SUCCESSOR To The F;ee Lance, Established 1887 VOLUME 35-N0.19 Z 658 ICKES Smith W4neimen , Topple Pitt '_ . ",13y:,3 , Points Smith Stops Sterner On Five Mile 'Run 1 "In 26105 Time „ Ripping over five-miles of muddy hills' and dales in ' Schenley Parlt in iecoi d Smith continued on -lis undefeated Course at the , Lion harriers closed then dual Meet season with their fourth, _,victory in four starts as they 'awned a stubbornly Along Pitt cross-country team, 26-29 ii Pittsburgh, Saturday „Chalking up the fastest time ever 'molded on a Schenley Pala ionise, Smith was oven thiee-hun `tired yards ahead of Pitt's—until thin—undefeated Ray Stei net, as ',fie ,bioke the tape in 24 minutes, s:seconds Sets Three Records _ , r In Illb ' l,lll,t. thice , IaCCS Smith juts set three new let:old, He now hidda mem ds on the Lehigh, ill.. Penn State: and the Pia 'coutses 19 undefeated in collegiate le'toss : ,countly competition,_having }von tlitee', dual meets" and— the ;Fieshinen - ICCA's 14 , 4 fall us eat lingAniktopped -that-pei [min ;mice byjaking every lace this sea =son by huge =iglus ' • 211 e As ill be the man Lo watch in IC4-A championships in New ~Yolk City nest Monday_ , The Lion's had no easy tone of -a on Saturday as the Pantheih 'ghtbbed commanding position. eally in the late and Unmanned to hold on to - them until the tape was iedched'_, ' Steiner edging out State'," tia r nk Maule foa second place anj Pitt-men McCabe and Boulangtit copping fontth and fifth places. things looked really' bad foi. (Continued On Page Three)' Pundt Will Discuss U. S.' Neutrality Hope Psof. Alfied C. Puna of the de partment of lustoiy and political. icience,•-will , speak ou Can Ames ,l4 Stay Out of Was" au-open `Meeting in commemoration of As _mistime Day in the Little Theatre "lomot tow at 8' p m. "The" Gloat Choice," an antti seal by Fiederack..Eastinan, .will'also,be j2ieseited at this meet= "nig by a nmed , fseslimaii-group of Christian AsSociation: Members i ,Those taking pact n - t he play, which will be duccted _by David Jackson, a gi'aduate student, use Arnold) Cum iet, Thom& Young, John ,Dague,;Walter Lers„.Fian fees, -Talley, Cathetufe Coleman, Cathetine Zeller, and Elsie Brock- . 7 " ' By BERNARD A. NEWMAN , Luis AlvaradoThas conipetition 1,7 • ' Or'maybe he hasn't Maybe it's Lui, Alvarado himself! A few weeks-ago, one of the shrewdest confidence Men to set foot "ilii,State College soil, andel 1.4 nom de pinme Luis Alvarado, pulled 'such net swindle act here that'eyen hisinctsmi adindted then ad. 'fnuration for his`clever new.' • ,!'i'.,:Alvarado, of Spanish origin, ar rriVed here three weeks-ago and 14Mimediately, got in„ touch -with :":-Spanish Prof. P. li — Daugherty hHe, asked Profeskir, Daugherty - to 'refer him ' to ionic Spanish students rt Planned To,Matrleulate , •'.4-He :wanted +to" make some ae ;ioiraintinces;,,,becituse he planned to matriculate" here, he clammed Pilif.Driaghe'rty referrdd him to Bigoti,varsity soccer player, and" Jack Heller '4l. ', Both Bigott'and Heller found AIM to be one of 'toe . smoothest, Semi- ee ly • i - ______ , I tun tatr . I ii.n5.,,:?,9_) , . i MAY Breaks 3rd Record Annual Penn Smoker I Flag- win . g Set for Friday Night;• - R ' • Game Tickets OnSale / • Ceremonies ....., The annual football smoke] on the eire of the Penn game will be Slated Here held at the Benjamin Franklin hotel, Philadelphia, at , S p in Friday night Standards To Be Raised , The Blue Band will present .1 musical program at the attah Admission charge- , will be $1 Tickets for the grid fray Saul day will cost-82 28 and will be on hale at the All:letic Office ticket oindow, 107 Old Main, until Thursday afternoon Tickets may idea be purchased at the smoker Friday night. Bunny ,Berrigan Band' May Play For Soph Hop Larry Clinton Uriable To Fill ' Scheduled