War Department to Notify Ardery On Army Reserve Col. Edward D. Ardery, head of the department of military science and tactics, is expecting informa tion from the War Department soon concerning the Penn State quota of students to be authorized for the Army Enlisted Reserve. The Wdr Department's plan now under consideration, calls for the voluntary enlistment in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps of a cer tain number of college students possessing superior qualifications. These students will remain in an inactive status until they gradu ate, according to Colonel Ardery. Included in the plan will be the provision retaining necessary stu dents from the selected quota for advanced study, research, and fa culty replacement- for colleges. Other provisions will be made for. the wartime requirements of in ` dustry in accordance with the re- commendations of the War Man power Commission, and with the civilian needs essential for the na- tipnal war effort • Colonel Ardery stated that the War Department believes that un der present conditions a substan tial number of students should re main in college, but, in case the necessity of war demands, the Secretary of War may- call mem bers of the Army Enlisted Reserve to• active duty. . . If the proposed plan material izes, Penn State students • who make up the College's quota will be given an examination .during the second year to test their quali fications. Those who do not meet the required level will be called to' active duty. Those who pass the examination above a certain level will not be subject to induc tion for active military service prior to graduation. So far as he has ,yet been ad vised, _Colonel Ardery states that the selection of students for en listment will be, mad,e ,from -those . -,who--..meet-the.follo,wing require ments: (1) those whO haye become 18. years - Of age and those who will not become 45 years of age before graduation, (those - who are not yet 18 will be included in the quota if they agree to .enlistWheii they do become 18 and 2) those who are physically. qualified under existing - regulations .for • entrance into the Officer Candidate 'School. Skull And Bones, Parini Nous Tap 14 Upperclass Pledges Parmi Nous, upper class sports honorary, and Skull and Bones, upper class general activities hat society, tapped . pledges in, front of Old Main, shortly after noon yesterday.. ' .Igen ;tapped by Parmi_ Nous Were George R. Pittenger '44, William• Briner '44, A. William Swan '44, Richard A. Stephens '44, Moylan C. Hull '44,. and George S. Roy '43. Skull -and-. Bones pledgges in elude Robert L. Mawhinney '43, Leon Rabinowitz '43, Edward. H. Blackburn '44, Charles E. Peck, '43, Martin . H. Duff '43, Arthur R. Thornaan '43, J. Paul Phelps '43, and Edward A. Tuleya '44: Speech Hour Features Interpretative Reading Penn State's Speech Hour to day will feature a half hour of interpretative reading under the. directitm of Mrs. Harriet D. Nes bitt, instructor in public speak ing: Theme of the progt•am which will be broadcast over station WM.RF, Lewistown, at 2:30 p. m., will be scenes of college life as depicted in literature, and read by students in the class of Oral interpretation. „ successor To The Free Lance, Establishid 1887 dio , , 410 41. I' , 't - 4 \ ;- . , t .4,-,":fre—Lv-e -,N.,,A IF / SY VOL. 39—No. 22 Total Blackout Catches Campus Unaware; Mock incidents Test Control Centers' Setup By KINTER and KIMMEL the East end of Grange dormitory Shades of London and Tobruk with five girls injured and six were evident on the campus and others who lived in the wings not in town last night as State Col- accounted for. lege witnessed its first all-night Other incidents turned into the blackout. The blackout in gen campus control center and acted eral proved a good test for war dens and control men, showing upon by wardens in whose posts their system as inadequate to. take they mere supposed to have hap care of the unexpected happen pened were bombing of the--Beta ings that arose. house, an explosion at the north The start was bad in being pre- end of Sparks, and a complete mature; wardens left posts and wrecking of one corner of New control centers without messeng- Physics. ers and without part of their per- At the downtown control center, sonnel. Proper warnings were not the Civilian Defense workers were given to control centers by state waiting for the air raid wardens to centers, making the start a corn- report from their posts when the plete surprise to all the local con- siren blew signalling the total trol men. blackout. Lights were evident in a few • Of the incidents reported from places but not to any great ex- the.posts, the