o e 'ree _l_,ance, Established 1887 1 r to /7;/07---4 ,t • ' • A 4141 /Fr tt VOL. 39—No. 86 Revision Of Hatch Act Now Before General Assembly Bill Permits Faculty Activity In Politics , Members of- the College faculty and employees will again be per mitted to actively participate in politics if the bill amending the Hatch Act, already passed by •the State House of Representatives, receives the 'approval of the Sen ate. The bill had already been ap proved by the Senate; but because of slight changes made .by the House, must be returned to the Senate for final approval. The. new legislation will permit college employees to run for local, state, and federal officei, partici pate in management of campaigns, and use. official .authority or in fluence to effect the nomination or election of :any • candidate for of fice.' Althiugh the amendment would eliminate some of the restrictions now imposed . on College employees by state. rulings, they would still be subject to many provisions of the Hatch Act Which makes it illegal to deprive anyone of em ployment made possible by relief appropriations of Congress because of race, creed, or.color,. or to solicit or receive . pbliticai Contributions Thee original, Hatch Act, as in terpreted by the attorney-generals of Ohio and Minnesota, stipulated that instructors in all land-grant colleges, of: which Penn State is one: and in schools being -assisted under the Smith-Lever Act and 'the • Bankhead-Joues • Act, would be subject to all provisions as stated in the patch legislation. The bill hai:been in: the hands of a House committee since , early Summer. .00erci's . .Miiii.i Lis :f SI4 - 60.i40T0.St . 4clerl AudietiCeiB 64, ..-:' . , ''"l enjoy singing for college audi ences as much es, if not more than, for any . other in the world," Miss Blida Burke, Metropolitan Opera soprano, who will sing the role _of Mimi in tonight's perforniance of Puccini's "La Boheme," said last last night. • • Sitting leisurely in the lobby of the Nittany -Lion Inn, she ex plained that in numerous • concert tours over the country she has found college students among the most receptive. - "This performance in English," she continued,. "will be • even better becauie it presents a very enjoy able story in a more understand able way than the Italian version does.' • ' "This type of trip, in fact, should help the operatic field to have young people understand and ap preciate opera more. It should lead to more performances of the .type, ' but hardly until after the War is over. "The war will affect the busi ness chiefly with regard to travel. After it is over, though, more peo ple will probably-have learned to appreciate it through a few tours like this one." , Travelling ahead of the rest of the company of •nearly 70, today tMiss Burke• will be the guest of Phi Mu Alpha, national music honorary, Crowd Of Students, Townsmen, - Picket Local Movie House "The gal who stopped a thou-. sand shows" stopped another one last night at the State theatre. A crowd of nearly.loo students, townsmen and faculty gathered in front of the theatre immediately following The first, showing of Margie Hart in "Lure of the Is lands" to demand vocally and in written form that the picture should be stopped at the I,oolst showing. Picketers Bill Anderson 'and Hank Derbyshire expressed their feelings by parading back and forth past the . box office carrying a sign hardly dfied,' that :read:, "This show positively srriellSZ:' , , Later they were .joined by anAi.n4. identified student whose placard: bore the expression, "Right off Cob!" .So•disgusted with the quality of the picture were the marchers that they immediately went to a nearby stationery store and purchased ma: terials for- the signs and began their picketing while. the lettering was still wet. "One picture with onions corn ing up!" "We want a rain check!" These expressions best revealed the feeling of the crowd that began booing inside the thea tre and continued the heckling out side. "We didn't make it!" was the qui& come-back of the theatre managers ; who also sensed that lhey .had .drawn._ a "lemon." fot nianagatil - Mr.' 13.. F. Moore; district manager .for Warner Brcthers in western Penn sylvaniac said that you don't; get business. !,flf we did .we wouldn't (Continued on Page Two • Speaks To Pledges Dr. 'Arthur C. Wickenden, edu cator and author, will be main speaker at the Interfraternity Pledge Banquet, at cthe Nittany Lion. Inn, Sunday evening, Oc tober 11. Dr. Wickender will speak at Chapel at 11 a. m. Sun day. At the present, time, Dr. Wick enden is Director ,of Religious Activities as well as Interfra ternity Council adviser at Miami University, Ohio. "He was selected," according to Joseph V. Sweterlitsch '43, chair man, "because of his vast ex perience in , the two fields con cerned: religion and fraternity life. Since the banquet is spon sored- by the 'IFC and PSCA, the selection seemed most fitting." Author of several books on re ligion, Dr. Wickenden is also well acquainted with war-time prob lems. During World War Ihe was wounded in action while serving as' a sergeant in the 12th Ma chine qun Battery. Successor To The F-oe _Li OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, STATE COLLEGE, PA Seven Officers To Be Elected By Frosh, Junior Classes Today •„. ' - Other juniors wil be required to • ' frosh tustoms Lifted . ER • arh obtain notes from the Dean's Of .a nil Re.„. •• Both first and second semester 1, ' IN. for (ollegiairDance. , - juniors will be permitted to vote, Contrary to rumors circulating Hi. '.°o albraith Donald W. Davis '43, Elections' Committee head, reminded last about the campus that -couples ' ' • night. . will be adMitted free to ,the an- Approximately 14 1 / 2 per cent of Since not all freshmen have .‘PPaI :-,9911t0*.,.. 1- *nqe_,:..PM. l *PD...W.j,!.9:o„State's,.,roVe.,,,qu,clent..7 are,: c k e • ott i ssue d„,'AA .