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! Editorial ;
1 By EMANUEL ROTH.
MANAGING EDITOR, COLLEGIAN
' DURING THE PAST FEW- MONTHS,'the Alumm As
sociation of the Pennsylvania State College has been on trial
Since August'2 when a moyement to foim a new alumni
'organization called the Alumni Committee of 100 was launch
ed' in Pittsburgh, charges againstyou have been made.
- The new Committee has accused your Association ot
“meek vacillation;” “a record consistently marred by the
straddling- of contioversial issues.” The Committee of 100
has letused to join you in common cuiuse “for no other reason
than-that the Association seems to have no cause for which
to work.”'
The Committee has quoted your piesident,Mr. Robert
Hall Craig, as lepoiting to the Association on November 5,
1938, that “certainly, an Association with but 1,105 paid up
members to January 10,1938, scarcely justifies its existence.”
Mr Craig, it has been charged, also reported that “thei e is
a'question to my mind personally whether theie is justifica
tion for an Alumni Association at Penn State, such as we
'now have ” 1 . ‘
. , Your piesident, Mr Ciaig, it is asserted, explained at
the Sumriier_Conference of the Alumni last July “tihal while
tlie College is moving steadily ahead, the'Alumni Assoua
tioii 1 is lagging waydiejiind. 1 ’
, If all this 1 is soyand 1 'the .Collegian'at present,has no rea
son.'to otherwise, 1 , the Alumni’ Association-of"'the'
.Pennsylvania State'CoUege today stands tried,’ convicted, and
?'-i ; iCei ta)nijh l the r
sareynspireOwno,vague,malevolence; 1 no hostile, intent } ;-n{ou
i ihrerthwA(|fe|blips;pf'nari^’,^initiveJmii]ds!,!!-''-,, ! ' ;
V - THE -A LtIMN i' ASSOCIAI ION; WITH iflS
OF A. HIIjECLIS,QR(, Y- FROZEN WEIH
THEjitlfehl-bi'YA .NEdljEC'lt. VVHICH HAS, MADE] IT A
SLO i H-LIKE CULT RATHERhTHAN. AN AGGRESSIVE
CONSTRUCrjtIiyiEjIfORCE INJIHE LIFE CF I'ENN STATER
.THUS FAR H'Afe’REMAINED SILENT..
'.The Alumni • Committee of 100 has something to’ofter.
Ip an amazing period of two months the" Committee has
drafted a solid, workable plan;for a Placement Bureau—the
first-of-its kind in the history of Penn State
• ,It is with keen regiet—yes, keen regret—that the Col
legian views the existence of this new Alumni organization.
_Bul it is also with a full realization that the existence of the
’Committee is a necessity, that it is now a,constructive force
in the. life" of tlie Pennsylvanm.Slate College—it is with full,
realization of-these facts the Collegian supports the
,Alumni Committee of 100. ' "
/ ’lf thiij'is to be awar—a war between the' two organiza
tions "to see which organization will, do moiefor the Col
lege,’’.“the Collegian is willing and ready to-back any move-t
,meiit by,either,organization which it regards as>a_step In
jthe right direction ■
1 ' , are confident that the Administiation views with,
of admuation this .healthy-controveisy befweenthe
.two oigamzations. We are confident' that, after all, the'Cot
lege itself wilt gain from this controversy.'
;’ , The'-question which now necessarily must stand above
ah else,-the question to which all undergraduates have a right
'to expect ail’ answer, is:
"V/l:;itrioes the Alumni Association propose to do 7
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No Civil War . . .
