Committee' Meets To Choose Three Candidates Final Elections Set For November 23, 24 Nominations for the three stu dent-held Athletic Association of fices will be conducted by the AA Nominating committee tomorrow, with elections scheduled to follow November 23 and 24, according to Bernard A. Plesser '43, present AA president. •. 'The nominating committee, con sisting of athletic coaches, team captains, and managers will meet on the East balcony of Rec Hall at 4 p.m. tomorrow to select nomin ees for the posts. Candidates for the offices of AA president, vice-president, and sec retary-treasurer must possess all of the following qualifications: -an All-College average of 1 or high er, one varsity letter, and status of a second semester junior. Duties of the president of the Athletic Association include voting for athletic team managers, an nouncement of election of mana gers, and representation of the group on All-College Cablne t, Penn State's student governing body. Vice-president' of the AA must fulfill the duties of the president when absent. The secretary-treas itrer takes minutes of all meetings and handles finances for the or ganization. Neyhart To Attend Driving Courses . . . . _ Amos E. - Neyhart, administra tive head of the Institute of Pub lic Safety, left last night to at tend. a series of 0. C. D. courses in emergency, driving throughout New York State. The courses, sponsored by the New York State Office of Civilian Defense, of *filth Mr. Neyhart is a member, will train instructors for 0. C. D. emergency driving courses. on Thursday, November 5, Mr. Neyhart will appear on the pro gram at Rochester,' New York. Tuesday, November 10, he will be in Buffalo, and Tuesday, No- Vember 17, Mr. Neyhart will at tend a lecture in New York City. -Mr. Neyhart also announced that he will -train instructors for 0.. - C. D. emergency driving courses' in the Philadelphia area for two weeks beginning NoVem ber 9. • Braman First Speaker Of LA Lecture Series "Geography and War" will be the subject of the first in a series of five lectures in the 1942-43 sea son of Liberal Arts lectures. Dr. Henry J. •Bruman of the de partment of earth sciences will be the speaker in Room 121 Sparks Building, 7:30 p. m. tonight. All lectures this year will be re lated to the war and the post-war period, according - to George E. Simpson, chairman of the lecture committee. Announcement of the entire series' lectures, which are open to the general public, will be made soon. Pre-Inductees Register Thirty-two male students regis tered last night for the College's pre-induction training course, ac cording to Millard T. Bunnell, su pqrvisor of class centers at .central extension and coordinator of Stu dent Training for Civilian Defense. Accommodations for 720 students had been planned. The program . may be dropped, according to Bun 'hell, because of lack of interest. Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 - orommio ‘ \ M IV .. .. .. •., ~..:1.., r ,„.1 . . - ...X\ /,„. . * at is „fr in4l ..,..,.„...,,„ .......,...., ~:....,.t..,...„, Weath— VOL. 40—No. College Observes Armisike Day With Ceremony Tribute to all men killed in the service of the United States will be observed tomorrow when cadets in advanced ROTC and the Engi neers' •band will lead students in the annual Armistice Day event in front of Old •Main at 10:50 .a. m. The five-minute ceremony will be held in front of Old Main. First call will be made at 10:50 with the formal ceremony starting five min utes later. Ten o'clock classes will be dis missed promptly at 10:50 and the following classes will start at 11:10 instead of the usual eleven o'clock. During the short ceremony the ROTC group will be brought to at tention and taps will be sounded. After• a minute of silence, the Na tiona Anthem will be played by the Engineers' band and .the Com pany will •be dismissed. All cadet officers will wear uni forms for the occasion and all par ticipating in the ceremony are re quired 'to wear uniforms, Cadet Colonel Wilbur Van Lenten an nounced last nighty Cabinet To Print Penn-Pill Tags 'Beat Peiiri" 'aria - "Beat Pitt" lapel tags will be printed by All- College Cabinet to . imOst spirit for Penn State's last two football gafnes. • Tags for the Penn game will be available at Student Union tomor row morning, according to Robert H. Mawhinney '43 and M. Williams Lundelius '43, in charge of . having the tags made and distributed. Those for the Pitt game here, No vember 21, will be available next week. Robert S. MacNabb '43 will be the • official representative • of the College this weekend .at the Inter national Student Service Confer ence in Washington, D. C. Appoint ed by All-College President Jer ome H. Blakeslee '43, MacNabb will attend the sessions •Friday,- Saturday , and Sunday and will re port to Cabinet next week. College Calendar, 1943-44 College Calendar for. Summer Aug. 27, Fri.