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The Free Lance,
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j. VOL. 38—No' 63
Steidle Starb
South American
Air Trip Today
If. Dean Edward Steidle of -the
Ir j School .of Mineral Industries will
leave today on his 25-day, 22,000-
jnile trip byair to South America
'■- w ..attend .the Pqn American Con
gress. ofMiriirig Engineering' and
Ge.ology ih' santiago, Chile.
Dean .'Steidlq ,Tyas appointed as
delegate to , the
James early
.. been ask
f '!ed';ib'.%e'%erreprc&entative .©l the.
!■; iAmericaii Institute'of Mining and
t Metallurgical; Engineers.
T’- The tri|i\yill include 12 days and
i\ one night: of flying; making a com
■ plete tour of the principal cities of
fheJcontmerit, ,a 1000-mile flight
1 up. ttie.Amazon River, and a day at
San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he
, will speak at, a Penn. State alumni
meeting. '
Along with the dean, the School
of Mineral Industries will send pa-,
-pers written by 19 members of the*
school, 'faculty, .presenting .new
i scientific', findings and procedures,
for the Congress’ approval.
Two of the papers have been
.contributed by' Dean Steidle him
self." One is “The Trends and Ob
jectives of Mineral Industries Ed
ucation” and. the other,. “Modern
Mine Safety Practice.”
Fear..that the congress would be
after war development
was; set aside by the executive
'committee’s stating that noyr.it was
.more important than .‘before the
loutbfeak of the war.
| The executive vice president of
the congress -stated in a letter to
delegates dated December 9 that it
would “present an. opportunity to'
’reaffirm the bonds of Pan-Ameri
can . solidarity in this moment of
Emergency.” , : '
Collegian Members
Defy Their Exams
To Publish News
students " may grind
. and burn the-midnight oil for those
jevasive “3’s’’.,biitf c those wild-eyed
(journalists of The Daily Collegian
{want' to'travel the hard road to fu
ture success. . . . . .
Not content to take perhaps.four,
•or five finals in' one day,, the. edi-.
torial and business staff
have agreed to publish the Colleg
iah'for'the convenience of the stu
dents during the last wdek. of
classes in the first semester.
■Because .the College Adrilinistra
.tion "might' make; momentous deci
sions which- will, effect , the stu
dents, The Daily Collegian has de--
; sired:' to’ 1 'continue to fulfill the
jfunctiod of a daily, paper.
; The Collegian will publish Tues
day thi-ough-.Saturday, January 13
•to 17-and January 20 to 24. From
then on,'-the schedule of publica
-1 ton is not definite.
Since the war- situaton is so
closely related to Penn State with
all its defense cotu-ses, College of
ficials have expressed a need for
an official informant for students.
Collegian staff members have vol
unteered to fill that need.
Examination week as originally
scheduled was not included in the
daily’s budget. Yes—it’s a special
.service and staff membei's hope it
- is appreciated.
Attend Alumni Meeting
Edward K. Hibshman, execu
tive secretary of the Alumni As
jsociation, and F. Joseph Bedenk,
• assistant professor of physical
education, attended a meeting
at Coudersport yesterday to organ
ize a Penn State Alumni Club for
• Potter and Tioga counties.
Wife- iathj ® Wall
OF THIS PENNSYLVANIA ST.
Frosii Campus Party
Stages Defense Ball
Since defense is the main topic
of the day, the freshman Campus
party has christened its informal
mixer the Freshman Defense Ball.
It will be staged in the Armory,
January 16, from 9 p. m. until l~a.
m. Music will be supplied by
records. ‘ : .
Slogan of the dance, sponsored
as a belated Victory celebration for
the Campus party in the recent
elections, will be “keep the ball
rolling.”
However, there will be no offi
cial admission price. Cash contri
butions will be accepted during
the dance. Defense Bonds will then
be purchased and in turn will be
donated to Mrs. Hetzel’s Emer
gency Loan Fund.
“No dates are necessary,” re
marked Renee U. Marks and Wal
ter M; Robinson, co-chairmen of
the dance. “Any freshman can
come ‘stag’ if he desires, but he
must present his AA book."
First-Aid Course
To Expand Class
Facilities are available to handle
100 more students in the first-aid
course which is being offered in
connection with campus civilian
defense, Jack Hulme, chairman of
the sub-committee ■on first-Sid,
disclosed last night.
Over 70 students reported last
Monday for the initial meeting of
the class but there is sufficient
equipment and instructors to train
over 100 more under the. present
set-up. '
The class meets-for three-hours
once a week from 7 to . 10 p. m.
in .room 121 Sparks Building.
