, . . . '..,: .• -. 1 ' . . ~...., .. ~ . . . ....:........,....,: . ~.:•..,.....„.... , jatirgiatt 0............. • --- 2 I. t i... -41 ...7:::: 1 4 \\ ‘ 411°41 / 7 .T T. . OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE . Weather VOL. 39—No. 28 Single Ticket Set Students May Still Enter V-5, V-7; As Only Admission V-1 Will Not Open Till September For 11' Weekend Navy departments have published Viewing The Draft By BENJAMIN M. BAILEY Although nearly a thousand a bulletin designed to clarify the A single ticket will provide ad- Penn State students received let- existing confusion surrounding all mission for the entire Victory ters from the Naval Recruiting reserve branch enlistment re- Weekend program, the executive Office in Pittsburgh yesterday in- quirements. committee for the Army-Navy forming them that all future en- According to the bulletin, a Relief festival decided last night. listments in the Navy Reserve joint board of Army and Navy re- Exact price has not yet been must be made through the new presentatives will designate the determined, according to Leon V-i pr6gram, there is still time quotas for the respective Corps Rabinowitz '43, general chairman, for juniors and seniors to enlist Areas and Naval Districts. These but will be low enough to satisfy in the Naval Reserve directly quotas will be assigned in accord- even those who find it impossible through the. V-5 and V-7 pro - ance with the following priori- to' attend more than one or two of grams. ties: 'the affairs.. ' . , . According to Ensign David I. 1. In colleges and institutions Events already scheduled for Jacobs, recruiting officer for V-7, maintaining Army ROTC units ex- the July 31-August I. holiday will the V-1 program will not be able elusively, mid in which the ROTC begin with the Thespian-Glee to supply officer material for the basic course is compulsory, para- Club. Revue, featuring the entire V-5 and V-7 programs in suffi- mount interest rests with the Glee Club, two jam bands, and cient numbers for several more Army. Consequently, the Army top-ranking Thespian performers, months. The over-all "quota set will receive the larger quota. on Friday evening. . for V-5 and V-7 enlistments has 2. No enlistments in the Naval Following the • variety show not yet been filled and as a re-comes the all-State College big- Reserve may - be made from the suit, direct enlistments in both freshman class. name-band dance, with music by these branches are still being ac- 3. Enlistments in.the Naval Re- one of the nation's top music cepted.making combinations. , ' serve 'from the sophomore class Saturday's V-Weekend program Ensign Jacobs pointed out, how- will not be made until after se- is scheduled to begin at 1 p. m. ever, that orders to halt V-5 and lection of students for the Army with .an All-College intramural V-7 enlistments may arrive from ROTC advanced course has been the Navy Department at any time, made. track and field meet. The meet . temporarily at the and that students wishing 'to take 4.. The selections for the Army will be' halted half-way mark for the traditional advantage of the extra opportun- ROTC advanced course will be soph-frosh tug of war. A la ity should do so as quickly as announced not later than three crosse game with. Colgate will possible in order to avoid being mon th s prior to the completion of follow the intramural contests. caught by the deadline, after the equivalent sophomore year. present By .the above rulings,The Thespian-Glee Club con which time the V-1 program will (Continued on Page Four) be their only recourse.. sophomores will not be eligible• Recently, numerous questions for the Navy V-1 program until have been voiced, by students con- after September 19, at which time cerning the eligibility of freshmen selections for the College's ad and sophomores for the Army and Vanced ROTC must be announced. Navy .Reserve. In answer to . these Students who wait until they and similar queries by students' receive. -induction notices from in' other: :eollegesr , lbe War aria' AC9ntinited Jon Pag Natives 'Down Argentine Way' Never Heard About Gasoline Rationing Rationing? What's that? • • Wartime Restnctions That's what a ndtive "down Argentine way" would ask, On Bus Travel To said Herbert C. Lanks, leading, authority on Latin-America, and Affect Students Here a Penn State graduate, class of '24, in an interview after his lec- Wartime restrictions will be felt ture last night. by students attempting to leave Before a varied audience of College for 'the holiday -,. week. 1,200 persons, Lanks emphasized the relative, ease with which gas travelend