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Dr. Betts Saves 30 Lives;
praises Others’ Courage
Himself a heio —credited ( with saving 30 lives among the injuied
- passeugeis from the wrecked streamliner, “City of San Ftancisco, ’ in
which 23 peisons'died and, 109 wete injured on August 13—Di Emmett
A. Betts, leseaich ptofessor in elementary psychology, had little to say
‘ fo> himself lint had plenty of praise foi his fellow-passengers
"Nevet have I seen a moie cour
ageous display of neive’and cool
ness hy other passengers,’’ he said
after the tiagedj >'"l spent the
higiit applying tourniquets, 30>of
.them, and helping as much as I
could Eveiyjfilend I.had on the'
tiain,was inslantlv killed”
Betts Acclaimed Hera ■>
, Sunlvois unanimously acclaim
ed Dr Betts a hero aftei the crash,
credited his toui niquets with sav*
' ing the lives of pet sons who othei-
\wise would have bled to death t
Dr Betts was enroute to a lec
tuie engagement in Alameda. Cal
He lost all his clothes and luggage
Thiee Pennsylvanians, traveling
'on the train-wet e among the 23
killed Five state were
injured Dt Betts himself was
badly biuised - ‘ 1
.College Land Covers
Over 2,400 Acres
, Although‘'the,main‘ campus cov
' ers only 200 acres, the Oollege land
total -more than 2,400
i acres'. ' \ '
" The. mam campus is 1 bounded
' on the east hy the'College farms’
and- the
plots,, on the. west-by the 18-hole
’ golf course, and on the north and
south' by- the Borough of .State
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•: Pen, Ink Required
V' Pen and ink', required during of-
ficial registration, ‘must-be sup
,l plied''as usual by students'them
selves. ' The College -.will supply
.- neither, the w ßegistrar’s office an*
~nounceu yesterday. - - ,‘ ,
JJnut §tair
N.Y.A. Allotment
Increased $21,400
Over Previous Year
An inciease of 521.465 ovei the
| last' year's allotment to the NYA
pioject heie was announced ie
cently hy Stanley B Maddox, di
lectoi of NYA at the College. Last
yeai the fund made available was
j569,39(T The allotment , for the
1939*40 school term has been
boosted to $90,855
The amount appiopiiated last'
year made work available to-700
students at Penn State and the
various .centers t thiougliout the
state at 512 25 pei month This
year, Maddox said theie will be no
increase in ,the number of peisons
employed thiough the NYA* work,'
but that the increase in the allot
ment lYould * allow for higher
wages—3l4 per month'
Pay Begins In September
This 'year, Maddox pointed out,
the P»y periods will begin in* Sep
tember, rathei than in October as
bas been the policy heretofore
This will give the students' work
ing on NYA the opportunity to be
paid for nine months, rather than
eight , * •>
To Attend Chem Meeting
Dr. Joseph H. L Simons, profes
sor of physical chemistry at the
College, has been invited to par
ticipate in -a symposium ,on the
latest developments in industrial
chemistry.at the national meeting
of the American Chemical Society
to be held ,in Boston this month.
2,000 FRESHML
MARK AS I
FOUR STRUCTURES IN COI:ii®S|SS^OO,OOOiRROGRAM
With'lo of the 11 buildings in the Current-College 55,000,000 buM<us > Jn 'a?cbitect’s* conception of'four,of the new buildings which will
C-oiV.™ completely ?e.dy for the mstallatlon of fixed «qulp% s' help>old s,'new and'greater Penn State V‘J. dU , c . a "°" r
ment. reliable sources claimed none of the structures would be opeiuH ~’ Building (upper left)? Liberal Arts (upper right), Forestry ( owe
for student use before the second semester of this year. Above - loft)and Library (lower right).
