Seml-W/eekly j§Tj slrtut #tatr® (Eoll . VOL.*36—No. 6 Nittany Soccermen Meet Gettysburg In First Tilt Tomorrow Jeffrey Seeks 7th Straight Undefeated . Season; Schuler On Bench With ... Injured Ankle; Booters Show Promise Sec blditonal, "A Toast to the Dootcis,” on page t! By ED McLORIE ' j Embarking upon the 29th season'of Penn Stale soccei. Coach Bill Jeffrey's hooters will meet Gettysburg on New Beaver Field at 2 p’ m tomorroVVn quest of*thfen seventh straight undefeated season. • A ‘strong ‘starting lineup likely take the field tom.m row,_but the Lion, may be without the sciv ices of their ace fullback and cap tain, B.'b Schuler The buily All rAmenc-n is recuperatnjg.fiom twisted ankle incurred durir scrimnvige Monday afternoon N Jet •fiey has indicated ‘ that he may start Walt Hosteiman or Dick -Dearborn along "with Dutch Lange,, at'the defensive posts The lineup for Penn State:, , Zan Laskarusij Eight fullback i.—Dutch-Langei' 4 'Left fullback ! < ; - Walter Hosterman or- Dick Dearborn , 1 , Right halfback A 1 Jones^ Cetfter halfback J_Don Megrail _ Left halfback , Gazzy Green Outside right Van Hartman' Inside right ’ Woody King Cente 1 .forward Dave Ernst , Inside‘left Ned Corman ’Piltsid' left _'—Don Durain \ 'Jeffreys team tomoirow will be going on the field a 1 marked outfit ithal'eveiy opponent ha? been gun jhng for during' the past six years. _For„4s consecutive tilts the Nit tany Liuns have not tasted defeat The winning streak began with the last game’nOf the ,J 32 season, and *since?>then> Lion '•followers k Jiavc •ere they'have been ■scored upon. ' An imposing record, of; 101 vic tories, 12" defeats 'and 23'ties "for a 894 is, the 28-year lectftfl of soccermen But fai more .imposing is the rer ord compiled'by the teams coache by'Sill Jeffrey'since he took'ovr the reign 43 years ago. Bill’s tear .have won 70, lost 6 and tied . games foi a, percentage of, 021 ' /tVith such a record to uphold, l; .men w.U take the field to figb for Pe in' State and-',Bill Jeffrt tonionow Only three of these fel lows aie veterans and five of them are sop nomores It will be an un tried combination, but by'no means will it be a'weak,, green outfit. \ Gettysbuig’s Bullets,come here 'an umcnown 'quantity except foi fact that only six lettermen hre on, Coach BilPHartshorne’s 'starting eleven The Battlefieldeis knd Lions havermet only’five times in the past a"d each time Penn "State was victorious -Hartshorne’s lads h ivc garnered one point to 51 for the Jeffreymen With this 'asthe basis for prediction the ,Nittanv Lion-looms as favonte to ’continue an unchallenged suprem acy. ' ' Radio Program To Meeting Of PSCA Tuesday , >. "Town Hall of the Air" will be /held -bv the, PSCA in: the/Little of Old'Main at 7.30 p m ■•Tuesday, t Marjoiie Haiwick Ml, .chairman has announced ■’ - ; The purpose of this all* ■PSCA meeting: is, to explain the reorganization and better acquaint “the membeis of the,- association .'with each other It Is also being held as a get together'for all stu dents who hate at some time or /another been associated with the 'PSCA' „ . , Dunlap Is Chairman , 1 'Wally Dunlap, as master of->cere ,Wonies. will occupy,' the role of a .radio announcer and each speaker \or'entertainer alterwaid will he -,a part of,the “radio*.piogram’’ Among those'who have .been se cured, for acts aie Dick Bitner ’4l. '.Louise Pa'raska ’4l, vocalists/Jack tfVosburg ’4O. magician .There'also iwill be refreshments ' '• *\ Seveial shoit talks on 4work are planned by the five new /commissions' that now form the body ' Jolm P Putney ithas announced,that Rtcliaid.Bitner £*4l-is'the.new chairman of Com* '/mission jl ' v s , .♦ 4- + Blue Ban , Penn . Late’s crac musical organization, liad a turn* out of 350 foi tiyouts last week Of the £ BS selected. 