CIWI I 11-HM ww r-» ■ jr I~sl fruit §tatr |p toll v ' _ it' VOL. 36—No. 7 Clamp Down - Now , RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS originating in frater nity districts have again cropped up as collegiate spirit spills over with the approach of the gridiron season, j Timely topic is “What to do about ’em?” •* While serious property damage and personal injury weie avoided in the initial outbreak Thursday night, such may not be the case m another occurence. . But let’s not await' another brainless uprising encour aged by plain, ordinary hell-bent incilors whose few brains are located farther from their respective heads than Hitler to an European'peace agreement. >" This College is an institution of higher learning As a component part of that institution every, student should'feel it his duty to augment the honor of it, not detract from it, to respect College authouty, not rebel against it, to retain a sense of responsibility, not evade it ' K the student does not feel that this should be so, if the' student feels that this is asking too much of him—then he doesn’t belong here. That is lust the spot for the_ Administiation to step m. Let’s avoid any further,disturbances by enforcing-College regulations.'. Any student found 1 guilty of instigating a disturbance detrimental to the name of this College should be immediate ly dropped from College. , Such, a pioclamation from authonties Now will put a kmk in futuie plans for student noting ' True enough, organized pep bonfires aie a boost to col legiate spirit here. It you want to have fun, go ahead and have it The Collegian, will be in raising hell with the best of ’em. ’ , , (Continued On Page Two; ‘Pajama Parade’ Causes $lOO Damage To College Property V A,lll0 " Bl1 the so allied "pajama parade ’ Thursday night, didn't ap -1 H ea ! to do much. It managed to damage nenly-planted lawns, street signs and mtilery taigets lo the extent or |lOO - ■ , Amateur, Acts \ 'Vie 'Fdr Prizes ‘ ' OnAlumni, Day r An amateui contebt sponsoied by tbe Penn State Thespians, and open to both’ students and alumni, will highlight Alumni Day Week etid here Saturday night, October % Prizes’totalling $lOO will be given to the best teams Prizes foi thb to he given in Schwab Auditorium; will be awaided on the basis of audience applause r Entiles must be ‘submitted to Student Union not lutei than Spm Wednesday, October 11 Acts may include music, shoit skits, plays, specialty numbeis oi any other type of 'enteitainment featuring at least two poisons Solo-num‘ one persou and an accom panist will not be considered One first inlze, of $5O, one second of $25, a third of $lO, and three other prizes of $5 each will he uwarded to the bes't acts '-The Thespian Club will piovide a-standaid stage setting with black cyclorama backgiound ami a few standard furnibhings such as plat-' forks and steps Lighting equip ments will be piovided and Thes pian technicians wiir&ssist in the lighting of particular, acts Thes pian Club membeis be eligible for competition Fleming Announces Seat Arrangements |or Grid Contests arrangements" for stu dent football fans weie announced yesterday by , Nell ' M Fleming, g'ra'duate manager of athletics,'for the 1939 football season .i; Under this year's arrangement, [ senior and junior men and women end sophomore women will occupy sections E-7F-—G—H in, the West 'stands of-New Beaver Field Soph omore be in the Bast 'stands, sections O—P, and fresh nien men and women in the East stands, sections K—L . ' ', Visiting opponent ' l looters - will be seated in the East stands, see tlon'M —N xi Student Athletic ' . Association ticket books were distributed with the payment of fees ' Students will t bV required to sit-in the sections ‘designated on coupons r which ad mit them to-.the home games to' the Penn State stu ‘dents’-'Cheeiing sections for away games' will go on sale each Tues ?'dSy"befoie the game is scheduled to ibe/played , Prices for these tickets-"are" Cornell, $2 20; ' Syra-- 'cuse, ‘s2 20; .Pennsylvania, $2 28; ind Army, ?S 30-. Editorial The parade, which started out on-Locust Lane, gathered support ' followed usuar,, course .Tto Holmes field 'where they' burned the