aoi i *-*£ uuccim y SUCCESSOR J-J a. . . M&K&SrM&m Mu III_4. _ <k a a a- 4 A complete To The Free ( Linos, , M 81/ |T TT' \T 81% % ~ I I ■■ I I ■■ V J!f jT CAMPUB - Established 1887 Jj[ I, till /A | 1 Il| 11-If I 1 1 COVERAGE VOL. 3&—No. 18 ■■ December 12 Named Frosh Election Day December 1 Is Petition Deadline; ; Parties -Toti: Nominate Next Week ,‘v . ■■ Vv- ’■ - *- j p - Sec Editorial, t -PfjliUcal''Brpczc*,. on page 2 , •*V" j' V* . , By'WILLIAM , 1 * ' - Freshman elections wilCbe : held,in'the s 'first l flooPlouiige‘ of Old Main/ Tuesday! December-12/ ' - "41/ chairmanjbf the ’43 elections committee announced yes -'terdayf. V'' //., « A , ' 1 . T ’ - V ‘..Candidates. petitions must, be hied with- the-elections '."committee’ before December, 1, Backeristose, added'.and can i“ 1 flidates'will.be' introduced at a,mass meeting Decemberjil . , ' ' " r --—- : *• Members of -the' '4 o' .elections committee named by Backenstose. yesterday include Robert Rl,,Baker .J l, w Lewis Corbin Ml/j'Williain B. Fowler ’4l, /Theodore Rice '4l, L Eleanor Benfcr ’4l. .Bette L i » .7 1 -*v , Cumpbefl *4l. and Jean C ’ Craig head ’41,, with A William Engel, Jr , ’4O, ex-officio member, i y Nomlnatlons-Near- ’ L Voting Qn IMA Hat Group Off ; Gntil Tuesday „ ' » 1 1 L . \ /Tribunal Lifts Customs ' ■\ Turing 1 Penn Weekend;' 9- w .’Frosh .Violrftors Punished pioposcd Independent* Men’s -Hat> Society "was'hanging fire to day. ,following" Student' Tribunal’s. , decision this week to, table voting "Snathe jilan until'•its next meet ing Tuesday at 7*30 p m 'Tribunakheld tiial-for 16 fresh ’4mencjast night, ’;frosh-liad their signs-removed, but" ■^nine* 1 freshmen, violators received V,stiff ‘sentences *■' No-Customs Over-Week-end ,rf-. .will not be required to f- ,}, *< . .. 5 Student^Tribunal', asked' the > y/cooperationr-of upperclassmen* in'' f; reporting - freshmens <who > are* % Violating customs t Upperclass-. Ij men.fare^uiged‘to turn in, the 1 of ‘violators in''writing' at-- rhveaf customs fiom Fi.day at's p Monday:,'at 8«a J flr pver'the 1 P v eim'weekend " 2 .", 'l Dog’s 4lfe for Nine Frosh t freshmen -punished by Tribunal are. ///Alex. Cowley," whic/ was caught dating* He, will weau,a skirt, a ;la<ly?s *Hat,"and two diffeient/col* i or^d• •stockings.'" His sign‘ bragt, “Plan import.” 1 , 1 - " , t*.'John/ McLaughlin - was found ,giiilty;afwalking~on Senior Walk He will ; walk on barrell staves and ’ wear'assign,-“WHERE IS SEN IOR,WALK?” * > ,« ‘ 4 Manuel - Aronson nonchalantly 'walked into the Tribunal meeting and calmly said, “Pm guilty/’ The 'Board decided'he was, so Manuel ■will carry* a bushel basket. ’Will weai rope'around his ankles; and will* be attired in a. skirt. ' »Andrew Coyle 1 must “Button ,FroBh" .to every freshman* ''he He refused to oblige to up 1 petclassmen’s demands ; •• - !" Robert'Updegiove became boied •'ancPleft the Lehigh game befoio' V'“was'„over/so he' a bird-cage 1 and will display a sign, “rM'AN'EARLY'BIRD ”/* . ' /’lGeorge Gimbcr ' preferred' _ a iFnar hat to, a dmk, but alas, he was "caught.. He/will carry a sign’ which taunt*, “L WORE A FRIAR ABOUT IT MEN?” Caeqrgevwill also'carry,a. bucket of water."(Friais please note ), • f~X''' J " . , Epan; Fund Will Established 'i College. Is Granted,sBoo ' .By-Tau Beta Pi Honorary^ ,''V t- v 'f ' i‘ v ‘The local chapter' of ,Tau ,Beta Pim engineering' honorary society, has granted sBoo',. to the c College I ■W"be J set*up as a v loan fund f ’> clThe*fuifd, which* is tobe known as'.the Tau Beta Pi Loan Fund, 'will be* administered" by the: Col* -lege \Loan 1 Fund Committee and -final on * recipients will, 'Jest.'with' this*group./; r/ * >Two', Schools Benefit* Y, '/-Under,/ the; provisions,' of the *‘grant, -loans, are to be made only ~to 'deserving students m'-the'En gineering” and/Mineral, Industries "Schools preferably, semors»or jun ‘foys/T All -loans 'must be 'recom mended'by the*, president of the 'local chapter of Tau Beta Pi or an individualTor 'group' of individuals' ißesenting"the honorary./’- •' , f/*Jls>ans will not be limited to Tau 'Beta' Pi- members and’several have, /already-been made from the fund. With the deadline for 'petitions only- three weeks away, both All- College and ' Independent parties have ( tentatively 'scheduled "then nominations next "week. ~n Naming of the ’43 tickets will undoubtedly be held offuntil after below grades appear .next Wed nesday, | since no person receiving below grades is eligible,for office , . Other election rules