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VOL. 38—No. 61
ollege Year Shortened Four Weeks
Two Sophomores Hetzei Begins m Cabinet Defense New Schedule Eliminates
Die Suddenly D Group Named final Exams, Easter Holiday
• • __ _ ■*' Hetzei completed- fifteen years of A three man, All-College Cabinet # *
l|l|am II Al IfI3VC service as president of the Col- 'Defense Committee was appointed . *) J C 1 C i
WvITIUIIIICIfJ .lege. He has. served the institu- last-night to serve as a channel C L I- aRu jGITIGSIGr j6l
: tion, longer than any other presi- through which student ideas for ... .. •.
: . dea * ks ’-*° me mbers .dent, with the ■ exception of defense projects may be passed for , J3II. AO lO MflV 7
of the. sophomore class, occurred George W. Atherton, who was .consideration to the-regular Col- CrfiCtffiS CfICUIOGS ' . ; ■ ,■ . „
duriiig- the' Christmas vacation .President from. 1882-to-1906, - - lege defense committees.' v.uuiiy« , First and second semester final
-VS," A; greatly, enlarged- responsible Robert B; Jeffrey ’42. Francis E. The shift in the calendar of the examinations were eliminated,
tn ity ,is PresidentHetzel’s as.lie be- Haley ’43, and Clifford M. St. Clair College year has created several the semester was fur-
- ‘45. were named-to this“idea com-cfenges; it was shown yesterday.
■2 srs woo ; '-T^ ese '.are;, busy .-days :6n\the mittee’’«hy Gerald’F. Doherty ?42y.-. owirtpritt “who are- forced to °* the Council
catnpus, . almost-too-AU^College-vice-president. , Student? who are forced to. of Administration took action
° b - 4 the busy' tn be conscious.of anniver- In vieW of 'the College’s'deci- feave n ? w . receive Monday to adapt the College
; \ . 'saries/ 1 he said-when reminded of sion to eliminate final.examination credit for-their courges upon ap- schedule to the war. emergency,
.services for Miss. Du-, the ;close .of another .year. in. his week this semester, Cabinet passed proval of their instructors and • -A® a. result of the speed-up, the
hom7%?' ' 3 d y< l arS ’ experience, as coll f ge a recommendation to be presented the dean of their school, William Janua^TS^R^gisteatlon^'fo'e
“War- time , makes tonight-to the Committee on Stu- g Hoffman registrar pointed out. ? anu ®f y 24, . Regl ®„ a 7°?
demands ..upon, dent'Welfare, which .proposes that .• W lihfftn'an 'remarked that' Second sen?l ® st ®): will be: held .Jan-,
Rlthpis was.' enrolled in. the.home- us.” professors abolish aU final exami- Hp ? man remark * l that uary 26 and 27, and classes will
. curriculum. She was " nations-during regular class hours; semester grades, will not be begin at noon Wednesday, Jan-
Wjni'V.May 11,~1921and was-grad- • • **. ,•..... Ross B Lehman who was available hen - stud ents register uary 28.
uatedl. from.- West Philadelphia llvma* • annhinW-to Hmw mi the netition for the second semester, but any Elimination of the final exam
-High School in: June 1940..;; VOlHinittOC UfQCS - sh-eLd that this p?oposa® In n<
l_ 1 „T .• it-- +Via+ DVQmtno.
.. The death.,of .Hoover .occurred . .. .. way concerned “blue.'books” hut •,'? e done 80 by drop-adding the understanding that examina
;e^y|^n]iwry ; tyheh vthi; Wfe- ‘ only ;examina.tiohs covering -tiie courses.
Nosthumberlandir struck :a : tree •*: . pointedout that.it it unnecessary to report at we-soa. oi eacn semester. .
