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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collesian.
established 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1837.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during: the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as secohd-class matter July 5, 1934
,nt the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Editor -osegfo Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy *43 Leonard E. Bach *43
Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office
Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frasier 8t-
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' Editorial Staff—Women’s Editor—Louise M. Fuoss ’44:
Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '4B: Sports Editor—
Donald W. Davis ’43; Assistant. Managing Editor —Dominick
L. Golub l 48; Feature Editor—David Samuels '43: News Edi
tor—James D. Oikein '43: Assistant News Editor—Robert E.
fichoaley *4B: Assistant Spdrta Editor—Richard 8. Ptißbins
*4O; Assistant Women’s Editor —Kathryn M. Popp *44:
Assistant Women’s Alitor—Edith L. Sniith *44: Women ■
Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk *4B.
Managing Editor This Issue Robert T. Kimmel
News Editor This Issue Paul I. Woodland
l&omdn’s Editor This ’ Issue — : Sail!' N. Hirahtißife
h'reshmen Assistants Tom Wheatley, Peter Scott
Graduate Counselor
The accelerated, three-sernes
ter program is Penn State's ma
jor contribution to America's
war efforts. For the duration,
it is to be regarded as a normal
and not a special program of
study.
Tuesday, May 5, 1942
Answering Service Call
. Keeping stride with America’s demand for in
creased war power, Penn State has again taken
the initiative among the nation’s colleges by pro
moting the newly-adopted enlisted reserve plan
sponsored by the U. S. Army Air Force.
Already 212 students have applied for admis
sion in the aviation cadet program, and tomor
row the Army Examining Board will visit the
campus to examine the applicants.
Early in April, original plans were drawn up
■for this enlisted reserve plan, and it was estimat
ed that 100,000 men, from the ages of 18 to 26 in
clusive, would be needed .to meet the demands of
the Army Air Force. Of these 100,000 air cadets,
approximately 26,000 would necessarily be college
trained men.
Little calculation is necessary to show that
Penn State has cooperated fully with the new
Army program. If every college in the nation
does as well, the air quota for college
trained men will easily be filled.
It is now an accepted fact that the future of
our nation rests on the test of might; and in
modern warfare, might has come to be measured
in terms of supremacy in the air. As a result,
America is now engaged in the greatest aircraft
production program ever conceived. But that
plan of air supremacy can- be given a forceful
meaning only if the nation can create the man-
power to keep our planes flying.
Apparently this manpower has been found if
Penn State is a typical example of the patriotic
enthusiasm that prevails in the of the na
tion. Not only has the College backed the Army
plan 100 per cent, but it has also cooperated fully
with the Navy Air Corps.
By offering draft deferment until after grad
uation, both the Army and Navy Air Service
Smye found a convincing point that carries plenty
of weight among average college students. How
ever, this is not the only opportunity that the
Services offer.
In more intangible forms, the Army Air Force
claims, “It always has been so—it always will
be true—the officers of today become the leaders
jn industry tomorrow. If you want advance
ment; if you wish to fight for America where
•you can strike the most telling blows; if you
neck adventure, excitement, and the fun of fly
ing, your place is here —in the greatest air force
:in America's history.
Cabinet Action Hinted
■ Because of the poor support that was given the
combined defense stamp-corsage plan for Junior
Prom last weekend, there is reason to believe that
All-College Cabinet may act to ban corsages for
.Mil big dances for the duration of the war.
Such action wilL no doubt inflict some- hard
ship on State College florists, but it must be re
niembayed that car dealers and radio service
Un'm have been forced to face the same problem.
Corsages are now a definite luxury, and money
used to purchase them might well be diverted
mlo some type of defense channel.
ft Cabinet takes this action tonight, it wilL
[Mi.irk one of the initial steps that students as a
whole have taken toward making some sacrifice
for American defense. Since the first stop i.-
u.-.u.iUv the most utiUcsti, it i.- highlv probavl
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till.'.l .-.'nailer
tl'-vm; ne-V'.i.uy
Louia H. Bell
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
The
Campuseer ijllSlp
Happy College Days—
All was quiet in Doc Yeagley’s Phys. Sci. 7
class —except for a few resonant snores. The
Doc was demonstrating his ability to generate
electricity on a bicycle when a freshman stumb
led into the lecture room. As a fitting penalty
for his tardiness the stern professor sentenced the
frosh to do the peddling on the bicycle while the
Doc lectured on.
Everything might have ended there, but the
reluctant frosh protested because he hadn’t had
any breakfast yet, and the Doc had said you need
energy to produce energy—or something.
So the Doc rang a bell and out came Benny,
the old faithful. Doc’s stooge wheeled out a tray
resplendent with all the potentialities of a whole
some breakfast —toast, bacon, eggs ... A vie was
set up so that the frosh could enjoy some light
music with his meal, and the Doc even went so
far as to invite a guest to the meal so the frosh
could have some • company . . . Ah, to be young
again ...
Setting A Precedent.
o
A headline in one of last week’s editions of
this notorious rag read, “Cwens Elect Longe
necker.” Tch, tch, girls, what will Dean Ray
say?
And then Campy heard that SPE Milt Kuhn
aspires to be the first male bubble dancer to hit
the bright lights of Broadway.