- the,,com, , .niglit, Gordon L. Coy. ,'43, • Col- now enlisted in various branches .books, mittee decided to eliminate them legian' editor stated last night that of the , Army, Navy, and . Marine as one of the frosh credentials. no one will. gain admittance' to Corps Reserve, according to a ;matriculation cards will be the the dance unless a ticket is pre- student recruiting report released only proof of identification neces seated at the door. yesterday by ' Prof. Robert E. sary. :Tickets may Still be ' obtained Galbraith, FAWS. Davis, anticipating a record one with the purchase of a one dol- The report, Covering enlist- day vote when Penn State's two lar service subscription or with a ments completed before Oct. 1, largest classes troop to the polls student subscription for one dol- lists a total of 667 students who today, urged students to vote as lar and fifty cents. have been recruited through the early as possible and thus help Charles H. Ridenour '43, Stu- College's reserve program facili- eliminate the final dinner-hour dent Tribunal chairman,. in co- ties. This figure does not include rush. operation..„ - with the •dance, an- 132 students who have already "Voting today is more important nounced that only freshmen at- been called for .active duty than ever before," he reminded, 'tending the dance. will be ex- either through graduation or "for the student leaders chosen in empted from dreSs and_ dating. through withdrawal from college. this election will be called upon customsto make increasingly more im startinerteniorrow at - Leading all other branches in .rtant and far-reaching deci i ruling will be severely dealt with Army Enlisted Reserve . Corps 5:30 p. m. Any. infraction of this- number' of enlistments is the -D ° ' . ..sons." - by Tribunal, Ridenour • warned. with a total of 490 students. . _ • . ' .. .• _However, this number includes - . Flashes■ • • • . 150-Affeded - By 127 students who have entered the Army Air Force Enlisted Re- - serve, and 10 in the Signal Corps Late News :i u . nit on campus, since enlistments Alli Hallipdemic in both branches are made Dormitory surveys through the AER quota. . show that A partial list received from the more than 150 women were af- Marine Corps includes 25 Penn the Nazi left flank near Stalingrad; 'fatted in the recent short-lived State students as • enlistees to. destroying 2,000 German soldiers . and 18 tanks, but the beseiged de epidemic in. Atherton ' H a 11. date. • Five students have signed fenders were pushed back in sev- Campus medical authorities re up for the Navy V-5 Flight Train- eral sections of the city. fused to make any - statements. ing program, and 42* have entered LOS ANGELES—Capt. Donald Returning after a week's trip, the Navy V-7 Deck Officer E. Brown,' son of Joe E. Brown, Joseph: P. Ritenour, College (Continued on page four) Hollywood comedian, was killed. Health Service head, stated yes- in a plane crash during a practice • terday •that the likely cause for flight here. such an outbreak was' contami- Hemlock Looper Loops - WASHINGTON—A Jap cruiser nation of the food rather than . r a U and several other vessels were hit fermentation: "Just as there are T hro u gh iu Lupine Michigan by Allied airmen in the Pacific. eutbreaki of colds .in the tipper LUPINE, Mich., Oct. B—Tim- Several other ships were also re respiratory system, so a germ barmen here complained of the ported to lie severely damaged. - could have spread around • and ravenous appetite of the Hem- LONDON—The Nazis are con caused this gastric condition," he lock Looper as he ate his way ducting a terror campaign in Nor obseriied. through Michigan forests en route Quieting any rumors .about the to State College. • way in an eiffort to seize all arms and ammunition possessed by Nor possibility of the water .supply wegians. Fearful of a possible in being at fault, Dr.•Ritenour point- Getting healthy on a white pine needle diet, the Looper expects to vasion by the Allies, the Germans ed. out that the supply is checked be at Penn State where it will be are dealing death sentences to all regularly, according to rules :.of holders of arms. Forty-one per the State Board of Health. _guest at Bunyan Brawl, annual sons have already been executed dance of the forestry society to be As far as food poisoning is con- in Norway. . cerned, the doctor said that for held in Rec Hall October 23. CHUNGKING Wendell ;Will the:first time in the history of the • Looping so much has thrown kie left Chungking for the United College, all food handlers con- the worm off its course, since last States yesterday. He brings with netted with the Penn State din- reports were filed from Salt Lake him a six-point plan to Roosevelt ing commons were required to be City. However, the Looper may from the Chinese people. It is examined thoroughly by Health be bearing to the North so it can possible that he may stop in India, authorities and_ to have the enjoy a beter variety of pine and although his trip does not call for Wasserman and Mantotik tests. hemlock meals. any such visit. ,I '44 Vice-Presidential Candidates William Shoemaker Robert M. Faloon bleat PRICE: THREE CENTS AA Books Ruled Out As Voting Credential Today's the day. Freshman and_junior classes to day choose seven student leaders in elections being conducted in Schwab Auditorium lobby be tween 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. Behind the scenes, opposing clique members will spread out over clearly defined town and campus districts, following up weeks of planning and three days of concentrated campaigning with a final effort to herd their class mates to the polls. The College Elections Commit tee, meanwhile, held its final pre liminary meeting last night to lay down definite eligibility rules for voting. Matriculation cards will be the only credential necessary for jun ior class members whose names appear in the Student Directory of 1941-42, the committee decided.
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