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VOL. 40—No. 98
23 Candidates Vie For
Semester Class Offices
Brawn Urges Students
To Cast Votes at Election
Robert Brawn; chairman of the
All-College elections committee,
released the names of twenty,
three candidates for semester
Class officers last night.
Eighth semester presidential
candidates roe Larry T. Cherve
nak, Daniel C. Gillespie,Harry F.
Kern, and Al Letzler. Candidates
for treasurer of this semester are
Frank T. Drumm, Larry E. Faries,
Gordon Fiske, and James R. Zieg
ler.
Harold Bucher, Thomas Guini
van, and Gloria N. Dverst are
presidential candidates for seventh
semester; Les Stine and Suzanne
Clouser, treasurer candidates.
Sixth semester candidates for
president are Rozanne M. Brooks
and Horace B. Smith; treasurer
candidate,. Joan E: Piollet.
Lack of interest or apparent
fnix-up prevents students register
ed in the filth semester from cast
ing votes at this time. However,
Brawn •stated that studehts who
registered in this semester should
keep in mind possible candidates,
and at the - freshman elections at
a later date, they may cast their
,
Fourth, semester candidates. are
-presid6ntixAnibal ROj as 'anitzPeggy
Lou Chapman; treasurer, Reginald
Kimble and Peggy Lou Johnston.
Third' semester candidates are
president, James Hugo; treasurer,
Betty- Shenk. Second semester
Candidates are president, Peter C.
Johnson and John C. Krusen Jr.;
treasurer, Robert Stokes and Ralph
D. Cohen.
In semesters where there is only
one candidate for an office the
candidate's name will appear on
the ballot, and beneath it a sen-.
tence stating, "Do you want to
vote for this particular Candidate
or would you rather have the
election postponed until freshman
elections at a later date?" -If stu
dents in that semester choose not
to vote for that candidate, they
may state so here, and vote at the
freshman elections later on. It is
possible other candidates will be
suggested at that time.
(Continued On Page Twn)
Six Campus Groups
To Present First
College Variety Show
Sixkcarnpu , ..: groups will cooper
ate with Director. Lawrence E.
Tucker, associate professor of dra
matics, to present Penn State's
first Variety Show, which opens in
Schwab Auditorium on Saturday,
July .17. •
This show will •be the first in a
series of Variety Shows to be pre
sented at approximately two-week
intervals. There is a possibility,
Tucker stated, that shows will be
repeated Sunday afternoons for
service men.
Cooperating campus groups in
clude Cadet Engineers, Air Crew
students, Curtiss-Wright Cadettes,
Hamilton Standard Propeller co
eds, Penn State Players, and Penn
State Thespians.
Swing bands are being organ
ized among service men and - the
cadets wil also entertain with im
perSonations. Hummel Fishburn,
head of the music department, and
Frank Gullo, associate professor of
music, will supervise the music.
Penn State Players will present
short dramatic skits' which will
vary from comedy to drama to
melodrama.
ollege Placement Service
Calendar Set
For Coming Year
This calendar for the Summer
Semester and • Summer Sessions,
1943; Fall S'etnester, 1943-44, and
.Spring, Se,mester;. 1944 was passed
by the'COncil
acting '.lhah' emergency for the
College Senate.
July
16—Payment of fees. •
August—
• 's—Summer Session graduation
exercises.'
6—Summer Session ends 5 p.m.
9—Post Session begins . 8 a.m.
27—Post Session ends 5 p.m.
28—Mid-Semester below-grade
reports. P
October--
14Summer Semester • classes
end 5 p.m.
15—Sumnaer SeMester exam
inations begin 8 a.m:
21—Summer Semester ends 5
p.m.
21—Summer Semester gradua
tion exercises.
Fall Semester 1943-44
October—
27—Fi-eshman Week begins 8
29-30,--Fall Semester Regis
tration.
30—Freshman Week ends 11:50
a.m.
