The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 13, 1942, Image 1

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The Free „Lance.
Established 1887
` ;'VOL 38,-No: 65
:College Glee- Club
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i; , :iNdili. "scont;s, and- bici.Eici.qast.
lip767.becOine: popular at.' Penn
,--fate,„ 'Ai - last That ii 'the opinion
i . ..k . ili . i Chileke'fOlee - Club. , • -:'
: - iliiiiVailiiit former Penn gtsite'
440fgraililatt 4 anil now imdlo'ihand
iiiaer4 .iiiig ,:. iiiiiftea. the: : ,College '
4*p Af.'sir ! g ! ri to.entet his' Pleas,
afterrime ' : National., College. Glee -
CIO° einnpetition,. and the ' Glee
dub, hai.aecepted hia . bid.
•;Mich , •clUb.• entering the . contest
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vill, be,plaCed, in .a: regional group.
1 lot cciinget4ion.• .Winners of each'
/ rgional contest will be invited to .INVITES .GLEE , CLUB --;- Fred
New`YOrk City . where, during a . Waring, - former Penn State•Under
collegiate gi r ee'olub Jestival week, graduite, .has, invited the College
theilitaanaywhiner Will.be chosen.." Glee Club, to •enter his Pleasure
Judges for :the_;
national contest Time National .College Glee Club
will,. be Stforton'G r ould, composer- contest. -
•con 4. ..
ttetol:,,. - •. l .Andre- •Kostelanetz, - .. .
siinphenic arranger and Conductor, " . 4
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alld•:•Peems : ' Taylor,, noted music - Thespian - Shows
critic. ^ .
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''l',fa• the regionalnl contests each a •
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'glee club.. will- record three songs'. Will ampsC
Waring 'Said that ' recordings would
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provide the natural test of the '
el.th'SV . adaptibilitY to mierophone In. order to finance three musi-
Jeel . thiciiie _ . cal comedy shows to be presented
'.. Waring will ,select a song, the at nearby Army camps by the Penn
arrAngeirients eit'which will be re- State Thespians, students will
leaSed fOr - J,Wo-rrionths' practice on present an evening of entertain
it. The 'second number may be ment, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Leon
selected: by= the club. However, the Rabinowitz '43 will be the master
third-selection mtist, be one' of the of ceremonies. No admission will
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college's songs, o_b e sung unaccom- 'be charged but a collection will be
. panied . an* in unison. taken:
•
No club•fill: - 1 erequired to tray- The ."Thespiali Defense Units,"
el more :than.loo,--iniles to reach a according 'to James McAdam '43,
recording center,' • which will be set president of "the organization, will
up dater, •4§ each recording is .present shows at the camps . at
WillXiieldentified by Carlisle, Indiantotirn Gap, New
imitiOr:-*Al"%nt-:to , Neitrwii.ork`- , Camberlandir. an* the-Aiddletown
- NameS , - the competmg Air Depot -At • Indiaritow-Gap
clubs „ .
will. be , , unknownto. the alone they will appear at six dif
. judges .until-the *regional winners . Iferent . theatres:• -
haliteis,been,...phoseii.. • , , The board of control guiding
;:aFiglli,ye wanted
to the entertainment, project includes
.stirOlaWintefeal:ln. male group 'McAdani,,' jantes A. - Leyden'42,
. s ‘ ingpitgAlY . :sondticting' a national and. Leon RabinOwitz '43 ; Robert
glee-felith',.c . ompetition;on a R.' Lyman. '43, - Robert . K. Russel
, before at-
'42, and Henrey F: Daley '43, will
• manage the individual units, while
• - .keYert V. Mellott '45, Jarhes . :T.
T• • .
-Smith- '42, and Sara Harsh
barger "42 • will manage the *ance
choruses
Tryouts - for parts; in . the :new
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VottVgpn 4 Lqiis .
.Prosntanaia - ares .
,-,7,4Etirit c , ? ,.6*.;,eyei itched to air
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v e D ally Col
liO*Sr.46lUnan?!.f:
'-,-D414*...fee1„ . ...that you could be
iMabeyr,.p;k4b;s4' , lll.myon? ' •
~ i'llaVe?"l - ibut.ilever. wondered Just
-wlit-.,V.LaeOice.-•Are? •
'l , Xiii..„ - addttiOx.io, information- on
rthese•:,i'•alict , ;l46r. questions, ex
...cellefitq:jp.,63,vspaper '• , training is
.operi freshmen intbrested in
•ti,ingl 7 s34',r,fOr.:•eitlier•the business
•orh•editpktiV;l3oairds- df 'the - Daily
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lal:Ciindidates- should meet - for
an organi;ation meeting ''in 405
.. 'olo''ll.llafn•ThUraday at 7:15 . ..p1:"TrI.
•It . is not. necessary that candidates
.he ll : Limbers of the Journalism
If -interested in working
.on-i Penn •State's:daily.newspaper,
come to, the meeting- Thursday
ask ,questions and find out
just whaVs ,What.
