•.• • *I • • ** 7 - C 4 . 04. 11 4 1 1:, • OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Weather VOL. 39—No. 29 Senate Approves Calendar 'Change Upon the request of the Office of Defense Transportation, the College Senate last week approved a revision of the academic calen dar for the next two semesters so that the opening and closing of semesters and vacations will not fall on weekends. . The Committee on 'Calendar re vised the calendar, confining open ing and closing dates to 'Tuesday, Wednesday, or ThUrsday in, order that transportation facilities will be available to handle the num ber of students at those times. The calendar, as revised, stands September 7, Mon., Freshman Week begins .9-10, Fall Semester registration 10, FalL Semester classes begin• 21-22, Payment of fees October 24, Sat.. Alumni Homecoming Day 31, Sat.,• Midsemester below-grade reports November 25, Wed., Thanksgiving recess be gins 27, Fri., Thanksgiving recess ends December 17, Thurs., Fall semester gradua tion 19, Sat., Fall semester ends January 6, Wed., Christmas recess ends .6-7, Wed.-Thurs., Spring semes ter registration 7, Thurs., Spring semester classes . begin 18-19, Mon.-Tues., Payment of -feet.; March 3, Wed., Midsernester below grade reports 3, Wed., Spring vacation begins 10, Wed., Spring vacation ends 'April 22, Thurs., Easter recess begins 27, Tues., Easter recess ends May 5, Wed., Examinations begin . 12, Wed., Spring semester ends 12, Wed., Epring semester gradu ation _ Third Autolab To Aid Defense :Class Training Penn State's third mobile lab oratory, used for instructional purposes in cities throtighout the state to demonstrate principles. of mechanics and heat, will join the two other autolabs this Summer. Dr. Marsh W. White, associate professor of physics, who is in charge Of • the mobile apparatus, said 'l,OOO recent high school graduates now taking courses in introductory engineering through the extension division, 'will see the demonstrations. The other two autolabs. were used to show experiments in chemistry and electricity to defense training classes throughout the 'state. Ridenour To Address ,creshman Council Charles H. Ridenour '43, chair man of 'Tribunal, will address the PSCA Freshman council on "Fresh Customs" at their meeting in 405 Old iMain at 1 p. m., Philip Harris • '45, chairman, announced last night. Nominations for council officers will, be received from the floor and a vote taken at the meeting of July 14: Edward Lenker '45, last year's council president, will ex.: plain the duties of council officers, Harris added. V-5 Examining Board Continues Interviews Until T hursday July 9 Lieut. Frank P. Kane, in charge of the 'Navy Traveling Unit, Dis trict 2, will be in 402 Old' Main today for a three-day period end ing Thursday, to interview stu dents interested in enlisting in the Naval V-5 flight training program. The examining board will hold interviews from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. daily during • the three-day stay. The accompanying Naval medical staff will conduct final physical examinations for pros pective enlistees in the College in firmary. Students are asked to note that the V-5 examining board will be located in 402 Old Main, instead of in Room 3 Armory as was pre viously announced. The change was made necessary because - of a need for larger quarters and a more central location. Enlistment "in the V-5 . flight training program is open to all college juniors and seniors be tween the ages of 18 and 26 inclu sive. Freshmen and sophomores are ineligible for direct enlistment because of a recent agreement be tween the War and Navy depart ments requiring students in all land grant colleges to: complete two years of basic ROTC before applying 'for enlistment . Said en listments must then be made. (Continued-on Page Two) Fee Deferment Blanks Available At Bursar's Application forms for the de ferment of fees for the Fall semes ter.:l3eginning.,.in .