20 wete sopho* motes and 11 freshmen Another piecedent is being' broken 'this yeai and insteud of one Blue Band, thete will be two Blue Bund units. One of the bands will be a matching unit which will perform the traditional function of the Blue Band at football games and the othe'i will be a concert band which will, ns tlte name implies, peifotni Tot iudoot and outdoot conceits The concert unit will contain vlr* tually the same membeiship as the matching gibup with the e\- ccption that some of the percus* sicn and biass choliS/wlll be dropped and woodwind playeis added The new members aie Ttum* pets L Bruce Garnet ’4O. F ‘A Me* Cormack ’4O. W A Blolskl ’4O, G W k Radcliffe ’4O. R S Watner ’4l, Angelo Pontponio *42. Paul Stall Ml. Walt Dickinson '4O. .H, p -Webb Ml, A P Wagner MO, J'L O'Shea MO and L S Drievet Ml * Homs - R \Y Wiley '42. A L Pad Ml. H* B .Smith MO. M ‘A Wollman '43. and Buegene Lederer M 2 \ t ' ; Baritones Richatd Criswell *43, A. A Zintmet M 2, Sam Da\ey Ml. A. W Lehman MO, J F Reck M 2 " Trombones H C -Suppan Ml; Russell Myeis M 2, A L Johnson M 2. Walter James M 2 F R Ellen* berger MO. C D Sassantan MO,,L H Weaver Ml, F V Gulden Ml," and ,G P Cresswell Ml Busses E M Pennington ’4O, J N Shigley,’4o. J R Scalzo ’4l. (Continued Oh Page Four) SUBSCRIBERS : ' In, order to facilitate proper delivery of the Collegian, all subscribers who have'changed their place of residence shouid< file their new address at Stu» - dent Union desk, 0(d Main/ Im* , mediately i Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA.; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939 All-College Cabinet In Full Swing!; 12 Major Problems Are Acted Upon At Initial Meeting .Taking' definite action on 12 mu joi btudent problems, the all*Col* lege Cabinet held its first meet Ing of tlie 1939 40 school yeai Mon* day night During a discussion of the de bate fee it was pointed out that tiie Boa id of Trustees failed to re celvc the petition made last year bj Student Boaid that the 50 cent rlebnte fee be divided among the various student activities In pto icition to student interest President II Clifton McWilliams ! appointed a committee composed of Maiy H 0 Conner '4O, Thomas C Buckenslose ’4l. and David ,E Pergiin *4O to submit u report on the debate fee at the next cabinet meeting John L Long 42> leqncsted cub t Inot uction on Soph Hop finances, but tiie request was tabled on u motion b> A William Engel, Jr .* 40 that Long submit a proposed' budget foi cabinet appioval Aftei a suggestion by Clarence H Evans 40, the cabinet decided k o conduct a i investigation on the iseof White Hall foi Stulent Union dance** Tiie committee will be Evans, Bad enstosc and O’Con* ner The cabinet went on lecord us suppoitlng President Ralph D Hotrel’s "Off the Glass 1 ’ campaign and also commended the hat socie ties foi seeming a McWilliams appointed Wallace H Dunlap *4O. Juanita M Cham bers ’4O, and Grover C Washa baugh investigate the possi* bility of smoking in the classroom Jol.it R Walford *4O Beiuard A. weie assigned -to collect all tossible infoimatlon* on "pajama Wiades'' ami to submit their re poit at the next meeting ' The'next meeting of the all Col lege Cab’nel ba sben scheduled for ') p m Tuesday * Warning! Marry Girls For Love; Not For Life WARNING’ To all meu stu dents Are you dating a girl/because sbe is tiie text book foi ail of your scholastic achievements 9 ' If you are, my cagey friend, you had bettei disregard youi feminine encyclopedia, before tbe covei comes off ' >,This newspaper has just leceiv ed a sad. heatt-rending repot t, hoi oif the wire fiom Moscow, the first authentic stoiy of the "real" trag edy in tiie New’ Russia ' MOSCOW, Sept 28~Abram and Vasya, two youthful Russians, en* teied into the bonds of matiimony with tiie material possessions of two "Red" women .The leason, Abtam desired an educated w’oman was