SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 18871 VOLUME 35-NO. 24 ' Z 658 Social &airily. A Promise Or An Indictment? 7-•-••• - 13 y DR A G PUNDT PUNT The persistent and relentless search for and diffusion of know ledge going on in our day is doubt less one of the most redeeming featuies of our increasingly; be ,wildering and complex woild Of all' the obstacles that ,have retaid 4,civilized progiess in th - e lest ohe thousand yea's, human ignor anen'and stupidity certainly has ,been the gieatest Today, mole than ever, the peace and material prospezity, of the woild depend, upon widening the horizon of hu! man, knowledge, The more intri cate and complex modern society becomes the motet, will be the .responsibility of science and the forces of education i Perhaps ?loamy : beam Was hates this point than the current confused elate of our thinking (Ant the (mesh= of ,social smo te?) Fr om _quartcis demands are made and, will doubtless con . Mae to be _made ,foi various ichthnes of social amehoiation A third of the tuition is ill-housed, -'hence the thrbonment must spon sor:housing projects Medical at /Wien is available to fanatics on Inverse ratio to their need for it, hence the government must ex pand its public health subvo7ll7o7M , M1,11107t2 _of indigent aged every 'near 'become unemployable, hence "the government must provide mote 'adequate pensions Moro millions ..cannot - find employment and so we have public employment Lumina and the "dole." Somehow, ,some ,thing has gone wrong caul znwar wbtyl public assistance ns invoked Ainence has long faced most of Metro problemd but now a groWing social conscience. ns Progresively , insisting upon public n ineasuresot ' , hilinanztarian redemption - t lt is not t:he intent of thisr.col um to bei ate-the progreis ; of :so cial legislation in America or abroad Oa 'the contisay,' we fehl the greatest defect of these mea sM es 'to be in then woeful inade quacy Moreolici, the 'very advent of this social legislation implies the need fot some sort of remedial ihtfa , mites in the first place Thus the, application of these-laws has done much mischief in: obscuring the' teal causes of social (listless' Itrwould be absurd, for example, - to contendthat widespread wretch edness exists because ,the' govern ment fails to take adequate pio -tective measures No one would assert that there is inadequate hoUsing, sanitation and clothing because the - public anthill. ities are negligent no mm e than any intel 'l:gentiretson would argue that out tmrgions or'paupets ate manly housed and undeinoutislied be cause they don't know any bettet . , s ~innuinerable statistics have been ,gathered to show, quite conclusive ',;,ly, that the real:Jactor responsible ~for the manifold distress of the un ,`clerprivileged Is their low income `and that as the individual rises in 'the incere_scale he is progressive ly more adequately, provided for with respect to food, shelter, cloth. Ina rand medical_ attention. Social security will be godsend to millions 'but it Is by no means a cure for the ,dislocations of our economic sys tem! „ In 1933 and 1934 the Smoking's Institution - of Washington, D , ?made a painstaking study of Am 4rican 'economic trends The find reported in,two of its studies, ?,America's, Capacity to, Produce" - and "America's-Capacity to 'Con ,called attention" to some ,curious abei lotions in the func polling of oui4ecotionne system %These works show that theie„is :nothing mom with our ,systelit of producttou, but that these 'is an aitlficial restriction of, consump- Jion, resulting, not from a , hunts- Non of demand, but imposed:by an tuneconomit distribution of Chetcing power. la'also:pointed out that there SA'eoft,been,a genial tettelucy, (the' ':istitery covered the yeare - -190049$0) ',the lost decade,"for ;.the,idequalety ,ns„ thejdistribution ",o raiteotne to 'Leconte acientuated. 