Late News
Flushes . . .
BERLlN—German officials an
nounced the complete destruction
of Red Armies defending Rostov.
They also• claim to have reached
the Don River on a wide front.
WASHINGTON ,Se nat o i
"Happy" Chandler asked the gov
ernment for $50,000 to fly an 'in
vestigation committee to Alaska
to report the exact details of the
situation to Congress.
CAlRO,—Control of the sky as
well as the recapture of an im
portant ridge from the army of
General ' Rommel' by British
forces, were claimed by Allied
headquarters last night.
WASHINGTON President
Roosevelt called a conference of
the nation's business and labor
leaders. for the purpose of estab
lishing unity in the present world
struggle.
':MOSCOW—Admitting the des
perate position of Russian forces
along; the Don River valley, Rus
sian sources. still claimed success
ful-. counter - attacks at •Voronezh,
driving the Germans back several
miles.
WASHINGTON The Senate
farm bloc pushed through a bill
creating a separate agency to
take care of synthetic rubber pro
duction and alcohol made with
grain.
MALTA Defenders of this
heavily bombed island yesterday
annouliced the destruction of 849
Axis planes since June 1940. Dur
ing that time there have • been
more than 2,800 air raid alarms
on the island. '
Lock Haven Meets
Lion Debaters
Varsity debaters will meet Lock
Haven .State Teachers College in
316 Sparks at 8 p. m. today in .a
symposium on "Should extra
curricular -activities -•:be.drepped
for-.A..Vlttration?"-
Coming from Lock Haven are
lour speakers, one of whom is a
poet. E. R. .Bittner won the At
lantic Monthly's poetry contest for
students recently.
Eight people have been named
by. Coach Joseph F. O'Brien to re
present Penn State in the discus
sion: Four of thenrwill_take part
in the main presentation while
the other four will form a panel
that' will question the speakers at
the end of the formal discourses.
Speaking for five minutes, 'Her
old, R. Epstein '44, Carroll P.
Blackwood '44, George A. Burns
'43, and' Barry W. Vosburgh '43,
,will present ,the formal arguments
for the Penn State side.
Named to the panel were Mrs.
Ralph Richardson, Maurice Gross
man '44, Nora Ames '43, and E.
James Trimardhi '44. Discussion
will become general after •the
panel completes its quizzing.. John
B. McCue, manager of the men's
debate team, urged the public to
come and participate..
SFRC To Investigate
School Advisory Systems_
At a recent meeting of Penn
State's Student-Faculty Relations
Committee it was found that the
representatives of every school
were of the opinion that the pres
ent advisory systems of the Col
lege were inadequate, according
to John E—King '43, chairman.
Sludents and faculty members
of the committee found that ad
visors do not know enough about
the choice of curriculum for their
advisees, that they do not work
h4rd enough to plan a program
for their advisees, and that they
take little or no interest in their
duty as advisors.
A subcommittee of the group
will make an investigation into
the problem to find some solution
and will report to the committee
at the next meeting.
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VOL. 39—No. 41
Viewing The Draft
College Plans Revision In
Campus Recruiting Setup
With the announcement yester
day that college officials are con
sidering a general revision of the
reserve officer recruiting setup on
campus, the state of confusion
existing in the minds of nearly
3,000 students of draft age now ap
pears well on the way to being
cleared up.
Up to the present time it has
been the practice for 'each inde
pendent- recruiting unit to move
into the college, engage a faculty
member to represent it, supply
him with literature, and' tell him
to do the rest.
Despite this lack of any sem
blance of unified organization, the
recruiting services are turning in
a surprisingly good job here at
the College. The only outstanding
weakness in the whole program to
make itself felt has been the lack
of any organized publicity.
With each service working in
dependently• of the' rest, a contin
ual barrage of confusing and even
conflicting statements has been
reaching the average - student,
with the net result that no one
branch of the service has been
put across to the students as ef
fectively as it could be. •
The picture was clarified to a
certain extent recently when a
"gentlemen's agreement" was
reached between the War and
Navy Departments; = 'giving the
CoNge Goes Holly*ood, Glamour:
MitOtivtsMK...ProdOng,. 6 Pm,
Sehoo/ Principals -
To Meet In 3-Day
Conference Here
"Education for War and Peace"
is the theme of the 20th annual
superintendents' and principals'
conference for state high school
educators which will be held here
next Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday. _
' Nearly 40 national and state
authorities will address various
groups in the three-day session
sponsored by the School of Edu
cation, Among the speakers is
Hallett Abend, New York, Times'
chief Far Eastern correspondent,
1926 to 1941, who- will talk on
"Watching 'Japan Commit Hari-
Kari."
