Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 38—No. 85 Local Winners Chosen In Radio Debate Contest Chervenak, Epstein Will Represent College , Chosen to compete with repre sentatives from 183 other colleges and universities from 44 states and the District of Columbia, were Larry T. Chervenak '44 and Har old Epstein '44, winners in local 'eliminations of the National Radio Prize Debate contest, sponsored by the American Economic Founda tion, conducted last night in Room 10,:Sparks Building. Reading eight minute speeches based on briefs previously prepar ed and judged, the contestants dis-: cussed the the contest topic, "Does Youth Have A Fair Opportunity Under Otir American System Of Competitive Enterprise?" Entrants were alloWed to discuss either side of the. question. Epstein won in the affirtnative division and Cher venak won the negative side. The local committee in charge of the event including Professors J Frizzell, J. F. O'Brien, C. H. 'Scliug, and R. W. Tyson, all of the department of public speaking, 'authorized the two winners. to re present-the College in the further eliminations- of the competition. I::Chervenak and Epstein will next ,abe required to submit 500 word '-'hriefs on the contest subject to the national committee. From all con- Aestants'.eintries the national group elect- affirmative - arid negative winners, .each_ of .;.whom will be awarded $5O. In four . ,:semi=final regional radio debates 2 'the four. finaliSts - will.bet.selected. On May 10, the finalists will ap- - ''p'ear: on. :the "Wake-Up America" ,prcigrana Of the Blue network of the National • Broadcasting Company. Here the winners of the $l,OOO first !prize - and $5OO second prize will be chosen. Doherty, Lehman Attend Parley Gerald ,F. Doherty '42 and Ross B. Lehman '42 left this morning' o represent Penn State at the Foreign Relations, Inc. conference which will be held in New York City this week. • Sponsored by the Carnegie Foun dation for the Advancement of I g earning, the conference has been limited to 16 men from 10 colleges and , universities throughout the United States.' Held -every three to five years, the parley this year has adopted the topic, "The United States and - the War." Two of the students will be chosen to speak at. a final din-. ner session on Friday night. The conference will close at Saturday noon. Prominent state, navy, and army officials will meet with the stu dents in discussion, periods, and outstanding columnists and jour nalists, such as William Shirer, Vincent Sheean, and John Gunther, have been invited. The purpose of the conference is to give the American students, through a representative cross section of the nation's colleges and universities, an interpretive glim pse of the country at war—it's eco nomic and social problems, and its military operations and strategy. Single representatives have been invited from the universities of Michigan, Minnesota, Chicago, Denver, Harvard, and Fordham, while two students have been se lected from Yale, Columbia, Cor nell, United States Military Aca demy, and Penn State. 0 r Batty 'ANI NEGATIVE WINNER—Larry T. Chervenak '44 was chosen last night to represent Penn State as the negative speaker in further eliminations of the National Ra dio Prize Debate Contest. MI Banquet Set For February 16 The annual banquet of the School-of Mineral I3OuStit,i.es - be given at the Nittany Lion. Inn, 6:30 p. m, Monday January 18, it was announced by the MI Council at their meeting last night. R. B. Sayers, director of the United States Bureau of Mines will speak on "Problems Related to Mineral Industries" and Edward Steidle, Dean of the School of Min eral Industries, will talk on "Ob servations on an air trip to the First Pan-American Congress of Mining Engineering and Geology at Santiago, Chile." V-5 Physical Board On Campus This Wiek Indications yesterday were that Penn State's V-5 Navaf:lAir Unit would total 40 before the group leaves in June for flight training as announced by Thomas W. Allison This would make it the largest college unit of its kind. Lieutenant Harry S. Weaver is in charge of the Naval physical board which will be on campus all this week to give final physical exams for any soph omorei, juniors or seniors inter ested in joining the Penn , State Unit: . Secorid-Month Of -.War In. Review Jan. 7—Budget message calls for expenditure of 59 , billions in 1942- 43 and new taxes of nine billions. Jan. 9—Dean James M. Landis of the Harvard Law Sel.liool is ap pointed "executive" of the Office of Civilian Defense. Jan. ll—Price ceiling is fixed for retreaded tires. Tutuila, 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, is shelled by a small Japanese war ship. Jan. 12—The War- Labor Board is named to replace the Defense Mediation Board. The Agriculture Department reports stocks of foodstuffs at a record high, but wholesale prices one-fourth high er than the year before. OF THE PENHSYLV TUESDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, STATE COLLEGE, PA Adamic Speaks Summer Courses In Schwab Tonight On Concentrated For LA Lecture Louis Adamic, noted American author, traveller and lecturer will appear as the fourth speaker in the current LA Lecture Series in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Brought to the campus by the Liberal Arts Lecture Committee consisting of Dr. J. Paul Selsam, chairman, and Professors Morris Bench, Aaron Druckman, Theo dore Roethke, and George E. Simpson, Adamic will speak on "Plymouth Rock and Ellis Island." To obtain' material for this top ic, which will also be the title of his next book, Adamic and his as sistants have travelled over 100,- 000 miles and have questioned thousands of second and third generation descendants and immi grants. Much of these findings have been published in the maga zine "Common Ground," which Adamic edits and which is pub lished by the Common Council for American Unity. Adamic believes that many persons, especially some of those whose funnies have known for two centuries or more the privi leges of citizenship in this coun try, have forgotten the American dream. Players' Sim Includes 'Sly' The first Shakespearian play to be given on this campus in