GSA Approves Equipment Bids; College Budgeted $725,000 COMPLETE • CAMPUB COVERAGE VOL. 36—No. 8 Tribunal Advocates Firm Stand Against 7 Rioters Judiciary Body Has Power To Expel Under New, Student Constitution ; Administration Indicates, Support , Taking a firm stand behind the recent Collegian editor ial, “Clamp Down—Now,” Student Tiibunal, highest judi cial power of,the new student government, set about its un restricted task of dealing with “hell-bent agitators”, who in stigate Students riots. x Tribunal was m turn backed by .the Administration as President -.Ralph D Hetzel indicated x his sup* ,'port at a special meeting of fra , ternity and independent unit pies idents Monday night. ~ , ’ _ “Deal ,Wlth Accordingly*' '“Students found' guilty of de -Btruction of property or instigat- a disturbance detrimental to the' name of the College will be dealt with accordingly,* Student Tribunal claimed Tnbunal's vpowcrs, under Artic le 111, Section 6 of the Student Government Constitution.may in clude' such justifiable punishment and'may recommend penalties*up to and including expulsion from College., 1 ’ / - 1 ~- vi v-'While' no definite action was taken Monday's special meet mg.called by All-College President Clifton McWilliams, i o£rfratermtie% and-umts-assumed Responsibility/fortthec actionssrof. ■ their "respective, houses. ’ ' - '.RDr J -Hetzer;and Dean of Men “'Arthur de -sires , that such riotous disturb- S ances be avoided entirely, but in sisted that in the. event of such demonstrations s the guilty indivi duals .or parties' should be subject to punishment. Such, a 'meeting Monday night was J prompted by,the uprising last night an im promptu, “pajama parade” caused damage estimated at $lOO Tribunal Hits 10 Violators ‘VV - ‘•' A Recognizes Pluloles As Campus Organization ~ 'Student unanimously voted, to recognize Philotes as -a (&mpusi society, slapped penalties k dn }lo belligerent freshmen, ex empted 10'others,'and clarified five pbints in-.the;freshman' custom’s code at its'regular meeting Tues day, night \ t r V'According to a declaration of tribunal, freshmeri~must wear cus loms tlnoughout Dads’ Day, week* end?as usual, except fiom 12 mid night Saturday until 8 am.'Mon day /morning, despite the fact that they have parents visiting them , JTihbuiial ' stated'* thait v the only time"fi eshmen men. may'be with* girls is when the men are in the company of then parents ■ ' 7 AH freshmen must wear \o the" football games, no exemp ; (Continued Two; (Joodman Is Chosen Head At Session Of Engineering Council '',-Election of officers, arrange fnientstfor the adoption of a school constitution, and a talkon student government* by Dean Horry P Hammond* weie' included in the 'program- at f ,an oiganization meet ing fof- ’the H Engineering School >Cdimcil. in'lo9 Main Engineering last 'Wednesday evening. N Goodman-’4O-was cho .sen .president of the council. Cal 'vln;D. McCarthy’4o as vicepiesi dent, and James Thorne *4O. secre- * Michael Balog ,’4<J swae Telectedilast spring to repre sent^ll6:, body in' the J all-College 1 j V K * s t*. the ‘meeting it ivas indicated constitution would be ad >qpted on October 18 similarto that set up by the School of ithe.Liberal Arts •' ' - - Semi-y>/eeKiy iJJmt £>tat? (Eoll BACKS TRIBUNAL Top-Ranking Band Sought For Soph Hop ,Dance.'Will Be Informal; McKnight. Levy Appointed Co-Chairmen Of Function; Soph Hop, committee, yesterday nought a first-rate band which 'ou!d be signed for $1,300, the limit ,et by All-College Cabinet on'the cost of music foi the Pitt week-end dance Friday, November 24. De paiting from usual procedure the dance will be informal t * >.Only if it can sign-a first-rate band will the committee be allowed yO'spend $1,300 Otherwise, it must tuke its case before Cabinet again and likely will-be told to sign two »mall bands for about $250 v 1 .Whcthei the_ bands sought ure arst-rate, will be decided by a Cab inet committee ‘headed'by A. Will iam Engel, Ji ’4O Other membeis aie Ernest\M. ' Berkaw '4O ( and David E. Pergun *4O. * •Co-chairmen of the Soph "Hop committee appointed by John J Long, 1942 class president, "aie William J. McKnight ’42 and Henry I Levy ’42 Other membeis are David A. Harvey ’42, James H Morton M 2, Jack F George K , Schubert M 2, John M. Phillips *42, William A Ziclonka ’42, Ruth Bentz *42, and Benjamin Seems ’42.' t .The Soph Hop committee at a meeting Wednesday night decided the bands it would prefer, in des cending L order of Glenn Millei, Aitie Shaw, Glen Gray, Hal Kemp, Hoiace Heidt, Kay Kyser,. Guy Lombardo, Jan Savitt, Sammy Kaye, Wayne King, Fletchei Henderson,'and Richard Hnnbei. At least* half of these are likely to be'acceptable to the Cab : met committee • PSCA Commissions Wilt Meet Monday Meetings of two commissions of the PSCA have been announced for Monday night.