Engagement -- Hem On Dec: 9 Bunny Beugan, hi, ttumpet and his oithestta, was tentatively ap piOved to play lot Sophomore Hop, December 9, pending his teleasi• from another contract Bei wan was contacted late-yes told*, when negotiations with Lai iy Clinton, in Halal chone of the, Soph Hop , Committee, failed to niateinilize ' Au vigageri;ent with-New „ rotls:7 iGainount Tlieitt;e - -iiqueli 7 v,as le cciitly extended one week, oak Clinton' under _coati act until 11. p in the - night of Sopir Hop. Unabla to make ,State College, Clinton will play al, Pt incefon s Univetsity stint lig at midnight of the same eve ning, Beaman, fie4h from a successful tun at Boston's fashionable Riti, Caileton Hotel„ is now playing at the Paradise 1 Restainant one or New York's smaitet Jnight spots He has two college engagements slated fm this 'month—one at Cm bell next"Satuiday and the other 2 Pnneetod on the following Fu day • Rumois that Horace Heidt, Jim my Doisey in Chick Webb would 'enlace Clinton wete'spkked by Co cteau men Robert G'lllobinson and 1,71 ic Moellei, when Heidt was not considered popular enough by-the students and Doisey and Webb were unavailable , Besides Webb and Limey, the Committee also contacted Benny Goodman, Hul Kemp, Bob Crosby, KaY Xyser, , Tommy Dorsey- and Jimmy Luncefoid. All / were anal/li able , Forum Picks Head , Salle P Searle was elected pies. Mehl „ot the Fkeslonait: Women's Forum at at meeting in Old Main last week Catherine B Cole man , was named' vice president Ishile Lois E Patrick becamo arc* et.t chairman, Betty U Ziegler:sec letary. and Enid L Runlet. sociid chairman. here: Has To Bowdoin? thou entertaining andJinest con fideikte man they .:, ever met. His explanation—with such sin. ceilty=of his prowess in all blan ches of athletics sounded so typical to both boys that they never pictuie him a phoney,' ; ,7 But. the payoff came Mien Luis explained a few'difficultles to the:boys.,lt,seemed that lus,bag gage,was in New Yolk and would not =live for'a few days.-Also, that he •was , a bit- financially ;Om barrassed„however, expected a (Continued On Page Four) APPROVE NEW $2,500,000 ALLOCATION On Building Sites Flag-ialsing ceiemonles, a iii be held on the 'site of each of the eleven new buildings beginning 4 p nr toineilow, J 13 Moffat, Mc- Closkey Company supelintendent, announced yesterday _The standard mill be t aired from the roof of each structure beginning with the Toroth) , Build ing Special -ceremonies will be held for the Liberal Arts, Library, and Education Buildings at the quadrangle climaxing in the laying of the cornetstone Cm the Elec trical Engineer hig structure The committee ou iti augments is inhaling Mani; to enlist the sere Ices of the Bine Band and a dis pia) of the R 0 T C units, pro riding that the display does not conflict with , War ~Department regulations, Newat eel men from Philadelphia ate expected to Ithologialdt the imemonies Borough Plans Traffic Lights To Install Signal Near Power ' House;. May; Levy Tax_ Sec editor:al. "Noe The Way Paled 2 Plans to Install new trellis signal lights aud to license student yen dots who carcass rooming houses and haternities me under the con sideration of Borough Council to day indications were that a Lilac light would lie installed at the In teisection of Buil owes Sheet ihid West College Avenue—near the Power House—but that the pro posed Installation of 'sllolllm light at Co op Corner had been blocked by the I efusal of College authori ties to permit the - Borough to erect two poles on College propel ty where the lights would have to be placed Pressed by teem led protests from townspeople. the Council is else considering tile feasibility of levying - an annual license fee of 5250 on vendors who sell food and Incidentals nightly hr the , fraterni ties 11.71(1 rooming houses ' Meansshile ? Student Board Ml day night passed a resolution urg ing Council to soap its proposed license plan on the grounds that the, vendors have t ecels ed atltten permission to canvass the houses The Board also asked Council to reveaL the Hotta e of the complaints received from townspeople and the names of alleged "Indepe'ndent van dory" who ale reported to be visit ing pi vats homes_ where no stu dents-live Mortar Board Nets ' -$250 In' Novel Dance Spinster Skippers In' White Hall Friday night netted Mortir Board a profit of apptaxlmately 3250, to be - used for scholaiships „. The novel dance was tile Mat in the new semen's activities build ing Corsages of all shapes. sizes, and odors ado s rned'the men. oho sere guests of the co-eds Vie Sandham was crooned King Sugar Daddy. Bill Engel sore Tel ulna's rabbit skin, Jack Rex sport ed the beret of Mr. Esquire. Bill Hoot carried ,Aft Suppressed De aire'a tench. John Metzger waved a pennant as Joe College. and Bud Schanck was named Mr Jitterbiag CA Edits 'Compass' The "Compass„" a' small weekly papal of four pages, is now being published - each Monday ,by the Christian Association for its mem he'rs- William E Kitchen '9O is editor. Edwald'Schoemmel '9O and Adam Smyser '4l are assistant ed itors STATE COLLEGE, PA.;-TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938 Dog Steals-,Show As Gridders Bow "Lady' 3 , Nips Drum Major's Pants To Provide 'Action In Lafayette's 7-0 Upset . By BILL EeIGEL And Lehigh legible] eit a 7-0 triumph' , Oh, pardon me, the game Vlab - 60 damned dull, 1 most forgot that Lafayette uas-oui opponent on New Ilea‘ei Field Saturday In fact, "Lady," a fel minus littlw dog, vatiety unknown, stole the show with sonic spectacular broken field iunmng among the Blue Bawl boys iesulting in a nifty nip of bane gioth fiont the tfouseis of Drum 'Maim Flank Anderson With State tiailing 7-0 at half time, Lady took the field, starripe.- ell, imp the light side line, sliced towaid the middle, went into half 'alibi/111 as the opposition weaved thiough a tevolving "S," but cul back to chop, off srx. and one (mm ter, inches of matelial Imam one leg or pants woi th 25 bucks ' And to think that Lady had to mess up Mann "Tommy" Thump son's last appealante with thi• Blue Band on New Soave! Field Rain Bothers Lions $l5O Is Taken In Robbery Of Girls' Dorms 1 Thieves Snatch Money, Pins From Women's Rooms In Se%eral Visits Rothe' lea , a mounting to ape: oil' nudely MU have been itimpant In the le a omen's h ate, city houses and dointltorles Both huge and Petty ems of money and ate, article, hide been stolen dui fag the past weeks - Sixty donuts was taken from the Lhaperotts' loom In the Theta . . Phi Alpha house several ueekv allot school slatted About ,325 in small hus , been taken, tronik(ltange, jilui clothing and one wallet - Houseparly week end played huittul for the thief of thie‘es with $5 taken from the Gamma Phi Beta suite and a OMNI bllll3 disappeared from the A 0 Pi hot,e The A 0 Plc lost snetal pins and at pocketbook In the two stealthy sisita which were made to their house No Whet robberies wet e repotted Galin Sings On KDKA Samuel Galin '4U, Wiwi, sang us a guest at List on KDKA.'s .innivei sary program Lou 8 to 9 p in Sunday night Ile was invited to take part in the plow= after no melons inquests nein ieeelved by the station folloning his singing In the Pep Rail) bioadeast.of Otto be: 28 , ; Noted Sculptor Urged ' For Panels Of Library That the College select a noted sculptor for wink onl the WO panel; on either side of the entrance to the new Rattly, was emphasized in a prepared statement to the Collegian by - Harold E Dickson, associate professor of fine cuts. Dickson pointed out that at present plans use being made foi th employment of a Philadelphia craftsman whose sevetal , sets of inedels