Semi -Weekly , ._.,,. AMA s) 4 , ; I ,f; ). `' SUCCESSOR ~ ,1 To The Free Lance, , ..- . . 1.4 r 9 , ,.., , ~.. . --, Established 1887 - firrutt.Ottitir ....., _ VOLUME 35-NO. 25 Z 658 BEAUTY OF ' THE ''4;;tRVESISEAON, Peggy Moyer '39, crowned queen of the annual.. Harvest Ball In the Armory Saturday night, ruled on a haystack throne F4ulty Given $2;500. Grant For •ReseaiCh Sev'enteen To Receive Money For'Spectfic Projects, Council.-Announces 'cAr,total foi/f2'50112 hes beetrial legliee'c4S" it-Svolinneilifeeneseettrird - ,74 1 :' `ftral„;Funil;fortßeSeiii'ch,` , Viill distributed iimenk 17, faculty mem to help subsidize 16' specific 'pp:yeas „„" - . Largest grant` was that of $383 Made to Di. Paul I+ Wueller, eco nomics, for a am voy of Pennsyl 'vania ,state and local taxes A gritat of $292 was made' to Dr ElwOnd C Davis and Prof -John D. Lawther, physical education, to study - the relationship between 'personality and physical education activities ' Other gtanti, Prof Herheit ICoeppalakei, the physiology of certain aspects of the 'articulatory 'process in the speech of human adults, $250, Dr John H. Ferguson,-municipally 'owned electeic systems in Pennsyl- Amnia, $2OO, Dr Mary-L drugs ,and venous allied organic compounds,' $2OO. - 'Dr. Flank Mac. Swartz, lower -Devonian ostiacoda, $lO5, Dr. Paul D;;Krytime, origin, am:l'3lg snificance of "Red Beds," $l5O, Dr Edwaid, B Van ;Ormer, experi mental studies in the 'teaching of athicational psychology, $130; Dr IL M. Davis, the periclase field of the * system, manganese oxide-sill- Vale oxidealummus oxide, $125. Dr. Chitties C.:Petets, an "expert nient with a pieneming high school curriculum, $ll5, Dr. W F. ,Duti gway, the Scotch-limb of Perinsyl -vanitq $100;- Dr, 'Dean •E Mc- Henry, administration of-state ;quor,monopolies; $lOO, Dr Arthur P. Holmes, etch-figure inyestigm tons on mystals,".sloo. Dr. •C. A Bomne and 'Doctoi R - rynine,' influence: Of secondary cementation of Oil and gas - , iesei voira onlmigratiOn and accumla lion, $B5, Prof t C.: 1V . Robinson, -mastodon f- localities of - 'Untral Pennsylvania, $75,;- and ,Dr. Kins: ley 11` , Sauth, - tliagnosis of manual ability to humarM,.s3o,,,, iLUeal , Poetry'Crpclito,', kilts Naiional Club A 'recently organized Penn - State ,Poet7,,S6: -'clety of America has been . recog nized,by the'society, TheOdore Roe ,ithice, instructor' in? English :corn announced yesterday.', national organization ~cludes. more Win` 20 active chap- Vera and 4' . sponsored ,' by , 4 'such i`pOets as Robert, Float, Mina: St =Vincent Miley; Robinson - Jeffers qind , Carl , Sandburg Blakemore '39 NaMed Matrix Girl At: Dinner • 4 Other,Awards Go To klectog For Activities, ;Watson As '''Most; Psopplai 5 . 2 , 'Ancllpmedinsithe ; senblob,,;woman Anghlis - , , Vinoktributed4nOstFliri the t a :Coalliet,Pl74gigtkilitetZelAiiEW NumedWit ~,trilsGirtiat.iths;annuir ..Kheta',,Sikina . ,,ZPhip.Marix;;lable banquet the `blittiny Lwn _=lnn - Inst night - 4. Ot,her hOnoi, girls we:c_elPhyllis Herzog '39 — named Cap, Girl ',be cause of., her: - versitile.„ifEeilests and activities, and Winifred M. Watson '4O, - who received Quill Gill award as the most popular woman student Guest speaker Piunella Wood, women's page and fa'shion edite' foi King Features Syndicate, New York City, talked to the prominent campus andlaoulty women guests on "Of Personalities I Have ICTiown " = - In keeping' with , the banquet theme, "Famous Femmes in 1958," skit portraying a day in the ul tra-modern newspaper office of the Daily Pants Press, with wo men taking,over the men's work, was presented by 'Theta Sigma Phi members. , • ( Yefidnis Must Have Licenses, Pay $1 Pee Student Vendor in -State Col lege inn' be ,required to have li censes, Borough—Council decided at 'a meeting