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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 18S7
Published isemi-weekly during the Colkce year except
on holidnyx by student* of The Pennsylvania Stabs College,
in the interest of the College the students, faculty, alumni,
and fr>ends
TIIK MANARIMi BOAW)
A WILLIAM ENGEI, .IP. ’40,, Editor
C RUSSELI FCk NO UtwlncM Mnnoßor
Ht.en L Cnm.i *lO Women a Editor
EMANUEL ROTH *4O BURTON C WILLIS JR *4O
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
Ronrnr l wjlson *to morton nidman no
SportH Editor Cireulution Manager
BERNARD A NLWMAN Mil DORIS GUTMAN *4(l
News Fdltor Senior Secretary
GEORGE U SCHI.hSS *4O lANS! STOR) *4O
Feature Editor Assistant Senior Secretary
PAUL HALDLMAN IR. NO W BRADLEJ OWFNS N'l
AsaUtani Managing EJi‘or Assistant News Editor
HERBERT NIPSON NO PHM lIS R GORDON No
Assistant Sports Editor . As«ntnnt Women sFd tor
Mnnnfc ng Editor This Issue
N'w* El tor Tits Jvtn „ .
Wviu l l Huh i um.r
Ln errd an second»eln«s matter July r > 1S14" at the Post*
vf-e at Stale Colter* Pn , under the net of March 3, IS7J
Tuesday, October “1, 1939
WANTED:
STUDENT OPINION
STUDENT OPINION, like public opinion,
is a curious thing, not easy to gauge
With heated debates i aging in every leg
islatuie, in every home, and in every fia
ternity regarding the aims embargo, the
neutrality act, the cash-and-carry provis
ions, and whatnot, it is an undeniable fact
that, war is a dominant *hought in the
minds of most undergi aduates.
Yet on this campus—and this campus is
not alone in that respect—only a mere
handful of students deemed it important
enough to attend Ihe initial organization
meeting of the “Peace for America League”
—an organization not with a purpose to de
termine a policy on neutrality, but a move
ment lo “organize and educate an effective
and active body of Penn Stale students to
•enable them to penetrate more than ever
the war entangling propaganda, and lo en
able them to aclivciy demonstrate by per
■~mal and organized appeals lo Congress
that Ihe students of this country do not
want war.”
Less than a mere handful of Penn State
'tudents expended sufficient effort to hit
ojLtJ.he simple yes-no questionnaire which
recently appealed m the Collegian as a part
o! a nation-wide suivey to determine what
students are thinking on vital issues of war
and peace ,
Apparently Penn State students either
Lave no opinions or just don’t give a damp
It such attitudes are to oe assumed, it is
'ate to say that only a bombshell would
..waken the slumbenng Penn Stateis to the
tact that there actually is a war going on
However, a foolish statement of this na
ture would be qifickly dispelled if individual
students were bluntly confronted with the
pi oblem.
Needless to sav, evorv one would agree
that America should stay out of war. And
Ihe majority would prefer fighting for de
mocracy here at home with the weapons
out education has put at our disposal ra
ther than going across the seas and fight
ing with bullets and bayonets that “un
draftable” Congressmen, greedy “big bus
inessmen,” and rabble routers provide for
us.
That would be student opinion heie at
tins College
Rut what is going to motivate this stu
dent opinion to serve as a sound basis in
a unified body’s =laml for peace’'
Organizational meetings, such as aie to
he held in Room 405 Old Main this Thurs
day night, tend lo incite this movement but
no drive can be successful without its pow
ei lo carry on
Indeed, Penn Slate’s student opinion
at- present registers nil on the im
mediate crisis. But student opinion, like
public opinion, is a curious thing, not easy
to gauge.
