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VOL. 39—No. 48
Service Advisor
Announces Army
Air Corps Movies
"Winning Your Wings," "The
Making of a Bomber," and "Wings
of Steel," three official Army Air
Corps films showing the training
of aviation cadets and the con
struction of combat planes, will be
shown in 110 Electrical Engineer
ing at 7:30 p.. m. today, it was an
nounced yesterday by Prof. Rob
ert E. Galbraith, newly appointed
Faculty Advisor on War Service.
• All students interested in the
Army Air Force Reserve training
program are invited by Galbraith
to attend the showing of these ex
planatory films. Further infor
mation on enlistment qualifica
tions and procedure will be sup
plied to students requesting it at
this time.
Lieut. H. S. Engart, recruiting
officer with the Harrisburg Avia
tion Cadet Examining Board, will
•return to Penn State tomorrow to
hold interviews and administer
preliminary mental examinations
to students who have made enlist
ment application since his last
visit. • '
Lieutenant Engart will again be
located in 407 and 401 Old Main.
Examinations will be held at 8:30
a. m. and at 1:30 p. m.. tomorrow.
The Examining Board will trav
el to Altoona Wednesday, but will
be in State College again Thurs
day ,on its return trip .to Harris
burg. Mental examinations will
Abe administered Thursday during
the same hours listed for tomor
ibw's teSts:
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have
All students who in a e ap
plication for enlistment are re
quested by Galbraith - to have their
required papers filled in as soon
as possible and to turn them into
his office so that they may be
formally sworn in the Air Force
Enlisted , Reserve' when the board
holds its next swearing-in cere
mony.
Session. Students
Graduate On Mall
. Processional from Burrowes and
Sparks ,buildings to the >fall in
front of the library will mark the
start of Summer Session com
mencement .exereises at 7 o'clock
Thursday evening, according to
Prof. -Clarence E. Bullinger, Col
lege Mar t shal and head of the de
partment of industrial engineer
ing.
Members of the faculty are
scheduled to meet on the first floor
of Sparks, while Session students
will assemble in Burrowes, first
floor. Procession is set for 6:55
p.m.
Prof. Bullinger also announced
VroCedure in the event of incleL
meat weather. Schwab auditorium
will be the scene of the 'exercises
in Case of rain, with the faculty
assembling in the Alumni ` oMce,
east wing on the first floor of Old
Prof. Palmer C. Weaver, pro
fessor of education and adminis
tration assistant to the dean,
School of Education, is in charge
of the facility for the commence
ment program.
Elections Committee
An importatit meeting of, the
All-College elections committee
will be, held on the Old 'Wain steps
at 8 o'clock tonight. Eligibility for
candidates and voters for next
fal's elections will •be discussed,
according to Donald W. Davis '43,
chairman.
Sing A Song Of Defense
So it's all over except for a little shouting and things can fall
back into the ordinary routine as Penn State recovers from what we
have in the past termed "a tough weekend."
"THOSE FELLOWS UP AT_ THE FRONT
ARE REALLY BEARING THE BRUNT . . ."
Waif can't •be won by dances or social affairs. Granted that V-
Weekend has established a worthy precedent for other colleges to
follow, we cannot overlook the fact that the contribution made by
most of us was relatively small. Furthermore, if we wish to be per
fectly frank, we must admit that all of us received a pleasant money's
worth. The "sacrifice . " made •by those dancing to Benny Goodman
was evidently terrific as they cut loose in mad dances for "victory."
No, we're not frying to be caustic or reverse our stand on
Victory Weekend. We feel that it is one of the finest gestures
ever made by Penn State students. But unfortunately it doesn't
go far beyond that. If we believe in the things for which we
plunked down $4.40, we might as well plunk ourselves down at
long-neglected desks and make some tangible efforts to prove it.
"WE'VE GOT TO BACK UP THE FLEET
UNTIL OUR ENEMIES MEET THEIR WATERLOO . . ."
Unless we're fooling ourselves we're in college to serve our coun
try. We hate to keep pounding away at that theme but if we're here
for any other reason we're committing sabotage in a time when
there's a job for every individual to do.
It isn't expected that everyone will stack up "3's" because the
old law of percentages and the Nil -shaped curve won't permit it.