JVe're Happy , But .. .
Campy might have been a happy little student
right now. We were cheered by the announce
ment of WSGA giving coeds 11 o’clocks . . . We
were overwhelmed When Junior Prom maestro
Tommy Dorsey played tune after tune without
intermission—and some of them were even slow
enough to dance to . . . We even overlooked, the
way Bill Lundelius railroaded his fraternity
brother into blue key . . . but ... we wish to
raise our humble’ voice in a meek protest against
the practice of the. Political Science department
of giving final examinations covering the entire
course—a practice that is almost unique now.
Improving Relations
Gamma phi bet Lenora Krumrine and Harry-
Whitmore, and F & M kappa sig and
son .of the Chem-Phys School dean, announced
their engagement Saturday . . . Ellen Esther Sherk
“blossomed’’ forth with her third pin over the
weekend—one is from England, one from Syra
cuse, and one from dear old stetz collich.
It’s A Penn State Tradition
HOI DOO
1 finally pi a dale
111 certainly
make a hit
Tonight --
Were goiri to
THE COlNEBoinuaml
for dinner
Debaters Schedule
Broadcast Series
Members ol Penn State’s var
sity men’s and women’s debate
teams will take to the air June 4
in the first of a series of half
hour programs which are to be
broadcast over station WMRF,
Lewistown, each Thursday after
noon, Prof. John H. Frizzell, head
of the department • of- speech, an
nounced*
The purpose of the broadcasts
will be to give information, en
tertainment, and to trqin the
students, Professor Frizzell stated.
College days, the war, and wom
en’s .part in the! war are the sub
jects' that will be discussed.
Oh the first three. Thursdays of
each month} “The Penn State
Round Ta|ble,” with a. faculty
member and four varsity debaters
as the participants, is to comprise
the program. On the fourth
Thursday of each month, “A Half-
Hour of Interpretative Reading,”
is to be offered.
The professors on the commit
tee in charge of arranging the
programs include Joseph F.
O’Brien, George P. Rice Jr.,' H.
P. Zelko, Ralph Richardson, Paul
Beall, C. H. Schug, Mrs. H. B.
Nesbitt, and John H. Frizzell.
Ration Books
(Continued from Page One)
must not apply for him as a mem
ber of their family unit.
• If a person under 18 years of
age has left home to attend school
or college and is not a member
of a family unit, his father, moth
er, or legal guardian must file
an application for him.
To avoid double registration or
misrepresentation, the Office of
Price Administration, which is in
charge of the rationing setup, has
printed on every application for'
the first Ration Book. the. para--
graph of Section 35 (a) of the
United States Criminal Code. The
law makes it “a criminal offense,
punishable by a maximum of ten
years’ imprisonment, $lO,OOO fine,
or both, to make a false statement
or representation to any depart
ment or agency of the United
States as to any matter within the
jurisdiction of any department or
agency of the United States.”
In the instructions for use
which will accompany the first
War Ration Book is stated, “From
time to time the Office of Price
Administration may issue orders
rationing certain products. After
the dates indicated by such orders,
these products can be purchased
only through the use of War Ra
tion Books containing valid War
Ration Stamps.”
Certain numbered stamps later
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
Meeting of the German Club,
110 Home Economics Building,
7:30 p, m.
PSCA Executive meeting in
A-304 Old Main, 11 a. m.
PSCA Cabinet meeting in Hugh
Beaver Room, Old Main, 5 p. m.
Meeting and initiation of-Alpha
Phi Omega, national Boy. .Scout
service fraternity, in 302 ’ Old
Main, 10 p; m.
TOMORROW. .
Varsity track meet with Tem
ple at 4p.m.
Varsity tennis match with
Penh at 4 p. m.
Freshman track meet- with'
Temple at .4 pm.'
MISCELLANEOUS
Pre-registration for all Home
Economics students returning for
Summer semester from 1 until 5
p. m. Friday. Home Economics
classes will not meet during these
registration hours.
Player’s tickets for Mr. and
Mrs. North now on sale at Stu
dent Union. Price 55 cents.
STCD Defense certificates are
now ready at Student Union.
Signal Corps
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When the program gets into
full operation it would mean the
addition of 25 first year and 25
second-year advanced ROTC po
sitions. This would raise the
present total of 230 cadet officers
to 286.
Expansion of both the staff and
equipment would accompany the
unit. One or two signal officers
would be stationed here as well
as one more non-commissioned
aide. New equipment would bje
necessary to facilitate the train
ing.
Communications, code work,
mgteorlogical work, radio, elec
tronics, and work with carrier pi
geons. all come under the. duties
bf “ the ’Sighal'
Colonel Ardery pointed but. that
it is not known just how many
of these phases would be taught
here.
“Today there is a definite need
for Signal Corps.men in the Unit
ed States Army. I feel that Penn
State has ai fine opportunity to
help the war effort greatly if it
can train men in this field,” Col
onel Ardery stated in regard to
the proposed new division.
must be presented with the pur
chase of rationed items and the
proper 'stamp detached by the
store clerk. Sugar is the, only
item now on the foodstuffs ration
list, although tires are also on ra
tion. When the ration book is
Used up, new ones may be issued
from the'local Ration Board by
presenting the used book.
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