| pnut l&atp @ (Eollrgtan GH VOL'. 367-No 15 Placement Service Likely For '4Q Class AsHetzel Pushes Plan Committee Chosen To Submit r, '."t , . Report Establishment To Trustees Next January Action to have the College organize a Undent placement bureau before the class giaduates was taken yesteulay by President^"Ralph D. Hetzel with the appointment of a to present plans to the Board of Trustees m Players Select 3 Dramas For Coming Season Direclot" N eusbaum Calls For Candidates; Technical Staff To Meet Tonight ' Celebrating 1 !, thoir twentieth an* niyersary on.,the campus, the Penn State'PlayereC have scheduled for future production this year, thiee ' smash lilts, ‘.‘The Circle of Chalk*’, "The 1 World We Live In,” arid •-“Our Town.*' , ' Chinese' pluy which will be 'jdoiie' in true oiiental style, “The ” Circle of Chalk!’ is sluted for Jan* Juaiy 19 and 20 - 1 ' ", J Czech Drama Slated “The-World'We Live In*’ writ ten from-the thrilling Czechoslo* /vakion drama, “The Insect Come* (Ty*VwiU be pjoduced'on March 16 and 16 This‘-play» packed ,with 'dynamic events', "deals with the storytof-mapklndin peace and'in war and is climaxed with the Use „ - V 1 "< -, 1 On-T.ljother'Brßay, May 10, and .third': hit, it-'Our Town,”written “by' Thornton -Wlldei The Spring Houseparty Show, has not yet been announced! but It will follow‘along the lines of, the three previous .shows ' . ' 'Tryouts-Scheduled Synonymous ,wlth the release of the coining,productions, Frank S Netlsbaum. assistant professor of dramatics, issued a , call for, the technical stall on the forth-coming plays * -v The first meeting of the candl* dates for the 1 technical crew is scheduled for 7 p m tonight in the Little Theatre in Old Main , Actors and. actresses who are in terested in securing a tryout for “parts in the pro’ductio'n should sign , up in Room 413 Old Main for spe cial appointments any time be tween now and November 7 and 8/ when the l tryouts for acting are scheduled “ ' Phi Eta Sigma-Begins Registration Tonight ' \ All sophomore men interested in 'registering' for Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men’s honorary scholas , L tlc society, should report to room 209, North Liberal Arts, tonight or ■'tomorrow night between-7 and,, 9 p“ m Walter K. Shamlmch ’42 an nounced yesterday v " - - To k be eligible for membership in Sigma a'"candidate must iiave attained a scholastic average of 2 5 jOr'better last year, Further information will be given out at registration «■' -i v- 1 , Thespians ‘Hot’ Pinafore Opens Friday Evening i i' /S'. "”' r Time' 7,p'm “this Friday or Saturday ulgbt ‘ Place Scliuab Au dltorlum .Price Fifty (60) cents What Clee-Tliespians uew duB uulque version o! Gilbert and Sullivan’s time honored opera, "H. M as-adapted, arranged, and produced by Messrs Maurice Feldbkum ’4o'and Mike'Brotman'MO,.Duke Morris ’3l, Dean Grant and Glee Club/and Sock Kennedy and Thespians. into Its* final days oE' re- + hearsal, '*the r swing 'Pinafore pro duction was glveu added im tietUß withythe, arrival of Duke Morris,-former Thespian and ar ranger of the show,'who is in town to 'aid x in “the flnaU polishing-off j his'brain-child. ■ - -win work'with Bex Rock well,'whose band Is supplying, the ttiißic; for* the -rejuvenated‘‘opera. !t",^as< Morris who-laid 'the foun dation* fpr Rockwell’s; band with. Varsity Ten 'From Morris the fond went I to BUI “Bottorf /and tbdhce "tosßockwell. t Glenn Mill-1 Sr's vStyle of arranging has,often * been compared to Morris’. - v January. The committee will make a final review of the data that has been gatheied on the subject during the past two years by administrative officers and by interested groups of alumni, including the College Alumni Association and the inde pendent Alumni Committee of 100 The group has been instructed to draft a tentative set-up for presentation to the Trustees at their .January meeting, and the President,has expressed the hope that action 'can be taken in time to have the dur ing the final weeks of the present college year Hostetter Heads Members of the committee ap pointed to make the study are* Chairman Samuel 'K Hostettei, assistant to «the president- in charge of business and finance; J. 0 Keller, assistant- to the Presi dent m charge of extension; and Edward K Hibshman/ secretary of the Alumni Association “In the course of our study of this problem,” said .President Het zel, “wc'haye gathered exhaustive data from approximately, 25 of the most successful'employment bur eaus ‘now operating in the'colleges and we have studied several bur eaus, which are maintained by* na tional 1 organizations, concerned with .the placing of members of their professions. '. _ - “We have‘also had tho"benefit of studies being made by a com mittee of the Alumni Association and by other alumni groups and individuals who are interested in tho problem " 'Separate Plans Advanced President Hetzel and Hostetter (Continued On'Page Twoj Library Readings Start Tomorrow The eighth fail series of, Wed nesday readings arranged.by tho College Library will begin with a selection cm ".Robert Frost” by Prof Robert E Galbraith in the second floor lounge of Old Main at A 15 p in ..tomorrow The theme oi the series this fall will be "Personalities." Six read ings introducing „ various literary figures* are # scheduled between now and the Christmas holiday Pi of R W Tyson will give a reuditig on "Constanin Stanislav ski" November 8 The following Wednesday Prof Herbert Koepp- Bakpr will have "Job’ as his topic - Others readings scheduled are "Francis of Assisi,’ Prof Denglgr, November 29; “Robert Browning", Prof Mason Long, December 6, and "Christmas from Dickens", Ad rian O Morse, December 13 \ Not a newcomer here, Pinafore was presented by Thespians in 1937 in its-orthodox form That immortal Thespian Don Dixon ’37 had the role of Captain Corcoran, now sung by Singin’ Sammy Gallu I MO, while Bess Edelblute *3B play ed the lovely'Josephine, currently handled by Miriam rßheln M 3. Feature of the show, 'aside from the swing music, will be the sleek modern' battleship which replaces the old British Frigate of the old Pinafore The dialogue,- as'adapt ed> by Merry Feldbaum and r Mike [Brotman, * might T not* suit the j Kingte Ehglish' / but would certain {ly make the old boy laugh. ' t Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY OCTOBER SI, 1939 DIRECTOR SERGE JAROFF ' ■+ ♦ Cossack Choir To Open Artist Course Series First Numbei December ■ 12; Male Group Is Answer To Subscriber’s Demands Famous foi theii colorful Intel pretation of* Russian folk and lituigieal music, the Don Cossuck Choir will open the Artist Com so. series with their, progiam In Schwab Auditorium, Tuesday night, Decern bei 12, Dr Carl E Marquaidt, chairman of the Artist Course Commitee, announced yes terday Led by diminutive Setge Jaioff, the 36 giant "Men Without A Countiy", will seive as answer to the demands of the subscribers' poll’for a male choir, Marquardt 'pointed out .Organized jJtifteen-j-yearso: agos(by T irarorc the' Don~Cossacks have ap peared in more than 3750 concerts in'every country of Europe as well as in the .United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and the Orient ' Duting tlielr travels the; celebrated Russian exiles have cov ered more than 850,000 miles f Met,in."Camp of Death’” The gigantic Russians noted for their dashing tiding and fiery fighting, met for the first time in the notorious "Camp of Death" at Tchelmgir near Constantinople, wheie they had been exiled by the Bolsheviks aftei the defeat of the Czar in the bloody Russian Revolu tion It was there that Jaroff first discovered theii musical talent and encouraged them to practice to getliei night and day for two years, until they had reached a point of musical perfection. PS Club Sponsors Amateur Contest Can you whistle, fan dance, play a zither, or imitate a dodo bird 9 An all College amateur night contest will be held by the Penn State Club in’Schwab Auditorium, at 7 30 p m on December 8 Theo dore Rice Ml will be in charge of airangements Individual or.group amuteurs In tel ested in participating must reg ister at tfie clubroom on or before December 6 at 4 p m ,'Rice said Prizes In keeping with the af fair will be awarded to four win ners chosen by the audience The deciblon of the audience will be final The master of ceremohies has not yet been chosen Committee men aie Harry Fall,M2,' Rbbert A Henkel Ml, Arthur -'y/oernle Ml, Benjamin Seems M 2, and William Byid M 3 Student Leaders Plan . Penn-Penn State. Confab In au effort to establish more ftiendly > relationships between Penn State and the. University of Pennsylvania, .student leaders from both colleges are planning to gather for alunclieon in Hous ton