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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.
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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
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SEASON
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'4l. Campus
Clique .:.;Lists
Candidates
3 Groups Organize For
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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.
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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.
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'•:.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
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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. '
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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
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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
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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