Monday,night. s ,' Payment of a $1: fee with' a Council permit ' will exempt all student salesmen from the estab- Ilshed "outsiders" assessment. Re gardless of whether the students are einployed by' local establish ments of are Independent sales men, the fee will be levied Student board - ha's empoweled Frank W. Ruth '39, student lap iesentativa to 'Council, to call a meeting of all vendors " Dadcly',,illigton, Prof Who - ~ Exercised„'Af 70, apires ”Daddy" Rhoton is dead. Long' admired by students here for his habit of, running, around the . indoor ack the gyrii and Walking .out with a, 'medicine ball beveral times a week despite - his advanced age, "Daddy" was' an out standing" exponent of physical education. •. •i Death—came •suddenly • to Dr.* ... Rhoton a . f ~, ~, pro essor ,emeritus • in ^ ~ . tion here_ for 18 'years, and, held 1 • the degree of doctor of letters education of the college , Wednes- frdin , Georgetown College, George . - day night.hi' the - Ogdensburg, •N. town, ,Ky. ' , 'Y. hOsintal. i'', 1, - , ,'-,:' ,'; , -, - He Waft. born March\ 23,• 1867 - ' , i Since his _retirement' last yeat and received his bacheloi's degree •ii.t:the age of 70, .Dr. Rhoton has from Georgetown College After 'resided` with his daughter 'aeCan- graduation,'he did graduate work ton, N.Y.' • „ v. - Rhoton:was profes'sor of educa- REVISION COMMITTEE TO OPEN STUDEN Mid:-Year Recess Plan Now Doomed , Although indications were that the College Calendar,. Committee', would reject a proposal for a .week-long mid-year recess in 1939='40, authoritative sources revealed yesterday that the actual opening of the school farm next year., would be shoved back to Septembei 20—one week liter than usual _ The proposal for a mid-year recess was made by the special stu- - dent committee named by Student Board, which also advocated. I.—That the football holiday 1, - ;e extended to a full day, begin. : Friday-noon rather than 5 p in Friday. 2—That the Thanksgiving vaca tion end, Monday noon rather' than' 8 a m Monday 'Under the student committee's plan, the mid=year vacation wouldi have extended from February to 7, with the final two days re, i , oted to registration A compromise plan-calling for a two-day recess between semes ters was intioduced, it was said, but this was ;ejected - Definite action on the two othey proposals has not yet . been taker,: it was understood. Collegian,. Will.. _Join National Stiidint Poll Troanovitch To 'lie Director ‘ In Scientific Sampling Of ollege Opinion Special to the Collegian AUSTIN, Tex , Dec s—Estab lishment of the Student 'Opinion Surveys of America for the scien tific measurement of student thought has been announced here with the Penn State' Collegian as one - of - the , cooperating college newspapers'in every section of the United Statei ' . , The Collegian will; publish the weekly reports of the Surveys, giv ing the opinions of:all college stu dents in the nation on current so- Mal; political and- economic ques tions.' ' . - Personal interviewing of stu dents, on Ahe ,Penn ,State campus ainl:nt)other, colleges, am:Lamer :sitreilnver; t*countittisganllast *46. cientifle 1 16 1ft_t °1:/ ' :: Based on Ihe - priri'ciple of en t fiC ;sampling' that' lies proven highly - reliable in othet national polls in recent - years, the Surveys 'will be the first college poll that will actually cover the entire na tion' in its weekly reports of stu dentropinton -- • ,The Texas Student Publications, Inc, which publishes the Daily Texan at the University of Texas, is_sponsoi of the Surveys, in co operation with almost_ every col lege daily and scores of weeslies in universities, teachers colleges, normal schools and junior colleges, ,public and private The Surveys have been organi zed after 15 , montlis research in