todayand 'tomorrow .with bus oline could be obtained "south of severely curtailed and the pinch of . gasoline shortages be- theborder" in contrast to the coming more apparent. situation here in the 'United. States. - The,fact that five South Ameri 'Where Formerly .25 buses—spe ciOly chartered—were sent here can countries are large producers to' carry sttidents to their home- of the vital -fluid—especially Ven ezuela. which ranks next to the tams, now only normal bus traf- . fie will continue.., However, as United States and the Soviet Un there has been no ,annouhcement petroleum production— ion in or a College . holiday, bus com- makes this possible. " Panies . optimistically hope their When we were on the road in service -will •be sufficient. that 13,000 mile 'jaunt'," Lanks This prigrity on buses was quipped, "our car was equipped brought about by the vast num- with an emergency gas tank which ber of soldiers who have been held 35 gallons of fuel. All gas granted leaves to spend the 4th oline there is sold in five gallon with their parents. Defense work- cans, which eliminates the need ers, also on "furloughs," are sec- for many refill stations." and in line for priority bus seats. Adding that Brazil is becoming an important rubber producing _country, Lanks said that this key -968 Students Enrolled product is being grown in ever increasing quantities. In Summer. Session "It is deplorable," the traveller According 'to 'a tentative count, continued, "that with the super -968 students-493 in the graduate jar financial resources of our c school, 430 in Sumner school, 45 ountry we have done so little in regular students, and 102 in the • the past to aid our southern neigh `Band Schoolare enrolled in the burs. Now through the aid of the six . Reconstruction . Finance Corpora ofwek Summer. session. . till's number; 116 are expect- tion, we are slowly rectifying that ed sto receive•advanced degrees at mistake. • ;I the completion of their Summer "In fact," Lanks said, "it' was session's work The, newly registered students 510,000,000 that South, America bring the'total - campus enrollment was able to build the tremendous to .a figure slightly above the 5,000 Pan-American highway over mark. which we travelled." through the government's loan of FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 3, STATE COLLEGE, PA, No Directories This Summer; New Mairic Cards_Soon—Hoffman In answer to 'many queries, Wil liam S. 'Hoffman, registrar, an nounced yesterday that his office Would not issue a Student Direc tory this Summer. "However," he stated, "later in the Summer we will send out mim eographed lists of all Summer session students and freshmen." In regard to the members of the freshman class, the registrar point ed out that the new photo-Un posed matriculation cards will be available in the near future. The delay is attributed 'to difficulty of obtaining paper. The cards, a new experiment to offset the practice of "borrowing" cards for use at taprooms, will be issued only to freshmen. If the experiment proves successful, they 'may be issued later to upperclassmen. Technical Students Dominate Blue Band; Music Majors In Minority Wheri,a musical organization at According to Philip L. White Penn State . is compctsedrlargely of '43, secretary of the Blue Band, 20 technical' students—that's news. seniors, 18 juniors, and 23 sopho- When the, School containing the mores are members of the organ department of music is the small- ization. est contributor to that organiza- Sixteen new musicians have re tion's membershipthat's more cently joined the band. They news. . are Helmut Keuhner '44, Mark I. A condition such as this exists in Penn State's famed Blue Band, which will present its first Sum mer band concert on July 12, The Chemistry and Physics School is represented by 17 members while the School of Education, which eludes the music department, has only 6. The band membership from all technical schools is 42 out of a total.membership of 63. The enrollment according to the various schools is as follows: Chemistry and Physics, 17 Liberal Arts, 15. Agriculture; 10. -- Engineering, ,8: MineraOnd4stries,,'7. Education; 6. LaVie Edit - or Asks For Senior Photos More than a thousand pictures have been taken for the new edi tion of LaVie, it was announced last night by Martin S. Duff '43, editor. More than 100 are still to be taken. All seniors are urg ed to report to the Photo Shop as soon as possible. At the same time, Duff said, more than 150 'people have failed to pick up proofs that are now ready. He also stated that sen iors who now have proofs in their