Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1837 jp§ Batty @ (EoUpgtatt |§ OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE VOL. 40—No. -6*- 1111111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 LATE NEWS FLASHES! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin WASHINGTON CIO Presi dent Phillip Murray stated last night that the .workers ot Amer ica favored a plan to pay the newly designed Victory Tax at regular intervals. and thus reduce the economic strain caused by pay ing the tax in a lump sum. ' SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN It was .announced last night that the Dionne quintuplets will launch simultaneously five merchant, ves sels at a ceremony to be held at Lake Superior May 9. 'MOSCOW Russian communi ques last night reported that the offensive-taking Red armies had recaptured the vital railroad cen ter of Losavaya in a pressing move against the southern Nazi strong hold of Rostov. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s appointment to the position of supreme commander of the Allied forces in Africa was an nounced last night. NEW DELHI An exploding bomb killed three people and wounded several others in the In dian capital last night. The inci dent struck a discordant note in London as it represented native support of Mohandas Gandhi’s re cently self-inflicted fast opposing British persecution of the Indian leader. _ _ .. Mac ARTHUR'S HEADQUAR TERS—It - was announced last night that one of two possible methods of attacking Japan would soon be put into effect. Thfe plans are an Allied sweep through China, or a frontal attack of the island by sea. ■MEXICO ClTY— President Avil la Comacho announced last night that Mexico was putting every ef fort into assisting the Allies pro ductively, and if the need arose Mexico woujd militarize. Collegian Solicitors . All Collegian Dance solicitors .who have not as yet returned fheir tickets should, turn them in to Philip P. Mitchell at the Collegian office before 4 p.m. today. Curtain Rises On Players' 'The Moon Is Down' Tonight Players’ new production, “The Moon Is Down,” under the direc . tion of Frank S. Neusbaum, asso ciate professor of dramatics, will open in Schwab Auditorium at .3:30 tonight and will be presented tomorrow evening at the same time. 'ln' the light of current events, “The Moon Is Down” is probably the most timely show to be pre sented toy the Players’ troupe. Written toy John Steinbeck, author of such revolutionary and reveal ing novels as “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Of Mice and Men,” “The Moon Is Down” is probably the Steinbeck story that will live longer than most of the prolific crop, of World War II novels. Steinbeck has purposely refrain ed from mentioning any actual countries or names in the play in order to universalize the* message, but it is not difficult to read into the “conquerors” their Nazi proto types, and the “conquered,” the inhabitants of Norway. .Raymond" Tyson, assistant pro fessor of speech, has been cast in , {Continued on Page Two) FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA. IN THE WORDS All-College Census Begins- With LA Registration Today An All-College census will be conducted in each school begin ning today and continuing through the first part of the week to esti mate the dispersement of students for the present and coming semes ters, it was learned last night. The method of contacting stu dents will be determined toy the deans of each school and students will be notified today toy class an nouncements. Every student musl file a card. Liberal Arts students may ob tain their cards in 132 Sparks from 9 to 5-p.m. today and from 9 to 12 noon tomorrow, according to Charles W. Stoddart, dean of the School of Liberal Arts. A card had bsen made up for each student and will be available during these lours. the role of Colonel Lanser, head of the German division occupying the conquered town. Lanser, a loyal soldier of the. Reich, obeyed commands issued him grudgingly. Robert Herrman plays Mayor Orden, the .genial, kindly “peace enforcer” of the little town. Verna Sevast, graduate, will be cast as Madam Orden, a typical small town wife. Miss Sevast last ap peared in “Ephrata,” tout played in many shows in her undergradu ate days. Lieutenant Tender, the idealist and dreamer of the occupants, who cracks under the strain, is Milton Dolinger. Tonder was led to be lieve that the “conquerors” would be admired and respected for the superiority they had been taught they possessed. Tonder found only loneliness and defiance. Robert Leibacher follows up his superior performance of Jacob Engstrand in “Ghosts” with an equally good portrayal of George Corell, the well-established towns man who betrayed his friends to the Nazis. A newcomer to the Penn State F LINCOLN^; Aristocrats, Campus Owls ai Peak For Collegian's Lincoln Ball Dance By BEN FRENCH Treating Penn State dancers to a rare dish of sweet swing topped off with a dash of some sizzlin’ hot jive, the Campus_Owls and the Aristocrats will square off for a fight to the finish in the “Battle of the Bands” in Rec Rail at 9 p.m. Designed originally as. a tribute to Abe Lincoln on his 123rd birth day, the dance has aroused much interest around the campus as to which of the two bands will win the vote of approval from the dancing couples. Two bandstands have been erected in Rec Hall and the two bands will' play intermittently throughout the entire evening. Entire net proceeds are being used to send Collegians to every service post in the world where Penn State men in service are sta tioned. Both bands are