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VOL. 39—No. 20
Blackout Plans
. .Extended until today because of All students were urged to sup- receive the penny-a-pound remun-
For Wednesday increased collection facilities, Penn port the nation-wide rubber sal- eration until this Saturday, ac-
State's .all-college scrap rubber vage program by Lundelius. Scrap cording to G. Dewey Krumrine,
drive now has a truck available to rubber collected will be sold at the Centre County Salvage Committee
Reach Final Stage p vi e s n it de l n ra t te r i a m a izt sorority,, ngnnita a a n ee d er in d d in e g - s a t n a d nd t a h r e d
p ra r t a e ee o e f ds on t e ni c .n e e n d t aavpeo todo
head. ter members of • the commit
to M. Williams Lundelius '43, corn- Army-Navy Relief. tee apppointed by All-College Cab-
Final preparations for the all- mittee chairman. , Anyone who Wishes to take such inet to insure an all-out support
night blackout in State College The truck, provided by the State used articles as tires, inner tubes, of President Roosevelt's plea for
are almost complete. Downtown College salvage committee, will garden hose, boots, overshoes, hot scrap rubber were Pauline E.
business places have made ar- start its rounds at 6 o'clock tonight water bottles, belting, rubber Keller '43, in charge of sorority
rangements to , either blackout, until all the 11 fraternity, 3 sor- gloves, raincoats, rubber heels, districts, and Muriel I. Taylor and
their windows or to close for the ority, and central independent dis- bathing caps, and discarded jar Richard S. Kurtz, both '43, in
night at
. 9 p. m. when the street tricts are visited. rings to local service stations will charge of independent areas.
lights come on, the signal for the
preliminary phase.
The theatres will b w e open, but
no one will be allowed to leave ood Utilization Old Main Open House Features
during the one-half hour total .
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h l e n D canvassingcanvassing Collegian t he f
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nstd- Curriculum Added Fashion Show, Dancing , Concert
that most of them plan to close "What the well-dressed man or the names of the models Thursday,
their doors at the beginning of A -curriculum in wood utilize - -woman should wear on a big.
the blackout, with the exception tion has been added by the de- Stein said.
Arrangements Kaye been made
of the Rathskeller, which will re- partment of forestry for the Fall weekend at Penn State" is the
with several downtown clothiers
Main open. , Semester, - Victor A. Beede, head proposed theme of the fashion to supply the dresses, sports coats,
On the campus, preparations, of the 'forestry department, an- show on the Old Main Open House bathing suits, and other articles
have been made for students to nounced yesterday. program Friday evening, Gerald that will be displayed. Dean J.
prepare their work for the next Clyde '43 will act as master of
'Although the addition of the B. Maxwell Stein '44, Open House
day. Corridors and rest rooms in
new r . ceremonies for the show.
curriculum has been under chairman announced last night.
all of the dormitories and cottages, . . . „ , Social dancing in the Sandwich
consideration for several years,
as well as lounges and living Models for the fashion show will .
Beede said, "its beginning now is Shop and a band concert on the
rooms, will (be effectively masked 'be selected from the applicants' front lawn will help feature Fri
soespecially timely. Present:daY
-that no lights will show out who sign up at Student Union. day evening's Open House. "The
shortages will be relieved when
doors. the possibilities of wood as a sub-
Men and women who fill out ap- Cat's Paw," starring Harold Lloyd
No meetings, lectures, or classesstitute for certain `essential'
ma- plications must include, in addition and Una Merkle, will be shown
will be permitted to continue after to name and address, their weight, in the Little Theatre.
aerials are fully realized."
the yellow (alert) signal is receiv- SubjeCts to be studied under the height and other qualifications. President Hetzel's office will be
ed at the Control. Centers. This
new curriculum are ply wood, Hazel E. Gassman '43 and Sam- open from 9toll p. m., and stu
will permit the people to reach
kiln drying, wood testing, season- uel S. Fredman '43, in charge of dents may go up to the tower of
their homes before the' total black- ing andpreserving, and veneers. the Fashion show, will announce Old Main from 9p.m. to midnight.
out signal is received.
No telephone calls will be corn-
Sophomores coming to the cam- ~
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pus from Mont Alto will be asked .
to choose between the wood and Histor i cal. Society
utilization curriculum and the gen
eral r
.
