SUCCESSOR To The-Free Lance, Established 1887 VOLUME 35—Number ‘7 Z 658 THOMPSON FLAYS INTIMATION OF 'IRREGULARITIES' ;Societies : Start.- Restitution favored 'ln ROTC. Poll Insurance Company Survey Reveals Student Ideas Sea odd onal, "Uitpal (tunable Page , Special to the Co'lleolan: ', . _ n -'Sept. 26—Seventy-fbui per cent of' - theMale students and 77 , ,pei cent of'the women stu dents favor military instruc tion at universities and col ,. , according to _i esalts of Oiirvey released ;here today . by - the Faiinly Economics Bit rea,u' of the Northwestern Na- Life Insurance Com- PianY' ' suivey; made by 'the insol ence,'company, sampled—accotd ing t o the company itself , --the ,opinions of students at New Yolk, Minnesota,. Washington and 01 e univeisittes , Student Support Won "Although the school military department ry the favoi ite,taiget ,of ilidicab and ,semifradieal `. Pal ticula t ly 2in those a • te9ulied Iredra'X' efease - 'said, "three Nalt 4 '-orioui stiiden ts , at e_ heartily 'in fit'iM of such train ' thOse in. 'faimi. of' inilitaly ~anstructiOn," ' the - 1 epot t said "44 'Per gent fa‘loi it a I cowed sub. - jest, "while 'the r=tuning cent ° ; , !.. , .? ; .:feel that it'should 'heon , ai 'voluntat y basis" - ,Furthernio.e,„ the icpmt said, "the ti tuning is ) heartily appi oved the'lrast, rria2m ity of (students, 'campus communists to - the contrail , notwithstanding, and 'thaaks to as effectiveness, the - United States 'now has a reserve of competent commissioned cificei's ' numbei ing ."Justshort - of 100,009 min - '"Togethei with the office's of the:regulei and of the Na. :tiOnal Gould; , the - United ,States ies_ has. a' "conunis'Sioned Fel son 'nelr'atftletent to ham, and lead a. , geineikeney at my,. of 'between tlyee ana,:four mdhon men," the tent)" t adder ' Rant A - , Date'?? ? "C" Yot,-, - Consult 'l 4 ! ' .: 1 1c1 Dr.= - Colligian.? Two Weeks'gone-iii * UM you get , an intiocluction; to that:smooth blonde in ihe'second „i ow' of , your ,English Comp dmis , ,Or, how abOutihat cute little bier aette you keep,kunning into in,the :,(scirry,' no 'flee adveitising)?, , "And how about you,frosh skis is No' fieedom al ound hei is there" inn vally,'can'tet Acquainted in ' ,the legal' five-minute ;period, can , „,i)Vhat„tilklo ithout it? i No,' don't ,turn out the lighti murgo to sleep pso tissetl. youiself!,Justify ;You know, you've ;g4 ,l iewhat 11,aVes ' , rilOCiinly is the Collegian,,plovid ,,ing thelilakand themiceinaly at= inosphy Le, fot 'the " mica, tihat may "shape your social' life at'State,, but 4ive will .eiren - range.. the 'date it. ielf:;Aiid_ifiyou,are half, the man I: woman" we think' you aie,, it o houldn't be any''tiouble ' at SAL" `jJu'itmail us your name,' phcine ,i),l3niber, and desciiption''And,give ideii,of your' ideal 'date,' ;;11,17,we'1„ do iitallitat: to 'match- it, v 3 eyun,tf-we - buye; to ding ourselves ,awayAfromf' our: typeivrtteF, study ,thittlfkrthur",Mut tay we,',got for: vthree box "trips, - and, hopat ound: a ourieleek , P, 7 ' forget' the x,time and the '-idae7o& : Ree, ida:y v ,i, October 7.1fr0m'9,...,tii , 12 "';And' freshman ctistonts at,,off;,for;till'who attend 5 erro7isie.eklY yr.fass' Peel =Heads Attempt To Regain Lost Prestige Of Six Honoraries 1, A conibined {hive' to ,',Ostify,ihetr existence" and restore then erstwhile prestige on 'the campus will be blunOhed . thisweek by six camp us honorary societies,-it was &bided at a meet ing of, the society bigwigs vtoth Senior Class Ptesident'Josepli A Peel Friday night ' Peel told l'epiesentatires of Lion's Paw, Blue Key, Skull'and Bones, Palau Nous, ‘ pi aids and , Finns that definite steps to, arouse men's lion ; manes _from then present state of