PAGE TWO General Clark Cites Prof For Outstanding Service Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner has them c:ted by Gen. Mark Clark for outstimding service while serving in the Italian Theatre of War. Pro- Sessor Tanner has returned to the College faculty after a military absence of 36 months. Bolding the yank of major, he received his military discharge July DI. Professor Tanner entered mili tary service May 1945. He serv ed in. Africa, Sicily, and Italy. While attached to the 15th Army group as a staff officer, he pre pared and published General Or der No. 5 for each province of Italy. This order abolished the fascist organ and created the Pro vincial Department of Labor for each province. It also adjusted all wages and salaries for the Italian 'Economy. While e , - . :2rseas, Professor Tan ner had three other major assign ments. He was chief of the Labor AIMG Fifth Army. Later was director of labor for Rome and the Central Provinces. Then he was advanced to regional di rector of labor for the Allied Con trol Commission. After his return to the United Rates, Professor Tanner was ex ecutive officer of the labor branch attached to the Ninth Service Command. This Command is corn pozed of the eight Eastern states. Before he entered service, Pro fessor Tanner was active in the war effort. In October ISII2 Presi dent Hetzel received commenda tion from the Department of Labor citing Professor Tanner and the College for their excellent help in the war effort. He was also cited by the War Department for dis tinguished service as a labor medi ator in the war plants. Another faculty member who has returned from military service is Kent Forster, instructor of his tory. He entered service in July 1194'2, and was commissioned iMarch 490 as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Air Trans port Command. He Was graduated !from the Army Air 'Forces Statis Navy V-72 News After several weeks of comparative quiet in the navy barracks on fraternity row, Burrows Road was treated to a double-barreled fu,nfest as Barracks 13 and Barracks 36 held their semester parties laSt Saturday night. • Siellerettes Perform Under the guiding hand of Ralph Smith and with the ever vol- üb]e Jim Jones serving as M. C. Barracks 36 nut on one of the 'most elaborate floor shows ever staged by navy boys here. Com pensating foil the absence of girls in the floor show, "Boopsie" Stet ler hoisted his skirts and put up a -good front singing "No, No, a .Thousand Times No" in true Gay Nineties style. Supporting "Boop sie" were the .Stetlerettes includ ing Jim -Cutter, Bill Lang, and Phil Bockley, especially selected., we're told, as potentially great chorus girls. After a rowdy barracks scene and a shotgun marriage "Moldy Molly" Smith and "Baldy Bill" Trisler, the .four least musical trainees in the house, tugged at the heart strings of their listeners with "Don't Hit Your Grandma with a Shovel" and other senti mental ballads. Barracks 13 Party Over in Barracks 13 the trainees and their dates were dancing to the music of Dick Berge and his band. Highlights of the floorshow were- Sam Serafini's satire on a 'station memo and a Dixieland quintet's rendition of "The Wang Wang Blues." Orchids to decor ator Jack Espich and M. C. Al atilacDonald. From Barracks 26, which incidentally takes its fourth drill citation this semester today, we hear that their party tomor row night will be the best this year. Quite a boast, gang. Good Points .The point system applies to V-12ers as much as. to any other naval personnel, and we hear that Frank Nelson intends to make the most of it at semester's end. Other long term men such as Matt Szeyller, 'Ed Soza, and Wall Nickle have more than enough points but will be in the rak.l..‘ c 111.141% tlmilatew Asian tical Control School, Harvard University. Later, he became Executive Of ficer of the Statistical Control Headquarters Staff Division of Mal• Gen. George's Air Transport Command Headquarters, Wash ington, D. C. While stationed there, 'Mr. Forster was given his captaincy. Captain Forster received his medical discharge in December 1944. Among the other faculty mem bers that have returned are: John R. Culbert, assistant professor of ornamental horticulture; John H. Ferguson, associate professor of political science; Orrin Frink Jr., professor of mathematics; Matthew J. Hrebar, instructor in mining; Rdbert P. 