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Volume 33—No. 18
P.S.C.A. Fund
Canvass Hits
All-Time High
$2,500'' Given by Men;
Women Pass Goal
With $BlO
Campaign for Faculty
Funds Will Continue
Surpassing all previous records, the
Penn State Christian Association's
drive for funds ended last Friday
night with $3,325 contributed by the
student body of the College, according
to Lester M. Benjamin '37 and Mar- ;
garet A. Wentzcl '37, chairmen of the
campaign committee.
The faculty drive which finishes
next week is also expected to top the
goal of $lOOO. Dr. Henry D. Yeagley
in charge of the faculty canvass for
funds, stated that the contributions
already accumulated are higher than
the total faculty funds raised last
year.
DeAngelis Solicits Most
To date, the contributions by men
are more than $lOO over the goal of
$2,400. The women’s funds exceeded
the aim of $7OO by $llO. Italia A.
DeAngelis '39 solicited the highest
amount of funds among the women.
• The contributions collected in the
canvass will be used in sponsoring
student conferences, an employment
bureau, fellowship groups, fireside
sessions, forums, freshman “Bible,”
Penn Slate in China, pledge banquet,
research commissions, special par
leys, student projects, and student
counsellors.
Nationally known speakers brought
to the campus by the P. S. C. A. in
clude Mrs. Jessie B. Eubank, Dr. Ber
nard C. Clausen, Dr. Howard Thur
man, Dr. Roy A.. Burkhart, Dr. Mor
ris S. Lazaron, Di\ Everett R. Clin
chy, Dr. Michael Williams, Dr. Fran
cis P. Miller, and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
Harlow. -•-
Lepley Experiments
With Competitive
Rat Behavior
Dr. William M. Lepley, of the De
partment of Education and Psychol
ogy, has conducted an experiment
.with fifteen* pairs of rats to deter
mine whether they behave in a com
petitive manner similar to that of
human beings.
Dr. Lepley first constructed a
straight alley, six inches high, five
inches wide, and thirty feet long,
which was divided, by a longitudinal
partition into two parts.
Food was placed at one end, and
a pair of rats released from the op
posite end. In the race that followed
both the winners and the losers were
given foc<l. When this happened, the
losing rats ran slower than ever.
Some even refused to run, since they
expected no food.
After fifteen days of lagging be
hind, the losers began to run again.
Only two of the former losers, both
females, ran fast enough to win the
races/
Plans for Conference
Released by Retailers
The. College cooperating with the
Pennsylvania Retailers’ Association
and other Pennsylvania organizations
i distribution has announced its plans
for the sixth Annual Retail Confer*
once which will be held at the Nit
tany Lion Inn on Monday, November
9, and November 10..
On Monday night a round table
conference, organized this year un
der the leadership of George P. Ga
ble, president of the William P. Ga
ble company, Altoona, will discuss
promotion problems, current trends
in merchandising store operations,
and the practical problems that mer
chants encounter daily. The round
table conference has proved to be the
feature of past programs. On Tues
day an authoritative group of speak
ers will be presented. Their names
and the, subjects on which they will
speak have, not yet been announced.
An exhibit of outstanding value is
being arranged for the cofcrence. It
will include, among other things, en
larged photographs of exteriors and
•interiors of the modern European
stores;, illustrations of the finest
work of William B. Oakie, jr. one of
the outstanding designers of window
display and the work of well-known
.architects in designing new and re
modelled retail shops.
Wins Coveted Award
DEAN FRANK C. WHITMORE
Chemical Society
Honors Whitmore
W. H. Nichols Medal Awarded
Dean for Fine Research
In Chemical Field
A member of the faculty of Penn
State has been chosen as the recipient
of one of the nation’s most coveted
awards for scientific research in his
field of endeavor.
Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the
school of chemistry and physics, was
notified that he has been awarded the
William fl. Nichols medal for 1937,
given annually by the New York sec
tion of the American Chemical Soci
ety for outstanding chemical research.
Presentation of the medal is sche
duled when the New York section of
the society meets March 6, 1937.
A jury, headed by Dr. Walter S.
Landis, New York City, cited Dean
Whitmore to receive the award “for
hia studies in metallo-organic com
pounds, especially those of mercury,
and in the field of aliphatic chemistry,
particularly in molecular rearrange-,
ments and in the polymerization of
'olefins.” ’""'—"*— l —"
Experimented Many Fields
Since becoming dean here in 1928,
Dr. Whitmore has carried on research
experiments in many fields. He was
born in North Attleboro, Mass., Oc
tober 1,1887, received his early educa
tion in Atlantic City, N. J., and from
Harvard University he received the
B. A. degree in 1911, M. A. in 1912,
and Ph. D. in 1914.
