SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1887 VOLUME 35-NO 35 - Z 658 STATE :WILL, PROBE HIUSING COLLEGIAN HONOR ROLL, , ,Day, in, and day out, thole are poople;herc and elsewheic who are working unselfishly to promote _ the welfare of the Pennsylvania State College, its faculty, its students. Some of them . ale in the lime light, sonic go unnoticed All de solve some =Same of credit Yet to name all is impossible Today, however, the Collegian selects the ciMun of the crop and honors the.following persons and otganie,stions for the outstanding melitoilous service which they rendeied to Penn State during the past six months George H. Earle, who, as Coy onto' of this 'state, did mole foi Penn State than any Coveinoi in the past 70 years , Edward Jackson Thompson, oho, as Senator from this district, chanipioned most of the school legislation which 'nought to this College its biggest building pro glom in history. Dr. Ralph D. Hazel, who, as President of the College, has led it, to,the topmost ranks of Eastern educational institutions Dr Frank C Whitmore, v.ho, lib ' Dean of the School of Chemistry , and Physics and president of the American Chemical SoMety, had brought nationwide acclaim to his school. - Dr. Arthur R Warnock,lttio, as Dean of Men, take an active in terest in student antis and,ofrers mature counsel to promote better undetstanding . Dr Ralph L. Watts, who, ,as of the School of Agi icultute; his school atircoa„ - of the time, and who leaves with us ,an excellent, ecoi d -of most satisfactoi y stu - dent-fatulty `Col. Ambroe R Emery, who, as new commandant of the ROTC unit hem, has moved to humanize military 4i/tilling and make it more effic.ent and less expensive Major W. 0 'Thompson, who, as' haulm of the Blue Band, moulded use ,of the leading College bands HI the Bust - Station KOKA, which despite commercialiration, gave this Col lege the widest, publicity it has enjoyed in decades American - Association of Univer sity Professors, Sc lath has prov ided the faculty with a worthy oup hospitalization pion and which now - is moving, to weed out incompetent nista uLtors arichstan dal dive slain ICS 1111 pl smut ions on a &nw c i alAnial basis - State College Federation of Teachers, a thi en', ',regret, sire leadership, is ireiv.in the first stugds of eturyineout. an BMW; mg 18-poniCfatulty-stutlent wel 'fare program Borough _ Council, width has shown, an inireasingly favorahle attrtude toward student needs and ,College-town relations -George L DonoVan, who - , no at live manager of Student Union, (Continued Onpage,Four) FkrqtA*,Collegeßat Race SChedaled Pot February 7 , • For the firot time in the history of Penn Slate a dance in the form of a eat racevwfil , be held by the Penn State Thespian Club whim they p7sent the Joe College Rat Race at 9 <Nock Febi may 7,_the night before the opening, of the second ammeter. The' dance, will feature, costumes 'in the collegiate - man um. Any ' thing from top hut-and,tails to the old fashioned turtle neck sweater viii be acceptable. There will be prizes consisting of 15 free tickets to the forthcoming Thespian show offei ell for the best, costume,, - The co-chairmen, Zachary,Moe Zilch 's9 and Silas K. Vander ,louse '9O, promise' a'surprise fee -ture to be revealed only the night of the dance When aaked,to com ment, on the affair both men refus ed to talk, stating that-they must firiit , see their lawyers. "The our prise,",-they stated; "will be' re vealed at 'exactly 10 o'clock. If 'anything happens it ibdl be a big ger than anyime." ' Complinieutal y tickets will be 'given to the Calemiii , Committee,' the Borough Count:lb:Alm College Health Service, 'and the Soph Hop co-chairmen. ,Bill'Bottorf's 'orch estra will play. - Prices haVe been ° set at ,75 ,cents a couple. Co-eds attending the dance will be given 1 o'clock permoisions. Semi-Weekly ' ;,./('---. -- 1 . ,_,V_ , 1:1% \ 1 3 . . 304 OLD MAIM run titatr - -(- 0,4?„, o a ti rg i att NEXT ISSUE OF COLLEGIAN . ' *.-..--> FEBRUARY 7 ". (, :i85 5 .:.. , r 165 To .graduate s Nei.