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COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
VOk 36—No 9
Smaltz Air Raids
Lead Lions To Win
Over Bucknell, l3-3
Bisons Score Early On Field Goal;
Rollins, Petrella Tally As Nittany
Eleven Rallies In Second Half-
By DICK PETERS
Take about three dashes of Bill Smaltz’ pitching aim,
star well with a little brilliant running and pass-receiving by
Steve Rollins, and add,to it one ,iuick spicy run by Pepper
• Petrella (about the size of an ovei grown walnut) and theie
you have the Nittany Lion’s recipe for seasoning a. juicy
Bucknell Bison steak in the form of a football victory.
Alumni Council
Holds Meeting
With Cabinet
„ First Time Association Has
Met With Students; Joint
Dinner Planned For Friday
Taking the initiative in an effort
to acquaint Penn State undergrad
uates with the works*of the Alumni
Association, the Aiumni Executive
Council held a joint meeting with,
the all-College Cabinet in the as
sociation's office last Saturday
This meeting, tire llrst of its type
in i the history of student govern
ment was planned by the alumni
last spring
The most lmportdnL item dis
cussed was that of securing a
placement bureau for students in
cooperatron with the Alumni Asso
ciation The 'Association has also
issued an invitation to the Cabinet
fine'mb'^,to N ibqJhel'gu.eg.tsi'at uCdin
neCar 6*P 'm 'Friday liTtlie
’tany Lion 1 Inn’ -
'Closely related with the place
ment bureau was the problem of
preparing students for interviews
It was suggested that short course
'might be’developed for seniors so
that they could be better piepared
wfien applying for positions
i Alltmni who attended the meet
ing were R H Craig ’l4, presi
dent, Edward K 'o9, sec
retary, Earl Hewitt ’O3, George M
Arlsman TB, Julia G Brill ‘2l, H. I
Smith ’O7, B C Jones ’l9, Janet
Brownback Gross and iWilliam K
Ulerich *3l
Vocational Confab
Plans Underway
Recognizing the" fact that about
50 per cent of Liberal Arts stu
vdents aie undecided on their ca
reel, the school administration
will confer next week with de
partment heads on plans foi a
of all-College vocational
; meetings
' Outside speakers may be invited
tQ give 1 students «p*to the minute
.information on job chances hr var
ious fields. Di. Charles B Wagner,
assistant dean, indicated He point
ed out that textbook statistics on
'employment have been made ob
selete recently by rapid changes
Lion To Roar At Pep Rally
Preceding Collegian Hop
*/ You have a big night ahead of you Fridav. and we do mean big
•plans (oi tile Student-Alumni Pep Rally, lmve been completed and at
7,30 p m Fiiday theie will be more action and excitement la Rec Hall
'than you Ve evei 'seen
1 Tlie Lion's going to he there In all his Jungle gloi \' Clothed In the
skin of an honest-to goodness mountain "vaimtat" will he one Gene
’Weltstoue (cnco a gym coach, now Mb liiends claim he has taken to
I'eatlng raw meat and giowllng at eveiylifdy with true Llou accents)
'lf you'v&‘”seen Gene at any of 4
’the gym meets or-at last year's grid/games, will ho on hand to In
'Circus, yon,know that he’s going teivlew Boh Higgins, Nittany
''tb be a {salt Nittany Lion and one co'ach. Robeit Craig T 4, presl
.to i, B proud of. < . dent of tlie Alumni Association,
j. "And we can’t forget Miss'Var- will have a.few words to say in
■Bity, who .was 1 selected last-week behalf of the Alumni, in whose
“by a Joint committee of Collegian honor the Rally and the Homecom
■Wrtters and football players and lag game on Saturday are being
■Whose identity is being kept se- be|d , ‘
oret,' will show,yon why;,’she was Following the Rally, if you have
Inlck'ed as the co ed who know most a. subsciiptlon to the Collegian
■ about football ' , (and a date) you will continue tho
■“s .There’ll he music, too, by the ’ evening’s fun at the annual Col
ißliie Band and ’ Glee Club, and legian dance which will begin at 9
"Protessor Richard V} Grant has p m In Rec Hall. Music by the
promised a pievlew of several hits , Campus Owls will he the main
krom. the Thespians’ new produc- course with Intermission songs by
itloh "Piuafoie ’’ Stagin’ ‘ Sammy Sammy Gallu thrown in as an add-
Wlu'wlll be featui ed hi a number. |ed treat But don’t forget,that the
; . At s p m station, KDKA 'will, only way you can get Into the
/Pick’ *up‘the rally and broadcasts dance Is by using the ticket which
-Salli hour'of the program. Jack goes with each subscription to the
.party, sports'announcer of Lion 1 Collegian.
