Expect 5, OOP Out For Pep
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To The Free Lance,
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VOL. 36—No. 21
SOPH HOP, POT GAME HIG
Hope Blaze Will
Fan School Spirit
. Students Will Begin Parades
On Signal From Fire Whistle
See editorial, “Collcyc Sptrit Spills,'
Attendance liberally estimated at 5,000 students and
townspeople is predicted for tonight’s pre-Pitt game-bonfire
and pep rally which piomises to lie the biggest in the history
of the ’College!
, ' From the first long shrill of the town fil e whistle era/
minute of the planned piogram will be dnected at the double
objective of bolstering the already' feveiish Pitlgame en
thusiasm and fanning into flame the recurring glimmers of
School Spirit.
Extensive plans are completed
foi the rally which will be held on
thc field across East Drhe from
White Hall and directly above the
new parking lot Students all over
town their parades to
the bonfire on the signal from the
borough fiie whistle at 8 45 p m
Alter To Light Blaze
Opinion Forms
Against New
Spring Holiday
Poll Shows Students 62'/-
For Retaining.. Easter Over
Any Vacation Change
While a repoi t was worked out
showing that In the next (oui
years Buster will fall us much as
3,6- days after the. 7 mJddle of the
i>6ilod; from Christmas to,- Com
mencement, a poll of~so students
showed 62 per cent-in favor of re*
gaining the^present^Easter.-, vaca*,
iubtead r’of tfs ti tu tiiigV a
Spring holiday that > would 'come
1 Swing, this middle, of-March *
_.„Tlie r fatten-plam had-been ad
•VAnced in a letter, to the editor of
Collegian L . suggesting that the
change to. a Spring vacation be
made in oidei to shot ten the long
period between Chrislmas-and the
present Eastei holidays
, Afajor objections to the plants
evliieuced in the poll wore that
Easier is an important religious
occasion to many r students and ,
Ulat Spring vacation/would fall at
a' time when students from other
colleges would not be home
1 'Students in flavor of the plan
adapted Lhe second aigument to
jtheir < own side by stating that
many of theii ft lends at other
colleges ate not now at home over
Easter because they have Spring
vacations Instead • 1
. A sutvey of the dates on'Which
Easter will fall during the next 10
years was worked out by Dr Jos
eph P Jlilenour showing that in
dne' instance it will fall 36 days
later- than the 1 proposed holiday
which would center ahput Match
20 1 _ ' - '
The dates 'for ICustei with the
uumbei of days it falls after March
20 lO4O. March 24 (4),
1941. April 13 (24), 1942 April 5
(16)1943, Apill 25 (36); 1944,
'April 9 (20), 1945, April 1 (12),
,1946, Apiil 21 (32), 1947. April, 6
,(17). 1948. Match 28 (8), 1949.
April 17 (28) i
Burroughs To Show
Replica Of World’s
FairExhibitHere
_ Offering \ a duplicate of Us
World’s Fair exhibit,, the Bur
roughs Alachine Company
will present u demonstration here
jfrorn Monday to Friday of next
week ’ | 1 -
' .Representatives of the company
will be on hand'to explain bothtae
operation of” tbe machines and
their application, to business, ac
counting, and statistical'problems
Various types of modern
book-keeping and ac
counting machines will be on dis
play ’ ’ . ’
)- "It-is expected that classes In ac
counting statistics, industrial en
gineering, agricultural economics,
hotel' - admiustration 1 and 1 other
"groups will attend, 'V-
All i groups oi inter
tested ( may 'ai range to attend the
'demonstration by calling the of
fice of Dr. L C. W. Hasek in room
ilo4>North Liberal Arts. .
-■ -
»em 1-iA/eekiy
prim (EoUpgiatt
, At the fire, which is to he light
ed by Football Captain Spike Al
ter, talks will he made by Alter
and Coach Bob Higgins With the
Blue Band to help-out, songs will
be, led by Prof Iticliard W Grant
and yells by the cheerleadeis Cliff
McWilliams, All-College President,
will serve as master'of ceremonies
The entire- .football squad r and
coaching staff'Will be on'Tiand.' ")
women* will -10, o'clock.’
