Reorganization Of Student Council Is Sanctioned Semi-Weekly :. . SUCCESSOIt - 11 #i . _ !: ./g ia ll u . r .,-,,,,„ , To The erec Lance, eslnh• - T 1 a r (k ) 2f Nr fished 1887. •' ~ t , \.0. 5 \ : !'!" . . -- f. j_ i i ' - / . . c, , 1,1 ' I \:1855,>- .' . . , . . . . . , Volume 34—No. 16 NITTANYYMVSTREAK.THREATENED-BY'SYRACUSE Kennon Plan Approved By Ruling Group Students'. Will Select Council Nominees Next Week Each School To Halie Own Governing Board • ltcorganieution•of the Student Council into a more democratic form becanwa reality Tuesday night at a meeting of the Coun cil when it unanimously voted to base representation on the num ber of departments in -a school. John D. Kennon '3B •introduced the plan. Nomination of members from each department of each /school in the junior and. sophomore elaosetr , will he held in the aides of the vari ous deans, Tuesday, November 3.. On November 9 and 10 the final election will - take . place. .The senior members of the Council will then' call the newly elected school councils, together and' one member from each class will then be elected -to ithe.,regulF::§tudent...Council..;, member-atiirge.'.This Yeir there' Will be no senior members, but beginning next year there 'will be. As in all 'class offices, the nominee must have a 1 average. - Departments I..isted The following departments Will have ,members in their school's stu dent council: Engineering: Architec- Lire, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, and Meehaniol; Liberal Arts: Commerce and 'Finance,. Arts and Letters, and Journalism:. Lower Divisign: Three will be elected at large from the,soph omore class. Mineral 'lndustries: Ceramics, Met allurgy, Fuel Technology, Mining, and Petroleum and Natural Gas; Educa tion: Industrial, Music and Nature; Physical Education: Three will be elected at large. By recognizing this for the first time as a schcol, the Stu dent Council will be enlarged by three members. Formerly, this was consid ered a department of the School of Education. Agriculture: This year the school will select from its Student Council, one junior apd one sophomore. -Next year, members will be selected in the same manner as' the other schools., Chemistry and Physics: Chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,' Pe (Confirmed on pogo four) She Came, He Saw, But Tribunal Conquered G ran Pearsall made:a girl. She's a soft, delicate little thing, dressed in bright red and a flowing mop of thick hair. But can't walk and so l'earsall lids to carry her to classes or wherever else he may wander in the next week. iler inability to walk isn't entirely her fault. When Grant made her, he merely stuffed a bag with cotton and filled 'four women's stockings used for her arms and legs. Two silk stockings and a pair of shoes will be worn on her feet while .glpves , will keep her soft hands warm. • \ • Her facial beauty is inscribed on a pillow and a mop, which'Pearsall will continually comb, will' substitute for hair. If this docin't make sense to you, perhaps the fact that Tribunal had something to do with it will clear dp the muddle. Freshman l'earsall was thus sentenced for violating the chtt ing law. A sign, "I. thought Tribu nal was a joke," tells part of the story, hnd though' he eould ' not take the "other" girl out, he can, accord ing to another sign, "take this girl anywhere." Penn Ticket Sale Starts Monday Reserved -scut tickets for the Penn-Penn Slate game at Philadel phia Saturday, November 0, go on sale Monday. There will be. 1500 seats available in the Lion cheer ing section between the 45 and 30- yard! lines in the Franklin Add north stunt The price is $2.28. The drawing for seats at the housrparly week-end game .with Maryland. Saturday, November 1.3, will be Made Monday. Following this, fraternities and - clubs listed in the drawing 'will be given until Tuesday, November 11, to file their orders. at the A. A. ticket office in Old Main. Thik l order must be accompanied by all student A. A. book coupons No. 6 (A. A. booki are not neces sary.,--just the coupons marked for the Maryland game)', together 'with money 'for, any additional tickets at 52.20 per seat. Harold R. Gilbert, assistant to the gradu ate manager of athletics, stressed that bo extra tickets will. be held on these orders". British Debaters Here Next Week Mat;z and Young Meet Oxford- Cambridge in Auditorium Next Thursday , ' ' M=Ml The Oxford -Cambridge debuting team will meet J. Edwin Mate '3B and Fred L. Young '3B of the men's debut ing squad in an international discus sion to be field +n Schwab auditoriuM 'Thursday evening at 8:15 o'cloCk. This will be the first of a . series of feature &bates sponsored by the For ensie Council. The question will be "Resolved: That isolation is impracticable in the modern world." It deals with the in ternational policy of nations, and whether or not any country' should have collective kecurity or isolation. The question of what outsiders should do about the