—Post Session ends Semester 1943, Fall semester 1943- 5 p.m. 44, and Spring semester 1944, ap- Sept,. 18, Sat.—Summer Semes proved by Senate at a meeting last ter Classes end 11:50 a.m. Thursday lists the following dates: Sept. 20, Mon.—Summer Semes- Summer Semester 1943 ter Examinations begin 8 a. in. June 7, Mon.—lnter-Session be- Sept. 24, Fri.—Summer Semester gins 8 a. m. ends 5 p.m. June . 8, Tues.—Freshman Week Sept. 24, Fri.—Summer Semes beginsT 8 a. m. ter Graduation exercises. June 11, 12, Fri.-Sat.—Summer Fall Semester 1943-44 Semester Registration. Oct. 5, Tues.—Freshman Week June 12, Sat.—Freshman Week begins 8 a, m. ends 11:50 a. m. Oct. 8-9, Fri.-Sat.--fall Semes- June 14, Mon.—Summer Semester Registration. ter Classes begin 8 a. m. Oct. 9, Sat.—Freshman Week JUrie 24-25, Thurs.-Fri.—P a y- ends 11:50 a. m. ment of Fees. Oct. 11, Mon.—F all Semester June 25, Fri.—lnter-Session ends Classes begin 8 -a.m. 5 p. m. Oct. 21-22, Thurs.-Fri.-4 , a y- June 28, Mon.—Summer Session ment of Fees. begins 8 a. m. Nov. 25, Thurs.—Thanksgiving Juy 5, Mon.—lndependence Day Day Recess. Recess. Nov. 27, Sat.—Midsemester Be- July 31, Sat.—Midsemester Be-•• low-grade Reports.• • low-grade Reports. Dec. 8, Sat.—Christmas Recess Aug. 5, Thurs.—Summer Session begins 11:50 a. in. Graduation exercises. 1944 Aug. 6, Fri. Summer Session Jan. 3, Mon.—Christmas Recess ends 5 p. in. ends 8 a. m. Aug. 9, Mon.—=Post Session be- Jan. 3, Mon.—Winter Courses in gins 3 a. m. (Continued on page two) OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA. PRICE THREE CENTS Old Main Open House Attendance Sets Mark Biggest is the word that goes with the latest Old Main Open House last Saturday night, when more than 3,000 couples jammed Old Main, Schwab Auditorium, and the Armory to make the affair the most successful of its kind ever held on the campus, Income from dancing, games, movies, and other attractions amounted to about $95. After the expenses are paid, the remainder of the profits will go toward put ting on an even better show at the next OMOH, Charles W. Thomp son '43, general chairman, said last night. AAFER To Give Exams Today Army Air Force Enlisted Re serve mental examinations will be given to candidates in 410 Old Main, 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thursday, War Service Advisor Robert E: Gal braith announced last night. The Examining Board will also give the exams eveningeif neces sary. Students unable •to take tests at one of the regularly scheduled hours are asked to contact either Professor Galbraith or Captain H. S. Engert Who will be in 401 Old Main during the three-day visit. Men who have not been sworn but who men tal arid pliVsical examinations the last time Capt: Engert visited here, are urged to report to the fourth floor office as soon as possible. Enlistment cards for those' who have already taken the oath may be secured today, Galbraith said. In the event that candidates fail to fill out required papers before the Board leaves Thursday, they will have to go to Harrisburg for the final enlistment steps. Working with Captain Engert are Capt.. E. E. Pothgeb and First Lieut. T. L. Mercer, medical offi cer of the Board. Following close on the heels of the Air Force are both the Navy's V-7 Board and. the Marine Reserve Corps officials. Lieut. Daniel Dean will be sta tioned in 305 Old. Main today and tomorrow to interview men inter ested in the V-7 program offered by the Navy. College Politicians Stage First Convention Tonight Penn State's All-College political campaign under way in big time style today, as the Elections Committee unites with student cliques to stage the College's first political convention in Schwab Auditorium. Official start of the campaign has been set at 7:30 tonight by the Elections Committee to permit student politicians to prepare the for mation of political parades, ban ner waving, and rooting sections 20 Students Receive in time for the 7 o'clock opening of the convention. Nominations For Adding to the "professional" political atmosphere at the con- Collegiate Who's Who vention will be the Blue Band and cheerleaders. Feature of the Twenty Penn State men and gathering will be the announce inclusion in Who's Who Amon women have been nominated for ment of All-College and class Students in American Universitie g slates and short "send-off" ad