_SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOLUME 35-NO. 27 Z 658
The PULSE
~68.8 % 'Of Students'
Oppose Making U. S. '
'A Jewish Haven
By Student Opvnurn
Surveys of Ame=
AUSTIN, Tex , Dee. 12,..Jew
ish refugees from Central Europe
should not be allowed to come in
to the United States in great
numbers, a large_maiority of the
'College youth' of this country
heires, thefitst national poll of
the Student Opinion Suiveys of
Aimed= reveals
In slightly more than a month,
Germany has turned its Jews
into'a world problem, one that
may have to be faced by leaders
of tomorrow—college men and
women .of today. Should the
United States offer a haven J to
the persecuted Jews?. Although
many think some should be ad
mitted if other nations cooper
ate, seven out of 10 are opposed
opening wide the doors of
Ellis Island
-, These figures, are the first an
rp'unced by the new Student Op
mum- Surveys, organized with
, the' Penn State Collegian as one
of the cooperating, members
among college newspapers noel
,the nation The Surveys, a non
commercial -organization of cam
ptiS editors, will publish weekly
ieports based on national refei
`enda similar to those of othei
Polls, that recently have been
moved highly reliable The sur
veys are intended to add a "fourth
dimension" to the college mess by
eporting scientifically national
student thought ,
Campus interviewers have ap
proached students of every des
*lotion, rich and poor, fresh
men and seniors, in largeschools
like Luther in lowa and Schrel
,
ner in , Texas. , They have asked,
"ShOuld,-the 'United, Stater,offer
-2 a - ' - haven inr - this'Countr'ifor Jew- •
Ash refugees -from -Central Eu:' -
"rlipC?"•The..result
;Yes
It. was clear from the coast-to
coast retuins , that students as a
,whole would like to see - the United
States 'help' oppressed Gelman
minorities in sonic way, some sug
gesting the offering of homes in
U. , S possessions "No country
shorild turn away people who
'biing so much with them," laid
an Illinois Censor '"But wheic
would we put. them' , " asked a Un
iversity of ,Minnesota sophomore
Otheis definitely believed' none
shinild be allowed admittance No
ticeable was this qualification, "If
other nations help afso "
American Jewish students,
congregated .in the East Central -
states, it' appears, raised ,„ the
"yes!: answers in that particu:
ler section of the country, where'
39:1" percent were in favor_ In
'the New England group 35 8 were
'affirmative, Middle - Atlantic,
30.1, West Central, 307; South
ern,- 29.5, Far -,Western, 232.
'Awareness , of - the problem and
'distribution of the population
along racial lines are pointed out (
by these sectional_figures.
(CilTriyht,' 1938 )
Seek Aid - 11ere
For ~Refugees
Campus Groups Organize To
" 'Help European' -Youths
, , Carry On Studies'
Endeavoimg to alleviate the
'problem Plasented by- Etuopean
refugees , An this country;
S'entatives of 16 campus
- rations met in Main Engineering
Building Thursday night p
con
;laide' proposals for raising funds
_to'a'd victims of college age
The committee plans to bung at
halt one student to 'the Penn
'State campus by next September
' ,, The movement, which isAion-see-
Aarian, 1 . 2 - being sponsored by 'the
American ',Student Union' , ,
Participating oiganizations
t `i.lude ' American' Student , Union,
The.. Bell, Penn State - Collegian,
Foun - datimi, -Women's Stu
dent ve r t Association,
State ,College High School, Inter
fraternityi,, Council, ,International
~,Relations::-Club, - Mortar Board,,
Penn? State, , ' Club;:-,Penn State'
;Christian Association, Sociology
Club; Social 'Problems Club, Stu
,. dent Religious Workers' Council,
- 1 7eichers' 'Association; and , -Theta
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DEAN WATTS TO LEAVE AFTER LONG SERVICE
Como
Meeting In
Old Main Is
Broken Up
Selling Of $1 Shares
'Prohibited, Says '
Supt. Ebert'
Sc' eddonal, "Thc Dunne?
