Successor To
The Fee Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 72
Marine Officer
to Visit Campus
Early Next Month
:Seniors, juniors, and sophomores
interested in enlisting in the Ma
rine Corps Reserve will have an
opportunity to make application
early in February when a Marine
Corps officer will visit the cam
pus; it was announced yesterday.
This officer will return early. in
March to' conduct physical exams
. and effect enlistments for those ap
kicily ing next month. • The training
is carried on through a Candidate's'
ClaSs for Commission, the comple
tion- of which s qualifies the candi
date for commission asisecond lieu
tenant.
Qualifications for Application
are: be a male citizen of the U. S.;
belong to no other military organ
ization; be persuing a' course of
study, leading to bachelor - of arts,
science or engineering degrees, be
~at least 66 inches butnot over 76
inches in height, weight in propor
tion; `have five recommendations,
' and written consent of parent if a
minor.
Seniors must be from 20 to 24
years,.six months at time of enlist
ment; juniors from 19 to 23 and
„six months, and sophomores frorp
18 to 23 years old.
Although it is not a definite stip
ulation, the Marine Corps prefers
to let enlisted students finish their
college course - before training be
gins. Pay while ,as private
i5.p6..4 mouth: After .being,:com
misSioned. pay is $125 a month plus
allowances. Members of the Ma-
rine COrps-'obligate themselves to
serve in time of war or national
emergency.
Underground River
'Carrying Off' Part
Of Beaver Field
• The 1942 edition, of the Nittany
football team may be playing its
home schedule underground, not
because of an Axis aerial attack,
but because a mysterious under
ground river has exhibited inten
tions of carrying off New Beaver
Field. .
The first sign of the natural ex
i7avation, discovered by one of the
ground-keepers, appeared midway
down the back stretch on the cin
der track in front of the EaSt
stands.
"Chick" Werner, varsity track
coach, who took careful notice of
how the track was built during the
construction of the . Beaver Field
stands and athletic plant said, "I
watched workmen toss ton after
ton, of rock into a hole designed to
handle drainage for that portion
of the stadium andnow even those
huge rocks have disappeared."
The disappearance of three lanes
of the track leaves Chick in a di
lemna for the spring season, while
the threat to the gridiron mounts
with each new cave-in.
A similar discovery was made
during the running of the two-mile
event of the 1938 State-Michigan
-State track meet, when Herb Nip-,
Nittany distance runner,
stumbled in a crevice on the track,
which turned out to be the start of
a 25 foot drop-off.
. The tale of the "mined" track
was circulated in the Mid-West by
the Spartan tracksters and has be
come a nationally knoWn cinder
legend.
- The present chasm is about 25
feet square on the surface, bu•t is
a small-sized cavern underneath
the surface shell.
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Collegian Candidates
Will Meet On Sunday
Four _ Band 'Victory Ball'
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Three all-college publication and Ta ke s Def f ense Spi l i ght
three departments will be moved to .
Carnegie Hall the second semester,
Ray V. Watkins, scheduling officer, • • Proceeds For Defense;
announced yesterday. February 4 Limit
The journalism department, de- Frosh Get 1 O'Clocks
partment of military science and F or . Grade Reports (See Editorial Page 2)
tactics; and the music department According to an announcement NU one, not two, but four cam
will be moved to their new quar- by William S. Hoffman, registrar, pus bands will be "giving out"
ters as soon as the offices are com- all grade reports will be due at with all they have when Victory
pleted, which will be as soon as his office by noon, February 4. Ball's "Parade of Bands" takes
possible after the start of the sem-This gives the faculty an extra
the campus spotlight in Rec Hall
-
ester. at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday.
. three days in comparison to the
However, classes scheduled in normal schedule, in which to Definite plans for this multi
the reconstructed building will be hand in final reports. band spree have been announced
• held there as planned beginning Grad es f or mid_year seniors or by Ross B. Lehman '42, editor of
January 28, Mr. Watkins added. - for graduate students receiving The' Daily Collegian, -which is
- • -The three publications, Portfolio, their degrees on January 30 sponsoring the dance.
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Froth, and The Daily Collegian, should lie in the office by sp. m. Full cooperation has been offer
will also move from their- present of that date. ed by WSGA in promoting the
offices in Old Main to the ground All failing grades should be re- ball and a special ruling has been
floor of Carnegie Hall as soon as ported to the office of- the dean of Passed giving freshman coeds per
their offices are complete. - the school in which the student mission for one o'clock dates.
