. .., _ 6.• CTORY 4. • fiire'ft ' , .• .. .. • „. cii l ir. (iit ttrgian ~ BUY ~,;/: ~ran - v4,'• errArn A ' 1 1 l ' B AT S , , 1 r , k . ‘ STAMPS '5:.1114.-- VOL. 40No. 99 , Flying instructor To Interview Men For Army Air Corps Captain Fred J. Lucas, former flying instructor at the Independ ence Field, .Kansas, Army Air Force Basic Flying School, will return-to Campus in the near fu ture, according to FAWS Robert . E. Galbraith. Capt. Lucas was here yesterday to interview pros pective aviation cadets and men wanting to train as pilots, born bardiers, and navigators. All men 17 to 26 years of age not enlisted in any other branch of the service are urged to con. tact Galbraith, 243 Sparks for further information. • Capt. Lucas' visit is part of an Army Air Forces campaign to enlist young men between 17 and 26 years of age. Mental ex •arninations will be held for in et rested men here-and successful • candidates will be ordered for physical examinations in-Middle :. town. Those who are 17 years old may, choose- the date for call to • active duty up to the - end of the .6 montfis following their 18th birthday. .18-year=olds•may await their- regular_ induCtion or request earlier voitiritary induction to be lransferred to Air Corps at the reception, , center . This is the one 's7r:reserve tnrough,::wnich, those of ~ -li•draft, age maydefiratebr." profit: , :by rt... 4 -6 months. .- : , . • Several other - changes in the regulations governing the stud ent's wartime status have been announced by Galbraith. Occupational deferments •for college students will be continued - basically as they are now. At I; present, deferment applies to students •_in technical categories who Wilt graduate not later than January, 1945. ,17-year-old freshmen not now : in any reserve and those .who lhave not taken, or failed," the mental examination for I A-12 or 3/42 given last April and those who cannot meet the physical re quirements for Army, Air Corps, • Nivel Aviation, or Navy, will probably be able to spend, more • time at school awaiting their reg- Adar draft induction rather than entering - the Enlisted Reserve Corps. If - the selective servtice • ,works as in the past, students be ,..oining 18' within the next , two months: may expect their calls in.fram 6 to 12 weeks. .Atiy . students who have passed the A-12 examinations but are •nat sworn into the .Enlisted' Re serve before 'their 18th birthdays ;may still gain the advantages of • the - A-12 Program, which pre surneS flansfer to the AsTg, they - enter - the Army through, Selective Service. Draf (Confinued on page six) Masquerefles Pledge Three Cold Thespians Masquerettes' first formal pledg ing, to be held in the Thespian room at 8:30 Sunday evening, will bring three new members into the group, ,Helen Schmeltz, president, announced. . The pledges, who will wear or ange arid black ribbons until their initiation in two weeks,,are Mil dred White, Mary Kay .Hoppel, and, Priscilla Schautz. Requisite for membership in Masquerettes, which was organ ized last semester as an honorary • 'for. ThesPian coeds, is active par- P' ticipation. in at least three shows. .he . three new pledges bring the 0631 'meinii6rship of the group up All-College Elections Enters Last Day Campus Organizations, G Players Contribute Two One-Act Plays Players, Thespians, the Cadet Engineers, and the Marines are joining forces to present Penn State's first variety show in Schwab auditorium at 7:30 tomor- row night. Admission is free, and tickets are available at Student Union and the Service Center. Players' contribution is two one act plays, "Why I Am A Bachelor," directed by Lawrence E. Tucker, associate professor of dramatics, cast with Patricia Brawley, Her man Piven, and Martin Skapik; and "Sparkhy," a hillbilly skit di rected by Arthur Cloetingh, asso ciate professor of dramatics, with Raymond Boyle, Marion Dough erty, Mary Jo McD6ugall, and Florinne Olsen. A classical piano recital will be played by Andrew Linn, a student Marine, and 'Jimmy • Burden's or chestra will play swing music with Mary Jane Doerner as vocalist. After the show, Burden's circh'es--' tra will provide- the , music: for :informal, dancing a . t. the Armory, Spbilso'red:loY'-iThesp ;ettg`s.=:;aid: tile' Social :Sat~4rday Nig4t: ; Corritrrilftee;., : The Cadet ,engineer:s are'. i'epre sented by three novelty 'numbers. Cadet Harold Brooks, Coinpany B, is scheduled to do a burlesque act, which he polished Up . - at several Army camps where he, was sta tioned: Company C's Cadet Emil Malmberg will show' what he Can do with a harmonica. Third offer ing is a harmony quartet including Cadets Bernard BurnS, Carlton Miller, William. Shelley, and Al Spector, all of Company D. Clibrus items by -Thespians Dor- . othy, Morrow, Priscilla Schautz, Helen Schmeltz, and Miriam 'Zart man will round out the program. Credit for the supervision of• the musical accompaniment , goes to Hummel Fishburn, head of the music department, and Frank Gullo, associate professor .of music. Payment of Fees Fees will be paid in the Armory from 9 ,until 5 p. m. today, accor ding to . Russell E. Clark, Bursar. An additional charge of 45.09 will be levied for delayed payment of fees. Froth On The Way - Froth, the campus 'comic, will be out for the first time this semester July 27, according to Leon A. Cielalla, editor-in-chief. In addition to the regular fea tures there will be a section de voted to the military, written by men in all branches of the service now stationed on the campus. . . Special features in this issue include a profile of Louis Bell, head of the department . of pub lic information, and a story on Janie Abramson, Thespian torch singer, who is now singing in Harrisburg. cialella said an effort is be ing made to include material that will interest the soldiers and sailors as well as the civil ian students. The cover this month is one that is typical of the mixed• personnel now at the. Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Sta: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1943-STATE COLLEGE,. PA. DANIEL C. GILLESPIE Women Tailors, Hostesses, For Men At Service Center • "Buttons sewed on free of char- quarters. The game room in the ge!" "Suits--altered at no cost!". basement is cool and has three ping pong tables. A Juke Boxadd: - What more can a service man a little "jive atmosphere." ask, than a good home cooked' Every day from 9a, m. until 9 meal perhaps. These, are only ap.m. or later men hai.e fret: few of the services that the Ser- post women are on duty to ans ' vice Center offers to men training.wer questions or to help the men on campus. The sewing job is done in many different ways. These by State College women who haVe hostesses are members of organ volunteered to alter uniforms and'' izations in and around the.town return them the following day. which have volunteered their set-- Service deluxe! vices. The Eastern Star, the Le- The Censer has functioned as a mont Woman's Club, the Veterans rental agency—helping men and of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and their wives to secure apartments. American Legion Auxiliary, the It has been an employment agency Daughters of the American Revo -finding jobs for service men's lution, and the Order of the Am wives. It has been a sports center erynth are the groups which take —securing golf clubs and tennis over one day a week. racquets for the men. All these Mrs. Thomas Stahley is general things are carried on in addition chairman of the Center. Her's is to its first purpose—to entertain a big job—planning dances and means of activity for the men. and give .a temporary. home to men stationed here. I The Service Center is affiliated with the • National USO program More than 100 men anter the Center . everyday to 'play ping but it was originally proposed and pong, cards, darts, to read, or lis- functions under the local Civilian Military Committee. ten to records. Many of the men just drop in to relax during a free hour or when they are on free post. It is a cheerful place with brightly painted walls and attrac- Clic. furniture; it has two rooms which- offer more •than .anyone would thin,k possible in suCn:small Eighth Semester Presidential Candidates ALTON H. LETZLER roups Present Show LAWRENCE T. CHERVENAK HARRY F. KERN Fleming Urges Use of SU Students finding any lost ar ticles on campus are requested to turn them in at the Student Union Desk, Neil M... Fleming, Student Union director, has -announced. PRICE FIVE CENT Only One In Six Vote; ROTC Men To Cast Ballots Despite last-minute opposition, when posters and candidates' cuts failed to arrive from the printers at the correct date, elections be gain yesterday in the first floor lounge of Old Main and will con tinue today as originally sched uled. At 4 p.m. yesterday, 200 stu dents had already voted, Brawn stated. One hundred and one of these were students registered in the eighth semester. Sixth semes ter registrants followed with 28 .Advanced ROTC men who are stationed at the College under gov ernment regulation, but who pay their own fees, may vote for se mester officers at the All-College elections, Robert I. Brawn, chair man of the All-College Elections Committee, stated yesterday. • This will be the first time that students have elected officers on. a semester basis. At previous elec tions officers - were elected by a class year system. 'Friday evening the All-College elections committee will meet with those pandidates.Nyho •misponduct ed theinSelVes . at •'the polls,. and punish each offender according to the seriousness of the act. Eighth semester candidates for president are Larry T. Chervenak, Daniel C. Gillespie, Harry F. Kern, and Alton H. Letzler. Eighth se mester president will assume chair manship of the cabinet,, while the treasurer will take over interclass financial chairman. Candidates for treasurer of this semester are Frank Drumm, Lawrence E. Faries, Gordon L. Fiske, and James R. Ziegler. Presidential candidates for sev enth semester 'are Harold F. Bu- cher, Thomas W. Guinivan, and Gloria N. Durest; Lester G. Stine and Suzanne M. Clouser, treasurer candidates. Sixth semester candidates for (Continued on page seven) Musk Organizations Drop Requirements Concerning College Status In order to gear the instrument music organizations to the pres ent program, the Senior Execu tive Board of both the Blue Band and the College Symphony Or chestra voted to. temporarily dis regard requirements for member ship as far as student status is concerned. As a result both of these groups have taken on an• aspect of all-College-Community. organizations. Since the College Symphony , Orchestra has been composed of both men and woman students for almost 10 years and has wel comed faculty members on cer tain instruments, there will be no. noticeable change in the general appearance of this group. How ever, the Blue Band, which has always been an undergraduate, all-male organization, has taken on a very different aspect. The Executive Committee of the Band deemed this advisable for several reasons: first, the organization would be more representative of the many units now on campus and, second, by including people other than men undergraduates it is possible to have an orgopiptiott (Continued . on:page setii4r,)
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