Collegian Gets ,First-Clas
,Spiciat to the Collegian . .
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, April 27 —The Penn
_State Collegian
Was today , accorded ' fast class honor rating among 401 collegiate
newspapers from 46 states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii
- 'competing in the 19th Associated Collegiate Press All-American
COMPLETE`
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
VOLUME 35—No 56 , Z 658
i nd epend et ttc '
ou titi , i ,
Adopts' 1
Constitution .
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' ' Parallels I F Set 4'
-up
'6Oi;,eiiim'''eidACCelited -Ai - Meeting - Held
Wednesday, Will Go'lnto Effect
Aftei,. Election
,titti t ir , the Independent Men's Association,
.idmm _ adepenot.. ;
embodied in .six - artMles, was officially 'revised, amended and
accepted. by the Independent Men's Council Wednesday
night.-,Ten units were represented at the meeting.
—t The Constitution, reins' habit
' similai to , the, Jam fi ate' oily
Council system, will, go into ef
fect shortly after the all-Collegc
eleclanis, the Council decided
Propose of the Constitution is
contained in the pi eanible which
states• We, the independent stu
dents of the-Pennsylvania' State
College, in order to foster a‘clos
er relationship between 'dependent
inen;.to pi ovide better social and
athletic oppoitunities, and insure
equal iepiesentation in student,
goveinnidnt, do oidain and estab
lish this Constitution :of the In
dependentlMen's Association
The Independent Men's Council,
executive body of the Association.
wall esemble Inteifiateinity
Council in'that, it will...consist of
two membeis from each unit; that
each unit will hitlie only one vote;
that
,it will_ meet, legulailly once
a month, that each unit will be
assdased, a membership fee 'in ,. the
l ioncil„ which , will, r diproximatte
stitute, ineinbers / tii "the Comic&
,will not,. have"a vole
';;The 'lndependent . Constitution,
deports from the. Intel fraternit y
system_in its inter-Council organ
nation Where_ Interfrateinity
Council ,lias Only ,thiee officeis—
a president, vice-president and.
sect etary-treasurei—the , In d
pendent" 'Men's Calmed will have"
A plesident, vice-president, sec ,
retary; taensuier, social cheat man,,
l and athletic manager ale piovided ,
for - in the Independent Constilu4
tion All will be elected by the
°Wig membership of the Council
William 'W :Galbreath '39, tem.'
(nary (-lawman 'of the Council.,
caged particular notice to Articla,
VI, Section 4 of the new Consti,
tution %Ouch forcefully specifics
that: "This_mgainzation shall w
him', flout participation in Col
lege politics "
?We.,want it understood," Gal-
Meath said, "that the Council is
sincere- in its deleimination to
stay obi, of campus politics. And'
any member of the Council found,
'Anil; the Association as a means'
to political ends will be prosecut-
Rtoird
,Crowd,,
lea"rs Political
'-Keynote`-Talks
Caiididales Exchange Blasts;
-Okay Given On:Expenses; .
Proxy Voting Out
•R A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR
3 'etunpalgtillig: Aced oft 1-with' a
uar, I Schwab; - Audito-
Nnehthiy night-as 'major cad
hnrled ;verbal bombshells
0,1 the', latrdest.crou ever to 1
s _gittli - er ) 1n Wu ult-tioyego' political
mais.tneeting
' Alt.Willlains!All
dependent. •i . aindiduto•ur all-Col=
s i'eff6President.
-tatine'posL sounded the keynote of
their, , ie r kipective pal ties in brief
"Gibs E.:111,11' crags.. probidential
"nonibibe tot both: pari.les4ollowea
pleas tot stipPurti::`: -
..''yothiV by proxy was prohibited
Eleetionb Committee' in 'a
meeting of that, gnu:s prior ,to Abe
comet:alien ,The plan/ or , con
paign - and an estimate of expendi
tures for each Party met, with the
Cotatnittee'b ' , approval Eloise
Illocknell '4O hub replaced Miriam
Delft '4O, lesigmetl;" as a marc
her of the committee ' •
Polls'Open at 9 A M
With polls slated to open 61. 9
m Tuesday and remaining open
troM a to to 5 P daily—ex
cept for , one half hour lunch pe
riod—Tuesday,- Wednesday; and
ThuFstlay, student politicians are
pacing State College 'Dom the Dar
7ithis to Boalebuig A.".A. - books
mid matriculation ctirde" tire need
otrin oi del to vote
',Display Voting Machine,
or; the voting machine
be' used the elections. had
I been presented to the College by
the: Autpmatic Voting„ Machine
Coitanation of Jamestown_N.;ll7.