present Sino-Japanese war will be among the points dis cussed. Ha 27 Meet's The English team is made up of James A. Brown, of the Oxford Un ion society, and Ronald V. Gibson, of the Cambridge Union society. They arrived in New . York' , from England yesterday and -will meet three other opponents before arriving in State College. Their tour of 27 colleges,and universities in the East is sponsored by the National Student Federation of America. The chairman of the debate will be Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, of the divi sion of public speaking. Booters, Harriers To Face Stiffest - Tests of Season X_ -Country Team Meets , Syracuse Away By =ME TRADUB The same varsity cross country -leam that lost to powerful Manhattan last week, 'plenty Mad and rarin' to 'go, will . board the bus this morning for the trip to Syracuse to fade what Coach Werner believes will be the toughest meet of the season. With the possible change of Me- Glinscy, u Mont Alto sophomore; for Herb Nipson, the team of Frank Motile, Herb Hazzard, Pete Olexy, Norm Gordon, Jim Hostetter, Herb Nipson and Charles Pierce will be the ones to compete Saturday morn ing at 11 o'clock against the Orange at Dr * umlands Country Club course. The freshman team will accompany the varsity to Syracuse where they will run up against the o?ange year lings. Ace on the Orange freshic team is Ray Trail, Indian ,runner ,from Schenectady. Trail, a sensa tion in high - school, holds most of the records in the East for major meets. Studenth Eye flurgess Race Between Leitzell, Mohnkern Incumbent, Silent On Future Course, Points_ To Record,•' Opponent Urges Tempirance • Of Justice, Common Sense' . Seeking re-election as Burgess of State College Tuesd:i'y . .on the Itepub limin ticket will be Wilbur F. Leiteell. lie will be opposed by.ituel E. Bohn kern; Democratic candidate- • Stueents and faculty interested in the election have shown little interest . in imrtY allinetionS, but an acute desire to know the manner:in: which student cases have mid are te. be handled by the Burgess, whoever he: may be, what- (nu party LE ITZELL CLAIMS COOPERATION When question today concerning his policies toward student conduct, Bur gess Wilbur F. - Leitzell "There ,is fullest cooperation between this office and the student leaders. Whenever students stage an im promptu parade, the police officers are instructed to keep traffic moving around the affected district. No at tempt is made by the borough officers to halt any, student parade. "Disposal of disorderly conduct and robbery cases are heard before acom mittee consisting of the Btirgess, members of the police committee, one 'representative of the Student Board. and one member from the Dean of Men's office. ''Student leaders decide the drunk'! 'cases and the ones held responsible for . bon fires, as -the students them-' selves pay for - the damage." :,I ..W.hen..llPestionecLconcerning.the'nti:. l meroui 'fraternity . roblierieg, 'Burgess Leitzell said "It is up to the student! leaderi to decide whether or not the y want crime enforCement. Fraternity I robberies and campus thefts can nev er be stopped without the cooperation of the College. If they are going Co let the guilty ones go, then some pro vision should' be made for the victims 9f the theft." . Mr. Leitzelk would make no state ment as, to his future, policy of hand ling student eases, should be be elected. MOHNICERN FAVORS 'COMMONSENSE' DEAL Ituel E. Mohnkern, , Democratic can didate for Burgess, when asked what his policy towards students would be should he be elected, said: "I don't like the idea of making criminals out of young men because of a violation of a amino• law or borough ordinance. I would tamper justice and law with common sense in my dealings with students. "As long as students would act their age, everything would go along nicely. I would try to get along with students charged with a violation by trying to readjust them to`normal living with the ledst embarrassment to all concerned. "As far as traffic rules, which con cern the public safety, I would en force them strictly," Mohnkern said. Soccermen Will Engage Orange At Mime liy HOY NICHOLS Both the Lion aml the Cuh soccer men face their climactic games of the season tomorrow! Expecting the toughest opposition of the year from the Orangemen of Syracuse, Coach Bill Jeffrey is send ing his regular lineup into the game on New Beaver field tomorrow after noon at 2:20 o'clock. Meanwhile on the practice field ut the golf course, the Fresh soccermen be.playipg a team of High School All-Stars picked from 43 schools of the Central Pennsylvania conference. The game will start at 1, o'clock. Jeffrey may make a change in the outside left position of his team. Mal lory, regular-at that post, Bill consid grs too light to send against the weighty Orange defense men. Either Jack Peltier or Woody HosterMan . May replace him. Syracuse has a none-too-impressive (Continued. on Dago four) STATE COLLEGE, PA.;:IDAY, OCTOBER 29; 1937 16,345 Enrdlment Creates =Record Freshman Quota.ls'Exceeded As College Admit's Largest Class In History With a total of 6,346 students, in -eluding a record-breaking freshman class of 1,704, enrolment for the cur rent semester hit the'liighest mark in the College's history, Registrar Wil li= S. Hoffman. reveale d . yesterday. Despite the I,4os'quota set for the Class of 1941, the 'Calleg,e admitted 1,361 freshmen' to the. Campus, 113 to Mont Alto, and no tojhaundergradu ate centers at Uniontown, Dußois, Hazleton, ,and.