Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL 38—No: 67 Jhespian Unit To Stage Show For Morale Plans -Fun and laughter is a serious business now - that the Thespians have shouldered the task of en tertaining the service men in four state camps. At least that was the conclusion the_ Thespian Defense Board of Control reached last night as it evaluated student talent that pa raded before it. Individual acts were reviewed in preparation for a preliminary unit show to be staged in Schwab Auditorium at 8:15• o'clock tonight. Production Manager James A. Leyden '42, emphasized that • to -night's personnel will be enlarged as soon as applications of indivi- dual ,acts are receiv`td. He ex- pressed the' group's disappoint- Ailment at' the: half:hearted. student 'response and urged, anyone with any kind of ,an act, save skits[ to contact the Thespians. Not only student arts will 'be presented tonight, but two faculty members have volunteered their services. It is the Thespians' ob ject to enlist both students and faculty members in the job of bol stering service men's morale. Mrs. Jean Abramson, singer, and Dr. Stuart .A: Mahuran, as sistant 'professor of journalisin, who is a magician in his own right, 'will appear on the program. When contacted last night, Dr. Mahuran 'said: "For national de- Tense? Sure I'll do it." Student talent will sprinkle the show with variety. :Among, those to . 'aPtieWf dire 'georke'P'. '45, trumpet solo;. James. A. Ley den-: '42. and his 'musical. quartet, musical specialties; Bud Malotte '44, tap dancing specialty_; Don R. Taylor '42, gag . routines. Bernard Feinberg •'44, the "story" behind . the - second Hun- garian Rapsody; Leon J. Rcibin owitz '43, impersonations; An drew P. Szekely '43, piano solos; Betty E. Platt '45, singer; and Shirley L. Ives '45, singer., No admission will charged tonight. An offering will be tak (Continued. on Page Two) • • freshmen Candidates For Collegian Staff . To Organize Tonight Wanted—freShmen interested in gaining valuable newspaper exper ience in either the editorial or bus iness boards of The Daily Colleg ian. If , you like to write; if you want to feel the pulse of campus life come around to the organiza tion meeting in 405 Old Main at 7:15 o'clock tonight. Candidates need have had no previous experience or is it neces sary that they intend to enroll in the journalism department. If in terested in helping put out Penn State's daily paper, it is important to attend tonight's meeting. An outline of The Daily Colleg ian's set up will be explained by Ross B. Lehman '42, editor, and James E. McCaughey '42, business manader. If you have questions come and find out •the answers. The meeting will be brief and will start promptly. New Officers Elected • Delta Theta Sigma announced the results of officer elections for the second semester last night. Walter W. Hollobaugh '42 was elected president, William M. Keslar '42, vice-president, and Martin L. Miller '43 and Joseph G. 'Featly' '43, treasurer and secre tary, :..eipectively. 4 ,04,,„:„,....., :0 r Batty t4;t4,.::.) cat 1., A ST Gene Krupa To Play For Alpha Sigma Phi Gene Krupa, King of the Drums, will bring his nationally known or chestra to Penn State for a Valen tine Dance at the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house February 13, Les Hetenyi, social chairman of the fraternity, announced last night. According to Hetenyl, an alum nus of the house had offered to do nate the contract late in Novem ber and the dance date had been set for January 9. However, the first two choices, Benny Goodman and Charlie Barnett, could not be contracted and the dance had to be postponed. The dance will be closed and formal, Hetenyi said, with the ad mittance by invitation only. College To Survey State Industries More than 650 of Pennsylvania's industries—most of them- plants producing war materials—are now being surveyed by, the College ex tension. service to determine their .need for technically-trained work ers.. Through this "inventory;" tJe College will attempt to determine by actual location the training needs of state industries in general, of townspeople, of special plant groups and of studentsnow enroll ed in defense courses. The survey was announced by J. Orvis Keller, assistant to the. presi dent in charge s ' of extension, who said that the inventory Will be ugli • lield , repreaell,tat of •the College and through the State Employment office. • The results "of the five-part sur vey will' indicate the volume of de fense' training that Penn State, largest in. the college field, will do in its next engineering, science, and management defense training program beginning some time next Month. Only