(f:-,,:'-Frida. Dr. Corson Of Dickinson To' Give Talk 39 Candidates Fo r Higher Degrees; 8 Seek Ph.D. , Dr. Fred P. Corson, presi dent of Dickinson College, will address 165 candidate, for. degrees at the annual mid-year commencement in Schwab Auditor ium next Friday night at 8 o'clock Included in the tentative list of guiduittes icleased yesterday by Registrar William S Hoffman ate eight candidates for the degice of doctor of philosophy They are John S Bowman and Edward J Nichols, assistant professors of English composition, Ewald Rohr man, reasearch assistant in chem istry, Edward .1 Carr, Julian Glasse), Benjamin R Harriman, William L East, and Chalks W Sillet Othet candidates ate . _ Master of Arts Joseph J Aleska, Sate L En sminger, George Halt, Gene R. Lynch, Gladys M Pilkington, Nail A Randall, John N ,Rentz, flmbert`R- Tackei , and - ,Mit inm S Master of tducatlon -John 4damsoo,' Calmer A Leiden, Robea J., Merrill, James IL DeTth k, and Ernest W White side Master of Science' Pt edet IA 1) Bennett, Char les F. Bowden,''Howard S Coleman, AtmMud E Keeley, Robert F Doi an, Ellsworth C Dunkle, Cel eqta M. Fontana, Via guile B • Gotidnum, Clanks C Haworth, .11 , Jolla B MeCool, Ji , James 0 Maloney, Alfred C. Meunier, Mary Prespet, John W Richards, Albert E Schubert, Philip M. Sill det, and James A Waln. Candidates lot bacealatii eate degrees ate School of Engineering James S BarniLz, Dan G, Ea gen, William T Fields, Ned A Gleason, Philip A ilatGuy, John R Ilennemuth, 'William A MEI ten, Ji , Chinks H Myer s, Gem gm L Shuip, Ji , RobeiL B Slims, Wayne A. Slam, Robert Strasmycl , Bohm t B. Sam L, , Chat lesW Waftr'e and .lo,eult Weigel. " ,t 1 School of Education. 1./wally A Bedford, .lanet A Blisq, Jeanne Calvm, Manon Er in:lllmin, Ross M Gale, Michael Haiagonich, Rhoda N Kush, Rob ert H. Koch, Kuthclinc W Lang , ley„Albett - .1 -Matthews, Marcia , (Continued On Page Two) Ski Balm To 'Weekand,_Conger - Says; Skating f Also Schequled Skibus'sch will be run again tomorrow and Suliday, accord ,inetc. Ray Conger, chairman of the Student Recreation Commit: lee., Busses will leave Frazier \ street and - College avenue at 1 and 2 p. nr and will :et= at 410 and 5:30 p. m. Roller-skating 'well take place as-usual in the Armory, Conger' `said, fee of 20, cents being ^ charged for each two-hour Mer iod. "` Time Tables Available At,Registrar's Office In Old Main Tomorrow Time tables for second sem ester will be available at the Registrar's office in 'Old Main, tomoi row, at the usual price. of ten• cents, according to Reg istrar William S. Hoffman. Club Seeks Reaction'On Semi Formal Big Band May be Signed By Grozip of P. S. Club ' Possibility of an all-College senn-fm real dance with a big mime band next year was reveal ed yesterday when the Penn State Club was granted peintission to distiibute questionnaties at reps ti ation "Would you attend an all-Col lega semi-formal dance with a big name band, the price not to exceed $3 30?" will be the qestion. If , the majority of- students queried indicate that. they would prefer such a dance, the'Club will immediately formulate plans to sponsor the affan nett year, Ro bert L Smith '39, president, dm closed The questionnaire was brought about by the belief among Penn State Club members that the, cost of incidentals is 'a more trouble than actual - hdrins-: ToOng' ilancersTnitTe indietated ' Afichuel Bulog '9O, Wiliam 31. Cooper '39, and Richard E Haskell '9l will conduct the survey. 12 Taken Into Phi' Kappa Phi 10 Men, 2 Women Admitted To Senior Honorary On- Scholastic Basis Phi Kappa Phi, national schul nstic honorary society, initiated 12 semois at its full meeting Wed nesday afternoon id, the Hugh Beaver RooM ip Old Main The new members, ten men and lan women, who were chooser on the basis of their scholarship, lea dership, arid interest in activities, ated in the upper sixtieth in their 81.11001 b • Those initiated were Betty J Boman and Justin C School of Agriculture; Robeit.H. Ilasek,and Joseph P Knob, School of Chemistiy and-Physics; Henry Boi ow and Margaret J School of Education; Robert S. &gat and Edwin R Kirk, School of Engineering, '; William D Barns, Veinon L Hull and Char les Lines, School of Liberal Ails; MOntis R. Klepper, School of Mineral Industries O'Brien Holds Adult Clas Professor Joseph F O'Brien of the DlVlslon of Speech Is conduct ing an adult class In public speak lug, _conference ,dlscusslon, plat form speaking, and, parliamentary law at Clearfield! Meeting each Tuesday night for sixteen weeks , 65 % Of Stu Special to !lie Collegian AUSTIN. Tex 'Jun 26 —The world is witnessing a perplexing situation in Amerkan politics. a president going into the last hal( of his second term, will 'itrong opposition to his startling policies —but still with the confidence of the majority of the people. The ytiuth of the nation now ac quiring a higher education, -'the leaders ',of the, country of tomer .row, are in accord with the rest of the citizenry,. and are even more enthusiastid In the support of Franklin D Roosevelt , In a sampling _referendum cons ducted for the Penn State Celle= glen and scores of other