SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOLUME 35-NO. 23 Z 658
JAMES MAY REVEAL FATE OF NEW COLLEGE GRANT
Panthers Claw Lions In
Strong Pitt
Team Rules ,
Wet Battle
Cassiano, Pitt - Mcif
• ,Delivers Three
- - Touchdowns
By BILL ENGEL
PITT 26; STATE o.'
Cassiano Scores Thrice!
And thus the curtin w4s in
gloriously drawn on ' Penn
State's 1938 football season in
Pitt's ram-dt:enched Stadium
Saturday.
Unable to patch the amaz-
ing Panther power in another
'fruitless attempt, the Nit
_ tang Lions bowed for the 24th
' time in the 38th meeting with
' the Jungle Cats. Not since
1919 hziiie the Lions been vie
toriobs. -
The section's finale Nin Pitts
burgh §atui day moved nothing
nioi e than a wet in-up , eneountet
fot All American Biggie Goldberg
and_ the Sutherland first-stungets
for next ' week's :611-ingfortant tilt
,;with Duke's undefeated,' untied,
and unscoied upon Blie Devils
13 Seniors In Finale -
FLor *billy...gran*
- , metely gave. Coach .1301 Higgma
,an'Oppoitunity to placticalli clear
his bench of ,zeplacements, and to
use 13 Lion seniors John G Pat-
• • - . _
tick '39'fatled to see action again
because of a knee injury sustamed
before the season began
, / The final combat' also_ resulted
in an unfoitunate bit oLliall hand
ling by the Nittanymen as they
set up Once of Pitt's , fotn. scores
by fumbles
Lloyd Ickes' fumble recovered by
StevePetro, tight etiaid, late in
the opeiiing pet tod 'enabled the
galloping "Dandy Dick" Cassano
to illfsh s ?ver with the initial sane
in four plays
3 Scores In Second Half
Two' mole Panther touchdowns
went across in rapid- file order
~shortly after the second half 'be
gan, the'second of these coming
,a result of Goldberg's recovery of
another Icke's bobble St4ve Rol=
lins' misplay running from punt
formation was pounced upon by
- half' the Pitt team on State's ,21
and led to the final six-pointer just
after the fourth quarter : started
Pittsburgh's famous ' : ',Dream
_ , (Continued On Page Four)
Deiriind
- .Durbin
ideal.bat •
Deanna Duibin elected',
And MISS Dui bln /Is the choice
'of the non-fraternity men of the
'College;
fol the ideal Soph Hop
date • • j
'Alunnnig sightly -ahead of ,Gut
,get Rogers, Alice Faye, and
-,fcilliCLane, the' petite actress
,afed'off,tolf hongis tit attecent poll
'cOnducted'hy the publication of the
- `Penn-State Club ,
t- Queriedtpn 'the, sante, poll as to
piofessois' of the College
- act ,pet
,7:,tcent ' ofr.": the nen:ftatei nit) , " men'
agfeeil-that most pas unnatural
' , display odd , mannerisms in
;.;:,,;speech 'and action;
.B.M O.C.'s of the campus proved
-.to be of little cOncein,to the Aver:
non-fraternity boys' as over
".,thremquarteis, , ,of the, voters to
corded an attitude; of 'inners! in
difference. The t emainder , of the
rballots ' were 'equallf; divided be
c..t.tween ‘thOse who ,adnmed B. M:0
C.'s - - and those . who' scot ned them
Although 62 per cent of the non
r.. ~fraternity men admitted .that they
1 ^, 2 .-Were , having a.'betten' time bete
ti t thanat home, numerous ballots in
(heated -that- defimences:- -either
both quantiticequality of, State's
.hco-eds tended) to',Make , matters
more 'enjoyable' in the hOme
,
- SemL-Weekly
o:tit
NICE RUN, 'DANDY DICK!' BUT DON'T YOU HAVE TH4 - T BALL IN THE WRONG ARM?'
• It's Cass!otto, of.
. _
'BO Figures , 4-
~ AcceptediQn
Furnishings.
