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VOL 36--No. 13
Between The Lions
Bolj Wilson
Dear Mr Higgins:
I have!,just summoned the Society for Prevention ox
Cruelty to'Good Athletes to an emergency meeting here to-
morrow. ■ ;
, I took the' liberty,of wiring them because I feel, like all
of the undergraduates here at school and the alumni abroad,
that drastic steps should taken at once to aid your be
wildered football Lions—especially in the face of what hap
pened to them, at Cornell last Saturday
..As if I need to remind vou, Saturday’s defeat was the
worst any Penn State, football team has suffered in the past
ten years. And yet, this was supposed to have been the best
Lion outfit to stalk'the Niltany Valley for a good many sea
sons. .
Now don’t get me wrong, Mr. Higgins, your team isn’t
bad. It’s the way they’re taught to play!
Your system might have been great back in the days
when Penh State teams ’used to pack ’em in. I say "might
’have been great” simply because I can’t find liguies that
prove you ever did coach a really great team ' ’
- In fact, a suick glance at your record shows exactly the
’opposite.: In nine-seasons (not counting the current one) as
(heiid Lion mentor your teams have won only 28 games
aga/inst 40 defeats.' Four games were, deadlocks. The books
'alsc show that while your team managed to defeat Lebanon
‘Valley and Lehigh rather consistently and maybe pull one
m'pset a season, they were drubbed often and easily by teams
If rom inferior schools. Pitiful, isn’t-it? ’ ,
r l- ' There must'be some reason, then, for Penn State’s per
ennially poor showing on the gndn on I for one (and I ami
mot alone) believe that the answer lies in State’s inbred
coaching system. - . -
Eminent physicians claim that inbreeding weakens fam
ilies. Eminent sportswriters claim that inbreeding also
weakens football systems And youis, Mr. Higgins,, is cer
tainly, an inbred system. Penn State coaching staffs for
years have been composed of Penn State men only—men who
.know no othei system than the Penn State system.
' _ , Oh, I won’t say your system is the worst in the country.
'(But-I can think", what T-damn J please, and boy, am i! think-
iinir!!! -;' - ■ .''i’-'- - - 1.", ',, ,
!the Cruelty Prevention tomorrow..' - " ■ . •'
the m?,-,' ,J ' ' '
/ Should ijsay that'Bob Higgins has 45 good athletes, the
majority .of.whom would be stars at any other college?
i / Shoiild Lpomt but that at Penn State they are not stars:
that their’talents are being abused?' (
•i 'Should;l,tell them that Bob Higgins is making sows’
•ehli'h out'of silk purses?
; _ r - What would you tell them, Mr Higgins?
>43 ‘Ali-College Party’
Enters Political Scene
By WILLIAM E. FOWLER
Political histoiy was made last 'week
The '43 f All-College Party—a new 1 name on Penn State's political
liorizon—was oftieially christened by a'group of some 60 freshman
‘politicians J
With the choice of Gloria M.
Knepper as" temporary secretary
! fhe! new clique became the first
lo number a'■womun among, its
'officers.
£*Not to be tlie > *43 In
(dependent.group set' a 'precedent
1% selecting George A. Palmer, a
fraternity- man, as permanent
‘chairman,
Ot/ier Officers, Elected %T
C. Bacon was chosen
- chairman 'of- the ,AII-
Pai ty, with William J.
as temporary treasurer
fGeorge -Cotten - was elected perm*
qnent 'secretary* by .the Independ-_
Rents' * ‘ 1 ” ’
. ‘ -Plans for an all-freshman dance
'sponsored by-the party, were dis
cussed by. the All-College group.
been tentatively
slated for the Armory in tlie near |
future, with recorded'music
|C-’AI committee to consider sugges
tions < on, clique organization] and
.'campaign techniques, with Jack
-Hanley, Howaid A rCassel
fonry, arid- William - P.' Christman
sas, r members, 1 was. appointed by
. r, " ,
v-t About 20 women were reported
at the meeting of the'All-
Party, while the Independ
ents listed seven. , , '
The' freshman r Independent ch
eque-will, meet* in
next Thursday night. No
Meeting ' has • been slated by the
1-other' ’43' group until after ~the
dance.*- ' / \
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&^,';Anderson 1 Recuperates
€§Dr ‘A: .K: 1 Anderson, professor'
f«H,physiologacal Vi chemistry, has
pisjAmt* several* weeks at the Mayo
s£blimc>and<is recuperating in Min
§iSsota. In^his'absence'Dr 1 R. J.
aattilleVis taking over 1 teaching
[Katies.;,
Penn State Club'
To Sub For Cupid
With Date Bureau
' Penn State’s first' date bureau
is scheduled to begin operation in
a few weeks!
