PAGE EIGHT Captains Exploits In Sicily Cot Short By Rifle Bullet (Editor’s Note: This is the sec ond and. final, installment of the story of Capt. Benedict Haus clorf's experiences in Africa. The first installment related his ex ploits in Africa; this one deals viith the invasion of Sicily. Cap tain Hausdorf is attached to the ASTP unit at the College.) About a week later enemy i'e sistance in Tunisia folded up. German soldiers drove about in their own vehicles looking for a •place to surrender. No guards were stationed at prisoner of war camps; none were necessary. After a brief rest the battle .hardened captain again went through a period of training com parable to the preparation for the African invasion. Shortly after the Fourth of July his company again embarked. Several days la ter they landed at Gela in Sicily. Opposition was spotty in Sicily. His company was lucky to land m a spot where it was light. Dur ing the fighting ithere Captain Hausdorf was wounded. “I was out ahead of my com pany with a handful of men. We ran -into some Italian positions and were soon isolated. They fired at us from all sides. “We captured a couple of Ital ians and tried to induce them to persuade their pals to surrender. ‘They were not the surrendering type of Italians. Meanwhile a machine gun had us under heavy fire. “I had taken an Italian hand" .grenade from one df the prison ers. My only other weapon was & pistol. I crept up close to the jfhachine gun nest and threw the grenade. The toss was short. Some riflemen wHo had been protecting the machine gun opened fire and bit me in the stomach. “I staggered to my feet and ran 20 yards before I collapsed. Then I started crawling and went about a hundred yards before I fiad ;to give up. Some of my men •had ; attempted to give me first aid and had dug a hole for me to lie in. I was convinced it was my grave. “Some of our mortars started ■dropping shells near me. I lay there for about nine hours be fore our men rescued me.” No stretchers were available .at that sector of the front so they 'carried him back bn a bamboo fence. Italian prisoners then car ried him to the beach. From there he was removed to a transport where he received medical atten tion. The transport had to lay off shore for three days. Down in the sick bay Captain Hausdorf could ■hear batteries of ack-ack guns firing salvo after salvo. He knew" that the Germans were dive bombing the transports with ev erything they had. He says that he expected a bomb to come crash ing through the deck any minute. Fortunately the ’Luftwaffe was not operating with deadly effic iency and the transport landed safely at Africa. .He returned to the States in January was transferred to State College. As far as magnitude is con cerned there can be no compari son between the present Battle of Europe and the African campaign. In Tunisia American forces were comparatively few in number and operated under many handi caps. Captain Hausdorf, however, points out that in Africa Ameri can ground forces first met the vaunted Wehrmacht and took its measure. American bactics, weap ons and methods were not found wanting in the acid test of bat tle. Football Game- (Continued from page seven) 37-yard line. The threat was thus ended. Lions Drive 89 Yards •Penn State’s second tally came in the fourth quarter after a drive of 89 yards. With Petchel carry ing the ball most of the time, the Lions marched from their own 11-yard line to F & M’s 33. Then Larry Cooney, 16-year-old frosh; gained 16 yards on a reverse around the left side of the line. Two plays later he duplicated his previous run to score from the 13-yard marker. Bush’s extra point try went to the' right. A poor punt by F & M gave the Lions another opportunity to score. Runs by Dick McCown and' Cooney put the ball on the three yard line. Fullback Ted Wilhelm then hit the line for a touchdown. Joe Drazenovich failed in his at tempt for the extra point. 