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
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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.
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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.
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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.