Since then Dean Whitmore has
taught at Williams College, Rice In
stitute, and the University of Minne
sota, before coming here. He has been
very active in many scientific organi
zations, the author of many scientific
articles, and a member of a number of
national fraternities and clubs.
Previous recipients of the medal
include Irving Langmuir, Nobel prize
winner in chemistry, and Janies Bry
ant Conant, president of Harvard Un
iversity.
Moore To Join Staff
Of NYA Committee
Dr. Bryce V. Moore of the school of
education has been appointed a mem
ber of the state and national N. Y.
A. committee which is to consider
training and guidance of unemployed,
youth.
Dr. Moore attended a meeting of
the committee oil Wednesday, Octo
ber 21, at Harrisburg, which was
called by Dr. Ade of the state de
partment of public instruction and Dr.
Sutton, state director of N. Y. A.
Daughter of German Exile Finds
American Attitude ‘Encouraging’
Miss Lotti Steinitz, daughter of Dr.
Ernest Steinitz, German exile, whose
course in horticulture was interrupt
ed by Hitler’s drive against Jews, is
now continuing her study of flowers
as a junior at Penn State.
“The notice that I was to come
here was unexpected,” said Miss
Steinitz, “I scarcely knew what great
luck had befallen me until I arrived
here to. find friendly* faces and the
kindly ‘Penn State spirit’ on all
sides.”
Miss Steinitz declared that in her
four weeks’ stay hero she has found
all American people charming. “They
are so interested in what one does
and arc so hospitable,” she remarked.
“At first I was quite frightened by
the number of friends I had until I
discovered that 90 per cent of all this
is politeness and good manners, and
only 10 per cent at the very most is
meant. The contrast between this
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1936
Lions Gamer Ist Major victory With 18-to O
Win Over Syracuse; Harrison, Silvano Shine;
Soccer Team Ties Orange in Last 25 Seconds
McEwan’s Goal Keeps
Lions in Eastern
Title Battle
By JERRY WEINSTEIN
Bill McEwan’s goal in the last
twenty-five seconds of play gave Penn
State’s soccer team a 4-to-4 tie with
Syracuse and enabled the Lions to
maintain their undefeated record of
four years.
The tying goal climaxed a hyster
ical last minute- rush that saw Syra
cuse take the lead with a goal sixty
one seconds before the game ended.
With the 1500 spectators still cheer
ing what appeared to be an Orange
victory, the Nittany captain drove
the.ball toward the Orange net a
seemingly impossible kick from thirty
five yards out that packed so much
power the Syracuse goalie stabbed
for the ball after it was in the net.
Lions Still in Title Fight
Called by Coach' Bill Jeffrey “the
most spirited game I have seen in my
eleven years at Penn State,” the bat
tle Saturday saw another Nittany
eleven of championship calibre fight
ing a fast, intelligent, aggressive
Syracuse team that is the best to ever
represent the Orange.
• With the Syracuse record blemished
by two ties—the other with Spring
field on Thursday—Penn State, Navy,
and Dartmouth are the only undefeat
ed teams in the Eastern Conference.
Navy has been tied once, and with
Dartmouth suffering with a few de
feats from elevens outside the Con
ference, it appears to be a fight be
tween Navy .and the Lions for the
Eastern championshio.
Get Early Lead
Penn State took an early lead
against Syracuse and were in front,
2-to-0; after the first quarter. Each
team scored once in the second period
(Continued on page three)
Varsity Quartet
Schedules Tour
Group Will Appear in Cleveland
Theatre; Will End Trip
Saturday Night
Tomorrow the Varsity Male Quar
tet will leave for Cleveland, Ohio
where they will appear in one of the
downtown theaters. The program in
which they will participate is being
sponsored by the Penn State Alumni
club of that district.
Thursday the quartet expects to ap
pear in the high schools of Akron,
Ohio, continuing their tour to Pitts
burgh, they will be featured at the
Penn Slate Alumni Club smoker to
be held in the Fort Pitt Hotel, Friday,
according to Jack E. Platt ’37, man
ager of the group.
