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, 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,)