Join ,the March of , Dimes ' VOL. 'o—,No. 11 Selective Service Budzak Announces First And Second ,Rules Sethational Place Winners In Winter Ball Contest; Student Ouofa Specialized Men Taken . From Military Programs "A national quota of 10,000 has been established for students who can be occupationally deferred at any one time by reason of pursu • ing scientific and specialized courses," states the latest bulletin from the national headquarters of • the Selective Service System on ' the subject of student deferment ' as made public by College authori ties. The following. regulations go into effect February 15, 1944: • . (1) Change . in Policy—The cur rent needs in connection with the war effort require a change in the . . policy. governing the occupational deferment, of students.. The Army and Navy Specialized . Training . Programs. are • providing for the .specialized training .of a 'large number, of men.. This number will furnieh a supply of perons in sci ''entifie, and specialized - fields:' and certain professions adequate for the needs- of the armed fotCes. Thdrefo're, stwlerits'occdpEitionally deferred should' be limited to 'a "number , sufficient to' - meet civilian 'needS in War production and in 'Support of the war-effort. - (2) It is neceasarrAliat'students• Profo;signat fields be considered ,-.fOr ,continued, defer.-. ment.,-In certyh scientific and Spe :cialized fields students Who will graduate on or before July 1, 1944, should be considered for defer •ment until graduation. National :quOtas have been determined in (Continued on page six) PSCiDlive.:Nelt $551 In Two Days James T. Smith, general secre tary of PSCA, has announced that .a total ,of $557 4 has been received during the first two days by solici tors of the annual student finance ..canvass drive. The•amount donated ;for this period is approximately %the same percentage of the total ,as in previous yeari. Leaders of the drive urge all :whO, have not yet contributed to do .so immediately.• Solicitors are continuing . coverage . of their al lotted areas, but persOns who have ;not yet been contacted and .wish :to 'give to the fund as - soon as. pos sibie may do so by .leaving: their :contributiOns at - 304 Old Main. • The faculty peel= of :the can vass reports a total of $1,088. , The :goal was set at $1,00Q,. but solidi `tors haye not finished their pros pecti:‘',e, lists. A final list will be available next week. !li!ilidais'.Bal!: , ,.fo.lloiii. l : - . Odmelimotrow-Night • In conjunction• with the current March of Dimes the Key party is cEponsoring a President's Birthday `Ball at Rec • Hall tomorrow night !after the -basketball •game with 'Juniata. Admission piice is 88 cents per couple, and all proceeds will go to the March of Dimes, ac 'cording to Horace Smith, chair man of thq dance committee. The Campus Owls, who are playing for the Ball, will be on hand. when the game-begins at 8 p. m., and will 'play during the pelves.. Admission to the,game will* jpe .by A, .IV...books,- as:usual; Nand • 4s,:open laeveryone . ,••regardiest,,of kvvhether •or •• not ~ t hey,' will attend the dance. • • • • 14 • • • 01 I. • • .• Otw Tottrgiatt Catiinet's War. Bond Lottery At Will Receive $lOO Prize Cabinet's War Bond Lottery, which is to. be climaxed by the drawing of the winning number at Winter Ball February 5, will get under way this week as Cabinet members • sponsor the sale of 25- cent chances on a hundred dollar war bond prize. Steve Herbert, chairman of both the dance committee and Cabinet's war stamp committee, will be in charge of these sales. The winner of the lottery need not be present at the dance, as changes will be sold there and in advance. All funds remaining after the purchase of the prize bond will be invested in' additional , , bonds; it, was .deCided in Cabinet's - Meeting Monday night.. . . • ' Mortar , •Board,',,Cwens; Sigma . Tap, and MC' are also sponsoring • starrui.sales„notiri connection with . • • the new bond drii•re. ISC has set up • Theafres Give a 'stamp booth in the lobby of• Old • • • Main, ,arkl •Cwens• and Sigma Tau - • plan. to 'pall stamps :.at basketball gameswing games ,and• other, campus `events, • 1111 win according th• Ann L. Decker, presi dent "of. Cwens C ivilian Donations Dime- - Drive; Half Goal Collected Civilians are leading' the' con tribution to the infantile' paraly- :Drive chairman. sis drive •according to Mildred Ru- Any person 'purchasing a war bin, head of campus support of bond ranging in price from $25 to that cause. With a goal of $5OO in $l,OOO between January 17 and view, over $2OO has ,been collec- 'February 5 will be issued a ticket .ted to date from civilians, ASTP, for this showing. These tickets Navy, Marines, and the Air Corps may be exchanged for admission on this fourth day of the cam- tickets at the box office of either -paign. • • theatre. Persons who purchased ASTP contributions rank sec- bonds prior to 'this announcement ond, the Navy and Marines are and did not receive tickets may receive them by• presenting the tied, and the students and Air bond to the issuing agest. Corps have donated the smallest Warner Brothers, Inc., is supply amounts, Miss Rubin explained. ing this feature without cost. Money collected will be utiliz ed in purchasing both preventive • and curative medicine •for victims and Would-be victims of the dis- Koval Made I,SC Pr exy, ease. , •• Outlines Council Plans . Nation branch of the FOUndation - --- . ~ R esults .of ISC's Wednesday fc•r Infantile. Paralysis, in order to• night elections are . as follows: Support research, has made eight ' een grants and an appropriation president, Edmund Koval; vice-,.iation to universities and hospitals. president, Helen Schmidle; secre- Universities in MinneSota, lowa,' tary, Emma Jean Snyder; treas- Massachusetts, Chicago, Califor- urer, Bernie Strazeski; soc i a I nia, Wisconsin, Maryland; and chairman, Jack Murray, and, his torian, .. Harold Weller, . Toronto are concentrating- oh var- as an nounced by William , Folk, retiring .iouS;* phases, .coritractiOn, - . infe6! t _ . presiden ,• titri•. arid recovery. *, , . • ..- - 'The 'council will hold a banquet The week campus cainpaign be 7 fdr "its 28 Members at the Allen . gan Tuesday has been: carried out crest,' 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, Koval" by the volunteer efforts CeseVeral 'stated. coeds who- collect• contriPution§ ;PreSent• project under . ISC 'is its 'between-.9 a. m. and 9: froth' : bond drive, during. Which council their post in a IPOth , /n front 'of representatives ,are selling bonds the Corner Roorn:,Thcae serving 'in and: . stamps at a booth-in Old Main this. capacity include Gloria Jac- :lobby. -An All-College . semi-formal obson, Betty Meyer, Y•yette'Ber- dance is also being planned, Koval mak, Harriet Laydon, Jean .Trish- confirmed; for the coming semes ler, Mary Beaver, Kathleen Red- ter. dinger, Ruth Stuck, Evelyn Sing.. : er, Florence Kreeger, Carol -Fink lestein, Joan Wolf, Rosemary Hal pin,PSCA. Esther Greenes, Estelle Roth, Rosalyn Knapp, Helen Beth Or ange Motio n and Helen Bautman. "A Yank in the RAF" will be Eleanor Benet, Harriet Morri- shown in 121 Sparks Sunday after son, Shirley Fierman, Jean Bres- noon for enlisted personnel. The kin; Priscilla Wagner, Audrey first showing will be at 1:45 p.m., -Hartley, Sophia MoguL, Charlotte while the second will begin Jeannie Deaver,- Beverly -promptly at 3:45 p.m. The movie .Goldberg; . . . Chase; Jane,,Dye r •Dbrothy Wick- stars Tyrone rower. hair;. .Gladys ..'Stanhope; Anne This feature,-:.which is .part of Chastane f . . 'Janet ..-Aditms, Anne...the PSCA.program for servicemen , 'Schlaugh; „Shirley: •Faltia,.;Shirley :Sunday afternoons; has been 'made Green;: Joan :YOung. and::BOrnala :available free-of charge:to-all-who 'APV4.Y?, . . „ . .attend. • Published Weekly by Th. Daily Collegian Staff FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Local Warner Brothers theatres with the cooperation of the na tional motion picture industry will present a premiere performance of "In .Our Time;" starring Ida 'Lu pin° --and Henreid; - at the Cathaiiiii.and _State • Theatres • at 7 arid 9 Pin: 'Wedriersday,""Febriiary 9, it has been announced by Har- old Gilbert, lopal Fourth War Loan Winner Winter ,Ball • , With the words, "the committee To Give Scholarships • was sorry it did not have more Establishment, of a four-year prizes to offer, for we were really curriculum in aeronautical engi overwhelmed by the quality of the veering was approved by the posters," Winter Ball Poster Corn- Board of . Trustees of the College mittee Chairman Paul Budzak at its meeting in Harrisburg last summed up campus response to the Saturday. publicity scheme. The curriculum, suggested by After examination of the elev_ Dean H. P. Hammond several en posters submitted, the poster months ago, will be part of the committee selected Eleanor Tev- School of Engineering. The recom lin, a Hamilton Propeller student, mendation was made by the com as winner of the first prize of ten mittee on educational matters. dollars. Helen Sylvander, also a The board approved the es4b- Prop student, garnered second lishment of two scholarships and. place laurels, a five dollar gift, for .one fellowship in aeronautical