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VOL.-36—No. 14
1 PENN-STATE'S
Football Plight
t* 1
1 Launching The 'Objective Analysis
Editorial
By A. WILLIAM ENGEL, JR., Editor
. FAIR PLAY, as in any sport, is a fundamental requisite
in any two-fisted editorial attack which may appear, in this
of other newspapers against an individual or group of in
dividuals. ,
- That the, present football situation was unjustly at
tacked, by;th'e in.its last issue mas bombastic a
manner as could be utilized seems, to be the opinion of many.
- \ Thatsuch an outburst definitely was backed by student
opinion seems, to'be'the belief of equally as many, r
, Whether the.tactics used wereelhical; whether the time
was psychologically set; whether'the, immediate
outcome would. be good or bad—all are matters of fervent
- • ' ' 1
, , .a- 4 ’ „
.'f IF TH E doNTENT of Between The Lions was taken as
a* personal affront it was thoroughly misinterpreted. The
article Vas,directed ai a machine—a machine which did not
merely fail to'produce in. a single attempt, but which has
sputtered periodically over , a span of nine years. '
V? Xny machineiwhich.is running snioothly is certainly no!
in need of repair. -Yet, if a sudden breakdown'occurs in this
machine, •• alj hands endeavor to readjust.
;;Such has been the undeniable case of Perin-Slate’s lSWii
football .machine—twice'victorious and running smoothly,
btli^in-ils'third attempt, pitifully shattered in.an unbeliev
able breakdown; 1
v"' 1 * . * *■ * *
■ NEVERTHELESS, it is in the interest of fairness and
a,-realization, that'facts carry more weight than words that
the Collegian launches an unprejudiced “objective analysis’ l
of PcnnlStatc’s football'plight. . J ,
.The* Collegian assumes that considerably more is the
fnattcrwith football here than the “inbred’-’ coaching system.
(1) .the “intangibles,” (2)
'the material,; (3) the; facilities (equipment.-,etc;), and </)
the cojiching.-:-, ;; . ' " -■; v v -
;; ; Il'~:tS .WlTH,'the “intangibles”.'that the Collegian : is
first-'confronted. Such may be prompted, by; psychological
factors, by, morale,, or-by numerous other vague occurrences.
V ■ How., can one explain Penh State’s “up and down” sea
son last" year—a season which -was interspersed by disheart
ening losses ,10, inferior teams arid, spectacular upsets over
mrijorjopporients? That is an “intangible.” ,
True, it may be just a 'spark which ignites these 11
players. And this same spark may, appear again this season
Syracuse tomorrow or against anv of the .Lion’s
ieihamirig' major'.opponents.
■by'-‘The “intangible” is a-dark horse on any football battle
field. ,This College eleven is not alone in its tussle with the
impalpable.' Apparently, the material, or, the facilities, or
the coaching have more "to do with.the Penn Slate'football
plight.
42 Named To Cast
Of Glee-Thespian
& Swing Pinafore’
' Admission Slashed To New Low
' For Fall House party Production
tt * Swinging into tbeir'finai week of rehearsals before they open at
Schwab "Auditoiium Friday night of Houaeparty Weekend, the direc
tor) of the GJee-Tließpiatiß swing version of H M S Pinafore today Is-,
alidd two Jmpoi taut' announcements- The entire singing and dancing
cast of 42 lias been selected, and, a,new low’admfsslon price of fifty
(60) cents will be in effect , 4 .