Deadline for new applicants to sign
■up has’been set for the meeting
next Monday evening. '
Trainees will-be instructed how
to handle bleeding, shocks, burns;
fractures, unconsciousness, and
cases of asphyxiation.
It is expected that students who
complete the introductory short
course will be permitted to take an
instructor-training course which
will qualify them to teach first
aid in their own communities.
Dry Dock Sold Out
. All table reservations for- Satur
day'night’s opening of the. Dry
Dock night club have been sold, it
was. announced by Thomas R. Hei
decker ’43 and William H. Cissel
’43, co-chairmen of the manage
ment committee. No one will be
admitted without a reseiwation.
Soccer Loss
So what if there is a war? The
junior editorial board of The
Daily Collegian voted yesterday
that the story of the soccer team’s
first defeat in nine years w.as the
most important campus news story
of 1941.
Each year the Collegian follows
the example of the major press
services by selecting its ten out
standing-stories of the preceding
year.
Although the war projected it
self into the campus news picture
during the last two weeks of pub
lication-in December, the story of
the beginning of plans for student
defense training was rated third
in importance, behind that of the
infantile paralysis epidemic which
delayed opening of the Fall term.
Similarly, the convocation called
by President Ralph D. Hetzel
shortly after the outbreak of the
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Air Corps Needs
Weather Students
The Army Air Coi-ps has issued
a call for all college students with
weather (bureau training to begin
work at the Gulf Coast Air Corps
Training Center immediately.
Four groups-of civilian meteor
ologists, graded as full instructors,
or associates, assistants or juniors
are being sought for this weather
work. The positions carry a civil
service rating and salaries run
from $2,000 to $3,800 annually.
Heading the qualifications list is
the request for students who have
had • at least' a' year of weather
bureau work plus a six hour se
mester college course on the sub
ject, with a college degree un
necessary. Applications will be
accepted also from students hav
ing college credit in differential
and integral calculus and advanc
ed physics.
• For this latter group, a ten week
training school will provide the
substitute for the practical exper
ience. Under the occupational de
ferment regulations, applicants ac
cepted for the posts will not be
liable for immediate call into the
Selective Service.
Debaters Conduct Forum
With Bucknell Tuesday
While Bucknell and Penn State
debaters are conducting the sched
uled symposium forum on the
topic, “What Is Youth’s Part in the
War,” here next Tuesday, a sim
ilar discussion will be faking place
on the Bucknell campus.
Mark A. Richards ’42 and Wil
liam iE. .Harkins ’42 will travel Jo
Le wishing where -they- will' speak
along with two Bucknell students.
Gerald F. Doherty ’42 and Robert
D. Baird ’42 will participate in the
program here.
John H. Frizzell, professor of
public speaking and College chap
lain, will serve as chairman at the
local forum. •
Helen McCormick Hired
For 'Package Library'
Miss Helen McCormick, a grad
uate of the Peabody Library Sci
ence School in Nashville, Tenri.,
has been hired to take chai-ge of
the “package library” division of
the extension library.
By means of the package ' li
brary, groups throughout 'the
state may borxow bulletins, pam
phlets, and books directly from
the College. The only cost to the
borrowing organization is for
handling. and postage.
Tops 1941
war, in which he advised students
and pledged full College support
to the nation’s defense before. 5,-
000 students and faculty members
in Rec Hall, was ranked fifth, be
low the story of the confused All-
College presidency situation last
Fall;
The ten biggest stox-ies follow:
1. Soccer sti-eak halted at 65
stx-aight games.
2. Infantile paralysis epidemic
delays College opening one week.
3. Student defense ti-aining
plans inaugux-ated.
4. Gerald F. Doherty ’42 suc
ceeds Robert D. Baird ’42 as All-
College president, then steps down
to the. vice-presidency again to al
low Baird to regain his office.
5 . President Hetzel addresses
5,000 at first special convocation in
four years.
'ATE COLLEGE
College Senate Passes
'No Finals' Resolution
Red Cross Petitions
Student Blood Doners
Penn State students are being"
offered the' chance to give their
blood in the war effort.
Red Cross blood-donor petitions
are being circulated in a drive to
obtain the 500 * volunteers which
■ are needed to bring a mobile
blood-bank unit to State College
from Philadelphia, it was announ
ced yesterday by Jack M. Swartz
berg ’44, chairman of the blood
donor unit.
Because there is much need for
blood by the. United States’ Army
and-Navy .at the present time,
students are urged to sign up at
Student Union. . Persons under 21
must have a release signed by
parent or guardian. •
Work On Defense
Courses To Begin
After being shelved temporarily
to enable College officials to de
vote their full attention to the
problems arising from the shorten
ing of the College year, work on
the organization of the courses to
be offered under the . Student
Training for. Civilian Defense
program will probably begin next
week, it w as indicated yesterday.
