Soccasor'• To Tho Fro* Immo. Established Iss7 VOL. 38—No. 102 Navy Turns Down College As V-5 Training Center Under consideration for the past two 'months as a possible induc tion center for some 2400 V-5 Naval Reserve Air Corps Cadets, College authorities received offi cial notice yesterday that Penn State has been rejected as a train ing center because other schools offered better facilities. The four: colleges finally select ed by the Navy as preliminary training. centers are .the Univer sity of Georgia and the Univer sity of North Carolina in the East, the University ' of lowa' in the Middle-West,' and St. Mary's Col lege, in, the'Fat-West.. ' • •'_ . • complying with the Navy's i'equest for al bid as •to costs of living for prosbective naval-men, ihe Collage took a poll of frater nitid§ asking Whether or not they would c,operate in making i.ooin ing facilities available and what a fair price would bd. Approxi mately a 25 cent fee per man per day was decided on. A board of nava. officers visit ed the varniyus several weeks ago to inspect the College rooming, physical education, and indoor floor facilities. - Under the proposed plan, ap proximv tely 800 Cadets would come to the induction. schools every month for a. three-months training period in which they would get - physical fitness work; physical indoctrination" 'and St. Pat To Chase campus Snakes . At. SPX Banquet All the: snakes in State College must seek new fields when St. Pat rick. goes . to work at Sigma Delta Chi's annual-Gridiron. Banquet .to be staged at the Nittany Lion Inn _ . . A: on' St.'Patrick's Day, March 17. Veronic A ICarhan; Jean A. driver-training programs in West- College .hot . dogs, faculty big. Kelly, Bernard A. Plesser Jr., Ruth ern military camps. • sl3ots _ 114.-tqwp . ,bigwigs will.,.be . E: Silberkraus, Aleda. Snow, Mar- Highlight of Neyhart's plane . *Searded,:in,thelSrew Which St; Pat-. io - rie •L. 'Sykes, ' Eliz,abeth. J. Fosa; train:trip ' was , his week's stay at 'rick has:. prepared' for- them:. Every_ -.Jean -E..Hershb_erger, Betty. Mae.. Fort Francis C. Warren-An 'Wyom- Miller 'and William •B. Prichard - - ing. During 'that visit he was one who • receives a• summons and is brave, enough to appear should ' Sophomores: Marjorie J. Kehler given an opportunity to drive un hasten ta cover up his past sins, but and Nevin A. Schall are the only der actual combat conditions every be prepared to face the worst. (Continued on Page Two) • thing from a jeep to a' 40-ton tank, The Irish gent has already day and night convoys. delved, however, into all the local Coll Candidates Between visits to Army camps, egian dirt and come up with plenty of mud to sling in all faces daring to A meeting of all freshman can- Neyhart conducted a seminar in didates for the men's editorial staff wartime safety techniques for Kan appear. of The Daily Collegian will be held sas professors, and spoke on "War- Last year the Devil played host in 9 Carnegie Hall at 7 tohelpless BMOC s, but since he p. m. Fresh- time Evacuation of Children" be has' deserted College in favor of the men who have not attended previ- fore the National Education Asso- Japs, St. Patrick has usurped his ous meetings are urged to be pres- ciation Conference in San Fran place. ent. cisco. To make St. Patrick's triumph . complete, he has demanded that all his victims wear formal dress. 10 Senior . Hats Tossed Into Ring In a moment of unusual kindness, . nevertheless, the Irishman warned r • that., those_ victims with • weak . or Collegtan ,Outstanding Award hearth and uneasy consciences had Senior hot dogs, politicians, ath- Seniors affiliated with the Col better head for • the city limits fetes, and student leaders 'h ave without a squawk.legian will not be eligible for the been placed in the figurative elig- • award, it has been announced. ibility ring for The Daily Colleg ian's Outstanding Senior Award. Not only student activities will However, competition has now sway the opinion of the judges, but been narrowed to ten, eight men also each candidate's service to the and two women. College will be investigated. Thus, The junior editorial board of the no matter how prominent a senior Collegian has been investigating may be in his own circle of activ each candidate's activities during ities, he must have contributed his four years of College and it will energy "for a better Penn State." determine the recipient of the Later this week the candidates award to be given at the eastern will be narrowed to five, 'but no wrestling intercollegiateS in Rec names will be published. Hall on March 14. This will be the fifth year that Persons being considered for the