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