Campus News
Briefs
Gauger Makes Oil Survey
- Dr.' A; W. Gauger, director, of
mineral industries research, has
just left for a five week trip to
the mid-continental aind Califor
nia oil' regions. He will Visit
private and university laborator
ies to determine means of step
ping up the output of oil to meet
the acute demands for Pennsyl
vania lubricants as a result of the
war effort.
Chem-Phys Council Elects
Woodrow E. Hoch ’43 was elect
ed recently to the presidency of
the Chemistry and Physics School
Student Council, succeeding Rob
ert B. Jeffrey ’42. Among the
other 19 members elected were
Thomas W. Guinivan ’44, vice
president; and Aimee R. Krimmel
’43, secretary-treasurer.
Metals Society Plays Host
War industries will be the cen
tral theme of the “fifth biennial
inter-chapter meeting of- the Am
erican Society for Metals to be
held here April 24 and 25, Dr. Q.
R. Austin, professor of metallurgy,
announced today.
Alpha Zeta Elects
Harry J. Hofmeister Jr. ’43 was
elected president of the Alpha Zeta
fraternity at a recent election. Oth
er' officers are David W. Warner
’44, vice president; Albert P. Faust
’44, secretary; Alberto V. Roque
’43, treasurer; Daniel V. Matto ’44,
chronicler and Charles W. Rutsch
ky ’44, house manager.
Allen To Head Scarab
Roy O. Allen ’43 was chosen
president of Scarab fraternity, na
tional architectural honorary, at
the annual elections last night.
Other newly elected officers are
Clem J. Obidzinski ’43, vice-pres
ident; Charles E. Handschuh ’43,
treasurer; Warren W. Weaver ’43,
secretary; hnd James B. Bogar ’43,
historian.
Blue Band Elects
Victor V. Dimeo ’43 was elected
president of the Blue Band in
elections held last night. Other
officers elected are Mowry E.
Goe'tz ’43, manager; Conrad R.
Hilpert ’43, librarian; and Philip
D. White MS, secretary.
8 More Enlistees Fill
Penn Slate's V-5 Quota;
Debler Heads Unit No. 2
Eight ' upperclassmen ‘became
the last enlistees in PSnn State’s
Unit No. 1 in the Navy’s V-5 avi
ation class that will leave for
training on June 4. After pass
ing final examinations yesterday,
the men formally enlisted, Thomas
W. Allison, wing leader of the
group, announced last night.
Penn State’s quota of 30 men
has now been filled and no more
graduates will be accepted unless
the already enlarged group can
be expanded further, Allison said.
The unit wiil begin flight train
ing at the Philadelphia Navy
Yards on June 4. After three
months basic training, the contin
gent will be transferred to Pen
sacola for a six-month period to
complete their course.
William J. Debler Jr. ’42 has
been named to take charge of the
Penn State Unit No. 2 that will
begin training after graduation in
August. Naval officers' will re
turn to campus about May 1 for
further physical examinations and
interviews.
The eight m'en who enlisted
yesterday are Robert Q. Wallace
’42, John L. Anderson Jr. ’42, J.
Ned Corman ’42, James D. Mc-
Gough Jr. ’44, Eqrle W. Johnson
’42, Anthony J. Piccola ’42, John
F. Heilman '42, and Francis H.
Wallace Jr. '42.
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VOL. 38—No. 131
All-College Inauguration Ceremony
Scheduled For Main Gate At 4 P. M.
PINCH HITS FOR PREXY—Ad
rian O. Morse, administrative as
sistant to President Ralph D. Het
zel, will represent the College at
the inauguration ceremonies at
the Main Gate at 4 p. m. today.
Selsam Addresses
Conservationists
Named by President Roosevelt to
head the Central Pennsylvania di
vision of the committee for Con
servation of Cultural Resources,
Dr.'J.' Paul ~selsam7 ’associate pro
fessor of history, will address the
state commitee in Harrisburg to
day.
Realizing the dangers in me in
ternational situation, the National
Resources Planning Board estab
lished the committee in March to
darw up plans for the protection
of’ cutural, scientific, and historic
materials throughout the country.
Charged specifically with locat
ing inland sites for the evacuation
of historical material from the
coastal cities, Dr. Selsam and his
committee have made studies of
the problems which might arise
from such undertakings.
