- I. SemPlAleetc.ly , r• ~, . 7, . , !- ..., 4 , ~ - " ...11. IA ,i, SUCCESgM. ' ' , _l,- ~.f..„ , , _To The.Freo Lance, , • Entailllahed 1887 `- tt,, : •)`;',-;07. f.- 3 . ' - - ' ( 'A"' 2 ; Totirgtatt . .. ,„,, .., VOLUME 35- -2 -NO. 37:i Z 65 . , ~.. ~„,, :,...., ~ , s „. ~ , . , o . ~....,,„.., '''''' ' " Stud s ent Housing Board Established As Five Groups Coordinate Efforts Bogy Tliv Act As ';Ce - ntral , Orign ' See -""' editaiiats. "B, idgrag" the Gap," Page 2 - Moving to 'establish a' ha , Aon between stbdents, People and„,— administration with regard to the houaing crisis in Statb College and to "institute a centralized organ fOr student- housing action, 'five camptis organizations un aninpusly' approved the es tablishment, of / a Student ' Housing. Board-at a special ,_session -at the Christian Association office ' ,. f . Wednesday - afternoon., The Proposal was, made by Emanuel Roth '40,-representing - the Collegian and adopted by, rep resentatives of the American,Stu dent 'Union, 'Ft ieda *Moskalik and l'AnM•Cogan '42; Doris Blakemore '39, Women's StudenpGovernriMlit, • gdiociation; Robert Smith--'39, -president of the Penn State Club, ,DOnald McLanachan vice 'Mesiderit of the Student Coopera tive, Association, 'and Martin '4o;"Christian Asgocia- Townspeople Represented "'Also ,included in 'the Hotising Rpm d'•di,illlboaa--iepretentatmict-of , the- townspeople,•,the' group: called' t'ogetherby Rockwell; dectded' ,",,McLanachan forwarded the sue= cassful cooperative movement here as ii,•factor to ,be,taken into con- Indention for the ~ alleviation of ,the situation 'and: pointed to the I ";xceedingly, low_ cost','_ of 'room board inflte'co-op-houses Ile „explained that the 'ultimate goal - dflhe Coopetative Association is C . To establish a league of, such -, houses in State College Smith 'masted that the College I should make every reasonable ef- felt' to complete the men', din in HOUSING BOARD Rubel I., , Sullth 119—Penn 'Club , , Curls' Lila kernel e .39—W SG A Alui tin • Ruck I% ell S C A, Emanuel Seth '407-Collogltui athem , Freida Noeic,dilt '12 7 -4 S U Town , rein onentatiloi=lCrot: chv Hell n tt Jangle, a , e ompletion which ,cwould serve as 'a basis rot the - •,.c . iiniiCntiation'of all nun-fraternity : Men in , the &ham.' Raising the , -- passibility of 'Administration ;:eneouliging ptivida capital' to houbes lime, Smith eondeemed-as ,"unreasonable" the "antagonistic attitude" of towns people towel tl students'; irtplained that: no hunsmg problem foi women was „fed smee The five women's-dorms ,n - Lowly were "very Sntisfnetory.'! „'Jonnng- Cogan,- she stated thiitt_the women of the" College would pool! th eir efforts '.lel - :',"l(Contlnued Cn. Page, Far)' Liar- Milifary 27 Slated - -`,-For-goingilt he held , ii,Vtlie,Arnioty, iron( g to I.,,,Vclock7.tonight., Austin' Wylie andlns orchestra will playlor the officera ainlxtiestszin a 'set 'Bug of gmen and gold - decorations. mum I flee for the ',affair is, Ciniolied of RobertsL. Goerder; C Crumlish, Wilhain D. Beach,' Roy R Arthur .Van Situn;;Edi;iiii. IL, Kirk, George' S. Bei ton,' Volney L %Kelvy,'Magaus H Corm; Joe Rob and -Chatles A. , Prosiier;L'all'l 7 , ; ;BeChilel,-AdifresseiCDeitleis' profeettOr of tirottue ,`aildretistid- r ap ,Proxinatsil3sUo 'thetubere 'or the 'PenritTylienlethlllo4 Dealers ;elation , ' fo;file;',, Peniilltirrls ' *Harrisburg,47iesterdnioht Beehdel , spike oil :'Roletton r , 4f:,.Feed s add' Water to the s Health 'of- th'e,;Ditliy, Herd' "tr , r - , 4 • OF STUDENTS FAVOR Informal Rushing Will Begin-Sunday Women's Sororities To Hold Open House For '42:Girls Today And Tomorrow Sec editarwl, "Amu?7ng A New World," Page 2 'Open hams in soimity homes from 3 to S p in