- SemPlill?ekly . - . # . l . , COMPLETE s• I ;11, -, ?1 - ' ' - M4IA ,$); . , CAMPUS 1 D . afr ~,,,,, ~ ~,,,..„. „..,,.. • ~.„, COVERAGE . ''. t t ,. 'E'..A? g • , . 1 ' ''.-- ..... 1 1_,% --- T . VOLUME 35—No: 45 NITfANY BOXERS,- MATMEN, No Change Vishined In . Faculty Pay Economy - Drive• Hits Proposed Raise , In Salaries Thu or the third no a eeries of...art:eke adorptating the un plicatunts of the Governor's badget allocation.' to the College \ clx JOHN A TROANOVITCH' "While the satiation' is not as critical as in 1933 when salatles had to be cut, it is assumed that no salary in creases can be given or new additions to 'the f ace It y nade." Such was the opinion expiessed by Dean of Men A. It Watnoclt in his local column soon after Govetnoi Atthui, H. James had announced his budget allocation of $1,425,000 to this College fOr the' next biennium. And such seems to be the ammol feeling prevalent here Instructors Underpaid Despite the face that then sal aims ale not subject to federal income taxation, faculty members at ?enn State have been notoi iously underpaid Consequently, the cabbie of many instructors ,and. professors in some of the schools has been notoriously low the result is, of Louise, a dis satisfied and less (Aliment teach inestaff,"and ultimately the ed ucational rating of, the College as Wand - t vilroirloweV This is shown ideally . in the re cent iepoit - 6f 'the local chaptei of rthe Ammican Assocuition of University Professolb studies by the State College Fed elation of Teacheis• undoubtedly will sliew'iin identical result State Ranks 20th In lea, the median indiums of full=mofessor, at , Penn Stale in 1931-32—the mediam.noi the ,iv- Liege—was only $4,000 Nineteen of the 26 othei large state insti tutions wine above the, level If Penn State tanked no bettet LIM) 20th in - 1931-32, when it paid its highest , :alaiies,One could just imagine whale tha College ranks now after the 1933 slash, a slash whieklins yet to be testmed. The College administaution no doubt ieuhres this and in its "or iginal,budget request to the Cull um& asked Col $228,110 for "ad justment of ,salaiies" fot the- ex u,ting personnel. i "The addition iequested," the College explained, to movide un adjustment or apploximately thieu per tent an nually over the next two years" ,Figure is RedUced But the naive did not_ get to first base, lon in its second request the College (-hopped this figure to $.159,950, explaining• that this us _"apprcable to 'educed personnel" The Govennon's'budget increase of 4.1.50,000 fails th - ,covhi even' this _ Ruinors, have been floating about ,that the College may once again rut ialany shalei for the sake of 'economy ilowever, in view of the fact that Wane , ' here, have ,lagged far, behind those of utliei schools and-have yet to lead' the 4931-level, it is extremely doubt , that( any slash,wdl material— ize:- On - the other hand, there be no increase 1 'Escape From Offered By 'Excursion' ` An ishind in the West. Indies, an escape from the paid realities 'and impeisonalities of Miring New York An island in the West. Indies wading for a., unique human cargo—all in "Excursion" which Will go on the Schwab Auditorium stage Friday Ind Saturday, Match "1?. and 'lB Do certain types of characters apPeal to you more than others? "Exclusion" has all of them , If-you've never heard the Conn- j "Excursion," next production of intinist "Internationale" you'll the Penn State Players, is being hair it 'in Schwab - together with directed by Prof. Frank liens a'sprinkling of Communists, then, Imum and Margaret Jones, drain be ,socialites, - jitter. atits graduate strident. Bngs, smooth 'guys; a 'bunch of The play has its setting on a disillusioned' ones, introverts, en- pleasure cruiser making its last gmeers, and a couple of kids. journey from Caney Island, laden Of course, the omnipresent witri'a group of disillusioned char -ort,`,Will-also