_/>« 'ree ,ance, 13%7 jfi Jf Sailg @ (Eoltegratt |j Army Air Corps Makes Surprise Arrival Navy Begins Army Postpo Ear-Markees Must Get All Papers in Order Navy, doctors-arrive on campus next Tuesday and Wednesday to transfer all enlisted reservists, ear-marked for" the Navy, to the V-l program, and all Marine ear markees to their preferred service group. ... . ( '■ - This order, as released by the Navy Department, -affects more /than 200 Penn State men,-.who, must have complete- credentials in order by the time'the officers be gin .theia physical examinations next week. Lieyt. H. S. Batdorf said that all reservists who will be . examined . for • the ■ transfer must have birth; • certificates or . other' acceptable ;. evidence giving date ahd -place of /birth and names of parents on . hand. If ‘-the ear-markee is hot na tiye-born, proof of citizenship . will be required. j/ These men must report imme diately to'.Prof, Robert ; E/ Gal ; brafth io ' receive transcript forms recording the student’s standing ’ in. ; College atthe present time. / The; forms must be signed by Reg istrar William E. Hoffman before : t the, examinations: begin. , v/Three- -letter-s-of ; ’Tecommendai: /,;tion are needed in the list of re- S quired credentials, and must be ;on; the; business . of the person making the : recom mendation. At least one of these letters- should be from a member of the College faculty. • A resume; of not less than 50 wprds must be submitted in the applicant’s own: handwriting, out : lining , complete occupational and J. military training. Men. under- 21. ;must have parental consent, on v standard Naval Reserve blanks, obtainable at Galbraith’s office. :'! .Photographs will also be de - (Con firmed On Page Two) (issel Releases Dry Dock Plans " 'Following Saturday night’s ca -W pacity crowd, plans were launched for the second Dry Dock •£;, program to’be held in the Armory this Saturday night, William Cis 7. sel, chairman, disclosed last night.- . iThe Armory will afford larger ' quarters and- will allow the .pres ;i' entaiioh of bigger acts and,a larger • dancing, space. George Earnshaw|s NJttany Lions have been contract* ed to play for the second program. .“if is hoped that there will be soft-drinks for the night club go ers,” Cissel stated. Other new fea tures are being planned to. make the second night even , a bigger . success than the opening night •' was. ■ - The proceeds of last Saturday . night’s Dry Dock netted the Red ' Crpss War Drive approximately $l2O, the largest profit ever gained ; from a Dry Dock venture. ■ '.Further • plans will be an i‘; riounced in tomorrow morning’s .Daily Collegian, Cissel stated. Red Cross War Drive Contributions Rise To $1816.20 Transfers Tuesday; nes Special Training Rises To $lBl6 Penn;j State’s . Red - .'Cro^s-. -War. Drive, was lagging behind its $5OOO goal- yesterday as the third week of. carppaignirig;got-under waywith only -$1816.20 collected thus far by campps representatives.- ' Biggest contributions' received in thevpast.few days were -from Beta Sigma Rho, Sigma Delta Tau, NortHwest' Atherton; and Alpha Chi-Oinega, who exceeded, their original quota toy $lO. Proceeds from the Dry Dock opening were turned. 1 over to Red .Cross heads, netting a total of $lOO. ; • Many fraternity houses and sor orities- met last night- to approve donationsdirect. from their own charity funds 'arid. treasuries. - Sev eral- units have hit their 100 per cent quota toy placing- the mem bership fee on house bills for this month! . , Robert Faloon, campaign head, said last night that the- regular drive will end this Week, but con tributions will be accepted for sev eral, weeks .after if it is possible ,to reach the'final goal which the College has pledged. . -" ' Women’s dorms were urged to .contact their housing unit presi dent and make arrangements for the solicitation of members. Inde pendent men are still able to turn their money into the War Drive headquarters at Student Union of fice! - , Portfolio Positions Open Candidates for; the business staff of Portfolio will meet 'in the Portfolio off ice-at 7 p.m. to morrow evening, announced Renee Isaacs, advertising man ager. ■ Places on the -business staff are open to members of all fiasses, Miss Isaacs added. Successor To Tl» F*°« L\ OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Unexpected Changes Delay Program The Army Specialized Training Program, which was scheduled lo start with the arrival of 500 trainees on April 5, has been post poned .to a later date, according to'" a statement just released by President R. D. Hetzel. The date on which the program will start here has not.yet been definitely determined. It is prob able, however, that arrangements will not be completed for the in itiation of the work befo.re the first of May. “According to reports which I have received from the Third Service Command and from the War Department in Washington,” 'said the President, “the recruiting of ,men: for! the College program ■has been, delayed by developments which were not anticipated at the time the program was set up. j “I. am •; advised, however, that new examinations; arid procedures are now' under way and that the program as originally planned, ex cept for the time of Starting, will be fully canted out. The College \jy lk be- advised Qf "for''die stahtirii" of the'' work'ar soon as the" results; of the new screening. process become known. “I; am.advised by officers of : the Army Air Force that additional' Air Corps trainees may be detail ed 'to the College within a very short period. This refers to num bers above the-'5OO who are re porting at thisi time. "It is my understanding," con tinued the President!; .'