Gong," Pagel!
EMBED
Although permission for the
Penn State Co-op League meet
ing Sunday had been revoked,
Captain William V. Dennis, head
of the campus patrol, reported
yesterday that he did not break
up the meeting but arrived when
it was over and those attending
the meeting were already leav
ing the room.
Claiming that the College build
ings are fm educational put poses
only and that no sales or solicita,
tions ate allowed on the campus
George W Ebert, superintendent
of grounds and buildings, tempoi
villy squelched the plans of the
newly-organized Penn State Co ;
op League fin a co-operative din
ing commons when he ordered
that a meeting of prospective
members be halted Sunday after
noon in Old Maid -
Peimission for the meeting
loom in Old-Main was grantedby,
Ebert, but-it was "'with' the 'its=
sumption that the committee had
no intentions of planning a din
ing commons, but merely an at
tempt to secure a loom in the
Daily building where student,
may gather anti eat then lunch
he said
Claims Story Not Straight ,
The story was not straight
when given to him, Ebert claimed,
and when he learned that Able
committee intended to sell shiiies
at $1 each to all 'Molested stu
dents, he ordeied that Captain
Dennis, head of the student, of
the campus patrol, stop the meet
ing
The plan for the dining com
mons involved the serving of five
luncheon% a week, the cost of
which would amount to 15 cents
per luncheon Shaie:s at $1 each
were, to be Told 'at the meeting
Sunday so that capital could , be
accumulated at the outset for the
purchase of food and necessary
utensils
Money to Be Returned
The money invested' in shines
sas to be total ned to the students
after a substantial return though
operations enabled the continua
tion of the co-operative, it was
pointed out' by , the committee
seeking the dining commons.
Ebert explained that it was out
of Ins hands to pabs'judgment on
the pi oposal and that ithe execu
tive board-of the College is the
only group to decide whether- ot
-pot a dining commons could be
set up ono the campus here
_ German Songfest Tonight
'rhe annual German Christmas
song ,pi ogram, 'including organ
solos by Mrs Ricliaid W Grant,
will We held in the Schwab Audi
tortilla at 7 o'clock tonight: '
Paul Peon '4O Ls A Murpiac,
But It's InWight Mtiat
Paul/ E Deati '4O is vety coup•
chopatlitc case .. he's...
No, don't get scaled Dean Is,Ol
"Ist*lit Must Fill," blond-frees'
London and New A'ork.
As the "New Yotk-American"
arainatic edam reports "'Night
Must Fall' is a blood curdler for
fait —effective shocker—whole
sale in its horrors—with grateful
bubbles of laughter between the
deep` quaffs of blood—l had a
sufficiently good and horror-stric
ken time.",\
Critic's Opinion
The "New Yoik Tunes" sums it
all up in two words: "Morbidly
• terrifying." , •
And, to elucidate the S type of
character Dean will portray, the
Dining Plan als Squelched
Conflict Exapis Must
Be Reported by 5 P.M.
Friday, Watkins Says
All conflict •examinations
must be reported to the office
of the Registrar not laths than
5 p m Friday, Ray V Wat
kins, scheduling, officci, an
nounced yesterday
Two final exam., scheduled
foi the same period or three
exams on the same day consti
-44e a conflict, Watkins stated
Better Alumni
Plan' Proposed
By Association
Establishment Of Student
District Clubs Advised
By Committee
A comprehensive pi:Ogiam to
Liam the undergraduate to be
come a better alumnus of the
College is being worked out wider
the sponsoish,p of the Alumni
Association, Edward K Hibbh
man,, executive secretary of the
association, has announced
Headed by George M Amman
'lB, of Lancaster, a committee of
three members of the association's
executive board, has already com
pleted a tentative report on the
piogiam and presented it to the
Alumni Council for criticism and
suggestions -
The report "propo"sed - the estab
lishment of district clubs among
the undergraduates which cones
pond with the local alumni dis-'
Wet clubs throughout the state
and counti y
The preparation of themes by
students on subjects concerning
the College was also proposed in
the report
Among the suggested subjects
foe themes weie the history of
the College and its traditions;
history of the board of trustees,
history of past presidents of the
College, the history of the Dean
of Men, the history of the Dean
of Women; history of the Deans
of the various schools, the voca
tion the undergraduate intends to
follow; achievements of the Col
lege through research and exten
sion, a general spits history of
the College, and how the College
was formed and how it functions.
