Show Manpower Commission ( Releases Inilial Plans For Training Program 4 Volume UTAH STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Forty Barlow Assumes New Duties Trustees Grant As Olson Resigns to Answer Leave ot 3 Staff Members Draft Call In Late January UTAH JANUARY 7 1943 Number Twelve Another Molly Pitcher Pitches In Registrar Reports Greenhaigh Receives New Appointment As Associate Editor On Buzzer Staff i January was effected by the publications council shortly before the close of fall quarter and announced this week by Professor W council chairman Barlow’s appointment He was recommended by Olson for the position Appointed A Year Ago Olson leaves the job in exactly the same manner he acquired it— being just a year ago that he to was n appointed' acting was replace Grant Bethers called in the draft He expects to report to the induction center - - — - - j atound January 20 Barlow is speeding up prepar sttion of the dummy and reinforcing his staff The position of business manager is to remain open temporarily pending receipt of applications 1 Greenhaigh Tops List ) J Atop the list of Barlow’s new is that of Merl appointments editor Greenhaigh as associate Charlotte Henriod Stan Andersen Don Ruth Marie Richardsen Bowen Calder Pickett and Mary Walker are remained in the editorial council Barlow also named the following 5 copy staff: Ann Murdock Ray j Lutz Lyn Larson Peggy Bennion and Bob Welch Charles Eubank is to head the photo' staff which consists of graphy ’ l)on t Black Paul Bartschi Ted Stanford Eccles Caine Edward Roskelley and Neil Hyltom Lists Office Staff Members of the office staff are n Margaret Ann Wilson Mary Dorothy Nielsen Ann Ken' t nedy Lois Adams' 'Barbara Haws Jean Forsgren Amy Hillyard Adelle Young Connie Nelson Ann Rath Verla Rudeen Wilma Gunn Barbara Paulsen Helen Stewart Blanche Stewart LuDeen Griffin Business staff j lemd Dorothy Myers members are Melba Call Jeanne Allen Katie Loosle Roma Poole Jack Christensen Ted Pike Rae Brinley Katherine Jenkins Josephine West Marjorie Hyer Annette Bickmore and Desmond An-- I Dill-ma- Dr Bassett Maguire associate professor of botany Dr Rex Skid more and professor Joseph1 Symons of the sociology department have temporarily left the ranks of the Utah State faculty to receive further training for special war work the president’s offices announced Tuesday Dr Maguire has been released college service as teacher and manager of the herbarium to accept an appointment as visiting curator of the New York botanical gardens He is to assist in research projects carriedon at the gardens and will continue preparations for his book of native Utah flora To Work On Doctorate A year’s leave ‘granted Professor Joseph Symons allows him opportunity to work on his thesis for his doctorate degree Drawn from his investigations the thesis will cover the aspects of urban and rural Utah crime which he has been studying from several years Professor Symons will spend the first part of his leave at the University of Iowa doing tabulation work and the remainder at the University of Chicago where he will receive his docv torate Carlisle Returns Leaving for special war work is Dr Rex Skidmore who was called into government work on December 28 He resigned his college position to continue work in his field of ' i sociology Back on duty as assistant to the president and associate professor of education is Dr John C Carlisle For the past quarter he has been on leave of absence to serve as educational advisor at the Topaz Japanese Relocation center near De'ta - Haven Barlow McDonald Distributes Alumni Quarterly On Registration Day Again featuring Aggie alumni in the service the Utah State Alumni Quarterly came off the press during the holidays and was distributed to the seniors on registration day under the direction of Leonard W McDonald executive secretary and editor of the quarterly The awarding of the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Harold L Hiner of the U S Marines and the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Chase J Nielson highlight the service section of the Quarterly Lieutenant Hiner who was the Aggie student body president in 1941 has been decorated for bravery while serving aboard the "one-shi- p ’ fleet” cruiser Boise Lieutenant Nielson attended Utah State three years and then enlisted in the army air corps in 1939 He was a member of the famous Tokyo raid led by Brigadier General James H Doolittle last April Highlights of the campus page edited by Ineda Hickman class of '42 and former associate editor of Student Life are class and student body elections paper staff appointments and student news briefs - Annual Military Ball Highlights Events On Social Calendar -- ' A galaxy of social and special events person featuring such things as the Barlow has scheduled a meeting Ball on February 19 and Military of all ' staff members for today the Founder’s Day assembly