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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ,