Successor To
The; Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 90
3 Debate Teams
In 2nd Place Tie
Al Shippensburg
Penn - State's three teams enter
ed in the: Shippensburg Debate
Tournament were part of a five-
way second place tie at the con
clusion of the forensic activity at
Shippensburg, Saturday.
The three groups, each consist
ing of four• members, two affirma-
Live and tiro negative, had identi-
cal records of four victories and
two losses. , • Roughton College of
New York and Seton Hill of
GreerisbUrg were the other teams
finishing in the tie.
West Virginia University's team,
with, a record of five wins and
only one setback, copped the tour-
nament 'title which ' last year Was
won by Penn State,
The rankings were made on the
basis of a team's combined record.
The affirmative groups of Penn
StEgte's 'Team A and the women's
team both had' records of thrte
wins and two losses but these
were offset by the respective
negative groups' scores of orie,
win and two defeats.
A busy week is in store for de
bate squad with two of the group,
Bernard M. Weinberg '43 and
Gerald F. Doherty '42 leaving to- Terrain Appreciation. This
day on a tour which will carry three-hour pre-induction course is
them to 'the campuses of six uni- designed to familiarize the stu
versities and colleges in Pennsyl- dent with the interpretation of
vania, New Jersey and New York. military maps in terms of combat.
Their first . engagement will be Knowledge of map reading is a
at the University of Pennsylvania prerequisite.
in Philadelphia at 8 p..m; tonight
Choke of . Consumers' Gpods.
beftoW'a Itutlent 'group . when they
Taught" on hour a week for 10
will discuss, "What Is Youth's
Part in the War?" weeks, this course will help the
This is the topic originated by
average consumer more effective-
Coach Joseph F. O'Brien, asso-
ly to buy under the extraordinary
conditions created by the war.
date' professor of public speaking,
and Thomas J. Burke '42, former
debate - manager. This subject
has proved popular with debate
audiences all this seaison and its
use was expressly requested by
the Penn debaters. Coach O'Brien
will accompany Weinberg and Do
herty on the trip. .
Tomorrow night 'the locals will
play' hos+. to St. Francis College of
Loretta and on Thursday, Dick
inson College of Carlisle will be
the opponent, here.
Late News
Fla.sh.es...
SINGAPORE -- Japanese terms provision of essential factors for
for the surrender of Singapore effective blackouts, that is, those
were signed by the British com- which provide the greatest civil
thanding 'officers. American, Brit- ian safety during an air raid. Fre
ish and Australian soldiers were requisite, freshman physics.
disarmed and put into prison
camps
. Prime Minister .
Churchill• in - a -speech-- to- Great
Britain last night announced 'the
loss of Singapore, but declared that
even with 'this victory 'Japan is
marching to its dooms.
TOKIO = It was announced last
night that Japan's forces are mov
ing into -Sumatra and are taking
oil fields and air dromes. The
Dutch are fighting hard but over
whelming Jap forces are causing
great losses.
MOSCOW German counter
attacks 'were smashed all along the
central front last night.
HAGUE A supply depot own
ed by the Germans was blown up
by sabotage yesterday. The Ger
mans gave the Dutch one week to
catch those who are guilty, and are
holding 30 hostages.
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'ANI
Roland Elliott Talk
Scheduled Tomorrow
"A ten cent American ham
burger has as much bread as the
French get in a day, more meat
than they get in a week, and more
butter titan they get in a • year."
This is a statement in an article,
"Food, Fight, and the Future," by
Roland Elliott, national executive
secretary of. student Christian
Associations who returned from
Europe two weeks ago. He will
speak in 121 Sparks Building at
7 p.im. tomorrow night.
In Europe, Mr. Elliott visited
student centers as well as camps
for prisoners, internes and refu
gees.•
Course Bulletins
Ready Next Week
Descriptions of six more courses
to be offered late this month un
der the Student Training for Ci
vilian Defense program were re
leased yesterday. Bulletins giv
ing complete information about
the 47 courses Will be available
by next week.
Partial course descriptions fol
low:
Auxiliary Police Training.. This
course will, provide training which
will qualify the student as an
auxiliary policeman for immediate
usb in case of air raids or other
emergencies. Capt. William V.
Dennis of Campus Patrol will
teach it in three-hour periods once
a week for 10 weeks.
Explosives and Demolitions.