led by trumpet players. George “Hot-lips” Washko fronts the Campus Owls while across the hall Jack “Torrid Tempo” Lord will set the pace for the Aristocrats. Jack Lord has promised dancers something different in the way of music with his new five-man sax section heatin’ it out on such fine stuff as “Struttin’ with Some Bar becue,” “Coming Out Party,” “Benny’s Favorite Blues,” “Wed nesday Night Hop,” “There Are Such Things,” “Velvet Moon,” and “Constantly.” Scat-man Jack Norton sings (Continued on Page 2) Father Duhy to Address Newman Club Meeting Addressing members .of the Newman Club in 405 Old Main at 7:45 p.m. Sunday, Father Duhy, superior and*'director of the Vin centian Missionary Band, will be the main attraction of the regular club meeting. Father Duhy, whose headquar ters are in Springfield, Mass., is coming to this section to hold a mission at Rockview State Peni tentiary Sunday morning. Men In Air Corps Reserves Subject To Call in May Students Will Register Here for Ration Book 2 A student registration lor ration book No. 2 will be .held in the Armory on Tuesday, February 23rd, according to an announce ment by President Hetzel this morning. OPA headquarters in Williams port have informed College au thorities that all students must register here and not at their home residences. This ration book will be used lor canned goods and for the future rationing ol other food stuffs. Russell E. Clark, College Bur sar, will be in charge of the regis tration. Mr. Clark reports that stu dents must have ration book No. 1 with them at the time of registra tion. He emphasizes the fact that all students should inform their parents of the campus registration so that they are not registered at home as part of the family unit. Registration headquarters in the Armory will be open from 8 to 5. Students will register alphabetic ally in groups to be announced later. ■ Leads Aristocrats Jack Lord will lead his Aristo crats into battle tonight against George Washko’s Campus Owls in the “Battle ot tli,e Bands” at the “Lincoln’s Birthday Ball.” Collegian 16 Start" War Information Series Starting tomorrow the Daily Collegian will run a series of ques tion-and-answer-type articles on “What Students Do in the War — and After.” Material will originate with the Office of War Informa tion which is attempting to an swer questions asked by more than 200 colleges. Experts of the War Manpower Commission, the Natural Re sources Planning Board, the Army Institute, and several professional education associations will answer the questions. Deadline for Auto Permits All student car operators must fill out questionnaires at the Cam pus Patrol office, third floor, Old Main, by noon today. PRICE: THREE CENT?: Announcement Comes From War Department Deferment of Air Corps Enlisted Reservists terminated with the distribution of a directive from the office of the Adjutant General in Washington, D. C. The order, issued by the Secre tary of War, says: “It is directed that the deferred status of students in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve who enlisted for subsequent appointment as avia tion cadets be terminated at the end of the college semester, term or quarter, in which they were enrolled on December 31, 1942, and that they be called to active duty at the same time as other Air Corps Enlisted Reserves." This does not mean that the men who are in the ACER will be called up in a body at the same time that the Army takes Enlisted Reserve Corps men. The Army, in issuing the order, did not say whether or not ar rangements had been made to be gin the immediate training of the backlog of reservists which num bers in the hundreds of thousands. Professor Galbraith, Faculty Ad visor on War Service, to whom the directive was issued, said that he had “no idea what would be done with -the future airmen” and that the best thing to do would be to wait , patiently until clarification came from the War Department. Galbraith received word from Eugene A. Skweir, former student, who is now taking the meteorology course offered by the Army. In Skweir’s own words, “I don’t recommend ‘metro’ for anyone who is lazy . . . mister this is a tough course ... a combination of M. I. T., West Point and O. C. S. . . . We have 56 hours of classes a week— equivalent to about 35 credits at Penn State every 11 weeks.” Farmhands to Take Two-Weeks' Course In General Agriculture Fifty-one farm labor recruits are taking an intensive two-week course in agriculture at the Col lege. The group includes a few older men and two girls, but most of these new farmhands are boys of high school and college age. They have been enlisted by the Farm Security Administration working with the U. S. Employ ment Service in various parts' of the state. Transportation, room, board, and medical cave are being provided by government agencies with the understanding that these students will learn all they can about [arming while at the Col lege. Very little formal class work will be required, although they will attend certain informative lec tures and other functions. As an introduction to “college” life, John R. Haswell, extension agricultural engineer, discussed farm safety problems with the group at its first classroom meeting. The group has been divided into three sections, each of which will study alternately dairy husbandry, farm machinery repair, poultry, and the care of livestock. Individ ual students have been assigned to workers on the College farm and in the machinery repair shop where they will assist in current tasks for half-day periods,
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