Successor to
The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. 113
IMA Elects Kuril;
Completes Plans
For 'Sweater Hep'
Richard S. Kurtz ’43 was elect
ed president of the Independent
Men’s Association - for the coming
term at a meeting pf the Central-
Council last night.
' Kurtz is the present secretary
of the IMA and' has' been a mem
ber of Central Council for the past
year.
Other officers elected were Kehl
Markley ’44, vice - president;
Charles F. Maiclay ’43, treasurer;
and Ralph W. Yerger ’44, secre
tary. The newly elected officers
will serve as understudies to the
present officers for a period of
two weeks, according to Elden T.
Shaut ’42, president:.
Voting for All-Colliege Sweater
Queen opened yesterday at stu
dent , Union and will 1 continue un
til 5 p. m. today. Candidates for
the title are Janet M. Hartz ’42,
Evelyn M. Fritz ’43, and Lila A.
Whoolery ’43.
The winner will be announced
at the All-College Sweater Hop
which -will be held tomorrow night
in the Armory from 9 p. m. to
midnight, according to Jaick F.
Zalinski ’43, general dance chair
man.
. The first dance of its kind, the
Hop will feature the music of the
Penn State Aristocrats. Sweater
decorations \vill form the theme
for the dance and students are
urged to : wear sweaters in keep
ing with the setting.
- Admission will--be one - dollar
per: couple, tax included.
Student With. Order
1. To Join Roomie;
Draft Is Clarified
'" “I guess it just means I’ll rejoin
my ex-roommate soon. Uncle
Sam- invited him to Join the armed
forces shortly after the second
draft lottery.”
This philosophic note was sound
ed yesterday by Penn State’s lead
ing .-'draft registrant, Vernon' H.
Kotz ' ’42:-.- The .“lucky” • senior. is
holder-pf; number' 3485;' first. of - the
7000 cap'sules seletced ,in’the dhird
draft lottery. • ‘
.Registrants -in the third draft
will not be sent to the-army until
about June 1, according to present
Selective' Service plans. But af
ter thaf, officials said, those classi
fied as 1-A will probably be called
considerably faster than the elig
ible men from-the two preceding
registrations, mainly because of
the rapid depletion of most boards’,
original lists.
Secretary of. War Stimson dis
pelled a popular misconception at
a. recent .press conference by.-say.-
ing, “it is not planned to induct
men into.the. army by. age groups;
that'is, there will be. no 20-year-;
old class, 21-year-old class, and so
forth,-' with drafts made on the
younger class until it is exhaust
ed.’’.' ■ '
Instead, he revealed, in the fu
ture, there will be two lists—one of
the registrants of 1940 and 1941
and one' of men from the third
draft." ...
When allotments are assigned to
local boards for new inductions in
June, the ration of “T-regiStrants”
called to the colors compared with
the former ones will be--the same
as the ratio of the remaining,.totals
of 1-A men in -the two'••’groups,
draft officials said. ■>
For example, if a local ,'iboard,
which has 100 men left on the or
iginal list and 900 from the new
draft, is called upon to supply 100
men, it will draw 90 men -from the
new list and 10 from the old.
@lip iathj @ (Hall
ANIA
Victims Of Circumstance—The finger of suspicion wm point
at Don R. Taylor ’42 and Elinor F. Herrman.,’42 when a postman is
killed while getting a bottle of beer. More dead bodies will pile up
.as death stajlks the aisles of Schwab Auditorium at B:3o'o’clock tonight
in the-Players’ presentation of the comedy-mystery, “Mr. and Mrs.
North.” Over 1,000 high school students attended last night’s per
formance and are now suffering delerium-tremens as a result.
Inferfraternlfy Sing
Entries Due Sunday
Entries for the annual Interfra
ternity Songfest are due Sunday,
Charles. C. Baldi ’42, chairman of
the sing, announced last night... -
The finals, will be held at Inter
fraternity Ball next Friday night,-
:and will be judged by members of
the faculty and several students.