Completed in 15 hours, this course
will prepare men for duty with
the armed forces, and will give
civilians an understanding of the
us,e of explosives in demolition
projects following .air raids.
Blackout . Precautions. This
course, taught two - hours a 'week
. for .• three: weeks; will - provide
training in the use- of the black
- light and fluorescence and the
Miller F etiored Music . MI Cla s se s
He got into hot water with his
high school principal at the age of
14—for skipping classes to play on
his first trombone.
But Glenn Miller, who brings his
nationally famous "Moonlight Ser
enaders" here for Senior Ball Feb
ruary 27, was undismayed by the
failure of saicrprincipal to see eye
to-eye with him on the matter of
jazz versus classes.
He continued his musical activ
ities at the University of Colorado
with .the college dance band and
determined on a musical career
when he left college.
Famed as a "musician's musi
cian," Miller got his background
with' some of today's most famous
swing names_ He worked for Ben
Pollack on the coast, sitting beside
a young clarinetist named Benja-
OF THE PENNSYLV
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, STATE COLLEGE, PA
2,000 Will Register
AOPi To Pledge 30
Alpha ChM Places
Second As 27 Accept
Setting a landslide record among
campus sororities, Alpha Omicron
Pi received 30 formal bid accept
ances as rushing season ended yes
terday. Alpha
,Chi Omega placed
second, with 27 acceptances from
a total of 173.
Taking third place was Gamma
Phi Beta with 18 acceptances. Oth
er houses were Kappa Alpha The
ta, 16; Chi Omega and Delta Gam
ma, 14; Alpha Epsilon Phi, 11;
Zeta Tau 'Alpha and. Kappa Kappa
Gamma, 9; Phi Mu, 7; Kappa Delta,
6; Emanon, 5; and Krimcon, 3.
. Of the 291 bids issued this year.
to 225 women, 173 accepted as com
pared with last year's quota of 215
bids sent to 189 women with 162
accepting. From the freshman class
of 363 women, 241 were sent bids
with 140 accepting. Of last year's
freshman class of 333, bids were
given to 149 with 124 accepting.
Sophomores received 19 bids and
accepted 14 bids, while last year
26 accepted of the 28 bid. Junior
bids totaled 14 acceptances from
24 bids in contrast to last year's 10
acceptances for 11 bids. •Three
seniors received and two accepted
bids as three special students ac
cepted bids from four bids issued.
Refusals totaled 41 over last
year's 24. Answers have not been
received from 12 women who were
out of town.
Colors: red and-'green
Freshmen Ann G. Brister, Es
telle E. Brown, N. Kathryn Clous
er, Rachel M. Dutcher, Shirley A.
Fink, Esther A. Fisher, Mary E.
Gilbert, M. Jane Gleichert, Mar
garet L. Good, Gloria G. Greene,
Kathryn M. Hibbard, Pauline A.
Huber, Ruth Mae Kauffman, Clara
A. Lamade, Mary G. Longenecker,
Julia H. McFarland, Jean L. Miller,
(Continued on Page Three)
Dedication Of Sports
Lodge Set For Saturday
Winter Sports Lodge will be
formally dedicated Saturday Feb
rugry 21 at 2 p. In., just before the
'cross-ski race, which will start and
finish at the cabin, Ray M. Conger,
Instructor in charge of recreation,
announced last night.
. Campus
. organizations which
have any furniture that might be
used to furnish the lodge are asked
'to call Mr. Conger's office to .ar
range for transportation and re
pairs, if needed. "Contributions for
new furniture will be welcome," he
added.
min Goodman, Krupa, Jimmy and
Tommy Dorsey. He branched into
arranging later with Red Nicholas.
A little over three years ago
Glenn had an idea. Encouraged by
the discovery of several key men
whose technique he liked, the
young trombonist-arranger decided
to form his own band.
With Hal Mclntire, supporting
,the sax section, Chummy McGre
gor on the piano, Tex Beneke on
the tenor sax, and Miller himself
on the trombone, the nucleus was
formed. The combination was spic
ed with 18-year-old vocalist Ray
Eberle and the blond songstress
Marion Hutton.
From then on it was a sky
rocket trail to success. The new
band started in at the State Ball
rooth in Boston. From there it was
A STATE COLLEGE
Alpha. Chi Omega
rgiatt
For
For
INFORMS GREEKS Panhel
lenic Rushing Chairman Frances E.
