• ......._. .., ........... .. .. 4 ~,,..t.nit f ., -- SUCCESSOR. ---.):/ , <7, L\— it -,',,) . . ROTC To The Free Lance, eatab• .. s r t in, . -„-_( 4,,,,.:,....,-;,.,1?„,,,, .lio i 01 rgtau _ Dollars and Sense. See Page E. fished 1887. f' "'el."'" • ..C .-- 1: 7-. -- V */855' ' _ .. Volume 34=No. 26 Independents Petition College Authorities For Campus Book Exchange Non-Profit Plan To. Aid Students In Sale Of Used/Texts Five-Man Committee Studied "Cooperatives" A petition for the establish: ment of a second-hand book ex change on the campus was re cently presented to the College' Council of • Administration by a committee' of five representing the Independent clkjue, and ac tion- by the council is expected to be taken at a'meeting Mon= day, it was learned. Tile petition requests "space on the College campus in which to operate a second-hand book exchange . . . un a non-profit basis and for the sole purpose of enabling students to get second-hand books at a reduced rate." This plan was one,of the planks of the Independent party platform last Spring, and is presented, as the pe tition states, "because the student body in general feels that a means of saving on student text books should be provided." The book exchange will operate, -as proposed ,by .the committee, for two weeks between semesters—one week at the end of the winter term, and one week at the beginning of the spring semester. It will operate pure-! ly as an exchange and not for the sale of new books. It is the plan of the Committee "to have;; thestuden ,set • , ..own*lcle, cii Die' wishes 411; s aid price not: to exceed two-thirds the original value . of the hook, and leave it at the exchange which will -make every effort to find a buyer. "If the book is sold, the seller and the buyer each will pay a .five-cent service charge. Th's five-cent service charge will go to cover the operating expenses of . the exchange. If the book •is . not sold,, there will be no charge made."_ • The committee has done quite a bit of research on• the project, guilt.' ering information from other schools that have so-celled "enlenerat've" stores. The best points of these find lugs were embodied 'in the plan as far as they could be applied to the problem here. Joseph. A. Peel junior class presi- dent, had 'appointed the five-man com mittee that presented the , petition to Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock : and who in turn referred the mimes'? to the- Council, of Administration to act upon. 'Samuel J. Rosen 'lilt as chairman of the committee was in charge or.re search and the drawing up of .the Petition. The othet: members of the group were: Edward A Hebda, Har vey H. Heilman, Berne L. Pearl, Hen ry It. Smith, Jr., all juniors. • • Ritenour. Discredits Scailet Fever Rumor A rumor that thorn's a scarlet: fever epidemic an the CaIIIIPUH Was spiked by Dr. Joseph I'. itirenottr, College - physician, yesterday. He stated that there are u few cases In Slate College among school children, and he warn: ed students to lake every precaution.. His warning wits directly particu larly at students living In boarding 'houses where there are children who might be carriers.. He said that dents "shouldn't get too close to the children." Dr. Ritenour 'ttitle 111111.1 C il. kIIUWII that Paul C •.(iyger, u two•Yeur Ag student, was admitted to the College infirmary Tuesday suffering front pneumonia, NoMing could be learned of his condition as Yet. Blood Donors Tested By Bacteriology Lab Blood tests are being taken daily in Bacteriology laboratory in Patterson hall for the purpoSe of determining blood groups of individuals. Blood which can be used for tranfusions, sells from $35 to $75 a pint. Individuals taking the test are ask ed to fill out a blank stating whether or not - they will put themselves on call .for blood transfusions, if needed. All transportation expenses are paid to donors who are asked tb take part in a transfusion. Permit , Needed Or No , "Penn State" All gimps. alumni or undergrad uates, desiring to use the name "Penn State" in advertising .dances must secure permission from Stu dent Board and the Alumni' office, Edward K. Hibshm¢n. alumni see -etary announced today., Kennon, Moeller Attend Meeting Conference Discusses . Student Organization Problems; Lauds State's Plan • John D. Kennon, and John S. Muel ler, both seniors, represented Penn State at the first meeting of the Northeast Intercollegiate St od en t. Government Conference held at Cor nell last week-end. Ted Hughes, Cor, nell's football captain and president of its student council, was chairman of the meeting. The meeting was held to exchange ideas on the various student govern ment setups of the eleven colleges and universities attending: Each dele gate explained the student govern ment plan in his own school. Problems. faced by the various boards were .discussed, and these in cluded: cheating on examinations, control of , student demOnstrations, ekectiens, and: meetings. Activities of thjenuneils-,Whicti4Weri-ings - t-inentittr' ant .