Succosw To
The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38--No. 73
Campus News
Briefs
College approves the . proposed
"third-semester" tomorrow, a
Scholl Surveys Fitness general speed-up of graduation
_dates may result, according to
Of .American Navy William S. Hoffman, registrar.
• Chosen as one of the sic men in The Registrar's • figures show
zthe country to aid in a survey of that, classes in the- Collegh will
the physical fitness of the United graduate as follows:
States Navy, Carl P. Schott, dean Class Graduation Date
of the School of Physical Educa- 1942 *May 9, 1942
, tion, •is spending this week in 1943 December,- 1942
;Washington, D. C., and Norfolk, 19444 August, 1943
Va. 1945 - • April, 1944
Other colleges represented nn 1946
the committee include Princeton,
Illinois, lowa, Chicago, and MU. Schools To. Pick
Summer Jobs Listed
Letters from camps and hotels ST (D Teacher's
which • have Suminer .job openings
are being- received by the PSCA
Summer opportunities committee,
according to Marlin Savidge '43,
chairman. 'He announced that any
one who wants additional infor
mation before publication_of the
Summer Opportunities folder can
obtain it in the PSCA . office, 304
Old Main
Drivers Need Stamps
The 525 Student, who have
their automobiles registered with
the campuS patrol, must buy the
motor vehicle use tax stamps, cost
• ing $2.09, from the post office , at
the earliest opportunity, officials
.announced yesterday.
Ball Tickets At SU
• Tickets for the President's 'Ball
to be held at the local Elk's Horde
on January 29 are on sale at Stud
ent , Union. Tickets are • $l.lO as
couple and proceeds will be con
tributed to the "March of 'Dines"
to fight infantile paralysis.
Unusual. Hobbies -
Of College Profs
Revealed'ln Poll
Unusual hobbies, such as fal
conry, magic, modeling and..fly
tying were uncovered in a recen.
faculty survey conducted by' a
hobby committee of the student
faculty relations committee.
Falconry is the major' pastirrie
of Herbert Koepp-Baker, associate
professor of speech. In this rare
sport he trains the falcon to hunt
for him.
Stuart A. Mahuran of the joiu
nalism department is an accom
plished magician: He is_ a mem
ber of the Society of. American'
Magicians and has a complete ma- .
gical show with which he recently I 1 / ° I
performed with the Thespian de- Sono. Prem i er At v Lctory Ball
Tense unit. In addition,. Mahuran
has a large coin collection.
. . . • .
Capt. Arno P. Mowitz of the In a fitting curtain raiser for terrific" by talent connoisseur Ray Fortunato, solid piano play
military department follows his the Victory Ball's melee of music 'Rabinowitz, Jane Abramson, wife er for the Aristocrats.
career even in his spare time by" The boys and I hope the
a " Tuesdnight, two of the four of sociology instructor, will show
carving models of tanks, ships,crowd's as big as the kick we're
campus bands present will blare how blties singing can be solid.
and plznes out of wood. - getting out of playing for such an
' forth in the All-College premier Two numbers . she wrote herself .
Fly-tying, an art if there ever affair," was Writ James' senti
of Penn State's official defense and will "give with" are "Boogie —.
was one, is the unusual interest ment toward victory Ball. And'
song, "We've Got A Job to Do." Woogie Lullaby" and "Take It
of Roy H. Cook, instructor in when Les Stine of the Aristocrats
Local lyrics will be rendered by Jackson." --
mathematics. In this hobby, fish- Was approached he commened,
Leon Rabinowitz '43, master of Also included in -the
ermen try to make flies that will - Thespian's "We hope the students will show
ceremonies, chorused by the all- all-out talent revue will bb Marce
tempt fish to the, hook. The• bet-the same spirit the bands have by
Thespian glee club. Stringer with a new number, Jack
ter the fly
,is made, the more fish their large attendance.",
will be •caught. Now is the time to get on the Kerns and. his parody on the "We're only too glad to help out
His pastime is getting to be a Victory Sall band wagon and get "Shooting of Dan McGrew," tap in such a worthwhile function,"
job for Mac Lean M. Babcock, as-' a date 'for Penn State's newest dancer Bud Malleot, freshman - stated Jimmy McAdams of the
sociate professor of industrial en- novelty dance, the "Parade of songstress Shirley Ives, and fun= Campus Owls. 011 in Butt, Nit
gineering. Next semester he is Br.nds." And at $l.lO (including nyman Ted Clauss. tany Lion's leader, also expressed
going, to teach a course on the spe- checking) all of which will be Among the outstanding per- his band's pleasure at being part
cial slide rules and computation turned over to local defense agen- formers in next Tuesday's bar- of "such a defense drive."