The iepoit also proposed the
establishment hate of a central
ized Placement and Personnel
Buieuu, the informing of undet
giaduates 'of the work of the
alumni association, its organiza
tion and how it functions, the
holding of traditional get-together
meetings for seniors and alumni
at commencement, and the en
couragement of undergraduates
to take pact in the alumni district
club Waal committees
Two Merrill Palmer
Delegates Selected
Ruth E Burrage and Jean E.
Rishel ate the two seniors, to be
sent to Meirill Palmer Sc hool in
Daunt in Februaty as i epresen-
Wives of the Home Economics
Department • ,
-mat mid very nice hut , he's a pshy
_
my going to play the part of Danny
ng Muller which recently horrified
"New York Telegraph" conies
actors with "A superb i detailed
and chilutg pprttatt of attonbter
. the Play has realtorror ", 7
"Night Must ‘Fall" will tor en
acted in Schwab Auditorium , Jan.
uaiy 12 and 13 by the Penn State
Playeis under the 'direction of
Chitties F. Diehl, instructor in
climates ,
In impoi taut supporting roles
will be Margaret Jones, Bernard
Schectman '9O, Jiine Eames '4O,
Media E. Leety, Enid , Hunter '42,
Angelo 'Jerome ' '4O, and -Bernice
Hunn '4l. ''-- ~ .
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1938
College Head Raps
Women's Drinking
- ,
W. S. G. A. Will Investigate Every Case, Says
Dean Charlotte E. Ray
"College officials and the W S.G.A Senate not only disapprove of
dunking aiming women students but expect to investigate every
ble instance with the intention of learning Just which students sin
ptemoting the good name of the College and are fulfilling the real
put poses of education "
Thus, in a statement to the Collegian, Dean of Women Charlotte
E Ray teplies to many. incomes received in recent weeks 'Concerning
the attitude of College office's tovaird drink among women students
Her statement is coincidental
to a letter issued to all co-eds by
Doris Blakemore '39, president of
WSGA, clarifying the oigani
zation's attitude toward drinking
Dean Ray's Stand •
• Regaiding the most insistent
question, conceining the state
ment in the 'Student Handbook
, (page 42) "W. S. G - ,A disap
moves of dunking among women
students and empowers Senate
and Judicial Committee to deal
with violations," Dean Ray states•
"When an incident of drinking
on the pout of a gill is reported,
the matter is discussed' with hei
and usually with her paients_
ordei to understand the whole sit
uation and then to detei mine
whether her presence on this cam
pus is helpful or harmful•, to her
self and others
"Right here it should be said
`Kentinti' Plan' ,
Study Begins
Constitutional Revision Body
Due To Report Sunday;
To Hold Hearings
A mote detailed study of the
"Kennon Plan," Which provides
for sub-councils for each school
on the campus, has, been under
-taken by the five-man constitu
tional revision committee appoint
ed by Student Council to seek
methods of Improving student
government
Although the plan supplies a
way of diffusing the government
among a greater number of stu
dents, some of the points brought
out by the study-reveal that in
pi settee the sub-councils have
been nothing more than power
less bodies, some of which have
never met to discuss ptoblems of
their respective schools as Intend
ed by John` D Kennon '38, - last
year's senior 'class president and
author of the plan
The committee, which is due to
.report to Council Sunday, expect,
to meet almost every day this
week in an effort to have its final
proposals ready before the Christ
mas vacation helms
Hearings, at which Dean of
Men Arthur R Warnock, the
class presidents, and viii ions stu
dent leaders would be quertioned,
also are under consideration.