many years will be presented by the Players when they stage, "The Taming of the Shrew" next Fri day and Saturday nights at Schwab Auditorium. In . many prOuctions of the "Taming of the Shrew," accord ing to Frank S. Neusbaum, pro fessor of dramatics and director of the play, there has been the problem of whether or not to in clude the induction scene, showing the drunken Sly for whose enter tainment the main part of the play was presented. Although many. professional versions have omitted the scene, Professor Neusbaum feels that this is missing the point of the play, and that there is so much humor in the Sly sequences that they are worth including. These low comedy scenes contribute much fun to the production. Therefore, despite the fact that the original version forgets about the character after the early scenes, the Players keep Sly in the action to the end. Jan. 13—Donald M. Nelson is named head of the new War Pro duction Board, with extensive power. Washington reports more minor successes on Luzon, but im plies new supplies can't be sent to General MacArthur. Jan. 14—Two tankers are tor pedoed off Long Island. The U. S. Asiatic fleet is reported safely out of Manila. Jen. 15—Secretary of War Stim son says the Army will contain 3,600,000 men by the end of the year,• more in 1943. The Truman committee of the Senate reports widespread waste, delay, bungling, and profiteering in the defense program. The Conference of Am- A STATE COLLEGE CODE DECODER—Registrar Wil liam S. Hoffman, who solves mes sages in code as a hobby, will make use of this unusual know ledge by teaching a short course on the subject under the Student Training for Civilian Defense pro gram. Code Solution In STUD Program z 1 4 2 Code solution, camp counseling, afl7X.VglesaJt-fafrOWl4o:o 1. Students will_ be able more it g q, 4 .,. , P , Y,T1VAU-. ( ?4 e ,... ave z te - „ h ;; _cc2 7 „ - to the - list 'of cburses..orgimized the under the Student Training fOr er reasons at the end - of eaai three-week period. Civilian Defense prpgram yester- day, bringing the total number to 21. Course descriptions released Yesterday follow Solution of Coded Messages. Meeting one hour a week for ten weeks, this course, taught by Wil liam S. Hoffman, College regis trar, will deal with simple sub stitutions, arithmetic problems, and other basic coding systems. Camp Counseling. This six week course will consist of a consideration of camp types, du (Continued on Page Two) Boxing First Assistints Elected For '4/ Season First assistant manages in box ing were elected last night to make six out of seven winter sports that have elected sopho more firsts under the new man agerial system. Benjamin F. Leaman, Thomas F. Egan, and Joseph F.', Fels are the newly elected manaders of the ring squad, while RaYinond H. Nicols while handle the 'frosh mit team. Stewart H.-Burns;and Pat trick F. Mooney were chosen as alternates. erican foreign ministers ' , on policy toward the Axis, meets in Rio de Janeiro. Jan. 16—The U. S. Nalry sinks eight more Japanese ships. Jan. 17—John L. Lewis, presi dent of `the United Mine Workers, suggests that the CIO-AFL peace negotiations be renewed. Jan. 19—Philip Murray, CIO president, denounces the Lewis move. Jan. 20—The House Naval Af fairs- committee reports profiteer ing in some of the naval con struction program, also wide spread gains by unions. The bill for one hour of daylight salving (Continued on Page Two) ggiatt * * * WEATHER Continued Cold PRICE: THREE CENTS Placed Basis Phys Ed '3rd Term' Subjects Intensified Courses to be offered • during Main Summer Session and those to be given by the School of Phy sical Education and Athletics dur ing the "third semester" were placed on a concentrated three week basis yesterday, as the Coun cil of Administration took another step' to gear the College's accel erated program to a greater war time efficiency. Under this intensified program the student will take three-credit physical education course for three 50-minute periods a day and will be completed in three weeks. The Summer Session program was also changed to provide for three 50-minute periods a day in stead of the traditional two 80- minute periods. By the separa tion of Main Summer Session in to two three-week periods, four Summer sessions, each of three weeks' duration, were established. The. technical schools, howover will continue to operate under the regular system. The following reasons were giv en for the concentration of courses in Main Summer Session and of physical education courses in the regular Summer term: 2. Students will be able to take credits in the regular term and in the Sumther Session simultane- The Council of Administration, which previously had officially set the dates of the Summer se (Continued on Page Four) 3 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Late News Flashes ... 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110 NEW YORK —'Fire broke out on the former French luxury liner, Normandie, and caused an. estimat ed damage of $5,000,000 late yes terday afternoon. One worker was killed; 300 workers were injured; and three of the liners decks were gutted. Authorities credited the outbreak of the four-hour blaze to a spark from a workman's .acety line torch. SINGAPORE A great battle for the life of the British strong hold of Singapore has entered its last phase. The Japanese landings on the island have pushed the de fenders back very little, but the Japs have established a ten-mile front on the northwest corner of the island. The British claim that the situation is well in hand, but the Japanese claim that another landing has been made on the is land. CAIRO The see-saw battle on the desert is now beginning to tip toward the West again. After a 175-mile retreat along the coast, the mobile units of the Imperial forces have gained 12 miles in a counter-attack west of Derna. BATAVIA This Dutch Far Eastern capital suffered its initial air raid of the war last night. The Japanese attackers machine-gun ned the streets of the city. The damage was said to be slight, but it was admitted that some ground ed planes had been hit and dam aged.
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