- - - - Semi-Wee kl y „ - . . , t.„,,_.,„A„., run t a r :; 4 :,.:. SUCCESSOR I To The Free Lance t o . ;2i?kl* ' .. N Established 1887 i i \,..4,—,1.-2.,_.;,-/ - , , .1 _ VOLUME 35-NO. 38 - Z 658 Eastern Basketball Conference Votes To Disband STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO SENATE IS PROPOSED League -Will Fold Up 'At Year's,-End Schedule Difficulties; Pitt Resignation - Spur Action Special to the Collegian PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13. :The Eastern _ Intercollegiate Conference , will disband at close of Lthis 'season; Gabriel -klurphy, president of the con fpience, announced today The action was taken at a meet in of the Conference here this motning attended by tepresenta -Lases from Temple, Georgetown, — Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh, West Viiginia and Penn State. Others Follow' Pitt The original intention of the meeting was to act on Pitt's iesig _nation holm the Confmente piof leted one month ago Pitt's dam , 1111nel-ton to resign Was based on schedule difficulties -and excessive tpne lost horn classes by student Wye's. - _ When save's] other schools fol lowed suit, at today's meeting, it was decided to fold up the Con , ference. Formed in 1932 The_ league ,was famed in' 1932 with negie VI 'glum Lana Nein* - us cburtei members Buckhell joined the fol lowing yeas but duopped out at the end 'id that season Penn State entered in' 1935 Of the six championships; Pitts burgh won foul, Cuanegie Tecli and Temple each won one. Anna finishing last in the 1935- , 36 campaign, Penn State socketed to\ third place in 1057 and finished second to Temple's national champions last season. _l6 Get Roles In,`Excursioni7 Doroshoiv Heads Player Cast , Announced Yesterday; - - ' 23 'To Be Chosen Ptattetpuls for "Excursion," - a Broadway Int of lust season and next pioduetton of the Penn State Players, welt announced yester day by Ptof. Flunk Nettsbaum, of , the_divislim of tamales mid dt let:tot:of, the play timbal t Doi oshow '4O will - chat' aetei ' Captain Obad tu Ii Ratili of the "8 S Happiness," seamen will be played by Gilboa Fineman '39, David Holahan '4l, and 'Jack Sacks '4O. William Bat th ' ()lumen% '4l will play Jonathan Rich, the captain's ; Will= al dllfacy '39, Aiken, radical Leonaid Put lcuthon '39 'will pot tray CliF Jew sh laundryman; '-yei ha Sevuat '39 his ,wife, ence Maiquairdt '4O, nettle Ruth Hindman '4l; and Ruth Waguci '4O. thiee pith, , r' _Others cast are Calamine Cole „mail '42, Ruth Slitaael '4l; Alan G, - WI - Mil 6' 0 39, Joseph Dobbs '32, Robert Robinson' 41, Paul Dean ='!Excursion," the story of a do " appointed_and, o:edition:oiled group of exduriot4ts on u boat tunning 'between Coney Wind ;and New York who eventuallydecide to for 'sake the everyday world , andhead for the Vt , &‘,t Indies, - will 'bp en ',acted ,'yin Schwab Auditorium March 17 and 18 • , ~,..,,,Twen. q r-, three mote niembers.of iF - Ile'east, still to be chosen,' will, be L aelected early dub weeli„ae‘ordinir t, i .to.bleusbaum. ProductiOn will be ,lgin inunedmtely. , ' , ° J `.:Aeronauticalliivard .Created" By , 'Center o; • Xnew scholarship, entitling the recipient to 'a tuition-free threo ryear,COu'rae in aeronautical, engin las been established at the - Penn State el/ening:class canter in' ' ANY COM DORIS BLAKEMORE '39 Lhevinnes To Play Ccineeit At 8 Tonight Piano, Team Announces Recital Pregiam ~- J osef and Rosins Lhevnme, Weal fill''*B6lii-vali'ltiai tolium at 8 p.m."tonight as the third artists' course num ber, have announced the pro gram which they will play in their recital for one and two pianos The two aitists will apptein to gethet in the (list - pint, playing two chotals by Bath, "lil Thee Is Joy" and "Sheep May ‘ Safely (haze," and "Sonata in - 13 Ma im," by Moult. Josef Appears fn Part II Jo,ef Lhevinne will be teamed alone in the Second patty, playing "Mazurka, Opus 50, No. 3" and "Scherzo in C Sharp Minot," both by Chopin, 'and "Iralse Oublice in F Shalpfhinioi," "Gnoinenreigen," and "La Cainpunella,7. all by Following an inteintission, both will again