Semi^Weekly jig Pratt §tatr ® (foil Volume 34—No. 47 Peel Selected Independent ’39 Candidate Committee Rules Out Use Of Printed Propaganda By HERBERT B. CAHAN The ' long-awaited and expected nomination M>y the Independent party . of Joseph A. Peel ”19 for the Senior .xlass presidency was made at a'meet ing Tuesday night. Peel’s clioiqc ,was unanimous, and places him in the un usual position as acandidatc to suc ceed himself. Thus Ynr only one other candidate has been nominated to oppose Peel. Campus lias named Stan Brown as their nominee, whereas the Progres sives (19119 Locust Lane) seem to be having a little trouble getting orga nized. If this third party gels to gether (as they were supposed to last night, after; the Collegian went to press), we believe that Bill Hoot will be named, although Johnny Patrick is still a possibility. .One of the cliques, had the idea of using a printing press to print their propaganda for the coming elections, but this plan was 'ruled out by the Elections committee.. The committee stated that mimeographing wilt be permitted. So watch out for all the weird sehemes that have been concoct ed by our Penn State politicos! • A reminder from- the Election Code:'"A candidate to be'nominated must file a partition with the Chair man of the Elections committee by 12 o’clock noon of Wednesday, March 23.” • That means that all petitions must be in by noon, THIS Wednes day. Candidates for president, vice' president, secretary, and treasurer each must have signatures of 50 vo ters of their class on the petitions. Each Student Council candidate must submit a .petition containing-the sig natures of ten per,cent-of the voters of lits class in his school.. Don't-for- 1 Pan-Hell Council May Revise Code No Rushing For First Semester Permitted By Plan; Only v Free Association A plan to change the rushing code was offered to Pan Hellenic council Monday.* It provided that there be no rushing the first semester, but that fraternity women will lie allowed free association with freshman wom en .and transfers. % .Rushing is inter preted by Pan Hellenic as, any form of entertainment involving the ex-, penditure of money. - According to the plan, rushing will open Llie first Wednesday of the sec ond semester w tli a party .by Pun Hellenic for fraternity women and any other women interested hi'frater nities. Thursday, Friday, 'and Sat urday, the fraternities will'hold open house. Rushing wilt close the follow-, mg Saturday with the formal din ners. . Violations, according to the new plan, will lie submitted to a judiciary committee composed of Pan Hellenic members. wlio do not have chapters on' this campus. The motion will be voted upon April 4 by the Council, and if accepted, will go into effect this fall. S Members .Initiated Into Pliilotes Society Philotes initiated' "bight members Wednesday ■ night. . Those initiated were: Cornelia A. Dillard ’39; Verna F. Sager, Aline M'. O’ermumi, Ruth B. Hitchcock, "Alice A. McLaughlin, sophomores; Madeline .E. Fiorillo, Shirley E. Hebei,-Luella M. Norris, freshmen, Mrs. Jabir Shibli lectured, on the customs of Syria. Nominations for' will be’ made at a meeting Thursday night March 31." Fraternity Charter -Sought By Students . Six students, organizing; a new lo cal social. fraternity, Tau Nu Tau, will petition the College for'a. charter; .If granted, they plan to initiate immed iately, establish a house, aud : rush in the fall. The students arc: Robert Jacoby *3B; John E. Kinney ’4O; Titus A. Mil ler ’4O;-Joscph C. Sciorilli• Ml; Davis 0. Taxis ’39; and Wilbur E. Taxis'’4l. Staff Candidates Meet Monday ' "All .freshman editorial candi dates for the Collegian staff should report to Room 418, Old Main, Monday night at 7 o’clock. Wood row W. Blerly ’3B, feature editor, announced. At this mooting, which is one of the last of'a series, freshmen will Ijc assigned beats and so will begin actual work on the Collegian. They will replace sophomores who will be elected to the junior board Sunday nighL Mehl To Present Priestley Series Carnegie Tech Metallurgist Will Give First of Five Talks Monday at 7:30 I\ M. Opening