SUCCESSOR
To The , Free Lance;
Established 1887
VOLUME 35-NO. 26 -
The
BEACON
International Red, ,
Tape: The' TragedP
'Of- the Democracies
By J. A. fROANOVITCH--
(in de absence of Dr H A
Alder/cr, Has column is being
an Wen by the cdtter of the
Calor/fan )
Of all' the New Dealers flitting
"Winne In Washington thes6 days,
Perhaps the one who has won the
leat opposition to any specific pro
gran Is Tennessee's sunve;7Secre
tab , of State Cordell Hull
tts a member of Congress dur
ing the HOover administration,
Hull had watched with interest
- the result'of • Amerlcan high•tariff
policies, - had seen, how protec
yionism of markets at home
brdught about retaliatory meas.'
urns from foreign countries, how
101% served to exclude American
competition from world markets
ard:to cultivate undesirable op•
' position and ova ,bitter hatred
taVard the United States
—,
Sb when on March 4, VW, ho
became the highest-ranking mem.
bm of the new Roosevelt cabinet,
SmiCetary of State Hull immediate
ly eel - forth to scrap tills theory of
isb celled motectionism and to sub
' stitute a program of reciprocity
'among ntatidns
,
Single handedly he sold the
New Deal on a reciprocal trade
Ir. Welty policy, finally approved
by Congress on 7 June 12, 1934,
^ When it authorized the...President'
negotiate such treaties, an au-
thoraation which later was ex
' tended until June 12, 1940
nee then to negotiate trade
"agreemente 'without the approv-
I of the Senate, which always en
lails political maneuvering_ and
Mirsonal , bickei ing, Hull proceeded
to chart his course—a: course de
signed 'to break dean economic
'burials between' nations that can
breed only Aistiust, hulled ' and
-eventually - ,%ar .•!
In fouryears, the State Depart
ffl===l
agreements with 20 'nations as
' counting for 60 per cent of Amer-
Ican,foreign trade, including the
latest 'agreement ,with Great
Britain last — mtinth,'an agreement
whieh brought together the two
largest trading nations in the
world, representing more ,than
one-quarter of present-day inter
national trade .... _
7 In these four years. the, State
Department, led by Elio conscien
[lowHull. hast thus ielegated the
theory of trade lecipcocity to a po
sition high above, the theory of
rePrisalp.it pas served to decrease
international friction caused by un
desit able economic barri . els, it has
served to divot t dangerous nation
alistic tendencies into the channel
of friendly internationalism,, - and,
most of has served to boost
American foreign trade, a - boost
reflected in the fact that in the fis
cal yeas of 1938 trade' with agree
meet nations him eased 662 , per
cent, while trade with non agree
ment nations rose - only' 47 7 per
cent.
Despite — all this, however, it is
only natural that opposition
should exist, especially from sec
thine! Interests which have In
some instances found themselves
sacrificed for the Interests of oth
er sections , Unfortunately, no
;trade program 'ln the'world can
satisfy everybody,, ..,
1
Then, too. theta are those nho
still believe thinly in the policy of
isolationisnr = so chetistied by one
George Washington; forgetting that
the America of today—an Indus
exporting,', lending nation
—ls no longer the America of yes,
_terday—an agricultural. Importing?',
hot rowing nation
Yet the 'seed 'of the' most dan
gerous" opposition to the key -
„atone of the administration's for
eign policy program was planted
last Saturday', when Senator'
Jamei , J. Davis, recently reelect-,
ed by the Pennsylvania elector
!, ate, Indicated he was willing AA
revive a move to' subreet these
trade treaties to the'
approval or rejection- "of -Con-
7,Stiying. , the Constitution had
made tariff -making power, a
Con
gressional function, Senator-Davis
,"Na reciproCal trade agree
=mentshould 'be made without the
'approval of both the' House and
;Senate, and I would vote' for a bill
-101• Provide that.,
C'-;::Now Article 11, Section 2,
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HOT BATTLE PREDICTED IN '42 ELECTIONS
Changes In
Constitution
Suggested
Propo,se Separation
Of 2 Bodies With
Split PoWers
Proposals to separate Student
Board and Student Council into
two distinct bodies and to elect
An all-College president from the
student body at large ate being
debated by the five-man Consti
tutional Revision Committee ap
pointed by' Student Council last
Sunday.