' Tlie Penn State Club is going to
sponsor a dating service for the
,use of members only, Theodore
Rice ’4l, secretary of the club, an
nounced 'yesteiday At the same
time a change in the opening of
the club’s all-College dancing class
was announced >
Any member wishing, to sub
scribe to the services of thtf dating
bureau may do so at t!\e clubroom
any day between_4 and 5 pm A
small ,’fee to "cover operating ex
penses may be charged
The- first all-College dancing
class ''will be held in' Rec Hall this<
evening beginning at 8:30 instead
of 7.30 as originally planned Tic
kets for the complete series of
10 lessons are priced at $2 50 and
may be purchased at Student Un
ion desk or at the door . The last
class,' on November 28, will be' a
three-hour dance
Miss Jessie Cameron will be in
chaTge of the instruction, which is
designed primarily for beginners
and intermediate dancers. Instruc
tion in only the strictly social
'dance, steps will be'given? v
; Shigley Attends Meeting ‘
Dr * James* Shigley,' professor 'of
yeterinary science, /will' represent
Penn State at the annual' meeting
of the Pennsylvania State Veterin
ary Medical Association at Harris
burg today'and tomorrow He is
, secretary of the association
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1939
Lion Eleven
Crushed By
Bears, 47-0
Cornell Capitalizes
On Early Fumbles;
Gajecki Outstanding
By DICK PETERS
A bewildered Nittany Lion
football eleven, caught with
their mouths .wide open, swat
.owed one of the bitterest pills
ever taken by a Penn State
team Saturday afternoon, as
Cornell’s Big Red forces ad
ministered the unfortunate
medicine m the - form of a
47-0 dose
Never In tlie running after the
fiibt two minutes of the walkaway,
the Lions we're completely taken
unawaies by two eaily first period
tallies by the Ithacans, both of
freakish nature, and when the
final gun sounded to end the
slaughter, the Blue and White gpul
line had _ been cut to ribbons by
the elected feet of Big Red backs,
who rolled on and on and on
Haidly had the 7,500-odd specta
tors settled down in their seats at
Schoellkopf Field, when the Bears
began to take the Lion apart from
tail to front Incisor Following an
exchange of punts, witli the ball in
Penn State’s possession on their
own 29-yard ‘line, Steve Rollins
started out around light end Hit
h'ard at the scrimmage line by a
host of Big Red tacklers, the State
tailback fumbled and the pill was
promptly gathered in by Hal Me
Cullough, a Lion tamer if there
evei was one, who just as prompt
ly “scampered the 29 yards over the
State goal line vhfick Drahos boot*
ed-the conversion - ) 1 ' "
‘ Touchdown Fumble Repeated. ‘
~'On the second-play.,following the
Una'
'With'
the’ball on*the State 41, Rollins'
again started around eiid, this time
the left side, and as lie was tackled
the ball sailed into the arms of,
Kenny Brown,' ‘ Ithacan fullback,
who dashed ovei for the second
tally Drahos missed the tiy for
cpnversion
(Continued On Page Three)
5 More Rooms
Opened By GSA
Classroom Fac l.ties Now '
Betler, Watkins Asserts
Of Shift In E. E. Building
Acting at the request of the Col
lege, the General State Authority
yesterday permitted the opening of
five more classrooms in the new
Electrical Engineering Building
The new rooms, 3, 111, 219, 220,
aud 22i; will accomodate classes
formeily scheduled In the Sand
wich .Shop; Water Tower, and
rooms adjoining the slaughter
house -
Foui 'other Electrical Engineer
ing rooms have been open 'to
classes for several weeks
English composition, physical
education, education, and other
courses will be held in the five new
units, which have a seating capa
city of 218' . -- t
• , Interruption Foreseen
Temporary inteiruptions of
classes In Electiical Engineering
will be made neceßsary„later in the
semester by drilling«of floors for
seat pedestals, accoidiug to Sched
uling Offlcei The class
rooms are at present equipped
with straight chairs and lap boards *
'The College is now “much bet
ter off” with regard to classroom
facilities than ( earlier in this se
mester as a result of GSA co-oper,
ation In'opening the new rooms,
Mr Watkins stated * .He added,
howevei, that classroom ptoblems
.were'by no means completely solv
ed - ' r
NYA Students To Affirm
Citizenship In Old Main
AII*NYA-students who did not
appear before the notary public
yesterday to affirm ..United States
citizenship, should do so either to
day or tomorrow, Stanley B. Mad-,
dox. director'of NYA, urged today.
