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VOL. 38—No. 70
Thespians To Ask Glenn Miller To Play Senior Ball
Cabinei To OK
Red Cross Song
Penn State may soon • herald' •a
new College song, but this time' it
has 'been created for defense and
not only for College spirit.
The number, "We've Got A Job
TO Do," will be presented to All-
College Cabinet by Leon J. Rabin
owitz '43 tonight for its adoption
as the official campus gong.
• 'Rabinowitz uncovered the song
when he made his trip to New
York where he appeared on the
Fred Allen Show two weeks ago.
Last week before the Thespian De
fense Unit show he received the
first copy off the press.
Victor Knight, program director
for Allen, wrote the song and gave • Thomas R. Ramsden, freshman
all his royalty rights to the Amer- industrial engineering student, was
ican Red Cross. Rabinowitz re- in the Centre County Hospital at
delved the rare honor of being o n e 'Bellefonte • last night recovering
of the first to commercially intro- from severe lacerations of the up
duce the number before it hit the. per arm between tile shoulder and
music stands. elbow.
The composer of the song wrote it
for a (Missouri student who appear
ed on the Allen show a week. be
fore-Rabinowitz was entertained as
a guest. Strangely enough, the
song took
. publishing houses by
Storm. Soon all New York was
praising it.
Since the song was claimed by
Penn State's representative as
great, 'it had its first college cam
pus debut here. Now the Thespian
Defense Unit, which will be divid
ed into three or .perhaps four (tal
ent units to entertain soldiers, has
selected it as a slogan song for its
morale work.
If Cabinet accepts the song, the
College - will have adopted two new
songs in as many years. Last year
Fred Waring dedicated to the Col
lege "The Hills of,Old Penn State."
J. P. Aikens '94
Dies Suddenly
James P. Aikens '94, prominent
State College resident and alum
nus, died suddenly of a heart at
tack late Saturday afternoon fol
ldwing -a brief illness at the age
of 72.
As an undergraduate he was
business, manager of La Vie and
participated in various other Col
lege activities.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a. in. today at Grace Luth
eran Church after which he will
be buried in Pine' Hall Cemetery.
Before his death he was active
in community life and was asso
ciated with the Nittany Printing
and Publishing Company. Until
1922 he had been proprietor of the
Nittany Inn, now State College
Hotel. •
He'mas born in Milroy; Mifflin
County on July 4, 1869 and receiv
ed his elementary education there.
He is survivled by his wife, Mrs.
Nellie S; Aikens, and a nephew,
Claude G. Aikens.
Dry Dock Reservations
Now Available
Table reservaions for this Sat
urday night's Dry Dock were put
on sale at Student Union yester
day, according to William H. Cis
sel '43 and Thomas R..Heidecker
'43, co-chairialen of Dry Dock. All
tables are reserved and no one
will be -adMitted without a reser
vation.
The co-chairmen warned stud
ents to get their reservations early
because there is only table space
for 147 couples. AdMission is 50
cents a couple.
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Glenn Miller, America's top
ranking swing band, has been
signed for Senior Ball, Friday,
February 27, co-chairman Peter
J. Krones '42 and Thomas J. L.
Henson '42 announced last night.
Miller will receive $2,500, the
.highest amount ever paid an - or
chestra to play here. The band
leader played on the campus once
before, Junior Prom in 1940, at
which time he received $2,000.
The price of admission has not
definitely been set, it was reveal
Student Suffers
Arm Lacerations
Ramsden, who lives in 'Watts
Hall, ran his arm through a glass
door while chasing a fellow stu
dent. „Bleeding profusely from cut
arteries, he staggered into the room
of Enos B. Sage '45, who quickly
applied a temporary towel tourni
quet.
The injured student was rushed
to Dr. H. Richard Ishler, down
town physician, who immediately
sent him to the Centre County Hos
pital in the State College Ambu
lance.
Robert H. Kough, senior• pre
medical student, took charge of the
patient until he was put in the
hands of Dr. Ishler. Dr. Ishler
states that Ramsden's loss of blood
was kept to a minimum through
Kough's practical application of his
classroom training.
Hospital authorities said Rams
den was recovering from the in
juries.
