Rains Came 7-1 VOL. 21 first Prize $5O In All-College Speech Contest Entrants Pick 'Topics Ai Preliminary 'Meeting Opening with a preliminary meeting at which entrants will choose topics for speeches, the annual All-College Extemporan eous Speaking Contest will begin next Thursday. . Contest prizes will be the Col lege prize of $5O for first place, and the Forensic Council prize of $25 for second. All undergrad uates, except previous prize win ners, are eligible. The opening meeting will be held - in 10 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. May 4, at which time each en trant must register for the con test ..in person. Topics for the,first elimination will be chosen from the, lists 'provided, or the con testant may speak on a topic' of his .own choosing, if approved by the committee in charge. Those entering. will be grouped into sections for the eliminations, which will be held in different as signed rooms at 7:30 p.m. May 8. COhtestants will speak for five minutes on the topic chosen at the first meeting. • One person from each of the elimination groups will be chosen to speak in, the semi-finals to be heldiri ;. Sparks immediately. TON:Wing' 'The - elirniri - klbiSiK 'of .the semi-finalists will compete in the finals for the two prizes. . The final meeting will be held iri 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. May 12. Topics, which may not in clude those used in the elimina tions- and semi-finals, are to be selected in conferences with Prof. Clayton H. Schug in 311 Sparks, by appointment. Speeches for the finals are to be between eight and, ten minutes long and are to be delivered Without notes. Members of the debate squads may not use de bate topics in the finals, accord ing,, to 'contest regulations. _• California Minister To Speak on Youth In_ College Chapel Dr. Louis H. Evans, First Pres byterian Church, Hollywood, Cali fornia, will speak in chapel Sun day on "Youth Builds Tomorrow's Homes." Special music will be pro vided by the choir. Holder of 8.A., 8.D., D.D., and LL.D. degrees, Dr. Evans is a wide ly known speaker, having been guest at international Christian Endeavor 'conventions, P.T.A., and educational groups as well as at five general assemblies of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. Evans has traveled extensively An both Europe and Asia and has visited many prominent colleges in this country such as lowa State, Wooster College, University of Southern California, Carnegie In stitute of Technology, and Univer sity of Pittsburgh. After Dr. Evans was elected to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, he resigned to become president of the Board of National Missions, of which he is now the west coast representative. He is the author of the book, "Youth Seeks a Master." IFC to Elect Officers Interfraternity Council will meet •in 318 Old Main; at 7 •p.m. Monday, Charles Reeder, - IFC presiciont, announced today. Offi cers for next semester will be elgeted at bile meeting. he Colleg 'Dutch Treat'lance Stars Jitterbug Specialty Paper windmills, wooden shoes, and tulips will highlight the IWA IMA "dutch treat" dance, to be held in the Armory, May 6, an nounced Helen Schmidle, IWA president. Boys and girls tagged as hosts and hostesses will mix with the guests during the evening, taking care of the stags who attend. "A John Paul Jones should pro vide enough cut-ins to guarantee a good time for all," said Jack Murray, president of IMA. a ' There will be jitterbug con test during the evening and a prize will be awarded to the win ning contestants. Music will be supplied by a vic. Refreshments will be, served under the supervision of Virginia Brown, chairman of the commit tee, who promises a unique spe cialty. Tickets are 35 cents and a door prize will be given to the holders of the lucky admittance tickets, which will be numbered on the back, Former ROTC Head Receives Award "For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding„ service. on ,the Akan iglimiay," Colonel Ifeath ell, former assistant Professor of_ l Military Science and Tactics at the College, received citation for the Legion of Merit, dated April 4, 1944, Largely responsible for the ini tial success of the highway opera tions involving the 35th Engineer Regiments movement over a tor tuous winter trail from Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Colonel Twichell, as Executive Officer, proved his gen ius for organization. According to the War Department, by the Col onel's display' of tremendous en ergy and powerful driving spirit Ire assured that the troops would be in place at Nelson for the sum mer construction period, a feat without which the highway pro bably could not 'have been con structed in 1942. As a result of his extraordinary accomplishments on the Alcan