.ftetutfetafe (fnllrtuan. l- : -~ Volume 35—No. 48 ZahnToHead [Drive To Aid China Schools Campus Organizations To Hold Campaign 7 April 25-29 ' Clayton 11. Zahn "38, former exchange student at Lingnan, has been selected chairman of the executive committee of the Far Eastern Student Emer gency Fund campaign to be held from April 25 to 29. The executive committee and others interested in the. eam * paign will meet this afternoon in.the Hugh 'Beaver room at 4 o’clock to make plans as to the personnel and the typo of'campaign to be used. Campaign Committee Selected Other .members of the. executive committee include Georgia 11. Powers ’3B, olminnan of women’s solicitation; Caroline Tyson ”18, secretary; Harry N. Ghenn, Jr. MO, .treasurer; and Alan G. Mclntyre ’39, in charge of publicity.- The chairman of men’s solicitation has not yet been,selected. • The drive formerly had been plan-; nod for the week preceding Easter] vacation, but was postponed at a ro«-j cent meeting of the committee con- ! ducting the drive. The, committee is made up of representatives of the sponsoring organizations. Funds Go to Chinese Students The organizations sponsoring the drive include the Penn Slate in China committee, Women’s Student Govern ment association, ■ Student council, Student board, Penn Statu Christian association, the Collegian, Inlerfra lernity' co'uncil, PanheJlenie council, Penn State, club, PhiloLcs, American Student, union, ami the Peace Action . : .• .. The ' nation-wide contributions will be usesl to - aid : Chinese students whose education' lias, been interrupted -by the present Sino-Japanese strife. Of Lite 'amount collected here, 90 per cent will go to Lingnan Univer sity at Canton, the’home of Penn State in China. The rest will be ap-j portioned among other Chinese 1 schools.' ' • j 18 Elected To Junior Boards Of Collegian Eleven sophomores were elected to the incoming juniorbuird on the Col legian editorial staff while seven were named on the business staff at elections held Sunday night. Those elected to the junior editorial board were: A. William Engel, Paul S. Haldeman, W. Bradley Owens, Bernard A. Newman. Herbert Nip .son. Emanuel Roth, George B. Schless, and 'Robert, L. Wilson. Helen L. Camp, Phyllig R. Gordon, and Natalie K. Atkins were elected to the wom en’s staff. ' iChoseh to the junior business staff were C. Russell Eck, Morion Nioman, Morris Schwab, Richard L. Skivble, ■Burton C. Willis, Jr., Doris G. Gut man, and Janet E. Story. Eleanor H. Hotter-and Elroy T. Weimer were named alternates to the business staff. Simple Court Act Would Change , School Title The name of the Pennsylvania Stale College can easily be changed to the Pennsylvania* Slutc University, the University of the. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—or -even Paducah Teachers College—but ntf one will ad mit it! . The Board of Trustees may g 6 be fore the court of common pleas of Centre (County at any time and pre sent a petition to Judge Ivan, Walker (class of 1912) asking that'Penn State be henceforth and forevermore known us . Tlie judge, if he finds‘no . opposition, may grant the petition us -a matter of course. It’s that easy. It was just that easy in 1802 when the Farmers High school became-the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Enviu H. Runkle, professor of philosophy and College historian, ex plains. ' With many more courses estab lished, other than agricultural, an other name was deemed more appro priate and in 1874. the name was changed to the Pennsylvania State College. And He’s As Tough As He Looks Movie star Dick Powell sizes up Billv Soosc, ex-Lion ring star, in Holly wood. Soosc, last year’s 155-pound intercollegiate boxing champion, has turned professional and under-the management of Paul Moss started his pro career last Tuesday night by scoring a fourth round T.K.O. over Paul Dean, a promising coast welterweight, in £,os Angeles. Soosc won the crowd with his spectacular performance and was presented a gold wrist ■watch hs the outstanding young' boxer on the card. • Powell has evinced interest in Souse and has developed him (juitc a following among the glamour boys and girls of Filmdom. 