the twelfth annual scries of Priestley lectures, Dr. Robert F. Mehl, "head of the department of metallurgy, at Carnegie Tech, will, •ipcak om “Reactions in Solid Alloys’! in Home Economies auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Monday night. Established in 1920, the unnual [lectures are presented in honor of Joseph Priestley, pioneer. EngHsh- American physical chemist. \ Di*. Mehl received his B. S. degree from hlranklin and Marshall College in 1919 , and in 1924 was given his Ph.D. by Princeton University. Since 1932 lie has been director of "melals research at Carnegie Tech. The speaker will conclude his se ries of five lectures Friday night when' he will discuss “The Formation of Surface Reaction Layers.” Collegian To Hold Ballot On Peace Nationwide jSyrvcy WUL Inelude. Three Questions" of War, KOTO. Neutrality Attempting to.gauge-student opin i.'bn hcre as parL of'u nationwide sur j vey of college opinion on peace, the i Collegian will conduct a voluntary I poll all next week. | Besides being available at the Stu jdcnl Union desk from 9 o’clock Mon ! day * morning until noon Saturday, : March 25, ballots also will be dls-; tributed among the various frater nities. A selected list of three major ques tions, pertaining to war, neutrality, and/It. O. T. ,C.. will be included on the ballot. Endorsed by "noted-national and in ternational -.organizations and con ducted by 753 "undergraduate publi cations, Hie poll "is the first of its kind, ever attempted. Results oT the sur vey arc expected to present to the legislative bodies throughout the country a clear-cut view of student opinion. Elect Scarab Officers At the recent 'election of Scarab, iiulionai architectural honorary -fra ternity, the following officers were elected: Joseph C. Didinger ’39, presi dent; Francis A. C. Vosters, Jr., ’39, vice-president; Franklin C. W00d.'39, secretary; Dave Bauer ’39, treasurer; B. Regis J. Cusuck ’39, historian.. - Players To Present ‘Dybbuk’ In Ist Performance Tonight "The Dybbuk*'—Penn State Play- Hilliard C. Gottleib ’4O, J. Kenneth era’ most ambitious effort—will be LeFevre. ’39, Leroy P. Levitt '39, presented in Schwab auditorium at P ’ T - r sj°k.® rt S * 8:20 o'clock tonight and tomorrow ? a,0 c, e "; 3t \ t ! ™'" & night.. This 'first collegiate produc Ma T E - Rl,,al ' d a - A'udrey '• w . . j. n . .. . . .... Sohoenimell ’4l, Ruth-I. Shtasei ’4J. Tile two difficult leads will be per- A . wiuokur Ml, Helen Mens trayed by Verna Sevast 39,- as Leah bau ,„ alld Nall( . y NeU5b ’ aul „. and ißernard Selteetinan 40,. as ftabbi The p , ay . being' directed by Azrael. Other eadmg characters will Frank S .. Neusbauni, who is assisted be taken by Charles F. Diehl, gradu- b Ida Bickley. other lllcmbers ot ate student. Herbert b. Doroshow ’4O t l,e technical staff are: Rabbi Tlieo i* “ , C : J a ' ! ‘ es B , e ™ ard Freed dore -H. Gordon, Prof. Hummel Fish 'll), and Harry W. Reed.-88. burn, Jessie Caineron, Dorothy B. Lesser major roles-will be played Scott,. Oliver L. Smith- '3!),. Thomas by Herman A. Costow ’39, Clay H. Ainsworth, Jr. Ml, Karl P. Bret- Doiiges, Jr. Ml, Martin Gross '39, ney MO, Sarahell Shirin MO, Eleanor and Robert Robinson Ml. Other mem- H. Heifer MO, M. Elizabeth Frye '3O, bers of the cast are Joseph W. Edwal-d Kaplan, Aaron Zander (New Dobbs MO, Doris G. Gutman MO, Ber- York make-up artist), Paul N. Herb nice J. Huiin Ml, David IV. Jackson, Ml, Robert M. Ludwig MO, Harold Jr. 'BB, and Ruth.E. Wagner MO. M. Miller ’39, Eleanor Saunders '3B, Others are: George Bernstein MO, and -Ruth J. -Shtasei Ml. STATE COLLEGE, PA.; -FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1938 A.F.L. Strike May Hamper Building Here Trades Council Leader Tells Earle Not To Cut Relief Rolls With the awardin; of contracts for the major construction work post poned until Tuesday, March 29, a general strike today was threatening to add further delay lo‘ the actual launching of the General State Au thority’s fivc-million-dollar building program here. While work at the West Chester Slate Teachers* College remained 11L a standstill, George