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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.