/that the status of the advanced R.O.T.C. students will not, be affected until the. Army Specialized. Training . Program is actually, in effect. This . will mean that advanced R.O.T.C. .students .engaged, in'intercollegiate athletics will continue. eligible for : participation until the.first of May or later, depending; upon the .dale when the Army’ specialized, course trainees are able to report. “Fraternity houses now avail-. . (Continued 'On Page Two) Tucker Releases Names Of Players' Stage Staff The-technical staff now working on stage for--the Players’ melo drama, “Love Rides, the Rails or Will the Mail. Train Run Tonight?” includes the following managers, according to Lawrence E. Tucker, professor of dramatics and director of the show: Construction manager is Marion Reynolds; stage manager, Palmer •Sharpless; assistant stage.manager, McKay Carson; property manager, Mary Roberts; light manager, James Gore; paint manager, Meg Calvert; assistant paint managers, Gloria Duerst and Marion Kindi. Advertising manager,-Yetta Fro inson; assistant advertising man agers, Beryl Bemey and Marilyn Gillespie; costume manager," Jo Nash; assistant costume manager, Roslyn Orlofsky; assistant scene designer, Mary Roberts, and prompter, Rosalind Becker. 500 Singing Pre-Flight Men Disembark At Freight Depot Their- mcvement veiled in secrecy, 500 singing Army Air Corps pre-flight students arrived in State College at 7:53 p. m. last night on Ire Bellefonte Central Rhilroad, disembarking at the express station on North Atherton street above the Greyhound Post House. Nine coaches brought the large contingent from Atlantic CitJ where it had been stationed prior to leaving at about 4 a. m. The pre flight soldiers are all ages, many of them having recently been taken from colleges, while others are high school graduates Cabinet Asks Senate Reconsideration Of Final Exam. Week At last night’s meeting, Cabinet members agreed to recommend to Senate members the restoration of the final bjuebook policy pursued during- the past few accelerated semesters. , According to present plans, the administration has provided for a final semester exam week at the end of the term, a policy which has not been in force since termi nation of the 1-941 Fall semester. Damages of $4.39 to a town ga rage as well as $24.34 to private property on East College avenue caused by students; several weeks ago. will be paid for out of inter class funds, according to a decision by the governing, group. Destruc tion of' town property to the -amountofs43sA3-by-«tude»ts-d3v-;; •ing the weekend of March 13 and 14 was also, accounted for by. funds from the four class treasuries at the last Cabinet meeting. . Jack Burford was appointed by Chairman Grey to investigate the possibility of reopening- Old Main tower to visitors. Lighting of the Lion Shrine was also discussed by Cabinet and a decision will be reached following inquiry of such a rneasure by Burford. . The Red Cross Drive, so far has totaled $lBl6, according to a re port by Robert Faloon, Red Cross Co-chairman. Margaret Ramaley reported on a student conference held in Wash ington where discussion ’of the topic,. “Inflation or- Stabilization,” took place. Zabkar Competes In Debate Contest Francis E. Zabkar, senior in the Pre-Legal curriculum, has been chosen to represent Penn. State in the .Thomas oratorical contest on the campus' of the University of Pittsburgh tonight. Zabkar, men\ber 'of the varsity, debate team, will, compete against representatives from • the' Univer sity of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech,. Pennsylvania College for Women, Mt. Mercy. College, Duquesne University, St. Francis College, and Seton Hill College. The orators will deliver original six-minute orations on the gen eral subject, “Thomas Jefferson, the Great American.” The winner of the' contest will' speak in' New York City on April 5- and- zone winners will speak either in New York City or Chicago in the grand national contest on April' 9. '■f At 7:50 the troop train could be heard rounding the bend at the west end of the golf course, but it stopped tor nearly five min utes on a steep grade 500 yards down the track from the express office. Climbing out of the train, the Air Corps stood at rest, duffle bags on the ground beside them, and singing the Army Air Corps song. Other songs followed. Each soldier was equipped with, plastic helmet attached to hits left shoulder strap, with gas masks hanging from belts at the waist, also on the left. side. They wore overseas hats, and regular uniform issue of a private Air Corps insignia. Lining up by fours, with 15 tfr 20 ranks in a group, the new ar rivals marched in eight groups from the train stop to Old "Main. The first group started from the station at 8:30. Another ten minutes later, then six follow (ed together, stopping at Old- Main, hmiil nearly- 9:30 when-.they con tinued the. march to their frater nity barracks. The men, according to a Col legian survey,.-are stationed ,-in eight fraternity houses, with 45. to 75 in each house. They include Phi Kappa Tau, Delta Chi, . Thu Kappa Epsilon, Delta.. Tau: Delta, Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Alpha, and Kappa- Delta Rho. “How big is this town?”, “How many coeds are there?”, “How many civies?”, - “What- do: they have for recreation?” These were a. few of the questions the-soldiers asked of a Collegian writer as -the soldiers stood at rest- before going into formation at .the station. Many had the: impression -that the coed-male ratio-was heavily in (Continued On Page Two) Rachmaninoff Dies Sunday Morning After Long Illness Sergei . n o tfed pianist and composer, died early Sunday morning while on tour in California.- Rachmaninoff.appear ed in State College-lastunontii on the Artists' Course. Called by the critics one .of the greatest pianists of -all time,-he had been favorably, compared with past masters including Franz liszt. Rachmaninoff was 69, and. had -just become a naturalized citizenof the United States, having been bom in the Soviet Union. Rachmaninoff also ranked high as a composer, and contributed many works to the literature of contemporary music.-Much of his work showed ..nationalism, al though when he appeared in State College he said that he was not sympathetic with the Soviet form, of government, but was with the people of Russia.
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