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN'
',Tliiai«? THJE yeui—the yrfarjiot fo« an undefeated football team,
nuiuli us Me would welcome that? but the jeai when the Alumni Associ
ation eitliorwlll-wake up and iccognize Its lesponsibllities or 101 l ovei
mid slnk v IU» othei foot, Into, the grave ‘
This, is THE weekend—the weekend when thousands of giaduates
retain to become'ohce'agahi u part ofTenn State.
jVoJTet, ab ° ve i lll * 11,18 ,h TH,iS d ay—the day,when Peim State once
f moie shaHresolve to look foiward—forward with renewed couiuge, re
flexed, vigor.*renewed ambition.^
For,.today Penn’ State stdnds on'
threshold a resurrection,'’a
resurrection which 11 promises to
tarry tbls\.institution j to’ the great
ness it-
-will a 4 < reborn loyalty
and an enlightened cooperation be*
’tweeifand among the students, the
faculty,'the,administration and tile
'alumni.) ( T .».”V r " \
l£*JAs for'us,'we-do-not propose to
wage any civil war Inr'whieh uei
tttier^slde-would stands to win'and
would most
certainly stand to lose, 1 J. ~
4jOnce t and,for'all r we
sfllvee' to support vigorously' any
worthy cause which.the'Alumni As*
soelatlon or'anybody else may Ini*
tiate. '
'And once and for all, we, pledge
ourselves to oppose just as Rigor
ously , any unworthy - or 'unwise
cause, which-the. Alumni Associa
tion or anybody else may Instigate
At all times, however,'we shall
welcome comment and criticism,
for.comment and ,criticism form
the lifeblood ,of progiess. {
Abo\e all, the Alumni Commit
tee-pledges Itself'to stiive'atall
times to add——
“T 6 the glory of thy name . ”
ALUMNI COMMITTEE OP 100
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1939
200 FIRMS SUBPORT COMMITTEE OF
IN DRIVE FOft STUDENT PLACEMENT
Lion Eleven
Favored To
Win Again
Higgins To Start
Veteran Lineup
Against Engineers
By DICK PETERS
Once upon a time a Nittany
Lion football team went out
to meet a Lehigh Engineer
eleven and the result was that
the Engineers took a film
grip on said Lion's tail and
pui.ed him inside out, hang
ing up his hide with a sign
underneath • Le h l g h-r-106,
Penn State —0
That was fifty ‘ years ago, in
1880, and at 2* p m tomonow an
other Lion will be prowling foi its
second- kill of the, year when a
very much'the undct-dog’Lehigh
eleven will visit Nqwfßeaver Field
Last year, the Lion 1 returned some
payment -foi' - that 4 1889 /humilia;
Bcfchle'--
hefo boys down to'a }>9-(> fie-,
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“ Tomorrow's battle t vyiU. ,be • tTje,
'2oth game in the, series i between!
the! Blue and White and the Brown,
‘and'White Of the 10 previous
meetings, Penn State has won 12
to’‘Lehigh’s 6 victories, ynth pne
battle ending m a 7-7 deadlock in
1920
' Judging fiom their iecord thus
far this season, two defeats at the
hands of Case and Alfred, the boys
coached by Glen Harmcson should
not prove too difficult a hurdle
foi the'Lions, but the leturn of
several injured Lehigh gridders is
expected to bolstei the Engineers’
attack and defense
Higgins Names Starters
* Coach Bob Higgins indicated
early in the; week that he would
start the same lineup that opened
against' Buckneil' last Saturday
In'this cuse, tomorrow will find
Captain Spike Alter and Tom Var
go at ends, Frank Platt and Cut I
Stiavmski at tackles, Mike Gaj
binski and Wade Mon at guards,
and Leon Gajecki at center The
backfield will consist of Lloyd Ick-
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Beaux Arts Ball
To Have Queen
Students To Cast Votes
Monday Engel Announces;
Dance To Be v ln Rec Hall
Come all you classmen, rally
tiiound A queen is to be crowned
. Queen of Beaux Arts Ball
Roommates, sorority sisters, ad
nmmg males, here’s your* chance
to make your “queen” the real;Mc-
Coy. f
Balloting will begin Monday, it
has "been announced by A. William
Engel ’4O, chairman of the com;
mittee which picked ten of “Penn
State’s finest” as candidates
Here they are, the cream of the
ciop, for your ‘scrutiny. Peggy
Seeds ’43,* Gloria Knepper ’43,
Dons Laderer '.’4B, Sara Louise
Bollinger '42, Ethel Taylor ’42,
Eleanor'Derr ’42, Gerty Hellmeis
'4l, Jo Condrm ’4l, Ann Lobach
’4l and Winme-Bischoff '4l.
"Members of/the- fionimittee* in
addition to,Engel’are: H. Clifton
McWilliams ’4O;,'G. Warren Elliott
’4o,' Thomas/ C.TBackenstose ’4l,
Jane ! A Romig r ’4O, Juanita M.
Chambers-’4O and Betsy Ann Mil
ler '4or;- ; *
The ball,'^formerly‘held v in ,thc
Armory, will'be held in Rec Hall
on October/21.CArthur Swanson
’4O/ chairman, has announced that
the theme'for decorations will be
kept secret. 4 - . - *
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Alpha Zeioi Tops Fraternities
With 1.81 Average; AGR Ranks
2nd, Sigma 3rd
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New Dorrris Need
Parent Cooperation
Ui£ittK studenU to c\cil piessuic tluoujrh the of then
patents, a member of the fatuity yesterday detlaicd that new dorni
itones weic needed here and could bc£ obtained from the state govein
ment “foi the askinpr ” ‘ ..
“Students can have then pai- >t£-t *ll*
ents \otc those 1 epiescntativcs lillllnini?^
Hatrisburg who will make the
needed appropnations,” he ex- }l|‘* I?
plained “Since thcie aie to be ;MflV UDCII JC OF
elections nt 1940, now is the Lime 1 J *■
to let the lepiesentatives know by ,0 #■»/■!
peisonal lettei what is needed” OCIXIC&LCI
The plan’s exponent pointed out „.i
that poorly housed students can- \ |'f*SA OlfiCMlb Predict
not do then* best woik; that new ' r i Completion' Of Existing
dormitoiics are a vital necd here Contract-, -By January I
-/‘At a tinie when so many in- ( “1 - ,
tercsts are.anxiousto/nullify pop-, the completion 01,
Liar 1 goyjjrhmen t/T? alucdntracts 'now 5- '
‘‘it is only.fitting- 'that a - * group of* j first'of pe\L yeai, local .GSA.offi
young-.ipeople reaffirm' itsi belief ! omls piedicted yes*tcrday that 'vu
jntlie demociatic way byitiymj? an J dually all, ofi the .11' new collegjj|
expeiiment buildings jwbuld be-opemfoi the
student body woik to have its legi- second semester
Innate, needs satisfied” , About 30 pei cent of the con-
Not only dormitory appiopua- Wepoited, with woik ion the two
;tions, but other'items, can be-ob- Hargest contracts, 18 and 19,*just
tamed through student pressure, ** getting under way.^
it was pointed out. ’ Final inspection on contract IJ.
“After all, we send iepiesenta : lor tables, fixed equipment and
lives to Hainsbuig to do our will" cabinets, was' held Monday. Con
not thens,” the faculty man cm- tiact 15, for cabinets, has also
phasi7ed “Were this not so, to call been completed, officials said, as
oui government would "’ell as contract 17, which pro
be meaningless” (Continued On Page Four)
Student-Alur
Dance Are S
At 7 80 tonight, the doors of
Rcc Hall will be* thrown open for
one of its biggest nights of enter
tainment At<that' time" the big
Student-Alumni Pep Rally will
jcgin’and following it will be the
annual Collegian dunce, the first
lug social event of the yeai.