archery targets. From there they trekked weslwaid across new ly-planted lawns .to the men’s dorms and from there lo Co-op Corner Had it not been for the pleading of All College President * Howard C MacWlilliams and ills ex-oppo nent Warren G Elliott, the mob would have probably followed the lead of a few pyromaniacs and stalled a- bonflie Mad Williams stated afteiwards that'he knew the water pressure was low and was afraid the fire department could‘not handle a major fire if one developed Mac Williams 3 lso said he 10- alized tbe need for organized ral lies and would do all could to find outlets for student spirit in other channels Such demonstia tions, especially when they leach the proportions of the , one last year, give the College a bad name in other sections, he said Suspected leaders of the parade will be called up’, before the Stu dent Tribunal to explain their ac tions, it is believed Under the new constitution, tbe Tribunal has supreme judiciary powers and may expel a student if necessaiy Editorial Candidates Plan Important Session ‘ s Editorial candidates for the Collegian will get beats assigned tomorrow night. All candidates are to report at the Collegian Office,.3l2 Old Main at 7*oo p. m. Actual work will get under-, way arid supervision will begin. This will, be,the final opportun-' Ity for new candidates to report.. Debate Activity Opens With Smoker Tomorrow With' a number of important events slated this month, debate activ ity will get under way with a sniokei at Phi Kappa at 8 p m tomouow AH freshmen and upperclassmen interested In debating are invited Next Saturday coaches and man agers of -men’s and women’s de bating will attend a debate con ference in Harrisburg to select this year’s debate subject Prof Jos eph* F O'Brien and Clayton H. Schug, coaches of men’s and wom en’s debating, respectively, „ and Thomas P. Conway *4O and Rose mary Rednagle ’4O, managers, will make the> trip ~ , n ' A pi eliiuiuary ‘ debate meeting will'be held in’Home Economics auditorium at 7 p. m. Wednesday. October 11 Professor O’Brien will assign topics for tryout speeches at this time Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1939 4 Students Maintain £ 3’ Averages 241 Upperclassmen Win Scholastic Honors For Term Stialght "3” ail College averages weie by four upper* classmen through labt semester, Regibtraj William S Huffman an nounced yesterday In all. 241 up pei classmen maintained all College averages above 2 5 The Students with "3’' aveiages die. Syhia L Beinsteln '4O. lib eral arts. Lillian R Diamond '42. liberal arts, Paul Larai '42, min* eial industries, aud Salvadore P Lio undergraduate center A breakdown of the grade dis tiibution showed that almost 40 per cent of the students in the 1941 and 1942 clusses have all* College aveiages below the 'T* ic* quired for graduation, while ap pioximately 20 pei cent of the sen* tors are below the graduation av erage A numbet of students in these categories were dropped from the school at the* end of last semester but their aveiages are still included with the class Of upperclassmen with nv eiages better than 2 5, 71 are seu; iois. 90 juniors and 91 sophomoies Students in the 1940 class with all College averages of 2 7 oi ovet are, by schools Agriculture—Mar tin V Rockwell 2 94, John J Tien tin, J: 2 79, Edward M WJlliston, 2 72, Chemistry ,and .Physics— George E Inskeep 2 91, Leo Som* ner 2 90,' Foster T Augustine 2 84, Robert S Voris 2 83, .Education — Brenda M Eld 2 87, Mai y E Fletcli ei 2 73, Engineeiing—Leon M Kmetz 2 95, Calvin D McCarthy 2 85, Harold R Lefever 2 81, George R Keehn 2 80,. Richard A Fletcher ; 2 78, B Paul Blasingame 2 75, Lib eral Arts —Sylvia L Bernstein 3 00. Mary.N E ■. Hatton '2 85", ,Jose* phlne'B .Millor-2.77, tt'utlr J 'Koch'-; er 2 lndustries—Elmei' D Longfellow 2 87,-and John W Myers' 2 76^ In the 1941 class, students who have maintained all*College avei ages of better,than 2 7 aie Agri culture—Ray H 1 Dutt 2 77, Winston G Donaldson'2 71, Chemistiy and Phvsics—Gerald B Bready 2 93. Al bert L Myerson 2 92, George P Cressman 2 $l, Olivet A Schaef fer 2 81, Charles G- Ovorbeiger 2 71, Education Annabel Boyd 2 70, Engineering—Louis N Fia finger 