Successor To The Free Laaos, Established 1887 VOL.. 38—No. 78 County Head Praises College Defense Cound Praising the efforts of State College's borough and campus de fense - councils, Charles Freeman, Centre County defense Chairman, ;who Visited the College Defense Council's bi-weekly meeting last night, Said that the 'local organi zation had achieved a reputation that ,all other communities in the county are striving to equal, The College Defense Council in turn moved to . congratulate- the AAUW and the promoters of Tuesday night ' s successful "Vic tory Ball'' for their worthwhile contributions to the defense move- ment.. It was announced that Venn :State's representation _at a state wide civilian defense meeting hi Harrisburg tomorrow . .will con .sist of A. R. Warnock, chairman !"of 'the - College council; Edward K. Hibshman, H. - Leonard Krouse . Jean' Babcock '42, and possi bly several other women students. The council requested Harold W. ,Lorriari, stibehairman of. -the Corn -:inittee on, Conservation of „'Re - sourdes, to investigate a- plan. to . place: cards in• dormitories and campus buildings as reminders to conserve everyday Materials,and to look into' the adVisability of re commending 'the .purchase of a civilian defende. :flag .for the, un used flag pole- on,i'front 'carripus. . . It Was recommended' that prob lems which would arise in regard to the evacuation of certain:cam- . pus buildings in event of a prac tice blackout be brounght under the consideration of the Council of AdministratiOn. PSCA Cabin-Gives Students, Weekend Recreation Center Horizon-viewers standing in the tower of Old Main often point to Mount Nittany, but a glance to th 6. ,Southwest shows the dim ridge: of :Tussey Mountain.. Further scrut -hiy would call attention - to a gap in the ridge, and ,perhaps Ei - telescope could help discern. the PSCA cabin on the West slope of the gap. Built in 1927, the lodge is named after Dean Emeritus Ralph L: I Watts, and represents an invest ment of $7.800. Four and one-half miles of hiking on highway, roads and paths brings one to the stone structure, surrounded by woods and backed by mountain ridges. Two huge rooms with Stone fire- places, and a wooden porch which thing and the latest victim of the affords a view of State ,College as times is the College Choir. .This well as harboring,a wood shed un time it is about soprano, alto, and derneath, make• up the first floor. tenor singers. One room is- used us the kitchen where carefully labeled eating Richard W. Grant, director' of utensils for 65 persons are kept, as music, said yesterday that the well as condiments. The other choir has dwindled because of the quarter is the social room. second semester changes that have On the second floor are two large been made. Members have .grad bedrooms with sleeping accomo- uated and still others have with dations for 40 persons. At mixed drawn from College: cabin parties, the College-approved "We usually like to keep the chaperones sleep in separate rooms membership' in the choir around with their respective coed or male 100 persons. Now that several of charges. Organized student and our group have withdrawn, there faculty groups, as well as religious will be several openings," Grant organizations, may use the cabin said. by applying to the PSCA commit tee in charge. He added that tryouts will be Recently the stretch from the He in 200. Carnegie Hall lodge to, the top of the mountain from 4 until 5 p. m. this afternoon. was blazed with white paint, and In addition to issuing a call for 'other trails are marked with slight singers, Grant announee,d that a axe cuts. 'Trees, rocks,, and brush' course in voice culture, Music '73, clogs the region. will be offered for beginners dur , The Ralph L. Watts Lodge will .ing the second semester. All in be a popular place for recreation- terested students were instructed hunting Summer semester students to consult. Grant in 217 Carnegie this year. Hall this week. F . 4, 11l AN! 'Victory Bail' Profits Total $477 Total net profits from Tuesday amount was $52.50 for Federal night's Victory Ball, sponsored by taxes, leaving $525.56. The ad- The Daily Collegian, amounted to ditional $47.75 subtracted from the $477.71 as released last night by total was for the folloWing ex- George L. Donovan, Student Un- penses: • ion manager. This sum will be Checking, doormen, and ticket divided by - All-College Cabinet at takers, $24; placards, $4.50; sound it next• meeting among .local de- truck, $6; poster painting, $1.25; fense agencies. transportation for bands, $2; and In addition to the 525 couples music, $lO. With this $47.75 de.