However, when an appreciable increase in below grades is recorded
in the technical schools where they can do the most harm, any dumb
fool will recognize the danger Signals. •
Being human, we can realize just how tough' it is to "crack the
books" when a warm Summer moon begs for an appreciative audi
ence. Psychologists can'probably explain it all in terms of, clima
tology and, behavior patterns..
"THE BOYS IN KHAKI AND BLUE
ARE ALL DEPENDING ON YOU ... ."
Be that as it may.- what we are primarily concerned with is
a down-to-earth remedy foi inOonsickness or Summer fever be
- fore I.we.,lose_sight- the.,job; to, be_dcne. ,
Dust .off the textbooks and buckle down. Sure. remember
V-Weekend as a pleasant interlude dedicated to a- good cause but
also remember we've been "delegated to be accelerated."
"WE'VE GOT A JOB TO DO"
Freshman 'Enrollment Garatt i "
Answers. Many Lion. Snnne
According to the report of Wil
liamS. Hoffman, registrar, fresh
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men applications have reached the '
Queries About Warts Instrument
1,755 mark as of July 29. Of these /II
applicants, 1,241 have been offer- Two of the most pertinent ques- that gadget with the two cross
ed admission, including 423 girls. tions around the Eastern corner pieces and all the little machin-
Those who have indicated ac- of the campus these days are ery on it?"
ceptance by making the $lO pay- "Why does the Lion Shrine have Well, they're' both for the same
ment on first semester fees total those funny looking warts?" and thing. They're used in the mea
-1,051, of whom 379 are girls. "What does Mr. Garatti do with suring process. The "warts" are
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three-point system. The three big
Players Present pins on the "gadget" are placed
Original 'One-Act .
/ on three of the warts and the oth
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/r. t . . er little points are set a certain
tphrata Receives World Premiere
cross bar.
distance from a small permanent
By MILT DOLINGER and associate professor of dramatics. With this piece, he can measure
BILL REIMER Although slightly slow moving down to the actual points, which
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It's not often a world premiere, in parts, it is to be remembered will be the surface of the '_lion.
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is held on the campus of The that this play is an experiment in Except for the large bulk 'of Mire
Pennsylvania State College, but dramatizing Pennsylvania fo 1 k which must be taken out 'from
last night in the Little Theatre .a lore and as such must be detailed under the lion's body, the surface
select audience viewed the Penh and explanatory in order to ac- is down now to within .01;1e-six-
State Players' second performance complish its purpose. 'Neverthe_ teenth of an inch from the final
of "Ephrata," a play by Kathryn less, the force and simplicity of surface.
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Popp '43, and Frank Neusbaum, the dialogue held the audience's The rest of the work will take
continuous attention, at least' four weeks, Mr.. .
Garatti
The drama, briefly, is the story
said yesterday. He. said 4
...w.Quld.
take all of this week to, drill
of a woman (Tabea) torn between
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her love for a man and her love through under the body, leaving
weeks to
three, or possibly four,'
for her God as was typified by
the religion of the Ephrata Clois-
take off the sixteenth, of, an inch
ters. Her choice at the final cur-
to complete the job.
tain, although not the romantic
one, was entirely consistent with Show Opens Tomorrow
the message of the play.
, The annual exhibit Or
work
Based entirely upon fact—two done in Summer session art classes
and one-half months of research will be shown in .th,e. Mineral In
bydustries Art Gallery ' to - morrow
the authors—the offering par
allels an actual episode in 1743, and Thursday. . '
substantiated by the head of the The show contains a large sec-
State Historical Society, S. K. tion of oil paintings, done under
the direction of Hobson Pittman,
Stevens. Under consideration for
the.use of teaching Quaker State instructor of oil painting for
history, Stevens pointed out that Summer session, and a section of
the dramatic method may be the water colors, design work, and
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When We'll Be Back
In answer to the many ques
tions arising from the recent
changes •in the College calen
dar, the Senate committee on
calendar last night announced
the followihg dates as govern
ing the closing of this semes
ter and the opening of the Fall
semester.
Friday, August 28, 5 p. m.—
Summer semester ends.
Monday, - September' 7
Freshman week begins.
Wednesday and Thursday,
September 9 and 10---4tegistra
tiori for upperclassmen.