Mid 'is' being displayed-at , Student
Union 'desk" The, itpproved list or
'candidates Just as IL , will appear
:Mt the voting Machines has also
been posted at Studiiiit Union
~.All slates' were completed with
- 66 ; 1942 'lndependent, Derty nam;
ISig' Ralph B Strawbridge, to' re
',Pike George R Rem, Jr. as amid
ne'e - for - Idugineering School Coml
.-ell' floss felled to register-an all-
College,average of one
•
.Dt. , Fenn• To ,Deliyer
'''',Chapel Talk 'SundaY
, , Dr. Dun F Fenn,' 'actor of th'e'
..Clluich of Si -Michael - and 'All
;filaigels; Baltimore, "deliver
'the - .:sermon' in- chapel" Sunday,'
uniThing, '
, Th'e subject of 'his` speech
•.be`"The Bulwaik of Civilization`'
'Dtr. Fenn is one of'thc most out
',iiiinding'pieachers of the
Hpiscti
, pal Church and is active in sou&
throughout ,the state of
jlH.Oryland..
iinpus Cops,
Tubs'
Ther,CLitivus `::Patrol hold
, lii`innital banquet at , the Nittiiiiy
Lion .',7:30 p.m. at.,
'A . .diins,qormer
:C.Oninian'der 'Of tlfe ,Pennsylvanla
State Police, *and Major. Henry ,
ott the State Motor). Patrol are
~ ': ,a cbeduled taltake apart the
(:program
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liecZall Set 1
" For Ag Frolic
Ganiiing - Booths To Provide
-.Carnival Spirit For
Dance Tomorrow ,
"Wlien.tlie - doors , of Rec. Hall ale
flung open,at 8 p.m lomotiow, K g ,
Frolic, annual spring carnival of,
chalice and dine% will swing into .
spectacular action
'‘ As in previous years - colorful
,auMbeinent," .. buoths rePete, ?nth,
every gambling device coil,eiyable,
,will surround the 'Poor:
, - . fi
The Campus Owls svill . , s ,plai;fOr!
„,
dancing from mine to_twebie.
Ad—
uusaion is 75 cents per couple
,",iliundredb of ..dollars in "play''
Money will be- given 'to every,
Frolic-goer. At roulette, spill-the
milk„ring-the-duck and other
e'r ganies;of chance he,thay either
dobble or lose his bankroll
A silvet'cup will be awaided 'to
the best booth display„it was'an 7
imunced 'yesterday. by' Donald G.
Lerch, Jr. '9O, Ag Student Conn.'
cirpresidea More Ag clubs than
ever, before are sponsoring booths
this 'year, Leich' also `stated.-
", Hike ,TO4larreni Sunday 0
all ollege ,lnke'`will." leave
Itee,'„Hall at 2 i'.m. Sunday foi'
the Barrens, to, see the damage
done by the "recent forest fire.
All-A
Newspaper Ctitical Seim° 4ing."excellent" rating in wilting of news statics and features and
The honor rating, granted foi all-around excellency, Was out- t "super oi" iankmg in copyreachng and proofreading
passed by only five collegiate Semi weekly newspapeis throughout, 11 The paper also was rated "supetior" in news balance and news
the nation.vitalrtyand was cited for excellency in news coverage, news treat-
The Collegian placed highest in news coverage and editing, gain- ment, inside page make-up and editor ml column
merican
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'p a 1 I ma, Alpha Zeta In Tie
.