fktttt g»tatr Call
It was just that foimula that
‘the State pigskin battlcis used in
! turning the tide of a fighting
Bucknell team’s eaily margin to
j come off with a hard-earned tn
j umph Satuiday afternoon, 13-3
I Despite the fact that the Blue and
I White eleven was m and out of
j the fire and frying pan many times
during the game due to mnumei
able fumbles—ll m all, the flash
ing play of two sophomore and
one veteran backs was instrumen
tal in revenging last year’s upset
by the Thundering Herd
Bls'ons Took Early Lead
Twelve thousand fans gasped as
Bucknell took .an eaily 3-0 lead
Twelve thousand heaits weakened
.as the Lions, suffeung horribly
jfrom" an acute attack of fumblitis,
stiove to get going Twelve thou
sand fans watched drive aftci
( drive end short of scoring'tcrri
i toiy Twelve thousand pairs of
! eyes ,saw the Lions uncork a light
j ning-like,air-raid, to score in the
third period And as twelve thou
sand fans got ready to'go home,
they-weie c pleasantly surprised by
a la«*t minute dash” for States sec
;/ond
sprlnt over Bucknell’s goal line '
- Midway in the first quarter,
the Bison jumped to its eaily mar
(Continued On Page Three) *
Eight Carloads
Of Equipment
Are Received Here
Eight carloads of fixed equip
ment have arrived heie to date on
contracts of the Hamilton Manu
factuiingCo and the Sheldon Com
pany, W B Swartz, local drayman,
lepoited yesterday
Equipment for the new foiestry
and poultiy buildings, including a
lefiigeiator plant, has amounted to
seven carloads, Swattz said This
is part of the Hamilton contract
A carload of tables and otbet
stationary equipment foi the new
chemistry and physics unit, ship
ped by tbe Sheldon Company, was
uniouded heie last weok,’ it was
reported
About 90 moie cai loads of equip
ment will be shipped by these two
conceins before the completion of
tlieit contracts. Swaitz estimated
Shipments of mineral industries
equipment are listed-for October
11, IS, and 25, Novembei IS, and
December 15
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA , TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1939
Photographers Wanted!
Collegiate Digest Calls
Are you a photographer’
Would you like to see YOUR pic
tures of Penn State events in
Collegiate Digest’
The Collegiate Digest, loto
gravure supplement which ap
pears with your Collegian bi
weekly, lias issued a call to its
subset ibers foi more pictures of
campus dife We pass the te
quest on to you
If you are a photographer and
aie intejested in seeing Penn
State recognizer' > -torially in
such a nation&iiV distributed
publication as the Collegian Di
gest, hand in youi name and ad
rliess at the Student Union Desk
'lmmediately
College Control
Of Pool Brings
Fee Increase
Annual Phys. Ed. Charge
Raised From $8 to $lO
For Freshmen, Sophomores
of Giennland Swim
ming Pr,i tindei college bupeivi
sion I’-is led to an inciease in the
annual plijsicai education fee foi
fresliman and sophoinoies fiom $8
to $lO Junioib and seniors still
pay the $8 yearly fee
When the pool was undei inde
pendent supeivision freshman and
sophomoie men took one semestei
of required swimming each yeai
and paid Giennland SI foi the
piivilege Now— with the College
controlling the pool—requirements
'aie the same but the > eaily fee is
$2
For the extra $l. students can
have on request recieational swim
ming tickets entitling them to 16
swims duiing the soinestei they do
not take lequiied swimming How
ever, the fee is charged whether
oi not the student avails himself
of thq tecreational ticket
v _ Michaels Is Supervisor, r .