lethaigy need be taken this yea' , It Nsas suggested that the' local habeidasheis distiibuting the white mew hats be "asked nice y" by the 'Society presidents to stop sale of the hats which tire' becoming incieasingly pop ulai as a campus vogue ' Restitution of tapping cei emu ICS " as ' they used to be was it's., proposed 2 .Committees' Named By Peel For Dads'-Day Moore, Arnold, Horn, Kuvinka Sulouff To Have Charge; Of Arrangements Joseph Peel 'J9, senior 1,1111,8 pi coldest, has named committees to make plans for Alie "smoke' „to be held in' the :Armory . ' Saturday night as art of the annual °ham- Anie.tol'Ancy.4.ll'w,themottnittin:" `s' , .rtetreshicients will.ne hi 'charge of" John +Duain - Bloore , ''39, chair '39, and ono ' other committeeman to be lip ptilnted later. George Horn , '.39, Georgd Kuviaka '39 and Elwood lb SuloulT /39, ,chairman. _are aiding, .1 lewing - ,,"Sock" Kennedy in the selection of talent for the enter tainment itt - the smoker 'Peek is Mend (linkmen 'over both com mittees Entertainment Varied , Kennedy has_announced that the entertainment progiam sill last approximately three quarters , - of an hour, with vocal +selections, dances, - instrumental numbel7, and specialties giving a gala.vaudeville atmosphere - to the other% Ise' drab Armory ,The - entire-family of the student Is invited to attend the at fair. although it is strictly In honor of, Dad ,On Sunday a special'Clapel ser vice - appropriate for . Dads' "Day will he ,held Schwab: indite rium, The Rev' William MacD Sham p, , iecior, St. Paul's Episco pal 'Church, Philadelphia, wlll speak on "What Is Man" The Reverend Sharp is a niacin• ate of Penn State in the eurrlcu luM of • Animal Husbandry of the does of 1.9 p. -• / Miii.skY,Zg Out-Stripped! ',Whete? 'Room Service' A-Male Strip'tease, a hungry a peison still;alive—all will be feat Penn State PlaYters,-,"Room Service uiday , Acclaimed lty critics as the'fun-' nest, add host dy , ever , to be Mescnted on the American stage, Itoom „Service," ;lir'ected by Pi of. Davit MaSon, ohm. the Dads' Dav celebration lror.almost two yeas the' play, croduct 'of noted , authors John M.tarak ',and ~'Alleit";-itoratz,•'kept Broadwayite. s c r,e a M I nn g with latigieet:` Fat.t.mMtiritt , arid filled to the,blim Wtillpeppy,cracks, "Room Service" will be stage.l.,here':by' a ' • "In' thi pant of Sashi Smipnoff, - he "Ifussian wartei,will',43e,Cole si ian Bender '42, -- Josep l i:Dobbs,'39 will ` enact, the producer, :Gordon, Miller/while' Joseph -Dribble, the ' initel , matiager,<willtbe plaited by Tullui:lyttrymor„'4o' . . s . s ",, 4 Bernaid SchectMan :40,'-Who'tin deistiidiail Sam Jaffe in theMer= .hantof Venice" hereithinuniMei; will handle' the role 4f;directorlas Geotge -W. Yeckley '3) told how invitation , to join the societies _were extended in motions years to prospective hat 'men by petsonal con tact at then homes Later, and at an all-College dance, the men were formally tapped The ceremony, Yeckley pointed out, would add significantly to the distinction of being a "hat" man , Peel advised that George L Donovan '.15, Stu dent Union manager, be appointed advism and treasurer of each society. ,Agreed upon by the society leinescntatives piesent at the meeting„ the proposal await~ .l final endorsement of each honorary as a unit Blue hey and Di Inds were commended by the Swum Claes Piesident fot then relentless wmlc in nabbing tustoms vnolatomv among the freshmen Wanted By Tribunal: 25 Custom Violators Twenty-five fieshman accused of customs violations have been (Mined to appeal before a meeting of Student Tiibunal to be held at 730 o'clock tonight in ,Room 305, Old' Main All fieshmen sum moned mud attend and receive....such punishment as' will be meted out Cards hirve been mailed to all of-f fenders, a membei .