For Top House Scholarship Honors
IFC Elects
Anderson
Presiden
McDimiel ,Gels Post,o)
Secretarg-Treasui
Frank t, Ain.let yen
Gamma Delta, %as elected pis
dent of Intetfauleisiity Council
the coming year. and Cm old I
Daniel, Phi Kappa Tau, wan nan
sou et ary-treabli rei at electic
held ut, the Delta Clti house W ,
nesday night
William 11 Simms Kappa
nm, the defeated.presidentini
(Mate, automatically boco in
vice-president McDaniel
l was
opposed
Outgoleg onkel teof IFC me lb
mood S Cookery, Sigma Nu. pre
dent, Robert 1. Decider Sigi
Phi Sigma, vice•piesident. and
Miller Filmier, Delta Chi, ecu
fury-treasurer
In its first action andel its'n
pimident, the 1,.0181(.11 N oted t
ileW senior iepresentative j s 'al
get their IFC. keys before the
of this Bernet - Aar, (instead of nu
your..
Ponsey„leaizieL.
Area `Town
Tawny Dome) , is living aloof
that the liarcyLoal regions call pro
duce mole than anthracite and
football players ~ , -
The genial gentleman who will
furnish swing 'for Junior Prow
next Friday night was born in Ma
anoy Plains, fir at breathed into
.t,liein in Shenandoah and got
di at taste of tame playing Until
bone for the "Seranion Sirens"'
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That name may sound a little
(mini today but tit that time the
Shaun were one oe the hest Dixie
land combinations ever to tour the
• liastein states.
Del first played ttunipet but
(lab ratite] being the band leaden
and the Shenandoah ,hand needing
trombonist)' little Tommy soon
found himself playing the slide
After playing with the Shoes,
Uotsey continued to rise Red
Nichols. Vinton,. Lopez, Rudy Val
lee, Lennie Hayton. Audi e Koste-
Ideate, Gen e" Goldkette. Paul
played with them
all
Then , lie dud lib, blether Jimmy
gut tugethei the Doi boy Biethete
band In 193 b they split and 'Nul
-1 inv Matted a slow , rtbe with Ills
own band Giudually giuwi/ig inure
+populai. he became :a
,'top ranking
idance band—fitialiv c ret.ogliihed - ds
'one of thefhest. -
Convention Phi Mu
sla,,ted' This Week-end
Phi tin's, district convention
it ill be •held het e this' ,"week end
,Delegates sill arctic Friday night
trout chapterb at 'the Unit malty
of,. Sltbiburgh,' ~ B ucknell
tbb
F./ , Rui4eV f i r itbi'li Lee
°titled taileAn opportunity to
inset the delegates at a tea which
will, be held in Frances Atherton
Hall, 4 to 5 30 p 'at. Saturday
aftet nouu.,^: ,
Little Inter
•'`^
. Have you even seen a coiffured
sheep, a manicured cow; a,be-rib
boned horse, or i'perfumed pig?
' If not, tonMrroiv's your chance.
Just .slip up to the Pavil
ion at'12.30 p in. and you'll see
them on-full dress parade alFaf2
ternoon to the Little Internation
al. annual student:livestock show.
You've seen coeds dancing in
Honor Rdt
- STATVGOLLEGE, , PA.;4IDAY, , 4PRIL M. 1039
'Winterset To -
Begin At 8
Players Will Present Drama
Of Love, Injustice In , ,
Auditorium Tonight
A meet tiugedy of human life .
%111 be pteuonted in Schwab Audi.
tel 8.30 tonight and ttimor
row night whelk the peon Stale
endet "Wniteibet." the
play 11131 hulled New York% Will C
'di ante &tics hilo'ravlng inatilata
ovet night
Fin the 1111,1 _time the campy',
theutei-loveis will get Mt oppoitu.
Idly to see a at eatt play at the
popular Piiie of 50 mitts The
13cene lakes place hi a damp base
mein, on the New York waterfiont
near the Brooklyn Midge. in the
holt ible 1;lonis on the hanks of the
Boit Rlvei
•
Realistic Portrayal
Navel han-untidel been so gor
dud bloodl uevet hub love been so
übeless. and cevel Ildb life been — su
slildly teallbtlo as portrayed In
;'Whiterset
Donald Tat lot '42 is, the lead
ing role of My), bets out upon the
task of moving a• dead man. his
Whet 'Element of a crime which
was committed 13 veats,back Ile
enlists the aid of Mit Nettle Lellllll
Bouchal '42 who hub to i,iloobe be
toseu het lover and het Mother
in a thaina that, will touch the
heads of even the most hatdened
ofebsots" •, ,
„,„ u , I -
Moir Due ' •
4 , 1 ~, V1 1, ,
A n'ew,,Shlionent of. Junior Bla•
aiiive hi all chops thci
Cully part of next. week. it.was an
nounced todOy ''.lSoth men's and
somen's Lontswill be Included In
this shipment s
iztional Wi
Itee Hall;' youve seen them' sip
cokes in the Cornet, , 'You've seen'
them b cycle Idown College avenue
±—hut ivait till you seen coed lace.