called to thejattention of freshman cliques, | were .that each partyllmust present a five-man ticket,* that a vote for piesident will bean for,vice president, - and lcandi date'must" file a petition./with 50 signatures 1' { - ' Vvx No 'CampaigniiFunds^'j 1 _ ■ Freshman-parties';-will permitted-to*. spend for campaign 'purposes. mlttee "/ '‘V -f ./\. ,;A special meeting df*the„fresh man elections committee wassail ed last'inight Rafter'the Collegian jvent to press to consider the ques tion of the dance proposed by the All-College Party. The - commit tee’s decision will be revealed m the near.futurc. Attention Girls! Get A Man For Spinsters’ Skip Spinsters’ Skip, Mortar Board’s Informal frolic,' is only a week away This is just the right time to show the man of the hour how u dance date should be tieated -rCali him up now.. Ask him What color tie he will be wearing so you can order uu appropriate corsage All florists'will be fea turhig special ,creations for the uffair.but it.would he tragic if he wore a red tie and you , ordered blight,orange carrots , ‘ i, < Ask him to dinner. to 6 Every one is doing it Think of how much ho would 1 enjoy one'of those de lightful. delicious Mac Hall Ft!-, day night dinners . Give the boy a break 1 And maybe you .will get a-little more sympathy. It’s up to you to call for him. too If he’s 'always ibeen on time. donT be a meanie, but if he’s al ways late, you mightigive him a taste of his medicine v All in fun,‘of,‘course/' , , ,lf. you don't do anything else, be sure to,get your ticket You,can buy them, for a dollar from, any Mortar Board member Rex'Rox well will play and there will be exchange and tag dances wherd s ou'can 'dance with your roomie’s date A ' \ One Man Bayoneted In 19i8 Batifle.Here The Student Army Training Corps organized here in 1918 hnd its own minor engagement, "The BatUe of Holmes Field,”—and one Casualty. ‘ y ' \Then a freshman, the wounded man'. was Richard- K * (Dick) Kennard, now one of the'proprie tors ,of ■; the Corner, unusual He wap" bayoneted during a practice irencli.war. . The SA T C was being taught to 'dive'off parapets into‘trenches and bayonet the enemy which were bundles of sticks The.man m ranks beside Kennard got too vicious, swung'his bayonet around,-and'Holmes Field'had its . only, casualty. ' Z 658 , , STATE COLLEGE, PAI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939 8 Members < OjK Housing Constitution : Charter Group Will?;, Ask Student Welfare 1 Committee For Okay came - charter* -members of ,-Die Student ‘•Housingsßoard with the' adoption of a constitution by'that body this week . The member organizations and Ihctr 'representatives are* Inde- pendent Mens Association (John M.i Byerly ’4l), ' Jnterf rater mty .Council (Frank C. 1 Anderson-’4O), Penn <State Christian Association (A John Currier ’42), Penn State Club , (Theodore Rice ’4l), Penn State Collegian (Emanuel Roth ’4O), Social Problems,Club (Henry Shoiket, Grad ). "Student Co-dper atiye, Association (Jacob M Le vine-’42),'and Women's Student povernment' .Association (Mai garet R. s Comly ’43) . -' ! i 'Constitution Cited > Recording to its new constitu tion 'the Board ‘'shall stand as an association of. recognized ‘ student activity-groups .interested in the promotion and* maintenance' of those housing standards which will best serve the student wel faic” ", ✓ ’ . ■ , One section of the constitution provides that hearings shall be given all outside parties with ma terial on -student housing condi tions and thatC.any action neces- shall be recommended to the proper authorities .</ ' „ Members'Serve TUI Graduation , The '.constitution “'provides that representatives' to the _Board shall Serve until graduation,, unless'they lesign or jtre "‘replaced/ in order that"they ~may,,become, well ac quainted , with’ housing, conditions'; ' ' ''z (JWSJSV Stahl Brothers Will Give Pottery Show Tomorrow Evening Isaac and Thomas Stahl, believ ed to be the last workers to carr> on, the old Pennsylvania Dutch pottery-making which flourished a .