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VOL. 38—No. 89
New Registrants
Need Preliminary
Forms For 'R-Day'
Students stud members of the
Cali& faculty and staff who must
register for the Selective Service
iti - the.ArMory Monday were re
myided yesterday that they must
'first - obtain a preliminary regis
tration blank art Student Union.
,This blank Must be filled out and
viegented when the individual ap
pears for registration.
; • . - Arrang,ements for the register
(ink: -*of - apprmcimately 2,000 stu-:
fdents.al4l* College employees. be-.
AW'een the ages of 20_ and 45 will
k'he pompleted today when 90 mem
;biers; of . the fa6ilty. and adminis
itrative staff will be sworn in as
-registrars
Although registration will •be
- conducted from 7 a. m. to 9 p.
,
Y,clward K. Hibshman, chairman
Of : the registration committee, has
;requested registrants to - report
',from BNa. m. ,t& 5 p. in. in the fol
loWing, alphabetical sections:
A -through Car, 11 a. in. to 12
ffoon; Cos. through Far, 1 to 2 p.
Fas' through Hep, 2 . ..t0 3 p. m.;
Reci through Lay, 10 to 11 a. m.;
taw thrgugh M, 3 to 4 p. m.; N
- thr •
ough :Rus, 9. to 10 a. m.; Rut
',through Te, 4to 5 p. m.; Th
;,through
Z, 8 to 9 a. m.
Students will be 'excuse'd' from
classes kr the time required for
-- their registration. Faculty mem
•lbt..l*. and. tlaw..er:.Plallt.
riegistV*4he noon hoUr or
same other- convenient time if the:
;Ochedule interferes with their-'clu.7.
~ties. '
Provision will •be •made for %tie
;:registering of those pergons.'who
:•are',, sick, but :registration :iiead
..citiarters in th - e !Armory should be
'f•informed by telephone as soon as
possible by those unable to report
''because of illness.
Draft eligibles were warned that
the responsibility for registering
is entirely up .to the individual,
.and that failure to register draws
*a
--:severe penalty.
- sl(l).':Regisfralion
Due Before March
:Registration and classes in the
• Student Training for Civilian De
-fense short Courses will begin the
last week in February or in March,
according, to, an announcement latst
night 'by --Millard - T. - Bunnell, co
'Otdinator of the STCD program.
— .Announcement of the exact day
of - registration is being delayed,
Mr..Bnimell explained, until bul
letins giving -full particulars about
thef [ cour.s'es return from the print
ers, .and are distributed to the
Two More courses, Community
Organization and. Leadership and
Offke Methods, have been added,
bringing the total to 47. Partial
descriptions of some of the other
coUrses'follow; . •
Defense Publicity. Designed for
students interested in publicity
writing, this course will meet once
a' week; for six weeks, ,and teach
techniques used in departments of
defense' information.
Aerial Photograph Reading
This course will give the layman
a 'basic working knowledge of the
uses of, and an . appreciation of
methods used in airplane identi
fication, speed and altitude esti
mation, and estimation of air
plane flight. It will be completed
after four •and one-half hours of
classes.
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Assistant Managers
Elected For Gymnasts Boxing, Wrestling, Gym Top
John F. Gorgol, Homer D. Win
ter, Jr., and Robert E. Gegenheim
er, all sophomores, Were elected to o ay s Sportsmen s Holiday
the positions of first assistant man-
.
agers in gymnastics, it was announ-
ced last night by. Neil H. Fleming . r Bargain Attraction
n
graduate manager of athletics. 'Sports Events lasted On Today s Calendar!
Freshman manager for the com- Begins At 12:30
ming season is Harold F. Bucher
'44 'while no alternate' managers By GORDON COY
have ibeen.chosen yet for the tumb- With war rumblings jammed
ling squad.
into the darkest corner of Rec
Hall's locker room, Penn State
will take time out to celebrate a
Debaters Face "sportsmen's holiday" and play
host to athletic teams from Cor
nell, Temple, Virginia, West Vir-
Heavy. Schedule ginia, and Wyoming Seminary.
