...,, Estak te, 1837 • . 1, F .. CTORYI .....::: "..4 . . ... . i .i... . - . .. . • . ....,... • ~,,,,, . ' „AR , 1 •,;: ITIW: Or k etts ietemo.r..... : • O' . B att y ~../,..•:• T o ti rgia , , ~.,,,,,,Ds t •,... .... ;." . . , i • " I . AND .1 /..1 . , . STAMPS . , • OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE VOL. 40—No. 24 Animal Husbandry lodging Contest Set For Saturday Individual Medals To 13e Awarded to Each Winner . All stueents ' are eligible to compete in the annual animal husbandry judging contest sched uled to be held at the Stock Judging Pavilion, 1 p. m., Satur day. The results of the, comp'etition will be used in 'selecting a Col lege judging team for the corn ini.g year, according to Prof. Wil liam L. Henning, coach. •--„ Entries into the contest will be divided into two sections, the ex perienced and the amateurs. Stu dents who have already taken animal husbandry, 3 or 4 will be Placed in the experienced divi sion, while those who have had animal husbandry -or no such course will be placed in the ama, teur Judging will be conducted by faculty members of the School of Agriculture. Franklin L. Bentley, 'professor of animal husbandry, will judge cattle; Mark A. Mc 'Carty, associate - professor of ani 'mat, husbandry, sWine; . Peter C. MacKenzie,; assistant professor : of ordinal. husbandry; sheep; and Henning, horses. ' FOur setss of reasosnss will ac company each selection. Seven 'classes, two in every division but •horses, will be placed, and indi •vidual medals will be awarded 'to winners in both the amateur 'and experienced divisions. 'Glenn R. Kean '43, chairman : :of the . program, said that the contest is open to all students re 'garcless of their curricula, and 'ty..oyear students in the School. of 'Agriculture are especially in • .. (Continued on Pane Two)' • • PRA Sponsors Forum 'To Discuss Sfudenf Ouilook on World War II "What is the war outlook for Penn State students"? will be the topic of a student-faculty forum s'ponsored by the PSCA in 121 Sparks, 7:30 p. m.. tomorrow. Robert S. MacNabb '44, chair- Irian of the forum,'was one of two students. representing Middle-East_ ern Colleges and universities' in vited to a dinner conference at the White House yesterday for a dis t.iission of the manpower problem -as it affects college students. MacNabb conferred with the ?resident; Secretary of War Stirn soh,. Secretary of Navy' Knox, President •Gideonse -of Brooklyn College,•and President Zook of the American Council. on Education. The other student in the confer ence was Jay Crane, Columbia University., Interfraternity Council Will Meet Tonight The first meeting of the Penn .State InterfraternitY Cbuncil since the election of President Henry. Keller '44, and the. last for the current semester, will be held at the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity to night at 7 p. m. . • Naming of several new and re vised committees, the selection of a new IFC advisor to succeed Shel *dOn C, Tanner, professor of busi ness law, and plans for the coming •pethester will probably be included in the order of business. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA Tickets for Complete Artists' Course Program To Be Sold Tomorrow Advance sale of tickets for .the Artists' course will be held Thurs day to obviate inconveniences that usually characterize the final sale. Tickets will be sold at the A.' A. ticket windows in Old Main from 8 a. m. to noon and from 1:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. This sale will take place in ad vance of the announcement of spe cific numbers to appear on the forthcoming course, because to make ' such an announcement would defeat the purpose of the advance sale, according to Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, committee chair man. Program for the coming semes ter will be comprised of three out, standing numbers, which would appear Wednesday, February 5; Monday, February 22; and Mon day, March 22. Tickets will sell for $5, $4.40, and $3.40, plus a 10 per cent tax. Usual ticket sale for those who prefer to wait until the numbers of the series have been announced will probably be held the latter part of January. SFRC Learns Truth Of College Rumors Repieidtitatiires . -frof' and old committees of the Stu dent-Faculty Relations Conirnit tee,.rriet night in . 6h:effort to clarify, recent rumors concerning the' College status next . semester; also discussed were plans for an activity survey of campus organ izations, and to further the ac tions of a committee to assist the President .in the accelerated pro gram. . . . Mr. Adrian C. Morse, assistant to the President and guest speak er at the meeting, announced that <lespite ' rumors, ale . . College would continue to function in January. Although it is possible that the Army may send groups here to study, Mr. Morse empha sized' that' at present there are nc plans for government super vision and occupation. A committee under the super vision of Dr. Carpenter, assistant professor of psychology, will plan a poll to be given to the students in regard to their opinions of the accelerated program. ' - . The committee announced the Cooperation of the Daily Collegi an in issuing an extensive sur vey of the time and place of cam pus meetings to appear in,_ the paper Aarting next semester. 'China To Gain, Japan To Lose By War'—Miller "When Japan took Singapore. in the eyes of three -fourths of the world's popUlation, the white race lost its prestige. And this prestige: before the year . ..2ooA, will pass on to China, who has,, been awakened by .this war." These are the words of Dr. Herbert A. Miller. second lect urer in the current T.,iberal Arts lectue seies, as he spoke before a large group of students, facul ty, and townspeople last night. Asia, according to Dr. Miller. is ccmposed of three major groups of people. and Japan, the minor group. "China, the only country in the world that does not claim an inferiority complex, will make. Successor To The Free Lance, Established Thespian Mobile Unit To Repeat Show By Popular Request For the twenty-sixth time, a Thespian Mobile Unit will take to the road tonight, travel to an army camp, and present a show before the boys in khaki. Returning to Indiantown Gap by popular resquest, the Thespians will first entertain patients in the hospital and later perform before the whole camp. .Traveling with the Mobile Unit for the last time in his College career will be Ted Clauss, a vet eran of eight Thespian produc tions, 21 Mobile Unit shbws, and producer of the latest Thespian show, "Kurfew Kapers." Clauss, whose first attempt at college mu sical comedy was "Danger, Men Working," graduates next Thurs day. • 'BesideS Clauss, the number one stooge, will be Bud Mellot and Jack Hunter, who together are the Three Stooges, funny merrimak ers. Dancing routines will be per formed by Mim Zartman, Betty Lyman, Doris Disney, and Pris Schaut while JoEllen 'Loop will entertain with a 'baton specialty. Vocalists to accompany the unit are Jane Abramson, Tawny Hill, and Jane McChesney. Another comic specialty will be given by (Continued on page two) Riidio Deliate-Oullines- Due by Noon Saturday Stue.ents .who have entered the natione+- Intercollegiate Radio Debate contest must submit out lines of their topic by noon Sat urday to Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the speech departtnent. . Topic of the . debate contest k. "Should American youth support the re-establishment after • the war of competitive enterprise rs our dominant economic system?" 'First prize in the contest is r $l,OOO. war bond and. $250 cash. Second prize will be a $5OO bond and $125 cash. Qualifying prizes for sectional winners will give $5O to eight first place sectional winners, while $25 will be awarded to each of the eight second place con testers. • Cartography. Course The Geography Division has announced .that advanced R. 0. T. C. students may take Geogra phy 100, Cartography, in spite of the apparent conflict at 4 o'clock on Mondays. An arrangement will be made for making up this hour of Cartography work at some other time. ethical contributions to the world. The Chinese people mag nify scholarship and despise war." Dr. Miller said. The spiritual contributions of India are a result of the Indian's devotion to religion, while Rus sia, the third group of the Asiat ic continent, with its vast re sources gives practical cantribu tons to the world, according to the lecturer. Although Japan has a highly inferiority complex, its highly organized government is attempt ing to change its status in world standing. This is evident by the fact that when Germany allied itself with Japan, the Nazis made them "honorary aryarts." Dr. Mill. le) state. Trustees Okay Loan Fund For Graduates' Class Gift FAWS Asks Men To Fill Out Papers It's nearly all over, except for the shouting as far as the Re serve program for' College stu dents is concerned. There's plenty of "shouting" being done however by • men stu dents who are trying to get. in and can't; men who started their applications before. December 5 and don't know exactly what to do; and by the Faculty Advisor on War Service who is trying to locate and help these men com plete their enlistments before the December 15 deadline. Navy Reserves Closed From the Office of Naval Of ficer