We needn’t go into detail about
the Rally, because you know it’s
going to be something which you
can’t miss, but just to refresh youi
nomory here’s what is in stoic
/for you—music in the best Blue
Band and Glee'Club inannei, the
mtioductio'n of the i newly-clothed
Nittuny Lion, the first appearance
of Miss- Vaisity—the coed who
knows most about football, a pie
view of music fiom the coming
Thespian-Glec Club swing veision
of *“HMS Pinafore," talks by
Coach Bob Higgins, prominent
alumni fiom Lehigh and State,
and don’t forget that from 8 p m
until 8 30 the Rally will be aued
over Station KDKA
As foi the Collegian Dance, you
, <1
ini Pep Rally, Collegian
ated Tonight In Rec Hall
SAMMY GALLU AND CAMPUS OWLS
Gamma Phi Bela Ties
Della Gamma In Race
For Sorority Honors
Alpha 'Zeta, agucultmal fra
ternity and first semester leadei,
topped 48’ men’s social fraternities
with a 1 81 average to take first
place scholastic honors foi the
second scmestei of last year.
Second and third rankings also
went to agucultmal fraternities
as Alpha Gamma Rho placed sec
ond with 174 and Delta Theta
Sigma ranked thud with 1 GO
Ganpiia Phi Beta tied with
Delta Gamma for first place
among the 11 sororities, 'both re
ceding 183 This was the fomlh
consecutive semester that Gamma
Phi Beta has been in the hrst pos
ition
The all-College uveiage was 1 48
equalling the high second semestci
average of 1937-38 'The'all-Collegc
women’s averages of 1 59 was top
I fbateAnity ’averages"'
I 'l f Alpha Zeta .> _ 181
' BuAlpha'Gamma8 u Alpha'Gamma Rlio ' 174'
I 'DelUi Theta'Sigma ’ 1 GO
n 4 At.icia IGS
5 Beaver House 163
G Triangle , 1 61
7' Phi'Sigma Delta 1 59
8 'Alpha Chi Sigma 1.57
9 Beta Sigma Rho 1 52
10 Pioneei House 150
11 Gamma Sigma Phi 1 148
12 Sigma Phi Alpha 147
13 Lambda Chi Alpha 1 45
14 Phi Kappa Tau 1 44
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know what’s nt store for you there,
too The really-sohd swing of the
Campus Owls to dance to and
songs by Singin’ Sammy Gallu at
mtei mission Admission wll be
onlv by the tickets given willi each
Collegian subset iption. So get in
the swing and get a subscription
and date today if you have put it
off anti! the last moment.
Fieslunen customs will be re
moved foi the Collegian dance, it
was announced yesterday. Student
Tubutial also uigcd freshmen to
lemembei that non-attendance to
the Rally is a bieaking of cus
'oms All fieslunen will be requir
ed to sit down sinus in Rec Hall
dunng the Pep Rally piogiam
Varsity Rifle Tryouts
All eligible male students, in
cluding non-ROTC students, in
terested in trying out for the var
.Hy ufc team should tepoit to Lt
Col N N Stevens on the Armory
ilooi at 7 p m. Tuesday
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Alumni Group Seeks
To Support Service
From Damage Fund
First Stroke Comes In War With Alumni
Association To See Who Can Do Most;
Separate Bureau Planned For Men
b penal to the Coltcyunt
PITTSBURGH, Octobci 12—The two-months' old Alum
ni Committee of 100 today presented a plan for a centralized
placement bureau at the Pennsylvania State College and an
nounced it alleady had the backing of moie than 200 firms
m this area
It was the first stioke in the Committee’s war with the
College Alumni Association “to see which organization can
do most for the College ”
•The plan will be presented to the Piesident of the Col
lege ami to the Board of Trustees with the suggestion that
the placement bureau tempoiaruy be financed’fiom -the fund
accrued through,the $1 damage fee which each undergradu-
•'e* annually pavs the College
' The tlamage fund, the Commit- i
(e’e^ : gtie^^hay^6uth)/e'd7 , l tsr u«le- ~
ifulness and'has become an incen- j
live to riot To eliminate'* it, tluS'j
giouptsays, wouldteffectively reM
move one of the. -major incentives 1
to student riot 1 and at tRe same,
time pi ov^ide 1 * approximately
UOO annually lto« the 'placement!