be present to add a I actors seeking escape c from the little, salt to the comedy. buffeting of the every-day I Politics Nil In-Plan, Galbreath Asserts Fein bome-lest the Penn Stat• ing the college-wide independent terpreted, William W Galbreath ' peatdd yesterday that "the polit Cliques supporting the plani are ja - Tes . Silenta OdAccusatiop - By Teachers Faculty Group Here Backs Statp Body In 'Praise - Of Thomppon Plan Ittiplying to a letter from the Collegian, Governor Arthur .11 James lefused yesterday to com ment on the charge of the Penn sylvania Federation of Teachers that he aas acting contrary to his pledge - to provide adequate educa tional facilities for every boy and girl in Pennsylvania / - The Governor declared that "pressing obligations" prevented hid from preparing such' refuta tion material At the same time the State Col lege Teachers, Association an nounced that ft was,in full agree ment with the state federation The Association declared that the ,Thompson plan would have started Pennsylvania on,the path of an urgently needed movement toward school betterment I,r Alfred G Punch, president, placed the'greup on ie(ord us be tug opposed also to the scrapping of:tlie - second , pait-of th e Thomp i;oir i2i6ol7.progrum wLlob would provided adequitle fireproof i-iiinary, and "secondary school buildings throughout the state 24 Cited By Iletzel As Cadet Officers Twenty-four Juniors «ere cited for proniotions and appointments us Cadet Onicers, Reserve Oflicers' Ti urn ing Corps, by President Ralph D Iletiel yesterday, Col Ambrose II Euler), head of the department of military science and tactics, announced They are Cadet First Menton ants—Benjamin P. , Blasingame, Robert It Blumenstein Albert D Mono, George y Gard. Robert W Green, J Harrison, James K Hess, Albert L Kahn,' Stephan Koran, William Mlles. Bruno G 01.0111. Charles at Pal kin, Jr. Albro L Ptrsons. Jr, ID Gilbert Radcliff, John J. Spar. fer,,Arthur, M Skibbe, Walton f. Tamer. Grover C Washabaugh, William S Wiley. Tr., Leonard S Wilhelm, Charles, 0 Yagel Cadet , Second Lleutenants—Ro bertilV 'Reims, George B• Kanter. John 'l' Kendall, Jr Clinchy Will Speak , , • 'At Chapel Sandai - Dr ,Dverett R Clint:lly. director of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, will talk on "Dent ocracy and Religion' Sunday morning in chapel This will be the fifth time Dr Clinchy,' author of "All In the Name of-God" slid ""The Strange Case of Herr Hitlei," has spoken here at chapel ' •Club's "hands off" policy cometn otganinition dive would belnisin ,39, spearhead of the movement. ie. mai' intentions of the Independent all but nil " "When th'e Penn State Club le i fused to enter the dice because of political leasons," Galbreath said, "many patrons of the plan got the idea that the cliques were backing it wholly for the petty I ' political gains that might iesult." Aid Non-Fraternity Men "Any politics that u cep into the movement will be incidental,"' I,Galbteath explained "We want it Funderstood that we are pushing the organization movement simp ly because we 'Teel that we can aid the under-privileged non-fi a tm nity, milt " The Petit' Stale Club voted to quit the drive last week Dabbling in, campus politics which neatly tout the life of the Club six veins ago was the explanation given lot the'Club's decision Survey operations wluch NICIC to have stalled this week have I been postponed Provided current negotiations matelialize, the sur vey will get underway about the middle of next neck, Galbreath . . ; The purpose of the survey will be to discover just how ninny non ateinity men actually want po litical and social unity. WSGA Election List Enlarged Nominated From Floor; Elect Wednesday The two %waiving candidates lot each woman% office will be voted upon in the final elections In the Ilrst floor lounge of Old Main Wednesday [tam 9 a in un til 5 p m Josephine A Keeney and WWl lied 