FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1944 Ex Officio V-12 Member Dies; Entire Corps Mourns Oscl r' The death of a well-known member of the College Navy- Marine V-12 unit brought sor row to the entire campus last week. His name was "Oscar," and he war.: the intimate pal of every member of Navy . Barracks 36. Although all the members of .the barracks knpw him well, none understand his every whim and fancy as : did his closest compan ion and master, Seaman Coyte Bunter. You see, Oscar was a tiny red squirrel. One afternoon when on ly five days old, he wandeged into one of the classrooms of the Tribunal Punishes Two Erring Frosh Six freshmen answered Tri bunal's call Wednesday night and two were found to have violated freshman customs to the extent that Tribunal thought they de served recognition for their mis deeds. Richard Sibley, .a..chemical en gineering student, took the hon ors of the evening. The 16-year old youth opened his social cal endar a bit early and was caught dating. He also admitted walking on the grass. A few other minor violations summed up a pretty colorful account of this fresh man's first weeks at Penn State. Beginning Friday at 8 a.m., Sib ley will •wear a • sandwich sign, and to show 'his love for grass, he will carry around - a - small bucket of sod and grass. He will also sport the latest in full length dreases, and will wear a green bow tie. Bob Kagan, another chemical engineering student, didn't have his freshman bible with him the other day. Kagan will prepare a sandwich sign and don his outfit Friday morning. Both have been order:, ed by Tribunal to wear their en sembles for one week. Steve Herbert, Tribunal chair man, disclosed at the meeting that John R. Evans, W. E. Graffius and Milton Solow were exempt from customs. • Freshmen may shed their signs . - 8 a.m. Friday for the semester. First semester freshmen attend ing the IMA-IWA dance Friday may take off their customs, but only freshrrien men with dates are allowed to do so, and only for thb dance. Frosh are also cautioned not to excuse themselves from customs by wearing their ROTC uniforms when not needed. Such violations are considered serious and suf ficient reason for action by Tri bunal. Coeds Model Fashions Al. Conservation Show - A fashion show of women's suits and play clothing to be modeled by Miss Ann. E. Boyd's summer session class in clothing conserva tion will be held in 117 Home Eco nomics building from 3 to 4:30 p.nn Wednesday. Students will model women's suits made from men's suits, and out-dated women's suits and play clothing fashioned into modern wearing apparel. Pictures of the original garments will'be on view as will• accessories made from wLrn garments, remnants, and scraps of materials. There will also be a display. ex hibit from the Bureau of Home Economic,s, Washington, D. C., which will consist of 12 large pho tographs of women's work clothes and an exhibit entitled "Mending Men's Suits." !Members of the Home-Econom ics Extension Service will also contribute slides 'and exhibits to the forum hour. EVer3ione is invited' , to attend. Forestry building. He was be wildered at first and lost all sense of direction as he whirled about looking for a means of es cape. It was then that lie caught Hunter's eye. It was love at fikst sights Hunter reached down and care fully lifted his fuzzy foreSt friend from'the classroom floor into his lap. Oscar, however, ` . seemed :to prefef the left hand pocket of Hunter's jumper 'and immediate ly scrambled there. Snugly tuck ed away he lapsed into a quip!, and 'peaceful 'sleep. . That pocket became his favor ite residence and theie he stay ed for two months except when taking his daily run or eating ,at the chow hall. He 'rode in Hunt er',s pocket 1500 :ml:les to his Mas ter's home in North Carolina ori.a streamlined' train. Daily he at tended classes with Hunter and went to• track :practice with him regularly. Oscar died last w.gele as the re sult of internal hemorrhages caused by a fall. Although his life span covered only two months and five days, - 'Oscar lived a full and interesting life. He was one of the most widely read, publi cized, ; and traveled members of the bushy-tailed red squirrel fa mily. Research Chemist Burned By Explpsion . "Of...hig.K.oc,tane: - :Gas.cilineln New Physics Clarence H. Rnof, 24, a chemist working on the College's spe cialized .100-octane gasoline re-, search program for the govern nient, suffered serious burns. about the face and arms when some' of the Volatile fluid ignited in 305 New Physics 2:30 aan. Wednesday. Damage was under £lOO, estimated Dean Frank C. Whitmore, head of the research program. ._ Ruof, one , of the 15 research chemists and chemical engineers working under Dean Whitmore -in the around-the-clock - project, act ed outside his duty in reporting to work Wednesday night. .It was not his shift. Seeing • that the process was not proceeding properly in a large copper 'reactor containing 15 gal- DObate Team Plans Trip • -A major trip and several