measuring student opinion on the Texas campus through the Texan's Bureau of Student Opinion John A Troanovitch,' editor of the Collegian, wilFbe .Penn State directOr of the 'poll,' with-Robert L Wilson and Emanuel Roth as interviewers. Joseph •Belden, Uni versity of Texas senior who has established both the- Bureau and the Surveys, will be editor of the new polls; with 'Waldo Niebuhr 'as associate Fishburne's Musical Creation Accepted An orchestration of a concert waltz- composed by - Pia. Hummel Fishburne, assistant ' director of music, has been accepted by ,the A G. Schermer Co , well-known New York music publishers Prof Fishburne's iniisital at iangeinent , will be 'published in Apid and will be used in the State Music Contest this year. at• the University of Chicago and George Washington 'University. ' STATE COLLEGE, PA:,,TIRSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938 Bartholomew Wins Contes Impersonation of Girl Taking Bath Gets-Top-Honors ' , On Amateur Night ~ - A clever impersonation' of, a - woman taking her bath' by 'Will-' tam, Bartholomew '4l, topped the . eforts,of,mght 4itrithdEPenf State Club.kiill-Cie legWabittlifectiliVt?Cr:A Afichterium r Saturday night 4 'Bartholomew garnered the first,, lime of $lO, with John E Vos burgh '4O, slight-of-hand man, capturing second. place award of $7 before the capacity throng Each Gonteitant Gets Prize Pat Altwatcr '4O„ charming Thespian tap dancer, executed an othei of her dazzling tap displays to cop third honors p and 0. Connie Konopka '4l; vocalist, and John Roppolo, '39, accordion player, took fourth and fifth places, re spectively. Each of the remaining contest ants, George L Sumner Jr '42, -David K Martin '4l, William T. Campbell '42, and Milton S. SwitL en '42, who finished in that order, lammed a proportionate amount of the funds accumulated from the audience's silver offering Joseph R Bourne '42 was a cap able master of ceremonies Sammy Gallia '4O, top-ranking campus vo calist, appeared as gust enter tainer. Ashe To Make M. I. Paintings Pittsburgh Artist To Depict Three Industrial Phases For Schobl Gallery • With a view to aiding the pro gram of cultural development in augurated eight years ago in the School of Mineral ',lndustries, a pimp of alumni have commis sioned Edmund M Ashe, Pitts burgh artist, to make three large paintings for the schoors'Art Gal- Way, Dean Edward Steidle an flounced yesterday + The paintings, which will be ready by, -- the time the new central aing of the Mineral Industries building Is completed, will be sym bolic of the mineral producing and primary processing Industries iu Pennsylvania Hope To Create Interest "We hope that the faculty and student body; as well as the vast army of visitors to the campus, will find in the paintings an eager interest In the mineral industries." Dean Steidle said. "The School is glad to offer these colorful visual aids to a better un derstanding of Pennsylvania's min eral industries wealth"... The kirgest painting. 6 by ,7% feet, will represent , the mineral processing Industry. showingpon workers, tapping - metal from a blast furnace at night. , ". GOVERNMENT STUDY 42 Letters [Go To Grid, Soccer Men Awards Released By Graduate Manager • Of Athletics , Major letter awaids were made te 20 varsity gridmen and 12 vat.