2 91. John C Williams 2 89, Otto W Luek 2 77, Robert B Ban ning 2 76, Rfchaid J Davis 2 75! Walter A Weiss 2 70, Libeial Aits —Norman Racusin 2 87, Heimun Smith 2 83, Han is Freedman 2,77, William E Fowler 2 74, Mary E Baker 2 72. and Edytbe B Rickel 2 70 Leaders in the sophomore class with a!i-College averages of 2 7 oi better are Agriculture—John S, Kookogey 2 96, Miles J Feriee 2 76, Edward C. Sheaier 2 70, Chemistry and Physics—Murray L Schwartz 2 78, John JW Healy 2 75, .Robert H Kough 2 75, Education —Betty Martin 2 91, Margaret A Cole 2 81. Julia A Adams 2 78, Engineering—William P Hindman, Jr 2 88. R B Strawbridge 2 84. Witliam G Barger 2 72, Libeial Rrts—Lillian , R Diamond 3 00. Lois E Patrick 2 94, William E Harkins 2 93. Mildred Taylor 2 78, John Bassarab 2 77. Milton E Preusky 2 77, Alice M Murray 2 75, Jean F Weaver 2 72, Aitbui Peskoe 2 71, Brian B Christman 2 70, Mineral Industries —Paul La zar 3 00, Edward A 92, John D Morgan 2 85, lUndefgiad uate Centers—Salvadore P Llcf 3 00. Edith J Spei bei 2 88, Rutii K Reid 286 and Robert G Geier 2.52 Men’s varsity debate tryouts are slated for Wednesday, October 18, in 8 Noitb Liberal Arts Candi dates w i l'l deliver five minute speeches ~ Oxfoid University debaters are expected to meet the local team here some time'this month, Con way has annotinced, unless the Eu ropean war compels the English men to cancel tbeh tilp. Thus far no cancellation has been received * A pi ominentT speaker, probably Norman Thomas, will visit the campus during • this month under the auspices of the forensic coun cil, it has been announced Rapid Equipment InstallatiomSeen PWA Engineer Predicts Early Occupany Of Buildings; Nine Contracts Awarded In seeming contiudiction Lo a chaige of "aibitraiy rulings," made yesterday by an important official of,the College, was a lepoit by JRWA Tiaveling Engmeei C E Strausser.'/thal "equipment is rapidly being installed in the 11 new buildings erected under the Public Works Ad ministration Gcneial State Authority jprogram, and they will ready for occupancy " ,{Nine independent contracts have been awarded to -date totaling $468,677 37, foi fixed equipment and additional contracts totaling $725 000 are being prepared for awaid at the present time the-re port submitted to regional direc toi M E Gilmore stated pio\ided undei fout of the contracts has already'-been completed, and materials arranged for under other contracts arc near ing completion W Ebert, superintendent of, grounds and buildmgs. said yes teiday that a supply of chans eai marked for borne of the new build ings has atieady anhed on the campus The pedestals, however, toMvhicli the chaiis are attached have not jet been received ( Obsolete benches and dinmg room chuirs called into use when overcrowded conditions on the campus made it necessary to open four rooms in the new Electrical Engineering unit have been le* placed bj tablet aim chairs boi lowed fiom other rooms on the campus Ebert declared ‘Meanwhile Scheduling Officer Raj V Watkins reported yester day that adequate looms have been found fot* all classes Only a few classroom changes remain to be made, he added Official Says Subordinates Delay Action ' Charges Minor Killings Preient Equipment Of 11 New Buildings That "arbltiuiy luliagh mi Uio part of subordinates in Huiris buig' weie the main reason foi the delay In placing equipment in the new buildings, was hurled yestei da> by an Impoitant official of the College j The official, who icquested that his name be withheld fioni publi cation, dcclaied that it is “impos sible to know what the score is on getting fixed and movable supplies for the eleven buildings now lying idle on the campus ” .. t Citing numeious instances wlieie the use of available equipment was dela>ed by minor ruling which de layed purchase of necessary com panion mateiial, he pleaded for te sponsible authoilty' in Hariisbmg to do something about it Pan-Hel Adds Two Clauses To Year’s Rushing Code To make suie that soioiit} women]know exactly where and when they.may contact fieshman and tiansfet; students. Panhellenic has add ejl two new clauses to its rushing code - Russian Farce To Entertain The ‘Old Man’ “Comical enough