51 Watson, whose winces were inathertently entitled flout the lust Inane of the Collegian, were also among Scuttle nominat ing committee% candidates for senlot senate) Nontinhtions made front the floor at the muss meeting Tuesday night wet e May Queen. Mary Ann Irrils.tl Elizabeth nye. Doris L Jones,_ and Ann IC Palmer, senior senator. Georgia W Owen, junior senate]. Betty M Broada,and 13er 7 tha 111 Douthett, sophomore sen ate]: Aileen 11 Holz and Marion E Sperling, and freshman atten dant (\laded() O Cousiey and Marjorie B Stiode Since. no additional nominations wet e male toi the WSGA mai denty, the two candidates' names did not appeal on the primary nominating ballot y ester day, but will be Not id on Wednesday. 8 Profs,Are Pilots , Eight members of the College staff , hold licenses as anplatie paluti, They ate Dr Wilhain M Leplev, assistant ptufessoi of psychology; Di Mci at Scott, libbo - wok's:An of. physics, Di. Hans Neubefgei, nista actor in geophysics, John L Metal lacy, assistant, ptofessoi of poinology extension; It. L Webei, insttuctor in physics; Edward Johnson, pow el plant, Rodney E., Helsel', as stunt in petroleum eseatch;and 0 C. Klein, giaclutae assistant in COI =ICS College, Stu - By ROBERT:H. LANE '4l, ;.CBinplete details on a National Youth Administration educational and work project, which will be !nougat ated•here at an. estimated total cost of $31,000 for the petiod ending June 30; 1939, were re leased exclusively to the Collegian yesteiday by Walter S. Cowing, State threctoi of N.Y.A. ' - - The N.Y A. les:Acta, wotle cen ter, which will be under the Col lege sponsorship, will be composed Of out-of-school tuiemployed and needy faun youth. ~ ' ".. The Pennsylvania State College 'has allotted- $lO,OOO, of the $31,- 000 tots coatl, for the purchase of materials, the remammg $2l; STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939 Clique Heud Ousted For. Inefficiency Crawford Resigns;'. Group Strife Denied "General dissatisfaction and efficiency" was revealed Us the reason , the for bomb shells in freshman Campus clique meeting Tuesday night which lesulted in, tile ousting of John W Chawforti as clique chairman A petition signed by representa„ lives of 2) houses, Ole] being, considered foi more titan a week: Joought about the clique their man's withdrawal 'Sensed IC—Crawford "I sensed the dissutisfuellott be rme the meeting and pleaded that things be kept peaceful untiNftei elet lions," CI B.Sc ford told the Col: legion "Seeing that the bleak was Inevitable, I tendered my 1 es ignation and it was accepted It Is bet to hale a unified group lathe, than cliques within cliques" Thomas' J Henson. lobe J 'Lung,. William A Zielonka, not E Lindiey, Raymond &Inter f9r, and Jock A Sloan are among those rumored for the top post The new chairman will he elected next Sunday Opposing Independent forces is sued no comment on the'ousting, and merely Scent tluough tontine re-election of clique officials at Mondiy's meeting, (Continued On Page Four) Musical Clubs Give Concert Groups To Offer Solo By Rossman '39 A piano solo by Bernard Russ null '39 accompanied by the Phi Mu Alpha orchestra s%lll highlight the second or the afternoon con ceits to be presentesl Sunday at .1 30 1 in In. Schwab Auditorium This Sunday's conceit ,be given untie] the dil action of Plot Hummel Fishbann and Mass Bar bell'. 