'Although the tocoineof all,groupe rose,i'dur p iiig the period, under :re= therriconse A . Me 'higher, }bracketsrppicity;' , ltoth ;the remit Meters diairopoitionatoill jarge4shdre ,of, income edent'ento 'investment` instead of cdiuntingteve ohanliele: This, en ti,, l reeidted en e:(c,ontinueli On!age • ... , nut #tatr- tim. r _ „e , •iass' , , $5;090;000 Howarth Named Football Manager; Vinzant, Melley Head X-Country, Soccer Photo Shop Demands Senior LaVie Photos , _Before , s P. Of. Today Seniors,. must present proofs for !AVM pictures at the Photo Shop before 5 p m today. Jos; Oh P Erkes '39, editor of the publication, announced yester day Failure to do so will cause ex clusion of the picture from tile yearbook, Erkes warned , Hood Talks On Anti-Semitism ASU Meeting Sunday Is Part Of Campaign To Assist German Refugees William" flood, national exam: live secretary of -the American Student Union, will-speak on "Re. liglous Persecution in Germany and What Can Be Done About It" at an A. S U meeting in Room 405, Old Main, at 2 30 p m Sun day • - This meeting, which is open to all students and faculty members, will spark an, all campus campaign to raise funds and'seek methods for aiding German . lefugees of,all religions this country Penn State,Chriktlan Refiglini&Worlie erS' , Council, and ,j the American Student,,Union have, agreed to par ticipate in the movement and will ask all, other 'organized student bodies to-give their cooperation The first regular meeting of the committee composed of members of the above groups will meet to morrow afternoon, o discuss meth ods of approaching the problem D'elegates from all campus argils'- rations will be invited to attend FininCe Gro up ' - . , Meet's' Today , - 200 , City, Borough OffieiaLs Will Discuss Problems In Sessions - Here:_k Over 200 officials of cities, bur oughb, and townships will partici pate bane today and tomorrow in the third annual meeting of„mu nicipal and local finanee 4 ollicers of Pennsylvania sponsored jointly by the College Institute of-Local Government and 'the extension services. Modern. asseabment methods, budgets, ,acconntitig and auditing, purchasing pibblemb and fiscal year changes, and legislation need ed by municipal subdivisions at the 'next meeting of the General Assthubly will he - discussed 'this afternoon and tomorrow morning Alb° eight 'round• table discus- Lions for borough managers, city clerics, borough ;councilmen, bor ough clerkb, county' finance, offi cers, eftv and township - finance of ficerS and assessors will be held tomorrow morning „ WoMdn, getito;:- , ---- Will Addrg4s , . , Mcitiii ,Tdble Francini Wood; women's page and fashion editor, for 'King -Fea , tures -Syndicate„ News Yorkr . pity, will be guest speaker at ThetaSigf ma-Phi's alatrix-Table at the 'Nit tatty Lion Inn Monday'llighl`,,,,: Formerly slated 'to' speak at Hie banquet, , ,Doris Fleesonp,lWasbing-,, ton 'corregpondedt-lor ',the, New York” Daily NearkYmuseremain In , the Nation'l,capital awaiting Pres ident--°RoosezeltPs returta"., from Wai'm,Hprings, Ga In' 1935, ,while Miss Wdod 'on the staff of the New York Amer.. lean; she was ,elected." president of the New -York Newspaperwomen's Club' Her column appears hi over 500'newspapers daily through King Features Syndicate„ largest news paper; syndicate in the ' ' 23 Others Also Are " Chosen; All Will Get Numerals W Jerome Howarth, Jt. '4O will manage Penn State's football Li ons 'next year, James' F Malley '4O wall' be in charge of the 1939 soccer team and Mark H Vinzant; Jr '4O will handle next season's cross country team, it was an nounced yesterday by flatly S Hammon '3O, A A. President , ' Howarth was elected to succeed George W Yeckley '39; Malley fol lows WlRaid D Hoot "19 and Vin sant succeeds George J' Cross '39 as head managers in their respect ive spoitS% F . :lst assistant managers—Foot ball Jack H. Santmyeis '9l, Charles A Reid '4l and Robert F. Roelof, '4l Soccei • Roger S Findley '4l, William J Frank '4l and Paul F Gans '4l Cross coun try William M Lewis '4l, Joseph H McCrossan '4l, and George E Spenser, Ji Associate managers—Football Hugh F. McKnight '4O and Hen ry L McKown '4O Soccer V de- Paul Cavanaugh,'4o and F Dun ning Rupprecht '4O Cross coun try Frank C AndeisCll!, Jr '4O and Leonard Cooper '4O. Freshnian -managers—Football Edward Harms Soccei —Rob ert L "Ruttenberg '4l Class country Rikinond, G Godshall; t ri 7-* - "Alternates--Lnotball H.!. ward Wagner '4l, Robert E Clark '9l and-Maynard L Bloom= Soccer Oscar Kranich, Ji '9l Cross mantis , : Robert P &mond, Jr '4l All will be awarded numeial sweaters Thespians, Glee Club To•Repeat,Fall Show- For So" Hop,Crowd "College Album," this yeai's housepaity , weekend show, will again be presented by the 'flies ,plans and the Glee Club in Sch wab auditorium at 8.30 p m. Dc - cembei 10, Satuiday of Soph Hop weekend - Hailed by revieweis as the best pi oduction of the Thespians since "Pm don My Glove" of several years back, the two-act revue featulei a series of scenes of college life 'and an all-male burlesqued version of "Romeo and Juliet"' intswingtime. 