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College Receives
First Instructions
For Army Program
Beukema Releases Letter
To College Officials
Colonel Herman Beukema, di
rector ot the Army Specialized
Training Program, has released a
letter to heads of all institutions
of .higher education, male, and 'co
educational, pertaining to the pro
gfam and the manner in which it
sho'uld be handled by the various
colleges and universities. The let
ter was received yesterday by
President Hetzel.
Outstanding parts of the 'letter
state haw college officials can ren
der valuable assistance to the pro
gram. Included among these ob
jectives are that each college stu
dent should bring with him an of
ficial transcript of his College rec
ord ' when reporting for duty, and
that the college should be able to
supply information pertaining to
the individual himself, such as ap
titudes and character qualities.
The following is the letter re
ceived from Colonel Beukema:
•TO: Heads of All Institutions of
Higher Education, ■ Male and Co
educational:
“Manpower is more than num
bers of men. It is the sum total of
their abilities and energies. A wise
manpower policy in time of war
contemplates developing the skills
of men in the light of Army needs
and harnessing their, enthusiasms
to their Army duties. This is espe
cially important in a’ mechanical
war such as this in which we are
now. engaged
“The Army proposes to ascer
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Tribunal Issues
Driving Rules
"Students who are ailoyved to
keep their cars on campus after
the mid-term' vacation will be no
tified of such- permission within
the next, few days <by an official
Tribunal postcard, according to an
announcement last night by J.
Robert Hicks, chairman of the
Tribunal board.
; All' other students will be re
quired to remove their tears from
the campus by March 10, last day
of the mid-term vacation, Hicks
explained.
• Any student who feels he has
not received enough consideration
of his application can report at 410
Old Main, 7 p.m. Monday evening.
He will be given an opportunity
at that time to explain any further
reasons he thinks ; should entitle
him-to. continue-keeping his car
in State College after March 10.
The applications handed in by
the car owners last week were re
viewed by OPA officials, and the
advisability of the ban was re
affirmed by them, Hicks stated.
• Several students have had their
ration books lifted in State Col
lege and viteinity in recent weeks
and are subject to federal court
action, the Tribunal head added.
It' is for this "reason only that
Tribunal and the All-College Cab
inet are making this new rule pro
hibiting_students from keeping au
tomobiles in State College".
It is still not too late to file an
application with Tribunal, for
. those who feel that it is necessary
for them to keep their car at the
College.. Applications should be ad
dressed in care of J. Robert Hicks
and may be left at Student TJn’on
desk in Old Main today ant to
morrow.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
Cagers Trim Temple
Soph Hop, Varsity
Brown to Play at Hop; t
Houses Will Give Dances
With the first note from the
saxophone of Les Brown at Soph
Hop this evening, Penn Stdte’s
first big weekend of the semester
will get under way.
Following the Hop at Rec Hall
on the weekend’s list of entertain
ment comes the varsity swimming
meet with a strong Rutgers squad
at the Glennland pool, 2 p.m. to
morrow.
In the evening, the Blue gnd
White grappifers close their dual
meet schedule against a powerful
Lehigh team which last week
ended Penn’s 22-match unbeaten
string.
Several fraternities are giving
dances for campus-stuck students
who, for the first time in Soph
Hop history, find themselves with
out means of dining and dancing
off College limits.
Sigma Nu offers an open in
formal dance with music by the
York “Rhylhmaives," while Phi
Sigma Delta- has hired the “Cam
pus Owls” for their informal af
fair. Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha
Gamma Rho will get together to
present the “Aristocrats” at the
former’s house. Beta Sigma Rho
will dress up to listen to the notes
of George Earnshaw’s “Nittany
Lions.”
Sonny Roye -will- entertain out
at Phi Epsilon Pi, while Alpha Phi
Delta, Delta Chi, Delta Theta
Sigma, and Tau Phi Delta will
gather around the record machine.
Featured with Les Brown’s or
chestra at .the Hop will be rhythm
songstress Roberta Lee, baritone
Hal Derwin, teomedy-novelty sing
er “Butch” Stone, as well as. the
“Town Criers.” The band that set
attendance records at such well
known spots, as the. Los Angeles
Palladium and New York’s Para
mount .Theatre wiil play from 9 to
1 p.m. . : .
Tickets for. the dance are now
on sale at Student Union for $3.85.
Defense stamps, to replace cor
sages,- are also available. All fra
ternity booths are sold out and the
booth plan is being drawn up, Wal
lace J. Kappel, Hop chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
Red Cross Drive Delayed
Until Vacation Ends;
Individual Quotas Set
Launching of the $5OOO Red
Cross war ..drive has been post
poned from the intended inaugu
ration next week, until spring va
cation is over, Robert M. Faloon,
chairman , of the campaign, said
last night.' '•
Since enrollment has dropped
considerably ' this semester, the
quota to each student will be at
lesat one dollar if Penn State can
hope to meet its total, the cam
paign added-
Each campus group has been
placed under various representa
tives, who will contact all individ
uals during the month of March,
but students will be able to leave
their contributions at Student
Union if they are out of the drive’s
territory.
Faloon urged all students who
expect to help the drive this year
to make their donations through
the Penn State drive, since it will
be the present college men who
will benefit from the funds when
they are called to active duty in
May.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Naval V-7 Program Reopens
For Junior-Senior Engineers
Consumers' Conference
To Begin March 15
PSCA is launching another in
stitute program called “Consum
ers’ Problems in Wartime,” sched
uled for-- March 15 through March
19, bringing to campus noted peo
ple in, this, field, announced Rich
ard K. Titley. co-chairman.
Dr. Benjamin R. Andrews, pro
fessor of Household Economics,
Columbia University; Dr. John H.