to provide a rough and ready evening' accoid ing to the New Yoik World Tele giam “To judge fiom the laugh tei in the house It has considerable Soviet solidarity,” states the New York Times* “ 1 “It has the kind of appeal that can be spelled in'thtee capital let ters," sci earns the Collegians In these modern times of ours a ti (angle (not geometi}) is a com mon occurrence, but eight years ago the Russians invented some thing new in romantic circles, a quadrangle The greatest love stoiy of all time,. two couples occupying a single room in a slum dlstiict of Moscow*, the only paitltion being a chalk line and a curtain Two Russian young men. each In love with the other one’s wife, what a story this would be for the Dally Mirim (Flash to WSnchell —lt happened eight yeais ago— scoop) On Saturday night this great in ternational farce, “Squaring the Circle” will be presented on tills campus by the Perin State Players, dhected b> Frank S Neusbaura “Squaring the Circle” will open the theatrical season on this cam pus. and besides that. It is a real Dad’s Day piortuction with plenty of family inteiest Tickets went on sale yesterday at the Student Union desk in Old Muin ‘Campus Damage By Rainstorm In Thousands’—Ebert \ Damage to the campus that amounted to thousands of dollars was the result of last Friday’s rainstojm, one of the woist to ever hit this section of' the State / George W Ebert, superintend ent of Giounds and Buildings, rl vealed that the rain had washed awa> grass seed, topsoiT and fer tilizer fiom many paits of'the campus - Aieas that were scenes of build ing -construction last >ear were particularly haid hit, i Ebert said Since many of these aieas were still in the process of being filled hi, leveled off and seeded, the} bore the full brunt of the heavy iota. Workmen will begin refilling and leseeding of the effected areas this week, Ebeit indicated “No arrangements are to be made between freshmen and fra ternity women to meet in White Hall foi recieational 01 other pui poses This includes appointments for golf, tennis, hiking, swimming, etc “The legulai limited association between fieslimen and frateinity women as stipulated hi the lush ing code also applies to the tiist thiee weeks of school” Pa-nliellenic also wishes to make clear the fact that while soroiity women may take their little sis teis to the movies and to eating places, they may not be accompa nied by any othei soioiity women It is legal, how'ever, for several soiority women to entertain theii little sisters at crnce While the limited contact ruling cannot wholly apply to contact be tween sorority women and fiesh rnen or transfers living in their bouse, soroiity women are urged to use their own discretion and to try to follow the code as closely as possible Named to the Panbellenic Judi ciary Committee were Mrs Ches tei D Dahle, Miss Ruth E Gra ham, and Mrs H 'Watson Stover Their acceptances have not yet been leceived •• A student advisory board to help freshmen with any problems that might ailse during rushing season of Harriet Singer *4l l Geoigia W Owen *4O, and Maigue rite Sclieaffer '4O Cabinet To Meet At 9 P.M. Tonight , The all-College Cabinet will hold its regular meeting in Hoorn 418 Old Main at 9 tonight Com mittees appointed by-Cliff McWil liams at the Cabinet’s meeting last Tuesday night will submit reports on their investigations Important subjects up for dis cussionwill be debate fee, Soph Hop, use of White Hall for dances, and smoking in the classrooms. CURIOUS .. As to the functioning of the new Pennsylvania State Col lege Government Association? Turn to page 4 of this Issue for the COMPLETE TEXT of the Constitution, passed last March. All clarifying revisions are Included v See Page 4 This Issue. Student Housing Board To Get Official Recognition Through Welfare Committee 2,500 SLEPT HERE LAST YEAR •■' •• ! ' ‘4» J'l ‘ ‘v. ;- .2 Vi M !'.