With such oi gamzations as the “Peace
foi America League” developing, Penn
State need no longer worry about a gauge
for its student opinion on this paiticular
issue It now has a yardstick available
FOOTBALL PLIGHT
MOMENTARILY HALTED by the Nit
tany Lions' hard-fought 6-6 tie game with
Syracuse, the ‘objective analysis” of Penn
State’s football plight, now being editorial
ly conducted in this papei, will appear soon
with further unprejudiced comment con
cerning the “intangibles," the material, the
facilities, and the coaching
’Already the “intangibles” have been par
tially'eliminated as instrumental factors in
determining the cause. One or all of the
remaining three objectives may be the an
swer.
OLD MANIA
Last week we had no loom to punt some of the
things i\e had m mind. r;nce we devoted the en
tile column to that ceitam gome most of us me
trying to forget We hove nothing lo say about
this week’s contest
The outcome mav have stunk in the estima
tion of many and it may have been gieat to the
othei thiee. but don’t feel that we’re Jetting you
down, my glorified leaders (yes, all 10,327V6 of
>ou The half stands foi Ciappy Campy, who u
original enough to stmt bhtzkreigs against the
Maniac but who, at the same time, is so unorig
inal when it come* to gossip that he lehashes
every damn bit of stuff with which we’ve not only
made histoiy but is history 1 )
Coming Attractions
Edsor V Hall N 1
Richard C Peters *4l
i, * ne U Kiel el Nl
We hcieby announce an expose m out next
week’s column of the many pmloi athletes and
oscillating octopuses who, this yeai moie than
ever, have cnibannssed visitors, patents and fel
low students in Alb Hull lounges thiu then too
frequent and unusual tactics of making woo
Watch next week’s column foi a list of constant
offendeis Then faces will be reddei than the
Cossack jacket Jack Bachman had to ueat last
week-end foi Scabbaid & Blade initiation 1
Scoop!!!
Local readeis of the Pittsbuigh dailies who saw’
only Wilson’s “Between The Liais” column/quot
ed in the Post-Gazette missed a gu-ieat featuio
aiticle in the Press which quoted OUR column,
poem et all
The Press used it m their Wednesday night edi
tion and The P-G, already scooped, had to satisfy
with using B T L the next morning
Reason wc N didn’t have it in local edition of the
Pi ess was because the paper was lolling when
they got the stoiy and saved it foi then later
City editions
Pull m your chest, Wilson 1
Classroom Classics
Donald “Duck” Dsvis, in his Journalism 40 class
the othei day, called on Bill Hnbler to read to the
class the headline he wrote foi an insurance ad
Here’s how it went “Don’t Be Sorry, Be Pre
paied ”
Bill Fowler was then called to read his mas
teipiece which lead “Mr Jones’ Wife Isn’t Wor
i led ”
When the Sage of Ag Hill was affionted m his
classioom by a group of disgruntled animal hus
bands (joke l ) who moaned to high heavens about
Lhe Cornell game; loyal that he is, the Sage point
ed out that we must remenibei Penn State does
not specialize in football but tlnough the pigskin
industry it attempts to develop moials and chai
rctci x
Then the subject turned to sex. When asked
what he thought of the glaring mismatches in lo
cal love affnus, the cagey veteian retorted beau
tifully “Why, I can mate some of ni> hogs much
better 1 ”
Maniagony
Morrie Feldbaum, who gamed the distinction
Lhe past three years of being the worst Rote pri
vate since the Izzy Richter era, is plenty bitched
this year All summer he had nothing to do so he
decided to lenin eveiy command and maich this
place had to offei And he did, too But he came
back to find every damn maich and command in
the department changed Poor Feldbaum is still
the woild’s worst soldier
Pat Murphy, blond fiosli, very nonchalantly
picked herself up one afternoon, took a bus to
Washington and there visited a Justice of the
Peace with her old, hometown sweety . Looks
like the Wally Jones-Mary Ann Hutchinson com
bo is no nioie He was playing with one of
those 13-year old numbeis from Grier "school at
their lecent Hallowe’en dance Incidentally, the
fijis and deltachis who were predominant at the
affan, made 10 attempts to spike the punch but
were almost slugged each time by the many chap
erones When Bernie Sandson and a few oth
er Parnu Nous initiates had to parade thru th*
Cum the othei p m , a group of C Cuties chor
used, “What’s the trouble, Sandson, did you have
one too many fights?” Ed Pennington, wrestling
managei, pinned Janet Eyer last week . and
not with a half-nelson, eithei l The MANIAC
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CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices of meetings to be pub
lished in this column may be
left at Student Union Office In
Old Mam up to I p.m. on the
day preceoding publication.