Paradox--Heat
Increased By
Cold Shivers
The use of a shiver and a co%
"brrr" as a method of hinting to
the more bashful boys that you
want them to put their aims
around you, gills, isn't going to
work after today.
According to Professor ft W
Swift of the department of 'animal
nutrmtion,'a person who shivers is
manufacturing four times as much
heat in his body as under normal
conditions.
'Professor Swift explained that it
is simply natures way of adjusting
the body to lower' temperatures,
and that after a thorough Awe',
the• body is as warm as when in
a heated room. '
Professor ,SWift backed `this
claim with'ploof that he gathered
by placing several professors in n
refrigerator with special instru
ments attached to them.
,'„Ile found that production of
body, heat increased notably only
when they shivered.
that such an interview always
throws enough light on, the case
th pievent a decision based on
just one incident ,
Manner of Reporting Offenders
"Then comes a question about
the mantle] in which some offend
ers ale reported The repot al
ways comes through an eye-wit
ness who has decided that-some
thing must be done about the mat
ter, often one who has already
ttat to help the situation
"Now someone will suggest that
there must be many repo: is on
which no action is taken, but tin,
is not title in the case of actual
repoi is There is mach genetalm
ing on, the part of those who de
plore a situation, but a real un
willingness to make known facts
. , (Continued On Page Two)
teachers Will
,Launch Study
Action On ,18-Point Program
To Start With Survey
By Four Groups
Octet mined to keep pace wall
the new Penn State eta, the State
College Teachers Association has
authormd its president, Di Al
fred G. Pundt, to appoint font
committee, to begin a study of
the most pleasing of student-fac
ulty welfare problems
Losing no time in getting what
ace considered as four important
points in the group's 18-point
program uncles way, the commit
tees formed will study recom
mendations on faculty salary
standards, faculty promotions,
the teaching load, size of classes,
faculty housing and student wel
fare Reports on these problems
will be prepared for presentation
to the teachers fo'l then approval
- Secretary Resigns
Edward R. VanSant of the
department of economics, resigned
as secretary of the association
and was replaced by Clyde 11
Gloves, of the department of
mathematics, at the meeting of
the group which was held Thurs
day evening in Old Main Lounge
Dr Gloves repotted on the ac
tivities of the all-campus commit
tee on Refugees and the
association assured this ,conimit
tee of its support
The health insolence program
which is being studied by the lo
cal chapter of the Amerman As
sociation of University Profes
sors, was discussed and ieceived
he group's endorsement,
Alumni To Sponsor
4 :Vacation Dances
Four alumni groups In the
state are planning joint student
alumni dances dining the Christ
mas vacatiton, Edward K. Hibsh
man, alumni association secre
tary, stated yesterday
The Beiks County alumni club
will hold its annual dame at the
Reading County Club on Monday
night, 'December 26 The Ply
mouth Country Club neat Hems
town will be the site of the Mont
gomery County aluma gioup's
dance to,be held Wednesday night
December 28
Almum of Harriabuig will
sponsor a dance in the Hotel Penn
Harris' ballroom on Friday night,
December 30 'On the same night,
the• Lancaster alumni will hold a
datten.nt the Hotel Brunswick,
Lancaster.
