Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 38---No. 69 `Third Education Vital, Prentis Says Our schools and colleges should stress the value of a liberal arts ed ucation now, along with technical training, declared H. V. Prentis, trustee of the College, to students and faculty yesterdaSr, in a talk on stands for, is necessary." Emphasis has been placed on specialized and prbfessional train ing to the detriment of an under standing of the principles which underlie, and in the long run deter mine, the facts of human existence, he said.. "If our republic is to sur-' vive," Mr. , Prentis stated, "a thor ough knowledge of what our gov ernment is, how it is run, .and faith and pride in what our institutions stands . for, is necessary." If the average American teach er,.. . he continued, knew as little about his chosen subject as he does about his governmental and eco nomic system, he would nbt long remain at his professional post. Mr. Prentis warned his listeners that we have tried - to live without a political philosophy, and that this cannot be done successfully. in this country, or anywhere -else in:the Worlc1?- 'Our - indiVidual'qieedom, he contended,- is based on' a -tri partite structure whose three tow ers are representative constitution al democracy, civil and religious freedom and free private enterprise Destroy any one of the three, he declared, and the whole structure will collapse: "It is imperative that we should rekindle the ancient altar fires of freedom in all our people," Mr. Prentis concluded, "since men fight - only for ideals which they understand and in which they be lieve." Waste Collection On Weekly Basis Further opportunity to share in •the- "Salvage for Victory" cam paign will be afforded to down town students, faculty members, townspeople, and fraternities with the announcement yesterday that the Conservation of Resources Committee will continue its waste collection on a -weekly Sponsored by the State College Defense Council, 0. W. Houts' trucks will collect salvageable ma terial placed on the curbstones by residents. Salvage material's want ed are paper, rags, rubber, and metals. The collection schedule according to time and place fol lows: Monday a. m.—College Heights, East of Allen st.; !Monday p. m.— College Heights, West of Allen st. Tuesday a. m.—College ave. and all cross streets between College and Beaver; Tuesday' p. m.--. Bea ver ave. and all cross streets be tween College and Beaver; Tues day p. m.—Beaver ave. and all cross streets between Beaver and Foster. Wednesday a. m.—Foster ave. and all cross streets between Fos ter and Nittany; Wednesday p. m. —Nittany ave. and all cross streets between Nittany and- Fairmount. Thursday a. m.—Fairmount ave. and all cross streets between Fair mount and Prospect; Thursday p. m.—Prospect ave., Hamilton ave., and all cross streets between. 01It at "P T e l3ll A ST . Semester' Plan Proposed College Thermometer Twelve, Pass Air• New Term Would Begin Freezes At 40 Below • This information can be taken Corps Physicals May 18 End August 28 for what it is worth, but accord ing to reliable sources, last Twelve students passed their ThUrsday's cold spell caused a final physical examinations for en- 1 Faculty. To Consider mercury thermometer in the "bar- trance into the Penn State Unit of 3rd Semester' Would f rens," six miles from campus, to the Naval Air Corps, it was an- • Counc i ls Report freeze when it struck 40 degrees nounced yesterday by Naval offi- Begin College Year A new College calendar adjust below zero, cers in charge. The proposed "third semester," ed to the conditions of war and Students and faculty shivered Although not as yet officially if adopted, will be the first se- calling for a "third semester" to when the thermometer • at the signed up the following men havebegin on May 18 will be mester of the next college year, consid campus weather station dropped been approved as Naval Air Corps it was stressed by Ray V. Wat- ered by the faculties of the sev to minus 8, but that was just "fair candidates: J. L. Anderson '42, T. ffi eral Schools on Monday and re: kins, scheduling officer, yesterday. weather" breezes, according to re- E. Bittner, J. N. Corman '42, A. T. said he believes ported back to the Council of Mr. Watkins ports from downtown. Bertram '44, J. E. Dryie '44, H. C. _ Administration for definite ac- Jennings '43, R. H. Juve, R. J. students have a misconception re Prof. William S. Clarke Jr., tion earl garding the plan and fears that y next week. Lynch, W. F. McCoy '44, W. P. department of horticulture, insists they may miss the summer se- The proposed calendar was sub- Minshall '44, R. W. Schnetz, and that the thermometer on the porch mester and return to college in mitted to Council yesterday by T. F. Smith '42. of his home on E. College avenue September. a committee appointed . by Presi registered a minus 17, and he Twenty others who took the They may do so, Mr. Watkins dent Hetzel on January 10 to put swears that at the home of a physical exam were scheduled for pointed out, but they will find "into tentative form a proposal or friend at Lemont, the mercury a re-examination for minor defects courses being given in accordance proposals for a College program prummetted to 22. This inf or- to be held approximately the sec- with the regular second semester adjusted to the conditions of war, and week of February when the matron, it is repeated, can be tak- plans, as stated in the College to be of effect following the-close will Naval officers return to the en for what it is worth.Catalogue. of the second semester of the - campus. Any additional, students present College year, namely, May interested in joining .the Penn State 9, 1942." Unit of the V-5 Naval Aviation Corps may •take physical exams at juniors Offered After the committee's report had been considered by the Council, it this time. was voted to request the School Further information on enlisting faculties to consider the report. in this branch of the service may U s scholarships The emergency war-time pro be obtained from Thomas J. AM-u a gram as proposed by the commit son '42, seaman second class, in tee involves a fifteen-week se- Federal-aid scholarships for stu - 305 Old Main at the following ' mester for seniors, juniors, and dents in political -science, public hours: Monday, Wednesday, and sophomores beginning May 18 administration, statistics, and en - Friday from 11 to 12 a. m. aridand ending August 28, and a gineering were announced yester-Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 4 p, m. day by the U. S. Civil Service Corn- twelvp-week termfcir freshmen mission. beginning June 8 and ending Applications for