'Meahl, assistant professor. of nursery industries; Howard B. Musser, professor of agronomy; Wayne Webb, assistant professor of physics; William K. lAritacre, assistant professor of ag riculture economics. No Russian World Empire, Slates Father Auroroff The Russian people are deeply conscious of America's help in the war, and have no. desire to estab lish a world empire, according to i,Father Ccinstantine Auroroff, part-time instructor in Russian. Father Auroroff, who spent the first 27 years of his life in Rus sia, represents evtension of their western border as a desire merely to extend a nationalistic influence over the other Slavonic _peoples, and insists the only Soviet con cern at the moment is the devel opment of their own country. Ninety nine per cent of the common people," he says, "are friends of the Americans and re gard this country as their ideal. The great majority of them real ize they couldn't,have won the war without Ameican help. regular Navy to serve out their enlistments. Tokyo Bound Speaking of enlisted men we hear that Don Peck is heading for Japan as part of the occupa tion force; Scotty Cairns on the U. S. S. Rodman is serving as a machinist's mate, refrigeration', and writes that he's practically in the Emperor's backyard Dick Yaggie, W. W. Cobbs, and A. R. Griffith are awaiting ship at the Philly Navy Yard. Hand some, purple-hearted Johnny Hamilton is the new three-striper at Barracks 9 While Phi Psi Ray Murphy has taken Ham's place as assistant in Barracks 26. Replac ing Yaggie as a two-striper in Barracks 13 is rock-jawed "Boop sie" Staler-. HEAR OUR NEW RCA Victor Record SAMPLE PRESSING RICHARD STRAUSS rut Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks 'BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor (t THE PHONE 2311 USIA • 203 E BEAVER A 111; STATVOOkkg.IIIVr"'I7:' THE COLLEGIAN Placement Positions Open George N. P. Leetch, director of the College Placement Service, has announced that several new opportunities have been brought to his attention. Although the fol lowing companies do not intend to conduct interviews on the campus, Mr. Leetch suggests that interested and qualified prospects make application through his of fice, 20't Old Main. S. C. Johnson and Son, located in Racine, Wis., has a number of opportunities for chemists at the graduate level. Several of these demand a Ph. D. degree. Brief job descriptions are available. The McDonnell Aircraft Cor poration, with plants in St. Louis and Memphis, has jobs for grad uates in all phases of engineering. The Grand Union Company„ of New York City, has opportunities for young men interested in be ing trained for executive positions in retail stores, located in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Fraternity News Gamma Sigma Phi Newly-elected officers of Gant ma Sigma Phi are: Murray Gubin, chancellor;; Marvin Jacobs, vice chancellor; Marvin Sattler, bur sar; Jack Sack, pledge-master. Pi Lamda Phi The following officers of Pi Lambda Phi were recently elect ed: Howard Amchin, rex; Mal colm R. Goldstein, archon; Nor bert P. Goldstein, keeper of the exchequer; Robert Kagan, scribe; Norman Alterman, marshal. 25 New Student Soldiers In ASTP Enter College Twenty-five student - soldiers, enlisted men in the Army Special ized Training Program, have been assigned to the College for ad vanced training in engineering. The majority of new students have just completed basic training at army camps in. Texas, Florida, and Alabama. They will' be en rolled in civil, electrical, and me chanical engineering curriculums. The advanced engineering 'stu dents are: Louis K. Brathwaite, E.E.; Odom F. Burney, E.E.; Melvin W. But ensky, E.E.; Carl E. Craig, M.E.; .Matthias D. Dileo, M.E.; Walter E. Ehlers, CE.; David Epstein, E. E.; Walter A. Flood, E.E.; Stanley C. Harris, E.E.; Robert D. Hilliard, C.E.; Samuel L. Hunt, C.E. George L. Jenkins, E.E.; John L. Johnson, RE.; Charles A.. Jon es, MJE.; Paul S. Jorgensen, E.E.; Gerhard D. Linz, E.E.; Nevid J. Maggiora t C.E.; Lester J. IVlonos tersky, E.E.; Maxwell. 