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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
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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
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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.
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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.