on office Buzzer noon in the at March 8 were promised this week U Alumni Trustees Place by faculty and student administra83000 In U S War Bonds tors who outlined the calendar of ' events Ui S Government war bonds In outlining dates connected with to 3000 have been purregistration and classwork Regischased by trustees of the college trar William Bell stressed the date Alumni Association Library Endowof January 13 which is the last day ment fund Leonard W McDonald on which applications for graduaalumni executive secretary annountion will be accpeted He also mences tioned January 22 as the last day fund of of result the Earnings on which classes may be added gifts and pledges from alumni and March 0 as the last day upon which friends of the college are usually they may be dropped and March 19 given each year to the college as the' quarter ending date brary to aid it in the purchase of Schedule for special assemblies jpeeded books and reference materand socials for the quarter is as ials follows: February 17 Washington-Lincol- n CAPITOL TO CAMPUS Assembly February 18 Military Ball February 22 to 27 Club Leaders Training School March 4 and 5 Oratorio March 8 Founder’s Day Assembly and March 18 College Band Concert 1 Dates for lyceums civic music presentations and other important Opportunity for college girls who work for women now and the stu- socials such as the Junior Prom have had one year of college mathe- dent nurse gives service by releas- have not been set matics was opened up when Aber-- ) Spring quarter registration is Jueen Proving Ground lowered its re- ing graduate nurses to the Army planned for March 22 and Navy Nurse Corps” quirements for women computers Women with college degrees in from two years of college mathe- t matics including calculus to one any field may now qualify for junior engineer positions in the Federyear of college mathematics al Civil Service by taking a short ’ Aberdeen Proving Ground has the tuition-fre- e course it was announcresponsibility HJ£paring firing ed by the United States Civil Sertables for all types of new guns and vice Commission This course has Annual medical aptitude test for bomb sights A great many new been developed to prepare women all men and women students who tables will be needed in the near for in order future and in order to do the to engineeringtheactivities diminishplan to enter medical school somesupplement rapidly necessary computations the laborof male engineers many time within the next four years will ing supply atory must employ a large number of whom are entering the armed be held Friday January 22 at 3 p 'of women computers perhaps too forces m in Room 212 Commons Dr C L or more The entrance salary for Persons who complete the course Anderson of the physiology departthe group is $1620 for a are eligible for junior engineer posiaek All appointments will be ment announced Wednesday tions i Contrary to the procedure of prewar service appointments Nursing is war work with a fuvious years sophomores and freshture for coeds says Katharine men in are being asked chairman of the Committee on Persons with a knowledge of bus- to take the test this year along with Recruitment of Student Nurses iness methods and records espec- upperclassmen The test is being The committee is seeking to en- ially records relating to wages and given simultaneously throughout the roll 18000 new students in spring hours are needed to become junior nation under the auspices of the1 classes in nursing schools in order wage and hour inspectors Junior American Association of Medical to meet the national quota of 55000 Inspectors appointed to the Wage Colleges dor the school year Extra credit is and Hour Division will study source stuMore than 10000 now being given in many schools of material and gain experience in the dents in the nation are expected to to pursing young women entering conduct of Government inspections take the exam The fee is $100 with two or more years of college Once they master the requirements payable at the time of examination "War nursing definitely needs the of the work they will be given according to Dr Anderson who reCollege calibre woman" says Miss more responsibility in the conduct quests all students interested to see Fivillo "It is the frontline war of investigations him immediately r 11- -t ’ ’ Civil Service Opens Fields Ifo Women In War Work r- Anderson Schedules Medical Examinations Fa-Ml- le ic Center Representative Pays Special Attention To Laboratories Adaptability of Facilities to Student Military Training A visit to the campus Tuesday by a government apVital To War Work praiser along with the release of initial plans for utilizing Attract Many This Quarter colleges in the proposed Army-Nav- y training program by the War Manpower Commission brought that program Despite probable draft induction nearer to a thing of reality on the Utah State campus this Classes - and reserve