Captain Altec scheduled to throw
in the .lighting match at 9 p m.,
the entire program.is expected to
be finished by that time.
Material for the file will be
gathered and prepared by the de
partment of grounds and buildings,
and no student contributions will
be needed Student Tribunal in
tiiis connection has warned that
all students caught destroying any
property will be dealt with severe
ly.
% Parade Routes
Alain routes of the parades to
the fire will ,be College Avenue,
Pollock Road, Locust Lane, and
Nittany Avenue
Studeuts in the fraternity sec
tion will gather at the corner of
Locust and Falrmount Avenue ou
receiving the whistle signal at
8 45 The Blue Baud will be gath
ered there and will lead the parade
down Locust Lane to College Ave
nue' and east on College to the
fire"~ Students living west of Lo
cust Lane and South of Beaver
Avenue will paiade west on Nit
tany Aveuuo to Locust Lane to
join tho fraternity group'
Students in the area nprth of
Beaver Avenue Mill parade along
College Avenue, while men in the
Halls will move east on' Pollock
road where they Mill he joined by
women in MacAJiister and Grange
Dorms Women In Atherton Hall
wltl go directly to tho fire
To facilitate parade plans all
traffic will' he blocked off East
Drive and off College Avenue from
East Drive to Pugh Street Repre*
sentativ es from' each of the five
hat societies will be placed along
the routes to/direct students to the
fire
Leaders Push Plans
Preliminary plans for the dance
were announced at a meeting of 75
student leaders held in ,207 Home
(Continued On Page Two)
Hoffman Will Attend
Atlantic City Confab
Registrar William S ' Hoffman
departed for Atlantic City yester
day where he' will attend the con
vention of ..the Middle States As
sociation of College and- Second
ary Schools over the weekend
- At a special meeting of college
registrars Air Hoffman will give a
report on .the conference of col
lege registrars held recently in
Washington, Dr. C.
Oil Men Hear .Carnahan
"Floyd *L. iCarnahan, assistant
professor of chemistry, spoke at a
meeting of the Pennsylvania Grade
Crude OU Association,' held, in Oil
City last night; > -* f u
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1939
Inspiration For Soph Hop
Decorations Comes From
N. Y. World’s Fair Theme
Co-Chairmen Anticipate Record-Breaking
Attendance As Tickets Go On Sale At
Athletic Association Office Tomorrow
Centeted on a World’s Fair theme, tomorrow night’s Soph Hop
feutunng Hnl Kemp and his orchestiu will be bent on showing to Oe
Woild of Today that the World of Tomonow is one in which sophomoio
class dances can be successes
William J McKmght M 2 and Henry I Levy M 2, dance co-ehau,
men, are looking' for a recoid*fc>reaking attendance in Itec Hall as in
dicated by an advance booth dale that is ahead of all pievious Soph
Hop maiks.