£l“.®'™!!“°.“°,“ 10 °,” e ' halt Under many, '42, Bertha DoutheU '4l,
tdgnlar v admission price, was made Ei Be Gabrlelson ’42, Elizabeth Han
to'Ught of the fact that houaeparty scom . 43> Mary 'Louise Jenkins 40,
!S a, fine when the.aver- 'Alvira Konopka'4l,' Dorothy Kratz
aga.persoiis main interest-la say- . 43i Elizabeth'Rlnard 141, and Har-
IBg money, and •, It was .believed riet Wllllamß’4o ,
that-reducing the price iwould iAI “ tOS . Eleanor Fagans,'4l. Jane
greatly, help persons who .want to Gibboney.'42/Betty Hartswick ’4o,'
kbethe showv . ■‘ ■ June Keigh’’42, Dorothy Reeves
-.lhe entire cast, selected from - 4 i,.Elizabeth Reid ’42„ and Lola
both'Thespians and Glee Club,'■ls g£ s j( a >4l* /. ,
1 r - * • - ;• _ y Tenors* ’42, Fenwick
P/ v-- principals, ,/ , Brown'42, Garth Dletrick’42,'Rob-
M S Pinafore principals, are* ert ,Hotter‘M2, John Meloy ’4O,
bThe x 'Rt sHcn. Sir Joseph .Porter, Clinton' Quigley. ’42., Roderick
fe.\C. B (First Lord ,of;the Admir- Thompson MO, 1 and Don-White M 2
Yanofsky MO,, Capt, -•"'Basses Hayes-Darby MO, Rich*
T Gdrcoran .(Commanding ;H, M. S> ard 'Daugherty. MO, Harold Doran
rPlhafore), Robert Ralph *42, Arthur" Jenkins ’4O, Harry
iftackstraw (Able Locks M 3, Edwin- Moore ’4O; Ed
'tfallu.MODick-Deadeye (Able Sea* wa rd Osterliout MO, Roduey Serat-
Llewellyn Ml; * Bill. i n& mi. and Richard Warfield'Mo
.Bobstay' (Boatswain),„Gordon" Fay
•MIV/Botf “Becket - (Boatswain’s
’Mate),'Robert derating; !41; Jose*
-phineMthe /Captain's '^Daughter),
’Miriam'Rhein M 3, Hebe/(Sir Jos*
‘eph'a first ‘cousin),' Grace Hender*
'shat c MI; Little Buttercup"(a Ports-
Wbman), iMartha
c Stringer ■ *c" .
' Sopranos * LJ' Betty' Brown % Ml,
!,fciith Burrage Ml, Margaret' Car*
Dr. Convention!
- Dr.' C 1 >R. Austin,* professor of
metallurgy, is attending a conven
tion of the- American Society' for ’
Metals at Chicago this week He
is' attempting to.advance arrange
mentc for an' inter-chapter meet
ing of the society to be held here
m May 1940. « ’ . -
A REAL ALL-AMERICAN -1
Seek Orange UpsetJ
As Balm For Waunds
29 Lion Football, Players Leave Hoping
To Repeat Surprise Win Of Last Year f
* By DICK PETERS *
Between the hours, of 2:30 and ,4:30 p.m. tomorrow an
explosion will echo down the mountains from Archbold Sta
dium—the repefcussion to be set off when Penn State’s-Nit
tariy Lions and-the Syracuse Orangemen tangle in what wilf.
prove to be a blasting gridiron,battle_^\ 1 -^_. s Lt.-_ i x£4
,S bloOd -stifi 'boiling': ft om
a crushing defeat at-the hands of-Cornell’s Big Red last Sat
ui'day, departed early, this morning for Orangeland, seeking
to repeat their upset triuiWph ‘ovei the Syracusans last Rea
son." . ' + :
On the.other hand, the men of
Otange have not forgotten the dis
aster which befell themwhen they
visited in the Lion’s den and are
geared to “shoot'the works” in an
attempt to bag the Nittany hide
Though having a record showing
only one win, over little Clarkson,
and , defeats against Cornell .and
Duke, with a Georgetown deadlock
thrown in, Ossie Solem’s lads will
be favorites m tomorrow’s meet
ing ,
Orange Lead Series
Of the 17 past encounteis be
tween the two schools, the New
Yorkeis have taken home ten wins
to the n Lions four, with three
games, ending in ties.;/ , .
