- Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 38—-No. 57 Hetzel Cal ls Con vocation For Tomorrow All Three Classes Approve Mural Total Vole Is 386 To 147; Senior Ballot Heaviest iory^jimioiy 5 . Civils « n defense training, as it is being planned for this College, agreed to finance the completion 1S im Portant in that 11 Wlll provide a means for students to be of of the series, of murals around, ithe a ' rect value to the national defense effort while they are continuing mezzanine floor of Old Main, it heir college education." was announced last night. N The slogan, “Train on the Campus for (Service at Homie,” is a The murals; costing approxi- concise summary of the progralm’s purpose. . The suggested “short mately. $13,600, will be presented courses” .will" serve to prepare the College’s 6,000 resident students, to inw S**’ r ' ot for a P tual defense of the campus, but to be skilled defense soldiers STte Sms wh«e *hey be .eedsd most. Board of Trustees which will meet Penn State ls the ldeal P lace for such training. For instructors, during the last week of January. ’ we have some of the foremost scientists and technicians in- the na • The heaviest vote was recorded tion; no others are better-fitted to directthe'taisk of teaching civilians in the senior class.' A total of 222 their part in modern “total” warfare. In war, as in peace, the Col votes .were cast, 163 approving the lege is ready to perform its duty to the people of thte Commonwealth plan and 59 voting disapproval.- and of the country. ~ A 75 ' vote margin was in -Thus, student defense training is only a phase of a larger, more of IT plan and °S compdeHensive undertaking. Penn State’s extension services lead against it. Though the edge of ap- the natlon in hrainmg men and women for jobs in essential defense proval in the sophomore* class was industries, large-scale ,research goes on behind locked doors and well '64 votes, the tri-memorial plan re- miay be a vital factor in • determining the outcome of the war. ceived the attention of 142 .per- As students, however, we must prepare ourselves for individual sons. In the entire voting a total service. This can foe. done only if we fully accept the advantages of 533 persons entered-the polls, we have .as Penn State students, Our new. opportunity for civilian H. Leonard Krouse, senior class defense training, coupled with, our usual privileges, can make us of -head, acting as spokesman for him- high value in , this crisis . But wiU only lbe true if we play our they°were P a * with an-absohite-sincerity and : a realization that education-for pleased that the plan had been ac- defense 1S our £° al as well as our method, cepted, but they regretted that - .. . ■ .- ' ■ more persons did not vote. Knox Reports— . 'Henry . Varnum . Poor, Land , ,Grant murali^t,. has' already agreed / lf~ r _-I- I -to -be commissioned for the job y VCllvlj LOSl which would establish him as ar-' ... tistrin-residericb for a three.-year a d ■ ?■■■■■;, At Pearl Harbor Dip Donors Want Pledges -In conjunction with " national defense, ' a blood donation cam paign got under way at.a.meet ing :'df the Blood. Donations Com mittee -last night. Jacques. M,. Schw'attzberg ’44, working with the Red Cross, con tacted President. Ralph D. Hetzel who sanctioned the work of get ting pledges for blood donations. V From 300 to 400 names are. needed before' a Red Cross blood bank unit will come to the Coir lege. The' unit will receive the of the College Health Service. Pamphltets/ will be distributed explaining the work and purpose of the donations. Petitions for blood donor volunteers will be at Student Union, the Athletic Store, and the Alpha Firte Company. The amount- of blood to be tak en from males is 500 cubic centi meters,-.with about half that to be drawn from females. • Members of the committee in charge of the blood donations are Schwartzberg, chairman; Albert E. Yougel, burgess-elect; Prof. John H. Frizzell, College chaplain; George' L.' Donovan, manager of Student Union; Elden T. Shaut ’42, Frances E. Haley ’43, and Mar garet K. Sherman ’43. Froth, Omits Name Betty Rose Broderick ’44, is an official candidate for the title of Froth Queen in addition to those listed in Saturday’s Collegian. The of Froth accidentally omitted her name from the offi cial ballot, but students may vote for her by writing her name on the ballot. (Hfi? Sa% @ ©nil iylva: Train For Defense—Here WASHINGTON. Q. C.—Secre tary of the Navy, Prank Knox, in his first hand report of the Pearl Harbor attack, announced last night, that. .six. Ameridaln naval vessels were lost: two battleships, the Arizona and thie' Utah; three destroyers, and a mine-layer were sunk. Naval losses totalled 2,729 and Army losses reached 168. The battleship Oklahoma cap sized but naval authorities slay it can be righted and repaired in short time. - Two Japanese submarines were sunk and a third was captured, Knox reported. These included several small two-mejn submar ines employed in the attack.. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi dent Roosevelt will appoint a board ; of high ranking, army and navy. officers today to investigate (Continued on Page Four) Draper Applauds Her Audience By ROBERT E. SCHOOLEY Ruth Draper, the noted brunette monologist, strolled off the stage to her dressing room last night and greeted her stagedoor admirers with warmth and enthusiasm. But she didn’t scribble a few autographs and rush off. “■Come in, everybody,” she said. “They were all so nice tonight. I had a marvelous audience. Everyone was so quick and warm that I felt right at hqme.” “You know, I really don’t act so much. The audience does 50 per cent of my work for me. The peo ple work my skits with me and I can’t act unless I get a response from the audience. Tonight every one was marvelously quick 'to re spond.” The artist was in the midst of explaining how She felt when she OF THE PENNS' 'TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, STATE COLLEGE, PA. 