the award, a 15-inch golden statu honor are Jean Babcock, Robert D. ette of Victory, will be presented. Baird, Gerald F. Doherty, William It was first presented in 1938 to F. Finn, H. Leonard Krouse, Sol B. Miehoff, to Joseph A. Peel Charles F. Mattern, William 0. in 1939, H. Clifton McWilliams, Jr., Meyers, Max S. Peters, James W. in 1940, and to Jack W. Brand last Ritter, and Betty L. Ziegler. year. Seven Students Named To Phys Ed Dean's List Seven students-I.w° seniors, three juniors and one each from the sophomore and freshman classes—were named to the Dean's list of the School of Physical Edu cation and Athletics yesterday by Dean Carl P. Schott. The students named are V. Dorothy Radcliff and Betty E. Widger, seniors; Pauline Cross man, Mary V. Devling and M. Pokiline Rugh. juniors; Frank Stevenson Jr.. '44; and Margaret H. Gregory '45. • . •41 • - icitlr flat 'ANIA Senior Ban Earns $2,729 . Profit According to a tentative finan- Glenn Miller's orchestra was the will be decided on at a meeting of cial report released last night by biggest item on the debit books, the Senior Ball Committee. Thomas J. L. Henson and Peter J. with the second highest expendi- An additional contribution to Xrones, Senior Ball co-chairman tare the $602.35 Federal admission the annual dance made a net profit tax, the defense effort supplied by the of $2,729.42. Patriotic decorations to carry out dance was the $921 sale of defense Paid admissions totalling' 1,658 the defense theme of the dance stamps which supplanted the tre at $3.50 each skyrocketed the asset cost the committee an even $450. ditional corsage. H. Leonard side of the ledger to a record break- Henson and Krones announced 'Krouse, senior class president, ing high 'by adding $5,803 to the that the allotments to the defense stressed the fact that more stamps new high income of $6,931.41. and local charities scheduled to could have been sold if the supply The $2,500 expenditure made for benefit from the Senior Ball profits had not been exhausted. 93 LA Students On Dean's List With 93 students on the Liberal Arts School' Dean's . Lit rpleased yesterday,-by-Dr. -Charles W. Sid& dart, Dean- of the School,- a•perCent= age of 6.5 of the-entire School has attained an average of 2.5 or better. • Leading the classes with 27 stu dents on the Honor Roll out of. 514 enrolled in the School, the sopho mores are in first place. Seniors and freshmen placed second with 23 each on the coveted list out of an enrollment of 279 and , 4o9 respec tively, while the Juniors follow with- 20 on out of 247. Seniors: Mary E. Anderson, Clifford P. Lauder, Alice M. Mur ray, Ernest A. Schor and Frank P. &heal all have a 3.0 average. Oth ers on the list are: Richard A. Woltors, Charles F. Bowman Jr., John M. Capozzola, Herman Goff berg, Otho W. Vanderlin, Jean M. AMOS E. NEYHART Womer, Morris Beck, Martha J. Heckler. Arnly Producing A-1 ' George K. Schubert, ;Bernard M. ...1 . Weinberg, Charles L. Blystone, Hil- AlteChaniled " Units ma J. Gordon, Arthur H. Jaffe, • Donald K. Struble, Andrew P. Sze- "Our boys in the Military camps kely, Eleanor IVI. Fitzpatrick, Ar- are gaining amazing efficiency in thur Peskoe and James J. Rattigan. motorized warfare. The Army's Juniors:. Two.students, Harry D. training program is rigorous—even Cohn and .Ruth Littman, have 3.0 •gruelling—but it is producing A-1 averages. : Others: Lillian M. soldiers." ' • • " Braridt,' Ruth E. Cromer, Corinne • • That is, the opinion. of Anos E. J. Deutsch, Vincent - B. Makowski, Neyhart, administrative liead of David M. Thompson, Mcirton J. Ru- the College's institute of public bin, Janette Ginsburg, Dominick L. safety, who, returned yesterday .Golab. • from a . month's survey tour of OF THE PENNSYLV THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, STATE COLLEGE, PA Athletic Association Election Dates Moved Up To April. 6, 7--Ritter STATE COLLEGE , Complete revision of the Athletic Association elections schedule was announced yesterday by. James W. Ritter '42, association president. The new dates, April 6 and 7, for the election of ,a president and secretary-treasurer to replace Rit ter , and Elmer A. Gross were ne cessitated ,by. the short semester program adopted by the College. Change of elections from the sec ond week in May also requires a change in the nomination dates in the Athletic Association elections calendar from the first week in May. to March 27, explained the AA head. Present plans call for nomina tions for the offices by coaches, captains, and managers of every College-sponsored sports activit3 , on the Friday afternoon of IF Ball. - Athletic Association constitu tional requirements