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VOL. 36—No 16
Hungry Lions Seek,
Win Over Maryland
Gridders Tomorrow
Nittany Squad Favored To Beat)
Terrapins; Team - Reported In Top
Condition Following; Syracuse'Tie
' ' By DICK PETERS;- ‘/V;' v ,1
w The Tortoise and the Hare race once,upon
x a' time—and, as the story goes, the Tortoise.,
the Hare took time .out, for, forty;\winks. to
morrow, a distant’relation of that
of Maryland Terrapin, will.not find such'.easyrgoing)vvhen he
encounters a-wide-awake Nittany.Lion on Field
at 2 p. m”' Unless the Lion is slipped out T
come should be just opposite*of, the,fat»ulous!lace'- i&L
Three times the Dixieland-boys +--■
the. State gridders and
they, arc still seeking-their first
chance' to nip the Lions* tail 1 In
'1917, the'Tenapin stuck hisrhead
his shell and got soundly
‘rapped,'s7-0 l ,After 20 years of
? recovery,’he met the same'fate
when theiLion stepped on him, 21-
tij.4. -Again last year, the score fa-
the Nittany forces,, 33-0 *
fiV,Coach Frank Dobson’s, lads be
'the season' in high gear b>
Hampden-Sydney and Wes
tern, Maryland in ‘their Just two.
,? games, but along came Virginia)*
- and Florida, all ,of whom,
-the southerners* transmis-.
‘ iloh l > ,
Lions Shape
Coining out',of the Syracuse
in good physical condi-
Lion squad has drilled all
xjvekkfagainst-Teip formations and
|a^'expectlng'Httie- trouble" mto-
combat, ".though the Col-/
eleven open
Pup\witli allithejxicks -in'their rep-r
Problem of the'week-faclng the*
""Nittany gridders) has, been'the're--I
serve baekfield' solution, 'especially I
in‘the, wing -and blocking back!
‘•pots -With Gcihard, soph-!
dfhbre blocker, out for the season
with a,bad knee, Coach'Bob Hig
' gibs was up an alley for an effi
cient understudy, foi Johnny Pat
ficl!. The departure of Craig White
from the squad left only sopho
more Len Krouse with any "experi
ence. at the .wingback Chuck Pe
tfers may try this spot -
Indications <wcre, however, that
the same lineup would face the
Terps as started at Syiacusc last
week Fiom f lcft to right the line
would r be Captain /Alter, Platt,
Mon, Gajecki, Nemeth, Stravinski,
dnd Vargo. -The backfield would
find Ickes. Kroubc, Rollins and Pat
rick opening.
• Terrapin Lineup
the Marylanders, probable
starters will be Dick and
-Francis- Beamer at ends, Bob
•BrownC.and., Ralph Albarano at
-tackles,, 'George Lawrence' and
George, at guards and
center J Carrying the
)ball, will be Joltin’ Joe Murphy at,
'quarter,v John* .Boyda and > Frank
Skptmcki at halves*, and Milt Lum
sden With the' 1 exception of Lum-
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Joe Mason ’O7
Started Legend
Of Nittany Lion
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. Tomorrow* afternoon when you
see‘the personification-of Penn
‘State’s guardian 'spirit,' the Nit
tany Mountain Lion, prance majes
ftically over New Beaver Field you
may, expand your chest with par
donable pride, for it was you who
helped pay. for the skin. ' , '•
fßut someone else should’ also
fake a’bow, .someone who gradu
ated from ''State more than thirty
years name >is Joe' Ma
son'-’O7. It'was*‘'Joe,, who m his
"capacity as editor'* of the Lemon,
l predecessor' , to the Froth, adopted
jor-Penn State) the'Lion as her
, And State) was the FIRST
"college to use ‘the .Lion as a mas
cbt.v' ' -f- ’, f * '
£j~Joe>als6 suggested ‘some class
give.'to.the College a' permanent
! statue ; of a Lion' for- The front
Chmpus. Soon tlie;.Collegian will
nbldfa’poll of -.the J suggestion of
Bernard A. Newman ’<4o, that two
bfonze Mountain Lions', mounted
steel and concrete base, be
|Afcced on'tho'Campus as a Stu*
■'tv 1 ‘
Joint Dances
liouseparty, Rushing Code
1 Discussed *AI ; IFC Meeting
liuth To Talk Tomorrow
Proposal thut fraternities turn
over their houses to units of the
Independent Men’s Association to
hold combined “vie" dances once
a month highlighted the meeting
of Interfraternity Council at Phi
Kappa Tau Tuesday night
The plan, still in its formative
stage, was commented on favora
bly at the meeting and will be ear
ned to the individual fraternities
by their representatives. 1 The mat
tei will be brought up again 'at
the next IFC meeting.