`at 'the 'vat:ions , institutions were explained and ,commented upon. State's SyStem Praised "Members of the conference were very much interested in our ncw rep resentation system," Kennon said: "It Was the opinion of the delegates that we had the most representative plan of all that were discussed," .he said. Colleges and universities attend ing the conference were Cornell, Darmouth, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Syr= sense, and Colgate. Neit year's con ference is scheduled to take place at Dartmouth. . Frosh May Appear Dumb, But They Get Armind lIMM =E! Although some may doubt this fact; there arc numerous figures in the reg istrar's office, but. now it has been definitely 'proved -that they cued learn the facts of We about State Col: lege—given plenty of Lime of course. In the month of October, 20 per cent of the freshmen were initiated into the secret of where the Rath skeller is located. This amazing fact was shown up by a series of surveys by Prof. William M. Lepley's Psy chology 7 duns. In the surveys, the class asked over 150 freshmen, men end women, four questions designed to show their knowledge of what gees on around town. The questions were asked at the lieginning of October and at the end of the month to fresh men picked up at random on the streets end in their various fresh manly pursuits. Questions asked were: Where is the • Rathskeller? Where is Metzger's? Where 'is the swimming pool? Where is the Kappa Alpha Theta hoes?? • `The survey showed that at the be ginning of the month 56 per cent of the 'men knew where' the Ruthskellur was; at the end of the-month 76 per cent knew. As for the ladies, 33 per cent knew of the location of this Col lege gathering place, while at the end of the month 37 per cent knew. Thir ty-four per cent more men knew of the location of the swimming pool at the end of the month than did ut the beginning. ' Evidently the fume of Kappa Al pha Thetti doesn't get around us fast's among the freshmen as it does among the upper classes, for among the men questioned in the first survey only eight per cent knew where this aggro gation.was located while at the final ' survey only sixteen knew. Women's knowledge of this fact jumped from' 33 to 37 1 / 2 per cent. • ' STATE COLLEGE, PA., FlgpAY, - DECEMBER 10, 1937 In Charge Of Tonigles Hop F: XUCHARD I BLOONI '4O Soph Hop. the year's first f with Red Norma and Mildred Bail,. will be decorated•in th '97 Rule Dusted Off To;Fine Students Playing In . Street Three students were arrested late Tuesday afternoon on a warrant serv ed by. Chief Martin L. Kauffman of the borough police charged with vlio luting an ordinance passed in 1897, which prohibits playing football in the 'street. They were fined a total of $14.75. Given the dhanee to either 'law the fine or go to jail for four days, and one of the boys for six, they at first chose• the latter. But, according to them, finding that the cell contained Graves Stresses High Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa Speaker — Holds Leadership To Be Aim Of Honorary Group Dr. Frank PI Graves, in Ins address on "Leadership" at the open meeting in Sehweb auditorium which ended the installation ceremonies of the Col lege's Phi Beta Kappa chapter Tues day, emphasized that sehelarship should be the chief function of all higher institutions to produce leaders in thought and action. "Such a sen timent. may well meet, the approval of all Crllberti of a society which as pires to 'friendship, learning, 'and 'morality' and holds that 'the love of wisdom is the helmsman of life,'" the president of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa said. Stating the importance of leaders to civilized society, Dc. Graves said that Phi Beta Kappa could find no ! more worthy objective than creating( and selecting leaders. "who will with! courage and intelligence lead the • forces undertaking to ameliorate the confused social, political, and econo mic conditions that exist today." With our social Problems and needs' as great as they are today, 1)1.. Graves said, we should strive to have those who are to be our' leaders se lected wisely, and then see that they are definitely trained fur the` serviced of society. There is still a wide range( of superstitions and abuses to - bel overcome, and it should be the func tion of all who are the chosen of Phi Beta Kappa, to struggle 'toward the upbuilding of the ideal society and state and the abolition of ignorance,. poverty, disease, and crime," he' added. Yresidelit Ralph D. Retzel, .Amy McClelland %18, president of W. S. G. A., John D. Kennon TS, president of the student council, and Julian Par ton, president of the honor society council, gave short addresses welcom. ing the Lambda Pennsylvania chap ter of Phi Beta Kappa into the cam pus. Miss Barbara Troxell, depart. went of music, rendered a vocal selec tion accompanied by Mrs. Irene O. Grant, music instructress, on the or gan.• Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, president of tile- newly chartered chapter. was chairman of the open ; meeting. The induction ended a 10-year fight by the combined efforts of the College admin istration .to gain for the campus rec ognition • by the oldest Greek letter society. in the United Stuets. Soon dances will again, be held in the afternoons in Old Main Sandwich Shop this according to Samuel IC: Hostetter, assistant to the presi dent. • ormal, will be held tonight in Rec.- Hall ey supplying the "swing; time." The hall e manner of a Congo\village: but two cots and wa x unsanitary, they , decided to pay the fine. Friends were found who raised the money ne - dessaiy for" the fine. Before paying it, howeverf. these students called on Burgess Wilbur F. Lcitzell at his bowie in an effort to hove the fine. reduced. They :said that be re fused to talk to them about the case. When odestionedl about the case, Burgess, Lcitzell said, "I don't like to talk borough business in my home." "Their fine wasn't reduced because of their actions arid. attitudes," he con tinued. "'They were warned a !half dozen. times. before t.lteir„arrest;', !'we until after they have been warned," fho'Burgess said. "We have had several complaints about their playing on Nittany avenue and on the high school playing field. We even had to get the police out of bed Sunday morning to stop the dis turbance," Mr. Lcitzell continued. "Their nest move, if they feel that they've been mistreated, is to appeal to the police committee or the bor ough council,"'he concluded. Sigma' Delta Chi To Hold Smoker Newspapermen To Address Men Interested in Journalism Al Annual Affair Sigma Delta Chi, national profes sional journalism honorary, will hold its annual Christmas smoker for wen interested in journalism at the Phi Delta Theta house next Tuesday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock. More than a half-dozen newspaper nice have been invited to the smoker. Chester Smith, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, will' tell his experi ences in spurts writing. Other speakers of the evening will be Major Albert 11. Staekpole, pub lisher of the Harrisburg Telegraph, and Marion S. Schoch, publisher of the Selinsgrove Times. Prof. Frank lin C. Banner, head of the depart ment of journalism, will introduce the guests. Merlin W. Troy '3B, chapter presi dent of Sigma Delta Chi, will give a short talk on the objectives of the fraternity. There will be entertain ment and refreshments will be served. Permanent Guest List Approved For Dances Student Board approved a permitm ont guest of honor list.for major all college dances at a meeting Monday afternoon. The purpose of the move. John U. Kennon. chairman of the Hoard ex plained. Is to take front the honer list the element of politics anti the chance of socially slighting a premluent•col lege official. Those placed un the list that will go into effect rot Settler ball on Feb ruary 25 arc the Governor, the presi dent of the Board of Trustees, presi dent of the College, - the president's three - assistants, the alumni secretary. the deans of awn anti women, • the deans of all schools, and• the directors of the.departments ef military science and tactics and the College Health service. 31 Students Get $3,750 In Scholarships White Prize For Most Deserving Senior Given Rouault Hull, Lucas Receive Other Class Awards Scholarships valued at approx imately p,750 have been award ed to 31 students here, it was announced yesterday. • Based on the student's aca demic standing at the close of his last completed year, the John W. White senior scholar ship of $2OO in cash was pre sented to George F. Rouault '3B, School' of Chemistry and Phy sics. • " • The junior and sophomore White scholarships, carrying cash prizes of $l5O and $lOO, re spectively, , were awarded to Vernon Z. Hull '39, School of Liberal Arts, and George B. Lucas School of Agriculture. 