Requhed swimming 1 classes are
held In the mornings. Monday
through Saturday, from 8 a m to
noon, undei the supervision of Al
Michaels *
in the aftei noons, Monday
thiough Fiiday, the pool is open
fiom 1 to 4 p ni for recieational
swimming, and fiom - '4 to 6 p m
is used by the vaislty swimming
squad A recreational peiiod has
also been set up fiom 7 p m to
10 p m on Friday
During othei hours the pool is
operated comnieicialiy by its own
eis '
-Fresliman and sophomoies de
sit ing to get their recreational
swimming tickets may do so at the
office of Glenn N Thiel. 213 Rec
Hjall Juniors *nd seniois may
put chase tickets entitling them to
16 swims for $1 at the Bursai’s of
fice
‘Dry’ Nightclub
Proposal Before
Student Cabinet
Requests foi a “soft diink night
club*’ have again been leceived
from interested students and stu
dent organizations v If it meets the
lequii ements, the “night
club” will be open Friday and Sat
uiday nights in the Sandwich Shorn
Old Main
- Agitated foi last Spring, the pro
posal is due to reach the all Col
lege Cabinet at its next meeting
It is expected that a student com
mittee witi be appointed to make
furthei plans
According to the plans, light re
fiesbments would be available and
a nickelodeon installed foi danc
ing The 1 proposal, as previously
pie&ented. struck a snag because
tbe College constitution states that
anything tending to private piotlt
cannot be installed on College
propei t>
Befoie the “nightclub” becomes
-a le&lity, tbe suppoit of student
gioups is needed to boost the ven
ture * 1
Metallurgists To Visit
Burnham Steel Plant
A one-day inspection trip for
freshman and sophomoie metal
luigy students will be held Thurs
day undei tlie joint spon&oiship of
tlie depaitment of metaliuigy and
the Penn State Chapter of the
American Society for Metals They
will visit tbe plant of the St&ndaid
Steel Company at 1 Burnham
Dr David ,F McFarland, Dr
Charles R Austin and Dr. Maurice
C. Fetzer will supeivise the group
Several senior metallurgists will
act as guides
Change To
‘University’
Is Delayed
Board Delays Action
On Name, Pending
Revision Of Charter
Plans for a change in the name
of the College to the Pennsylvania
State University are being held up
pending a revision of the College
charter, making it improbable that
legal ai i angements for the change'
will be completed during the pies
cut academic year
The College Board of Trustees
has been studying the matter since
it was pioposed almost 19 months
ago by then-Governoi George H
Earle in a speech here
Favorable action is expected
from the Trustees although they
have never indicated appjoval or'
disappioval of the plan They have
turned it over to a special com-’
mittec lieaded by Col J Franklin
Shields, president of the Boaid
The name change must go i A five-point piogram to liberalize ROTC and impiove student at-
Ihrough the same legal led tape, titude toward it has been achieved, Col Ambioseß Emeiy, command
|as a change hi the charter It is a nt 0 f the nnlitaiy department, icpoitcd yesterday—less than nine
considered likely that because of mon ths aftoi the program was announced ' 1
this the Trustees will wait until a ' Co , E who up
charter levision now undeiway is . . . , u r* * il. 1
complete so that they can take dut,os at , tbe , S tth b IP' Ul} ATf Canim-e
both mutters th.ough the courts f ,n "' ng . of ‘ he IS3B - 39 ycar ’ re ; I t/lgllt RUlt beMOfS
at the same time ,eascd h 'J five-pomt imp.ovcmcnt, °
Minor Adjustment ,n Charter ' Att Twined For .