“It would be a crime not to make
any effort to preserve these his
torical documents, many of them'
dating back to the time of William
Penn,” ,Dr. Selsam stated “The
mountain fastness of central Penn
sylvania, far from any possible
bombings from enemy aircraft,
would be an excellent place to
store these records,” he added.
'Sweet' Or 'Hof Sentimental Gentlemen
Will Swing It For Junior Prom Dancers
When Tommy Dorsey,
Sentimental Gentleman of Swing,”
appears in Rec Hall on May 2
for the annual Junior Prom, Nit
tany swing fans can be prepared
for a wide variety of “sweet” and
“hot” tunes.
Dorsey has achieved an envied
reputation for arranging classic
numbers in swing style. Many
of the classics adapted t>y the old
master of the trombone have
reached record sales £.« record
ings. Some of these best known
transcriptions are “Song of In
dia,” “Blue Danube,” “Dark
Eyes,” “Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi,” “Nola,” and “All Through
the Night.”
In addition to this, the Sultan
of Swing hfß proven himself and
his orchestra exponents of the
various schools of the blues, ex-
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
Blakeslee, Morse, Baird
Principal Speakers
Starting with a parade from the
back of Old Main, Penn State’s
annual All-College inauguration
will be held in front of Main Gate
at 4 p. m. today;
Feature event of the afternoon
ceremonies on the temporary
stage will be the short address on
the wartime administration of stu
dent government by Jerome H.
Blakeslee ’43, recently elected All-
College president, following an
oallh of office administered by
Raymond F. Leffler ’42, Tribunal
chairman..
Adrian O. Morse, executive as
sistant to the President, will speak
in the absence of President Ralph.
D. Hetzjel, whilte Robert D. Baird
’42, retiring All-College president,
is scheduled to give a brief out
going address.
Gerald F. Doherty ’42, All-Col
legle vice-president, will serve as
master of ceremonies for the in
auguration.
The parade, scheduled to start
from the rear of Old Main at 3:30
p. m., will travel over the route
from Pollock Roald to Shortlidge
Road, then up East College avenue
to the platform at Co-op Corner.
Company G, First Regiment, of
the Scabbard and Blade, will form
a special color guard for the par
ade and the ceremonies.
All the newly elected members
of All-College Cabinet were re
quested •¥/ Doherty, program
chairman, to march in the parade
and take seats on the platform
since they will be introduced dur
ing the ceremonies.
. Because of the postponement of
the All-College Cabinet meeting
on Tuesday evening the Thursday
fevening session of the campus
legislature will meet in a joint
assembly at 9 p. m. tonight. The
meeting will take care of old
business at the beginning of the
hour, after which the newly elect-,
ed representatives will take over
for the coming year.
Committee for the inauguration
affair was Doherty, general chair
man, Williaim O. Meyers, Robert
B. Jeffrey, Ross B. Lehman,
Charles F. Mattern, and Baird.
ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE
Senior graduation announce
ments and invitations are avail
able at Student Union) All sen
iors are requested to bring their
receipts to the desk.
celling in all departments with
modern versions of such standard
Dixieland classics as “Royal Gar
den Blues,” “Boogie Woogie,”
“Beale Street Blues,” “Down
Home Rag,” and “Twilight in
Turkey.”
As if for comparison, the Jun
ior Prom leader has completely
turned the tables and also record
ed a few hundred sweet tunes
which strengthen his claim as a
leading sweet band in the country,
an acclamation he has received in
polls of leading trade, fan, and
music magazines.
Among his outstanding hit re
cords in the sweet division are
“Stardust,” “I’ll Never Smile
Again,” “Once In A While,” “Night
and Day,” “Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes,” “Hef.id On My Pillow,” and
“I’m Getting Sentimental Ovfer
You.”
In a wave of robberies climaxed
by ransackings at Chi Phi, Alpha
Gamma Rho, Acacia and Sigma
Chi early yesterday morning, eight
Penn State fraternities lost an ap
proximate total of $2OB to thieves
during the past week.
It is believed that yesterday
morning’s robberies were commit
ted by the same person or gang in
that they all took place sometime
between the hours of 2 and 7 a. m.
and only cash was taken at all
places. Chi Phi was the heaviest
loser in the ransackings, $5O in
cash being taken from four rooms.
AGR reported $3B missing,
Acacia, $29, and Sigma Chi, $2B.