| Dance tickets at S«J 84 a couple
j including tax \\ ill be on sale to*
morrow at the A A windov, ad
joining Old Main lobby and can
be bought tomorrow night at the
dance
Departing fiom pievious Soph
Hop procedure tomonow night’s
dance will be semi*fornul\ lattiei
than formal Kemp and his or
chestra will ploy fiom 0 p m to
2am
CO-CHAIRMEN
HENRY I LEVY
william j. Mcknight *42
Fred Waring Seeks
Permission To Use
Pinafore Song Hits
A uaUotially famous orchestra
leader seeking to' plug its songs, a
colebrated musical i comedy pro*
dutcr iulei \ lowing oue of Its stars,
a ,blg shot theater manager scout*
log 'Us second showing—such is
the fame of Glee-Tbesphras “Swing
Piuufoie’’ which will be shown for
the second and final times at 7
tomoriow aud Saturday nights in
Schwab Auditorium v
Penn, Stater Fred Waring has
wi itten' to Sock Kennedy for per
mission to play some of the selec
tions fiom the show in his Ches
terfield Hour. Bud Yanofsky, who
portrays the pompous Sir Joseph
Porter, will be interviewed by
Larry Schwab, musical producer,
in New York City within the next
six months
' The sparkllug swing version of
Gilbert and Sullivan's “K.M S Pin
afore" bioke a 10 year attendance
record at its premier Houseparty
Weekend ' Tickets * for the show
aVe ‘still 60 cents with no reserved
seats.-
Setting Modernistic
The World’s Fail theme will bo
centered on a backdrop showing
the tiylon and peiisphere A ie
solving ball of mirrors will hang
j from' the roof of Bee Hall and be
jillumninated by spotlights from
! each of the booths around the
flooi The booths themselves will
be done hi modernistic design -
Featured performers who 'will
appear’with Kemp are,
.tho^Stnootliles— i -Bahs;*Cli , a*rlie'''and'
Little;-Nan*'Wynn, winsome song
stylist, Bob Allen, romantic, bari
tone, Jack LeMaire “jitters tit
ters”; Eddie Kisby, trombonist,
Harry Wilford, “scat singer", and
Clayton Casp and his golden horn
Movies Of Former
Lion Teams Feature
At Cathaum Tonight
Flashes of foimei Penn State
frotball teams m action and pr
imes of this year’s Penn-Penn
State football game will be showii k
ns a part oc the regular progiam
tonight only at the Cathaum The
a ire Action pictures of Lion
elevens against Notre Dame, No- Cromer To Coach Team
vy, Carnegie Tech, and Geoigu Piofessor C Otis Cioiner -nill
Tech in yeais gone by, will be coach the Penn State grain judg*
shown, k jpg team to be sent to the Interna-
The feature attraction nov tioaal Grain and Hay Show at Clil
showing at the Cathaum is th<» cago and Kansas City next week
newest starring vehicle of Paul The team, umlei the department
?funi—“We Are Not Alone”— of agronomy, consists of Lloyd
adapted from the novel by James W. McClosky, Melvin S Worley,
Hilton, author of “Goodbye, Mi Samuel G EJlenberger, and Wil
Chips” and “Lost Ham It. Hazlett
WHAT'S DOING
THESPIAN SHOW. “Swing Pina
fore” at 7 p m in Schwab Audi
torium All seats 50c
SOPH HOP Dancing fiom 9 p m
lo>2 a 1 in in Rec Hail Admis
sion $3 S 5 < a couple - Semi-for
mal.* Featuring—
r '‘ HAL KEMP
And His Orchestra
'aUy-Bonfire At 8:45 Tonight
lIGHT HOLIDAY WEEK-END
W'
(Zpllegian Insures News
Space in The Future
Kr
an effort to alleviate pre
determined occasions when ad
'rvertrsing might over-balance the
copy In coming issues, the
will publish a six-page
£paper on numerous dates set by
tfthe Editor and Business Man
-’lager. >
any financial loss that
Irpay be incurred, the Collegian's
fslx-pagc issues will appear on
sedates designated
.
Isew Hot Spot
©pens Dec. 2
>w
Hall Starts Contest
To Find Name For Club
A contest to fhid d suitable name
for T the soft drink nite club which
wHI open in the Sandwich shop on
December 2 will get under wa> at
noon tomorrow and close at noon
W-ednesdaj, the night club com
mittee said yesterdaj Bullols muy
be'obUined at Student Union desk
from tomorrow on
p" 5
1 v'Bdgar V Hall '4l, chairman of
the-committee, said tliat the origi
nator of the name selected as the
b'est would be given a table for
two, 'at the ringside the opening
rijgiit in the Sandwich Shop and
tickets to a sliow in town
mark December 2
down on your calendars Benny
Goldman, Larry • Clinton. Artie
Shaw, Blue Barron, Hal Kemp and
all\tke boys are coming to towm
received this week
Shop ytvill 'send you the" music of
tiiese most popular bandsmen in
the land
1 Plans set at a meeting of tl#
nite club committee last Tuesday
call for a floor show to open the
nite club in its All College pre
miere
Reseivatious must be made at
'Student Union by students who de
sire one or more tables for the
opening night, committeemen said
jesterday There will bo a cover
charge of 25 cents per couple
At,the Tuesday meeting, Robert
N Baker '4l, was appointed treas
urei of the committee and Gerald
F Doherty ’42 was named secre
tary '
Saturday
FOOTBALL. Penn State and Pitt
on New Beavei Field at 2 p in
All seats $2 20
THESPIAN SHOW. "Swing Plua
fore’* at 7 p m iu Schwab Au
ditorium All seals 50c
FRATERNITY DANCES: The fol
lowing fraternities have report
ed thoir dauces to the Collegian
Alpha* Kappa PI: Vlctrola dance
from 9 p m. to 12 Admission
by invitation Optional dress.