- ' iffy 'soccermen, according to a re port released yesterday from the office of Nell M Fleming, Gradu hte Manager of Athletics ',Football awards were made to 'seniors,Alex G Barantovich, Wil- HUM T Ells nod, Anthony G Clan mintonlo; Dean H Hanley, Harry S?Harrison, Joseph P Metro. Jos epic A Peel, Sever .1 Toretti and George'W Yecicley. manager, Jan lois: Sidney S Alter, Leon J Ca- Je'cici, Lloyd B Ickes, J Ne , meth, Steven T 'Rollins and Gro vet C ‘Vashabalgh, aophomores, Walter M Kakis, Charles Al Pe fors, Carl Strasinski, Thomas E •%.riirgo and L Craig White Special grid awards sent to Bernard H Briggs, Victor E Gen tilmao. Angelo .1 Conte, Joseph .Clocca and Othmar B Wuenschel Minor awards were extended to Richard IV, Es alt, Sam Kopach, - Wade E Mori, Lloyd J Parsons, John,ll. - Patrick, Frank AI Platt, E :Gilbert Ralcliff. James Wood ward and Harry A Dennis - 18 Cubs Win Numerals Freshman numeral sweaters will be given to 18 Lion cub gridderb Those who will receive awards are ,William S _Gerhard: , William K I 4 3 ates; Charles J Wilkinson, Leo ,Houck,-Jr , - Harry L Krouse, ;Cli *ILE Raynor, Fra_n_lco 3 Seass, .iinriprieirel. 7 01 a resMn , E=Er= - • , win;:Jr Vaughan •M Evans, - F Jokeph ;lorketich, Alike Garbinski, William R Smalls, Thomas 0 Me gargee. Charles E Medlar, Jr, and Fred, W Schumacher Major soccer awards will go to 12, Lion hooters Seven seniors. Richard IV ,Hass. Walter S Painter, Capt Fred 'B Spyker, Francis A Megrail, Samuel F Da %les, George 1 Merwin and Wil liam ,Y Miller, two juniors. Rob ert E Schuler and Van A. Hart man, and three sophomores, Wal ler R Hostermten, Fred R Ernst and .Lllib A Bigott will receive varsity letters A'special soccer tmaul will be givep to James H Ickes '39 Soccer numeral awards will be announced within the next week. Coach Bill Jeffrey mid yesterday Bunny Berigan Prevue Today S. 1.1. Record Dance To Give Sample of Soph Hop 'From 5' to 5 P. M. Watch Berigan' He's liable toa break away any moment That lad can do more hicks with a trumpet than Thur ston could do with a silk hat anti a handkerchief And, although he won't be show ,lni here in person until Soph Hop next Friday night., everyone has' a chance to "get a load" of Bunny's personal talent and his band's all around sueet swing at an all Col lege Student Union recording dance-in the Sandwich Shop from .i to 5 p in today Booth fees of $5 per group must be' filed at Student Union desk by 5 30 p ni today, co chairmen Rob ert Robinson and Erik S Moeller announced Tickets, priced at $330, tax-included, will be placed Jriday morning - Sorbrity To Offer ' Three Scholarships Three acholarships,of $5OO each me, being offered by Kappa Kappa Gamma, women's fraternity, to women , gTaduates in any college or univetsity where there is a Kappa chapter,' - Applieatiori ' blanks may be se emed from Dean Ray, and the awards are open to any woman graduates regardless of whether they are fraternity, or non-frater nity. ...4. - a O'D l' Mass Meeting Will Open '42 Campaign A mass meeting to acquaint all freshman men with the present class of 1942 political campaign is slated for Room 105 White Hall at 8 10 o'clock Comm low night Immediately following the gathei mg, open electioneei mg will be gin for both the Campus and Independent cliques Campaigning will continue until election time at 7. o'clock next Monday night excluding Sunday, when an all-day silent period will pievail • Waltei A Jones, Junior class president in (lame of elections, will discuss the fieshman election code sti essing campaigning tac tics and iequilements for voting To Introduce Candidates Candidates for both paities will be introduced by John W Craw fold, Campus, and Geiald F Doherty, Independent, respective clique chairmen Wilson S Gemler, C & F, Economic Seniors Will Give Information For Employment Boob Monday has been set as the deadline foi all senior Com merce and Finance on Econo mics majors to repoi t to Dr Carl \V Ilasek, pl ofessoi of econo mks, eft!' complete information of themselves to be contained in the Commerce and Finance em ployment 000klet Sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi. national Commerce and Finance honorary, the booklet AM be published before mid semester and sent out to leading