12 Carnegie Awards Given Maintained by a $25,000 fund es tablished by Andrew Carnegie, l 2 Louise Carnegie scholarships of $lOO each, four of which are awarded an nually to each of the upper classes on the basis of scholarship, deed, and, 'College activity, were distributed to the following: Seniors: Ray W. Coleman, Leota M. Gridley, John E. Prettyman, and George W. &rein. Juniors: David J.I Bohm, Bruno L. Bonucci, George J. Morris,. and Walter .Westertield. I.SOPltamOr'es:- - -,11.1 h:e4141 -, ' Sehtititadr i; 'James W. Sheffer; Janiei A. Spicer, and Andy D. Worcholah. Other awards made: McAllister scholarships, $l2O to be assigned to one freshman from each of Oa-five counties of the state show ing the highest ratio of students here in proportion to the population of the county: Pauline J. Toussaint, Josep hine Taggert, Clayton Musser, Rich ard Barton, and Janet Gillespie. Charles F. Barclay scholarships, four awards of $B5 each to be applied to payment of fees or dormitory rent, given annually to those students or Chmeron county gaining the higiliest averages in a competitive MIIIIIIIEI - provided character and need also are taken into consideration: Veronica blunt '3O, Robert Kaye '3B, Marjorie' Miller 'lO and Carl 0. Nordbe•g '39. Arthur C. Bigelow. memorial sclnal arship, annual award of $2OO given by the More Sheep More Wool Associ- (Continued OR Mtge Ewe) Watts Hall Gamblers Reprimanded By Board Four students caught gambling itt Watts Pall last week were reprimand. ed by Student Board Monday, and warned that a second offense would be dealt with severely. The studeutts told two outsiders were apprehended 'by campus putrid men who raided tile dormitory upon the recommendation of dormitory leaders. Patrolmen can not enter a dormitory room unless summoned by dormitory officers. NYA Likely To Go On Beyond June 30, 1938, Says Director By HERBERT B. CAHAN Assurance. of the likelihood of the continuance of NYA aid here beyond June 30, 1038 was received in a let ter from Mr.,L. I). fresh, direetor of student aid under the National Youth Administration office in Harrisburg, Gresh wrote: "1 might. state that our budge't planning extends to June 30. 1038, There does seem to be a very definite assurance of continu ance beyond that time, however." He also mentioned that "sometime, 'n the near future perhaps, we shall be able to give you a real news story for the Penn State Collegian." Just what k'nd of a "news story" this weuld'be was not revealed in the let ter. Although nothing was said with reference to the establishment of a permanent set-up, the fact jthat in may continue for another year only ,f minor importance inasmuch as the booth probably will again be cut. Crash stated that "last year each col lege was given a work quota of 12 per Freshmen Will Elect Officers In Old Main Lounge Monday Night Senate Gives Late Dating Permits Senate has announced the follow ing hours for Soph I week-end: 3 o'clock permission Friday [or all women who al tend the dance; 2 0" clock permission for all women for Saturday night. Thursday night. December H. all women students have been granted 1 o'clock permissions. On Sunday, 'January 2, following the Christmas mica Con all women are granted 11 o'clock permission. Freshman women arc to be given 1 °Mocks for all their dormitory dances. These will be given in ad dition to the regular one 1 o'clock week-end permission. Debaters Enter Tri-State Meet Strive To Hold 4-Year Unbeaten Record At Westminster; N. L. R. B. To Be Topic . Attempting — to maintain a four-year unbeaten record in Westminster de bates, -the men's debating team will .journey to New Wilmington tumor ivow to participate in the pre-season tournament in which approximately 20 colleges and universities from three states will be represented. Members of the team are J. Edwin Matz '3B, Fred L. Young '3B, Edwin K. Taylor '3B, and Raymond P. Fish borne '39. They will be accompanied by Prof. Joseph P. O'Brien of the Topic T f the debate'"Be solved that the National . Labor Rela tions Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all industrial disputes." DUrill,7, the four years in which the abates have been held, Penn State teams have succeeded in winning 11l out of 24 and tying five. Representatives are expected from Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and . West Virginia. W. McKee '92, Alumni Vice President, Dies Willis McKee '91% vice. president of the Alumni Association, died of pneu monia last Saturday evening,. it was learned from Edward 'K. ilitishman. executive secretary of the Association. Mr. McKee graduated front the Col lege as a civil engineer and in 1502 received an advanced