Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1387 IP site iatly 0 (MUgfeut 5 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE 'X~/ * > , - ' VOL. 41~N<j.-W J§sfAsC Recruiting O Hild. Interview Coeds BgWbmen Under 21 May p;-v'H|Vfc : inactive Status Two' W'AAC.' recruiting officers ferfari’iye on campus this morning to interview. coeds .who wish tn eri- active/ duty in the'Worn- K-lSeh’s Auxiliary Corps, or women |l£yyhp have .not. yet - reached their |£Ktwenty-lirst birthday, but desire fe4;;i?tp ~be . placed on inactive call until' rf^.^h'ey.. reach - the. required age. “? ’■■ Tehipqrary . headquarters have been' : ,Established in Rooms 302 « —and- 3051 Old Main, where the [ -■ Women’s Milanne recruiters held ' interviews earlier in the week. The. office ..Will be in charge of f5,v,, Lt;' Graver..and Private Rothemel, ';two graduates of the WA.AO straining school in Des Moines. .. Coeds' may contact the two EiTteßresentatives in their . head- . time today from 0- vtq ?9 p.m* The-regular Army p/j/recr,uifers.rat ; the local Post Office .in the drive to. enlist |js;- coeds’-through their down town flSAritifo physical or mental exami'n* wiUf6e t given today by the' :&ii ..pthejers, but if’ a sufficient number apply -lor enlistment, *."• will return -to permit coeds to t ■ talce'AheSqilalifyihg; test. Success " ful;exaihinfts 'will tSlri rlport to ■ “Physicals, .'and. 'a ' ceremony will- KfiSbllow. 'jtdther WAAC head- : oc;ai-the'.College. -for;-'the ■ vphysicar ca-’ that" the eye .. i*e- - lowered; to" 20/400 vision, corrected to glasses. All aspirants. |tj ipi6rigeiectidh--tb the corps must be. bf/theJUnited States. 1 ttMinimmrv'jhge*-' requirement is may- be ' placed in. rese£v;e;-df : . : {Hey: are -only J2O. /There s?^/aiSt : ’'.po'.' r e3ucational. requirements p-' 'f'WAAC division, .: since •yi 1 office if? personnel is selected from h. ■ ’the'-ranks; g»H-.; g gs:£)3;.rt:'rr ; |i|te;(p!lege'Welcome Impresses Visiting pWAM;Recruiling Officers % • ‘ “YoU'get'out .of the WAAC just ittto-it, : Ii your, aim ££'..is .Officer’s Training School, gjftfget' there, ’*' : stated ' Lieut. Graver, fe;;-;fahd .Auxiliary. .Rotherifiel, recruit in'g’:pfficers ■ fdr. WAAC, stopping College to interview wo : '•••" pf§ss”Lfeuf,"Graver : conducted the kfliitJCo'datte- drills.' ini the Armory yes- - very - much; im- with' ‘ the possibility of I;.;? 1 potEntiai.' officer material; The "'women .’are getting courses' is identical '‘basic ’training -iri‘ the' isi; : 'WAAC, according to Lieut.- Gra -B*ver!\.J ■ pf'S J.'Elbth' 1 women ’ yjferte dressed ac ! to 1 regulations, including ssii-h_|fi'''abG‘ve".the collar; which they ; appear to. enjoy.' Their op -1 ..WAAC was • “We’d *?i>pp(ce2to; do "it, all .oyer , .egaih.” : i receiving.:,, such - a from . ; Deati ‘ Ray; 'juiia c ßaU,; Andr ,Professor. ;s»t: Up v ! . stated |f?-- , £4eut;',Gta , \«r.-'. v - All : - Wphi®h ji interested in:- -■ .the. Ipi'iiWAAeS'q -file .-an -application : ''twenty-' one “years, of; age\ requirement; | are interviewing- not only epeds) enlisting, this semester, but all.possibilities for the . future,” isviVsqid Auxiliary Rothermel fficers Today Tickets Sell Fast For New Dry Dock ■Reservations for the premiere opening- of the Dry Dock, stiident .night club at the Nittany Lion Inn Saturday, are almost sold out, William Cissel, chairman of the Dry Dock , committee and of-ceremonies at the club an nounced last night. Several new acts have been added to the hour-long floor show, Cissel stated. Walt Razor, a newcomer to College ' enter tainments, will dash off some low down boogie woogie piano nlay •ing during the intermission. Ed Paytas will play the piano accor dion.and Frank MacGo-.vn, piano star, will play “On the Trail” from Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Can yon Suite.” Also on thevfloor show are the “Gym- Three,” Midge Johnson, Bud Mellot, Essie Campbell. Jane Abramson, and Bill Cisso! as master-of-ceremonies. - The “Three Stooges” pride cl the Thespians will be featured in their new routine, “Pledge Bro thers,” taken frofh the new Thes pian production, "Khaki ' Waac. -y.’V The Stooges have gained a reputation in,the past few years as Penn State’s' outstanding en tertainment .group. Bud . Me’lot, JTack Hunter and/BilTßeutti com ;prise.'- unit’ .that promises >o oi) tneir faces, -haying for/dahcing' from nine tbi twelve wfii .be the * campus newest'- orchestra, “The States menFive.’.’ The floor show will be .held, half-way through the dqncing, • : 1 •Advance-sale -of reservations indicates that the opening-night will be.