Late News Flashes . . . 18-Year Draft Up Bill concerning the drafting of le and 19-year-olds is skied to go before Congress today or to morrow. Washington authorities expect it to pass both houses without much controversy. The enlistment Age will also be raised from 45 to SO. Plans have been made for the drafting of Married men within the next month. Nazis Retreat ... German troops storming the 'strategic -town of Stalingrad have been driven back •considerably. Withering fire set up by the regu lar Russian army, plus, help from all volunteers, have also forced the Nazi troops to retreat. Rotterdam Suffers Raid American Flying Fortresses left a Irail of fire and destruction to -day after a daylight raid on Rot ' terdam. Althpugh met by crack German pursuit units, the Fort resses all returned to their base. Russians Bomb Berlin To the surprise and horror of Berliners, a squadron .t:lf Russian bombers appeared over Berlin to day and dropped tons of bombs leaving various .paris of the city in flames. The raid necessitated the passing over of six German military airports. Destroyer Sinks The destroyer Ingram was lost in a ,collision with an unidentified ship today in the Atlantic. Fog was . considered as the cause for the disaster. Mourly amflus, , :rogU. tonductel i For frost :-. Campus tours, sporisored by the PSCA, will be held from 1 to 6 'p. :in. Sunday, September 6. Groups will leave on the hour from Student Union desk in Old Main, led by .upperclass 'guides selected by Steven Oaber '45, who is in charge; of the_Tour,s.., : Arrangements have also been made for ,student counselors to lead. Frosh on these sight-seeing tours at other ,times, • - ViewbV The. Draft l', Problems 'Status 17 : 416 . .1101riiiigiTriegjiilien -. . -. . - Ei .. BENJAMIN BAILEY One of : the first, and probably the most, important of all, the problems - to comfort the newly enrolled. male freshman - at the college ' will be that of Draft ;Status. .Upperniost in the minds of college men is the question "How' do I stand. in the Draft?" or "What can I do to stay in Col lege till I graduate?" .Although many of the present college freshmen Ede, now pro : tected by the active service age minimum of 20-years recently% . set by congress, o r nit e 1 .1 1 sources openly admit that even • the 18-year olds will be called for service after the coming Fall elections are safely passed by America's jittery. "States men." Penn State was among first of the , Eastern colleges to recognize the urgent need for a centralized student advisory ser vice:- where the draft-age student can seek and obtain information and counsel as to what branch of the service he might be best fitted. The College was 'quick to sup ply this, service, when it created the Office of Faculty Advisor on Wpr Service. It . named Prof. Robert E. Galbraith to fill the im- portant post of Fadulty Advisor, =,and turned over to him:-the corP plate job of organizing all War ilfortnation for the disposal : of the 4c9poppA9n , pl,fieiww)l .• . . „, . • . . • ' •.e.,..?.....,-,, ,tA ,,,, . . .... , , . . . 7 .-.-r , .....-: .... .- • • / • . . i • ~,,,e . ,„ 4 „ 4 ,. , 111 . ~ ..i i ii i i ii i i i ii i ; 4 / atty.. - '-c--- - -\ Tt\ I VOL. 39—No. 66 Convocation Set I Colle g e Calendar For Fall Semester President Hetzel To Address AU Students President Ralph D. Hetzel stated last night, that there will definitely be an All-College con vocation early in the Fallsemes tei as suggested by All-College Cabinet several weeks ago. The date for the meeting, though not set definitely yet; will probably fall early in the second week of the semester. At the meeting President Het zel will address the entire student body setting the tone for the coming semester and discussing problems which will probably arise out of the 'accelerated pro gram as it continues. r This meeting is a follow-up of the student leaders convocation several weeks ago at whcih Presi dent Hetzel diScUssed with them the accelerated program as it was related to the' Summer semester and the war effort. He said at that time that the additional number of material man-days the College will add to the defense effort through early 'graduation would reach 229,000 this year. That includes three semesters' graduating classes. Although he said nothing of in Schwab Auditorium. at 8 p. the content of his address in..the First .session . . of the week will `coming meetng, .the< same _type ofs, : be-..tl e`student , " government pre-: material Will . probably' 'be includ- Sentation which':-will feature a ed in this one, but focused to- talk by Col. Edward D. Ardery, ward the larger group. head of the military department. This meeting will be the first Colonel Ardery will explain the All-College group meeting since various branches of the Armed shortly after United States' de- services that are represented on claration of war after Pearl campus. 'Harbor. The'. seriousness •of the 'Robert E. 'Galbraith, associate situation .and . success of the ac- .professon of • English composition, aelerated program are thus made who is in charge of recruiting comparable to the need for bol- 'for the Reserves, will also be on stering .student morale just after hand: At the conclusion of the our entry into the. war. • meeting, printed material will be distributed, and Ardery and Galbraith will be available on the stage for questions. :Also On the program is the in troduction -of members •of All- College Cabinet and Tribunal by Jerome H. Blackslee, All-College president. Cheer leaders will be present to lead the group in. Col= lege songs and cheers. 