bureau., i <*> j , »
i Male, Female Branches
In' its geneial outlines, the pro
posed placement bureau would be
divided into two separate blanches
r—one for men and one foi women
Because the placement of teacher
is a peculiar problem of its own,
the Committee suggests that the
Schools' of Education and Physical
education should retain their own
placement services
Each senior in the five othei
undeigiaduate schools would fill
out forms indicating his prefei
citcc of positions and qualifications
The placement buieau would sup
plement these with confidential re*
poits fiom his professors '
On receiving a request for stu
dents, the bureau would choose
fiom its files those best equipped
for the job and fotwaid a list of
names to the employci and nr
i.inge* mtei views for the students
Under the plan graduates would
be kept on file at least until the
Februaiy following their gradua
tion; then, the prospective grad
uates would leplacc them on the
“active list” with the oldei giadu
utes moved to the “leseive list”
200 Companies Back Plan
Aheady behind the plan which
the new .Committee suggests aie
*2OO fnms in the Pittsbuigh area
whose personnel managers and
icpiescntatives have expressed
themselves as pleased to considei
the recommendations of such a
placement bureau Names of the
lepresentatives who have given
(heir support, toUhc plan aie ap
pended to # the repoit which the
Committee,of 100 will make to
the President of the College and
the Boaid of Trustees
Putney, Bell As Heads
Suggested to head the proposed
bureau aic John “Jack” Putney,
of the Penn State Christian Asso
ciation, and Miss Betty Bell, now
assistant dean of women
The Committee in its teport has
uiged that the Board of Trustees
take immediate action on the plan
so that the bureau may be estab
lished on an expenmental basis
the second semester of this year
“thus paving k thc way for the bur
eau to hurdle the initial obstacles
and adjust itself to competitive
conditions before the 1940-41
school yeai opens ”
Board Meets InJanuary
(Whether or not the execu
tive committee of the Board of
Trustees would receive the plan
before its meeting at the College
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BUREAU
Alumni Plan
Homecoming.
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Festivities !f
Pep Rally Highlights
Bill Tonight; Dinner
Scheduled Tomorrow
Highlighting the first day's ac-
tivities of the annual Fall Alum
ni Homecoming will be the com
bined Student-Alumni Pep Rally
m Recreation Hall at 7*30 pm
tonight, pieceded by an Alumni
Council Dinnei at the Nittariy
Lion Inn at 6pm
The Vaisity S Club Smoker, an
nual affair for alumni who have
won a varsity letter while in col
lege, will be held at the Centre
Hills Countiy Club at 9 p m as
the lust event carded foi the day
•Activities will begin early to
mcriow wtli an alumni golf tour
nament at 8 30 am An Alumni
Council meeting is planned for tiie
Home Economics Auditonum at t)
a m It also has been announced
hat the Home Economics building
will be open for inspection b(y
ilumnae fiotn 9 until 11 am Fo|-
'cwing this thcie will be a meet
ing of alumnae in the Second
Plooi Lounge of Old Mam *
Athletic events on tomorrow's
piogiam aie the Freshman-PittS
buig football game at 10 ia.nf,
'Htate-BUcknell soccer game at 1
p m and the feature State-Lehigh
football game at 2 pm *
Fiateinity banquets and meet
ngs aie scheduled for 6 pan and
s non-fiatei nity dinner in the
Sundwich Shop, Old Mam is plan-
foi the same time
All seniois have been invited to
attend a Cidei Paity in the Sand
wich Shop at B*3o pm t
Porcelain Expert
Speaks Tomorrow
The world's foremost authority
on Chinese poicelmn, Mr Walter
A Weldon, of Baltimore, will give
an illustiated lecture, in Home
Economics Auditonum at 7*30 p.
m tomonow -
“The Origin of the Name Por
celain,” will be the topic of Mr.
Weldon’s lectuie, sponsored by the
student branch of the American
Ceramics Society • '
In addition to his,talk, Mr. Wel
don will exhibit priceless pieces of
Chinese art from his personal col
lection. The lecture is open to the
public