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MR Bally Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily CoUegian
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March
.3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dave Pellnitz Franklin Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones;
Sports Ed., Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie' Lomax; Edit.
Dir., Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed.,
Ginger Opocsenski; Asst. Sports Ed.,
Ted Soens; Asst.
Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson;
Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Charles Obertance; Copy Edi
tors: Lu Martin, Chiz Mathias; Assistants: Betty
Allen, Lou Mueller, Herman Weiskopf, Mar
jorie Cole.
Ad Staff: Edward Steel, Nan Supplee, Bette
Agnew. , -
Form 109 Required
Of Draft Eligibles
(Which students can expect new deferments
when the present academic deferments are
reopened in June? In substance this is a ques
tion which few students have been able to
get answered satisfactorily since the Selective
Service reminder earlier this spring that all
deferments must by law be reopened at the
end of the present academic year. This edi-'
torial explains the system along with a fore
cast of what college students can expect
from their draft boards this summer.)
Earlier this spring the Selective Service
reminded college students of a clause in
the deferment regulations requiring that
all academic deferments be reopened at
the end of each academic year.
From this has arisen both doubt and
rumor with regard to who can expect to
be redef erred for next fall.,
First of all, there should be little worry for
students holding ROTC deferments. Class I-D,
which is assigned to students in such military
programs, will continue in effect for students,
so long as they continue to meet the condi
tions of their military agreement.
In the second place, a student pursuing . a
full-time college course who is ordered for in
duction shall, if he has never before been de
ferred as a student, be deferred in Class I-S-C
until the end of his academic year.
This will defer those students who have not
previously received scholastic deferments if
they are not called for induction before be
ginning classes in September.
It is statutory law that this classification must
be assigned if the student is enrolled, is actually
attending classes, and does not qualify for a
classification other than,l-A, providing the stu
dent has requested a deferment and the college
has certified his status. The 'status of I-S-C may
be granted only once and will be terminated
at the ending date of the student's academic
year.
Thus a student now holding such' a deferment
will be faced with an LA classification in June
and should apply for a new deferment in Class
11-S and should also request that his status
be certified to his draft board on SSS Form
No. 109.
This should be done before leaving the Col
lege in June. Applications are available in
the office of the recorder, basement of Willard
Class 11-S is an occupational deferment
which is given at the discretion of the local
draft board. It may be given to the student
who strows the proper rank in his class and/or
the proper score on the Selective Service Col
lege Qualification Test. Class 11-S may be
given for not more than one year. at a time.
Although this deferment is not binding upon
local boards, nearly all students eligible for
them, have, in the -past received them and
no change in that policy appears "likely at this
time.
To be eligible for consideration for occupa
tional deferment for the next academic , year,
students must show rank and/or test score as
follows:
Freshmen, upper one-half of class and/or
test score of 70.
Sophomores, upper two-thirds of class or
fest score of 70.
Juniors, upper three-fourths of class or test
score of 70.
Seniors, (planning on graduate work)' upper
one-half of class or test score of 75.
Graduate students, satisfactory progress in
full-time course.
At th e termination of 11-S classification,
which can be expected by many students this
spring, application should be made for a new
deferment and the student should also request
that the College certify his student status on
SSS Form 109.
Students who filled out the white applica
tion card for Form 109 at registration will have
their draft boards notified by the College of
their scholastic status as soon as the standings
are available in June. However, all other stu
dents who now hold a scholastic deferment
must fill out that card in the registrar's office,
basement of Willard Hall. •
To save correspondence, this can best be
done before leaving campus in June. All stu
dents who wish to be deferred on a 1/-S
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classification must have their boards notified
on Form 109. This report must be made each
June. Students who had their standing veri
fied last Summer must repeat the process
this year.
Class 11-S deferments are, granted at the dis
cretion of local boards and the demand for
draftees in a particular board's area will prob
ably indicate how many students with present
deferments will be refused extensions.
It can be deduced, however, that current
semester class standing will play a major role
in local board decisions.