Under tentative plans, it is un
detsbiod that Student Council
would - be given supreme legisla
tive powers, with Student—Beaud
veting as a judiciary body '
The Board, howevei, would have
veto power over Council legisla
tion, with Council empowered to
override the veto by either a two
thirds or three-fourths vote '
The Board would consist of sev
en members' _Presidents of the
sophomore, junior and senior
classes, Collegian editor, Intel
fiaternity Council president, stu
dent representative to Botough
Council and a representative of
non-fraternity men to be elected
in a (manner not yet decided
Meanwhile, the Intercha
lance Committee 'Would totem
power to initiate financial mea
sures, which would be subject to
approval of Council and Boatd
Also being discussed is a plan
to elect a president foam-the stu
dent body at large who would be
the„ responsible leader in 'pushing
legislation before Council iThel
other:proposaP-before-the - Cfibtled
would have members of the body
itself choose a — president f tomits
senior membership In this way,
class offices could be retained
The committee was again in
session last night at the Colleg
ian went to press Hearings may
be held some time nekt week be
fote
,the committee presents its
final report to Council on Decem
ber 18
`Night Must F.
"Cast Is Listed ,
By Diehl --, -
The cast for "Night Must Fall,"
a theme which thiough its sheer
subtle terror and penetrating psy
chological study of pn egomaniac,
stunned the theatrical world a
few years ago, has been announ
ced by Charles F Diehl, instrue
tot in dramatics and director of
the production
The play will he given in Sch
wab Auditorium Janualy',l2 and
13 _
The cast wall be headed by Paul
E. Dean '9O in the.pmeof Danny,
a psychopathic congenial individ
ual with a hidden instinct'to mut
del Margaret Jones will take tli-.
part of tiliva, secretary, Beinaid
Schectman '4O, Hubert,'a fu end
of the family, Jane Eames :40,
Mis Brinson ~
Other; 'are Martia E. I.,eety, as
Tetiance the housekeeper,
Enid Hunter '42, nurse, Angelo
Jetome '9O, as Belsize, detective;
and BeimCu Hunn '4O, as Dom,
the maid.
Robert Montgomery, assuming
a revolutionary type of sole'
when he undertook' the charac
teiization of Danny in, the film
version a few 'years ago, gained
nation-wide acclaim for his real
istic' portrayal of the maniac
Home Ec Club Plans,
'Christmas ,Muiicale
, A Christmas, musicale of favor=
ite melodies will be sponsored by
the Home Economics Club _Ned
nesday at , 8 p.m in second 'flooi
lounge of OA' Main ' ,
The Louise, Homer_ Club, sting
endemble, ,duets' ,by Roden&
Thompson '4O and Elizabetlo
Hartswick: '4O, and vocal solos by
Barbara Troxell Will be included
in the program.
Mary- Lou Trunk; /Marian E.
Hartman, and, Ruth E' all
jumors, are in charge of , thm pro
gram. Everyone is invited to' at
tend. -, ,
PIANIST
ANNETTE ELKANOVA
known as "Atlantic City's Mu
sical Prodigy," who will appear
in a piano recital In Schwab Au
ditorium at 13'30 p m. Sunday
in the "Artists of Tomorrow" se-
Pies 'sponsored by the Hillii
Foundation She is now with the
Curtis Institute of - Music and
has made numerous stage and
radio appearances
Board Begins
' Health Survey
Group Seeks Faculty Opinion
For Improvement Of
Medical Service ~
A sui r'ey of 300 students com
pleted, the Student Health Boaid
decided to make a survey of fac
ulty members and town doctors at
its - meeting Wednesday night
The committee is' sampling oP
`inion on the College service in
;mor,dar:,.to",suigist,desuediamPlove
eats to 'fife College Trustees
Later in its survey - the pimp
will again interview students to
find out if they would be willing
to pay an additional health y fee
in oidei to have hoe dispensary
service and hospitalization
The cominittee membership of
12 has been completed with the
appointment of two new members
Alice B 1 Money '92 has been
named to the group by Dons
Blakemore, president of W S G
A, and 'Herbert S Doioshow '9O
has been selected by Joseph A
Peel, semi class president.