charts that he has collected. • pies. It's a must for' entertain- rage' of boogie woogie will be Tickets .go on sale at Student
Ray H. Dotterer, professor -of ment on anybody's liSt. frosh George Washko on trumpet Union this morning, so get a date
philosophy, says that his hobby is Highlighting the half-hour
trying to keep the lawn as free as Thespian floor show will be a
possible of dandelion. In Al* Tieweegier : ..to Penn
,ptige enter
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FI
'ANI
'3rd Semester' Would
Speed Up Graduation
If the Board of Trustees of the
A recreation room available to
all students will be opened shortly
in 401 Old Main, George L. Dono
van, Student Union manager, an
nounced yesterday. •
The room will contain at least
foul ping pong tables, one pool
table, and several card tables; Don
ovan added.
There will be a charge of ten
,cents an hour for the use of the
pool table. To use the ping pong
'tables, studenis will merely fur
nish the ping pong ball. Students
will be limited to one hour of play.
A recreation, room was formerly
located in $Ol Old Main, but it had
to be evacuated two years ago
when the accounting department
program under moved to that. room.
December, 1944
Ali extensive
which some 2,000 students will Donovan stated ' that the new
receive short courses in civilian room would be set up as soon as
defense was another step closer the music department moves from
to .realization yesterday,' when •it its present location in Old Main to .
was - announced that all the Schools the new quarters in Carnegie Hall.
have begun to select instructors, The new recreation room, 401, is
and to prepare course outlines. being utilized now as a band re-
Although considerable progress hearsal room
has already been . made toward
the organization of the Student
Training for Civilian Defense
courses, much still remains to be
done, according to Millard T. Bun
nell, superviser of extension class
centers and coordinator
STCD progl'am
He added; how-
ever, that registration for some
of the courses -may begin next
month.
.
Among the temporary prob- ing his orchestra to the campus for
lerns confronting the STCD, Mr. Military Ball .on February 6 with
Bunnell said;...eretbe selection Ofa style to Please the greatest pos
the best' equipped instructorslmM .- sible - Thudierice, started - from" the
the 886 faculty members who have bottom. .
volunteered their services; the ar- He started as a violinist in the
ranging of class schedules to the Roxy Theatre Orchestra and went
convenience of students and in- from there to the St. Louis Sym
structors; and the consolidation of phony Orchestra under the direc
some of the overlapping courses tion of Erno Rapee. Next he joined
originally proposed, together with Jimmie Carr's Orchestra and met
-tlie dedision as to the material Martha. Raye who was then sing
each course will cover. ina in nightclubs.
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When inaugurated, the course Ayres next worked under Little
will meet once or twice a week Jack Little and then substituted
and last from six to ten weeks, it 'for Abe Lyman as band leader.
was estimated. Upon its conclu- Soon he organized his own band
sion, each course will be repeated and was engaged at the famous
for another group of students. Hollywood Restaurant in New
The courses, which will be as York where he stayed for seven
simple and practical as possible, months. His band has • been well
will be designed to fit students kir recognized since then. -
leadership in their home commun
ities. • Types of civilian defense
to be covered vary from demoli- Shorthand I Given
tion and bOmb Protection to sew- Shorthand 1 will be given the
ing and home nursing, second semester although it is not
Course ,descriptions explaining listed in the time table. The hours
the purpose and- content of each are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
subject will be available at the and Friday at 1 p. m. and Wednes
time of registration. day at Ba.m. in Carnegie Hall.
OF THE PENNSYLV
FRIDAY MORNING,. JANUARY 23, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Recreation Room
Will Be Opened
(See. Editorial" Page 2)
Mitchell Ayres
Works Way Up
of the
. Mitchell Ayres did not create his
"Fashions in Music" overnight.
The violinist-leader, who is bring-
for the Campus Owls, "Little" and Join Penn StrAe's defense pa-
George Osgood, Walt James'. ten- rade, which will come to a head in
or sax standout, alto sax star Bob Rec Hall at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday
Kapp for
. for.,tlle, Nittany LionS_ and night. •
A STATE COLLEGE
College Will Change
To DST February 9
Haggard students who have been
burning the midnight oil in an ef
fort to hit those final blue books—
students to whom the word sleep
means only something to be desired
—will be deprived of another hour
of that luxury on February 9.