because he couldn’t afford an encylciopedia Vasya lequired a portable stove, and since be couid not afford'one, he married a gill who possessed said-object ‘Vasya’s .theory," Two can keep warmer' than one," had as much chance, as a snowbal in H . and pool Abram’s lovely bookworm turned coloi, amjT'The Masquerade was Over” - Foi fuither details see "Squar ing tbe Circle," the Penn State '‘Players* solution for a perfect eve ning on Octobei 7 ( Maj. Wharton Sent Here From Manila.,;! Maj William L Wharton! Infan* ,tiy, USA, has been assigned to replace Maj George M.' MacMullin. who was ordered to Chicago Prior to vbls‘‘ service here, Maj Wharton was stationed in the Phil lipkie Islands for two, years as exe cutive and plans and training 'of ficer, of the 31st infantry "aud of the post of Manila. I - - ’ The 'new officer’s record in cludes wartime service with the American Expeditionary Forces in' England and in France, three years duty' in Hawaii, and two years as plans and tiahiing officer, of the demonstration regiment at the in fautry school, Fort Beuning, Ga Student-Alumni Pep-Rally Planned For October, 13 - Plans are being swiftly draw to a conclusion for the Student-,, Alumni Pep Rally to be held Fri- , day night, „ October 13, in Re* cieation Hair by a student-fac ulty committee, it was announc ed yesterday The rally, which will come trd the night prior to the Alum-ui Homecoming Day football game with Lehigh, will be similar to tbat held labt year before the Sytacuse clash Plans N are al ready set for a half hour of the program to be broadcast .over'' Station KDKA, Pittsburgh ' < Manr entertainment feutuies, ' including singing by the Glee Club, selections by the Blue Band, talks and acts by promi nent alumni dot the program, It was announced Tbe Pep Ral* . lj will not contlict with the Col loglan dance nheady slated for M that night Pilot Training Course Quota Raised To 30 Instruction to Begin Soon; Over 60 Apply Rapidlj maturing plans foi the inti eduction of Chilian Pilot Tiahiing' at the College this fall have been cutoutuged bj iecent wold from Washington D C. that the quota lias been enlaiged from tbe original 20 students to 30 . Ah'cady mote,.than CO applica tions foi the coutse have been sub mitted and mote will still be ac cepted Giound instiuetton will begin within the next several days, as soon as texts arrive fiom Wash ington 1 , The couise, which Is* entiiely civil in natuic and requires no mil' itary oi other obligations is given by the College in cooperation with the. Federal Civil Aeronautics Authoiity It will include flight’ ttaiuing as well as giouud Instruc '* • Eight Subjects Listed >t Subjects to be " given In itlie' ground school, and instructors*are • Histoiy of .aviation," Prof R. E Landsbeig, civil ait -regulations, Prof Meritt Scott;- navigation! Prof L W WJiltebeud, meteorol ogy. Prof Landsberg, parachutes. Sheim Lutz, airciaft and theory of flight, Prof,R.,B Day; engines and instruments, Prof F. C Stew* ait, and tadio ttseb and fotnts, Prof G L Crossley The coutse will be uitdet the general guidance of a committee comprising Dean H P Hammond as cliaiinian, A W Gauger S K Hostetter, and Dean F C Whit mote, and will be under the imme supet vision of H. A Everett as Di tectoi of Civilian Pilot Tiaining Aftei a pielintinary physical ex amination of the applicants, a list of eligibles will he, compiled, .This will rank candidates in their 'or der of met it, considering academic standing, class seniority, person ality, plt>sical qualifications, apti tude, furthei use and need for tiai-ning offered, and the prospect of pioflting by the training and continuing in active and safe pilot ing , \ The fee for the giound work will he S4O which is mainly to covei the cost of the accident insurance bond the College will carry for the student and of the