a lug.
Fat a pig race is one of the out
standing events in the' Little In-:
teinational. - Each coed controli
ihei / animal with ,a. hiu ness, and
sting ,and peisdades it with nw
Pussy, Percy Desires '
• IVinterser Role, Gets
,:,- Kicked Out For Pains
The seetie leaked of the plums.
An anemic garbage can leaned
askew against the black lamp post.
A tense, sinister an hung over
the dismal surroundings Out of
the'shadows a slinking cat padded
noiselessly over to the garbage tau
and began a ummaging among its
ii ten is
Suddenly he found hinp,elf be
ing :unceremoniously, e J e,c t e cl
Bright lights guve an ac tdicml
look to the ominous scene and
"Percy," the cat, mope' ly own
tea ed amazement -,
It all happened at the Wednes
day. night cheat sal of "Wintel -
set" cut may being pi csented by
the' Penn State Players Percy was
an ' unexpected visitoi Nobody
knOws whet e he came flora, his
past. history or his ancestry, he
just sauntered into what looked
like home
Need Tickets
^To•-Graduation
Invitations. Announcements.
Programs, Stay, On Sale
Through Toniorrow
Imitations, to be exchanged 101
tickets, MU be necessmy for ml
mlttunce to the commencOment
servitsb in Hen Hall on 12
Sale ,''of the invitations along
with pi ogranta and announcements
olii, continue at 'Maiden!. Union
desk until il p m Jove', tan Apn,
aid ' W „Nilght and Angelo J.
Conte ;39, , committee, co chali hien.
have unnotniced
lnyitatlow and litmouncementb
vlll,cost file cents each and Ma
gian's 50 cents An% number may
be 'ol dared '
.. . , ,
t,,Vpset Barnyard ,Calm
stick. The most petsuasive coed I naiad, feet have been clipped into
will 'issi. ~... ' '..
perfect shape, lough spots have
been , concealed silth mecum , .
:poi' nionths, 'student exhibitoss trimming, and even the piggiest
have' been fitting their cows, p - igsifairly gleans with cleanliness.
horses, Rigs and sheep Each ten- Besides the' fitting and showing
tiant in the show is deteinuned to competition and the coed pig race,
I windh blue-ribbon, and the aciawn- the show sponsored by the Block
sesCinimals give misuse of being and 'Bridle Club,'includes a meat
grand, champions., , auction, a teamsters' contest, and
:71forna'shine like coeds' finger- a sheep shearing demonstration,
- id lan - Five In Semi-Weekly Class
rgiau
N'S INTERIOR
lere's how ,the stair
:ase and second floor
foyer of Old Main may
look within three years
f the murals fund can
ibtain an additional
11000 and the approv
il of the Board of
"rustees Th e com
iosite photograph to
the left shows a cut
town version of one of
the murals of the Ran
tissance The Class of
1932 has contributed
54,500 of its memorial
fund to the project,
which requires approx
imately 515,000 fo r
completion The sign
ing of the Morrill Land
Grant Act of 1862 has
oeen suggested for the
ventral subject with
-lenry Varnum Poor,
one of America's out
itanding painters, as
the muralist The Class ,
if 1939 will meet Tues:
lay night to decide
moon Its gift to the Col
lege, and the Murals-,
or oj cc t undoubtedly'
will enter into the dirrlj
Thirty Coeds
Model In Show
Home lie, Club Fashion
Display Given Tuesday
In Old Main Lounge
With dm ty ,tudents modeling
new opting fashions. the annual
Home EL Club Fashion Show was
held to the second flout lounge of
Old Main' at 7.30 on. Wednesday
Ruth Beach '4O wus genet al
chat man I let ti,astants wet e
co-chan man, Josephine 1. Cott
thin '4l, publicity, Mat y E Shel
ly '42, entei tamment, Mary L.
