Second VOLUME 35-NUMBER 1 Only Skeletons N 5-Million-Dollar Program - Will _Make College One Of -reatest In Nation By EMANUEL-ROTH ' They're nothing but skeletons now, 11 metal skeletons Nevertheless, this rising steel on the campus is a sym• bol of the new era upon which Penn State has embarked, The, $5,000,000 allocated by that General-State Authority set spark the greatest building program ,in the College's histm y—a plogiam :which will add approximately one- Milein value and capacity to the `7Present facilities and which will ^ make the College one of the great , !est in the nation r 'Returning uppeiclassmen will be amazed at the changed, quickened :tempo in town and on the campus Everything points to a period of boar The hundreds of workeia 'aio - truly moulding a new Penn ,Siate WARNER BROTHERS " • CATHAUM AND • NITTANY THEATRES Extend Congratulations and a, Welcome to the CLASS OF 1942 If you follow , the tatiditions of the thousands of Penn State students ahead of.,y Mu many of , iour.pleasantest horn s ° 'and eitoleist memories' will 'be "associated, with' , , thesq"- , p2pularcouraes .30, Nittafiy'i ie, , and - .,•ol)7ltere+ig . . • -- -4vous of gootf,. fellowship,',wliere" ali the ganr:getsAn nether and everybody meets eNierybody , • - Every Outstanding Production from All the ' - Msjor Producers. , • Pennsylvania and World Premieres. ar ' • , - frequent in State College. You see all the, pictures while they are New! ' • Outstanding Foreign , and Art Films are • , part of our Regular Policy.- . O_ The Finest and Latest in Sound and Pro jection. • 1 The theatres are managed by young college - graduates and all ushers are Penn State • studerts." , ., REMEMBER: The Cathaum and Nittany Theatres-are a definite part of the Penn State tradition and college ; Wel 0 NOTE , , ALL PICTURES ENTERED IN THE $250,- -2 - • 000 MOVIE QUIZ CONTEST WILL PLAY - AT THESE THEATRES _ _ . _ • \ - 7 '1 -' e I ; 1 5e'l i ' ' - ' :4 - :—CATHAUM . . , ' New I.' TEXT BOOKS in - Used CATHAUM T,_,, ~; ' , . ~ .4 _ -, iz,-,,‘THEATRE - THEATRF,:,- r. , . BUILDING ' - , . '-<> ' ' - For- All College Courses 4 BUILDING ,' ,- L. ,_, , - TOUNTAIN - „PENS 4 t -' 3' " - STATIONERY . PENCILS . 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Special prices on All Leather Student Note Books Be sure o",e. , knoWn manufacturers . `- ' ', • prices. , to see them , when you want to read them. , - b 7 .ii'',1. ,3 / 4 ~','*', - ~'' ' ' ' _ ',. - , ,- „ m.l, q, , ., , ;,-, , . ~ All 64 ;;' -'.'''''' _ , ~-F ,or., , „ , , 45„:„..,,,,:.,,,,0. ~ , , F ', , college 'S• lies upp_ Trade at K E E-L ER 9 S, PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Although the contiact culls rot completion of the buildings by June 30, 1939, the construction has been arranged so that the McClos key Company can vacate the sites by the end of the first semester In all probability, this will be the case Buildings end the costs of con struction aro Poultry, 390,000, Service, $25,000 Liberal Arts, 8460,000, Forestry, 9165000, Edu cational 9260,000, Library, $450,- 000, Mineral Industries, $120,000, Agricultural Science, 5575;009, Electrical Engineering, $465,000, PENN STATE COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938 ow, But 11 New Buildings Symbolize New Era Here 5 Of The Buildings Which Will Remake Penn State Pictured above are five of the buildings now under construction in the College's five•mlllian-dollar program They are. (1) Mineral Indus tries, (2) Biological Science; (3) Chemistry and Physics, (4) Agricultural Engineering; (5) Electrical Engineering. Chemi,liy and Plivhich, SBOO,OOO Agricultural Engineeying 590,000 lEM=I Descriptions of the buildings fol low Cents al Lam al Ai is—Anew ten tral fireproof building 166 feet by b 2% feet by 59 1 / 4 feet t will be a teat wing connecting the two exist ing buildings and mill consist of three elm les and a basement Existing Wings will be remodeled A steel frame building, the structure will be built on reinforc ed cunt) ete and tile floor slabs Exterior walls mill be of solid brick withiimehione trim, tile In terior partitions, and steel sash ..I . ;The building will have a pitch aiidula:gzoom, steel stairs, wood 11 , 8?drUlti's . .tlitrclass towns' and Cm tazZO floors 4 `in lobbies and toilets Walls will be plastered: mfth ac coustile title' ceilings in tile larger rooms and , glee' toilet partitions Standard _plumbing and electrical °OE' will be incorporated Heating will be supplied from the central College plant ' Remodeling _of ,existing wings will consist of new partitions, paint ing,'conditioning the floors, install ing new toilet rooms and parching Remodeling' is estimated to cost about,s2s,ooo , - Library_ -; , Library—The new College Libr ary sill be locate' , at thp north end of a aenosed mall above the Liberal Arts and Education Build , logs, in location' now occupied by the driveway which runs past the Liberal- Arte units It will be a new lirepioof structure of three stories and basement 170 feet by 50 Footings will