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MOSCOW—The Germans have
started another push towards Sta
lingrad, being only 100 miles
away from their goal at the pres
ent time. The Russian industrial
city is being closed upon by a
pincer movement, the famous
method of Nazi warfare. However,
the German advance is not with
out extremely heavy losses in men
and equipment.
OTTAWA—The Vichy radio
recently broadcast a report that
Prime Minister Churchill is in
Russia. This information, ac
cording to the broadcast, was ob
tained from a Swiss newspaper,
but authorities believe that such
broadcasts are being used as pro
paganda measures by the Ger
mans.
MOSCOW—general Bradley is
in Russia conferring with high
officials over plans for getting
more supplies to the Soviet
forces. Although the inte, - ,se
fighting in the eastern sector is
delaying help, it is said that new
routes 'will be established in the
near future.
Civil Service Open
To College Grads
College graduates and students
who complete their courses by
September 30 are eligible to .com
pete in the next series of exam
inations for federal war work, the
United States Civil Service' Com
mission announced yesterday.
Applications must be filed with
the Commission's Washington of
fice by August 27, according to
the announcement.
.A particular need was . *aced
by 'the 'Civil) Serviee - Commission
for applicants in public adminis
tration, library science, econ
omics, statistics, and mathema
tics.
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Geologist positions are open to IA Council Encourages
those who have had 30 College
semester hours work in geology. Frosh To. Use Advisors
Registered nurses are needed for
nursing consultants; medical. tech-, Action was taken at the LA
nicians are also in demand.. Ap- 'Council meeting yesterday af ter
plicants for • geologists, nursing .noon ,to encourage incoming
education consultants, and riciediL freshmen to consider their advis
cal technicians will be rated •on ors as more than just scheduling
experience and training, the 'an- officers and someone to consult
nouncement stated. only during Freshman Week, Don-
Penn State students desiring ald W. Davis '43, LA Council
additional information on the ex- president, disclosed last night.
aminations have been requested It was suggested by the . Coun
to consult G. C. Snyder, secretary cil that upperclassmen, IMA un
of .the Board of United States Ci- its, and IFC could aid consider
vil Service Examiners, at the ably by stressing the importance
State College post office. .. of advisors to freshmen.
All-College Ping Pong Tournament
Main Attraction Of Open House
An All-College Ping Pong tour
nament, starting with the pre
liminary matches in the fourth
floor game room in Old Main, and
ending ewith the finals in th
first floor lounge, is offered . as a
challenge to the athletic prowess of
Penn State men and women plan
ning to atetnd the Old Main Open
'House Friday night, August 14.
'Contestants have until 4 p. m.
Wednesday to sign at Student Un
ion, Gerald B. Maxwell Stein '44,
OMOH chairman, announced yes
terday..
Individual tournaments will be
conducted for men and women
with suitable prizes for the cham
pions, Stein said.
Social dancing in the Sandwich
Shop and square dancing on Old
Main Terrace • are being offered
by the committee 'for open house
goers who prefer something more
strenuous than ping pong.
Freshmen, seeking a moment's
respite from hell week duties, will
be able to lounge and listen to
records in the Penn State Club
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VOL. 39—No. 50
187 To
Women
President Hetzel
To Confer Honors
Penn State's campus will have
1,000 fewer persons by the end
of the week, for 800 Summer ses
sion students will complete the
main course, and 180 will finish
Band School training.
Commencement exercises for
187 are scheduled on the Mall in
front of the library at 7 p. m. to
day, when President Ralph D.
Hetzel will present degrees.
The procession will start from
the Sparks building first floor
for faculty, and Burrowes first
floor for students at 6:55 p. m.
The two lines will march toward
the 'library as the Band School's
symphonic band plays background
music.
Included among those receiving
degrees are 79 students who earn
ed baccalaureate degrees for com
pletion of the regular - four-year
course. Sixty-four persons will
receive the degree of bachelor of
science and 15 ,bachelor of arts.
Six doctorate degrees, five in
philosophy and one in education,
will be awarded tonight with 101
masters degrees. Seventy-one
will get master of education de
grees, 15 master of science de
grees, and 15 master of arts de
grees. One degree of metallurgi
cal engineer will be awarded at
the ceremonies.
• Ineveni .rein,- ~commence---
ment exercises will be held in
Schwab Auditorium, with the fa-
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The possibility of having a
concert on the lawn in front of
Old Main is still indefinite, ac-
-.cording to Stein, but attempts are
being made to secure the services
of the Blue Band or a College or
chestra.
Movies will also be shown in
the Little Theatre, the committee
said, since previous shows have Students who obtained fee de
been so well received. ferment applications for the Fall
Arrangements have been made semester must return them to the
to open the tower from 10 to 12 office of the Bursar no later than
p. m., affording the rare oppor- 4 p. m. Monday.
tunity of seeing 'State College at In a statement to Collegian
night, Stein added, yesterday, Bursar Russell E:
• Board games, a perennial fav- Clark explained that students
orite at all Open House nights, should have their parents or guar
will be available in the first and dians mail applications so that
second floor lounges. Presidenty reach his • office not later
'Hetzel's offices will also be' open than August 10, in order that the
to student "tourists." definite amount of-the deferments
Organizations taking part in the may be incorporated in the regu-
Open House program include the lar billing procedure for student
IIArA; IMA, Panhel, WSGA,' WRA, fees for the coming semester.
