s : VICTORY I I ...411.• \ . 4. I r' aa ~....... ob r su a ity i ... g:. ‘,.‘ T o ti rgtatt ~....,.-.-„,... .„,, 1:4c.-',..../.3",„iis [ ,...0.6„. , 4'E PS ..6.. A SCAMPS OF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STAY" VOL. 40—No. 27 College Prepares Varied Function For Christmas Student Groups Plan Annual Yuletide Events With Christmas drawing close and the smell of snow in the air, the College has not been taken .unaware.)For the last week of the semester many programs . have been planned in accordance with the coming of the day When "Saint Nick" arrives. The Yuletide season gets under way at Penn State tomorrow morn ing- when the Choir presents its annual Musical Service. Christmas carols, a solo by an ensign present on campus, and organ solos will be featured 'here. A group from the Penn State Christian Association will hold a party. for 50 needy children of Shingletown Gap at the home of Professor and Mrs. Chesleigh A. Bonine 'tomorrow afternoon ES a gesture of the Weace .on Earth, Gdod Will Toward Men" spirit. In McAllister' Hall, at mealtime Monday evening, coeds will hold their. traditional Christmas dinner under candlelight. They will join their vocal efforts together and sing the various carols conducive to Christmas. Following the candlelight dinner .in clul? will ' perforth its. yearly; Christmas concert . in White 'Hall; giving shows at 7:30 and 8:30 p. m. . .Also on Monday evening, at 7:15 in Schwab Auditorium, a sing will be held. Such favorites as "Stille Nacht,- He"lige Nacht," "0, Tan nenbaum," and "0, - du frohliche, 0 du seelige".will be sung. Early birds will be permitted to attend a Christmas 'Vesper Service at - 7, a; m. Wednesday morning, wheri. Jean .E. Hershberger '43 leads tic service in the Hugh Bea ver Mom on the third floor of Old :.lain. Topping off' the program, in ac cordance with the celebration of the coming holiday, "Num" Fish_ burn will lead students, faculty, and townspeople in the annual Carol Sing on the Front Campus (Confined on Page Three) Physical Fitness--When? I • About a week ago we were most gratified to read the following Cotlegian headline, "Physical Fitness Changes Announced." Finally, we thought, the powers that be have found their way clear to inaugu rate the long overdue compulsory physical fitness program fOr all male students on the campus: As we read deeper into the story our initial eh - Alen turned rapid ly to disgust. It seems that the only "change" ,contemplated was to have the freshmen and sophomores visit the. gym for two one hour periods rather than the former two-hc - ur period. As we read more of the story it became evident that once again .juniors and seniors 'were being left entirely out of the picture. And the reason. Why you know the old stand-by by this time. There are only ,such arid such a number of lockers and so many shower heads and •we have all these students. Therefore, it just can't be done. This type of side-stepping may have been OK a year ago, but times have changed. It seems that everyone favors an intensified physical fitness program except the Phys Ed School bigwigr—the men who should at this time be the most interested in having their school keep pace with our war effort. One by cne Den Schott's objections to this program have been knocked off. The cry for additional funds was stifled this fall wheh the athletic advisory board earmarked $5,000 for this specific purpose! The lack of instructors is no longer a stumbling block since phys ed majors have already offered their services. The College Administration is behind a speed-up program just as are the Army r nd Navy officials and the students themselves. Where then lies the trouble? Silly as it may sound it is right up in offices of :Rec Hall where the locker space boogey-man seems to have complete control of the'situation. .a A, ( e.,RntiP 1 4e,d VIP) , „ . „ INEEZI Commencement Week Schedule Sunday, December 13 11 a. m. Chapel service, Schwab Auditoriuni. Speaker, 'Norris S. Lazaron, D.Lit., rabbi, Baltimore Hebrew Congrega tion. 3 -, m . --Senior Baccalaure ate services, Schwab Audi torium. Tuesday, December 15 9-12 p. m.—Senior Hot Dog Roast, Armory. Dancing, enter tainment by Thespian Group, refreshments. Only seniors ad mitted. Wednesday, December• 16 • 7 o. m.