“We feel,*' stated Frank-C. And
erson, MO, IFC president, “that
of this sort would help create bet
tei feeling between fraternities’
and independent units ,We hope to
cooperate with, in ar
langmg such affairs"
, ( Discuss Houseparty '
After a prolonged discussion of
houseparty question, it was
decided to retain the 3 o’clock dat
ing limit Representatives were
warned that college authorities
will watch the drinking J situation,
closely this weekend
< Plans,were drafted for an “In
terf 1 ateriuty sing” competition
this* winter, with’each house to en
ter free. Finals for this vocal con
test, it was decided, will be run
off during mtermisson of Inter
fraternity Ball. -
G. Warren Elliott MO will head
this Interfrateimty sing commit
tee, assisted by A William Engle,
Jr' MO, 'Howard Anderson MO, and
William Simms MO
Suggestions for , next year’s
rushing code were received by Sec
retary Gerald ,L -_MacDaniei.,A
careful „ study' of °the - 200 cases
where “freshmen , bought rushing
cards and failed to pledge is being
conducted by'the rushing commit
tee, according to Andcison.
WSGABoard
Elects Dalton
Transfers I 'will have an ,oppor
tunity to meet each other and out
standing'women on campus at a
"TransferHour*' given‘by WSGA
House*of Representatives in the
South of Frances Ath
erton Hall from 7 ,to 8 p. m.,‘ No
vember 15 * » ’ *
In chaTge' are* • Patricia Patton,
chairman, f Mary t Ashby, Evelyn
Walters, and Alice McLaughlin.
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IFC Jo Aid
Board With
Room Study
7,-Groups Helping;*
; Sub-Committee "Of- „
Senate Is Appointed
* With plans underway for J the
voluntary-inspection ,of- rooming
houses, the Student Housing Board
yesteiday announced that Inter
fratcrnity 'Council' had accepted
an invitation to place a represent
ative on the x ßoard' , ’ J.
- Frank • C Anderson - !40, IFC
president,’- accepted > the goffered
membership and/will-'acivejon the
Board -,as i temporary ’'rep i eseh ta
tive of theL Council •; / 1 \
r‘-The"additionviof Intcrfralernity*
Council v 'vto'ivthe'’Housing Boat'd
membership 'lmngs 'the totaP rep-‘
resentation to'seven organizations.
Association' 'in--'
terfratermty. Council, Pr
Chnstian 'Association, Pi
}lub, Penn’ State 'Collegi
deni’Cooperative sAssocir
WomehVStudent Goverm
iociation- ",. a '4 f A ’
;ASU, Drops Out
, vAmerican
member aVTtie/.times tl
wa& io'rmed last-, winter,
and *
lot be* represented
Senate,,Committee
lent, rWel|are^meanwhile‘'
>lans fdi!/its; study
the ? inspect
a|sjpioved principle l
• B' Mack, c
/estenlayl named the sul
tee; beei{ authoi iz(
.to meet' wit
offthe 'Student
)oa?d?and v work out detai
pjanmbcrship of the
mi tteepbowever was r Tele
today,
t studies, i
•jEmanel "Roth' *4o,' ,t_e'm;
of rthe, Student!.
board in ,312 Old, Main i
Monday to continue cons
of the Board constitute,
was drafted two weeks at
Jowing a preliminary consideration
of the constitution at a meeting
lust Monday a second draft was
made up yesterday
PSCA Will Sponsor
All-College ‘Street
Carnival’ Wednesday
A rendezvous with frivolity, a
night of meirimcnt That and lots
more is promised by the PSCA ac
a fun-packed “Stieet'Carnival” in
the first floor lounge of Old Mam
Wednesday night
The setting for this novel setup
will take on the appearance of the
small town firemen’s carnival or
some sinulai arrangement and will
include games of chance, bingo and
various booths. One of the booths
will portray the progiess of the
PSCA commissions this seniestei
and event to come during the year
There also will be folk danemg'and
a refreshment booth, announced
chairman Marjorie Harwick '4l- -
The get-together is planned as
an AU-CA meeting which is open
to everyone in the College.
Students
AUSTIN, Texas,,November 2—.
As the ; nation debates the, way ;
out of a European war, what is.