cooperate lug college newspapers, the Stu dent Opinion Surveys of •Amerlca show that 65 5 per cent of the stu- STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1939 Duke Ellington Gets Senior Rill Contract , , `King Of Hi-De-HO To Hold Court At Annual Affair In Re.c Hall February 24 Duke Ellington, sepian king of self In the piano and smut Inter bl de-ho and compose' of 4,ue1l potations, aided by his feminine ;modem classics as "Solitude7 , ,,and weallst, by Anderson "Sophisticated Lady," has • , been Cootie Williams, on the trum signed to play for Senior Bair on pet, Johnny Hodges, alto sax°. rebtuary 21, Co-chairmen Thtimas phone; and Flurry Kearney, trom- A Boat '39 and Mimics S bone, are three of the most prom '39 announced yesterday .„• Meld member', of his band Long recognized for Ids original Ellington is Immensely popular style of Intricate musical pattiirns, in all the continental countries he Ellington is often classed slit' has toured, especially in England, Paul Whiteman. in hiti inteiPf,etri. sitere he has given reveral tom- Lien of modern numbers, nhich Is i mand performances before the on the artistic lather thuti,.`the king solid jive side he committee has not t".et an- Hon ever, Ellington can really nounced a theme fol the decent send it out hot or sweet as the oe lion of Het Hall The price of the Lesion demands, and his 'entire I dance tint probably be set at $3 85 company is adeptiat ad-libbing In pet couple, Heal Indicated }ester the jam fashion. He featulei him- I day Players Issue;:i Call For Cast - -- ~,4' Tryouts TO Be Held'Monday, Tuesday,, February In Little Thentrel 1 , Signing up for gcneial tryout:, for "The World We laydllln," next;production, r of ,the I?enn , r4ate examination - Week in 41J Old Main; Piof. `Flank Neusbaum, dilectai of the production, announced yes- 1 terday The Play , will be enacted in Schwab Auditorium March 17 and 18. General tryouts fa all ;Molest ed students will be held ,Monday and Tuesday, Februaiy 6 and 7 in the Little Theatre Deadline for ii signing up will be 4 pin Tuesday, February 7 The drama, a phantasy and coin edy by Josef and Karel Capek, will be the 19th Annivetsaty pie duction of the Playeis, and will feature a cast of 60, one of the largest in the Players' history. Featured also will be musical ac companiment, multitudinous sound effects, choral wol lc, and specially designed costumes Casting for fatale shows, tic col ding to Director , Neusbaum, will be based largely on, the basis of tryouts for "The Woild , We Live In." ' 1. R.' C. Committee ' Plans Club Set-Ups To act up a permanent utganiza- Lion. the Intel national Relations Club twig appointed a megaton com mittee which miil report on pos sible club set ups and outline ac tivity for the second Semester at. the meekly meeting in-105 Maio Engineering at 715 tomorrow night. The committee project. will be discussed at the meeting and re ports mill he given by club mem bers who attended the Middle At lantic Conference of I R C clubs held at , Swartlnnote December lb and 17 di rents Favor dents"generally approN e, of Roose velt today as president" The sur vey included students or all spades 'or,polltical aMliatiou This, figure, however, does not tneatt'that they would, like to see him run for a third term, fur only 282 per cent answer, yey 'to that question 'rho most significant de duction of the results of this poll is that although the , students like the president they don't want him lobe a candidate again • The Surveys, recently organized for ,acceding out campus opinion, have ouducted two ballotings on Roosevelt. so it Is possible to de termine his trend of popularity on the colleges The reeulta•z , ' Dee. - Jan. Approve of Roosevett # 62.B% 65.5% Favor third term.... 27.F%-2,13.2% Junior Grid, Competition Slated Here Jayvees Will-Play Navy Seconds Next Fall Penn Stale will have a Junior . 2 raiAyi—foothall,tearni next—fall... SO Di. Carl P Schott, Dean of the School 'or Physical Education tied Athletics, announced yester day, revealing that a game has al-, ready been scheduled with the Navy Jayvees at Annapolis on No vembei "This is out flint definite move toe aid broadening our football plogiam," Dr. Schott said, "and we hope that it will give more boys an incentive for wining out tot, and iemoning out, tot, our team " Still Consider 160-Pounders The scheduling Of a game for a Jayvee outfit does not mean that the idea of establishing a 'l5O. pound football team has been diOpped, Dt Schott made cleat Negotiations for the formation of a schedule for a lightweight team will continue, lie