- a complete “sell-out” with -the SItO sign going out this af ternoon:- The few tickets that are left. Will be placed on'sale this morning at Student Union at 75 cents.a couple. This price will in- checking fee at the Nit- Tgiiy Lion Inn. - ' tf?No ,; !pickets .will be' sold at the c’ooiyi Saturday night,, Cissel dis closed;'/ Smallpox Certificates Available af Dispensary Undergraduate and graduate students may. .get their, smallpox vaccination.certificates by report ing to' the. Dispensary. Certifi cates . will not be mailed except to. faculty and staff members, ac cording to . Dr. J. P. Ritenour, head.gof the College Health Ser vicK-L , Revives Traditional Concert Siuiiday afternoon in Schwab Auditorium' a 20-year-cld tradi tion; a tPenn State will be resum ed. The Blue Band will open the Jgpnday 'afternoon conce’-t the auspices of the Music Department at 3:30 p;m.. .program is being presented in thonor pf If/ members of-therDlup Band "whoafe pow W the: armed 'forces of the Un’ted States.' *. ■. . ■ • ' v. /Professor: Hummel r Fisnburn, director of. theband, /:expresses the hope that the -student body and townspeople will attend the concerts , and support them this year as much as they have in the past. In spite-Ol' the war and the FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1943, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Coeds Receive First Enlistment Papers For Marines Coeds who were accepted "as potential members of the Wom en’s Reserve of the Marine'Corps following interviews yesterday, will report to the Pittsburgn re cruiting -office in several weeks to take mental and physical ex aminations, Prof. Robert E. Gal braith said last night. Over 75 campus women re ported to the temporary Marine headquarters on campus, but. on ly 25 applicants received first pa pers for enlistment. Other cceds who were not able to talk to th,e induction' officers yesterday can receive information regarding subsequent recruiting parties from Miss Julia Bril!, head of coed enlistments, in Room .240, Sparks building. Thespians Make Show Costumes Sewing machines in the Thes pian room below Schwab Audi torium are buzzing continually these “spring” .afternoons and ev enings. Costumes, for “Kh.aki- Waac-y,” the 46th 'annual Thes pian production are in the process of completion. Set and costume designer Bill Cissel spent mid-semester vaca tion, in New York choosing cos tume material with the designers bn “Star, and Garter,” .and “Har riet,” Cissel, now Working in his fourth Thespian .-show-...is satis fled-with the-material he was able to acquire. ' •; ■ All- the : costumes are made here .at the college. The costume s+alf is at 'present concentrating on completing unique .WAAC. cos tiumes for the production. Cissel said, “the WAAC costumes are a very brief version of the regula tion WAAC uniform for 16 cuties.” . Cissel, who. plans to design mu sical productions as; a vocation, admits that one production num ber will feature “Zeigfeldian” costumes—“A hat parade ■of twelve lovely coeds 1 in an an-ay of sensational hats and gowns will be presented.” .' Se.veral different sets are nec essary in the 12-scene product’on. The designers are also working on a WAAC barracks scene and several campUs backdrops. Donates to Red Gross Penn -State’s Forestry Society, at. a meeting in 105, Forestry building last evening, donate-} $25 to the Red Cross. Four color pic tures were shown, including -one on trout fishing, pipe utilization, and two on national parks. Ap proximately 70 members were present. ' loss of a number of; members of the band, every effort ’ will be made to maintain the fine tradi tion established by the Blue Band in the last 20 years,/ The officers of the Blue Band are Martin Knhtsen, president; Robert Kapp, • vice-president; Robert .Hibner, manager; (Elwood Oliver, secretary; James /Harter, librarian; and . Wesley . Burns, drum major. •„ ; Professor -Fishbum has , an nounced the ; following program for Sunday afternoon. “The Star Spangled Banner,” •“The Caliph of Bagdad' Over ture,” Boiedieu; “Thd Grandiose March,” Seitz, conducted by Mar tin Knutsen; “Song of the Bayou," Army-Navy Gives Exams To Students Next Week Froth Spring Issue Hits News Stands (Editor’s Note: This article by no ’ means represents the opinion of The Daily Collegian.) Yesterday the gloom and dreari ness of thinking about the war passed from the faces of a great number of the Penn State' student body as they paused on their way to classes to read the new issue of the Penn State Froth. Everyone agreed that the new enlarged Spring issue was the best; that the Foolish Gentlemen had, produced in a long time. Reports, from the news-stand in front ofi the Corner and Student Union stated. that the sale of the issue was going fast and that more than! one-half of those printed had been sold. This issue contains an enlarged joke section. The staff stayed up late many nights during mid-term vacation cutting the