Auieiican jouth thinking and say
iug about the situation 9 Scores of
personal Inteiviewenr last week
completed the first of this year's
polls for the Student Opinion Sur
veys of America on.campuses from
coast to coast—and fouud
1 Students are opposed to (.bang
ing the neutrality law, mainly
because they believe this would
involve the U. S.
2 Even if the Allies nere in dan
ger of losing 'to Germany, the
U S should not send troops to
-help them
2 College men—almost 6 out of
every 10—say they would not
volunteer If England and Fiance
were* losing and this country
v , went to their aid
With the coopeiation of the Penn
State Collegian and over a hundred
other.'member newspapers, ballots
have, been'gathered for the Sur
veys from typical,students the na
tion over, making up a scientific
cross section on which are based
these weekly 'studies' of college
thought Since the methods used
ALL-COILEGE CABINET APPROVES EVEN
SPiT # 50-GENT DEBATE FEE FUND
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Gil Andr§oly To See
‘PinaforS’iPremiere
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Glee-Jhespians Out Tonight,
Tomorrow NigHTEwHoas iparty , Goers
, It's an old Spanish pioveijb^tjuft 4 “anything can happen at House-
, 1 party, and, usual] y does/! so'donfCvW’amp it on the refreshments if you
’ should Tiappen to 1 bump of mighty happy ghosts
.doing* the, Suzy-Q 'a*nd'Sully
.r _ —’—Z Fifty _years ago* tonight gay
CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER
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Actress Will
Appear Here
Cornelia Otis Skinner 2nd
Number On Artists’ Series
j Cornelia Otis Skinner, celebrat
ed stage and radio actress, will
appear as the second number m
the Artists’ Couisc series here, it
was announced yesterday by Dr
Carl E. Marquurdt, chairman of
the tomiiittec'"Miss Skinner wiP
present her ..famous program of
monologues heie Tuesday, Janu
ary 12 J % /
Culled the countiy*s most “suc
cessful one woman show” and rec
ognized as'the “greatest single at
traction of the American thater,”
Miss Skinner was voted the most
popular number on the subscribers’
poll taken last spring, Dr. Mui
quardt stated
Miss Skinnei, daughter of the
beloved .actor, Otis Skinner, is
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[gainst Neutrality L
Editors_Note . _ *
This is the first In the series of results tabulated from polls con
ducted by the Student Opinion Surveys«,of which the Penn State Col-
Iqglan Is a member No attempt Is fciade to control student opinion,
but the purposo is to sound out collegiate thought throughout the
nation The Survey Is conducted amoqg college students in a meth
od similar to the Gallup* poll and other nationally-famous survey
groups
are exactly those of famous public
opinion polls- that have shown re
markable accuiacy, the surveys re
piesent the sentiments of all the
one and a half million American
collegians
*WhIIe congressional moratory, got
underway in Washington, inter
viewers stopped-students in halls,
libraries, dormitories, asked
“Should the neutrality law be
changed so that any /country at
wai could buy wai supplies in the
United States’” x
YES, answered . 42 per cent
, No, answered .. 58 per cent
This shows that students do not
agiee with national public opinion,
shown by other polls to be in~favor
of revision. Some persons hold
that when the question is worded,
“ so that- ENGLAND AND
PRANCE us \\ ell as other nations
,can"buy war supplies ';* n sent!-
Friday, November 3,1939
.•y*
3d'out-of a London
jound for dances and
itling and*'humming
inea of that'bimrkHng
'by GJlbml and Sul*
i. b "Pinafore” Oil
mid them und amiled
’.lon
iy crowds will pour
il) Auditorium, bound
tnd parties, whistling <
g those same lilting
this time the tempo*
lj swing They will
id so will Gil and Sul
irvelous way in which
i. Bud Yanofsky, Mir
and Marce Stringer
tunes in Glee Thespl-
Pinafore
inner tonight—or to
it—the thing to do is
Schwab Auditorium,
m fifty cents —that's
into the building for
the best entertain
it "in many a day^, J>t
Worn At Game;
For'Weekend 1
All freshman customs will go
off at 5 p m today and will re
main off with ONE EXCEP
TION until Monday morning at
8 o’clock
-- The O>JE EXCEPTION: All
freshmen must wear customs to
the State-Maiyland football
By, a last-minute decree by
Student Tribunal, all Freshman
men will begin wearing their
"BEAT PENN" signs on Monday
morning The signs will be worn
all week, Tribunal declared
game tomorrow Freshmen will
be allowed to take dates to the
game, however
' {.This was the ruling handed
down by Student Tribunal at a
special meeting yesterday
At its regular meeting last
.Tuesday Tribunal cracked down
on six custom violators; recog
nized Samuel G Gallu as dra
matic and forensic representa
tive and Mary Fletcher as Edu
cation school representative to
the All-College Cabinet; and ta
bled "f Ol discussion next week u
petition from the IMA to organ
ize a hat society
meat Is more pro The second
wording represents what will ac
tually be tbe practical outcome of
the change in the law But Sur
veys tests show that there is no
substantial shift of student opin
ion, when England and France are
mentioned The, answer is still
“no, n The majority remains
against even when all qualified,
“yes’’ answers are added to the
above 42
■ Undergraduates against tbe
amendment, which political experts
are now saying is a certainty, be
lieve danger of getting this coun
try-lnto war will be increased and
the» conflict will he 'prolonged
Those for the move sympathize
with the Allies or want to see the
end of Hitlerism A junior at
Glennvllle West Virginia State
Teachers College spoke for a large
group when he said, "! favor revl
ELECTION HEAD
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THOMAS C BACKENSTOSE ’4l
i
Backenstose Is
Chosen Frosh
Elections Head
All-College Parly-Dance
Presents First Problem
,To Incoming Chairman '
iy^wTCCrAM" e”fowler““
- r Thomas C Backenstose ’4l, Jun
ot Class President, will head the
freshman elections • committee', it
was announced vesteiday by A
William Engel, Ji ’4O, chauman
of the elections committee
The date foi ’43 elections will
be made public m next Friday’s
.ssue of the Collegian, accoiding
to Engel, along with othei mem
heis of the freshman elections com
mittee
First ptoblem to confront Back
enstose in his new capacity will be
the victiola dance planned by the
all-College Party foi Novembei 17
After a lengthy discussion of the
legality of this aflfau by the all-
College Cabinet Tuesday night, the
mattei was leferred to the ’43
elections committee
The committee wall decide
whether the proposed dance would
be a violation of the election code
if held befoic Tegular campaign
ing stalls
Tribunal Okays Plan
Pei mission to hold the affan ha t
aheadv been obtained by the party
fioni Student Tubunal, which de
creed that customs might be waiv
ed
Accoiding to party leadeis, the
dance was planned for the puipose
of getting freshmen better ac
quainted
w Change
fcsion because it is the nearest we
can get to neutrality '* *
To the question "If England and
France were in danger of_defeat,
should the U S send, troops to
help 1116111’" only 30 pei cent re
piled "ves *’
Following that querj meu stu
dents, the majority of whom are of
'Conscription age, weie asked, "If
Englaud and France weie In dan
ger of defeat and the U S declared
war on their enemies would you
voluuteei’” The results
Would volunteer 42 per cent
| Would Not volnteer 58 per cent
Significant!}, events in tecent
i months, climaxed by actual combat
In Emope, have apparently influ*
enced a good many, for In Febru
ary. 1939. the Suive}s found that
on!} 2 out of eveiy 10 would vol
unteer if this country went to wai
'flu other reasons than the defense
of the country These opinions, of
couise, aie not a piedlction of what
would happen if this nation did
deciaie war. Shifts in sentiment
may already be seen since world
Avar has become more of a possi
bility No one can tell what war
fever can do.
Plan Submitted To
Board Of Trustees
For Final Decision
Levin Presents Case For Debaters;
y Glee Club ‘Poverty’ Cited By Gallu;
' McWilliams Appoints 3 Committees
An even split of the present r>o cent debate fee between
the Debate team and the Glee Club was approved in the All—
Cohege Cabinet meeting Tuesday night after one month" ot
constant deliberation in hotly-contested sessions ■ ' ‘
T'-e Cabinet will send its lecommendation to the.lirst
meeting of the Board of Trustees, which will probably be late
this month. If the Trustees approve the recommendation, the
split may go into effect next semester '
l Before the Cabinet voted on the'
split, both factions were given op-!
i poi Luuity to stutc their case Sum
| uel Gallu ’4O, presented the case
for the Glee Club and pointed out
the “extravagances” of the debate
teams on several of their ti ips
Harvey D Le\m *4O, stating the]
case foi the debaters, commented |
that it was not to be misconstrued
j” a battle between the two fac- j
‘ions, and admitted that the Glee!