4 DAYS
ahead of the United Press.
.That's the latest unbeliev
able scoop made by the Col,
legian last week. On Decem
ber 2, in" a special story; the
Collegian a n nounced the
General State Authority's
second building program was
definitely doomed unless re
vived next year by Governor
elect .A H. James. More
than four full days later-115
hours; to be exact—the Unit
ed Press confirmed this-re- ,
port. For the best cover
age on ALL local news,
whether it happens In State
College or Harrisburg or
Washington or anywhere
else, read the ,
COLLEGIAN
An. Army Uniform
,Doesn't Change A MANLCoI. Emery
By EMANUEL ROTH
A determined but merry pail of
eves, a quiet and.decisive voice,
cleat-cut slightly angular features
dominated by a nose smoring of
Roman, agile, abrupt actions, a
condescendirig pelsonallly and lib
anal attitude which defy the stereo
type of the Army—that's Col Am
Mose R Emery, nen Commandant
of the Department of Military Sci
ence and Tactics
"T'know," the Colonel will tell
you confidentially, 'sue'lLe all ha
mans An army uniform really
doesn't change a man 'We're tick
led to be with. students—that's
why weire here"
The Commandant was - born in
Indiana - (His rattle' was a West
Pointer, Class ' 1881) , But Col
Emery had no ideas of the mili
tary In mind when lie entered Bay-'
for University, Texas In fact men
and'war didn't interest him even
after he was graduated from
- Bloomfield in 1899
Electric engineering was' his
field but upon graduation from
Georgia Tech in 1904 he was deetg
nated to take an examination for
a second lieutenancy, passed and
was assigned to the 27th Infantry
STATE COLLEGE, PA , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938
Labor Federation
Seeks GSA Re-6val
gpacutl to the Collegian.
- HARRISBURG, Dee S—SuppOrt of the incoming James admin
isttation lot revival of the second huge General State Authority,
program which includes a new $5,000,000 giant lot the Pennsylvanii.
State College, will be sought here by high-tanking officials of th.•
State Federation of Labor
The progi am was doomed last
week when PWA money tan out
before the Authority could find
positive backing for its 55-percent
share of the giants
Accoiding to woid hate, the
Federation will attempt to meet
Governor-elect Arthur H James
before he takes office on January
17 and win his"suppoit for the
Authority plans
Although a similar confeience
is held pun to the inauguration
of every administration, the meet
ing this year is expected to be
different in view of the fact that
the Federation, for the most pint,
Licked the defeated Earle ticket
Only Lewis G Hines, tepiesentit,
two of AFL Pi esident William F
Green, and Warner D Curry,
vice-president of the state gtoup,
supported James Both have been
mentioned for cabinet posts
The Fedetation, an AFL ot
ganization, includes the State Fed
motion of Teachers, of which the
new State... College Teachers' AbSO
- lo a member
\ I
ASU To. (hien
Dining Center
Willi- - -BtarniiiiTtilaY; Plan
Fifteen Cent Lunches
In Dairy Building
A co-operative dining commons,
She purpose of which will be to
serve luncheons to ptudents at
absolute cost, has been planned by
the Committee on Copeiatives
of the Ameitcan Student Union
and is expected to get under way
Monday in Room 9, Dairy Build
leg
The present plan involves the
serving of five luncheons a week,
the cost of which will amount to
15-cents per luncheon Two full
sandwiches, dessert, and coffee
will be served, the -committee has
reported
At the outset, shares at $1 each
will be sold in older that a capita,
may be accumulated fin the put
chase of food and necessary uten
sils. It is reported, however, that
the $1 will be !dinned to the sta.`
dents after substantial letutris
through operations will enable the
continuation of the plan
A meeting of the prospeLtive
subscribers will be held in Room
405 Old Main, Sunday at 2:30 p
in Those attending will be givetr
the opportunity to express their
preferences and determine forth
et arrangements for the expan
sion of facilities which, it is ex
pected will take cam of more stu
dents and perhaps raise the num
ber of. meals to three a day
In Hawaii in 1905
Thirty one years late', in 1936,
'he proudly rejoined the old 27th
at Schofield Barracks, _Hawaii. as
Colonel—on his 27th wedding an
niversary'
Flom 1906 to 1909 he was alth
the Army of Cuban Pacification,.
a attained to Camp Perry, Ohio.