canned ma terial out of back copies of the Police Gazette to disprove the statement that Froth jokes are “comey.” Feature articles are included on Art Davis, Jimmie Lunceford, and .Old Penn State/A:close:invest jga ’ tiorf.' wlit“ find tn fh vues Thespian and Player shows. College Leads Nation In Service Training .It has been disclosed- from Washington that this college leads all others in the United States in service trainees. The U. S. Office of Education disclosed the fact that the war training courses, the largest in the Nation, have at present 8,781 enrollees. In addition, 1,000 Army trainees composed of 500 Air Corps men, and 500. trainees in engineering courses are expected to swell this number, Representative. Van Zandt declared. The College also has been sel ected to participate in a basic course and a pre-medical coimse for the ' Army and an advances engineering course for the Navy trainees. University of California, which places second, has 5,678 persons enrolled' in .war training pro? • rams,, and Rutgers places third with 5,087, the Office of Educa tion statistics also. disclosed. Bloom; “Air Varie,” Harlow, trombone solo by Elwood Olivier; “Semper Fidelis,” Sousa, ■ conduct ed by Wesley Burns;- “March of the Little Lead Soldiers. 1, Pierne. . “Fiesta Paso Doble,” Caneva- McAllister; “Rose Marie- Over ture;”. Friml-Stothert; “Bamum and 'Bailey’s Favorite,” King, con ducted by; Robert Kapp; “Calfskin Calisthenics,” -Bennett, : with a drum -solo by Roger Ericson; “The Hills of Old Penn iState/’ Waring, Ballard; , “Stratoliner /March;” Holmes, conducted by James Har ter; “Oh, Lady Be Good,” Gersh win, with a special trumpet chor us arranged by Don Smith; “Over There Fantasie," arranged by Grofe. PRICE: THREE CENTS * Navy Recruiting Party To Transfer ERC Men Enlisted reservists who are ear marked for duty in the Navy have heen urged by Lieut. James A. Weaver to take the A-12 examina tion April 2, along with other men. who are not enlisted in any of the reserve branches. This examination will qualify non-enlistees for assignment to the Army Specialized Training Pro gram, or the Navy College Pro gram, while the Naval ear-marked men will utilize the test as a re view for the V-l examination, scheduled to be held on the campus April 20. Fourth Naval District headquar ters will send a recruiting party to the College during the week of April 2 to ’ transfer all 'ERC men who have asked for Naval service into their preferred branch. The officers will give all students a strict Naval physical exam at that time, and men who fail to pass will remain in the regular Army reserve. Men who are registered in the V-l program will be required to take the mental exam on April 20 if they will complete four or more semesters of their college - course by May 12, Lieutenant Weaver said' in his communication' with. Pro- ■ fessor- Robert E. Galbraith. Marines in the junior or senior years, o£ college, are .not, required’ 't^tatfelthe'Ap^l"2o- ; examlhatiqnV but' freshmen • and sophomores must, pass the test to gain final entrance info . their- -preferred group. Unsuccessful- candidates in both .the Marines and Navy wili remain in the Army Enlisted Re- serve. Honorable discharges - -will be sent to Col; Edward D. Ardery for all ear-markees who. .pass -their physical .gnd mental examinations for either the Marines or the Navy, and will be distributed to the men when they are transferred to their new service branch. Identification cards will- be de manded from each ■ student -who takes the A-12 -test April 2, ac cording to Galbraith. These cards will be distributed .in Room 243 Sparks Monday and Tuesday. •tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiTnumiiimiiHiiimiiiiiimiiiiiHimim LATE NEWS FLASHES! lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliHlHlllllllltl LENINGRAD -Thirty-two Axis planes were shot down Wednesday by the Allies. Berlin reports show. Warmer weather in Russia. is slowing up the drive, against -the Nazi defensive, but progress is l still being made. LENINGRAD. —Russian eommUr nique reports seven out of thirty German tanks were. captured by the Russian Army in the Caucasus Wednesday. LONDON. —Russia renewed- the fishing . agreement -' with -Japan, radio - reports stated; • with no change in neutrality terms. LONDON. —Norwegian Govern ment reported the -Nazis in- 'Nor way are still; searching -for -Eng lish and . American , saboteurs who blew up - a- Germans,airplane fac tory recently. PITTSTON—The main move ment' of - a distinctive -earth --crack • ing mine subsidence yes terday after damaging- over U homes and a $40,000 high-school building. The damage ran into thousands of dollars in the Pennsylvania anthracite city. \
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