§epternher _are now .available at the office of the Bursar. In order that . the definite amount of the deferment may be included in the regular billing for students, applications must be mailed by the parent or guardian so that they reach the office of the Bursar not later than 30 days prior to registration for the Fall semester. According to Bursar Russell E. Clark, the last day for filing de ferment applications for the 'Fall semester will be Monday, August 10. Regular payment of fees will be held September 17 and 18; defer ments for the Fall semester are due and payable on or bdfore October 15 and November 1!5. Bursar • Clark requests,. that all students who have drop-add checks at his office call for them at their earliest opportunity. Players' Show, 'The Riv Enters Final Week OF Dress Rehea'rsals As they went into their .first dress rehearsal last night in pre paration for this weekend's of fering of "The Rivals," Joanne Palmer '43 -- and Robert 'Herrman '44, co-stars, voiced • the opinion of the entire cast when they said they were a little scared but'nev ertheless promised a first-mate show. • "I guess I'm a little scared," said Miss Palmer as she started to apply makeup for her role as Mrs. Malaprop. "But if I didn't feel that way on the eve of a perform ance, then I would really be scared," she added. President of the Playa's, Miss as Captain Absolute; Harold Chid- Palmer has appeared in a variety noff '45, Sir Lucious O'Trigger; of parts that would shame many Dorothy Koush '44, , Lydia Lan a professional actress. From-the guish; Lois 'Reisinger, graduate character of Mary Cleophas in student, Julia; Paul Rumbaugh '45, "Family Portrait," Emily in "Our Faulkland; William Cissel '44, Town," Ellen in "The [Male Ani- Fag; Doris Campbell '45, Lucy; mal," and St. Agnes of the aVlice and Robert Leibacher '44, David. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, STATE COLLEGE, PA, Benny. Goodman Signed Swingsters For Victory Air Corps Exams Enter Final Day . Students wishing to apply for enlistment in the Army Air Force Enlisted Reserve may do so in 407 Old Main until 5 p. m. today. Lieut. H. S. Engart of the Harris burg Aviation Cadet examining board is conducting preliminary examinations there while the medical. board makes preliminary physical checkups in the dispen sary. ..• • The examining board will re turn "to Penn State next , Tuesday or Wednesday to swear in those students who have completed their qualifications for enlistment, and to complete final. physical exam inations. Twenty-three students have al ready completed their prelimin ary mental examinations, and six have completed both their mental and physical examinations during the.first day Of examinations held by the board yesterday, according to Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, fa culty Air Force advisor. Enlistment in the Air Force Re serve' is open to all college stu dents regardless or class standing, provided they are between the ages of 18 and 26 and maintain passing scholastic averages. According to Professor Gal braith, students who were •previ ously rejected because of faulty vision-.are .now eligible , ifor •re-ex amination • for enlis,tment in the Air Corps' Glider Pilot training program. Under the new vision requirements students with vision as low as 20-40 will be accepted for glider pilot training if it is correctable to 20-20. Professor Galbraith stated, how (Continued on Page Two) Soph Hop Booths Organizations wishing to make booth reservations for Soph Hop, Friday night, must pay their money at Student Union desk by 4 p. m. today, according to ari an nouncement by Walter C. Price, chairman of the dance. Price al so stated that the Defense Stamp corsages, which have been set as official wear for the dance, will be available at Student Union begin ning -tomorrow. in "The Beautiful People," she has gone to.her current role as the lady who added a new word to the English language—malaprop ism. Bob Herrman, secretary of Players, has • appeared in nine Players' shows in the brief space of two years. In all that time, he has never been cast in as 'broad a comedy part as he now has in the role of Bob Acres. In fact, Bob had been known as the "father" in recognition for the many such parts he played. The remainder of the vast- is made up of William Emmons '44 as Sir Anthony; James Payne '45 * * e: DELIVERS THE GOODS Les Hetenyi '43, dance chairman for Victory Weekend, announced last night that he.