Hall, Penn campus, on the day of the* game,'November 11 . Student leaders here who plan "to be in Philadelphia for the game have been urged*to attend the affair‘by All-College Presi dent H, Clifton McWilliams Jr. Those intending to be present should sign the list, at Student Union desk’ before Wednesday, November 8 ’ Arrangements can be made for only the first 100 students * ‘ , Peace Plans ..! Renewed By Local Group Student Campaign Makes Headway In Organization Drive.' See Editcrual, “Wanted dent Opinionon page S • The student campaign to "Keep; I America Out of War", now underi way on thib campus, will seek add!;, tional support In its second meet-f ing to be held in Room 405, OliL Main, at 7 30 p m, Thursday. , j Part of a national campaign, the’ local drive Is an endeavor to or-> ganize and educate an effective and active body of Penn State stu dents Jor the two-fold purpose of further penetrating the war* en tangling propaganda and actively opposing America’s participation * No method of neutrality Is advo cated by the-organization, but’the, group will attempt to actively dem-* onstrate by personal and organized appeals to Congress that the stu-.. dents of this country do not want" war As no definite plans for action wore formulated at the initial meeting last '-week, the gathering' Thuibday night will be devoted to additional organizational outlines - An Aimistice Day mass meeting' is the firbt objective, students backing the local drive Indicated with other similar confabs thiougli with other silimar confabs through out the nation I - t Cabinet Meets To Decide On ■ Question Toniglit 1 Facing one of the most momen tous decisions in the history of student government,the all-College' Cabinet' will '•* hold "'tlfeir regular 1 meeting at 9 p m tonight in Room 417,01 d Main . V « Tabled and frequently discussecl blnce the initiation of the 'new body thib year, the debate fee splh will probably he the main topic acted upon In a letter to the Collegian last week the Forensic Council pro posed a solution to the problem, but the ptoposed plan will also de pend on Qie action taken by the Cabinet v Other subjects which will prob ably be discussed will be the soft drink night club, and the results of the investigation of smoking in the classrooms Dairv Student Dies Of Heart Disease Josepli Klack Ml,'a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, died last Sunday in St Michaels Hos pital, Newark, N J, following a long illness ~ Klack’s (leatir resulted from a serious infection of the heart which had bothered him since early September He was a stu dent in dairy husbandry Finances Worry Engineer Council By WILLIAM E FOWLER ' "We ha\e s7f> UO from last year's Engineers’ Dance —but ne're go lug to need «iu uppiorriation fidln Uie All-College Cabinet befoie long It’ll have to be more, than $8 00, too ’ Thus, Michael Balog ’4O. Cabinet lepresentatlve from the Englneei ing Student Council, sums up the financial situation of the gioup Tlie Council has teceived one appropriation of $8 00 Organization of the Council, commenced last year, was coroplet ed in the early part of October. Still to be chosen are five fresh man members,"who will be elected next month, With tile election of the fresh* men, membership of the council will total 25 Each class is rep* i esented by five members, while honorarles Eta Kappa N*u, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau,Beta Phi, Sigma Tau, and Chi Epsilon are represented by one member each t ln order to secure represents* tlon by curriculum in each clasß, those enrolled in electrical and electrochemical engineering are jointly represented by , one mem* ber Also paired are civil and sani* tary engineering, and architecture and architectural engineering Biggest job of the group will be managing ' Engineering Open House next April 13, as well &b En gineers’ Dance April 12; ' Discussion of various engineer* (Lion, Orange Gridders Stymied In 6-6 Battle . A LITTLE PEPPER ADDED , ... .. -- , . - . ippC Petrella, Penn State's elusive sophomore halfback, s ored the ‘Lions’ touchdown Saturday to tie the Or* ''tinge, 6 6 Picture above shows Petrella (7) about to cut toward the goal I’ne Ball was on the Syracuse Petrella raced wide to the left on the 7*yard line and squirmed and twisted his way through Ruth (40), fffpaskevich (29), and Plro (39) Petrella outran Hoff nan (5), Hooper (16), and Daugherty (4) Petrella, stopped three yards from pay dirt, broke free and crossed the goal line standing up. (Photo , graph through courtesy of t >e Syracuse Post-Standard). .Water Supply Fails Borough : BurgessLoilzell Appoints. .. Investigating; Committee An acute wutei shortage in boi* ough ''homes which hub necessilat* ed the pui chasing of two thirds ot the State College water fiom the College' since a week ago yester day/ has pioinpted the uppointment of an investigating committee by Burgess Wilbui F Leitzell Figuring the daily town con sumption at 750,000 gallons, more than 1 2.800,000 gallons of water have been pumped into State Col lege' mains from College sources since last Monduy A leclprocal agreement between the College and town permits the College to obtain water from the town in case\of a shortage Seat of the trouble is believed to be in the undependable sources of supply Baiely sufficient in normal weathei the wells and re servoirs soon run dry or muddy with the first touch ot diy weather ing, courses will be conducted by the Council with an eye to possi ble euriiculai changes Most of the present members of the organization were chosen by recomiueudatlou from departmen tal beads, only three having been chosen iu the last Alt College elec tion . Next jeai, howevei, all rep leseutatives will be elected about two,-,weeks befoie the All College elections I Iveys will be piescnted to Coun ell members I At present the Council, which meets once a month, has no ex* officio membeis Dean Harry P Hammond and othei faculty mem beis will probably be Invited to serve-in this capacity Officers of the group Include Jeiotne N Goodman MO. president, Calvin D McCarthy MO, vice-pres : Ident, James L Thorne MO, secre tary-treasurer, and Balog, Cabinet 1 representative Sophomore Staff Must Attend Special Meeting AH'sophomore men and wom en candidates for the editorial staff of the Collegian must re port to the Collegian news room, Room 312, Old Main, at 7 30 p m tomorrow night. Candidates who fail to attend this special meeting will be dropped from the staff, A. Wil liam Engel, Jr, editor, has an nounced. < Crusaders Haze State Freshman In ‘Retaliation ’ Penn State and Susquehanna Un Iversity had a/miniature war on their hands today as a result of Susquehanna's "retaliation" haz ing of a State freshman hitch-hik ing neai the Crusadei campus Victim of the hazing was George Ivulp M 3, who was caught while on his way from here to Harrisburg ovei the Cornell week end He was told that his kidnapping was iu re venge for a similar man haudllug leceived heie the previous week end bv John Hudspeth, Susquehan na fiosh Ivulp was hitch hiking hi Selins* giove when his Penn State bunner was noticed by seveial automobile loads of Susquehanna students uho made him go with them to their campus a few blocks away Tbeie he was made to don a skill and appeal at a campus dance and pep rally wheie he made a nuiubei of speeches and led the "Indent body in cheeis The 'Susquehanna fresbiuau, Ivulp was told, had been dressed hi a'skill while he was heie, hazed ou co-op coiner, and finally taken out' to Rockview w hei e he was "banished from the town” Following an hour and a half of hazing he was dismissed aftei iiav ing refused u peace-making offei to slay at the school overnight and to "come back sometime " Correction It was incorrectly announced at the Soph Hop pi e-vue dauce in the Aimory last Friday that no dance would be held this Fiiduy because of housepaity week-end The dance will be held this week and eveiy Friday up to and includ ing the day of the hop, November 24. Soph Hop co chairmen said yes terday* All are scheduled for the Armory and will .last from 4 to 5 P m ‘No Hunting In- Borough’-Juba Chief Of Police Defines Boundaries For Students Because of the laige number of students penalized last year for hunting within borough limits. Chief of Police John R Juba yes teidaj defined boundaries set by the borough zoning ordinances : which must be otobeived by all hunters Since most violations arc usual ly Incurred by students hitting In the vicinity of the College pond and Manor Hill, Juba emphasized that these sections are within bor ough limits The boundary Hue extends acioss tlie water falls on the east side of the College pond, south to and including Manor Hill, and then west to Buckliout