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VOL. 40—No. 13
Reserve Groups Plan
Final Campus Visit
Boards Will Interview
Grey Takes Oath Upperdass Candidates
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Al Inauguration Making a final visit to the
Campus before December 15 when
enlistments in Reserve Corps will
. , Penn State's fifth inauguration be closed to everyone but fresh
of student government officers took, men, personnel from the Navy,
place at the :Main Gate at 5 p.m. Marine, and Army Air Corps will
yesterday when Jack R. Grey '44, arrive shortly to exam and accept
was sworn in as the new All-Col- men students interested in one of
lege president, succeeding Jerome the Corps.
13. :Blakeslee. ' V-5 examiners, headed by Lieut.
- President Ralph D. Hetzel, intro- Curtis, will set up °headquarters in
duce& by David J: 'McAleer, out- 305 Old Main, 9'a. m., Friday, be
' going senior class president, con- camber 4 to enlist those previously
gratulated the old' group of officers' examined and to accept and ex
on their fine work, and wished the amine others 'interested in the
new 'Cabinet 'luck in their new
-duties. Navy's Air Force, it was annotmc
' Charles H. Ridenour, chairman
- ed by War Service Advisor, prof.
Robert E. Galbraith : .
*of Tribunal, adininistered the Oath Marine Reserve Corps cand y
office to Grey, who'them spoke dates are : to be, interviewed by
a few words 'to the hundreds of
d ay Page in 305 Old Main,
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gathered on Co-op .Cor- day morning front 8:30 a. In.. As in
ner. Grey promise:l-that be and his; the case of Navy Air Force candi
colleagues would do their best -to dates, all papers prior to the actu-
J solve : the problemS arising in the_ al enlistment must be filled out
coming 34ear, Sand. to expedite as when a student 'presents himself
Much as possible the accelerated at the office of the examining
program.. • . board. . •
Present on the platform were
Students planning to enlist are
some of the old officers, and most
urged to see 'Professor Galbraith
' of - the new ones. Women's Student
'Government Association represen-
as soon as possible, so that the
• tatives were present, but were•not necessary papers will be 'in order.
introduced. They were inducted One, day before Reserve Corp
• into office at ceremonies in Ather- enlistments' are curtailed, the
Ann Hall Lounge ecently . Army Air -Force - Enlisted Reserve
' :r: ,
-- -- only - other -speaker-on • the . pro-,
will be stationed in 401 gm Main
gram' was Robert , M 4.:- Faloon
' 4' for the •- pitip - OseOf completing the
senior class president, who sup-
enlistment of men previously' ex
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' ceeds McAleer. Dwelling 'briefly on amined and to accept new candi-
dates.
the course of the war and its effect
on the' College, Faloon added his Capt: H. S. Engart heads the
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assurances to those of Grey that visiting 'boardWit' w ill begin ex-
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the student body' now More than amining students at 8:30 a. in. on
- ever will receive sensible leader- December 14:
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ship when it 2s most necessary.'
reminder
A of the times crept - Swan, 11 Graduate,
1 :into the ceremony when a squad'
of Naval Ensigns marched by
:I)eimie - intries
;..Clote - : Tonight....
Five o'clock tonight isvthe dead-.
line for students planning - to regis-.
ter for the second - annual Inter
collegiate .Radio Prize Debate. •.
Candidates who plan to partici
•in the contest should turn in
their names to Prof. John H. Friz
. zell, head of the speech depart
: rnent.
After entering the contest, stu
dents must submit a complete out-.
line by December 12 on the debate
topic, "Should American youth
support, the re=establishment after
the war of competitive enterprise
as our dominant economic -sys
tem?"
First prize in, the contest is .a.‘
$l,OOO .war bond. and $250 cash.
Second prize will be a $5OO war
bond and $125 in cash. •
. Sixteen qualifying prizes for
sectional winners will give $5O to
eight first place sectional contest
ers,' while $25 will be awarded to
each of the eight second place
winners. '
Travelling expenses of qualify
ing Winners. who' go into the na
tional competition will be paid 'for
by the American Economic Found
ation, sponsors of the contest.
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- Senior Invitations Ready
Senior invitations and an
nouncements are now ready for
distribution at Student Union.
Graduates may pick- them up
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. any
day this week, Frank B. Flynn
'43 announced last night.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Killed In Boston Fire
Ensign Scovel B. Swan, •Penn
State '4l, was among the 47.7
victims of the tragic fire which
razed The . Coconut Grove Night
Club in (Boston.