—Senior Class Day ex ercises,- Auditorium. - Presenta tion of Honor Awards. Pres entation of History of Class of 1943. 9:31 p. m.--;Christmas Sing, Front Campus. Thursdey, December 17 m.—Commencement Ex ercise 7, Recreation Hall. Seniors must attend to receive diplo mas. Commencemer.l Week Planned for Graduates; Chapel to Start Program In line with the 83rd graduation of Penn State in Rec Hall at 8 o. m. Thursday evening, a complete Commencement Week program has been plsnned for students who will receiy.e,their-degrees-at , the.-exer- Cises 'at that time. ' • Starting tomorrow morning, When the annual Christmas Mu sical Service takes place in Schwab Auditorium at the regular Sunday morning chapel services,• the pro gram will continue throughout the week until Cornncement. At 3 . p, m. tomorrow .afternoon the graduating class Will have its baccalaureate servictls. The ,guest speaker will be •Pabbi Morris S. .Lazaron of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. • Tuesday evening, from 9 to 12 p. m., the senior "Hot Dog" roast .will be held in the Arluory. Selec tion of the senior "Hot Dog," danc ing, entertainment by a Thespian group including' freshman imper sonator Edward Coles, Ted Clauss, Bud Mellot t Jack Hunter, Pat La (Continued on Page Four., AN EDITORIAL Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1942, STATE COLLEGE, PA Cagers Meet Bucknell Tonight in Final G . ame Here Before Christmas Vacation-Starts° Robert Mawhinney To Receive Collegian Outstanding Senior Award Finance Board Head lawthermen to Attempt Outstanding Senior Receives Annual Award To Extend Win Streak Robert Louis Mawhinney '43, for four years an outstanding leader in his class, will be pre sented with the highest individual award that can be given a Penn State senior—the Drily Collegian Outstanding Senior • trophy—be tween the halves cf the Bucknell basketball game tonight Mawhinney will be the seventh member of a graduating class to receive this honor given by the Daily. Collegian on the vote of the retiring junior editorial board. Re eeipient of last year's r.ward was Leonard Krouse, football captain and senior class preside - ht. Those previously honored were ,Jack W. Brand '4l, H. Clifton McWilliams, Jr. '4O, Joseph A. Peel '39, and Sol B. Miehoff '3B. The awarding •of the . - 15 inch statute of• Victory, which is to be presented by Milton B. Dolinger '44, Collegian editorial associate, Robert L. Mawhinney '43 has is judged chiefly on two factors: been elected by the retiring junior The candidate's activity during all editorial bo-rd of the Daily Col his four years and the candidate's legian to receive its annual award activity in varied fields. to the outstanding member of the Mawhinney is from Pittsburgh, senior class. The trophy will be and a member cf Alpha Sigma presented between halves of .the Phi fraternity. Bucknell basketball game Setur ..His. .activities ~have - - chairManship of the Campus '43" Clique, the Interclass Finance Beard and the '43 Junior Prom. ACER Exams Mawhinney has also been a mern. ber of Skull and Bones, Lions vv, All-College Cabinet, All- online A (online Day College Elections Committee and the V-Weekend. Committee and Wes elected junior class treasurer in 1941 Navv Will Not Send Air Crew Cadets Here; Program Cul ' Penn State has failed to be chosen by the Navy. Department to train , 600 Naval Aviation Ca dets for grcund school instruction, Mr. Wilmer •E. Ken worthy, executive secretary to the 'presi dent, announced last night. Recent communication between the Navy Department and the President's office indicate that the reason the College was not chosen as a training center is that the Navy has decided to cut down on , its formerly planned program so that it is not able to include Penn State among the institutions se lected .to train future ground crew men for the Navy. Even though the College was not appointed as an instruction post, Mr. Keli worthy stated that it may be giN en some considera tion at a later date, should the Navy find the need for more cen ters.. Selection of Penn State to train men for the Navy grcund crew had been under consideration !)3 , the Navy Dep9rtment ever ginc.l. a (Continued on page three) ~. . ~,,~ v r`~~ SANTA JAYS:- .B✓y your . s 'a -~j COLLEGE- E COLLEGE Although the examination of rmy Ali. Corps Enlisted Service candidates