Though, hindered during the
past week by numerous small in
juries, the Blueiand White leather
luggeis will -be at nearly full
strength for the Syracuse battle
Diminutive dynamiter Pepper Pet
lella, has lecovcred to
see action against the Orange, as
has Bill Smattz', sophomore maiks
: man Other injuries'suffered in the
Cornell clash were not too serious
Thiee possible, changes, may be
seen in the starting lineup for the
Nittany forces Ted Nemeth may
start at guard for Mike' Garbinski,
while Carl’ Stravinski will resume
his old spot*, at replacing
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Soph Hop Committee Pre-Vues Dance
Featuring Recordings Of Kemp’s Band
■ Tribunal Allows "Fresh Tot— — ' —+ Co-Chairmen McKniglit ’42
Attend Dances.ln Armory; And Levy ’42 Publicize Hop
Friday Afternoons 4to 5 ! To All’Returning Alumni
Soph Hop goers will have plenty
of chance to get an (advance line
011 Hal Kemp and his orchestra
with, pre-vue dances scheduled ev
ery Friday from now until the
dance on November 24''
The dances* featuring Kemp
recordings, will'be held in the Ar
mory from*4_to‘6 o’clock-every
Friday afternoon The first was
held last week/ ' '''
, Special permission has been ob
tained from *Student“ Tribunal to
allow freshmen' to attend all of
the dances. 1
The ruling^,according to G War
ren, Elliott ’4O. chairman of Tri
bunal, not affect ".dress cus
,toms'* and -does "hot, allow' freshmen
to escort women either to or from
STATE COLLEGE/ PA.J|FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939
IMA Presents
Hat Society
For Approval
• Granting official approval for the
'foimal organization of a new cam
pus hat society, the IMA. central
council, at a meeting Wednesday
night." decided to petition Student
Tribunal and the Student Welfaie
Board for i their okay If these
bodies favor the proposal, the so
clety will tap men and begin to
function immediately
The committee in charge of the
proposed society is now drawing
up a constitution which states that
any man, fraternity or non-frater
nity. may become a member of the
society «•
Qualifications Listed
Some of the qualifications of the
men arc “These men selected to
become members of this society
hhall be selected tor their contri
bution toward the betterment of
Penn State and not as recognition
for their Individual attainments
These men shall not be expected
to lender any-special services aft
er their selection To be eligible,
'the men must.be junlois or sen
iors. ' - * ,
‘KEMP f ‘
Two Groups
Plan Housing
Action Soon
Senate Committee
May Inspect; Board ■
Drafts Constitution
(Developments in' both adminis
tration and student consideration
ot’the student rooming situation
moved forward apace this week as
Uje- Senate Committee on Student
Welfare authorized its own sub
committee to study a plan of in
spection and the Student Housing
Board, drafted a constitution to
guarantee itself as a permanent
organization
jThe Student Welfare sub-com
mittee which' will be named, prob-
Meeting OF Housing
Bkard Slated Monday
.Student organizations repre
sented on the Student Housing
Board have been called to send
representatives to a meeting In
312 Old Main at 4 p. ,m. Monday
draft a constitution for the
Board The member groups are:
Student Union
Men's Association
iPenn State Christian Associa
tion . '
* ,Penn State Club
.s'Penn State Collegian
4 'Student Co-operative Associa
(tlon ,
i Women's Student Government
' Association
1 Other .Interested organizations,
it’"'was > announced by (Emanuel
, Roth '4O, temporary Board chair
‘ man, may- send representatives
: tojslt in on the session. •
ably next week, is commissioned to
'work out a plan for rooming house
to'the^Senate s and"the College-Ad
ministration "and put into action
as soon as possible
In its study the sub-committee
will take cognizance of a Student
Housing Board plan for voluntary
looming house inspection which
the Committee on Student Welfare
last May “approved m principle ”
A great number of details under
the student plan remain to be
woiked out, members of the com
mittee say, as the College at pres
ent has no machinery to provide
the finances necessary for inspec
tion 1 •
Students Will Co-operate
The Student Housing Board
through its temporary chairman,
Emanel Roth ’4O, yesterday ex
pressed the desire to co-operate
in every ,way possible with the
Student Welfare sub-committei*
“in order that all the necessary
machinery may be put into action
before the present school year
ends.”