•fentury ago, will demonstrate their handicraft in the Home Eco nomics Auditorium at 7.30 to night , 1 v The brothers, ,who operate .j. pottery m Bally* Berks County, %vill demonstrate the throwing of howls, jugs, and plates on the pol lers wheel. Their*' work is well known in Eastern. Pennsylvania. The demonstration, sponsored by the Penn State branch of the American Ceramics Society, will be accompanied by a talk on the origin of Pennsylvania handi craft by. Guy Reinert of Reading No Issue Tuesday Because'-of change in Thanks giving vacation which enables the Colleglun to publish two un scheduled extra issues, there will not be an issue Tuesday - The next Collegian will appear Friday, November 17 , A special issue is slated for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23 ' -* 22 Initiated By Blue Key Formal initiation of 22 men from the -1941 class'was completed by Blue Key, junior activities bat society, at,a smoker.held at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Tuesday night. „ It- whs the first umethut the'society'had used n separate formal ceremony. Inform al Initiation was held,recently 1 Students ' % s By Student Opion-Survey of - AUSTIN,,Texas,-November 9 Neaily two thirds of the vast army of students who read' more than 850 college^and university> news papers believe-thal.their publica tions should not limit their edi torial-comment to'campus prob lems, but should also take up mat ters'op national and International Importance /, - ' . r', ' This Is'the result’of a national poll just .taken b y( the v Student Opinion Surveys 'bf c America,.; the college newspaper'Ss'publlc'oplnion news service that weekly l reports surveys taken by'means of jnatlie- Nittaily Expeditionary Force Invades Philadelphia Tomorrow A .J, r Armis|ick Day— ”™"^ — ™*"* — ■ ;At a.time when we arj|jceiebrati!)g <hc 2lsl anni versary of the end of, war to end wai, -it is fitting that the‘Penn Sjja'te Collegian join with the Union of Coliegiate Newspapeis for American Peace in declaring ourselves. ' M , ' The Collegian wishes no part ol a second economic breakdown’ or mental disillusionment, from which'vwe aie just beginning to recover*} such as followed the'lasf .war We have no place in thejih esent European struggle We cannot morally condone,an action which would take perhaps oui own .lives and’cetlamly the lives of many of those around us , If";'*! / Until the Collegian and?,-The Union of Collegiate 'nvspapers for American Peace can be shown that an American war on foreign soil.'will cieate or preserve for the' World and for America.jmoie than it destroys, we will condemn all moves which:may;-lead in the direction of American participation'-inf.such a'war., Propaganda W arning Is Issued jSy Emery ' ' Sco special Animtico'Dag jcalaics vn Page A. uuinlng tlml we must guaul agaJnst piopagunda ir we are to stay out of the present Euiopean wai \vas„ sounded this -week in un Armistice Day message from Co! Ambrose R, Etnery, head of the department of mJHtMiy-bciPmp and tactics - ♦r- J'This.should be a mostjmpres- ’ ••lve occasion,”, the Colonel, said.' war.had been.ended forever, there 's more turmoil in the world than there was in 1914 ” “Although the United States' Apparently has no business in wai and although we don’t want Lo get in it, we must guard againss piopaganda if we aie to stay out," i>e said Neutrality Chances Setter The chances of staying out of war are''better than in 1914, ac cording to Colonel Emery, “Be* cause in the last war we didn't do anything about neutiality, we couldn’t back up our words ” "Now,” the Colonel said, “we ai** strengthening our military de fenses to the punt where we can maintain our neutiality because we’ve got some force behind it The ‘ Administration has taken aome wise steps to keep us out ” Red Cross Roll-Call Seeks Student Aid The' American Red Cross Is planning to enl.gt at least a mill ion new members in Hs annual toll call, many of them from col leges and This in creased membership is needed to meet the humanitarian needs of the European wai and to carry on its normal peace-time program. Mindful of the cooperation af forded it m former years, the so ciety is again earnestly soliciting the support of students on< this campus in its drive which" will ‘tart tomorrow and closed Novem ber 30 Air Corp Ex«im& Scheduled The United States Board of Air Corps ofticeis will be present on the campus from November 19 to 23 to examine seniors seeking ap pointments as flying cadets in the United States Army Air Corps Favor World News Comment uiatlcal samplings The Penn-where papers do not carry wire East Central . .34 66 State Collegian is a cooperating news of world happenings and West Central 33 67 member,.aiding in conducting in-1 campus problems are more inti South ~, , 33 67 tei views on tlie Pennsylvania State j niately felt, student bodies in some Far West 40 60 College campus, which Is one of instances voted to keep the edl National 36 64 