'Plarkriting Course • . Tuesday night's meeting spon- Omitted • from the time-table, sored by the religious activities a three credit course in play-. group of the College will be pre writing, Dramatics 21, will be sided over by Jean E. Hersh given this semester by Frank S. berger, president of the Chris- Neusbaum associate • professor of tian • Association. John H. Friz dramatics.. - (Continued on Page Eleven) RELAXING' AFTER THE RAID An American Ranger, back from the raid on Dieppe, gets a light from a British Commando as their smiling, begrimed comrades relax &inert:the returnata England: Passed, tot , Etritish anclj rho Ce140;4.4 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA -STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, STATE COLLEGE, PA September 7, Mon., 8 a. m.—Freshman Week begins . 9-10, Wed., Thurs.—Fall semes ter registration 10, Thurs., 1:10 p. m.—Fall se mester begins 24-25,, Thurs., Fri.—Payment of fees October 24, Sat.—Alumni Homecoming Dt.y 31, Sat., 12 noon—Midsemester below grades November 25, Wed., 5 p. m.—Thanksgiving recess begins 27, Fri., 8 a. m.—Thanksgiving re cess ends December • 17, Thurs.—Fall semester gradu ation 19, Sat., 11:50 a. m.—Fall semes ter ends Frosh Week Lists 3 Mass Meetings Three mass meetings are sched uled for freshman Week, two of them under the direction of All College Cabinet, and one present ed ty . the religious activies grotip. All of th'e meetings will be held 1,400 Frosh To Swell War-Time Enrollment More than 1,400 strong the new Class of Forty-Some thing will ipotir into State College Labor Day weekend to enter the College's accelerated war-time program. Although there will be no meetings or special activities until Septem ber 7, freshmen are urged to arrive not later thdri Sunday, September 6. Freshman Week under the speed-up program will be condensed to three and one-half days, during which time the new students will be given place ment tests, attend mass meetings, School meetings, and counselors' President Hetzel coming • freshmen, ;President Het zel urged the yearlings to be at the College .by Sunday, September 6, to take advr.ntage of the op partunity, to get acquainted with their new Alma Mater, Registration Set September 9,10 With an anticipated enrollment of between 5,500 and 6,000, the Fall semester registration dates for upperclassmen have been set for Wednesday and Thursday (un til noon), September 9 and 10. Freshman will register accord ing to curricula on Monday and Tuesday, September 7 and 8. Exact times for frosh registration have been indicated in the "Freshman Week Bulletin." Registration for unnerclassmen will be conducted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wed nesday and from 8 a.m. to 12 noon Thursday. 'Classes will begin at 1:10 p.m. Thursday. Payment of fees will be made Thursday and Friday, September 17 and 18. Hetzel Tells Graduates Of Speed-Up Benefits An estimated 235,000 man days will be saved for Uncle Sam's Armed services and war indus tries by Penn State this year under its accelerated war pro gram, President Ralph D. Hetzel told the 201 graduates who last night were awarded their degrees at ceremonies in front of the Li brary. This was the first Summer graduation for regular session students and the second awarding of degrees this month. Summer sessions graduates got their di plomas during the month's first week. Of the 201 degrees awarded, 117 were Bachelors in Arts and Science and 84 for advanced grpduMe4 Special r t a U Freshman Edition PRICE: THREE CENTS meetings. • Monday morning at 8 o"clock, the first formal meeting of the session will be held in Schwab Auditorium. President Ralph D. Hetzel will welcome the freshmen in a short address, and will in troduce the deans of the several schools and other College -,lficials with whom the new students will come in contact. From there on, the freshmen will follow the schedule as set forth in the Freshman Week booklet already mailed to them. One feature of this program is the school meetings where the stu dents enrolled in each school will meet with the faculty and be, given an understanding of the advisory system, the aims of the School,, and the dethils of or ganization. Particularly, it was stated, the freshmen should receive the im pression that the days when the student spent his. time trying to outguess the professor are defi nitely gone, In their stead, a program of conferences, special appointmenti, and cooperation must be substituted, to help the student with personal and school problems. Three items for the freshmen to remember were stressed by Ray V. Watkins, Scheduling Officer, in a statement yesterday. First one is be sure to bring a fountain pen. This is of paramount im portance, he said. Second, be on time, and third, bring the Fresh (Continued on Page Ten) Student Tribunal Sets Thursday Afternoon As Start Of Customs 'Freshmen shall carry at all times matches and a copy of the Student Handbook, known as the "Freshman Bible." In formation on the identifica tion page must be filled out in full. The matriculation card must also be carried at all times with the informa tion page completely filled out. Freshmen shall also wear a regulation sign four inches by ten inches upon which , his name and home town are printed in one-inch, black, inked letters. Freshmen shall at all times wear their dress customs: green dink, plain black bow ties, and white sox, except when otherwise designated by Tribunal. The period be man Week booklet. It contains all the schedules and information tween midnight Saturday and 8 a. m. Monday shall be re• garded as a holiday concern ing dress customs only. The dink is to be worn at all in- door mass meetings and in door athletic contests. 3. Freshmen will be permitted to associate with women from v*, cg.°Plie4. pour),
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