has been proceeding at a steady rate. Capt. H. S. Engert, head of the visiting Examination Eoard warned men who have not yet been qul.lined to do so imme diately. Attempting to complete all en listments before midnight, •Tues day, Capt. Engert said that mental and physical exams will be given today, tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday, if necessary. Tests are being administered in the fourth floor, Old Main, head quarters of the ACER board. As a last minute reminded to men who have not yet completed Reserve enlistments, Professor Galbraith, Faculty Advisor on War Service once more stated that the V-1, V-5, and V-7 procurement of ficer in Philadelphia would also be open all day Sunday to take care of last minute enlistments. Men going to Philadelphia must take with them a letter from Gal braith stating that they had be (Continued on Page Three) Students Nov Eighteen Must Sign in Sixth Selective Registration Students who have reached their eighteenth birthday and have not registered in the five pre vious draft registration periods must register in the sixth selec tive service registration scheduled t-,• take place during the mcnth of December. CoWyse students born on or af- Jrl7 1, 1924 but not after Au gust 31, 1924 must register be tween today and next Thursday k • bev n^t clone so yesterday, which was the first day of the x t 11 students who have been worn into any reserve corps do (Ccntlnued cn rage Three) PRICE: THREE CENTS Penn State will close its basket ball competition until after the Christmas vacation tonight when it meets a veteran Bucknell quin tet in Rec Hall at 8 D. m. The Lion cagers will be out to extend their 14-game winning streak which has extended since the ,first half of last year's card. The Lions have not lost since they encountered West Virginia at Mor_ gantown early last season. They have not lost a game in Rec Hall since they lost to the same West Virginia five late in the 1941 season. Their home-game win streak now stands at 15. Although the Lion eagers are favored over the Bisons by virtue of their wins over Washington and Jefferson and Susquehanna, the Lewisburg squad will probably give them plenty of trouble. In the absence of Malcolm E. Musser, former varsity ,basketball coach and now a lieutenan't in the United States Navy, the Bison .cag ers are being coached by Johnny Sitarsky, who, as an undergradu ate, was one of Bucknell's four four-lettermen. For the past two years he has coached freshman basketball: Even died_in• the-wool old time Bison fans are willing, to admit that George . Haines ranks among the great Bucknell basketball players of all time. Last year, in 18 games, this slim, unassuming forward chalked up 324 points and shattered two Eastern Pennsyl vania Collegiate League scoring records. His 37 points in a single/game against Lebanon Valley disposed of one record, and his 229 points (Continued on Page Five) 111111111111111111111111MIIMII11111111111111111111111111111111111111 ~ it 1111111111111(111111111111111111111111411111111111111111111111111111111 LONDON British radio an nounced British bombers have made another raid over Northern Italy. The Rome radio was forced off the air for two hours. ALLIED NORTH AFRICAN HEADQUARTERS—It has - been announced here that General Grant tanks have played an important part in Tunisian land battles. It was further announced that the enemy has superiority in the air. OTTAWA—One hundred and ninety_four persons were rescued by a Canadian boat from a trans port torpedoed in the North Atlan tic. A seven-months-old baby was among those rescued. WASHINGTON—JPresident Roosevelt announced last night that the Allies have seized the in itiative from the Axis. He also stated that by the end of the month the United States will 'have over a million men overseas. 'Roosevelt said over two billion dollars has been transacted in lend-lease sup plies. NEW YORK—Lou Nova was knocked out in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden by Tami Fvlaurriello. WASHINGTON—WiIIiam Phil lips was appointed President Roosevelt's personal envoy to In dia to investigate conditions. BERLIN—Hitler told the Ger.. man people that:, he does not fore see any collapse of the Gerr4an Army paralleling the defeat of 1918.
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