service calls registra- week tion was carried out with the usual Mr Fred G Breining procedure the total enrollment re- the U S Army Engineers f-- edb Utah State For Army-Nav- y In Spite Of Draft ' Haven Barlow Buzzer business manager this week took up the assignment of acting editor of the Buzzer replacing Jerry Olson who is withdrawing from classes preparatory to answering the selective service call in late X Government Appraisee Considers Large Enrollment Dr J C Carlisle Returns From Topaz Assignment ’ m LOGAN Dean of Engineering George D Clyde watches as Mrs Mary L Merilott of Clayton New Mexico operates a new Doall Saw recently Installed in the War Production Training shops on 'the campus Mrs Marilatt is one of 200 women now being trained jto be “the woman behind the man behind the gun” Production School Leaders Boast Phenomenal Growth j ts s hundred trained mechanics and technicians Forty-fiv- e serving in shipyards and airplane factories throughout the nation and servicing planes and mechanized units on the battle front— quite a boast? A boast perhaps but nevertheless an actuality Yes Since the summer of 1940 two and years ago Utah State’s War Production Training school growing out of what was first known as the National Defense Training school has chalked up a cumulative enrollment record of 4500 Boast New Equipment Professor George D Clyde dean of the school of engineering and program administrator and Professor Ernest C Jeppsen program director 'are probably the two individuals to whom most of the credit must go for the phenomenal success of the program ‘Today with an active enrollment of more than 500 trainees in 42 separate courses this duo is plenty optimistic! They freely predict that facilities have now been improved to the state where 2648 trainees could be handled at once on a basis in all laboratories and classrooms Payroll of $100004 "Our tools and equipment alone not ’’including the buildings are now valued at more than a quarter of a million dollars” Professor Jeppsen declares "Monthly the payrolls of our mechanic learners and instructors amount to approximately $100000 Shortly we expect this to be increased to as much as $150000”’ Professor' Jeppsen’s breakdown of the 500 traineekJists of that number or 200 as women a clear indication of the extent that women may soon replace men in vital war industries Most of the enrollees are registered in the Civil Service’s mechanic learner one-ha- lf round-the-clo- two-fift- maining slightly above expectations Registrar William Bell reported Wednesday evening after the third day of registration Although no official count was made Mr Bell indicated there was a decrease even including the 65 new students that called for registration books Iumerous students bave withdrawn books and have not returned them and many more are expected to report within the next two weeks Mr Bell added Study Scientific Subjects Subjects vital to the war effort proved to receive proper emphasis with great numbers of students signing up in scientific and industrial courses such as physics chemistry engineering algebra trigonometry and calculus War needs also pushed enrollments in accounting typing and stenographic sub-ecwar agencies and offices reporting a crying need for workers trained in these fields Face Induction Many men students especially underclassmen that returned to winter quarter classes face induction through selective service in both January and February quotas Reserve officer enrollees on the other hand had to return to their class-worin order to qualify for appointment to officer training school The 500 war production trainees in the industrial department along with the 300 marines and sailors in radio training still hold Aggie ene rollment near the high reached during pre-wdays program only about 100 of the total remaining on the old preemployment set-u- p n The roll call of the mechanic learners reads like an football roster far' away Louisiana being represented as well as Minnesota North and South Dakota Illinois Texas and all states between Only Accredited School You ask how people from such distant points are attracted to Utah for training which one would naturally expect to be seated nearer and airplane factories? One good reason is that Utah State’s aircraft division is the only CAA accredited school in the intermountain region Let’s take for example the case of Mrs Mary D Merilatt of Clayton New Mexico Mrs Merilatt decided that she wanted to help out with the war industry at home and saw in the mechanic learner program an opportunity to learn a skilled trade while still eaining a living Applies At Denver One time while in Denver she stopped in at the Denver made application for mechanic learner training and a few days later received notice to report to Hill i Field in Ogden At Hill Field Mrs Merilatt was assigned to the training school at Utan State On January 15 she will be graduated