FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945
V-12 Instructor Descri
Invasion, Of North Afr
"Through the shifting smoke
of the bombardment we could
make out the masts of the French
destroyers as they put out of the
harbor at Fedhala to counterat
tack the American fleet. The
three cruisers in company with
us opened fire on the French van.
At the same instant we on the
Brooklyn let go with all turrets.
"It was our fight. We drove off
the lighter French ships. The
attack was broken up and three
of their destroyers were sunk or
driven hard aground."
There you have a description of
one section of the fighting ac
companying the invasion of North
Africa. - This particular engage
ment is brought to you through
the eyes of Lt. George E. iGrieb,
instructor in naval science and
tactics at the College.
Lt. Grieb, graduate in econo
mics of Washington College, Md.,
entered the Navy in July, 1941,
and was sent to midshipman
school at Northwestern in Sep
tember of that year: In January
he received his commission as an
ensign and reported aboard the
IUSS Brooklyn, light cruiser, at
New York.
The Brooklyn convoyed to Eng
land, Scotland, and Panama. ,On
the return from The last trip to
Panama, while escorting the
British liner Aquatania, a sub was
sighted for a
,moment a hundred
miles off New York. An hour
from port, the- convoy was at
tacked by a pack of nine subs. The
Germans had been alerted by
the sub contacted earlier in the
/day..
Torpedos slipped through the
mass of ships from all directions.
One passed between the Brooklyn
and the Aquatania. Screening
destroyers finally broke up the
submarine's attack without loss to
,either the convoy or the wolf
pack.
The 'Brooklyn and the lieuten
`ant were in time for the landings
in North Africa where the ,en=
Igagement with - the , French took
place. They bombarded in the
Aglow-up invasion of Sicily until
damaged by an underwater ex
plosion on D-ADay plUs two. This
forced the ship to return tO New
York for repairs.
* The cruiser was scheduled for
a tour of training duty in Boston,
but the damaging of the Savannah
at -Salerno forced the ,Brooklyn
to proceed at full speed for the
'Mediterranean. This was Sep
tember, 1943. For sixteen long
months the lieutenant would re
main in that area.
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Lt. Geoge E. Grieb
At Anzio, the Broo:kryn as the
largest Allied ship Was subjected
to severe air attacks. In one as
sault three - hospital ships anch
ored nearby sank beneath Ger
man bombs. Other raids account
ed for two British cruisers lying
off the harbor.
Once when things were quiet
in the Mediterranean they were
reviewed by King George of Eng
land. While still abroad (March,
1944) Lt. Grieb's rank was up
ped to senior grade. In April of
this year,..tbe lieutenant was de
tached from his ship and sent to
fire-fighting and damage control
schools to be trained as an IsTI3.OTC
instructor.
In June, .1942, Lt. (then j. g.)
Grieb was married. He has one
daughter born in June, 1943. Soon
after his marriage, the Brooklyn
pulled out and went down to Ber
muda where ,it anchored for a
month. The lieutenant had shore
leave every night. It was a fine
honeymoon. Except his wife was
in .New York.
William, .G. Mather, associate
professor of rural sociology at the
College, estimates the farmers'
proportionate share of American
war expenditures at more than 68
billion dollars, or approximately
166 per cent of the value of all
farm land, ( buildings, livestock and
Machinery reported in the 1940
Census.
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Henninger Gives
Musical Speech
Ica
Al PSCA Meeting
Professor G. William Henninger
will give a talk entitled `llVlusic
ally Speaking," using records to
illustrate his points, at the PSCIA
first semester Club meeting in 304
Old Main at '7 p. in. Monday.
James McDougall and Rebecca
Griffin, co-chairmen of the pro
gram committee, have planned this
meeting, to which upper-classmen
are also invited. Alice Miller and
Gene Minich are in charge of the
social period to follow the meet
ing.
The Upperclass Club Internat
ional Picnic will be held at Whip
ple's Dam today unless. the weath
er is bad, in which case the group
go to the OA cabin. Regard
less of where the picnic is held,
buses will leave the rear of Old
Main at 4:30 and 5:30 p. m.
The Upperclass Club will meet
'in 304. Old Main . at 7:30 p. na.
Thursday, when Charles Schlow
will speak on "The Differences
and Similarities of the Christian
and Jewish Religions." Rene
Kuntzleman, social chairman, and
her committee, have planned an
hour of entertainment.
Heilbert Kean, chairman of the
Outdoor Club, announces that the
club will meet in 304 Old Main at
8 n. m. Tuesday.
Members of the GA softball
teams who play Tuesdays and
Fridays are as follows: Thomas
Barratt, Gerald Behrmann, Mich
ael Branzovich, Raymond Caton,
John Caldiwell, Nicholas Dany
luck, Carl Goldenberg, Allan
Grossman, William Hanley, James
Herzog,David Ingraham, John
Jelinek Herbert Kean, Frank
Klein, Wilbur Kraybill, John Lay
ser, Robert Leslie, Larry Marcel
la, Howard Maxwell, James Mc-
Dougall, Donald Miller,
.John Mil
ler, Ralph Newman, Trayon Onett,
.Walter Pascoe, Gifford Phillips,
Charles P.urper, Frank Richard
son, Richard Russell, Jack Sey
mour, Jack :Styer, Richard Trout
man, George Vadasz, and Bernard
Wachter.