Cornehlsen Jr., College and Uni
versity Specialist of OPA Consum-
Branch;,, Lorna Barber, Re
gional Representative from Phila
delphia; Dr. Duane Ramsey, for
merly professor of Sociology at
Penn State, now associated with
the National Housing Authority;
and Mrs. Conway Zirkle, chair
man of Advisory Committee on
Consumers Interests, are the fea
tured speakers.
Main purpose of the conference
j is to give all men and women a
better knowledge of the problems
of economic living so that they
may adapt themselves accordingly
when faced with this problem in
the future.
Committee members for the
conference are: Richard K. Titley
and Louise A. Ritter, co-chairmen;
Julia L. Moore, Ruth M. Miller, I.
Dan Bolef. William A.. D.vmsza,
Elizabeth F. Yeagley, Lowell Prei
son, and Ruth L. Bonde, assistant
professor of Home Economics.
Choir to Rehearse
Members of the Russian Choir
will begin rehearsals in room 200
Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. March 11,
according to an announcement by
Bov. C. Auroruff.
Five In
Sports
Will Sing at Soph Hop
The “Town Criers” (above),
youngest vocal quartet to sing with
a “name” band, will accompany
Les Brown and the orchestra at
Soph Hop tonight. Gordon, Lucy
ann, Elva, and Vernon are all
brother's and sisters with an aver
age age of only 19. Getting a start
in radio and pictures on the West
Coast, the “Town Criers” are now
rated one of the best popular har
mony groups in the country.
Les Brown (left), who leads his
“Band of Renown” in their first
appearance or. Penn State’s cam
pus, came into his own the hard
way. After leading the Duke “Blue
Devils” in college, Les came to
New York and did everything
from writing music to sweeping
publishtrs’ offices before organiz
ing his ..present band. The orches
tra,- with Les on the saxophone,
was voted one of the country’s ten
best in a recent poll.
Applications are now being ac
cepted for the Navy V-7 program
from juniors and seniors in phys
ics, chemicalj industrial, mechani
cal metalurgical and architechu
ral engineering, according to a
telephone call received last night
by Faculty Advisor on War Serv
ice, Prof. Robert E. Galbraith
from Lt. H. C. Batdorf of the Of
fice of Naval Officer Procurement
of the Fourth Naval District.
Lieutenant Batdorf asked that
interested students who are not
already in a reserve corps report
their names to FAWS immediate
ly. Interviews will be held at the
Procurement Office in the Wide
ner Building, Philadelphia, be
tween March 3 and 10.
Successful candidates will be
given a letter to their draft boards,
through which they will proceed
with voluntary induction and be
returned to school until the Navy
calls its enlistees in June or July
to be put into uniform and con
tinued in college after indoctrina
tion.
Applicants are expected to bring
with them to the Philadelphia of
fice, the official letter of good
standing from the College, forms
for which are obtainable at 243,
Sparks. A transcript should also
be submitted, accompanied by a
birth certificate and three letters
of recommendation on letter
heads.
All who plan to take advantage
of the new plan should report
their names to Professor Galbraith
before tomorrow noon so that he
can notify Lieutenant Batdorf of
the number for which to look dur
ing the interviewing week.
Though this branch will be open
until that time that the Naval Au
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Rough Game, 46-33;
Highlight Week-End
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Egli, McLaughlin Share
Scoring Honors, 12 Each
Running its home game winning
streak to 22 games and improving
its record toward an NCAA invi
tation, the Cion basketball team
defeated the Temple Owls by a
score of 46-33 in Rec Hall last
night. s
The win leaves the Lions with
near-best, if not best, record for
the season : n NCAA District 2,
and should pla'ce them in position
for the district bid if they can
keep going the way they have dur
ing the last few games.
Taking the lead at the first, the
Lions gave little ground during the
whole battle, rougher than any on
the Rec Hall floor this season, so
that the score stood at 23-16 at the
end of the first half. An attempt
to get back in the game came in a
Temple burst shortly after the
start of the second period. It was
stemmed bei'oi-e it was well start
ed by the hard fighting Lions.
The summaries
Penn State
Baltimore, g ...
Egli, g
Hornstein. c ...
VonNieda, f ....
Gent, f
Lawther, c
Biery, f .'
Total
Temple FG F
McLaughlin, f 5 2
Getchall, c 0 4
Hullo, g 3 0
Bobb, g 2 1
Jarmoluk, f 0 0
Woodside. f 1 D
Sebest, g 0 t
Novak, g 1 C
Totals
Officials: Wallace, Levine.
Co-captains Egli and'. Baltimore
were the Lion standouts, redeem
ing their positions which were cut
down slightly by sports -writers
earlier in the season. Egli, along
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TUNISIA Rommel’s troops
have been driven- -completely
back through the Cascerine .Pass
in one of the fiercest battles North
Africa has yet seen. Air skill of
American and . English planes
played a large part in this ac
complishment. Although, losses
were not as heavy as were expect
ed, much equipment was lost.
MOSCOW—Russians are driving
the Germans back southwest .of
Moscow. Twenty units of-. Amer
ican tanks, plus several ■'British
tank units are active in the bat
tle. Winter is letting up, and the
Germans are beginning to become
stronger, especially with aircraft,
in the Caucasuses.
WASHINGTON The Chinese
foreign minister claims that less
than 1,000 American planes will
drive the Japanese out of China.
Madame Chang Kai Shek asks
immediate aid for the accomplish
ment of that goal.
Mac ATHUR'S HEADQUAR
TERS American planes are
bombing docks, ships, and build
ings daily in Ribald of the New
Britain Islands. Last night, an 8,-
000 ton Japanese cargo vessel was
bombed and sunk. Four other
ships were also damaged. (