1909, on an infantry team; to
, the
Phillippines In 1915 and then to
China The Commandant was ou
the way back from China when the
Armistice was signed From Camp
Len is, Washington, Emmy went
on recruiting duty to Salt Lake
City, then to Virginia (1926.32)
where he served as remaking offi
cer After spending 1931 and 1932
at the War College, Washington.
he was stationed at Texas A & Id
for four years . ' _
In 1936 the Colonel made his tri•
uniphant •return to the Schofield
Barracks in Hawaii and last year
FIS notified of his appointment as
head of the germ State .Reserve
Training Corps
"We're here becituse we like to
be," ~the, Colonel assures us
"We're going to cooperate 'with
students and make At all as pleas•
ant us possible tot everyone"
Pranks Do Not
Make Sense—
' .Dean Warnock
Property Damage, Serious
Problem to Officials,
Tells Fraternities
"With the' Collegian edam,
piesumably representing student
opinion, appealing to the Cover
not-elect to put mole of the tax
payers' money into pioperty on
the campus, acts of pioperty des-
Unction by the students do not
' make sense in the average tax
payer's mind," said Dean of Men
Arthur R Warnock rn a letter to
fraternity presidents and counsel
ors Monday
',Although destructive acts may
be considered planks locally, they
ate of grave concern to College
office's, the Dean continued in an
appeal to, each house,, to "preach
law and order to its members to
then end that they will not only
refrain from destructive practic
es, ibut will also act to re.stiain
other students from committing
such acts " ,
He pointed out that the peat
to,. fiatei windows
from snowballing should help im
pios on fraternity men that
"when an indifferent attitude to
mom ty damage is prevalent in
a community, eveiybody's pioper
,ty is in danger "
Peace To Be Theme
Of Chapel Address
"Man's Secret Honor" will be
the topic of the address to be de
livered in Schwab Auditorium
next Sunday mot fling by the Rev
Allen Knight Chalmers, D D ,
LL D., ,Pastor of the Broadway
Tabernacle in New York City.
An eneigettc leader in the cause
Inc peace and social justice, Dr
Chalmers has beveled widely on
speaking campaigns and has act
ed as ehanman of the Scottsboro
Defense Committee, playing and
important pact in the famous
cases He also serves
,on the exe
cutor boards of numerous religi
ous olganizattons
Watch Your English!
A menhir letter has been Ms
ttibuted by the department..of
English composition to every de
partment in the College The let
tea requests that misuse's of
English be repotted to the de
partment, which will make every
cffott tosee that they receive fur
,
ther instruction
But the Colonel's words aren't
Just manifestations of military
steam He intends to abolish the
egalation "high russet shoes" and
allow ROTC students to substi•
tuteomy plain brown shoes avail
able, lie intends to increase the ad
vanced enrollment by liberalizing
admittance restrictions, he In
tends, to abolish the regulation
R 0 'VC textbooks and substitute
a cheaper text which won't be re
%Ned every year
He'll calmly tell you, "We intend
to cut dov,a the cost of taking - the
caul se "
As fat as foreign policy of the
county is concerned, the Commau
dant believes in a bigger attny,
navy; air Race as guarantees of
lasting peace for the United
States, ,sees war in'Europe as in
editable but is confident we can
keep out, condemns the democra
cies, for deserting the Czechs in
the recent crisis -
''lf any cation thinks the United
States is asleep and staits taking
advantage, it's time for us to act."
Emery insists
- The director of the Penn State
Reserve Corps believes in compul
sory ILO T C , but you won't' find
rgiatt
CO-CHAIR
ERIC S MOELLER
+ + 4.
