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Volume 34—No. 23
PITT OVERPOWERS FIGHTING NITTANY GRIDDERS
Student,=War
Tie-Up Heads
Peace Forum
Four Campus Leaders
Will Offer Views;
. Floor Open
Discussion Scheduled
For H. E: Additorium
The question • of the student's
willingness to participate in
war will be discussed fully by
four student campus leaders in
a forum sponsored by the Foren
sic council next Tuesday even
ing at 8:15 o'clock in the Home
•
Economics Auditorium.
The question of the student's will
ingness to participate in war will be
discussed fully by four student cam
pus leaders in a' forum sponsored by
the Forensic council next Tuesday
evening at 8:15 o'clock In the Home
Economics auditorium.
Weston D. Gardner, president of
the Penn State Christian Association,
will speak first on the resolution of.
racial and national antipathies as a
long-range plan for peace in the
world. Amy F. McClelland, president
of W. S. G. A., will support isolation
for the United States, 'claiming: that
the college Student should 'tight only
in North . and South America.
'" 56aQcr~Speak~i~fur~~lthlolca<~',
The' 1937 Eastern Intercollegiate
175-pound wrestling champion; Ross
P. Shaffer, also vice-preSident of the
senior class, will claim that nationt
should seek to maintain supremacy of
international law, and signatories to
a treaty. should enforce arbitration,
economic boycott, and concerted arm
ed action. Under this plan the' col
lege student should go to war, if nec
essary.•
As a policy which will prevent war,
Charles M. Wheeler, Jr., editor of
the Collegian, suggests the peaceful
economic readjustment of the nations
of the world, restoring the balance
between the "have" nations and the
"have-not" nations, .He recommends
that if forced to fight, students should
fight only in the United States.
Open Forum Will Follow
An open foruni will follow the dis
cussion of the four student leaders,
Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien,. of the divi
sion of speech, will be chairman. This .
is the first time the Forensic council
has sponsored a symposium of this
kind and is part of their extensive
program of the- year, the aim of
which is to give the student body
good lectures and forums on topics of
current: interest. .
IFC May Publigh
School Magazine
Local Fraternity News, Seen As
Body Of New Publientiori;
To Act On' Rushing"
A..plan; formulated, by the liiterfr
oa
ternity Council, for the publication of
an interfraternity magazine of Penn
State fraternities, IS awaiting further
discussion and approval before being
put into operation.'
The magazine would be •publiihed
with the idea in view of publicizing
fraternity activities, and thus, giving
prospective freshmen the chance to
know at !cast a little about the set-up
before arriving 'here. Although no
schedule of publiCation has been seri
ously considered, the magazine' will
probably be, sent to incoming fresh
men in advance 'of Freshman Week,
much the same as are the Freshman
Handbooks.
Also to come under action at the
next meeting-of the I. F. C. will be
the revision of the rushing code'into
something more effective than the
present much-violated list of regula.
Cons. A committee of junior and
senior council members will be op.
pointed to look into the situation and
,submit revisions.
SOME ,FINE HEADWORK BY' ENDERS, WE SURMISE, AND MAD MARSHALL GOLDBERG IS STOPPED-BUT NOT FOR LONG-PETRO (10) RECOV
ERED FOR THE 'PANTHERS. NOTICE 'ALTER (17) ICKES (15)
,AND PEEL (13). PITT'S 24 IS PATRICK WHILE GOLDBERG IS 42.
Students To Buy Artists Tickets November 30
Dr . : Betts Beads,
Reading Project
Aims To Correct Visual Faults;
Other Education Clinics
Will Coordinate
To eliminate the serious handicaps
in later life rooted in a child's early
reading faults is the aim,of the read
ing clinic recently established at the
College under the direction of Dr.
Emmett A. Betts, research piofeS&or
in education. The clinic is designed
to discover and correct the fault's in
children's reading.
Dr. Betts stated that between 8 and
25 per cent of the country's total
school population has never learned to
read properly, and so have been re
tarded in promotion, called "dullards"
and enter adult life under extremely
serious disadvantages.
