Successor To The Free Lance, Established 18$7 H ®lp ®atly # (Kollegtatt || VOL. 40—No. Ebert Announces Daylight Raid; Classes Continue Instructors Asked To Explain Signals " George W. Ebert, chairman of .the; committee on the Centre County Council of. Defense, an nounced today that a test air raid drill would be conducted in State Coliege tomorrow between 10:30 and. 11:15 a.m. The drill is for educational purposes and classes will not be suspended. The; drill has been planned for instruction purposes and during the period of the practice instruc tors’ are urged to take time to ex plain drill procedure and a new blue signal to be used for the first time, according to Mr. Ebert. The ■ yellow. signal will be the usual preliminary warning to civil ian defense officials at 10:30 a.m.; the blue signal, the first audible signal, will be one long blast of two. minutes’ duration and means that enemy planes- are approach ing .in ten minutes. A red warn ing, which is a fluctuating blast of two minutes’ duration, indicates that; enemy planes are overhead. Another 'blue signal' will be sounded; following the red warn ing. It is not ah all-clear-but sig nifies that the direct emergency is apparently over. Civilians and wardens should remain on the 'alert. The second blue signal will long, blast of two minutes’ '.(frjration. ..." -* The" white signal' or' , all-clear will not be audible. It will be an nounced on the campus by blasts on police whistles,. according to . an. official report. ■ In other sec " - tions of the state the all-clear will be given over the radio or by ' lighting of the street lights if the raid or practice occurs at night. This is the first time that stu ; dents have, remained in their '. classes' during an air raid drill; Other daylight raids, for which an • .'.'evacuation has been planned, will take place on the second audible h signal or' the red warning, Mr. Ebert stated. ,The-'hew blue signal was for , merly •a: confidential signal to - wardens. It has been made. audible in;, order : r to .give -marei time for preparation. of the red signal, the authority has announced. ■ Student Union Returns Lost Articles Maintaining the only, lost and found -service, on the campus,, the Student, Union has, during the last 18, months,.returned 2,382 articles valued at over $8,539.12. ‘Among the articles returned were: 876 ; text books, 122 foun tain pens, - 319 notebooks, 94 coats, 91 pairs of glasses, 77 slide rules, 151 pocketbooks, 22 rings- (no en gagements), 29 watches, 88 hats, 89 raincoats, 33 umbrellas, 58, key c^ses;. 48 scarfs, 121 pairs of gloves, 7 brief cases, 1 typewriter, 2 cameras, 1 traveling bag, 1 hunt ing license, and T tennis racket. Frothy Promises Issue '.... iThe next issue of Froth is sched . uled to be; on sale in about 10 days, according to a communique from ■ Frothy’s dungeon. • This issue, is ' i being put out in conjunction with . Soph . Hop weekend and the staff - has promised to have one of the best in years. The' February issue •;>' - have four more pages than usual along several good fea " s ; tures on Les Brown, .George Gra ham,, and John Lawther. /. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Penn State To Train 500 Pre-Pre-Flight Air Cadets Brother-Sister To Sing With Glenn Miller had his “Modern aires,” Tommy Dorsey had his “Pied Pipers,” and Charlie Spiv ak had his “Stardusters.” Les Brown has his “Town Criers.” The “Town Criers” and Les Brown and orchestra will appear on campus February 26 when they play for-Penn State’s first big dance of tlje semester—Soph Hop. For two reasons, the “Town Cri ers” are distinctive from any pop ular vocal group. One is their fam ily tie and the other is their age. The “Town Criers,” Gordon, Lu cyann, Elva, and Vernon are brothers, and sisters and their av erage age. is only 19. They were given their distinc tive name while riding in a bus with" Les Brown and the boys' iff the band on their way to do a show at Ft. Meade, Md. The driv er of the bus suggested the title (adettes Begin 44-Week Course Convocation at 8 a. m. yesterday marked the official opening of the Curtiss-Wright engineering course for the 104 whom the company has sent to the College. Dean Harry P. Hammond, head of the school of engineering, pre sided at the assembly and intro duced Miss Charlotte E.-Ray, dean of women; Miss Marie Haidt, head of women’s physical education de partment; William S. . Hoffman, College registrar; Miss Edith J. Melville, assistant to dean of wo men; ; Ruth' M.