"Roth also called a meeting of the
Housing Board in Room 312, Old
Main, at 4 p.m next Monday to
consider the constitution drafted
last week-as the Board forwarded
its plan to seek official College
recognition from the Student Wel
fare group Following the Monday
meeting the constitution and a
petition for recognition will be
turned over to the Senate commit
tee,-
Another section of the constitu
tion provides that the Board shall
hold hearings in any instance
where a question as to student
1 housing may arise
the dance Their only association
may be in the Armory while the
dance is going on
" Meanwhile, with dances
undeiway, the Soph Hop co-chair
men, William J. McKnight ’42 and
Henry I. Levy '42, are pushing
plans to publicize the function in
Philadelphia and'Pittsburgh in an
effort.to attract alumni who will
be-returning for the Pitt game the
following afternoon. , ✓
/Members'of the Soph Hop com
mittee are Ruth tßentz, 1 David A
Harvey, James H Morton, John
M.~ Phillips,- Jack F. O’Brien,
George; K. Schubert, Benjamin
Seems, and William Zielonka, all
sophomores. *
Nittany Lion Booters
Will Babble Syracuse
Soccermen Tomorrow
-t-
Dean Predicts
‘Destruction’
If US. Wars
Whitmore Attacks Idea
That. We Will Join Allies
"lf"we‘go in ‘(to"war) again
either to save the Allies from Ger
many or for any other fine-sound
ing reason which may be concocted
and fed to us, : we shall be doing
our bit to destioy western civil
ization as we know it,” it was said
yesterday m a lettei to the editoi
of Collegian from Dr Frank C
Whitmore, dean of the School of
Chemistry and Physics'
Occasion foi the letter was a
Collegian interview published last
Fnday m which Arthur H Reede,
assistant piofessor of economics,
said, “It is safe to assume that we
will fight for the Allies rathei
than see them beaten by Ger
many ”
Statement Dangerous
“This soil of statement is alto
gether too common and much too
Jangerous It represents the most
vicious type of piopaganda, the
kind of piopaganda which put us
in the last wai It assumes that,
we are governed entirely by emo
tions,” Dean Whitmore wiote
Challenging the effectiveness of
oui entiy into the last war, Whit
more wiote, “The question is
whether the Allies won the war at
all It certainly looks as though
they lost it. probably thanks to our
help If we had attended to our
own business and stayed strictly
at home, the Allies would now be
much better off ”
- Real Tragedy
“The real tragedy of our par
ticipation in the World War,” lie
wiotj*, “is not only that we sacri
ficed hundreds of thousands of oui
young men to graves in Europe,
to giaves m this country, and to
living graves, but also that we
made the sacrifice for no good to
anyone with the possible exception
of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.
“The sacrifice of these young
men did not save, democracy, did
not end uai, and did not even help
England and France except in a
; momentary and most illusory way
Lutz Will Train
30 Student Fliers
Sherm Lutz, flight instructor at
the State College Air Depot, is
cooperating with the government
and the College authorities in
training 30 Penn State men under
the year-old Civil Aeionautics Au
thority Program.
The CAA plans to train 20,000
civilian fiiets in the nation’s col
leges'as* a, means of promoting
commerce and the progress of
American aviation.
1 A complete outline of the present
program is portrayed in “20,000
Men A Year,” a movie hit now
playing at the State Theater
Jeffreymen Seek 50th
Consecutive Victory
1932 Orange Team Caused Last State
Defeat; Both Squads In Top Condition
By ED MeLORIE
An Orange, that on November 5, 1932 caused a Lion its
last case of indigestion again looms as a serious threat to the
health of Penn State’s soccei team as the Nittany hooters
prepaie for their crucial tussle with Syracuse on New Beaver
Field at 2:30 pm. tomori ow Foi the Lions it will be the quest
of their 50th game without defeat while for Syiacusans it
will be another opportunity foi them to upset an enviable
Debate Fee
Decision Due
Next Tuesday
Cabinet Metling Delayed
By Forensic Proposal;
Debate Squads Selected
Held over until next week by
the postponement of the Cabinet
meeting, the hotly-contested de
bate fee question will be settled oi
lefeired to committee by the Cab
■ net next Tuesday night
Forensic Council’s proposal of
b student-faculty committee curly
this week was responsible for the
delay in action, Cabinet members
saidrlt f •was'th6ugptrwise''to'‘con
sider the new plan at some length '
Meanwhile, the 26 men who will
comprise the varsity debate squad
and 14 who will make up the
freshman group were named early
this week by Joseph F. O’Bnen,
coach, and H F Zelko, assistant
coach
Debate Members
Members of the vaisity organi
zation are Semots Thomas D
Conway, Eddie G Couch, Bernard
A Fieed, Thomas P Geet, Julian
F Gould, Jonas B Kauffman,
Harvey Levin, Fred T Limnger,
John P Reidt, Leonard S Sch
neider, and Roger F. Scott
Juniors David R Benjamin,
Heinz Block, Lewis P Gieen, Os
car Kranich, David M Orkin, Ro
beit I Weiss, and John R Wis
hait
Sophomores—Robert D Baird.