- buying regular Victory Ball tick- ducted, the net profit of $477.71 ets, 142. single tickets sold by the remains. AAUW were used for Rec Hall This sum will be divided be dancing, bringing the total to 596 tween the local Red Cross, Mrs. couples. Hetzel's Loan Fund, and the Thes- From the- 525 paid admissions, pian's Mobile De.fense - Unit, as a total intake of $577.96 was 're- All-College Cabinet sees fit. corded. 'Deducted from this The following groups and agen- 5,600 Are Registered As 2nd Semester Begins Engineering School Enrollment Rises Approximately 5,600 registered for the second semester on Mon day and Tuesday, the two days of scheduled registration, William S. Hoffman, -registrar, revealed yesterday as the first day of clatses ended. This figure is slightly lower than .. the corresponding number for la,st \ year's mid-year registra tion, Mr. Hoffman •stated. • Although complete returns on total registration will not be avail able . until next Tuesday, it was learned that the enrollment in the Engineering School has in creased. The registrar revealed that re sults weria t tabulated for 1,668 underclassmen who were asked if they would attend the "third se mester" this summer. Fifty-eight per cent answered "yes," 9 per cent answered "no," and 33 per cent answered "undecided." The remainder of, the results have not been tabulated yet, but the registrar believes that the proportion will remain the same. The- question was asked of fresh man sophomore, and junior re gistrants. Vacancies Appear In College Choir WFir,, draft and defenge indus tries have changed nearly every- OF THE PENNSYLV THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, STATE COLLEGE, PA Farm Movies Include College Campus Scenes The campus premier of the movie, "Masters of the Soil," made by a gasoline corporation was shown yesterday , at the final meet ing of the Second Annual Farm Bureau Tractor Short Course. Scenes of the College's Agricul tural Experiment Station farmland and pictures of experiments now being conducted by the department of agricultural engineering, are in cluded in the movies which was taken last summer. The.navvies will be shown to students sometime in the near future, according 'to Arthur W. Clyde, professor of ag ricultural engineering. Civil Service Announces Lithography Examination Examinations for Civil Service positions as lithographers paying from $1,440 to $2,000 a year were recently announced by the Civil Service Commission. Applications will be accepted by 'the commis sion until further notice. One year College study which in cludes six semester hours in lith ography will be eligible . for the ex amination. ' Froth Out—No Priorities They did it before and they'll do it again despite everything, Froth's January issue (just made the deadline) will appear today. Rumor has it that Betty Christman, Froth Queen for 1942, will adorn the cover. And for 15 cents too. Dry Dock Goes In The Hole Again ; Admissions Fail To Meet Expenses It's a full 50 cents worth that The entertainment costs $l6 the students get when they go to ev l ery Saturday; waiters are paid Dry Dock, according to the figures $9.75; the doorman, ticket seller, released by George L. Donovan, paitrolmen, and clean-up men get manager of the Dry Dock. „In $l5 out of the remainder. Tickets, fact the Dry Dock cannot make hats, records, decorations, and ad any money even if they have a Vertising must be paid for even "full house" every weekend. though they are not as costly as Most students fail to realize some of the other items on the what their 50 cents buys when expense list. they enjoy a Saturday evening at When all expenses were total the Sandwich Shop. First of all, ed, the Dry Dock committee dis it takes a• great deal of :time and covered thdt the liabilities exceed planning to. put on a night club the assets by more than two dol for 300 students, and secondly, lars. However, Donovan explain the cost for the affair makes pro- ed that Student Union can draw fits almost impossible, on other sources for the added two With every one of the 140 table dollars. reservations filled, the gross pro- All food and drinks sold at the ceeds of the, Dry Dock is $7O. Dry Dock`me handled by the man- When the five cents tax is deduct- agemeht of the Sandwich Shop ed the Student Union has $63 with and the Student Union gets noth which to pay all of the various ing from the proceeds of the re bills. freshments. A STATE COLLEGE cies contributed their services free of chwge in helping to make Victory Ball a successful dance and defense project: The Campus Owls, Aristocrats, Nittany Lions, and Penn Staters for supplying the music; the Thespian Mobile Unit for its floor show; Leon J. Rabinowitz '43 as master of cere monies; the College administra tion for cooperating in building