AH fraternities, are eligible. An
entry fee of one dollar is required,
Baldi said. Eachgroup.must have
a minimum of 16 singers.
Fraternities will ‘render - one
fraternity song and another song
of any type, .Dates for tryouts will,
be announced in several days, Bal
di added.
Marine Recruiting Today
Marine .recruiting- officers have
decided to - extend their stay on ■
campus today from 10, a. m. until
12 noon and from 1:30 until's p.
m-., .according to Lieut. Robert M.
Port, recruiting officer. Physical
examinations and enlistments will
be given in the Infirmary.
Portfolio On Sale
Portfolio will go on sale today at
Student Union, Bernard M. Wein
berg ’43, editor, announced last
night.
* Convicts* Capture Roles
Thespian Musical,*Hide
“Bat Ears” Bennett and “Rub- of Stinky. Others who have size
ber Puss” Ryan, two of the fun- able roles are Helen Schrrtelz as
niest -convicts- ever to live within Coffee, Shirley Tetley as Cookie,
the gray walls of a pen, have ar- George Washko as Eddie, and Jack
ranged a special escape for Thes- Dodd as Captain Menace.
pians’ new show “Hide n Peek other plajyers who appear in
to be given next Friday and Sat- e production are Dick Hertz,
urday. governor; Lillian Brandt, Dean
Leon Rabinowitz at “Bat Ears” Gray; Garth Dietrick, Dr. Syn
end Ted Clauss as “Rubber Puss,” drome; James Smith, Dr. Atoms;
inject new and satirical takeoffs Jack Mahoney, Dr. Log-Rhythm;
into the show,
Seven other Thespian members Slish.
have big roles in the new pro- Aside from being production
duction. Marce Stringer, playing mE(nager of the show, Jimmy
her eighth role in a Thespian Leyden has written nine of the
show, will take the part of Corky, 16 new tunes. Unlike previous
one of the feminine leads. productions, Hide ’n’ Peek fea-
Dancing has a large spot in the tures music that has been written
show, some of the best supplied to fit the plot rather than vice
by Bud Mellott who plays the role versa.
OF THE PENNSYLV,
FEIDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
$2,729 Senior Ball Profit Donated
To Defense; Thespians Get $l,OOO
Final apportionment to worthy
defense agbncies of the ■ record
breaking $2,729,42 - - prof it from
Senior Ball was announced last
night by the ball committee with
the - major share, $l,OOO, going to
the Thespian’s Mobile Units which
travel to army camps throughout
the State with their morale-build
ing shows. . ■ -
H. Leonard Krouse ’42, . senior
class president, explained that’
this large sum was given the Mo
bile Units because they constitute
the' “most direct effort of the stu
dent body to aid in the present
emergency.” $729.42 was allotted
to Mrs. Hetzel’s Loan Fund, which
although not a defense agency,
serves indirectly -to aid students
when they are likely, to. need help,
more., than ever, Krouse . pointed
out.
Both the United Service Organ
ization and the Red Cross are to
be given $450 from the ball pro
fits. The USO was chosen be
cause it is known to use 87 per
cent of its funds for actual de
fense purposes, and there can be
no doubt of the value in donating
funds to the Red Cross, Thomas
(Continued on Page Four)
and Ed Lapos, Prof. William Basil
STATE COLLEGE
In New
*n Peek*
oniatt
Students Will
Old Main for
S. American Isolation
Impossible—Steidle
It .is the opinion of Dean Ed
ward Steidle, of the School of
Mineral industries, that the isola
tion of the South American coun
tries is impossible with such ex
cellent air transportation as we
have today.
•' Having recently returned from
a twenty-two thousand mile trip
through all of the South American
countries, Dean Steidle lectured
on “Recent Observations in the
Latin Americas” last night. He
stressed the necessity of obtain
ing a lasting friendship with the
Latin American countries, and
mentioned that he is sure that it
is possible to attain such a rela
tionship.