Reognition
Sought By
Fraternity
Co-ed Orpa - nization Asks
New Local Chapter
A new women's local Ciotti oily,
Phi Sigma Alpha, mgamzed in
Oetobei, ha, petitioned Student
Welrate Committee for iccogni
tion
Members are Edna E Groff,
president, Dorothy M
_Johns, sec
t etaiy, Louise L &et dt, cabal -
el , Emma .J Gilmtb, Instoilan,
Edna Mae Rappel, social chair
man, Ruth J Roche', business
than man, and Elmabeth Pierson,
all Juniois
The fiatetnity will emst undei
Pan-Hellenic's ufa membership
polity, which lequires that it exist
fifteen college months and have a
membeiship of at least eight and
a scholastieuvelage of not less
than one After it has met these
requirements and has been an a) . -
sociate member lot a yeat, it will
be given full membeiship
reE=l
Rules foi extending invitations
dining formal iushang season
were 'coned at. the Pan-Hellenic
meeting in 305 Old Main at 4 30
tp m Thursday Accoidtrig to the
original plan, invitations were to
be issued Sunday, Felnuaty 5, foi
the following 5-day open sushing
pet iod
evision — itates" that Clic in
vitations to be given out Sunday
noon will be for Sunday and Mon
day only, and that Inds foi the
other ,three days will be phoned
of delivered by the houses issu
ing them
Invitations will be brought to
the different doinutoi les between
11 and 11 30 Sunday limning
and placed in the mailboxes at
1 1 noon Bids fm town women will
be taken to Women's Building
"Pledge" Defined
Pan-Hellenic faunally defined
the meaning and evtension of a
hatetnity pledge on this campus
During tegulai rushing season, a
pledge begins at the time a wo
man is notified hum Dean Ray's
ofriCe that she has been accepted
by a house listed on her prefer
coca sheet, and continues for one
calendar year unless broken by
the house oi woman Pledges
made dining open bidding season
begin when the woman answers
the fiatetnity's invitation
A woman ',leaking a Pledge
may not pledge to another house
for one calendar yea' after het
first pledge is ',token, Pan-He!
ruled Tumbrels who have been
pledged to another chapter of a
campus ft atet nay ate considered
pledges to the local chapter until
then pledge year is up unless the
national tides of the hetet:lay
state otherwise
Chapel Music Service
Slated For Rev Hall
10:30 To 12:00 Sunday
The annual Chustmas chapel
service will be held in Ileums
tion Hall this yew instead of
in Schwab Auditoilum The
singing of the Glee Club will
last , hom 10 30 ain till noon
Them will be no speaker
The new location a the
Christmas setvice will make
no , isible the accomodation of
the over Pow crowd that tas
turned away from Schwab And
itoi tom last year
100 Needy Wi
Christmas D
The fraternities ale playing Santa Claus'
One hundred needy State College families will have turkey din
nets on Cluistmas day with the turkeys and other groceries fuinished
by fraternity houses
The mass Chiistmas present is being sponsored by Inteiftatel
city Council at the suggestion of its president, Raymond S. Cookery '39
House iepiesentatives were un-1
ammous'in their appioyal of the Each - fraternity will donate two
plan as not only a benefit to the baskets of groceries and make
underprivileged families, but, as pioviaion for the purchase of two
a sign 04 the fraternities' willing- turkeys at a local store. Bor
ness to codperate with townspeo- ough officials will take chain.° of
ple and the borough government distribution
4alt,' PRICE FIVE CENTS
RETIRES AT 69 . .
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Philadelphians_
Given Library
Sculpture Job
Trustees' Committee To Seek
More Funds, Artist For
Murals Project
Edw,aid Aidolino, Inc; Phila
delphia stulptois, have been au
thoi iced by the Executive Com
mittee of the Boaid of Trustees
to execute the sculptuted de
signs planned for the New Li
bliyy Building
„
The designs will be carved into
the two limestone slabs that have
been substituted foe windows in
the frontal ptojections
Meanwhile, the Trustees author
teed its Committee on Atchitee
nue, heeded by Vance C McCor
mick, to ievien the case of mm
ids foe Old llLim, le: which the
Class of 1932. has donated $4,500
Beck to Learn Two Things
The Committee will seek to
learn
I—What moral paintets ate 111-
telested in doing the work
,ind
2—What additional funds, if any,
(Continued On Page Four)
P.S. Club Will
Hold Banquet
Group at Annual Christmas
Affair To Hear Emery
Speak Thursday
The Penn State Club will hold
its annual Christmas banquet at
4 30 p in. Thursday in the Sand
wick Shop The guest speaker will
be Col Ambrose R Emery, new
head of the R 0 T C depot tment
Catol singing will follow the ban
duet All men students are cm
dially Invited to attend whether
they ate members of the dub ot
not
Hetzel Invited
Other guests expected to be
megent ate Pte4ident - Ralph D
Heage!, Dean Aaiun It Wan neck.
