Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1837 4 , ;5 54- 4 q4 TT : i' UNITED H . Tilr Batty, STATES \ Oalle.00111: e;‘;;1 4 , , '% ,*/ fir rgi tt tt WAR : ONDS STAMPS VOL. 40—No. 23 Reserve Enlistments In Armed Forces Frozen; college To Train 125 Coeds For Curtiss- Wright Chosen Among Eight • Engineering Colleges Penn State has been selected among eight of the country's leading engineering schools to train 125 women for engineering positions with the Curtiss-Wright Corpdration, according to a tele gram received by the 'President's Office from the company curing the weekend. The program was launched by C. Wilson Cole, supervisor of the engineering personnel bureau of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation at the winter meeting of the Mid dle Atlantic Section of the Socie ty for the Promotion of Engineer-. ing held at Cooper Union College in New York City on Saturday. Other institutions selected by the airplane manufacturing cor poration include Cornell . Univer sity, Northwestern University, Purdue University, loWa State College, the University •of Minne sota, the University of Texas, and 'Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. To be eligible for the technical training, women students must have taken elementary--college mathematics and must now be completing their sophomore, ju nior, or senior years in college. Coeds selected "for the program will be called "Engineering Ca dettes." The course will consume two semesters of study, during which training will be given for 30 hours weekly. Trainees will re ceive a - salary ,of $lO per week and will have all costs for tuition. room, and board-paid for by the Curtiss-Wright , Corporation: A woman personnel representative from - the corporation wil be as signed to Penn State to assist in supervising the program. The engineering courses to be given to the trainees will consist of ,subjects to prepare them for specific positions in either the air •fra.me or propeller divisions of thE? corporation. Interviewers will be present on, campus. on December 15 and. le ,to interview Penn State coeds interested in the program. Final selection of trainees will be made upon the basisl of scholastic 'rec ord, the College's recommenda tion as to the character of the student, the results of a screening (Continued on page four) . 11111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111111111111111111(11111111 LATE NEWS 1111111111110111111011011111011111111111111111011111111111111111111 LONDON—The -British Broad. casting' Company • announced last ;tight . that an agreement • has been reached between Lt.. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Admiral Darlan whereby the Allies will use Dakar as a naval and air base. The dis position of units of the French fleet at Dakar is still undecided. New Geography ourse MOSCOW—Moscow radio re ported that the Red Army is re- For Spring Semester pulsing strong German counter attacks with heavy Nazi losses. The drive in the West continues with the capture of 20 towns by the Russians AUSTRALIA Reports from Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced that 20 Japanese planes were destroyed over New Guinea, and U. S. Navy dive-bombers dam aged .an enemy battleship. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA College Debate learns Take Top Honors At Lock Haven Two Penn State women's debate squads took first and second place at Lock Haven State • Teachers college debate tournament and discussion • festival Friday and. Saturday. One of the two Penn State men's teams which partici pated placed third. Proposition for debate was "Re solved, that the United Nations should establish a permanent federal union with power to tax and regulate international com- merce, to maintain a police force. to settle international disputes and to enforce such settlements, and to provide for the admission Of other nations which accept the principles , of the union." Cross examination cfebate style was used, with the coaches from the participating schools acting as judges. Clayton H. Schug, as sistant professor of public speech and coach Of the women's teams, was one of the, judges..,. Of the twelve teams participat- Men and women honored include ing, six were composed of Penn Jerome H. Blakeslee, Gordon L. State students. Lock Haven State 'Coy, Pauline E. Crossman, Donald Teachers College and Shippens- W. 'Davis, Ann Drivas, Martin - H. burg State Teachers College sent Duff, William Ivans, M. William the other six teams to the tour- Lundelius, Robert Mawhinney, nament. David J. McAleer, Howard J. Mer- Debaters on the Penn State rill, Bernard A. Plesser. (Continued on Page Four) Margaret K. Sherman, Marjorie L. Sykes, Joanne Palmer, Allan T. Moses, Charles Ridenour, Herbert J. Zukauskas, Robert Perugini, and Louise Fuoss. • They will be presented with scrolls at Class Day exercises. Committeemen who selected the Independent Groups Unite to Sponsor Dance on January 15 Before a joint meeting of all In- 20 outstanding . seniors were - Rob dependent organizations, IMA, ert M. Faloon, Ruth M. Storer, .TWA, Philotes, and Penn State Margaret K. Ramaley, Henry Kel- Club decided to join hands, and ler, Benjamin Leaman, and Dor will present an All-Independent othy K. Brunner. dance in , Rec Hall January, 15. former years, each group • sponsored individual dances, but A mmerman Heads it is felt by the organizations that since student activities are now on a limited basis, a more suc cessful affair can be held by unit- , ing efforts During the meeting held in elected new Editor-in-Chief . of the the Penn State Club room, a Penn State Engineer, campus tech group discussion resulted in the nical publication, and eight men election of Ray A. Zaroda '44, as were named to fill positions vaca general chairman for the dance. ted by graduating 'seniors who At that time, Zaroda revealed were awarded keys for their ser that plans . for the election of a vices at the annual Engineer ban band are being speedily comple- quet in Hotel State College Thurs ted, and an announcement will day evening. be made soon. • • Other officers elected are Char- Zaroda , also • said that general les H. Welker '44, associate edi plans are now being rushed by tor; Eugene E. Von . Arx '44, man chairmen of the following corn- aging editor; Walter R. Berg '44, mittees: Publicity, Edmund R. business