Hardware and Furitituri ,
Contracts : Fixed'
•
Contracts - totaling, 104,976 55 for
surplying equipment - for buildings
being built heta under FWA-Gen
et al State Authority_ auspices Avere
swat dad at the authority's. offices
in Hat I isburg Friday
Equipment and furniture will be
installed as each bUilding is fin
ished in turn, Samtiel K Hostetler,
executive assistant to the presi
dent, stated yesterday
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The low bid of 310,98820 for lab
oratory and laGientlfic equipment
end furniture was ',Omitted by the
Hamilton Manufactm Mg CO , of
Two Rivers. , Muss
Brellatt and Lynwood, , of Ply
mouth: wore low biddeis on a con
tract- to famish, fixed tablet aim
chairs The bid wah $31,328. the
largest contract awarded The
mama lb IP was alb° low bidder on
the conti act for lixeirmetal lock
ets and cabinets with a bid of Sl.-
995
Local Firm Bids Low
A State College hatdvaue firm,
Lemmon Fod Clanger, submitted
the low of , $b,580 35 on- .Indow Albto 1.., Parsons '4O has le
nhades :in& Venetian bhmls
.... ceived an appointment_ to the
Low bitlilci on the contract toitinited States Military Academy,
supply insect screens foi the build- I accoiding to an announcement by
logs with Coco Steel Products, of:the Department of Militaiy
Jersey City; N J, with a pike or ence and Tactics 'He ,will onto!
313,955 I the school m July
Dignity Buried Forever,
As Ath_ Gets Gay
-The - cold, austere dignity of Frances Atherton Hall has been dealt
a mortal blon, and, has disappeared, never to chill fun-loving co-eds
•
again • ,
A new 'plogiam,of:hnteltain
milory, in charge H of Mrs C. 8.-Sep
'4O, social chanman of the southw.
• Sittuiday afternoon the' tire
') o ac ha bl y conect northeast
lounge was filled to - the buisting
point_ with gills—gals , mtting on
the floor in flont of a blazing fite;
girls dunking tea and chatting in
groups • about the loom, gals
dancing, gills playing muds and
games, gals !studying' at the cen
ter table; girls hugging We radio
to hem the: football game—girls
everywheie, 'chatting,' laughing,
making themselves , at home.
•And the stiffly checkered lobby
has not yet recoveffid . from its
shock last, week, NOen. the .Jittiim
bugs'and smoothies fought out a
rdozen . Craig White (No. 6) got-up ani
Petrella Center Of Quandary
zdt ,
i„„ Eq -.22 ke-Itg 'l4O 'T,a uique
m
Grant: Names ,
New Quartet
Gallu :40, , Tyrtel :39,S Rum!
'39, Andrews '39 Pic4 , d
ForVVocal Positions
Methbeis of the Varsity Quattet
for 1938-39 were announced yester
day by Piof Richard W Giant,
head of the department of music
Samuel G Galin '4O, town solo
ist for the Glee Club and a iccent
smgei on the;,,KDKA .innivetsaiy
inogiam - broaduist ham Pitts
burgh, has been selected as hest
tenoi
Second tenor will be Ittchind W
Tyitel , 39, president of the Glee
Club George 1' Itumet '39 has
been named baritone William M
Andrews '39, head cheeileodei,
will sing bass for the quartet
Piano accompanist foi the gum
-let will be John NV: Ilmking '4l
Alboro 1 1 . Parra '4O
Receives U. S. Military
_ School Appointment
ient is being launched in the clot
he, hostess, and Mary Ritch Wittz
.st wing
dancing-contest The smooilnes—
tepiesented by Mary:Clinget '4l,
and, Jane Anderson '39—finally
won' and received leather ,purses
AS pi '
Plana' are, being made have
an informal tea', at least once a
week, and. a committee has been
chosen to spon'soi plans to tuts
one of the lounges into a playroom.
Tile addition of two spinnet pianos
and the,lightini of wood files have
added to the hOrnelike` atmospbeic
Frances Atherton Wonien's Dor ,
initary has 'died , unmourned
death. Long Live 'Ath gall!
STATE COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 22, 193
Group Must Change
tine-Up To Cut
- Out Noniinee
By A. WILLIAM ENGEL, JR
Endeavoring to come out of
th9:quandary in which it Was
placed last week following the
discovery that the nomina
tion of a man for vice-pi esi
dent was unnecessary, the
freshman Campus clique will
meet in Beta Sigma R
h°o
71'
night,
Discussion will avolve the pre
sent status of John A Petiella,
yearling grid star and nominee for
vice-president
Petiella was'named on the 1942
Camptis slate along with Dean A
Phillips, president, George A Lad
net, semetaty, Wdltam H Rodd.
tteastnei ; and Gaidnet E Lind
zey, histotian
Either the entree candidate gioup
Will be rearranged of Pettella will
be dropped from the nominee hat , '
The, losing piesidential candidate
in the , election, December 12, auto
matically becomes vice-president of
the Fieshman class
New Independent Plans
Additional campaign plans wets
made at the regular meeting of the
Independents in Old Main vestei
day .Stet noon Possible revision or
extension of its platform was also
considered '
The week of olectioneming be
gins December 5 and will move
the high spot of Freshman election
days Both pal ties will engage in
a nip-and-tuck battle to promote
then iespective candidate and to
have them well-known among the
freshman
' Each clique has at least. one man
on its list who has the so-called
"name"• atound• campus Leo E
Houck Ji on the Independent tin.