„ of Tribunal slated, but because of chifnges in Sex- Education addiosses these notices to appeal may,,not have been received This, Lacking- -Davis however,•will not serve as an ex emption lfiom the.! , meeting, bunal' . has 610 ; . ;;;Lc fresliafan :HealtkAiowledge • , ittThe R — e — v"e al,Hefi &ix me: ' Joseph Arnold Hygiene =lnformation - Richard Baker Robert Ball - Joseph •Bouriie William Butz " William Deblei Li nest Dunnick David Fahringer - Russell Fi eyersinith William Glavin Mot ton Goldberg Bei nard Haver Arnold H4showita, • John B. Hodgkin Geiald Kearns Victor Rohman' ' J'ames Lavelle Chat les Lynch John McCoy David Mathes Olive, ii George Trimble I'i anew Trends Prank "Witgnei - ?Paoli` Wheeler Ex-Editor Will Teach Mis. Roy Jamison, v onion's -di 'ni of the Collegian in hei semi year here in 192% AIM conduct a newly organized course in 'put nal tint this yens at the Centre Hall High School ape Worm, and a funeral chant oce , ures of the initial prodMion of the in Schwab :11ahtolittiii next Sat- Paul Dean '4O fills the past of Fak-, rt Englund, Miller's garland as sistant Ruth Wagnei '4O will en act Christitin ,Marlowe actress. Other impErtentinenlbers of this cast and charectetizations will be. Robert Thompson r es the play might; Jam! Eames '4O as Drib ble',s s ecretary; Heb.nt.. Doroshoit '4O hotel executive; ilham Bai- Ehhibmew '4l as .Hacker's repro sintative' Willard Macy ,'39, col .ector; Clay Donges '4' hotel phy sician„Louis Hall '39, bank mos '4enger; and John Hirt, graduate st`tidenVas Senator Bial.e. . "Room Set vice," from the open amain, brings 'on its laughs with the tepidity a'Woltern er brings on its bullets. The trials 'arid tribulations , of `a 'backer-les4 ihpducer,stranded to the heart of Dreat'ray Hotel with his entire slut,- provide the setting around which Muriay and &wets have Woven the' comedy hit.of a genes ation. STATE COLLEGE, PA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1938 Donovan To Bee ' ome Treasurer Prepare tot y and high SC.llOOi9 have given the,Penn Slate fresh man an exceedingly inellfiieielit sex education and very sketchy knowledge' on such points ad prop el diet, proper ventilation, coin municable diseases, self health tieatment and first aid -This finding has been - made ' by the use of health knowledge tests given dating the past No years and again this year by a staff head ed by Dr Al thur F Davis, assis tant professor in charge of health Instruction Tests Show Ratings Tests in the dilTerent schools showed that the better iatings Nrele earned by students in the more scientific courses, engineer leg and agriculture ranking high est It is hoped, Dr Davis said, that there will be enough interest evi dented in hyglene'to start elective three credit courses, in hygiene for upperclassmen A. course for jun fors would be prepared along the lines of personal and community hygiene and for seniors a course in family and marital relations would be set up The advanced comes would be taught by campus specialists from the departments of sociology, eco nomics, home economics, psycho' ogy, biology, and health sera ice, and by guest speakers (rein out of town Deng Will 'Leave On Chem Society Tour Dean Flank C Whitmore of the School of Chemistry and Physics will-leave tomorrow one speaking tour of the New England States ' Dean Whitmore will lecture at meetings of varpus sections of the American Chemistry Society He is national president of that orga nization On Thutidsy he Is to speak at Schnectady, N Y, and on Satur day at Orono, Me His itinerary from there*ls as follows. Oct 3, Exeter, N H Oct 4. New 'Haven, I Conn , Oct. 6. Providence, R