< ,J‘ Alumni-Student Pep Rally Will Be Aired Over KDKA e going to be on the radio ' ' ' That is. If you attend the big Student Alumni Pep Rally scheduled foi Rec Hall Kiklay night. Octobei IJ, and voti’ll be theie if >ou don't want to mins one of the giandest limes oi vom life The iall> will be g.n at 7 '» p m ( nml at S o clock \nu and >ou am! >ou will go on the ah ovei Station KDKA So tell the folks at home to tune in and listen for jour voice among the thousands who will throng Rec Hall to cheei. sing, and have a swell time Theie’s going to be an evening of entertainment that will be full of sutpiises. laughter, spirit, and what have you Tins yeai’s ially, similai to the one held last ycai befoie State’s crushing victdfj ovei Sjiacuse, is being held in conjunction with the piogram slated foi Alumni Home coming Day Octobei 14. on which day the Lion giidders will battle Lehigh Heie’s a “sneak’' preview of the Pep Rally program with details in tlie forthcoming issues of the Col* Frosh 'Beat Bucknell' Placards Boost Enthusiasm An additional boost to piomot ing collegiate spiiit foi the open* lug game with Bucknell has been given by making “Beat Bucknell placards available for ail freshmen* The signs will be distnbuted by the Atliletic Store at Coop comer fiee of'charge alt this week Anv student dunged with selling such signs will be subject to call befoie Student Tribunal Fteshmen will be tequired to weai the signs all week, includ ing the game Plucaids must be secured’immediately at the A A store legian music by the Blue Band and Glee Club, shoit talks by pi eminent alumni, Coach Bob Hig gins. and otheis, Jimmy Leyden •14 singing his famous songs, "Vlc toiy’’ and "Nittany Lion” the way he likes them sung, an intioduc* tion of the newly clothed "Nittany Lion” (by the way, have vou con* titouted*), and an interview' with “Miss VaißltvJ* the coed who knows most about football wdio will be picked by the Collegian Thoie you have it in bilef Watch foi details latei 673 Employes Injured In Seven Year Period An occupational injury suney completed by NYA students undei the supervision of Dr Aithur F Davis, assistant professor of health and physical education, shows a total of 073 accidents to college em ployees duimg the yeais 1031 and 1933-38. The survey is complete to Decemhei 31, * The study, which was prepared in co-opeiation with the all-Col lege Safety Council headed by J Oivis Keller, is seen by Di Davis as indicating the employees ai«* becoming safety conscious as the lepoitng of accidents is greater than ever before. Hands and fingers figured in most accidents, accounting for 39 2 percent of all the injuries leported, a total of 265 casualties to these paits of the body alone Injuries to the feet weie next highest with 87 leported, 12 9 per cent of the total Injuries to othei parts of the body and their peicentage of the whole numbei reported weie Eyes, 71, 19 6 pel cent, legs, 53 7 7 pei icnt; uppei trunk, 50, 7 5 per cent, head (other than eyes), 46, 6 8 per cent, back, 44, 6 6 per The Rail Watts Lodge in Shingle* town Gap is the property of the PSCA During last year it is esti* mated that nearly 2,500 people slept at' the lodge overnight and many more were daytime visitors Dad’s Day Program Set Parents’ Meeting, Smoker, 3 Sports Events Carded A meeting of the Association of Parents of Penn State and an eve ning smoker for students and their dads will highlight the special ac tivities planned for the Dads’ Day celebi ation next Saturday Sport events caided are a football game with Bticknell. soccer with Lehigh, nnd cross-count!y with Manhattan Entertainment and refreshment committees to prepaie the smokei which will be held in the Armory at 7 p m, have been named by Jane A Roraig '4O, WSGA presi dent, and H. Clifton McWilliams, Jr ’4O. all College student govern ment president Co chairmen of the enteitain meat committee appointed by Miss Romig aie Noima Stillwell *4l and Doiothy Reeves *4l Membeis of the refreshment committee, which McWilliams selected, are John R, McCracken ’4l, Fied R Kennedy '42 and Jack D Ramuley ’42 The meetnig of the Association of Paients of Penn State will be held at 10 a m Saturday It will bp addressed by Dr Carl P Schott, dean of the School of Physical Ed ucation and Athletics Miss Romig and MAWiliiams will extend biief gieetlngs Joint Enforcement Of Customs Planned At a meeting of Druids, Fiiday night, a plan b> which Druids and Fiiars would co-operate in enforc ing fieshman customs was endois ed