local events, climaxed_ by a speech con test with ..an appropriate award, have been planned for summer semester debating, Ed , Zemprelli, debate manager, announces. • Twelve new members were add ed at tryouts for the varsity de bating squad Wednesday night. The new members are Dominic Acciarri, Joseph Bedell, Arthur Boyd, Stanley' Chadwin, Jerry Ciarrocchi, Howard• Criden, Jay Goldstein, Carl Harshbarger, Rob ert Israel, Ralph John, George Schautz, and Marvin Schimmel. The. experienced members are Ottis Castleberry, •Martin Cohn, Aldo DiNardo, Allen Kahn, San ford Rafsky, Alex Reisdorf, Ste phen Salmon, Richard Titley, and Ed Zemprelli. PRA Holds Gathering For Women Transfers Women transfer students ,will be honored at a dessert party sponsored by PSCA in 304 Old Main, from 6:30 to '7:30 p. m. Thursday. Upperclass women will call for all transfer students. Chairman fqr the affair is Dor othy Colyer. Her committees in clude Fay young, invitations; Ann Bericheirner, refreshments; and Gloria Simpson, decorations. THE COLLEGIAN V-12 Announces Honor Students 33 Trainees Compose Spring Semester list Thirty-three students in the V-12 pfogiarn attained an average of 2.5 or •better for the spring semester, according to, Charles B. Wagner, chairman of the program. Of these, 'three , made'a straight "3" average. Those included on the honor roll .were: . . Max Kirschbaum, 3.00; Roger M. Netherland, 3:00; Joseph E. Had dock, 2.90‘; 'Seymour Parker, 2.90; JufisPn D. Sweet, 2.90; James A. MacDonald, 2 : 80; Arthur P. •Miller Jr., '2 'Louis tiiha, 2.80; Clarence Jr.,-2.80; Joseph E. Riegel, 2.80; Neal S. Sellers, 2.80; Allen J. Vohden, 2.80. George . F. Bauer Jr., 2.60; Jo seph L. Bitzen, 2.60; Bernard G. Mateor, . Z. 60; Glenn E. Orndorf, 2.60; Robert J. Rossheim, 2.60; John B. Stouffer, 2.60; Charles R. Tuckey, 2.60; Johannes Weertman, 2.60; William E. Wilson, 2.60; Wil liam. A. Bierman, 2:50. Mark D. Canis, 2.50; Samuel J. .Cunningham, 2.50.; Stephen M. Gretzkowski, 2.50; Charles G. Judge . Jr., 2.50; Roman .L. Peter son, 2.50; Albert S. Rubenfeld, 2.50; Beecher F. Russell, 2.50; Joseph F. Saraceno, 2.50; Jesse H. Wilder, 2.50; Robert G. Wilson, 2.50; Leon Winitsky, 2.50. lons of the fuel, Ruof tried to ad just it. Some of the gasoline shot out .of the reactor. The gas be ing so volatile. that it ignites spontaneously when in contact with' the air, its resulting — flash caused Rilof's burns. The chemist was taken to the infirmary- and is recovering. His father, mother, and sister arrived Wednesday from Hummelstown — . Five other workers in the lab oratory eseaoed injUry, and steps Were 'taken immediately to con •trol the flames which' seared the walls and desks near the reactor. ExperimentS had previously been held on the College dump to de ifermine the procedure to follow if some Of the gas "let go." The in itial flash presented the only dan ger, and it was this which in *ured Ruof. Since Dean Whitmore's re search men successfully com pleted the one-time very secret tests on super• explosives, the 100-octane gasoline project has occupied the • unenviable position of most dangerous war-geared experiment on the campus. In spite of all precautions, risky ex periments which would not be Blue Band, Symphony Elect Setar President College Symphony Orchestra and Blue Band have elected offi cers for the summer semester. Those elected by the Symphony Orchestra are John Setar, presi dent; Betty Lou Dunmire, sec retary; Philip Miller, manager; and Robert Manning, librarian. The Blue Band officers are John Setar; president; Ann Mulvehill, secretary; John Sloan, manager; and Robert Manning, librarian. Freshmew to Report For Engineering Test All freshmen in chemistry and physics, engineering• and agricultural science, or those freshmen who took the five part freshman aptitude test and did not take the engineer ing and physical science test July 8, should report to 110 Home Economics 7 p.m. Tues day to take this test. Smiths Lead The Field Of Common Names InThe Army The Smiths have done it again In a list of 12 names which the War Department cited as being the most common on the Army's ros ter, Smith led the field with 72,000 claimants—the equivalent of •five divisions or almost one per cent of the Army roll. Considerably behind the Smiths, the Johnsons came in for second place with 48,500 clan members. Others on the list and , the total number of men answering to each were: Brown, 39,600; Miller, 33, 000; Jones, 31,320; Davis, 31,000; Wilson, 29,000; Andprson, 24,500; Martin, 24,300; Taylor, 22,000; Hall, 15,170; and Lewis, 15,000. The total of the 12 names a mounts to 385,390 men, and ac counts for about one-twentieth of the Army. The moral of the story, accord ing to the War Department, is that everyone should address let ters and packages to troops ac curately and completely. The name, rank, serial number, or ganization, APO number, and postmaster at the port of embark ation should be included. The Army is re.sponsible for the distribution of 25,000,000 pieces of mail