worst one was the tent. demolition of the Allencrest when The test incidents reported to enemy bombers dropped incen the central campus control center diary bombs.. Ten people were in first floor lounge of Old Main reported buried in the wreckage included complete demolition .of (Continued on Page Four) Blue Band To Give Concert Tomorrow The Blue Band will preseht the first in a series of outdoor con certs to be sponsored during the Summer semester and Summer sessions by the music department as a part of- the Old Main Open House on the front Old Main ter race at 7:45 p. m. tomorrow. The concert, originally planned for gesentation Sunday . after noon as the .rest of the concerts in the series, was . moved up to the Open House date at . , the:'request of"' the Open House commi~£ee: Other concerts to be presented later in the series will be given by the Summer sessions band, the Blue Band, and possibly by other organizations in the department, Prof. Hummel Fishburn announ ced yesterday. The. program to be presented to morrow night was released yes terday afternoon by Professor Fishburn. In includes "National Emblem March," Bagley; "Bra vada," by Curzon; "Snow White Overture," by Churchill. • "Stratoliner • March," by Holmes; "Procession of Nobles" from "Mlada," by Rimsky-Korsa_ koff; "Salute to State March," by Swift; "Midnight in Paris," by Conrad; "Headlines," by Colby; "Teddy Bear's Picnic," by Bra ton; "Echoes of Freedom March," by Ostling; and "The Star Spang led 'Banner." Barnet's Band Gets By RICHARD SMYSER Charlie Barnet's "Make Believe Ballroom" theme, which has been played in many of the outstand ing swing .rendezvous of the na- - tion, won't be make believe in the least when the millionaire maes tro brings his dance orchestra to Penn State July 10. The band will play for . the first Summer All-College "big" dance in the his tory of the College. The "Sax Sensation of the Na tion" will come to, State College, interrupting, a lengthy engage ment at the Steel Pier, Atlantic .City, where he opens July 5. This is the only break in the band's resort city stay. Other outstanding engagements which the Barnet aggregation has played include stands at the Hotel Lincoln, Famous Door, Playland Ballroom, Glen Island Casino, and the Park Central Hotel, all in the New York area; Palomar Bali-. S" ~ T, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, STATE COLLEGE, PA McKechnie Fills Class "Girls, girls—over fifteen of them—including the Soph Hop Officer Vacancies queen and three of her attendants, ' will model clothes furnished by Appointed to take over the of fices of sophomore class secretary and treasurer last night by James A. IVlCKechnie, class president, were Betty J. Lyman and- James H. Hoag Jr. These offices were left vacant when Margaret L. Good and John L. •Pfirman, elected in March, did not •return fol. the Sumner semes, ter. Recent action by the All 'College Elections committee auth orized• the respective class presi dents to fill the vacated 'posts by appointment. was' organized last night. Walter C: Price '45 and Robert L. Ma- Girls selected by Hazel Gass whinney '43, chairmen for Cam- man '43. and Samuel G. Fredman pus '45 and '43 respectively, spoke '43, co-chairmen of the fashion to the freshman group. sho\v, include: Freshman Candidates Called For Collegian All freshmen, men and women, who wish to try out for The Daily Collegian, official campus news papers, are urged by editor Gor don Coy to turn out tonight for a candidates' meeting in the Colleg ian news room, L.rnegle H 441 at 7:15 p. m. Candidates need not be journalist students. Because of the accelerated pro gram, the Collegian is deviating from its usual policy of calling freshman cr;ndidates at the begin ning of the second semester. CHARLIE BARNET OF THE PENN LVANIA STATE COLLEGE If You Meet 8,000 1,000 Students, Gallons Of Water, _ Call Civil Engineering 18-20, Will Sign Has anyone seen 8,000 gallons of water that looks as id it's lost? O n Fifth R-Day Penn State's civil engineering department is offering a liberal , What promises to be Penn reward for the return of this es- State's largest student selectivecaped miniature flood which mys teriously disappeared from the cis- service registration will. be con tern tank in the hydraulics labor- ducted next Tuesday in the Arm atory in Main Engineering base- ory when approximately 2,000 stu ment. dents, 18 to 20, will sign up on the . James R. Villemonte, in charge fifth national R-Day. of the laboratory, explained that The registration proclamations the tank ran mysteriously dry re- issued by President Roosevelt and cently and as yet the water's Governor James require that