Thursday, September 10, 1:10
In,—Classes begin for both
freshmep and upperclassmen.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, STATE COLLEGE, PA
An Editorial
Borough Council
Sends Open. Letter
About Bicycle Laws
With the increased use of bi
cycles and the clamor regarding
adequate ordinances for the regu
lation of them, the case of a stu
dent who was fined by the Bor
ough for driving his bicycle
through a red light is not an at
tempt to crack down on the stu
dents, rather it is the enforcing
.of existing regulations, says Rus
sell E. Clark, borough council
president.
Explanation of the law is re
vealed in a letter from the Bor
ough Council president to The
Daily Collegian: "It is to be re
gretted that a student had to be
the first one to be penalized for
violation of the State laws gov
erning the operation of bicycles.
"For over five years the local
Safety Council and .the borough
authorities have been attempting
to solve this problem without re
course to the law. Various ordin
ances have been introduced in
council; thus far each has been
shelved.' We have been hoping
that we could educate the bicycle
riders so that they would pro
tect themselves on the highways
without threat of penalties.
"There were 18,000 bicycle rid
ers between the ages of 6 and 14
killed during 1941 in these United
States. With the increased use of
bicycles for transportation, we
can expect a record' even more
startling during 1942. We want
none of these fatalities to occur in
our community if it is possible to
prevent them.
"During the month of June
1942, the records show that 31
persons, adults" and children alike,
were reported by the police as
having_vialated some part of the
bicycle law. None of these was
fined; all were warned. Actual
ly, bicycle riders are. required by
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-H. J. Z
PRICE THREE CENTS
Dantz-A-Poppin
Crowd Smashes
All-Time Record
An attendance rec or d that
makes previous all-time marks
look pint-sized was scored at Sat
urday's Dantz-a-poppin, when
over 2,800 Victory Weekenders
crowded Rec Hall for the general
fun-raising and battle of campus
bands.
The former record for a dance
featuring campus bands, scored at
last year's Vic to r y Ball, was
scarcely half as large. A total of
1,484 swing seekers turned out for
the Collegian-sponsored Ball, also
a benefit event featuring a battle
of bands.
A final report of Victory Week
end financial totals has not yet
been compiled, Leon V. Rabino
witz '43, general chairman, stated
last night after announcing the
Dantz-a-poppin record. The 'final
report, according to Rabinowiti,
will probably be released some
time today.
In the interclass tug-of-war that
opened Saturday's V-Weekend
Field Day before 5,000 spectators,
freshmen men celebrated th e
$4.40 - For - Freedoin festival by
winning freedom from •all cus
toms. Frosh women, following
with a barefooted version of the
men's traditional battle, 'gained
exemption from all but dating
customs.
'Beta Sigma Rho carried off the
V-Weekend war bond, victor's
award in the IFC-sponsored lawn
display contest. The Beta Sigma
Rho -.decorations setup,..centering
about the hanging in effigy of
Axis leaders, was judged best of
44 displays. Colonel Taylor, who
was co-judge, presented the prize
as part of Saturday's Field Day.
Four $75 "victory scholarships"
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Late News
WASHINGTON President
Roosevelt received the verdict of
the military trial of the German
spies caught along the Eastern
seaboard. It is probable that the
decision, which can be accepted
or rejected by the president, will
be made public today. Italy calls
the trial "balbarious."
WASHINGTON—Simon Knight,
inventor of the submarine, offer
ed a suggestion to prevent the
numerous submarine sinkings. He
states that 7500-ton submarines,
which would carry food and am
munition supplies to the Allies
across the seas, would greatly in
jure the Axis.
NEW GUINEA—The Japanese
have captured several small bases
within this vicinity, but have
been severely bombed by the
United Nation airmen when they
attempted to establish air bases.
Six Jap planes were shot down,
but the enemy moved their forces
to new bases.
ROME Italian fighting has
moved to Jugoslavia in an at
tempt to stop the guerilla war
fare of the Slays. It is reported
that 87,000 Axis soldiers have
been put out of action by the hit
and-run antics of the Slays, The
Italians have retaliated by mer
ciless wholesale bombings of
small Jugoslavian villages.
CAlRO—Bases in Egypt have
been established which will en
able the Allies to bomb such dis
tant points as Kharkov, Runian
ia; and Italy_ 'lt is probable that
such mass activity will get under
way soon, and further hinder the
Axis ,drive towards the Far East
ern otl