.. ' Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 S Ufa fiath| @ (EoUpgum W OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE VOL. 39—No. 3 Faculty Members Named On Cadet Examining Board With additional stress having been placed on the movement to- despite selective service demands, despite selective service dmands, three factulty members have been placed on official Army examina tion floard to- facilitate enlistment conditions here. ■ Capt. Jack H. Weske, assistant professor of military science and tactics, Dr. Charles D. Diettrich, assistant College physician, and Robert E. Galbraith, associate pro fessor of English composition were named to serve along with Lieut. H. S. Engart, of the Aviation Ca det Board Headquarters, Harris burg, as a local examining board for applicants for enlistment in the Air Force Enlisted Reserve. Professor Galbraith, who has been serving as faculty advisor for the program so far, will serve as coordinator and has announced that a new drive for enlistees is under way. Examination for the new enlistees will take place June 4,5, and 6, when Lieutenant En gart will return to the campus to head th board in its first official activity. A letter from Lieutenant Engart to Professor Galbraith yesterday stated that the 54,000 quota mark for the first enlistment will soon be filled and urged that students who wish to be considered in this plan for deferrment from active service ' under 'the-. draft act *as quickly as possible. . . Lieutenant Engart stressed the fact that papers must be complete with applications in triplicate, three letters of recommendation, and a birth certificate before ap plicants can be considered at all. (Continued on Page Two) Late News BASEBALL SCORES National League Brooklyn 4, Boston 1 Cincinnati D, Chicago 1 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh. 3 New York at Philadelphia (night) American League New York 8, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 5, Detroit 2 Chicago 9, Cleveland 7 Boston at Washington'(night) WASHINGTON— Authoritative sources here report that a move ment is afoot in Congressional cir cles which would result in legis lative action freezing American war workers in their present posi tions for the duration. WASHINGTON President Roosevelt has asked Congress to appropriate $600,000,000 to pro vide housing facilities for defense workers within close proximity of their plants. WASHINGTON—The Navy De partment announced yesterday the sinking of still another- medium sized U. S; merchant ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Guaranteed Delivery If you fail to receive your -opy of The Daily Collegian, :all 711 before 11a. m., ask. for The Daily'Collegian Office, and report your complaint. A news boy will be on hand to deliver your paper before noon. Pattee's 1941 Poem "War And Youth” Gains Prose Annual The Daily Collegian received a left-handed compliment yesterday .in The Bookworm’s column in the Centre Daily Times. Bookworm remarks: "Frankly we never ex pected to see anything from the Penn State Collegian reprinted in a book of model selections. Yet here it is.” The piece that brings this fame to The Daily Collegian is Dr. Fred Le'wis Pattee’s poem, “War and Youth,” which was printed in April 1941 following a reading iby A. O. Morse, assistant to the pres ident in charge of resident instruc tion, at a meeting of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The poem is now included in “Freshman Prose Annual, Number 3,” edited by Gay, Boatright and Wykoff for Houghton Mifflin Company. This collection is used in some of the English Composi tion 1 classes. Ag Find Helps 'Keep 'Em Flyin' A major bottleneck in Am erica’s, efforts to build a supreme air force has been eliminated by Penu State’s School of Agricul ture. President Roosevelt’s proposal of “50,000 planes” means that a vast number of new air fields be built, and the necessary grassing of the new fields' had becorne'-a~ major problems of speed-minded Army officials. Experts in aeronautics state that dust on bare airfields may reduce the life of an airplane motor as much as 90 par cent, yet providing proper sod was tradi tionally the result of a. whole season’s work. Penn State’s School of Agri culture found the answer. This Spring research workers at Penn State’s agricultural ex periment station perfected a method by which they could es tablish fine turf on large areas within a month. H. Burton Musser, professor of experimental agronomy, report