“ Storer, WSGA president;, faculty members ap pointed by' President Hetzel to a planning committee for the course, and Arthur J. Weber. Mr. Weber, formerly of the engineering de partment of the Curtiss-Wright Buffalo, N. Y., plant, will, be on the faculty for the duration of the course. Members of the planning com mittee are Clarence Bullinger, in dustrial engineering department head; Harold A. Everett, mechani cal engineering department head, Royal M. Gerhardt, assistant dean of engineering; B. Kenneth John stone,. architecture department head; Frederic T. Mavis, civiT'en gineering department head; Fred erick, W. Owen, mathematics de partment head; and David J. Fee ry, associate professor of aeronau tical engineering. Directly after... convocation, Ca dettes went to their first classes; They are scheduled for 40 hours of classes a week, including seven hours of supervised study and four hours of physical education. Their curfew hours are the same as coeds’, 1 o’clock on Friday, and Saturday nights and 10 o’clock every, other night. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE The 'Town Criers' Vocal Group Les Brown and was awarded a War Bond by Maestro Les for his efforts. Hailing from Coeur d’Alane, a small town in Idaho, they got their start on an amateur radio program in Spokane, Wash., where they were so well received that the manager of. the station decided to give them their own sustaining show. From Spokane they moved on to Seattle where they did some more radio work,' and then toured the major vaudeville theaters on the West Coast and Canada: They appeared on the A 1 Pierce coast to-coast commercial show for a full season. In addition to their radio work, they have made sev eral short motion pictures. , Their coming dance date in the Nittany Hills will be Les Brown’s first appearance 'at Penn State. Irr addition -to the “Town" Criers,” Les and the band will also feature Roberta Lee, Hal Derwin, and “Butch” Stohe on the vocals. OWI Answers Questions Concerning War Labor, Chances for Study This is the second in Collegian’s series of questions and answers prepared by the Office of War In formation concerning the present problems confronting wartime col lege students. Today’s article discusses the dis tribution- of manpower and the chances for study of interrupted curriculas after induction. Has the Government any over all'plan as to the number to be soldiers, workers, , farmers, . and doctors? Or is it just going to put us all in the Army and hope that the problem works out right? There is gradually taking form under direction of the War Man power Commission a policy whose principal objective is to assure each man the best chance possible to render his service where it will count for the most in the warrThis will involve men being assigned to farms, to professions and the like as well as the armed forces. Is there any way by which I can continue my interrupted studies while I am in the Army? Yes. Any enlisted man in the armed - forces, after he has been in active service for at least four months, can enroll with either the Army Institute or with any one of the 76 universities or colleges co operating with the War. Depart ment in offering correspondence courses. The Army Institute awards a Certificate of . Proficiency upon satisfactory completion of work, while courses offered by the uni versities carry college credit. In addition, several hundred thou sand inductees are to be sent back to college for special work. Penn State has been selected to instruct 500 Army Air Corps Cadets in what will be known as a pre-pre-flight train ing curricula. The first contingent of 300 cadets will arrive on campus on March 1, followed by another 200 one month later. Army and College officials completed final, arrange ments for the program during the weekend. Written confir mation is expected today after oral' assurance received on —Saturday. Fraternity houses at Penn State will be used to house the men, it is understood. According to a “pool” arrangement, cadets will move into certain designated fra ternities, the men living in these fraternities moving to other houses, the costs and income be ing apportioned accordingly. Selection of houses for cadet use will be made by a U. S. Army officer expected to arrive on cam pus on an inspection trip during the next week. Cadets who will be sent to re ceive their pre-pre-flight training here will be part of a pool-of some 50,000 young men accepted for air cadet training but still not called into service. The courses which they will be given will be design ed to build them up physically and mentally for the .more rigorous training which they will be given at Army Air Corps centers. This is the third program which the College has received, in the training of service men. The other two include instruction which will be given in engineering to Army men under the Specialized Train ing Program and Navy men. The Army Specialized Training Pro gram should not be confused with the new program announced here with. Thespians Announce Cast, Singing Tryouts Tryouts for ' speaking and sing ing roles in the new Thespian show will be held in Schwab au ditorium at 7 p.m.