appear together, pie seating "Impromptu, 'Opus 06," hum Sehumann's "Matifted,': "L -'Apies Midi d'un Panne" and "Fetes," by -Debussy, and r the "Blue Danube Waltz," by Strauss Hazel Selects - New. Artists'Committee Three additional student .rebre sentatives and one representative from townspeople of State Cul lege have bean named to the 'new to fists' 'course committee released Yesteiday by Pres Ralph D Heti. el Dolls Itlakemore, pt ceidelle of the W S G , Raymond S Cos hely, meildent of I F C John A Troanovich, - editor of the Collegian, will represent the stu dent body along with ;Joseph A. Peel, senior , class president, for (Continued On PagokTwo) Be Famous---Just Write An Ellington song Title Do you cant tolbe famMis? Have you evr wished that instead of Larry Clinton, Beitni Goodman, or sonic other populist: - composer's 'name, the lath° announce!. said, "And now we present that sensational new song by John Jones (or Mary Smith, or Harry Bldck) 7" Well( heie's your chalice for the next best tiung—yoh can name a song and have the peisonal satisfaction of hearing your brain child announced tune and again. . Duke Ellington, fathom, ,band leader and composes, has written a new / song which 11°,1./1.11 play for the ?list time in public at' , Seinor Ball, on February 24. It's-a.melo dm blues sonv and he watts , someone at Penn State to nameilt. i. All entries must be shbinitted'at the Stundent tfnion desk not laibr than noon this Saturday. The best', AINTS? BRING THEM TO Us ARNOLD C, LAICH '4l + + + Permanent Office 'Given W.S.G.A., 3 Class Head Board Authorizes Use Of 305 Old Main A • Point Of Contact With Students ' r` Prompted by efforts to project the student governmental setup to a greater number of undeigiaduates, Student Booed Finlay night authorized the establishment of permanent office's , for the three upper class' mesidents and the head of Women's Student, Government s Assol emboli in Room 405, Old Main The offices; which - will provide tht eet,,,,,coMiirk;_lktapen...titudents.l and thin: elected !cadets, will be open horn 0 am. to 5 pan daily, except, Sunday In line with class hours, the offices ate expected to I close at noon on Saturdays, Desks For Class Presidents Special desks will be occupied by Joseph A. Peel, Walter A Jones and Arnold Latch, presi dents of the senior, 3 uniol and sophomore classes, respectively, and Doris Binkemore, head of W. S G A N. Y A. woil.ers will serve us offuml sccietarieki for the officeis, 'mauling in charge of the offices throughout the day •and perform ing necessary clerical work Complaints rpm students will be received and iefelied to the piopet authmitids to facilitate the settlement of stltdent grievances Jones Selects Junior. Prom ComMittee Heads; Seven Others Chosen The appointment of co-chair men to head the'committee for Junior Prom was announced last night'at _7 o'clock by Walter A. Jones, Junior Class President. Leonard Cooper and H Jack Allen will be co-chairmen for the Prom. Other members of the. committee are. Don M. Cress well, Shepard -B. Freedman, John F Green, Bruce E. Hubbell, Gerald W. McDaniels, Wayne D. Shall and Albert E. Memos. Shields Reelected .1. Franklin Shields was ie-elee ted president of the College Board of Trustees at the board's semi annual meeting in Hal risburg last week:', idle" will be picked 'by Hummel •Fishburn, asbociate professor of music education; "Sock" Kennedy, part-time ~assistint. , professor of English composition. A prize "(it's still a secret) will be-„ awarded by the Senior Ball committee to the writer of the best Ellington' immediately. title,;whieh will - be submitted to- STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY,-FEBRUARY 14, 1939 JOSEPH A PEEL '39 . , + + + Open-4 , Rnshin-- Will Continue Until Thursday Silent Period Ends Informal Co-ed Parties; Formal Dinners Saturday Women's rushing continues with invitation patties in smotity houses today, tomottow, and Thutsday.,lndividual contacts ate pet missible until 9 p.m Thurs day, when silent period begin,. Dining this pound, which lasts until 5 p m Saturday, there will be