• • ~NI 4 ,51 • SUCCESSOR 4ir WOOF! To The Free Lance, estab • ‘-'S T d - ,) I. P! •. • attitglau.. Past..llouseparly Sleepers .„,. •.,. • lished 1887. \°:,; Surprised. Page 2. Volume . 34—NO. 22 LION, GRID 1' Building Program Starts Februaryl4, Completion Seen, By June 30, 1939 13 Projects Listed On State Authority's I . Schedule 3-Point Construction Plan May Be Adopted Penn State's five-million-dol lar building program, financed by federal and state appropria tions, will get under way Febru ary 14, 1938, and be completed June 30, 1939, Col. Augustine S. Janeway, executive director of the General State Authority, an nounced Yesterday. The Authority's action was preceded last Saturday by the ap proval of. an outright grant of $765,- 000 by Public Works Administrator Harold Ickes as the PWA's share in financing, the program. An additional $1.33 1-3 will be supplied by the PWA, however, for every dollar spent by' the state on certified relief labor. The appropriation parallels the or iginal estimate issued last Spring, Colonel Janeway said. Listed for construction are the fol lowing projects. - , 2.- Education building 2.• Library. 4. Chemistry and' Physics build. MIZE 5. Agricultural Engineering build ing. 6. Electrical Engineering build ing. • 7. Biological Science building. B.'Service budding. 9. Poultry building. 10. Central section, Liberal Arts 11. Addition to Mineral Industries. building. 1?.. Water supply system. 14. Additional service lines and power plant equipment. ' Although the program as a whole is scheduled to begin February 11. authoritative sources indicated that the 13 projects would be clustered into, three specific groups which would be . finally sanetioned Separately by the Authority. Special Holiday Buses Scheduled Will Depart From Library For 11 Focal Points Wednesday Al 12:45 O'Clock Special buses from State College to Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, New York, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburgh, Sun bury, Philadelphia, Tyrone, Johns town, Greensburg and intermediate points will be run at Thanksgiving vacation, it was announced yesterday by the Hotel State College, local Greyhound agency. The buses will leave train in front of the library at 2:45 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon._ Reserved scat tickets may be pur chased from 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing until S o'clock Tuesday morning at the bus depot at the hotel. Inasmuch as buses will go directly to their destinations, the schedules arc expected to be &paer than the regularly-scheduled runs. Presbyterian Church Plans Enlargements The local Presbyterian church has muting pence on the Penn State cum called a meeting of its board of di- pus than I ever imagined," Philip Ja rectors to consider the advisability of cob, assistant director of the Student increasing its accomodations in view Peace Service of the Emergency Peace of the expected influx of new students , Campaign, asserted Wednesday to the and Increased enrollment under the Collegian after spending two days on College's new building program. I Oho campus, studying constructive Prof. William; A. Broyles of the i work toward peace being done here. department of agricultural education,' Jacob spent Tuesday and Wednes chairman of the committee advises' day interviewing persons interested in that the pies'ent church is considered promoting peace, and in holding for too small to handle the number of ums with the Peace Action Council, students now attending and in light the State College Peace Action group, of the greater numbers soon to mine, the Social Problems. club, and the an' enlargement Is being considered. freshman find sophomore seminars of Usual Fine Imposed For Holiday Cuts . Announcement that the usual $5 fine would be invoked upon stu dents cutting' classes within 24 hours before and after the Thanks giving vacation, was•made-yester . - day by Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock. Thanksgiving vacation will' offi cially begin on Wednesday morn ing at 11:50 o'clock and close Mon :lat.- morning, November 29, at 8 3'clock. Sorority Rushing Begin Dec. Expense Limit Of $2OO On Each House hnC 6-Week Period Set By Ran-Hellenic Sorority open rushing will begin on 'December 1 and will extend through February 11. All new students are eligible for• rushing in this free asso-i dation period., council imposes, onlyt the'lo sororities is allowed an ex- Peaditure of $2O to cover the entire six weeks of - rushing. ,This, once shows an increase over last year , When only 52.00 could be spent each week. This year there is no specified' weekly sum, but there will , be n week-1 ly'report required of each fraternity I to be turned in to the Panhellenic rushing committee. No Other Restrictions There ul'4: no other restrictions on !wiling of freshman and transfer women in regard to the manner of their eaterlainment. They may he invited' to stay overnight at the soror ity houses,. contacted individually, or entertained at parties and