J. Walters, pres ident of the Pittsburgh Building Trades Council, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, warn ed that a.strike crippling the Author ity’s entire 05-inillion-dollar program would -be called unless Governor George H. Earle rescinds a recent order requiring that 58.2 per cent of all workers employed on state jobs be taken from federal relief rolls.. [ The Governor’s Mailing, Mr. Wal lers contended, would unjustly afreet building trades workers in this re gion because it would practically ex clude many unemployed men .who have managed to keep off relief rolls by obtaining personal loans or union aid. In a'statement to The Pittsburgh Press early this week, Mr. Walters declared: “We do not have enough men on government relief to fill Hie jobs reserved for them under this 58.3 per cent ruling. Since this is a flat rule, it means that men on federal relief rolls from other parts of the state must be brought here before we could help our own needy men who have chosen to borrow rather than go on relief.” Physics TliiuDed Smaller Sludonl-Teaclicr Relationship Jn _ New liuildiiiK Emphasized , l!.v Construction Characteristics of the. proposed Physics building will emphasize a closer relations'll ip • between instruc tors and'students than has ever be fore been realized at Penn State, ac cording to Dr. Wheeler P. Davey, chairman of the Chemistry,and Phys ics' Housing Committee. . Small laboratories for snmil'clussos and small rooms for sludent-leacher conferences are planned. The new building will feature sophomore labo ratories, each built for fifteen stu dents. Each of the three floors of the building will contuin one or mure conference rooms. At present the facilities of the de partment of physics are spread in different campus buildings. This dif fusion will be fully remedied by the cupucily of the new section to be con structed. Until Lhe addition to Pond laboratory is completed, the Chem istry ( department ’ will occupy the third floor of lhe new building, while the two basements, first, und second floors will be the Physics de partment proper. _ The building, will be three stories with basement and sub-basement, 105 by 7L feet, and a wing, 92 by 72 feet. Wrestling Ticket Sale Monday Tickets for the National Colle giate -Athletic' I :Association wrest ling championships to he held here next Friday: and Saturday will go on .sale Monday at the A. A. ticket office in Old Main. Prices for Lhe preliminaries at 2 o’clock and 7 Vtllock Friday will be 55 cents; for the semi-finals, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, 75 cents; and.for the finals, .Sat urday evening, at 7 o'clock, $l.lO. 16 Local A.S.U. Members Hear F.D.R.’s Praise ■-4- President'Roosevelt told more limn 4,000 delegates* U» lasi, week-end’s American Youth' Congress pilgrimage lo Washington thaji lie is dclinitely in favor of the group as a force for democracy, 'and that if it hadn’t been for the group’s - functioning last year NYA would have ’bj.'cn cut more than it was. ‘ t ♦Sixteen Penn * St|it" students were m the gathe ring: llial met in the La r bor department auditorium and heard speeches by Representative Matthew Dunn of Pennsylyania, and NYA chief Aubrey ; Williams. Pilgrims, representing - all- of tbc 48 were granted- permission Lo name three representatives, who will meet with the national -committee On CCC next Fall. - >: Penn State’s rc’prcscutativeo were: (Jordon IC. Zern Ralph A!. Baxter. Jr. ’3B.f Betty J. Bounin ’99, Richard. (J; .Davis ’.