state that a candidate must have an All-College average•of "I'.' and. be the recipient of a varsity "S" in at least one sport. Another possible qualification will request that the candidate as sure-the nominations board that he expects to 'be - in school at least one semester following the two-day election period. • "This addition will be only tem porary, -because of wartime condi tions," explained Ritter, varsity la• Crosse star. Total number of nominees per mitted-* the Athletic Association constitution for each office is five, while' the 'minimum - number pre scribed is two. • . Final choice of the officers to fill the spots to be vacated by Ritter and the basketball co-captain will begin on April 6 and any run-off elections necessitated by the first day's results will be handled on April 7, was the clarification of the association head. Dating Code Debate Due At IR Tonight The new Interfraternity Council dating code will probably be dis cussed at the meeting of the Coun cil at the 'Phi Kappa Sigma House at 7:30 p. m. today, it was announc ed yesterday. An IF Ball report will also be due, along with a report of the ac tion of the rushing code committee. . Thomas J. L. Henson '42, IFC president, will present his Judici ary committee, the body to enforce the new dating code, to the Coun cil for approval, and fraternity violations of last weekend, _if any, will be discussed. Harvard Prof Lectures Methods of developing pressures of 400,000 atmospheres, roughly 2000 times greater than the highest pressures met with in engineering practices, were discussed by Dr. P. W. Bridgman, Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philoso phy at Harvard University, in a lecture last night sponsored by Sigma Xi, national scientific re search honorary. rgiatt WEATHER Snow Flurries and Colder PRICE: THREE CENTS Jean Hershberger PSCA President; Cabinet Adds 10 Jean E. Hershberger '43 is the new president of the Penn State Christian Association according to results cr. an election by 11 PSCA cabinet members last night. She succeeds co-chairman A. John Currier Jr. '42 and Sarah P. Searle '42. Ten additional members were elected to the PSCA cabinet at the sarnc time. Next Wednsday the same time. Next Wednesday a vice-president, recording secre tary, corresponding secretary, and treasurer. Cabinet will further be divided into five commissions, chairmen and vice-chairmen will be select ed for each group, and personnel, publicity and public meeting com mittees will be named. Miss Hershberger was vice president of the PSCA last year and headed Commission 11, tn. charge of freshman work, in her sophomore year. As a freshman she was president of PSCA Fresh man Forum. She is also a mem ber of the Players, Cwens, and Alpha Lambda Delta, women's scholastic honorary. Thirty persons were considered for cabinet posts. The group will sponsor a World Student Week, March 22 to 27, and the annual association dinner meeting will be held April 13 when Dr. Howard Y. McClusky will speak. 'New •nembers elected to the cabinet are John N. Adsit '45, Robert C. Dickey '45, Robert G. Kintigh '43, Robert J. Kraynick '44, M. Virginia Krauss '44, F. Doris Stevenson '44, Miriam L. Zartman '45, Stanley P. Berger '44, Robert S.. MacNabb '45, and Mabel Satterthwaite '43. The 11 which were chosen. at a general PSCA election two weeks ago, and met last night, include Jean E. Hershberger '43, Paul M. Heberling '44, • Dorothy K. Brunner '44, Daniel C. Gilles pie '44, 'Joan E. Paulhalmus ' '43, Clifford M. Painter '44, Margaret K. Rarnaley '44, Palmer M. Sharp less '44,. Harriet Van Riper '44, and Phyllis R. Watkins '44. Late News Flashes ... WASHINGTON General Mac- Arthur's little air force sank 30,000 tons of Japanese shipping yester day in a surprise raid on the coast of the Japanese occupied section of the Philippines. Included in these losses are one 12,000, one 10,000, and one 8,000 capital ships. Also destroyed are two 100-ton motor launches. MOSCOW The Russians an nounced last night that the Nazis are retreating all along the north ern and central fronts and assert that the fighting is being fought in some places off Russian territory for the first time since last July. London claims that at least one third of the 96,000 German troops beseiging Leningrad have been killed and that the German lines have been pierced at two points. BATAVIA, Java Japanese troops have filtered through the Allied lines in two places and re gained some of the ground lost on Tuesdan•, it was announced last night. Observers say that Jap planes are dive4)ombing Allied troops almost at will,
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