Haley '43 reminds sorority women
that open bidding may be resumed
two weeks after formal bidding.
Photograph Show
To Open Gallery
. Thirty-six of the best prints in
the Salon edition contest of Colleg
iate Digest last Spring will 'feature
the'seeend-semester opening*of the
College Art Gallery next week in
303 Main Eriginieering, J. Burn
Heinle, in charge of the division of
fine arts announced Saturday.
Including in the exhibit is the
first prize-Winning print, "Negro,"
besides novel still life composi
tions, candid shots, portraits, and
landscape studies, both rural and
urban. •
The Digest's contest will be the
feature again this year of a special
Salon edition. Any college or uni
versity student or faculty member
may enter the contest the dead
line for which will be April 1.
• Photos entered 'must be sent . to
Salon Editor, Collegiate ijigest
Section, 293 Fawkes Building,
Minneapolis, Minn. Prizes awarded
to winners of the contest are a $25
first prize and others in the• dif
ferent divisions totaling $5O. Each
entrant may submit as • many
photoS as he wishes.
All data about each photo sub
mitted should be Sent with it, in
cluding college year - or faCulty
standing, and, if posSible some in
formation about the subject of the
photo. '
New York, at the .Paradise. Miller
went to the Meadowbrook in New
Jersey and broke all records at
Frank Daily's place.
The Moonlight Serenaders went
to Glen Island Casino in West!
chester and the popularity of the
band wa sacclaimed nationally.
Glenn Miller's visit here for
Senior Ball will be the second one
'for . the maestro. Miller played
Junior Prom in 1940, when over
1,200 couples turned out for the
affair.
The orchestra is concluding an
engagement at the New York Para
mount now, and will be taking to
road shortly.
All of which ought to prove that
it sometimes pays to skip classes to
toot a trombone.
WEATHER
Snow Flurries
And Cooler
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Draft Today ;
New Record
Third 'R
-Day' Held
In Armory From 74
An estimated 2,000 students, fa
culty and staff members will re
gister for the Selective Service in
the nation's third "R
-Day" in the
Armory from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
today under the supervision of a
corps oc 90 special registratrs
headed oy Edward K. Hibshman,
chairman of the College registra
tion committee.
Required to sign up in today's
registration will be all students
(except those in advanced ROTC),
faculty and staff members who
Registration hours follow:
A-Car = 11 a. m. to 12 noon
Cas-Far 1 to 2 p. m.
Fas-Hep 2 to 3 p. m.
Heq-Lav 10 to 11 a. m.
Law-M 3 to 4 p. m.
N-Rus 9 to 10 a. M.
Rut-Te 4 to 5 p. m.
Th-Z 8 to 9 a. m.
have not registered previously and
who hale ' attained their 20th
birthday on or prior to December
31, 1941 and who have not reach
ed their 45th birthday prior to to
day.
The College draft committee
has asked students and all Col
lege employees to register accord
ing to the alphabetically-arranged
schedule. If duties interfere, one
may register at the noon hour or
some other convenient time.
Students will be . excused from
classes only at the hours they are
scheduled to register. Those who
are ill or who cannot report for
other reasons should notify the
registration committee at the Arm
ory as sion as possible.
As preliminary steps to regis
(Continued on Page Two)
Craighead Twins
Spend 3 Months
.With Indian Prince
• Three months as a guest of an
Indian prince!
That was the experience of the
Craighead twins, John and Frank,
both of the class of '39. They
contributed a 37-page story with
38 illustrations about falconry in
India to the February issue of the
National Geographic magazine.
" It all started back in July 1937
when they were still undergradu
ates here at State. After having
an article on falconry published
by this same magazine, they re
ceived a letter from K. S. Dhar
makumarsinhji (Bals for short),
brother of the Maharaja of the In
dian state of Bhavnagar.
This northwestern province is
known "as "falconer's paradise."
"Bapa" had read the twins' ar
ticle in the American journal and
a long-distance friendship was
immediately formed. Two years
later the prince came to America
for a visit.
After the Craigheads graduated,
they determined to return the vis
it. Their chance came when the
editor of the National Geographic
offered to send them to India in
return for a story and photographs
of the age-old methods of hunting
with trained falcons and the pomp
of royal India.
While undergraduates at Penn
State, bath of the brothers were
members of the wrestling team for
four years. Frank was a 128-
pound matman and John held
down tlu.N. 135-pound spot.