A brief summary of the differ
ent points visited during the tour
was covered in the lecture, and
the meeting was closed with an
open forum of questions aisked of
the Dean.
ONE OF 8 Larry T. Chervenak
'44 was awarded $5O yesterday as
one of the winners in the quarter
final round of. "the National Inter
collegiate Radio Debate Prize
Contest.
Debate Delegates
Convene Today
Pennsylvania State Debaters
will open their seventh annual
convention this morning when
delegates meet in 121 Sparks
Building for the opening sessions.
Meetings will continue through
out tomorrow.
Representatives from the 21 par
ticipating institutions will regis
ter in Old Main first floor lounge
from 9 to 10:15 a. m., today. About
125 students and coaches are ex
pected, according to Prof. Joseph
F. O’Brien, department of public
speaking and varsity debating
coach.
The. remainder of today’s con
vention calendar includes 11a. m.,
committee sessions; .1 p. m., lun
cheon in the Sandwich Shop; 2 p.
m., committees reconvene; 6 p. m.,
dinner in the Sandwich Shop; 8 p.
m., assembly of delegates in 121,
Sparks.
Tomorrow’s activities are 8 to 9
p. m., breakfast in the Sandwich
Shop; 9 a. m., final assembly in
121 Sparks.
Weather
Colder with
snow flurries
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Storm
'Frolic'
50 Coeds To Help
At Tonight's Program
“Penn State at Play” would be a
good caption for an air view of Old
Main when an expected 1,000 stu
dents blow the “lid” from the
building at the second Old Main
Open House Program tonight.
Eight campus organizations and
five departments are sponsoring
the frolic which will get underway
at 8:30, closing at 12.
Lined up for the evening are 11
entertainment sections, which will
include square dancing to the
“Campus Cowboys” in the Sand
wich Shop; social dancing in the
first floor lounge; a feature movie,
and two short pictures in two 90-
minute shows in the Little Thea
ter; special displays in the Alumni
office; community singing in the
Hugh Beaver room, and a mixed
doubles ping-pong tourney in the
fourth-floor game room.
Not to mention recordings and
lounging facilities in the Penn
State Room; novelty games in the
second floor lounge; inspection of
the President’s office; checkers
and ping-pong in Room 405, and ji
“night view' of the metropolis”
from the tower between 10:30 and
12.
“They helped make it a success
last month, so we’re having more
than 50 hostesses again,” said Ger
ald B. Stein ’44.
Only fees will be 10 cents for
social; dancing, which will. b.e.do
nated to a charity fund, and the
same amount for movies to cover
costs of reels.
Included in the display in the
Alumni office will be action pho
tographs of sports events, an his
torical set of football programs,
and publicity scrapbooks from the
'department of-public information.
Feature movie is a comedy,
“Let’s Go Collegiate,” and .two
short pictures, “Parrotsville Fire
• Department” and “Maids and Mu
sic.” First show will start at 8:45,
and the second at 10:20.
Late News
Flashes...
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA —An allied com
munique reported a direct hit on
a 10,000 ton Japanese cruiser by
American flyers yesterday off
New Britain Island.
WASHINGTON Secretary of
Navy Knox announced last night
the sinking of three more allied
vessels off the Atlantic coast. The
latest one is reported to be a med
dium si,zed merchant ship. Names
and casualties were not divulged.
LONDON British exchange
headquarters claimed last night
that Bulgaria has finally assented
to Hitler’s demand for 10 divisions
of troops for the expected counter
offensive against Russia in the
spring. In addition to the troops
it is claimed that Bulgaria will also
supply food and material to the
campaign.
LONDON Richard E. Casey,
Australian minister to the United
States has been named British
Minister of State, to succeed Ar
thur Littleston, who has been nam
ed to the post of Minister of Pro
duction.
WASHINGTON 13,000,000
men between the ages of 35 and
64 will register for the fourth draft
April 27, it was announced yester
day. This will leave only the 18-
20 age bracket still to be registered.