two months ago, Penn State- enrolled more, than 18,000 men and women 'for defense courses in 109 cities and towns of the COmmonwe.alth. Fitness Group Meets Organization meeting for stud ents and faculty members inter ested in the "all-out" physical fit ness program -should meet in the west gallery of Rec Hall at 2:30 p. m. today, Charles M. Speidel, committee chairman, announced. Students Oppose Extra Semester A majority .of Penn State stud ents oppose the idea of scheduling a "third" semester in the College calendar from June to October because of the financial difficul ties involved, according to a sur vey by The Daily Collegian of 300 students. The poll was conducted on a cross-section sampling basis so that the correct percentage of fra ternity and independent students in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes were included to make the survey truly represen tative. Names were selected from the directory, and the students were then contacted. Of the 50 per cent who opposed the issue, a large majority did so because they must work during the summer vacation to earn ex pense money. Only 40 per cent 'of all students questioned stated they would enroll for the special term. Yes No Undecided .... 1 The women students interview ed were more - enthusiastic about the extra semester idea than the men, as the foll Owing table in- The poll on inaugurating a new dicates: OF THE 'PENNSYLVANI THURSDAY MORNING', JANUARY 15, STATE COLLEGE, PA Defense Council Hears Reports The College Defense Council made plans to meet every other Wednesday and heard reports from committee heads at the group's meeting last night. The setting of regular dates was made at the re quest of Dr. A. C. Marts, execu tive director of the State Defense Council. Reporting on the work of the Committee .on Contacts with:Fac ulty, Students, and -Alumni in the Armed Services, Chairman Edward K. Hibshman - said that a list, by camps, has been prepared of 450 'Penn State draftees and enlistees. He pointed out the increasing dif ficulty of obtaining information on men who are being shifted to new locations. Also on the program of the com mittee on contacts, Hibshman said, are the showing of football movies next week at . the New Cumberland reception cenker by Coach Bob Higgins, and the proposed project of the TheSpians and Glee Club to perform, at four army camps. Urging better response to th 6 "Salvage for Victory" campaign, H. W. Loman, vice-chairman of the combined campus-borough Com mittee on Conservation of Re souraes, asked sudents and town people to • place such . salvageable materials .as paper, rags, metals, and rubber on the ,curbstones to await collection by 0. W. Houts' trucks'. - • Dr.lfCarl. P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical. Education an nounced , the possibility of ex panding the physical fitness pro gram to afford each male student three - body-building exercise The"-' azirural, program will probably be intensi fied,. Dean Schott said. Plans for campus protection were reported well advanced, and air raid or fire drills May be held soon in the main campus buildings and dormitories. Fraternities Advised Of Snow Ordinance Fraternity presidents were ad vised that the borough snow ordi nance would be enforced in the futures A. E. Yougel; burgess of State College, stated yesterday. This ordinance states that all sidewalks must be cleared of snow 24 hours after it ceases falling. The purpose of the strict enforcement from now on, the burgess stated, is hot to collect fines, but to secure cooperation in seeing that the walks are clear. semester into the cale,ndar was conducted on the following issue: . - "If the College shiiuld schedule a third semester from June to October, to hasten graduation for students of draft age, would you enroll for that term? The reaction of the general stu dent body is shown in the follow ing results: Undecided In a cross-secion of the. fresh man, sophomore, and junior classes on the same issue, the 'fol lowing results were obtained F. S. 41% 40% 58 58 ATE COLLEGE All-College Elections Set For March 25, 26, 27 Cathaum Sponsors IF Piano 'Contest An Interfraternity Piano Play ing Contest, sponsored by the Cathaum Theatre, will be staged in the near future.. A trophy cup will be awarded to the 'fraternity placing the win ning member, and cash prizes of five dollars are being given to the winners of group eliminations. Entry blanks 'have been sent to all f: eternities, and each frater nity may enter one contestant who is either a pledge or a member in good standing in his fraternity. Entries close midnight Saturday. Ag Ed Honorary Elects Officers Officers were installed and 16 new members