teas. . . There'has been an inei•casc in the 'ength. of silence period which Will not .from Janunry 15 throtigh danu nry In - stead of final examination week being the only time when samil canaot contact or speak with ..ushees, the week before finals will be added to silent period. Rushing chairmen from the 10 hQuses «•ill niect in 305 Old Main, No .:ember 30, at 6:30, when they will receive full instructions from Panhel lenic council concerning their oblige lions to the euuncil during rushing season. College Accepts Two Library Resignations Resignations of Misses Cordelia Miller and Tone Pearce, both of the griculture branch of the College li 'wary, were accepted last - week, ae zording to Willard P. Lewis, College .Abrarian. Miss Miller, who resigned to take civil service appointment in the De partment of State library at Wash ington; D. C., has been succeeded by Miss Gladys A. Tozier, a * graduate of the Columbia University school of brary,service. Peace Advocate Impressed • lik‘L6cal Student Interest "There is - much more interesL iii pro STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1937 L. A. School Plans Strict Grade System Object Is _To, Eliminate Students Incapable Of College Work Present Form Lenient, Committee Declares A revision of the present system of dropping students from their -cur ricula if,they they, 60 per cent of their courses is being considered by the School of Liberal Arts on the basis ;That it is not strict enough to elimi innte those students who are not ea ;:able of doing collegiate work. Students 'should be dropped' from college just as soon - as they fall be low a Milllllllllll number of grade points, the number to be determined by the committee, Charles C. Wag ner, administrative assistant to the Dean of Liberal Arts and a member of the Committee on Administrative and Academic Policies of the School of Liberal Arts, said. Plan Eliminates Poor Students This. will prohibit students' of, low scholastic ability from continuing in college. The present system, accord ing to Professor Wagner, permits students to continue in college, re gardless of how low their averages may be, as long as they do not flunk - 50 per cent of their courses. ' At ttresont,:students.imust obtain-72 - giiiicre' pain . Soph omore year.. However,' students arc often allowed to continue their col lege ;cork as long as they do not fail half their subjects, even if the num ber of their grade points is below this standard. This is done because of the possi bility of their making up grade point deficiencies in their last two years of study. This practice often results in retaining a student .who n•ill not be able to make up ,his luck of grade points, and he eventually flunks out of college. This retaining of students of low scholastic ability will be abol ished if the new plan is adopted. The committee which is studying the proposed plan is composed of the following Charles W. Stoddurt, Dean of Liberal Arts; .Charles C. Wagner, administrative assistant to the' Dean of Liberal Arts; Kingsley Davis, Theodore J. Cates, Curl W. Hamel:, Francis 11. duiliont, and I'i:isle:let; W. Owen, professurs in the School of Liberal Arts. 2 Customs Violgtors Get Week's Servitude Convening after a - week's recess, the Men's Miima heard the picas of IT. A. Dennis and Perry Gentzel. Both were found guilty of violating tfhe cus tom law and sentenced to u week's servitude. • Gentzel, for. not - wearing a ,dirk, was penalized with a three-foOt dunce cap to be worn at all times. One sign warns .other freshmen to "Wear your dinle.lual the other confesses that the "Tribunal finally caught up with inc." Dennis, .also wearing a dunce-enn with a blue ribbon tied beneath the . dhirf, may be seen sitting on a pail in front of the Main Cate from 11:55 to 12:10 o'clock repeating, "To be or not to be, that is the question." Ile un blushingly admits "I am a Cassano va" and, thal, he . "Found Juliet... Tribunal found me," Christian Association Interviews were arranged by Jiihn F. Putney, Christian Association sec retary. Jacob stressed be necessity of or ganizing peacb groups and of inter outing people in their work toward peace. "These groups," he said, "must work for'some definite goal and show progress,or, the average student may regard peace talk us 'hot air.'" lie emphasized the advisability of sending opinions on neutrality, and (Continued on pupa two) SEASON .:„. . ..,,I, . , . : L T • '4l. Campus Clique .:.;Lists Candidates 3 Groups Organize For - 1 • Coming Eleftions, Name .Offi4rs Peel, '39 Pre;iident, Will Superviie Voting The Campus clique :for the fresh , man class started the bull rolling for the annual freslnan , ,All class elec tions With the announciiment of their candidates. For president they have nominated Robert IL erowell; Arnold C. Web for vice-president; L. Craig White,,seeretary; Clnirles M. Peters, treasurer; and Daniel'.N. DcLancey, class historian. Independent and lOt!us t- Lane cliques have also held" , organization meetings and are expected to an nounce 'their-candidates