1 The Diplomats got their only touchdown a few minutes before the regular game ended. Melvin Penrod passed to Sheldon Pfeifer, triple-threat back for the score after F & M recovered a Lion fumble deep in Penn State ter ritory. Play 10 Minutes Extra . The two coaches agreed to play 10 minutes overtime- so that they could use everyone- on their squads. During this period -Penn State tallied twice. •Bob Urion, who just came out for football, was responsible for the fourth touchdown. He put the ball on the two-yard line from where Harry Muckle crossed the stripe. Floyd Lang's kick was good for the extra point. The last six-pointer was re corded when Johnny Schlesiger picked a fumbled F & M hall out of mid air and ran 33 yards for a touchdown. Ray Kurowski miss ed the extra point. Phi Mu recently pledged Jean Farley, Alberta Finch, Elsie Frantz, and Barbara Stocker. It was erroneously stated they were pledged by Kappa Delta. THE COLLEGIAN lave a family photographychildren Who. knows/ ' where 'we’ll, be^nextTyear?^ Students Could Schedule All Courses In 225 Years An amateur statistician recent ly figured that- it would take ap proximately 225 years for a stu dent to schedule and complete all the courses offered by the Col lege if he worked on the four year plan. Working on the accel erated program, this feat would only require 156 years and 8 months. The 1944-45 edition of the Col lege catalogue lists 2470 courses in 110 subject matter fields. These figures include 1820 regular cour ses and X 650 graduate courses. As suming that each is a three credit class, 2470 courses would total about 7400 credits. Since 130 units is the average requirement for graduate from, a regular four-year course, it would take a student 56 such courses to wade through the credits of fered. This method of figuring is conservative because graduate courses may be worth as high as 18 credits each and includes a correspondingly greater amount of work. SOW BARLEY EARLY Tests conducted at the College indicate that winter barley should be sown early for highest yields. BOWLING LET'S BOWL! Where The Centre County Champions Bowl! Eight New Brunswick Alleys and Equipment State Bowling Center McAllister Street POST HOUSE FEATURING • CMp Steaks • Samdwickes CAFETERIA SERVICE See your food as you select illlOli IPOS! MOUSE 146 N. Atherton St. However, at no time during the school year does the College offer all subjects listed'. Each semester the program varies. During the present session the College is only offering 697 courses. In the fall semester of 1941, a record num ber of 876 courses were being given. At that time the catalogue listed 2250 courses in 91 subject matter fields. To .provide such a program for its students, the College dur ing its fall and spring semesters has a staff of 1415. This includes 864 fuil-tiine resident assistant professors, instructors, and people engaged in research. •There are also 466 extension serv ice workers and 159 persons in the! administrative fields. In 1941 with a record enrollment of 7000, the College had only approximate ly '622 full-time resident profes sors, assistant professors, and' in structors. The student bpdy, professors, and courses are divided and or ganized into seven undergraduate schools and a Graduate School. uiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii WARNER BROS.—STATE COLLEGE THEATRES PROGRAM ■ ■ Now Playing “THE GREAT MOMENT” Joel McCrea Sal... Mon. Starts Fri. Sept. 22 Coming "THE HASTIER GARB” Roberl WaisOß Wallace Beery “babbary coast b^., ™- GENT” John cradb. TWF* - «n U yHLV DAYS” jiimiiiuiuuuiiiiiuiiiiimimiiiiiUHiiiimiiiiiuiuuniunuiuuuiimmuumimumilmiitumiiiuimmuimniiiumiimiummainiitiiniHHiiiuiMUiutiuHiflUiina FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944 Homecoming- (Continued from page own} umni districts, is scheduled to meet in 121 Sparks at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. President Hetzel will address the Council, and will dis cuss the College’s postwar plans in relation to alumni. MORE THAN 500 VARIETIES There are more than 500 species and, varieties of trees and shrubs on the College campus. l!llli;illlllllllllllllllllllllllllli:illlllllll!lllHllimilll]IIUIIIIllHlllllllllilll!lllll[INII!lllllllllllll! CATHAUM THEATRE "HAIL THE Ella Rains COMPERING HERO” “STAGECOACH” 2£*JgT A Rerelease of Distinction Thos. Mitchell “TIE RY OF TIE Nina Foch WEREWOLF” “ARSENIC AND . fSStSTfL. OLD LACE” j.ckdZT M ©oBi© MY WAY” Bin 9 Crosby STATE THEATRE "LUMBER JACK” ' BiU Boyd Betty Field Eddie Bracken Stephen Crane
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