Dr. Frank H. Koos, professor of
educational administration and
chairman . of the conference, said
the confab will be based on the
effects of war upon high school
education.
Topics will include science and
mathematics in aeronautics and
war, education related to war,
health education, teacher supply
and demand, inter-American rela
tions, and financing public educa
tion in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Francis B. Haas,, superin
tendent of the State • Departthent
of Public Instruction, will speak
on "What's Ahead for Pennsyl
vania Education" at the . annual
dinner of the group July 30. Pre
siding at the dinner will be Dr.
George E. Walk, president of the
conference and dean: of Teachers
College of Temple University.
Collegian Meeting
Important meetin* Collegim
junior editorial board at 4 p. in, to
day. Sophomore men meet at 4:30
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, STATE. COLLEGE, PA
Army • preference at Penn State
and all other land grant colleges.
Under the new agreement, the
newly proposed Army Enlisted Re
serve will 'dominate the show at
Penn State through the ROTC de
partment. Working in conjunc
tion with the ROTC basic and ad
vanced courses, it will include a
quota for the Army 'Air Force En
listed Reserve also. The Navy
V-1 program will make it's debut
in September and, take whatever
the Army does not need.
Biggest question in the minds
of the students now is, "Where
can we get some complete infor
mation on the' branch in which
we're interested?' And it is to
answer this and many other min
or questions that the administra
tive committee is contemplating a
reorganization of the recruiting
program.
Whether they create a central
administrative body to supervise
the system and counsel students,
or let the program continue in its
present pattern with few changes,
it is a foregone conclusion that in
either case they will create a new
central publicity committee to or
ganize all available information
for the benefit of the students of
draft age.
One of the, greatest services the
administration could render the
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The actors aren't temperamen
tal. The directors don't wear
berets. The sets aren't elaborate.
But despite these glamorized de
linquencies, the fully-equipped
sound motion picture studio of the
Audio-Visual Aids staff of the
College's Engineering, Science,
and Management War Training
program, located in the basement
of the Cathaum Theatre, to turn
out numerous 16 mm. films to be
shown in defense training classes
throughout the state.
Federally sponsored by the
United States 'Office of Educa
tion, I. C. Boerlin, in charge of
visual aids for Central Extension,
is direeting the local project.
One film has already been pro
duced and shown to several thou
sand high school students. Shoot
ing has been completed on'another
and several more are now in the
scenario stage. By the end of the
year Mr. Boerlin expects to have
produced at least six films, all of
them relating to the war training
program..
"Our first film, 'Youth and
Pioduction,' was frankly an ex-;
periment," Mr. Boerlin said.
"Since it was designed to tell high
school students the story of our
Summer course in introductory
engineering subjects, it followed
more closely the pattern of a Hol
lywood 'short' than the usual ed
ucation film."
Talent for this eight-minute
filth was recruited locally. Ray
mond W. Tyson, assistant profes
sor of public speaking, served as
narrator. Important 'speaking
roles were taken by Herbgrt
Koepp-Baker, associate professor
of public speaking.
David D. Mason, who for many
years was a director for the Penn
State Players, now serves in the
same capacity with the 'film unit.
After three weeks "on location"
at the Piper Aircraft Plant in Look
Haven, the shooting for the second
film has just been completed.
Filmed to run about 25 minutes,
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Library Exhibiting
Central American
Graphic Arts Show
In conjunction with the Latin-
American fiesta this weekend the
College Library is exhibiting a
collection of graphic arts from
Central and South America. The
collection will remain on display
until tomorrow.
The prints, chiefly wbodcuts
and copperplates, represent many
phases of Latin-American life.
The exhibit is being shown in mu
seums and universities throughout
the United States. It is part of
A larger collection . which is tour
ing Central and South American
galleries.
In general the techniques shown
are strictly Latin-American. Their
subject matter ranges from peas
nts, peddlers and artists to street
scenes and dances. The Latin-
American theme is carried out al
so in all - the figures being in mo
tion, typical of life in those coun
tries. •
Student Vole For
Ball Oueen Today
Penn State students will choose
the queen of Harvest Ball be
tween 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. today.