today and tomor row will be - the only association between ,sorority women and rushee , ' until Sunday noon, when informal_ iushing begins Freshmen ate not to expect personal Invitations to these parties, I open to all inteiested women'students Visits to a house are not to exceed 30 minutes t -- Ftee asSociatMn among the - wo- • RUSHING, SCHEDULE men will open Sunday noon Sol- . TODAY' Itiefi must take invitations for 35 P ni 7-Sorority_ Open House their Sunday and Monday patties SATURDAY to Atherton Hall, Grange, and .1u p -in —Sorority Open House Women's Building betweenSUNDAY nt., and 12 noon Sutnday, ll a. to b e 12 upon—lmitations for Sunday's placed in mail boxes between 12 and Monday's parties will bo is and ,42.36 Invitations foi toivn 1 sued women will be delivered from Wo men's 'Building by Pan-Hellenic Embarrassment Spared Invitations for the remaindei of ,the week may be taken to the dolmitories between 11 a m and 12-noon Monday This is planned to eliminate the embarrassment of several different frateinity women seeking the same girl at one time. ~•• Freshmen are advised-to ass : . seer invltations to sorority Paities on the day , pteceding!theLparty: In this way they will have recciv-, theirinVitationt,SUld'uinj, clect } ,the pirties"thi.;y"wish most to attenel,, , Sororities are confined to-an'ex penscaccount $2O during."rush ing season; to include every except formal (linnets, for which each home is allowed to spend $3O. • Pan -11e1 Lays Confab- Plans' Doty, Chambers to Represent Group In WaShm - gton February 24-26 • Plans for the ,Panliellenic dib. URA (antibiotic(' to be held •in IVashington, D q,` I.'eltruar7 24:25 anti' 26 were discuised at a meet• lug in' 418 Old Main lat. 6.30'p, in Wednesday. , Vivian, S Duty '19,, president. and Juanita M Chambers 'lO, vita pi 081(1011i, wfll represeAL'ilie locul organization at, the 'conference and wilt dial:ass' that problem or ''Do termed ot Early Rushing A Lomutitteo for the revision of Pun Hellenic 'constitution was up pointed UL the meeting; Members dro Marlorie Golder, '39, chair. men,..Llizaheth B Lou . '39, Air: Skludul...4o,'aed Mrs Bob art C Bernrouter, advisor Senior lyaestyo' Will AppeOiln,,Carnegie- Hall , fluke Ellington; Senior' BO ,conteniporary dance, music it pa learned heap yesterday • Ultimate" goal of eveiy ,Carnegie Hall t will be the crow= and interpretei of `itioderiwinusic - Command pCiformance4 , heroic rOyaltY,ofiEtirope have been antic "stones tn. his',fight ,fororiginal artistry, , and,now'ranked as one of" Ainerlia's,pleading-musicithis; t the genial Duke prepares' to' ac : cept•his laurels in the famous sod , domain 'which, has„ acknowledged Swing Sesalmf:Slatech r;ctto in as - .several -num: Win from his;oWn new,opernovill be .included don Ellinglan's open., gram' JiTa letter teceiyed by Co-chair men!ThOnias 'A. Boal.and Charles S. , ,,Welsh; Ellington revealed yes= `Serday'that':he=mll;gwe=a half- Your swing session •or ' - at "minis= 'sure'', concert, whiclieverflio' dan cer, prefer, as 'pareof his enter Prue Association Parties FEBRUARY 16 9 p m—Silent peflod begins In vitations to formal pirtles Is FEBRUARY 17 15 p m —Replies placed In boxes In the Dean of Women's °ince FEBRUARY 18 5 p m—Silent'period ends 5 30-7 '0 'M . —First formal party 7 30 9 p^ m =Second formal party , 9.p m —Silent period begins FEBRUARY 19 10 a' m=Rusbeei receive hallola: p " =Ballota must be Bs the Dean of Women'a 'office 4 p m --autshees will , bo notified ,which houses have accepted their preferences 46 p m —Realms 1% 111 s eport to their !minis • Refugee' Fund Raises $103.43 Carol Sing, Group Donations Awarded Foi• German , . And Chinese Aid Receipts of 403 4:1 from the Clnistnias Camel Sing 