Housing New Students
To Show DiscretiOnftf idom Selection:
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With a warning to all incoming freshmen to use the I
1 utmost, discretion in -the selection of rooms, the Student
Housing Commission today ui
College to desist fiom laismg
adopted room and board agr<
Fraternities;
Rushing Nears
11-Day Season To
Open September 13
- Approximately 500 freshmen are
expected to be pledged to the 50
men’s fraternities heie duiing the
11 day mshing peiiod which opens
Fiiday, September 15
Moie than 170 were pledged last
yeai and with a recot d freshman
enrollment anticipated, the pledge
list may skyrocket above expects*
tions'and cieate a new record'for
fiateinity membership
A code—radically rev sed for
this year—is drawn up annually
by Interfraternity Council,
composed of representatives from
each of the fraternities, to pre
vent unfair competition among
naternities and among fraterni
ties and iuBhees
Breakfast Dates Out
Bieakfast dates aie, banned un
dei the levlsed code, marking the
most notable 1 Impiovement over
pievlous codes ,
Open house peiiods have been
discontinued and tafoimal rushing
is minimized. i thus ci eating a bet
tei balanced-crushing season
Divided into n-'Toimal” peiiod
and an “Intensive” 1 peiiod. the
lushing season will get undei way
at 1 p m Fiiday. Septembei 15,
when actual contact between fia
ternity men'and rushees begins
Date Cards on Sale Friday
Rushing caids will go on sale to
fieshmen at B’a m Fiiday and
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Millar 41 Killed In
Summer Auto Crash
r John Waiien Millar *4l, a jour
nalism student and , member of
Delta Upsilon fraternity, was kill
ed on ,Jutie -23 when he was
bounced from the rumble seat of
an automobile which struck a tele*
gtaph post -The accident occurred
at Devon, - west, of- Philadelphia
Millar, 21 years old, resided In the
adjoining community Jof Wayne
' The car in which, Millar and
four; others were riding sweived
fiorn the road'and struck a pole
The accident ( biought down elec
tric'wires and left Devon without
lights for a short time after the
accident r
householders
In a statement yesterday, Eman
uel Both-'4O, head of the Commis>-
bion, pointed out that certain
householders were mistakenly at
tempting to raise lents because
they wrre not up to the $3.00 per
week maximum level allowed by
the contracts
“The $3 00 per week is the ab
solute maximum,” Roth explained,
“and householders who attempt to
»aise their icnts from $2 00 and
$2 50 without any reciprocity to
students in the form of more con
veniences and higher standard*
will be condemned 'by 'the Com
mission.”
Following a seven-month drive
by the Collegian, which exposed
flagrant conditions under which
students weie foiced to live in
State College looming houses, the
Student Housing Commission was
(Continued on Page Six)
Freshman Date Book
ROOMS
List of available rooms foi
men may be obtained at Peun
State Christian Association of
fice. Room 304, 01d> Main
Women anange foi looms in
office of Dean of Wipuien Room
204, Old Main i
MEETINGS
Welcome mass meeting in
Schwab Auditorium Wednesday.
September 13, at 7 30 'p m
Freshman convocation in
Schwab Auditorium. Thursday
September 14, at S a m
Student leadeis' m'ass meet
ing. Schwab Auditoiium. Thuis
day, September 14. at 8 p w
Get-togethei foi 1 1 esh w a n
women, second floor lounge. Old
Main, after mass meeting Wed
nesday night
Counselors’ meetings for men.
immediately aftei welcome mass
meeting Wednesday night
> Penn State Christian Associa
tion , religious meeting. Ft Ida}
niglit, September 15, at'B p m
REGISTRATION
Registration in Recreation
Hall, Thuisday und Friday.
September, 14 and 15
fry Issue To Members Of The Class Of 1943
(EnUrgiait
lift SHATTER ENROLMENT
iISTRATION DATE APPROACHES
lged all householders of State
rents as a result of the newly
eement between students and
GSA Loan May
Equip Buildings
Propose Issuance Of
$6,000,000 In Bonds
The pioposed issuance of 56,-
000,000 in- bonds by the General
State Authority this month to
equip the buildings in its $60,000,-
000 institutional improvement pro
giam may pave the way for the
installation of movable equipment
in the College's ten new buildings
Construction has been complet
ed on all of the ten buildings for
the past month and the lack of the
necessary equipment will be the
only factor which will prevent the
new structures, costing $5,000 000,
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Payment of fees in Armoiy.