said, and should they move successful, Penn Slate will also have the 150-pound squad As positive proof that the Navy game will be played by a strictly Jayvee group, Di Schott pointed out that it scheduled for the day :acceding the Lion varsity's tia ditional game with Penn and that no fist stung possibility could be used at that time without weak ening our chances against the Quake' s .Dr. - Adams To Speak Dr 1. II Adams director of the Geophysical Adapts, of the Cainegie Institute of Wash ington, will speak on "The Dam ns! Constitution of the Earth" at 8.30 tomorrow night in the Hone. Economics auditotium The lee tine will follow an initiation of Sigma Xi, chemistry and physics honor at y fiuternity DR• Shun ~1 1 toosevelt b increase in popular ity-during the_ month may be at.- tilbuted to events focusing atten Lion ou foreign affairs cud nation al defense Condemnation of Nazi tieatment of Jens, the Lima Con termite, Bade' treaties viith Grout Britain, and rearmament are poli ties generally approved by the Public IL is,of interest to'cempare the ualiod's student. vote of 655 per cent for Roosevelt ‘vitli the Janu ary figure released by the Amer ican lostitute of Public Opinion, allowing 53 per cent of all voters approving' Although students are more emphatic on this count, they tend to, agree more closely on third-term sentiment. The, Survey shows ~28.2 per cent favoring, the Institute shows 30 per cent HEADS DANCE Robert L. Goerder '39 (above) is chairman of the annual Military Bail to be held In the Armory Friday night, Febru'ary 10 He announced last night that co eds attending have been accorded 2 Alumnus Gets . , Edison Medal Dr. D. C. Jackson 'B5 Given Highest Award For E. E. Leadership llt Ditgald C Itn.kson 'lt has been avonded the 19.18 Edison Medal of Um Alllolllan Institulo =dr) Atn..trieni , Englneern; tn 6 ;ugh- , eat aunt(' iu elect:lca! engineer ing The imarti mas made to Ln JaelNon "rot outstanding and in spiting leatleiship in engineet tog etimation and lu the fields of gen million and distribution of cloth lc pint er " Born at Bennett Sumac.. Dr Jackson was graduated front Beim State In 1835 with the clegiee of civil engineer Be spent the fol lowing two vents in graduate study hi electrical engineering ut Cornell Dr Jackson tetalited a position of professor of electrical engineer ing at the University of Wisconsin until 1007, elicit be 0% Oh alMontled professor and bead of the depart ment of electrical engineeting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology' Fie retired as mores nor emeritus hi 1935 1)t Jackson has been the lechil eat of man, other notable booms imluding the Lamina Medal of the Society of ,the Promotion of Engi Heeling Education In 1931, nod ele% r lion as president of that sots ety for 1905116 Visitors to Infirnzary Will Be Allowed Only From 2 to l P.III. Daily Because of ctowded conditions ill the College Infaimary at the pi esent time, visitois will be ad nutted only from 2 to 4 p. in until further notice, Dl. Joseph P Ritenoui announced yester day. Rumors of au epidemic of in- Puenzu lime acne '.Hiked by the College physician Numerous cases have been Limited, but theie is no real of spieuding, it was indicated. Third Terin Those alto do not watts to see him inn, again most often mention tradition against third. term as thdir teason. Otheis dun t like his policies., espedull) spending On the other hand, those in tlie mintnity believe be is the oat? man available who can pro out the pi ogram be started An arts and asiences souk,' interviewed at the Unisersity of Pittsburgh gave a typical answer of the thinking student's reason fin apptmal "His progressive attitude is neces sary to prevent a breakdoao of democracy" The President's populailty, by sections, runs In this order, front highest to lowest South, Far West, West Central, East Central. Middle Atlantic, and New Eng land. <4Brn° PRICE FIVE CENTS Fire Hazards Here To Be Investigated By Special Division Department Of Labor And Industry Will Begin Inspections; Prompted By Collegian Housing Clean-Up • Spectul to flu. Collegian. HARRISBURG, Jan. 26—A probe of rooming houses in State College to determine whether hie hazards exist ap pealed imminent here today as the Buieau of Inspection of the Department of Labor and Industry prepared to auth orize its regional representatives to begin immediate inspec tions of all student rooming houses. The inspections were prompted by the curl cot housing "clean-up" campaign being earned on by tlic Penn State Collegian A communication ielea‘ed here today from the Bateau of Inspec tion