- Commission I, Mary Lou Fleisher MO, chairman, will meet in Room 304 Old Main at 7 SO p m and will discuss public ity, finance, office set vice, cabin' maintenance, i handbook, room lists, CA libraiy, and poster making ' Commission IV, John' Currier M2,~ chairman, will 'meet at 8 30 p m in the same loom. 1 RETIREMENT FUND PROVIDES REQUIRED SUM BULLETIN (Special To The Collegian) HARRISBURG, Oct s.—Build ing equipment contracts for structures at the Pennsylvania State were approved by the General State Authority here late today, reliable sources claimed. The sum allotted, for the .Col lege was understood to be-$725,- 000, which is to be drawn from retirement and employes retire ment funds. That the contracts for portable equipment were approved was unconfirmed by F. X Kerns, of the GSA office here. This does not indicate that the contracts have not been approv ed, but that' members of the \uthority may have been in "acted to withhold confirms- hanksgiving »ay Recess anctioned :id-Year Holiday May Now Be Added 'o College Calendar BULLETIN 'he oneway. Thanksgiving va* ion on November 23 and a )-day midyear hojjday was of rlny^sahctl o ned afthe'regular late meeting late yesterday one day Thanksgiving vaca tion on Thursday, November 23, seemed sabsured today, following the approval of the all-College Cabinet at its meeting last Tues day night The Cabinet appioved the' rec ommendation of the College Sen ate Calendar Committee, thus leav ing the hnal< decision up to the Col lege “Senate which met" yesterday after the ’ Collegian had gone to piess * There was little doubt that the College Senate would approve the action of its own Calendar Com mittee and that of the Cabinet The proposed plan cqlls foi a one-day vacation on Novembei 23, the (late proclaimed by President Roosevelt Soph Hop would fall on Friday night, and the Pitt game would be played Saturday after noon • ' In order to compensate foi the one-day vacation, students would icceive a two-day mid-semester vacation, starting on Thursday, February 1 at 11 50 a m and end ing Monday, February 5 at 8 am' Exams would begin on Thursday, January 25 at 8 am, and second semester registration , would-start on February 5 at 8 a m Nominations For Dorm Positions Closed Monday Additional nominations for wom en's dormitory posts, were made fiom the door in house meetings Monday night after W6GA nomi nations neie presented A complete list of nominees Mho w ill vie for offices 'in elections Monday are* Women’s Building— piesideut, Mary R Craft ’42. Elea nor A. McLaughlin ’42, Marie B Someis *4l, secretary-treasuiei, Olga McCaithy, social chairman, (Continued On Page Two) ‘MtssVars Miss Vaisity, ' the ' coed., who knows most about football, has fin ally been selected, but only after a short,' undeclaied war was fought and a truce signed between the varsity football team and the Collegian early, this week ' young lady, whose name is being kept and who knows more about a football than»the cow the leather grew on, will make her pubhc'appearance next Friday evening at the big Student-Alumni Pep Bally scheduled for-Rec-Hall. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1939 ' ’ ~v ' Lion Gjfid Opener With Bucknell Features Dad’s Day Program Cabinet Msets With Alumni Tomorrow Makes Tentative Plan For Soph Hop Budget; Copies of Constitution Will Be Distributed 4 , 1 The all-College Cabinet, at'-rts legular meeting Tuesday night, accepted an invitation to ipeet with the Alumni Asso- lO o’clock tomorrow morning m the Association office. The joint meeting of a student-alumni body will be unprecedented in student government history. Edwaid K Hibshman, alumni ‘j secretary, presented the invitation J <A committee which is studying to the Cabinet a week ago, with { the problem of smoking in class the hope that a jolut meeting ’ rooms leported that a five percent would aid in' fostering better stu- * sampling of the student body and dent-alumni relationships Hibsh- faculty would be made to detei man also invited the Cabiriet to j mine opinion on the matter The attend a dinner at the Nittany, committee, headed by Wallace Lion Inn on October 13 as guests i Dunlap 40, was given permission of the Association, which the Cab-* toYappomt four people to aid in met also accepted ' • its* survey j lv^ Band Gets Army, Penn j a discussion on action Blue Band was given permis- 1 new being taken to change the sion to represent the College at hiame of the College to the Penn the Army and Pennsylvania foot- sylvania State University, H ball games, subject to College ap- Gl)Xton McMilhams ’4O, all-Col proval, and airangcmcnts were lege president, appointed a coin made fo_i distribution of 3,000 cop- mittee to find out what is being ies of the All-College Constitution, do'ne The Cabinet also made" tenta- chairman, will be aided by Jane tive arrangements for Soph Hop A/Romig *4O and Donald Lerch budget, approved a plan for a one- ’4O day Thanksgiving vacation and,a The next legulai meeting of mid-semester holiday, and heard the Cabinet will-be held at 9 p m a discussion*on ■?. - <-,< ’43' Election Plans Pending Senes Of Mass Meetings Will Be Held; First One Scheduled For Next Week, All men and women of the fieshmen class were urged to "be come fannliai with classmates within the restuction of customs because of the approach of fresh man class flections," m a state ment yesterday by A William Engel, Jr ’4O, chairman of the Elections Committee "In an effoit to educate inem beis of the class of 1943 with the new student government setup, a senes of mass meetings will be held in the near future,” Engel ex plained Such action is also intended to give freshmen a broader acquaint anceship with classmates and create more enthusiasm in fresh men politics, it was pointed out. Hold Meeting Next Week Plans aie now under way for the hist of these meetings to be held next week Jumoi Class Pres ident Thomas C Backenstose, Ed waid Wagner, 1941 Campus clique chairman, and William B Barthol omew, 1941 Independent party chairman, will be called upon to aid'in instructing the' mmded freshmen No’defimte date has been set'foi the class but, if preced ent is followed, voting will be held in early December Phi,Kappa Reception Plil Kappa fraternity will hold,, <a reception ,for all Catholic fiesh nionlatJSiP m tonight Music will bet furnished by tbe Campus Owls' itylSelecti Earlier m the week, the varsity footballers inotested vigorously that the Collegian should not be the sole judge in> selecting Miss Varsity since football \was then lealm and they should discover any hidden,.talent ampng the fairer sex on this campus Thus, a joint, secret committee of sixfootball players and two Col legian! writers scoured v the campus from‘Ag Rill to the fuithest ex tremities of State College'borough And last night they found, her, a coed who really knows her'-foot* Thompson IMA Proposes New Honorary Locust Lane Lodge Added Making Total Of 13 Units Seventeen To Get Keys The Independent Men’s Associ ation went on rccoid at its meeting Wednesday night as favoring the oiganization of a new campus hat society designed to give non-fra teimty men lecogmtion in athletics and other activities, it has been announced by Clarence H Evans 40, president < Committee Considering Plan A committee is now considering whether the pioposed society should be open to both fraternity and non-fraternity men The prob lem will be definitely decided at the next meeting of the IMA Wed nesday at the Lions Club If the society is definitely decided upon, a petition'will be sent to Student Tribunal for recognition The committee on organization of new units leported that Locust Lane Lodge has been admitted as the 13th’umt John Blickenderfer, president of the new unit, attend ed the meeting as official