Rabbi Kahn Discusses
'lmpressions Of Canada'
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, direc
tor of the Hillel Foundation, will
speak on "Impressions of Canada"
at Sabbath Eve services tonight,
The services will start at 8:30 p.
m.
Yom Kipper Services will be
held at the foundation at 7:115 p.
m. Sunday and at 9 a. m. Monday
until sunset.
Hillel members who wish to sign
up for the Bridge Tournament .
Wednesday should sign on the.
Hillel bulletin board or call Hillel.
The deadline for registration is'
Monday at 9 p. m.
Three professors will speak at
the Hillel Town Hall at 7:30 p.
m. September 30. The subjects
are: Whant the G. I. Wants; Re
adjustment Phases .of the Veteran
in His Community; and Education
for the Future. ,
Bill Wood, former Penn State
grid great and later head coach
of football at IGettysburg College,
is chaplain of world-famous Sail
or's Snug Harbor in Staten Is
land, N. Y.
Penn State boasts one of the
few all.alumni coaching staffs in
college football.
Only Five More Sundays Left
in this Semester to attend—
B. WESTMINSTER
FELLOWSHIP 6:20 P. M.
Guest Leader Dr. Jabir Shibli
MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES Tuesday, Sep
tember 18th. Luncheon 12:15
P. M. The Fireside Room.
THE COT NGIAN
STUDENT DEPARTMENT
Worship Service 9:30 A. M.
Thursday Morning Matins
7:00 A. M.
First Month of Peace
Recalls Other Firsts
September, 1945, marks the first month of State during peace•
time; it is also the first time we had a holiday on Labor Day. Add.
ing to-that list of firsts we look back to the first freshman class.
The momentous date was February 16, 1859. Students began to,
arrive at what was then the Farmers High. School, but that name
seems to have implied something which was certainly not meant by
a conscientious board of trustees.
A number of students were ex
pelled not long after because some
parents, unable to understand the
new idea of the founders of the
school, thought it was a new kind
of correctional farm and sent to
it boys who had been found to be
incorrigible at home.
With the opening of the school,
innumerable difficulties were met.
The buildings were only partially
finished and since the dining room
and kitchen were not yet built a
Ipard shantee, which could not
be kept warm in cold weather or
dry in stormy weather, was used
to cook in. Lumber and other
building materials gave the
grounds a forlorn aspect. But in
spite of all these disadvantages,
about a hundred boys entered and
tramped the fields, muddy from
the breaking up of the winter
frost, to classes.
The First President
One of the best educated scien
tists in America at the time was
Dr. Evan Pugh, the first president
of the College. With study iin
Leipsig, Gottingen, Munich, and
Heidelberg, he had earned Euro
pean recognition for his achieve
ments in mathematics, chemistry,
and mineralogy. His experiments
gained fame in the United States
too, and it is generally believed
that one of the best contributions
made to agricultural education was
the use of the laboratory and field
expeiience to supplement the con
ventional lecture method of in
struction. For this ag ed students
still thank him.
It was while President Pugh
was president that the name of
the institution was changed to the
Agricultural College of Pennsyl
vania. It had never been a high
school; that name was given to it
because its founders wanted to
separate it in the mind of the
pulblic from the typical undiscip
lined college of the early period.
First Publication
The Free Lance, predecessor to
the Collegian, came into being
way back in 18En when the first
appropriation of $100;000 was giv
en to the College by the state.
Other firsts followed close on
the heels o'f the first newspaper.
In 1890 La Vie had its first issue
as a class annual. Thespians stag
ed annual shows, usually with
see B. PVT. Ocey is cutting class again
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LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
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men students taking the roles oe
feminine stars and chorus. Cres
sen and Washing_ton literary soc
ieties were flourishing, both with
large libraries to their credit.
These with a faculty-student
Shakespeare club provided Vic,
campus with culture and recrea
tion.
First Railroad Train
D marks the spot. In .1891 thus
first train over the newly built
Bellefonte-Central railroad arriv—
ed at the station on the campus- •
located where Engineering 'WALL
ID now stands. This was long be
fore students sported their' own
cars—at that time there ju t
weren't any such animals.
Joseph, the Worm,
Makes His Debut
The poor little thing, it wasn't
his fault. His mother had just
never warned him about people.
Then again, he probably never
knew his mother in the first place.
He was only a little worm that
came out of the water faucet down,
at the print shop. And he didn't
mean to scare the female portion
of the Collegian staff into fits.
Joseph—this worm we're tallk•-
ing about, swam happily out o 4
the spigot and landed with ;L
splash in the basin before be knew
he'd left home. He wasn't very
well nourished, either, because ho
was only about as thick as a rub
ber band. We tried to figure out
just what family he belongs to,
but •we aren't too , smart.
Could he be a tape worm? le
so, what's he doing in the Statr
College water supply? After all,
some people drink that stuff when
the Skellar's dosed.
He isn't the plain garden var
iety of worm either. He isn't tat:
enough or red enough. Yo t*
couldn't get a hook through him
if you tried. Besides, he's tho
color of a moldy rubberband. Fish
just wouldn't be interested..
Joseph is just about seven
inches long end possessed with no
apparent front end:He's a friths
darker at one end though. Cont 4
be that it's the front.
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