(Continued On Page 'Four)
Thanksgiving Recess'
Ends 8 a. in. Monday;
$5 Fine For Cutting
The annual Thanksghing vane.
Lion NI,. 11l begin tomorrow at
11 50 a • m and will close at 8
a. in next Monday Because of
the holiday the Collegian will
suspend publication until Vriday,
December 2.
The usual 85 line tor' classes
cut nithin 24 hours of vacation
will be In effect.
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im after he had ripped off a 12-yard gain
stoppe 1
Kindler Opens
Artists' Course
Director Announces Program
For National Symphony
• Concert Monday
Sec edam mt. ‘ "Cultural Caste,
Oil?" Page 2
Dr Flans Kindle', directing the
national Symphony orchestia for
the first number or this year's art
ists' course, has releaspd the pro
gram which will be given In
Schwab Auditorium at. 8 p in Mon
day
Millard Taylor; for seven years
associated with the Rochester Phil
harmonic orchesha, is the new
concertmaster or the National Sym
phony
The Program
The pi ogi am ,Monday night u ill
open with Glazounov's "Ouyertme
Solennele," tenoned by Corelli's
suite, including 'Sarabande, Giga. e
[Merle" Stiauss' symphonic
poem, Ton Juah," nill be the lan
number in the first half of the pro
pain
Folloccing Intermission, the or
cliestra will give Brehm' "Sy in
phone No 2 in D I%lannf' Including
"Allegro non tioppo," "Adagio non
tionno.7 "Allegretto grazioso (nun
si andantino)' and "Allegro con
spirit° "
Tickets for the eitists' course - ace
still - available at the Athletic. As
octatinn ticket windcm, Room 107,
Old Main, and 'nay be received
'a IthL a,sl deposit until after the
Thanksgiving vacation .
Students Face
' 120,000 Blue '
;'Books'ln Year
Penn State students ate face to
taco With more than 120,000 blue
books this yea), according to a
stave) made of examination book
Sae/ in the past•
Besides that, almost 500 reams
of mimeograph paper will be used
for:fest foims and quizzes
The school of Physics and Chem
istry distributes 0000 blue books
°Neu yea': the only school here
that does not require that the stu
dent furnish his own
Sales indicate that tho snuffle'
12',page books aro mote 'popular
than the 16 or 32 page blue books.
rgiatt
Hop Will Be
-,:Successful
‘:----,rr.._., , ~. I
La' ich Says
Reduced Price Cited Ac
Basis For Hopes'
Fearsome lest the lefetence
made in a i scent Collegian edi
tonal to the Scandal fizzles of
last Soph Hops would jeopardize
the success of this vear's deuce,
As nold C Lai', sophomore class
piesideut, stated vestetdav that
"the Committee lb putting los th
esely effott to make Soph Hop a
bigget bill-CCM, than ever before"
"Although the Collegian's mo
tiNes use undoubtedly sincere in
advocating a change. m the Soph
Hop date and no barns was meant
to this year's dance we feel,"
Latch said, "that the editorial may
have ,placed us in an unfair posi
tion when it inlet red that Berigan
was a second rate band
"gerigan is not only the best
Band the Committee could procure
at the time." Laich stated "but
his orchestra is classed among the
bigger name bands of the nation
Besides, the price this year is only
$3 10 instead of the usual $335"
Laich expressed confidence that
Soph Hop this year would at least
Pay for itself, but admitted that a
change in date in ensuing years
noulti par Bally eliminate an annu
al financial nose dive
Lloyd Speaks Here Dec. 6
E C Lloyd, t esearch engmeet at
Lo caster, will lecture on cold stot
ego and the plegeivation of foods
heke Decenthet I, The Mame.
uhich Ls to be illastiated, is being
sponsored by the Penn State stu
dent blanch of the American Soci
ety of Agi leultut al Engineet s
Together We Stand.. .
SEVENTEEN MONTHS ago, the State College
Teachers' Association was chartered as a local autono
mous unit of the American Federation of Teaches, an
affiliate of the Ame man Federation of Labe.
' For 17 solid months, its members worked quietly
but diligently organizing and strengthening their own
,ranks, mapping a program of action designed to benefit
not only teachers themselves but even the members of
the student body.
Eleven days ago, the Association broke that silence
with as deafening a bombshell as has exploded in these
hind in mthly a decade.
Foi exactly 11 days ago, the Association launched
its program of action, a program consisting of 18 import
ant points based on the fundamental concept that faculty
and student welfare are so intertwined they cannot be
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$5,000,000 Funds
Hinge On Attitude
Of Governor-Elect
Judge May Take Definite Stand On G. S. A.