within the next few days. The election wilt be held under the direction of Joseph A. Peel '39, junior class ,president. A date has not yet been' set for the elec tion, but it is expected that the vote will be held sown after' the Thanks- The freshman clique - ?officers Meet ,cd at organization mpeting: :are: * Crowell, vica-chairinan; Mal Pete• It. Palermo, secretary-treasurer. independent—David 'E. NVagensel ler, Jr., chairman; James Cohen, see mtury-treasurer; and Ralph M. Bax ter, Jr., publicity. • Locust Lane William Huston, chairman, and Jacob Hay, • sc'ercta Norvo Records To Be Featured At Free. Dance Druids and Cwens, sophomore men's and women's activities honoraries, cordially invite all you guys and gals to ankle over to Old Main Tuesday' afternoon, and do some shuinin' around to the recording's of Red No•- an's orchestra, featuring Mildred Bai ley, who will ploy at Soph flop De cember 10. The free record dance, featuring the latest. recordings of Red Norvo 'and Mildred Bailey, will be (held as a pre-Thanksgiving affair in the old Main Sandwich Shop. . , Co-chairmen Irwin R. Supow '4O and F. Richard Bloom '4O announced the Signing of final arrangements with the Norvo-Bailey combine. They also sinter] that. a poster contest is being I arranged :mil will be announced with in the next fend days. Tile 'Russ Morgan cancellation has been definitely closed, with his agent !forfeiting a stint believed.to be about, s,lop. Red Norvo, his 14-piece °vacs tin. and Mildred Bailey wore hired ; through the Music Corporation of Ainet'ica. The committee has made ;up the honored guest and chaperone lists and lens decided on a program design. Varsiteers To Give Special State-Pitt Broadcast Tonight "The Varsiteers," formerly the Varsity Quartet: of 1086, have ar ranged a special Penn State pro gram for Pitt week-end which they will broadcast tonight at 7:00 p.m. from station KDKA. Ae . eomodations have been made for visiting Penn State funs desir ous of witnessing the broadcast. The Grant Building studios will remain open to visitors until 6:46 p.m. Hechler Gives Paper Prof. F. G. llechlcr, director of the engineering experiment station, pre sented a paper on low ;temperature insulation tests yesterday before the annual convention of the National As ociation of Practical Refrigerating Engineers at Pittsburgh. „ '•:.P.I TO • ORROW Farewell To College Grid U.S. Student Tops German In Sex-Mindedness, Stern Says Fewer Restrictions Yet Less 'lndulgence In Amorousness' In Reich, Graduate Assistant Here Declares dints is the intense sex-mindedness of Stern, graduate assistant in architect GC1 . 111:111 %vitt) lies spent the past 1.1.100 teresting emnparisons to make betwem "In Germany," he says. "women mmua (much less indulgence in amorousness than islound in American colleges. "illiged groups of German students . take part in unchaperoned activities, I l such as overnight Hikes, which would not be countenanced in the United (States. Nevertheless. the standard of individual morality is much higher in Germany," he said. i Continuing, Stern said he believed I lint one false modesty educated into American youth is responsible far the students' preoccupation with sex. "There is less reticence, less superfi: vial modesty between the sexes in Ger- . many," he staled. 1 Stern emphasized that he was speaking wily of students, not of the German and American people as a whole. Ile said . that as far as sex was concerned, die actions of the A mei , ican'student are very similar to those of the business man. Whim asked about the freedom of, students under hitter's rule, Stern de clared, "The American student does anything he wants to do; the German student can do anything he wants to do, but there are muny things he does n't want to do." . I German students (have many more interests than du American students, Stern believes. "The average Amer ican student knows little and cares less about subjects outside his own sphere of preparation for earning a living. The co-eds, especially, have very narrow fields of interest; few can carry on a conversation on any thing except current gossip, clothes. movies, dancing, and school affairs," he said. . , Speaking'of athletics and the recent Penn game, Steen explained that ath letics arc mostly of an individual type Won(ilined on Mtge Iwo) Ace High Co-Ed To Be Named Quill Girl At Matrix' Banquet ' whetlher or not students should 1:e Who is the girl who rates. ace high IMonday, December li, at 6:30 o'clock.' willing to participate under these VIL , in personality on the campus? Who IThe Matrix Girl, characterized by rious conditions. These conditions in is th ^ g irl who is best kno w n and pier contributions to campus life dur- I elude outright refusal to light,. civil ling her four years of college, will be war, war with a North or South liked among co-eds? elected by Theta Signor Phi, women's. American neighbor, war over a Unit- She is the Quill Girl who is now be- journalism honorary. -The Cap Girl,' ed States possession, wur on other ing elected by popular