Friday, September 22. fiom 9
a m to 5 p m
SOCIAL
P-S C A Women's Mixer.
September 22
Open House Cabin Party, hike
to P S C A Cabin Refresh
ments free
Student Union dances in Arm
ory from 4 to 5 p m on Friday,
Monday, and Tuesday. Septem
ber 15, 18, and 19
• CAMPUS TOURS
Special tours for Lower Divi
sion Women (omitted in Fiesh
man Week Booklet) conducted
by P S C A A to L, Tuesday,
1 11) p m, M to Z. Tuesday, 10
a. m
RELIGION
FreShman Chapel. Schwab Au
ditorium. 11 a m, Sunday. Sep
tember 17 Dr Rosewell P
Baines, Federal Council of
Churches, guest speaker
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
For fuither Information re
garding dayby-da> data, follow
the,dally calendar in the Fresh
man Handbook published by the
Penn State Christian Associa
tion '
Meeting Set
Far Sept 13
Begins 7:30 P . M.
In Schwab Aud,
While Freshmen Week does not
rfficial'y get undeiuay until 8 a
m Thuisday morning, a welcome
mass meeting will be held in Sch
wab Auditorium at 7 30 pm Wed
nesday night, September 13
The opening freshman convoca
tion is slated for Schwab Auditor
ium at 9 am Thuisday
Following Wednesday night’*
meeting, freshmen men will begin
the fust of a series of student
counseiois’ meeting designed to
orientate the incoming students to
the campus
Women’s Get-together Slated
Meanwhile, freshmen women will
be entu tamed at a get-together
in the fcccond flooi lounge of Old
Mam immediately following the
mass meeting
r Two more mass meetings
scheduled foi the following days,
with the student leadei’s conclave
set fot Schwab Auditorium at 8
pni Thursday night
A lobgious mass meeting, spon
soied bv the Penn State Christian
Association in Schwab Auditorium
at 8 pm Fuday night will con
clude the senes of moss meetings
S U. Dances Set
Highlighting the social calendai
will bf» Student Union dances to
be held in the Aimory at 4 pm
Friday, Monday, and Tuesday af
ternoons, Septembei 15, 18, 19 A
Freshmen Women’s Mt\er is set
for Friday night
A bus ude to Alan Seegai Park
will feature the recieation for
Saturday afternoon of Freshmen
Week Hikes, horseback riding, pic
nics, and bicycling arc also includ
ed on the pmgiam
Neyhart Named Head
Of Safety Research
Professor Amos E Neyhart, ad
ministrative head of the Institute
of Public Safety at the College
has been named chairman of the
lesearch committee of the
Division of the Pennsylvania Mo
tor Truck Association
Professor Neyhart was a pion
eer in the formulation of a pro
gram of safe driving instruction
which has been adopted by an in
creasing number of high schools
Student Body May
Exceed 7,300; New
Center At Altoona
‘Class Is Best Prepared
Scholastically’—Hoffman;
L. A. School Admits Most
Approximately 2,000 freshmen—the largest class in the
College’s 84 .vcai history—will open the 1939-40 school year
at Penn State
This total exceeds last year’s freshmen class of 1,868
which pi eviouslv was the largest that had ever matriculated
♦ + ♦ t The record Incoming freshmen
total is expected to boost the Col-
I IGCC 111 lege eniollment to more than“7,‘3oo
\Ji tO by the time the semester officially
rp • ' i opens here Wednesday, Septem
-10 Register The increase In freshmen emoll-
C j 1 i Ir* ment is due partly to the opening
deOl* J r* JO °f a new undergraduate center in
r * Altoona
Freshmen To Matriculate
In Rcc Hall; Fee Payment
Slated For September 22
Following the proceduie estab
lished two years ago In an effoit
to expedite leglstrutlon, payment
of fees/again will be. separated
fiom actual eni oil went at Recrea
tion Hail
Fiiday. September 14 and'ls. pay*
Freshman registration, sched
uled for Thursday and Friday,
September 14 and 15, will be
divided into seven distinct pe
riods The schedule follows
THURSDAY
10 a. m to noon—Agriculture
and Physical Education (men)
students
1 10 p m to ‘3.10 p m