- had signed Benny Goodman and .his orchestra for Friday night of Penn State's big gest social holiday. String Quartet, Fun Night Top Session . Program For Week A student sing in Schwab Aud itorium, attended by about 600 persons last night, , marked the start of another week of Summer session Two events carry the spotlight of today's activities, with Rabbi Alexander Alan Steinbach speak ing in 110 Home Economics at 7:30 p. m. and a conference on instruc tion in 121 Sparks at 8 p. m. Topic of the' conference is "Film Evalu ation as a Teacher and Student Activity." Another instruction confab will be held in 10 Sparks , at 3:15 p. m. tomorrow on the question, "What Should the Activity Concept of Learning Mean to Classroom TeacherS?" At 4 p. m. the sub ject, "Housing Problems in .the Present Emergency," will be dis cussed by Miss 'Mary Mason, as sistant professor ,of home econ omics, Texas State College for .Women, Denton, Tex., in 110 Home Economics. Fritz Rothschild's String Quar tet will present a concert in 'Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. Thursday. The. program includes seleCtions from Haydn, Ravel, ;Mozart, and Dvorak. Listed on the Summer session calendar for Friday and Saturday nights is "The Rivals," with a Fun • Night in Rec Hall at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night. Students are invited to attend. All entries in the 'Summer ses sion sports tournaments should be turned in at Student Union, or should call Miss Marie Haidt, White Hall, or Earl Edwards, Rec Hall, before 5 p. m. Friday. Registration blanks have been slow coming in, according to Miss Haidt, so that the deadline has been extended to Friday. 'Planned on the recreation program at 7 o'clock . Wednesday night is a bike hike from the Miles street bicycle shop. Dispensary Closes Early During the months of Jtily and August, the Dispensary will close at 4 p. m. Emergency calls after that hour will be taken care of by the College Infirmary. PRICE: THREE CENTS To 'Send' Weekend 'Kinq 01 Swing' Will Play Friday, July 31 By LARRY CHERVENAK Benny Goodman, the "King of Swing," and his famous orchestra will do the "sending" for Friday night's Victory Weekend dancers, Les Hetenyi '43, dance chairman, announced last night. Goodman's acceptance of the July 31 engagement came by tele gram last night following two long-distance telephone calls with New York managers. Signing of the Swing King followed a week of "waiting and hoping," accord ing to Hetenyi, during which the dance committee had considered Charlie Spivak and Harry James as only. other acceptable possibil ities. Goodman, who has a standing contract at one of New York's top night spots, had planned to .beat the transportation shortage by re maining in the "big city." He agreed to accept the V 'Weekend engagement, however, after receiving word from Holly wood that his band is scheduled to begin work on a new film pro duction August .4. His appear ance on Penn State's holiday pro gram will be the first stop of the trip to the West Coast, his New York managers stated. The string of honors being amassed by !Benny Goodman is fast making his title as "swing king" indisputable. Downbeat, announcing results of this year's nationwide balloting, called Good man "leader of the nation's No. 1 swing band" and "America's fav orite soloist." Metronome judged him the country's outstanding clarinetist, and Orchestra World presehted him with this year's coveted "Achievement Award." Swing is . Goodman's stock and trade, and he's sold it successfully enough to become one of the lead ing money makers of all time in the musical world. The Swing King and his musicians reported- . ly earn $15,000 a week or over $750,000 each year at music-mak ing. Appearing' with Benny Good man's .band in its first State Col lege -- performance in four years, will be such featured attractions as Peggy Lee, Dick Haynes, and the famous Goodman Septet. Rabbi A. L Steinbach To Ledure Tonight "Things ,That. Bombs Cannot Destroy" is the subject of a talk to be given by Rabbi Alexander Alan Steinbach, .of the Jewish Chautauqua Society,. in 110 Home Economics at 7:30 p. m. 'today. He is rabbi of Temple Ahavath Shblom of Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y., and formerly served as psychological examiner of the ill'orfolk Juvenile Court, conduct ed clinics and classes in child guidance, delivered radio address es on child psychology, and since 1:925 has been advisory editor of the Junior Home magazine. The Baltimore native graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1917, and received his M. A. de gree at Atlantic University in 1930. Rabbi Steinbach was ordained by Hebrew Union College the same year. Tonight's speaker is a member of the Advisory Board of the School for Jewish Studies in New York, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the American Academy for Jewish Research, and the Society of Biblical Liter ature and ExegesiS.
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