J., Oct. 10 , Stant ford: Conn LaVie Isaue - g Call All junlois who whili to ti'y out for the dtaff of the "LaVie," senior yearbook, are requested to , report to the LaVie , office' in Room 317, Old .Main, at. 4 o'clock this after noon " ' Drive T.N.E. Head Gives Code Suggestions 3 v Other Fraternities : Advocate Longer Rushing Rules Admitting their guilt without hitter , feelings toner(' the Intel - tractility Council, Theta Ne Ep silon frafernit3, penalized fm vie baton of the Alen's Rushing Code Lab' : weeks ago, offei ed constt uc [lye, criticism on the Code yeller day' ':Aceolding to the copy of the Code on the date I.:d I ds, we dell hlteli - violated it by binning cards berme 7 o'clock Tuesday` imp 0 Mg'," Anthony 11 Kunkel 'thl, vice pie'ahlent of the traternlty, said, "bnt we were going by the copy in the neeliman Flandbook which failid to mention any time" „ 2 . Pledged Five Men Despite sufforifig a 29-hour post ponement of pledging, T N pledged five men and does not be Ileve!,thatt it lost. any possibilities became of tile penalty, Kunkel poitited out Often House and informal periods weie, , denounced by T N N, but the`,:idea of giving the freshmen a t.hance_to get settled before actual rutltilng began Ices handed an af iirnitive vote 2 -4"j4wel e. 4 upposed td the Code 44' , 114`if.vtis-toll Kunkel declared —"However, that Jas no' reason for our violating it and we deserved the punishment With numerous revisions, the 1938 Rushing Code may be a MILLOSS" 'Along with Theta Nu Epsilon. three other fraternities including Phi _Delta s Theta, Sigma Tau Plu and Theta Xi, advocated a change in the tattling time Acording to Herbert I) rushing chairman of Sigma Tau Phi, "No matter what changes are made in the• Rushing Code at Penn State. these µIII bail be one very `important flaw—the time of rush ing season The code this year IV's an , Improvement Naturally. there are faults to be found, but' such Is the, case with any new system ~ Delay In Rushing Proposed "In fairness to the Freshman himself and also the fraternities. there shottld he a longer perlOti for freshmen and fraternity men to look each other over—possibly un tit' the, beginning of the second semester "This would give the new stu dents an opportunity to bee the fraternities as they really are in stead of the 'false lace' most of the houses put on feet for rushing seta•on "This system lb folluned at ninny other large colleges Surely (Continued On Page Four) Metals Society Will Adthit '4l, '42 Men In an ,early fall membeiship dime inaugurating a new pollie which would admit fieshinan and siiphomines as well as Juniots and seniors to the me,anization, the Ammican Society of Metals has planned a get-togethei for intei esCed students at S o'clock Wed nesday -night in the Sandtidi Shop, Old Main Profesboi , Frank M Swartz of the School of MitiMal Indust.ies will preside The program will in clude talks by Di David F Mc- Farland and ,Dean Edward Stu dio, both of the Mineral Industries School The Ameman Society at Irletal-3 extends an invitation to students of metallurgy in all classes SUBSCRIBERS Collegian subscribers • who ' have changed their places of residence should file their new address at Student Un ion Desk, first floor, Old Main, ImmOdlatetly.