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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
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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
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