Kappa Delta Rho* Five-piece
Rex Rockwell band in "jam ses
sion" from 9 p m to 12 Closed
with dress optional
‘ Beta Sigma Rho* 25tb anniver
sary celebration No daucing.
Pi Kappa Phi. Vlctrola dapee
from 9 p iu to 12 Closed and
Infoinial
Tau ’ Kappa Epsilon. Vlctrola
dance from 9 p m to 12 Closed
and informal
* * * * *
' Sigma Nu. Campus Owls from 9
p m to 12 Admission by invi
* tatlon only Informal.
Lions Tangle With Pittsburgh
Saturday In Season’s Finale
SPIKE-THOSE PANTHERS
Sale Of Artists’
Course Tickets Set
December 2,4, 5 Named By Marquardt;
Prices Are Listed At $5, $4, $3
sales for this year’s A
December 2, at 8 a m and wil
Tuesday, Decembei A and 5, it was
E Marquaidt, chan man of the Ai
’43 Candidates
Due Tuesday
Committee Plans Rally
Ballots Are Prepared’
By WILLIAM E. FOWLER
Interest in ’43 political activity
neaied Us zenith tills week us
both parties prepared to release
their tickets next Tuesday night
Botli Independent uud All Col
lege organizations have appointed
nomination committees, und both
made final pieparatious foi clios
ing theh slates, last Tuesday, as
welt as planning their campaigns
Meanwhile, the freshman elec
tions committee prepared plans for
the political rally on December 5,
wheu candidates of both putties
.will be Introduced
Tentative plans fijr tills affair,
which will be compulsory for all
freshmen to attend, include three
miuute speeches by presidential
candidates, introduction of other
candidates, speeciies by All-College
President H Clifford McWilliams
and others Head cheerleader
Walter Syphert will be present to
lead cheering
Posters Prepared
Posters announcing that the
election will be held Tuesday, De
cember 12 in the first floor lounge,
Old Main, with matriculation cards
and AA hooks retired, are being
prepaied and will be distiibutcd
b> the committee in the near fu
ture Ariangements for the print
ing of 1500 ballots have ulso been
made.
Both *43 parties have ugaln been
warned by Thomas C Backenstose,
chairman of the freshman elec
tions commitee, that no signs may
be posted, post, cards sent out, or
other campaigning carried on be
fore the mass meeting December
5.
irtists’ Comae will begin Satuuiay
ill continue tlnough Monday and
s announced yesteiday by Dr Cat I
i Lists’ Couisc Committee
♦* The tickets, which will be pi iced
at $5, $4, and 83, will be sold nt
the ticket office on the hist flooi
of Old Main This year a separ
ate window for students und one
Pji faculty-townspeople will be
maintained, Dr Marquardt point-
ed out.
One half of the seats available
mil be teserved for students, the
other half foi faculty and 'towns
people Chaits will be on hand to
show the location of available
seats, with alternate rows being
teserved for students
Dr Marquardt stated that as
usual there would be certain
under which the ticket sales would
be conducted No individual in line
...ay apply for moie than six seats,
but the tickets may be gotten by
pioxy All sales will be final, witn
cash or checks both acceptable foi
f ayments Checks should be made
out to The Pennsylvania State
College
No preference will be shown to
any purehasei, faculty oi students
a, he All must stand in line and
await their turn at the ticket win
dow.