bandstands, waxing the floors, and donating the use of Rec Hall; the Campus Patrol for their serv ices; and all the student organi zations that made an effort. to push Victory Ball-as a worthy campus project. Portfolio Contest Seeks New Talent Throughout the opening days of World War II a special emphasis has been placed on the shoulder of the college-trained person in the post-war period. A chance for persons to reflect their opinions on this or any other subject in the form of a poem, short story, or essay has been presented in the_annual Portfolio contest, The contest, sponsored by the Portfolio staff, is designed to dis cover any hidden writing talents on the campus and gives members of the College community a chance to express their views through some other method than the "bull session." . The staff has requested short stories of not more than 2,500 words and not less than 1,500, while entries in the poetry divi sion are requested to be longer than ten lines, but not extremely lengthy. The manuscripts should be dou ble-spaced, but should not bear the name of the contestant since the entries are to be identified by a sealed envelope containing the author's name attached to the • paper. The judging of the contest will be handled by members of the Portfolio staff, with faculty opin ion on the different forms of nar rative, expository, and poetic writing an _important element in influencing their decision.. Prize awards are to be given and the winning manuscripts will also be printed in' a special con test issue this April. All copy should be handed in to Portfolio at Student Union before March 1. rgtan Slowly Rising Temperature WEATHER PRICE: THREE CENTS Draft Committee Lays Plans For Feb. Registration With the appointment of three subcommittees yesterday, the reg istration committee of the College Committee on Selective service began its preparations to conduct a registration for students and all College employees on the Febru ary 16 draft registration date. Authorized by Local Draft Board No. 1 of State College the registra - - tion will be held in the Armory from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. under a set up almost identical to that of the first registration on October 16, 1940. The list of persons expected to register will be arranged alphabet ically into groups, and each group will be designated a specified hour in which to register. Classes will not be suspended, but students will be excused from class during the time required for their own reg istration. The estimated 1,500 persons who will register in the Armory in cludes all males who reached their 20th birthday on or before Decem ber 31, 1941, and those who will not reach their 45th birthday be fore February 16, 1942, and who have not already registered in a previous draft. Students enrolled in the advanced Reserve Officers Training Corps are not required to register Sample registration forms will be aavilable at Student Union in advance of the registration day. These sample forms must be filled in, preferably by typewriter, be foie one will be permitted to reg ister. They are needed for College records. The purpose of holding registra tion on campus is to relieve stu dents of the necessity of going home to register. After the regis tration .day, the cards of all stu (Continued on Page Four) 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Late News Flashes ... 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 LONDON—The naval battle at the Macassar Straits in the Far East has been termed as the great est since the Vattle of Jutland in the first World War. This six day long battle was believed to have thwarted A Jap attempt on the invasion of Java, the head quarters of the Allied Far East Command. TORONTO—The Lady Haw kins, ai Canadian merchant ship, was sunk by an enemy submarine off the coast of Porto Rica a week ago Monday, it was announced yesterday. The Lady Hawkins was the second "Lady" tyle Can adian boat sunk since the begin ning of the war. RANGOON—The Japanese sent 39 planes over the capita' of Bur ma in an effort 'to knock out the Southern tend of the famous Bur ma road. Six of the planes were downed. Six more were prob ably destroyed and three were badly damaged. None of the de fending planes were downed or lost, according to the Far East Allied command. MOSCOW—The Germans have been putting up stiffer resistance near the vital keypoint of Smo lensk, according to the Russian command. The RussiEtris claim that they captured at least 79 towns on the Central front in the last 24 'hours. Russian sources say that the Nazis are building three defense lines fav in the rear of the present battle lines.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers