Penn State Student Has . Conference With War Heads; Receives Information On Probable Status Of Reservists
By LEWIS L. JAFFE ent Army Plan now being consid- as now proposed by the Army, sent back to an institution selected deferments though, as graduation
At a White House luncheon with ered by Manpower Commissioner Dorr said that reservists will firs: by the government for brief spe- is not necessary, since seniors have
war heads Stimson and Knox and McNutt is approved, MacNabb receive an intensive 13 weeks' cialized training. Those in lower a basic knowledge of their sub
„later in a private conference with said. basic training course at induction brackets will enter the ranks, pos- jects. Sophomore and freshman
Assistant Secretary of War Dorr However, much pressure is now centers, not colleges. sibly as non-commissioned offi- technical students will not be de-
Tuesday afternoon, Robert S. Mac- being exerted by the educators After that they will be given a cers. ferred, according to the plan, since
Nabb '45 received information con- throughout the country to push screening test to determine
_where Deferments will be granted un- it is felt that they will be needed
:cerning the probable status of col- through their plan to have the they will be placed. Those receiv- der the plan to pre-medical, pre- before the completion of their
lege reservists in the near future. Army fully utilize the facilities ing a high score in leadership abil- dental, and pre-theological stu- studies.
According to Assistant Secretary colleges have for training technical ity will be sent to Officers' Candi
of War Dorr, Army reserves will as well as liberal arts ,students. dates School and those having
be called in February if the pres- Revealing the details of the plan high scientific aptitudes will be
Facully-Student
forum Discusses
War Problems
Meeting To Be Held
In 121 Sparks Tonight
"What Is the Outlook for Penn
State Students?" will be the topic
'under discussion at a student-fac-
•ulty forum in• 121 Sparks, 7:30 to-
Chairman of the forum will be
Robert S. MacNabb '45, who has Opportunity pounds at the door
%returned from Washington, D. C., for the last time this weekend in
*where he conferred at the White Commencement exercises for
'House with the President, Mrs. more than 750 graduating seniors the case of more than 246 male
Roosevelt, both the Secretary of of the Class of 1943 will take student§ who made application for
the Army Air Corps Enlisted Re_
Wavy and War, and several other place in Recreation Hall. 8 p. m.
serve before the December 5 dead
Washington officials on the prob- Thursday, December 17.
line.
lem of colleges and college stu- Seniors graduating must be •
dents during the war, present at the exercises if they Mental and physical examina
wish to receive their respective tions will be administered for these
Questions to be discussed • are men especially by an examining
§.
typical of those being asked by degree board which will start screening
Program for the
men and women on the campus:exercises, applicants at 8:30 Friday morning.
which will be presided over by
"Will the Reserves Be Needed Exams will be conducted in the
Soon?" "Will Technical Students Presic:.ent Ralph D. Hetzel, in- Air Corps temporary headquarters
Be Deferred?" "Will Women Be eludes an organ prelude, "Min- on the fourth floor, Old Main until
Drafted?" uet from Gothique Suite," by all enlistments are effected, which
Boellmann, played by Prof. Irene'
Members of the forum include means that mental and physical
O. Grant of .the music department:
Adrian..o. Morse, assistant to thetests will be given Saturday and
president in charge of student in- aid the Academic Procession, Sunday if the demand is great
b
y the Invocation to be
struction; Dean H. P. Hammond, followedenough.
John
i
gven by H. Frizzel, College ,
School.of -Engineering; Dr. Lauraßy acting immediately, the men,
chaplain.
Drummond, professor of home eco- ' for whom the special examining
norrilcs; Capt. S. B. Gilliard, assis- : Next on the program will be a committee has come to test can
tant professor of military science musical interlude consisting of collect the he
papers and .
- •
-and-tactics;-"MisS--DotOthY:-Bruri=' "America Calling" by Willson, redadi • iiiiiieh - s at .he presented
" Down to Rib, by Ger 7 .
ner, All-College Cahinet member; "Rollingat the time of the interview or be=
"Blue
and William S. Ivans,.senior vale- man, and the Penn. State fore the swearing in takes place.
dictorian ' and .president of . Engi- and White." . .- . ,
• Men who signified their intent
.neering School.Conneil.' The address '..t6 the graduating to apply for the - Air Corps to the
class. will be presented by Rob
• 'thacNabb and Miss Hattie Van Faculty Advisor on War Service,
ert C. Clothier, president of Rut
:Tiber of the-Perin State Christian and who have failed to fill out
,
Association- Public Meetings Com- ge rs University,• after which their application papers should do
President Hetzel will conduct the so will be co-chairmen of the so immediately.
- • • conferring. of degrees, introduc
'program. - Birth certificates must also be .
(Coniinued .on Page Two)
ni
The foru is - sponsored by the . presented. If a student 'does not
- '
Pnblic Meetings Committee of the
Christian Association. -""
per, the record of the officiating
physician at- the time of birth, or
Annual Christmas a notarized statement from two
people, not related, stating that
Chapel Services, La Vies for graduating seniors
will not be delivered until Mon-
they are acquainted with circum
stances surrounding the birth. •
Take Pia ce-Sunday day, Martin Duff, La Vie editor,
stated last night. Reason given for Draft bOard releases must be
The annual Christmas Musical
the delay was transportation dif- turned in at the same time, in the
..-',. •
ficulties. ' case, of men who have already
t Service -by the College Choir will
be presented in Schwab Auditor- At the szme time, Harry Cole- - registered.
' - -
.iuni,- 11 a. m. •Suriday, December man, next year's La Vie editor, put Aviation Cadet candidates must
13. • in a call for second semester soph- bring parental consent papers.
Presented each year before the omores desiring to do editorial Of interest to some of the Air
*start' of the Christmt.s vacation, work - for - next year's publication. Corps candidates may be the fact
the services this year will include All those interested should meet in that openings are still present for
the choir singing "The Angel's 318 Old Main Monday at 4p. m. (Continued on pane iwo)
'Song" by Teschesnoy; an English
'carol, "On Christmas Night," ar-
'ranged by Prof. G. William Hen
ninger, of the music department;
"The Three Kings," .a. Catalonian
carol, arranged by Rev. Louis Ro_ Collegian's check-off plan, favored by three out bf every four
mev, ;.and another English carol
Penn State students, hcs failed to pass the College Board of Trustees.
arranged by Alfred Whitehead,
entitled
. "This Endris Night." Naturally this is a hard blow ,to the Daily Collegian, which
The Negro spiritual, ,Rise Up, recently has. had several lean years, barely pulling through the
Shepherd, and Follow", "Bethle- Summer semester, but showing signs of prosperity during the past
,hem" and "Praise to the Lord" will semester. It is tough to take, for the staff has looked forward to
:complete the choir's songs for the the plan for a year, hoping and praying every day as the trustees'
,morning, meeting drew near. It was like reaching for a golden egg, only
Ensign Erwin Windward, tenor, to have it disappear, and the hand left groping around the dark
,will be the soloist on the program,
ness of inexperience for some means of existence.
singing "Comfort Ye, My People"
from Handel's "Messiah". Remember that "It's Up to You" campaign at the start of the Sum-
mer? It took plenty of • gumption to push the paper through those
days. Smaller - enrollment was the main factor. We looked forward
to the day when we wouldn't have to sweat so much for subscriptions.
We, thee of the junior board, ordinarily would have received 'Compen
sation. .We• gave it up to continue a daily. We'll be seniors next se
mester, facing another year of putting in three or four hours every day
with experience only as our pay.. We've had our All-College-averages
Popp Play To Be Enacted slip. We've walked around dazed from lack of sleep. We've pushed
"April First," an original one- this, publicized that, worked to the point of ill health—hoping, hoping
act play written by Kathryn - M. all the lime our cheCk-off system would get the approval of the highest
PoPp '43, will be third on a bill of •
Coll
three plays presented in the Little age authorities . . hoping we'd hp ve some security in future
Theater, 7:30 p: in. tomorrow. (Continued on page two)
Organ numbers by Mrs. - Irene 0.
