Pz ge P-ro PENN STATE COLLEGTAN Successor to Th-p Free Lance, established 1387 PnhlNhM »Mni-wc**l<ly during the College year, exerpt on hnlldayi, by HuJenU of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the College, the elndenU, faeulty, alumni, and frlendi. -THE MANAGE CHARLES M. WHEELER. JR. 'US JAY H. DANIELS *B9 Editor Business Manager JEROME WEINSTEIN 'fift CARL W. DIEHL 'BB Managing Edilor Advertising Manager ERANCIS H. SZYMCZAK '99 ROBERT S. MrKELVEY *BB News Editor Clrrulatlon Manager WOODROW W. BIERLY *BB JOHN 0. SARELLA *9B Feature Editor Promotion Manager SHIRLEY R. HELMS 'BB ROBERT E. ELLIOTT JR. *BB Women's Editor Foreign Advertising Manager GEORGIA 11. POWERS ’BB KATHRYN M. JENNINGS *S3 Af«oe|atc Women's Editor Senior Secretary CAROLINE TYSON *B9 Associate Women's Edilor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Tlinmae A. Rnnl *:sO Herbert 11. Cahnn "89 Bruce M. Tralme *B9 Alan 0. Mclntyre *39 Roy B. Nichols Jr. *B3 Snlvntnre S. Rata *39 John A. Troanovltch *39 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Lucille B. Greenberg *39 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Ralph 11. Onndlarh ‘39 Richard W. Kooman *39 Dallas K. lx>ng *39 Jerome Shaffer '39 . Francis A. C. Vosters Jr. *39 Mary .1. Sample *39 .Managing Editor This Issue. News Editor This Issue Friday, March 11, 1938 OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN ANOTHER “CLOSED CORPORATION” has grown tip among Penn State honor societies. Sigma Xi, na tional honorary fraternity for scientific research, in a justifiable effort to raise the local standards of the soci ety, has with glaring oversight of several" important factors, consistently refused admittance of Penn State seniors .to its membership. Through its'excellence in many others of the G 5 col leges and universities that have chapters of Sigma Xi, that fraternity has come to be recognized as the top in scientific fraternities, holding a position comparable to that of Phi Beta Kappa in liberal curricula. Member ship in Sigma Xi has come to he an honor, proudly car ried by graduates and undergraduates of G 5 institu tions having scientific curricula, an asset when apply ing for a job. Penn State's scientific curricula undoubtedly have one of the best reputations of any associated with Sig ma Xi, but students here graduating with honors are ' barred'from the same nationally recognized, honorary that accepts seniors in other institutions with inferior standing, denied membership in an organization that could accept them but won’t. Much of the incessant interna! wrangling here within the ranks of the faculty monitors of Phi Beta Kappa \vouid undoubtedly he elim inated if Sigma Xi would take care of students who should rightfully belong to the organization, relieving the clamoring for admission to Phi Beta Kappa. Instead of raising the standards of the local chapter of the society this exclusion has back-fired. The mem bership hero, according to the official scholarship day program issued May 9, 19117, includes 27 graduate stu dents. Of these, two-thirds come from institutions oth er than Penn State. They will not claim themselves to lie Penn Staters. Thus in any matter in which Sigma Xi is involved they will be little use in raising the standing of the local chapter. This figure of two-thirds “foreign” membership is almost necessary under the - present all-graduate set-up, since 60 per cent of gradu ale students hero come from other institutions. Basis for the statement that undergraduates are per fectly acceptable to Sigma Xi's national charter comes from Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities, a recognized authority on such affairs. Baird’s lists Sigma Xi as an honorary scientific fraternity, not an honorary graduate scientific research fraternity as the local chapter calls itself here. Quotingißaird’s: “Eligi b'e to election as member in a chapter: Any student who. as judged by his actual work of investigation, has exhibited an aptitude for scientific research. Eligible for election as associate members: any student who has c.'»mp!e*ed iwo and a half years of undergraduate work :nd has Imwn marked excellence in two or more de railments of pure or applied science.” It is to l*e hoped that Sigma Xi here will realize its mistake and take steps to remedy it. The” present standards of admission as compared to what they would be should seniors he admitted, are less beneficial to the Cnllrjp, the. College students, and the local chapter. —B. T. THE TOURNEY IT IS A peculiar pride and sportsmanship that prompts us to welcome the representatives of the vari ous colleges that are entered in the boxing intercollegi ate.