45 L. A. Students Make Honor Roll Fourteen Sophomores, Twelve Seniors, Ten Freshmen, Nine Juniors Named The honor roll released recently by the. School, of Liberal Arts for last semester lists 7 45 students, 12 from the senior class, nine juniors, 14 sophomores', and' 10 freshmen who*: have been chosen outstanding /in scholastic achievement in their class. The honor roll Is chosen from the 10 persons in each class having the highest, number of honor points per [credit earned during the preeeeding j semester. If several persons have the same average as the tenth person on the list. In their class, they too are I included. Class of 1935 | Those who received threes were : Frank A. Itgen, Christine KuulTman, [Robert L. Kaye, Thomas S. Kelly, | John* E. Matz, Robert L. Smith, and I Edwin K. Taylor; those with 2.9 were ! George E. Bowman, and Marshall K. Evans; Jlermione Hunt, David F. *Mc i Farland, and Eleanor E. Robinson re-, eeived 2.8. Class of 1939 I Threes were awarded to Frank C. ■ Craighead, John J. Craighead, Fran ! cos Kecsler, C. J. Newman, and Ellis Sehein; 2.9 to Vernon L. Hull; and 2.8 to Robert L. Boerder, Dean C. Miller, and Charles G. Sweet. Class of 1940 C. Scott Anderson received a three; 2.9 went to Mary E. Hatton; 2.8 to Zelnm Backull, Henry J. Bailey, David J. Bailey, David E. Cohen, Mary E. Fletcher, Emanuel Roth and John R. Vorbalis; 2.7 to Helen L. Camp, Mot ion J. Conn, Floyd P. Coyne, Flor ence C. Kilgore, Ruth J. Kocher, and Jean Livermore. ' Class of 1941 Norman Raeusin received a three; 2.8 went to William E. Fowler, Harris Freedman, and Beth M. Swope; 2.7 to Ernest S. Dix and Robert M. Slg inond; 2.6 to Mary Elizabeth Baker, Mary Janet Gillespie, John R. Miller, and Elinor L. Weaver.' Louis H. Bell To Give Fifth L. A. Lecture “The Newspaper Today” is the sub ject of the fifth liberal arts lecture to be given in home economics audi torium at 7 o’clock tonight by Prof. Louis H. Bell of the department of journalism. Professor ißell was graduated from here in 1929 and as an undergraduate was editor of the Collegian. He has been a member of tlie- staff of the de partment of journalism' for three years. He has served as a reporter, copy reader, sports writer and columnist, city editor, and managing editor, and has worked for the Chester Times, the Main Line Daily Times, the Wil mington Morning News, the Wil mington Sunday Star, and the Phila delphia bureau of the International News Service. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH, 22, 1938 Dean Denounces Science Hermits Whitmore Tells A. C. *S. Initiates To Cultivate Knowledge Of Fellow Chemists “Don’t be hermits in a laboratory,” advised Dr. Frank C. Whjtpiore, dean of chemistry and physics, speaking to. u -;group pf were .iiii tinted as affiliates of. the American Chemical society, at Easton last Fri day nighL Dean Whitmore stated that one of the great dangers of tlie chemical profession is Lhat its work” is so in tensely- interesting that a man is in creasingly tempted to withdraw into his own laboratory and confine his in terests to his own work instead of keeping in touch with his. fellow chemists. ■’ “For success in the chemical pro fession, two things are necessary; an infinite knowledge of chemistry and aii extensive knowledge of chemists,” he stated. "Consequently, the new In stitution of affiliates of tlie American Chemical society is a splendid thing •in getting students 'interested in the professional society to which they will later be eligible for full member ship.” S. U. Dances To Begin Because of, the popularity of tlie Student Union afternoon dances, they will be resumed at the Armory beginning next week,- George Dono van, manager of Student Union, an nounced. Dancing will be held every Tuesday ami Friday afternoon. , ON THE POLITICAL BATTLEFRONT: ’39 Progressives, Independents Merge; Bill Hoot Will Run For Vice-President By HERBERT B. CAHAN - The Progressive clique (1939 Lo cust Lane) has merged with the In dependent party. This new align ment, which throw’s the strength of a few more, fraternities and indepen dents over with “Shimmy" Szym zcak’s