Club needed financial suppoit 1
Such support should not occui
fiom a division of the $3,000 de
lived from the student debate fee,
Levin .pleaded.,/ 1 , ' v
7Ganftr~tlie‘“T?lS£
Club.has always been willing to
suppoit College functions, such a*>
he Chi istmas Carol Sing, pep-ral- j
he, broadcasts, and special con
certs Yet not once in the 17 years <
of the club’s ex.stence did it evet
ieceive financial support fioin the
College, he claimed
Wallace H Dunlap '4O, piesi
dent of PSCA, was the only mem
ber of the Cabinet who voted
against the split Dunlap believed
rhat the decision should have been
tabled for furthei investigation
Other business before the Cub
met included the appointment of
••eveial committees by All-Colfege
Piesident *4O H Clifton McWil
liams v
The first named by McWilliams
was the Cabinet executive com
mittee of A William Engel, Ji ,
*4O, Jane Rotmg ’4O, David Pei
gnu ’4O, and Sarabel Shirm ’4O
Other committees named were
a 1 tudent alumni committee to aid
,n the establishment of a placement
bureau composed of Chailcs
Thompson ’4O, Jane Ronug ’4O,
and Ernest Berkaw ’4O
A committee to aid the faculty
m the approvement of scholarships
was made up of Pergrin, Elmoi
Weaver ’42, and Jeuy Daugherty
’4l.
The Cabinet appioved the ap
pointment of Arnold L Laich ’4l
to serve on the town council in
Lite absence of the All-College pres
denl
Pei grin made a motion that all
students’ pictures be placed on the
matnculation cards to aid in cer
tifying identifications The. Cab
inet approved the motion and will
send & recommendation to the
Registrar for approval
Keys for Cabinet members were
discussed, and a peace movement
on this campus outlined by Goi
don Zero ’4O
Cabinet Approves
Night Club Plans
Plans for a soft drink night
club were given impetus Tuesday
night in the all-College Cabinet
meeting and refeired to Student
Union for the formulation of a
definite program.
The next move will uiTdoubtably
be for Student Union to appoint
a student committee to study the
idea as carried out in other schools
Piesent plans are incomplete ac
cording to Geoige Donovan, Stu
dent Union manager Inforniaton
about a nickelodeon for the club’s
music has not yet been received.
The sandwich shop, however, has
been tentatively secured.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Students Are
Appointed To*
College Senate
McWillums Designates 6
From All-College Cabinet,'
To Serve On Committees ;
Following u-rullng of the College
Senate that the All-College Cabinet
would be permitted to name'two
ate committees. H. Clifton McWil- '
Hams. All College president, ap
pointed six Cabinet members to
fill those positions at the meeting
Tuesdaj
The six appointees will repre
sent the student body on the Sen
ate Welfare, Public Accaslons, and
Caleudai committees They will
sene without the light to vote.
Thomus C Backenstose ’4l, and
Maiy I Millet ’4O were appointed
to the Calendar committee, Mary
IT O'Conner '4O and Samuel Gallu
'4O to the Public Occasions com
mittee and Juanita M Chambers
'4O and Claience H Evans '4O to
the Student Welfaie committee
A fourth committee which will
deal with affalis not governed by
the first three was appointed by
iMcWitlianiß and upproved by Cabi
net Tills group will serve man
e* officio capacity The commit
tee is composed of Arnold L Laich
'll, Eloise Rockwell ’4O und Jean
Sleeker graduate student
Beware , Co-Eds!
That Woman’s
Here Again
By VERA L. KEMP
The impoit—a peculiar speci
men of human .seen here house
paity weekends will blow in this
week on her semi-annual visit <'
You can't miss her! She’ll ai
live with a small trunk, two suit
cases, and a hatbox to greet her
date—the sad job who when turn
ed down by a co-ed decided to
“show her” by asking the fiashiest
dtessed of his casual home ac
quaintances.
She slinks aiound all weekend
m a fur jacket and nude-colorcd
stockings, with a trylon on hei
head and hei dress three inches
above decency
She’ll be the last to get to the
dance tonight, and will just begin
to have fun when 3 o'clock threat
ens to strike When you prepare
lo leave she’ll give you that “Oh
you pool thing you’re gomg~to
miss so much” look.
Tomorrow morning will see her
m a clinging black cicpe dress and
high-heeled shoes. When you ~and
youi friends breeze in wearing
skirts and comfortable cardigans
she’ll glance patronizingly 'at all
of you as if to say, “you certain
ly have bad taste ”
Sunday will find this much dis
cussed but never-before-expose'd
tcouige on her way home. .Shell
say she’s tired, but you'll be twice
us tired—of her!