'An Editorial German Carol Sing Scheduled Tonight The German department’s twelfth annual Christmas sing will be held in Schwab Auditor ium at 7 p. m. tonight. The pro gram will follow the traditional pattern. Features of this year’s songfest will, be group singing of such popular Christmas carols as Stille Nacht and O Tannenbaum, a short musical program, and reading of scripture from Luther’s Bible translation by George J. Wurfl, professor of Germain. Pitt Movies Tonight IMA sponsored football movies of the Pittsburgh-Penn State grid iron contest will be shown by Coach Bob Higgins in Room 10 Sparks at 8 o’clock tonight. Pic tures of the South Carolina game will be shown after Christmas va cation. was portraying a character in mon ologue. Then a little girl walked up to the table and surrendered her program for an autograph. “Oh, I’m glad you enjoyed my performance, little, girl,” Miss Draper smiled. “I’ll give you a nice clean autograph." “Do I select my skits from real life?” she resumed. “Oh, no, I just invent them and select the dialect to suit them. No, my voice doesn’t suffer from the many pitches that -I use. It grew strong when I was yet quite young.” “I had no particular incentive to start me on my career. 1 just started to give monologues when I was young and then I kept it up and became an amateur.” “Paderewski heard me give an amateur performance once and I guess that really convinced me to iNIA STATE COLLEGE CALLS MASS MEETING Pres ident^'Hetzel-yesterday announced a meeting for ail students and fac ulty members in Riec Hall at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. He is expected to outline ways' in which the College will aid the nation’s defense program! All classes scheduled for 11 o’clock will not' hiedt;: he 'announc ed. Red Cross Begins War Fund Drive At least ten cents from every student is the goal of the State College Chapter of the American Red Cross in its effort to raise $8,500 as the local contribution to the Red Cross War, Fund,- it was announced yesterday, by Mrs. -Hummel Fishburn,. chairman, of the campus drive. - With the announcement of the new campaign, the results of the Roll Oall drive which terminated Thanksgiving were released by Mrs. F. Raymond Smith arid Mrs. John Vanderwort, co-chairmen of the drive. The campus contribu tions netted the Red Cross $148.41. Of this total, $88.25 was given by the WSGA, $48.36 by the men students, and $54.00 from the 32 U. S. Naval Training School men on the campus. An additioni'ffi $ll.BO was obtained from Red Cross banks. seek a career as a monologist. He encouraged me and said I had a talent that should be cultivated.” Miss Draper, said that when she appears on the stage she only knows how -she herself feels and not how she loks. She explained that She must learn through her audience just how realistically she is filling her part. “It is largely a mental state,” she said. “If I feel that I am put ting myself into character, the audience needs only to respond to my acting to reassure me. Then I don’t have to act so much. It just comes to me naturally." As the group of admirers with drew fromher dressing-room, Miss .Draper was heard to remark: “It’s wonderful to play before such a quick and responsive audience like that of tonight.” wjtatt WEATHER Cloudy With Snow Flurries PRICE THREE CENTS Defense Training Courses Pianned For All Students President Hetzel will address a special convocation of dll students and faculty at 11 o’clock tomor row morning in Rec Hall. Classes scheduled for the 11 o'clock hour will not metet. President Hetzel is expected to outline ways in which the College can aid the federal government during the present war. He will probably make specific suggestions to students who wish to enroll iri civilian defense' training work while continuing their education? A meeting of students, faculty,' and administrative officials has been called for 9 o’clock . this morning. Representatives of each of the seven schools will be pres ent to assist in' formulating a list' of “short courses” for -both stud ents and faculty. In addition, pre-induction train ing will be planned for students who will soon join the. armed forces. The courses will be open to both men and women students. A preliminary list includes such subjects as first aid, gas defense, fire fighting, interceptor, observa tion, ambulance., driving, food.pre paration, water and sanitation, de molition, practical nursing, black out driving, knitting and sewing, traffic control, electrical work, plumbing work, clerical Work, typing, shorthand, camp enter tainment (drama and music), ath letics, publicity, and promotion. In addition, the above list will be supplemented by suggestions from the deans of the seven academic divisions of the College. In the near future all students and faculty members will have an opportunity to enroll in the type of work, desired.. An effort will also be made to ascertain (Continued on Page Four) 200 Pay Tribute To Bill Of Rights See Editorial, Page Two Approximately 200 faculty, students, and townspeople, in cluding representatives from about 50 campus and town groups, paid solemn tribute in 121 Sparks Building last night to the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill Of Rights as a part of the rtai tion’s constitution. Sponsored by the local College Committee for American Unity and Civilian Morale, the meeting was planned by a committee of three, Prof. Julius E. Kaulfuss, chairman of the main group, Prof. John H. Frizzell, and Gerald F. Doherty ’42, acting All-College president. Professor Kaulfuss presided over the brief ceremonies. Prof. Raymond W. Tyson, department of public speaking, bead the Bill of Rights to -the audience after which Professor Frizzell led the group in the “Prayer of Dedica tion,” composed by the Rev.'* Dr. Phillips Brooks of Boston at the close of the War of 1812. The meeting closed with “The Star Spangled Banner,” played over a loud speaking system. Representing the military de partment, the members, of Persh ing Rifles attended the meeting in a group along with Col. Edward D. Ardei’y, head of the military science department.
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