be of reinforced concrete, the frame of steel, and having concrete and tile floor slabs Extprior finish will be brick pith limestone trim, and features will include Nonce on aluminum Mildews, exterior donna of 'Abate pine, and pitch and slag roof Much or the radiation in the (Continued To Page Nine) . • -- STROUSE'S HARNESS SHOP Luggage' Repair All Kinds of Leather Work Football" Equipment Repaired Frazier Street Beneath Lemmon & Granger 'Reversal Of Court ' Ruling Paved Way ' For Building Funds Legality Of The General State - Authority's Program Clouded For 2 Years By Judicial , Decisions By the magic of a Supreme Court reversal, Penn State College was able to gain the biggest construction program in its histoiy With a total of $5,000,000 allocated to the College last August, the' program here ,also is second only to the %tate goveinment's sev en-million-dollar Finance Swiftest Harrisburg among the 79 pio- Jects comprising the General State Authority's $65,000,000 state-wide building program But the $5,000,000 came only after the State Authoi ity had inched its way through a maze of legisla-' tive and judicial somersaults to become one of the most important financial organs in thd state gov einmental setup Created in 1935 The Authority was created as a public corporation and govern mental instrumentality by the State Legislature on June 28, 1935, in order to provide means where by the Commonwealth could' avail itself of the Federal Emergency Administiation' of Public Works (PWA) funds, despite the consti tutional interdiction on the state's borrowing capacity When the Authority was de claied unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court soon aftei oard, the Legislature voted, to place a $92,000,000 bond issue on the ballot in a statewide refereed-, um to finance the program WELCOME CLASS OF '42 Our Famous Sticky 'Cin _namon Rolls Will Give Tin You a New Taste Thrill. Nyi'l At the e Meanwhile, foi mei Attorney- General Chalks .1 Margiotti was granted his, petition for a rehear ing before the mutt I=l Doubtful of Court sanction, how_ eves, the Legislature voted the re ferendum proposal a second time, as required by the state constitu tion Then on February 4 last yew., after a review of the act, Justice Kephart handed down the Croat's opinion reveising its original stand and declaring the "General State Authority Act and the un dertakings in pursuance of it are constitutional" Two months later—on May 18— the act was amended by the Leg islature, dal 'tying the purpose of the Authority "The Autholity m created for the puiposo of tonsti tiding, im proving, maintaining, and oper ating sewers, sewer systems, and sewage treatment works for the state institutions of every kind and character public build ings for the use of the Common wealth, state lusenals, armories, and military reserves, state air ports and landing fields, state institutions of every kind and (Continued To Page Nine) The Finest Man's Store in State College Welcome Freshmen! rnoMll.s C Collegehe opparde Nam Casouse 'c Suits by Society Brand Worsted-Tex • il=lo 1711 1 Eii .Li IztLl Saxon-Weave Town Weave Campus Togs Trimount , FROM MY OINKS, BLACK TIES, R. 0. T. C. SHOES SHOES For Men Florsheim Goodrich You Know Us by the Firms We Represent Handful Of Men Tie Up Work; Committee Studies Wage Issue. A tompaiative handful of men stopped the five-million-dollar build piogi am here for too weeks lath month in a dispute over pievail Wage scales Appioxlmately a stole of cement plastows of the A F of L union si,alked out and picketed the piogiam when McClosloy 6. Company, contiactois, slashed %%ages horn $1 25 to $1 pet hour The °MA e progam was stale-9- mated when truckets and other Irate than caned for by the union: NV olkeis infused to break picket scale lines Union Scale In Doubt him decided to cut the . wages when McCloskey 8. Company claimed it discovered the union scale via; the men were being paid a highei I (Continued on Page 10) For the first course in TRAVEL ECONOMY I There's an extra saving on Fares to State College 6-month round-trip tickets FROM, You don't have to major in math to figure out the way to go to college! Greyhound round trip tickets good fora trip back home any time within sic months mean a saving of 20% on the return portion Have a better time for less money go by Greyhound Super Coach! Phone the Greyhound Terminal in Your City for Full Information on Fares and Schedules GREYHOUNR: CLASS OF 1942 Get Your Map of State College at Fromm s a m ";;. -1 I . : : 01 0 lo m el ". ;q! ‘ IPOO ra am cal riumt__\\ m tagotit . ' QRIB0:* At Prices You Can Afford romm rs 2 OppoAte Old Maio - State College ALLWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Section PRICE FIVE CENTS Authorities said the contrattniz Yo, k Harrisburg Philadelphia New York City Sunbury Altoona Johnstown Greensburg Pittsburgh Jason Shirts Shoble Hats Faultless Pajamas Westminster Pioneer Belts For Women Peacock Vitality College Bred
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