'Snowball-Damages ' EStbnated At $3OO Snowballing damages totaling several hundreds of dollars were repotted this week The Beta The ta Pi house, which had 60 small windows' broken, suffered, the greatest' damage ,Cost of repass was estiinatek.at mote than $2OO The Alpha Zetas report approx imately $45 damages Although fiateinities wete the main suffet els,— several private residence, were also damaged by student snowballeis - • Dean, At thur Warnock Is con mdeting a meeting of fraternity presidents to determine what can be done about"thaditional" win dow breakrngs' each winter. • Atli Hail Co-Eds Shiver :/M not„Take§Holiday Frances Atherton ,Hall and the moo this iseek, with coeds sleeping piles coats and blankets, and col / none-too-mei ry' melody Cold radiators and Windlswept lialls,neemed to cause the icy, at mosphere. Sonic radiators weie discovered to be water-trapped, so that no more steam could get into them, and the stuffing in some of the store room ventilatcirs- had blown out, letting in an icy blast I=l -Wink is lieinedOne to clear up the -heating problirm; and it is STATE COLLEGE, PA , 'FRIDAY,MECEMBER 2, 1938 GRANT Lion Cagers Open Season Tomorrow MeerMaryland In Clinic Game At 8 P. M. By 808 WILSON Penn -State's basketball Lions open their 1938-39 court campaign ini Rec Hall at. 8 p m tomorrow when they meet the University of Maryland's Tetrapin live in a dem onstration game that will climax the College's second annual basket ball clinic ' The Clinic, which more than UM pla'yers, coaches and officials are expected to attend. Is under the personal supervision of John Law titer, Lion basketball mentor - Three Veterans to Start Against the Terns. runner ups for the Southern Conference cage crown last year but an unknown quantity. this season. La wther will send a team vete' anized by the presence of; big Bill Stopper_ Max Cot bin and Charley Prosser Cliff McWilliams. a junior who sau considerable service last year. will team up with Corbin at the guard posts Sophomm e Johnny Barr and Prosser will handle the forward assignments Stopper will be at, center High School Champs to Play Highlighting the all-inclusive lb point Clinic program be an in tersectional demonstration high school game between Freeport, Long Island scholastic champs, and Williamsport High at 3 p m A full day, replete with other demonstrations,' talks. forums, con tests and a banquet has - been ar ranged, for the basketballistically• StiaW Throne Is Ready For Queen - —Tomorrow Night No silkq and satins for Hatvest Ball queen this year' No, by mucky' She'll wear good old °vet ails and have a haystack rot a throne, and her crown will' be a regular 11111 billy straw hat. Dm inglo o'clock intermission at the dance in the Armory tomorrow night, J Duain Moore '39 will an nounce the queen, elected by popu lar ballot last week from the live candidates chosen by the. Ag Stu dent Council Jane L Gruber '39, who, reigned at last year's ball, will crown the queen.=stiaw but and all Five Candidates ,Listed The five candidates—one of whom' hits been elected queen—are Peggy E Moyer 39. Janet E Story '4O, Helen B Cramer '4l, Jeanne A Smith '4l, and 'Marjorie A Stockett '42 The other four can didates, also dressed as farmer ettee, will attend Her Majesty. , And the court, consisting of all Penn State farmers. hill-billys, and country bumpkins, will dance in a rural hackground_of evergreens and corn shocke Dom 9 till 12 to Bill Bottorf's music Everyone is urged to wear rural costumes and come "with a hayseed on his shoul der_ and a pitchfork In his Admission, 75 cents a couple 1 Scabbard and Blade, Will Initiate Emery At' a, special initiation Sunday