an 4: overturned. He .did not re-', A “salvage for,-victory” cam- to expect students to study for conflicts, Scheduling Officer Ray As a result of this action, the
. and.. died .en-,paigh-was inaugurated last night final exanis during the .regular YV.rWatkins announced. , o
Packer .^theHnitiabmeeting^ class schedule, . - weeks 'tT^SS
pitalrm Sunbury. . . • College Gorrimittee .on Conserva- - ■ William 0.-'Meyers’42, was ap-■ ’ 1 - •• previously
1 Police . attribute the „pauste- of (itioh; pi^Befense-Resources, repre-'-,pointed' .to ’inquire into the Col- fAllflillfl Dla»»C th «.»» of rumors in the con
;HoovCr’s-. deaths do-. -fatigue:'. -The. Meriting -bbth-ithe-Cbllege de«ision. ;.to, f ~ • a tio b( sg n taken
at;,6:.45. a. m.- rhid-year;commencementexercises. •’ 7‘ • toextendthe regular class work
wliile* Hoover was returning from Rb J. Kermard,-local business- .Several -Cabinet members express-.. A! ffA into the summer months The
a .Year’s Eve datice at Mt.; man,,;ahd;cliaii:mdn. ; .of the entire \ed : the idea that commencment ex- EXiCIvIiOIi -RISC • • Council of Administration has an-
C^! - ' :- . committee,:;--told: the group -that' excises important.to,graduat- ~ , : : nounced dates .of. inter-session,
services:. for:.; Hoover towns-: f:ffig.iseniors,- an.d;would not'hoia up . Already.-supporting the lgrg[est.: in^ill ..-; glu i mier . session- and post
WCTe:dield.'last:Sunday,nM-inter-^peopieiihdstjhegin“immediately to Cpflcgc'. activ ity t O . O much.- college defense training program sess j on - as originally planned. In-
in' West. Side cemer save . for . war,production all waste . Several suggestions- v*ere. pre- in the cOiintry, Penn State is pre- ter-session registration will be
.Suhbury, He wasrjbom paper, :rags; metals,v and, old. rub.-/ senfed.for; student participation, in paring • tof 'greatly expand this . held j une 9 main session June 29,
. NoverfiberTs, 1922. and was grad;-ber.- . , national, defense. The buying. of training .iri light'of-the.nation’s an d post-session August 10.
' uated;£|rpm. Parkieiher Facilitiesfor -Collection, of these ; dSfhnse. bonds by; fraternities W*? growing.Wa for industrial work- « The plan-whereby' there would
%y JSctioof im June 1940. ~ His. .materials will be referred,to: sub- cited, as. ope, way to help., . ■ • ■ ers, : according .to Edward L. Kell- be three-terms' instead of. two
hoihe,fwas:in::Sunbury. .... committees, for: action-this week,-• ;wgs. also suggested thafsman er, director of engineering exten- semeste rs is merely .one of several
Hooyer v was enrolled in the -Kennard said, . . ; ... . adipissipd.be -charged for sucp s^.sion- at.- the.' College. plans being considered by thie
engineering* curriculum Harold W'; ; Lombn, College pur- dei ?* activities as the frosb-j;pp> -.. “Today-there . are about 4,000,- council- for the program .of. the
■ and’ was! a• member 'of. Delta Tau cha&Sg agent' ,and vice-chairman another- -® o ® na t iaaal College beyond the close of the
Delta/fraternity. He..was active of t&e;group, expressed the pur- movies, and-possibly a ot r): r -defense. industries, Mr. Keller second semester,”, is -was'-empha>
;in:.student':politics, .played on the !p ose; of the committee .when he. Jbondsc^uld^ be ob- « id; Ud3^'^ by n' * (Continued-on Page Four)
;ft®Shman.'ice hockey ;;team, and said,: “Rather: than wait until the ted ,’ defens ? bonds could he ob- Resources Plannmg mdi r
jyasi aMifember bf:the Civil Ikigin; ;iif e . bf'the nation is at stake, we- tamed - •- ■ - '■ cates that of ,i 942 we
; ,eering Society, . : ... ; / . must , work... on the double-quick •/ ■ . . ... will need 11,000,000 defense work-
-Time-Tables On Sale . peakrpro
:te^s - . -, _i - /-/; //■:•.: Af KCQISirflf 1 I unite Already-the College has trained
Jjy.lw ■; a, m An acute.shorta^i, of supplies- .'' •• •:. ~ . nearly'2o,ooo men and women for
'■ •«sPW ia J^P a P“^ ca r ; ‘h e Sa c?h d;^s(^.tinie-tabl^re,ihß^.(tefle n . fe . sitions - and . Mea sles is prevalent in -State
. C ' ' lege; at . the; present tune, on <side vproxiffiateiy ; 15J)00 are now- en- College, Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour,
•/' - - Loman, and it .will .become William S. Hoffman,- registrar, an- J. olled ill the foUrth separate pro- director of the College Health
illlllllllllllliillllllllillllllllllllllllllllllinillliitllillllllllll as the war progresses. nounced yesterday. -gram- to be undertaken by the Service, warned. yesterday after
■ WASHINGTON . President The official functiori^-‘.of the Com- Th ® . tu .will be effec- c^lltege noon.