The Varsity Male Quartet, directed
by Richard W. Grant, director, of the
music department, is composed of
Richard W. O’Conner ’37, first tenor,
Chas. W. Tildcn ’37, second tenor,
Jack E. Platt ’37. baritone, and James
P. Unangast ’37. bass, and is accom
panied by Donald H. Dixon ’37.
After the completion of this tour,!
the quartet will go to Philipsburg to
fill a bill booked for November 11.
This year the Varsity Male Quartet,
besides playing an important part
in the Thespian production and giving
separate programs as part of the Hy-
Los group, are scheduled to appear
in the larger towns of the district.
warmth and the formal reserve of
the English and even of my country
men, the North Germans, is pleasant
and encouraging for one who is new
here.”
To Miss Steinitz, our first pep rally
which she termed “organized shout
ing an‘d yelling,” was bewildering. “I
I felt as though* I had fallen to an
other planet where I was observing
ceremonies by inhabitants who seemed
scarcely human,” she said.
“The ‘Penn State spirit’ is one of
the things I like best about my new
school,” said Miss. Steinitz. “Next, I
like the relation of teachers to stu-!
dents, which seenis to be such a;
friendly, human affair. One doesn’t
feci afraid to insult a half-god by
asking questions here. Last week at
a club meeting at one of the profes
sors’ houses,” Miss Steinitz explained,
(Continued on page two)
Stand-Out tat End
FRANK SMITH
Employment Facts
By I)R. ELWOOD C. DAVIS
Professor of Physical Education
and Athletics
Most vocational fields arc born of
social need and demand. In spite of
this fact, most vocational-births are
looked upon by at least one of the
brethren as unwanted children in the
family of vocations. But attitudes
usually change with -the passing of
time. The “new” vocation, if it de
velops, is tolerated, and with the com
ing cf maturity is actually “accepted.”
The School of Physical Education
and Athletics, as an agency of pro
fessional preparation,-is a “newcom
er” on this campus. As such, it boasts
not of traditions, long-established cur
ricula, or the veneration associated
with longevity. The Creation of the
School is an answer Jo the new de
mands- of a-changm£f social.-ordcr.
These demands are not merely local
in scope. They represent a national
need for trained leaders in health
education, athletics, physical educa
tion, and recreation.
Four Divisions Open
An analysis of these four divisions
quickly draws attention to a large
number, of specific types of employ
ment available in community service.
Some of these arc: instructors, super
visors, and directors of health, phys
ical, and recreational activities con
nected with playgrounds; settlement
houses, private, municipal, and fed
eral parks and camps, social centers,
athletics clubs; boys’ clubs; programs
of industrial athletics and recreation;
municipal and nation-wide health
agencies; the dance; local- and fed
eral recreational projects; private
and municipal country clubs; and
such national organizations as the Y.
M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Boy Scouts,
and Girl Scouts.
Positions Are Varied
In addition to this type of employ-
I ment, there are vocational opportuni
ties related directly to private and
public education. Included in this list
of positions are: instructors and su
pervisors of physical education in the
elementary, junior, and senior high
schools; directors of physical educa
tion and athletics in town and city
school systems; teachers of health;
therapeuiic experts; health counsel
ors; health coordinators; coaches of
specific sports; directors of outdoor
recreation; and teachers of such spe
cial activities as the dance, aquatics,
ami pageantry.
Demand for Students Rising
Each succeeding year has found an
increase in the demand for men and
women from the Pennsylvania State
College trained in these fields. The
demand is most marked for men who
have demonstrated their ability in,
and knowledge of athletic sports and
for women with a thorough training
in physical education and health.
The School is young. This particu
lar profession in itself is new. Voca
tional opportunities have not ap
proached the optimum. The attitude
of those persons who are working
throughout the country in this field
is that we are “just getting under
way.”
More Opportunities
Indications arc that the present sen
ior class will have hioro opportunities
for employment than any other pre
vious group which has been graduated
from this School. The degree to which
the members of this group actually
secure positions is an individual prob
lem related to such factors as appear
ance, the use of good English, man
ners, the establishment of contacts,
and other attributes common toi job
getting in any profession.
Harry Reels Off Run
Of 60 Yards As
Half Ends
By CHARLES M. WHEELER, JR.
Penn State’s long-wailod-for goal,
a major victory, was realized in Sat
urday’s 18-to-0. mastery of Syracuse
as Harry Harrison continued his sen
sational open field running, and Tom
my Silvano did an about-face to give
Nittany fans the most they have had
to be excited about in a long, long
time.