ballot at the who answers the qualifications of ver- continents either to protect democracy Front Bar oustide, the Corner room. satility in all phases of campus life, or American commercial interests, or The vote will be carried on today, will be chosen in the same manner. ,in any war in which title United States Monday and Tuesday between .1 and a Invitations to the banquet will be' might bccome involved. o'clock. issued before Thanksgiving vacation.' An open forum will be held iIIIIIIP . . . .. . _ .. . . The Quill Girl will be named and presented her emblem before women leaders of the campus ut the Matrix Banquet at the Nittuny Lion Inn oa DAN DE MARINO Potent ingreeicnts in Hob Ilig,gius hest. product. they'll roam the col lege grid for the last time tomor- gainer through the K.3177---m,,, - 77 : line. In their stead t• • Higgins will start Til'Atilni.:hiun and - iternian'eolWe - stil-; tt , • Bill Ellwood 'and :„. Ted Nemeth. ' ..1 the former," according to Georg Ernst Si - • Although they Ural engineering here. Stern, a native ••:"; d . •••.° •,*;l are not all expect nths in the United States, has sonic in- • ed to see action, I the students of the two countries. aree• en students have much fewer restrictions ".• • s :ors on the squad: Joe Adessa, Herb Ecumtllit , s Dat•ron, 'Toni Cam- Trustee Dies Of Pion, Del Marino, Co-eapt. Sam Dona to, Co•capt. Johnny Ecenumos, Paul • Cardiac Attach E nders. Frank Sills, Carl Waugaman, . windy Wear, aud Tint Wilde. Coach Higgins held light dummy • •erimmages all week. taking no chances on contact work. The squad :inactive,' against Pitt plays as scout ed by End Coach Earl Edwards, who - eiterates whatever has been written ;bout Iliggie. Goldberg. Curley and company. that the Golden Panthers are, without a doubt the country's number one eleven. "But .they're a srrappy hunelt, aren't they?" proudly boasts Bob ig t ins, poi tiling to his peppiest, flash'. Ernest J. Poole. 61, Stricken While Attending C. Of C. illecting AI Capital Ernest J. Poole, Gl, a mendwr of the Board of Trustees, died of a heart attack shortly alter noon Tuesday while attending a cuuference at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters at liarrisburg. Poole, as resident of Reading., was elected to a three-year terin on the Board of Trustees last year. Chamber of 'Commerce l'resident One of the best-known business men in the slate, he was named president, of the Chamber of Commerce in lie also was vice-president and gcu et•ul manager of the Carpenter Steel company, Reading; president, of the I Reading Industrial Lean and Thrift company; president of the County Manufacturers Association; and former president of both the Reading Chamber of Continence and the Reading Kiwanis club. WSGA Selects Tyson For Committeewoman Caroline Tyson has been appointed by W. S. G. A. to act on the Senior • Ball committee as the representative of the senior women, according to Amy McClelland, president of W. S.. G. A. Tickets for the occasion may be obz I diately following the discussion with tained at the Student Union desk by I Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, coach of the presenting the invitation on Novem- men's debating tenni, acting us chair bet 20, 30. and December 1. I man. Z 653 PRICE FIVE CENTS 11 Seniors On Squad Aiming For Surprise DeMarino, Hanley Still Nurse Bruises But May See Action Ellwood, Ted Nemeth To Plug Tackle Slots By HERB CAHAN i Eleven seniors will be wearing 'Penn State uniforms for the last time in Pitt stadium tomorrow afternoon, when Coach Bob Big gins' most successful tenni will aim to startle the football world with a victory over the power ful Pitt Panther. But the possibility of an up set victory seemed more remote when the squad of 41 left early this morning. because of injuries suffered by the Lions' two starting tackles in the Maryland tilt. These two. Danny DeMarino and Dean Hanley, may he in shape to pluy but will not he able le see action for the whole contest. Mow to Vital Spots These injuries strike a blow to two of Biggins' most vital spats, inas much as the Panther is a consistent (Coot ;mood on page for, r) Forensic Council Plans Symposium Four Seniors Will Talk On Win Participation; Open Forum To Follow Dikussion The lorensie council will bring Tutu• campus leaders together in tire Home Economies andiloritint on Tues day ...veiling, November• 30. in a sync positu» and forum on—When Should the College Student. Ile Willing to Participate in War All four are seniors, one of them a woman student. They include Amy F. NieClidland, president a the Wont- St4llll.llt. Cuvcrumenl Association; Weston 1). Gardner, president or the Penn Slttle Christian Association; Ross ShalTer, captain of the Var. sity Wrestling train, Intercollegiate lighttheavywuitSit champion, and vice- president of the senior class; and Charles ill. Wheelea, Jr., Collegian editor. The group will discuss the different types of war in which the United Slates might become involved and
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