brain-child (the lude]>endent party, of which “Shimmy” i<s Senior advisor), makes the fight for class of fices in all classes a two-sided affair. •Not only will this fusion strengthen the 'lndependents, but it is bound to give £he 1939 Cjimpus clique more power too, inasmuch as some of the former* Locust Lane boys will now back Stan Brown and his Campus running mates. Then, too, there is the very slight possibility that some of tlie dissatisfied politicians will try to form a third group to put up John ny Patrick for Senior class president. But this is rather remote inasmuch ag signed petitions and platforms must be in Russ Golm’s hands by noon, tomorrow. Hoot Named With the consummation of merger plaus Sunday, the Independent party nominated Willard D. Hoot, who was Juniorijßlazer Cost Stashed, Peel ieveals _jr: '39 Classmen's Can Get Jackets Tjiis Yean For Only $] .65 The price Blazers hit an unprecedented low with the announcement yesterday by Joseph A. Pee),- Junior class president, that the coats would sell this year f0r;51.65. In pre vious years Blazers sold for over ten dollars. j'/ The Blazers will not be of the high rjuaJity flannel as in previ ous years, but, in order to put the price at a figure Uiat will satisfy popular demand,-the coats will be of a material similar to Lion coats. The committee will he named later in the week. . ’ • Blazer Will Be Navy Blue With the announcement of these new plans Peel staled: “In an effort to revive College tradition and class spirit with ah opportunity for all Juniors to wear their class blazer, we have investigated the possibility of producing a Blazer witli‘ll Llie price range of all." The Blazer will he navy blue with a half white collar/ and a blue and white “Penn Slate T 9” seal on the breast pocket. The style will ho the same as. that of Senior lion coals. Both Intrrcbss finance committee and Student board swere in favor of this move "to revive College, tradition and class spirit”' when it was pro posed to them by £eel. Name_ Thespians 5 New Hats—You May Win $lO W. P. Fortune, Inc. of 4J7'Fifth avenue. New York City, is sponsoring a contest to name a new “5 way" hat recently designed and patented by Sellg B. Cohen ’l>B. First prize will be ten dollars while two tickets to the new Thespian show, “Hey. Rube!", will -be offered as second prize. The contest officially closes on April 2. Seventeen of these versatile hats, which can be worn in four different ways or used as handbags, will be featured in two choruses of the spring Thespian show. Hats to Be Worn The hats will be worn to all classes Tuesday, March 2'J, and Wednesday. March "0, by Marguerite C. Beach Ml, Judith L. Cutschali ’4l, Leslie A. Lewis *4l, Louise A. Parasha .’4J, Dorothy B. Jleevcs ’4l, Connie Smith ’4l, and Jeanne L. Witherow ’4l of the Thespian chorus. For those co-eds and interested male students who have had no op portunity to see them on the campus, they will be displayed by the same young ladies both afternoons at 4 o'- clock in the Corner Room. to be the Progressive presidential nominee, as Joe Peel’s ruimiug mate. After the announcement of the com bine, the following statements were forthcoming: Lou Sholleubcrger, Progressive chairman, and Hoot—“ The Progres sives, as a party, are trying to eradi cate the feeling of fraternity versus non-fraternity .men. Our philosophy of student government closely paral lels, the Independent viewpoint. Their introduction of platforms in the cam paign last year, and their sincerity, demonstrates the fact that we can work together to represent the Class of HIM). We hope, by our alignment, that we will elect the best men.” Joe Peel, Independent nominee for Senior class president—“ The Inde pendent party now feel s that with representative fraternity men' work ing with us we are presenting a party that gives both viewpoints and will assure llie Junior class of a fair and reliable student government. We can not be.termed an anti-fraternity par ty, for we are now co-operating for the .best interests of the ‘Class.” Staii Brown, Campus presidential nominee (when asked to comment on Doris Blakemore, Rachel Bechdel Are Elected