recently submitted, are scarcely worth a passing glance And since Die stone and carving for the new buildings ate to be paid lot in any case, the, selection of a fist-sate sculptor lot these panels would not involve prohibitive additional expense, he said "It should not be 111111bS to focus! some gencial ulotice on the °ppm- .pecial consideration It is Lepel tunity that exists in the proposed table that no lenity determined ef execution of two sculptured idler; fort seems to have been made to on either side of the entrance 'to prevent then misuse the new College !Jimmy," Dickson "Even if they were left'uncut , •ays- for the present. it is entnely pos- "Site for Sculpture" Ethic — that means could shot tly b? "Uncut blocks have been set in I found fot meeting fitting menu position and the effectiveness of means ' then, location is teadily aiipatent to anyone looking up the campus walks The site is ideal for sculp wie and if ever a beginning might be made toward the acquisition of Monumental art on ous buildings this Weis an ‘e\cellent starting point," he explained "Menibeis of the sit department have proposed the name of Mr. William Zoitich, a sculptor who has established himself in the his tiny of that sat in America." In regards to the huing of the Philadelphui craftsman, Dickson Continued'"inibody claim that they will be worth much, no body defends their installation ex. cept to say that something has to go these, so upt something and have done with it. "Here are two of the most valu able spots for adoinment on the entiie•campus, worthy of rather Sights IC4-A Championship -While the occasional downpouis and scattmed puddles failed to bullet Lady, it was, evident the' the lam-soaked tint' handicapped the icinaining beasts, namely the Lions and the Leopards Had it not been Du the soggy condition of the gi ninon, perhaps Hook Mylin's libstale'ciew might have only aegis lend a metal victory by tying th Nittanymen Capitalizing on a blocked punt Graff which Norbert Wel don atheied up and tan twenty ;,aids fin the lone touchdoun nine minutes uftei the kick-off, Lafay ette coasted easily along through out the ietuaindei of anodic' In consistent Natal* , Lion animal ance It just WUSIII Penn State's day The seasons tabulation not, icads thee "ups" to Duce "downs' Flow can one stand this dizo see saw" Despite the Lions' ability to ou"- gam Lafayette and chalk up so, lust downs to three, Lafayette held a decided edge in smut. And ar roadang to Coach MAI), Ins boys were not especially keyed for the game 'Spanked by a Lonnie of half-pint backs, Max cleultch and George Hoye', the Leopaids clung tenact (Continued On Page Three) 11= calving lIIVOIVC9 a finality that ought to be foie,talled if possi ble," he explained "Once installed, inethome thing, .aiely offend people and 500 a ht mto the established order ' "It has been and is the policy of the building program to supply ample funds for architectural ex cess—endless eat niees„non-fune- Coning columns, hiumplial poi tale, calved rosettes and bulls tam- Pant, bfg urns and little pot-spots "The College also has leceiveJ many gifts of art objects, most of them quite bad, very few interest ing "But in all the life of the insti tution no one has eves selected and seemed for it, by puichase, n sin gle work of art of any outstanding merit Force of habit is tlierefoie on the side of mediocrity." ' Niatt Kaiser Sent - To Reform Institution ---. Ple:ads Guilty To Charge Of Forging Checks Shine, Boise', 1.9, Comet sunlit , mole student at the College Boni Altoona %as committed tojittnt tendon alien lie pleaded guilty to charges 6r foiglog, and passing checks befele Judge ken Weikel this omitting Nalsm. charged unit •t.ltisiug checks totaling ores MO within a little, mole than tuo month% pre seated se% el .11 chat act et, ut nesse,, Most