AH fraternity presidents should
call at Student Union office for
their copy of Student Union Di
lectoiy
Duplicate Bridge Tournaments,
Pi Kappa Alpha at 8 p m Pi ires.
TOMORROW
International Relations dub,
418 Old Mam, 7.30 p. m
Zoology club and Red Wing So
ciety, joint meeting, Room 318 Old
Mam, 7pm
THURSDAY
Mineral Industnes Society,
Room 119 M I Building, 7 30 p
We Women
NECKING IN’ THE LOUNGES
in Atherton Hall is no longer a
thing to he ignoied and made the
best of It has since passed that
‘•tage
This dot mitory is one of the
show spots of tlie campus It is
one of the first things that visitors,
parents, and prospective students
want to «ee And naturally they
want to inspect the beautifully
furnislied and much-praised
lounges -v
But what do they do** They walk
into the first lounge, blush, and
walk out again And they cairy
away with them their own opinion
of Penn State and Penn State co
eds—an opinion that is fast becom
ing general dn the state
We do not mean to be priggish
about *the situation We realize
that, in spite of what anyone says,
women will kiss theii dates'good
night We know that on 1 weekends
the lobbies and lounges will be
crowded and that eveiy couple will
not he just talking
But when it is impossible to
walk into a lounge anytime from
9 a m on without feeling thatjhe
least vou can do is turn and walk
out again as if you hadn’t seen
anything—then something should
he done *' hi
Sunday afternoon is the.most
popular time for guests and sight
seers Yet tills is tlie_ time that
women pick for putting on such'a
show as would convince anyone
that the Penn State coed is all she
is blamed for being
Nothing seems to help Hos
tesses. house > presidents,; arid
WSGA have all complained long
and loudly I'hey have been
answeied with giggles and sneers
fiom the guilty women Ts there
no pride among the women stu
dents’
Even the freshman lounge is not
sacred While upperclass women
aie expressly foi bidden to enter
tain in this lounge, they peisist in
going in there and demonstrating
bow a lady does not act Are these
the examples we want for our
fieshmen’ (
Women who insist on showing
their affection in such ways in a
public dormitory lounge don’t even
belong in college
Are they what we want people
to think of when they hear “Penn
State Coed’’’
The worst offendeis are propor
tionately few, but they’ are per
sistent It is hy their conduct that
the whole coed population is being
judged, and it is only through a
concentiated effort by the women
who care that the lounge conduct
can be corrected
Mortar Board
To Meet Advisor
Mortar Board will entertain
Miss Ellen Fernon of Philadelphia,'
National Section Advisoi, tomor
row and Thursday
She will be guest of honor at a
coffee hour at the Delta Gamma
house from; 7 30 to 8 30 p’m to
monow with members, faculty ad
visers and campus alumnae A
regular Mortal Board meeting will
follow the coffee hour
MORTAR BOARD-
Brings’You'Leap Year in ’39 1
with its
Spinster’s Skip.
To Be, Held at White Hall
m-
FRIDAY l7th
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Tickets $l.OO ,
At Student Union or frpm any Member of
Mortar Board " .
