than a two-to-one voting margin as the victorious party stored away enough votes to make a clean siweep of all offices on the ticket. . St.. Clair’s margin piled up to 352 votes as he garnered 623 ap provals to Independent Robert D. Weitzel’s 271. It was the second consecutive year that the fresh man Campus party filled every of fice. For the office of vice-president Robert E. Becker polled 585 votes to -288 for Henry L. Mitchell. Poli tical honors for the post of secre tary went to Ruth A. Embury who balloted 598 votes, to -lone Hi Tro vaioli’s 293, a margin of 305 bal lots. The widest winning count other than for of.-president was thatiof treasurer where William, C. Masseth, gathered. 6i2 votes while his-opponent recorded: 275.; Closest in the race for off ice. were William WvThompsomwhb polled 541' bal lots and his . Independent foe Mir iam L. Zartman who totalled 328.. The Freshman Elections Com mittee, through its chairman Jer ome H. Blakesless, junior class president, remarked that there were an equal number of election violations charged against each party, but since they were not of serious nature-the official vote was allowed to stand without penalty. Bill Of Rights Program Monday Sponsored by the committee on American unity of the Collegfe Defense Council, a serious and dignified' observance of the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the American Bill of Rights will- be held in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Dean of Men A. R. Wamock, chairman of the local defense council and executive secretary of the. state committee on Ameri can unity and morale, will talk on the topic, “American Unity in Civilian Defense.” After a redding of the Bill of Rights by Prof. Raymond W. Ty son of the department, Chaplain J. H. Frizzell will read Phillips Brooks’ prayer, “Dedica tion of Our Country and Our selves to God’s Will.” The Na tional Anthem, directed by Prof. Herbert Koepp-Baker, will con clude the program. Prof. Julius E. Kaulfuss of the engineering department, Prof. Frizzell, ahd Gerald F. Doherty ’42 are arranging the program. Blue Key Invites Las) Year's Actives • Last year’s active members of Blue Key were invited by Wil liam E. Murphy ’43, the society’s president, to attend the honor ary’s dance at the Nittany Lion Inn at 9:30 p. m. tomorrow. The dunce will follow the form al dinner planned for the mem bers at 7:30 p. m, that same eve ning. The Nittany Nine will pro vide the music and x-efreshments will be served, he added.
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