en her work. gineering by the Consolidated- With Winter Ball band leader Vultee Aircraft. Corporation. Jun- Bobby Sherwood definitely sched- iors in aeronautical engineering uled to play his horn at Penn State will be eligible for the scholar ships and graduates in the cur and. not at reveille in an Army camp when February 5 rolls a- riculum or other divisions will be eligible for the fellowship. round, final plans are being made •• The board approved also a rec for the formal dance, ommendation made by Dean Ed- Dance Chairman Steve Herbert ward Steidle that the departmental' announced that 'tickets, 'priced at responsibilities of the School Int $3.85 for civilians and 42:175 for Mineral Industries be reorgani.)oli (Continued hOn Page Two) and that work of the school be re classified. Present at the meeting, which was held in the Penn-Harris, were 29 of the 32 College trustees,• in cluding Governor Edward Martin, who spoke briefly. • d In an amendment to the by- Next Weeken laws, the board approved the con.; To comply with the demand fo Itinuation of the accelerated pro- To comply with the demand for gram and put its approval. on this • :ickets for "George Washington schedule: Slept Here," Players will hold a (Continued On rage Two) matinee in Schwab Auditorium . Players To Present Matinee, 2 Shows at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 5, Prof. Lawrence Tucker, assistant Herbert Refutes professor of dramatics and direc tor of the • show. • In order to accommodate those attending the Winter Ball, the Sh erwood Rumors performance will begin at 7:15 p,m. and end at 9:15 p.m., Tucker Having rece i v e d word that added.. • Bobby Sherwood is definitely 4-F, • Co-authors are George S. .Steve Herbert, Winter Ball dance Kauffman and Moss Hart. The .committee chairman, prefaced. hig . latter has recently written the repbrt to Cabinet at Monday hit Air Corps show, "Winged Vic- night's meeting with a refutation. tory" starring former Player, of recent rumors that Sherwood Don Taylor currently playing on would not be on hand on Febru- Broadway. ary 5. ' The gay, farsical theme of Other details of. Herbert's re " George Washington Slept .Here" port concerned balloting for the should permeate the holiday spirit Ball's Snow Queen, which will be a the weekend. It is a play which •open to those who buy tickets to will carry the audience whole- the dance; and the hours set for 'heartedly through the experiences • the dance, which are 8:30 p.m. to of the characters, according to . midnight, and not 9 p.m., as has Director Tucker. been erroneously' reported. When city people migrate to Cabinet also discussed campus the country to buy and restore an participation in the current Fourth old house,' you can expect any- War Loan Drive, deciding to hold thing to happen. And it does! a lottery to raise money for the Heading the cast as the typical purchase of bonds. Supervision of befuddled man and wife are the campaign was detailed to the Janet Dayton and Raymond Winter 'Ball committee. Boyle. One may easily wonder -. Mention of the plan to set up a what could possibly alleviate the canteen in the Armory elicited the deplorable situation in which the information from Dean A. R. WAr... fainily finds itself as the play op nock that the matter is being con ,ens, however, a curious twist of sidered, although nothing very events leads you through this un dellnite• has been established as usual story. • The country house not only yet. lacked windows, a sound • roof, and wall paper ' 4l° but the folks LaVie Wins First Class found difficulty making room for in the livestock and an obsolete Rating" B o ok Contest plough which traditionally be longed in the house. The 1943 issue of LaVie was Add the sound of an incessantly awarded a first class honor rating banging water drill to this plc- by the National Yearbook Critical ture and the proverbially rich Service of the National Scholastic .uncle's appearance as well as the Press Association, Rozanne Brooks, threat of an overdue mortgage editor, announced today. and you'll have a background for the show. ~ You'll really appreciate the try- named All-American. ing circumstances in "George The Critical Service.is conduct.. Washington-Slept .• Here". which ed • each year .by the School .04 , - culminate -in - a unique, dynamic, Journalism: at the ...University OS , ; • I Minnesota., i•4V,t Cabinet Sells Bond Chances PRICE FIVE CENTS Trustees Approve New Four-Year Aero Curriculum Consolidated . Aircraft LaVie won a first class rating in 1941 and the 1942 publication was
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