Successor To
The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 98
Late News Tokyo Journalist
Flashes ...
RANGOON The British have .
evacuated virtually all their
troops !tom Burma, leaving only
a few defenders to battle the
greatly reinforced Japanese at
tackers. The Chinese are still
working for the 'defense of Ran
goon.'
WASHINGTON Congressmen
are proposing to raise the debt
limit to 125 billions of dollars,
The debt limit now stands at $65
billions.
WASHINGTON Costs of eat
ing in this country will be increas
ed $1,000,000,000 if the Senate
Farm-Bloc's threatened rider is
placed .on the' war appropriation
bill, acer:rding to President Roose
velt.'
WASHINGTON Authorita
tive:• sources said yesterday that
the Adminikro,ticui.. is opposed, N
aban'donment of overtimeCpay-for
work in excess of 40 hours a week,
and that even if he had the pow
er, Mr. Roosevelt would not sus
pend such provisions of law.
• BATAAN,- . MacArthur's forces
have been -making repeated coun
ter-attacks, against the _Japahese.
In the - Past, two, weeks the Japs
haVe- advanced only 12 miles.
Penn Slate Club
To Elect Officers
-• Three ..juniors, have _been qiiitrii
tiated to succeed Arthur Peskoe •'42
as president of the Penn State
Club, according to Benjamin J.
Snipas '43, club secretary. :
John C. York, present viee;:presi
dent, Martin H. Duff, publicity
chairman, •and Charles W. Thomp
son, athletic manager have been
maned for the post. Nominations
for all offices can still be placed
with Peskoe or at the regular club
meeting.
The elections for all club offices
will conducted in 405 Old Main
at 8:39 D. m. March 5..
Thomas E. Wilcox '44 is thus far
the only nominee for the vice-pres
idency of the club. :Robert A.
Christoff '44 and Martin L. Zeig
ler. '44.,wi1l vie for secretary. .
'Other nominees are: Ray A. Za
roda. '44, treasurer; Kenneth D.
Bair '43, social chairman; Vincent
B. Makowski '43, athletic chair
man; and Harry C. Coleman '44,
publiCity director.
Penn State's Willow Tree !Wept'
With 'Napoleon On St. Helena Isle
• Legend .has it that the famous "Long a picture of loveliness
old willow which formerly stood and stately grace," the willow was
on the cite of the drinking foun
blown down in 1921. A shoot
'lain on front campus was one, of
from it was set out as part of the
the willow trees that wept with
commencement exercises of the
Napoleon at St. Helena. - same year in the satme location
Planted in 1859 onwhat was
by the grandson of Professor War
then a dirt road leading up to n
"The College" (Old Main) the
ing who planted the original tree.
willow was flhnked by farm
• A drinking fountain marks the
•
lands and potato fields, and was spot where the "weeping" willow
a favorite meeting place for stu-
once stood, and nearby sits a large
rock with a bronze plaque corn
dents. Many stories have sprung
memorating the event. Bidding
up .bout its derivation but the
one connecting it with the "Little fair to outgrow its parent, the
Corvoral" is the most romantic. young tree stands alongside the
Another favorite theme is that memorial.
the willow was brought back from Described by Dr. Erwin Runkle
England by Dr. Evan Pugh, first in his 'History of the Pennsyl
president of the College, and was vv.nia State College" as an in
described by him as "a scion from separab'e part of Penn State' tra
a willow on the poet Pope's dition, the willow was the recipi
ground,. at Twickenham." ent of boundless sentiment, poems
Although there is doubt as to and photographs. When the tree
who actually planted it, it is be- died, its wood was made into
lieved that William G. Waring, various articles which were sold
professor of horticulture at the as souyenirs at the Commence
time, was the one who set it. ment of 1921.
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ANIA
Speaks At Dinner
The Liberal Arts school will
present James R. Young, former
Chief o' Staff of the Internation
al News, Service in Tokyo, as the
featured speaker at its annual
dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn on
Monday night.
Mr. Young will address a Jour
nalism 2 class in 121 Sparks at 11
a•. m. Monday. Students interest
ed may i.ttend the class, according
to Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head
of the journalism department and
chairman of the dinner.
Gillespie's Book
Covers Axis War
F.urOpe in -PerSpective", is. the
title of. the •latest. work in historic
research: written by Dr. James
Gillespie of the department of his
tory. The book was released Feb
ruary 5 by Harcourt, Brace, and
Company, New York publishers.