Highway, Colonel Twichell was assigned as officer in charge of constructing and operating the Dawson Creek railhead. His broad vision and grasp of complicated factors on this assignment contri buted to the adequacy of the in stallation. A graduate of West Point in 1918, Col. Twichell has been in continuous service since that date. He left the Alaskan assignment in May, 1943, and was stationed with Air-Borne Engineers at Geiger Field, Washington. At present he is in command of the 390th En gineers, stationed somewhere in England. Penn Slate Engineer On Sale Tomorrow Replete with a full-page, colored cover of Old Main, the Penn State Engineer, campus technical publi cation, 'hits the newsstands Satur day. Since there will be a limited supply for non-subscribers, stu dents, are asked to pick up their copies early, at either Student Union or the newsstands, Eugene Von Arx, editor-in-chief, request ed., . ........... Published Weekly by The Daily Collegian Staff FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1944-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Vote Issue Underway Pros and cons of enlarging stu dent representation on All-Col lege Cabinet took up the major part of Cabinet's time at its meet ing Tuesday night. Discussion on the matter, which has been pending •for several weeks, was finally brought to a head by ISC which, following the stand taken last week by Ag Student Council, asked fOr vot ing representation of the student governing body. The issue was temporarily re solved when Jim Bell, chairman of Cabinet, appointed a commit tee to set up standards which might be considered in admitting organizations to Cabinet. The committee, consisting of Julian Anderson, Jim Bell, Dale Bower, Joe Cannon, Patricia Dien er, Ed Koyal, Lee Learner, How ard Milliken, Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray and Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock met yes terday afternoon to discuss poss-, ible standards. No conclusions were arrived at, however, and another committee meeting is scheduled for Monday. Proxy Itietzel in Chicago President Ralph D. Hetzel at tended a meeting of the National Association of State Universities in Chicago Wednesday and Thursday. He .is chairman of 'the military affairs committee of the National Association of State Universities. Occupied Europe Newsman Discusses. German Problem Philip Whitcomb, Baltimore Sun correspondent, who recently re turned to this country aboard the Gripsholm after internment" in Germany, will speak at a journal ism forurn in 117 Carnegie at 11 a.m. Monday. The public is in vited to attend. Whitcomb is credited with knowing more about German in vasion technique and economic Aircraft Concern Sends Interviewer Lockheed Aircraft Corporation has a representative on the cam pus today - to interview seventh and eighth semester senior engi neering students. Interviews may be arranged through the College Placement Office, 204 Old Main. Perry Gage, Lockheed repre sentative, is particularly interest ed in students who were 22 years of age by February 1. Students with 1-C or 4-F draft status are also wanted. The 'corporation has positions for men and women in the aircraft production field. There are oppor panities in computing, drafting (both detail and layout), flight re search, material control, weight analysis, wind tunnel research, and numerous other such positi ons. To interview seniors for posi tions in specialized fields, several corporations are sending their rep resentatives to the campus next week, according to announcements made by the College Placement Service, 204 Old Main. R. J. Canning and Edward Sucher of the Bridgeport plant of the General Electric Company and Martha Bear of the Philadelphia branch will interview women stu dents and draft-deferred men stu dents Monday and Tuesday. The General Electric Company (Continued Oir Page Three) lan Jaffurs, Keeler Win Frost Political Posts Soph Honorary Regains Active Status; Initiates 14 Members Druids, sophomore activities honorary, after approximately two years of inactivity, was revived again Wednesday night when 14 members were initiated Four of the old members still on campus were responsible for re viving the society. They are J. Welling Graul, John Sylvester, Marshall Wardrop, and Horace Smith. To strengthen the honorary in its new beginning, upperclassmen as well as sophomores were initi ated. 4t the end of the semester, however, all upperclassmen will become inactive. Members initiated were Charles Alcorn, Julian Anderson, Joel Crouch, Harold Frey, Edward Hal ler, James Hugo, Van Lundy, War ren Neiger, Robert Shadley, Paul Smith, Thomas Smith, Raymond Shibley, Charles Winter, and Wil liam Wintersteen. • Alpha, first of seven chapters of Druids, was founded at the Col lege in 