0. Paley, E.E.; Joseph J. • Pasquarelli, E.E.; Herbert S. Reisenfeld, C.E.; Ger ald Resnick, E.E.; Joseph J. Ro mero, E.E.; G.. Tompkins, E.E.; Edward Zogheb, M.E. Philotes Initiates Three Beverly Boring, Francine Tay lor, and Marjorie Provost were initiated 'into 'Philotes Wednesday night in the WRtA room of White Hall. Motor Vehicle Supervisors Complete Courses Today The seventh annual short course for motor vehicle supervisors, con ducted by the Institute of Public Safety here at the College under the direction of Amos E. Neyhart and Carl G. Seashore will end its five-day program today. The course is part of a nation wide program 'for salfety sponsored by 11 national automotive agen cies, including the A. A. A., the American Trucking Association, the Automobile Manufacturers As sociation, and the National Asso ciation of !Motor Bus Operators. Since last spring, Director Ney hart and Professor Seashore have been traveling all through the west coast area giving the safety courses under the national plan. They have visited the University of Southern California, ' the Uni-• versity of Washington, the Univer sity of Oregon, UCLA, the Univer sity of Denver, and many others. From January to April, Mr. Ney hart visited the eastern and south ern universities including Ohio State, North Carolina, and Georgia Tech. The course is designed for fleet supervisors and safety personnel oc training directors of trucking companies. It presents a practical program for accident prevention, conservation of manpower and equipment, and efficient, econom ical operation. Particular attention is given to methods of selecting, training and supervising drivers. Representatives from trucking concerns from the Pennsylvania area and adjacent states are eligi ble to take the course. The fee for the course is $lO. All memfbers of the class who complete the course receive certificates from the Col lege. Chapel Davis To Speak " , Building for Tomorrow", will be the subject of Rev. Ernest E. Davis' sermon at chapel services in Schwab Auditorium 1,1 a.m. Sunday. Special music will supple ment the service. Reverend Davis is pastor of the First Methodist Church, Bradford. Russian Club• Corn Roast The Russian Club will hold a corn roast at Foster Holmes Park Sunday. iMembers will meet at the home of Mrs. Vera Corey, 412 S. Allen street at 4 p. m. All Russian students on campus are invited to attend. ENGINEERS HANDBOOKS IN STOCK ME I 'r ARCH. E CHEM. PHYSICS RADIO Trade At .e. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945 The course consisted of a series of lectures, most of them illus trated iby films and practical dem onstrations, on traffic problems, testing and training the driver, rules of the road, including ICC regulations, fire prevention, avoid ing accidents, and keeping records of trips. Practical and psycho physical tests for qualifying and classifying drivers were given to the members of the course, includ ing steadiness tests, color vision tests, driving tests, and traffic tests. This course is merely one of a series of short courses to be given at the College for the next few weeks under the College Institute of Public Safety. A course for in structors and training directors will be given starting Monday. Wisner Announces NRON To Stay Until June, '46 Lt. Cmdr. Trusdell Wisner, com manding officer of Naval students studying at the College, has receiv ed word that Navy V - 12 trainees who may be enrolled in Naval Re:- .serve Officers Training Corps on or before November 1, MO, will be retained under instruction on active duty until June, 1946% According to the directive, the Navy Department will propose legislation to the Congress at'. an early date to establish the status of students in the peacetime ROTC. Commander Wisner also ' an nounced that the, Navy Depart ment has cancelled its directive authorizing personnel to wear civilian clothes on an off-duty status. Men will remain in uni form at all times, he said. Undergraduate Centers To Use 1-Semester Plan Undergraduate centers will go back to the tiwo semester basis this fall, David B. Pugh, director of Arts and Science extension and supervisor of undergraduate centers, announced today. After an old-fashioned summer vacation, class for the fall semester will 'begin Wednesday at centers in Altoona, glazelton, and Schuyl kfll. The Dtißois center will be discontinued until the fall of next year. The fall semester will .end on January 24, giving transferring students a month before coming to campus. Spring semester be, gins bn February 4 and ends June just two weeks ahead of the campus schedule.
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