. The notary public will be. in the
first floor lounge of Did Main to
day and tomorrow from. 9 a. m to
noon and 130 pm. to s ( p m. Ma
triculation cards are necessary for
identification 7 ‘ s , 1
Artists’ Couife Signs /
Cleveland Symphony
With the engagement of the'Cleveland Symphony Oichestra now
definitely set for March 29, the srtmt Course Committee, enlarged
last Spring by President Ralph will soon announce the se
lection of the remaining numbers -ra, this year’s senes, Dr Carl E.
Marquaidt, chairman of the commiVe** -
In selecting the Cleveland Sym--«
phony Orchestra, the committee'',
followed the preferences turned in,;
by last year’s subscnbers to the<
course The National Symphony'
Orchestra has appeared here the!
last foui years 1 ' ;
Dr. Marquardt stated that “we,
are not only obtaining the, services'
of a fine orchestral group but are
responding, as we always attempt
ed to do, to the expressed prefer
ences of subcnbers There appear-'
td to members' of the committee to
be unmistakable evidence of a
growing'prefeience for a new-or
chestral group and the Cleveland’
Symphony has not appeared. ■ on,
our series for six years.” ’ ,'
The committee includes foul ”
students, as well as?several lesid
ents of State College and faculty
members. iThe group includes
David E Pergnn ’4O, senior class'*
president, Jane A Romig ’4O,
piesident, A William Engel, Jr",-
40, editor of Collegian, Frank C
Anderson ■’4o, president of Intel -
fraternity Council; Miss Jessis
Cameron, modern dance mstruc
loi; William F Dantzscher, direc
tor of public information, Neil M
Fleming, graduate manager of
athletics, Richard W Grant, pro
fessor of music, Burton K John
stone, piofcssor of architecture:
Edward Steidle, dean of the
School of Mineral Industries,
William K Ulerich, managing edi
tor of the Centre Daily Times,
and William L Werner, profes
sor of English literature
Glee-Thespians’:i
Script Adapted
< To those of you who have seen
conventional presentations of Gil*
bert and Sullivan’s immortal oper
atic saga of the English Navy, "H
M. S. Pinafore," the ultra modern
Glee Thespian Fall Houseparty
pi eduction of the opera in swing
tempo will put a refreshing new
zest into the oft told drama for
you To those of you who have
never seen the saga in its 19tli cen
tury dress, it will be a sparkling
new musical comedy, as modern
as tomorrow
Under the able pens of Morry
Feldbaum *4O and MJke Brotman
'4O, even the familiar plot loses its
hoarinesb These two veteran
adapters have been working on the
script since early last summer,
making the dialogue as stream*
the battleship which will
he the setting, and the wisecracks
as racy as the modern costumes
The action of the swing opera
hinges around the fortunes and
misfortunes which befall "the lass
that,loves a sailor."
Ag School Organized
First Council In 1937
Editor's Note—This is the fuel m a seues of at tides concerning
the organisation and functioning of the respective School Councils,
wiitten m an effort to acquaint menibcis of each School with their
Councils.
