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Voorhis, Davis
Stress Cooperation
In Post-War Era
Over 300 Attend
First Lecture Series
The YMCA all over the world is
helping to break down the ever
present ‘‘polarized- illiteracy,” re
sulting not only from dictatorship
but also from democracy as well,
Jerome Davis, noted author and
educator, stated in a speech in
Schwab Auditorium last night be
fore more than 300 persons.
. The great unbiased work of the
YMCA in prison camps both in this
world conflict and the last, may
well be a social example to Ameri
ca .in considering “Peace—And
Then?—For the Future of Democ
racy.”
Projects of the prison camps
were fashioned after our present
university system, featuring an
educational, athletic, religious,
welfare, economic and thealtre sys
tem.
-fly breaking down “polarized il
literacy,” it may be said to inean
a difninishihg of the psychological
reaction on the part of humans tb
act in benefit of themselves, Davis
added.
In concluding, the educaltor said
that the trend after the war should
be -for -the. common, good,-making a
'•cle'avage between tinder-privileged
'and the well-to-do classes.
Discussing the political issues,
■ Jerry Voorhis, California legisla
tor, stated “■•there are two ideas
‘behind our fight for the future of
democracy: a liberal peace"that we
can depend upon, and a genuine
chance for the development of op
portunities, and forgiving a nation
• what we can.”
After the war, we must not act
as individuals but as a community
for the benefit of all. We must not
have the idea that our job is done,
■but that it has just begun, Voorhis
continued.
With- cooperation as our main
;trend, and each individual acting
lior the benefit of democracy, there
yean- be ho problems confronting
man that he cannot solve.
. Both governments- and people
• must serve cooperatively, Repre
rsentaltive Voorhis concluded.
Thomas 39 Receives leibacher Ages 20 Years In
Posthumous Decoration _. .. , ~ ,
‘ Penn State can add another gold TuQ MOOfi IS DOWO
>star to its service flag. " . ... .
■ V.V , . w r ,qq- By RITA M. BELFONTI. . Molly, whose husband was shot by"
iuSnSl!f £ SSicS Robert R. Leibacher will; again the conquerors for striking an ov-■
-soccer team and all-round ' vhen , he P l^s Corell erbearmg officer, was forced to kill
posthumously received the Navy “ Players’ new production “The Lieutenant Tender, played by Mil-
» rtf.* sta
jsavad the lives of 11 mm." !! ieh, ■ Febru “Y. 12 “ d rViT “'ll 1? H™’ °5
. - ~, 14. Leibacher, a comparative new- the kindly, well-liked mayor of
'!•' A mmnber of the crew of the comer . to the Penn State Players’ the village. Mrs. Orden represents
. Boise, Thomas. was manning , the troupe, recently played the part the typical small-town woman,
turret and directing operations o j- a m iddle-aged man in the. last happy in her position as mayor’s
a Coral Sea encounter with pj a y ers > production, Henrick lb- wife,'and content to live in her
the . Japs. When six Nippon ships sen > s “Ghosts.” The truth is, Lei- little hamlet the .rest of her life.
had been destroyed, a projectile has yet to play a man who In a way, she did not mind the in
‘struck the Boise pillbox. j s advanced in years. vasion, rather she resented it be
’ ; The 26-year-old lieutenant or- The gripping story of an occu- cause it interrupted the routine
'■idered, his men to abandon their pj e d town,-“The Moon Is Down” pattern of.her daily life.
'stations and sent them through the depicts all villages that have been .“The Moon Is Down” is differ
* .escape hatch. Although his - own’- entered.and- exploited by.-the con- ent from anything Steinbeck has
;station was nearest the hatch, querors. Leibacher, as Corell, is ever written. The trade mark of a
/;Thomas remained at his post until the quisling upon which most con Steinbeck novel—its suspense and
Itthe’last of his 11-man. crew.had quered villages swing, over into ever-increasing momentum reach
’reached safety. The pillbox burst enemy territory. He is the man who in'g its peak at the climax, the cir
'i-into flames before he could escape. i s a friend of the townspeople, a cumstances which arise, compli-
A former resident of Cambria respected member of his commu- eating the lives of his characters—
. icounty, the hero was.the son of a nity, but still an enemy agent.. • they are found in “The Moon Is
• state deputy secretary of mines, Molly Morden is played by Janet Down. 1 ’ They are found in “The
;..fW, Garfield Thomas. |. ' Dayton. This part is reality itself. (Continued on page four)
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Class In Morse Code
Announced By Ardery
Colonel Edward D. Ardery, head
ot. the ROTC department, an
nounces that the Signal Corps
ROTC Unit is now prepared to
offer instruction in the Morse Code
to faculty members or students.