The new book which is being
used iri History 19 and other 400
courses, covers the cultural, ,eco
nomic, social, and political back
ground of •European civilization
from 1815 .to the present. It even
covers the 'recent Pearl Harbor At
tack and the United States declar
ation of war on the Axis powers.
Among several new features em
bodied in Dr. Gillespie's book, is
the extensive coverage of the cul
tural phase of European history,
and the use of many captions to
tieriniteasy summation and review
of material.
The book; according to its author,
is designed to' provide the neces
sary 'background hit. the students in
order that the college teacher may
develop the courses offered in
European history. •
Hillel Town Forum Holds
War Hatred Discussion
Continuing the special series of
Hillel Town Meetings on the main
topic "The United States and the
War," the foundation will have as
this Sunday's subject "Can We Win
the War Without Hate?"
John H. Frizzell, head of the de
partment of public speaking; Pro
fessor Harold F. Graves, professor
of English composition, and Major
Ghy G. Mills, assistant professor of
military science and actics will be
the participants with Rabbi Benja
min M. Kahn as moderator.
OF THE PENNSYLV
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, STATE COLLEGE, PA
1-B Registrants
With Bad Teeth
Face War Duly
All draft registrants who have
been placed in the 1-B classifica
tion because of bad teeth will be
reclassified and made liable for
any kind of military service, the
U. 'S. Army revealed this week.
Under the recently lowered
physical requirements, men pre
viously deferred because of poor
vision will also be accepted, but
only for non-combatcnt duty.
No specific number of teeth
willbereqUired,.and Army doc
tOrs.will be permitted to approve
all registrants whose teeth are
believed strong enough to chew
Army food. Troublesome teeth
will be-repaird, replaced, or pull
ed at •Ihel government's expenSe
after induction, the Army \epc
plained.
As for eyes, men whose vision
has been railed no poorer than
20-200 will also be classified as
1-A. Previously, ratings between
20-100 arid 20-400, correctable to
20-40 with glasses, • were placed
in the 1-1 , 3 group. • • •
The men will be reclassified in
to 1-A first by their own boards.
They will- then have 10 - ds t ys •in
which they may, if •theY wish,
peal for deferments on grounds of
occupation or dependency: :
'44 Independents
Name Committees
Committees for the coming poli
tical campaign were announced last
night by Robert T. Kimmel, chair-
_ .
•man of the '44 Independent Party. cell; professional instructor now on A total of 9,210 defense stamps
Fred E. Clever was appointed campus. The classes will be di- were sold, according to George L.
campaign manager to conduct the vided into groups with a regularly
,Donovan, student union manager.
coming contest. Thomas E. Wil- assigned coed as instructress in All program booklets and every
cox was named chairman of the each group. This, Farrell said, stamp available in State College
nominations committee, with Jos- would give more personal instruc- were disposed of, he said. In addi
eph R. Piontek, Loyal E. Ramsey, tion to the students in the classes. tion, all of the profits from the
and Donald L. Webb. The course of ten lessons will be dance will go to some charity or de-
Platform Committee co-chair- held from March 2 through April 3 ..
Tense organization.
men appointed were James R. with classes each Monday from •
Zeigler and Cadmus G. Goss, alOng 8:30 to 9:30 p. m. and Friday from Review .
with Harry C. Coleman, and Mil- 7 to B p. in. Class sessions will be Of Hebrew Songs
ton B. Dolinger. Benjamin J. held in the Arinory. Tickets can The colorful panorama of Israel
Bailey was chosen to handle pub- be obtained at Student Union or at through the ages as depicted by
licity and contacts assisted by Rob- the Armory. dramatized song—sketches, narra
ert E. Kinter, and Richard B. Mc- Members of the Committee in tive and music will make up the
Naul. charge of arrangements for the "Cavalcade of Hebrew Music" to
All committees will report to a classes •are Thomas E. Wilcox '44, be presented by the Hillel Fou-nda
general meeting of the clique Mon- Ray A. Zaroda '44, and Martin L. lion at 7:30 p. in. next Tuesday.
day at 7:15 p. in. in 318 Old Main. Zeigler '44.
War Stimulates Student
Enrollment In Russian
Entrance of the United States in
to the war has stimulated the stu
dent enrollment in Russian lan
guage courses 50 per cent over
that of the last three years accord
ing to Dean Charles W. Stoddart,
School of Liberal Ai•ts.
