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OF THE PENNSYLVANI
VOL. 40—No. *4B"
Late News Flashes...
WASHINGTON.— The nation moved closer to total mobilization
today with the joint introduction into both houses o£ Congress a bill to
register all women between the ages of 18-49 and all men between the
ages of 18-64 for essential but non-combatant war work.
WASHINGTON. Office of Price Administration officials dis
closed last night a plan to put a ceiling on the price increases of milk.
The measures intended to standardize the cost of the product from the
time it leaves the producer until it reaches the consumer will be dis
cussed his week with legislation to follow shortly.
■ WASHlNGTON— PriceAdministratorPrentice Brown today warned
the nation to conserve it's diminishing shoe supply. He advised against
unnecessary usage of stamp number seventeen, stating that a rush to
the shoe'markets might necessitate further rationing!.
LONDON—Admiral Harold Stark. European commander of the
United States navy last night announced that new ideas and methods
had been uncovered in combating submarines. The new methods,
hitherto untried are believed by Admiral Stark to be the most radi
cal war-waking methods to be uncovered in the present crisis.
STALINGRAD— 'Radio reports by United Press correspondent
Harold L. Kong from this the Russian capital pictured a once proud
city now a mass of desolation and ruin.
WASHINGTON—Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson last night
began a plea before the Senate finance committee to extend land
lease activities by staling that a discontinuation of the program at this
juncture of the battle might prove fatal to the Allied cause.
Cabinet Considers
By-Law Revision
A by-law to clarify the appoint
ment of James Payne -as vice
president of the Junior Class was
read Tor ’the first - ’time "during ' the
All-College Cabinet meeting last
night.
The by-law, which must be read
at two successive meetings before
it can be voted upon, will' read as
follows:
‘'All class officers except presi
dent, not returning to serve their
term of office, shall be replaced
by appointment by their respec
.five' president. If both president
and . vice-president are missing an
election shall be held, for the elec
tion! of president and vice-presi
dent of the. class.”
. A committee composed of Chair
man Henry Keller, Arthur Bitkin,
Jack Burford, and Robert Bitting
er was • appointed -to discuss bor-.
ough disturbances with . Burgess
Xougel. and Police Chief Juba. In
vestigation of street light break
age in the fraternity section of
the borough will also be made.
" Robert Faloon reported to Cab
inet members that 75 applications
for student driving privileges were
submitted to Captain Mark of the
Campus Patrol. Permissions will
be granted by Student Tribunal
after each case has been'consid
ered.
Taylor '42, Ex-Player,
Pins Moyie Starlet
| .Such a usual .thing as. a pinning,
has brought Penn State from Hol
lywood to the New York papers.
In traditional collegiate custom
Donald R. Taylor ’42, under con
tract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayei,
said it with a Sigma Nu fraternity
pin to Frances Rafferty, also under
contract to the studio.
. Taylor, who was a member of
Players and president of Theta Al
pha. Phi, dramatics honorary, dur
ing his four years at College, is
familiar to students in last year’s
performances of “Mr. and Mrs.
North,” '.“The Taming of the
Shrew,” “Goodbye Again,” "and
“The Male Animal."
“Don” has recently completed a
role in “Salute to the Marines,”
and Frances Rafferty-is. one of the
year’s starlets now working in
“Private Miss Jones.”
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Lincoln's Birthday Bali
Bands Feature Tunes
Both Sweet and Swing
The two top campus bands will
vie for top campus honors when
“The Battle of the Bands” takes
place at Recreation -Hall next--Fri-'
day night.
Jack Lord and his Aristocrats
and the Campus Owls under the
baton of George Washko will both
be playing for dancing from 9 p.m.
to midnight. The applause of the
dancers will determine the top
band on campus, Phillip P. Mit
chell ’44 announced last night.
Mitchell promises to. have plenty
of smooth, dance music for those
who like it sweet as well as a dash
of jive for those who like it hot.
The Collegian’s annual dance
has always been a carftpus favor
ite . and this year’s “Lincoln’s
Birthday Ball” promises to be one
of the best of the semester.