A new course in war meteorology The publications will occupy the is enrolled. • . With the entire proceeds being
will begin at the College next week, - South side of the ground floor of turned over to local units aiding
'it was announced today. The the building. TWo of the offices to • . defense, this All-College dancing
course will train students to use be used by The Collegian will beu jamboree looms as the first or
weather techniques. in airplane 'used as classrooms during the day. M itcheen Ayres ganized "all-out" campus defense
spotting, in 'locating guns by sound On the North - side of the ground ' effort. Profiting by the dance
analysis; and in estimating the al- floor the military department will - ■ will be such groups as the local
titude and possible landing places have its classrooms. Red Cross, Mrs. Hetzel's Loan
of parachute troops. o Play Mil Ball - Fund, and tire Thespian's Mobile
' The .first floor will be utilized
• This is one of. four new meteor- Unit.
for a- band rehearsal room,. offices As times change, so do fashions
ological courses introduced to help In addition to the four bands,
for the'three departments. Several —especially in music. That is the •
meet the war-time need for several - the Campus Owls, Aristocrats,
classrooms will also be located' on theme of 'Mitchell Ayres and his
thousand trained meteorologists, Nittany Lions, and Penn Staters,
this fl'oor. .- orchestra who have been signed to
according 'to Dr. Hans Neuberger,' •• donating their service gratis, the
Thirteen music studios . will be bring their "Fashions in Music" to
instructor in geophysie - s. In addi- Thespian MObile Unit will be fea
ton, the courses previously given : located on the second flOor, along the Military Ball in Rec (Hall from
have been geared for_war-time use. with several classrooms and of- 9 p. m. until 1 a. m. Friday, Feb-
tured in sparkling floor show en
tertainment. And coordinating
"The new 'courses - are planned fices for the music department. The ruary 6. i
• • Penn State's dance for' victory will
music listening- room, now in 417 This will be.the third year that
t,
for those who will go into active bedenial funnyman and master
Old Main, has been , shifted to 201 the affair has been staged in Rec
duty,--enter defens.Ecindustries,...or of ceremonie - Leon. J. Rabinowitz
Dr. - - Cdimegle•Hall. --- ' - .. . .„._ , Hall"and cadet ROTC officer Spoil- s ' -
participate in home defense, " '42:
Neuberger said. "Heretofore the The
Armory
.will still be main- sors have predicted that it will be'
.
study was often elected_ to supple- tained by the military department. the biggest yet. In boosting the "Victory Ball,"
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ment work, in agriculture, forestry, - Dress for the dance will b Margaret K. Sherman '43, WSGAe for- vice-president, made this state
hydrology, earth sciences, and al- -' . . mal. Advanced ROTC officers and ment: "For $l.lO (pride of the
lied fields. Now it has been broad- Varsity Debaters Add other officer guests will wear full- •
ball) a two-fold goal can be
ened to prepare forecasters for the • dress uniforms. Those students
achieved. First, and very impor-
Army, the Navy, and the Weather New Members To Squad who receive invitations to the
tant, much needed money will be
'Bureau,' dance will wear formal attire. Ad
made available to deserving de-
Pointing out that an understand- Fc.ur new members were accept- mission may be gained by invite
fensie. agencies, and . secondly, and
trig of weather problems is vital for ed for the varsity debate team tion only. _ .
very entertaining, will be the op
those who may have to make sud- as the result of tryouts conducted Hailed as -the band with a fresh
portunity to sway to the rhythms
den independent decisions, lie add- musical variety program, Mitchell
last Tuesday evening. _About 30 of a whole quartet of campus
ed that the course would aia_them Ayres and his musicians have
in estimating size and distance un- seniors, juniors, and sophomores adopted their style of playing to the bands in one evening."
•der all kinds of weather conditions, competed for positions on the modern tempos of sweet music, Campus-wide cooperation in
keeping expenses at a minimum
in preparing defenses against squad. tangoes, waltzes, classics, and
has been demonstrated by the Col
chemical warfare such as gas at- Patrick J: B • '4^
one' .), Howard swing.