scholarships, August 28. valued at $1440 a year, will be Under the plan, the fall semes received at the commission's re- ter would begin on September 15 gional office in the Federal Build- and end on December 19, and the ing, Pittsburgh, Pa., until Febru- next term would run from Janu ary 3. Only college juniors are ary 15 to April 17. No specific eligible. dates for semesters later than that Civil service tests also have been were included in the committee's set for the following positions: report. junior professional assistants, It was also recommended that mostly in agriculture, $2OOO a year; new contracts for faculty mem senior biological aides, $2OOO a hers be for the period from July year; home economists, $2600 to 1, 1942, to April 30, 1943. $5600 a year; special investigators (Continued on Page Two) for the District of. Columbia police 111111111111111111111111111111118111111111111181111111111111111111111 department, $3600 a year; depart mental guards, $l2OO a year. tEe Late News deadline on applications for stu- Students Oppose Pay Sacrifice Although a sizeable - majority. of the American working population - would'be willing •to datict two cents . :on ,every' dollar of' their. wages each pay.day to buy defense bonds or stamps, ,a similar ratio of Penn State students oppose the • idea.. • A Daily Collegian Survey of 300 Late Registration Fees students—using Gallup Poll samp ling methods—revealed that 55 per Announced By Registrar cent opposed the idea of asking Fines fOr late registration were working - Workers to make a pay announced yesterday by William "sacrifice." Only 39 per cent S. Hoffman, registrar., favored the issue, with 6 per cent stating they were undecided. A one-dollar fine will be charg ed for those registering within The issue put to a cross-section the two-day period, January 26 of the student body follows: Would and 27, ,but not in their scheduled you favor a law for buying defense period. A five-dollar fine will be bonds or stamps which would charged for those registering after make it compulsory for employed the two-day period. persons to invest two cents out of - every dollar of their salary, wages, or other income in defense bonds Cart ography Offered _ or stamps? Geography 450, field mehods dent dietitians and coal-mine in- Yes ' 39% and cartography, a three credit spectors also was extended. • Fiashes .• . No - • 55 __course, _will be "offered second se- Radia men• and women are also 1191111111111110911111111911111111111111111111111199111111191111) Undecided ' 6 mester is 12 or more students sign' needed by the U. S. Civil Service to In comparison the results of a up. The course deals with maps fill the position of trainer-repair- WASHINGTON General Mac 'Gallup Poll on the same issue put and charts, and includes one lec- man, signal corps. .equipment, Arthur's Philippine troops were to a cross-section of all employed ture and two 3-hour laboratories. which offers six month's specializ 7 . undergoing a heavy attack last persons throughout the United Interested students should con- ed training with pay. 'Upon suc- night as the Japs 'launched what . States follow: tact Prof. R. E. Murphy, 109 MI cessful completion of the training appeared •to be .an all-out attack Yes • 69% Building. Final announcement course, trainees will be eligible for complete control -of the Islands. • ' No 19 whether the course will be given for assignment to positions at $l,- LONDON RAF bombers rang- Undecided 12 will be made Tuesday. 620 a year. ed over the Calais area of the French coast last night, starting fires that were visible across the channel. These air attacks fol lowed within 24 hours the RAF bombings of Essen and Hamburg. Essen and Hamburg. Murder mysteries, novels of the placed in the Library, at' the Cor- Smith, draftee, a former Penn State WASHINGTON Argentina, Wild West, breezy Thorne Smith ner Room, and in -Student Union student whose education was sev- Chile, Paraguay, and Peru have be volumes, classics, books of a tech- will remain open throughout next ered at the end of his junior year come holdouts in the Pan-Ameri nical nature ranging. from texts on week. by his local draft board. The pros- can Conference of the Republics of automdtbile design to books on Pointing with pride at the collet- pects of his ever continuing his ed- the 7 Western Hemisphere. They journalistic practices-450 in all, tion, the committee wished to stress ucation seem remote. demanded special concessions yes have been contributed so far this that never before have our armed Although a member of a service terday as the price for breaking off week by residents .and students of forces represented a more typical group, Bill still finds leisure mo- all relations with the Axis Powers. State College to the Victory Book cross section of American men, ments that he formerly used in ex- COLUMBUS, Ohio Prisoners campaign committee, with the same aptitudes and tastes ercising his mind. On $2l per, Bill. in jail far a first offense may be The local drive, part of a na- that are found in any random group can 't afford those books that he permitted to enlist in the Army ac tional effort by a tri-parte organ- of civilians, and that a library for used to take for granted. . cording to a plan proposed here ization of the American Red Cross, their use should contain the seine ' Gradually he drifts away from yesterday. Prisoners on parole will the USO, and the American Li- rich variety of reading matter that plans for his future career, except also be given a chance to enter the brary Association to collect 10,000,- is to be found in any well-conduct- for remorseful thoughts of what armed forces. 000 books for the education and ed public library. might have been. SINGAPORE British forces entertainn'ent of members of our The committee wishes to empha- Then one day he walks into a withstood every Jap advance on armed forces, was scheduled ta. size the need for modern technical USO house, or perhaps it's a recce- Singapore yesterday despite nu cbme to an end today; but since the books for those men now in the ation center, and there he finds a . merical superiority of the enemy. committee believes that many stu- service of their country who have book—a book of facts about his Leaders in London warned, how, dents will want to contribute texts given up careers or their 'educa- chosen career. Opening it he finds ever, that the situation is still dan upon the consummation of the tion. written the name of another Penn gerous and overconfidence should present semester, the receptacles Visualize, if you will, a Bill State student. be guarded against. Students Answer Book Ca 11... 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