absolutely no contacts between bOlOl. ay and non-soimity women Bids to formal pat ties will go out after 9 p m on Thursday Eash,house will have two fat Mai dinners Saturday night, one from 5:30 to 7 and one from 7 30 to 9. Women may ,attend the formal RUSHING SCHEDULE TODAY TOMORROW Flee elbliMidtioll paties THURSDAY To, 9 p to —Free abbot.latlon pal ties 9 p ul—sitent period beplus Itivitation6 to formal parties Ibbued , I=2=l A-5 p in —Replies plat.ed lu box es lu the Dean of %Votheles of fice SATURDAY 5 p in —Silent pel Ind ends 5 30.7 p in —Fii st formal put ly 7 .10-5 p in —Second tot mai pm ty ii p in —Silent Pei lud begins EMZEM 10 n an --Rushees receive bat ' lots J p must be In the Dean of Women'S office 4 p —Rushees will be noti fied uhleh houses have accept ed their preferences - 4_b p —Rushees will report to their houses, patties of two hous'es,,but should be in their iegular dormitories so that there will be no, confusion when scum ity women' au we to take them to dinners. Replies Must Be Written • , Replies to formal dinner invi tations must be written and taken to 305 Old Main between 1 and 5 p m. Friday, where they will-lie placed in boxes masked with sor t:nay names Any question con cerning the answeling of formal invitations may be referred to Vivian S. Doty '39,, Juanita M (Continued On Page o Two) Ray;Warnock Okay Joint Government By..A. WILLIAM ENGEL, JR - Embiyonic plans for a combined all-College Men's dud Women's Student Government were individually approved by Dean of Women Charlotte E Ray and Dean.of,Men Arthur R. Wilma in :act view with the Collegian yesterday Jointly deeming the plan for a composite organization as logical in view of the fact that Penn State Is a glowing institution, that it is ti uly a co-educational school, and that the system has corked satin factoilly in other schools, Dean Ray and Dean Warnock indicated keen inlet est in adjusting the present set-up Both favored retention of sep-♦ ai ate Men's and Women's Student Councils and women holding class offices—islues in the recent Col legian survey Favor Composite Group "I think I would favor a gov einment made up of both men arid women here providing we did not lose efficiency in either group," Dean Warnock disclosed , "These arc a good many mat term which both groups should be represented in," the Dean of Men stated, "but we should have sep atate oigainzations to take tale of ploblems specifically involving men and those specifically involv ing women " The problem, of sliming class dues, that of proportional repre sentation, and designation of of fices were indicated by Dean War nock as =tam to acme in pro posing the change "The plan, has many advant ages," Dean Ray claimed, "and is Just - Lhe'Lliinfor i-truly co-edu: cutional al - siltation as we are here" " Taking on New Venture "It is definitely taking on a new ventuie, but it seems logical," Miss Ray commented "I believe that in any such scheme tune will tell when you have hit upon a good one, especially in the division of offices." "The Women's Student Govetn inent dues have a great many du tie4 that belong essentially to them and vice vet sa," the Dean of Women pointed out indicating hem choice of 'dinning separate governments under a centralized council Helm Will Discuss New Art Exhibition Prof J Boole Helm, di', IMOD of line. arts, uill deliver the second of the group of Fine Arts lectures at 7 :10 p us. tomorrow Prof Helme viii speak on "Art In Use ful Objects" The talk will begin in Room 107. Main Engineering, and from these the speaker will take his audience to the College Art Gallery, where be will discuss the exhibit. 'Use ful Objects Under Five Dollars," SUM o.lli display there A change in the time of shoving of the exhibit now in progress in the Art Gallery has been an nounced by Professor Heinle In stead of being open to tile public all day, the exhibit twill be on dis play only dining three periods every day 0 a in to noon, 1 p 111 to 5 p nt and 7 p m to p in. Colds Send Over 3,000 . To Dispensary In Year ONei 3,300 students were treated for colds in the College dis pensary dining the past year accouling to Di. Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the college health service. Of the total number of visits to the dispensaiy,/said Di Rite sour 25 pei cent were'for the treatment of colds of all kinds, collect ively known as upper respiratory infection. Last year there were 13,580,, ease, of illness treated at the dm- number of patients treated on pensary. Commenting. on these Monday at the dispensary is dou ble that of Friday, the previous hguies Dr Ritenour said: full day (The few Saturday af "Thele is something wrongl ternoon and Sunday cases are with hygiene teaching or else the tested at the infirmary ) stud'ents do not take the study of Dr. Ritenour, not willing to hygiene seriously.. If the students adopt any one reason foe the in would observe the rules of hy- clease suggests that possibly glene, the incidence of colds and Mole students ieally get sick on sickneis would be greatly reduc- Monday, — that 'sick students may ed " • wait until the weekerld is over, or Normally, Monday is the Health that weekend activities may be Service's busiest day. Often the too strenuous. L. a, rgitt-It-T:- Roth Outlines Program For Housing Board Collegian Representative To Introduce 5-Point Plan At Next Meeting f A live-point Mogt am of func tions of the nem ly.establialied Student Housing Board Nuts out- Hued yesterday by Emanuel Roth '4O, Collegian representative on the Board who proposed the for. ination of the group last m °eh The program, subject to revi sions, VIII be presented to the Board at its second bebBloll in the Christian Association office Wed nesday tifteinoon ,_. _ -- Points Named - • ' 'I he the points are I—To serve as a connecting link beta een students, administra tion and townspeople for ❑re put pose of pooling Obits to al leviate the housing situation hi State College 2—To reeehe complaints of stu dents with reguid to housing conditions and relay them to the Bat [nigh Board of Health 3—To cooperate with the Borough Board of Health An conducting inspections of rooming houses if the Board b 0 desires I—To cooperate with the Board of Health and Administration in publishing u yearly list of ac ceptable houses, the list to be based on compliance with standaids Si, set up by the Ad ininibtiation and Board of Health s—To make 'helm Immediate or long-range recommendation to the Administration us It ill sone to remedy the housing situation The Housing Board dt Its Thurs day session is expected to begin specific action Members of the Boa;d Include representatives of the Attie] ican Student Union. Peon ,State Club Cooperative &soda thou. Women s Student Govern ment Association. Slate College temesentative, Christian Associa tion, and Collegian ' Wistiand's Poem - Reprinted Robert B Wtstrand '3B, former editor of Froth, had a shott lyric poem aeptinted an the poetry col umn of the Sunday, February 5, New York Herald Tribune The poem mast appeared in "Voices," a verse magazine PRICE FIVE CENTS Landsberg Moves For Selection Of Privileged Member . . Mineral Industries Professor Forward's Plan_ To Include Undergraduate With Full Voting Power Sri &Ma ad, "Student Donovacy, Chapte) 3," Page A motion to permit the election of a student member to the College Senate was made at the February meeting of the Senate, it was learned yesterday Advanced by Dr Helmut Landsberg a ntembei of the department of mining and the Sen'ate, the motion proposes that a student be chosen in a general eleetioq annually held among the student body to serve as a member of the Senate and to possess all privileges and voting rights enjoyed by members at present. Uncle] the constitution of the Senate, any motion to amend the constitution can only be voted up. on and adopted after it has been proposed at a pieceding iegulai meeting of that body. Trustee Approval Necessary All amendments must pass the Senate with a two-thuds vote of those present and can only take effect upon approval by - the Boaid of Trustees De-arvof Men Ai tliur It -Wain oek, in commenting on the motion, stated that it was tabled and will conic up at