the key polling institutions from lorlal'page strictly lo their own A good suramai* of opinion as coast to coast. | affairs Such was the case at found on many campuses was ex- ..This 1 sentiment, although well i Pennsylvania State College, turned toward tlie positive side. Is 1 Section-by-section reports to the j not a dictate from the readers to question, “Should _ college news • the', editors, however, for the sur- papers lltnjt their editorial stands |vey shows that this Is clearly a to^ 'campus problems, or should local problem. Readers of large they discuss national and interna- papers sucb'as the Min* Uonal questions also?” are, in per "’"nesota Daily or the .Michigan Daily, ceutages: *» * t | 'are almost unanimous in their be- 'i v . _ Campus Ntl. etc. j lief that editorial stands should I ‘New, England .. . .32 68 ' I not be limited But in schools] Middle' Atlantic .... 41 69 , jjPjd Main Bells Will,Toll M'J?V'r?riistiee!'Obsefvance i Tolling of the. Old Main bell for three minutes followed by a two-minute silence will be used the College tomorrow to mark the 21st anniversary of the Armistice The bell will be tolled from 1() 55 a m to 10:58 a m fol lowed by a period of silence un til 11 a m when the regulai chime will be heard followed by the striking of the hour The American flag will be' flown at half-staff until 11 a m when it will be raised to the top of the flag pole by a represent ative of the military depart ment. Queen Of Harvest Ball To Be Chosen By All-College Poll ' They aren’t giving the land uuck to the Indiaus, hut they aru giving Harvest Queen back to the coeds In other words the coeds will be the primary factor in de termining the choice for the reign ing damsel at Harvest Ball Do cember 1 i Committee to Select The committee, ’composed of Herman J. Carew MO, Wallace H. Dunlap..’4o, Kermit H SchanU MO and Thomas C Backenstosc* 41, will dine at Mac Hall Tues day and conduct voting among the coeds to ascertain their choice. The same procedure will be followed at Atherton Hall Wednesday The committee will then take the, names receiving the most votes and decide upon two for the final all-college voting it has been announced by Donald G Lerch MO, president of the Agncultuie Student Council. THE WIZARD OF TOZZ is.lt w'«. J ..T.ii Sr'm - Resume won? On Equipment i Sea'ing Contrast For 7 Buildings Continued Work ou equipment contract number 12 which will provide seat ing facilities in seveu new’build ings. was lesumed this week after a deluv of over a month, local USA officials reported jesteiday Completion of this contract, vital to the opening of the new struc tines foi the second semester, is expected hy authorities before the end of the yeai The recent delay was caused b) a contractor's mis take in scut specifications Equips Seven Buildings The coutiuct culls for tablet urm ebahs, uutitorium seating and steel couulers in Liberal Aits, Ed ucation. Agiicttltuial Science, Elec trlcal Engineering, Ghemistry-Phy* I sics and Agricultural Engineering | buildings j Installing of seats is now going I on only in the new Liberal Arts i building, but authorities expect in stallation to be started in other buildings in the neui future Meanwhile, pi ogress on other contacts was reroited Contracts 11 (laboiatory and scientific equipment) and 19 (deep w'ell pumps) liuve been completed Coo ; tract 14 (window shades) is SO pei cent finished, with 13 (screens) 40 per cent and-IS and 20 (labora lory and general per cent completed Some Contracts Not Started Contracts 15 • (metal lockers, cabinets) and 19 (farming equip nient). have not been started, off! cials said Since the leceut death of Philip Hickej. chief of the Inspection dl vision lieie, David Roier has been 1 teinpoinrilj acting in that capacity. plained bj Dan Kasle, interviewer foi the Campus Collegian at the University of Toledo, in these woids "A great many students, although wishing othei than' col lege problems discussed, feel that the editorial depaitnient of their papers should contain a greater amount of campus material. City newspapers, they say, is the place for other-affairs." Spring Vacation Wants Holiday To Divide Christmas, Commencement See Lcltabox on -}Htyc 2 A. suggestion that 'students might prefer a 'Spring vacation to an Easter holiday was made vestciday in a letter to the editoi of Collegian which urged that the mattei be taken up for immediate consideration According to the writer of the letter, a member of the junior class, the present Easter