To Head WSGA, WAA; Lucille Giles Is Named May Queen Win In Women’s Elections LUCILLE Z. GILES ’llB IF Ball To Draw Over 50 Houses Oimnillee To Determine Tola! Number To Attend Dance; Assessment Is $2 In a recent Inlerfralcrnity Council survey, it was learned that fifty-one fraternities will dance'at'lnterfrater-' nity Ball on L Last year only ISO attended. Tomorrow and Thursday fraterni ties will be contacted by members of the committee to determine definitely Jiow many men plan (o attend the dance from their respective houses. Each inun will be assessed two dol lars for his invitation. The frater nity president will collect the money and, on -Monday, March ‘JB, invitu tions will be distributed. Assessment Is $2 The plan this year is designed to make Inlerfralcrnity Ball a frater nity man’s dunce. The system of tick et distribution is planned to equalize the cost of the ball in accordance with the number of men attending from cacli house. Thus, if one house has 15 men going, the cost will be $3O. If the house has 110 men going, the cost will be $OO. TJie assessment of two dollars a ticket per man lo be paid by the fra ternity or by the individual is the fairest system that could be worked out by the committee. Accordingly, the house with less in proportion at tending will pay less than the house with a greater number. Provisions will be made so that alumni and guests arriving late may procure tickets. the new set-up)—“We have suspected the fulfillment this merger for some lime, so that this announcement is not a surprise. Naturally it will strengthen the Independents, hut it will not weaken us. so that the forth coming light, for Senior class offices will be very closely contested. Following are nominees fur whom petitions will he filed tomorrow at noon: ' CLASS OF I IK!9 Campus—President: Stanley J. Brown; Vice President: John C. Rex: Secretary: William W. Stopper; Treasurer: James C. Nunge. Student Council—Agriculture: James N. Vin cent; Chemistry and Physics: Donald V. Gnau; Education: William I. Sut ton; Engineering: Nicholas Kay. Independent—President: Joseph A. Peel; Vice President: Willard D.; Hoot; Secretary: ftobert E. Hopkins; Treasurer: Harvey H. Heilman. Stu dent Council—Agriculture: W. Wil liam Clarke; Chemistry and Physics: William Wilson; Education: Harold Arnold; Engineering: Earl Strunk; (Continued On Page Two) DORIS BLAKEMORE ’39 College May Get Mid-Year Recess Dean, Itegistrar Approve Plan; New Vacation Would Add Week In June Students can have a full-week va cation between semesters if they so desire. : f . " •• * - This was the opinion expressed by Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock in an interview with the Collegian Sat urday. Commenting on the Collegian’s edi torial last week advocating a mid year recess. Dean Warnock said: “The question is largely whether the student* would prefer beginning the second semester one week later and enti’ng it one week later in June or vice versa." As long as the required number of half-days are completed, the Dean ex plained, the scheduling of vacation periods is immaterial. | Meanwhile, Registrar William S. Huffman indicated whole-hearted sup port. of the plan. “I am always in favor of au extra week between sem esters," he said. “Although not providing sufficient lime for complete compilut'on of stu dent grades,” Mr. Hoffman said, “the recess would give the administration time td decide most, if not all, ‘bor derline* eases." ’ Added strength to the belief that the administration was backing the plan came from the revelation that the -School of Libera! Arts Inis peti tioned for a mid-year vacation, which will be considered by the College Sen ate next month. Pattee Celebrates 75th Birthday Anniversary Penn State’s grand old man of let ters, Dr. Fred. Lewis Pattee, profes sor emeritus of American literature, celebrates h!s 75th birthday anniver sary today at Coronado Beach, Flor ida, where he is professor of Amer ican iiteraLuro'ut Rollins College. Dr. Pattee was born at Bristol, New -Hampshire, in 1803, and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1888. He was a member of the faculty at Penn