„P,ottsiLi4;;Ltinus. those admitted to the.denters,-the freshmen outnumber the College quota by 69. Also admitted to the, College were 1,600 sophomores, 1,307 juniors, and 1,064 seniors. Among the 5,055 men and 1,290 women studentd, are 5,058 candidates for 4mchelors' degrees, 370 'graduate students, and 159 special students. PSCA Canvass Nets $2,91'7 At Half Mark .Netting $2,917 up to midnight Wed nesday, 876 solicitors drove into the final stages of the Penn State Chris tian Association's finance campaign. The canvass ends at midnight, tonight. Included in the sum was $652 con tributed by faculty members and solicitors at the kick-off dinner Mon day night. Men's contributions at the half-way mark totaled $1,547, while women's contributions amounted to $7lB. Chairman of the campaign is Fred L. Young '3B. while 'ltalia A. DeAn gelis heads the women's drive and George Greene the faculty drive. Students Seek Pitt, Thanksgiving Holidays A petition to President Iletzel, usk ing for a student vacation Tor Thanks . giving Day week-end is being circulated about the campus this week. The petition requests time on from Wednesday noon before Thanksgiving until the following Monday. Another faction of student opinion is seeking to have two football holidays granted this fall instead -of one. This group wants a holiday for the Pitt game as well - as the usual one granted for the Penn game. Chief argument for both "p . ropesals as expressed by student lenders is that the College has added, time to the schedule by removing the Thanksgiv ing vocation, yet has not subtracted it elsewhere in the schedule for the year. Bottorf To Play For Cwen Dance Tonight The annual Coven dunce and Push km Show will be held in Mae hall at S o'clock tonight. Bill Bottorf will play for the occasion. Committees for the dance are head ml by ➢Lug O'Connor,' Peggy Jones, Barbara Fleming, and Mary Ann Rhodes. You may still purchase your ticket from any of the Cleans, rgiatt. Generals in Tomorrow's Duel .. :.:: l r ; >::iJiia., The Average Student Goes To Bed On The_Band Issue Butt Denies Union Affiliations, Other Croups Declare` Against It 'Yet Most Belone . The average student who is interested in dancing was bewildered today when he tried to figure out what the union fuss among the campus bands is all ,about. The average student representing public opinion in these parts ,was quite outspoken about what he thought of any scheme to raise dance band prices or lie didn't like it at all, as the * to blacklist fraternities not cooperat Collegian found that ••:19 of 41 frater nities questioned were opposed to the musicians organizing. The others were too bewildeted to render a decision. But then Mr. .Butt, supposedly the organize• of the movement, put the average student hack in his fog by denying that he has anything to du with unions. Ile said: "I am absolutely not an organizer. I can assure the'students that there will be no increase in dance band prices here. Most of the members of campus bands already arc union men. The local GOO in , Tyrone has been e; . .. lablishefl 'for 20 years, and has an en viable reputation for fair play. It has never initialed blacklisting proceed .ngs against any organization:" &Ir. Butt, fur the edification of the average student, is a prominent, mem ber of a baud called the Campus Owls. Ile does have union blanks, he ad mits, but the musicians are free to collie for them or nut, according Is their tastes in the matter. A spokesman for liottorrs hand, Mr. Hottest' being in Clearfield and phone rates being so high, said, "Practically everyone is a member of the union ill order to lie able to play out of town. We've accepted it as a necessary evil." The average student, yawns - al. this Wool loom, ott pow; Iwo) 50 Years Of Progress Mark Experiment Station History Fifty years or service lo Pennsyl vania agriculture will be celebrated today .when_ the agricultural experi ment. station twills its golden anniyer situ. From a meager beginning with 5 research workers, 8 research praioots under way, a $20,000 annual budget, and u college experimentni farm or 110 acres, it has grown to its present status with 148 on the staff, an 1,800 acre experimental farm, 158 projects under way, and a $324,604 budget for 1886-87. This is keeping pace 'with present day Pennsylvania Tarim which have been estimated to be worth $1,200,000,000 and to yield an- (hr! Done-crushing Sammy Donato