Join ,the
March of
, Dimes
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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.
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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
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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.
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The country house not only yet.
lacked windows, a sound • roof,
and wall paper ' 4l° but the folks LaVie Wins First Class
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Cabinet
Sells Bond
Chances
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Trustees Approve
New Four-Year
Aero Curriculum
Consolidated . Aircraft
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