moirung at ten o'clock in Old Main, Scabbard and Blade will in itiate Col. A. R Emmy, command . ing officer of the ROTC depart went into the local chapter • North Pole have had a lot in corn in 'mittens and woolen socks under ilective sets-of,teeth chatteting in a hoped that all trouble will be, soon imnedied, and the'eskimo act over, the coeds will be s able to crawl out of then mounds of covers and stop shivering: • Said Georgo W Ebeit; head of grounds and-buildings, when ask ed about - the trouble• " That is not the truth All complaints have been investigated and no trouble luis been found." DOOMED FOR PRESENT Bill Smith, IC4-A Champ, Hurt In Auto Accident Suffers Injuries To Knees and Face As , - Blowout Hurtles Vehicle ' funnies to both knees, sustained in an automobile accident lust Thursday while enioute to his home for the Thanksgving holiday, may affect the inouess of Bill Smith, sensational sophon , ile Inteicollegiate cross-country champion Thrown against the dashboard len a front tue blowout hustled Hie cal in which he was 'Wing head-on into an oncoming truck, Smith's knees VICIC badly blamed and possibly wtenched He also Frosh Politics 1 - Strikes Snags Petrella Remains On Campus Ticket; Mass Meeting 1 Of Class Planned ''' ; By A. WILLIAM ENGEL, JR !eh ellu remains on the 1942 Cappus ticket independent% deny that Houck transferred hit party aflilia- Hem. ' lioth parties chilli) "split-ups" in opposing ranks • And It's grom, lag plenty thick around the hostile freshman polit ical camps as election day. Decem be; 12. draws near i Mass Meeting Planned A mass meeting for all freshmen tentatively set for next Wednesday Will begin the formal campaign ing for both parties Originally gelleduled to prevail for one week beinte-the-election;dlui'canatimign session' bus been decreased to four days Walter A Jones, rumor class president. will preside erne meeting and will supervise elec tioneering Resignation of %Vinton' H Rodd. Campus nominee for treasurer, suc cessfully cleated up the status of John A Petrone, "out in-the-cold" vice president selection Pelt ella now moves into the treasurer spot on' the slate Persistent mums that Leo Houck, Jr. Independent nominee for the office of historian, had moved over to Join the opposition f ere spiked by Independent lead ers last night However, Houck attended Wednesday night's Cam pus clique gathering And so, with both outhts having a tough time keeping their candi dates lined up, Bill Myers, Cam pus. and Earl Kemmler. Indepen dent, respective campaign chair men, must endeavot to promote their platfm Mb, as thellique which can impress the freshman voters u ith a favorable platform should win College Takes ' Stock Prizes Blamer Sets New Penn State Record In International Judging Contest Capturing two grand champion pilaw; and placing in practically all divisions, Penn State's livestock entrants gained national recogni tion at the 39th ,annual Interna tional Livestock Exposition at Chi cago during the week Thomas N Blume! '39, amassing the greatest total of points in the history of Penn State participa tion, placed fleet In the swine judg lug contest Saturday He noted 244 points , out of a possible 250, taking , eighth place in the, entire contest. The College' judging term placed 18th in a field of 27 schools lowa State and Kansas State were tied for first - • . Penn's Penguin, a 280 piiund Berkshire barrow bred by the Col lege, was adjudged the grand champion barren on Tuesday Par ticipating were more than 12,000 animals from all parts of the country Also a grand champion winner was Penn's Luton Hoo, a 90 pound Southdonn, chosen frbm nearly 1.