The revision of the chattel is have been met
sahl to ptovide no mujoi changes ‘ T ho ptogram completed follows Lliefll/Cal YVaiiare
n the College organlzathM, but Is of thc baslc ROTC
intended to clarify Inconsistencies . . . . „ Eight seniors in the advanced
tesultng fiont frequent amend- ?? lUpay 1 ROTC coutso hete are among 50
°n„ ? . anger need to ' a " , tba Sla “*
Progress on both matte.s is w( , ar r lar alm b shoes A "ho win tecelve commissions as
necessarily slow as the Trustees b * h * are ? second lieutenants in the ciiemical
have only two scheduled board ed with the umfoim waiTaie service on their graduation
meetings each year, one In Hanls- 3 _ Athletei . have been a | lowcd to " e * l
burg duiing January and n second' enro]| th( . advan( . ed Rt)TC , The senlo.s eat net! CW S rut
at the College in June ’bo.ps Before they usually L'f by , su “ me ' ca “P, at
When the chartei revision Is fin- , v J e refused because of sche-l Edse " ood Alse “ al ' Edeewood Md
ally complete both the name “ du w difficulties now cross-! thls summer rat " er thon u » i ntan
cbange-andHhfe'revisl'on must have? 'anangernents are” trJ " or_ " nElneer snmmei camps As
approval of a majoilty of the Tins- b ana " Bements , .equhed by the Federal govern
tees Then the matte, must be 4 -Enroilment- m the advanced ™“ t ' a !?.
taken before the Common Pleas «. i,. in „ ,« * st,J 8,1(1 8,1 ,mt one are in tl,e
Court of Centre County and the. f I^rf E vefr wi J 1 ns" Cllcmistn ' and Phvsics School
State Council of Education sad ! “ r 1 -' t "f! 198 T hetr hit-tiuction lte.e is the some
AUhni.p-i, n/st lon-niiv rofinirflri if ™ s year Is , was 150, with 250 as , e ceived by othei advanced stu
Although not legally required, it juniors applying for the 90 ,i ents
is tonsldeied likely that the Trus- posts open Next year the quota p , d r „ . . .
tees will also want to present the ...it nro b a blv be raised to 200 \ the College has had
mattei to the State Legislature gjg,’ ze of adduced students in the chemical
before formal action is completed p j H fimnifomuntt! ore " ar f flie seivice, but nevei as many
Unless called into special session ed and " ran f JI ,bls vear 11 cxlren,el ' dlt
y'e legislature will not meet agalnJ ‘ .“.S? ° f " tlcull t 0 Eal " ad n>lttance because
until January IS4I engineer and an infantry offic- tl ~a ti o nal , |llota , s 5(l
until January. uii er instructing staff (In- „. , . „
. , - - a v The seniors in the comse aie El
stead of four ROTC sections as nood B Cooper , FloJd Dodson ,
■last year, s.x have been sche- winlanl R Rreif(el , Jr , Hairy
dialed this semester The Wat Sosson , ™ llllaal p M , „ alrJ
Department has promised to D gaige, John J Shaffei and
send the additional officers heie william S Wilej, Jr
as soon soon as available )
The, two points achieved that
weie not listed in the announced
program are.
1— Liberalization of the cut sys
stem (Each student may now
have one unexcused cut a se
mester None were allowed be
fore ) . '
2 in the infantry and
engineer regiments are now as
signed to separate sections and
are trained separately Ar
rangements have also been
made to have each student be
long to the same company dui
ing his entire two years m the
basic course
Pledge Banquet Set
For October 22
Tbe annual Pledge Banquet spon
sojed by IFC and the PSCA’will
be held at the Nittany Lion Inn,
Sunday, October 22 The speaker
will be Di Robert L Sutherland,
dean of men at Bucknell Univer
sity
Clifton McWilliams '4O, president
of the student body, will preside as,
mastei of ceremonies The object
of the dinner is to have all the<
pledges from the various fraterni- 1
ties meet each other and get to
gether so that the pledge class will
be more friendly and have a
chance to talk things over The
entertainment has not been defl*’
nitely selected
Student Aid Asked
In National Survey
Motivated by a desire to determine wlrat students all over the
United States ate thinking on vital issues of war and peace tbe As
. sedated Students of the University of California at Los Angeles are
making a survey in more than 500 colleges and universities They
wont youi help.*
Here’s how to give it Just fill out the questionnaire below and
hand it in at Student Union desk by noon Friday
CLIP HERE
NATIONAL COLLEGE POLL
(Check Answers)
1 Under present conditions, should the United States enter
the European war as an active fighting agent 9