Alpha Phi Delta also reported that
$23 and an overcoat were stolen
sometime within the past week.
TO TAKE OATH —Jerome H. Other houses that reported
Blakeslee ’43, newly-elected All- thefts during the past week when
College prexy, will be sworn in The Daily Collegian conducted a
today by Raymond F. Leffler ’42, survey of all fraternities last-night
Tribunal chairman, at the fourth were Lambda Chi Alpha, $2O, Phi
annual inauguration ceremony. Kappa Tau, $lO, Delta Theta Sig
ma, $lO, and Theta Kappa Phi, an
overcoat.
According to Robert B. Shrom
II H
rizze
house, the robbery there occurred
EacfAPn CltAslfAPf sometime after 4a. m. Only four
LCIMCIII JbJwGlsvl J rooms on the second floor were
■ looted. Heaviest losers were Rich-
Professor John H. Frizzell, Col- ard W. Long ’43 and Raymond P.
lege Chaplain and head of the ‘Major ’43 who each had $l7 stolen,
speech department, was notified Borough Police Chief John R. Juba
yesterday that he had been elect- conducted an investigation there
ed'President of the Eastern Public yesterday morning.
Speaking Conference at their 33rd Nine members of AGR suffered
annual meeting in New York City, that house’s loss. Atlee F. Robert
The Eastern Conference is the ’42 and Joseph A. McCurdy ’45,
oldest speech organization in Am- lost $9 and $8 respectively. The
erica and Professor Frizzell is one robbery there occurred sometime
of two surviving charter members, between 2:30 and 5:30 a. m. and
In years of service, Professor was confined to the second floor
Frizzell is with one exception the (Continued on Page Four).
oldest speech teacher in the State
and has helped found many speak
ing and debating organizations. T m TVI/NTTTft
1n.1903, he helped start the iICVVD
Pennsylvania Debating League and a n| a |
in 1935 was co-founder of the I" I O PQ .
Speech Round Table of the Penn- * *viw**^ w ■■ ■
sylvania State Education Associa- . ■■ —.
tion.
As president and then as execu
tive secretary, he reorganized the
Debating Association of Pennsyl
vania College, 1933-37.
He also was one of the founders
and first president of the Pennsyl
vania Speech Association in 1939.
Since coming to Penn State, he
has been instructor and assistant
professor of public speaing from
1902 to 1912 and has been in
charge successively of the Division LONDON German bombers
and department of public speak- have carried on what has been
ing as associate amd professor called the heaviest raid on English
since 1926. territory this year somewhere in
He is completing his 34th year Northeast England. No report has
of service on the campus and his heen given yet as to how much
14th year as Chaplain. damage was done but it is believed
• to have been considerably high.
Washington Trip Itinerary “j,—,S
Released By Committee BERLIN —ln a radio broadcast
Itinerary for the “Mr. Smith from this P° int the German High
(of Penn State) Goes to Washing- Command stated that Laval’s re
ton’’ trip, sponsored by the poli- turn to P° wer in occupied France
tical science department and the showed that France is convinced of
PSCA, was announced last' night an Axls vlctor >’-
by Corinne Deutsch ’43 and John WASHINGTON The House
Dague ’42, co-chairmen of the Naval Affairs Committee ennounc
trip. ed today that the possibilities for
Forty students will leave Sun- sabotage of the U. S. S. Lafayette,
day with three advisors, John formerly the Normandie, were
Ferguson and Nelson McGtary, great and suggested that the U. S.
professors of political science, and Navy take over the U. S. Merchant
D. Ned Linegar, PSCA associate Marine to protect ships from dam
secretary. age, fire and sabotage.
Among the places visited will ANKARA A dispatch receiv
be the Supreme Court, Pan-Am- ed here from Reuter’s News Agen
erican Union, National Art Gal- cy stated that Hitler was once
lery, Smithsopian Institute, and a more having disputes with his gen
trip through a slum area near erals over the Axis Spring offen-
Washington. • sive.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Eight Fraternities
Suffer $2OB Loss
In Robbery Wave
By RICHARD D. SMYSER
’43, president of the Chi Phi
BASEBALL SCORES
National League
New York 6, Brooklyn 4 ■
Boston 6, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2
St. Louis 4, Chicago 2
American League
New York 9, Washington 3
Boston 3, Philadelphia 1
St. Louis 6, Chicago 5
Detroit 6, Cleveland 2