Jenkins '4O, ushers. Chat lotte A
Lowe '4l, invitations, Ilelen B
Gramm '4l, mogt anis, Rhea J
Bowel '4l, stoles, M Beryl Hind
man, '4O. wet (hobo, Ruth V
Danis '4O. and in Opel ties, Janet,
N lloltringet '4l
Model'. weal mg tlie i i own
dimes ume Helen M Bitola '4l,
Elizrbeth FL Douple '9l, Ruth V
Francis '42, Jean L Mattein '4l,
Margaret E Middleton '42 Anna
M. Mitchell '9l, Margaret R Ro
beau' '42, Jane A. Romig '4O, Isa
bel M. Stanisky '4l, and Lillian
R Wallace '4O
Git Is m eat ing clothe% ft uni
Maim Clark's, Alice Elizabeth,
Kahn's., Milole's, Patelson's, Sch
low's. and Suzanne were Jose
phine E Condtin Matjoite D
Couslev '42, Helen B Chime' '4l.
Henrietta I. Cuttet '4O. Hamlet
unhani '42,' Motion 111. Ebetts
'42, Brenda, 01 Eld '4O, Ahce t , Vii.
unota';'ll'. Ruth - E., Kennedy, „'19.,
Betty L,'BlCClitte,..',4o.,Elean4 A
McLaughlin '42, Maly E ,Moiet
'39, Anita Jam' '41;'136t15%
A' Rahn '4lrEleiniot 'E 'SkiMiet
'4O, Jeanne'A. Smith '4l, Ann„B
,Sturman '4O, Hewn A Swan'on
'42, 'Prances H. Talley '92 and
Margaret E. lifaineka '4O.
Honoiable mention was given for headlines, typogiaphy, front
page make-up, editorial page tontines and .ports coveiage and
writing
The Collegian also was accorded With special lionois fog its
coverage of the housing problems and College giants
Gamma Phi Beta
Again Leads Coeds;
Nlege Mark. rops
Triangle Places Third; Delta Gamma Ties
' With Kappa Alpha Theta For
'1 . Runner-Up Position
Alpha Chi Sigma, social chemistry hateinity, and Al
pha Zeta, social agricultural fraternity, tied at 1.71 for hist
phice in scholarship among the 51 men's frateinities for the
first semester of the 1938-39 academic, year, according to
ai4itages released by Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock yes
tei day
Gamma Phi Beta. %call an av,,n
age' of 1 83, again led the 10 wo
fiateinitic,, having also
placed first, the second semester I
A„dr op of 05 was noted in tin I
all-college average Foi the lust 1
semester the "all-college average
is 1.38 as corium] ed to that of
142; of the second semester last
year,
Triangle Is Third
'c
-Because of a tie for first place
ung the inert's. , ft atm cities, the
If i e l 6-111RieRelicitase; Taangle"`wi
lie average of 1.64, placed thud
Second place rank among the
n omen f Mei Tr ities resulted n
another tie, this one being be-
Wee]) Delta Gamma and Kappa
Alpha Theta at the 1.77 mark
The highest aver age earned to,
any fi .der city, dot maul 0, or spe
cial gimp listed was chalked up
to Cwens, suphomor c women's
on a y, with an average of 201
The honorary [centres an aver
age of 15 as one of its qualifica
tions
School Press
Confab Opens
High School Journalists Plan
Forums, Discussions
Here Tomonow
Pennsylvania 'high school Jout
nahsts will hold then annual con
% ention hole tempt low, with three
for inns scheduled foi discussion
groups Miss Mai y Ann Phillips,
school page editor of the Pals
bough Post-Gazette, will address
the opening session 111 the second
flout lounge at II a in
Othei principal spealteic at the
t.olivention ail! be Ma!laid A
Stofflet, publtsliet of the Hamburg
Item. John L biou ison, publv.liet
of the Gieenville Recent-Algus,
Prof John II Pima', head of the
divmon of speech, dial F Solna
-1111111 Cal , editor of the Pittsbuigh
Po&t:Gazette
To Award Po ins
Pi wet will be uwai ded to high
school nenspapeis for e•cellent e
in ' vai tiepin Welds Recipi
ents of Dime $l5O seliolai sin
the 'depai Mica of iouinalism at
Penn State ndl,be announced as
well the
Ise %smile', of the Penn
sylvania' 'reWSimpet publiships
Msociation iepot Collteq.