In Sneech Nov. 30; Meanwhile,
- Authority Seeks Backing
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, Nov 21 Governoi-elect Arthur H.
James may decide the fate of the new five-million-dollai pro
gram slated foi the Pennsylvania State College when he
talks for the hist time since Election Day before the affili
ates of the Emergency Council of State Associations at Phil
ldelphia Novembei 30.
Inasmuch as Judge James is scheduled to speak on the
i elationship of business and government undei his coming ad
ministration, s' long indications pei ststed here that among
other things he may reveal his attitude toward the General
State Authority and its huge undertakings
The um•e, tainty now veiling
lames' attitude toe aid the Autho
ty, which he ctititired during the
ampaign, has templiaiily halted
he GSA dive foi additional PWA
arils foi its second institutional
building Nogram which includes a
new $3,000,000 grant to the Penn
-ylvania_State College
Financing Balked
Although inadequate financing,
has forced the PWA to scuttle the
Authority's $93,000,000 secondaiy_
.chool piogiam, it is understood in
-well-mformed , cirdea backing-hair
been procured for the College pro
gram, but that the Authority non
is balking because it does not wish
to foist a new constiuttion
pno
;ram upon an administration
which may not be in favor of it
G S A To Keep Trying
Meanwhile, Coll Augustine S
Janeway, executive dnectoi of the
Authority ,said the GSA "will keep
laying up to the last minute to
find some method of pushing the
program through"
The deadline is January 1„ be
foie which time funds,must be re
ceived, contracts let and actual
condi uction star ted.
First N.Y .A. Payments
Postponed Until After
Thanksgiving Holiday
The fist NYA checks will be
delayed, officials revealed yes
terday
Accoidnig to pievious infoi
illation, students were to get in
touch with the NYA office in
case they did not ieceive then
checks by the 20th of the month,
but, due to difficulty of the ffist
peliod tabulating, this pay has
been delayed
It is unlikely that students
will receive pay before leaving
for the Thanksgiving holiday
It is also requested that NYA
moll:els be moie careful in fill
ing cut y,eekly time sheets It
is imperative that the student
put his cotiect address at the
bet,tom of each slip, officials said,
as checks will be mailed diiect
ly from Haiiisbuig instead of
being given out through the Bur
sai's office
Editorial
MEMO
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ISIZ=2I3
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I. F. Confab
Is Announced
For February
Object Of 'lwo-Day Program
To Organize Officers
Of Fraternities
A local Inter fiaternity' Confer
eitt.e, - .l4tu—nrst—alnto4B.l6—will be
held on February 17. and 18, Ray
mond S Coslcel3 '39, council presi
dent announced yesterday
The tee day program includes
tile annual Inter.fiaternity Council
banquet on Friday evening, Febru
nly 12 Croup luncheon, for ca
lei els, presidents, house managers,
social chahmen, and rushing chair
men mill he held in different ha-
tel city houses Saturday
Cooperation Planned
Inter Fratet nay Council lee i s
that much can be accomplished by
oiganizing the ofilecti of the will
ow, fraternities rot cooperation in
planning uoik and activities The
meetings uill be Co' this purpose
Plans fot the conference are be
ing formulated by Coskery, Ken
neth E Weave' '39. and John G
McNeely '39
At the National Intel Fraternity
Conference in New Yolk City next
Fliday Coskezy and J Miller Fra
zier '4O, representing Penn State.
M, ill try to minute prominent
,peakeis fot all of the group meet
nes The national president- of
come leading social fraternity I%ill
be speaker tot the Fi iday banquet
A tentative Joshing code for next
fall ltax been'lieun up and will be
presented to the Council at its next
meeting J Duain Moore '39 is
chaliman of the code comniittee
Profs Nutty?
!Club Members
Give Opinions
There's one who throws black
boald etaseis at his class . and
licie's one who takes his shoes and
-tochings off in 'tont of Old Main
sn hot Sluing days And one of
'ern dresses like page 32, Esqune
That's tight they're ptofs
A very strange group of Penn
State ptofs is included in that
clique of human oddities known as
zetewballs The question often
foremost in the mind of innocent
but nongullible ,students is "Are
they screwballs?"
Conscious to student problem
'No 2468753, the Penn State Club
lias recently completed a survey, a
portion of which was designed to
find out whether students believe
that mots act eccentric to =mess
students in whether they actually
are
The ballots compiled, it is indi
cated that menthols of out faculty
act like screwballs in an attempt
to iMpless 'the student body. At
least that's what 71 percent of the
students questioned said The other
percent said the profs are not
acting, insisted they us a screwballs
. .or something