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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