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tacks, in judging the drift of the Harmon Ayres and ' his orchestra have
'43, Cpleman C. Sweet '42„
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Albert Rosen 44 were the
' pleasing and danceable style of
troops, in locating guns by sound and •
successful students. As a tryout presentation. They recently fin- '
analysis, in fire fighting, and in - speech the candidates presented fished a long stand at the Para- ate -Ne
airplane spotting. ws
five minute talks on either the af- mount Theatre in New York City.
firrriative or negative side of the Ayres, a violinist, created his own Flashes . • •
question, "Resolved: that 'the fed- 'tempos in answer to popular ap-
A meeting for all freshmen in
terested in trying, out for the Col
legian business or editorial staffs
will be held in 405 Old Main, at 8
o'clock Sunday night, it was an
nounced yesterday 'by James E.
( McCaughey '42, Collegian business
manager.
Second semester' subscription
blanks will be distributed to the
candidates at this time for the sub
scription campaign which will
open next week.
The meeting will be open to all
freshmen interested in working on
the daily paper. A student need
not be enrolled in the Journaliim
curriculum - to qualify.
Weather Course
Will Be Offered
'Ad' Price Raised
"Rides wanted" advertisements, eral government should regulate proval.
formerly 10 cents an insertion, are' by law all labor unions in the Featured with the band is Mere
now 15 cents, with two insertions United States, constitutionality dith Blake, charming radio song
for 25 - cents. conceded." stress,
Give' U. S. Wide Powers—Students
A substantial majority of Penn
State students accept the right of
the Government to tell blisiness
men and factory owners just what
products they can make and what
prices they can charge, according
to a survey by The Daily Colle
gian..
This sentiment, which goes far
beyond the wildest dreams of the
most rabid economic planner, is
made more significant by the fact
that many, students' parents are
engaged in business.
Whether Penn State student
opinion is beginning to swing from
its usual conservative outlook, as
evidenced by previous campus
polls, remains to be seen. Dur
ing a war period, at least, students
favor the granting of economic
controls to the Government.
The newest survey by The Daily
Collegian and Dr. George Gallup,
OF THE PENNSYLV
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Carnegie Hall
Almost Ready
director of the American Institute
of - Public Opinion dealing with
the issue follows:
"In time of war, should the
Government have the right to tell
factory owners and businessrOen
what products they can make and
what prices they can charge?"
Collegian Gallup
. 71% 78%
17 12
Qualified
Answers 9 4
Undecided 3 6 ;-
The attitude of students and
public is particularly interesting
in view of the price control bill,
which is before Congress—a bill
which exempts wages from con
trol, and deals gingerly with farm
prices.
The students and tiVe public,
judging by the results of The
Daily Collegian and of the Insti-
A STATE COLLEGE
tute studies, are ready to go far
beyond Congress in the matter of
wartime economic regulation.
The two groups in the United
States most willing to . see econ
omic controls placed on them
selves are the workers and the
businessmen, while• the group
least in favor of drastic dictation
of any kind is the farm group.
Here is the sentiment of workers
on the question of control over
their particular group; according
to Gallup:
Accept control over worke
Opposed
Qualified Answers
Undecided
Returns on the Gallup Poll
showing the reaction of the farm
ers to farm control follows
Accept - farm -control
Opposed
Qualified Answers
Undecided
egiatt
s 64%
. 25
Buckingham Palace has accept
-51% led the resignation of the Arch
-33 bishop of Canterbury. He is the
7 second man' in 1400 yews to re
-9 sign from that post.
WEATHER
Light Snow,
Moderate Cold
PRICE: THREE CENTS
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MOSCOW—Russian troops have
advanced to a point ten miles west
of Mozhaisk and are attacking the
North and South flanks of Ger
man lines and have captured 25
settlements in a determined drive
toward Novograd.
SINGAPORE Japs have ad
vanced to within 60 miles of Sing
apore. British forces claim to
have shot down 13 raiding planes.
HELSINKI—FinIand has had
six air attacks in the last 36 hours.
Troops are resisting an accelerat
ed Russian drive in the North.
MANILA Phrlippine defend
ers have driven Jap penetration
back in a new counter-attack.
Philippine guerrillas have recap
tured an airport 200 miles behind
the front.
LONDON—British officials are
taking extraordinary precautions
against a typhus disease which is
creeping across Eastern and
Southeastern Europe as well as
localities in North Africa.