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Friday, OctoheT 23, 1942
The Quick Mid The Draftc6d
"Why didn't the Joint Service Board tell us the
facts on whether colleges will he taken over by
Lir) Military next year?"
, This question and similar ones were heard ex
pressed by a number of students following the
all-m.ale mass meeting in Rec Hall last Wednes
day. Many of these students came away from The
meeting feeling that because the speakers re•;
vcaled no revolutionary changes in the status quo
of the college student they had been left holding
•
a» empty bag.
The truth of the matter is that the Board had
nothing revolutionary to divulge. Each of the offl
-cers-insisted that current upheavals in Washington
will have no effect on his branch of the reserve.
linforttmately, the nation's civilian generals
have been preaching the end of higher education
since early Summer, and many people have come
to accept this as fact.
• Al; the present tine no one can safely say just
what does lie ahead for the nation's colleges. Con
gress would like to know, the President hasn't
told (if he knows), and the Selective Service is
probing in the dark.
However, college students can be 'reasonably
certain on two points at this stage of the game:
):n. the first place, the Beserve Officer. Training
programs, as set up by the War. and Navy Do-
partments, definitely are one way in which they
may enter the .service and Min complete their
:college education. War. Secretary Sfiannon may
have been a little ahead of lain interference
'when he carried his "possibility" warning.to the
snulents and created the ): 1 / 3 C scare. but the faCt.
'sill remains that iho Army and lgayy are corn-
pletely satisfied with their reserve programs as
31,01 )aow stand.
The Joint Service Board, which is certainly well
qualified to pass on this fact, unquestionably did
leant;•-up job of clearing up the reserve muddle
:from this angle. (And since the Board was not
designed as a prophetic body, it stuck only to its
home ground, which is the college reserve . pro
.gram.)
• :in the second place: the college student can be
reasonably sure that: the Draft is going to blow
his direction within a matter of months. The
fellow who persists in letting things take care of
themselves unquestionably is going to find himself •
.on a badly exposed fence when it does begin to
Wow—and will probabiy hit training camp a sad
but wiser lad; " •
The Reserve Officer program was designed 'for
the benefit of the student, and he is expected to
take advantage of its facilities--unless, of course,
be is a
,technical student with a defense contract
in his pock - dt.
(At the present time 3900 Penn State students
have yet to take the initiative in either getting
into the reserves, or in' making ,reparations for
induction in the hear future)
.• The 'teen-age draft bill is expected to become
3:tw within .a few days.. When it does we can ex-
Peet it to drain the mile population of the college
they are already in the.service through
enlistment in the Reserves.
The draft situation has become a day-to-day
propcsition for. the scores of students who still
c•fuse to "join until we have to."
'file "If" is now settled. All that remains to be.
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•-13. 11
Following the hot-.on-the-good-time trail. this
weekend will be hundreds of former hot-dogs,
ex-hatmen, late BWOCs, and papas whO will
swarm into this burg tonight. The mixture of the
two—Alum plus Dad equals Bedlam. To the rol
licking hours that will ensue, we consecrate these
lines to--
Little Boy Alum
The years are many and the years are long
Since he received his diploma
World dirges haVe replaced State songs "
Still he pours himself into a coma.
Hail The Lionesses.
But mostly back en masse for fun and frolic will
be many ex-college cuties, including Alice Mur
ray, Pat Behney, kappas, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Board
(Carolyn Moorhead, alpha chi), Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Harper (Ibby Shields, aopi), Betty Widger, aopi,
Bert Douthett and Pat Patton, chios, Les Lewis,
Rosemary Williams, Eleanor Benfer, thetas.
Atten-shun.
Louis Ti. Be
The newly organized Codet class was lined up
for maneuvers. Unaccustomed as they were to
physical exertion, tummies hung, shoulders droop
ed.
To add a straighten•-upper, Colonel Ardery gave
a pep talk
"Now, let's all stand up nice and tall. I've got
to harden you up for more training." ,
"Hardening of the Arderies," a potential - WAAC
shouted
Plug 4-F
Ruth Silverkraus was interested in Civil . Serv--
ice. For dope she dialed the tamous-for-his-crack - s
Gal. She had a sligh.t cold...not bothersome._...
but a 'goodly sniffle.
"I'd like to know how to get into Civil Service
work."
Gal jumped...mayhap a dodger. •
• "Young man," he screamed . ala. class style,
"Civil Service will never keep you out of the
army."
Dustpan Drippings
Campus twosomes of late are LoiS Lohrke, el-do;
and, Bud Simpler, du...Ja.ne Windle, kappa, and
Dud Rutherford, sigmapi...Toramy Egan had to
exit from that league. Ken Cotton and Rufhie
Shanes aren't again. Betty Miller, (Alio,: and. Curt
Norbeek _have joint ownership' on hiS
badge, And so it goes.
TI-IE DAILY COLLEGIA:II
t. 44 Lion.
(1 111 tii._.*4- 4 A) Tates
Hillel Friday evening services,
Hillel Foundation, 7:15 p. m.
Players show, "The Man Who
Came to Dinner," Schwab audi
torium, 8:30 p. m.
Forestry Ball, music by Penn
State Aristocrats, Rec ' Hall, 9:00
p. m.
Pep Rally; Lion Shrine, 7:00
P. m.
Engineering lecture, 121 Sparks,
4:10 p. m.
Meeting of all Freshman Men
and Women candidates for The
Daily Collegian, 5 p.m. in Colleg
ian Office.
FreShman Cross-country, Syra
cuse, 12:30 p. m., New Beaver
Field.
Exa. I" fining oard—
(Continue 4 from page one)
visit next week, according to Gal
braith, Instead, the candidates who
pass their mental tests will be af
forded a ten-day interval in which
to complete their physicalxam
inations' after which the Board
will return to the campUs to con
duct a formal swearing in cere
mony for those who, qualify.
Special provisions will be made,
however, for those applicants who
'rind
,it necessary 'to complete en
listments before the end of the ten
day period in order to escape im
mediate indliction by local draft
—The .Cub
Campus
TODAY
TOMORROW
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• —are erewsded as never before, these weir dftm
rids' to build new lines coplier, rAbgr, nickel— nre
needed.• for the shooting war: So we 'wt. &et, the mo,§4
nnt preaPPLt-faeilitiee•
You can kelp no keep the wires clear for vital war calla
ifjott.will, do 'these two • th/V4 ; (1) P9.4?t. 9414,94g-DAR
wace, 14489' WO ur,gent, (2) • CiJi illtunb 6 r -
atulAplea,ae be•brief. Thwak you!
FRIDAY, ocTbSER 23, 1942
le.mdar,
boards
Other service recruiting units
have now been given the go-ahead
signal, Galbraith added, and nego
tiations are being completed to
have Naval Reserve and Marine
examining boards visit the campus
in the near future.
Westminster Foundation
Bulletin Board.
Saturday. 13 P.M.
( PEN HOUS E
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Painting Display
and
Kitchenette Shower
Sunday, 9:30 A. M. •
STUDENT DEPARTMENT
Three Courses:
1. "Great Modern Christians"
2. "American Rural Life"
3. "The 1946 Group" •
Sunday, 6:30 P. M.
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