all hideout has not been discovered. males who have not previously ,The tank supplies the p6wer with been registered under the Selective .which the laboratory equipment Service and who have attained is operated. In civil engineering the 18th or 19th anniversary of circles, sabotage is rumored—only the day of their birth on or before rumored. June 30, 1942, or Who have at tained the 20th anniversary of the day of their birth after December 31, '1941, end on or before June 30, 1942, must register for selective military service. Coed Models Top Open House Plans downtown stores at the Old Main Open House Fashion 'Show tomor row • night," Gerald B. Maxwell Stein '44, chairman of the pro gram, announced last night. "Betty Jane Lyman '45, Soph Hop . queen-elect, plus three soph omore beauties from her court, Kathleen M. Osgood, Kathryn K. Metzger and Mary Edith Gilbert," Stein added, "are among the large bevy of campus beauties that have consented to model the clothes which are the latest lashions in everything from formal evening .attire .to, the, most: daring, in bath ing ,suits." E. Jane Windle "44, Ruth A. Em, bury '45, Barbara C. Painter '45, Amy Caporaletti. '45, Nandy J. Zaritman '43, Miriam Zartman '45, Virginia E. Manley '45, Priscilla Shultz '46, and Yvette Bermak '46. "Although men students, es pecially those who have been• too bugy studying to enjoy some of the `daintier' aspects of life, will derive little more than sheer pleasure from the feminine side of the show, they will get a chance to see tue latest in men's clothing too," Stein declared, "since the committee has also beef► able to contact seven men as mod els." Names of men models; as re (Continued on Page Two) Around room, Los Angeles; Casa Manana, Culver City; Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans; Royal Hotel, Baltimore; and Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey. The band has also played at numerous theatres and colleges throughout the nation. As well as an orchestra leader, Barnet is well-known as a travel er. He has made 20 crossings of the Atlantic, visited South Ameri ca once, made seven trips .between New York and California, and lists Havana and New Orleans as some of his other ports of call. Most of "Cherokee Charlie's," a name hung on him after his fam ous recording of "Cherokee," ocean crossings were made as an orchestra leader on the S. S. Re public. 'He later made a Medi terranean cruise as a musician on the S. S. Homeric and went around the world playing his saxophone on the S. S. California, PRICE THREE CENTS REGISTRATION SCHEDULE A-Car 11 a. in. to noon Cas-Far 1 p. in. to 2 p. m. Fas-Hep 2 p. m. to 3 p. m. Heq-Lav .. 10 a. in. to 11 a. in. Law-M .... 3 p. m. to 4.p. m. N-Rus .... 9 a. M. to 10 a. in. Rut-Te .... 4 p. in. to 5 p. m. Th-Z 8 a. m. to 9 a. in. Edward K. Hibshman, evecutive secretary of the alumni and chair man of the College draft commit tee, announced last night that the Armory will be open from 7 . a. m. to 9 p. in. but in' order to facilitate the registering students are re quested to report at- the .hour as signed for their.name.group.. Preliminary steps which--each student should complete: before coming to register require . that they secure a sample registration form at Student Union desk. This form should be filled out, prefer ably _ typewritten. Matriculation cards will also be required of each registrant as an identification mea sure. Students who have a class'sche duled during •the hour at. which they are assigned to register will be excused from class. Regis trants who are ill or otherwise prevented from .reporting at the .Armory at the specified time must notify the -Registration committee so that a registrar may be sent out to register them. Mr. Hibshman emphasized that the responsibility for registering remains with the individual. -Fail ure to sign up • carries with it a $lO,OOO Mine or a 5-year jail sen tence or both under the Selective Service regulations. Students now enlisted in V-I, V-5, V-7, Marine Corps Reserve, (Continued on Pate Four) Late News Flashes ... MOSCOW—Russian 'of ficials an nounced last night that German infantry and mechanized forces had broken through the Kharkov sector and were advancing toward the Caucasian oil fields. Approxi mately 30,000 Nazi troops were re portedly engaged in the struggle. Moscow added. BUENOS AlRES—Public re sentment against the Axis rose higher in South America's largest city when it was reported that an other merchant ship had been tor pedoed off the coast. This is the fourteenth ship that has been sunk in South American waters in as many days. Weather
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