‘lo, -S. Betty Friedman ’3B, Rlieta B. Ulueck ’39, Charles>AV. Handovu ’4O, Willis R. Newins MO, Malcolm Neuwahl, gradu ate student, Edward Perlstcin ’99, Mildred A. Robbins ’3B, Bernard Rossman ’99, .Robert J. Rutraan- r 99, Henry-It. Smith, Jr. ’39, Doris T. Spiegel ’38,-and-Cuijtis J. Yamas ’39. There will be a meeting of the lo cal diqptcr-of .the Student U niojfroiic'oKtlii? SjfeAsdrS'or-’tbe pli- : grimage, in Room'JOf), Old Alain, uL \i. o’clock. Sunday afternoon, at which Lime a report, of the Washington trip will be made. i 82 Students Dropped For Poor Schloarship Fighly-lwo students, including 40 freshmen, '22 sophomores, 1(5 juniors, and four seniors, have'been dropped by the College for poor scholarship, Registrar William S. Hoffman an nounced yesterday. Thirty-six oth ers who were dropped have been re instated. The School of Engineering dropped the highest number, 29, with Chemis try and Physics following with 22; Mineral Industries, II; Agriculture, 10; Liberal Arts, 0; Education, 9; and Physical, Education and Transi tion,- 1 each. Fourteen additional stu dents were dropped at the under graduate centers and Moiil Alto. OX the oG to be reinstated, the School of Liberal Arts led with J 5, followed by Agriculture with 9; En gineering, 8; Chemistry and Physics 3, and Mineral Industries, I. Eleven Fraternities Plan European Tours Eleven College fraternity houses are sponsoring tours of Europe this summer. Headed By national officers of their respective organizations, the parties will sail on varying dates late in June. Fraternities sponsoring the trips are: Acacia, Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Upsiloii, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Alpha- Epsilon, Sigma. Nu, Sigma Piii Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Xi. Special fraternity parties have been planned for the purpose of assuring congenial travel ‘ for undergraduates and younger alumni on vacation. Sala, Marymor Head PSCA Handbook Staff Salvatore S. Sala *99 was elected editor and Julius Marymor *4O was named business manager of the Stu dent. Handbook at election held Wed nesday, according to Italia A. DeAn geiis *99, president of the P, S. O. A. cabinet. June C. Price ’39 was cho sen women’s editor. 'Sala succeeds' Woodrow W. Bierly ‘3B as editor while Marymor takes the place of John G. Sabella ’3B. Miss Price . assumes the position held by Jessie L. Schminky ’3B. No associate editor was named to the staff, nor was an assistant business manager chosen. 100 Debaters Convene Here In Discussions Envoys- Of 22 Colleges' Attend Convention; Young Presides Approximately 1.00 delegates rep resenting 22 colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland wij! gather, for the third annual Pennsylvania Stale De bater's convention here today ami to morrow. Fred L. Young, Jr. ’BB will preside at the conclave, Fred S. Carlson 7,9 is sceroLary, and Arthur R. Neary ’39. assisted by Thomas D. Conway MO, arc managers of lhe meeting. Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien of the department of speerh will be parliamentarian at ail sessions. . Three issues of nation-wide "impor tance to youth today winch will be discussed by group committees and general assembly are: (1) What should be Amcricu’s foreign policy in relation to avoiding or minimising the evils of war? (2) What is the besl solution to the employer-labor strug gle in the United States today? Cl) What changes should be .made in the system of- higher education ollcrcd by the American liberal arLs college? Separate committee sessions on each of the above questions will be .ed by student representative* with faculty advisors from Penn Stale, Allegheny and Albright. Group Meetings Listed All groups will meet- immediately following the official welcome meet ing slated for 10:110 o’clock this morning. The session discussing the first question will be held in Room 410, Old Main. The committee on the second meets Hugh Beaver room, and the third group meets in Room 1512, Old Main, from 11 to 1 o'clock and Room 1102, Old Muin, from. 2 to ,5 o’clock this afternoon. At the convention dinner ,in the Old 'Maiir.Sandwicli Jjliop' tonighL The Hon. Franklin W. : Ruth, chairman of the Judicial committee of the Stale Senate, will be the guest speaker, talking on "The Judicial System of Pennsylvania.’’ Prof. John Ji. Friz ,ejl. head oT the department of peeeli. will be toastmaster. ROTC Band to Present Fifth Winter Concert Presenting the fifth in the annual series of mid-winter musical’ pro grams, the sophomore ROTC band under Llie direction of Albert P. Ly foi-d ‘3B and Frederic Ji. Serif ’3B will give u concert in Schwab auditorium :il 8:30 o’clock Sunday afternun. j The concert by the sophomore band will mark the lirsl time that a ROTC 'buii'Mtus been included in the mid winter concert programs. Another new feature' of the series will be a second appearance of > the College Symphony scheduled for Sunday af ternoon, March 27. Among the numbers to be played by (he band are the following: "March of the Bravo,” ".Soldiers' Chorus,” from Faust, "Calif of Bag dad,” Overture, "Beautiful Blue Dan ube,” a musical medley portraying the revolutionary wur, and “Captain Gen eral” march. Senator Will Speak State Sartor E. J Thompson will Ta l l{ Q n (joast Guard speak on 'How the Legislature Works” at an engineering lecture A member of the US. Coast Guard ... uilj give an illustrated -lecture in winch will be held in itoom 110, Home |(l7 Mai „ Bllfrilietf rin s building at 4:00 Economics building, ut 4:IU o'clock -p.m, today and tomorrow on "A Ca today. reer sin the Coast Guard." Famous Painter Sees Murals In Old Main As Artist 3 s Ideal ■ "It sounds like a wonderful job, to which I might be glad to give years of my time if necessary," writes Hen* ry Varnum Poor, noted muralist, concerning the proposed murals in Old Main. Poor was approached informally and unofficially to determine the ulti tudc of a first class muralist towards doing a fresco in Old Main. His re ply indicates that it is a situation that any artist would consder ideal. “The fresco you write of for Penn sylvania State College is about as at tractive a work to undertake as any painter could ask," he writes, “and I am happy that my frescoes in Wash ington have led you to write me about this ■ Poor says ,that he would be very reluctant to take the work if he were not free enough to bring to it all his OFFICS rgtan. To Visit Campus DR. ELBERT K. FRETWELL + + + . School Authority To Visit Campus Dr. Hlberl, K. Frclwell Will Talk On Extra-Curricular Work ■ 111 High Schools Ur. Elbert Iv. Frcluell, professor of education at Columbia University I'cachei's* College and author of many books and articles on extra-curricular activities in secondary, schools, will visit the campus Monday and Tuesday to observe classes in the Education .School and to give talks on the plac ing and making a success of extra curricular activities in high school. Monday night Ur. Fretwcll will, ad dress an open meeting in .Schwab au ditorium at ? o’clock after a dinner to be given in his honor by Pi Lam bda Theta, women’s educational hon orary fraternity. After spending Tues day observing education classes, Dr. Frotwell will attend a dinner to be given by Kappa Phi Kappa, men’s ed ucational honorary fraternity. Follow ing the dinner, he will talk to sopho more education students in the second .floor loungcof Old. Main o’clock. . 42 Fraternities To Attend Ball Cuuncil To Issue .Same Number Of Tickcls As Members In Each House Approximately 42 of the 52 campus fraternities will take in the liiter fraternity Ball, Charles Ft. Campbell ’3B and William E. Lindenmuth ’3B, co-chairmen, announced. At the In* terfralcrnil.y Council meeting Tues day night, they said, it was agreed lhat m> house shall receive more lick* els than the number of men in it. Tickets will be issued about one week before the dance, -the co-clmir men said, on application by the fra ternities’ presidents. However, they explained, some provision will be made to secure tickets at a later date for the unexpected arrival of alumni. A survey to determine the number of men going to the’.Ball will be taken and on that estimate, the cost of the tickets will be bused, ft is expected lhat the charge will be in the vicinity of ?2 a ticket. The sliding rhythm of Wll Os borne was selected to play for the dance scheduled for April 1 in flee lmll. < creative and experimental powers. After the subject matter lias been de cided on. he wouldn’t want to have to make endless scale drawings to be passed upon by endless committees. ■ln the past he'has felt that his fresh ness and inventiveness in the execu tion of the actual fresco has been a little dulled by this arrangement. Henry Varnum Poor has attracted wide*attention with his murals in the