Swan was one of the • few Penn
sylvanians placed on the• death list
issued by Boston Police officials.
He' was married to Betty Mae
Noll of State College in May of
this year, and prior to his induc
tion in the' Navy, Swan was em
ployed by the College as an assist
ant district representative in
Wilkes-Barre.
While attending State, Swan was
a member of the Theta Nu Epsilon
social fraternity, and was president
of the chapter in his senior year.
Penn State Club To Hold
Annual Dinner Tomorrow
The 'Penn State Club will hold
its annual banquet at the State
College Hotel at- 6:15 p. m. tomor
row evening to initiate newly elect
ed members and bid farewell to
former office holders.
Speaker of the evening will be
Col. Guy G. Mills of the 'depart
ment of military science and tac
tics. His topic will be "Independent
Men and Military Service." Other.
entertainment will be featured.
Tickets for the affair are avail-
able for members at Student Union
for 60c.
Junior Board Meets
Larry Chervenak '44, Collegian
News Editor, announced yesterday
that there will be a meeting of the
junior men's editorial board 'today
in the News Room at 4 p. m. All
board members must attend.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Director Honored
Cabinet_ Ed Pl an
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For Russian War Relief
New Group Takes Over
• New York Negro Pastor
Dance Profits Repealed To Address Students
First official- act of Penn State's
new All-College Cabinet, which ..
On Minority Problems
assumed its duties last night, was
to endorse the student campaign Rev. James H. Robinson, pastor
of the Committee on Russian War of the "Church of the Master" in
Relief. Stephen Sinichak '45 and Harlem will address two student-
Allan W. Ostar '46, presented the faculty gatherings today On the
plan to Cabinet. subject of minority groups in Am-
The group approved 'a motion erican democracy.
stating that if possible, facilities The first meeting will take place
be made available at Student Union in the Hugh Beaver Rdom at 4
for the sale of pins at 25c, the pro- p. m. where students and faculty
ceeds . to go to the Russian Relief discuss any questions they
Fund. If students' interest is arous- have with Rev. Robinson. Reagan
ed, and enough support is given the Houstion, chairman of the CA
drive, there is the 'possibility that public Affairs commission will be
a prominent speaker may be sent in charge.
to the campus - to top the campaign, At 7 .p. m., a combination mo
it was stated. tion-picture and lecture program,
Only other resolution adopted by open to everyone, will be held in
the new body was an endorsement the Hillel Foundation Auditorium.
of the Student-Alumni Drive about Two films entitled "Towards Uni
to. get under way. Edward K. ty---A Plea for - Understanding"
Hibshman, executive secretary of and "The Negro and the War" will.
' Signboard briefly the Alumni Association, spoke be shown after which Rev. James
Players
briefly on the plan; and explained H. Robinson will deliver a lecture.
. . that because of present conditions, Dr. George Simpson of the So-
Acts - For showing the campaign would be carried on ciology Department, will act as
by mail this year.. chairman of the event and will
Of lbsen's 'Ghosts' Before the old Cabinet adjourn- lead an open forum discussion al
ed forever, Robert, H. aVlawhinneY ter the speech, if time permits.A shadow has been cast over
introduced a proposal seconded by The guest speaker is also a mem
the campus. . Best seen from David J. McAleer that the ruling b er
of the Board of Chairman of
front steps of Schwab Auditorium, of the, previous- week that one per
the National Association for the
the shadow emanates from a dead cent of all dance profits be given Advancement of colored People.
:man, who, „appears •ininute i to_t - be-danee. chairmen 'as coinpen
shrouded figure in - the , background, satibn be reconsidered. 'The addi-
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Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh, head
of the department of dramatics,
was elected to the Executive Coun
cil of the National Dramatics Con
ference the past weekerid in New
York. Professor Cloetingh, direct
or of the Players' showl"Ghosts"
to be produced this weekend, is al
so national secretary-treasurer of
Theta Alpha Phi, national dra
matics honorary fraternity. .
while his; • b a le f u 1 influence
stretches out over the lives of his
wife and son.