- 500 wethers A pen of three Penn State,Southdown n ethers also T. Lured drat prize The champion yearling Cheviot m ether, the reserve champion Cheviot ' lamb. and a third place Southdown wether were also ex hibited. rgiatt received =not cuts about the face Following the accident, Smith suffeied a slight loss of mammy Not until two days ago did he 'coal' his paitieipation in the Na tional Collegiate class-country run at East Lansing, Mich. Amateurs Set To Entertain Second Annual Competition Of Penn State Club To Be Held Tonight A fifteen dd. UM , ' of amateur talent a ill highlight the Penn State Club's tot and all Colter° amateur contest in Schaub Audi ts him at 7 'lll o'clock tonight Cash utsaids will go to winners determined by .in "applause o meter'—an nista ument ecording the audience's 'espouse If the committee is unsuccessful In locat ing such a machine, three imam tint Judges will select the victors Talent foi tonight's show was chosen Clem more than a acme of entries lust night Neither Charles H Witter '3B, xylophonist, or Lou ise A Partake' '4l, vocalist, co winners last year, will compete. , 'Following 'the—custom — of — labt spring's contest, funds for the prizes will be accumulated from a silver offering collected from the audience Students To Get Taste Of Berigan At Record Dance Have fun in sweet swingtime , Recoidings of Bunny Beigan, number one 'asking ti umpetei in the country who bungs his popu lar band here for Soph Hop next Filday, will be featured at an all- College Student Union dance in the Sandwich Shop from 3 to 5 p in Tuesday Listed among the 25 outstand ing discs in a recent issue of a nation-wide musical publication are two of Beligan's tenditions, "Whacky Dust," and "Plisonel's Song" "Symposium of Swing," "nankin and Johnny," "I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You," "Study in Blown" and "Canavan" are oth er popular Heiman as langements Dick Wharton; song stylist, and Kathleen Lane, claiming song stress, accompany the Bunny Hei man oichestia—as featured vocal ists Both have played prominent Nuts in the sapid use to fame of "The Mnacle Man of Swing" Freshman Asks Extra Sign---Tribunal Stunned , The five !umbels of Student Wilson S Geislei '42 asked peimicsi mg of the group Tuesday night Wilson, tall, blond and dongeni cal had been summoned for not westing customs "Just call, cue Bill" he ventured with a winning nonchalance. The Tz ibunal was' vitalised Fresh men usually quavered before them. Bill was. different His manner dm at med them Bill was sentenced to wear two signs "You guys me pi etty white, aren't you?" He smiled Wilson Gemler '42 wanted to say some thing, hesitated, toyed with his hands, concluded, "Aw, I better not." Panties and Punishment' Tiabunal urged hint to cleat his mind "Well, y'see, I wont to tun lot freshman class president on an Independent Independent tic ket D was wondering whethei you fellas would help me out and let me wear an extra sign Lot public ity It's about time that an engin eer became class president hole I think I'm that man," The all-mighty Guardians of -00- . Deferred Fee Blanks Ready Now; Must Be In Before January 7 Application blanks for defer ment of next semester's fees can now be obtained at the Bursar's office, It was announced yester day Students n ill be allowed "Until January 7 to have these applica tions returned to the Dorset's office Any received subsequent to tills date will be returned un opened. It was pointed out Those uishing to have their bills sent home must follow the some procedure. AAUP Plan Is Submitted To College Hospitalization Project For Staff OK'd The Hospitalization Insurance Plan, sponsored by the local chap to of the Aznelican Association of Unmet sity Professors, rs nowim the hands of the College Adminis tiation after unanimous recom mendation by the group, it was announced yesterday The Plan, open to all active em ployees on the College staff undei the age of 70, excludes the famil ies of employees fiom ieceiving benehts, disbursed upon hospital ization of the employee Chief features of the hospital ization project are I—Four dollars pei day in bene fits payable, subject to a 70- day maximum iietiod 2—Twenty dollars maximum 'elm buisement, in addition, foi spe cific charges such as X-1 ays, operating loom expenses, etc 3—Maximum reimbursement foi any one or more operations' performed dining one peliod of hospitalization is !muted to $l5O. The cost pet employee under the plan would be $127 pet month "subject to reduction by dividends in the event of favorable clams taper ience " Subscribers to the project would also be required to moll in the College group insurance, which, al present, is optional Continue(' would be the practice of the Cor lege of paying salaries dining tempoiaiy illness of the staff member