Berigan To 'Sweet-Swing'
For Soph-Hoppers Tonight
Sweet Bengali swtnging in the cool atrnosphete of the Hawaiian
That's the set-up for Soph Hop gods in Recitation Hall tonight
us the initial "big dance" of the season overtakes us
Featin mg , Bunny Bei igan —+ + + +
"The Muncie Man of Swing"—
with his trumpet, the Hop band College Album
also spotlights the chai ming
songstress, Kathleen Lane, and
Dick Wharton; song stylist Unfolds Again
Conspicious in Bunny's self
named "fighting men" organiza
tion will be the well-balanced al
ray_of_thythmAo aid the nation's
ace trumpet tooter George Wet
thing on the drums, Joe Lippman
at the piano, Al Fishkind with the
bass, and Toni Morgan stunging
the vital., handle the i hythm sec
tion to neat perfection
Sid Lipkins looms as a top
i asking ti umpet associate for
Maestro Heiman with Sonny Lee
and Ford Lowy usually complet
ing the' outfit in the ttombone de
pai tinent
Eiik S Moeller and Robeit
Robinson, co-chaiiman, head a
committee of seven including S
Gawley Atkinson, Lawience S
Diievet, J Donald Gaitland, Ed
gar V Hall, Robeit C Kenn,
Ruth K Kistler, and Daniel
Thomas, Ji
Tickets, pined at $330, pei
couple tax included, lowest puce
foi a "big dance" in recent years,
will go, on sale at the Athletic As
sociation,office thin mining
FRIARS .. .
Last May, a campaign was
launched to clean up the
honoraries, yet what has
Friars done to keep faith
with the students? See the
editorial on Page 2
. ... AND FROSH
Pitt may be having Its
freshman football troubles.
But so is Penn State See
"Between the Lions" on
hint dogmatic about the subject
"It students would speak of
ROTC as just soothe' !emitted
comae, it would sound less dls
tasteful than If they labelled it
'compulsory' You must admit, It's
an easy t , h, credit, the drill teal
,ly doesn't hurt anyone; besides, it
'does promote team.play. otganiza
tlon, leadership,
"Yes, IVisconsin, Minnesota, and
Not th Dakota have voluntary train
ing But I feel that the ',course is
more distasteful if tower students
take it; I feel that students com
pare that word 'compulsory' too
touch with the Fascist systems of
Eat ope No, R.O 'l' C never real
ly hurt anyone"
Then the Colonel will lean back
in his swivel chair and tell you
about the 20 yea' old son who's
now at West Point, upholding a
military tradition of tue Emmy
generations
"Yes, Polio State is a grand
plate," Commandant Emery II tell
you, and he gazes out the window
%%here men and machines are dig
ging up the marching grounds of
the It 0T C to make
.room for a
new Penn State era.
N OF HOP
ROBERT ROBINSON
+ + +
High borough government °fit-
NVOI k and con
duct in office satnized when the
Glee-Thespians present a retain
showing — of then fall musical
comedy, "College Album," at
Schwab Acclaim= at 8 30 to
mot ow night
Burgess Wilbui F Leithell and
others have accepted invitations
to witness the two-act comedy as
honored guests, it was announced
today One of the scenes in the
revue of,_college and town life
features a mock session of the lo
cal borough cuncil in which cut
lent problems, including the noth
ing meter situation, ate lampoon
ed
Hailed by (Attics as being "as
good, if not better, than most
Broadway inoductlons," "College
Album" will also include new
dance co cations, popular songs
and specialties, and a ;nation
glimpse of vat ious phases of col
lege life
Careless Frosh
Find Customs
Still Exist
Tubunal quite rudely convinced
seven mote freshmen that cus
toms have NO f been temoved
and the luckless seven ate spott
ing signs which must be wont
until nest Wednesday
Dale Johnson, who walked un
the spot where the glass Is sup
posed to be, will catty a sod of
the peen stuff atomic' in his
hands He will have two baskets
on his feet and Will be equipped
with a sign saying, "I stepped
ivhete there should have been
grass'"
Jim McAdam and Edward
Goldstein, N‘tio fell victim to the
new smoking customs, have both
been signed -by the Ti thane!
McAdam will weal a sign say
ing, "Freshmen ate not allowed
to smoke on campus," and Gold
stein will carry a branch in a
carton, (slightly ieseimbling a
pipe) and will weal a sign insist
ing that "This Is a pipe that will
not tempt me."