corpora tions in the hope of securing jobs for those students to be graduated Skaters Use Armory- Again 250 Pairs Of Skates On Hand For Renewal Saturday; Will Limit Periods -Roller Armory, starting rnicity, starting Saturday , . Inaugurated last year as an ac tivity under Student Recreation of the School of Physical Educa tion and'Athletics, roller skating attiiicted between 300 and 500 hundied skate's each time held Provided with 250 pairs of fibet wheel skates, the committee has divided skating hoots into Lout two-bout ' , periods to permit the largest possible number of stu dents to paiticipate The first peliod will be fiom 1 to 3, the second hum 3 to 5; the thud from 7 to 9, and the fourth from 9 to 11 , There will be a 'charge of 20 cents a pet rod Ist Semester Final Examination Schedule Final Examinations for the first semester will be held from Monday, January. AU, to Saturday, February 4, inclusive The designation SEE LIST indicates that the rooms for examinations will be announced or posted by departments concerned Any student having two examinations scheduled at the same time or three examinations on the same day is required to report the fact in person at the office of the Registrar ou the special form provided there Seniors graduating at mid-year commencement who have examinations scheduled after Tuesday, January 31 should repot t that fast on the con flict card in order that they may be scheduled for an earlier regular con filet examination if possible , Since grades for graduating sen tors ate due at the office of fhe Regional by noon on Wednesday, February 1, it will be necessary for instructors to give-special exam' nations for such students in cer tain courses after the conflict ex aminations ale arranged To re Leive adjustments. all conflicts must be reported not late' than 5 p m, Frtdny, December 16 Notices of adjustment will be available at the office of the Regis trar for those students who filed conflict ands and Is ill be mailed to heads or departments on January 6 APPOINTMENT EXAMINA TIONS SHOULD NOT BE SCHED ULED UNTIL AFTER NOTICES OF CONFLICT EXAMINATIONS ARE' AVAILABLE The dates of the appointment examinations will be announced by the Instructors concerned - Elaminations will he of two hours' duration, beginning at S. 10 20, 1 .10. and 3 45 o'clock ABCh 1 F 3 45 105 WH ABCh 413 Th .3 46 103 Ag ABCh 425 AI 1 30 206 Ag ,ABCh 427. 513 MS 00 103 Ag ABCh 437 W 5 00 , 100 Hort ABCH 510 By Appointment AES VlO 20 306 MEng AE4OS T S 00 306 MEng AgEc 2 W 3 45 S Dairy AgEcS Tli 9 00 117 Dairy AgEc 11 'l' 8.00 Armory - Floor Agge 12 T 1 30 211 Dairy AgEc 407 By Appointment AgEc 420 M 510 215 Dairy Francis S Maxwell '42 was chosen late yesterday to replace Leo E. Houck, Jr, resigned, as the 1942 Independent nominee for Class Historian. Independent - Independent nom inee for class pi esidentovill be on hand to intioduce himself and pre sent his own platform Membeis of both maim groups have been Jolted somewhat by Geislei's appearance as a lone candidate for the presidential post bucked by supporters known as "Pi ogi esmve Lions" Declaiing that "I will take no piomises from anybody and I'll throw no mud or slander," Geisler has established himself as an im portant figuit in the coming cam paign Geisler Presents Platform wading. of clique member into office," and "advocating equality in politics here, the Independent- Independent nominee presented the following six-point platform I—To establish a reliable dating bureau 2—To uphold all Penn State tra- damns. 3—To stove towards better co-ol- dination among the individual faitions 4—To enlarge freshman activate% s—To give all fteshman sugges- Lions full consideration. 