'collection and church group and sorority do nations wete announced yesterday by the State College' Council for Non-Sectarian Refugee Aid Expenses 'mitered in connection with the gathering of the funds, such as cost of-postage and sta tionery, amounted to $2.30 The amounts received and ails cationi will be: German Refugee Aid—s 4 60 from the Garold' Sing collection, $2.96' ftom , the Re• formed Church Young People's Group, $2.47 from the Wesley Foundation, and $2 50 from Alpha Epsilon Phi; lot Chinese Student Aid—s4G 50 front the Carol Sing Collection,, and $2.50 'from - Alpha Epsilon -Phi. naestro, will present a program of "neve Hall early in April, it .was tabician, Ellmecib's appearauce success of bib career as compclier tainment at Senior Ball in Roc Hall February 24. A Winter Frolic' has been se lected as ' the detoration theme for the dance.*A large revoliiing cello phane ball, r lighted aid suspended fiom the center of a torquoise ceiling, and glitter i i n strung above the. dancers, will proilde an illusion of sparkling snow, and ice, reflecting on the Jail. blue drapes around the floor. -The bandstand , will hitVe.. a gi eon-and-white striped canopy with two large evergreens at ,each' side and the northern paint. ed on the backdrop:, At the 'far end of the Poor will be, a painted picture, of, the Swis Alps, 80 feetm king and 20,1qeet high This will be flanked on either side by ice caves`‘'from which punch will be served: .. , STATE COLLEGE, PA., TRIpAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1939 Gro n up Of 15 To Lecture 4 On ,ReligiO4 Noted Speakers Liste r d For Confab Here 1 The names of 15 speakms who will addiess students clueing Re ligion in Life Week, February 26 to March 3, were announced yes ,tei day by the committee in charge They are Dr John A. Mac Kay, president of Princeton Theologic al Seminary, Di Remy S Leiner, cemetery of the Federal Council of Churches of Clii ist in Amulet': Di Grace S Ovei ton, de.iii of women of the Univeisity of Mich igan, Dr Homy David GI ay, secretary of the boa] d of educe..., tion of the Congi egational Chinch, Dr Paul J. Bursted, ex ecutive societal) , of the student volunteer movement; and Di Ar thur L Carson, pi ofessoi at - Chee, 100 Univeisity, China ' " Other speakers arc Dr Samuel Gould Wicloy; executive sCctatiry of the Council of Chinch Boards of Education; Di. Flank Wilson of Lincoln University; and Dr J' Maxwell Adams, university, work seeretaty of the PresbYtni um Church Additional speakers ate , Di Jesse M. Bader, national diiector of the University Christian AIM- Rion, Di. Roswell Banter, Lean- Lary of Lhe International Good will Department of the Federal Council of Churches, Dr Harold A Ehrenspetgo, in ofesoi at Not thviestet n University, Di Mary E Markley, secjetary of the board of education of the Luther au Church, and Di Uoinell - Hait, ptofassoi of sociology ut Duke University. Handbook CaadidaleB For Editorial Board • Meet Monday Night All I.andidates for the Men's and Women's editor mai static, of the PlOOllll4ll Handbook should tepott for the untal meeting in Room 418 Old Main al 7 30 Monday night Any uppetelasbnien is eligi ble fat the stair; A Walltatn Jr, '4O, edam 1/111101.111CeS Turkeys Work, Overtiine At 'Sweat Sh6p' if C 1 0 head John L Lewis ever hears how long - the _tin keys are working at the College poultry plant, there will be a major "sit down" strike ending the buds who are laying egg., under "sweat+ shop" conditions The poet turkeys ale %inking l 3 4i hours a day, because we m illi/mous humans want mote tut key meat I Utdintutly Vie I tit key hens don't begin laving eggs until the nit mil, of vaunt sating weathea Paul 11 itlingolf, supei:titend on, of the