Eight determined freshmen are varsity aspirant. Frosh possibities in the 165-
going to carry the colors of' their In the 127-pound class, will 'be pound class include Web 'Moriarta
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,Time-Table Dates class into the fray. 'tonight in the recent finalists Glen Hawthorne,
Rec Hall ring at 8:30 p. m.. against frosh find, and Tom Walsh, soph Lee Miller, and Cliff St. Clair, class
President. Ted Maier's opponent in
'.Moved Up One Week a classy sophomore aggregation of veteran of two intramural tourna- -
• - • pugilists: ,
. ments. This bout will be followed this o, class will be chosen at the 4
clock weigh-in-today.
• - All dates in the second semester • If the 'bouts bring victory to the by a tussle between Johnny Graf
time-table are moved Up one week, freshmen, they will be permitted -'45 ringster arid IM finalist, and Moriarta will combine at 175
due to the change. in the calendar to doff their customs following the Jess Fardella, recent addition to with a fellow freshman against
for the College year, Ray V. Wat- bouts, 'but if the big bad sopho- the sophomore squad. Jay 'Gross and Bill CalVert. The
kins, scheduling officer, announced mores are successful in their quest, The middleweight bout will have heavyweight division schedules
yesterday.. the hatmen and Tribunal will en- John Hoffman '45 pitted against William Laughlin '45 against How-
The .English, .Composition 1,2, force customs until Leffler and his Charley "Chug" Flock, sensation of and Kendall, new track sensation.
and 5 sections, mentioned on page seven-man board sets a- date. Bischoff's tournament, last year. Official judges at the annual
13, will have their initial class The '4sers will lead off with Cy Bud Davis or Larry Doyle will scrap will be members of the mil
.meetings pn January,3o and 31 in- Ivory, recent intramural runnerup, meet Harold Bryant, sophomore itary department, Dan WeMarino
stead of February 6 and 7. ~., , , pitted against Jack. Grey, ,young,forester •atilss. will serve as referee.
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.. - fahan.l9Wins Whitt,:
loOmisitop In lit: (Orps
Herbert B. Callan . '39, formar
sports editor of the Collegian, won
his wings and a second lieutenant
commission-in the - Army Air Corps
Friday, :the• Public' Relations Of
dice 'at Kelly Field, Texas, reports.
Cahan, ,as chairman of Student
Tribunal, officiated at the 'first
All-College inauguration• 'and Was
a menibler of • Garrima *Sigma 'Phi,
social .fraternity, and Siena . Delta
'Chi, - honorary journalism 'frater-
Frosh-Soph Battle To Fix Customs
OF THE PENNSYLVANI
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, STATE COLLEGE, PA
John Lynch '45
Dies Of Injuries
Because of the change in the
first semester calendar, the date
originally scheduled for, the sale
John Thomas Lynch, 18-year-old of remaining Artists' Course see
freshman, who .was found with ies tickets has been shifted from
severe head injuries at the tbOtt,
of a flight of steps at White Hall Thursday, .January 22 to_ Tuesday,
Saturday 'morning, died • Sunday c
February 3. This sale will be
onducted two' days before the
'afternoon in the Centre County appearance 'of •Lauritz
Hospital of a fractured skull.
The induStrial • engineering stu
dent
At that time 130 stage seats ort:
ginEilly priced at $5.50, tax. in- •
dent who had been working part of ,
his way • through 'school, is said to eluded, will go on sale , :at - $4.40,
have left a physical education class
,and 38 other seats in' the Audi
intoritim will be: sold at $4.95, tax
White Hall Saturday about 9:45
a. m. after complaining he did not 'included. , The; 38 were originally
feerwell. Priced at $6.05. Tickets at the
College authorities.believe that
reduce
re m aining numbers oftfied prices will' admit to the
13e fainted - and toppled down •the three' remaining
:Melchior will be follow
steps, where he was found shortly
afterward. ed on March' 9 by the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra, and on
• The deceased was born April 11,
1923 at Harington, Del., a son of April 13 by Marian Anderson.
William V. and Clara... May Charles Single • admissions to the Mel-
Lynch. He was 'graduated. from chior and orchestral 'concerts, if
Darby High School in June 1941 available,. will be priced at $2.75
and.,was active on campus in the each. Admissions to Marian An-
Penn State Club and the •Industrial derson will sell for $3.85 each.
Engineering Society. •
He is survived by his. parents
.and three brothers.and sisters liv- f orum To Di
scuss
ing at Darby. An older brother,
Charles E: Lynch '4l, is stationed
at the Naval Base in Jacksonville, Youth's . Wir Role
The body was sent 'to Darby yes- Penn Btate's debate coach, Prof.
terday. Funeral• services will be Joseph F. O'Brien, emphasized the
held' there Thursday. A spray - of • importance of the ' varsity debate
flowers has been sent to the par- team's symposium' forum with
ents of the deceased by the Class of ,
Bucknell University, to 'be held
1945. • this evening, when four speakers
. .
• from the two schools will discuss
the the
W top a i r c , , , "'What is Youth's Part in
Book Drive Beginsa t 8:30 in the Home Eco
nomics auditorium.