This is the scene, introspective
as it is, pictured on the huge sign
board that has advertised over 9
Players' shows: Nov doing duty Fourteen graduating seniors,
for "Ghosts," the omniscient sign who have maintained an all-col
depicts the central theme of Hen
lege average of 2.5 or better, have
rik Isben's great play.
been elected for membership in
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As moving and as timely a play
Phi 'Beta Kappa, national scholas
today as it W tic 'honorary. .as when it was first
written, "Ghosts" is the first 1 Penn State Lehigh Students who received the honor
&mita to be .presented by ,theinclude Eris L. Adams, Morris
Players since "The Little Foxes" Debaters To Discuss Beck, Elizabeth J. Billet, Leonard
of the Summer 'Semester. Five ' Federal Union Elizabeth J. Fosa, Archibald M.
ToPic I. Beerman, Hazel. E. .Gassman,
veterans of past shows, and the
direction of Prof. Arthur C. Cloe-Hyson, Ruth Littman, Herman M.
tingh, head ' of the division of
"Federal 'Union" will be the Panzer, Joanne M. Palmer, Mar
dramatics, insure a production Of topic of discussion when Penngaret L. Rupp, Beatrice E. Smith,
the highest possible calibre. State and Lehigh debaters meet in Aleda Snow, and Bernard M.
If the sign could talk, it would 316 Sparks, 7:30 p.' m. tomorrow. 'Weinberg.
probably say that Professor Cloe- The College team, which will dis-
Requirements for . membership
cuss the affirmative side of the
tingh is an accepted authority on in the society are that the student
subject, includes Karl H. Bergey
(Continued on , Page Two) be a resident of 'the College for at
'45 and Maurice Grossman '44.
State Deer Season are Martin A. Kutler '46, Bayard
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officially T. McWilliams '46, Louis L. Ull
cially Opened Panhel speakers for Penn State
M. Wein '46. least two years, have a 2.5 or bet
ter average, show a wide range of
interests, and have had work lib
eral in character.
man and Victor
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Varsity squad .members will
Deer season is open! travel to Lock Haven Friday and LATE NEWS
Receiving that official signal Saturday to participate in the
yesterday, scores of students and Lock Haven Discussion Festival.
townspeople donned the bright A symposium on "Should colleges
bunting outfits, shouldered their and universities adopt a perman
guns, and trekked off to nearby ent plan for normal graduation in
mountains to try 'their luck'at bag- ' not less than three years after
ging a buck before the season matriculation" is • scheduled for
closes December 12. - the Lock Haven program.
Starting off the season which is WASHINGTON—Office of Price
expected to be an exceptionally
Journalism Honorary, Administration officials stated that
goofione, several nimrods have al- wage increase restrictions on farm
ready passed .through town with Elects, New Officers , workers earning' less than $2OO a
their kills tied across the car fen- month have been removed. 0. P.
ders. Snappy weather and track- Sigma Delta Chi, National Pro- A. officials said the step is being
ing snow have aided in bringing fessional Journalism Honorary, taken to encourage farm workers
out a large number of hunters, elected Benjamin M. Bailey, '44
to remain at their jdbs.
All sportsmen have been asked president; aVlilton Dolinger '44,
to help the war .effort :by donat- vice president; Richard D..Smyser, MOSCOW-7,000 Nazis were
ing the animals' hides, contrite- '44, secretary; Tom North '44, wiped out in a Russian attack
uting their
. empty shells to sal- treasurer; and Robert E. Kinter, northwest of Moscow and 75 Nazi
vage collections, and keeping their '44 and Larry T. Chervenak, '44, tanks were destroyed, the Soviet
eyes peeled for metal scrap lying publicity chairmen at a meeting government stated.
in the wdods or fields. . ' held last night. ' BOSTON—The total of known.
They . were also warned to be An all journalism smoker will dead in the Boston fire has 'been
careful to conserve manpower by take place at the Tau Kappa Ep- set at 478, according to the Boston
preventing accidents. One death silon house at 7:30 p. m. Monday Committee on Public Safety.
already occurred in the district, night, December 7. Guest speaker Buck Jones, Hollywood cowboy
Sunday, when a hunter accident- er will 'be Chet Smith, Sports Edit- star, died last night from severe
ally killed himself. or of the Pittsburgh Press. burns received in the fire.
tional compensation was'then with
drawn, since it did not fit in with
the present system' of payments.
Chairman of Tribunal Charles H.
Ridenour asked Cabinet to take
some action on the case of the For
estry Society, which has to date
refused to accept the penalty in
flicted on them for violating All
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PRICE: THREE CENTS
14 Seniors Make .
Phi Beta Kappa
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LONDON—Tunis is under heavy
Allied bombardment, the London
radio announced last night. Brit
ish paratroops have captured out
post airfields, the report con
tinued.