Forensic Council Names
McCue Debate Manager
John B. McCue '43 was appoint
ed the new debate manager to suc
ceed Thorhas J. Burke '42 who will
be graduated this month. The ap
pointment was made at the meet
ing of Forensic Council last night.
The council approved the recom
mendation of Joseph F. O'Brien,
associate professor of public speak
ing arid debate coach.
In addition to Burke, two other
members of the varsity squad will
receive their diplomas at mid=term.
William E. Harkins '42 and Mark
A. Richards '42 are the others to be
graduated.
Students Favor Allied
A joint Allied War Council
with full control over thin fight
ing 'forces of each country, in
cluding those of the United States,
meets with the full approval of
Penn State student opinion and
of the American public.
While tile ultimate decision as
to the direction . of the war effort
rests with governmental and mili
tary leaders, nevertheless, the
public's attitude is orie important
feature.
The question is whether Ameri
can citizens would object to hav
ing United States soldiers; sailors
and -airmen go into battle at the
dhiection of military leaders of a
foreign country even., though it is
an Allied power.
The survey in the United States
and on the Penn State campus on
the war council issue was con
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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, STATE COLLEGE, PA
ed, but according to indications,
the usual $3.85 figure will prevail.
H. Leonard Krouse, senior class
prlesident, said last night, "We
were very fortunate to get such a
top-notch band. I'm sure the
dance will be a success."
Featured with the trombonist
will be Marion Hutton and Ray
Eberle 'furnishing the lyrics and
the band's famous saxophone sex
tet.
An ace arranger for many years,
Glenn Miller first rocketed to
TRANSLATOR AT HILLEL
Maurice Samuel, noted author and
translator of "The Nazarene" will
speak at the Hillel Foundation at
7:30 p. m. this evening on• his
book "The Great Hatred" which
deals with the Jewish problem
and the present world situation.
Camera Contest Ends; •
Photos Being Shown
At Central Library
Penn State can now vie with
the salon sections of the leading
photographic magazines in the
country as a result- of the Penn
State Camera
_Club's contest last
week.
Winners in the contest were
Charles W. Warrington' '44, first
prize, with Mrs. Gerald' J. Stout,
256 E. Irvin avenue , second prize,
K. Elizabeth Howe, special stud
ent, third prize, Paul L. Burnhart
'42, William T. Clark '42, War
rington, Mrs. Stout, and John R.
Lotz, graduate student, honorable
mention.
Judges for the contest were Mrs.
Dorothy B. Scott, Warren B. Mack
and J. J. Rubin. The winning
pictures are now on display at
the' Central Library.
ducted by The Daily Collegian,
and by 'Dr. George Gallup, direc
tor of the American Institute of
Public Opinion on the following
questions:
"Do you think the United States,
Britain, Russia, anct their allies
should form a joint war council
which would plan all war opera
tions against the Axis powtars?"
Collegian Gallup
77% 80%
16 10
7 10
Yes
No
Undecided
"If' such a council is formed,
should the army, navy, and air
force of every country, including
the ;United States, be controlled
by the war council?"
Collegian Gallup
Yes 74% 88%
No 16 6
Undecided 10 6
Although the Allies during the
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fame With his "Moonlight Seren
aders" at The Meadowbrook in
New Jersey three years ago. He
has since maintained his reputa
tion as America's top band leader
in .nUmerous popularity polls.
Aside from Krones and Henson,
the other seniors appointed to
serve on the committee are Wil
liam H. Arthur; Paul W.
Best, Ti
mothy J. Crowley, Sidney R.
Geist, Ann J. Halberstadt, and J.
Howerd Mendenhall.
Rescue Try Fatal
To College Worker
In a heroic but futile effort to
save the life of 10-year-old Lewis
R. Williams, who had broken
through the ice on Metzger's Dam
at Baileyville, Vernon A. Wet
more, 34, a College dairy worker,
was drowned Sunday.
At about 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon, Williams, a resident of War
rior's Mark, R. D., skated too close
to the open water at the upper
end of the pond and fell through
the ice. Another boy of .about
Williams' age skated to the edge
of the break to help the drown
ing boy and also went through
the ice, made rotten by Sunday's
thaw.