medi cal examination Draft Will Not Call ROTC First-Emery Spiking a widespread and long-standing belief on the part of students here; Col Ambrose R Emery, head of the department of military science and tactics, yesterday insisted that students who 1 have completed the basic ( ROTC course are not any more liable to military .service in the event oY war than ar° those who have not taken the course _ “ROTC incomparable to any olhei college credit course," Emery pointed out, “and in the event of war, the same draft will apply to those who have taken the trairmg as to those who have not." * ' > - 1 x Emery explained that the War 'Department has offered its services to all land-grant colleges and that the ROTC units are absolutely independent of any compulsory jurisdiction by the Army \ He pointed out that in the event of war, R.O.TC students will, however, have more opportunities for quicker advancement to higher posts if they so desire. Advanced students will >be called foi service only if they have signed acceptance of their commissions and renewed these com missions every five years , Asked to comment on the European warT Emery explained that all Army officers were forbidden to make any statements ' which could be’interpreted as being favorable to either side He pointed out that he had received two communications from the War Department to that effect Rushing Set fro Reopen 0n Monday -]IFC Ruling Begins 'Open Season For , .Remainder Of Year Fialernity pledging will reopen Monday morning and open rustiiug all fieshmen as well as upper classmen will continue tlnoughout the school yeai /• This luling was made by Inter fratemily Council at a special meeting Wednesday night The old JO day ban on lute piedginr Was waived by a unanimous vote o’f the houses repi canted 'fjAaditionul men pledged must be ippoited to IFC ufter the first two weeks of the open pledging period and at two-weeks periods through out the yeai, Council \oted New pledges of ail houses will be made iftbilc'at Council meetings change in the code was .brought about b> tiie fact that only 358 fieshmen pledged hist Monday •while 5i 1 purchased dating caids Ttiis seems to indicate that a large •numbei of fieshmen interested in fraternities have regained from pledging while several fraternities ba\e not obtained the uumbci of new men needed to fill theit houses - - J* Eycr Heads Committee ,9FC Piesfdent Flunk C Amici stijjh ’4O appointed Donald J Eyei ’4Q; as chahmnn of a committee to thaw up the lough draft of nett yeai’s iush*ng code named Clifton McWilliams MO, WllHan ’4o and William J Walk er| ’4O this year’s IFC rushing chairman to his committee laige numbei of suggestions the 1940 code weie made to JSyei’s committee at Wcdne*duv’s meeting While Council membei , presented widely divergent views. Uio> weie practically tmnimous in dedai ing r that radical code changes 'co-operation among" houses‘are vital to tiie welfate of the fraternities as a'whole * Seniors Favor ’36 Code' The 1936 code.'uudei which the piesent senioi class was rushed, was held by several men to be more feasible foi fraternity men as well as lushees This code pei .mitted use of women, limited out of-town rushing, and seveial other activities banned by codes since 1916 s Publicity in tbe form of letteis to prospective freshmen; authentic infoimation on fiateinities issued by IFC duiing freshmen week, and an Interfratemlty Sing weie sug gested by representatives Defi nite action on these matters will be taken at a ftituie meeting Customs Lifted For Ag-Home Ec Mixer Freshman customs will be lifted for ,only those Ag and Home Ec Fieshmen attending the annual Ag Home Ec mixer>to he held at 7 30 tonight in Recreation Hall The no dating custom will remain in effect to and fiom the affair The mixer, sponsored by the Agiicultural Student Council, 