Roosevelt’s'speech before Con- mittee, according to Mr. Ken- tive despite, the. change in. the T 6 as gj s t in the task of shifting It is an extremely contagious
gress on .the state of the .Union nard, is to. Educate the people to schedule: for tpe coming year. iafge portion of the natiorv’s disease, Dr. Ritenour pointed out,
yesterday was acclaimed through- save; odds-and ends. _- . ■ _. ~ u , labor supply into war industries* and is prone to lead: to complica
- out the “United; Nations" as one Examples of items ;on the OPM RIt6HOUI , EI6Ct6CI HC3(I the College is making an exhaustions, the chief of which are pneu
■,of the greatest he. has ever .made, “critical” list—which are vital to . .Dr. .Joseph./P.'. Ritenour, ..dlrec- ; tive. survey of the labor nee'ds of monia, bronchitis, ancl middle ear
. ;He'said, that production, must be, defense "production—desired for . tor‘ of the ,College Health Service, defense .plapts throughout, the disease.
'.increased sc, that in 1942. we;£h £ dl; Coilectioivare: cotton lihters, Man- was elected-president of.-the Am--state,;Mr. Keller said. More than Although about six cases have
60,000 planes -and'4s*ooo ii a : /fiber,-;borax, - ,-boracic acid,- erican/-Student Health. Associa- ,650... war material producing fac- been reported in town, no stud.-
tanks. In 1943 we must prodpee,,; aluminum,. -tungsten, cork, .rayon, tion at. the annual. ; meeting .held torieg will be,included in.the sur- ents have come to the College
"125iOb0.planes, 75,000-tanks. We siik,.end.innumerable others, during Christmas vacation.. ;yey. r . Health Service with the symp
must - increase. the production, of • - , ■ »' ' . . ■ - toms.
►anti-aircraft guns and merchant - . • “The period of incubation, that
. shipping proportionately. • , Th'e t a • m m I s ’ P between exposure
President said that the cost will J.JL LJ I 1 / and manifestation of symptoms,”
be 56,bimon dollars or over half I JiCITT Fril ISI rCI I fill I II V Dr.. Ritenour .said, “is about two
of the estimated national income. ' W -/ L VXLLV/I L f IV* weeks. During this interval in-
... fected individuals - may readily
CHUNGKING—Japanese troops, a. special draft registration for graduates—not including • special This figure includes both old and transmit the disease to susceptible
suffered a setbackun the.Chipese a n men students between 20 and and two-year' students—will be new registrants. persons.
mainland where 75,00.0 Japs face ■ • required to register according to This tabulation includes 891 out “students are warned,” Dr.
destruction m the province of *> years .01 age win prooaoij oe enrollment statistics from the re- of 899 seniors, 741 out of 886 jun- Ritenour continued, “to be ex
, Chinese.troops are re- heldton the campus February 16, gistrar’s-office. The report shows iors, 559 out of 1,346 sophomores, tremely cautious about mingling
be 120 miles. from it was indicated- by College offi- that 958 men students reached the and 184 out of 1,481 freshmen. The W Rh children or others living in
and to .be advancing up c i a is last night; age of .20 during 1941 and that total male undergraduate enroll- homes where measles is known to
how River. Although no adininistrath , € ac ; about 375 had their 21st birthdays ment • is .4,612. An additional exist »
NGTON—The Navy De- t i on . has vet been taken it was sinqe the last registration. , 1,017 men students will become :
announced late yester- . , • . ’ Students whose 20th birthdays during 1942, according to the • u aa i; nn , n a i| Al |
n the attack by giant pointed out were f all between JanU ary 1 • and Feb- -^port.... Tribunal Meeting Called
ed American bombers permitted to register here on the rU ary 16 will not be required to In the 18- and 19-year-old All freshmen violators schedul
nese fleet off the island first two .registration dates, Octo-. register. President Roosevelt’s groups, there are 1,948 men. Only ed for hearings at the December
ao more than one de- ber 16, 1940, and July 1, 1941. proclamation applies only to men one is more than 44 years of age. 17, 1941 meeting of Tribunal,
s sunk, a battleship suf- One official said "too much-con- who become 20 “on or before De- At present, these students are which was postponed, were re
-. 4 three direct hits, and other fusion would be created” if stud- cember 31, 1941.” exempt from bearing arms but quested to report at the Alumni
vessels are believed to have gone ents were to register in the bor- After February 16, a total of may be conscripted for non-mili- office at Bp. m. today by Ray
down. All planes returned safely, ough or if they had to go home. about 2,375 undergraduates will tary service. They will register mond F. Leffler ’42, board chair
(Continued on Page Four) Approximately. .1,300 under- he registered for selective service, at a later date.; man.
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