ed to Army headquarters “some where in the South" this week to supervise the grassing of airplane landing fields and other large military areas. Army officials have marked another problem “solved” as ag riculture at Penn State comes forth to help “keep ’em flying.” National Officers Install Pi Lambda Phi Chapter Pi Lambda Phi installed a local chapter of the 41st national social fraternity to be chartered on the campus at Penn State in its na tional organization last Saturday. Installation services were held Saturday afternoon, followed by a banquet in the Hotel State College that evening. Officers of the national chapter were present, along with various student representatives of campus organizations. Dean A. R. War nock and Professor Sheldon C. Tanner spoke at the ceremonies. This is the sixth chapter of Pi Lambda Phi to be organized.in the state. HilieS Seeks Members Hillel Foundation at Penn State will inaugurate its annual mem bership drive with a dance and social Saturday evening at 9:15 p. m. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, STATE COLLEGE, PA. M'Kechnie Names Price 'Hop' Head; Consider 10 Bands Walter C. Price ’45 will serve ffe general chairman ol' ithe Soph Hop committees, according to an announcement made by James A. McKechnie, sophomore class pres ident, at a meeting of the Campus ’45 clique last evening. Price heads a group of 35 sophomores who will plan the July 10 dance, the only scheduled “name batnd” affair of the Summer semester. M. Clifford St. Clair heads the Band committee. He stated last, evening that ten orchestras are at present being considered by the group. They include Jimmy Dor sey, Charlie Spivak, Harry Jaimes, Benny Goodman, Claude Thorn hill, Glenn Miller,. Bobby Byrne, Charlie Barnet, Giene Kriipa, and Johnny Long. A definite an nouncement concerning the band will be made next Wednesday evening. Price named ten committees ito help in planning the dance. Under St. Clair on the Band committee are Mary Ellen Tome, Stanley J. Wolfe, and Margaret Stem. Rich ard B. Berk heads the decorations group with W. Robert Schmidt, Irwin S. Cohen, and Wayne G. LaPoe as aids. In charge of hat checking will be James W. Payne, chairman, John T. Watkins, Gerald Karver, and Alvin E. Grabusky, while Joan E. Piollet and John Sylves ter, co-chairmen, and E. Ann Fish er, Dudley D. Gallup, and H. Ar thur Martin will plan the refresh ments. George C. Tilghman is chair man of the program committee. Other members of (this group are Lawrence A. Sheffer, Mary E. Thompson, Paul G. Jacobs, and Kathryn K. Metzger. Russell M. Smiley, chairman, Howard Stei dle, James W. Hoag Jr., and Doris F. Campbell are in charge of pub licity. On the invitations and ticket committee are John F. Byrom, chairman, Betty J. Lyman, and Eugene C. Snedecker. Under Har old H. Benjamin, chairman, on the doormen committee are David S. Alston and George McCormick. Peter Scott will act as ticket seller and Frank L. Hay is in charge of booths. IFG Rushing Dates Pledging of freshmen will begin on June 9 rather than June 13, ac cording to Arthur G. Denman ’43, Interfraternity Council rushing chairman. Formal rushing season for the Summer Semester will end June 13. First Returns From Subscription Campaign Proves Student Support Returns from the first day of mester subscriptions for $14.25 The Daily Collegian’s subscription instead of the regular price of campaign presents striking evi- $16.25, thus saving $2. Club plan dence that Penn State’s student B offers 10 two-semester sub body is willing .and ready to sup- scriptions for $2B instead of the port a daily newspaper. , regular price of $32.50, thus sav “lt’s still far too early to toe cer- ing $4.50. tain of the campaign’s success,” Increased saving, combined with Leonard E. Bach ’43, Collegian the opportunity of distributing the business manager, stated . last cost of having The Daily Collegian night. “The number of subscrip.