He further' added'that about 80 . per
cent of, these children 'who can't pass
front one grade to'the next because of
their luck of rfading ability are of
average or distinctly superior intelli
gence.
"Half of the adult population do
not enjoy reading probably because
of their experiences in primary—and
secondary schools. Yet, 80 to 90' per
cent of study 'activities in high
school involtie reading. These and
other similar data should provide am
ide evidence that all teachers should
share the responsibility of improving
the reading and study habits of the
Children," Dr. Betts said..
Four School Deans Agree To
Student
,Council Cut System
Eight deans expressed their views
on the ouestion of class cuts in a sur
i vey conducted b y' t h e Collegian
throughout the week following , a pro
posal' by the Student Council to the
Sadulty suggesting 'a 'more uniform
and lenient systerii 'of cuts on the
campus: Deans'and their statements
on the matter are:
Assistant Dean Oscar_ P. , Smith,
School of 'Chemistry and Physics:
"During the first two years of a stu
.dent's college life, cutting regulations
are desirable. However; I feel that
the attitude a student has in his,last
two years will represent the attitude
he, will have after. gradating from
college. If he is vitally interested in
his work, he will not miss any oppor
tunities. I do not believe that cuts
should be a ddtermining factor in a
final grade. Performance is what
counts."
1 Dean Charles I. Stoddart, School
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1937
Matrix-Invitations of Way
Tickets Available At St lOffice
.
Today is the day . Ic:henthe - leading women - on campus will receive their
invitationalo the Matrix banquet. .Those women, both in the student body
and on thelaculty, that will receive invitations are those who have been must
active in campus work and in the journalism field.
Invitations should be presented at the Student-Union desk Where tickets
will be issued. A list of those invited•
will be kent at the desk as a check-upi Kennon Will Ask For
on those entitledto tickets.
:Yesterday co-eds had their last] Mid Semester Holiday
chance' to vote for the Quill girl, the
most „popular woman among them.
The ballots will be counted by two
women who are not members of Theta
Sigma:Phi, women's journalism hon
ory, which is sponsoring the banquet..
The: banquet will be held Monday,
December 6; at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Women have been chosen to attend
not merely for nominal offices, but
because they have made definite con
tributions to the College.
An eminent woman in the news
papeK world will speak at the ban
quet. There will be' a musical pro
gram with representatives from cam
pus musical societies as well as indi
vidual performers to entertain the
guests:
' The' names of the winners of the
three awards will remain unknown
unknoWn until the night of the ban
quet... The Quill girl has been elected
by popular vote. The Matrix girl,
the one'contribating most to the Col
lege, and the Cap girl, the most ver
satile woman on campus, will be Zhu-
SCII by Theta Sigma Phi.
of Liberal Arts: "Some-uniformity in
the regulation of cuts for upperclass
men is desirable but I believe that
during a student's first two years,
more attention should be given
_to•at
tendance: In the upper division I be
lieve in as many cuts as there are
credits in the course, but those having
a '2" average can use their own judg
ments. However, I never did believe
„flunking - students for absences
alone." , .
Dean Edward Steidle, - School of
Mineral Industries: "A uniform sys
tem of cuts for' every school' On the
campus is impossible because of the
varied nature- - of :the work in' the
schools.. Students in the School , of
Mineral Industries ore' marked on
their work only but cuts invariably
affect their grades. ' Good students
. have nti` cuts while the' poor ones al-
(Continued on page two)
A petition for a mid-semester holi
day for the first semester of next year
will be pyesented.to the Senate com
mittee for approval this week, it was
announced yesterday by John D. lien
non chairman cf the Student
Board.
Kennon stated that • the holiday
would come on a week-end of as away
football game in an effort to reduce
the number of accidents and cuts cn
big football week-ends. The holiday,
according to the plan, would begin
Friday at noon and end on Monday
morning:
• The petition asks that the holiday
be scheduled for the week-end mid
way bet Ween the beginning of school
and Thanksgiving vacation. Prof, E.
