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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
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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.
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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,