Scoring at the end of three sus
tained drives in the first, third, and
fourth quarters, the Lions uncovered
a scoring punch, the lack of which
cost them the Cornell and Lehigh
games. And the reason can be found
in the ability of the Nittanymen to
vary their attack without losing the
ball. With Harrison the open field
threat, and Silvano plunging mur
derously for the first time in two
years, the Lions had just that.
Sensational as Harrison’s work
was, it was the unexpected form of
Silvano that made State’s first win
over Syracuse since 1929 all the more
sweeter. And never in tjie series be
tween the two schools was the differ
ence in score more than two touch
downs before Saturday.
Lions Start Early
The Lions started their first scor
ing drive early in the game as Sil
vano and Bill Denise, starting his
first game, spearheaded an attack
that carried seventy-two yards to the
goal line, which Denise crossed from
the 11-yard line, untouched, on a de
layed reverse. '
Short lateral passes played an im
portant part in tliis drive. Even after
Syracuse thought they had stopped
the ball carrier, State plugged for
ward by flipping short but effective
laterals to mates who continued the
march down the field.
(Continued on page four)
Transfer Totals
Set New Record
College Grants 226 Admissions
, For New Mark; Graduate
School Increases
A total of 226 transfer students,
the largest number in, the history of
the institution, were granted admis
sion to the College this fall. They
come from 108 different institutions,
representing every section of the
United States, in addition to Puerto
Rico, the Canal Zone, France, and
Great Britain.
In keeping with the undergraduate
ratio, almost 70 per cent of these new
students are men. An outstanding
feature was the increase in admis
sions from junior collcgos. Twenty
one per cent of the total are former
junior college students.
The number of graduate students
admitted has also increased, 170 en
tering since July of this year. Again
every section of the United States is
represented, as well as Puerto Rico,
Czechoslovakia, China, and Germany.
It is interesting to note that almost
70 per cent of the new graduate stu
dents conic from colleges other than
Penn State, showing that the gradu
ate school attracts to a greater extent
students from other well-known col
leges and universities situated in
nearby as well as far distant lands.
Students in Poll of 94 Colleges
Favor Alf Landon for President
If it were loft up to the college stu
dents of America as to which presi
dential candidate would fill the White
House for the next four years, indi
cations are that the governor of the
prairie state of Kansas, Alf M. Lun
don, would be their choice.
In a recent poll of ninety-four col
leges in thirty-four states, Landon re
ceived 233 electoral votes to 206 for
President Roosevelt. Democratic par
tisans will be interested to know that
their candidate for rc-olcction was
given a slight vote margin.
The poll was conducted by the Dai
ly Pmicctonhm and the Vassar HI is
ccllany Neurit. The editors of the poll
said it is the largest of its kind ever
conducted.
Landon’s large electoral vote came
from carrying New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and all the
an.
To Open Artists Course
HANS KINDLER
Reed To Discuss
Laws on Hunting
Centre County Game Protector
To Give Talk Tomorrow
To Local Hunters
Incidental to the opening of Mint
ing season on Friday, November 6,
Sam Reed, Centre County traveling
game protector, hafe agreed to' be on
hand in room 301 Rec Hall at 7:30
o’clock tomorrow night to answer all
questions by students and townspeople
in regard to the protecting and hunt-!
ing of game in Pennsylvania. j
Such questions as those relating to I
the open season and bag limits cn I
wild turkey, ring-necked pheasants,
ruffled grouse, rabbits; and squirrels
will be discussed together with the
new nine o’clock rule, rules on the use
of blinds and dogs, rules on trapping,
where to get a license, and any other
question that may be asked. Included
on the program will be a talk by
Charles Stoddart, well-known local
hunter, in which he will gibe some
valuable tips on hunting in the vicin
ity. of .State. College. . _
Secured By Conger •
Mr. Reed was secured for this dis
cussion by Ray Conger, instructor in
the School of Physical Education and
Athletics, after a talk at a meeting
of men interested in outdoor activities
in which he stated that over sixty
Penn State students have already
been apprehended this year for vio
lation of the state game laws.
Thus far none of' the students
caught have Been fined. Mr. Reed stat
ed that unless some program succeed
ed in lessening the number of student
offenders, there would be no alterna-;
tive but a fine for all offenders.
Advisers Render Real
Help to Student Body
The advisory . system of faculty
counselors has been of real value to
both the student and the college, says
Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the
School of the Liberal Arts.