'Noxell by the PM Mu Alpha musical frateinity and the Louise lionael music club The program for the conceit, which will be In six palls. follows Pall 1—"Fllinl Favorites" and "American Malmo" , by the PIN Mn Alpha mai estaa Plat 1 1—"I:ye Song of St Bride" "A 1-lopeless Plan," "A Bird Flew," and "Pre tense' by the Louise Ho mer Club chorus Part 111—"Rhapsodv" composed by Clifford Deumi est and played as an oigan and piano duo by Phyllis Herzog '3O and Eleanor Roblion, n graduate student Yai t IV—"Allah's Holiday," "Whis tle,' My Lad," "Marie," ' and "Argument" by Edith Barrage '9l. Betts Ann llmtawick '4O Lola Sa nlca '4l, and Grace Ben del shot '42 accompanied bi Bai bum Troxell - Par t . Nonsense Song," "Chemical Aithlysls," and "A Sad Song" tram the "Rosemary Code" by Louise 14 om e 1 Club choi Ub Part Vl—"Metropolis" and "Ithap: sod} , hi Blue" by Ber nard Ilossman pianist, and the Phi ..Mu Alpha 01 chest' a e To Comp 000 total cost, for the putcliaso Y A To Put Up 5 Buildings Pteparations for the 'project slatted on Mach 1., when 18 youths took ovet a,group of build ings at- Boalsbutg_ fotinetly oc cupied by the - officers of the Na tional Guard Cavalry troop•'The cumber of youths in the goals tang bollocks has been gradually increased, until today, when ,a quota of 50 ate anticipated, • With the College' sponseiship, the N.Y.A. is preparing, us soon as weather nennits, to build a group of five buildings, consisting of, an administration building, a mess hull, and three dormitories VIE IN INTERCOLLEGIATES Houck Enters Fulj Mit Team At Syracuse; Wrestlers Battle 8 Colleges At New Haven Lehigh Is Favored; Lido Team Rated As Darkhorse • 1 By GEORGE SCHLESS . 1 , Nothing to lose and every :thing to gain. Toppled fioni their seat at W.; top of the Eastern Inter collegiate mat world a year 'ago by a Lehigh powerhouse, i:Chirpin' Charlie Speidel's Lion matmen go into the 3tith annual EIWA tourney at Yale today and tomorrow with an outside chance of re gaining then old glory.. The Nittanymen left yesterday 'at Loon and an ived in New lia ven'ilate last night The draw will he made then: this Twining, with the l Gist session this afternoon, followed with anothei session this ,evening and all day tomoi low Af tei the finals tomonow night mull come second and thud-place elim inations Lehigh Strong Again While the Nittanymen shape up ,as 8 dark hoise in the tomnament, all eyes will be on Billy Shell dan's Enginems horn Lehigh, a ,pow ei fu I nevi egation which I omped tin ouh State last month Pi inceton, Penn 4 Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Syracuse, and Columbia 11 boast good individual perfotm „ers and although they don't have us , teaatvictorB, will piobably come through with nll vidual champs ' Making a last-minute choice of an inteicollegiate entry for the first time in his 13 years as Lion mut imam, 'Speidel decided on sophomme Flank Gleason Lathe' than semoi Flank Ciaighead for the 136-pound post, since Clan; head, who weighs only 125, would be giving up too much of a weight advantage foi gruelling tool nu ment competition Two of the outstanding Speidel men will run into the biggest and best collections of talent, and this fact will make it tough for the lo cals to win the team title Sealzo Meets Tough Ones Joe Scalzo, husky little soph omoie 145-pounder, who has won the hearts of State sports fans with Ins consistently In illiant pet refinances, will have his hands full Lehigh's Alasem, 135-pound champ in 1938 and the only man (Continued On Page Three) 722 N.Y.A. Workers Affirm Citizenship Seven hunched and twenty-two Penn State students last week at tested to United State 4 catiren ship in compliance with NYA and government regulations, accord ing to Stanley B Maddox, three toi of NYA at the College Of this numbei, bb9 made affid avit lime on the campus while the iemaining t 3 did so at the four undeigiaduate centers and Mont Alto lv 1.6 students regiteied for NYA faded to make affidavit. Of these sixteen. but one was found unqualified Ile Is at. present an al.