More than 2,000 students have
turned in enrollment blanks signi
fying their interest in the courses,
which "will""be'.designed„.to' train:
students for defense work in their'
home communities. Every one of
the 50 proposed courses has been
selected as first choice by at least
one student.
Welding, with 206 first choices,
is the most popular course " with
First Aid running a close second
with 205- preferences. Other
courses leading in student interest
are Automobile Mechanics, 196
selections; Communications and
Radio, 137; Motor Vehicle Oper
ation, 96; Blackout. Driving, 83;
Overall Mechanics (for women),
82; and Office Methods, 81.
No fees will be charged for the
extra-cui’ricular instruction, -and
no credit will be given.
Club Cancels Dance
The Penn State Club dance orig
inally scheduled for January 10
has been cancelled indefinitely
and the Thespian dance has been
changed from February 3 to a date
in January to be announced soon.
Stories
6. Three classes vote to finance
completion of a series of mural
around the mezzanine floor of Old
Main at an estimated cost of $13,-
600.
7. Heinz Warneke chosen Lion
Shrine sculptor.
8. Penn State is host to NCAA
boxing tournament. Paul Scally
wins national 175-pound title.
8. (Tie) College Defense Coun
cil is organized.
10. Mixed drinking banned by
Cabinet and WSGA.
Finishing behiixd the top ten
were the following stories: the bus
stop situation which culminated in
the moving of the Greyhound site
to the Athei’ton Street terminal;
the football team’s brilliant sea
son, climaxed by the 31-7 massacx’e
of Pitt and the subsequent half
holiday; -and the 585 students
pledged to fi-aternities, a new high.
ft ‘f-'f’ Fair with
If 1 f | 1 1 Temperature Rise
WEATHER
PRICE THREE CENTS
Interpretation Left
Up To Departments
The resolution to replace final
examinations with bluebooks was
adopted by the College Senate at
its meeting yesterday afternoon.
The action is in no way final,
since the - resolution will have no
more than an advisory utility. It
is impossible to do away with final,
examinations in a few courses, it
was pointed out. For the' most
part, interpretation of the resolu
tion was left up to the individual
departments. '
'So as not to crowd the last days
of classes with exams and allow
the students to “do justice” to
them, instructors were advised to
use discretion in the choice of the
date for their bluebooks. ,
The original resolution was pro-,
posed at the Tuesday meeting of
the All-College Cabinet after the'
College calendar was changed. It
was pointed out that the shorten-'
ing of the semester “would entail-,
the taking of four or five final'
examinations in one day.”
The resolution was presented to
the Senate Committees on Student
Welfare- in the form of a petition:
Wednesday afternoon. The com-:
mittee decided that it was a mat
ter fof the entire Senate to dis
cuss, and .referred it to .them with
the recommendation for “favor
able action because of the detri
mental effect on- studeht health'
and welfare.”. ;
The resolution was introduced
.in.the Senate.yesterday as a com
mittee report by Mac Lean M, Bab
cock, associate' professor of in-1
dustria! engineering, who is chair
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WASHINGTON—Navy officials,
announced that final reports from]
the gallant marine' defenders of.
Wake Island state that during the
course of the fighting there, seven'
Japanese vessels were sunk, in-:
eluding 4 destroyers, a .cruiser,, a
gunboat and a submarine.. This,
report came in a penciled record,
of the fighting written by Major'
Baylor, ah officer on the island.
BERLlN—German sources ad
mitted that heavy damage was
done in an RAF/aid upon Bankok,-
capital of Thailand; Seven Jap-'
anese planes were said to have
been shot down. Allied sources
admit the loss of one plane.
MOSCOW—A special Soviet
communique claimed that 132 set
tlements have been recaptured on
the Moscow front. The Reds al
so claimed the destruction of B,ooo'
Nazi troops during the fighting in
the Crimea.
CHUNGKING—Chinese officials
stated that 65,000 Japanese troops
face destruction in the wake of
the Chinese drive through Chang- 1
sha province. The Chinese troops
are reported to be still chasing the
Nipponese forces.
WASHINGTON—The House to
day thi-eatened to oust Mayor La-
Guai’dia fx - om his position as Civ
ilian Defense dii’ector. Opposi
tion forces claimed that the mayor
was incapable of handling the job.
and to serve at the same time as
mayor of New York. They pro
posed that the job be tui-ned over
to the war department. A House
committee was appointed to draw
up a compi-omise on the auestion.
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