- available, has caused many living tioris turned in at The Daily Col- groups to use the plans to support legian office today, however, is the Collegian’s fight to maintain certainly gratifying.” daily publication. A large part of first day sales, Paralleling the increase in sub according to Bach, were made in scription sales, a progressively response to the special club plans larger number of College and cam offered to fraternities, sororities, pus leaders have offered their ap and boarding house groups for the proval of the concentrated sub first time this year. scription campaign. Club plan A offers five two-se- (Continued on Page Two) SUMMER FORMAL James A. McKechnie. sophomore class pres ident, named Walter (J. Price ’45 to head a group of 35 students who make up the 10 committees planning Soph Hop, July 10. This dafnce is the only scheduled “name band” dance of the Summer se mester. Diners Ask For Ration Stamps Downtown diners and restaur ants, with sugar allowances cut to 50 per cent of last year’s allott ments, feel that the pinch may be felt once surplus supplies of that commodity are used. Although attempts have been made to reduce waste and exces sive use, several of the eating es tablishments have expressed a de sire to have regular guests con tribute, voluntarily, sugar ration stamps. Since many students have their cards, and ei't regularly at the restaurants, their cards aren’t used. Stamps not used within the time limit become invalid and therefore' useless to anyone. Proprietors of the diners feel that students, once aware of the added service derived, ’would willingly bring in their stamps. Otherwise, many of the pastries will continue to be made in re duced lots which are sold out to the inconvenience of late diners, they added. The bigg'est items are pastries and simple syrups used in foun tain service. Recipes calling for very little sugar or the substitu tion of maple syrup have, been printed by the government to help relieve the situation. The. ulti mate result of such a plan may result in the appearance of new dishes on the menus of State Col lege restaurants. PRICE: THREE CENTS Defense Council Appoints Eight New Members 'Eight new student members of the State College Defense Coun cil were appointed by Dr. James F. Shigley to the Council on the recommendation of 'President Ralph D. Hetzel at the meeting Tuesday night. The students named were David J. McAleer, Gordon L. Coy, Rich ard S. Kurtz, Ann Drivas, !M. Wil liam Lundelius, Margaret K. Sher man, all seniors; Harold L. Zim merman ’44, and James E. Mc- Kechnie ’45. These members will replace students who graduated this Spring. Dr. Shigley reported that the blackout staged last week was a success, and especially commend ed the cooperative attitude of the students. No disorders were re ported and no arrests were made. However, five objectors were ar rested in Philipsburg and 39 in Harrisburg when they refused to turn out their lights. The Deans of Men and Women were asked to' assemble a group of students and faculty to study con ditions in both men’s and women’s dormitories on campus in case of a blackout lasting several hours. The secretary of the Council was ordered to communicate to the College authorities that the fire whistle now used as a warning and all-clear signal is not adequate for the purpose. Complaints have been received that the whistle was not heard on all parts of the cam pus, and in some of the more re mote sections of the town. A phenomenon observed direct ly after the blackout last Wednes day night was the reflection of Old Main’s tower on the low-hang ing clouds. There were six of them, one for each set of flood lights that illuminate the struc ture. ■ Musser, Trustee Dies In Scranton Boyd A. Musser ’94, an alumni member of the Board of Trustees since 1927, died yesterday in Scranton from a heart attack. He was 73 years of age. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Howard Snowden Funeral Home in Scranton tomor row at 2p. m. President Ralph D. Hetzel will attend. Mr. Musser, a past commander of the Pennsylvania Knights Templar-, was born in Houserville and was educated in the public schools of Centre County, being graduated from the Bellefonte High School after which he at tended the College. For several years he was assist ant principal of Bellefonte High School. In 1914 he organized the Anthracite Bridge Company at Scranton with which he was serv ing as president. In May 1941 he was drafted as a ?l-a-year man to take charge of Region No. 13 of the third Federal Reserve Bank District of The Of fice of Production Management, Division of Contract Distribution and was most recently serving as chairman of the advisory commit tee for the War Production Board in the same area. Mr. Musser has held several im portant offices in the Penn State Alumni Association, having served on its Board of Directors and on the Permanent Alumni Fund Com mittee. IT’S UP TO YOU ! ! GET YOUR COLLEGIAN SUBSCRIPTION NOW
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