•en but has applied foi name'. =lawn palms and will be u full Fedged citizen before the month is up, Maddox revealed ete NYA , on the college campus to house and cute lot 50 youths. The mesa hall will have a capac ity' of 100, and each dormitory, 113. It is pdssible that an addition al group of Once dormitories will be built at a later date, Cowling said Youths Take Ag Courses Twenty of the youths uho were stationed at Boalsburg clamed an agricultural sheet course last Mmiday to begin preparations foe then milk The College will fur,- insh courses in general agneul tale, hoiticultuie, dairy husband ey, ditty manufacture, poultry husbandry and agricultural en gineering. , 4 , ;;;_r7300 RAIN tglatt= LEAD TOURNEY TEAMS IF Ball To Be Conducted Under Last Year's Plan Tickets foe Intel fi ateinity Ball will be obtainable this veal mulct the same system as was mange' uted last year, it was announced yes teiday by co-chairmen Mime' Rockmakei and Geroge Yeckley Because of the numerous requests Item individual houses, and becauseof the Council's intention to keep Intetfrateinity Ball stitctly a fm aim ray man's anti, the committee felt that they should cal iy out the same plan • A date will be set in the neat future, they said, when all !louse ptesidenti-...inust..subunt a ,11,s1 - ... 0f the total nuniliei of inembeis ex pected to attend the alTan, and only fat this specified number te tfuested will each frateinity e (Rive invitations The Lost pet invitation nil] be made allot an appioximate figuie is made of the numbet of fiatein- Ay membets expected to attend the Ma, and this cost, they said, ssould be leveled to a figute which would enable them — to meet the expense of the ant: A highet pitted band has been %muted this yea' in Laity Clin ton Clinton is one of the most talked of bandleadets in Amenca today and is COnSideled on cam puses all ovei the country to hold down number one spot in the music world Wheel, Cogs To Decorate . Engineer Hop Danems at the fist "Engineers' Hop" next Finlay will find them ;elves in the midst of an engin venlig wonderland, deecuding to Curtis Yuma', ehan man The main theme of the Hop mill be a skyline of buildings. Bill Bottorf's band will swing out ham a bandstand decoiated with cogwheels, gems, and huge shdet ules One of the most unique fealuies of the scheme mill be a large bull of 'mew, ls,'evolving in Lhe milk.' of the Ai inoty ceiling Yuman announced that the dance is open to eveiyoie and %sill ue benn-foimal The pine of ad- Illibbloll, bet at $l, includes check ing charges and tax The dunce, held in conjunction isith the engineeiing open house, is one of the steps being taken to help engineer Ong students soci alize mote ork Center The men have been divided into too groups, one group attending the college foi two weeks while the other groups %%mks on the project At the end of two weeks the projects will be iev,eised until each youth has completed his tourse , Each youth 1011 move $3O a month, $2O of Which he will conti t bute to a maintenance and hub sistence fund on a coopeiative AIM The staff, which will be aug mented as needed, is in chinge of Corbett T. Arnold us director, with' B Loyd Back as co-ordin ator of training udtwities. - Oatri, PRICE FIVE CENTS COACH LEO'HOUCK La Vie, Junior Board Named 22 Men, Women Are Named To Annual Publication Editorial Staff Tw only -two juniors—eleven men and eleven women—have been eluted to the editorial board of LaVie, Editor Joseph P Erkcs '39, and Women's Editor Margaret P Her man '39 announced yesterday The JlllllOl Board members, who will be eletled to senior positions for the 1940 yearbook late next month. are Women Embalm M Frizzell, H Elizabeth Hatton, H Isabel Jot dan Ruth J Roche' Betty L Mc- Clure Fiances H McEvoy, Sally Voids Doris .1 O'Leary Maly Lou Tiunk. Mary Jane Veil, and Lillian R Wallace Men Herbert S Doroshon. Walter J Dugan, Thomas .1 Finn. Jr Fled T Lininger, John P Aldt, George B &bless, Clifford E Shedd, Jr. Desider A Simkow Jr David B Sykes, Richard D Willoughby, and Frank R. Zumbio, Jr `Stuffn Nonsense' Set To Run-Ainuck At 7:15 "Stuff 'll Noirense," the Thespian's Soling levee, will begin to night at 7 15 p m on the front steps of Schwab Auditotium with a Hully%ood-style piemiese featming floodlight , ,, a master of eetemon les, and