College pinkly plant, is keeping the buds in IL WILLIII house and lengthening their witak ing day by nicans'a an at light. Consequently the hens have increased inoduction 50 pet cent (luting the past three weeks. Bellinger Granted Leave Prof C: 'Bulfluger, head of the'department of industrial engi steering, 'vts granted a sabbatical leitve for the first semester of the 198946 ,academic yea! ,by the Board ofVrrustees ~' - NO Smoking In Rec Hall, Please ! Became of :iecogmzed ill-effects aeon paiticipating athletes . from any amount of smoke, spectators at athletic events in Rec reation Hall have inen'requested to - refrain'from smoking in a spe cial appeal,fiom Harry.Hariisun, president of A A With such an exciting week-end of sport events scheduled here, Dr. Carl P: Schott, Dean of the School of Physical 'Education and rthleticlLlias made Pvticular efforts to alleviate such conditions this Saturday. Members of'valious but societies will aid in the spe cial I The Collegian asks your cooperation COMBINING GOVERNMENTS TOURING D I FRED R. THONEMANN Australian Orators Vie In Schwab Wednesday Austutha's debaters gill match idea, and wits w th F'enn Slate's van city iepresentatwes in an international symposium-I°lnm in Schwab Auditorium at 8 15 p In Wednesday night Using "How can the demoutieles piomote won Id peace . '" as the geneial theme, opposing °letup, will Acul with problems facing dem aties and the case tin an alliance between demociatie, State's lop, esentatiN es, David E.: Cohen '39 and, Charles G Su eet '39, will pi esent the case In isolated of a egional action and the case fos full collective secui ity such :is a 1 evised League of Na tions Each consti uctive _speech will be 12 minutes in length with the last speaker, Sweet, intioducing the resolution "Resolved, that ,the,League of Nations offeis the gt cutest hope of petmanent world ,ueute" From this point on, both platfdim speakeis and audience may speak on the lesolution when ever tecogmred by the chid' TOM mg the tontinent since last September, Ilugh It. Robson, law and Fled F Thonemann, law stu dent at Melbourne Univeisity ate well recommended for rept& senting Australian students Faculty Picks Four Juniors To Represent Penn State At Merrill Palmer School, Detroit, Next Year Thelma E Piathet, Jane a Ro mig, Bess .1 'Praeger, and Ruth E %Vint, all Juniois, ate the foul Home Economies women chosen by the faculty to go to Mend] Palmer SLII . OOI in Detroit, starting next September ' These loin women, who will go in pans fun a semester of "work, were chosen because of then stile lastic standing, peisonality, abil ttv to get along with others, and ability to ieptesent Penn State women Merrill Palmer specialites child psychology and family lola tionship couises IL Leaches Its women students to be leaders in their field Apploximately 40 schools in the Eavt and Muddle West sent representatives to this school fm a rmester of concern tinted wduk in these two fields. Ruth E Lyn !age, and Jean E ltiblicl are the two seniors 'tem e seating Penn Stale at Merrill Palmer this semester NY A Wants Workers {V ho Can Read French To Report To Office -All NYA workers who ;can' read advanced Manch are re quested to tepott. lo Mrs. Stew- art to the NYA Unice, Room 208 Old Main Woikets ate desned who,will be available fur tainting to a student in advanced French courses Report as soon us pos-, sible. - ATERS HERE HUGH R ROBSON Novel Exhibit To Open Here Artistic Appeal And Utility To Feature Household Display At Gallery ktbjpodel n u 5 the "(MY , -open in the College Alt Galleiy, Room 303 Mom Engin eming, at 7 pm toinoi Imo, tie emding to P.tof 1 Burne Reline of the division of fine ants Entitled "Useful Objects Undo" Five