With the establishment of the lower
division a larger amount of work
has been distributed to the advisers,
he explained. There are 21 advisers
for the freshmen and 2G for the soph
omores with an average of from 20 to
25 students for each.
This advisory group holds meetings,
discusses individuals who arc on the
borderline in their scholastic work,
works out the scheduling in the first
two years, and in accordance with
the schools, suggests the possible sub
stitutions, he said. j
New England states.
The major party candidates were;
far in front of these of the minor par- j
tics. Norman Thomas, Socialist, nosed
out Earl Browder, Communist, for
third place. William Leinke, Union
party candidate received little support
from the college students.
As was expected, Roosevelt polled a
great deal of his electoral votes in the
southern states. He also received
strong backing- in the Mid-west.
The Collegian has conducted two
polls on the presidential election this
semester. The one taken at the time
of registration returned a 1.7 to 1
majority in favor of Landon. The soe
•ond poll, conducted Hast wteek, re
vealed Roosevelt the winner.
The straw vote taken by the Colle
gian at registration was included in
the Prhicctoniuii tabulations, and
furnished Landon with his Pennsyl
vania majority.
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Shan-Kar, His
Hindu Ballet,
Will Perform
Artists Course Names
Orientals for 2nd
Of Series
Dr. Marquardt Signs
Dancers For Jan. 19
Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet will
be presented as the second number in
the 193 G-37 Artists Course series on
Tuesday, January 19, according to
Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, College Ex
aminer, who is chairman of the
Course committee.
The Hindu Ballet-will follow the
National Symphony Orchestra on the
Artists Course program. Under the
direction of Hans Kindler, the Orch
estra will come here on Wednesday,
December 9.
Appearing in America for six
weeks, Shan-Kar brings a new reper
toire of unusual productions featur
ing his company of Hindu dancers
and musicians. In interpreting the
dances of his native India before the
American public last season, Shan-
Kar received unanimous praise from
the critics for his exotic art.
Was Famous in Art and Music
A master of rhythm, exquisite in
costumes, artistic in pose and gesture,
Shan-Kar brings the culture of old
India. He was born in the artistic
center of the country, Udaypur, and
after receiving his education in Eng
land, was persuaded by that famed
ballerina, Anna Pavlowa, to desert art
and music, in which he had already
acquired fame, for the dance.
Shan-Kar’s first success was Pav
-1 lowa’s greatest, and he was acclaimed
throughout the continent when he be
came her partner. He soon returned
to India, made a thorough study of
the native dance, and supplanting
Western musicians and their instru
ments with the Hindu, he returned to
Europe and later to America where
he appeared with still greater success.
Campus Patrol Locks
Safes, Windows;
Profs Forget
The old joke about the absent
l minded professor can easily be proven
ia fact if the figures recently released
jby the Campus Patrol can be taken
I for proof.
During the first ten months of 193 G
the Patrol has found 18 safes un
locked in the various buildings and
has closed them. Over 4000 windows
left opened have been properly at
tended to by the officers on the night
patrol. Doors of the many campus
buildings have been unlocked, shut
and locked almost 3000 times since
the beginning of v thc year.
Our worthy instructors have also
been careless in turning off the lights
for the patrol officers have found
about 9500 lights left burning. Since
the first of the year water faucets
and steam valves have been closed
1343 different times.
In addition to this night work, the
Campus Patrol has parked 21,000
ears at the various events held on the
campus during the year, the total at-
| tendance at these affairs being well
jever 200,000 people. They proudly
J point to the fact that there is no rec
ord of an accident when the curs were
parked under their care.
The Patrol’s most important work
is that of recovering lost articles. For
the first ten months of 1936 about
51000 worth of goods have been re
turned to their owners.
Hutchison Discusses
Judgment of Minds
The secrets of our minds will he
fudged hy God, was emplmsrml by
Dr. Ralph G. Hutchison, president of
Washington and Jefferson College, at
the Sunday chapel service in Schwab
auditorium.
Dr. Hutchison declared that only in
our minds can we escape from the in
fluence of social barriers, ami that is
why wc will be judged by our
thoughts alone.
Our spiritual yearnings will be
judged as well as ambitions that cir
cumstances prevented us from fulfill
ing, was brought out by Dr. Hutchi
son. "Are you able to drink the cup
involved in your own ambitions?” he
asked. "If you are you will be hon
ored on the day when God comes to
judge the secrets of the mind.”