Participation by 75 percent of the eligible employees of the Col lege is iequired to make theplan effective N. Y. Attorney Will Speak Before Hillel Elcazai Lipsky, New Yolk at totncy and author, and national inutile:it of Masada, Youth Zion ist oiganization, will speak tonight at the regular Friday evening service of the Hillel Foundation In Room 905 Old Main, at 7 15 Tubunal stiffened with sutpuse on to weal an extra sign at a inset Fieshinan Customs wete stunned They tecoveted, agreed to let him go through with it Result Bill will weal two signs, one, "My Dint Spoils My Wavy Hair," the other, "I am an Independent Inde pendent neshman Candidate Fm Pi esident." Bill calmly vacated the Chambel of the Justices 3 Others Signed In aliot cases beim the Ti '- buns!, Jacob M Shinberg was or dered to weal a sun bonnet with a sign reading "My Dimples Ate Attractive To Co-Eds" William G Bulger will smut a red lantern and a sign "Want a Light? This Is Not a 'Ronson' But It Serves The Put pose" Robert Morris will bear a knap sack, banal staves, a black tie leaching to his knees, garters weighted down with two tin cans, a bloom and a sign pioclaiming, "Every Freshman Must Obey Cus toms." =Ern CAMPUS ,:' ;PRICE FIVE CENTS Funds May Be Delayed Indefinitely Revival Of Program Depends On New Governor See editol ail, "Deal Governol - Elect," Page 2 Special to the Collegian. HARRISBURG, Dec 1. The new five-million-dollar giant slated by the General State Authotity for the Penn sylvania State College is doomed foi the time being, at least. This lr as the geneial belief lime today ac developments in Wash ington dining the past week-end towelled the fact that the funds vduch Gongi ess had appropliated to the Public Woi ks Administra tion at its last session already have been fully allocated by PWA Admitusti atm limpid L Ickes Officials Have Hopes Although some well-informed offiCials held to hopes that "some thing will tub up" to change this condition, neaily everyone admit ted that the Genciul State Authoi ity's huge 199-million-dollar pio glam, including a second institu tional improvement program in volving 56 millions, had come to the end of its hail . Whether the ptogipn will be Aiovived lata—yeal - AVIII-41Variaror _course, upon the attitude of Con gless in the face of mote pro nounced "economy" drives and the attitude of the new state admin. Ista:than, headed by Judge Arthur H James, Which takes office Jan uary 17 That anothet extension of PWA would be sought was indicated by Col Augustine S Janeway, exec utive dnectoi of the State Author ity, who announced that Senator Joseph F Cueffy (D Pa ) had promised to introduce a bill to that effect in the next session of Congress Howesci, even though additional PWA funds should be voted by Congiess next yea!, the constitu tional intei diction on the state's homowing capacity may hinder the state's plans unless Judge James, a clam of the Autholity mow.= dining the recent cam paign, should decide to salvage its sti name Marital Study Plan Approved Sociology Head To Supervise Experimental Courses Next September While a student petition fox a Louise in maniage piepaiation wras still in emulation the Col lege Senate yesterday afternoon approved plans to teach the course her e The course will be supervised by Di Kingsley Davis, head of the sociology department It will be cpcn to Juniors, semis, and grad uate students dining a one-year expo: mental per led beginning next September After that, if successful, it will be put on a per manent basis 150 Signed Petition The student petition, which the senate action made unnecessary, had been signed by mote than 150 students doling the first two days it was circulated. The largest per centage of the signers were men Apployal of the course came eV. ter plans made by Dr Davis had been presented to the senate, and recommended to that body' by its Committee on New Courses head ed by Ptof Charles L Klnsloe Attending Conclave. George H. Resides, assistant I,rofessm of practical mechanics, Is in ..St Louis, Mo , this week at tending the uational meeting of lota Lambda Sigma, national in dusti la! engmeeiing fiaternity organized at Penn State.
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