possession shoUld make a choice and, return the photos to the Photo Shop. 54 Penn Staters Are: Foreign Born AmOng the 54 students of for eign birth registered at the. Col lege this semester are some who have •traveled more than 8,000 miles. They hale from more than 21 different countries. Of .the 54 enrolled, !.19 are from countries which are - now at war with-the tinted States. The ma jority of these 19 are from Italy and Germany, their parents either naturalized citizens, or they them selves are refugees from the Fas cist menace. The students from 'China hold the record for long distance, with David Dubin from Odessa, Russia, a close second. South I. American countries and Cuba, and Puerto Rico •are•AVell .represented—in—the foreign student element. One Irishman, one Greek, one Swiss, and several - from the Balkan countries are included in the list. Nine girls hold up the feminine end of the students away from home, with the Chinese again in --... • the lead. Campus '46 Nominates At a recent meeting of the Campus '46 clique, the following were nominated for chairman of the party: Harold Saunders, Lory Van Deusen, and George Nelson. Candidates for the offices of secretary-treasurer • are Thomas Ehlens, Eileen Ritz, June Dan iels,- and Paul Schmidt. Members of the Campus '44 'clique super vised the meeting. • Davidoff '45, William C. Hum phries '45, Frances A. Rettzo '45, Samuel I. Haines '45, Robert G. Moser '45, James F.. Robinson '45, Dwight Hanna '46, James H. Bur den '45, George Winnett .'45, James A: McKechnie '45, Charles W. Rutschky '44, Robert R. Mc- Coy '43, 'Sidney Burdhuk '46, Robert Andre '46, and Gilbert C. Anthony '44. Penn State Club • Charles Thompson '43 has been appointed president pro tein of the Penn State Club until it can be ratified by two-thirds of the :club as a wtiole. PRICE: THREE CENTS July 4th Buggy Parade To Lead Weekend Events Starting off last night without the traditional bang and pop of firecrackers, State College's Fourth. of July celebration spon sored by the Alpha Fire Company promises to be one of the biggest in the history of the community. . South Allen street was almost completely under canvas by late afternoon, and as the lights went on, the cry of the bingo caller sounded. Most of last night's celebration centered around the carnival events on the Midway. On the slate for today are more of the same on the Midway, where the horse race, the penny pitching, grocery wheels, and ring a duck will operate. Main' events of the three-day program are scheduled for Satur day. The big item of the celebra bration will be a parade Saturday at 6 p.m., which Chairman Hal Byers characterized as a "horse and buggy parade." Prizes amounting to $3OO will be divided among the winners from the 65 entries now listed for the caval cade. Featured in the parade will be many vehicles from by-gone days. including a number from the Boal estate,. and one formerly driven by Dr. Calder, a president of the College. 'ROTC units will participate along with many other organizations and bands. 'Saturday afternoon will see the Annual Pet Show on the Midway a concert by the Ferguson Town ship Band, and the climax of the whole celebration will come at in.- At that time; - the" $l,OOO war bond will be awarded to the lucky ticket holder. The war bond is substituting this year for the usual automobile. Late News Flashes ... LONDON Prime; Minister Winston Churchill again was given an overwhelming vote of confi dence by the English House otf Commons following a prolonged debate on his war policies. MOSCOW The Germans have opened two new heavy offensive drives between the present Kursk and Kharkov fronts. These two drives are thought to indicate that the Germans plan to , fight in the Northern Ukraine along an unbroken 200 mile line. CAIROL-British Imperial forces may, be turning the battle of Northern Africa into a crushing defeat for the fast moving army of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. British troops have surrounded Rommell's armored divisions in the 38-mile-wide bottleneck be tween theQuattara Depression .and the Egyptian town of El Alamein, and are pounding the Nazis' with every resource at their command. No Paper Tomorrow The pally Collegian will not be published tomorrow morn ing because so many of our readers . 11aVe indicated their intentions of spending the holi day weekend at• their own homes. - Subscribers will be given full service, however, because the "lost issue" will be made up later in the semester. Regular service will resume with Tues day morning's paper.
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