First of the school councils to be organized, the Agricultural Stu
dent Council adopted a constitution on December 9, 1987. ' v
By the terms of this document “any organization whose object
is the promotion of any phase of agricultuie or home economics is
eligible to membership in the Council ”
Today a total of 21 department*
al clubs, including one honorary
fraternity. Alpha Tau Alpha, are
represented on the Council. Each
of,these is entitled.,to two repre
sentatives, one of .whom must be
an officer of the group he repre
sents
'Has Ready Check On, Opinion
Through the club setup, the
Council which meets once a month
can quickly> ascertain undergradu
ate opinion. At the request of Act
ing Dean S W. Fletcher, it re
cently’ conducted a survey which
revealed that students want a
dean’s list published for. the School
of Agriculture.
Among the matters handled
through the organization last year
were 'the continuance of judging
team fees and the openipg of Ag
Library,Sunday afternoons.-
Two, all-College dances, Harvest
Ball and Ag Frolic, are sponsored
by the Council. In-addition an Ag-
Home Ec' mixer is conducted and
4? ARTUR RODZINSKI
£ Conductor, Cleveland Symphony
1)orm Threat
Seen Hindrance
To Room Drive
| ‘Housing Improvement Will
'| Be Further 'Discouraged,’
gEvßurgess Believes
’3 ’
threat of new dormitones
will only furthei discourage hous
ing improvement in State College,"
it‘was saul yesteidoy by Eugene
?H'..Lederer, local Veal estate agent
'oßd/iormer burgess ’ v :-r .
Hisco m m en tiulc wi tli
legard tosuggestion that room
ing conditions be coirected by liav
.ng students start a letter-writing
campaign to have the 'Pennsyl
vania Genetal Assembly appro
pnate money for new College
dormitones Tins suggestion was
olfered two weeks ago in a .faculty
letter to the editor of Collegian
Ledeter pointed out that the
threat of new dormitories would
serve only to discourage peisons
who might otherwise build up-to
date rooming houses in the boi
ough
“Until recently when the uncer
tainty about new dormitories be
gan to anse,” he said, “theie
was never any trouble with the
housing Now people are afraid to
spend money on improvements be
cause they don't know whethei the
College will build dormitories "
If the College will state defin
tely that theie are going to be
no new doinutories, the ex-burgess
said, then householders will be
.eady to make improvements and
(Continued On Page Two;
a dinner for old and new membeis
is held at which keys are present
ed to members in good standing
Council, Tribunal Co-operate
Another function of the Council
ts .the 'presentation of keys to
judging teams It also co-operated
successfully with Student Tribunal
in settling the matter of 2-year
Ag 1 customs this fall
Officers of the organization are
Donald G Lerch, Jr ’4O, presid
ent, Harry E Serfass '4O, vice
piesident; Martha Jayne *4O, sec
retary, and Sam Dum ’4l, treas
urer.- Prof A. L Beam and Dr
C S. Anderson are faculty ad
visers.
At present the Council is fin
anced through dance pioflts, with
each 1 departmental dub also con
tributing one dollar per year.
The‘ privilege of having one or
two rof its members sit in on all
faculty , meetings involving Ag
students < has also been obtained
by the Council.