as a qualified machinist to return to Hill Fihld for regular employment In commenting on the work of (Continued on Page 2) home-tow- ship-yar- post-offi- Contest Offers Tickets To Military Ball ar Committee Appoints Dean Hayward Assembly Chairman Dean Ira N Hayward has been appointed chairman of the faculty assembly committee according to announcement from the president’s office He is the third to hold this position since school started last fall - Dean Hayward replaces Dr Hal- bert Greaves who has left for the armed services Professor Greaves had replaced Dr Homer Durham earlier in the year The assemblies as announced by Dean Hayward include an illustrated lecture on Navajo Indians on January which was arranged by Professor Greaves prior to his leaving On January 27 a movie entitled "Target for Tonite” is being planned by Librarian David W Davies N C Hanks will lecture on February 3 and a Washington-Lincol- n program is planned for the 17 Tentatively scheduled for March 3 is a talent assembly of tne school with the annual Founders Day as on March 8 Professor N Free passes for one couple to the decorations floor show music and sembly W Christensen will take over on will count features ball other of the ball is the compensation being ofMarch 17with the annual band concert fered to the student who submits heavily in the decision Entries should be addressed to the best suggestions ’for a theme General Committee Military Ball foe the 1943 Military Ball Cadet campus and dropped in the campus Crookston Announces Lieutenant Colonel Lane Palmer mail box The committee of judges Drive general committeeman announced will include Palmer Cadet Colonel Campus this week Aaron Amacher Cadet Captain Bill Setting the deadline for entries at Eatt Cadet Lieutenant Ted Benson Following completion of January 15 Palmer declared thaf and Ann Ryan of the sponsors meetings during the last any registered student is eligible to corps week of winter quarter final plans enter the contest He pointed out Theme for last year’s ball was are being arranged for launching that detailed suggestions as to how "Victory’s Ours with United Pow- an scrap drive Monday the theme could be worked out in ers to continue through the next two weeks reports Burns B Crookston committee chairman Two Former Aggies Sub committees and their chairmen include: sororities dorm girls Men As Among and women’s clubs Phyllis Stoddard Independent Students association and all independent clubs At least two former Aggie ford Lieutenant Hey enrolled Wells Allred rratermties Burns B students are now known to be at Utah State Among his Crookston and Charles Kelly will activities here were such acJapanese prisoners of war acrepresent the student body at large cording to Alumni Executive complishments as serving as Secretary Leonard McDonald president of his fraternity and who this week received word Three Missionaries Take Part holding a high ranking posithat Lieutenant Robert Hey tion on the ROTC cadet offin In Report ’40 previously listed as misscer staff on the Scrap Japanese Report Held Prisoners Of Wat Latin-America- ing is listed by the Japanese government as a prisoner to Lieutenant ‘“According Hoy’s parents Mr and Mrs A A Hey of Rutherford Now Jersey Bob was stationed with a Coast Artillery unit on when that fortress fell” Mr McDonald said "The last word they received from on him was a cablegram Christmas Eve 1911” After graduating from St Mary’s high school in Ruther campus Second Aggie prisoner is Chase J Nielsen who attended the college for three years and then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1939 He was a member of the famous Tokyo raid-ei- s led in April by Brigadier General James H Doolittle In October he was officially announced as missing on that raid and a distinguished flying cross was awarded on his behalf to his wife Thoia Ricks Nielsen Glenn Blaser Ralph Gunn and Dale Christensen three recently-returne- d L D S Missionaries from services in missions will participate in the Roundtable discussion over Radio Station KVNU this evening n to 8:45 from Dr George Meyer head of the modern languages department will load the discussion which comes during the regular Thuty Minutes On College Hill broadcast of Salt Lake City representing arrived on the campus Tuesday afternoon to inspect and appraise the college plant in terms of its potentialities as an Army or Navy training center Mr Breining was accompanied on the tour by a delegation from the college faculty Vital installations such as chemistry physics physiology and engineering laboratories machinery and equipment in the mechanic arts department and adaptability of facilities to a student military training program were paid special attention At yet there has been no official assurance that Utah State would be one of the colleges selected to participate in the program this decision to be based upon the report of Mr Breining