PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" E:;Ubli«hed 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887. .Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students o£ The Pennsylvania fitate College. Entered a? second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1379. Editor . Bus. and Adv. Mgr. (toss Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Managing Editor This Issue Mews Editor This Issue Assistant Managing Editor Women’s Editor This Issue tlophomore Assistant Graduate Counselor Thursday, March 26, 1942 A ‘Must* for Summer 'Penn State’s third-semester plan, which will be initiated in mid May, is no longer of news in 'terrest. Too, it is not newsworthy to mention 'that students will have to speed up their studies if they wish to cope with this accelerated plan that the administration has adopted for the dura tion. But it would be news if someone remarked that a student recreation and intramural program had •been adopted on an accelerated scale, so that it would parallel the new study setup. There is no doubt that the College will need this extensive recreation program. Without it, the students will grow stale, just as a basketball or football team does when it is under the strain of too much practice. The cons will argue that rubber priorities may bait any attempt to start intramural leagues in tennis and golf. This argument is without foun dation, however, because tennis and golf balls will be available all Summer, although the supply will be rationed in monthly quotas to prevent boarding. Intramural softball should receive the most at- tention, however, since it has potential interest for the greatest number of students. Suggestions ~!i.ave been made that would call for extensive independent and fraternity leagues which would operate all Summer, ending with championship ,_j)tayoffs to determine the All-College softball titlist. Ample playing space for softball may be -rfound in a dozen locations on campus, and tre —fnendous interest could be built around so-called “twilight” games. Undoubtedly, the College will adopt some form of-recreation plan for the Summer, but it is im -•fiefative that the program be decidedly moi-e ex tensive than the present intramural setup. The Army and Navy have long realized the necessity of such a program and have put great effort be- Jiind a movement to get the best men, including Chai-iie “Doc” Speidel, to lead their recreation and physical activities. —G. L. C. Students and the Draft With the third registration and the recent draft lottery behind them, thousands of college men are beginning to they will be able to complete their education before they are called into the armed forces. The third R-day affected 1,650,000 young men who were 20 or 21 years old, *md approximately 7,350,000 older men between the ages of 36 and 44 Even though they received high order numbers ju.the lottery on March 1.7; many students feel that their chances of graduating are slim, since :*nahy of the registrants' are older' men who will tie deferred for numerous reasons. Chances of completing their education appear even more dubious when students realize- that registrants of'the last R-day will be inducted on a 10-1 ratio ..With the men classified under the two previous registrations. • • • • • However,' Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, nation al director of the Selective Service system, has revealed that draft exemptions will be tightened, and that persons with high order numbers will probably not be called for a considerable length of time. Many occupations that would have pre viously exempted older men will no longer be included- in the deferred list, Hershey indicated. As a result, most college students who comply with the accelerated study program will be able to graduate before being drafted. Under present plans, all men between the ages of 20 and 64 will soon be registered. From this yjroup, men will be drafted into the armed forces and industry, while the remainder will be defer •ed or exempt. Questionnaires for the third <iraft will probably be issued in mid-April, and inductions are certain to begin within the fol lowing month. But the inducted men won’t all he students; for to get a deferment now, a person ♦mist be a keyman in a war industry, a support ing industry, or in a critical occupation.G. L. C. -Robert E. Schooley . Fred Clever Richard D. Smyser Louise M. Fuos» Sally Hirshberg Louis H. Bell THE DAILY COLLEGIAN aiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiniiiiiiiim One Man’s Meat iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii Cinema Soviet A foreign picture in State College is an occa sion. A Russian picture in our picturesque little academic village is nothing short of ultra-unique. So I hied myself last eventide to the Nittany Theatre, beloved of double feature fans and horse opera enthusiasts, to catch the jive of “A Day in Soviet Russia." Ordinarily, foreign pictures shown in this coun try are the cream .of the crop. Russian films, usually poor from a technical viewpoint,. ordin arily feature fine acting and direation with in teresting, let alone “socially stirring” plots. “A Day in Soviet Russia” fails from practically any angle to provide any points of merit. Although Quentin Reynolds insists that this is not a propa ganda picture, the film reeks with the stuff. It gushes from the scenes of summer resorts, drips madly from the Kremlin shots, and oozes gently from every other corner. It’s about as subtle as those two loudspeakers barking the wares of the Campus and Independent parties on Co-op Corner. If the film had continuity, or even approached a semblance of order, maybe we could swallow it. But when it rambles incoherently from the far reaches of Siberia to the sunny Crimea, then up to Lake Baikal by way of Leningrad and Mos cow, slops briefly at Stalingrad, jumps erratical ly to the Ukraine, it’s too much. Travelogues bore, me. When they’re as long and gooey as this was, my stomach gets upset. A redeeming short, the Ballet Russe de Monte- Carlo performing “The Gay Parisienne,” settled my digestive organs and cleared the dark red taste from my mouth. An interesting experi ment, the dialogue-less technicolor production rates tops with this column. Juniors Enter College High school juniors with exceptional records will be permitted to enter Northwestern univer sity next fall under a new plan designed to enable tthem to progress according to their abilities-and- to complete .college before they aire’2l. Although present arrangements call for in auguration of the' plan' in the school of speech, where it was originated by Dean Ralph' B. Den nis, it is likely that other schools in the university will adopt it later. Under the plan, 100 students with exceptional records for three years of high school will take three college courses at Northwestern during the summer; those who pass these satisfactorily and who make satisfactory records on the uniyersity’s aptitude tests will toe admitted as freshmen in the Ml. . iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 5 Campus 1 Independent WIN WHEN THEY TRADE AT KEELER’S in the Cathaum Bldg. iimmmmmumutmimmiuuiimmmniummiHtiUHUiiHHumimHmiumiiiru iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii BOTH SIDES Debate Group, Visits Here Penn Slate’s department oX pub lic speaking will play host this Saturday and Monday to the Na tional Forensic League District Debate Tournament, Western Pennsylvania District. ProX. 'Harold P. Zelko, oX the de partment, will serve as host chair man oX the event which will;bring debaters Irom 20 schools' to the campus. . The tournament starts at 10 a. m. Saturday and runs throughout the day and Monday until only two schools .are left. These two schools will meet on Monday eve ning in the final championship-de bate in 10 Sparks Building at '7:30 p. m. ■ '... Judges for this debate will be Paul R. Beall, Ralph E. Richard son, and George Rice, all instruc tors of public speaking. The two schools competing in the final de bate may send their teams to the national tournament. “Resolved that every able-bod ied citizen in the United States shall receive one year of military training before he attains the present draft age,” is the question to be debated throughout the tour nament. Members of the men’s and wom en’s varsity debate teams and stu dents in advanced public speaking classes at the College will serve as judges for the preliminary rounds. Rifle Honorary Ends Program —-LOKI Penn State’s Pershing Rifle unit, Company “B” sth Regiment, has been temporarily declared inac tive. This notification was given by Lieutenant James F. '.Gro.ve, faculty advisor to the company. The remainder of the .present semester will probably constitute the period of inactivity. Lieuten ant Grove pointed out that .the company would be. completely re organized, and would revert.to an active status at the beginning of the summer term. In the new revised plan, the ROTC department will assume a more active role in the setting of standards and in the selection of members and officers. Plans are tentative at present but more defir nite information is forthcoming from the ROTC department National Anthem (Continued trom Cage One) every army camp in the country without charge. "At times like these the inspired words of our anthem take on a new meaning,” Dr. Howard point ed out. “It is a song every Amer ican wants to sing and in this new form we believe every American will be able to sing it.” P*e-Med To Elect " Dobbin Won’t Kick Tentative plans iiave been made (Continued from Page One) for the Pre-Medical Society’s ban- cu lty have stated . that they quet arid nominations will be held are * n , the market for horses and soon for new officers. Nomina- “buggies.” tions may be made by suggesting Gosh! Who knows? Maybe names to the nominating commit- they have the right idea. They’ll tee. Elections will be conducted probably laugh at" you .when they on April 9 at 7 p. m. in the Home drive past you after the govern-- Ec Auditorium. ment cuts off all the gasoline.- ■ Colorado School of Mines Summer Session July 6-Sept. 2 ' Engineering Courses May Be Completed Equivalent to Half a Semester s Wort\ 1 Chemistry; Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Petroleum Engineering; ! Descriptive Geometry; Engineering Drawing; Economics; English; Geology: Mathematics; Mining; Physics; Metallurgy. 1 Also Field Courses in Geology, Metallurgy, Mining, Petroleum May 25 (5 July 8; and Plane Surveying May 25 to July 3 and July 27 to Sept. 5. For further information write Director of the Summer Session Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942 jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiim CAMPUS CALENDAR iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii TODAY Second inter-class toed swim ming meet in White Hall pool, 8 p. m. Swimming club elections, 7:30 p. m. Fraternity social chairmen may obtain tickets to Interfraternity Ball at Student Union beginning at 9 a. m. Important meeting of the Lib eral Arts Council, 305 Old Main, 4 p. m. Freshman Council,. McAllister Hall, 5 .p. m. WRA Outing Club, 3 White Hall, 6:30 p. m. Election of of ficers. • J • PSCA Freshman 1 camp commit tees, 304 Old Main, '3 p. m. : Freshman ■ mass .meeting. com mittee meeting, Hugh- Beaver Room, 4 p. m. , Lenten Group, Presbyterian Church, 4 p. m. All-College elections, first floor lounge, Old Main, 9:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. Student-Faculty Relations com mittee,-304 Old Main, 7:30 p. m. Delta Alpha Delta will meet in 103 Home Economics at 6:30 p. m. Last opportunity to sew and knit for defense in the Red Cross workroom, 117 Home Economics, 0:45 to B:4s’p. m. Politicos Extinguish Campus Brush Fire,, All thoughts of political rivalry were cast aside as Campus and Independent politicos joined in extinguishing a bush fire in front of Old Main yesterday afternoon. In the heat of campaigning, sev eral of the cooler minds noticed .a small blaze at the base of the pine tree on the left-side of the main steps. After a little confusion three fire extinguishers from Old Main were put into play and the fire, put put with little damage. ’ A cigarette butt' is believed to have Started the blaze. Accord ing to George L. Donovan, Student Union manager, this is the first time in the history of the College that the fire department has not been called out for a campus blaze. 450 Vote . (Continued from Page One) Franklin J. Shields, president of the Board of Trustees, and Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel. The cios ing address will be by the vale dictorian, who has not as yet been selected. The valedictorian and -saluta torian are to be selected by a com mittee consisting of "Krouse, Prof. William S. Dye, and Prof. John H. Frizzell. They will be chosen on the basis of high scholarship, ability to .speak well, and position .as - representative students.
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