SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOLUME 35- 7 No. 41 Z 658
ENROLLMENT MAY RISE
Mass Confab 7:30 P. M. Sunday
To Start Religion In Life Week
Dr. Mackay
To' Address
Convocation
Choir Will Sing; First
Seminar Is Slated
For Monday
Sec eddy) ht/, "The Source of
Dcouuduey," Page 2
A, general town-faculty-
student meeting Sunday- in
' Ifecreation Hall at 7:30 p . . m:
with Dr. John A Mackay,
president - of Princeton Uni
.
versity's Theological Sernin-
um, speaking on "I's Chris
- ki f anity Adequate For Our
Present World Problems?"
will officially begin Religion
in Life Week.
Music foi the meeting will be
' fununhed by the College choir of
too voices directed by Piot
aid W. rliiint and aaompanied
by aid,
eleitile oi gen Featured
mambo, of the clam will be "Etta
nal Cod Is Oui Refuge" , '
Chapel Speakel m Schwab Au-
AU .Classes' , Ordered
=HE=M
_ ne, ittunuatot y de.nitbattl of
all dames, at 1I at: in -Monday
to enable audents to attend the
tonvocatton in Seltuab Audi
tot tun, has been 'app; uved by
the -Conned of Ad intnista aunt,
the Pt esidettiV office announced
yestet day
ttitui tun) al, II it in Sunday will
Iv y S :wipe', leeLutei
on world, iieute, Hula!, and cul
tau al 1 clot ion,
llt Leipet, a, exeuttive •,ect e
tory of, the Untvelval Christina
Connell, will be one of the speak
eis on the week'a pi °giant
'Convocation ,Slated
As the leading event of the sec
ond' day of the work, a genet al
convocation will be held 111
Schwab Wltid Wilton 'with Di
Ralph Dom Hazel presiding, and
Dr-, Elinnell Hutt, authm, lei:Wi
er, and protease' of sociology at
,Duke ' University, speaking, on
'"Do We Choose Ilemocracy 9 "
In addition to meetings to be
held, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thuisday nights in Scliwab Au
ditoi sum, speakers tor the week
conduct, a seams of seminars
at 9.10, p ' Monday through
Thursday.
Subject of the Monday seminar
to be held in 105, White Hall,
(Continued On Page Four)
English 'Dances
Exhibited Here
Volk Numbers Demonstrated
'-,
To, Physical Education
Majors .Tuesday
Douglas Kennedy, director of the
English Folic Song and Dance So.
defy, - Loudon, instructed 150 men
itud rumen, dostly physical edu
cation'malord,, in , varlolis English
folk Lifilllekl, Tuesday night
Said by tunny' to , •be ,an "anti._
(mated Jltterburg," Kennedy .bei
came Interested in English
dancing through bls sister primer.
Ily' as a bobby, and now devotis
'aillot bli tiwe to it' ,
Kennedy held the crelsd's inter
`est in White Hall for two and one:
- hair hours, teaching them various
steps Ond- deuce, lie illustpted
'was a sword danco for - men, coi n
slating or intricate,ligures execut
ed with two-handled elo.ords
Kennedy, Iyho , na's Leas under
the auspices. of the Women's
Physical Education 'Department,
bee appeared at,: prominent col
- loges and universities throughout
the South,and East.
Seirl:Weekly
4r LI r2:: - Y
1 14 run ,#.lttitr
, .
