| ®l|f lailg 0 (Ealbgiutt Igj OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEC [<*£Mwww«w[ Hammond Clears Credit Rulings For Engineers Men with Good Standing To Receive Full Credit Dean Harry P. Hammond, speak ing before the Engineering School Council at its last meeting, clari fied the rules for granting credits to students who withdraw to en ter the armed forces. As stated by Dean Hammond, there are two rules governing the number of credits to be granted to. a student who leaves college during the semester. They follow: A student may receive one credit of elective per week up to six weeks.. That is a maximum of six credits of electives that will be granted. Rule two says that if a student completes two-thirds of semester, that is 'attends until March 20, and is passing in all subjects, he may, at the discre tion of his dean, receive credit for the full semester. Dean Hammond declared that concerning the second provision, he intends to be careful about giving his recommendation, and stated that “The College will be generous to those who have work ed up to the ‘finish line’ and who have a working grasp of the sub jects under consideration.” The slackers who have sat back wait- Jng for the draft or their call to active duty will receive little more than his elective credits,_ it was emphasized at the meeting. ~ * .'Dean' Hammond also urged the Council, to take any action possible to' check the exodus of future en gineers into the military services prior to their graduation. He stat ed that the Engineering School has already lost more than a hundred of its thousand-odd students in this manner. In explanation, of this request (Continued On Page Two) Stephen White 39 Killed in Action -Lieut.- Stephen- Longcoy White '39,'son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. White, 122 N. Prospect street, Kent, 0., was killed iji action Jan uary 26.-He was reported missing in action in the western Europe area earlier, arid the report was later confirmed by a telegram-from trie Secretary of War. White had been in England since late in November, 1942, and had been heard from regularly until about 30 days ago. In his . last letter, White added, after signing his name, .“I am becoming more arid more convinced every day that the good old U.S.A. is worth fight ing for.” ■Bom in Kent, March 23, 1917, Lieutenant White was educated in Kent schools. He was graduated from' Penn State in 1939, serving with the state division of forestry for one and one-half years before going into business for himself! . After receiving his commission, White refused an instructorship in the air corps, preferring to remain in active duty. Establishes Loan Fund . Providing a system for eligible men to meet the financial difficul ties of initiation, Sigma Tau, engi neering honorary, voted to estab lish a loan fund- for prospective -members at a recent business meeting. This plan will help in itiates, otherwise unable to join, to borrow the required membership fee. School of Engineering Releases Honor Roll; 74 Students Listed Seventy-four students in the School of Engineering at the Penn sylvania State College gained high enough marks in their studies last semester to be named for the Dean’s list. Only students with a 2.5 average grade won this honor. • Seniors: Joseph C. Bregar, EE; Edsel J. Burkhart, M. E.; Don M. Dickinson, M. E.; William S. Flinehbaugh, I. E.; Walter R. Gil liam, I. E. Charles E. Handschuh, A.; War ren E. Haupin, E.-C. E.; James L. Henderson, M. E.; Ellwo'od R. Hendrickson, C. E.; William- S. Ivans, Jr., E. E. Waller W. Kennedy, I. E.; Wil liam Q. Kinsley, I. E.; Richard F. Markel, E.-C. E; Robert L. Markel, E. E.; Hector Rangel, E. E.; Robert G. Schimpl', M. E.; and Theodore F. Taylor, E. E. Juniors; Charles R. Ammerman, E. E.; John H. Gerth, E. E.; Ray mond E. Hess, M. E.; John R. Leary, A. E.; Herbert E. Means, M. E.; Boris Osojnak, M. E.; Ed mund G. Pinger, M. E. Thomas H. Randall, Jr., M. E.; Warren T. Shreve, E. E.; William R. Slivak, M. E.; James P. Storm, A. E.; Olin W. Tevendale, I. E.; Raymond R. Tressler, E. E.; Har old E. Walchli, E. E,; Herman R. Weed, E. E.; Charles H. Welker, C. E.; Rudolf B. Walter E. E.; Michael G. Stoyak, C. E. Sophomores: Paul J. Adam, M. E.; Paul Alamar, I. 