November—
I—Fall Semester classes begin
(Continued On . Page Two)
Military Trainees Exceed
Civilian Enrollment Of 2,395
With a total of 2,395 College
students'. supplemented by ap
proximately 2,200 military and
aircraft plant
_trainees the com
plete College enrollment exceeds
expectations by approximately
one-third, Registrar William S.
Hoffman stated today.
' Of those registered with the
college, 1,406 are men and 989
are women. This includes 150
graduate students, 35 special, and
2,210 regular students. Classified
according to schools, Chemistry-
Physics section outranks others
with 543. Following is Liberal
Arts with 446; Education, 432;
Engineering, 420; Agriculture,
172; Mineral Industries with 139;
'and Physical Education, totaling
58.
Of the military students sta
tioned here 855, including 83
Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1943-STATE COLLEGE, PA
Calendar Notice
College organizations are re
quested to send in meeting
dateS to the Collegian office for
publication in the Campus Cal
endar by noon every Thursday.
Because of the reduced staff,
groups will riot be contacted by
staff members.
Glenn 1 Martin Aircraft
Representative Will
Interview Engineers
Crandall W. Cowles, representa
tive of the engineering personnel
department of Glenn L. Martin
Aircraft Corporation, wilt be on
campus Wednesday to interview
engineering students who will
graduate in October, according to
George N. Leetch, head of the Col
lege Placement Service.
All eligible students who are in
terested in positions with the com
pany must register for appoint
ments at the Placement office, 204
Old Main, by 5 P.M. Tuesday.
Leetch stressed that all seniors
should register with the placement
ifficers of their school so that they
will be kept informed of job pp
9ortunities. The bulletin board at
Student Union will carry notices
if all personnel representatives
who will visit the campus.
Placement officers of the various
schools are: Agriculture. Dr. J.. E.
McCord, 1-A- Hoyt;•,Chemistry!and
Pliy"sl'o, - 'bli,..t'':bftfian -- -a - tee,:fsl* - „i)s
Pond Laboratory; Mineral Indus
tries, Dr. D. F. McFarland, 212
Mineral Industries; Engineering,
R. M. Gerhardt, 206 Main Engi
neering; Liberal Arts, H. B. Young,
201 Sparks; Health and Physical
Education, L. N. Hones, 214 Rec
Hall; Education, Dr. C. 0. Wil
*lams, 106 Burrowes.
Cabinet Committee Fizzles
Student Wage-Hour Program
This is a story of some printed
posters, some student politicians,
and a student government which
claims to be "America's strongest".
The story. begins last Summer—
more than a full year ago—when
members of the All-College Cab
inet recognized the "unreasonably
low" wages paid in many cases to
student part-time employes, and—
in typical fashion•—approved the
appointment of a committee on the
subject.
The plan discussed at that time
foriner Second year advanced
ROTC members, are participat
ing in the e , Army Specialized
Training Program; 600 are study
ing under Navy V-12;. and sev
eral hundred comprise the Army
Air Corps. '
In addition, 105 women are
studying under Curtiss-Wright
Aircraft Corporation, 91 are with
the Hamilton Standard Propellor
company, and 15 persons were
sent by Consolidated-Vultee Air
craft Corp.
Referring to 11:30 and 12:30
classes, Ray V. Watkins, College
scheduling officer, stated, "No
classes may be scheduled at those
particular times if any members
of the classes are employed in
College dining/commons, because
the problem of securing help is
(Continued On. Page. Two)
By Larry Chervenak
Saturday Night Social
Set for Tomorrow
Function to Replace
Air Crew Student
Prepares to Blitz
Axis Cousin's Craft
Training at the College is an Air
Crew student who must first put
an end to his cousin's business be
fore he can fulfill his second ambi
tion, that of "getting a whack" at
some of the ships designed by this
same cousin. Johnny Messer
schmitt is the Air Crew student;
his cousin, William Messerschmitt,
famous German plane designer.
Before his enlistment, Johnny,
American gender, was employed
by the Brewster Aeronautical Cor
poration, working in the produc
tion planning department of their
Long Island plant.
Admitting that he would give
almost anything to have his cou
sin's ability, anything short of go
ing over to the other side, Messer
schmitt went on to say that he
hopes to work in the aircraft in
dustry as a producer of commer
cial light planes.