street, including ( L>ties Addition The line extends north on Buckliout street to the railroad tracks and follows the tiacks aiouiid the golf course and College Heights to the highway on North Atherton stieet 1 From here the boundary line zlg zags through the brush niea noith of College Heights then extends south to the College poud water falls by cutting through the center of the College faims Juba said that students may in spect a detailed boiough map in his office If in doubt of the official boundary line He also called at teutlon to the State taw which pro hiblts shooting within 150 yards of a building oi settlement The fine foi hunting within the borough is fiom $2 to $25, for vio lating the state law, the fine is $25 All-College Party To Pick Officers, Wear Posters By WILLIAM E. FOWLER Highlight of this week's political activity is slated for -US Old Main at 730 p m Thmsdav mhen the young '43 All College paity will seleVt peunanent oilicetb , •Also to he discussed at this meeting is a novel plan for pub licizing the group’s campaign dance on November 17 "The bovs have decided to pun ish themselves." declared tempor ary chairman Bob Bacon jester day "At our last meeting they all* volunteered to wear posters with slogans advertising the dance " The signs, whlclr are now being prepared by a committee, will be worn for one day The date for PRICE FIVE CENTS Both Squads Checked By Weatherman Syracuse Scores In Early Seconds On Nittanyites Miscue By DICK PETERS Sixteen minutes of excit ing football and (forty-four minutes of u ncomfor table "sit ting m the ram, snow, and-a biting northwest wind—that is the way 13,000 fans spent Saturday afternoon at Arch bold Stadium as the Nittany Lions and Syracuse Orange men got all tied up m a knot, 6-6 Again the victims of an earl) first period touchdown, the Blu<* and White gridders recovered from the blow and capitalized on «. poor Syracuse punt to.tally soon after the beginning of the second quaitcr - * ~ Hardly had Uie wcathei-beaten souls who payed to witness the meled drawn their collars around reddened necks, when the Ossie Solem outfit tallied On the first play following the opening kick off, a bad pass fiom center^ by Steve Rollins on the Pehn State 21, and the pigskin finally wound up in the coveting aims of Whitcy Piro, alert Orange end, ,on the I.ionb’five-yard inaiker . . Expectmg a line buck, the NitA tany defense was drawn in close on the next play, but quarterback Bill Hoffman instead sent Babe-Ruth scooting around right end to +he one yard line On the next play. Cliff Wihon bucked over center to tally Hoffman’s try for con version was-paitially blocked by Tom Vargo, Lion terminal Late in the first period, wjfcu the wind in his lace, Will Thomas, Orange sub back, booted out of bounds on the Syracuse 19-yard stripe “Hot Pepper” Petrella lug Red the ball thice times off tackle for nine yards and Bill Smaltz bucked for a first down on the Syi acusc nine As the gun ended the first quarter, Petrella pounded left tackle to the-five-yard line * After play resumed in the sec ond chukkei, up three yaids on two line bucks On the third play of the period"Pe trella squirmed, wiggled, and bucked his way through half the Oiange eleven on a wide sweep of left end to score standing. The play was stopped several times I>\ would-be tacklers, but eadh time the hard-driving lit’tle broke away and when he crossed the goal line, no less than four Or ange men lay in the wake of his foray Ben. Pollock, trusty placemen! booter, entered the game at-this point, but had his try for the "ex tra point blocked by Co-captain Hugh Daugherty of the New Tort*, state team This was the second attempt missed by Pollock in six teen conversion tries From this time on, the gam-* settled down into a dogfight with little bark, both teams being ham pered by weather conditions and jack of scoring punch Only once (Continued on Page Four) this publicity move will be set up Thursday night. Tlie '43 Independents, taking time off to stimulate student inter est, will not meet this week Com mittees for publicity and stimula tion of women interest were'ap pointed by chairman George Palm er lost Thursday Prominent independent speak ers, men and women, will be in vited to speak at the next fresh man independent meeting on Tues day, November 7.
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