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Professor Describes
Work With Objectors
“Conscientious objectors are
classified into two groups: Those
who are willing to enter’the arm
ed forces as non-combatants, and
those who are willing to d,o work
of national importance under ci
vilian direction.” Dr. John H.
Ferguson, associate professor of
political science, said this when
asked about his experiences as di
rector of a conscientious objec
tors’ camp.
“The men who enter the arlned
forces are classified as 1-iAiO,”
continued Eft-. Ferguson. “This
group wears uniforms, is usual
ly attached to the medical corps,
and receives no training in the use
of firearms. The second group is
classified as 4-E and is sent to
civilian camps for the duration of
the war. The local draft board
makes the distinction in the class
ifications, and all objections are
based on religious reasons.
:]'r. Ferguson left the College in
June, .1943 to become director of
the Civilian Public Camp at Oak
lan 1. Maryland, and later, at Gat
linf’urg', Tennessee. Both of these
cai 'Ds are maintained by the
An- erican Friends Service Corn
mil tee. As director, he admin
istered the rules and regulations
for the camps, following orders
coming directly from Selective
Sendee Headquarters.
In Tennessee, the men worked
51 hours weekly at the Great
Smoky Mountain. National Park.
Working under the supervision of
the park authorities, instructions
came from the Department of
Graduates Names
Make Half-Colyum
tEd. Note: The following is a
reprint from “The Daily Half-
Colyum,” written by Dean of
Men Arthur R.. Warnock for the
Centre Daily Times. It appeared
on October 17.)
A contributor finds something
ken worthy in names ol' this semes
ter's graduating class. He writes—
The night was Bright with an
Orange moon and he was Young.
Of serious things his mind was
much Blanker than one of more
mature Yarze. He ate a Berger
hurriedly; then, Hatton head and
a Rose Stuck in his buttonhole, he
sallied forth to pitch Wu on the
Davenport with his girl friend. But
all was not well and as he passed
through the Gales he heard her
father Graul, "Hugo there, and
what are your Ames?" ‘T)h, Lord!"
he thought, “I have made a Gross
error. Unless I am Clever enough
to get out of here, he may Lynch
me. I'll step into the Shade of this
Esh tree and make a Quick get
away. Then I’ll Penner a line and
have her meet me by the Lyon in
the Park. I thought I was Weiss,
but now I am "Weiser."
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Interior at Washington. The men
received no remuneration from
the government but are supported
by the Quakers.
Many of the men are college
graduates. At one time there
were stationed at the camp six
men with doctors degrees, one
novelist, and one playwright. The
number of men for the Gatlin
burg camp hit a high of 176, but
averaged 140. There are some
130 faiths represented.
The men live in CiCC barracks,
with 35 to a barracks. The food
is prepared under the direction
of a dietician. They are governed
under the same regulations that
are granted to the enlisted men
of the armed forces.
After November 1944, Dr. Fer
guson went to Philadelphia to di
rect a nation-wide educational
program against universal peace
time military training. He said
that at the moment there are no
labor, educational, agricultural, or
religious organizations that favor
compulsory peacetime conscrip
tion. Support for drafting of men
in peacetime comes only from the
war and navy departments, vet
eran groups, and a segment of
the economical and financial in
terests.
In collaboration with Dr. Dean
McHenry, formerly of the polit
ical science department at the
College, but now of the University
of California at Los Angeles, Dr.
Ferguson is writing “The Amer
ican System of Government.” It
is designed as a text for political,
science classes and deals with na
tional, state, and local govern
ments. It will be published by
McGraw Hill and will be ready
about the first of the year.
Dr. Ferguson was graduated
from the University of Pennsyl
vania with a Bachelor of Arts,
where he later earned his Ph.D
degree. He began teaching at the
College in 1934, and was here un
til November, 1943. He will re
sume his teaching duties this se
mester.
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Vocational Information
i\i To Contain Booklet
By College Ml School
Some 5700 copies of “Careers
adn Mineral Industries,” 24-page
booklet issued by the College
Mineral Industries School, have
been purchased by Science. Re
search' Associates, Chicago, to be
placed in a vocational informa
tion kit designed for the armed
forces.
The College booklet is the sole
representative of the field of min
eral industries in the Army Voca
tional Information Kit, which coir
tains seven books and 412 pamph
lets representing 69 vocational
fields. It is sent throughout the
world to Army schools, hospital
centers, etc.., to be used as a vo
cational library service, reference
for advisers,, or source material
for couseling and discussions.
The kit was prepared for the
Army Service Forces by Science
Research Associates, which lists,
outstanding' current guidance ma
terial in its publication Vocational
Guide. “Careers and Mineral In
dustries” v'as chosen from this
list for the kit, and was listed by
Vocational Guide among the 100
best of its several thousand guid
ance materials.
“Careers in Mineral Industries”
will also be included in 200 kits
which Science Research Associ
ates is issuing for use in colleges,
universities, and community
counseling agencies.
Penn State Dames
Plan Cabin Party
The Penn State Dames, an or
ganization open to all wives and
mothers of graduate students of
the College, will hold their Oc
tober meeting at the Ski Lodge in
the form of a pot-luclc supper, at
6 p. m. Thursday, October 25.
The meeting, to which husbands
are invited, will be in charge of
Mrs. H. I. Tarpley and the eve
ning’s entertainment of games
and dancing planned by Mrs. J. Si
Saby and Mrs. W. L. Nyborg. Re
servations will be taken by Mrs.
John Almquist, State College 3113.
iditor Gives Library
Pennsylvania Dutch Study
Two volumes ol reprints of
“ ‘S Pennsylfawnisch Deitsch Eck”
from the Allentown Morning
Call a world-famous newspaper
column devoted to the study of
Pennsylvania German, have 'been
presented to the College Library,
by Mr. Fred Weiler, editor of the
Allentown Morning Call.
The gift is in two large volumes,
bound in leather, and contains a
copy of every issue of the “Eck”
since its inception on March 23,
1935, through 1944.
The “Eck,” making up half the
editorial page of the Allentown
Morning Call every Saturday, is
edited by Dr. Preston A. Barba,
professor of German at Muhlen
berg College.
Within a few years, College of
ficials expect student enrollment
to reach 15,000.
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Ceramics Offers New
Vocation For Veterans
The billion-doll ar-a-year cer
amics industries in this country
can absorb all returning veterans
who are willing to train for
them, according to Dr. E. C.
Henry, chief of the ceramics di
vision at the College.
“Dinnerware and glass,, for ex
ample, have improved so much
that the dime-store dishes pur
chased by GI brides for wartime
housekeeping were just as good as
the more expensive tableware sold
years ago,” Dr. Henry said.
“Before the war,” he added,
“many of our finer dishes and
goblets were imported from Eur
ope. We can match the best of
these already,, and further im
provements will be possible as
soon as we have more ceramics
experts.”
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