overseas each week„ and it's hard to find, the right Smith or Johnson if the address is not cor rect. attempted in peace-time have to be made.' Chemists in other labora tories have lost their lives in this type of. work, Dr. Whitmore said. Ruof, a graduate in chemistry from Gettysburg, had been dele gated to the program because of its urgency and was formerly studying the. anti-fatigue hor mone which the Germans are said to use on their troops. College chemiists have been working a month on the gasoline problem with one experiment so complex that - it cost $7,000 to pro duce 12 gallons of the,fuel. While the' gasoline which .the College is testing is called 100-octane gas oline its true rolatility, much higher than 100-octanes is a strict military secret. Prexy Relates Interesting Facts About His acnsion The most notable thing about the President's house on the campus is the people who live in it, according to a Collegian re porter who recently interviewed the President and Mrs.. Ralph D. Hetzel concerning their impress ive Georgian home. One rainy, night last week a Collegian reporter visited the President and Mrs. Hetzel with hopes of getting material which could be used in an interesting article about the 80-year-old presidential mansion. After a half hour the reporter had enough information to fill a book and the generosity with which the President and the First Lady supplied the material had overwhelmed the Collegian rep resentative. In fact, when the writer left the house President Hetzel gave the Collegian reporter his um brella so that she• wouldn't get soaked in the downpour. The data collected by the as piring journalist proved quite re vealing. For instance, the 16- room house was built in 1864, a year after the College was made a land-grant institution. It is now the oldest building on the °cam pus. During its .80 -years of exist ence, the Georgian-styled .. home PAGE THREE Conference Draws Slate Educators 1 Experts Participate In 3-Day Convention Seven education experts from Harrisburg will participate in tho twenty-second annual Superinten • dents' and Principals' Conference at the College Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday. Theme of the) conference, which is expected to attract 500 delegates, is "Educa tion for a World Tomorrow." Included on the program.will be five members of the State Depart ment of Public Instruction, Dr. Horace G. Geisel, principal (it John Harris high school; and Capt. Henry M. Gross, chief of veterans' personnel division, State Selective Service. Stanley A. Wengert, assistant director of teacher education and certification, will conduct a•session on "Elementary Schools in Tomor row's World." Dr. Geisel will pre side at a panel discussion on "What Can the High School Prin-. cipal Do about Secondary ,Educa tion?" in which Dr.. E. W. Outten den, chief of secondary education, will participate. Dr. Francis B. Haas, superinten dent of public instruction, will dis cuss "Some Directions and, Phases of Future Pennsylvania Educa • tion," and Captain Gross will . speak on "Rehabilitation and Gui dance in Educational 3nstitu• tions." Both Dr. Leonard M. Miller,. chief, division of occupational in-•. formation and guidance, and M. M. Walter, chief, vocational reha bilitation, will share in the panel. discussion on rehabilitation ancl. guidance. Hibshman Reports Eight Alumni War Casualties Eight more war casualties hav been reported within the last two months according to Secretary Ed ward K. Hibshman of the Alum. ni Association. Those listed are: Capt. John J. Spangler, '35; Capt. Herbert D.; Shoemaker, '4O; Ensign Joseph Schmucker, '45; First Lt. Harvey R. Vanderslice, '3B; Capt.E.,ugeue S. Stull, '43; Capt. John M. Se.. manchyk, '4O; Lt. Alan G. Me. Intyre, '39; Pvt. Judah Covitch, '46; and Alvin C. Unger, Navy has been . remodeled twice. The original President's house was a two-story building. 'Thirty-, five years ago a third story was. added to the colonial house whici is now one of land marks on the College campus. In 1940 the house was put in its present condition. Frontal pillars and back and upstairs "porches were added that year. The kitch , . en was modernized and a—recep tion room was made by combin. , ing two smaller rooms on the right side of the center hall. On the opposite side of the center hall is the library and the dining rooms. In the back is the.. breakfast nook with wood-pan elled walls and red and beige', curtains. The laundry, servant's quarters, and garage also are in' the back of the house. The house is furni§hed quisitely. The upstairs es'pecially has: a distinctive feeling of the colonial period. • .The floral landscaping. ranks with the house in its color and' arrangement. Walter Trainer has had charge of the landscaping fci.: many years. Governors, college president);, and other high-ranking men as . well as college students have passed through the entrance 'to the President's hcime during its lung pnd.,illustrictus
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