were initiated into Alpha Tau Alpha, agriculture edu cation professional honorary, at a special meeting held Tuesday eve ning, in the Agriculture Education building. The following - officers were in stalled: Homer J. Preston, presi dent; Robert C. Hammond, vice president; Glenn E. Ely, secretary; LeStet: . W. Seidel, treasurer; James A. Shute, sergeant-at-arms; and John A. Stump, reporter, all jun- Dr. C. S. Anderson, chapter ad visor, presented the following, new members with shingles and keys: Preston, Hammond, Ely, Sei del, Shute, Stump, Leon J. Kurtz '43, Irvin K. Curry '43, John M. Graff '43:Charles E. Gundlach '43, John T. Fishburn ''42, George W. Gerguson '42, John G. McAllister , '42, 'Richard M. Jones '43, 'Paul W. Umberger '43, and Charles Weig ley. 189 Stamps Sold One hundred and eighty-nine national defense stamps, provided by Student Union, were, sold at the freshman-sophomore boxing bouts on Tuesday night by mem bers of the Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones, George .L. Donovan, Student Union manager, announ ced 3iesterday. ' Undecided Of those students who opposed the idea the following question was asked: "If the answer to the above question was in the negative, was it because of financial difficulties; e., the necessity of earning money during the• summer vaca tion? 40% 50 10 The student body's attitude is shown the following results: Undecided 2 These results were then cross sectioned according to the fresh man, sophomore,' and junior classes as follows: Undecided to tt Fair with Temperature Rise Men Worn 40% 62% 57 17 3 21 F. S. J 71% 79% 48% 28 19 50 1 2 2 WEATHER PRICE: THREE CENTS Cabinet Groups Asked To Elect Week Later All-College elections will be held WednesdaY, Thursday and Friday, March 25, 26, and 27, it was decided by All-College Cabinet last night. A motion was also passed recommending to all cabi net members that elections of their organizations be held not more than a week after All-College elec tions. The purpose of this recommend .dation was to give newly elected members to Cabinet from three weeks of a month rof experience before the old members leave, and also to make certain that all new members take their positions on Cabinet at the same time. Heading the list of defense pro jects by campus groups as report ed last night was WSGA's purchase of a $5OO defense bond and plans for another one in the near future. iPanhel has decided to cut rushing expenses to the minimum and with the $7O saved buy defense bonds: PSCA has revised its plans to conduct both Town Hall meetings and fireside chats on subjects per taining to the problems, of students in the present emergencSr. It was reported that $18.90 worth of .de fense stamps were sold at the soph frosh scrap and that stamps will be sold at all indoor athletic events. A seven man committee of the school council presidents was ap pointed under the chairmanship of Clair L. Hess '42 to investigate the a . gtent- - of-er,ibbing,on campus. and possible preventative measUres. As reported by William 0. lVley ers '42 in charge of Chapel Fund committee, the votes are now, be ing counted by an NYA student to decide whether or not half of the contributions will be used for local student welfare. Cabinet decided to send as Penn State's delegates to the 'Pennsyl vania Association of Universities at Bucknell University, February 20, Robert D. Baird, All-College president and H. Leonard Krouse, senior class president. 3111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111114111 Late News Flashes ... 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 WASHINGTON The Treas ury Department announced that officials at Manila removed or des-. troyed $7,000,000 worth of assets before the Japs had occupied the city. It was the first official news regarding the battle or the Phil ippines to be released in two days. CHUNGKING Jap troops launched an attack West of Canton yesterday in a desperate effort to relieve pressure on the Nipponese forces now under assault in other sectors of China. MOSCOW--Russian forces have captured Medine and have advanc ed both in the Donet Basin and in Southern Russia, according to an official communique. In the Crim ean area, Russian parachute troops were dropped behind German lines to weaken Nazi resistance. BATAVIA —American and Dutch planes attacked Japanese shipping in the Southeastern Pa cific yesterday. One vessel and several barges were known to have been sunk. CAIRO British air forces from Malta and Axis squadrons from Sicilly and Tripoli took active parts in North Africa yesterday. Both sides exchanged blows at air bases and supply columns.
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