'E.; Clifford Brenner, E. E.; Jack N. Brown, E, E.; George . H. .CJohen,. M._ E.: Gunther Cohn, M. E.; Alex Fursa, E. E. Evert'E. Gral’inger, E: E.; Fritz (Continued On Page Two) College Students Are ! Hep To Swing Music—Les Brown By BEN FRENCH “College students are definitely ‘hep’ to music,” said Les Brown, Soph Hop maestro, in an inter view last night. Maestro Leslie remarked that he would rather play before a college audience than any other group, because college students collect records and listen to the big bands on the radio so that they are well-versed in matters per taining to swing. “Of. course,” Les added, “every bandleader likes to play ‘spot lo cations’ such as long engagements in hotels because they give .you a chance to settle down and live almost, a. natural life with your family. Theater dates are the en gagements that the bandleaders like the best, for there your audi ence consists for , the most part of older people who don’t understand our type of music. Then too, thea ter dates require from three to six performances a day.” Les looked just like any aver age college student. We met him in the living room of the SAE mansion last night and he was La Vie Phaio Schedule Fraternity pictures for La Vie will be taken Monday, March 1,-at the Photo Shop at the following times: Phi Kappa Tau 6:30 p.m. Sigma Nu 6:45' Sigma Pi 7:00 . Sigma Phi Alpha ... 7:15 Sigma Phi Epsilon .. 7:30 Tau Kappa Epsilon . 7:45 Theta Ch: .8:00 Theta Kappa Phi ... 8:30 Phi Kappa Sigma .. 8:45 Successor To The Free Lane». Establ Welker Launches Plans for Mil Ball Committee heads have been named for the annual Mil Ball, and selection of a band will be made in the near future, Cadet Colonel Charles H. Welker, in charge of the dance, stated last night. Since the ball is slated for April 30, only two weeks from the end of the semester, Welker said that every attempt is being made to make the weekend on of the big gest on the calendar year, honor ing the ERC and Air Corps re serves who will be called to active duty early in May. One activity planned will be a full-dress military parade by all units of the College ROTC de partment, in addition to the tra ditional pinning ceremony which takes place each year. As in former years, the ball will remain a private affair, with in vitations being extended only by members of the advanced ROTC corps. The only possible change may be in invitation of all reserv ists who will leave after this se mester. «S Cadet Colonel Welker has nam ed Cadet Lieut Col. Edward Glock as head of the entertainment com mittee, Cadet Major Olin W. Tev endale, head of the arrangements committee; Cadet Lieut. Col. John H. Gerth, head of the decorations; and Cadet Lieut. Col. A 1 Crab tree, head of all invitations. Other committees will be form ed-. durjhg -vacation, and. will be announced later in March, said Welker, who urged full co-opera tion of all advanced men in the ROTC corps. dressed in the typical campus at tire of red plaid sox and slightly mussed brown sport suit. No one would have guessed that he was a married man, and the father of two children. When asked if this was his first visit in State College, Les replied that he had been here once before to play at a local fraternity dance with his Duke Blue Devils in the winter of 1937. Les and his band played at Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday evening and made the trip to Pitts burgh by train. In Pittsburgh he was forced to charter a bus to make the last lap of the trip to (Continued On Page Fov<-) Final Casting for New Players' Show Tomorrow Final casting for Players’ “Love Rides the Rails—or Will the Mail Train Get Through Tonight?” will take place in ihe Little Theatre, 7 p.m. Sunday, announced Lawrence E. Tuckev, director of the melo drama. Special welcome has been ex tended to the Curtiss-Wright Ca dettes by inviting them to tryouts for the features presented between the 16 scenes of the show. All students possessing talents in the line of the “Gay Nineties” review are asked to report'for in terviews, 7 p.m. Tuesday. “The feature acts will include a comic male quartet, singers who may do a “Beatrice Kay”—working on the “ta ra ra bump te ay” style, and a solo singer working with' the “can can” chorus directed by Jessie Cameron, assistant professor of physical education.’.’ Tucker said. :h*d IIW Hetzel Estimates New Semester Enrollment Estimates Enrollment President Ralph D. Hetzel stated yesterday that there would be approximately 4,300 students attending the College during the summer semester. $5OOO Campus Goal Set For Red Cross War Drive Robert M. Faloon, chairman of the campus Red Cross drive, urges all students to make their contri butions here, on the campus next month, instead of through the various home town chapters dur ing vacation. Membership pins and cards are being prepared by Faloon and his assistants, and the drive will get underway on March 10, the day the Spring vacation ends. As a slogan for the campus cam paign, the committee is asking every student if he is a “One Dollar a Year American,” as everyone will be solicited for a gift of at least one dollar. Since it will be the Penn State men in ' the ERC and Air Corps reserves who will receive bene fits from the war drive, Faloon says that it should be the College students who back the campaign most. Late News ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC—AIIied forces conducted a successful l'aid on Japanese air bases in New Britain and New Guiana today, dropping a total of ten tons of bombs. Several Jap planes, vessels, and airports were reported damaged. LONDON.—A daylight raid on several German naval' bases today resulted in a large number of di rect hits on enemy docks and ships. This is the third Allied at tack on Germany proper. Allied officials announced. STOCKHOLM. Officials an nounced that German forces are quickly withdrawing from Nor way to a probable destination in Italy and North Africa. WEST OF KHARKOV Rus sian soldiers pushed ahead today in their drive on the Nazis to take 300 German prisoners and kill a total of 300 enemy men. WASHINGTON A, F. of L. labor aircraft workers were order ed to stay at their jobs today by the War Labor Board, pending de cision of the board. The group, meeting continually for several days, will hand down a decision soon, it was added. Air Corps Influx Fails To Raise Present Total A student population of ap proximately 4300 for the coming summer period was predicted yes terday by President Ralph D. Het zel. “This figure,” explained the President, “might be called the maximum number to be present at any one time. However, the av erage population during this period will not vary greatly from this figure one way or the other. This is about 700 under the com parable enrollment figures for the summer of 1042.” The figure quoted by the Presi dent includes 1350 regular stu dents now in college who plan to return for the summer semester, an estimate of 450 entering fresh men and about 65 transfer stu dents, 700 summer school students, 115 Curtiss-Wright junior engi neers, 120 Naval ensigns in the Diesel engine courses, 500 Army Air Corps trainees, 500 advanced Army engineering trainees, and 500 Naval engineering trainees. It is estimated that of these, 2700 will be men and 1600 will be wom en. “So far as can now be deter mined,” the President said, “it is expected that the courses con stituting the regular College pro gram will be continued during the summer months with few if any exceptions. The student lbad, as was expected, will not be equally distributed over the several curri cula, but the enrollment promises to be such as to justify the con tinuation of the majority of the regular courses. “It may be necessary in some departments to make special ad justments, and in some instances’ work may have to be suspended temporarily. However, it should be clearly understood,” the Presi dent continued, “that where the student load is reasonably ade quate, instruction will be carried forward as usual. “The attendance of the several groups of trainees from the Army and Navy services is conditioned (Continued On Page Three) Flashes... WASHINGTON. “Axis forces will outnumber ours even with the knowledge of what we can pro duce by the end of next year,” a Senate.committee announced after heated discussion. More than 3,- 000;000 war workers will be need ed to replace men of industry re cently inducted, it was added. Of ficials stated that men over 38 and of a lower physical caliber may necessarily be inducted into serv ice during the coming year. HARTFORD. CONN. Holly wood movie star Madeleine Car roll relinquished her British citi zenship todav as she took final oaths with 250 others to complete her U. S. naturalization. MOSCOW.—Strongly reinforced, the Germans drove down into .the Lower Ukraine after a hard battle, Russian officials conceded today. It was announced that .the enemy lost more than 1,000 men, 22 tanks, and 15 planes. BERLlN.—Sixteen and seven teen-year-old Germans will be drafted for active duty, according to announcement made at the Ger man capital. They will become military auxiliaries temporarily and will later be sent into active service. ,
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