Paul R Decker, Gerald F Doherty,
William E Harkins, Norman E
Oakes, William C Ritzel, Donald
N Staitzel, and Donald S Will
iams
The freshman squad includes
Manuel Aronson, Morns Beck, E
Richaid Booser, Bud Casselbeuy,
Samuel G Freedman, William H
liarbold, Julian Lewis, John B
McCue, Norman Ostroff, Beinaid
Rose, Donald L. Russell, Andrew
P Szekely, Bernaid Weinbetg, and
Harold Yoskin
’43 All-College Party Plans
Dance For November 17
By BILL FOWLER
Having secuied permission from Student Tiibunal *to
hold a campaign dance, the newly-christened ’43 All-College
Party was making tentative plans this week to hold the affair
November 17. ■} ‘
Only possible hitch lies In the
fact that definite permission to use
the Armory has not yet been ob
tained, according to Robert C Ba
con. temporary party cbaliman
He predicted that complete ar
langements foi the all freshman
affair would be made by the end
of the week.
The victrola dance, a new polit
ical move, is being offered “to get
the freshmen together so they cau
see what our clique has,” accoid*
tng to Bacon
Election Rules Listed
With nominations looming clos.
tr, ’43 politicians were advised
yesteiday as to the following
freshman election rules by A
William Engel, Jr. ’4O, chairman
of elections committee*
Each party will present a 5-man
ticket this year, vice-president be
ing the addition. It was formerly
the custom to allow the defeated
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Always a fighting outfit, the
Oiange promises to be no weak
ling and will bring a memory of
that 2-1 upset with them to the
Nittany Valley as an incentive
for victory. The “ray of sunshine"
for Blue and White memories of
the New Yorkeis is that Johnny
McEuan, Orange All-American
who accounted for that 1932 up
set, can’t be m the lineup
Lions Have Double Duty - < 1
But the Lions have come a long
way since that fatal game Th«}y
have swept through six straight
veais of tough schedules without
once falling victim to the law* t of
averages They have downed Get
tysburg, Lehigh, Bucknell, 'and
Cai negie Tech like clock workjthis
reason. All of which means Penn
State’s soccerwise lads have a dou
-ble-duty- to' perform as'the'eyes'fof,
the soccer world are upon them to
morrow ■ w
Coach Bill Jeffrey Has -been
dillling liis charges with extra
vigoi this week despite inclement
weathei and expects to put one
of his strongest teams in recent
veais on the field against the'Sy
racusans Although the starting
lineup likely will not differ, frdm
ihat of the past few games, sev
eral piomising lads aie expected
to see considerable action
Boast Record
Boasting a high scoring team,
Oiange coach Art Horrocks poihts
with pnde to the fact that in. the
past foui years his teams have
amassed an average of 4 2 goals
pei game Lion followers blow;rio
horns to such a record, but duo
acclaim the fact that m addition
to holding the scoung record of <l3
goals in one game, Penn' State’s
defense has never permitted a
team to tally more than three
times m any tilt during the vic
loiy streak
ASCE Inspects Highway;
The Ameucan Society of-Civil
Engineers recently viewed tunnel
construction, giading aud paving
'operations on the new Pennsyl
vania “super highway,” which wjll
extend from Harrisburg to Pitte
burgh |.
presidential candidate to serve as
vice-president > *
A vote for president will be an
automatic vote for vice-president.
Every candidate must file a pet
ition with 50 signatures at a time
to be specified by the elections
committee.
To be a candidate for any office
a man or woman must have "no
below grades at the eight weeks’
period.
Ag Elections Held
Robert B McSparran was elect
ed president of the two-year Ag
students at a recent mass meeting,
with Asa G. Mowery vice-presid
lent, Robert L Strock secretary,
and Robert B Hopkins, treasurer.
Norman H. Barnes, Jr.- was
chosen editor of. the group’s year
book, while William A. Thomas,
Jr. and Dean *M. Gettemy were
> named associate editors.