repie scntativc tQ the central council Individual membership cards foi all students affiliated with the IMA~will soon be issued, it was de cided The representatives also ngieed to pui chase keys for the 17 membeis of the central council Swlmm'ng Begins Monday Varsity and fieshnian outdoor swimming dulls will stait Monday, Coach Bob Galbiaitli announced jesteiday All candidates aic ask ed to leport at Rec Hall, at 4 15, Monday afternoon The squads will uc divided into two gioups, one to practice at 4’15 and one at 5*16 The 'drills will continue for three weeks ' ' n Ends Campus Feud ball, but what a job | was one who could only count up | Selection was made tluough a to three scries of questions which were So next Friday you’ll meet her— asked each aspiring Miss Vaisity 'Miss Vaisity—the one coed whom A wrong answer automatically dis- * it would be a pleasure to take to oualified the aspirant. | a football game, because she knows One coed said that a quarterback answeis. was the change you got when you | Other featuies of the Rally, paid foi two cokes and a pack of which starts at 7 :S0 pm , will be a cigarettes with a half dollar, an- bioadcast over station KDKA at 8 other met .her downfall by inform- pm, music and songs by the Glee ing the committee that *a quick- j Club and Blue Baud, and shoit kick was one which you got when talks by piommcnt alumni and you weren’t expecting it, and still j coaches ! a third answered that a three-back I Don’t miss It Varsity Faces Bisons On Beaver Field At 2 P. M, Tomorrow; Approximately 2,000 Fathers Expected On Campus Smokers, Meetings, Entertainment Will . Honor Parents Appioxlmately 2000 dads <rtc pectod to attend the annual Dad's Day cciebi ation on the campus to tiioi row Highlighting the program will be the football game with Buck* nell on New Beaver Field at 2 p m tomoirow However, activi ties will get undsi way at 10 a m when the board of diiectors will meet In Little Theatie This will be followed by the annual meet ing of the Association of Parents of Penn State Aheady announced foi the pio gum of the smokei slated foi the Dad’s Day Program Saturday, October 7 1U a in —Meeting of the Boaid of Diiectois—Little Theatie 10 4a a m —Annual meeting of the Association of Patents of Penn State Greetings—Jane Ro mig. president WSGA. Howaid C McWilliams, president of the Student r bueir Schotb Dean of the School of Physical Education and Athlet ics 1 p in —Soeeei game with Le high on New Beavei Field 2 p m —Football game with Bucknell on New Beavei Field 2 20 p ni —Cioss-countiy with Manhattan on New Beaver Field 7 p m —Smoker and enter tainment foi students and theii dads In the Aimoty S 20 p m—"Squaiing the Cir cle,*-staged by the Penn State Playeis in Schwab Auditorium Sunday, October 8 11 a m —Chapel services in Recreation Hall Speaker, Dr Aitliui C Wickenden, Miami University. Oxford Ohio, Aiuioiy at 7 p lu are songs by : Louise Paiaska *4l. dancing by Roheit. Hertz ’4O and several oth ei musical selections The Penn State Club will enter tain the dads of the club members at an informal smoker In the Sand wich Shop at 7 30 p m. Michael Balog *4O. piesident. has announ ced Soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey will be the speakei “Totalitarian Cbiistlanity” is the topic Di Arthui C Wickenden of Miami University, Oxfoid Ohio, will discuss at the chapel services in Recieatlon Hall at 11 a m Sun day Di Wickenden Is director of religious activities and professor of religion at Miami University More Freshmen Added To NY A Rolls By Maddox Stanley B Maddox, director of NY A, announced yesteiday that the second list of fieshmen applicants for NYA woik has been approved All fieshmen who made appli cation foi this woik should re port immediately, to the offices t *of itbeii respective deans to see 'uf. their names are on the new 'list PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 LEAD LIONS | O CofJCH QoB UfOG//V3 O CAPTAIN SPIKE ALTER Players Portray Russian Farce Tomorrow Night Tomorrow night at 8 30 in Sch wab Auditouum the curtain will '« up on the first big enteitam ment event of the yeai It will be opening night foi "Squaring the Circle,” one of the sciewiest pro