of the checks lie u tote note forged aid] the name of Raymond G Blood, a rellou sta dent at the College summer cos Mon .1 Bantu; Knit/ Altoona. Imam congiessatan told ' the court that Boisel nip, a "good boy' and had beeit an Altoona High School honot student He placed blame on the "spectaculai" ci oa4 loth a !Itch ICafset associated Cot his act Rah hI Goldberg of Altoona also testi lied a i s to the youths conduct Lettei b ame pt ermined from bev el al pr olninent Altoona Met] in chiding Blab County Judge Mar ton D Patterson , Polite Chef M L Kauffman of State College told the toot to that Kaiser had committed simile of fenses in eviously but that they had been settled out of coral Judge Walker ordered the oath to pat costs on the first count. rot gel y. and committed hink to Hunt- Ingdon Sentence ads suspended on the second count. and restitu Con aas of de: ed math: Way Open For Holiday -Friday Senate Move Gives Calendai Committee Power To Consider Petition An opening rot the immediate convidetation of any student pets tions fm football o eek end boll dal!, Wdb made In the College sen ate at its Novembet meeting on Thut sday afternoon, The Senate soled to she the Wendel Committee beaded by Prof Elton D blanket all tint: ity to approve or disapprove ant petitions for holidays din lug the rest of the month Dean Wm notk explained that this nation NUlb taken because the Senate alit not meet again until football season is over and student petitions ate usualls missed on by the whole Senate As nth petition ,;as presented at its Thursday meeting. the Senate anticipating a last minute leanest rot an At mistiLe' Dav holiday. look this an usual °Ulan If no petition Is .stibmitted and entwined In •the committee before Ft WY, theta will be no Altnistlee Day holiday lion ever WarnoLlt said students cutting classes Fri day aill not be lined 35' us is Club tome's berme vacations 'Honorary To Induct Phi , Epsilon Kapna, honoral3 tdosical education ft atm oily. held formal initiation Sunday for Ber mud Briggs '39, Joe Giotca '39, and Joe Gillespie '39 Vide] Gent!!man '.19 Pi president of the et ganpn lion - 1-10NORARIES are saying they can't find anything to do—so Mortar Board went out and showed them. How can men's honor ary societies justify their existence? What is their first prerequisite? Is there any need for so many societies on \ campus? Read the edi torial THEY DARED TO THINK On Page 2 Reduced PWA Fund May Force Defeat Of 5 Million Grant P. W. A. Outright Grant Would Equal 45%" With G. S. A. Supplying Backing; Weekend Bolsters Hopes Sptcled 10 the Go!legion WASHINGTON, Nov 71—Despite a maze of contradic tory rumors, reports persisted in well-infouned elides here today that Public Winks Aclministratoi Harold L. Ickes soon will approve a new giant of a lays for "income-heal log" build] College The grant would include new women's dormitory, two Three Opera Stars Slated To Sing Here Jean Tennyson, William Ham, Abrasha Robofsky Signed For Artists' Finale Ihi ee loung opetatie stars eill combine limit talents in ,the endl lion of selections from the o orals best known mimes in __Sella at, Atulitin him MI Ain it VI as the final !inutile] of this year a Artists' Until SC Pallid:tants In "An St ening at the Opera', lib the ptogram has been called by the At tibts' Comae committee will be lean Tenn) bon sopiano. William Hain team, anti Ain asha Robotalcv, baritone ritbb enny boll. (el net leading lade of the musical comedy "Adri coon" and prima donna in Caul Car oil's "Vanities", is at Pi ebent till lug engagements in Holland, Lie' glum and France She non tecog olfro'n catty in her profession as Mimi in "La Bobeme,' Micaela' in "Cat men and Marguerite in "Faint' among other I oleb in which bile appeared with the San Carlo and Chicago Opera compan ies William Hain has