6—To use the Old Main rag poles , foi the puipose for which they were intended. AgEd Ily, T 1 30 206 PH AgEd 24v F 8 00 117 Daily AgEng 4 M 10.20 206 PH AgEng 6 By Appointment AgEng 7 M 1 .10 206 PH AgEng 14 T .t 45 200 Ag AgEng 206 By Appointment , AgEng 400 By Appointment Agio 6 S 10 20 109 Ag Agio 24 T 8 00 S Dairy Agio '2,6 WlO 20 100 Hoit s Agi 033 By Appointment Agro 37 AI 10 20 215 Dairy Agio 236 'l' 10 20 103 Ag Agro 416 M 3 45 103 Ag Agin 419 T 1 30 103 Ag Agicr423 By Appointment AH 1 T 10 20 Pavilion AH 3 AI 10 20 Pavilion AH 5 M 1 30 103 Ag AH 6 Id 5 00 ' 206 PH AH 7 T 8 00 206 PH AH.I4 By Appointment AH 15 Wl 30 206 Ag AH 21 1011 30 3HE AII 32 Ai 8 00 6PH AH 201 W 3 45 206 Ag AH 415 W 1.30 206 Ag Arch S Th 8 00 107 MEng' Arch 10 51 S.OO 102 MEng Arch 421 By Appointment Art 55 Th 10 20 See List A Art 74 M 3 45 107 MEng B Art 74 T 8 00 102 MEng , C Art 74 S 10 20 107 IdEng D Art 74 F 3 45 107 MEng E Art 74 S 8 00 107 MEng F Art 74 F 1.30 107 MEng Art Si By Appointment ' Art 441 - By Appointment Bunt 1 Si 00 105 WH 121121183 EMI= COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS 5 Men Will Meet Today For Confab Constitution, Entire Government Plan Under Survey A sweeping reorganization of student government was envisioned here today as a five-man Constitutional Re-, vision Committee, appointed Sunday by Student Council, prepared to open a two-nee} study at a special conference in Room 305, Old Main, at 4 o'clock his afernoon. Although empowered only to study the constitution of Council itself, the committee is expected to delve into the cane govern mental setup in an effoit to make student government a mote force ful factor in undergraduate life To Study Kennon Plan Among °the' things, it Is be lieved that the committee will study the School Councils estab lished undci the Kennon Plan last yea', as well as student legisla tion and finances in general The committee, headed by Rob ert L Smith '39, president of Penn State Club, will report its findings to Council at its next meeting Sunday, December 18 Other members of the commit tee me Joseph C Myers 40, Rob ert W Baku '4l, Robert S .oforis •o,7and--,TohnuA-', l Troancivitch*"3ol' who sponsoied the constitutional revision plan - Phi Eta Sigma Holds Fall Meeting Tonight Phi Eta Sigma, freshman schol astic honmai y, will hold its fall initiation at 7 30 tonight in Phi Kappa fi eternity Five sophomore men will be in itiated into the society 'rimy are. Robert B Browning, Charles E Crate', Winston G Donaldson, Joseph G Klack, and Howard E Follett All members ate request ed to attend Beet 204 Th 3 45 202 PH Buct 412 TlO 20 206 PH \ Batt 413 By Appointment Batt 509 By Appointment Bot 1 FlO 20 109 Ag Bot 3 F S 00 And MF Bot 10 Al 8 00 110 HE Bot 11 51 10 20 110 HE Bot 17 By Appointment Bot 25 By Appointment Bot 27 Th 3 45 105 WH Bot 201 Th 1 30 100 Hort Bot 416 By Appointment Bot 423 By Appointment Cer 52 13% Appointment Cm 53 By Appointment Cer 54 By Appointment Cer 411 By Appointment Cer 413 By Appointment Chem Eng 1 F S 00 103 Ag Chem Eng 5 21 3 45 105 Phys Chem Eng 402 T 1 10 108 Pim Chem 1 AI 1 30 Aud 1 Chem 2 By Appointment Chem 3 AI 130 Sea List 1 Chem 4 Eh Appointment Chem 16 Al 10 20 405 Main Chem 20 W 3 45 And Client 27 T 10 20 318 Main Chem 30 NV 1 30 105 WH 1 Chem 32 W 10 20 405 Main Chem 40 T 1 30 See List Chem 52 Al 10 20 109 Ag Chem 437 Id 13,0 105 Phys Chem 440 'T S 00 3WH Chem 470 IV 10.20 318 Main Corn 5 M 8 00 See List Com 10 WlO 20 3 NLA Com 15 W S 00 5 Main Com 20 IV 1 30 200 Eng D Cont 24 T 8 00 - 205 Ag Com 2S By Appointment Corn 30 T 3 45 See List Corn 9U T 10 20 Aud HF Com 41 SI S 00 3 NLA Com 92 51 10 20 206 Ag Com 44 T 3 45 2 WH Corn 90 NI 3 45 105 WH Corn 430 By Appointment DR 1, DH 201 F 1 30 109 Ag 10 T 3 45 117 Dairy DH 26 Th 8 OU 215 Dairy (Continued On Page Two)
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