Celebrates Furnace s
%Hebei Tredicts _ forestry curriculum, acco rd- ing- to' Beede... :Arrangements are . .
1$: i -;,.: ' also'being considered for inClud- 150th Anniversary •'
ing upperclass forestry students
Blackout Success in at least part of •the new study Celebrating the 150th anniver- Freshman tryouts for the Thes
, schedule. nary of Centre furnace, first iron pions' mobile unit, which will
' President Ralph D. Hetzel; in a furnace in the county, the Centre make a number of appearances
statement issued to The Daily Col- .A • County Historical Society has this Summer in various Pennsyl
- legian last night, said "The Col- Air a e
C d lExammers _ planned a short program to be vania training camps, are being
lege community is being called n'
upon again to participate .in the live nCampus July 6, 1 .
0 held on the Furnace grounds, 'at held in Schwab 'Auditorium this
2:30 p. m. Saturday, Philip S. 'Week. 'According to Leon Rabin
defense. On WedneSday night"we Board will be on the campus Klein, professor of American his- owitz '43, Thespian production
. are asked to subscribe to a black- Monday and Tuesday, July 6 and tory, announced last night. manager, several freshman acts
out program . . . 7, to conduct examinations and Located on the turnpike one and will probably - be included in the
I have :full confidence that stu- enlistment for any students who one-half miles east of State Col-' next show which is scheduled to
dents and staff will comply with wish to join the Army Airforce
instructions and orders in the Enlisted Reserve, Prof. Robert E. lege, near the Duck pond, the go on the road later this week.
knowledge that"• this is essential if Galbraith, board coordinator, an- grounds mark the Site of the first' Mike Brotman '4l, former Thes
we are to fulfill - our obligations iniron furnace built west of Harris- Plan production manager and ac
nounced yesterday.
- the grim circumstances cif war. I Students _desiring to make ap- burg before the year .1792. companist for the -"Three Stooges,"
,hope we take our - part fully and
cure
for enlistment may se- •
&lain speakers on the program has returned to the campus from
seriously." New York City to aid Rabinowitz
cure information 4 . nd application
The Council on Administrationwill beThomas
-, G lb *th'
blanks in Professor a re' s
at a - meeting yesterday called on office, 234 Sparks Building. He Bellefonte, speaking on "HOw the bers for the mobile units.
students,
pare for their next day's work as in a , resolution to re- Thespians have given up their
urged that candidates get their Furnace Operated in Washington's
date for their annual Soph Hop
blanks early thattheygetDay,"
so
_usual with - no'interruptions be - production because of a crowded
all the required information be- College,"The
on Early Owners of
cause of the blackout. .Summer social calendar, and ac
fore examination dates. the First Furnace."
"The College-expects ,all stu- cording to Rabinowitz, are ex
dents, - including those residing in ' - - ' pending their efforts toward pre
the village, to be prepared for paring a full Summer. schedule
classes Thursday, June 25, but Stamp their mobile unit presenta
has suggested to the faculty, p Corsages Will Be Sold toions.
.
through the medium of the Faculty
The one exception in their new
Bulletin, that no blue books be As Official Wear For S op h H op
schedule will be a special pro
scheduled for that date."
duction to be given in conjunction
. The resolution concludes with Soph Hop dancers, July 10, can • A new female vocalist will be with other presentations by Play
the statement that 'this blackout have their cake and eat it too. featured with the "King, of the ers and the Glee Club as a part
is probably the forerunner of a Designed to take the place of Saxophone's" band when he plays of the All-College Victory Night,
number of blackouts, some of his first Penn State' engagement. which is slated for August 1.
which may last through a period flowers in -a decorative sense and Frances Wayne, "swing song
of two or three days, and students still sell defense savings stamps stress," will be.making one of her
should plan to carry on their reg- are the defense stamp corsages initial r t ppearances with the band Five Freshmen Exempt
ular classroom preparation in a which will be sold as the official since she replaced Lina Horn,
manner as nearly normal as pos- dance corsages when Charlie Bar- negro vocalist who recently left From English Comp 1
sible. net plays for the cless of 4
'- s 's the band to -accept a Hollywood
dance, next month. contract. -Five of the 660 freshmen in
Tribunal Thursday Night . Walter C. Price, chairman of Larry Taylor and Cliff Leeman Penn State's first Summer Semes
'Necessitated by the blackout_the dance committee explained are two of the other headline.a,r- ter were exempted from English
Wednesday night, Tribunal will last night that these corsages are tists with the Barnet aggregation. composition 1, Theodore J. Gates,
be held -Thursday at 7 p. m. in 305 made of varied colored cellophane Taylor's tenor voice is heard on head of the departrrient of English
Old Main, Charles H. Ridenour '43, and include from $.90 to $1.20 most of the ballad numbers while composition, announced yester-
Tribunal head, announced' last worth of the government stamps. Leeman is spotlighted at the day.