Voting, to be conducted at the
Student Union Desk in Old Main,
will be open only to students with
matriculation cards, Harold V.
Walton '43; dance chairman, an
nounced last night.
Candidates for Saturday night's
leading lady . are Marjorie R.
...Chambers •'43,., Elsie M.. Longe - -
necker '44, and Jean B. Ogden
'45. The three nominees for
queen of the Ag School's annual
dance were chosen by vote of the
College's women students.
Matriculation cards are being
required for voting, according •to
Walton, to insure a fair election.
Triple honors will be bestowed
upon the Harvest .Ball Queen, ac
cording to the dance. Chairman.
She will be given national recog
nition on Fred Waring's radio
program Friday night. Saturday
she will receive the "victory" cup,
and will lead the grand
march.
Committee chairmen working
under Walton include Glen W.
Stevens '43 and Wayne ICronk '43,
cleanup and decorations; Paul T.
Rothrock '44, advertising; Wil
liam V. Hasley '44, checking; and
(William C. Shoemaker '44, tickets.
Hollywood May Sign Don Taylor—
If Army Doesn't Do It First
Donald R. Taylor '42, a member
of the Penn State Players and past
president of Theta Alpha Phi, na
tional dramatics honorary, has
been awarded a Hollywood con
tract with Warner Brothers as the
result of a screen test taken after
his graduation last Spring. The
contract is pending final action of
Taylor's draft board.
A member of Players for four
years,
,and also a member of Thes
pians, Taylor's screen test was ar
ranged .by A. C. Cloetingh,'head of
the division of dramatics, Frank S.
Neusbaum, associate professor of
»dramatics, and the famous Epstein
brothers, Philip and Julius. Grad
uates of Penn State, the Epsteins
are high-salaried scenario writers.
Pronouncing his film test "very
successful," movie moguls called
Taylor to the glamour capital.
'When it became apparent he was
agents 'snapped him up and ar-
PRICE: THREE CENTS
V-Weekend Will
Receive Proceeds
From Drill Show
Support of Victory Weekend
continues on the upswing today,
with the announcement that part
of the proceeds from. State Col
lege's "I Am An American" show
will be turned over to the V-Week
end Army Relief Fund.
The drill-music festival, being
sponsored by the State College
American Legion and Auxiliary
Junior Drum and Bugle Corps,
will be presented under the lights
at the State College High School
stadium Saturday evening.
Three national champion organ
izations and three state champs
will be included in the lineup of
crack exhibition units scheduled
to appear in the patriotic festival,
according to C. W. Taylor, gen
eral chairman of the program.
"We plan to present a show big
ger and better than the state
championships," Taylor stated.
"Every unit appearing in the "I
Am An American" competition
has been invited because of some
achievement in regular competi
tion." '
Three types of marching organ
izations will appear in the color
ful exhibition, according to Tay
lor. The spotlight will be shared.
by non-playing marching units,
drum and bugle corps, and regu
lar bands.
The pre-exhibition parade is
scheduled to form at 8 p. m. and.
will pass in review at the stadium
at 8:15 m. The competition
and drill show will begin at 9 p.m.
Tickets for the "I Am An Am
erican" show are on sale at Stu
dent Union.
Thespians Call Stage
Crews For V-Weekend
With the addition of technical
work for Dantz-a-Poppin to the
regular work connected with their
Victory Weekend show, Thespians
will need more technicians than
they have ever needed at one time
before, Cadmus G. Goss '44, Thes
pian stage manager, announced
last night.
He asked that students inter
ested in working with stage and
lighting crews for one or both of
the events report to Schwab Audi
torium at '7 p. m. tonight. Men
and women may try out for posi
tions on both crews.
ranged for a contract. Here Un
cle Sam stepped in, and negotia
tions are being withheld until
Taylor's draft board makes his
mind up for hiM.
Letters received by his Sigma
Nu brother and "Players' mate,"
Bob Herrman, reveal that the mo
vie colony is all it's cracked up to
be.
A member of Equity, profession
al actor's union, Taylor starred in
many shows at the College as well
as in the Mountain Playhouse,
Summer stock company at Jen
nerstown. "Don," as he was more
commonly known, had his start on
the Penn State stage in the role of
George in "Our Town."
From there he Went to leads in
"Tomorrow and Tomorrow," "The
Male Animal," "Mr. and Mrs.
'North," "Idiot's Delight," "Hotel
Universe," "The Taming of the
Shrew," and "Margin for Error."
Weather