Dormitory Raids
Waste Gift Money
The real cost of Penn State's "spring fever"
dormitory raid became evident this week when
graduating seniors began voting on class gift
suggestions. The seniors found themselves vot
ing for: a gift valued at "$7500-8000," with the
administration giving that more or less vague
estimate because it didn't know what expenses
would be involved in the damages caused by
the pre-Easter raid.
The senior class gift money is made up of
the damage fees paid by the students at the
beginning of each semester. In recent years no
one extraordinary event had brought forward
an expense which would appreciably lower the
total gift money.
The administration has estimated the 'cost to .
the Housing department in repairing dormitory'
damage at between $3OO 'and $5OO. In addition,
a list of jewelry, clothing, and other personal
items from the women in the dormitories will
be partly paid for from the damage fees, thus
taking more cash from the senior class gift.
Insurance money is, fortunately, expected to
cover some of the women's losses.
This total expense which would be taken
from the senior class gift could easily run to
$lOOO.
The senior class gift, which is being voted
on now, would donate money to one or more of
five .worthwhile suggestions.. They are (1) a
Pollock road entranceway; (2) a -statue, "The
Lineman;" (3) a scholarship fund; (4) a student
press; and (5) a campus radio station. All of
these projects are certainly more worthwhile
than the "fun" which could result from a
childish dorm raid.
Yet money which could be used for this
senior gift has been wasted because of the
desires of some students on campus to show
off. -
Perhaps the students this year should not be
too severely blamed for their actions in the
raid, for many of them, no doubt, did not realize
that the raid would cost them money. In fact,
many did rxot know that the damage fees were
put to the altruistic use they are. However, - a
repetition of such an action in foll6wing semes
ters could be definitely attributed- •to the lack
of a sense of responsibility of the students.
—Marshall 0. Donley
It Takes a Movie
To Arouse Interest
During the course of the past semester we
have, at a rough tally, written editorials on:
1. A constitutional amendment proposal which
would, we argued, wreck any hopes for an ef
fective United Nations and an end to war at
any time in the future,
2. A campaign by electric power companies
to prevent the establishment of a Missouri Val
ley Authority which could, we claimed, have
prevented the '52 floods.
These, we thought, were pretty hot issues,
involving questions of sovereignty and federal
ization which would seem to bear strongly on
every individual. Yet in theSe two cases, and
a dozen or more others, we received no re
sponse whatsoever from readers.
But last week we found the formula. Last
week, becoming mildly annoyed at the really
incredibly low quality of an American film
then downtown, we scribbled a casual de
nunciation of it, comparing it unfavorably,
though with no real vigor, with a current
British film.
And this was the issue, in this era of H
bombs and loyalty oaths, of Dwight. Eisenhower
and Robert Taft, which summoned up the ar
gumentative spirit in our readers. On the very
day the editorial appeared, the Daily Collegian
received not one, but two letters in heated
debate over the films.•
What shall we worry about now?
Gazette ...
Saturday, May 10
DIE NTJEN BAVRISCHEN SCHUHPLATT
LER, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m.
. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, May 12
ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200
EE, 7 p.m. • "
INDUSTRIAL ARTS. VOCATIONAL ED
PICNIC, Foster & Holmes park, 4 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
•
Men to work as ice cream dispensers evenings and week days.
Camp Linden, Northbrook, Penna., will interview men for
August camp work.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
New Jersey Zinc Co. will interview juniors for summer work
work in Ch.E., M.E., Min.E., E.E., Metal, and
Geol. May. 13.
American Stores Co. will interview June graduates in L.M.R.,
Com., A&L, Ag.Ec., Ag. Ed., and Home Ec. (men only)
May 13. Also students for summer employment.
—Jim Gromiller
—Ron Bonn
"This Day of Confusion" is the
topic on which the Rev. Robert D.
Hershey will speak at the weekly
Chapel service at 10:55 a.m.. Sun
day in Schwab Auditorium.
The Rev. Hershey is the pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the
Holy Communion i n Philadel
phia.
The chapel choir, under the di
rection of Mrs. Willa Taylor, will
sing "Bless the Lord, 0 My Soul"
(Ippolitov-Ivanov), "The Last
Words of David" (Thompson),
and "Open Thou our Lips"
(Rachmaninoff).