Citing the importance of the
For Service Men topic, Professor. O'Brien said, "The
symposium ...topic is one which
should _be, very cloSe to the stu
-denis. - Zach youth,-has a . - definite
part to play in the present war
and defense effort and 'this- discus
sion will attempt to point out the
specific phases of youth's part."
Pehn State's speakers will be
Thomas J. Burk '42' and Gerald F.
Doherty '42. Burk - will speak on
the subject, "How Can Youth Best
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,•„. !The__ .Victory" BOok- -Campaign
committee ' yesterday • inaugurated
their local drive to collect books
to be sent to members of our•armed
forces . stationed throughout the
country,
The National Victory Book com
mittee resulted from the efforts of
the American Red Cross, the. U. S.
0., and the American Library. As
sociation to provide reading matter
for the service groups.-
(Locally the'drive is being headed
by Miss . Evelyn .M. .Hensel, cata
logue librarian, chairman. -The
campus is represented by George
A. Palmer '43 from WC, Frances E.
Haley '43 from Panhel, Mrs. H. W.
Lowman• from the Alumni, and
Harry W. Seamans from the PSCA.
Seven members of the College
Library staff are also serving on
the committee. • They are Robert
T.. Grazier, Raymond R. Dickinson,
Barbara E. Ulrich, Mrs. Mildred
Graves, Vera L. , Moyer, Katharine
M. Stokes, and Katherine C.
Dwyre. •
Receptacles for receiving the
hooks have been placed in Student
Uniou, at the Corner Room, and in
the Library. - The committee de
sires books of all types: humor, fic
tion, ,biographies; and technical
ATE COLLEGE
Artists' Course Ticket
Sale Date Changed
Barney Speaks Tonight
In Third LA Leclure
"The Architect's New Clients in
the Post-war Era" will be the topic
for the third Liberal Arts Lecture
in (Room 121 Sparks Building. at
7:30 p. m. tonight.
William Pope Barney, visiting
architectural design• Critic and con
sultant and a former member of
the faculty, will be the • guest
speaker. Termed by B. Kenneth
Johnstone, head of the architeeture
department, as an architect of na
tional repute, 'Mr. Barney'will dis
cuss phases of post-war housing.
Serving as chairman for tonight's
lecture will be Aaron Druckrnan,
assistant professor of philosophy,
and a •member of the Liberal Arts
Lecture Series committee.
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gtanLight Snow,
Warmer Temperature
Defense Group
Begins Collection
Of Salvage Goods
Three more days remain for
downtown students, faculty, towns
people, and fraternities to share in
the "Salvage for Victory" cam
paign being conducted this week as
the: :result of a: collection plan
worked out by the Conservation of
Resources. Committee of the State
College Defense 'Council.
Since yesterday. morning, 0. W.
Houts' trucks have been collecting
all salvageable material vital to
defense production placed on the
Curbstones by residents. Salvage
material wanted follows:
Paper: newspapers, wastepaper,
and cardboard. Newspapers and,
magazines should , be iled in bun,-
dies, wastemer placed in-contain
ers, and cardboard boxes broken
down and. tied flat.
Rags: All rags reasonably clean.
No oily , rags.. ,
Rubber: Old tires not suitable
for retreading or recapping. • Old
garden hose, door mats, hot water
bottles, etc
Metals
cans
Containers will be emptied in
the trucks and returned to the curb
unless otherwise specified by the
owners. The committee points out
that it in no way' wishes to inter
fere with present collection serv
ices such as the Salvation Army
but is presenting the new plan to
get as near 100 per cent coverage
as possible.
The remaining collection sched
ule according to time and place
follows:
• Tuesday a. m.—College ave. and
all cross streets between . College
and Beaver; Tuesday R..m.---Beav
-er ave. and -all cross streets be:
tween Beaver and Foster. •
Wednesday a. m.—Foster ave.
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• WASHINGTON, D. C. -- A new
step towards a two-ocean navy was
taken • yesterday when President
Roosevelt signed n bill raising
Navy, personnel. to 509,000. • The
new law also increases the size of
the iMarine Corps to 140,000 men.
CAIRO, Egypt A portion 'of
the RAF fighting with British Afri
can forces ranged as far west. as
Tripoli yesterday in efforts to Pre.-
vent arrival of reinforcements to
the retreating Nazi hordes. Two
hundred fascist planes have been
shot down already in the Libyan
campaign, the British report.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Hemi
spheric solidarity was further as
sured yesterday with the setting up
of a United States Mexico defense
commission. The new body is a
prototype of the United States-
Canada defense commission.
TOKIO. Japan Latest Japan
ese communiques claimed that
Nipponese forces are within firing
distance of the Corregidor fortress.
They also claimed repeated suc
cesses in the Malayan campaign
directed at Singapore,
BATAVIA, D.E.I. The Dutch
air force continued its spectacular
air war against the Axis by
scoring two direct hits on a Jap
cruiser and also damaging an
enemy destroyer.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A 7,300
ton Army transport burned off the
Alaskan coast as a result of a mys
terious fire yesterday. All crew
members were saved, but the ves
sel and its cargo were total losses.
WEATHER
PRICE THREE CENTS
Anything except tin