Entire proceeds of this year’s
dance will- be used to send Daily
Collegians to Penn State men in
the service.-
Tickets are still on sale at Stu
dent Union and at the Collegian
office in Carnegie Hall. Prices are
55 cents to Collegian subscribers
and $l.lO to all others.- Subscrib
ers who have lost their receipts
should call at the Daily Collegian
office where their subscription will
be located.
Les Brown
Bom in Reinerton, Pa., Les
Brown was connected with music
at the age of eight. when, ■at his
parents’ suggestion, he took piano
lessons. He was bored by music
until one day he saw his father,
a baker, and his three uncles play
in an amateur saxophone quartet.
Young Les got hold of the curved
instrument and hasn’t let go of it
ever since.
Through his high school years
Brown studied and practiced and
by the time he entered the Con
servatory of Music at Ithaca, N.
Y. he was way ahead of the other
saxophone players. Here Les got
his first real taste of harmony,
arranging, and composing that are
so valuable to the bandleader.
Then followed the Duke period.
When Les arrived- at the Univer
sity, a football player named Nick
Laney was leading a campus band
—a band that was getting nowhere
Successor To The Fn
College Chosen To Train Army Men
In Specialized Engineering Program
Local Professor Still
Plays Chess with Son
Called to Service
Although his son has entered
the armed services, Dr. Raymond
H. Dotterer, head of the philoso
phy department, still manages to
play chess with him.
Dr. Dotterer has been accustom
ed to play a weekly game of chess
with his son, John, State College
physician now on active duty
with the Army Medical Corps at
Carlisle Barracks. Distance has
had no effect on the game except
to extend the. time limit. The
moves are made by U. S. mail.
According to the Professor,
the current game has not reach
ed the exciting stage. Only five
moves have been made and each
player has captured one pawn.
Training Courses
Aid Man Shortage
The College is establishing tech
nical training courses, in 14 areas
throughout -the state where seri
ous manpower shortages have
been reported, J. Or vis Keller, as
sistant to the President, in charge
of .extension, announced- yester
day.
Keller said that the following
towns would be operating centers
for the new courses planned to
train a large number of workers
for defense plants: Aliquippa, Al
lentown, Berwick, Erie, Harris
burg, Lancaster, Lebanon, New
Castle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Pottstown, Reading, Washington,
Williamsport, and York.
In each of the above towns, the
College has either established a
new class center or is making
plans to do so. These cities have
participated ■in the College’s war
training almost continuously since
January, 1941.
Mr. Keller added that the Col
lege has trained 50,000 men and
women dring the past two years.
This number has actually comple
ted. the tpition-free engineering,
science, and management courses
sponsored by the U. S. Office of
Education.
Plays Keys , Then Sax
until Brown started arranging and
playing sax for it.
By 1934, Laney had moved out
/ ~nrp £ ;
[A STATE COLLEGE
Penn State has been selected to train army men in engineering
Linder the new Army Specialized Training Program, according to an
announcement from Washington.
ent semester
President Ralph D. Hetzel, back from a meeting in Washington
where he conferred with Army committees and educators as one of
the 10 college presidents appointed to counsel and assist in the new
program, yesterday outlined the basis and requirments for the
Steidle Releases
Ml Honor Roll
Twenty-eight students in the
School of Mineral Industries have
made the honor.roll for the fall
semester of 1942, according to Ed
ward Steidle, dean of the school.
The honor roll consists of all
students in the school who have
made an average of 2.50 or better
for the semester.
Those named are:-seniors—W.
C. Banks, A. W. Bitner, V, R.
Burkhart, R. E. Edelmann, Joseph
Freeman, J. A. Kravanja, J. M.
Krese, G. C. Munroe, Andrew Ros
tosky, D. E. Roudabush, G. H.
Smith, I. S. Snyder, and E. E. Vac
earo.