*? this week-end. It is hoped that they will go away from Penn State impressed with sportsmanship and fair treatment. iStrangely enough, the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing association should be equally glad to bring its tourna ment here again. Every tourney here has made more money for the association than any other single source. Here, too, we attempted to interpret the weird rules for eligibility set up last year. In one of, the clauses adopted last year men participating in Amateur fights outside the college were declared ineligible effective in 1969. In another clause this rule was made effective immediately. Out of this jumble Penn State dug up an eligibility rule of its own and barred the men at whom the rule was aimed. Tn order to promote college'boxing,' Penn State has fried to be a leader in reform. In that she has been sincere. She has been weakened competitively by it. We hope that the tourney here this year Mil he fair, square, and congenial. We trust that the other mem bers of the association are anxious to foster clean col lege boxing. We hope they will not adopt a tongue-in cheek attitude, and-that they will study conscientiously their own methods. We hope that the association will unmuddle itself and adopt a clear-cut policy. We hope that it sees fit to open its gates to other colleges who are trying to de velop boxing. Choking competition by denying certain colleges participation is the quickest ,way to kill the sport. A clearer, more open, and sober policy must be built around a plan that would find all members conscien tious in their pledges to carry on in the open the adopt ed regulations. Bocks are never tossed from glass houses. - - CAMPUSEER Around the Courthouse Helen Martin, ”19, is now just a “former" campus iMitie. It seems she and Bill Morgan, ’37, delta sig, have been among the married ones for sometime but didn’t tell us until recently. 'Bill, by the*way, is working in Gimhel’s Nursery Department! -“Flash” (because she gets around) Penley of'llie aopi manse lias tagged, Boh Ricks as her "man of the hour!” Snooper (Dampy’s stooge) lias it that. Miss penley visits regularly at the' Kappa Sig lodge every ’Wednesday and Sunday nights. Around llte. Gridiron Gale ft is with the greatest of glee that* "Campy" pre sents the following report us heard through the walls of the Niltany Lion Inn on Tuesday night. Chuck Campbell received the traditional brown derby because ho has slid through College with the least amount of .labor. Rella R. Sheen *B9 Whitey Korsak won the big brown boor mug (self explanatory). Brew Hall is now lugging around the red tomb after proving himself the most worthy radical. Joe Went!mg for his polishing ability was be queathed a very shiny apple—incidently, Campy won ders if Dot McAulifFc is enjoying that hit of fruit? Russ (voiceless) Cohn was given one more key to add to his collection. ■ . ,_.Alan G. Mclntyre *39 Herbert B. Cahnn *39 Around the Pennsylvania Boh. Knupp, boxing first, lm<l a little embarrassing experience Saturday night after the Army meet While standing in the lobby of the Hotel Pennsyl vania talking with no less dignitary than Dean Schott, a large leaf of Hotel stationery fell out of his pocket, Naturally, the lad was .quite perturbed, but Dean Schott eased the situation by remarking that he was perfectly all right, he was just doing his best to ad vertise the hotel. Around the Disappointed A! Simpson, Theta Xi’s much advertised candidate for May Queen, was cut to the quick when his name did not appenr in the Collegian’s list of the Campus’ fairest! Too had, lad, maybe next year! t + ♦ Around the May Pole: Since everyone is making‘May Queen nominations, and, after the W. S. G. A. mass meeting, evidently upon no basis of beauty or merit, Campy has a new plan to disregard beauty, class and activities of the gal. The idea of this plan is to judge her from the number of fraternity pins she has possessed since her enrollment in. College. So, with all due parlia mentary procedure, tile following have been nomi nated: Hank Cutter Barbara McClure Janet Story Helen Drew Maybellc Penley . Gypsy Rose Lc<* llublah Brown Cleopatra ♦ + + Around the Ditches: Pat Altwater, Thespian’s dancing daughter, i,s beating double time with “Durlc" Dierken's sigmachi pin over her heart . . . “Bluckie" Rex, a brother of Sigma Nu, is really on the run for Eleanor Skinner . Lindsey Arison, du, is growing very much at tached these days to a certain 11. Q. T. of the Alpha Chi Omega house . . . George Ilnrwiek, sigma chi, pinned a Drexel import last week-end—just a home town gal, “Snoop” says! + + + Add I—ln the Ditches Some practical joker called the campus patrol on Tuesday night and‘said a prowler was fussing around' the Kappa house. So, an ‘‘always at your service” campus protector climbed out of bed, trucked up to the said lodge, and, finding no one, decided the call must hove boon from the Theta house. His intellect told him he would be seen if he walked down the path to the Theta house and the culprit, if so, would es cape. So, he crept, extra stealthily, down Holmes Field and—fell smack in the ditch. Well, if the prowlers don’t get you, the ditches must! Don’t Forget The Fifth Corner! . The four corners of the ring at Recreation Hall are in for a lot of action this week-end, no doubt. But don’t overlook the fifth cor ner—The Corner—the restaurant at the center of things at the main campus entrance. Sandwiches for those not so hungry, club meals and a la carte service for those that are. The Comer .UNUSUAL tais f lnn sfcouiGTAti Skating Planned Again Tomorrow Scheduled For. Armory; Limited