vacation often falls so late in the year that l he semester diags heavily befoie vacation and leaves the student with only a few weeks unttl final examinations on his return.. The letter urged that action be gin now in an effort to have the vacation set duiing a week exactly dividing the period vacation to Commencement It was pointed out that next Spnng Easter will fall on March 24 which is near the center of the period, but, that last year theie was little more than a month fiom the end of Easter vacation until exams began. Penn Game No Fun; Stay Here And Save Dough There will he no fun at the Penn game Weathermen say the roads will be too dangerous for the trip t> be made in safely. Penn is a heavy favorite to win the game in n walkaway; why watch the slaughter? Why go to Plnlly when you can catch up on the studying you miss ed last weekend? In shoit, save your money foi Soph Hop. That’s what the Soph Hop com mittee co-chairmen have been chanting all this week as they urge students to be sure to save the $3 85 and extras necessary to take in the last big week-end x of this semester with Thanksgiving, Soph' Hop, and the Pitt game all idled into one Hal Kemp’s orch tras thiown in for good measure However, the Soph Hop chair men having realized how many students (including themselves) are making the mistake of going to the Penn game or home have cancelled the prevue dance sche duled for the Armory this after noon. PRICE FIVE CENTS Penn Ready For Battle With State Armistice Forgotten As Warriors Prepare For Heavy Warfare By DICK PETERS PHILADELPHIA, PA , Nov. 10.— An official statement f rom the head offices of Prime Minister George Munger said today that University of Pennsylvania offM cials were preparing hastily for an unexpected raid on Franklin Field at 2 p. m. tomorrow by the armed forces of Pennsylvania State Col lege led by Der Fuerher Robert Higgins Movement of troops was reported in the central part of the state STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Nov 10—A contingent of 27 nen left hei e eai ly this, morn ng. bound tor Philadelphia, where tomoriow afternoon they , will engage in mortal combat with a, squadron ot 'overful wairiors from the University of Pennsylvania. Officials believed it would be 1 hloodv battle 38 Battles Gone Before r Thirty-eight times the JPennsyl- Ja ania' StateColleger has '' entered'». ermen and 24 times the battle has been in favor of the Philadelph uns, with four meetings even up, and ten listed as victories for the central Pennsylvania troops . Fiom reeoids thus far this yeai, things look like a black-out fo* Der Fuhrei Higgins’ proteges.' as !1 Duce Munger has seen his troops victorious in all but one start, that against a stiong.North Carolina army two weeks ago. On the othei hand the Munger Mon grels have shelled into submission Navy,, Lnfavette, Harvard, and Yale But anything can happen in love and WAR. Coming out of an unimpressive vietoiy with Maryland last Sat urday in good physical condition, 'he Penn State Expeditionary Foices were hindered somewhuc during the week by cold weather ■n practice maneuvers for this week's encountel Few Lion Changes Der Fuhior Higgins, according to the latest dispatches indicated that few changes would be made in the first eleven men who will go ovei the top m tomorrow’s buttle with the exception of Theo dore Nenieth who may take ovei Hie position of Michael Garbinskl " m the front line and Craig White supplanting Leonard Krouse on the wing If mmoi shrapnel wounds received in training camp before the Maryland game are better, Flank Platt will resum* his old position so firmly held (Continued On Page Three) Many To See Penn Contest Luncheon At Houston Hull To Welcome Penn Staters With a student crovd larger than an) previous one expected to follow the Nittauy Lions to the tra ditional Penn fray this weekend, plans for activity in Philadelphia are about concluded Goodwill Luncheon Topping the weekend program will be the "good will" luncheon s’nted for Houston Hall at 12 noon tomorrow Only a limited number of tickets remain on sale for the affair. The luncheon will be open for both men and women at 50 cents per person Tickets may still be obtained at Student Union desk The annual Alumni smoker is planned for the Benjamin Franklin Hotel at 8 p m. tonight The Varsity "S" Club is holding a dance at tlie Rittenhouse' Hotel tomorrow night Dancing will be gin at 9 p. xu. at $1 per person
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