jll Sli? Hatty ® (EnUpgiatt 0 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE ' Weather VOL. 38—No. 147 Blackout Ordered '* eturn * ation Book In Centre County F or Yut-HMmian r |l> I* Fewer than 5,000 students reg ror IllUdV NIfSRY istered in Penn State’s “R” day ■VI I I IISQ J as War Ration Books were dis . State College will have its first tributed in the Armory yesterday complete blackout. next Friday and Wednesday, from 10 to 10:30 p. m. when the Edward K. Hibshman, in entire county will be shrouded in charge, asked students to check at darkness for half an hour. Orders home to see if their parents ob from the State Defense Council tained War Ration Books for for the trial were received here them. thife week. “In that ’case,” he said, “the The State College Defense Ration Books issued here should Council will meet Tuesday night be returned to Maurice Baitm, to perfect its plans for the drill. At 124 E. College avenue.-” this meeting, Dr. James F. ‘Shig- ley, head of the local council, will appoint new student members to 7FA T*k DAAAIIfA the council to replace graduating lj\j 1|). KvwlYw seniors. These appointments are made upon the recommendation of CT^|\ President Ralph D. Hetzel.. 3111/ leillflCaiCS During the proposed blackout next Friday, all lights in town and Approximately 750 students will on the campus are to be doused, be granted for having Auxiliary police will be on .the satisfactorily completed one or streets to aid in preventing acci- more student defense training dents. Most trouble in this direc-- courses offered during the past tion is anticipated from pedestri- several months. The certificates ans being hit by moving automo- are now aavilable to the students biles with no lights. at Student Union desk. The protection staff for-the com- According to M. T. Bunnell, su munity, numbering 617 persons, pervisor of class centers for the under George W. Ebert, has almost extension service and STCD coor completed its training, and will be ainator, nearly perfect attendance duty during the practice blackout, was necessary in order to receive The staff is divided into approxi- a certificate of completion, mately twelve different duty pro- The courses were first introduc jects. They have been in training ed at the war-convocation on De since the war began; and have had cember 17. At this time more than drills to prepare them for emer- 2,000 turned in preliminary course gencies While /the blackout is in pro gress, the .entire community, the College as well as the boro, will toe under the command of the two ■Control Centers that have been established here. Whereabouts of these Centers is supposed to be secret. v Elaborate preparations have been made in the Control Centers in some of the larger cities. In Harrisburg, the center is in charge of four policemen, who are on duty 24 hours a day. .All of the ner.ve centers of the city are connected by direct wire with'the Control Center, and special arrangements have been made so that in case of “I! (Continued on Page Two) Dr. Yeagley Gives - Fir si Blackout Lecture At College Penn State’s first blackout lec ture is now a thing of the past, and the credit for the experiment goes to Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, as sociate professor of physics. In keeping with the informal atmosphere that Dr. Yeagley maintains in his classes, he dim med the lights recently in one of his lectures, and proceeded to de monstrate what the future may be. like. Student-faculty relations are not always of the closest on the campus, but Dr. Yeagley is doing yeoman work in that. direction. Last winter when those sub-zero temperatures that blew in from the Arctic were prevalent in these parts, Yeagley kept one of his classes for a cup of tea and some little cookies on the side. Blit one girl said that was noth ing to the real party he gave for her class one day. It happened, she said, that' Dr. Yeagley made a bet that no one in the class could tell him where the electri city came from when he rubbed a piece of camphor against some sulphur. Of course, • some bright boy popped up with the right an swer the second, time around and Doc stood treat to the whole crowd for ice cream and cake. preference ballots; Of this num- ber 1,500 formally registered for the courses February 23 ana - 24. Forty-three courses, all taught by faculty and staff members, were available for the students. At the February registration, First Aid with 251 registrants and Radio Code, with 213, attracted the larg- est enrollments. The primary purpose of the courses was to train students for defense work in their home com munities. War Sociology Course Offered Next Semester Feeling that there should be as much knowledge and education as possible on the subject of war, the department of sociology will'offer a new course, Sociology 43, “The Sociology of War,” next semester by George E. Simpson, associate professor of sociology-. The course will consider the so cial functions of war in both prim itive and civilized societies, the probable effects of the present conflict on selected social institu tions during the post-war period. One-Third Of Incoming Frosh Already Plan To Attend Camp One-third of the incoming Freshman class has already sent in tentative applications for Freshman Camp, Gerald B. Stein ’44, chairman of the camp com mittee, announced yesterday. Since fifty men of the class of ’46 have already indicated their intention to attend the leader ship training period at Diamond Valley Camp, only 50 vacancies remain, and to date, not quite 250 freshman men have been con tacted, he addfed. Upper classmen, who will be home this coming week, are urg ed by Stein to inform the class of ’46 that only sj limited num ber of applicants will be accept ed and that it will be a matter of first come, first served. Bulletins will be sent at the be ginning of the week to all fresh- Successor To The Free Lance, Established 18S7 FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 8, STATE COLLEGE, PA Talks, Class Awards, Concert Dance Feature y 42 Class Day "THOU DIDST MOLD US"—Two Penn State seniors, Jean Babcock and Gerald F. Doherty, will express the opinions of the whole class in addresses at the Class Day exercises in front of Old Main at 4:30 tomorrow. Miss Babcock is valedictorian of the class, while Doher