Successor To Tfe Free Lance. Established 1837 t . . . 4r . lilalm.- t 4 , 11111811 P 1 '4l : /.: : A M R . 6 A t NNRO ' r OTATEM ? ji r ' i SIZITPS 1 I !,,a , • _ L: • 1 VOL. 40—N0..?* -17%!..) College Enrolls 4654 Students For Spring Term Despite the war and the uncer tain draft situation, a' total of 4,- 6 354.• students had registered by 5 p. in. yesterday, the Registrar's Office • announced. Of the large number of students enrolling 3,160 were men, 1,381 Were women, and 113, graduate at students. Though no official re port has yet been given it is known that many of the new registrants are transfer students from other colleges and the undergraduate centers. A breakdown of the latest fig. ures show more students enrolled in the school of Liberal Arts than in any other school. A total of 1,- 235 have signed for Liberal Arts. Following are the registration figures as reported at 5 p. m. yes terday: Women . Graduates 4654 Breakdown by schools show the following enrollments Liberal Arts Engineering Chemistry and Physics.. 684 Aijricultnre --- " 608 Education Mineral Industries Physical Education Graduate Transition • One thousand students and fac- No Frosh Customs ulty members have already been arts Vaccinated at the. dispensary dur- P Mill Available ing the last few days. The great rush has taxed heav ily the facilities of the dispensary No customs have .been set to and a special order has been sent For The Moon Is Down' date for first semester men, J. Rob- to Philadelphia. for more vaccine. ert Hicks '44, Tribunal chairman, Despite the additional work it . Many parts . are still available announced last night. • will involve, Dr. Joseph P. Rite- in the tryouts for the Penn State `Whether freshmen will wear nour, director of the. College Players' next play, John Stein customs depends on the total num- Health Service, suggested students beck's famous "The Moon Is ber of registered frosh and the be vaccinated in order, to guard Down," Frank S. Neusbaum, di availability of green felt dinks ~, against a. further spread of the rector, announced last night. Try disease. - outs which started in the Little Hicks said. When this information "A recent survey by Dr. R. C. Theatre, Old Main, last night will is known, the decision will be pub - continue through tonight before lished in the Daily Collegian. Bull, head of Lehigh University's Professional Neusbaum attempts Ritenoursaid, In addition to its judicial duties, to cast the drama. "showed that 75 out of every 1000 Tribunal will also handle late cur college students were without ade- Students and faculty members few permissions. All campus activ- quate protection against small- may still tryout for Steinbeck's ity groups that meet on campus pox." - . powerful war play. Those inter after 8:30 p. m. must appeal to Dr. RitenoUr also added that ested should sign for appointment Tribunal for late permission. Activity groups are defined as most of the 55 cases treported times at StUdent Union desk, but any initiations by cam us groups, ' throughout the state are in neigh- Director Neusbaum added that p boring counties. all üblication those unable to reach Old Main honorary meetings, student gov- Viewing a line of nearly 50 stu- should report to the Little Thea gs , P ernment meetin dents waiting to be vaccinated, he tre at 7 •p. m. regardless of ap activities, rehearsals of dramatic said, "This is a fine exhibition of pointments. groups (Players and . Thespians' voluntary public health work. No Seventeen men and three worn mainly), drills by military groups, request was made of the students en will be icast in "The Moon Is and all athletic practices. to get treatment, yet a great num- .Down." To . be produced sometime • All petitions must be addressed'February, the play is the story to Hicks personally through Stu- ber have already visited the dis- in pensary to receive it." . of the invasion of a small mining dent Union. The deadline for such ---- town by the ,Nazis and the trouble petitions will be decided at a later - date. Ban. Pleasure Driving they had in subjugating the stub born inhabitants. In 17 Eastern States • Rushing Code in Effect Book Exchange Needs Sharpening the teeth alreaCy For Present Semester in the gasoline rationing systemion , the Office of Price G reater Text Variety Set by Tribunal This semester's rushing code, a has placed a •ban on all pleasure • carry-over of last semester's, is driving in the 17 eastern states "A very successful afternoon of still in• effect for the present rush- and in the District of Columbia. business was witnessed yesterday ing season, Henry L. Keller '44, According to the new ruling, afternoon at the student Book Ex- IFC presieent announced last any motorist driving to places of change," Harry C. Coleman '44, night. amusement or to "purely social chairman, stated in an interview The code says hr short, no worn- engagements" may be punished last night, "but we found the lack en may be in fraternity houses by cancellation of all or part of Oil a great variety of books for during rushing and pledging may his gasoline ration. Liberal Arts, Engineering, and take place at any time. Janu- Ray V. Watkins, State College ROTC courses." ary 14 has been set as the end of rationing chairman and registrar Coleman also stated that books rushing season. at the College, revealed that dis- for foreign languages were needed, As in the past, cards must he covery of a car parked at Recrea- too. He urged students who pos submitted at Student Union when tion Hall, or places of amusement ses these kinds of books and wish a rushee is pledged. There is no in the borough will require ex- to sell them, to come to the ex sso deposit because of the few planation on the part of the change where, he further obsery number of freshmen. driver. ed, they can be sold readily, FRIDAY .MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA g.