Ray.Suppoits Student
Membekship In Senate
Senior Awdrd
Recipient Not
Yet Selected
Collegian Board 'Cuts List To
I Three; Winner Will Be
.• Announced Mar. 4 '
N, t.rv;li `.l lie: Collegren _Limo
!mews yet mho yetii's
lecipient , of the "Outstanding
Setium" award, the Collegian's
own way of honciiing the gtadu
ating, 'ICIIIOI who hug done the
most in lii , . foul yeats of college
to rut [het the hwlur and prestige
of Penn State
Slatting with 10 candidates,
the Junior Boaid luta nal lowed
the field to tiller, but hue it has
hit a 'snug Triice worthy candi
dates ace still in the tuunwg, but
only one can win. There can be
co•w now s , of the Collegian
Award The chosen ~ennui's mine
will be announced m next 1 , 11-
!lay', issue of the Collegian
Miehoff Honored Last Year
Lust year, Sul B. mitthuir,
bimetal]] and Lialhetball qtai
and good all-mound man, it-
Leivul the hest of these ammal
awards Ile wait the unanimous
thoiee of the managing, bored
The trophy, an figine
of Viel.my mounted on a '5(11.11LIC
haw, will be presented to the mod
'you thy seinur,by Rubel t L Wil
son, inembei of the Junior Board,
immediately_ pieeeding the Fenn
Stute-Wiseonsin boxing meet in
Remeation Hall, Satanday, March
Snow, Ice" Cost
College - Over
- $lOO A Day '
When early an oral II g snow
&twins sweep oven the Islittany
Mountains, the Campus Dawn
Patio] IS summoned Into, action.
The "cull to shovels" is adsweted
by 25 to 50 scow-lighters who
Swaim uvel the campus in in at
tempt to clear the main arteiies
of 'Wait Vertsi.e eight o'cluch
classes. ,
'I his war strength iti augmented,
by a snow plow, ajitmlor, and a
snow hi ash And to, the tune
$lOO a day, the snow and ice; is
shoveled, , chopped, and In uahed
nom 10 miles of campus walks,
four miles of toads, and slx-and
one-half acres of pq king mons
• The task of estimating the
yearly snow removal budget falls
to George W Ebel t, Supetinten-,
dent ;of Grounds and Buildings,
who says, "One of the liaidest
_things in the woild is to try 'to
figure in May 'how much it +is
going, to snow next winter,"
_ Neuberger Makes Solo
. ,
Di. Hans Neuberger, instructor
in geophysics, made his first' solo
fight at the State College Aiiport
this month, rounding out nine and
and a half hodrs or dual flying. 4.
Points Out . Benefits To
-Faculty Members
( And Students
By GEORGE B SCHLESS"
.."1 am pleased with the - idea,"
said Dean br Women Charlotte 13
Ray yesterday of the proposed stu
dent tepresentatiOn on the College
Senate, a hick /will come berme
the Senate next Elturstial
Dean Ray also agreed with the
suggestion made lust week by
Dean of Men Arthut It. Warnock
and Senior Chase President Joseph
A Peel that. there should be three
students—one woman and two
men—present-at Senate meetings
instead of the one voting repre
sentative , provided for in the
amendment introduced Y. 6r qe
weeks ago by Dr Helmut. Lands
bet g
Dual Benefits Derived
130th student body and fatuity
would benefit from the proposed
measure, Dean Ray believes, saute
Senate menthols would be getting
better acquainted with student
and - students would better
understand hen big and compli
cated u mutter the admlnlstratloli
of a college really Is
"Within the past year %se have
seen the need of a change in many
things and surely there mull be
even more in the future Amy
such tonibluatiiiiruf students and
faculty should be helpful in work
cm ding - Co the' dean
Chance To Pioneer
"There has been - a great deal
bald lately Stout having students
dud faculty become better ac.
quainted," she continued "Even
the meeting of only Once students
e Ith Senate memberb would work
toward this end, and momote tar
titer meetings of faculty .and stu
dents" .