ty, class Cane Man, will substitute for Max Peters as Pipe Orator. Mr. And Mrs. North' Marks Final Acting Fling Of 5 Senior Players With a cast made up entirely of veteran actors; the Penn State Players will present the last show of their 22nd anniversary season, “Mr. and Mrs. North ” in‘Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. tonight and tomorrow. The play will mark the final ap pearance of five senior Players upon the Penn State stage. Eli nor Herrman, Don Taylor, John Scott Keck and Gerald Haimsohm, all principals, will make their last acting fling in the Broadway mur der comedy. . Elinor Herrman and Don Tay- lor have appeared, together as leads in “The Streets of New York,” “Goodbye Again,” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” Miss Herrman was cast in practically every Players’ since she transferred here as a junior. Outstanding in dramatics since his freshman year, Taylor has act ed in Summer stock and is a mem ber of Equity. Keck, Raab and Haimsohn have also been in num erous plays, and have received good notices in previous perform ances. Directed by Lawrence E. Tuck er, department of dramatics, the play was first presented March 20 and. 21 before capacity audiences. men, giving in detail a descrip tion of the camp, its purpose, the program plrmned and the names cf campus leaders who will speak to the freshmen.. Entire cost to the individual camper is $4.25, $3.50 for food and 75 cents for round-trip trans portation between State College and the camp, which is located in Colerain State Forest. Campus leaders who will' ad dress the frosh include Dean A. R. Warnock; Mr. Harry W. See mans, PSCA secretary; Prof. Rob ert G. Bemreuter, department of psychology; Prof. C. O. Williams, school of education; .Richard S. Kurtz ’43, president of IMA; John York ’43, Penn State Club presi dent; and Daniel A. DeMarino, as sistant Dean of Men. Graduate Believed Captured By Japs A former Penn Stater, Capt. Louis T. Lazzarini,'is believed to have been among the 7,000 Amer ican and Filipino troops on Corre gidor which have been captured by the Japanese. Capt. Lazzarini, of the chemical warfare department of the Army, graduated from the chemical en gineering department in August, 1937. According to his mother, Capt. Lazzarini stated in his last letter that he was “in the middle of the fireworks and enjoying every min ute of it.” V-7 Program Revised; College Juniors To Be Accepted As Eniislees Naval regulations have been re vised to allow college juniors, who were eligible for the V-l program •in their sophomore year and did not take advantage of it, to enlist in the V-7 training. Previous V-7 regulations barred all juniors, who were under twen ty years of age during their soph omore year and therefore eligible for V-l. Because many sophomores will attain junior standing in two weeks, the Philadelphia office of the Navy department will accept enlistees for V-7, Automobiles To Collect For 'Coal Hangar Day' Students with coat hangars to contribute to the “Coat Hangar Day” drive have been requested to leave their names and addresses at Student Union, Robert L. Maw hinney ’43 requested last night. Automobiles will travel this af ternoon to the addresses designat ed by students to collect the hang ars. Contributions can also be taken to the base of Old Main steps, according to Mawhinney. All coat hangars collected in to day’s drive will be sent to the Army's !New Cumberland Training camp. PRICE! THREE CENTS College Sponsors Dance In Rec Hall Climaxed by a graduation dance for all seniors and their guests, the Class Day of the Class of 1942 will get underway formal ly with Class Day exercises in front of Old Main at 4:30 p. rri. to morrow. The dance, which will be held in Rec Hall from 9 to 12 tomorrow night, is being sponsored by the College Administration and the Alumni Association as a gift to the graduates. Walt James’ orches tra will play for the affair. Each senior will receive three tickets •when he gets his cap and gown. The exercises will feature the valedictory and salutatory ad dresses, presentation of class awards and a concert by the Blue Band.' In case of rain the program will be conducted in Rec Hall. Jean Babcock will deliver the valedictory address and Richard Grimes, the salutatory talk. Ross B. Lehman, Class Donor and chair man of the exercises, will present the men’s awards and R. Helen Gordon, women’s Class Donor will make the coed presentations. H. Leonard Krouse, spoon man; Robert D. Baird, barrel man; Ger ald F. Doherty, cane man; and Max S. Peters, pipe orator will get symbolic tokens from Lehman. Miss Gordon will make presen tations to Miss Babcock, bow girl; Betty L. Zeigler, slipper girl; Ann M. Borton, fan girl; and Jeanne C. Stiles, mirror girl. Doherty will give the pipe ora tion in place of Peters who will be out of town on a track trip. Alice M. Murray, class poet, will read the Class poem during the pro gram. The Blue Band, under the di rection of Prof. Hummel C. Fish burn, of the music department, will present seven selections. They will play at various intervals in the program. Awards to the sen iors in the band will also be made. Planning the exercises is the Class Day committee composed of Lehman, chairman; William F. Finn, Miss Murray, William O. Meyers, and Doherty. All those in volved in the program are gradu ating seniors. Late News Flashes... MELBOURNE American air planes have dealt a severe blow to a Japanese fleet app?,r<ently trying to' cut, the supply lines from the United States to Aus tralia. Seven Japanese warships and one supply ship wtere sunk with four others dr imaged. Six Japanese planes were shot down in the action near the Solomon Islands, northeast of Australia. American forces lost three planes. WASHINGTON—The War Pro duction Board has announced that all non-essential civilian copper goods will be banned. VICHY—The huge naval base of Diego Suarez on Madagascar has fallen. Its capture came as a result of 48 hours of brilliant action by British troops. British casualties were 1,000. The French say that they will continue the battle for Madagascar. LONDON American planes have joined the RAF in raids on Ostend, Belgium, and Stuttgart, Germany, with the RAF making wide-spread attacks for the third successive night.
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