PSCA,• 'PSC, men and • women's A fee of $5 will be assessed for,
athletic departments, and the vis- all applications made after this
ual education department. date.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Degrees At Session Exercises;
Get
Occupy Men's Dorms In Fall
May
Tokyo Next Stop!—Piloted by cadets from the Gulf 'Coast
Tr'aining Center, three AT-9 twin-motored trainers in echelon, pre
pare to "peel off" for landing at Lubbeck, Air Force training field,
Texas. Lieutenants Fred E. Blaney '43, John W. Blunt '42, and James
R. Morrow '42 are the three latest Penn Staters to receive their wings
at this training center.
Galbraith Expects Early Removal
Of Ban On Air Force Enlistments
Speedy settlement of the jur
isdictional dispute between the
joint Army-Navy Reserve Board
in Washington and regional re
cruiting units over enlistment
procedure' for college students is
expected in the near future,, ac
cording to Prof. Robert E. Gal
braith, Faculty Advisor on War .
' .
According to Galbraith, the
controversy originated through a
misunderstanding on the part of
the Washington Board as to the
delegation of authority to con
duct recruiting campaigns on col
lege campuses.
Reserve Officer recruiting pro
grams in nearly all eastern col
leges have been organized under
the supervision of the Washing
ton board to prevent alleged "cut
throat competition" among the
recruiting services, a condition
which has characterized most
early campus enlistment setups.
Penn State, however, because of
its excellent recruiting record, as
compared to many other colleges,
was permitted to organize its own
enlistment setup, independent of
the supervision of the Army-Navy
Board.
From all outward appearances,
the latter group had included
Penn State under its blanket jur
isdiction, apparently uninformed
of the parallel but independent
system already in existence here.
Third corps area 'authorities
have alreqdy been informed of
the details surrounding the con
flict, and explanatory letters have
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Fall Fee Deferment
Blanks Due Monday
Five One-Act Plays
By - Classes Tonight
In Little Theatre
Tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the
Little Theatre, a program of five
•onezactr-plays -- will be presented
by various dramatics classes made
up for the most•part of Summer
session students. The program
will begin after the Commence
ment exercises.
Admission is free, but tickets
must be obtained at the Dramatics
office, Schwab Auditorium, some
time. today. The plays are put on
by the combined classes in play
production, direction, stage craft,
and lighting. The plays will be
given tonight only.
Frosh Camp Plans
Receive Set Back
Freshman camp plans received
a set back yesterday when the
local gas rationing board
.announ
ced that it would 'be impossible to
supply gasoline for the - necessary
buses. Legal technicalities pre
vent the board from allotting gas
to school buses._
Unless arrangement can be
made' to hold the camp either on
or nearer the campus, the idea
will have to be given up, Gerald
B. Maxwell Stein '44, Freshman
camp director, said last night.
Meanwhile a meeting has been
called for this afternoon with
Dean Warnock to decide what
part the Penn State 'Christian As
sociation will play in frosh orien
tation this Fall.
Freshman camp was held for
the first time this Spring by the
PSCA and the College in an at
tempt to help relieve difficulties
arising from the cutting-out of
Freshman Week.
During the three-day camp an
attempt was made to introduce
freshmen to Penn State customs,
traditions, songs; and leaders in
a series of open air meetings at
the Diamond Valley camp.
Elbow Dislocated
Robert Shutz 45, a member of
the Sigma Pi Epsilon fraternity,
tripped and fell while walking,
dislocating his right elbow,
PRICE: THREE CENTS
High Coed Enrollment
Prompts Housing Change
By RICHARD D. SMYSER
(See Editorial-
So that the College's coed en
rollment could be increased by
some 300 freshman girls next
month, a special executive com
mittee of the Administration is
now considering a plan whereby
Irvin, Watts, and Jordan halls,
men's dormitories, would be con
verted into living quarters for the
overflow coed enrollment,
Another tentative plan provides
for the conversion of the Sand
wich Shop in Old Main into a
dining hall for these girls with
the Old Main first floor lounge
being converted into a modified
version of the Sandwich Shop.
Headed by Samuel K. Hostetter,
assistant to the president in
charge of business and finance,
the administration's committee
has not yet reached a final deci
sion on the matter but expects to
have some solution in the' near
future.
President Ralph D. Hetzel yes
terday pointed out the need for
a change of this kind. With male
enrollment on a steady decline
and women's applications con
stantly rising, President Hetzel
explained it is important that the
College raise the coed quota in
order to keep Penn State's pro
gram as near tq normal as pos
sible.
However, he stated that women
cannot be admitted unless defi
nite supervised living quarters
are provided for them.
The anticipated coed enrollment
for the Fall semester will com
pletely fill the four campus dor
mitories as well as the 13 town
houses in which the College will
house the women, and still leave
an .overflow of approximately 300
women from the freshman group,
according to estimated figures.
Present College enrollment, ex
clusive of Summer session stu
dents, amounts to approximately
3,650. Already nearly 1,300 ad
ditional students, both freshman
and upperclassmen who did not
attend the Summer semester, are
scheduled to return to College for
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Strictly Enforced
Customs Awaits Fall
Semester Freshmen
Stricter enforcement of fresh
man customs during the Fall se
mester was the central topic of
conversation as the complete
membership of all Penn State hat
societies held its first meeting in
College history last night.
Enforcement of customs by the
hat societies during- the present
semester was less strict than in
the past, Charles H. Ridenour '43,
hot society council president,
stated at the meeting, because of
the .unusual conditions surround
ing the accelerated program.
Arthur H. Warnock, clean of
men, made the request for len
iency shortly before the arrival
of the freshmen, Ridenour reveal
ed. Special consideration was
requested because elimination of
Freshman Week and the over
crowded fresh schedule had left
little time for .proper observing of
all customs rules.
Another meeting will be held
later this semester. the assembled
hatmen agreed, to plan for the re
turn of strict customs enforce
ment this Fall.
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