PSCA Will Cut Trail
For Recreation Area
Twenty members of the PSCA
are going to begin cutting u trail
from the cubin to the top of the
ridge out iu Shingletown Gap to
morrow, it has been announced
The project is being initiated in
oidei to provide space for a recre
ation uiea
The pioposed ama will iuclude
lean-to slielteis, opfen fheplaces
ami game provisions The com
mittee in charge lias stated that
anyone interested in this sort of
work is welcome to help if they
notify the PSCA office
Trustees Meet Tomorrow
Members of the executive com
mittee of the Bouid of Trustees
will meet tomorrow night in the
Trustee rooms on the second floor
of Old Main
THANKSGIVING
DAY
GREETINGS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Seven Seniors Make
Final Attempt For
Win Over Panthers
By DICK PETERS
Backed up against its.own
back wall, and m the fightmg
est mood a N 1 11 an y Lion
squad has betn whipped into
for many a long year, Penn
State’s football forces ai c
ready and willing to exchange
all the gndiion fuiy which
can be called up in Saturday's
sti uggle with the Golden
Panthers of Pittsbuigh op
New Beavei Field
Hampered all week by injuries
to key pluyeru, the Nlttuuy s<juud
Is making up in spiiit foi the mus
cular ailments suffered in the
Army deadlock Reports from' the
City of Smoke say Lhut the Pitt
lads aien’t too happy about faciug
the Lions, who have been coming
niong fast these past few weeks
A Nittany victory would taste
mighty good after nil these lean
years of tamhie Since 1919, the
Lions have been seeking to win a
gamo from the mighty Gilded Cats,
but never have they been able to
enjoy any such luck, skill, oi wliat-'
ever it takes to win football games
Pitt "tomes heiV witfi.
Its poorest retold of over a dec- 1
ade, three losses to Fordham. Du
quesne, and"- Nebraska On the
other side of the legister. the
Panthers have topped Duke's Blue
Devils Carnegie Tech. Washing
ton. West Viiginla, and Temple
Not a bad lecord, but still, not up
to par for Pitt football teams
Seven Lions will be making
theli final try foi a victory over
(Continued on Page Five)
Lion Still Under
Knife As Pitt
Panther Nears
The pieicing growl of the Pitt
Pauthei will echo unchallenged
thiough the Nittany Valley Satur
day afternoon, as fat as bis hated
animal rival, the Nittany Lion is
concerned Still suffering Lorn ai
lei aliens the "kins' will not show
up on the New Beaver "Jungle*’
Although the estimated 20,000
spectatois wilt no doubt be disap
pointed'at the absence of the joar
ing Nittany Lion, their sonow will
be squelched when ahoitly befoie
2 p m the Univ,eibity of Pitts
burgh’s gieut hand. 152 stioug,
takes the field blaring "Hall to
Pitt" The Blue and Gold group
will be followed by the fast step
ping Blue Band challenging the
Cathedral of Lea: ning musicians
with the "Victory" song
Pitt 'Army 1 Expected
An overwhelming aggregation of
Pitt students are expected to take
the campus by storm Pildav night,
with the “rear guard” scheduled to
arrive from the “Smokey Citv” hi
special buses about noon Satui
day
Neither of the two great grid
lion machines which will clash on
New Beaver Field at two o’clock
Saturday afternoon will be In
State College tomoirow Cassiano.
Jones, and company will spend to
moirow and Saturday in Belle
fonte, and will not leave there un
til a few hours before the conflict
Lions To Hide
The Nittany Lion grid wairlois
will spend tomoirow night in a se
cluded hide-out somewhere in the
Nittany Mountains, out of hearing
of the turbulent proceedings which
will be taking place in “football
crazy” State College
Saturday will be the fhst time
since 1931 that a Golden Panther
aggregation has entered the Nit
tany Valley in seaich of Lion
blood. The last time here the
Panther clawed the Lion horiibly,
but tomorrow the Lion is thirsting
for a Pitt victory, hoping to drink
toasts with Panther blood