. Beginning early this afternoon,
After a full day's activity ThUrs- all roads will lead to Rec Hall,
day, with students from Lock Hay- and newly acquired AA books
en State Teachers College, Penn • - . that everyone received when they
State's never-resting debaters will paid second-semester fees will get
plunge right back into forensic ac- their first initiation. So, sign out
tivities today, when :they defend . ------' for dinner, stick a sandwich in
their title of co-champion at the your pocket, and above all, do not
Shippensburg State Teachers Col-• , forget a cushion, because grand
lege Debate Tournament, at Ship- 'Final -Sorority Bidding Climaxes stand seats do get hard.
pensburg. Monday two members At 12:30 the frosh wrestlers
of the team will leave on the team's
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'41 2 42 - Intensive Rushing Season will inaugurate the bargain day
annual "New York" tour. , attraction when they tackle their
Eight members of the team made 255 Will Attend • season's opener in a match with a
the trip
,fo Shippensburg where scrappy little aggregation from
they will meet colleges and univer- •
sities from Pennsylvania, West Vir- Formal Dinners College To Have Wyoming Seminary. If, after
seeing Charlie Speidel's yearlings
ginia, Virginia, Maryland and the
As a peak to the 1941-42 rush- in action, you still want some
District of Columbia. All iictivi- .-
mg season sororities will submit more wrestling, then stay in your
ties will be based on the current Large s t V-5 Unit
final bids to the dean of wonten's seats and watch the varsity grap
debate topic, "Resolved that the
office immediately following to piers battle a tough West Virginia
federal government should control Penn State will have the largest
night's formal dinners from 5:30 outfit immediately afterward. -
by law all labor unions in the 'Unit- ,, collegiate flying unit in the coun
d 7:30 to 9 P. m. to Seeking their second straight
ed States, constitutionally conced- to '- P. m. and .. . try when it fills its quota of 60
ed." which 255 rushees accepted invi
men, according to Lieut. John Cur- league victory, the Lion gymnasts
tations. will take the spotlight against
- Carroll P. Blackwood '44, How- ran, Naval Reserve recruiting of- Temple at 3:30. At the . same
and Harinoti '44, till R:1356 - ser - '43,' - Riishees attending dinners will ficer-fromPhiladelphia-on-eampus time; Penn State's yearling gyin-
Bernard :M.' Weinberg '43, Milton be called for- by sorority members. to interview-applicants for flight nasts will engage ,Temple's first
Calig '43; R. Warburton Miller. '43, A time limit of, one and a -half training.
Robert . T. Kimmel '44, and Morris hours has been set for each din- year men. If you think there' is
Beck '43 are representing Penn ner.
Swamped by the great number (Continued on Page Two)
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State at this tournament. . Rushees receiving bids from one of interested students who wish
to train with fellow classmates
Monday morning, Weinberg, -or more of the 14 campus sorori
and fraternity brothers in the V-5
Gerald F. Doherty '42 and Coach :ties will be sent a preferential ..
flight unit known as the "Nittany
Joseph F. 'O'Brien, associate pro- ballnt frmi the dean of women's
Lions, the the recruiting officer has Late - News
lessor of public speaking, will office before 10 a. m. tomorrow. been given . . .
given until next Wednesday
leave on a week's road trip, Beside the name of the preferred as es ... -
University of Pennsylvania will house, rushees will indicate their to complete the interviews.
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be met in Philadelphia, on Monday. choice by 1,2, or 3. During the past week 25 appli-
Tuesday morning the team will en- Panhellenic Rushing Chairman cants were found to be physically
LONDON British Prime Min
gage Queens College in Flushing. Frances E. Haley '43 advised qualified deligibletotake the
an . ,
ister Winston Churchill today fac-
Long Island. That afternoon the rushees to consider carefully be- flight graining. Flowever, these
ed a storm of newspaper protest as
_. men will not be obligated to 'the
group is scheduled to debate with fore making a second or third . the result of the escape of the Ger-
U. S. Naval Reserve until they
Rutgers University at New Bruns- choice, Rushees not • receiving a man battleships Scharnhorst and
wick, New Jersey. formally enlist.
bid from the 'house of their first • Gneisenau, and the cruiser Prinz
One of ,the outstandingfeatures•
Two radio debates will conclude choice must be' willing 'to accept Eugen, from the straits of Dover
the team's activities. Their d e -offered by the V-5 program is the
Second'or third 'choice if• they • • is • through which they boldly sailed.
bate With Columbia on Friday and were marked. Miss Haley also physical exam which given on -Commentators called this Church
that with City College 'of New the campus. The exam is final, ill's "darkest hour" as sentiment
reminded . undecided rushees that
(Continued on Page Two) and once ,passed, no further ones
bids may be extended which has been 'mounting over re
weeks again two are given. Lieut. Harry S. W
ea- cent British• failures in the Orient
alter intensive rushing. ver is in charge of the Naval phy- and Libya was let loose by the
Blackout, Air Raid In order to complete pledge sical board, giving exams in the •
British public.