through its head, Raymond J NIULISC, stated that "we ate communicating with out super vising office in the State College district in ot dm that inspections fot the elimination of fun haz ards may be made" Nicaise indicated that lepoited ly unsanitaly looming houses in State College would not conic un der the jurisdiction of the Deputt ment, Library Fine May Halt,Graduation Of 11 Seniors Disappointing rejections will glut IL seniors when they walk ',loudly up the stage of Schwab auditor lam next. Tuesday night to ieeeive diplomas and be granted degiecs These scowls owe the college $3926,tem esentmg aggregated unpaid binary fines, and have not, as yet, made any effort to settle the mattm Unless the money is paid by Monday afternoon, the mid-year gt aduatmg class will be lessened by 11 semis Last June 59 sonless left college without paying library fines, the mann ity teeming neither tlegi ens not diplomas Several exceptions awe made by the college Wiser because of unusual financial en-, cumstances The largest fine owed by a student mats $5O; fines under $1 ate not reported to the bursar Biggest problem of the staff is to induce student., to retain hol lowed books on tune The libiary does not have enough books to satisfy the needs of, all the stu dents at the same time, accoi ding to libtarian Wiling d P Lewis Pines are charged not to make money for the library at the Col lege but to roue students to in tuit' books on tune Money hum fines Is sent by the libtary to the buisat's office and is not used fur libluty purposes Book Mart To Open 9 A.M. February 2 The student. cooperative book ex change will be open continuously fawn 9 ain to 9 p w, Febauary 2 to Pebtualy 15 in the reseive book town of the librat y Semi President. Joseph A Peel has appointed Edward Hebda '39 cilium= of the student book ex change which was inauguiated by the Independent Party last, year. Othets on the committee include. William Gloss '39, Heniy South Beane Pearl '39, Mike &dog '4O, and John Casimir '4l 336 DAYS have passed since Governor George H. Earle suggested the College's name be changed to University. 136 DAYS before the June Commence- ' ment. LET'S CHANGE THE NAME NOW + 4 + Townspeople Want College To Cooperate Ex-Burgess Lederer Declares College To Blame For :. Rooming Situation The College Administration need not become apprehensive about the housing situation in State Col lege if it could amine safety of the people's imestments in new I coming houses Thus explained Mugene Lederer, ex burgess and non justice of the neac,e,and,tpul statement to the Collegian yester v "‘V,lieti the rooming house situp lion become unsettled and not nut eat, IL is due ton change of Policy by the College,' the ec-bur gess pointed opt, "for when the College builds dormitories no one mil plan on sculling roomers" _ - - "The people of State College have for 50 years or more tried to Loom ate with the College autheri- Ums to make the town mr Ideal college communit%.' Lederer stal ed Ile explained that rooming houses in the pact uere built when the College "assured the people that theii Investments would be sure'• Lederer continued ' , Every year a great number of people come to State College to send their-chil dien to .tollege and to try to. find source~ NI a theShoed at the inane time It is an economic mu tit e us well as the desire for high er that brings them hale Many people try to rent rooming houses to reduce their ex peones by keeping roomers and boarding them" - - Keeping a looming !mma is a (Continued On Page Four) New Women's Rules Adopted Freshman Customs Revised; Unlimiting Dating Over Week-Ends Allowed ' New tegulations for freshman I%omen's activities were di awn up at a senate meeting in the W S. G A loom of White Hall at 6.3 b pin Tuesday The tegulations, %%Inch will go into effect with the beginning of second sentestm, are as follows. 1 Unlimited dating over _week ends (tom 5 pin until 9 p.m Sunday 2 Free assountiott with then 011 campus dui tog the week until .- 5.45 p ot 3 No men allowed in the dorm 'tones with fieshinen women dur ing the week 4 No coiducts with men down town, on campus,' in dormitories. on anywhere else snot 5.0 pin on week days Houis for women students dur ing final week were also announ ced at the meeting. Both freshmen and uppeiclass women will have eleven o'clock 'pet missions from this Monday until tree Wednesday following legtstration, with the 'exception of one o'clocks Friday, Saturday, and the Tuesday - night before second semester opens. Freshmen may date during this
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