Warnock, Selsam
Discuss War Crisis
College Students Show
No Signs Of War Nerves
Declares Dean Warnock
“Students at Penn State show
no evidence of jittery nerves fiom
Hip battle guns of Europe,” declar
ed Arthur A Warnock, dean of
men
Although collapse is threatening
in the background, students are
\\ oi king more earnestly and taking
moie interest in campus affairs, is
I lie opinion of Dean Warnock
“Because the definite opinions
of AmeiJrnn people warrants our
«tnying out or the European con
flict the students do not feel the
hopelessness that their studies or
caieers may be inlenupted by the
demands of war,” continued the
dean
It is the belief of Dean Warnock
tlmt the European war made the
average American student more
lealistic concerning world affairs
and moie wnr> on piopaganda
methods.which may draw us into
the piesenl world struggle
Coinciding with the dean's state
ments were the plans for a stu
dent movement to “Keep America
out of War” H Clifton McWill
iams, v all College president, presid
ed at the first meeting last week
The College of New York has
the laigest R O T C voluntaiy
unit in the nation
295 New Admissions
Made By Graduate School
Two hundred and ninety the new admissions weiejnade to the
giaduare school here, it was announced vesteiday hy Di Carl E Mar
quanlL College examiner This figure includes only the students who
“enrolled dining the new fiscal year which began duly 1 All piior en
iollni£nts aio included in the raft fisial year, Di Mnrqnoidt pointed out
Of the 295 admissions, 87 were
graduates of the College, with 208
entering from other schools.
“No single factor points more to
the prestige of a graduate school
than this,” Dr Marquardt stated,
“as outside enrollment is the true
barometer of recognition of a grad
uate institution ”
Of the admissions made 207
were men and 88 women Bachelor
of science degrees were held hy
IS3 of the graduates, bachelor of
arts by 86, bachelor of education
by ‘four, bachelor of engineering
by two, bachelor of chemical en
gineering, bachelor of business ad
ministration, 'and diploma of me
chanical engineeiing by*one each
- Enter 48 Fields
1 Forty-eight major fields were
entered hy the gi aduates The
fields which attracted 10 or more
students weie agriculture, bio
cliemistiy, chemistry, educution,
English literature, French, his
tory, home economics, industrial
education,’
physical education, and psychology
Tlie students come from 104 dif
ferent colleges lepresenting 82 dif
ferent states and foreign coun
tries Among the universities
fiom which they came were l Col
umbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard,
Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Michi
gan, Johns Hopkins, Wisconsin,
and Toronto Smith and Wellesley
were among the colleges repre
sented.
Craighead Twins
Have Book Published
A new books, “Hawks in the
Hand”, by the Craighead twins,
John and Frank, who graduated
here last year, is on sale In down
town bookstores
The hook is concerned with ad
ventures in photography and fal
conry, both favorite hobbies of the
twins who were Phi Beta Kappa
members ns well ns varsity ath
letes , v
Kerns Writes Circular
’ “Better Rural Meetings”, a new
circular has been written by R W
Kerns, associate professor of rural
sociology
Selsam Condemns Allied
Powers For Germany’s
Present World Position
Declaring that “the Allies are to
blame foi JJJerr Hitler”, Dr J P
Selsmaii, professoi of histoiy rie
claied recently before the mem
bers of the Kiwanis Club in town
that it was impossible for the
United Stales to stay neutral hy
changing the embargo act nftei the
wai has started
Although Congress is untried on
the question of keeping America
out of war, Dr Selsam said, one
group believes that lepeal of the
act would aid the Allies directly,
wheieos nnothei group favofs
keeping the embargo since it aids
neithei side directly '
I Dr Selsam placed the blame for
IGeimany’s piesent position in the
j world on the shoulders of the Al
lies He maintained that the Ger
mans never had a chance aftei the
Wo) Id War
“Germany was crushed economi
cally by the Versailles treaty,’’-
Selsam declared, “and when it
could not pay indemnity in 1920,
the Allies entered and took posses
sion of several German industilal
centers
“Wien such a man ns Hitler
•gave the Geinmn people the hope
of regaining their pre-wai position
in the woild, Qf couise they follow
ed him," Selsam concluded
Co-Edits
WSGA Freshman Council elect
ed Ruth Kiesling sub-chairman and
freshman repiesentative on judi
cial committee, and Mildred
Sclnnidt, secietni> Senate will
appoint anothei freshman to judi
cial committee ~
Ten freshmen will again be en
tertained by each of the campus
sororities tomorrow afternoon
from 1 4 until 5 30. at
get-togethei of women’s rushing
season.