- rgiatt Answers Shelley Chambers '4O Gets Vacated Pan-Hel Office Chi Omega Succeeds A. B. Phi In Position Left Open By Otitsicy '4O Alpha Epsilon Phi has giv en up the vice presidency of Pan Hot lento this yea' because their rep eseitta tire, Gladys It Oritsky '4O, tolled to 'ctw n to school yo, tan S _Doty 'PI, pi esidont antiounted The t: aternity will hold the office nett yea] ..uttnita II Chambers 'lll, Chi Omega, was na tiled ice pt esident tot this to m, and Hill succeed to the presidency nest year Committees for Pan•H ellen It, ate Rushing—Minh man. Juanita 111' , eltalttber , K107CMcilyirM - 511 — , Connell aS, and Georgia IV Owen '4O for initbdion—itlai Um V Shane:man '4O and Dorothy , .1 Wagnet 'lO Scandal slit p—Dess I Tt aegoi '9O and Miriam A Skladal Social—Limit man, Winifred M Watson '4O, Anna R itiainhart '4O and Doi is L Jones 39 Tionelni, sante] ',pollee!, and big stele] Inlivitiee ore to Lon tinue us usual, and are not to be coneideled as 'yelling SOLD OUT Records continue to fall as the NEW Collegian contin ues to sweep the campus and the town • Last Friday, for the second time in the 15 issues that the present staff has published, every single copy of the Collegian was sold by noon of the day of publication—sold out in less than seven actual hours of sales SUBSCRIBE NOW and join the parade of readers Only $250 for 66 Issues China Can Take Japan's , Punches, States Dr. Koo China is hke'a huge, soft pillow The Japanese can plumb it hare here and thole, but still the Wow Such re the 11111111101 in which Di man who deltreted the chapel elm mime conflict to a Collegian t slnt( PI mine object of the pi twat Chin , ' esc wat strategy, Kno said, is to old Hankow and ding the wet out hi ough anothet mai. , campaign so that , Japdn will be dianned of men, materials , and finantes Di Koo, who was m his satin. countiy as , lJte as June, declared that evelywheie he found a state of optimism among the Chines: i.eople This he believed due to the ENtenszve and successful develop went of gumil , a :lobting, the knowledge that in band-to-hand oinhat the Grilles° soimers are im riensely supeinn, the rat that be cause of a loose gave' mental set it is'hard to find any one vital .pot in the Chinese nation, and ashy the ieulization that the Jap anese people ale tired of the war Tid ate victims of a powerful mil t:lly group that is them c n. "Pot the last 40 yet:Ts," Koo said. "the Chinese nation has been try ' g to . 1 econsti act itself an its an- States 3 Specific Points To Refute Shelley's Charges Believes Building Program Here 'Subject To More Rigid Inspection' Than Other State Projects . , Special to the Co!legion HARRISBURG, Sept 2 five-million-dollar building pr Prnnsylvania State College is tion" than any other project fhority ologram, Senator E. CaMie) in an exclusive 'rite , flayed charges of "irregulai it Thompson, author of the Act which cleated the great est financial organ in the Mate's hiolory, cited three' specific po.nts to refute the iarges Points Listed They wine I—"Fiom the standpoint of then business iclations if for no oth et imison," McCloskey & Coin puny would not octant uregular ities on the project 2—The. architects, Hunter and Caldwell, who ate supeivising this wolk "ale of the very high est personal standing" and would not permit uregularities 'upon any job" The Coll tself 'close daily contact with the pro ject and "mould not hesitate to complain at once in event that it egt.la 'ties occurred " The charges of irregulaiities at he College were first made 12 days ago by Dauphin County District Attoiiiey Cail B Shelley while tes tifying before the special House committee investigating alleged giaft and i coriuption piacticed by Govellior George 1-1 Haile and 13 tanking associates At thut time Shelley testified he had "information" that the in ,pectois on the College project had eon appointed byl'ilatthew H Mc- Closkey Ji , Philadelphia contract ,' who is doing 'the construction cock there • Wanted to Cheek Mortar Shelley also said he "would wiint o check the mortar on the job," hinting that he believed it was not up to specifications "It is very difficult foi ine to be lieve that there is any •foundation to such charges," Senator Thomp- EOll told the Collegian "In the first place," he said, "I have known of the work of Mc- Closkey & Company ever since I (Continued On Page Four) remains Ir. T Z Koo, eminent Cl•amse states non Sunday, described Vie Smo-Tap• ter over the arekend cent customs to con'orm to the - aodein way of living. The Chines.. lee' that they can actnnplish this, but want to be left with the time, the freedom, and the initiative to love along the process of recoil qiuction. Ary count,/ thwarting this process will natin ally encur the enmity of the Ctrm se people." In this way did Dr Koo explain the season for the tlinese final detision to resist and the Jap ...nese after yielding to them since he was a young boy. As to the effects of the war as Koo thought that little could Le prophesied at prescnt However, ne;:aid that the wai hos picked up nd dramatized the feeling for na tional unity, that it 'nts ,brought the culture, leadership, and educa tion of the coastal emu back into ,he interior as the vent coastal , ities are demolished, syd that like wise industrial development has een pushed tack into the interior. 131121113 CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Expressing the belief that the ogram now under way at. the "subject to mote rigid tespec n the entire General State Au , ward Jackson Thompson (D, rview with the Collegian here. ies" at the College Dean Names ... Top Scholars.-- In LA School J 6 Sophomores, 15 Juniors, 24 Seniors Have 2.5 Or' Better For Term 'family-four Seniors, 16 Junlore and 16 Sophomores efatedVie-- "Dean a List" In the q,11)61 of Lib eras Arta, att.ording to statement released yesterday Dean Charles W Stoddart Arranged le order if ,mer Age, IMntirpolittteper — C reitit — etirried ,duP lng the second semester of 1937- MS, the list. formerly the Liberal Arts Honor Roll, includes the fol lowing names Class of 1939 William D Barns, Robert,,,, L Goerder, Vernon L Hull. Alvin J I , cev - uftz, Covella J Newman, Ellit Schein, Louis Stein, Charles 0 ' Sweet, all with straight 3 aN er ages, Fiank C Craighead, Charlet: F Leedecker, Charles W Lines, Joan, C Sperling, with 28 aver age., Arthur R Henry, 27, John J Craighead, Isabel J Kinney, Charles E Miller, Robert C Mul len, Roy B Nichols, Henry R Smith, all With 26 averagel,-Ja eph- F Bradley, Fred S Carlson, Richard G Davis, Dean C Miller and James A Noonan, averaging 25 - - Class of 1940 Harty Levin 3, Mary ton, Ruth .1 Koeher. 29, Henry.) Bailey 111, Frank R Zumbro, Jr, 28. Helen L Camp, 27, Ann W Bovine, Floyd P Coyne, irarloh E Coodley, Winfield C John, Joseph lite Miller. 2b, Arthur H (lager, Marian E Lathrop, Dean F Miller and Agnet, H Tanner. 25 Han sb Ft eedinan, J. Mary E Baker. 2 9, Philip 21 Ferman, Wil Hain E Fowler, Norman Racusin, Het ante Smith, 2 S. Elinor L Wea ver 27, John CI Fay. Mabry - it Gin !manor, Nelln 51 Razarccßitth °chinch, Stanley , ft Pliska, 26, William U Dogar. Ernest S Dix, Alarlanne Hessemea and Edythe Rickel, 2 5 '42 Library Make-up Set , For Thursday Make up exercise for all Fresh' men oho failed to appear at the regular lecture and demonstration on the MO of the library during Freshman Week ulll be Itald tin Thursday night at 7. o'clock in Room R of the Libra], building Freshmen mho missed the Tekii jar exercise must be present , it this time since the exercise v4ll not be given again Froth To Add Three'. Candid . Camerameti Three candid cameramen will,be added to the staff of Froth, camp us humor magazine, Charles W. Flanagan' 39, editor, announcbd yesterday ' • - - Candidates for the art and - edi torial staffs will meet in Roca;3oB, Old Main, at 8 p. m, tomorrow .
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