will lead the larruping Lions to morrow 'against a revengeful Sy racuse array led by Tackle Park Webster. State 'calcimined . the Orange last. year, 18-0 I.F.C. Discusses -A.F. Of M. Drive While fraternities and dance com mittees jitter at the news that the American Federation of Musicians has issued instructions to uniunizers to organize all campus bands under union rules and apply the blacklist to groups hiring non-union bands, the Intel:fraternity Council held a meet ing Wednesday night to discuss pos sible trouble that may arise. Outstanding question hanging fire was: Who is to benefit from the bands unionizing--frateruities, bands, mu sicians, or Local 11110 of Tyrone? (It is estimated thal: union dues collet-Led per year in Stale College by the A. F. of M. would $3.10). The I. F. C. came to no decision ex cept, to uncover the facts behind these and el her questions. There is still a gr'eal. deal of doubt and speculation as to the seriousness and. the power be hind the organization driee for union ization. At the same meeting Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, faculty advisor of the I. F. C., talked on his work with the council and the council's constitu tion. The effect of the d4-hotu• week law un fraternities was.discussed. not products w0rt1r8250,000,000. The agricultural experiment sta tion had its birth in the passage 1887 by the U. S. Congress of the flutell Act establishing an agrieultur- Al experiment station at the land grant college' of each state 111111 ter ritory with a $15,000 annual appro, printion fo• each station. The State Assembly •accepted the provisions of the act and appropriated 83,00() for four years to the new agen cy. Also the state central experiment farm of 110 acres located, at the Col. lege was assigned to the station. On June 30, 1887, the trustees officially established the agricultural .experi ment station. LEADERS In Band Enigma Olie Views. Page 2 PRICE FIVE CENTS Return Of 3 Injured Aces Buoys Lions Patrick Hurts Ankle In Scrimmage Session; May Not Play Barantovich To Start; Statemen Outweighed ny Illiiilf CAILAN Realizing that much depends on their showing against the Or ange tomorrow, 30 scrappy Penn State gridders left early this morning for Syracuse. The bat tle will take place at Archbold stadium tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Lions will be endeavoring Lo maintain a three-game win streak, while the New Yorkers will be aiming to stage a comeback after last Saturday's defeat by Mary land. This Syracuse team will be re membered for having tumbled Cor nell's Big Red from its pinnacle as the leader in the East. Both the Nilinnymen and the Or ange have lost one game so far this .sciisop 7 -. 7 ,.stutc .: hayjugisiwed to Cor nell, and Syracuse has that Aliiiylnnd loss. I GI h Annual Game The set-to tomorrow will he the Ifith annual fracas Mitween there two rh s, who first began relations in 1922 and have met every year since. Syracuse has won nine times, State came out bn lop in three games, and the remaining three have 'ended in Lies. The series has been one marked by close games, with the Lions having scored the most points in one game with their 18-0 victory last year, the lirst time that either team scored more than two touchdcwns. In the IC games the Blue and White has scored GO points and the Milers 107. Penn State will be in the best phys ical shape iI. has been in this season. 110-captain Johnny E.:010.111os, Danny llrMa•ino, and Dud Enders will lie 'available although they will probably not start. Windy Wear's wrenched neck is much improved and he will be available against. the Orange. Alex Ba•anlovich's knee has responded to treatment so that lie will be in the starting linonp. Pal rick Injured `lila it seems as though a week can't ZU by H m•w injury cropping up. This time it is Johnny Patrick, who was slated to start against. the Split:us:ins, Johnny hurt his ankle in Tuesday's scrimmage session and it is not likely that. he will play to- MOITOW. Bob Higgins ,announred as Ids ;va t:lllre starting. (Avert: WashN; Washa- laugh and BaranUnquil, ends; Pup ((: , 1111i MOW fill )10//a !:!?,1) Walk To Be Built Skirting New ,Tower Mall Cuusl Niel ion (.1 a w:dl< from tint north end of ,Burwwes street lo Park avenue, sle.yOne Line new mall to he extended to the tattler lower, will head the Lbree-point improvement 1,1., grant just. authorized by the Hoard of Trustees, S. K. Hostetter, assistant to the president, in charge of busi ness, and tin: nce, nn nuancedyester day., The mall, IP feet wide, will span an urea of 275 feet between Iturrowes street and the tower, necessitating removal of decaying trees and a re grading and reseeding' of the land scape near New Beaver A cinder track under the west stands to supplement the cinder court recently constructed south of the stands also Will be built. It is ex pected that the new enclosed track will be used for practice.
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