The ability to send and receive*
code may prove invaluable in the
war effort and also' in civilian life
after the termination of the war,
said Colonel Ardery.
Coeds, as well as men, are eligi
ble for the instruction. There is no
credit connected with the course,
, nor will fees 'be charged. The
course is designed for those wish
ing to avail themselves of the op
portunity to understand coding on
their own time, the Colonel-ex
plained.
Each section will be limited to
40 persons. Arrangements for class
periods should be. made with Major
W. E. Tidm'ore, room 204 Engi
neering B.v where information is
available as. to the hours during
which classes will be held, Colonel
Ardery concluded.
Lincoln's Day Ball
Features Campus Owls
Campus Owls have a paramount
aim arid that is to present a dhhce
able tempo, in all of their music.
This organization, founded in
1925, boasts of a library which con
tains all the latest popular tunes
and is complete in every respect.
*• Old-,£ay<3lit«s are presented by
the wholeband-and the renowned
Owls’ Octette featuring such old
sweet, tunes as “Where or' When,”
“Stdrmy Weather,” and the new
favorite, “As Time Goes By.”
Owls’, favorites, such as “Joshua”
and “Blue Moon” have become
campus favorites.
Joe Canon, tenor sax; Len Sing
er, lead alto sax; Dayton Greenly,
bass; Bill Keefauver, trombone;
and leader-trumpet George Wash
ko, are all members of the junior
class and have played in the.same
band since they were freshmen.
Betty Platt has been handling the
vocals for over a semester.
The Campus Owls will be fea
-tured. along with Jack Lord’s Aris
tocrats in the' “Battle of Bands” at
the “Lincoln Birthday Ball” which
ps being held at Rec Hall from
/:00 p. m. to midnight. The entire
px-oceeds will be devoted' to the
buying of Collegian subscriptions
for Penn State men in the service.
Success
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Student Finds
Voorhis Lacks
Politicians Air
“Betty Coed and Joe College,
meet Representative Voorhis.”
A gentleman with a pleasant
face, ordinary walk and of plain
dress—far from the supposed
high falootin, cigar-in-mouth poli
tician that students picture when
the name of a congressman is
mentionedd.
A few strands of gray hair are
the only characteristics that give
the observer a hint of the Cali
fornia legislator’s 41 years. His
simplicity in speaking immediate
ly makes one feel at ease in his
presence.
Answers to a few questions
fired by a Collegian reporter
brought quick replies from the
congressman.— indicative of the
sharp and powerful thinking pow
ers for which the representative is
noted.
In regards to President Roose
velt’s surprise North African, trip,
Voorhis said, “although many in
Washington knew the President
was out of the country, they were
in the dark as to his definite
whereabouts.”
News of the President’s, parley
soon spread through official Wash
ington, so that when the time of
the important announcement
came, practically everyone in the
official circles had knowledge of
the Casablanca meetihg, Voorhis
explained.
.The interview came to an end
with the Representative being
asked, “when do you think the
war will be over?” Th'e lawmaker
smiled and retaliated by saying,
“I haven’t the slightest idea and
I • don’t believe even the military
men know. I don’t think it will
end by this year, but I do hope it
will finish by 1945.”
Collegian Meeting
Monday evening will be the
last time this semester fresh
men can try out for the Daily
Collegian. All prospective can
didates will meet in 9 Carnegie
Hall at 7 p. m. All freshmen
and sophomore, candidates must
be present at this meeting. Elec
tions will be held later this
semestei - .
Fred Waring Backs Next
Thespian Musical Show
Contributes to Thespians
Fred Waring, former State stu
dent, contributed $2OOO worth of
costumes for. the next Thespian
Penn State Sends
$2OOO To Lingnan
- Two thousand dollars—a major
part of it contributed by under
graduate students at the Pennsyl
vania State College—was mailed
today by the American trustees of
Lingnan University, China.