Health Board
Will Take Poll
To Seek Opinions' Of Parents
On Fiee Ho,spitalikation
By Fee Increase
A pull of the 1i... etas of 9.00 stu
dents moiled hoe, will be taken
m an attempt to distovdr d an
mu ease in the health fee from
bye to ten dollais is desnable, it
was announced by Alan G ffiil
Intyte '39, client MHO of the Stu
dent Health &raid '
The _nicteasc, Alcliityie said,
would - inovide the. student body
‘%itli seven days of flee hospitali
zation in the hammy and free
LI eatment an the Dispensary
The poll, to be conducted by
means of postcaids, will ask pat
ents if they approve of the-m
-crease
Mciailyte announced that the
survey of townspeople, students,
and faculty, to gain suggestions
for improving the health service,
has been completed,
No Stuff! Thespian Job
Is 'Stuff And NonSense'
)- Coincident:with the wining to thus canipu ,
tel "Don 'ltOse, wide'
of tt column for the Philadelphia Evening Public:,,Ledgei entitled
"Stuff and•Ngnsense," the Penn State Thespians,announce that then
Spi ng show to be piesented in Schwab Auditoilum will beau the
stime'popular handle.
Instead of the wend stoly plot
us m past Spring shows, "Stuff
and Nonsense" will be a revue
featui mg an intermingling of
skits and smelt dunce numbeis,
the latter done in cellophane sets
against luminous backgrounds.
Recipe For Skits Given
The recipe foi orituig skits for
"Stuff and Nonsense" follows
Take 1 polit science prof, I small
town newspaper editor, and 2 stu
dents—mix well and you have one
excellent script Frames of ye au
thors are Dean E. McHenry, Wil
ham K. "Wild Bill' Ulerich, Mor
STATE COLLEGE, PA-;
Aliens Will I
Be Droppe,d)
From NYA
Notary Will Certif
All Workers Here
For 3 Days
All NYA students MUM go bo.r,
fore a notary public and make aftl4.
davit as to United States cilizeni
ship If they are to remain on the
NYA rolls. Stanley B Maddox.;
College director of NYA, revealed
yesterday
This amyl be done, he said, in
order to meet requirements set
down In Public Resolution No, 1 of:
the 78th Congress which is 1101 Vi
to session
NYA morkeis ace asked to ieL 4
port to the first flow lounge, Old ,
Main betmeen the holm of 8 .10'
a m and 5 JO p in Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday A notary
will be provided at these hems
and no lee mill be charged the
student, Maddox revealed
Any student Al orker not comply.
Ing to requirements wilt be drop
ped hum tho payroll. Atatitlex
said
Complete Statement Given';
The complete statement Issued
by Dlrectot Maddox Is at followa
"'Cho College has received nal
lication from the Federal (tavern_
'mint through the`Slate•Uirectei
the National Youth Administration
concerning Public Resolution No 1
of the 7tith Congress now in hCfi-
OEM, Hhiah reads as toliows
"'Nu alien shall be given cut_
ploy meat in continued in employ
ment on any project prosecuted.
under the appropriations contain
ed to the Emeigency Relief Ap
oropliatiou Act of 193 S at this
Joint t esolution Provided, hat
no patt of the money het eta ap.
mom lated shall he mailable to
pas any person thirty days utter
the nom oval of this mint resolu
tion who does not make tillitavlt
as to United "States citizenship
such affidavit to he considered ori
nin facie evideoce of such citizen.
ship
"This at come. Includes NYA
ain b Thet efore a notarized
affidavit fur every studeut worker
whose name appears on payaolls
for lime' on and idle! Mardi ii
1939, niubt be filed id the office of
the State Youth Director at liar
rlsburg, To pay out Federal rolfel
applopriation funds to any Stu
dent Aid project employees, [or
time shown on and after Marcia P.
1939. unless the above...mentioned
allidavitb are filed will con s tititute
a flotation of the law Ihe Reso
lution of Congress is clear and
mandatory and the College is com
pelled to carry out Its provisions"
War Movies Planned
"Plashes of &Lion," foui reels
of motion pictules showing Arn
ow:in troops in the World Wai,
wdl be •shown at un open meeting
of the Intel national Relations
Club in the Home Economic, Aud
itoimm at 7 1.5 p.m Monday.
lie "Lady Montgomery" , Feld
haunt '4O, and Bud Yanofsky '9O
Among those who will appeal
under Thespihn lights will be
'Mai cc Stinger '4l, dynamic
dancer who gave a new interrne
tation of Small Fry in the Fall
show, Barbara Thiel '4l, (mote
about het later); and Cully Pont
eroy '39, Thespian heavyweight.