degree of me chanical engineering. Up to the time of his death he had been employed by a number of large iron and sine! companies, and had, in 1915, organiz ed with his brother the Arthur C. Mc- Kee company. McKee was born on the campus on June 24, 1877, son of James Y. Mc- Kee, who was vice president of the College and a member of the faculty for 26 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sara Pascoe McKee; his sister, Mrs. H. E. Stitt. '99; and his brother, Ar thur '9l. cent of its October enrollment "This year the peeentage was dropped to eight. Seine of our col :egiate institutions felt the cut very keenly," he continued. Those who were defused NYA aid this semester can well understand the latter state ment. As Was stated in a Collegian edi torial Tuesday, little, if any action. Jan be expected from this session of the National CongrEss with reference to a bill, known ad the National Youth Act, setting up a permanent student aid. This bill, lost somewhere in the pile of work I:ned up for our legisla tors, can be brought to their atten tion only by the insistence of their constituents. A well-written letter by each student interested, of which There are hundreds here dependen s on NYA for the continuance of their, education, seht to their home senators and congressmen would surely stir up some. action on the part of our ap parently disinterested lawmakers. Z 653 PRICE FIVE CENTS Crowell, Vargo Will Be '4l Presidential Candidates Matriculation Cards Necessary For Voting A change in the polling place land the requirements for voting ih freshman class elections on illiinday night were announced at a mass meeting in Schwab auditorium Wednesday night by Joseph A. Peel, junior class president and chairman of the election. Voting will take place in the first floor lounge of Old Main, instead of the Chemistry Amph itheatre as originally announced. The polls will be open between 7 and 9 o'clock Monday night under the supervision of the elections com mittee. In order to vole each freshman must present his A. A. book anal mu ' triculation card before being allowed to east his ballot. At the mass meet ing Peel also warned the freshmen against the old practice of sending a "substitute" to the polls with some (Me else's book and matriculation card. He cautioned that the commit tee would be particularly on the look out for such offenses. Candidates Introduced. • Peel presented the representatives of cliques; 'who in turn introduced was previously announced, there will be only twd parties competing inas much as the Locust Lane consoli dated with the Independents, to be known as the independent - clique; the other party being the Campus clique. The representatives of the two freshman cliques presented were Da vid. E. Wagenseller, Jr., Independent; and Harry E. Wagner, Campus.. They introduced the following candidates: Campus—Robert H. CroWell, pres ident; 1,. Craig White, secretary; Charles M. Peters, treasurer; and Dan:el B. DeLaney, historian. Independent—Thomas E. Vargo, president; William Huston, secretary; Louis A. Sipes, treasurer; and Mil ton L. Keiser, historian. The defeated candidate •for presi dent will automatically liectuzic the class vice-president, and the class.his toriati limed will hold office for four years. Frosh Coeds Learn To Win Dates And Influence Men A series: of talks on perstniali ty and apnea ranee to be given in all freshina a dormitories, has been plan ned by Betty Bell, dean of freshman women. There will be three separate talks, each followed by discussion. Sugges tions for individual problems will be given on request. Miss Doris Unsworlh, of the Dome Economics department. will speak on "Makeup" and on "Clothes and Yuur Individuality." Mr. Charles Scheirer, Penn State graduate and tow owner of a State College beauty parlor, has volun teered to speak on "Hair Styling." There are a uurober of pamphlets l and articles on those and related top ics available to all woolen students in Miss' Bell's apartment in Women's building. Neat semester, Miss Unsw9rth in tends to devote certain specified hours to a beauty clinic where any girl call feel free to come in for personal beau= Ly aid. Ray Conger Attends Recreation Meeting Ray Conger, dlreotor of recreation al activities, Is iittetullug a three.dny conference at tie UnlversßY of Min nesota. culled to formulate a program for the training of recryational work ers. The sessions. sponsored by the Uni versity of Minnesota and the imere ntional division of the W. P. A., will end tomorrow. Penn State was one of 25 schools asked to send represent atives.
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