2 If Germany Is defeated in the war, do you think the spread
of the totalitarian form of government will be prevented’
1 Uuder present conditions, should the United States sell
munitions on a cash basis to anv belligerent nations who
ca.r coil for the items in their owu ships’
4 Do vou favor increased armaments and extension of armed
forces in the United States at the present time’
5 Would you be willing to fight If
A The United States propei were attacked’
B Any United States territorial possessions were
attacked’
C Any country in the western hemisphere
were attacked’
D. United States maritime rights were violated ie. it
American ships were sunk with American passengers
aboard’
E It became apparent that France and England were in
danger of defeat’
MALE
FEMALE
STUDENTS WIN PLACE
ON COLLEGE SENATE
CONSTITUTION CORRECTIONS
r
t Corrections in the Student Government Constitution, copies of
! which are now available to all students at Student Union desk, are
,* as followb (Collections in bold type;
u Article I. Section 6 should read
All legislation, in order to become effective, must be passed by
l a plurality vote of the Cabinet and signed by the All College Presi
(. dent within two weeks thereafter If the All College President
should fall to sign the measure within two weeks, it shall antomat
' ically go into effect If the All-College President should veto the
' i measure, the Cabinet may override that veto upon reconsider atr vr
- of the measure and approval of two-thirds of the members present
/ Article I, Section 12 is correct as it reads but tire section is
misplaced Section 12 should be Section 13 Tire Section IT, as
i printed, should be omitted
1 Article I, Section 12 officially reads
r The Cabinet shall have power to request any member of the
* administration or faculty to assist in any investigation
5-Point Plan To Liberalize
ROTC Achieved—Emery
rgtatt
‘Afraid I Would
Not Reach Here, ’
Says Chinese Girl
"I was afraid I wouldn’t reach
here'” exclaimed Miss Chukyee
Clinn, graduate student from Lhrg
nan Univeisity in China
“I sailed from Hongkong Sep
tember 1 on ‘The Empress of
Japan,’ a British ship,” Miss Chan
pointed out. “and first heard of
the war in Europe before dockiug
at Shanghai One third of the pas
sengers left the ship fearing a Ger
man torpedo boat reported oft the
island of Foimosa
"The ship was painted giey. win
dows blackened, and out course to
Seattle was not revealed,’ sbe
w ent on
"Japs Are Checked”
When asked about the Sino-
Japanese war. Miss Chan told of
Chinese checking the Japs at all
points 1 She is convinced the Jap
anese won’t he able to last long
Her country’s foieign policy was
summed up when sbe stated that
China favors the democracies iu
South China, the feeling is against
Russia vyhile the north favors the
Soviets, she said
Moral rearmament has finally reached Penn State after its on-
Unmp ("Vlfpffpl'fSl ginator, Dr Prank Buchman, foimer secietary of the PSCA, began
this unique formula for life in Oxord University, England The M
OnPflP/I TV* PllhlfP R A , as it Is popularly called, has been gaining impetus throughout
'■JpCIICU *v i UOIIL the world and it seems inevitable that this campus, its actual birth-
The Home Economics cafeteria, place, should also fall m line + ~
managed and operated by two James R Sausser MO and Carl way to P peace is by be
classes in the institutional admin- u Keller MO are the student lead- ,nn * ne w *, the individual and
Istration course, Is now opes to I ~ ". * ‘ «<= h o ™' ‘ h<! ME A - ™phas. 2 os
tlie public with lunch and dinnei :01s ' vho have undertttken thc P r °- faith, good will, love and unselfish
being seived each day except Sun-' motion of the program These stu- 1 ness The puipose of the movement
day I dents plan to hold severat meet- is to builh for permanent peace
Reservations foi special parties Digs within the next few weeks and to change world wrongdoing
or dinners may be made by calling and are making personal contacts by changing the people in it
Miss Joan Jones at the cafeteria to stiengthen the local movement. I The orgamzating group is now
office The entire planning, menu, A climax is anticipated-rluring the contacting student leaders and
ami service is under the direction first week in December when .11 preparing placards and booklets
of women students in the home national broadcast is planned explaining the movement to the
economics department ' 1 Based on the theory that the ! student body.