His now famous German cousin
designed his first plane at the age
of 18 and was the designer of the
VIE-110 which had been clocked at
more than 469 miles per hour in
speeial,tests...just before the war
tiedati:
Johnny's grandfather and Willy's
father were . brothers. However,
John's grandfather left Germany
to come to America before the turn
the century.
Johnny is writing editorials for
the "Orphan," weekly paper pub
lished by and for Air Crew
trainees at the College.
was conservative enough to please
the most reactionary, yet showed
enough interest in student welfare
to convince almost any student
worker that at least an attempt
was being made. It consisted
merely of attempting to secure the
town merchants' cooperation in
maintaining fair working condi
tions.—starting with a minimum
wage first set at 35 cents an hour.
Increase in the wage minimum
was to be made when changing
conditions warranted.
Throughout the Summer semes
ter the case dragged, however, and
the wages remained "unreason
ably low." With Collegian provid
ing publicity by publishing a
blow-by-blow account, the com
mittee was enlarged, reports were
issued, and a blanket letter to the
town's businessmen was drafted.
Finally, in November, money tak
en from student funds was used
to cover the cost of printing ap
propriate signs—supposedly "for
distribution to the town's mer
chants."
The signs, printed with the fol
lowing message, were taken from
the Nittany Printing Company of
fides and delivered to the Student
Union desk for use by the Cabinet
committee:
WAGE-HOUR
AGREEMENT
This business establish
ment is cooperating with
the wage-hour minimum
standard for student em
ployees as established by
the ALL-COLLEGE
CABINET.
Today, more than nine months
(Continued on page seven)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Weekly USO Dances
Every man and woman in special
training groups, and regular civil
ian students, are invited to "Fun
Night" in Rec Hall from 8 to 12
p.m. tomorrow, according to H. R.
Gilbert, chairman of the Commit
tee on Social Saturday Nights.
Service men's bulletins have
been issued with an invitation to
attend this funtlion which will
take the place 'Of a USO dance.
The committee is especially inter
ested in having civilian men at
tend the dance as well, stressing
the fact that Social Saturday
Nights are All-College affairs.
Coeds are urged to sign up as
hostesses for the evening either at
the CA office, 304 Old Main, or to
contact Miriam Zartman, in
charge of hostesses,
,37 Atherton.
A special request has been made
that those who served as hostesses
for Service Center dances should
cooperate again. Miss Zartman has
announced a meeting for coed hos
tesses in the Little Theatre at 4:30
this . . afternoon. Those : unable to
attend this meeting may still serve
as hostesses by coming to Rec Hall
at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Miss Zart
man stated.
Entertainment for the evening
will be in charge of Arthur F.
Davis, chairman of games, and J.
Ewing Kennedy, who has planned
forms of social and square dancing.
Chauncey Lang will be "caller"
for the square dancing. Russel E.
Clark will be chairman of a Coca-
Cola bar, and Miss Hazel Fall will
arrange for refreshments. Miss
Marie Haidt is in charge of posters
to publicize the program as well
as shuffleboard, bridge, and ping..
(Continued on page five)
Air Corps Talk
Set for Thursday
To inform any interested stud
ents on requirements and quali
fications for the U. S. Army Air
Corps, Lieutenant Lucas, of the
3rd Service Command, will speak
in 110 Liberal Arts at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Prof. Robert E. Galbraith, Fac
ulty Advisor for
. War Services,
who made the announcement
yesterday, stated that the meet
ing would be followed up a week
later with mental exams to be
given . by Captain Engart.
Applications for this program
should be filed this week with
Galbraith at his office, 243 Liberal
Arts, he stated.
This is the first of the programs
to be scheduled this semester, ac
cording to Galbraith, for inter
ested men to talk to Service Pilot
and Instructor Lucas.
Metric Cards Available
All freshman and transfer
students may pick up their ma
triculation cards at the regis
trar's office, William S. Hoff
man, registrar, stated yesiker
day. Students must present old
cards before they receive new
ones.