- tomorrow night, Cadmus Goss, production man ager, announced last night. The show will be a musical comedy with a plot and connect ing dialogue, and will be the Thes pians’ 46th annual production. “Book” for the show was writ ten by Larry Chervenak, Jane Abramson, and, George Graham. A first revision has already been ap proved by the board of control. Two acts and thirteen scenes comprise the show. Early reports admit that it will have a military atmosphere—perhaps the WAACs will have something to do with it. Cabinet Changes 'Big' Dance Hours All-College Cabinet', last night passed a motion that bands be contracted from 9 p. m. until 1 a. m. for all “big name” danbes for the. duration, of the war. The mo tion was approved to prevent an overlap of women’s late permis sion by the 10 p. m. to 2 a. m. dance, hours of former affairs. After a debated discussion among Cabinet members, the Dry Dock question was tabled until next week’s meeting. Main objec tion to the proposed program is the influx that would result in the social calendar fon the current se mester. A change in a by-law clarifying selection of new class officers fol lowing withdrawal of former of ficers was made official by Cabinet members. The change was insti tuted to clarify the recent ap pointment of James Payne as vice president of the Junior Class. The by-law "now reads: “All class officers except. presi-. dent, not returning to serve their term of office, shall be replaced by rappointment by- their respec tive 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.’-’ Lion Debaters Prepare For Shippensburg Meet Penn State’s . varsity debate squad is preparing to take part in Shippensburg’s Debate Tourna ment scheduled for February 19 and 20. This will be the third match of the current semester. Walter Ger son and Milton Calig recently par ticipated in a week-long debate tournament in New York City. Robert S. • MacNabb and Harold Epstein carried the Blue and White colors in a debate forum with Seton Hall several days ago. Refund for A.A. Books Students who are leaving school permanently are requested to turn in A. A. books to the Statistical Office in Old Main at the time of withdrawal. A refund of five dol lars is available when books are returned. PRICE: THREE CENTS ■Just how many service- men. will eventually be present on the Penn State campus depends on numerous factors, including, the availability of housing, teach ing, and laboratory facilities. Instruction which will be given to the men will be limited to technical subjects. These include engineering, physics, and mathe matics. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimnnniiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiunnimi LATE NEWS FLASHES! llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHHllHllHlllimillilHHHlHlie- •_ CHUNGKING. A- Japanese transport laden:.with lead, line,, and.'rice from the-South 1 Seas -. was sunk by Chinese- shore bat- : teries- off. the coast of Fukien Province February 8 after, the ves sel had been disabledbyafloating. mine, the Chinese Central -News • said last night. Chinese shore.units . took 32 Formosan seamen prisoner;: after killing a number of Japanese on the craft. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS: IN NORTH AFRICA.—"The . enemy launched .attacks..-by- tanks,, infan-. try . and. artillery, supported by dive-bombers,” the Allied Head quarters announced last, night from the Faid area of the central Tunisian front, and said "heavy fighting took place and is coritinU-' ing.” LONDON. Royal . Air Force squadrons, bombing Germany and Italy in - a double-barreled assault; attacked the Rhineland city of Co logne and the Italian arsenal city of Milan, it was announced- last night. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. More than: 30 heavy bombers rained upwards of 50 tons of explosives and 3,500 in cendiary bombs early yesterday on the Japanese naval and air base of Rabaul, New Britain, in • the greatest mass bomber raid carried out by the Allies in this war the atre. _ ,
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