Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1837 p§ iatly 0 (Mtegian E VOL. 40—No. *59: Army Cancels Air Corps Inductions Until May 12 Army Air Corps headquarters in Baltimore have can celled all orders calling student enlistees to active duty, and announced that no man who has asked for deferred status will be inducted until the current semester is completed, Professor Robert E. Galbraith, War Service Adviser, said last night. . This drastic change in the Air Corps’ original plans has been brought to a head after many students, now in the "Need Journalists' Says Council Despite greatly accelerated pro grams; American journalism schools will find it difficult to meet demands of daily and weekly newspapers in replacements need ed to fill wartime vacancies, it was revealed at a recent meeting of the National Council on Profes sional Education for Journalism in Chicago, It would appear that woman re porters, copyre'aders and even edi tors may well be the salvation of newspapers confronted with man power shortages which apparently are destined to increase, rather .than diminish during 1943. This was indicated as a possibility by reports, based on surveys covering newspaper personnel shortages in the daily and weekly field. • At the time of the meeting there were 2,187 vacancies on daily newspapers r and . 1;550' estimated jobs open, on weeklies. It was predicted that within the next six months there would be 4,100 ad ditional replacements needed in the daily field and at least 2,000 more vacancies on weeklies. “And there will be only about 1,000 stu dents, mostly women, who will be graduated this year from the na tion’s 33 schools of journalism,” (Continued On Page Two) Collegian Sports Rate Second Among 40 College Dailies Over Nation . Competing-with 40 daily college newspapers over the nation, The / Daily- Collegian .-was chosen second "best :in the sports division of the s«jft942 'national Sigma- -Delta • Chi contest..; A mid western was awarded first -/place. The award was presented offi- V dally at a banquet of the. local ijiv. chapter of SDX, professional jour /■i. nai'ism honorary, . by Benjamin. F. Bailey, ‘ president.- • Six. new. mem ; / hers were initiated at the session. Although the award is based on -written ; before December,■ 19,42;-members, of the .present Col ;^..‘iegian '"senior, board : and; several graduates wrote the sports articles jo , which were rated so highly. y ; - .Judges were appointed by the ■ national chapter of the'profession- V al fraternity, and included news ,. ", papermen and editors from leading papers over the country. Competi tion was offered in many other '.v. divisions. ’> . Franklin C. Banner, head of the journalism department, School of ’ Liberal s Arts, is faculty sponsor of the local chapter which submitted . Collegian entries in the contest. Mechanics Course Starts A Red Cross motor mechanics course started in Room 3, Sparks, at 7 o’clock last night. This course is being given in cooperation with the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA. middle of a college year, have been summoned for active duty. “The revised system will be the answer to the reservists problem,” the FAWS head said, and added that orders already handed out can be rescinded if the individ ual acts immediately. Captain Jack ft. Dunn, Air Corps chief in the Third Service Command, warned reservists that this revised order applies only to students in good standing at the College, and those who keep sat isfactory grades for the duration of this'semester. Any. student who has received orders, and is prepared to leave school, may have the induction papers rescinded by telegraphing Captain Enghart immediately, or contacting Galbraith in his office at once, said Dunn. . If the reservist has already re ceived definite orders, and has been dropped from the College at his own request, he should see Galbraith and plans will be made for his readmittance into school for the remainder of the semester. This change applies only to students who have asked, for a de ferred status, so men who have requested active duty will not be affected, and will be required to report for service as soon as their orders arrive. All o*her students who meet the good standing requirement will remain in school, and not receive further notice until May, unless Secretary of War Stimson again changes the plan. Froth Sells Fast Froth went on sale yesterday and had a record first day sale, according to G. B. M. Stein, busi ness manager Stein urges all to buy their copies today' to be sure of having the enlarged Soph Hop issue. This issue : features special articles on Graham’s- A. C., Jawn Lawther, and Les Brown along with a good assortment of fiction stories and jokes. Roberta Lee,Onefime Model, Sings Withies Brown al Hop When Les Brown and his band play for Penn Staters at Soph Hop Saturday -night, the burden of the vocal chores will fall upon Roberta Lee and Hal Derwin. Les and - his organization have come a long way in. a short time since their beginning back at Duke University. One of the rea sons for this phenomenal rise has been the excellent vocal work of Roberta and Hal as well, as the comedy-novelty singing of “Butch" Stone and the harmonic offerings of the “Town Criers." When Les was auditioning for his girl vocalist, he picked Rob erta Lee out of 43 candidates to render such songs as “He’s 1-A in the Army but He's A-l in My Heart," and “Made Up My Mind.” Roberta, a Dayton, Ohio pro duct. started her career of vocal OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Students Get Warning All-College Cabinet last night voted to cooperate with Borough authorities in appre hending students involved in disturbances during the late hours of the evening. Burgess Yougel warned Cabinet mem bers that students who are arrested for disturbing the peace will be iined according ly- A request was made by of ficials of the West Penn Pow er Company that students refrain from breaking light fixtures in the vicinity of Lo cust Lane. Tribunal Warns Against Driving To Soph Hop Hicks Says Result May Mean Prison or Fine Private automobiles must not be driven to Soph Hop this weekend, according to an announcement last night by J. Robert Hicks, chair man of the Tribunal board. Owners of autos found near Rec Hall by the Campus Patrol will face the loss of their gasoline ra tion books as well as being subject to a large fine and imprisonment, according to the announcement. “Students should understand,” Hicks stated, “that the ruling on student