Dean Carl 1 , Schott, Rugsell E
Chalk buisat, Milian 0 Morse, as.
sibtasit to the president, Bill Jef
files. 505001 coach, lames A Han
let. George Donovan '35, and Web
lev iltonkern expresideut of
the dub
The committee In charge con
gistb of Althur K Woernle '4l.
Leonetti Ilgen '4l, William A Bit
( tins '4O, and Theodore Rice, '4l
11 Be Given
inners By IFC
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
Retirement
Is Effective
Jan:1,1939
No Successor Named
For Agriculture
School Head
Ralph L Watts, dean of
the School of Agriculture
since 1913, will lane Janu
ary 1, 1939
Under the present retire
ment plan, College employees
are automatically retii ed at
the age of 70 Dean Watts
will not be 70 until June 5,
1939, making necessai y spe
cial action last Friday night
by the executive committee
cf the College boaicl of ti us
tees to approve his applica
tion. He will be named dean
emei itus following his retire
ment
Successor Not Sce-ured
No definite action has been tak
en on seeming a successor to
Dean Watts, Adnian 0 Morse,
assistant to the president, an
nounced yesterday
The ietuing dean was born
Lumber City, Cleai field County.
lie was educated in a one-loom
country school and small high
school and graduated from Penn
State in 1890 Fre was then ap
.poßtedhortacuktutist of the,Ten
nessee expeliment station and as
sociate professor of horticulture
at the University of Tennessee
He resigned these positions in
1899 to engage in market garden
ing and lectining at the Fanners'
Institutes in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Maryland,
Named Dean in 1913
He began assistant teaching m
hoiticultuie heie in 1907, was
named piofessoi and then head of
the department in 1908 In 1912,
he became acting dean and di
team of the School of Agiicul
tut e and e•peiiment station He
mas named dean and dnectoi in
1913
A tegulat contiibutoi to all is
sues of the illaiket Gtowets' Jour
nal of Louisville, Ky, Dean
Watts is also the author of %er
at gaiclening books He is a mern
bet of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Ze
ta, Sigma Pi and Delta Theta
Sigma fiateunties, the Amman
bond of dnectms of Lingnan
Univeisity, Canton, China, and
president of the Vegetable Glow
us' Association of Ammita
He has received the following
academic (levees B Agi, Penn
State, 1890, M S , Penn State,
1898, D Agi , Syracuse Univer
sity. 1916, and D Sc, Rhode isl
and State College, 1931,
Dean Watts will continue hv
ng State College with hts
sites his ietueinent
A Chtistinas patty, in iecogni
tion of Dean Watt's service pilot
to his coming tetnement on Jan
uary 1, 1939, was held by mein.
bets of the faculty in Old Main
Sandwich Shop Satui day night.
A book, contain ag 75 letters f win
factultv menthe's and associates
in his activities fat the past 25
yens, %clic presented to the tetn
ing, Dean. along with complete
equipment for the wildlife re
seatch to which he will be en
gaged after his,ietneinent.
Engel, Lininger, Are
'4O Handbook Heads
A William Engel :40 will be
edam of the Student Handbook
fok 1939-40, J Deem Movie '3D,
head of the Christian Association
handbook .committee, announced
yesterday Engel succeeds Salva
tore S Sala '39.
Fiedetick Lininget '4O was
named business manager to suc
ceed Julius Matymoin '39 and
Fiances P McEvoy '4O was cho
sen women's editor succeeding
June C Puce '39
Candidates fin both business
and editorial staffs of the hand
book have been culled out by
Moore and should report Immed
iately to Inns or to the CA office
in Old Main