Dean Stoddart pointed out that
increased enrollment in a language
during the second semester is un
usual. During the last war there
was a similar 'interest in Russian
courses. At that time the late Dr.
'Max Kriss, professor of animal nu
trition, earned part of his college
expenses by tutoring the language.
DTD Elects New Officers
Delta Tau Delta elected Harry
M. Locke '43 house president and
A. Clark Daugherty '44 vice
presideoi at elections held this
past week. Ralph E. Lyford '44
will serve as trersurer, while Wil
liam F. Lahner '44 and Joseph A.
Surace, Jr. '43 will serve as re
cording secretary and correspond
ing secretary, respectively.
STATE COLLEGE
Senior Ball Hits New High
As 3,000 Throng Rec Hall
Glenn Miller and his orchestra
furnished the music, national de
fense provided a worthy motive,
and crowning of Barbara Tor
rence as Senior Queen added gla
iriour to the scene.
MOONLIGHT SERENADER National defense stamp booklets
Making his third campus appear-
containing a dollar's worth of
ance in two years, Glenn Miller at-
stamps instead of corsages were
tracted a capacity ,- throng of 3000 definitely a success according to
in Penn State's first war-time Sen-
Thomas J. L. Henson .and Peter J.
for Ball in Rec Hall last night.
KroneS, co-chairmen . of the Ball.
They expressed the thanks of the
All committee to the students for mak
-tollege Dance. ing the idea go over big, and for
their cooperation on the Ball hi
• general.
Classes Resume ' Karl W. Illgen, deputy state ad
ministrator of the State Defense
" Savings staff complimented the
The perin State Club's All-Col- seniors on the idea of national de
lege dancing classes will begin on fense stamps instead of corsages,
Monday night their second semen- and said that he though it was a
ter schedule, Arthur Peskoe ' 42, very worthwhile idea which other
'club president announced yester- schools might copy: . • -
day. "Babs" Torrence, recently elect-
The classes, begun last semester ed Senior Queen to replace the tra
will be continued this half at ditional May Queen, with her date,
the request of Recreation Coordi- led the grand march of the Ball
nated. just before 'the intermission, with
The 'classes will be conducted on H. Leonard Krouse, senior class
a different basis this semester un- president, and his date second in
der. the direction of Joseph C. Far- line.
Student Majority Found Dissatisfied
With Adminisiration's War Effort
The Roosevelt Administration is ment to the Far East.
not pushing America's war effort 4.- - ---Cut out graft and red tape;
vigorously and efficiently enough, get better administrative direc
according to a large majority of tion, more business men like Don
students interviewed this week by ald Nelson.
The Daily Collegian. The country s.—Strike at the enemy, take
is too complacent and. overconfi- the offensive.
dent about the war, they said. The question put to Penn State
A Gallup Poll 'of the nation's students and America's voting
voting, public on the same issue public was:
showed that most Americans "Do you think the United States
were satisfied with the war effort. is doing all it can toward winning
Although their opinions vary, the war?" Results of both polls
both students' , and publics' ap- follow
praisal of the war situation is
based on their own interpretation
of war -news from day to day,
plus the comments of "experts."
Typical suggestions for im
proving America's war effort
were
I.—Make better use of labor
and production facilities, work
longer hours, stop strikes.
2.—The psychological attitude
is wrong; .we need all-out effort,
less disagreement, more sacrifices.
3.—Send more men and equip-
rgiatt
* * *
WEATHER
Snow Flurries
and Cooler
PRICE: THREE CENTS
No Corsage Plan Sells
Every Stamp In Town
A huge American eagle against a
patriotic background of red, white,
and blue was the theme of Penn
State's first war-time Senior Ball
when more than 1500 couples jam
med Rec Hall last night.
This was the biggest dance ever
held at the College, the crowds lin
ing the sidewalk beside Burroughs
Roads waiting for admission to the
hall.
Collegian Gallup
22% 78%
. . . . 68 17
. . 10 5
Undecided
Phi Sigma Delta Elects
Newly elected officers of Phi
Sigma Delta for 1942 are Mervin
Krentzman '43, master frater;
Kenneth Sivitz '44, vice-master
frater; Leonard Bach '43, treasur
er;. Edgar Sykes '45, secretary;
and Milton Bergstein '44. caterer.