1907. It is composed of sophomores outstanding in activi ties or athletics who have shown (Continued on, Page. Three) policies than any other 'correspon dent. He is one of the few news papermen who have worked in Occupied France, Austria, Czecho slovakia, and Germany since the war began. Born in Kansas and educated at Oxford, the Baltimore writer has worked for numerous American, English, and British Empire news papers. In 1941 he became the Associated Press representative in Occupied France. Three days after the American declaration of war, Whitcomb was arrested in Paris by the Gestapo and interned for five months in Bad Nauheim. There, at the re quest of Leland Morris, then American charge d'affaires in Ber lin, he organized Badheim Univer sity. When Whitcomb was exchanged in Lisbon on May 16, 1942, he be came Baltimore Sun correspon dent for Portugal, Spain, and Un occupied France. It was while he was in France doing a series of articles for his paper that he was interned by the French with other representatives of the American press, embassy officials, , and relief workers. In January, 1943, he was shipped to Baden-Baden, Ger many, by the Nazis. There he reorganized and ran Badheim University, opened a junior school for children, and per sonally conducted a seminar on the German economic structure. After 13 months in Germany, Whitcomb returned to the United States on the exchange ship, the is particularly interested in stu (Continued On Page Three) Senior LaVie ,Photos Seniors will receive postcards notifying them of the time when their pictures are to be taken for LaVie. All men must wear dark suits, white shirts, and dark ties, and all women must wear dark sweaters and white collars. Those unable to keep their appointments must see Mr. 'Breon at the photo shop to schedule - another one. Politicos PRICE FIVE CENTS Nittany Candidate Places 2nd in Votes Bill Jaffurs, Key party color bearer, was elected first semester freshman president by a majority vote at class elections Wednesday. Ginny Keeler, Jaffurs' running mate, was chosen treasurer. Jaffurs received 55 votes, more than the combined total of his two opponents. Jack Cook, Nittany, placed second with 29 votes. Reed Pratt, Lion; was next with 22. Keeler was elected treasurer with 54 votes. Jean Bendier, Lion, had 28 and Carinne Ridley, Nit tany, 24 votes. Surprise of the election was the response the newly-organized Nit tally party received. Cook, Nittany party candidate for president, poll ed seven votes more than the Lion 'candidate, Pratt. There was some discussion con cerning the . Nittany party's entry into the election. The Elections Committee intends to clarify the code as to the, formation of new cliques at its next meeting, ac cording to Edmund Koval, elec tions chairman. The party decided to enter can didates in the election on April 19. Bud Barefoot is chairman of the party and Roland Grimsley, secre tary. . Key party was penalized two _otes for • not submitting .semester. numbers of ,its members and for not having its budget signed by the party 'chairman and secretary. . The Lions also received a two vote penalization. The party failed to list the method of collecting its budget money. The budget was also turned in 10 minutes late. One vote was deducted from the Nittany total for failing to have the semester numbers of its mem bers. Forum Covers 1944 Election Under the guidance of Professor Mitchinson of the economics de partment, Wednesday's college forum on Politics, Issues, and the War, 'brought many interesting facts to light. Of the 24 questionnaires sent to members of the forum and oth ers in the college, a plurality thought the American foreign police was one of the main issues of the coming presidential cam paign. Quite a few suggested that taxation and the public debt, the conduct of the war, the limiting of Federal bureaus, and a fourth term would be major issues to be met this fall. There was a great divergence of opinion on the possible successors to the presidency, if "that man in the White House" doesn't stay for a fourth term, but there was gen eral agreement that our national policy has become too complex for a clear division of party issues. "Consequently, the voters are not tied down to one particular plat form, and personalities, rather than issues, will play a predom inant role in the political cam paign," the speaker asserted. Speaking as a thorough-going Democrat, Dr. Hutchinson ,de fended , his views by citing the voting history of the Republicans since 1940. He reminded the aud ience of the embargo on arms to Great Britain and Russia, pushed through *by the Republican 'clique in Congress. "Voluntary enlist ments would still be in order," Dr. Hutchinson said, "if the op . 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