luctions that has been presented ui anv stage The play was choosen especially oi Dad’s Day by Director Flank S Neusbaum It is an intei nation al farce based on the pool living conditions m Russia "Squaung the Cucle, ’* will ap peal to the entire family because it contains laughs, love, melo chama, and tragedy Wntten by Valentine Kataev, this play has been acclaimed in Moscow, Prague, Rome, Beilin, Paris, London, and New York City, where it lan foi two seasons The stoiy concerns two loom mates, Abiam, played by Bud Yanofsky ’4O, who needs no intio duction to theatci-goeis on this campus, and Vasya, poitrayed by Paul Ruiubaugh ’4l, a transfer student who may become sensa tional Romance Abounds Abram and Vasya live in a small loom in Moscow, and one day both decide to get married without telling the othei The loom for two becomes inhabited by four, so down goes a chalk-line and up goes a curtain Abram’s wife is Tonya, played by snen Ruth Shtasel ’4l, and Helen Davies *4l poitiavs Lud milla, Vasya’s partnei Sol Davidson ’4O, takes the part of'Rabinovitch, a political leadei, and Malcolm Weinstein '4l, poi trays Enulian, a Russian poet Herbeit Doroshow ’4O, plays the part of Novikov, distuct organizer i for the Communist Party SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1887 ' State Favorite To Top Traditional Gridiron Rivals By DICK PETERS Once again the roar of a victory-hungry mountain lion will echo acioss the Nittany Valley when Coach Bob Hig gins’ Blue and White pigskin warriors play host to the Thundeung Held fiom Buck nell on New Beaver Field at 2 p. m as the feature attrac tion of Dad’s Day The game, which will begin Penn State’s 53id gndiron sea son, will be the 27th battle between the two tiaditional foes Of the pust meetings, Bucknell has re turned victor 11 times to the 10 triumphs rung up by previous Li on teams Decidedly the favorites to win in tomoirow’s battle, the Higgins men will be seeking revenge over the boys from Lewisburg, who lastjcar upset the Nittany.apple- j .ait by winning 14-0. On the othei hand, the Bisons, hit between the horns by a sur pusing Gettysburg Bullet eleven ! last Saturday, will be out to gain their first win of the year Starting Lineups Named Coach Bob Higgins announced hr* probable starting lineup yes terday. A last minute change finds Ciaig White taking over the wing back job, which seemed occupied fiunly bv sophomoie Len Krouse The team as selected to open finds Captain Spike Alter and Tpm Vaigo at the ends, Carl Stravin ski and Flank Platt at the tackle posts, Mike Gaibinski and Wade Mori at guaids, and Leon Gajecki at center In the backfield with White will be Chuck Peters at tailback, Lloyd Ickes at fullback and Johnny Patrick at blocking back All are veteians except Gaibinski, who is a lugged soph omore sensation The an ay which will''probably open for Coach A 1 Humphrey’s t'-rm will find Hairy Wenner, and Willard Gore at ends, Flank Po ems'and Hany Sitaisky at tack !e«. John Plewak and Joe Gneco at guards and Moms Bessel at center Laveine Dueger, at quar tet, Frank Senao, at fullback, Co captain Geoige ICuck and Frank 'King” Funau at the halfbacks w 11 piobablv make up the Bison backfield The Humhieysnien will be without the services of Co-captain Mike Pegg, smashing center, who is hot s de combat with an injured elbow Pegg, a GO-imnute player, wus instrumental in the Lions’ up set last yeai Several Lion players will be cer tain to get into the game, thougli (Continued On Page Three) Orientation Course Required Of Frosh In Lower Division As an experiment In showing students the correlation of courses offeied in Uie school, a new course LD 1 has been made lequired for e'ery Lower Division fieslunan ex cept those taklug Education this semester , Every department head In the School of Liberal Arts will lecture to the group, - which meets in Schwab Auditorium at 11 a m on 'Mondays In additlou Dean Frank D Kein of the Graduate School, Dean Ralph C Whitmore of the School of Chemistry, Prof. J Bum Helme of the depaitraent of fine aits, and Pi of* Bruce 'V Moote of the department of psy chology will speak on their leapec tive fields
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