manager; William P. Koval; ticket, Robert Rath; or- Douglas '45, advertising editor; chestra, Gertrude Cohen; and Raymond D. Rehrig circula decorations, Day Young. , tion manager; George H. Cohen '45, feature editor; Richard G. De vaney '44, illustrations editor; and Carl J. Lyons, '45, copy editor. Dean H. P. Hammond, school of engineering, delivered a speech, and Professor S. A. Mahuran, A new course in map reading school of journalism, entertained and map making listed as Geog- with magical tricks. raphy 100 will be available for • Graduating senior staff mem the spring term, Assoc, Prof. bers, awarded keys for at least Raymond E. Murphy announced. two years service are Joseph C. The course has no prerequisi- Bregar, Edsel J. Burkhart, Will tes and is open to women as well iam W,' Heim, William S. Ivans, as to men. Classes are scheduled Joseph F. Kalina, Raymond J. for 8 a. m.. Wednesday and 3-5 Kowalesky, Andrew Rostosky, and p. m. Monday and Friday. Edwin C. Williams. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Names 'Outstanding' Names of the 20 outstanding seniors in the December graduat ing class were released last night by Jack R. Grey '44, All-College president. "They were selected for service to the College and their class mates, above the call of duty," ...1 . - Charles R. Ammerman '44 was * * * Men Who Have Started Enlistments Should Complete Them Immediately Further enlistments in all Reserves—Army, Navy and Marines— have been frozen until 'further clarification comes from Washington. But additional word from the office of the Faculty Advisor on War Service said that any of the 1,300 men students who had received papers, which started them on the process of being enlisted prior to yesterday, are to go ahead and complete the signing of the necessary papers before next Tuesday, December 15. The executive •order, halting voluntary enlistments on Saturday, December 5, of all men between the ages of 18 and 38, carrfes an important "but" clause which says, "Any person who has on or before the effective date (December 5) of this order, substituted a bona fide application for voluntary enlist ment may be enlisted within ten days after said date." Acting on the assumption that this statement also applies to men who have made their initial appli: cations for a Reserve Corps, Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, FAIW.S, urges all men who had received papers from him prior to yesterday, De cember 7, to complete their enlist ments immediately. To the more than 200 men who have applied to Professor Gal_ , braith for Army: Air*COrps Reserve papers, he issued a notice that an AACR examining board would ar . rive on campus Friday, December Comp ete Semester 11, to give mental and physical tests. Before Entering Beginning Friday morning, the board will administer mental ex- Services'—Warnock anis twice daily, at 9a. m. and 1 p. m., until all of these enlistments "Finish the current semester in 'are effected. good standing"—that. is the tip If necessary, Capt. H. S. Engert, given to all male students by head of the board, and the two Dean of Men A. R. Warnock. Army doctors who will accompany He stated yesterday that he had him have made provisions to give already handled cases in which mental and physical exams Satur alumni and ex-students had been day afternoon and even Sunday. RESERVE SUMMARY 1. Men who received appli cation papers for one of the Re serve Corps before Monday, De cember 7, are to complete their enlistments before December 15. 2. Students who have not yet taken out initial papers for a Reserve Corps must wait until further clarification comes from the government before they try to enlist. 3. Army Air Corps Reserve Examining Board arrives on Camptis . '"Friday "morning, De cember 11. handicapped in obtaining desired One thing was certain, they did appointments or promotions in not intend to leave the College both the Army and. Navy because until they had taken care of all of transcripts of their, college record the candidates who had signified showed something questionable their intent to join the Air Corps about their last semester in col.;. (Continued on Page Three) lege. "Apparently neither, the Army or Nayy is looking for quitters,". G rey Names 11 said Dean Warnock, "and both are interested in evidence of quit- T A A 40 s-,ees ting which may appear on a col- Lommitt lege transcript." Freedman Hew President Of Dramatics Honorary Theta• Alpha Phi, national hon_ orary dramatics fraternity, initi ated six members and elected three officers Sunday. Membership re quirements are the playing of three major roles or the partici pation as managers for three per formances of the Penn State Play ers. The following e officers were elected: Eleanor M:Freedman '44, president; Mary E. Roberts '43, vice-president; and Milton Doling er '44, secretary-treasurer. Initiates include Mary E. Rob erts '43, James C. Simon '43, Jane R. Bartikowsky '44, James K. Gore '44, Cadmus G. Goss '44, and James R. 'Ziegler '44. Ad Honorary Elects Alpha Delta Sigma, national professional advertising frater nity, elected officers recently. Those elected are Edwin L. Part ridge • '44, president; William Schabacker '44, vice-president; Richard E. Marsh '44, secretary; and Philip Mitchell '44, treasurer. PRICE: THREE CENTS All-College Cabinet met last night in the second floor lounge in Old Main for a short meeting. Only business transacted was the naming of committees, transfer of curfew authority 'to Tribunal, and a notification to all organi zations concerning representa tion. Because of the small atten dance at this initial meeting it was proposed. that a letter be sent to each organization reminding them that if .their representatives miss three. consecutive meetings, their voting rights on Cabinet will be withdrawn. Committees named were for Civilian Defense, Tribunal, book exchange, and elections. Benjam in F. Leaman '44 was named head of all defense work on Cab inet. Robert E. Dierken, Frank R. McKain, and Robert B. Da vis, all '44, were named to Tri bunal. Two sophomores will be named at a later date. All-College Elections Commit tee for the coming year will be headed by Richard D. Smyser. Other seniors appointed are Ben jamin F. Leaman, Paul I. Wood landi Jane H. Murphy, Henry (Continued on Page Two)
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