momment tampu.s personalities speaking poem the amplify ing system The levee %ill also be presented tomoilow night at the same tame As u revue, "Stuff 'n Nonsense" 0101111bCS to be one of the best ev e' pi educed by Sock Kennedy and hp, cam% of iitteibugs, singe's, detois, musicians, and last but by !at not the least—the 'technical ft Hill include such scenes as a invasion of the Penn-State campus complete with am nil bombs, tudio NNUI lungs, and locket ',hip raids Dobbs and Gallu Peruse The Ritz-Brothels, those pope lolly known three singing stooges of moviedom, will have nothing on Joe Dobbs and Sam Gullu after tonaniow night Joe and Sam will appeal most anywheie at most anytime to give the audience a musical veision of their troubles. In addition, those attending will be tieated to the unusual sight of the niodesn way of selecting one's office secretary—by rhythm This scene will include Bob Heitz, Jeanne -Rountree, Estelle Mat- SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1857 Army Offers Most Trouble In ELBA Title Bouts By BERNIE NEWMAN A group -of eight Nittany ILion . boxers departed yester-_ Ilay at noon en route for Syracuse to the 16th annual Intercollegiate fistic tourney where, among others, a strong Army mit team is ex pected to be the greatest ob stacle in the Lion's bid for • permanent possession of the Baltimote Sun trophy and their threat to regain champ ionship prominence which they have been unable to at tain since 1936. It was fumy last year who bloke a Syracuse-Penn State monopoly on Inteicollegiate championships by sweeping through the tourna ment here with three individual titles and a total of 23 points, pro longing the keen iivalry between the Lions and the Oiangc foe the bionze statuette of which each hold foul legs of the necessary five Othei teams competing in the tournament iti e Cornell, Dal t mouth, Western Maryland and Yale • Between State and Army Aithut.6l, riyinetia,:- 9.111' 'bes= inessmg Im some of the limelight, it is expected that State and Ar my will be the center of attiac tion this neck-end The West Pointers hold an edge with five byes into the semi-finals and WO titlists of last year in Cadets Lavendusky and Shanley, along with a gloat threat in Ca det Hull But the Lions have gloat potentialities and are aim ing lot a long shot The Houckmen teemed four byes into the semi-finals and if the abet four competitors come through tonight in the pielimin aries, second and thud place points may decide the meet in oenn State's favor Cooper Fights Tonight Mike' Cooper begins testivities tonight when he meets up with Wood of Dattmouth in the 120- pound class His cohort, Cadet Lavendusky, imams idle, but will fate the winner of the Fasanello- House affan- tottuntow afternoon If Cooper comes through, he sill meet Lavendusky most like ly in the finals And if he does, t'S a tossup For the little Lion gave the Cadet plerky of trouble in the dual meet, and it wasn't ontil Lavendusky opened a gash (Continued On Page Three) guiles, and Ruth Marcus—Ruth bung the lucky maiden. Also on the list of Thespian Beats ate a piesentation of Dean Schott getting the razz from Ins toache,, and Pat Altwater tap ping out "Di umbeats," "Jigaboo" Hottest Number Hottest nunibet of the .10W will oe "Jigaboo" which gill even go to the extieme of letting the men toss then paitneis—Babs Thiele, Lois Jane Hunter, Charlotte Cal loway, Mil idle Penult, Dotty Reeves, and the rest of the chor us of 10—completely over their heads, short skirts and pretty legs notwithstanding Add to all this one dash of "Dancing in the Moonlight" sung by Ctrnii Konopka, a revelation of the snd state of housing in the little village of State College, and the seduction of one of Mr. Mc (loskey's prize wolkmen by that female tarzan, Melee Stringer, and one has an idea of what he might expect—(most anything).
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