.Grant will include "Christmas Of
fertory" by Grison; "Christmas in
.Sicily" by Pietro .Yon, and the
"Hallelujah Chorus" from the
:Messiah.
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VOL. 40--No. 25
1501 a Graduate at A CER Board Comes Tomorrow
Commencement
Next Thursday
Transportation Delays
Delivery of La Vies
An .Elegy - To The Check-Off
Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887
Daily N To *tau
OF. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10. 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA. PRICE THREE CENTS
246 Applicants
To Be Enlisted
have a birth certificate he may
substitute in lieu, 'a . baptismal pa-
AN EDITORIAL
dents and may also be given to One feature of the plan is a two
junior technical students. Senior year post-war course for all col
technical students will not receive (Continued on Page Four)
'Stay in School'
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Dean Stresses
LA Importance
Liberal Artists have been ad
vised to take campus rumors of a
ss exodus with a . grain of salt
and to stay in school as long as
possible by Dean Charles W; Stod
dart; head of the School of Liberal
Arts.
The government has recognized
the need for the non-technical stu
dent. Various plans are under con
sideration by the War DepartMent
for student training. However,
nothing definite has been decided.
In the meantime, students may
well be urged to defer action pend
ing the issuance of such a state
ment.
The President of the United
States in a letter to the secretary
of the Association of American
(Continued on :-age• Three)
Collegian Check-Off
Fails to Pass Trustees'
Executive Committee
..The Daily Collegian's proposed
check_off system, heartily approv
ed by the student body by a count
of 3., to 1 at the recent All-College
elections, has failed to pass the
Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees at a meeting held last
Friday evening, Adrian 0. Morse,
assistant to the president and sec
retary of the committee, announc
ed last night.
No reasons were given by Mr.
Morse as to why the plan failed to
pass the Board of Trustees, despite
student opinion, which highly fa
vored the system, as shown by
their action in voting for the set
up.
Had the plan been approved by
the Board of Trustees, each stu
dent would have been assessed a
liberal amount of his semester's
fees, thereby being assured of re
ceiving a daily newspaper.
Failure to go through the Ex
ecutive Committee has left the
Daily Collegian in a state of un
(Contin-ued on page three)
Curtiss-Wright
Interviews Coeds
Tomorrow, Sal.
Applicants Schedule
Appointments Today
So that coeds interested in the
engineering training course offered
by Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Cor
poration may know definitely what
plans to make for next semester,
the corporation representative will
conduct interviews and tests a
week ahead of the time originally
scheduled. Miss Mary MCCloud,
Curtis-Wright representative, will
visit campus tomorrow and Satur
day to interview and test .appli_
cants.
Wtiirian students: wishing to ap
ply for the courses must arrange
for interviews with Henry E.
Young, assistant professor of Eng
lish composition in 201 Sparks,
from W to 12 a. m. and 1:30 to 5
p. m. today. Only coeds who are
now completing their sophomore
year or who already have junior
or senior ranking may apply. One
year of elementary college mathe
matics is also required.
Courses will begin February 1 at
eight engineering schools and
women must be willing to transfer
to any one of them. Schools are
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LONDON—The London Daily
News reported last night that
Royal Air Force planes passed
over Geneva. Switzerland, for a
period of more than three hours on
their way to bomb northern Italy.
The raid was so massive that re
turning planes passe - d planes on
their way to the target over Gen
eva. Heavy explosions were heard
in the Milan sector as the RAF
continued their huge raids of
Tuesday night.
MOSCOW—The Russian High
Command announced limited suc
cesses in the Stalingrad area with
heavy German attacks reported
repulsed northwest of the city.
GUADALCANAL—The Ameri
can forces were reported by an
Army communique to be advanc
ing steadily in the Buna-Gona sec
tor. One hundred and thirteen
Japs were reported killed in the
day's fighting.
CAlRO—Cairo radio reported
last night that the British First
Army is preparing for another
thrust at the German lines in
Libya. American and British
forces were reported being
strengthened in Tunisia. Many
new aircraft have been received
and the Allies are regaining air
superiority in this sector.