D. Walker of the School of Engineer
ing heads the 'committee.which makes
up the College calendar.
Dean Watts' Son,
Gil, 18, Shoots
200 Lb. Bear
The hunters have returned from
the woods. The result? Perhaps you
saw the 200-pound bear hanging out
side the residence of Dean lialph L.
Watts of the School of Agriculture.
But it wasn't the dean who "com
mitted the terrible deed," as he de . -
scribed it. The proud nintrod is his
son, Gilbert S. Watts 'lB. The deati
was in the hunting party but failed
to snake a -kill.
The hear was shot in Potter county,
the hunters' paradise in north central
Pennsylvania, last Monday. Very few
beau• were killed during the three-day
season tact week, so the \Vntts family
is justly proud of its success.
Buses Leave At 12:45
The special Thanktiving Grey-
Wound buses will leave from in front
of Carnegie Library at 12:95 o'clock
tomorrow instead of 2:45 o'clock as
was stated in Friday's Collegian. Re
servations will be accepted at the bus
depot, at the Hotel State College up
until 8 o'clock tonight..
Place-Top_,PriCe-
For Series At $5
No Written Applications Used;
All Sales At A.A. WindOw;
Slight Price RiSe
Series tickets for the 1.037-38 Ar
tists Course will go on sale for stu
dents at 0 o'clock Tuesday morning,
November 30, at the A. A. ticket win
dow on the first floor of Old Main, ac
cording to an announcement by Dr.
Carl E. Marquardt, chairman of the
committee.
It was originally planned to have
the faculty sale at this time and to
have the student sale the day pre
vious. Upon the granting of a Thanks
giving vacation the committee be
lieved that students would need Mon
day to readjust themselves and would
rather purchase their tickets on the
following day. The day of sale will
have no' effect on the seating, for al
ternate rows arc reserved for students
and faculty-townspeople,
New Sales Arrangement
To eliminate the inchnvenience of
the written application for seats used
last year, this year the whole trans
action will take place at the window.
No individual in line may apply for
more than six tickets.. However, sub
scribers may send a proxy. Absolute
'y no preferential treatment will be
, ccorded any individual, and all sales
viii be final.
Prices this yen' will be $5, $l, and
(Continued on patio two)
Stylizing Of Glass Garments
Threatens Traditional Garb
Glass dresses will be the talk of tire
campus several years hence and
Esquire should think nothing of styl
izing glass gloves, scarfs, and other
Wearing apparel for men.
It's fiberglass, science's recent von
tribution to the textile• industry.
Such is the opinion of • Dr. Nelson
W. Taylor, bend of thy 'department
of ceramics, who recently returned
from the dedication ceremony of a
new Owens-Illinois glass „ company
laboratory / where this astonishing
new material is .now being manufac r
to red.
At present, the new material, the
ceramics' head pointed out, is being
designed and made in fabric form for
fireproofing and various chemical re
sistance applications. It has many
applications where heat resistance is
Collegian Suspends
Next 2 Issues
• Because of the Thanksgiving
,holiday Which beghts:,4 nootto-
Arrow', the Collegian will suspend
issue until- Friday, December •3.
Classes will start Monday, Novem
ber 29, at 8 o'clock.
The usual hoe-dollar fine for
classes cut twenty-four hours be
fore and after recess will be en
forced, Dean of Men Arthur It.
Warnock announced last' week.
Anyone.
o wishing to place announce
ments r items in the next issue of
the Collegian should turn them in
before Wednesday night, Decem
ber 1.
Literature Since 1912
On Exhibit In Library
"American Literature Since 1912"
is the current exhibit at - the College
library. Arranged by Prof. William
L. Warner of the department of Eng
lish literature, the book:;, magazines,
and letters on exhibit are from his
own collection, with a few exceptions.
The display illtistrates various
phases of contemporary American lit
erature with a suggestion of its Eu
ropean background. Some of the spe
cial topics in the exhibit are: the
World War and literature; the Lost
Generation: novelists, dramatists, and
columnists of the 1920'5; and litera
ture of the depression.