Procurement in Philadelphia came a directive yesterday, stat ing that further recruiting of Re serve Corps candidates for V-1, V-5 and V-7 ar•e to be halted ex cept in the case of those who be gan their initial application be fore Monday, December 7. Since no more Naval Recruit ing - parties' will sent 'to the College, all men who are consid ered as having made bona fide applications, should go to the Navy Department"s Office of Na val Officer Procurement, 17th floor, Widener Building, .Phila delphia, to complete their enlist ments. • Need Letter from FAWS They should take with them a letter from Galbraith stating that they began their enlistments be fore he seventh. Men who plan to see Galbraith for advice should try to come up during free morning hours ikyos sible. Students who passed physical exams when Lieut. Curtis of the Navy was here recently, and for any reason did not complete their enlistments, can do so before -De cember 15, by going to the Phila eelphia offices. Open for 17-Year-Olds Galbraith said that Reserves are still open to the few men who haven't attained their eighteenth birthdays, but these men will have to go to the nearest recruit mg office to effect their enlist ments. Men who have qualified for the Navy and who should visit the Philadelphia center as .soon as they can before Dedember 15 are: Robert Beecher, Carl Bergey, Fred DeLauter, Lawrence Demp sey, Lawrence-Doyle, John Gans, Harold Hocker, Theodore Holt, Ralph Horst, Jack Huffman, ROb eft Jones, Robert Lowrie, Rob (Continued on page two) Classes Will Present Three One-Ad Plays Classes in production, direction, .stagecraft, and make-up will pre sent two bills of 'three one-act plays in the Little Theater at 7:30 this evening and Friday, accord ing to Frank S. Neusbaum, pro_ fessor of dramatics. "April First," an original one-act play written by Kathryn M. Popp '43, will be presented Friday eve ning. Admission for both evenings is free, Mr. Neusbaunt stated. PRICE: THREE CENTS Class Approves Plan Early in November A loan fund for members of the Class of 1943 returning to College from war service has been official ly approved as the senior class gift, David .1. McAleer, class president, announced last night. At the end of ten years, the accumulated fund will be used for a permanent class memorial. The plan, given the official okay of the President's Office and the Board of Trustees Friday, was ap proved •by senior class vote during the first week in November, Mc- Aleer stated. Seniors, voting by mimeograph ed postal card, gave the plan a better than two-to-one margin over the combined totals of the two other proposals of a special class fund committee and additional suggestions "written on" on extra spaces provided on the ballot. More than $5,000 is expected to be made available through the memorial fund,' . .which consists of the balance in the class treasury and the unexpended funds in the Class of 1943 Damage Deposit Ac count. -- The "memorial fund of the•class of 1943"' proVides that the total of $l,OOO plus accumulated interest will be made available each year for a ten-year period to "members of the class of 1943 who—due to military, industrial, or civilian service were ' forced to leave school before graduation and wish to return to finish college." In the event that the annual quota is not used by members of the class of 1943, any.regularly enrolled sopho more, junior, or senior in need of financial assistance may take ad vantage of the remainder of the allotment. Funds borrowed through the memorial fund 'may be •repaid. . (Continued on Page Four) 11111111111111111111111M11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ii LATE NEWS 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 GUADALCANAL—The seventh .Tap attempt to land forces in the Buna-Gona area was . repulsed by Allied aircraft with the possible loss to the invader of two destroy ers, it was announced from Gen eral IVlacArthur's headquarters last night. Direct hits were scored on two destroyers of the seven at tacking. MOSCOW—Reports from Mos cow last night revealed that the Reds are steadily advancing along the entire front. Ninety miles from the Latvian border, 700 Nazis were reported killed, while seven Ger man counter-attacks were repuls ed and 44 German planes downed in the Stalingrad sector. TUNISIA—An Allied counter attack and German withdrawal slightly changed the deadlocked situation of the battle of Tunis, the 'War Department announced last night. Allied bombers staged sev eral hit-and-run attacks upon Axis objectives. MEMtha- SANTA 2Pvi, ele`• S in ..7 - 47? - CO.ZE.
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