new Justice building. Born in Kan sas, he attended Lelaud Stanford University and then studied abroad for a few years. He lias won fame us a ceramicist as well as a painter. A member of numerous art societies, he was the winner of the 1918 Wal ter Purchase prize, the Harris sil ver medal in 1932, the Logan prize for landscape in 1933, and in 1934 was third prize winner in the Car negie International.at Pittsburgh. Annual Fashion Edition Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS Go-eds Select Nominee For WSG A Offices Blakemore, De Angelis Voted Into Final Elections Doris Blakemore and Italia A. De- Angclis were voted into the final elec tions for President of W. S. U. A. as a ’result of the primary elections on Wednesday. For May Queen, the nominations went to Lucille Z. Giles and Amy F. McClelland. Dorothy A. McAulifTe and Rachel M. Bcchdcl arc the remaining candidates for presidency of W. A. A. 'For freshman attendant to the Muy Queen, Josephine K. Condrin and Helen B. Cramer will be eligible 'hi the final election; Eleanor Benfer and Betty L. Mattas, for treasurer; Marjorie F. Davies and Beulah F. Gerheim. for senior senator; Mary H. O’Connor and Jane A. Roinlg, for junior senator. Margaretla B. Hearn and Elinor L. Weaver arc the nominees for sopli iomore senator, and Barbara R. Flem ing ’4O and Mary Frances Leitzcll ’4O. for town senator. - Those remaining on Lho W. A. A. • slate are: Mary fl. O’Cmmor ’4O and Mary Ann Rhodes MO, for vice-presi dent,’ and Jane B. Hoskins Ml ail'd Josephine J. Taggart Ml, for .sopho more representative. The election for secretary was made definite at the primaries and the announcement of the now oflieer will be withheld until tonight. The newly e'eclcd officers of W. S. (J. A.. W. A. A., and the May Queen and her attendant will be announced at the W. S. G. A. dance in the Ar mory tonight. During intermission Itnogenc Giddings, outgoing presi dent. of W. A. A., will present the wimicr.s'of llic W. A. A. election. Amy I'Y McClelland, retiring W. S. G. A. president, will name the incom jjlSJir.c&idcnl-. TJicjiew-presidcnUwjll announce the Muy Queen, the fresh man attendant, and the elass officers. Women students who attend the dance must present their malricula j I ion cards for admittance. Freshmen i will have a free 2 o’clock for the affair. Name Change Poll Increases Lead Favoring PSU Continuing the trend shown in the first part of the Collegian poll when 2,918 students favored u change of name to the "Pennsylvania Stute Uni- > versity,” tabulation of 1,280 more I.allots again almost unanimously fa vors keeping “Penn State" in the Of this added number, L. 217 are for Pennsylvania State University, with 23 persons Lucking Governor George If. Earle’s name, “The Uni versity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Only 42 desired no change in the name or status of the College, while four suggested names of their own. Total results to date are: Pennsyl vania Slate University, 3,472; Uni versity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 130; no change, 73: and miscellaneous, 20. Over half of the students have voted in the. poll, the total ballot being close to 3,700. Kehnon Selects Eight For Gift Committee Appointment of an eight man Sen ior gift committee was made this week by John D. Keunon, senior class president. Heading the group will be John C. Mallory and Jack E. Saxer. Other members of the committee arc: Robert D. Harman, Horace H. Pusey, Robert D. Cleaves'; Howard D. Baldwin, Robert J, Wallace, and Wil liam S. Myers. Gifts already suggested are an ob servatory, .flag poles for Beaver Field, and medical equipment. Final choice of the gift will be made at a later class meeting. Two Skating Sessions Scheduled Tomorrow So that everybody will have a chance to skate, two sessions of roller skating will be instituted on the Ar mory floor toyorrow night. The first session will begin at 7 o’- clock and end at 9. The second ses sion / will be held between 9 and 11 o’clock. Doors will be closed during each session to minimized crowded conditions. The price per session will be 20 cents.