For more than thirty years a
Penn State in China committee
has directed the local support of
Lingnan, and during this period
all contributions at the Sunday
chapel services have been turned
over to the support of the univers
ity, formerly called the Canton
Christian College.
Since the Japanese invasion it
has been necessary to change the
location of Lingnan on two occa
sions, although the buildings on the
original,site—two miles from Can
ton—are now used for relief work.
The university was first moved
to the grounds of Hongkong Uni
versity, but this site was evacuat
ed with the later Jap advances
and LLngnan is now at Pingshek,
formerly an agricultural branch
of the university proper.
H. S. Brunner, professor of agri
cultural education .at the College,
is chairman of the, Penn State in
China committee.
Student members of the com
mittee are: Ranee -A. Durkee, ’43,
Dorothy K. Brunner, ’44, Jean B.
Ogden, ’4si secretary; Eugene R.
Yeager, ’43, Clermont S. Po\vell,
’44, and Clifford M. St. Clair, ’45.
House Bill introduced
For Ml Research
A bill has been., introduced in T « E was jfe
the House calling for an appro- ?° rted last mght at
pria.tion of 8100,000 for carrying on lrco P s P resslng
research Work in the School of ward aganst , Ja T p ? ne f
Mineral Industries of Penn State, on Guadalcanal Island, while air
The measure was introduced by and naval forces in ihe Solomons
Reps. Ham P. O’Neill (D., Lacka- area skirmish in what may be the
wanna) and Bruno Kowalsky (R., P l ; <dud ® io a full ' scale naval ballle
Luzerne), and provides for funds wilh ihe enemy,
needed to, carry on, an investiga- MOSCOW —Smashing westward
tion into the by-product fields of in the Caucasus, Red army troops
anthracite and bituminous coal. have split German forces, pinning
tinder this intended act, mem- one body against the sea and
bers of the coal, industry are to pressing another back toward Ros
contribute an equal amount to- tov into a semi-circle at which
wards carrying on this work. This -Soviet infantry, cavalry and tank
research was started in 1939, and troops are pounding from east
was continued by the 1941 legisla- and southeast, the Russians said
ture. yesterday. * .. t
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Maestro Wants Songs
For Network Program
Fred Waring became an unex
pected backer of the new Thespian
musical production yesterday,
when he shipped over $2OOO worth
of costumes here from his New
York office for the coming show,
Jack Hunter, business manager of
the local troupe, stated late last
night,.
The shipment includes dinner
jackets, tail coats, grey and blue
flannel trousers, double breasted
orchestra coats, and many other
items which are adapted for this
show, but which will remain in
the permanent possession of the
Thespian organization.
Waring has been interested in
Thespian shows for several years,
since he can use their musical
scores on his glee club radio pro
gram, Hunter said, but added that
the maestro’s interest in this year’s
production was entirely unexpect
ed, and came as a complete sur
prise to the entire staff.
From the Thespian show, “Hide
’n Peek,” whicii played here last
spring, Waring took three songs,
and featured them on his coast-to
coast broadcast. If there are any
hits in the coming show which can
be arranged in Waring’s style, he
will again' use them- with his glee
clubj-Hunter explained.
Meanwhile, under production
manager Cadmus G. Goss, plans
are being rushed for the comple
tion of the show which has been
booked for the Junior-Senior Prom
weekend. Goss stated that the
name of the show is not yet def
inite, but assured fans that ’ the
Three Stooges will be back for a
return engagement.
A unique dance routine has been
started by Bud Mellott, and will
feature a number of WAACS in
daily calesthenic drill. Mellott said
that a great number of coeds have
applied for positions on the danc
ing team, but the selections will
not be made until more practice
sessions determine the best indi
viduals. Mainstays on the Thes
pians cast, Marian Zartman, Midge
Johnston, and Betty Lyman may
be seen in this feature of the
show, Mellott added.
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LATE NEWS
FLASHES!
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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
—The first night air attack on a
battleship, was made last night by
the Japanese in the Solomon area.
The bombing continued for 40
minutes under the weird light fur?
nished by the Jap-dropped flares.
No losses have been reported as
yet. •