Gov. Arthur • H. James has an
nounced that Pennsylvania will of
ficially go on daylight saving time
at 2 a. m., Tuesday, February 9, as
decreed by Congress and approved
by President Roosevelt.
Clocks will be moved ahead an
hour. Heed the warning; notify
the pledges on morning call; and
just because it is still dark out don't
forget that 8 o'clock!
Donors Needed
For Blood Bank
More than '250 students have al
ready signed petitions to give blood
to 'the Red Cross Blood Bank, but
250 more signatures are necessary
for a representative blood unit to
come to the campus.
Jacques M. Schwartzberg '44,
chairman of the committee on
blood donations and instigator of
the donation movement, yesterday
urged all those who have not sign
ed up to do so immediately so that
the bank can be brought to the
College.
The Red Cross is in dire need of
blood for the armed forces of the
nation. The present supply of
blood in the bank is rapidly being
sent to all persons between the ages
of 17 to 60 who are in good health,
ScbAk'iaftilie - rg" said. -- • •
Blood giving is • a painless pro
cess leaving no ill effects, since not
more than 500 cc will .be taken
from any male d6nor or 250 cc
from any female donor, it was an
nounced.
Petitions are now being circulat
ed in all fraternity houses and
men's and women's dormitories.
With these petitions, minors will
need a card signed by a parent or
guardian.
Petitions can also be had at You
gel's, Athletic, Store, Student
Union.
New Officers Named
Paul W. O'Malley '43, is the
newly elected president of Lamb
da Chi Alpha. Other officers
selected at the recent election are
Robert .G. Fabian '44, vice-presi
dent;, Bruce L. Worrell '44, secre
tary; Thomas W. Shoemaker '43,
trieasurer; Carl E. Maier '44, so
cial chairman; and Jack W: Brown
rgiatt
WEATHER
Light Snow,
Moderate Cold
PRICE: THREE CENTS
ESMDT Will Begin
15-Week Courses
On February 16
Fifteen-week technical courses
planned to train young men with
some engineering experience for
special posts in war industries will
begin at the College on February
-16.
Applications are now being re
ceived for enrollment in both the
"materials testing and inspection"
and "production engineering"
courses. They will run concurrent
ly and will be repeated beginning
on June 15.
_ This work is being administered
by the U. S. Office of Education as
part of the Engineering, Science,
and Management Defense Training
program, and is designed. princi
pally to relieve shortages of tech
nical personnel in war-time indus
trial work and 'the military serv
ices.
Although. the College does not
"assume responsibility for placing
those who complete the courses,
students are put in touch with
those industries and government
departments who need trained
men.
Several other similar programs
have already been completed on
the Penn State campus, and most
of those . formerly enrolled now
hold positions as inspectors, drafts
men, and designers in such indus
trial plants as Bendix Aircraft Cor
poration, Mine • Safety Appliance
Company, Glenn L. Martin Co., E.
G. Budd Manufacturing Co., Fair
child Aircraft Corp., and the Beth
lehem Steel Co.
The courses are of a non-credit
nature.• No tuition fees will be
charged, but a nominal deposit
must be made for instruments, ma
terials, and supplies. Students must
pay for' living expenses and text
books.
Enrollment is limited to recent
college graduates, to students who
have studied engineering for two
or more years, or high school grad
uates with industrial experience.
Inquiries should be addressed to
Professor Robert A: Hussey, in
care of the department of indus
trial engineering.
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WASHINGTON - 7 - The United
States has just completdd the
greatest moving day" in the history
of the nation. Since the beginning
of the war, more than 600,000
troops haVe been moved to the
West coast ready for transporta
tion to any threatened zone in the
Pacific area.
LONDON British troops of the
Thailand-Burma border are cred
ited with their first major victory
of the new front. Jao planes and
the RAF are engaged in a great
struggle for air superiority in that
sector.
RIO DE JANEIRO The Pan
American. conference is at a.stand
still because the stubborn Argen
tina delegation are asking more
concessions if they are to be drawn
in line for a clean break with the
Axis.
LISBON Portugal sent troops
today to occupy its island posses
sion of ,Timor. The Portugese had
been reportedly "upset" about The
Allies' occupation of the - island
shortly after the outbreak of the
war, when Japanese submarines
had been sighted off its coast.