appeared as a soloist 51 Rh the Oratorio Society of Nee York the &hole Cantorum and tile Clel eland Symphony 01 chestia For five seasons he sank with the New York Opera Condone In "The Chocolate Soldlei," "Fra Ditivolo," and others, and during one beabon aloe the concerts in New York's Carnegie Hall Abiashit Robotsky, starting his musical carom .cs a violinist in the Reinitiate Symphony 01 cites tut has sung the roles of Tonto. ,Escamillo, Scat pia and Figaro with the Philadelphia Grand Opel a, Ro bat Hood Dell Opera, and Len isolin Stadium opera So Long, Band! Tommy's ' Marched Off The Field By GEORGE SCHLESS The Blue Band played "There'll Be a Hot Tin In The Old Town Tonight " A twinkle in his eye, his inilitaly healing unchanged after twenty tire years at the. head of his band, Tommy marched off New Beaver Field Saturday, probably never to Lawn at the head of the Blue Band. Fin Wilfred 0 Thompson, U S A Bandmaster ?etned, after a 'uattet of a century of berme here as director of the Blue Band which he founded, will quit his post at the end of the school yea' And as he performed for the last ime before a home football crowd, Tommy was having his little joke, a fitting climax to twenty-five seats of jokes— Stories Become Legends In an atmosphere' filled with gloom because of the disheartening andiron defeat at the hands of Lafayette's Leopards, Tommy had Ins last little joke—the band play ed "There'll Be A Hot Time In The [ COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS pprommately 21/, million dol ngs at the Pennsylvania StalL money foi consti uchon of a nen's doi mitm tes, a cafeteria and a nmg to the Intl rthal y In line with the present undei ,.tanding leached by the PWA and the Pennsylvania Venetal State Authouty, however, It isa4 sad the outtight giant from the PWA would equal only 95 pet cent of On+ vum, with the Authouty supplying. the backing foi the additional 51 pet cent loan Reports Strengthen Icke's Stand The t eptnts that Ickes would ap ove the grant were sttengthened bt. two developments ovet the Mist eekend I—A story filtei ing through hem that the state Authority, aid ed by College authoz [ties, had lound the necessary financial back, ing foi the implied 55 percent of the giant. 2—lckes' speech in Philadelphia Fiidav night, made at Judge Ai thin II James' request that Ickes talk on the Authoutv's alleged ii iegulaiities—a speech which'show nd in no cocci tam mannei that the Authoine still m, in the good paces of the PWA Although nothing could be leain-, eel of the possible fate of the re mainder of the oi ignial five-null on-dollai giant planned for t b College, it vats indicated that a awindling PWA fund might fem.! •ts abandonment foi the time being The Autholity last foitnight had (Continued On Page Two) + + + GSA To Open Bids On Friday, Nov. 18 Special to' the Collegian HARRISBURG, Nov. 7 —Bid, for the installation of equipment in the 11 new buildings now being cleated at Pennsylvania State Col lege under the Geneial State Au thoi ity «dl be opened hole on Pi I dor, Not 18 The opening of Inds originally was scheduled fm last Ft:day noon but, nas postponed over the past week-end ::o announcement was made comet sing the date when ac mil installation would begin. Old Town Tonight" Noted tin oughout the military and collegiate world as a conduc loi and ulianger, Tommy is known to are geneiations of Penn Staters foe the stones he tells of his own Lwow—stones that have become legend among his bandsmen Most famous of all is his tale of stopping a lot at a Penn State- Navy football classic back in the old days by leading the Blue Band in the national anthem, bringing, to attention the Middies and the Lion fans pouting out of the btands to settle an argument over (Continued On-Page Four)
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