night. All violations will be Something new in dance -wear, drums in the more swingy ar- Exemptions, granted because of
heard at that time, Ridenour add- the corsages will be placed On sale rangements. excellence in the theme writing
ed, and all - freshmen who were at Student Union the day of the Outstanding in Barnet's band- and grammar placement tests,
punished by Tribunal last Wed- dance. Price said that the cor= leader record is 'the list of famous went to Wilford B. Beisel; Francis
nesday Are to continue to wear sages have been ordered from swing, rendezvous where he has L. Conwell, Esther B. Leffler, Lu
their signs and other penalties un- New York and Pittsburgh .End will played lengthy engagements, re- cille Rosenblum, and Arthur P
til that time. be sold to students at cost. flective of his popularity. Miller.
IScrap Rubber Truck Available For Alt-College Drive Today
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TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, STATE COLLEGE, PA
STATE COLLEGE
Thespians Hold
Freshman _Tryouts
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Cabinet Sponsors
Ind Frosh Mass
Meeting Tonight
All freshman men and women
are required to attend the second
All-College Cabinet-s ponsored
mass meeting in Schwab Audi
torium at 7 p. m. this evening.
Chuck Peck '43, head cheet'-
leader, will have charge of the
meeting which will feature selec
tions by the College Glee Club, un
der the direction of Prof. Frank DI.
Gullo, of the music deportment.
The Glee Club will sing College
songs, following which the fresh
men will be asked to sing. After
each song is thoroughly learned
both groups will sing them.
David .1. lVlcAleer, senior class
president, will speak during the
meeting. His talk will center on
topics of interest to the freshman
audience.
This is the second mass meeting
sponsored by Cabinet. These
gatherings are designed to ac
quaint the new class with the
songs, cheers and traditions cif the
College. The lighter side of Penn
State life is presented in these
programs.
The Penn State Club will hold
a special meeting in 121 Sparks
Building at 8 p. m. to which all
freshmen interested in the club are
invited to attend. Russel E.
Clark, College bursar and advisor
of the group, will speak. John 'C.
York '43, president of the club,
will also address the group.
Open House will be held by the
PSCA in 304 Old Main at 8 p. m.
for -freshman men, the PSCA of
fice discloged last' night. Howard
Carlson '45 will act as master of
ceremonies on the "Meet the
Stars" program.
Several campus leaders have
been asked to attend the program
and, in a free discussion period
after the short program, they will
try to point out how to make a
better Penn State and better Penn
Staters, .the Freshman committee
announced.
!Members of the Freshman com
mittee include Sophomores Ed
ward D. Lenker, Robert J. Day,
Frank P. Graham Jr., Robert W.
Ritzmann, James M. Oakes, Ralph
W. Harris, Reagan Houston, John
N. Adsit, Robert MadNabb, Jack
G. Leech, Norman C. _Howells, and
Philip J. Allen.
Late News
Flashes ...
WEST COAST—For the past
two successive nights the West
Coast has undergone light shelling,
supposedly by Japanese submar
ines. Damage, however, has been
very light and as yet no casualties
have been reported. The attacks
have reportedly gone as far North
as Alaska, and Washington and
Oregon have also claimed attacks.
WASHINGTON—JuIy 9, 10, and
11 have reportedly been set aside
for all Far owners to register for
their permanent gas ration cards.
CRETE—A large number of
German parachute troops are re
portedly based on the island of
Crete, British officials announced
last night. Where they are going
is one of the Allies' current prob
lems.
WASHINGTON—According to
an announcement made last night
by the Office of Civilian Defense,
approximately 48,000 tons of scrap
rubber have been turned in to
state agencies. Although no re
ports from any of the states are
complete, and reports from five
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