Donets," the exhibition con sists of 200 usable aitides which combine autistic appeal with then utility It will iemain on display until Feblowy 21 The exhibit is enculated by the Museum of Modem Alt of New Yolk City and conies hoe aim showings in New Yoik City, Sal atoga Sin lags, N Y, Philadel phia and Pittsbutgh In connection with the display, Piof ffeline will deliver the sec ond of the gi cup of Fine At is leduies us he laths on "A\t In Useful Objeds," at 7 30 p m Wednesday Dr. Frost Gives Talk "The Wild Life of Panama" was the subject of an Illustaated !came by Di Stuatt W. Float, inofesimi of etonotnit entomology at n meeting of the Entomology Club Tuesday at the Zoology Building Di. Ftost in his talk debit the flowels, laces, and animal , ' of the tiopitb, supplementing his dis. casinos with motion mantes Successful Co-Op Houses ' 'Solve 'Housing Problem By ADAM A While students elsewhere on tl boat d and $3 A ' veekly fin loom, 70 Association ale Winding tut $370 Membei sill p w the Association t 140 South Pugh Street, and the Twelve gills live at. the Gables an loustet Co-op, 32 buys wont and bo, The Association was rust con ceived last. opting when a social inquily group flout the P S CA visited New Yolk City co=opera tive otganizations and noted their temaikable success. The financial and social success of the houses has given the As sociation a laige waiting list and efforts ate being made to expand into one or two mole houses. , All In Student Hands.- 4 Students tun both houses, the , cook in each house being the only paid uoikei A home ec 11111JOI helps plan the menus, a puichaser is lesponsible lot buying all tlie_ food at the wholesale inatket; a treusui er , collects due, and pays all bills. The lest of the niembeis do their shine- in woilting foul hours each ,week at household tasks Not only does ,the co-operative method of living cnt expenses, but members report that it cuts home- Collegian Poll Shows 2-1 Advocate Women Holding Class Offic6. More Than 1500 Ballots At RegistratiOn Filled; 68.8 Would Keep Separate Councils Under New Set-Up By A ,WILLIAM ENGEL, Jr Amassing almost a 3-1 margin favoring a coliibineff all- College Men's and Women's Student GoVernment, the Col legian survey conducted during.the second semester regis tration indicated that women's suffrage was likely here soon. tenths of a proportionate rep rody voted "Yes' on the ques n's and Women's Student Gov ned into an all-College Student Seventy-three and three-, presentation of the student b tion,."Do you believe that Me et nment here should be comb! Government?" Two-thirds of the mote than 150 t) vote's advocated a chance fm women to hold class offices "Ace you in fmoi of women hold ing class offices" utis the ques tion, with final tabulations le vealing that the closest contest nas waged on the, Issue. Separate Councils As a follow-up to the first ques tion in the tno-day poll, students wei e icquested to point out if they favored i etention of scum ate Councils under the new tutting°. ment Sixty-eight and eight tenth, registered an allirmative eply to "If so, would you want to ietain separate Men's and Wo men's Student Councils", No -- aliCniptd pelsonal comments dm mg the poll, but occumonal'temutke spe (Abed u hope for In oportional cep tesentution under such u new set- Skdting In Armory Resumes Tomorrow Rolle' skating will be iesumed in 'the Armory at, 1 p, nr, toinoi accolding to the Student Itccication Committee of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, and will be eqntinued on the following too Saturdays A, a special feature of tumor tow program, the first E gills lepoi Ling tot skating at 1 p and at 7 p in will be allowed to paticipate flee, the Committee ic vealed. Inaugurated lag spring and continued dining the past seines lei. roller skating has attracted between two and five handled psi timpants every week-end, accord mg to the committee ' Skating will again be divided into foul sessions of two limns eai.h A fee of 20 cents will be changed for each session Skat ing peinals will begin at I, J, 7 and 9 p lie campus are paying $7 a neck tut nembeis of the Student. Co-operative and getting RPOIlls for $275 . . divided between the Gable' Co-up, Imo.