Ada) n;l1. jecei . e a 00 pi ize
Thet convention i, being spoil
sot ed by the department of mut -
nalisin headed by Pi of Fiunklin
C. Banner, Coopet Ming student
pimps ate Signal Delta Chi, pi o
fessional mut nal talc lintel nay
Alpha Delta Sigma, pi ofessional
advertising fi eternity; and Theta
Sigma Phi women's join nalistic
ft stet city
Engmeefing Lecture Today
R W Nick of the Northeti.
Equipment Company, Elie, will
be the speaker at ,an engineeting
lecture to be ,held, at 3 10 p m
today in Room 116, White Hall.
He will talk on the subject "What
the Manufactui ing Industties Ex
pect of the Engineeting Credit
SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FRATERNITY
AVERAGES
A 11-Gullege over ages 00(1 n orr
ages of ruciandual f• (aerial ICS,
8010 i 111=, alld 811CCUll UrOlfpg fog\
low
Men's Fraternities
l. Alpha Chi Sigma __ _
Alpba Zeta
IJ-7011
4 Beaver House __
5 Sigma Phi Alpha
6 Alpha Gamma Rho ____
Sigma Tau Phi
8 Phi Sigmu Delta _
9 Phi Kappa Tuu __
1 47
_ I 4
_ 1 I 8
10 Delta Theta Sigma
11 Beta Sigma Rho _
12 Sigma Chi
1 SC
lt AeaLia
I.il Phi Delta Theta ____
13 Sigma Pi ______ --J..
113 Beta Kappa 133
t 7 Tau Kappa Epsilon 1 32
18 Alpha Chi Rho 1.2 q
18 Pi Kappa Phi _
129
18 Omega Psi Phi __
21 Chi Phi ___
21 Pi Kapp Alpha .
23 Theta Xi _____ __
24 Alpha Sigma Phi _—
BREW
25 Theta Nu Epsilon ___
27 Sigma Phi Epsilon
28 Lambda Chi Alpha _
a Phi Epsilon Pi . ___
30 Phi Mu Delta
32 Delta Chi _
32 Phi Gamma Delta
34 Delta Tau Delta
3d Phi 'Kappa Psi
34 Tau Sigma Phi _ ____
37 Alpha Phi Delta ___
38 Phi Kappa __ _
39 Phi Kappa Sigma
39 TAU Phi Deltli _
41 Kappa Sigma 1 Po
42 Theta Clii
43 Beta Theta Pi
43 Kaapa Delta Rho ____
95 Delta Upsilon
45 Phi Sigma Kappa _
47 Sigma Phi Sigma __
98 Sigma Alpha Epsilon _
49 Alpha Tau Omega !___
49 Theta Kappa Phi _ .
51 Alpha Kappa Pt __ __
Women's Fraternities
1 Gunnea Phi Bela _
2 Delta Gamma
_ 1,8.)
177
2 Kappa Alpha Theta __
4 Alpha °melon Pi _
1 6P
5 Phi Mu -
t. Alpha Epsilon PM 16;
FEUMIIM
8 Alglia CM Omega __ _ __ 1 48
9 Kappa Kappa Gamma __ 14b
10 Theta Phi Alpha __ __
General Averages,
All College -13 e
All College Men 1 33
Oil College Women _
All Flutetatty ' 131
All nate' ntty Men 121
All Flatetinty Women 16 , 1
Non Ft nternity 141
Non Fratenuty Men 137
Non Fratetinty Women ___ 159
All Fintetnity Men, i
Actives 1 30
All Ft atei nity Men, ..
Pledges _
116
Special Groups
/ Atherton Hall
Ground Floor, Group 1 ____ 1 65
(Continued On Page Three) ,