Junioi-s—C. A..Bruch, D. D. Gil
lespie, J. H. Hoke, T. W. Sproull,
J. P. Wagner, and J. J. Zelinski.
Sophomores—C. E. Blakeslee, E.
R. Cressman, H. R. Larson, and R.
E. Lowrie.
Freshmen—J. B. Kebblish, F. R,
Lorenz, Andrew Pocalyko, S. E,
Tyson, and W. H. Wills.
Whidden Concludes
Institute Lectures
Final speaker of the Public Af
fairs Institute, Howard P. -Whid
den of the Foreign Policy Associa
tion will discuss “Britain Looks to
the Future” at the .Liberal Arts
Lecture, 121 Sparks, 7:30. p.m. to
night. . ,
Dr. Whidden, through his trav
els, brings to campus a knowledge
of British history and recent de
velopment.
Preceding this lecture, Whidden
will speak on “Evolution of De
mocracy” at an informal dinner
discussion in the Maple Room,
Home Ec Building, 5:30 p.m.
and the band belonged to Brown.
This commbination,' called the
“Blue Devils,”-he took north that
summer to play at Budd Lake,
N. J. .
The “Blue Devils”, broke up in
September 1937. Parents of the
boy.s stepped in and protested
their way of life.
- Brown headed for New York
where he did ' everything from
sweeping out offices to arranging
music.
“That was a great year and a
hungry year,” Brown recalls. “I
did a lot of arranging for various
bands and made a lot of arrange
ments for publishers. I learned a
lot that first year in New York on
my own.
Today Les Brown is one of the
foremost popular music leaders in
the country, recently completing
the film, “Seven Days’ Leave,”
with Victor Mature and Lucille
Bail.
Instructions will probably start after the completion of the pres-
PRICE: THREE CENTS
project.
The set-up will be entirely vol
untary .to men who have completed
high school and to men who have
done college work. Men who ap
ply for the training will be per
mitted to list on their applications
three colleges or officers’ candidate
schools which they would prefer
to attend should they be accepted
as students in the program. There
is on assurance that these men will
be sent to any of the preferred
training centers, but indications
are that they will be placed at one
of them.
Acceptance will be based upon
a “screening test to be given to
all applicants. Those who pass
will be shipped to a training cen
ter, where, upon completion <jf the
course they will either be commis
sioned as second lieutenants or re
ceive non-commissioned ratings.
This basic course under the spe
cialized training program will be
given to high school graduates and
will consist' of three terms of
twelve weeks each. During the
course of this instruction, students
will be taught mathematics, chem
istry, physics, English, history,
geography and similar subjects.-
Included in this instruction will
also be training in pre-techincal
and . pre-medical..curricula. Men
who satisfactorily complete this
training will go on to the ad
vanced course.
Open to men who have completed
the basic course, or men who have
two years of college to their cred
it, the second phase of the special
ized training, the advanced course,
will include pre-medical.and.medi
cal, pfe-dental and dental, pre
veterinary and veterinary, engi
neering, and specialized technical
..courses ■ in mathematics, physics,-
chemistry, languages, and other.
(Continued on Page 2)
Penn State Club Pledges
To Report for Ribbons
Initiates for the Penn State Club
must report to 321 Old Main for
lapel ribbons, 7:30 to 9 p.m. today,
James A. Casey and Edmund R.
Koval,, co-chairmen,, announced
last night. The men must wear
these until the formal initiation in
first floor lounge, Old Main, Satur
day night, they continued.
Bursar Clark, club advisor, will
act as host and old-members-will
be present for the event. This, is
the first time that the Penn State
Club has initiated new members.
Student Driving Ban
Deadline Next Friday
Questionnaires pertaining to
student driving must be obtained,
filled out, and returned to the
Campus Patrol Office in Old Main
before twelve noon on Friday,
and not March 9, as previously
stated in the Collegian. It must be
made plain that all students who
do not receive the sanction of Tri
bunal to drive their automobiles
must remove said vehicles from
the campus before March 10. Thus
students driving home for spring
vacation will not be permitted to
drive back.