Representatives Will
Serve Without Vote
On All Committees
Nine Undergraduates Likely To Be
Chosen By Cabinet; Okay Given
Thanksgiving, Mid-Year Vacations
A move started last Febiuary by the student body to ob
tain lepiesentation on the College Senate was climaxed yes
teiday when RegistraieWilham S Hoffman announced that
the Senate had approval a change in its constitution at a
meeting last Thursday to peimit appointment of students to
seveial committees in that body
The undergraduate lepresenta- +—
tives, one man and one woman io\ $ i r* ■ • • «
each gioup, will serve in an ad- F OlltlCiil
visoiy capacity without vote on the .
Student Welfare, Public Occasions 1 1 Iftfo n lyo OTI
and Calendar Committees under, 1 h a u l£ja LiU 11
the new arrangement * IT j
In addition a standing body of lj3l|lS iICHCI Wfl V
three will be appointed to serve in J
the role of advisois without vote, Breakdown Of Fraternitj*,
" llc ;' ref ' u “ t ' d ' a " coran ' l “ cc “ Independent Set-Up Seen
in the Senate to voice student t _ 1
opinion on matteis coming befoie * n UlCShman C lQlies
those gioups
The plan for a standing body
Senate Rulings
On Calendar
1 A tin ee hour final examlna
•'^'-tio7i“period~shairhfe’'nit(l6“pos*' i
Bible for tlipse departments
that desire it
2 The scheduled final examina
tion peuods for all lectuie and
tecltation courses shall be
used eithei foi final examina
tions or for other types of
clnssioom work
3 a The calendar shall be based
on Commencement occui
ing on the Monday follow
ing the first Saturday in
June
b Each semester shall be 15
weeks of class woik exclu
sive of final examinations
c The final examination pei
iods shall be eight days in
leugtli
was approved by Student Board
at a lecent meeting in place of a
pievious plan to have undergradu
ate representatives serving on all
Senate groups
Will Select Nine Students
The manner tn which the nine
students will be selected has not
been decided upon It is piobable,
however, that the secretary of the
Senate will request the All-Col
lege Cabinet to appoint the stu
dent committee members
At the Thuisday meeting, a one
day Thanksgiving holiday was
gi anted by the Administration
A three-day mid-semestei vacation
starting at 11 50 a m Thursday,
Febiuary 1, and ending at 8 a m ,
Febiuary 5, was also appioved
CA Directors Will Meet
The PSCA boaid of dilectors
and* cabinet will hold a joint meet
ing and suppei at the Ralph Watts
Lodge. Thuisday Discussion of
the budget and foimulation of
plans foi the forthcoming veai will
compiise the business
Moral Rearmament Move
Begun By Student Group
SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BULLETIN
A meeting of all poltically
minded freshman men and wom
en has been called in 405 Old
Main at 7 30 p m today by A.
William Engel, Jr *4O, chairman
of the elections committee.
Thomas C._J3 ac k ensto 8 e u Junjor
"el ass ‘“presTd e n C"W Jl I Tam B." Bar
tholomew *4l, Independent Clique
chairman, and H. Edward Wag
ner *4l, Campus Clique chair
man, will be present
With oiganization plans in Its
two cliques well under way, the *43
political kettle was beginning to
gathei steam rapidly this week
Signs of a breakdown of the old
frateinlt> vs non fraternity setup
weie stiongly appaient in both or
ganiratious The '43 Independent
clan elected William P HcFadden,
Sigma Pi, as lempoiaiy secretarj
at its meeting last Thursda> while
the other gioup has not jet deter
mined whether to operate under
the “Campus Clique" banner or to
choose a new name
Yeager Made Chairman
Gene Yeagei has been made tern
poioij chaiiman of'the M 3 Inde
pendent unit Selection of tem
poiar) officeis foi the other clique
has been deferred for two weeks
Apparent membership of the two
political groups Is about equal with
each reporting about 40 men and
seveial women at their last meet
ing
Both freshman cliques will meet
in Old Main, Thuisda) night
Cwen Dance Set
For October 27
Owens, sophomoie womens ac
tivities honorar). will hold its an
nual foimal dance in White Hall
tioni D to 12 p m , October 27 with
music b> Rex Rockwell's Orches
tin
Freshmen have been granted one
o clock pei missions for the dance
anil decorations will feature gray
and led, Cwen colors, it was on
notmce'l by dance chairman Betty
Jo Patton