Under a garbage-can lid Mul
sandwiched between signs Lead
,mg, "This hat does not bind,"
and "I have trouble finding a
disk my size, "the observant look
u will find Alden Emeiick, the
ftosh who had dink trouble
Hammy McCloskey's sign says
"I should have worn my dink—
even to the Kappa house "Ghillies
Geoigi tells all that "It took me
three months to put my name in
my bible," and "A reminder
freshmen must not smoke cigar
ettes on campus."
COMPLETE
17ECIM
EZEGI22I3
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Class Votes
In Old Main
On Monday
Phillips, Geisler, And
Baird To Vie For
Presidency
By A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR
All hulications point to a close
I) contested Ft eshman class elec
don as the Independent. and Cam
pus candidates and the lone "Pro
gressne Lion" nominee toe the
murk for Monday night's balloting
Robert •D Baird, Independent,
Dean A Phillips, Campus, and
Nilson S Bolster, Progressive
Lion, are Lice contendnig presiden
tial candidates The it:niter-up au
tomatically becomes vice presi
dent
Voting aill be held in the first
nom lounge of Old Main with the
Polls open from 7to'l p in Wul
tei A Jones, Junior class proof
dent, and members of Lion's Past,
senior lionormy, aill supervise the
balloting
Need Matriculation, A. A Book
Matriculation cards and A. A
books must be presented.before a
freshman can cast a ballot
Over 250 men attended the fresh
man mass meeting hi White Hull
Wednesday night as each part) in
tioduced its mespective candidates
aud, momleued Its platforms
Gerold 1 , Bohm ty, Independent
pal ty chilli man, pt esented his par
ty'q candidates. namely Baird,
Eel! L Horst, secretary, George
R Ross, 31 , heasurer, and Fran
cis S Mansell, historian
Baird Speaks Well_
Exclaiming that "a cote for the
Independents is a vote for democ
incy" Band liatiltly concluded his
In ler 'mne of the Independent
ticket in a a ell-piepated talk
Phillips, George A Ladner, bC(..-
1 eta! v , John A Petrella, treas
ure, and Gardner E Lindzey, Ma
n:111ml uere, introduced by 1992
Campus clique chaliman John W
CI Ink toed
, Phillips pointed out in an im
piessive chat that bib party is
maintained fm the equal benefit of
ft ate' nitv and non ft a terntty men
A brief discussion of the Campus
platform aas used to exemplify
Geisler Appeals to All
Geisler, limning on his one tick
et ulth no obligation , ' to anyone.
appealed to all, "Vote as you feel
rot the man you belleNe is best.
for the man you can tely upon"
In the dinning fot position on
the ballot which follomed, the In
dependents non the toss and chose
the left side of the ticket Gels
ler's name still appeal alone in the
middle, and the Campu , t list is set
for the right
Hetzel Names
Survey Group
Committee To Make Visual
Audio Supplies Available
Fot College Use
Oiganizations of visual and au
dio equipment on the campus is
being undeitaken by a committee
i epiesenting 12 (lament College
divisions appointed by Piesident
Ralph Hetzel
Its object will be to haVe in
foimation always available on
wheie and when adequate pio
jection looms, lutest supplies and
matenals, new slides, rnd sound
equipment will be availabli
Sewing on the, comnuttee as
°iv' s; o n sepiesentatives are
David B Pugh, chaiiman, arts
and science extension; Willard P
Lewis, libiai tan, William A
Broyes, Agricultuie, Oscar F.
Smith, Chemistry and Physics,
Emmett A Betts, Education, J.
Bum Helme, Engineering, John
P. Selsam, Libeial Aits; Clair W
Robinson, Mineidl Industiles:
Ray M Congei, Physical Educa
tion, Geoige F Johnson, Aglicul
tme Extension, Hugh G Pyle,
General Extension, and Beloit!
W Loman, purchasing agent.
Berland Addresses Honorary
Leo G. Berland, adveitising
manager of the Williamsport
Sun, was the speaker at the tush
ing smokes of Alpha Delta Sig
ma, professional advei Using hon.
°Lau, Wednesday night at the
Beta Sigma Rho house.