A meeting of Panhellemc rush
ing committee will be called to de
cide whether freshmen may attend
get-togethers at more than one
house No piovision about it was
made in the rushing code
3tac and Atheiton Halls cele
biated a black and orange Hallo
"e’en Dinnei served by candle
light, tables bedecked, and Jresh
man in costume made it hard to
suppress the dooi hell linging,
fence stealing spirit
.Badminton, ping-pong, and bowl
ing plus doughnuts and green spot
were part of Philotes’ party at
White Hall, Satuiday evening The
party will be repeated for mem
bers and upperclassmen next Sat
in flay
The patronesses of Theta Phi
Alpha were feted at.a formal tea
Sunday afternoon
Mrs R B Nesbitt, Dean Char
lotte E Hay, and M!rs l F. Davis,
poured at the Zeta Tau Alpha tea
Sunday and Mrs Ralph D Hetzel,
Miss Pauline Locklin, and Miss W
B Neslie received
AEPhi’s province director, Mrs 1
Joseph Orringer, presented the
chapter with an efficiency cup and
Delta Gamma’s were hostesses to
Margaret Gaddet, province direcjoi
from To’ionto, Canada
ACCESSORIES
THAT COMPLETE THE
FORMAL ATTIRE
Top Hat $lO
Vest" . $5
Scarf . . $1.95
Studs $1 up
Keychains $1
Socks - . . . . 50c
Shirts . .. . . $2 and up
Tie ...... $1
Boutonniere . . 50c
Suspenders . . . . $1
KALIN'S
: MEN’S SHOP '
122 SOUTH- ALLEN ST.
Penn State Co-Eds Fear'
Foreign Invasion Nov. 3
Western Union
Prom State College, Pa
Tuesday before housepaity!
To Senator Dies, Committee 1
on Un-American activities,
Need help at once stop Havo
problem stop Un*Ajneiicnn ac
tivities stop Deluge of undesir
able aliens threatens Penn State
within week,stop Have evidence
of illegalities stop Alienation of
affections comma theft of antici
pated Uouseparty dates comma
sabotage comma slander Penn
'State coed slop Please advise
stop Imperative
Please
Penn State Co ed
Watkins Uninformed
About New Buildings
Still “In ihe dark" about how
many new buildings will be used
next semester. Scheduling Officer
Ha' V Watkins was pieparing this
week to «tart work on the second
semester timetable
The question of seating makes
use of all the buildings very dub
ious, according to Watkins No
seats have as yet been installed
in an> of structures
Plans" foi the 1940 summer ses
sion have already been completed,
Watkins stated, and the summer
session schedule should pe releas
ed befoie the end of this semester
The University of Chicago has
an endowment fund of $65,400,000
Bottorf Bros.
' Corner of Allen and Beaver . Ik
Tuesday, October 31,1939
Placement Service
' (Continued From Page One)
have been, studying the plan foi
a placement bureau for two yearsT
A piogram for a similar,
which had the backing of 200 firm s
in the Pittsburgh area was re
leased on October 12 by the new
ly-formed Alumni Committee of
100
The Committee of 100's plan was
presented to the executive com- ’
mittee of the Board of Trustees
«tf their meeting here October 13,-
and by it lefeired back back to
President Hetzel for further,
study
The following day, October 13/
the Council of the College Alumni -
Association announced- its own
committee headed by George M
Arisman 'l9 to study plan foi
a placement bureau. _ 1
The committee appointed •by
Piesident Hetzel will have" the,
task of woiking these studies in
to one plan which can be present
ed for action by the Board of
Tiustees '
ROTC Absences May
Be Made Up At Home
v Basic ROTC students who have
classes to make he given
an oppoitunity to do so at home
for the first time this year
Under the new- arrangement
students who havo missed classes
will go to theii instructors for as
signments'whiclu they may-'do at
home ovei a w’eek-end oi during
the week ‘ ' ,