RobeitD Baird. ’42, piesident of Diuids, was selected as a com mittee of one to meet with a Friars committee foi consideration of the plan cent, mm, 35, 5 3 per cent, and lower ti unk, 22, 3 4 per cent A depaitmental break-down of the suivey showed a definite coi l elation between the type of work and the number of accidents Of all accidents, 48 7 per cent occui led in aiounds and buildings, 25 1 per cent ill agriculture, 13 G pei cent in the seivice division, 4 3 pci cent m engineering, 3 4 per cent m the Nittany Lion, 2 9 per cent in chemistry and physics, .7 per cent in physical education, 6 per cent in mineral industues, .3 per cent in education and .1 pei cent in lib eral aits An interesting sidelight of the suivey shows that more individuals are injured on tlic left side of the body than on the right. Dr. Davis attributed this to the fact thas most people are more skilled on the right side. SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1887 PRICE FIVE CENTS Acts Room Inspection. Plan Now Before Senate Group Body Seeks To Perpetuate Self To Promote Work Of Room Improvement The Student Housing Board formed last year will seek of ficial College recognition in a petition to the Senate Com mittee on Student Welfare, ~pokesmen for that body indi cated yesteiday - As a lecognized body, the hous ing gioup will seek to promote the improvement of borough rooming standaids, a task it took on itself last year aftei a Collegian survey had shown sub-standaid conditions to exist m many homes With the cooperation of a group of State College householders, the boaid last spring prepared a re port lecommending to the College a plan for room inspections This ,vas “appioved in principle’ by the Committee on Student Welfare, and forwanled to Piesident Hetzel who retuined it to the committee to be worked into a definite lan of action Room Inspection Asked The geneial proposals of the plan, which will come up before the Committee on Student Welfare this month, aie that the College acting through the Health Service send a nurse to inspect all rooms in town and indicate those con sidered, acceptable _on the rooming list published by the PSCA. Land ladies who refuse to allow inspec tion 01 whose homes are not up to standaid w T ould not receive approv al Before being presented to the Committee on Student Welfare, the plan hod received the approval of Dr Joseph P Ritenour, director of the College Health Service, and of Hairy W Seamans, general sec letary of the PSCA Supporting the inspection plan me A group of householders who piovide looms for more than 600 students Organized last spring ns the Student Placement Bureau, the members have already guar anteed that their rooms will be kept up to standaid and, in ex change, roomers must agree to keep then rooms for the whole e chool yeai Contracts between the loomeis and landladies of these houses have been made with the appioval of the Dean of Men All iooms of this type rent for $3 weekly Flash! Hitler Could Swing Friday The 13th If Adolf Hitler were a student at Penn State where would lie be go ing Fiiday night, October 13’ If Adolf Hitlei had a date that night, wheie would he be taking hei ’ If Adolf Hitlei were a jitterbug and liked the best there is in swing, wheie would he go’ If Adolf Hitlei bad a subscrip tion to the Collegian, where would he be going Friday night, October 13? The answer to all these ques tions is the same—THE COLLEG IAN DANCE The Campus Owls will be pro viding the music in their own un beatable style, while Sammy Gallu, top-flight campus warbler, will en tertain you during intermission The dance will be in Rec Hall, im mediately following tli% Student- Alumni Pep Rally So whether your name’s Hitler oi Chamberlain, if you have gotten youi Collegian subscilption, jou’re set for a big niglit Don’t forget that you can’t buy a ticket and no body’s giving them away these days. WPA Film Here A film from the WPA theatre project will be shown at the first meetiug of the PSCA Public Af fairs Commission in Room 304, Old Main, at S 16 p m. next Mbnday An address by an outside speaker is also planned. The meeting will be open.
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