Wetmore, rushing to save the
two boys, skated to the break and
straight into the eight-foot depth
of icy water.
By the time two State College
youths, Fred Metzger and Robert
Overholts, brought a boat and a
life-preserver from the nearby
Metzger cabin, two more people
seeking to offer assistance went
through the soggy ice.
The two youths managed to
save three of the group, including
the second small boy to fall in.
Wetmore and Williams—reported
ly too chilled to hang on to any
thing—went under before the
rescue boat .could reach them.
Wetmore, a graduate of one of
the special short-courses offered
by the School of Agriculture, had
been, employed as a cheese .maker
in the College Dairy since 1928.
Gammon New ATO Prexy
Robert B. Gammon '43 has been
Chosen president of Alpha Tau
Omega at the fraternity's semi
annual elections. Other newly
elected officers are Robert R.
Sieger '43, vice-president; Henry
G. Mohr '44, secretary; and Stev
en P. Karinch '43, treasurer.
Council
last war planned their strategy
together, a unified command un
der Marshal Foch was not adopt
ed until the Spring of 1918. In
this war, the American public and
Penn State students believe, a
central authority is needed at the
outhet.
The nearest approach to the
formation of an Allied Council in
the present conflict occurred on
January 3 when British General
Sir Archibald P. Wavell was nam
ed supreme commander of all
United States, British, Dominion,
and Netherland forces in the
Southwest Pacific area.
United States General George
H. Brett was made deputy su
preme commander, and United
States Admiral Thomas C. Hart
was appointed deputy in charge
of all naval domes under Wavell's
direction.
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WEATHER
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Council May Act
On 3rd Semester
Proposal Today
The Council of Administration
will hold a special meeting today
at which definite action may be
taken on the proposed new College
calendar, which would establish a
"third semester" beginning May 18.
'The proposed calendar, sumbit
ted to Council last week by a com
mittee appointed by President Het
zel was referred to the faculties of
the several Schools, who were re
quested to consider the commit
tee's report yesterday.
If the suggested emergency war
time program is adopted, it will
provide a fifteen-week semester
for seniors, juniors, and sopho
mores beginning May 18 and end
ing August 28, and a twelve-week
term for freshmen beginning June
8 and ending August 28.
The fall semester, under the
plan, would begin on September
15 and end on December 19, and
the following term would run from
January 15 to April 17. The com
mittee's report did not include spe
cific dates for semesters later than.
That.
In its report recommending the
adoption of the new calendar, the
committee stated that it "recog
nizes that circumstances over
Which the College has no control
may require a change in the dates
proposed, particularly those after
August, 1942, but it believes that
something is gained by , setting
these dates as definitely as posL•
sible now.".
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LONDON The Moscow radio
was reported heard last night
claiming that the city of Mozhaisk
was in flames, and Soviet troops
were entering the city. The cap
ture of this point, and the threat
ened fall of Kharkov, it was said
endanger points of the German
line. These claims were denied in
Berlin, along with •several others
that the Russians had never made.
• SINGAPORE According to
latest communiques, the Japs were
pushing the British Imperial Army
back on the front on the west coast
of the Malay Peninsula, although
the front is still believed to be at
least 95 miles from the Straits of
Jahore. On the front where the
Austrialian troops are fighting they
were said to have driven several
miles beyond the Japanese lines in
a counter-attack.
WASHINGTON It was learn
ed here last night that Army bomb
ers participating in .a raid •on an
airdrome that the Japs captured in
Malaya last week, shot down nine
enemy planes, and started several
fires in the vicinity of the fields.
Twci American planes were lost
and a third returned damaged.
NEW YORK—The tanker "Allen
Jackson" was sunk off the coast of
the Carolinas yesterday with only
13 survivors. The tanker was tor
pedoed without warning presum
ably by a German sub.. Catching
fire when the first shell hit, the
tanker sank within five minutes.
LONDON Prime Minister
Churchill arrived here safely yes
terday by air from Bermuda. This
was a surprise to the Axis pow
ers since they had announced by
radio the exact moment of his
supposed departure from Halifax
aboard a warship.