• lists more quickly, the dean. of Infirmary.
women's office urges rushees to. NEW YORK—Pittsburgh heavy-
Plans For College return signed ballots to the office training in June at the Philadel-
The Penn .State unit will start
weight Billy Conn won a close de
before 3p. m. tomorrow. As sooncision over middleweight chain-
Nearly Completed .as pledge lists are completed, phia Navy Yard.- Upon comple
tion of a month's training there, pion Tony Zale in Madison Square .
rushing chairmen will be notified Garden, last evening. The fight
. , the successful candidates will be
Campus preparation for ai r to call for them. Rushing chair- was close throughout with first one
transferred to Corpus Christi,
raids and blackouts as it will be men will then invite new pledges Pensacola, or Jacksonville where fighter and then the other gaining
,
provided for under. the 'Campus .to their houses or suites. the advantage. ' Zale's middle
they will finish . the eight-month
Defense Council's -plans is nearly •Pledge ribbon colors are Alphacourse chat qualifies them fo
r weight title was not at stake. ,
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completed, George W. Ebert, Chi Oinega, red and. green; Alpha commissions as Naval ensigns. SINGAPORE- Sources here re
chairman 'of the committee on Epsilon Phi, green and white; Al
protectionAl.. for the Council, an- pha Omicron Pi, red and white; . holding out against increasing Jap
nounced yesterday. 'Chi Omega, cardinal and straw; anese odds. Reports said that at
Following the Council of Ad- Delta Gamina, pink, blue and gold; Fee System 'Success'
no point are the Nipponese closer
mininistration's approval .of the Emanon, red and white; Gamma than three miles from the heart of
preparation plans this week, Phi Beta, 'mode and brown; Kap- Jays . Bursar Clark the city.
heads of departments have been pa Alpha • Theta, black and gold;
Tyd
instructed by the deans of their Kappa Delta, green and white; The new fee system is a sucess . 'WASHINGTON Senator
schools to assemble information Kappa Kappa Gamma, light and and has facilitated the second se- i m. n g
a s o . f Maryland lashed out today
necessary to effective blackout mester payment considerably, Bur- vicious demand that immedi
dark blue; Krimcon, pink and ate aid be sent to General MacAr
planning. This material should be sar Russell. E. Clark stated last
blue; Phi Mu, rose and white; thur's valiant defenders on Luzon
submitted promptly, Mr. • Ebert Theta Phi Alpha, silver, gold and night as the regular payment per-
Island in the Phillipines. He charg
said, to deans' offices for approval rod ended.
blue; and Zeta Tau Alpha, steel ed that this country must have a
and transmission to post wardens. Used for the first time this sem-gray and turguoise blue. :. military and not a political war
Deans of schools will shortly ester, the plan was designed to do
leader. He suggested that General
receive from Mr. Ebert organize- away with congestion at the win
charts showing air raid and Players' Show At 8:30 dows when bills are handed to the MacArthur be appointed as su
fire warden posts for the campus. Curtain time for the Players' students and checks are written. preme commander of the Ameri-
These charts will acquaint the presentation of "The Taming of the Under the new system, students can forces.
deans with the names of faculty Shrew" has been moved up to 8:30 receive the amount of their bill WASHINGTON —An official
members who have been assigned p. m. tonight to avoid conflict with when they enter the Armory, pro- communique on the fighting in the
to the responsibility for protection the boxing meet earlier in the eve- ceed to seperate desks to write Phillipines reported that only spor
of each of the several groups of ning. Tickets may be purchased to- their checks, and then go to their adic fighting has been attempted
buildings in their sectors of the day at Student Union or at Schwab windows to pay the amount stipu- 'by the enemy. Increased enemy
campus. Auditorium. laetd. patrol activity has been noticed.
OF THE PENNSYLV
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, STATE COLLEGE, PA
HOME
12:30 p. m.—Freshman Wrestling, Wyoming Seminary, Rec
Hall,
2:00 p. m.—Varsity Wrestling, West Virginia, Rec Hall.
event has been moved up from 8:30 p. m.)
2:00 p. in.—Varsity Swimming, Cornell, Glennland Pool
3:30 p. m.—Varsity Gymnastics, Temple, Rec
3:30 p. m.—Freshman Gymnastics, lemple, •Rec Hall.
7:00 p. m.—Varsity Boxing, Virginia, Rec Hall.
AWAY
Varsity Basketball, Syracuse, Syracuse.
Varsity Fencing, Cornell-Syracuse, . Ithaca.
Freshman Basketball, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston,
Freshman Swimming, Cornell, Ithaca.
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