2s open to all students of agiicultural or home economics Admission will be by matiiculation caul Members of other schools will not be admitted wjiatt 'Join Us’ AsiCommittee Of 100 Wars On Alumni Group PENN STATE IN CHINA Hume, Lingnan Trustee, Will Speak On Sunday Penn State tn China will hold the spotlight ut chapel seivices in Schwab Auditorium at 11 am Sunday when Dr Edward H Hume, member of the Lingnan University Board of Trustees, will deliver the In IJII the student body voted to„support the piesent Penn State in China movement and it lias continti -d evei since that time Prof G W (Daddy) Gioff ’O7 ; was selected as- the, college’s iep resentative and is now Dean of Agncuiiare at the univeisity •iLast ycai $2600, collected at chapel services, was sent to Ling* nan Of this amount a considciable sum goes toward “Daddy” Gioff’* salaiy tnd the remainder for woik at the univeisity Theie have also beeu iiumeious contiibutions. bj Individual students and faculty membeis The pm pose of this annual serv ice is tj explain the exchange stu dent n’an* between Lingnan and Penn State and to acquaint the students with the work being ac complished m Canton, China by the funds sent as a result of this project Women’s Dorm Organization To, Start Monday Women’s doiniltoiles will oigan ize into active gioups Monday with nominations foi house officers One WSGA senatoi will pi aside ovei each meeting to accept nomi nations fiom the flooi and to pre sent WSGA •nominations which ate as follows Giange Jeane M Chew Ml Mai ion M Ebetts ’42. Eleanoi A McLaughlin 42 and Mails B Somers 41 N. E Atheiton, Elea noi L Fagans ’4l. R Helen Goi don ’42 and Bettv L Zeiglei ’42 S E Atheiton, Betty M Blown ’4l, tt Jean Fox ’4l, and Katheilne A M Loissch ’42 S W Athei ton, Louise B Clarks’4l Maigai ette E Heain ’4l and Hqlen R Mooie '4O Girls who aje elected to head thefi houses' automaticallv take seats in the House of Repiesenta tlves Standaids and duties of House members as lelcased by Miss Weavei, , speakei of the House me as'follows Standards tof. House Officers A Scholafeliip - 1 At al 2 average 2 No struggle to maintain scholastic standing *» B Activities 1 Limited in number C Leadeiship and responsi bility 1 Pievious experience in bolding lesponsibilities 3 Efficiency D ' Independence 1 Willingness to expiess ideas 2 -Firmness with legald to rules E Peisonal chaiacteristics 1 Tact 2 Good appearance (Continued On Page Two; PRICE FIVE CENTS Bid Rejected Tribunal. Socks 5 Erring Frosh - IMA Petition'“Accepted Thirlv-Seven Students Exempted From Customs Student Tribunal socked five moie fieshman ‘‘disbeHeveis’’ ami unanimously gianted a petition piesented by Claietice H Lvans ’4O foi lecognition of the Indepen dent Men’s Association as a Cum pus society at theii meeting Tues lav night Thiitjtvvo more men including U transfeib, wcie gianted exemp ticn fiom customs by Ttlliunal The*' Tiihunal swung Into ac tion' Hil Kelly had committed just thiee offenses too many Kelly will be sporting a “spiffy” sign which leads, "THEE OFFENSES --THEY CAN’T DO THIS TO ME" and in his hand will be a wooden tiay upon which will be a squaie of sod with a caudle in the center Because he kept his hands in his pockets to keep them waim. Abe Pure 1, will have big black gloves F oi Ids “bums” His rockets will be turned inside out, and a cardboaid will explain. "TRIBUNAL’S WAY OF KEEPING MY HANDS WARM ’’ Sandwiched between two signs will he Frank Peina He lefused to sing, his sign will lead, "I AM A WISE GUj*—ASK TRIBUNAL" The othei sign will ctoon, "I AM A CONTRARY CANARY—MAKE ME SING" Aiound Pema s neck will be a box of Fiench’s bhd see l ffiee adv ) in case his voice fails him Eail Staley didn’t have time to get an exemption caid, so he is wearing a placard. “TIME AND TRIBUNAL WAIT FOR NO MAN ’’ "Hello Joe. wdiaddaya