George Ceiga will play "De
Profundis" (Bach), "Oh Lamb of
God,• Pure and Holy" (Peeters),
and "Fugue in G Minor (the
Lesser)" (Bach).:
Man . 4ln Campus
Litti
"Sometimes I suspect Professor Snarf isn't always fair with his
students —he always seems a little edgy after final exams."
Alternating
Currents
"What's in a name?" asked Juliet over, 350 years ago. We reply,
"Good material for a column." Between the covers of the Student
Directory are some very interesting monikers. Hoping that the stu
dents named in the following paragraphs will realize it's all in fun,
we'd like to cite a few.
Did you know that , Joan Crawford, 'Robert Montgomery, Betty
Davis, and Robert Young •a r e
undergraduates on campus?
Quite a few last =names in class
rollbooks are famous. For ex
ample, there's Edwin Beethoven
and Getelle Mendelssohn: Others
are Jean Einstein, Michael Gero
nimo, •Joan Ripley,. Josephine
Romeo, David Twain, and four
Davey Jones's.
The Best and '' Worst attend
Penn State. Its students include
seven Best's and George Worst,
as well as James Goodenough.
Then there's Cecelia Poor and
Frank Rich.
Parts of the human body make
u p some students' surnames.
Perhaps you are acquainted with
John Blood, John or Ralph Body,
John Bone, Andrew Brain, John,
James, or Thomas Hand, or Betty
Palm.
Cities all over the world are
indicated by some students' last
names. Example s are Joseph
Birmingham,;Sherman Francis
co, Lawrence Glasgow, two Ger
ald Troy's, and. Lorraine Syra- 1
cuse. • I
The largest group of surnames
suggests persons of various occu
pations. There are 20 Baker's,
three Barber's, four Brewer's, a
Burgess, four Butler's, a Caddy,
five Carpenter's, 15 Cook's, six
Dean's, 20 Fisher's, 11 Gardner's,
eight Hunter's, two Judge's, a
Mailman, an Outlaw, ten Porter's,
Guest Pastor
Will Speak
On 'Confusion'
SATURDAY,: MAY7IO, 1952
IiZSZI
By JULIE IBBOTSON
five Potter's, two Rider's, three
Shoemaker's, three Singer's, two
Swimmer's,
.a Teacher, and an
Usher.
Then there are last names
which tantalize your appetite.
,These include Joseph Hamburg,
I::rene Pistachio, A 11-e n Fruit,
Robert Cherry, Beatrice an d
John Berry, Glenn Freshcorn,
Charlotte Bean, Jo Ann Beet,
John Pepper, and William Chest
nutt. To suggest liquid refresh
ment, there's Maurice Coffee and
Louis Martini.
Last names alluding to ani
mals are Pearl Beaver, .nine
Fox's, Curtis Hare, Melvin and
Thomas Swan, and eight Wolf's.
Representing ou r fine-feath
ered friends are such surnames as
Arthur Crow three Eagle's; Har
old and Roy Hawk, Harry Stork,
nd William Wren. Last names
featuring kinds of fish are Bar
*.on Bass, James Salmon, and Ar
thur Trout.
Some interesting surnames
just don't have a category. For
instance, there's Baron Cash
dollar, Charles Chestnuttwood,
William Fairweather, Nancy
Goodfriend, Robert Greathead,
and Eugene Whitehouse.
•. It's about time" we close this
column, and we've got preciSely
the name to close with—John
Close.
5 Journalism Students
To Get SDX Awards
Five journalism students will
be given Sigma Delta Chi awards
for high scholarship in journal
ism subjects at 8 p.m. •Monday.
Elections of officers of the na
tional professional journalistic
fraternity will also be •held.
The five recipients of the
awards will be Paul Beighley,
Ronald Bonn, Leonard Kolasin
ski, Marvin Krasnansky, and
Moylan Mills.
Chapel Choir Tryouts
Scheduled for TUesday
Tryouts for next year's
Chapel Choir will be held
Tuesday night in 212 Carnegie.
NO further auditions will be
held for upperclassmen.
Candidates are requested to
report at the following times:
sopranos, 6:30; altos, 7;, tenors,
7:30; and basses, 8 p.ii.
By Bibler