ands Colleges, Hugh R. Riley, Pub dresses by all presidential nomi ' licity Director for the College, an- nees. Donald W. Davis 43, Elec nounced yesterday. tions Committee chairman, will Students were selected for gen- round out the convention with an eral all-round activities, abilities explanation Of campaign rules. and efficiency. Clique chairmen will meet with The twenty students nominated the Elections Committee in 318 are Jerome H. Blakeslee, Edward Old Main at 4 o'clock today to R. Clauss, Gordon L. Coy, Pauline draw for speaking positions at Crossman, Donald W. Davis, Ann the convention and for places on Drivas, Martin H. Duff, Jesse V. the ballots. Fardella, Harold W. Freeman, Wil- Petitions, campaign plans, pie liam Ivans, Woodrow E. Hoch. tures of cand' • idates, and party Pauline E. Keller, M. Williams platforms are due at Student Un- Lundelius, R ober t Mawhinney, icn at noon today. David J. McAleer, John B. McCue, The All-College political school, Howard J. Merrill, Bernard A. compulsory training for all can- Plesser, Margaret K. Sherman and didates and suggested bill-of-fare Marjorie L. Sykes. for new Cabinet members, will meet for . the first time from 7 E.. nlistments In Navy . to 8 p. m. tomorrow. Instructors in student government at the , Reserve Will Confinue opening session will be Bernard A. Plesser '43, Athletic Associa- After December 31 tion president; David J. McAl eer, senior class president; and. "Enlistments in the Navy's V-7, M. William Lundelius '43, Inter- V-1, and V-b Programs will con- fraternity Council head. tinue indefinitely and will not be The second training session, stopped December 31," Lieut. Dan- scheduled. for 7 p. m. Thursday, iel Dean said last night. will be under the direction of Dean, who is on campus to inter- Charles H. Ridenour '43, Stud view students interested in the ent Tribunal chairman; Robert J. Navy's V-7 program, stated that Mawhinney '43, Interclass Finan he had no orders from the Flight ce Board chairman; and Dana K. Selection Board to stop enlistments Merrill '43, Agriculture School when the Army Enlisted Reserve Council president. will curtail theirs. 111111111111111111111111111101011011111111111110110101111111111111 Interviews for V-7 candidates will start this morning in 305 Old LATE NEWS Main and are limited to seniors, juniors, and second semester soph- FLASHE S omores. "Preliminary mental and physi- 'cal examinations for men desirin g 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 to join the V-5 corps are schedul- ed for Wednesday," Lieut. Dean said. Final exams for those who qual- der, President Roosevelt has asked ify will be given in. Philadelphia. the governor of Tunis to allow the Expenses to and from Philadelphia Allied forces to pass through this are to be paid for by the Navy, strategic Mediterranean port. Ob • Lieut. Dean urged students 'to servers say that this may be the "take this opportunity to enlist in spring -board for invasion of Italy. the Navy Reserve while the Board LONDON—Jean Bart, the new is at the College." He added, "We French 35,000-ton battleship, is re are here for the convenience of 'the ported lying motionless and burn students, and they should take ad- ing in the harbor of Algiers due to' vantage of the chance while they dive-bomber attacks. As yet the can." combined French and Italian na- vies have not appeared for the im five Candidates Enter pending battle, but the Italian, Navy was reported sailing West Race For IFC President from Toulon. WASHINGTON--President Five second semester juniors Roosevelt called Laval a Hitler yesterday registered with John A. Puppet and announced that rela- Jordan '44, chairman of IFC elections have been broken with Vichy tions• committee, as candidates for France but reiterated that we will Interfraternity Council president. not break relations with the The presidential candidates are French people. Larry T. Chervenak, Theta Xi; LONDON—Gen. Charles W. Ri- Henry Keller, Phi Kappa Sigma; der, in charge of American land- Daniel M. Krider, Theta Chi; Al- ings, received the surrender of Al bert A. Swan, Sigma Alpha Ep- giers from the French officials. silon; and Marlin E. Zimmerman, However, Axis dive-bombers have Alpha Gamma Rho. appeared over the city, inflicting Candidates for secretary-treas- little damage. One was destroyed. user are William Briner, Delta Chi; The surrender climaxes the battle Stewart H. Burns, Phi Gamma Del- which started 3 p. m. on Sunday, (Contiqued on page four) E. W. T. LONDON With American troops already at the Tunisian bor-
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