Forensic Council Contests
Debate Fee Split; Suggests
Faculty-Student Committee
An Open Letter
From The Forensic Council
In Its issue of October 20. the Penn State Collegian demoted consid
eiable space to the piesent debate fee controveisj -Included weie a
genuinelv impartial account of the atudou* cabinet meeting, the lesults
of a somewhat hapbazaid student poll, an 1 a two-column trout page edi
toiial espousing the cause of the glee club us opposed to debate If the
Collegian wishes to piomote the glee club at the expense of debate, that
is tbe light ol a free press It is also tbe Foionsic Council’s light to
present tiie case foi debate, and that privilege is beiewitb exeicised
To begin with, the Foiensic Council lajs down the fundamental
propositiqn that it is proud of the Penn Stale Glee Club If tiie gale le
celpts of that organization aie insi tflcient foi its needs, ceitainlv ,rie
quate funds should be piovided fropi other souice’- The Council will
coopeiate in secuiing such funds The Council objects to destroying de
bate b\ a r>o per cent cut as a solution Nor does the Council belieic
that a knock-down, drag-out fight between debatcis and glee clubbers in
student cabinet sessions offers tiie best way out
Rather, we suggest calm, deliberate action by a joint faculty-student
committee, as proposed by formal petition to the Student Cabinet on
October 20 We propose the following names far that committee Mr
Adrian O Morse, Assistart to the President in charge of Resident In
struction, Professors John H Frizzell, Richard W Grant, and Theodore
J. Gates, and Messrs Harvey Levin, Sam Gallu, A William Engel, and
H. Clifton McWilliams.
Wbilo the Collegian has been Tail in not attacking debate as such,
come account of what this activity dop*» foi Penn State seems in Older
The Council submits that debate furnishes direct participation to
150 students annually, draws campus audie-ccs of between 3,000 and
4.CCO each year, and carries the name of Penn State to at least 10,000
more persons in extension ard trip audiences. Other countless thou
cards listen in to our annual broaccasts over such stations as WOR,
WYNC, and WHP.
In addition, tbe name of this College has been eairied to at least
10b 000 additional peisons by the unraialiened publication of Penn State
debates, seven lm\lng appealed in the outstanding debate publication
n /mciica, "Debater’s Annual,’’ between 192 S and 193 S The complete
details of this unusual jeconl aic submitted herewith
(Continued On Page Two)
‘KeepAmericaOutOfWar’
BriveßfouglttTuCampus
A student campaign to “Keep America Out of War” will begin
here tomoirow with a peace meeting in Room 405 Old Main at 8 15 p in
Part of a national campaign which had its beginnings on the
Princeton University campus, the drive is not intended to advocate any
method of neutiahty but to show Congiess that students are “united
in then desne to stay out of wai
Piesiding over the meeting wil 1
be H Clifton McWilliams '4O who
has been made temporary chair
man of the steeung committee
which will conduct the drive
Speeches will be made by J P
Selsam of the histoiy department,
McWilliams, and David E Pei*
gun '4O
A plan of action to be formulat
ed at the organization meeting to
moriow is likely to include the cir
culation of a student petition*to
be presented to Congressman
James VanZandt, McWilliams in
dicated yesterday
Gioups backing the peace duve
have also indicated they would
like to bring speakers here foi
peace mass meetings during the
yeai, and launch a button cam
paign to raise funds to conduct the
piogram An Armistice Day meet
ing is likely to be the hist objec
tive of the group
Dinner Opens
CA Fund Drive
Solicitors To Contact All
Faculty Members, Alumni.
And Students This Year
With the beginning of its Gsth
vear of activity on the campus,
the PSCA began its annual finance
drive among the students and fac
ultv today
Following up on the KlckOff
Dinnei for division leadeis and so
llcitois, held last night in the Kit
tuny Lion Inn, a gioup of active
meuibeis aie now on the job In
dividuals contributing S 2 50 01
mote will receive u one-year mein
bership card
Funds received from students
will be devoted exclusivelj to the
Sei vices aud program features of
the Association while salaries aud
general overhead expenses are pro
vided for by the College, faculty,
alumni and friends In this way
tire students' contributions are re
turned dollar for dollar in work
beuefiting them
Campaign Is General
Every student and faculty mem
bet will be solicited v to support the
PSCA this year Students unable
to contribute immediately may sign
pledge cards which will enable
them L to give active support but
make payment with their next
semester fees
The purpose of the PSCA as stat
ed In its program is To aid per
sons'to the fullest possible self re
altaation and for furthering the so
cial and religious interests of cam
pus life through fellowship and ac
tivities centered around the dis
covery apd achievement of Chris
tian values r ~
Borough Council Wants
Stolen Street Markers
"No questions asked", was the
bargain made by Borough Council
last Tuesday evening as they ap
pealed to the students to return
the street signß which were alleg
edly stolen by fraternity members
during the last pajama paiade
The Council issued a final warn
ing that they plan to conduct a
seaich until the street signs are
found, and will inflict penalties
upon the guilty persons
Bob Crosby To Play
At Hecla Tomorrow
Bob Crosby, the onginatoi of
"Modern Dixieland Music," will
’ppcar in person at Hecla Park to
morrow i night The popular band
eador will be accompanied by hi**
entire orchestra
Featured on the program, in ad
dition to Ciosby himself, will be
The Bobcats, Ray Baudus, Bobby
Haggart, Eddie Millei, Nappy La
nrare, and Dorothy Claire
The hot rhythms of Ciosby’s or
chestra may be heard every Tues
day evening fiorn 9*30 to 10:00
over a coast-to-coast network
Student Directories
Ready In Two Weeks'
The student directory has gone
to press and will be ready for dis
tribution in two weeks, it was
learned yeste’rday.