WMC to' Utilize Colleges ¥ Most positive information don- cerning WMC plans for utilization of colleges in manpower training came this week from the Office Of of War Information February 1 has been set as the date for initiation of the program this being the approximate date of first semester ending in colleges that opthis erate on the semester system With the announcement work at the week that part-tim- e The army’s plan is to allow Ogdn Quartermaster Supply De- ERC enlistees in the following pot will continue throughout win- fields to remain in classes: preter and spring quarters Professor medics engineering Evan B Murray who is in charge and chemistry According to the of the college labor crews stated report "seniors in advanced ROTC will be allowed to graduate or to that USAC is responsible for 100 the next semester” complete workers as its share of the Cache which in terms of dates would be Valley quota graduation time next June Workers Exceed Quota ERC May Be Called ‘‘All other enlisted Reserve During the Christmas vacation part-tim- e laborers from this area Corps students will be called to who did not make the excursion active duty at the end of the to Ogden by bus were often un- current semester or substantially academic accounted for with the result that corresponding period for several days' the Cache Valiey and upon completion of basic Professor training will be eligible for sequota was exceeded Murray emphasized that the col- lection for training under this lege is allowed to furnish 100 program or for other military workers only To insure against duty” Places Interpretation unfair discrimination and to prevent the recurrence of an exceedThe War Department places the ed quota he stated that all stu- following interpretation of the dents intending to work this above statement: By January 1 week end who either live in Og- 1943 the War Department will den or ride to work in private have completed its preparation to cars must check with him at his call to active duty Enlisted Reoffice in the commerce library by serve Corps students not in the technical fields After that time Friday noon For those workers who intend these students will begin to reto ride the bus tickets- are avail- ceive orders to report for active able at the secretary’s office No duty at designated times and tickets will be sold elsewhere It places No orders will be given to was made clear that all students report on a date prior to two must be accounted for with the weeks after the completion of the probability that all those workers student’s first academic quarter in excess of the stipulated quota term or semester terminating after December 31 1942” may not be allowed to work Plan Night Shift McNutt Appoints Committee Professor Murray also announcNamed by WMC chief Paul V ed that plans are going forward McNutt to the committee of eduto provide a night shift of about cational leaders to advise the 30 or 40 workers Friday and Sat- chairman and the staff of the urday nights This shift is being WMC for the utilization of colplanned so that students can have leges are such men as President Sundays off Buses will leave the James B Conant Harvard unicourt house the afternoon of each versity President Clarence A of the two days Anyone interest- Dykstra University of Wisconsin ed in working the night shifts President Robert G Spraul Unishould contact Professor Murray versity of California and this week on Page 2) Murray Heads Crews College Workers At Ogden Supply Depot pre-dent- al - Welti Reverses Dates for Production Of Annual College Opera-Orator- io Reversing of production dates of the college’s annual opera production with those of the annual oratorio so that the oratorio will be presented early in March and the opera in May was announced this week by Professor Walter Welti head of the vocal music department Simultaneous with this disclosure came word of the choice of Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” as the 1943 oratorio which will be presented on March 5 and 6 dates set aside in the college catalogue for opera pi esentation If the — events is schedule followed 4 of also for the opera its production dates will be around May 27 as a part of graduation activities Presented In 1938 "Requiem Mass" was presented five years ago and again this year will be under the baton of Professor Welti To be performed for the public in the Logan tabernacle the Verdi oratorio lasting an hour and a quarter features both vocal and orchestral music and will consist mainly of eight-pa- rt chorus singing with orchestra accompaniment Professor N W Christiansen head of instrumental music at the college will direct the orchestra Auditions Open In auditions open to all college students four featured soloists will be selected by Professor Welti for anpearonce in the famous "Mass” Last year Mendelssohn’s oratorio "Elijah” highlighted the musical calendar ' Walter Welti |