The first night opening will be
an actual pienuere in the Holly
wood minuet.' Invitations will be
sent to leading campus personal
ities who will saw, a few woods
before entering the Auditoomm.
IDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1939
- ::::;,DESPITE ROOM SHORTAG)
SENIOR : BALL
CHARLES S. WELSH '39
+ + +
Winter Scene Set
For Senior Dance
Glitici mg irides, dark blue
ti,unfonn Rec Hall into a dazzle
setting Duke Ellington still play f.
The genial Duke of the black
a new featured soloist, Jean Bald'
Anderson, his regular ballad warbl
In addition to his scheduled
menu of dance music, Ellington
has prepaiel a Int of unusual
dessert to serve just berme inter
1111S,1011. 111 the Conn of a mime
tuie conceit, probably based on
that which lie will present in Cal
4;etni. m April
Immediately following this con
eci t, co-than men Thome., A Beal
and Chin les S Welsh will an
nounce the winner of the Elling
ton sung-titling contest
Announcement of the WlllllOl,
slated lot today, was delayed be
cause the judges cannot get the
manumit pt of the stoic ninth is
as yet unpublished and not ioudy
fm release It it ill be,played to
night foi the hist time in public,
and the judges nrll then make
their decision hum the titles sub
mitted '
Tickets foi the dance will be on
sale today at the A A ticket of
fice, loom 107 Old Main, and to
night Rec Hall, pi iced at $3.85
Senate Names
May Day Head
Watson '4O Chosen General
Chairman; Commattees -
Are Announced
Committees foi May hay, Sat
urday. May IJ. were announced
Wednesday, by the Senate GCB
eial dal) man fot the event is
Waal ed M Watson '4O, with
Vela 1, Kemp '4l sub-ehaaman
Committeeb ate as follows eel -
emony—Jeans Kinney '39, chan
man, Phyllis HCI Mg '39, Rose
Dawn Hordes '39, Nancy Avery
40; Pt opet tios—Melissu Mennich
39, ,cliutt man, Bernice AL Maur
et '42, Rhoda N KoLli '39,
Mil
died L Long '4O, Wardrobe
Sat abo Sham '4O, clan man,
Blatithe Goelu mg '39
lintel taininent'— Juanita M.
Chun:bets '4O, ellen man. Jane B
Hoskins '4l. Ann AI Bat ton '42,
Helen L IVotalcock '42, Publiuty
—Jeanne 91 Walker '39, chair
man, Madge Y". :Norton '39. Ann
G. Bunton '39, Phyllis IL Gordon
'4O. Bess J Tteuger '9O, Decors
tion=Mary Rita Etiglenian '39
end Mai y Ann' Landis ''4o,
Mu
sme—Vivienne J -' Wiesner '4l,
chairman. Martha V ShatTetinun
'4O, Mildred E Moore '39, Joseph
ine A Keeney '4O.
Dancing Tomorrow
Phi Gamma Delta-Phi Kappa
Psl—At Phl Gamma Delta, Cam
pus Owls, closed
Delta Tau Delta-Delta Upsilon—
At Delta Tau Delta, Jack Bigham,
closed. , ,
Tau Phi De,lta—Jerry IdcHale•
,
closed.,
Delta Theta Sigma—C barite
Smith; closed.
Alpha Gamma Rho —Kabler,
closed.