the next meeting of the Senate on Thuisday, Mai ch At that time a committee will piobably be appointed to considei the motion and then present its ieport and recommendations to the next full meeting of the Sen ate, at which time the motion will be voted upon, Warnock declared "I 'believe that the object of those in the Senate ulio dome the amendment is to seem e a method of usceitaming the views of the student body at first hand and to enable the student body to have a spokesman who can present it's views when legislation affecting it is under consideiation," he said Dean Warnock stated adcht on ally that if that is the aim in view, (Continued On Page Two) 2 Australians To Debate Here Symposium-Forum in Schwab Features Cohen, Sweet; Visitors To Lecture "How can the detnoctacie , , 'no mote world peace . "' will be the featured topic as debate's front Austi aim and the College meet in a symposium-fel= in Schwab Auditoituni at 8 15 p in tom:n um Hugh R Robson, a law gradu ate fioni Sydney Univeisity, and Pied F Thonenumn, law student at. Melbouine University lame sent Austialia and will oppose DERid E Cohen '39 and Chinks C Sweet '39 Both Robson 'and Thoneinann hate been active in debate alleles tot ninny yams, milking among the best in their country The pan made an extensise tour of Canad ian Universities mullet in the minteland are now swinging though Eastern United States Australia's orators will appear in two individual lectures tomoi low afteinoon Thonemann will distil , . "Australia's Umveisities" in room 14 Home Economics at 2 pan , and Robson is to talk on "Industrial Aibitration in Aus tralia" in Home Economics Audi toi ium at. 4 p m. Six other members of the var sity squad will see action Thula day Arthur D. Gatz '39 and Hat vey Levin '4O oppose Allegheny College's representatives in an orthodox . non-decision extension debate in Lewistown Fred S Carlson '39, D. Kahle Mong '39, Jack R Cobb '39, and Jonas B Kaufmann '4O compete in , an in tro-squad encounter at Howard, Pa. 13::=2E8 CAMPUS COVERAGE '4l-42 Boxing Tilt Set For 7 Tomorrow Lineup Undecided In Annual Customs Battle Originally - , Slated -For Tonight The boxing battle to detetinine whether the Freshman 1%4 dis continue obsetving then customs ouginally scheduled tonight is set for Rec Hall at 7 pin tomorrow night An unannounced Sophomore lineup will match blows with a likewise undecided nosh team in the annual encounter, revived last yeat by Boxing Coach Leo Houck Paul E Gee '4O is ling manager of this year's bouts In the event that the Class of 1941 wins the contest, Freshmen will be ',minted to observe cus toms indefinitely, Student Tribun al disclosed Baird Selected New '42 Class President Robert D Baird. Independent. was named acthig mesh:lent of the Freshman class by Student _Board following Dean A Phillips' depar tin e flout school due to scholastic deficiencies Bidad will serve un til the spring election Action was taken afterPliillTitg' wititchay.al, and Baltti was belect ed in 'few of the fact that he wan 1942 rice-president. despite his be ing a member of the opposing pat ty Because of this mix-up to Fresh man doss offices, Student Board a ill eudenvot to place Freshman elections andel the same system as uppeiclass elections Gerthan College Offers Snap Program! :_:.-..: How would you like a college Where attendance is' required but once a semester Whete thole ate no quiii&s . ,:ito finals, no exams at all except for the attainment of degrees—and these to be taken whenever you feel you ate toady fot them . ' Where you figure out your own fees? This is the type of univez say desezibed by Dr Helmut Lands brig, of the department of min ing—the University of Frankfurt, Get many, which he attended in 1930. Entiance to the university was a difficult matte', according to Doctor Landsberg. Requirements wee high Once admitted, how ever, a student could continue to study indefinitely, until He felt himself ready to be examined for a degiee For this he was grilled not by one, but by five professors for two hours.
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