This year's directory contains
8,212 names, of which 1,330 are fac
ulty members
Hoffman To Confer With Hull
As picsident of the American
Association of Collegiate Regis
trars, William S., Hoff man, regis
trar of the College, has been in
vited by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull to attend a Conference on
Intcr-Amencan ,Relations in the
Field of Education to be held at
Washington, November 9 and 30.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Special Cabinet
Meeting Tonight
To Decide Action
‘Drastic Cuts* Listed;
Debaters Deny Alleged
Squandering of Funds
Pioposmg “calm, deliberate
action by a joint faculty-stu
dent comnfittee,” the Foren
sic Council took a determined
stand against the possible
split of the present 50-ceni
debate fee in an open letter
to the student body yester
day
The Council has petitioned the
All-College Cabinet to refer the
current controversy over the de
bate fee for investigation and rec
ommendation to a committee com
posed of the following '
Adrian 0 Morse, assistant to
j the Piesident in chaige of resident;
’nstiuction, Piof John H Frizzel,
head of the division of speech,
Pi of Ritluud W Giant, head of
the department of music; Prof
Thoodoie J Gates, head of the
department of English Composi
tion; Haivey Levin ’4O, president
of Forensic Council, Samuel Gallu
’4O, president of the Glee Club,
A William Engel, Ji ’4O, editoi
of Collegian, and H Clifton Mc-
Williams, Jr ’4O, All-College
President
Cabinet JVleets Tonight
yfhethe&>ychM.aUiQna.wilUbe-ro—
fci red to this committee will prob
ably be decided at a special meet
ng of the Cabinet tonight.
- ’ In the open letter published in
the adjacent column, Forensic
Council once again stressed the
outstanding points in justifying
debate and opposing the slash in
he fee
Five items were listed as “dias
tic cuts" brought about by last
year’s cut m the budget m an, at
tempt to show that the debate
team does not only need its pres
ent income, but could use more
Numerous matteis of finance
wcie touched upon in the letter
as the dcbatcis denied any squand
enng of funds on trips Whether
the authorizations mentioned are
justifiable oi not has been left
to the student body to decide
Again no cffoit was made to op
pose the Glee Club as the Forensic
Council pronounced that "it is
proud of the Penn State Glee
Club’’ and advocated the securing
of sufficient funds for the musical
oigamzation
Forestry Society
Has Outing; Prizes
Awarded In Contests
About 80 forestry students and
faculty membeis attended an out
ing sponsored by the Foiestry So
ciety at Stony Valley on Saturday
Rail-splitting, chopping, sawing,
log-iolling, water boiling, and
smoke chasing contests were held
in the afteinoon Aftei dinner a
campfire was held, members of the
gioup providing entertainment
William McDermott '4O led gioup
singing
Both the chopping and lail
sphtting contests were won by
William F Johnston ’42 He re
ceded a hand axe and a -natch
chain as prizes William H Guer
lant ’4O and Werner Lange also
weie awarded axes as winners of
the log-rolling contest
Edward P Farrand '4O raced
400 yaids, then filled a can with
water fiom a small hand pump ui
four minutes and 25 seconds to win
the smoke chasing event He was
given a sheath knife
Arthur L. Bennett ’4O and Ro
beit R Blunienstein ’4O received
hand axes for winning the sawing
contest Bennett was also the win
nei m the water* boiling event.
Bohm *39 At C. I. T.
David J. Bohm *B9, who was
awarded a John W WJiite Fellow
ship last term, is now- doing full,
time graduate work in physics at
the California Institute of Tech
ology.