CO-CHAIRMEN
THOMAS A. BOAL '39
+ + +
dtaperies and spa' long lights will
ng wintet cainival tonight in , wind
of Setuoi Ball flow 9 until 2
and white keys will bung all 111111
idge, to slime the spotlight with !vie
Junior Blazer
Group Named
Maros Chosen Chairman Of
Eight-Man Committee
To Select Goats
Floyd M Mains '4O was named
than man of the eight-man Am
on Blavei committee appointed by
Juntot Class President Waite' A
Jones, yesterday
Flank C Anderson, Jr , John
B Caldwell Ji , Robert Eakin,
Jerome N Goodman, Minus R
Schaffner, Roget F Scott, and
Giovet C Washabaugh,
Julians, complete the group
No indication at, to the style
and pi tie of this yew's coat was
given at the time the committee
was chosen, but they aic consid
ming numerous proposals
The price of Junior Blazers hit
uu untneeedented low last yeat
when coats designed minilar to
Lion coals sold foi $1 O. In ine
mos years Bluets sold foi over
$lO
Bernreuter Will Talk -
At A. S. U. Meeting On
S. U. Building Benefits
The athantages of a Student.
Union building — on the college
campus of today be dis
cussed by Di Robeit G Sem..
mute], associate mofessor of
education and pochology, at a
meeting of the local chaplet of
tile American Student Union in
Room 4(15, Old Main. at 2 JO
tu Sunday
The meeting is open to the
public Diagiums of typical bill_
dent union buildings on, othet
college campuses 'be dia.
placed and an open discussion
on possible %%UNs of financing a
student union building here u ill
folio%
Players Complete Cast
FOr Latest Production
Complete cast fot "Eumtsion,
in Schaal) Auditmium i%laich 17 a
Piof Flank Neusbaum, ditectot
Jones, assistant director and glad
Included in the cast sie• Hal
bert S D1.1010b1101% '4O, David F.
Holahan '4l, A John Clime' '42,
Eugene Simnel '42, Jacob Sacks
'4O, William B Battholoinew '4l,
WlBald P. Macy '39, Leooaid .1.
Paikinson '39, Yenta Sevast '39
Florence Marquardt '9O, Hattie
Ruth Hindman '42, Ruth E. Wag
net '4O, Catharine E. Coleman '42,
Ruth J. Shtasel '4l, Alan G. Mac-
Intyre '39, Joseph W. Dutibs '39,
Robert Robinson '4l, Marguerite
Probable Increase
Of 500 Indicated
Here For 1939-40
Student Housing Board Recommends Plan
To College Senate For Possible
Slash In Enrollment '
By EMANUEL ROTH
As the Student,Housing Boa id adopted a recommenda
tion to the College Senate calling for a "possible slash in en
rollment. for 1939-40" at a special session 'Wednesday after
noon, figures and-statements fi om the Offices of the Regis
tun and Scheduling Officer indicated yesterday that an in
crease of 500 in eni ollment tor 'next semester is a definite
probability. •
Pointing out that expanding
physical facilities iesulting from
the building mogiain vns bring
ing about steani-iollei piessute
on the College to admit moie stu
dents, Registiar William S Hoff
man announced yesterday that
even though the freshman class is
held to the 1,475 level of 1938,
an inueasc of 300 in enrollment
s inevitable because of tiansfeis
Hoffman indicated that if equip
ment fur all new stiuctines is us
suied befoie June, an increase of
200 in the freshman class mould
probably be authorized by the Ad
min isti ation
Meanwhile, Ray V Watkins,
stheduling officer, revealed that
he had begun formulation of the
19.39-41) tune-table on the basis of
no considerable increase lit en
oilment for next year and on con
tinin'ql- use of old building., only
Watkins explained that any dras
tic. inci ease would necessitate en
tice I eVeSIOII of the time-table
Tentative Enrollment Listed
Tentative enrollment for next
yeas, it was indicated, would in
clude 1,300 seincus, 1,400
1,475 sophomores, 1,475 freshman
Asked by the Collegian whether
the Piesident's Office was ready
to release for publication any pol
icy on enrollment, Adman 0
Morse, assistant to the Piesident,
announced' yesterday that any in
ciease would hinge on the bien
nial state approptiation to the
College Morse pointed out that a
use in student population nould
necessitate addition of inembeis
to the faculty
Instituting dehmte action, the
Housing Board, meeting at the
Chustian Association Office with
Di Warren B Mack, chaninan
of the Senate Committee on Stu
dent Welfaie, adopted a Once
point recommendation lot sub
mission to the Committee and Col
lege Senate.