- i 4 . Att; . „41!;•.1 ..04.;k5V •iire ...pA,.l" . ' vA . ' ; Fe 4 1 ...46; , 3r „ 3160 1381 113 1000 Students Obtain Vaccinations Against Smallpox at Dispensary 285 123 113 19 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Young Man with a Purpose . . . . . And Penn State, Too ! Air Corps Now Open Daily Collegian Drive Enters Third Day Of Soliciting Entering the third day of its torrent subscription campaign, Daily Collegian officials last night, felt confident that the quota would be reached, although re turns from solicitors were coming in at a slower pace than usual. Main selling point in this year's campaign is the guarantee of con tinued delivery offered all sub scribers who are drafted before the end of the semester. To all men who purchase a $1.75 carrier subscription, and arc later taken into the armed serv ices, the Collegian plans to make up the difference incurred by con tinuing the subscription through the mail. Usual one-semester mail deliv eries cost $2.25. Solicitors are urged by Phillip P. Mitchell '44, to cover frater nity houses and downtown room ing houses and to bring in their signed subscriptions every after noon. In addition. to door-to-door sol icitors, there will be people sta tioned in The Daily Collegian of fices,- ground floor, Carnegie Hall to take care of any students who wish to subscribe but haven't been contacted by Daily Collegian agents as yet. To the sixty-odd freshmen ma triculating in the spring semester ; the Faculty Advisor on War 'Serv ice, Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, said that no Reserves have been opened to them as yet. Galbraith said that all Re serves are now closed and that no , quotas have been set for entering freshman classes. Possible exception, according to Galbraith, is the Navy's V-1 Re serve Program which is still open to men who are not yet 18 years Miles Horst, graduate of Penn old. State in the class of 'l4, has been A snag, which has not been named as Secretary, of Agriculture cleared, has developed in the case for Pennsylvania in Governor of students in the ERC who are Martin's new cabinet, the College not yet 18 and who were "ear was informed last night, marked" for transfer to one of the o Mr. Horst, while at Penn State.ther reserves upon attainment of was an active student in extra- their eighteenth birthday. curricular activities, topping off his No provisions have been made college career as editor of the 1914 for these cases, although FAWS La Vie. Galbraith felt that the matter would be clarified shortly. Until Enrolled in agronomy, Secretary Horst was a member of the Alpha such a time, these men must re- Zeta fraternity, Friars, Skull and main in the ERC. Bones, the intercollegiate debate Treatment in the cases of men team, cross-country squad, Y. M. (Continued on Page Two C. A. Cabinet, ant i th e Student 11111111111118111111118111M11111111111111111118111111111111111119 Council. He was a winner of a LivrE E, tirrws John W. White junior scholarship n n and was junior orator for his class. Horst, 'l4, Named State Ag Head Since receiving his B.S. degree riLASHE in 1914, Secretary Horst has ob- r tained his M.A. at Columbia Uni -111111111111111111111111111111111111111i1111111111111111111111111111.411) versity and has served in the State • Legislature, has been a member of WASHINGTON. Addressing the executive board of .the Alumni the opening . session of the new Association, and secretary of the Congress, President - Roosevelt State drange. struck a note of ontimisrn. "This •By obtaining the office of Secre tary of Agriculture, Mr. Horst also assumes position as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the College. Jobs Available Coeds wishing to earn money doing housework and caring for children may 'obtain work through the dean of women's office, Miss Edith K. Melville, ssistant to the dean of women, stated yesterday. The assistant dean said that many requests for such help have been re ceived from the town women. Applications may be obtained at the dean's office. Miss Mel ville reminded coeds who have preiously done such work that they must till out new applica tions. PRICE: THREE CENTS Transfers To ERC Men Engert Plans Mental, Physical Examinations Army Enlisted Reserve Corps members were informed last night of several notices which are like ly to affect their status during the coming months. From Capt. H. S. Engert, head of the Army Air Corps Examining Boaixl, came word that ERC mem-, bers who feel that they can meet the qualifications required by the Air Corps may apply for trans fers. Engert. asks :.:11 those already in the ERC, seeking transfers to first notify him at his headquarters, Fourth and Market street, Haris burg. Arrangements will then be made to have mental and physi cal exams given to these transfer ees some Wednesday shortly af ter the transfer is applied for. With them, when he makes the trip to Harirsburg, the trans fer applicant must take an appli cation signed by his parent; his birth certificate if he failed to produce it when joining the ERC, and three letters of recommenda• tion. year the United Nations will strike and strike hard," he said. "This — i year we will advance and fight." The speech was immediately re broadcast in more than 26 langu• ages to all parts of the globe. MOSCOW. Maintaining their 25-mile-a-day pace, Red armies were reported only 50 miles north of Rostov and recaptured a number of towns in the Middle Don and North Caucasus areas. The Ger mans, admittedly backtracking through the Caucasus, were burn ing bridges and supplies behind them. TUNISIA.—In bitter fighting in the Mateur , area, Nazi forces re gained control for the second time of Jebel Azzag, a strategic height 15 miles west of Mateur near Tunis, yesterday. in overhead fighting, RAF and American air-. craft blasted Axis supply lines.
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