automobiles by All-Col lege Cabinet and the enforcing of it by Tribunal is absolutely for student benefit. In the past few weeks several students have been apprehended by OPA agents. It is a reoccurrence -of this that the Penn State student government wishes to prevent. “Tribunal is trying to be fair in its consideration of all applica tions submitted,” Hicks continued, “and we will give permission to all students, who give adequate rea sons for keeping a car in State College. The applications are be ing considered now by Tribunal and decisions will be .handed down later this week.” ' ' Before the ruling was passed by Cabinet, Robert M. Faloon, chair man of the committee on student driving regulation, contacted the district manager- of the Greyhound Bus Lines and was assured that there would - be transportation enough for all; provided they bought their tickets eight hours before the scheduled time of de parture. • ■ izing over local station WHIO in Dayton. After .gaining valuable experience over, the airwaves, she moved on to Washington, D. C. where she sang in the Cocktail Louhge of the fashionable May flower Hotel. She also did quite a bit of pro fessional modeling for national magazines before turning her at tention solely to singing. The songstress enjoys sports— especially baseball which she likes to watch and swimming and horseback riding—which she enjoys curing the hours .between dance dates. Weighing 120 pounds, Roberta is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, has brown eyes and dark brown hair. She enjoys all types of music and ad mits that Les Brown was her fav orite orchestra even before she joined his band. Cabinet For Dry Heads Committee Robert S. MacNabb, together with four other Cabinet members was appointed to the Dry Dock committee by Jack R. Grey, All- College President, last night. Richard B. McNaul, Paul I. Wood land, Ruth M. Storer and Dorothy K. Brunner will assist MacNabb, v/ho is chairman. 1,029 Students Get War Ration Books The number of students who registered for their War Ration Book No. 2 in the Armory yester day totaled 4,029, Mr. Russell E. Clark, bursar, announced last night. Those students who have not yet registered for their second ra tion books may still do so in the Baum Building 124 East College Avenue, tomorrow and Friday, Mr. Ray V. Watkins, chairman of the ration board, stated last night. “Students wei’e given enough warning beforehand, and should have had their first books here on time to register,” Mr. Watkins continued. • “However, for thd benefit of those who were not able to do so, the board will take care of their, registration these two days.” Board hours are 8:30 a m.-to 4:30 p. m. and 7 to- 9:30 P m. ' Thi-ee. students lost their old ra tion books while registering yes terday, and several walked off without their text books, Mr. Clafck asserted. All these articles will be turned in. to Student Un ion today, and may be picked up there. Optical Phenomena Talk At Meteorology Seminar A speech on “Optical Pheno mena of the Atmosphere" by Al bert Miller was the principal feature of the Central Pennsyl vania Meteorological Seminar, which , was held in 121 Mineral Industries Monday night. The talk was an explanation of rainbows, halos, and other optical pheno mena. Slides relating to the sub ject were shown’and an informal discussion followed the speech. One of the interesting points mentioned was the fact that two people cannot see the same rain bow at the same time, as a rain bow cannot be seen at all angles. Tlie following week Alan Brun stein ’45 will speak on “Hurri canes.” Endorses Plan Dock Reopening Two Representatives To Attend Convention Plans for the reopening of Dry Dock were endorsed by members ol' All-College Cabinet .at last night’s meeting. The governing group also accepted William Cis sel’s budget for the project and appointed a committee to aid in solving problems that may arise from the program. Robert S. MacNabb will head the committee selected by Cabinet and will be assisted by Richard B. McNaul, Paul I. Woodland, Dorothy K. Brunner and Ruth Storer. William M. Briner will serve as an ex-officio member of the committee. A list of dates for Dry Dock has been submitted by Cissel and will be approved by the Student Union Board. Cabinet will profit from the project. Members of Cabinet also agreed choose an organization to receive to send two representatives to the Pennsylvania Institute of Student Government Association conven tion scheduled to take place in. Philadelphia, March 12. Selection of representatives to the state wide meeting will be made by Jack R. Grey, All-College Presi dent. William Briner, chairman of Victory Raffle, reported the sale of $219.85 worth of War Stamps at the second Victory Raffle held at the Pitt-Penn State basket ball game Satin-day. Benjamin Leaman reported to Cabinet members that “NO SMOKING” signs would be plac ed on the score board .in Rec. Hall to remind spectators of the ruling prohibiting smoking during an athletic event. April 14 was tentatively ap proved as the date for a celebra tion of Pan-American Day on cam pus. The matter was referred to Student Union Board for investi gation of possible conflicting events. It is also proposed .that an. Old Main- Open House program, with Pan-American Day as the theme, be held that night to aid in 'celebrating the event. Cabinet met last night instead of Monday evening, because of the conflict with the scheduled Art ists’ Course performance. 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniinimiiiiinmimHiNHiiiiiHmiKHv LATE NEWS FLASHES! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiHiHmiiiiiimiHwmm» NORTH AFRICA Allies have stopped the advance of Rommel's troops in Tunisia. The Axis had driven to within four miles of Tul lah, but were thrown back. Allied planes bombed German tanks and artillery. Both sides are now re grouping and bringing up supplies and reserves. MOSCOW.-—The Russians are gaining steadily. They are occupy ing a large German area as well as three new towns. There was little celebration of the Red Army’s 25th anniversary at the Soviet capitol yesterday. Stalin’s order of the day was to keep going. He assured the people of eventual victory. WASHINGTON. The United States has advised Finland to cut loose from her Axis ties. Finland was advised to disassociate Ger many’s war on Russia from the world situation and to concentrate on being on the right side when, victory comes, j PRICE: THREE CENTS
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