A rare first novel by John Dos'Pas-
Fes ; a first edition of Sherwood An
derson's first mice% "Windy McPlier
son's Son;" and first editions of Sin
clair Lewis'"Ann Vickers" from nine
different countries, are notable items.
employed, he added, because it is ex
tremely. strong and will not burn.
"Fiberglass should displace other
organic. filters in the future," Dr.
Taylor announced. It can be knitted
for gloves, scarfs, and other clothing
articles. Tablecloths, curtains, mats,
and blankets and additional examp•
les:"
Peal State's particular interest in
fiberglass, the head of the ceramics
department - explained, is the face that
the products. in its manufacture were
derived from research in the labora
tories of the Mineral Industries
School.
A featured exhibit in the Mineral
Industries library shows many of the
modern uses for fiberglass, such as
glass felt for house insulation, fire
proof ceiling, filters in air condition
ing, and clothing articles.
Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS
Wear Passes
To. Alter For
Lion's Score
Light Lion Team Gives
Worthy Exhibition
In 1937 Finale
Bob Higgins Will Name
Game Captains In '3B
By HERB CAHA:si
They're still a great Huth
foam!
And Pitt proved that a superb
big team can easily beat a great
little team, when they pounced
on Penn State Saturday, 28-7. It
was an exhibition of football
that Lion fans, who braved snow
, ind cold, will not soon forget
even though State was on the
short end of the scoring.
"Pitt has the greatest football
team I've ever seen—and I've
seen plenty," was the comment
made by Coach Bob Higgins who, in
spite of this expected defeat. can still
boast of his most successful team in
his eight years as Nittany mentor.
Pitt Too Powerful
Although the Lions played some of
the finest football they have shown
.his season, they were still not able to
tope with the terrific lamer of a grid
muchine dotted with potential all-
Americans in every position. State
Sutherland used: his • highly touted
second team, 'an eleven supposed to
:le equally as'kcod as the first team.
The only Nittuny score came in the
third , period after Harry -Harrison
nad punted i 7 yardS to Pitt's 21-yard
sine, where the bull bounced against
Dalle Teem Panther tackle, and the
ever-alert, Alex Barantovich hopped
on the pigskin. On a reverse from
Windy Wear, Harrison was smeared
for a seven yard loss. Wear picked
up three of the lost seven on the next
,slay when he circled left end.
13=11
Then Windy gave Penn State en
hosiasts another great thrill to add
to his many gridiron feats. He faded
back and let go an expected forward
pass. It was perfectly placed in the
end zone and Spike Alter, playing in
nis hoine town, outraced two Panther
defenders to snare the ',ass and rack
up six points for State.
Up off the bench hopped No. 37 and
the extra point specialist, Ben Pol
lock, raced on the field. Ile dill the
expected, making his season's total
eleven out of twelve tries. Both Al
ter and Pollock are sophomores, du
plicating Harrison's! and Metro's scor
ing as sophomores last year.
Pill: Scores Early
The outcome of the game was ob
vious from the very first play when
Pitt's Frank Patrick yipped off right
(Cootinncd on page four)
G. E. $5OO Fellowships
Available To Seniors
Students in the field of electricity,
physics, or physical chemistry inter
ested in felliiwships from the Charles
A. Coffin Foundation :oust tile their
applications in the office of the dean
of their school before February 15,
The Charles A. Coffin Foundation.
established by the General Electric
company,, makes provisions fur the
award of $5,000 , annually for felkiw
ships to graduates of universities,
colleges, and technical schools of the
United States who have shown by the
character of their work that they
could undertake or continue research
work in educational institutions ei
ther in this country or abroad.
The committee desires to make the
awards to 4nen who, without financial
assistance, would be unable to devote
themselves la research work. The fel
lowships will carry a minimum al
lowance of $5OO. This allowance may
be increased to meet the special needs
of the applicants to whom the com
mittee decides to award the fellow
ships.