The lecommendation urges the
(Continued On Page Two)
Honor List Enlarged
The names of Hei man E
Maud, '.39, mining engineer, and
Hai old N Meyer '39 and Peter
G Seder '39, metalluigists, were
mad% ertently omitted foam the
M.nei al I ndusti ies honor list,
Dean Edward Steidle announced
yestei day The addition', bung
the total number of 2 5 nonage
students to 17.
Blasingame To Speak
Piot Ralph IL Blasingame of
the department of agi multuial
eng, neering will discuss power
fanning at a farm meeting in In
diana Wednesday
" Broadway comedy to be enacted
nd 18, uas announced yesterday by
of the production, and Maigatet
ate assistant in diamatics
It Scheaffer '4O
Charles F. Seymour '42, Sol A
Davidson '4O, Samuel I Bening
'42, Virgitua A Delp '39, John
C. Fairlamb '42, George Gittel
son '4l, Ruth I. Liachowitz '4O,
Ruth T. Weinstein '4l, 'twin
Schwartz '42, Jean Matthes '42,
and George Bernstein '4l
Three minor juvenile parts ale
stilt to be cast by Neusbaum.
Daily rehearsals for the outstand
ing comedy are in full swing
1=211E3
IMIZEM
PRICE FIVE CENTS
James Budget
To Determine
Fixtures Here
Governor's Spending Report
To Limit Extent Of Use
Of New Buildings
Spccwl to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, Feb 23 —To
ulna extent the Pennbylvania
State College 101 utilize the 11
new buildings now tearing com
pletion under the General State
Authority's initial inatitutional
construt Hon program will be de
cided perhaps definitely Monday
night, ' n lien - Gm &hot - Arthur` H.
Jameb presents his budget for the
19J9.41 biennium to the State Leg_
Iblature here
The budget, °lento , . slime Juno
at:, 31, will include the Governor's
allocation to the College for the
coining biennium, a portion of
which is expected to be specified
for movable equipment for the new
buildings,
Need Additional $500,000
Although Cot Augustine S Jane_
maN, executive director of the Gee
mel State Authority, has assured
the College of an estimated $476,-
130 of fedeial funds for fixed
equipment, it mos believed that.
an additional $5OO 000 or more
mould be needed for movable
equipment in oidei to place the
plant at full capacity
Meaumhile the bi-partisan group
of legislatois which has been in_
sitedto study the Go%ernor's
budget before he actually presents
It to the Legislature, remained
tight-lipped on the mutter. tens
ing to comment beyond the state.
meat that James has included
$2.0.: 000,000 for the "normal state
functions," mitlch Includes subsi
dies to educational institutions
No specific provisions could be
lett) tied het e
Co-ed Meeting
- Set March 7
Nominees Chosen By Senate
To Be Introduced At
Mass Gathering -
A women's mass meeting n ill be
held Match 7 to introduce nomi
nees named by the Senate for May
Queen, fieshinan attendant, and
WSGA and W R A office's, and
to gto 'a onion students an oppor
tunity to make further nomina
tions
The senate nominating commit
tee will announce its nominations
a week before the meeting, -and
must approve any additional nom
inations made flow the Poor at
the mass meeting
Pumaiy elect, ns will be held
Maich 14, and final elections and
installation of othcers will follow
the nest day All women students
ale asked to Note. - _—
Positions to be filled are. W. S.
G A piesident, vice-president,
trensuici, semi senator, Junior
senatot, sophomore senator, and
town senator, W. R. A —,presi
dent, vice president, secretary,
and sophomore representative;
May Queen and freshman-attend
ant to the May Queen The W. S.
G. A piesident must have served
at least a yea' on women's sen-
Rte.