State from 1894 to 1898. Dur ing this time he received his .master’s and doctor’s degrees, and several hon orary degrees. He spent three years of this time in Europe, at the Uni versities of Gottingen and Marburg. Dr. Pattee is the* author of Penn State’s Alma Mater, and of fifteen volumes, including poetry, histories of litcruturo, and fiction. He hus edit ed collections of poetry, short story readings, volumes of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the works of Mark Twain. Seven Join Honorary The following Junior women have accepted bids to Omicron Nu, senior Home Economics honorary: Ruth E. Barrage, Marjorie F, Davies, Phyllis Herzog, Dorothy Moss, Jean E. Rish el, Dorothy L. Snyder, and L. Jean Stillwell. Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS Installation Banquet For New Officers Will Be Tonight Don's Blakemore '39 and Ra chel M. Bechdel '39 were named president of W. S. G. A. and W. A. A. respectively, at the' wom en’s student dance in the Ar mory Friday night.- Lucille Z. Giles was elected May Queen, as the outgoing presidents, setting a precedent, announced the new officers during intermission. The other officers of W. S. G. A. are: Josephine A. Keeney '4O, vice-president.; Italia A. DeAngclis 719, secretary: Betty L. Matins Ml, I treasurer; Marjorie F. Davies 7UI, senior secretary; Jane A. Itotuig MO, junior senator; Elinor L. Weaver Mt, sophomore senator; Mary Frances Leitzell MO, town senator; and Helen B. Cramer Ml, freshman attendant to the May Queen. W. A. A. Officers Named Officers of W. A. A. are: Mary O'- Connor "40, vice-president; Dorothy A. MeAulilVc 7"), treasurer; Beatrice Lowe MU. secret,ary; Jane B. Hoskins Ml, sophomore representative. Installation banquet will be held to night in Mac hall, at which time the officers of both organizations will offi cially Hike office. Faculty members and downtown dormitory representa tives will be invited to attend. Chair man of the banquet will be Marcia L. Morfing 711). Her co-chairmen are: JCathcrinV D. Gre'ner ".‘IP and ‘ Mar-' jorie F. Davies 71!). Early Pa. Newspapers Are Given To Library A collection of early uewspapers from Bclleftmte ami other places in the Slate has been presented to the College Library by Mrs. Boyd A. Mus sel* of Scranton, wife of a Collego trustee. The collection includes two volumes or the Bellefontc Patriot covering tho years 1533 to 1834, and an issue of the Philadelphia Press for May 5. 1898, showing conditions at the beginning of the Spanisli-American War. Also included is an 18511 Ceuter County Teachers* Institute bulletin. Mrs. Musser’s sister. Mrs. George D. Tuylor, also of Scranton, has added two valuable items to the Priestley collection. They arc Priestley's “Doc trines of Heathen Philosophy" and “An Authentic Account of the Bir mingham Riots," a ver>\ rare vol ume. Airmen Asked To Join National Flying Group Members of the Penn State /ur meu. an organization made up of 35 students, all of whom fly, with sev eral holding private pilots’ licenses, were invited to join the National In tercollegiate Flying club by William D. Strohmeier, adviser, at a meeting last Tuesday night. The Airmen were also asked to compete in the Intercollegiate Air Meet ,to be held between Harvard, Yale, University of California, Dart mouth, Kenyon, and the University of Pennsylvania. IRaymon E. Connor '4O, president of the Penn State Airmen, said that a delegation will be sent to the fourth conference of the National Intercol legiate Flying club, which will be held in Washington, D. C., at the end of March. 34 Education Majors Begin Rural Practice Thirty-four -seniors in rural educa tion begau four weeks of practice teaching yesterday in selected high schools throughout the state. Henry S. Brunner, head of the de partment of rural education, stated that the number of students to be graduated this spring with qualifica tions to teach vocational agriculture in high schools will be GO per cent greater than usual. The students will work closely with the regular instructors, gaining prac tical experience in all phases of the work.
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