know, to Tribunal I forgot to go," Joe Mc- Coy will display. ”1 AM McCOY — BUT TRIBUNAL IS THE REAL McCOY.” because* he was late In applying foi exemption Student Tiibunal issued a final warning to all fieshmeu that the foui by ten inch namecaids must be worn on the fiont. and all vio lators will be punished CANDIDATES A last call for sophomore Col legian editorial staff candidates was made yesterday by A. Wil liam Engel ’4O, editor. Candi dates already out and those who have not yet reported should at tend a meeting in the Collegian office, 312 Old Main, at 7:30 p m Sunday. An important meeting of all sophomore business staff candi dates wilt bo heid at 1 p m to morrow. All candidates must be present, C. Russell Eck, business manager, has announced. SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 18S7 Have No Cause/ Alumnus Tells Association Oidei Group Charged With ‘Straddling,’ ‘Vaccilation’ In Lettei from Troanovitch See •.(Uto)ial, "The Howitzers Blast," page 2 Special to the Collegian PIJ TSBURGH, Septembei 28.—The Alumm Committee of lOu rejected today the of fei of the Pennsylvania State College Alumni Association to join with it “in common cause’ because—m the words of the Committee—“if for no othei leason than that the Association seems to have no ru»p tor which to woik ’’ In ,» lettei which pointed out the sell admitted weakness of the Alumni Association, John A Tro anovitch ’39, tempoiary chauman of the rommiftee, challenged the Association "If the Alumni Association is sincctc in its desue to better Penn State, we challenge them to a wai —a war to see which organization can do moie for the College “Petin State needs just a war,” he added ’ “JolrrUs,” AlumnPAsk‘ , '"" J ‘* *' When a movement to form the new alumni organization was launched on August 2, both the piesidrnt of the Alumni Associa tion, Robeit H Craig, and the ex ecutive secretaiy, E K Hibsh nmn, a-ked the committee to desist from its efFoits and join the Alu mni Association in common cause The lettei sent to Hibshman and made public hcie today was a re ply to those lequests—and a re jection Troanovitch said the Com mittee, therefore, would continur in i*s efforts to organize “a com pact body of Penn State gradu ates who will be willing to devote then lime and their energy to the bettei nu*nt not of personal inter ests, but of the interests of the College—its students, its faculty, its ndm.niatration ” , Straddllrg Charged “Asid« from intermittent com ment on the athletic situation,Mhe Alumni Association’s record is one of meek vacillation, a record mar led co. -sistently by the straddling of contioversial issues,” the letter chaiged / “Thioughout its history, the-As sociation’s iccord has been so bar len of results that it has, failed to win in any sense the support oi the faith of Penn State gradu uate«,” it was pointed out Early Thanksgiving Day Decision Urged By President Hetzel President Hetzel has sent a let tei to the Senate Calendar Com mittee urging them to render an eaily decision on the plan foi a one dav Thanksgiving Holiday. Ad rian 0 Moise, assistant to the president, said yesterday The president’s action came af tei the Athletic Advlsoiy Board had decided to retain the Penn State Pitt football game heie in stead of shifting It back to Pitts burgh Membeis of the Calendar Com mittee when reached for comment said that their fiist meeting would be on Octobei J, and that as far'as they knew no action had been taken as yet to change the vaca tion peilod Howevei, student members* of the committee are known to be In favor of such a move and will piobablj leeommend the one day holiday plan at the October meet ing. * If the change is approved, a mid year vacation hi Febiuaiy will be substituted for the one scheduled for Thanksgiving
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