Chemistry and Physics students
3 10 to s‘lo p m-—Mechanical
Engineering and Mineral Indus
tries students
. FRIDAY -
800 a. m to 10 00 a. m
Home Economics, Industrial Ed
ucation, Architecture and Archi
tectural Engineering, Civil and
Sanitary Engineering, Electrical
and Electrochemical Engineer
ing, and Industrial Engineering
Students
10 00 a m to noon—Lower
Division women and men (A E)
1.10 p m to 3 10 p m. —Low-
er Division men (F-Z)
3*lo p m to 5.10 p m —Phys
ical Education women
ing fees in the Aunory from 9
a m to 5 p m Fiiilav, Septembei
22
RegJstiatlon foi upperclassmen
will lie held in Reuertion Hall on
Monday ami Tuestho September
IS and 1*» with »»i\ment of fees
slated foi th*» Aimoiy the follow
ing week '
The usual 55 fin»» lor late iegis
Hatton oi late puyment of fees
will be enfoiced. College author!
ties said
College Library Has
Over 200,000 Books
Containing approximately 200,-
000 volumes and over 1,000 cur
lent periodicals and journals, the
College Library consists of the
main library, blanch libraries »i
the Aguculture, Chemistry, and
Mineral Industries schools, and
other reading looms
The Library has access to ma
terial from libraries throughout
the country through inter-library
loan set vice and the use of film
and photostatic copies
Qualifies As Air Instructor
Dt Helmut Landsberg, profes
sor of geophysics, passed an aero
nautics examination at the State
College Ah Depot recently which
will qualify him as 'in Instructor
In the event an air training school
Is established at the College.
SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
1,320 On Campus
Division of the members of the
class of 1943 will be as follows
1320 on the home campus, an in
crease of 20 over last year’s quota
as allowed by the Board of True
tees, 400 at the live undergraduate
centers; 105 at the freshmen for
estry school at Mt Alto, and ap
proximately 175 transfers and re- -
r
only be the largest since the school
was established in 1555,” Registrar
William S Hoffman stated, "but
the best piepared scholastically’’
At least 54 per cent of the new
class were in the upper one-fifth
of their high school graduating
classes, while only 49 per cftnt~of
last j ear’s freshmen class b*a<T at
tained this giade. It was pointed
out
Refusal List Rises
Meanwhile, as indications point
ed to a record number of freshmen
enteiing Penn State, the number
of applicants tefused admission
also threatened to create a new
high
Out of 2,337 applications receiv
ed thus far, 7C7 have been rejected
Latest figures show 1,452 had been
accepted
The women’s quota of 320 “has
been filled to overflowing/rthe
Registrar reported More than-7.50
applied
Heading the list of admissions is
the School of Liberal Arts, which
has accepted 36S students
“Considerably ahead of sched
ule’’ the five undergiaduate cen
ters at Dußois, Altoona. Union
town, Hazleton, and PottsviUe ex
pect the laigest enrollment inxlieii
hlbtoiy 1
Already 293 applicants hove
been accepted and eniollnient- is
7S applications ahead of losfyeai’s
at this time Applications are ie
celved up to the last minute
Students May Get
Auto Permits For
Fee Of 25 Cents
Students will be allowed to own
and operate automobiles on the
campus again this jearr“according
to Captain William V Dennis of
the Campus Patrol
A permit, as usual, will be re
quited Application for the permit
is made at the patiol office in
Room 320, Old Main
\ 25-Cent Fee Levied
All students undergraduates,
special, and graduate^— must have
their application signed by their
parents or guardians unless the
applicant !b 21 years of age' or
over „
The acceptance of the permit
will entitle the student to a license
plate and a card for which-there
is a charge of 25 cents . _
Violations of campus driving or
paiking regulations may result in
the loss of the permit, Captain
Dennis warned