To Faculty>And Students; Price—2s Cents With roller skating making its very successful dehut'here last. Saturday in the Armory, plans Jiavebecn complet ed for another, skating party tomor row afternoon from 2 to 5, and in the evening from 7 to' 11 o’clock, j Skating will be limited only to stu dents and faculty; the students ob taining skate tickets only with matric ulation cards. -The price for skating will be 25 cents; : Small Skates Available There are plenty of small sized skates available : for women and the committee encourages more women to participate in the sport. Last week the door of the Armory was marred considerably by skaters who, when attempting to stop, drag ged their skates on the side.'An, appeal has been made for more careful skat ing to eliminate any floor damage. CAMPUS BULLETIN Notices of meetings to he pub lished in lliisjji-oliinut may be left at Student Union Office' in Old Main up to,l p.m. on the day preceeding publication. TODAY* '•. r All clique chairmen, 305 Old Main. 4 o’clock. | Sophomore Independent party, 410 Old Main, 7 o’clock. Chess Club, 2nd floor lounge. Old .Main, 7 o’clock.’,^ Ilillel service, ’405 Old Main, 7 o’- clock. SUNDAY Sophomore men editorial Collegian candidates; 312 Old Main, 7 o’clock, i Ilillel Purim social, Beta Sigma Rho house, 7:30 o’clock. MONDAY Pan-Hellenic Council, 410 Old Main, 4 o'clock. Freshman editorial Collegian can didates, 418 Old Main, 7 o’clock. Future Farmers of America. 401- 405 Old Main, 7:30 o’clock. ' MORNINGSTAR BREAD "The Well P.aked Home-like Bread” MORNINGSTAR BREAD is line for every purpose. It makes sandwiches that arc pleasing in tasle and at the same time nourishing. And if you want crisp toast that fairly melts, in your mouth, this is the loaf for you. MORNINGSTAR SAI.I.Y ANN AND PURITY BREAD —CAMPY Approved by American Medical Association Dance to . . . Will Osborne and his Orchestra - “Creator of slide music” ' - • . Sliding syncopations featuring three slide trumpets at fnterfratemity Ball April! ■ ' 10:00-2:00 Sketches Of The Candidates Following Is a sketch of the women who have been nominafed for presi dent of W. A.-A.: , Dorothy A. McAuliffe “Dotiie" McAnlilTe lias be.en vice president. of W. A. ,A. , for the past year and presided over the board while Gene Glddings, president, was practice teaching. Dottle Ims.been a member of her class hockey and base ball teams. In her freshman year she was elected to Owens and is amem her of. Lnkonides, physical education honorary. These honorarles were earned by Dottle through general high scholastic standing, activities,, and personality. Rachael M. Bechdel A member of the W..A. A. board since her freshman year. "Ray*! Bech del bus been outstanding for being one of" the women outside the school *of .physical education who has taken part in.all-the major class sports. She was elected representative from her freshman class and' reelected . her sophomore year. This year she has been secretary of W. A. A. hoard. She is a member of Owens and Is in the college choir; ' ’’ Bertha L. Wright , . "Bertie” Wright took part In hoc key. .basketball, and : baseball her freshman year. In her sophomore year she was elected secretary of La* konldes, honorary physical education fraternity. She was winter sports manager of W. A. A. both her sopho*. more and junior years. This year she was elected treasurer of Lakonides. She is a member of the rifle and considers sports her major in terest. > In a range of rich fabrics from rough weave Loucle to luxuriant silks, you will find Arrow s large. .assortment of neckties replete with a colorful variety of exclusive patterns. Superbly tailored resilient 'construction. Made hv the makers of Arrow Shirts,-$l and $i.5Q ARROW CRAVATS m i/% V* ARROW COLLARS Scholastic Honorary Shows Local Charter Copies of the permanent'charterfmv. the Penn State chapter of Phi Beta Kappa are on display in'the offices of Dr. Carl E. Marquart, president of the local chapter! .In' room 108,. Old' Main. The typography employed on the charters resembles that of the orig inal charter for • William mid '.Mary College. Nnmes of 57 local Phi Beta Kappa alumni, charter members of the fraternity, nre incorporated ‘ in the body of the charter. • N ■. ( BALFOUR FRATERNITY JEWELRY OFFICE AT SAUERS’ STORE—IO9 ALLEN STREET , - ' : . . . . ■. ‘ Intercollegiate Fans WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE NITTANY LIONS! \ WE’RE ROOTING FOR THEM! ‘Boots’ Diner ' 24 Hour Service . - ' “BOOTS” RIPKA; Prop. ' Opposite Old Main I*’, - , ' MEN’S APPAREL, 14G SOUTH ALLEN STREET , Friday, jtfarcii 11] 193 S First Workman Hurt ' On New Construction The first/cosualty resulting from the College bunding program occurred a* 10:30 o’clock - Wednesday morning when n 3,500-lh. clam’ shovel struck and injured Ernest Music, of-'Cohurh, on the front campus.' , Music was walking down the ditch being dug to accommodate pipe lines •when the crane pinned him to the ground os the operator slowly lower ed It.i Jt is. understood that workmen called’Uo Music, hut .that 1 he did not hear them. . . ARROW SHORTS ARROW SHIRTS
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