° at 120 East Fusee' Avenue I 26 buys tome in foe inesk At the sickness. Popcorn patties, attain"- al political discussions, intimuural spurts, and friendly iivalzy be tween the Jazz and the Classical Mush, Clubs are part of the co opetutive life The Association executive com mittee incii)des• Clatence Stevens, plesident; Donald MeLanachan, vice-president, John Mcloy, put chase', Henry' Borow, tieasmct, Anna Mitchell, secretary; Marion Goodley, manager of the Gables house, and Mervin Lowe, managet at the Footer Co-op Three student audito's check the books at rega le' intervals A membership 4onninttee in cluding Warren Forster, Mallon Rapp, and George Schultzabarget is intei viewing 30 prospective new members lot the coming year. ' Each member on acceptance is required to pay .$5 for a share in the eo-operative organization. CqMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS 1938 Business 17% Off State Level Of 1937 Survey Made By Economics Department Indicates General Decline Business in Pennsylvania dur ing 1938 was unlit oximately 17 percent below that. of 1937 as all inipintant indices fell, the Penn sylvania Business Survey, con ducted by the College division of economics, revealed yesterday. The survey covered all import ant Pennsylvania cities and Indus la al 11led% hi a month-by-month report on the leading business bel ies The surrey disclosed that Reading was the only city in the state to shoe• la.gei bank debits than in 1937 Building permit values welt higher than those of 1937 in Pittsbuigh, Easton, Erie, Hazleton, Meadville, Oil City, Reading, Seianton, and Bradford I=l "Business in the state made a less, favorable showing in 1938 than it did in the rest of the coun try," the !roil. said, "Building connects were off 10 putout while national gain of noel 7 percent took place Building minas fell 23 fitment, contrasting the na tional gain of nearly 2 percent" Retail sales throughout the state were lower than in 1937 No area in the state had higher nay lolls of bettei employment than it did in 1937, the report revealed - "Business in the state declined an:" tit midyeai," the report stated,." and then began a tepid increase which continued until the end of the year Wanted By Co-edi: • Valentine Beau For Sweetheart Dance "Will von be my valentine?' At long last Mitts Penn State.. will have the chance to do the escort choosing No, it isn't leap year, only the Sweetheatt dunce wh ch the Women's Reeteution Assiihritz tion in sponsor mg tomoilow night. Co-ed',, this is the oppoltunity to ask the smooth B M 0. C who cooperated in the Psychology fill. nal Remenibei, Semen Ball is in the offing The fee is one dollar. The placn:-White is sums-formul. Tables are turned Oman tunity knotls, take,heed, ROTC Not To Resume Until 8 A.M. Monday No R 0 T C, classes Mill be held befoae S a in _Monde), Col Ambrose R Einel . head of the deem talent of military science and tactic% announced yesterday This order lades both basic and advanced courses Alter Monday. all men will go to the Arnim v to get regular class room aesigarneute,' Cot Emery said, because the rooms listed In the time table have in some In stances been changed.
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